User talk:NielsenGW/Archive 3

Lepidoptera references

I see you have been using Markku Savela's funet pages as a source for various Geometridae articles (e.g. Anisodes). Is that really a valid reference? It looks like a tertiary source: a notice at the foot of each page warns Keep in mind that the taxonomic information is copied from various sources, and may include many inaccuracies. Expert help is welcome. Assuming you are a lepidopterist, can you replace the Savela citations with the actual sources? AFAICS Savela mostly lists his sources but the pages are very long and I'm not a zoologist, so I can't repair the references to his pages. Thanks - Pointillist (talk) 22:33, 12 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Working Man's Barnstar

	The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
	For filling Special:NewPages with your stubs about ticks and Mites. Well done :) Floul1^{Talk To me} 19:53, 26 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Would you have any objection...

...if I AWBed talkpages for the stubs you've been creating? Save you some work that way. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 18:52, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The talk pages? Sure, go right ahead. I just like making the species stubs by hand—feels like I'm contributing in my small way. NielsenGW (talk) 18:55, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hardly a small way, I should think - you've been doing a lot of excellent work in that field. I second the above barnstar. In fact...

		The Bio-star
		For your wonderful series of articles on the subjects of insects and other creepy-crawlies, I award you this biology barnstar. Wear it with pride. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 19:02, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Don't think you've had one of these, yet - and I love the way it looks.

I'll work on talkpages tonight - I'm in and out all afternoon today. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 19:02, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much, sir! It is, as always, appreciated. NielsenGW (talk) 19:26, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Animal species

Please remember to find and add the appropriate category to an article you're creating; it's not sufficient that an article be tagged with a stub notice if it isn't in at least one real content category as well. Thanks. Bearcat (talk) 23:32, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE Backlog Elimination Drive invitation

There are currently
2,381 articles in the backlog.
You can help us! Join the
September 2010 drive today!

The Guild of Copy-Editors – September 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive

The Wikipedia Guild of Copy-Editors invite you to participate in the September 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive, a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles that require copy-editing. The drive will begin on 1 September at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on 30 September at 23:59 (UTC). The goals for this drive are to eliminate 2008 from the queue and to reduce the backlog to fewer than 5,000 articles.

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Awards and barnstars
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Thank you; we look forward to meeting you on the drive!
— ɳorɑfʈ^Talk! and S Masters (talk).

Congrats

		The Citation Barnstar
		For completion of a challenge with precision and gusto. Cheers! —Eustress ^talk 16:21, 18 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		For going above and beyond to improve the encyclopedia. —Eustress ^talk 16:21, 18 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nice work on this tough challenge! By way of constructive feedback, I believe WP:MOS states that all inline citations should directly follow punctuation marks—so "('54)[cite]," should be "('54),[cite]". Again, nice work!

Thanks a lot! Having an entire library at my disposal to find these has finally proved its worth. That was a lot of fun. NielsenGW (talk) 17:23, 18 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Just in case you didn't see...

I replied on my talk page. Parsecboy (talk) 18:09, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Arado Ar E.381

		The Teamwork Barnstar
		I once never thought I could create anything beyond a stub. But now, with the help of some great editors, I've managed to get in a GA! Thanks for your hard work, NielsenGW, on Arado Ar E.381. WikiCopter^Radio_Checklist^{Formerly AirplanePro} 02:01, 22 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much! I was more than happy to help. NielsenGW (talk) 13:34, 22 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Great. Now we have a problem with refs that might get this back to a B-class. Can you review the sources you added at see what information they have on the testing and drop tests (if any) and add it to the article? I'm trying to get the books through interlibrary loan, but it might take too long. WikiCopter (radio • sorties • images • shot down) 00:39, 5 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Dirichlet form

The article Dirichlet form has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

not enough content to suggest any meaning at all

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{dated prod}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Melcombe (talk) 15:09, 24 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

BLP barnstar

		The BLP Barnstar
		Nice work! Here’s the barnstar, as promised. I hope that you’ll continue to work in CAT:BLP, as there are still 24,858 articles in that category! Regards, -Reconsider \| speak 07:23, 30 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Reward board

I don't suppose the offer is retroactive for ribbons already created? Seriously though, do you have any particular ribbons you would like to see, and what size/style (as they largely follow one of the patterns set by AzaToth, Zscout370, or Hersfold)? VernoWhitney (talk) 12:25, 30 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry--you gotta work for it...

. As far as style goes, I like the Hersfold/Hereford style—brightly-colored, cloth-patterned. Zscout's are too computer-y (IMHO). Azatoth's are a close second, but the shading pattern looks like they've been handled by a crowd of people before posting. Going through the list for the ones still left to be created, I'd request (if I may) the following ribbons for starters: Barnstar of Diplomacy, The Civility Barnstar, The Content Creativity Barnstar, The Rescue Barnstar, The Redirect Barnstar, The Writer's Barnstar, The Audio Barnstar, The Modest Barnstar, The Teamwork Barnstar, The BLP Barnstar (selfishly), The Bio-Star, The Geography Barnstar, The Film Barnstar, The Barnstar of Liberty, The Fauna Barnstar, and the Biography Barnstar. NielsenGW (talk) 14:31, 30 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

So I've been doing some research today and apparently there's already a ribbon for the Barnstar of Diplomacy: Hersfold's File:Peace Ribbon.png, so named because at the time it was created the barnstar was called The Barnstar of Peace. VernoWhitney (talk) 22:36, 2 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Belated congratulations and welcome back! I've grouped the new ribbons I've created at User:VernoWhitney/Sandbox2 (they are of course also on the ribbons page). Note that I'm still trying to think of something for the rest of the ribbons you requested, but I don't work nearly as quickly as Skibden or SMasters. I'm afraid all but a couple of them are in AzaToth's style, but I hope that isn't too off-putting. Cheers! VernoWhitney (talk) 11:57, 20 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, and I'm still trying to figure out a more pleasent BLP Ribbon, so my apologies for its less-than-stellar look at the moment. VernoWhitney (talk) 11:58, 20 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

<bump> Maybe you missed my comments up here? VernoWhitney (talk) 11:58, 28 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You're absolutely right. Check your talk page. Thanks for your contributions! NielsenGW (talk) 12:33, 28 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar for ribbons plz!

Hi there.. Reward board.. Ribbons.. 17...
Wikipedia:Ribbons I have created 17 new ribbons and edited one on commons, so 18 in total. The small ribbons. As User:VernoWhitney gets sorting, I will create even more of the simple/computery ribbons. I will also change the current small ribbons to match the 3D one.. (For example see how working man barnstar Shadow-ribbon and small-ribbon are not the same design.

Now the reward board aside, I really think that Wikipedia:Ribbons needs a general clean up. Some of the barnstars has 3-4-5 different designs for their ribbon, because someone just added a new ribbon without looking to see if one allready existed. I really like that there are both the shadow and the simple ribbons, but they should all look the same... Skibden (talk) 14:23, 7 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Just added 11 more, so 28 in total Skibden (talk) 11:50, 9 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello NielsenGW, I have created 20 ribbons, all of them for countries (as well as the EU). I have put them in a new section here (I am not responsible for the small ribbons, just the textured ones). As per your offer from the reward board, I would love the graphic designer's barnstar.

Thanks in advance! – S Masters (talk) 12:36, 9 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

To all: I am heading out for my honeymoon for the next 10 days. I will take a look a all the wonderful work you have done when I come back and will be happy to dole out awards as necessary. Thanks! NielsenGW (talk) 12:59, 9 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Superb.. And congratulations! Skibden (talk) 13:04, 9 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

:Heartiest congratulations, and have a great honeymoon! – S Masters (talk) 13:22, 9 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have collected all my new ones here: User:Skibden/Edits.. 63.... I really need to get a life... —Preceding undated comment added 14:52, 9 October 2010 (UTC).

Thanks for the ribbons! Hope you had a nice honeymoon! Skibden (talk) 09:15, 20 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks from me as well. Trust your honeymoon was great, and welcome back! – S Masters (talk) 13:09, 21 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

November copy edit drive

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive!

The Wikipedia Guild of Copy-Editors invites you to participate in the November 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive, a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles that require copy-editing. The drive will begin on 1 November at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on 30 November at 23:59 (UTC). The goal for this drive is to reduce the backlog by 10% (approximately 500 articles). We hope to focus our efforts on the oldest three months (January, February, and March 2009) and the newest three months (September, October, and November 2010) of articles in the queue.

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Ribbon creation

Hi NielsenGW, I've been developing some ribbons, now shown here. They aren't relating to barnstars so I don't know that they fit your reward board offer, but I thought I'd let you know about them. Regards, EdChem (talk) 06:50, 20 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm just going to play a talkpage-stalker for a bit.. EdChem, if you see WP:RIB you will see that we have done a major cleanup of the page.. If you fell the need for making ribbons, there is a million of the "textured ribbons" missing.. It would be great if you want to make some of them.. (turning on whine) but please don't create non-barnstar-related ribbons.. It's really a hard battle to clean up the page, and if they are unused, they will most likely end up being nominated for deletion, like all the other non-used ribbons.. (whine off).. Cheers.. Skibden (talk) 09:23, 20 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Skibden, I saw that the page had be re-arranged. I added separately at the bottom so the re-arrangers could put them wherever was appropriate. My first ribbon creation was the Signator service award ribbon, which is already being taken up by others. Rlevse points to the Awesome Wikipedian ribbon each time he makes that award. DYK contributor and GA contributor point to the relevant categories (serving as equivalents to the userboxes). I believe that ribbons like DYK contributor and DYK reviewer are relevant much earlier in many editors' careers than are barnstar ribbons. GA Contributor (for achieving first GA) is also a significant achievement, and worthy of recognition. More GA Reviewers are needed, and they get precious little recognition, so I created that ribbon too. I have some ideas for barnstar related ribbons, but I do not agree that ribbons for significant achievements in contributions particularly for early(ish) editors are undesirable. I think recording achievements as a means of encouraging editors is desirable. I do respect your right to a different perspective, of course. Also, for the record, I have no plans for other non-barnstar ribbons at the moment, though I do wonder about a ribbon for DYK Hall of Fame. EdChem (talk) 10:54, 20 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That's all fair enough, I agree with you.. But the ribbons are alternative to barnstars, so I do not believe it is appropriate to create ribbons, without the barnstar being in existance.. As far as for creating new barnstars, it should be done at Wikipedia_talk:Barnstars.. I think it's fair enough that you get userboxes for being part of a specific team, but I DO NOT believe it us fair that you get a ribbon simply instead of a userbox.. A ribbon is an award, not something to show your affiliation with X project.. If every wiki-project had a userbox-ribbon, then every random person on wikipedia could have like 20 ribbons only with 21 edits (20 times adding your name to the project page, and one edit putting the ribbons on your userpage).. I hope you see/understand my point here? Skibden (talk) 11:20, 20 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think that you are missing the point that none of these are like userboxes that can be used whenever. Rather, like service awards, they come when the relevant criteria are satisfied. DYK contributor means successfully nominating an article you started or expanded for DYK and having it appear on the main page. GA contributor comes with getting an article to GA status. Awesome Wikipedian is like a barnstar, awarded by another user. Reviewer relates to completing reviews in DYK and GA. None of the ribbons I made are affiliation-based. EdChem (talk) 12:31, 20 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Update: I have now uploaded ribbons relating to the Chemistry Star and the Four Award, in addition to the Signator Service Award Ribbon, the Awesome Wikipedian Ribbon, and the DYK and GA Contributor and Reviewer Ribbons. Ribbons shown here. Thanks. EdChem (talk) 03:46, 21 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

		The Rosetta Barnstar
		Thanks very much for translating the information on Jason (ship) from German to English. Daniel Benweathers (talk) 10:50, 30 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Halloween!

Wilhelmina Will has given you some caramel and a candy apple! Caramel and candy-coated apples are fun Halloween treats, and promote WikiLove on Halloween. Hopefully these have made your Halloween (and the proceeding days) much sweeter. Happy Halloween!

If Trick-or-treaters come your way, add {{subst:Halloween apples}} to their talkpage with a spoooooky message!

Cheers! Wilhelmina Will (talk) 04:39, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Small Ribbon

Hello, I saw the thing at the Reward Board, and figured, "Hey, this will be a fun/useful way to spend some time." Well, I've been working on small awards, because I only have limited image editing competence. Here is the first one, more are on the way. I'll just post them here and on the ribbon page as I go. Sven Manguard _Talk 04:34, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well that makes eight. I fixed three others, but I'm not counting that (be careful when you make flags people, one line off alignment on the balance makes a real difference.) I will work on more soon, but it's 1:30 AM local, so soon is going to have to mean tomorrow. Sven Manguard _Talk 06:40, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ten, and I'm falling asleep at the keyboarrrrrrrrrrrrddddd....... zzzzz Sven Manguard _Talk 07:08, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

12, and I'm definitely done for the night. Sven Manguard _Talk 07:43, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

To the tune of some Europop song from FIFA 11:
Can't stop
It's an addiction
I have
Joined the Revolution

Can't stop
It's an addiction
I've got
Just another Ribbon

He eh, the song is stuck in my head... Sven Manguard _Talk 20:59, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

	(File:Your Opinion Ribbon Small.png)		(File:Bio Ribbon Small.png)
	(File:AAA Ribbon Small.png)		(File:Geo Ribbon Small.png)
	(File:Epic Ribbon Small.png)		(File:Spoken Ribbon Small.png)
	File:UK Ribbon Small.png		(File:WikiJaguar Ribbon Small.png)

There, 20. I regret to inform you that I'm probably going to have to slow down on these, I have other pet projects to attend to. It was fun, and I'll chip in a ribbon once and a while, but not on this scale. Sven Manguard _Talk 22:33, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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You have made an addict out of me...

	(File:US Ribbon Small.png)

And that makes 21. Sven Manguard _Talk 02:21, 13 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Find me a home...

This guy needs a barnstar to attack itself to. There seems to be a few candidates, such as "The Barnstar Creator's Barnstar" or an as yet uncreated GA reviewer or GA contributor star. I'll leave it here for you to decide what to do with it. Sven Manguard _Talk 02:46, 13 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

	(File:GA Ribbon Small.png)

Need Help?

I'm willing to work towards that elusive fifth barnstar if you have any more ribbon work for me. I've got some time this week. Drop me a talkback if you respond please. Sven Manguard _Talk 00:22, 17 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

New Ribbons

I created five small ribbons to be added to the current list:

Adoption Ribbon

Barnstar Barnstar Ribbon

Current Events Ribbon

Life Ribbon

Wikismile Ribbon

Thanks! AmericanXplorer13 (talk) 03:51, 17 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

More New Ribbons

I created five small ribbons to be added to the current list:

AFD Ribbon

Great Editing Ribbon

New Zealand Ribbon

Silverfern Ribbon

Star of Sophia Ribbon

Thanks! AmericanXplorer13 (talk) 16:32, 17 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Even more new ribbons

You have me hooked!!!

I created seven small ribbons to be added to the current list:

Wikilink ribbon

Red link removal

Audio Barnstar

Writers Ribbon

Anti Spam

Defender of the Wiki

Dyk

I'm up to 17, more on the way! Thanks! AmericanXplorer13 (talk) 04:39, 18 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nice work. I especially like the Audio ribbon. Post these on the ribbons page, and you shall receive your reward... NielsenGW (talk) 19:05, 18 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Done! AmericanXplorer13 (talk) 01:58, 19 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Reward board

I recently added five new textured ribbons to WP:RIBBON and I would like to claim my reward.

Ribbons I created and added to WP:RIBBON:

Thanks! Guoguo12 --Talk-- 22:18, 18 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

23, 24, 25

More to come. Sven Manguard _Talk 05:30, 19 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Nomination of Arthur E. Morris for deletion

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I have tried to rescue the article by adding more sources, but your assistance would be appreciated. Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 11:25, 22 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

More Ribbons Added! 28 Total

I created eleven small ribbons added to the current list:

28 Total -- AmericanXplorer13 (talk) 05:10, 21 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nice work AmX! You might want to try your hand at some of the textured/shadowed ribbons we're missing. You've got a knack for this. NielsenGW (talk) 13:21, 21 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

RE:Reward Board Challenge

		The Editor's Barnstar
		For making 20 constructive edits to the article Silver Reef, Utah, this barnstar is for you. The Utahraptor ^Talk/_Contribs 22:30, 22 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		For making 50 constructive edits to the article Silver Reef, Utah, this barnstar is for you. The Utahraptor ^Talk/_Contribs 22:30, 22 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your hard work. Can I interest you in a little extra? See, I've been working on Silver Reef for quite some time now, preparing it for a GAN, but I could never find enough sources. Now that you've provided 13 new sources, I think, if we work together, we can both aid Silver Reef in attaining Good article status. Would you like to help me bring the article to GA status? If you were to help and we were successful, I would give you credit for the GAN and I would also give you {{The Special Barnstar}} for your work. What do you think? You in? The Utahraptor ^Talk/_Contribs 22:30, 22 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm in. Let's do this thing! NielsenGW (talk) 03:01, 23 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

For Masterful Use of the Reward Board

		What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar
		This has to be one of the most successful Reward Board entries ever. What a brilliant way to take WP:RIBBONS from a promising side note to a serious contender for userspace bling. Here's to it's continuing success Sven Manguard _Talk 03:20, 24 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And yes, of course: Sven Manguard _Talk 03:25, 24 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Sven! Even I wasn't expecting 170 new ribbons to be added! And...the offer is still on-going, so maybe we'll get even more. NielsenGW (talk) 16:35, 24 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE Drive – Final push

Greetings GOCE Backlog elimination drive participant, We are now coming up to the last few days of the drive, the last for 2010. Currently, it looks like we will achieve our target for reducing the backlog by 10%, however, we still have huge numbers for 2009. We have 55 participants in this drive. If everyone just clears 2 articles each, we will reduce the backlog by a further 110 articles. If everyone can just do 3 articles, we will hit 165. If you have yet to work on any articles and have rollover words, remember that you do need to copyedit at least a couple of articles in this drive for your previous rollover to be valid for the next drive. There are many very small articles that will take less than 5-10 minutes to copyedit. Use CatScan to find them. Let's all concentrate our firepower on the first three months of 2009 as we approach the end of this final drive for the year. Thank you once again for participating, and see you at the finish line! – SMasters (talk) 04:05, 25 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE elections

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Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors via SMasters using AWB on 01:53, 1 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE Barnstar

		The Modest Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded for your efforts during the November Backlog Elimination Drive. Thank you for participating! Diannaa ^(Talk) 00:03, 3 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thank you for fixing my disastrous typo. I discover to my shame that it had stood for more than 3 years, during which time I edited the article four more times, without noticing it. I must be blind. --Stemonitis (talk) 17:27, 3 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't notice it either until I pasted the main text in the Allacanthos article. It's one hell of a name for a "crab"-by family (pardon the pun). NielsenGW (talk) 18:58, 3 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Silver Reef GAN

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Merry Christmas

The Utahraptor ^Talk/_Contribs has given you a Christmas tree! Christmas trees promote WikiLove and are a great way to spread holiday cheer. Merry Christmas!

Spread the WikiLove by adding {{subst:User:The Utahraptor/Christmas tree}} to any editor's talk page with a friendly message.

--The Utahraptor ^Talk/_Contribs 02:50, 24 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Christmas!

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
Wishing you all the very best for the season. Thanks for all your help and support this year.
Merry Christmas and may Santa be good to you! – SMasters (talk) 04:17, 24 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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GOCE Year-end Report

Season's Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors

We have reached the end of the year, and what a year it has been! The Guild of Copy Editors was full of activity, and we achieved numerous important milestones in 2010. Read all about these in the Guild's 2010 Year-End Report.

Highlights

Membership grows to 503 editors
2,589 articles removed through four Backlog elimination drives
Our encounter with Jimbo Wales
Guild home pages reorganized and redesigned
Report on our inaugural elections
Guild Plans for 2011
New barnstars introduced
Requests page improved
Sign up for the January 2011 Backlog elimination drive!

Get your copy of the Guild's 2010 Year-End Report here On behalf of the Guild, we take this opportunity to wish you Season's Greetings and Happy New Year. See you in 2011!
– Your Coordinators: S Masters (lead), Diannaa, The Utahraptor, and Tea with toast.

Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 06:35, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

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