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DYK for Train 18

On 9 December 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Train 18, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that India's newest train has no engine? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Train 18. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Train 18), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Alex Shih (talk) 12:02, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

• Thanks for contributing this but I've raised a couple of minor issues at WP:ERRORS which you might like to comment on. Andrew D. (talk) 13:18, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

• Thank you for the heads up! Replied there. cymru.lass (talk • contribs) 14:18, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

William W Johnstone

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/William_W._Johnstone&action=edit&redlink=1

I created the discussion but it won't let me start it without making a stupid account. That's a stupid policy. YOU go ahead and create the stupid discussion then, since shitopedia loves to jerk people around. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.55.210.84 (talk) 20:04, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

I'd be happy to create a procedural nomination on behalf of you. I understand your frustration in not being able to create the nomination, but there's no need for incivility. cymru.lass (talk • contribs) 20:07, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

That's fine but it's incredibly lousy to tell people they have to do something the system LITERALLY WILL NOT LET THEM DO unless they "register" for yet another site account likely to get hacked if it hasn't been already. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.55.210.84 (talk) 20:09, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

That's fair. That said, you don't need any personal info to create an account; just a username and password. You have the option of providing an email address so users can email you privately, but many (probably most) don't. As long as you use a different password than other sites, you won't run the risk of getting personal information compromised. On top of that, using an account is actually more anonymous than editing while logged out in some ways, as your IP address is used to identify your logged-out contributions, and registering masks your IP to all but a select few editors who have a lot of community trust. I'm not saying you have to register, or even that you should. But I just wanted to give you an idea of what the benefits are.

I did create that AfD page for you over at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William W. Johnstone if you want to go comment! Don't forget to sign your comments on talk pages with four tildes, like so: ~~~~ cymru.lass (talk • contribs) 20:16, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

Guile 7

Hi Cyrmu.lass my apologies for the miscommunication. But if you look into the articles they further elaborate in depth on the topic of the article. The blog of iTi can be considered an authority IMHO. iTi have been providing language solutions for over 30 years. I understand the conflict of interest. Have a great night! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Guile 7 (talk • contribs) 23:09, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

go eat rocks

Stop ruining the site and eat some rocks because you have destroyed this good clean site with your business. So go eat some rocks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.255.131.148 (talk) 01:58, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

I am not a new user

I only created the page and titled 2020 because there is another film named Onward. IsraeliIdan (talk) 20:08, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

@Zvikorn: my apologies for being mistaken about you being new. That said, Onward (film) is the correct location for the article, rather than where it was originally created at Onward (2020 Film), for two reasons. The first, is that we don't have an article about the 2016 film called Onward, and even if we did, the Pixar film would likely be the primary topic out of the two—feature-length Pixar films generally get more significant, in-depth coverage than indie short films. The second reason the article on the Pixar film should be hosted at Onward (film) has to do with this guideline: Disambiguators such as "(film)" should be lowercase to conform with our capitalization style.

I hope that clears things up! Let me know if there's any questions about the above that I can answer. cymru.lass (talk • contribs) 20:21, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

SHATTERED DREAMS

AND NOW YOU'VE GIVEN ME, GIVEN ME NOTHING BUT SHATTERED DREAMS, SHATTERED DREAMS FEELS LIKE I COHLD RUNWAY FRPM THE WE WE HIDE — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.255.204.196 (talk) 18:48, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for sharing! cymru.lass (talk • contribs) 18:51, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

Page mover granted

Hello, Cymru.lass. Your account has been granted the "extendedmover" user right, either following a request for it or demonstrating familiarity with working with article names and moving pages. You are now able to rename pages without leaving behind a redirect, and move subpages when moving the parent page(s).

Please take a moment to review Wikipedia:Page mover for more information on this user right, especially the criteria for moving pages without leaving redirect. Please remember to follow post-move cleanup procedures and make link corrections where necessary, including broken double-redirects when suppressredirect is used. This can be done using Special:WhatLinksHere. It is also very important that no one else be allowed to access your account, so you should consider taking a few moments to secure your password. As with all user rights, be aware that if abused, or used in controversial ways without consensus, your page mover status can be revoked.

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If you do not want the page mover right anymore, just let me know, and I'll remove it. Thank you, and happy editing! Primefac (talk) 19:09, 31 December 2018 (UTC)

@Primefac: Thank you! Happy New Year. cymru.lass (talk • contribs) 19:10, 31 December 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Technical Barnstar
	for fixing my userbox puggo 22:25, 3 January 2019 (UTC)

@Bug2266: why thank you! How nice have a great day!! cymru.lass (talk • contribs) 22:28, 3 January 2019 (UTC)

Stage name and defaultsort

I couldn't find anything about this in the guidelines, but I just checked some articles about popular American hip hop musicians: Lil Wayne, Gucci Mane, Meek Mill, Kodak Black, and none of them are sorted by the last word of their stage names. So I don't see any reason why it would be any different for these Finnish rap artists: Eevil Stöö, Kuningas Pähkinä, Mikael Gabriel. 88.113.105.36 (talk) 21:00, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

So the difference would be that the first four names aren't really First Name Last Name style stage names, but essentially mononyms broken up with a space. They're clearly not intended to resemble actual names. The latter 3 seem to be, so that's why I would use the Last, First DEFAULTSORT. At least that's the rule of thumb I've always gone by. It is kind of a grey area, though! cymru.lass (talk • contribs) 21:07, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

OK, but roughly translated those Finnish artists' names mean: "Evil Stöö" (Stöö coming from the way he used to pronounce the English words "it's the") and "King Nut", while "Mikael" and "Gabriel" are the artist's real forenames. Also, relevant or not, at the Finnish Wikipedia their defaultsorts aren't in the "Last name, First name" order. 88.113.105.36 (talk) 21:32, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

Ahhh I see! You're good to restore that defaultsort then. Cheers, cymru.lass (talk • contribs) 21:33, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia Day 2019 — curating images from Asahel Curtis and older Seattle photos

First Hill, Seattle, c. 1903, showing intersection of Columbia St and Summit Ave, Seattle, a panorama built from three Asahel Curtis photographs.

In the Seattle area? Tuesday evening, January 15, 2019, 6-9pm at Wayward Coffeehouse, 6417 Roosevelt Way NE #104, Seattle WA 98115 Wikipedia Day celebrates the anniversary of the founding of Wikipedia. This year in Seattle, Cascadia Wikimedians' celebration of Wikipedia Day will focus on a different closely related project: Wikimedia Commons, which (among other things) functions as the media repository for Wikipedia. When you see a photo or map in Wikipedia, or hear an audio clip, etc., it usually is hosted on Wikimedia Commons and "transcluded" into Wikipedia. Wikimedia Commons is a mix of users' own works and curated third-party content, either public domain or free-licensed. Our event is a hands-on workshop in curating third-party content, mostly early 20th-century photos of Seattle and other West Coast locations. Currently, Wikimedia Commons has two intersecting sets of older photos, one from the Asahel Curtis Photo Company and the other a more general set of Seattle images. At this meetup, we will celebrate the 18th anniversary of Wikipedia by further curating these images by the creation and addition of categories, adding ImageNotes where useful, linking other versions of the same photo, enhancing the descriptions, and identifying and correcting errors. User:Jmabel has already categorized over 1000 images and corrected several hundred wrong dates, misidentified buildings, and etc., but there is much more to be done. For more information, please see Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle#Wikipedia Day 2019 — curating images from Asahel Curtis and older Seattle photos.

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Speedy Deletion:Goest Ryder

Hello Cymru.lass. Just found out that my first article 'Goest Ryder' has been speedily deleted. I have to agree that based on the set-up of my account you are extremely right. Innocently to say, I was creating a page Goest Ryder but my mistake is I though using the same name as the username would fit the bill. Just give me a chance, I just did not have a clue on the challenges of the same username as the the page tittle.Goest Ryder (talk) 20:01, 18 January 2019 (UTC)

@Goest Ryder: So there were a couple issues with the page beyond the similarity of the username, and I hope you'll forgive my briefness as I'm writing this from my phone.

• First off, you'll want to have a look at WP:CHU, which is about changing usernames. If you're not Goest Ryder, you should probably change your username as it implies a conflict of interest.
• Second, if you are Goest Ryder or know them personally, you'll want to check out this page, which is our guideline on conflicts of interest.
• Third, the page was not created in article space but in your userspace, which made it eligible for deletion under U5 of our criteria for speedy deletion since you had made few other edits outside of your userspace and seemed to be promoting yourself due to the username.
• I'd urge you to take a look at Wikipedia:Your first article, as well as Wikipedia:Notability, Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons, and Wikipedia:Reliable sources as you work towards building an article. If you choose to re-draft Goest Ryder, I'd suggest you do it in a user sandbox or Draft: page, rather than on your main user page, as writing about the same thing as your username on your main user page really does give the appearance of self-promotion, which is definitely disallowed around here.

Read those guidelines over and let me know if you have any more questions! If you reply here, please put {{reply|Cymru.lass}} in front of your message so I get a notification. Thank you! cymru.lass (talk • contribs) 20:29, 18 January 2019 (UTC)

Macka Diamond, also known as Charmaine Munroe

Her official date of birth can be found on Government database @--> http://ecj.com.jm/voters/voters-list/query/

Just enter First Name CHARMAINE Last Name MUNROE

Date of Birth 12/01/1971

I said the comment TWICE while I edited but still got 'strike' for 'mischievousness' — Preceding unsigned comment added by AROO8 (talk • contribs) 16:41, 22 January 2019 (UTC)

AROO8: Please read WP:DOB, which I have now linked to you three times. The relevant part is here: Wikipedia includes full names and dates of birth that have been widely published by reliable sources, or by sources linked to the subject such that it may reasonably be inferred that the subject does not object to the details being made public. One database does not count as being widely published by reliable sources. Let me know if I haven't made anything clear here. Just because it's true doesn't mean it merits inclusion on here. cymru.lass (talk • contribs) 16:48, 22 January 2019 (UTC)

One database does not count that is her voting information..verified by the government,,,doesn't get more reliable than that — Preceding unsigned comment added by AROO8 (talk • contribs) 21:33, 22 January 2019 (UTC)

@AROO8: Again, the issue is not whether the one source you have provided for the date of birth is reliable. The issue is that is is not widely published by multiple reliable sources. The presumption for biographies of living people is that we should err on the side of privacy for information that is not widely published in multiple reliable sources. Take a look at Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons § Avoid misuse of primary sources. It states, quite plainly: Do not use ... public documents, to support assertions about a living person. Do not use public records that include personal details, such as date of birth, home value, traffic citations, vehicle registrations, and home or business addresses. (emphasis added)

After you take a look at the policies I've linked you, please let me know if you have any other questions. Also, please sign your posts on talk pages using four tildes, like this: ~~~~. cymru.lass (talk • contribs) 21:40, 22 January 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Templates for discussion

not sure what you were trying to do there, but you removed most of the discussions on the page. you probably intended to comment at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2019 January 15, instead of what you did. Frietjes (talk) 22:53, 22 January 2019 (UTC)

@Frietjes: oh shoot! Definitely didn't mean to do that. I think it might be an error with a user script I've been using; I'll go ahead and disable it. Thank you for fixing it! cymru.lass (talk • contribs) 22:56, 22 January 2019 (UTC)

GOCE 2018 Annual Report

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Amtk vs Amtrak

{{Amtk}} has an active talk page discussion and a sandbox; if a template is to be redirected, it probably ought to be {{Amtrak}}, which has little in the way of direct links. Mackensen (talk) 14:26, 12 February 2019 (UTC)

Mackensen, my usual inclination is for a template that has a long form and a shortcut to be hosted at the long form, since we generally don't host pages at shortcuts. Would a merge of the two talkpages and a round-robin move of the sandbox be acceptable? cymru.lass (talk • contribs) 15:04, 12 February 2019 (UTC)

Normally I'd agree, but in this case the "shortcut" is the template, for historical reasons. There's an ongoing discussion about the future of that template, which you've inadvertently stepped into. Restoring the status quo would be my preference, at least until that discussion has resolved itself. Mackensen (talk) 15:09, 12 February 2019 (UTC)

Mackensen, fair. I will self-revert, but I would recommend a round-robin to swap the two so we're not hosting a template at a shortcut after the discussion is resolved. cymru.lass (talk • contribs) 15:16, 12 February 2019 (UTC)

Infobox settlement wrappers

You might be interested in Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2019 February 28#Infobox settlement wrappers. 89.14.255.155 (talk) 23:58, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

Women’s History Wikithon, Washington State History Museum, Saturday 3/9

Come document women's history in Washington state!	Women’s History Wikithon When: Saturday, March 9, 10:00am-4:00pm PST Where: Washington State History Museum, 1911 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, WA 98402 47°14′42″N 122°26′10″W Register in advance here: https://webformsrig02bo3.blackbaudhosting.com/49882/Womens-Suffrage-Centennial-Program GLAM page: Wikipedia:GLAM/Washington State Historical Society Check for updates: Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle#Women’s History Wikithon	Washington State History Museum in Tacoma, WA
FREE. Please register in advance. Includes museum admission and snacks; please bring a sack lunch plus a laptop. Scholars and interested citizens are invited to come together for an afternoon of collaboration to create or improve Wikipedia pages related to Washington State’s suffrage history. Learn from seasoned “Wikipedians” how to edit wiki pages, and work in small groups with women’s history experts. Honor Women’s History Month by updating our reference materials to reflect the dedicated work of Washington’s women suffragists. Bring a brown bag lunch, we’ll provide snacks. Hosted by Washington State Historical Society. Women's Suffrage Centennial Program, Washington State Historical Society -> Events & Programs

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DeltaQuad, thank you!! cymru.lass (talk • contribs) 15:39, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

List defunct airlines in Republic India

Do not delete "List of defunct airlines in Republic India" Thank Alvorado (talk) 18:28, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

Alvorado, I have not deleted the page, merely redirected it to List of airlines of India#Defunct as it is redundant to that page--the list already exists there, and the standalone article does not seem to rise to our notability criteria for standalone lists. It belongs in the parent article, List of airlines of India. cymru.lass (talk • contribs) 19:51, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

List defunct airlines of Republic India

Hello Please do not delete the page "List of defunct airlines of Republic of India" . This page is different from "List defunct airlines of India" . Thank Alvorado (talk) 17:50, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

Alvorado, can you explain why it is different? What differentiates the list? If it is merely an extra column in the table, that should just be added to the existing table. We do not want to duplicate content. cymru.lass (talk • contribs) 20:10, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

Hello The difference consists of two columns, one with image and one with notes. Thank

Alvorado, so that's a content difference that can be solved by putting the information you had been putting in List of defunct airlines of Republic of India into the table at List of airlines of India#Defunct. It does not need a separate article, so it should be hosted at List of airlines of India#Defunct. cymru.lass (talk • contribs) 21:46, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

Hello Thanks for the information. Alvorado (talk) 12:45, 13 March 2019 (UTC)

Alvorado, I'm going to go ahead and restore the redirect since you've merged the content. Cheers, cymru.lass (talk • contribs) 13:01, 13 March 2019 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Ministry of Transport

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Please Index my page

@Cymru.lass: Hi do you have the authority to patrol a new page ? If so..I'd like you to do mine @ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Haggart

so it can show up in google and other search engines.

Art+Feminism, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Saturday, April 6th, 1-5 PM

For more info see the meetup page for Art+Feminism.

Wikipedia’s gender trouble is well-documented. In a 2011 survey, the Wikimedia Foundation found that less than 10% of its contributors were women. While the reasons for the gender gap are up for debate, the practical effect of this disparity is not: content is skewed by the lack of representation from women. Let’s change that. To help change this, the Jacob Lawrence Gallery is continuing a series of Edit-a-thons to improve Wikipedia's coverage of womxn and gender non-binary artists of color. Childcare, snacks from local businesses, and editing tutorials will be provided. All you need to bring is your laptop, power cord, and ideas. No previous Wikipedia experience required! Everyone is welcome. Access to UW wifi will be provided for non-UW affiliated participants. Please create a Wikipedia account before the event. RSVP through this Facebook event link. When: Saturday, Apr. 6, 2019, 1–5 PM Where: Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Art Building #132, 1915 NE Chelan Ln, Seattle, WA 98105 Event Sponsors: Jacob Lawrence Gallery, School of Art + Art History + Design Event Page: Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon Parking: Free parking is normally available on campus after 12pm on Saturdays.

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Infobox South African municipality

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Seattle Wiknic 2019

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Guild of Copy Editors September 2019 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the September newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since June 2019. June election: Reidgreg was chosen as lead coordinator, and is being assisted by Baffle gab1978, Miniapolis, Tdslk, and first-time coordinator Twofingered Typist. Jonesey95 took a respite after serving for six years. Thanks to everyone who participated! June Blitz: From 16 to 22 June, we copy edited articles on the themes of nature and the environment along with requests. 12 participating editors completed 35 copy edits. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. July Drive: The year's fourth backlog-elimination drive was a great success, clearing all articles tagged in January and February, and bringing the copy-editing backlog to a low of five months and a record low of 585 articles while also completing 48 requests. Of the 30 people who signed up, 29 copyedited at least one article, a participation level last matched in May 2015. Final results and awards are listed here. August Blitz: From 18 to 24 August, we copy edited articles tagged in March 2019 and requests. 12 participating editors completed 26 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: As of 03:00, 23 September 2019 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors had processed 413 requests since 1 January. The backlog of tagged articles stood at 599 articles, close to our record month-end low of 585. Requests page: We are experimenting with automated archiving of copy edit requests; a discussion on REQ Talk (permalinked) initiated by Bobbychan193 has resulted in Zhuyifei1999 writing a bot script for the Guild. Testing is now underway and is expected to be completed by 3 October; for this reason, no manual archiving of requests should be done until the testing period is over. We will then assess the bot's performance and discuss whether to make this arrangement permanent. September Drive: Our current backlog-elimination drive is open until 23:59 on 30 September (UTC) and is open to all copy editors. Sign up today! Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators, Baffle gab1978, Miniapolis, Reidgreg, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Editing as Activism: Edit-A-Thon to Correct Systemic Bias in Wikipedia

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Main page: Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle § Editing as Activism: Edit-A-Thon to Correct Systemic Bias in Wikipedia Help address the systematic biases relating to gender, race, and social class that lead to under-representation of topics, people, and organizations on Wikipedia. When: Saturday, November 2, 2019 at 9am–1pm Where: UW Libraries Research Commons, 4000 15th Ave NE, Seattle, Washington 98195 Hosted by: Labor Archives of Washington, UW Special Collections, and Cascadia Wikimedians User Group Facebook event page Please register here To unsubscribe from future messages from Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle, please remove your name from this list. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:54, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

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Calendar page Jacob Lawrence Gallery — Calendar | School of Art + Art History + Design | University of Washington When Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019, 1 – 5 p.m. Campus location Art Building (ART) Campus room Jacob Lawrence Gallery Event types Special Events, Student Activities, Workshops Event sponsors Jacob Lawrence Gallery, School of Art + Art History + Design with support from Wikipedia and Art+Feminism Facebook event page www.facebook.com/events/2475807515865167/ Description Free parking is normally available on campus after 12pm on Saturdays. Check the Gallery's website for information about getting there. The ‘Big Four,’ or the four white male artists that comprised the Northwest School, were the subject of the famous 1953 LIFE magazine article, "Mystic Painters of the Northwest": Guy Anderson, Kenneth Callahan, Morris Graves, and Mark Tobey. Each of these artists have robust pages on Wikipedia. However, key female-identifying artists from this time such as Margaret Gove Cafferman — who Mark Tobey cited as an influence on his work — lack Wikipedia articles. To help address the imbalance of representation on Wikipedia, the Jacob Lawrence Gallery is organizing an Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon focused on female-identifying artists of the Pacific Northwest. Childcare, snacks from local businesses, editing tutorials, books, and lists of artists will be provided. All you need to bring is your laptop, power cord, and ideas. No previous Wikipedia experience required! Everyone is welcome. Access to UW wifi will be provided for non-UW affiliated participants. Please create a Wikipedia account before the event. To unsubscribe from future messages from Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle, please remove your name from this list. -MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:34, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

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GOCE December 2019 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2019 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the December 2019 GOCE newsletter, an update of Guild happenings since the September edition. Our Annual Report should be ready in late January. Election time: Nominations for the election of a new tranche of Guild coordinators to serve for the first half of 2020 will be open from 1 to 15 December. Voting will then take place and the election will close on 31 December at 23:59 UTC. Positions for Guild coordinators, who perform the important behind-the-scenes tasks that keep our project running smoothly, are open to all Wikipedians in good standing. We welcome self-nominations so please consider nominating yourself if you've ever thought about helping out; it's your Guild and it doesn't run itself! September Drive: Of the thirty-two editors who signed up, twenty-three editors copy edited at least one article; they completed 39 requests and removed 138 articles from the backlog, bringing the backlog to a low of 519 articles. October Blitz: This event ran from 13 to 19 October, with themes of science, technology and transport articles tagged for copy edit, and Requests. Sixteen editors helped remove 29 articles from the backlog and completed 23 requests. November Drive: Of the twenty-eight editors who signed up for this event, twenty editors completed at least one copy edit; they completed 29 requests and removed 133 articles from the backlog. Our December Blitz will run from 15 to 21 December. Sign up now! Progress report: From September to November 2019, GOCE copy editors processed 154 requests. Over the same period, the backlog of articles tagged for copy editing was reduced by 41% to an all-time low of 479 articles. Request archiving: The archiving of completed requests has now been automated. Thanks to Zhuyifei1999 and Bobbychan193, YiFeiBot is now archiving the Requests page. Archiving occurs around 24 hours after a user's signature and one of the templates {{Done}}, {{Withdrawn}} or {{Declined}} are placed below the request. The bot uses the Guild's standard "purpose codes" to determine the way it should archive each request so it's important to use the correct codes and templates. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators; Reidgreg, Baffle gab1978, Miniapolis, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist. >>> Sign up for the December blitz! <<< >>> Participate in the Coordinator elections! <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors 2019 Annual Report

Guild of Copy Editors 2019 Annual Report Our 2019 Annual Report is now ready for review. Highlights: Overview of Backlog-reduction progress (a record low backlog!); Summary of Drives, Blitzes, and the Requests page; Automated archiving of requests; Membership news and results of elections; Annual leaderboard; Plans for 2020. – Your Guild coordinators: Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, Reidgreg, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:10, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

GOCE March newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors March 2020 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the March newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since December 2019. All being well, we're planning to issue these quarterly in 2020, balancing the need to communicate widely with the avoidance of filling up talk pages. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. Election results: There was little changeover in the roster of Guild Coordinators, with Miniapolis stepping down with distinction as a coordinator emeritus while Jonesey95 returned as lead coordinator. The next election is scheduled for June 2020 and all Wikipedians in good standing may participate. January Drive: Thanks to everyone for the splendid work, completing 215 copy edits including 56 articles from the Requests page and 116 backlog articles from the target months of June to August 2019. At the conclusion of the drive there was a record low of 323 articles in the copy editing backlog. Of the 27 editors who signed up for the drive, 21 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. February Blitz: Of the 15 editors who signed up for this one-week blitz, 13 completed at least one copy edit. A total of 32 articles were copy edited, evenly split between the twin goals of requests and the oldest articles from the copy-editing backlog. Full results are here. March Drive: Currently underway, this event is targeting requests and backlog articles from September to November 2019. As of 18 March, the backlog stands at a record low of 253 articles and is expected to drop further as the drive progresses. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the backlog. Help set a new record and sign up now! Progress report: As of 18 March, GOCE copyeditors have completed 161 requests in 2020 and there was a net reduction of 385 articles from the copy-editing backlog – a 60% decrease from the beginning of the year. Well done and thank you everyone! Election reminder: It may only be March but don't forget our mid-year Election of Coordinators opens for nominations on 1 June. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, Reidgreg, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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10 years on Wikipedia!

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GOCE June newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2020 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the June newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since March 2020. You can unsubscribe from our mailings at any time; see below. All times and dates stated are in UTC. Current events Election time: Nomination of candidates in our mid-year Election of Coordinators opened on 1 June, and voting will take place from 00:01 on 16 June. GOCE coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought about helping out at the Guild, or you know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here. June Blitz: This blitz begins at 00:01 on 14 June and ends at 23:59 on 20 June, with themes of articles tagged for copyedit in May 2020 and requests. Drive and blitz reports March Drive: Self-isolation from coronavirus may have played a hand in making this one of our most successful backlog elimination drives. The copy-editing backlog was reduced from 477 to a record low of 118 articles, a 75% reduction. The last four months of 2019 were cleared, reducing the backlog to three months. Fifty requests were also completed, and the total word count of copy-edited articles was 759,945. Of the 29 editors who signed up, 22 completed at least one copy edit. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. April Blitz: This blitz ran from 12 to 18 April with a theme of Indian military history. Of the 18 people who signed up, 14 copyedited at least one article. Participants claimed a total of 60 copyedits. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. May Drive: This event marked the 10th anniversary of the GOCE's copy-editing drives, and set a goal of diminishing the backlog to just one month of articles, as close to zero articles as possible. We achieved the goal of eliminating all articles that had been tagged prior to the start of the drive, for the first time in our history! Of the 51 editors who signed up, 43 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Other news Progress report: as of 2 June, GOCE participants had processed 328 requests since 1 January, which puts us on pace to exceed any previous year's number of requests. As of the end of the May drive, the backlog stood at just 156 articles, all tagged in May 2020. Outreach: To mark the 10th anniversary of our first Backlog Elimination Drive, The Signpost contributor and GOCE participant Puddleglum2.0 interviewed project coordinators and copy-editors for the journal's April WikiProject Report. The Drive and the current Election of Coordinators have also been covered in The Signpost's May News and Notes page. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, Reidgreg, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Guild of Copy Editors September 2020 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors September 2020 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the September GOCE newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since June 2020.                  Current and upcoming events September Drive: Our current backlog-elimination drive is open until 23:59 on 30 September (UTC) and is open to all copy editors. Sign up today! Election reminder: our end-of-year Election of Coordinators opens for nominations on 1 December. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here. Drive and Blitz reports June Blitz: An uncorrected typo (even copy editors make copy editing mistakes!) led to an eight-day "leap blitz" from 14 to 21 June, focusing on requests and articles tagged in May. 19 participating editors claimed 54 copy edits. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. July Drive: Over 750,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event, keeping pace with the previous three self-isolated drives. Of the 38 people who signed up, 30 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here. August Blitz: From 16 to 22 August, we copy edited articles tagged in June and July 2020 and requests. 12 participating editors completed 37 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Other news June election: Jonesey95 was chosen to continue as lead coordinator, assisted by Baffle gab1978, Tdslk, Twofingered Typist, and first-time coordinator Puddleglum2.0. Reidgreg took a break after serving for a couple years. Thanks to everyone who participated! Progress report: As of 01:33, 18 September 2020 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors had processed 532 requests since 1 January and there were 38 requests awaiting completion on the Requests page. The backlog of articles tagged for copy-editing stood at 433 (see monthly progress graph above). Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, Puddleglum2.0, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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December 2020 Guild of Copy Editors Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2020 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the December GOCE newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since September 2020.                  Current and upcoming events Election time: our end-of-year Election of Coordinators opened for nominations on 1 December and will close on 15 December at 23:59 (UTC). Voting opens at 00:01 the following day and will continue until 31 December at 23:59, just before Auld Lang Syne. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here. December Blitz: This will run from 13 to 19 December, and will target all Requests. Sign up now. Drive and Blitz reports September Drive: 67 fewer articles had copy-edit templates by this month's close. Of the 27 editors who signed up, 15 copy-edited at least one article, and 124 articles were claimed for the drive. October Blitz: this ran from 18 to 24 October, and focused on articles tagged for copy-edit in July and August 2020, and all Requests. Of the 13 who signed up, 11 editors copy-edited at least one article. 21 articles were claimed for the blitz. November Drive: Of the 18 editors who signed up, 15 copy-edited at least one article, and together claimed 134 articles. At the close of the drive, 67 fewer articles were in the backlog and we had dealt with 39 requests. Other news Progress report: As of 09:05, 3 December 2020 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors had processed 663 requests (18 from 2019) since 1 January and there were 52 requests awaiting completion on the Requests page. The backlog of articles tagged for copy-editing stood at 494 (see monthly progress graph above). Annual Report for 2020: this roundup of the year's activity at the Guild is planned for publication in late January or early February. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Seasonal tidings and cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, Puddleglum2.0, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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The Wikimedia LGBTQ+ User Group is holding online working days in May. As a member of WikiProject LGBT studies, editing on LGBTQ+ issues or if you identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community, come help us set goals, develop our organisation and structures, consider how to respond to issues faced by Queer editors, and plan for the next 12 months.

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GOCE June 2021 newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2021 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the June newsletter, our first newsletter of 2021, which is a brief update of Guild activities since December 2020. To unsubscribe, follow the link at the bottom of this box. Current events Election time: Voting in our mid-year Election of Coordinators opened on 16 June and will conclude at the end of the month. GOCE coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Have your say and show support here. June Blitz: Our June copy-editing blitz is underway and will conclude on 26 June. Drive and blitz reports January Drive: 28 editors completed 324 copy edits totalling 714,902 words. At the end of the drive, the backlog had reached a record low of 52 articles. (full results) February Blitz: 15 editors completed 48 copy edits totalling 142,788 words. (full results) March Drive: 29 editors completed 215 copy edits totalling 407,736 words. (full results) April Blitz: 12 editors completed 23 copy edits totalling 56,574 words. (full results) May Drive: 29 editors completed 356 copy edits totalling 479,013 words. (full results) Other news Progress report: as of 26 June, GOCE participants had completed 343 Requests since 1 January. The backlog has fluctuated but remained in control, with a low of 52 tagged articles at the end of January and a high of 620 articles in mid-June. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Tenryuu and Twofingered Typist, and from member Reidgreg. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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September 2021 Guild of Copy Editors newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors September 2021 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the September GOCE newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since June 2021.                  Current and upcoming events September Drive: Our current backlog-elimination drive is open until 23:59 on 30 September (UTC) and is open to all copy editors. Sign up today! Drive and Blitz reports June Blitz: From 20 to 26 June, 6 participating editors claimed 16 copy edits, focusing on requests and articles tagged in March and April. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. July Drive: Almost 575,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event. Of the 24 people who signed up, 18 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here. August Blitz: From 15 to 21 August, we copy edited articles tagged in April and May 2021 and requests. 9 participating editors completed 17 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Other news June election: Jonesey95 was chosen to continue as lead coordinator, assisted by Dhtwiki, Tenryuu, and Miniapolis. New maintenance template added to our project scope: After a short discussion in June, we added {{cleanup tense}} to the list of maintenance templates that adds articles to the Guild's copy editing backlog categories. This change added 198 articles, spread over 97 months of backlog, to our queue. We processed all of those articles except for those from the three or four most recent months during the July backlog elimination drive (Here's a link to a "tense" discussion during the drive). Progress report: As of 18:26, 24 September 2021 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 468 requests since 1 January and there were 60 requests awaiting completion on the Requests page. The backlog of articles tagged for copy-editing stood at 433 (see monthly progress graph above). Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Dhtwiki, Tenryuu, and Miniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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December 2021 GOCE Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2021 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the December GOCE newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since September 2021.                  Current and upcoming events Election time: Our end-of-year election of coordinators opened for nominations on 1 December and will close on 15 December at 23:59 (UTC). Voting opens at 00:01 the following day and will continue until 31 December at 23:59, just before "Auld Lang Syne". Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here. December Blitz: We have scheduled a week-long copy-editing blitz for 12 to 18 December. Sign up now! Drive and Blitz reports September Drive: Almost 400,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event. Of the 27 people who signed up, 21 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here. October Blitz: From 17 to 23 October, we copy edited articles tagged in May and June 2021 and requests. 8 participating editors completed 26 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. November Drive: Over 350,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event. Of the 21 people who signed up, 14 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here. Other news It is with great sadness that we report the death on 19 November of Twofingered Typist, who was active with the Guild almost daily for the past several years. His contributions long exceeded the thresholds for the Guild's highest awards, and he had a hand in innumerable good and featured article promotions as a willing collaborator. Twofingered Typist also served as a Guild coordinator from July 2019 to June 2021. He is sorely missed by the Wikipedia community. Progress report: As of 30 November, GOCE copyeditors have completed 619 requests in 2021 and there were 51 requests awaiting completion on the Requests page. The backlog stood at 946 articles tagged for copy-editing (see monthly progress graph above). Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Dhtwiki, Tenryuu, and Miniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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