Requests Report - Good news! The number of special requests waiting to be edited has been reduced drastically, with almost all of the remaining items having editors committed to getting them done. Good work, people!
Target Report - ɳorɑfʈ's initial target of reducing the backlog of articles for copy edit turned out to be unrealistic insane, so a new target was set: we hope to reduce the to backlog to less than 7,500 items in the queue by the end of the month. The number in the queue was 7,950 as of close of business yesterday.
If we "concentrate our firepower" we can wipe out Jan, Feb, and March 2008, meaning the drive will have cleared four months off the backlog queue. Please consider copyediting from one of these months.
Rewards Report - We now have some clear leaders on the board in all three Gold Star categories, and many people have qualified for the various barnstars. It is not too late to participate, as it takes just 2,000 words (pre-edit) to qualify for a barnstar! Don't wait! Start participating today. Remember, the ultimate winner is Wikipedia.
Notice to Participants - For those who have indicated that you will be working on certain articles on the drive page in your respective tally box, please ensure that you complete these copyedits as soon as possible.
Thank you very much for your participation so far!
Thanks very much to all who helped with the Guild of Copy EditorsBacklog Elimination Drive. We were very close to meeting our target of 7,500 articles remaining in the backlog. Our most shining success is the incredible reduction in the backlog of Special Requests. That part of the project saw a drop from 62 articles in the queue, some dating back to February of 2009, down to a stunning THREE, all of which were being edited at the close of the drive. The Special Requests page will now be a great resource for people looking to tidy up their article in advance of a GA or FA nomination, instead of a place where articles go to die.
Moving forward
GOCE backlog elimination drive chart up to 31 May
The drive has not only forced a great leap forward in reducing the backlog. It has helped promote the Guild, and led to a greater awareness of the level of vigilance required to keep the backlog manageable. Ideas such as charts, graphs, and barnstars helped motivate editors, and meeting other users helped quell any feelings gnomish editors may have had in the past that they were toiling all alone. Keep up the good work people!!
Stats
Almost everyone who participated will receive a barnstar. We will be handing these out over the next week or so.
Five people will receive the highest award for word count (80,000 or more), the Most Excellent Order of the Caretaker's Star: Bullock, Diannaa, NielsenGW, S Masters, and Torchiest.
The Order of the Superior Scribe (40,000+) goes to Auntieruth55, Bobnorwal, Kojozone, Lfstevens, and Mlpearc.
fds wins the Modern Guild of Copy Editors Barnstar (30,000+).
The Old School League of Copyeditors Barnstar for 20,000+ is awarded to A. Parrot, mono, Truthkeeper88, and The Utahraptor.
the Tireless Conributor Barnstar (12,000+) goes to dtgriffith, Laurinavicius, and Quinxorin.
Buggie111, Brickie, cymru lass, liquidluck, noraft, and Yellow Monkey get the Cleanup Barnstar for 8,000+ words.
The Working Man's Barnstar for 4,000+ words goes to Annalise and fetchcomms.
The Modest Barnstar is awarded to Theo10011 and The Tito.
Gold Star Award
The Gold Star Award goes to the top editor in three challenges: Number of special requests fulfilled, number of articles edited, and number of words. Here are the final results.
Hello! Your submission of Battle of the Arges at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know!
There are currently 2,768 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.
Sign-up has already begun at the September drive page, and will be open throughout the drive. If you have any questions or concerns, please leave a message on the drive's talk page.
Awards and barnstars
A range of barnstars will be awarded to active participants. Some are exclusive to GoCE drives. More information on awards can be found on the main drive page.
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.
Sign-up has already begun at the November drive page, and will be open throughout the drive. If you have any questions or concerns, please leave a message on the drive's talk page.
A range of barnstars will be awarded to active participants, some of which are exclusive to GOCE drives. More information on awards can be found on the main drive page.
Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste {{WPMILHIST Review alerts}} to your user space
Uhhh, thanks, but I don't really think I've done much, if anything. could you please show me an example? Buggie111 (talk) 00:04, 2 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
Hi, busy day...! In your case, it'd be for contributing to Peer Reviews in the past 6 months or so -- search for your name here as a reviewer for examples. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 07:43, 2 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Hello. Your account has been granted the "reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on certain flagged pages. Pending changes, also known as flagged protection, is currently undergoing a two-month trial scheduled to end 15 August 2010.
Reviewers can review edits made by users who are not autoconfirmed to articles placed under pending changes. Pending changes is applied to only a small number of articles, similarly to how semi-protection is applied but in a more controlled way for the trial. The list of articles with pending changes awaiting review is located at Special:OldReviewedPages.
For the guideline on reviewing, see Wikipedia:Reviewing. Being granted reviewer rights doesn't change how you can edit articles even with pending changes. The general help page on pending changes can be found here, and the general policy for the trial can be found here.
If you do not want this userright, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time. Dabomb87 (talk) 04:02, 2 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Hi, I've noticed that we're 4 days into the drive now, and about 150 articles have been copyedited, but that nobody has checked an article yet... ɳorɑfʈ Talk! 01:35, 5 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
Ooh! How lucrative. By this, you mean seeing if I could understand what the prose means? Absolutly! Buggie111 (talk) 01:37, 5 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Please start a new thread in Talk:RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 and discuss the notability of so called "peep bowling" thank you --intelati 05:00, 5 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
thanks --intelati 17:41, 5 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
I hate edit wars..... Buggie111 (talk) 17:51, 5 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
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I declined speedy deletion of this article because this appears to be an actual hospital, and notability was asserted. If you believe the subject is still non-notable, though, please feel free to take the article to WP:AFD. --Metropolitan90(talk) 00:28, 6 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
The link didn't work when I tried it. I was a bit unsure, but decided to go ahead. I'd like to see it DYK-ed. Buggie111 (talk) 00:45, 6 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
I don't think you mean DYK-ed -- that would mean it was featured on the main page under "Did You Know?" --Metropolitan90(talk) 15:59, 6 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
I meant exactly that. But with the prod and so forth, I don't know if it could happen. Buggie111 (talk) 16:03, 6 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
Sorry, I misunderstood. But, as you probably know, the article would need to be expanded significantly to get up to the minimum length to qualify for a DYK, and I don't know who is going to get that done. --Metropolitan90(talk) 16:22, 6 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
590 characters would be the minimum... Buggie111 (talk) 16:25, 6 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
I didn't read the rules. 16:26, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
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Wow, I was actually pegging one of the existing coordinators for being the first to break in the candidates section. Seeing a new user there was a surprise, but I like that initiative, its something I value since I believe it speaks to a person's character when they decide to take the lead instead of wait for someone to lead them.
Also, on a personal note, thanks for the Iowa class battleship message; its nice to see that people still care about the article. TomStar81 (Talk) 00:57, 7 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
Thanks for the kind words Tom. Buggie111 (talk) 01:01, 7 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
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I'm sorry, I don't actually know how to post a slideshow of my cockatiel on YouTube, but I have realized that I am the one at fault here. After having some time to think, I realized that you had every right to remove my edits. It occured to me that maybe peep bowling is unnecessary information. Also, I wanted you to see my new signature! I finally mastered the art of signatures! I actually have intelatl to thank for this signature... --Hyperhippy92The Game 14:57, 7 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
First,I lost the game. Second, great sig. Third, No worries. If you want, you can ask me if anything troubles you here. Buggie111 (talk) 14:05, 7 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : LIV (August 2010)edit
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To change your delivery options for this newsletter please list yourself in the appropriate section here. To assist with preparing the newsletter, please visit the newsroom. BrownBot (talk) 23:01, 7 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Hi,
I was rewritting the last section and we were apparently conflicting. I didn't realize that you were working in that one two.
I'll stand down for a while and let you work. Cheers! Kevin --Kevin Murray (talk) 23:14, 8 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
Noo, your'e much more experienced than me in writing prose and so forth. You, on the other hand, should write it. Buggie111 (talk) 23:16, 8 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Hi Buggie111, you've left me a question on my RfA. I just wanted to leave you a note that it's taking me some time answering that question, so in all probability I'll be able to post the answer to the question tomorrow (I'll try to better that too). Thanks for the question; it's quite interesting, even if stolen from Fetchcomms. Regards. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ ―Œ ♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣ 14:54, 11 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
Sure. Take as long as you want. Buggie111 (talk) 15:05, 11 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive!GOCE September 2010 backlog elimination drive progress graphs
Participation report — We have 71 participants in the September drive. 95 people signed up for the July drive, and in May we had 36.
Progress report — We have been making solid progress in eliminating the 2008 articles from the backlog so far. If we continue to focus our firepower we can completely wipe out 2008 from the queue. Overall volumes are lower than expected though, with nearly a thousand articles yet to be done if we are to meet our overall target. If you have not yet participated in the drive, we recommend you do so. If each person who signed up edits one article per day from now till the end of the month we can eliminate another 1,065 articles from the backlog. All contributions are appreciated.
Announcement: credit for 10k+ articles — Participants editing a 10k word article may claim credit for two 5k+ articles on the leaderboard. Those that edit a 15k word article may claim credit for three. Regardless, the article is still counted as a single article in the tallies.
Reminder — Articles from the Requests page can be included in your tally, even if they do not have a copy edit tag. This is a great place to go if you are interested in finding a higher quality article to work on.
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Buggie, Your one question made me give an answer which turned the tables :):) Thanks for the vote. Wishes Wifione ....... Leave a message 19:41, 15 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
Your welcome. Good luck with the mop. Buggie111 (talk) 22:45, 15 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
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The Military history WikiProject coordinator election has started. You are cordially invited to help pick fourteen new coordinators from a pool of twenty candidates. This time round, the term has increased from six to twelve months so it is doubly important that you have your say! Please cast your vote here no later than 23:59 (UTC) on Tuesday, 28 September 2010.
With many thanks in advance for your participation from the coordinator team, Roger Daviestalk 21:23, 16 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Hi. As you recently commented in the straw poll regarding the ongoing usage and trial of Pending changes, this is to notify you that there is an interim straw poll with regard to keeping the tool switched on or switching it off while improvements are worked on and due for release on November 9, 2010. This new poll is only in regard to this issue and sets no precedent for any future usage. Your input on this issue is greatly appreciated. Off2riorob (talk) 23:29, 20 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Hi I have set up the notes so refs can be added it should be easy to see if you want to check, any problems just drop a line. --Jim Sweeney (talk) 15:17, 25 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Can I claim partial credit for this GA? I know that I did not assist in the GAN itself but I am the 3rd largest contributor to the article and I have over 25 edits to. I helped to write it. I'm asking you first because I don't want to look like a trophy collector who is claiming credit for things that he did not do :)--White ShadowsYour guess is as good as mine 16:10, 25 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
I believe this is because of the Cup. Sure, tkae the credit. You put sweat into the middle patrols when I was busy IRL, so you deserve credit. Buggie111 (talk) 18:52, 25 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
No, it's not really for the cup. I know that I'll not come in 1st, 2nd 3rd or 4th. It's just for me :) Thanks.--White ShadowsYour guess is as good as mine 22:04, 25 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
Sure. I'll go find some stuff on the Tegetthoff class. Buggie111 (talk) 22:06, 25 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
Whoa, I can't believe I missed it's promotion; afterall, I created the article. Thanks to both Buggie and WS for collaborating with me to make this happen. ~NerdyScienceDude 23:18, 26 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Much thanks for the clarification... and hoping my response didnt sound snippy - I get kinda "matter of fact" at ANIs, and I always fear my responses may be misunderstood in my attempt to clearly state what I feel. I also notice you like cats :-) I had a catdog cat you probably woulda loved (had to give him away when I moved). He loved to play fetch (taught himself), loved playing, figured out how to open doors, was always there if I was in a bad mood, and tried befriending everything and everyone; including a 160lb rott (the humor of seeing the rott pull down a garbage pail, and Shadow pulling the lid off, followed by the two of them nosing through the pail together was pretty funny to me), a 60lb mutt, and a chinchilla. Wonderful soul he is. ROBERTMFROMLITALK/CNTRB 01:54, 27 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
I was trying to explain it in the best way possible. Too bad Shadow had to leave you, seems to have been adorable. I like chihuahuas also, but not as much as those perfect lumps of fur. My house in Russia is crawling with them. Buggie111 (talk) 02:07, 27 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Why did you change another editor's question? You're aware we typically don't clean up each other's grammar on posts like this, right? In fact, on this one you arguably changed the meaning of the question. Townlake (talk) 13:20, 28 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
Sorry, I didn't really notice that I changed it's meaning. I'll change it back, if you haven't already. Buggie111 (talk) 13:23, 28 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
Ok, I've changed it back and found out what it ment. What type of admin (trigger happy blocker, passive deleter, etc.) admin would Eagles 247 emulate, not what admin itself. Buggie111 (talk) 13:35, 28 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Hey there, would you be interested in adopting an user? Please see User:Netalarm/Survey#alexandre_rongellion for more details. This user is interested in history, so you two might be able to also work on an article together. Regarding the user's native language being French, I believe we can ask someone listed at Wikipedia:Local_Embassy if translation is needed, so no worries there. Please reply as soon as possible, thanks. Netalarmtalk 01:28, 30 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
Well, sure. I'd be glad to help someone, And I think I'd be able to use context clues to punch my way through the French. I'll take a look. Buggie111 (talk) 01:29, 30 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Welcome to Assessment with Wikiproject: U.S. public policyedit
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Thank you for assessing with the PPI, assessing with this project will probably be different than assessing with other projects in Wikipedia. It's different because the many of the articles are stub, start, or C class, and we are not working to assess long lists of articles, but will have multiple reviewers assessing the same set of articles. We are looking for Wikipedians who want to take a more in depth look at assessment and help define what is article quality. Please go to the WP:USPP Assessment page to find more details and your assessment page with the first group of articles for you to evaluate. Thanks and happy editing, ARoth (Public Policy Initiative) (talk) 21:47, 30 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Hello, quite pleased of your proposal of adoption. I browsed through your subjects of interest and others, and I was quite attracted by the fact that you do not have a driver's licence and like cats. (Do you know french novelist Cocteau's pun "I prefer cats, because there are no police cats " ?). Anyway, I am pleased to see that you're interested in the Byzantine history and ancient Rome which is quite my hobby nowadays, plus that you are among other of Russian ancestry (hence the interest for Byzance ?). i can see too that you're quite good in computer gimmicks, which I am not. I am currently learning tons of information about ancient history on wikipedia, that are generally not easy to lay a hand on in actual libraries. I think I am a victim of infoglut... Hope I'll learn a few things from you, quite impressed by your medals. One difference though: I loathe computer games, they tend to drive me insane. Bye...--Alexandre Rongellion (talk) 23:43, 30 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
Sure, I look forword to working with you. I'm just a bit nervous on getting my lisence, scared that I'll run over a cat or somthing... Anyways, I'll been done setting up the coursework by the 3rd. If you need any help in the meentime, put {{helpme}} on your usertalk page. I'll tell you when I'm done with the lesson setup. Buggie111 (talk) 01:03, 1 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
September 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive Conclusionedit
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GOCE September 2010 backlog elimination drive progress graphs
Greetings from the Guild of Copy EditorsSeptember 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive. Thanks to all who participated! Several of our top editors were called away to real life concerns during the month (be careful out there, people!). This meant that once again, we did not meet all our lofty targets, but we did come close.
Stats
Out of 76 registered editors, 45 actively participated.
We nearly wiped out the 2008 articles from the backlog—there were only 13 remaining when the drive closed.
We reduced the backlog by 725 articles (11.5%), so it was another successful drive.
A total of 59 barnstars will be awarded to 40 editors—well done, and congratulations to all.
Barnstars
If you copy edited at least 4,000 words, you qualify for a barnstar. If you edited in the July 2010 GOCE Backlog Elimination Drive, you may have earned rollover words, which counted towards this month's barnstars (except for the leaderboard awards). Any unused word credits will be held over for the next drive, as long as you participated in the September drive. Over the course of the next week or two, we will be handing out the barnstars. Click here to see a list of barnstar winners.
We will be holding our next drive in November. You can sign up here.
A huge "thank you" to all editors who helped clear the backlog and to others who helped out behind-the-scenes. See you at the next drive, and until then, please continue to help us work through the backlog. Happy editing!
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After you just created your new alternate account, SoxBot decided to report it as a username vio to WP:UAA. ~NerdyScienceDude 00:47, 4 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Thanks for adding the cites for Ekaterin II. Can you add the place of publication for Taras?--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 14:05, 4 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
The Russians didn't seem to add it into the book. I've searched all of the pages of it for Sevastopol, and I couldn't find it. Buggie111 (talk) 14:07, 4 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
Hmm, have you tried looking it up on Worldcat? They're usually pretty good about figuring that stuff out, even it it's not immediately obvious.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 14:09, 4 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Hello
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First impression - dont drink and edit :>. PMG (talk) 20:34, 4 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
My Netbook has a midget sized Shift key, that's why there are so many / in it. All of it's keys are tiny, so that's why it's so typo ridden. Buggie111 (talk) 22:49, 4 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Hi Buggie111, recently you signed up to help with assessment on Wikiproject: United States Public Policy. This project is probably different than other assessment drives you have worked on, it involves more assessment of lower ranked articles, it has input and staff from the foundation, and specific goals to improve and measure content of public policy articles. It also involves collaboration from some university classes, we are using an experimental assessment rubric, and most articles will be assessed by multiple reviewers to get a range of scores for each article. It's a lot to digest, and totally understandable if it's not what signed up for. However, there are also some exciting perks to this project: 1) your assessments are part of research that is attempting to increase credibility of Wikipedia in academic circles, 2) there is a great group of assessors involved in discussion of what is article quality and how to measure it, 3) WP:USPP is also piloting the Article Feedback tool, so those involved in assessment on the project will be asked to help improve and rate this tool as well, 4) subject matter experts are assessing articles alongside Wikipedians and comparisons of results will provide some insight as to the rigor of Wikipedia quality rating, and 5) other interesting benefits you will find with participation.
The first group of articles requesting your assessment has been posted. I was hoping to do a preliminary comparison of the data on 8 October 2010. The second assessment request, which is part of the same comparison, will go out about the same time. To help with organization, if you haven't posted any assessment scores on your assessment page by 8 October 2010, I will delete your assessment request and you will not receive further requests. I hope the unusualness of this assessment research does not discourage your participation; if you are not interested working in the research I hope you will continue to assess articles within the project. If possible let me know on my talk page if you don't wish to be a part of the research, or perhaps if there was some confusion or bad communication; what the public policy team, and I, in particular, can do to make it more positive for volunteers. Remember, I am new to Wikipedia and trying to learn the best way to research this project, to hopefully integrate the amazing resource that is Wikipedia onto more university campuses and classrooms. Thanks, ARoth (Public Policy Initiative) (talk) 22:47, 4 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
Thanks. I will be a bit inactive for the next 48 hours, but will get around to the other 4 articles in my queue. Buggie111 (talk) 22:48, 4 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
HI Buggie111, I mentioned "new to Wikipedia," right? I can't figure out why this message is not posting properly on your discussion page - sorry ARoth (Public Policy Initiative) (talk) 22:51, 4 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
That's nothing. I just happened to be on when you posted. Buggie111 (talk) 23:16, 4 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Since you just nominated a Karl for a GAN, can you post that up on the main nomination's page so we get a reviewer? Thanks :)--White ShadowsYour guess is as good as mine 23:58, 10 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
They've created a bot to do that. Buggie111 (talk) 00:02, 11 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
I've copied the lead and characteristics into Ferdinand Max, so I'll get to work on Friedrich and then make a dual-nom.Buggie111 (talk) 00:28, 11 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
Great. I'll get to work on the service history. (They are almost entirely identical. I think this will end up like the Hapsburgs to be honest....)--White ShadowsYour guess is as good as mine 00:30, 11 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
Good timing, I was about to do so. Do we plan to do Italy now, or can we go for an FT?I'm gonna have to ask Ed about the state of Italian battleship Impero. Buggie111 (talk) 00:33, 11 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
I think we should go for the FT. Getting them to GA is one thing, getting them to FA's is another challenge to prove that we did not rush through our work.--White ShadowsYour guess is as good as mine 00:44, 11 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
OK then. Are you fine with Franz Ferdinand starting the lineup? Ping me when your one with the Service histories on both Ferdinand max and friedrich. You can nom them if you want. Buggie111 (talk) 00:48, 11 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
I'm fine with FF going first. I'll work on Ferdinand max's service history. You can get Friedrich's up to par. Remember, it's almost a carbon copy of Karl. They did everything together.--White ShadowsYour guess is as good as mine 00:51, 11 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
Both are ready to go. I found a lot of issues in all three articles though. Two were given to France and one to the UK, not the other way around. There were also general issues like punctuation and citations as well as some info that was plain-ol' wrong that I fixed on all three. You may want to look over Friedrich once more to see if it's all true. (look at the other 3 articles to check) mind talking to the guy who reviewed the last few Karl ships if he'll do it for these as well? It may get done faster so we can fix any issues that come up.--White ShadowsYour guess is as good as mine 01:11, 11 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Hi there Buggie111! You may be wondering, what have I done to sound the alarm this time? Nothing. I'm messaging you in regards to the adopt-a-user program, which currently has a backlog of users wishing to be adopted. This doesn't make much sense, as we have a considerable list of users offer adoption, so there shouldn't be any backlog. I've begun to eliminate this backlog myself through a matching program, but I need your help to make it work. Of course, adoptees and adopters don't have to go through there, but I believe it helps eliminate the backlog because someone is actively matching pairs.
On the list of adopters, I have modified the middle column to say "Interests." It's easier working with other users that have similar interests, so if it's not too much to ask, could you add your interests in the middle column? For example, if I was interested in hurricanes, computers, business, and ... reptiles? I would place those in the middle column. Counter-vandalism and the like can also be included (maintenance should be used as the general term). The more interests, the better, since adoptees can learn more about you and choose the one they feel most comfortable working with. The information about when you're most active and other stuff can go into the "Notes" section to the right.
Finally, I've gone around and asked adoptees (and will in the future) to fill in a short survey so adopters can take the initiative and contact users they feel comfortable working with. We all know that most adoptees just place the adopt me template on their user page and leave it - so it's up to us to approach them and offer adoption. So, please take a look at the survey, adopt those that fit your interests, and maybe watchlist it so you can see the interests of adoptees and adopt one that fits your interests in the future.
Once again, thank you for participating in the adopt-a-user program! If you wish to respond to this post, please message me on my talk page.
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Hello! Your submission of SMS Budapest at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! — Rlevse • Talk • 23:25, 17 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Buggie111, thanks for contributing to article assessment in WP:USPP. Your continued involvement would be very appreciated. There is a second assessment request posted. There will be weekly updates about the research for this project posted here, look for the first one tomorrow. The next assessment request will come in early November. There is a lot of expertise and discussion about article quality happening in the project, so if you have any thoughts on the metric, or any ideas keeping project research exciting please let me know. ARoth (Public Policy Initiative) (talk) 01:37, 13 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
Thanks for telling me. I have a busy week, so might get to it on Friday. Buggie111 (talk) 01:38, 13 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
Hi Buggie111/July 2010-March 2011 -- Amy Roth is now out on maternity leave (she had a healthy baby girl this weekend!) so I'll be filling in for a couple of months. (I'm LiAnna Davis, the Public Policy Initiative's communications associate.) I'd like to get the assessments done this week if possible -- I've made some edits to give you direct links to the versions we'd like you to assess. Your page is here. Please let me know if you can't finish it by this weekend! Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks again for all your help! --Ldavis (Public Policy) (talk) 23:39, 20 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Your majesty, it gives me great pleasure to bestow these Triple crown upon Buggie111 for your contributions in the areas of WP:DYK, WP:GA, and WP:FC. Thank you for all your hard work and efforts! – SMasters (talk) 04:45, 29 November 2010 (UTC)Reply
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I'll root for Green Bay, as a matter of history many Steelers fans did root for Greenbay back when the Steelers were having there long period of down time for rebuilding. I will not root for the patriots though, if they show up in my back yard I'll wave the yellow flag of war :) TomStar81 (Talk) 18:02, 7 December 2010 (UTC)Reply
Looks like we stand partially divided. at least you don't root for the Cowboys. They're sure taking a beating. As I have relatives in AZ, I hold a grudge against Big Ben and Santanio Holmes. At least he didn't make me angry again Monday. I like Rodgers, just as I like the Ravens and Falcons for Lewwsis and Ryan. But the Cards/Pats are the only teams I really "root" for. See you in the playoffs. Buggie111 (talk) 23:33, 8 December 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Yes, I do speak Russian, as well as English and French. One of these days, I am going to build my user page. My current mid-term aim is to get as many articles related to the Siege of Leningrad to B-class or more.D2306 (talk) 15:44, 4 December 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Hey, you originally tagged that as A7, but I deleted it as G3-blatant hoax. LadyofShalott 01:19, 22 December 2010 (UTC)Reply
I was basing it off of the Fastbuttons buttons that I have. I wwas gonna tag the other page as a hoax, but the comp was too slow. Buggie111 (talk) 01:24, 22 December 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Hey there Buggie. I was thinking, want to get to work on this ship? I've got a bunch of info on her from Sokol and we could probably get her to ACR with Parsec's blessing since he wrote most of her in her current state. So what do you think?--White ShadowsThose Christmas lights 02:43, 28 December 2010 (UTC)Reply
Sure. Happy New years! Buggie111 (talk) 17:54, 31 December 2010 (UTC)Reply
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EEK! I completely forgot! Buggie111 (talk) 14:14, 2 January 2011 (UTC)Reply
Sure. I don't have boatloads of time due to RL, so that would be dandy. I'm also working on Sevastopol. Buggie111 (talk) 15:58, 4 January 2011 (UTC)Reply
Mind nominating Zrinyi for an ACR then since I just nominated the other one with Parsec? Make sure to state that it's a join nom.--White ShadowsWe live in a beautiful world 02:46, 6 January 2011 (UTC)Reply
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So begins round two of the WikiCup! We now have eight pools, each with eight random contestants. This round will continue until the end of April, when the top two of each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers of those remaining, will make it to round three. Congratulations to The Bushranger (submissions) (first, with 487 points) and Hurricanehink (submissions) (second, with 459), who stormed the first round. Casliber (submissions) finished third with 223. Twelve others finished with over 100 points- well done to all of you! The final standings in round one can be seen here. A mere 8 points were required to reach round two; competition will no doubt be much more fierce this round, so be ready for a challenge! A special thanks goes, again, to Jarry1250 (submissions) for dealing with all bot work. This year's bot, as well as running smoothly, is doing some very helpful things that last year's did not. Also, thanks to Stone (submissions) for some helpful behind-the-scenes updating and number crunching.
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Requests Report - Good news! The number of special requests waiting to be edited has been reduced drastically, with almost all of the remaining items having editors committed to getting them done. Good work, people!
Target Report - ɳorɑfʈ's initial target of reducing the backlog of articles for copy edit turned out to be unrealistic insane, so a new target was set: we hope to reduce the to backlog to less than 7,500 items in the queue by the end of the month. The number in the queue was 7,950 as of close of business yesterday.
If we "concentrate our firepower" we can wipe out Jan, Feb, and March 2008, meaning the drive will have cleared four months off the backlog queue. Please consider copyediting from one of these months.
Rewards Report - We now have some clear leaders on the board in all three Gold Star categories, and many people have qualified for the various barnstars. It is not too late to participate, as it takes just 2,000 words (pre-edit) to qualify for a barnstar! Don't wait! Start participating today. Remember, the ultimate winner is Wikipedia.
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Thank you very much for your participation so far!
Thanks very much to all who helped with the Guild of Copy EditorsBacklog Elimination Drive. We were very close to meeting our target of 7,500 articles remaining in the backlog. Our most shining success is the incredible reduction in the backlog of Special Requests. That part of the project saw a drop from 62 articles in the queue, some dating back to February of 2009, down to a stunning THREE, all of which were being edited at the close of the drive. The Special Requests page will now be a great resource for people looking to tidy up their article in advance of a GA or FA nomination, instead of a place where articles go to die.
Moving forward
GOCE backlog elimination drive chart up to 31 May
The drive has not only forced a great leap forward in reducing the backlog. It has helped promote the Guild, and led to a greater awareness of the level of vigilance required to keep the backlog manageable. Ideas such as charts, graphs, and barnstars helped motivate editors, and meeting other users helped quell any feelings gnomish editors may have had in the past that they were toiling all alone. Keep up the good work people!!
Stats
Almost everyone who participated will receive a barnstar. We will be handing these out over the next week or so.
Five people will receive the highest award for word count (80,000 or more), the Most Excellent Order of the Caretaker's Star: Bullock, Diannaa, NielsenGW, S Masters, and Torchiest.
The Order of the Superior Scribe (40,000+) goes to Auntieruth55, Bobnorwal, Kojozone, Lfstevens, and Mlpearc.
fds wins the Modern Guild of Copy Editors Barnstar (30,000+).
The Old School League of Copyeditors Barnstar for 20,000+ is awarded to A. Parrot, mono, Truthkeeper88, and The Utahraptor.
the Tireless Conributor Barnstar (12,000+) goes to dtgriffith, Laurinavicius, and Quinxorin.
Buggie111, Brickie, cymru lass, liquidluck, noraft, and Yellow Monkey get the Cleanup Barnstar for 8,000+ words.
The Working Man's Barnstar for 4,000+ words goes to Annalise and fetchcomms.
The Modest Barnstar is awarded to Theo10011 and The Tito.
Gold Star Award
The Gold Star Award goes to the top editor in three challenges: Number of special requests fulfilled, number of articles edited, and number of words. Here are the final results.
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The Guild of Copy-Editors – September 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive
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Uhhh, thanks, but I don't really think I've done much, if anything. could you please show me an example? Buggie111 (talk) 00:04, 2 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
Hi, busy day...! In your case, it'd be for contributing to Peer Reviews in the past 6 months or so -- search for your name here as a reviewer for examples. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 07:43, 2 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Hi, I've noticed that we're 4 days into the drive now, and about 150 articles have been copyedited, but that nobody has checked an article yet... ɳorɑfʈ Talk! 01:35, 5 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
Ooh! How lucrative. By this, you mean seeing if I could understand what the prose means? Absolutly! Buggie111 (talk) 01:37, 5 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Please start a new thread in Talk:RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 and discuss the notability of so called "peep bowling" thank you --intelati 05:00, 5 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
thanks --intelati 17:41, 5 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
I hate edit wars..... Buggie111 (talk) 17:51, 5 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
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I declined speedy deletion of this article because this appears to be an actual hospital, and notability was asserted. If you believe the subject is still non-notable, though, please feel free to take the article to WP:AFD. --Metropolitan90(talk) 00:28, 6 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
The link didn't work when I tried it. I was a bit unsure, but decided to go ahead. I'd like to see it DYK-ed. Buggie111 (talk) 00:45, 6 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
I don't think you mean DYK-ed -- that would mean it was featured on the main page under "Did You Know?" --Metropolitan90(talk) 15:59, 6 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
I meant exactly that. But with the prod and so forth, I don't know if it could happen. Buggie111 (talk) 16:03, 6 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
Sorry, I misunderstood. But, as you probably know, the article would need to be expanded significantly to get up to the minimum length to qualify for a DYK, and I don't know who is going to get that done. --Metropolitan90(talk) 16:22, 6 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
590 characters would be the minimum... Buggie111 (talk) 16:25, 6 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
I didn't read the rules. 16:26, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
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Wow, I was actually pegging one of the existing coordinators for being the first to break in the candidates section. Seeing a new user there was a surprise, but I like that initiative, its something I value since I believe it speaks to a person's character when they decide to take the lead instead of wait for someone to lead them.
Also, on a personal note, thanks for the Iowa class battleship message; its nice to see that people still care about the article. TomStar81 (Talk) 00:57, 7 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
Thanks for the kind words Tom. Buggie111 (talk) 01:01, 7 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
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I'm sorry, I don't actually know how to post a slideshow of my cockatiel on YouTube, but I have realized that I am the one at fault here. After having some time to think, I realized that you had every right to remove my edits. It occured to me that maybe peep bowling is unnecessary information. Also, I wanted you to see my new signature! I finally mastered the art of signatures! I actually have intelatl to thank for this signature... --Hyperhippy92The Game 14:57, 7 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
First,I lost the game. Second, great sig. Third, No worries. If you want, you can ask me if anything troubles you here. Buggie111 (talk) 14:05, 7 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : LIV (August 2010)edit
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Hi,
I was rewritting the last section and we were apparently conflicting. I didn't realize that you were working in that one two.
I'll stand down for a while and let you work. Cheers! Kevin --Kevin Murray (talk) 23:14, 8 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
Noo, your'e much more experienced than me in writing prose and so forth. You, on the other hand, should write it. Buggie111 (talk) 23:16, 8 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Hi Buggie111, you've left me a question on my RfA. I just wanted to leave you a note that it's taking me some time answering that question, so in all probability I'll be able to post the answer to the question tomorrow (I'll try to better that too). Thanks for the question; it's quite interesting, even if stolen from Fetchcomms. Regards. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ ―Œ ♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣ 14:54, 11 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
Sure. Take as long as you want. Buggie111 (talk) 15:05, 11 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive!GOCE September 2010 backlog elimination drive progress graphs
Participation report — We have 71 participants in the September drive. 95 people signed up for the July drive, and in May we had 36.
Progress report — We have been making solid progress in eliminating the 2008 articles from the backlog so far. If we continue to focus our firepower we can completely wipe out 2008 from the queue. Overall volumes are lower than expected though, with nearly a thousand articles yet to be done if we are to meet our overall target. If you have not yet participated in the drive, we recommend you do so. If each person who signed up edits one article per day from now till the end of the month we can eliminate another 1,065 articles from the backlog. All contributions are appreciated.
Announcement: credit for 10k+ articles — Participants editing a 10k word article may claim credit for two 5k+ articles on the leaderboard. Those that edit a 15k word article may claim credit for three. Regardless, the article is still counted as a single article in the tallies.
Reminder — Articles from the Requests page can be included in your tally, even if they do not have a copy edit tag. This is a great place to go if you are interested in finding a higher quality article to work on.
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Buggie, Your one question made me give an answer which turned the tables :):) Thanks for the vote. Wishes Wifione ....... Leave a message 19:41, 15 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
Your welcome. Good luck with the mop. Buggie111 (talk) 22:45, 15 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
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The Military history WikiProject coordinator election has started. You are cordially invited to help pick fourteen new coordinators from a pool of twenty candidates. This time round, the term has increased from six to twelve months so it is doubly important that you have your say! Please cast your vote here no later than 23:59 (UTC) on Tuesday, 28 September 2010.
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Hi I have set up the notes so refs can be added it should be easy to see if you want to check, any problems just drop a line. --Jim Sweeney (talk) 15:17, 25 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Can I claim partial credit for this GA? I know that I did not assist in the GAN itself but I am the 3rd largest contributor to the article and I have over 25 edits to. I helped to write it. I'm asking you first because I don't want to look like a trophy collector who is claiming credit for things that he did not do :)--White ShadowsYour guess is as good as mine 16:10, 25 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
I believe this is because of the Cup. Sure, tkae the credit. You put sweat into the middle patrols when I was busy IRL, so you deserve credit. Buggie111 (talk) 18:52, 25 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
No, it's not really for the cup. I know that I'll not come in 1st, 2nd 3rd or 4th. It's just for me :) Thanks.--White ShadowsYour guess is as good as mine 22:04, 25 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
Sure. I'll go find some stuff on the Tegetthoff class. Buggie111 (talk) 22:06, 25 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
Whoa, I can't believe I missed it's promotion; afterall, I created the article. Thanks to both Buggie and WS for collaborating with me to make this happen. ~NerdyScienceDude 23:18, 26 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Much thanks for the clarification... and hoping my response didnt sound snippy - I get kinda "matter of fact" at ANIs, and I always fear my responses may be misunderstood in my attempt to clearly state what I feel. I also notice you like cats :-) I had a catdog cat you probably woulda loved (had to give him away when I moved). He loved to play fetch (taught himself), loved playing, figured out how to open doors, was always there if I was in a bad mood, and tried befriending everything and everyone; including a 160lb rott (the humor of seeing the rott pull down a garbage pail, and Shadow pulling the lid off, followed by the two of them nosing through the pail together was pretty funny to me), a 60lb mutt, and a chinchilla. Wonderful soul he is. ROBERTMFROMLITALK/CNTRB 01:54, 27 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
I was trying to explain it in the best way possible. Too bad Shadow had to leave you, seems to have been adorable. I like chihuahuas also, but not as much as those perfect lumps of fur. My house in Russia is crawling with them. Buggie111 (talk) 02:07, 27 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Why did you change another editor's question? You're aware we typically don't clean up each other's grammar on posts like this, right? In fact, on this one you arguably changed the meaning of the question. Townlake (talk) 13:20, 28 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
Sorry, I didn't really notice that I changed it's meaning. I'll change it back, if you haven't already. Buggie111 (talk) 13:23, 28 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
Ok, I've changed it back and found out what it ment. What type of admin (trigger happy blocker, passive deleter, etc.) admin would Eagles 247 emulate, not what admin itself. Buggie111 (talk) 13:35, 28 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Hey there, would you be interested in adopting an user? Please see User:Netalarm/Survey#alexandre_rongellion for more details. This user is interested in history, so you two might be able to also work on an article together. Regarding the user's native language being French, I believe we can ask someone listed at Wikipedia:Local_Embassy if translation is needed, so no worries there. Please reply as soon as possible, thanks. Netalarmtalk 01:28, 30 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
Well, sure. I'd be glad to help someone, And I think I'd be able to use context clues to punch my way through the French. I'll take a look. Buggie111 (talk) 01:29, 30 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Welcome to Assessment with Wikiproject: U.S. public policyedit
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Thank you for assessing with the PPI, assessing with this project will probably be different than assessing with other projects in Wikipedia. It's different because the many of the articles are stub, start, or C class, and we are not working to assess long lists of articles, but will have multiple reviewers assessing the same set of articles. We are looking for Wikipedians who want to take a more in depth look at assessment and help define what is article quality. Please go to the WP:USPP Assessment page to find more details and your assessment page with the first group of articles for you to evaluate. Thanks and happy editing, ARoth (Public Policy Initiative) (talk) 21:47, 30 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Hello, quite pleased of your proposal of adoption. I browsed through your subjects of interest and others, and I was quite attracted by the fact that you do not have a driver's licence and like cats. (Do you know french novelist Cocteau's pun "I prefer cats, because there are no police cats " ?). Anyway, I am pleased to see that you're interested in the Byzantine history and ancient Rome which is quite my hobby nowadays, plus that you are among other of Russian ancestry (hence the interest for Byzance ?). i can see too that you're quite good in computer gimmicks, which I am not. I am currently learning tons of information about ancient history on wikipedia, that are generally not easy to lay a hand on in actual libraries. I think I am a victim of infoglut... Hope I'll learn a few things from you, quite impressed by your medals. One difference though: I loathe computer games, they tend to drive me insane. Bye...--Alexandre Rongellion (talk) 23:43, 30 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
Sure, I look forword to working with you. I'm just a bit nervous on getting my lisence, scared that I'll run over a cat or somthing... Anyways, I'll been done setting up the coursework by the 3rd. If you need any help in the meentime, put {{helpme}} on your usertalk page. I'll tell you when I'm done with the lesson setup. Buggie111 (talk) 01:03, 1 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
September 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive Conclusionedit
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GOCE September 2010 backlog elimination drive progress graphs
Greetings from the Guild of Copy EditorsSeptember 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive. Thanks to all who participated! Several of our top editors were called away to real life concerns during the month (be careful out there, people!). This meant that once again, we did not meet all our lofty targets, but we did come close.
Stats
Out of 76 registered editors, 45 actively participated.
We nearly wiped out the 2008 articles from the backlog—there were only 13 remaining when the drive closed.
We reduced the backlog by 725 articles (11.5%), so it was another successful drive.
A total of 59 barnstars will be awarded to 40 editors—well done, and congratulations to all.
Barnstars
If you copy edited at least 4,000 words, you qualify for a barnstar. If you edited in the July 2010 GOCE Backlog Elimination Drive, you may have earned rollover words, which counted towards this month's barnstars (except for the leaderboard awards). Any unused word credits will be held over for the next drive, as long as you participated in the September drive. Over the course of the next week or two, we will be handing out the barnstars. Click here to see a list of barnstar winners.
We will be holding our next drive in November. You can sign up here.
A huge "thank you" to all editors who helped clear the backlog and to others who helped out behind-the-scenes. See you at the next drive, and until then, please continue to help us work through the backlog. Happy editing!
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After you just created your new alternate account, SoxBot decided to report it as a username vio to WP:UAA. ~NerdyScienceDude 00:47, 4 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Thanks for adding the cites for Ekaterin II. Can you add the place of publication for Taras?--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 14:05, 4 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
The Russians didn't seem to add it into the book. I've searched all of the pages of it for Sevastopol, and I couldn't find it. Buggie111 (talk) 14:07, 4 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
Hmm, have you tried looking it up on Worldcat? They're usually pretty good about figuring that stuff out, even it it's not immediately obvious.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 14:09, 4 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Hello
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First impression - dont drink and edit :>. PMG (talk) 20:34, 4 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
My Netbook has a midget sized Shift key, that's why there are so many / in it. All of it's keys are tiny, so that's why it's so typo ridden. Buggie111 (talk) 22:49, 4 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Hi Buggie111, recently you signed up to help with assessment on Wikiproject: United States Public Policy. This project is probably different than other assessment drives you have worked on, it involves more assessment of lower ranked articles, it has input and staff from the foundation, and specific goals to improve and measure content of public policy articles. It also involves collaboration from some university classes, we are using an experimental assessment rubric, and most articles will be assessed by multiple reviewers to get a range of scores for each article. It's a lot to digest, and totally understandable if it's not what signed up for. However, there are also some exciting perks to this project: 1) your assessments are part of research that is attempting to increase credibility of Wikipedia in academic circles, 2) there is a great group of assessors involved in discussion of what is article quality and how to measure it, 3) WP:USPP is also piloting the Article Feedback tool, so those involved in assessment on the project will be asked to help improve and rate this tool as well, 4) subject matter experts are assessing articles alongside Wikipedians and comparisons of results will provide some insight as to the rigor of Wikipedia quality rating, and 5) other interesting benefits you will find with participation.
The first group of articles requesting your assessment has been posted. I was hoping to do a preliminary comparison of the data on 8 October 2010. The second assessment request, which is part of the same comparison, will go out about the same time. To help with organization, if you haven't posted any assessment scores on your assessment page by 8 October 2010, I will delete your assessment request and you will not receive further requests. I hope the unusualness of this assessment research does not discourage your participation; if you are not interested working in the research I hope you will continue to assess articles within the project. If possible let me know on my talk page if you don't wish to be a part of the research, or perhaps if there was some confusion or bad communication; what the public policy team, and I, in particular, can do to make it more positive for volunteers. Remember, I am new to Wikipedia and trying to learn the best way to research this project, to hopefully integrate the amazing resource that is Wikipedia onto more university campuses and classrooms. Thanks, ARoth (Public Policy Initiative) (talk) 22:47, 4 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
Thanks. I will be a bit inactive for the next 48 hours, but will get around to the other 4 articles in my queue. Buggie111 (talk) 22:48, 4 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
HI Buggie111, I mentioned "new to Wikipedia," right? I can't figure out why this message is not posting properly on your discussion page - sorry ARoth (Public Policy Initiative) (talk) 22:51, 4 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
That's nothing. I just happened to be on when you posted. Buggie111 (talk) 23:16, 4 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Since you just nominated a Karl for a GAN, can you post that up on the main nomination's page so we get a reviewer? Thanks :)--White ShadowsYour guess is as good as mine 23:58, 10 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
They've created a bot to do that. Buggie111 (talk) 00:02, 11 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
I've copied the lead and characteristics into Ferdinand Max, so I'll get to work on Friedrich and then make a dual-nom.Buggie111 (talk) 00:28, 11 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
Great. I'll get to work on the service history. (They are almost entirely identical. I think this will end up like the Hapsburgs to be honest....)--White ShadowsYour guess is as good as mine 00:30, 11 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
Good timing, I was about to do so. Do we plan to do Italy now, or can we go for an FT?I'm gonna have to ask Ed about the state of Italian battleship Impero. Buggie111 (talk) 00:33, 11 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
I think we should go for the FT. Getting them to GA is one thing, getting them to FA's is another challenge to prove that we did not rush through our work.--White ShadowsYour guess is as good as mine 00:44, 11 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
OK then. Are you fine with Franz Ferdinand starting the lineup? Ping me when your one with the Service histories on both Ferdinand max and friedrich. You can nom them if you want. Buggie111 (talk) 00:48, 11 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
I'm fine with FF going first. I'll work on Ferdinand max's service history. You can get Friedrich's up to par. Remember, it's almost a carbon copy of Karl. They did everything together.--White ShadowsYour guess is as good as mine 00:51, 11 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
Both are ready to go. I found a lot of issues in all three articles though. Two were given to France and one to the UK, not the other way around. There were also general issues like punctuation and citations as well as some info that was plain-ol' wrong that I fixed on all three. You may want to look over Friedrich once more to see if it's all true. (look at the other 3 articles to check) mind talking to the guy who reviewed the last few Karl ships if he'll do it for these as well? It may get done faster so we can fix any issues that come up.--White ShadowsYour guess is as good as mine 01:11, 11 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Hi there Buggie111! You may be wondering, what have I done to sound the alarm this time? Nothing. I'm messaging you in regards to the adopt-a-user program, which currently has a backlog of users wishing to be adopted. This doesn't make much sense, as we have a considerable list of users offer adoption, so there shouldn't be any backlog. I've begun to eliminate this backlog myself through a matching program, but I need your help to make it work. Of course, adoptees and adopters don't have to go through there, but I believe it helps eliminate the backlog because someone is actively matching pairs.
On the list of adopters, I have modified the middle column to say "Interests." It's easier working with other users that have similar interests, so if it's not too much to ask, could you add your interests in the middle column? For example, if I was interested in hurricanes, computers, business, and ... reptiles? I would place those in the middle column. Counter-vandalism and the like can also be included (maintenance should be used as the general term). The more interests, the better, since adoptees can learn more about you and choose the one they feel most comfortable working with. The information about when you're most active and other stuff can go into the "Notes" section to the right.
Finally, I've gone around and asked adoptees (and will in the future) to fill in a short survey so adopters can take the initiative and contact users they feel comfortable working with. We all know that most adoptees just place the adopt me template on their user page and leave it - so it's up to us to approach them and offer adoption. So, please take a look at the survey, adopt those that fit your interests, and maybe watchlist it so you can see the interests of adoptees and adopt one that fits your interests in the future.
Once again, thank you for participating in the adopt-a-user program! If you wish to respond to this post, please message me on my talk page.
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Hello! Your submission of SMS Budapest at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! — Rlevse • Talk • 23:25, 17 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Buggie111, thanks for contributing to article assessment in WP:USPP. Your continued involvement would be very appreciated. There is a second assessment request posted. There will be weekly updates about the research for this project posted here, look for the first one tomorrow. The next assessment request will come in early November. There is a lot of expertise and discussion about article quality happening in the project, so if you have any thoughts on the metric, or any ideas keeping project research exciting please let me know. ARoth (Public Policy Initiative) (talk) 01:37, 13 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
Thanks for telling me. I have a busy week, so might get to it on Friday. Buggie111 (talk) 01:38, 13 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
Hi Buggie111/July 2010-March 2011 -- Amy Roth is now out on maternity leave (she had a healthy baby girl this weekend!) so I'll be filling in for a couple of months. (I'm LiAnna Davis, the Public Policy Initiative's communications associate.) I'd like to get the assessments done this week if possible -- I've made some edits to give you direct links to the versions we'd like you to assess. Your page is here. Please let me know if you can't finish it by this weekend! Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks again for all your help! --Ldavis (Public Policy) (talk) 23:39, 20 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Your majesty, it gives me great pleasure to bestow these Triple crown upon Buggie111 for your contributions in the areas of WP:DYK, WP:GA, and WP:FC. Thank you for all your hard work and efforts! – SMasters (talk) 04:45, 29 November 2010 (UTC)Reply
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I'll root for Green Bay, as a matter of history many Steelers fans did root for Greenbay back when the Steelers were having there long period of down time for rebuilding. I will not root for the patriots though, if they show up in my back yard I'll wave the yellow flag of war :) TomStar81 (Talk) 18:02, 7 December 2010 (UTC)Reply
Looks like we stand partially divided. at least you don't root for the Cowboys. They're sure taking a beating. As I have relatives in AZ, I hold a grudge against Big Ben and Santanio Holmes. At least he didn't make me angry again Monday. I like Rodgers, just as I like the Ravens and Falcons for Lewwsis and Ryan. But the Cards/Pats are the only teams I really "root" for. See you in the playoffs. Buggie111 (talk) 23:33, 8 December 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Yes, I do speak Russian, as well as English and French. One of these days, I am going to build my user page. My current mid-term aim is to get as many articles related to the Siege of Leningrad to B-class or more.D2306 (talk) 15:44, 4 December 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Hey, you originally tagged that as A7, but I deleted it as G3-blatant hoax. LadyofShalott 01:19, 22 December 2010 (UTC)Reply
I was basing it off of the Fastbuttons buttons that I have. I wwas gonna tag the other page as a hoax, but the comp was too slow. Buggie111 (talk) 01:24, 22 December 2010 (UTC)Reply
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.
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Membership grows to 503 editors
2,589 articles removed through four Backlog elimination drives
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Hey there Buggie. I was thinking, want to get to work on this ship? I've got a bunch of info on her from Sokol and we could probably get her to ACR with Parsec's blessing since he wrote most of her in her current state. So what do you think?--White ShadowsThose Christmas lights 02:43, 28 December 2010 (UTC)Reply
Sure. Happy New years! Buggie111 (talk) 17:54, 31 December 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Hello, Buggie111/July 2010-March 2011! WikiProject United States, an outreach effort supporting development of United States related articles in Wikipedia, has recently been restarted after a long period of inactivity. As a user who has shown an interest in United States related topics we wanted to invite you to join us in developing content relating to the United States. If you are interested please add your Username and area of interest to the members page here. Thank you!!!
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EEK! I completely forgot! Buggie111 (talk) 14:14, 2 January 2011 (UTC)Reply
Sure. I don't have boatloads of time due to RL, so that would be dandy. I'm also working on Sevastopol. Buggie111 (talk) 15:58, 4 January 2011 (UTC)Reply
Mind nominating Zrinyi for an ACR then since I just nominated the other one with Parsec? Make sure to state that it's a join nom.--White ShadowsWe live in a beautiful world 02:46, 6 January 2011 (UTC)Reply
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We are half way through round one of the WikiCup. Signups are now closed, and we have 129 listed competitors, 64 of whom will make it to round two. Congratulations to The Bushranger (submissions), who, at the time of writing, has a comfortable lead with 228 points, followed by Hurricanehink (submissions), with 144 points. Four others have over 100 points. Congratulations also go to Yellow Evan (submissions), who scored the first points in the competition, claiming for Talk:Hurricane King/GA1, Miyagawa (submissions), who scored the first non-review points in the competition, claiming for Dognapping, and Jarry1250 (submissions) who was the first in the competition to use our new "multiplier" mechanic (explanation), claiming for Grigory Potemkin, a subject covered on numerous Wikipedias. Thanks must also go to Jarry1250 for dealing with all bot work- without you, the competition wouldn't be happening!
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So begins round two of the WikiCup! We now have eight pools, each with eight random contestants. This round will continue until the end of April, when the top two of each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers of those remaining, will make it to round three. Congratulations to The Bushranger (submissions) (first, with 487 points) and Hurricanehink (submissions) (second, with 459), who stormed the first round. Casliber (submissions) finished third with 223. Twelve others finished with over 100 points- well done to all of you! The final standings in round one can be seen here. A mere 8 points were required to reach round two; competition will no doubt be much more fierce this round, so be ready for a challenge! A special thanks goes, again, to Jarry1250 (submissions) for dealing with all bot work. This year's bot, as well as running smoothly, is doing some very helpful things that last year's did not. Also, thanks to Stone (submissions) for some helpful behind-the-scenes updating and number crunching.
Some news for those who are interested- March will see a GAN backlog elimination drive, which you are still free to join. Organised by WikiProject Good articles, the drive aims to minimise the GAN backlog and offers prizes to those who help out. Of course, you may well be able to claim WikiCup points for the articles you review as part of the drive. Also ongoing is the Great Backlog Drive, looking to work on clearing all of the backlogs on Wikipedia; again, incentives are offered, and the spirit of friendly competition is alive, while helping the encyclopedia is the ultimate aim. Though unrelated to the WikiCup, these may well be of interest to some of you.
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Hello! Your submission of Battle of the Arges at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know!
The Bushranger (submissions), who, at the time of writing, has a comfortable lead with 228 points, followed by 
Hurricanehink (submissions), with 144 points. Four others have over 100 points. Congratulations also go to 
Yellow Evan (submissions), who scored the first points in the competition, claiming for Talk:Hurricane King/GA1, 
Miyagawa (submissions), who scored the first non-review points in the competition, claiming for Dognapping, and 
Jarry1250 (submissions) who was the first in the competition to use our new "multiplier" mechanic (explanation), claiming for Grigory Potemkin, a subject covered on numerous Wikipedias. Thanks must also go to Jarry1250 for dealing with all bot work- without you, the competition wouldn't be happening!
Casliber (submissions) finished third with 223. Twelve others finished with over 100 points- well done to all of you! The final standings in round one can be seen here. A mere 8 points were required to reach round two; competition will no doubt be much more fierce this round, so be ready for a challenge! A special thanks goes, again, to 
Stone (submissions) for some helpful behind-the-scenes updating and number crunching.