User talk:Dr meetsingh/Archive 1

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Proposed deletion of Hifn

I removed the proposed deletion tag you placed on Hifn, as per policy an article that has previously been discussed at Articles for deletion is permanently ineligible for proposed deletion. Compliance with policy is the only reason I did this, and I have not even assessed whether the article might or might not merit deletion. Therefore, please do not interpret this action as my endorsement for keeping this article. If you wish to pursue deletion, please open another AfD by following the steps at WP:AFDHOWTO. I strongly recommend you go over WP:BEFORE prior to doing so. —KuyaBriBriTalk 20:09, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of [[A Classic Education]]

Hello I wanted to why you are considering this selfpromotion. I inserted all the references and I've seen other pages such as the "Shaking Through" one that point to this band. I put all the references needed for each sentence as I discovered the band through Spin magazin. I also credited the photography when needed. I'm new on wiki so maybe there is some procedure I'm doing wrong?

Hope to hear back from you, thank you very much —Tosettialex

Hi, I read your article it lacks on WP:BAND guidelines. If u still want to challenge Proposed deletio you can comment on article discussion page or on the AfD debate. You can also remove the tag but you should give reasons for removal of tags.Sehmeet singh (talk) 19:16, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Mentadent SR

Hello Sehmeet singh. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Mentadent SR, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: The article makes a credible assertion of importance or significance, sufficient to pass A7. Thank you. Salvio Let's talk about it! 13:58, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

Proposed merge

In this edit you proposed that Battle of Zimbabwe be merged to Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League, but you did not edit the talk page of either article to discuss why you feel such a merge is appropriate. Please state your reasoning either at Talk:Battle of Zimbabwe or at Talk:Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League. (I would suggest discussing at the Battle of Zimbabwe page, but either place is fine.) WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! 18:48, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

PSone Classics

Hello. You quickly reverted my restoration of the old article, so I assume you are Darkness2005. I suggest that you give some reasons for your version of the article, besides problems with your computer. Asdfsfs (talk) 12:33, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

WikiProject Wikify drive

I noticed that you joined our June drive; however, that drive has closed. You are more than welcome to join our August drive in advance. Can I ask what link led you to the June drive as it may need to get changed so that it leads to the August drive? Ryan Vesey Review me! 13:43, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

 
Comment
Hi, I'm from WikiProject Wikify. It is our job to go through all of the articles tagged with {{wikify}} and wikify them. I've noticed you tagged You really didn't tag anything incorrectly, I am just leaving some pointers with a wikify tag, unfortunately this article is already wikified or another tag is more appropriate. The reason you tagged it incorrectly is probably due to the fact that it is not clear what the wikification process involves. Hopefully the following will give you some pointers for the future:
What Wikifying does

Wikifying an article involves 4 main things:

  • Checking to see if an article duplicates existing information and tagging it with {{merge}} if it does.
  • Checking an article for copyright violations and tagged with {{copyvio}} if one is found.
  • Adding section headings and formatting the lead.
  • Wikilinking the article.
What articles need wikification?

The best way to judge which articles need our attention is to look for the following pointers:

  • Is the article divided into sections with appropriate links and section headers?
  • Does the article have a lead paragraph with the title in bold?
  • Does the article make adequate use of wikilinks to allow for easy navigation of the encyclopedia?

If the answer to any of these is no, add {{wikify}}

If the article is obviously a copyright violation (see Wikipedia:Copyright for details or use copyscape to check the article) then tag it with {{copyvio}} - there is no need to tag it for wikification.

What wikification does not do

We do not:

  • Rewrite articles with bad grammar, punctuation or bad english - that is a job for cleanup or copyediting; use {{cleanup}} or {{copyedit}} instead
  • Categorise articles - use {{uncat}} instead
  • Find sources for articles with none - use {{unsourced}} instead.

I hope these pointers are helpful and thank you for taking the time to tag articles for us. If you want to find out more about wikifying please visit our project page or the talk page. You may even want to join the project. Wikification can be great fun, teaches you loads of different things and gives you loads to edit - we are currently dealing with a 0 backlog of tagged articles so your help would be appreciated! Ryan Vesey Review me! 14:15, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Talkback

 
Hello, Dr meetsingh. You have new messages at Ryan Vesey's talk page.
Message added 14:16, 28 July 2011 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Ryan Vesey Review me! 14:16, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

August drive

Hey there Sehmeet singh, I'm glad you've joined us at Project Wikify. I noticed that you added an article and I've got a couple notes for you. First of all, the drive doesn't start for a couple more days! :) Second, I think this wuold be a great place to walk you through the wikifying of an article. You had a great start on Bomab, but I think they are a couple more things that could have been done. I'll go through everything point-by-point.

  • The tags you added were almost entirely correct. There were some sources when you added the {{unreferenced}} tag, but you saw you're mistake and removed that. However, there another tag, {{nofootnotes}} that most certainly applies when the article has references at the bottom, but no citations. I added that. - Good start :)
  • Next, you added some great links and removed some advertising. Again, great job.
  • Now here's some things you missed. An article should almost never start with a section header, like this one did. I removed the section header.
  • Next I took a link and put it in between <ref></ref> tags to make it a reference.
  • Then I added a reflist, to show the references.
  • Lastly, since the article now has footnotes, I changed the tag from {{nofootnotes}} to {{morefootnotes}}.

I hope this helps - happy wikifying! Nolelover Talk·Contribs 16:38, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

THANKS great information i will follow this advice  Sehmeet singh  Talk  16:54, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
Glad to help. :) Also, when you make a comment on a talk page, it is polite to sign with four tildes (~~~~). This will automatically put your signature and the time. Nolelover Talk·Contribs 16:52, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

August 2011 Wikification Drive

Syphilis

You cannot review articles that you yourself nominate, and, as you are not a major contributor to the article, it is not appropriate that you nominate the article without consulting the regular editors anyway. Especially considering that this is such an important and complex topic, the cursory review you gave would not have been appropriate even if you had not nominated the article yourself. I advise that you withdraw the nomination at this time, and consult with the regular editors of the page as to whether they feel that the article is ready to be nominated. J Milburn (talk) 00:16, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Ok, I've just seen that you made this edit- you are not the nominator, you are the reviewer, so you needn't have changed that- it's that that caused the confusion. I have changed it back. I stand by what I said about it being a rather light review, but I appreciate that you have requested a second opinion, which is fair enough. J Milburn (talk) 00:23, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Orbital lymphoma

Today I came across your article Orbital lymphoma. It stated that you was working on it, but the last edit was six days ago. You have not made much progress on it when you placed in on Wikipedia. Are you going to finish it soon? Night of the Big Wind talk 15:20, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

Panarchy

Do you have a reason for your comment on my page + deletion of article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Panarchy (talkcontribs) 14:22, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Jan-Baptist Stella

Hello Sehmeet singh. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Jan-Baptist Stella, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: this is not an attack page. Thank you. JohnCD (talk) 09:04, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Commenting on pages

I see that English is not a language your are very familiar with or else I might have to write in Braille just for you? Or perhaps not very bright? READ THE PAGE FIRST. I am no longer contributing t Wiki however I monitor the page. No need to post to it. Perhaps this is best written in Punjabi. Any further comments from you will be reported to the Admins. Also the fact that you breached copyright laws is a CRIMINAL act and you can be fined and go to jail. Perhaps in the uncivilized countries do not take it seriously but in the West it is a serious criminal matter. I do not expect further comment from you further to this.DeusImperator (talk) 15:29, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

Reported your personal attack on AIN and you are BLOCKED  Sehmeet singh  Talk  14:18, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

GOCE drive newsletter

Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors
 

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September 2011

Welcome to Wikipedia. I have noticed that some of your recent genre changes, such as the one you made to ramdasia, have conflicted with our neutral point of view and verifiability policies. While we invite all users to contribute constructively to Wikipedia, we urge all editors to provide reliable sources for edits made. When others disagree, we recommend you to seek consensus for certain edits. Thank you. CiscoManager (talk) Cisco Manager —Preceding undated comment added 13:02, 2 September 2011 (UTC).

This is not a warning but a revenge which you are taking when i posted a warning on talk pg. You have bad Ethnocentrisim Sehmeet singh  Talk  14:19, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

Altered speedy deletion rationale: El Tora

Hello Sehmeet singh. I am just letting you know that I deleted El Tora, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, under a different criterion from the one you provided, which doesn't fit the page in question. Thank you. Danger (talk) 19:43, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

Merging

You have requested to merge 2011 parliamentary debate on anti-corruption legislation into Jan Lokpal bill, however this small article is related to 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement. Hence its better to merge to the later on, i.e 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement. Karthik Nadar (talk) 06:05, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

BLP Prod tag on Mali Madhavan Nair

Hi there! Just to let you know that I have removed the BLP PROD tag you placed on the Mali Madhavan Nair article as this is supposed to be used only for living people and the first line clearly says he died in 1996. It was also really easy to find a reliable source to support the text as several came up on a simple Google search. I'm wondering whether you have noticed the part of the BLP PROD guidelines which says "you are strongly encouraged to either source or remove any contentious material and look for reliable sources that support the remainder of the biography's content"? I know it can seem easier just to tag an article quickly and move on but that sometimes just creates work for other people, especially when the article in question is easy to source. If I may offer a bit of friendly advice, I would like to suggest that you pause for a moment before tagging an article for deletion to a) do a quick search to see whether a source comes up quickly (if so, add it) and b) to check that you have used the correct tag.--CharlieDelta (talk) 06:52, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

Baba nimari wala at pali

I've declined your speedy request on the grounds that there is enough context to identify the subject. Whether it is notable or not is quite another matter. Over to you... Peridon (talk) 16:41, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

Indian MRCA compitition

Hi your DYK nomination has a large problem not being a new article of x5 expansion. Can I suggest you withdraw the nom.Jim Sweeney (talk) 17:59, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

okay i withdraw the article  Sehmeet singh  Talk  18:03, 9 September 2011 (UTC)


Sure

Will be happy to help. Just give me a week or so. Off on holidays. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 18:09, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences & Research

 

The article Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences & Research has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

no evidence of notability

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

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

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 11:07, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

WikiProject Wikify's October Newsletter

 


Your Wikification Newsletter – Volume I, Issue IV, October 2011


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personal attack/trolling

I'm not even sure who this nasty remark [1] was directed to, but obviously it is a gross violation of the very policy you are (pretending) to advise them about. We call that trolling, and it is not ok. Please don't do that again. Beeblebrox (talk) 22:51, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

GOCE drive newsletter

Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors
 

The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in their November 2011 Backlog elimination drive, a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on November 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on November 30 at 23:59 (UTC). We will be tracking the number of 2010 articles (and specifically will be targeting the oldest three months), as we want to copy edit as many of these as possible. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits more than 4,000 words, and special awards will be given to the top 5 in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", and "Number of articles of over 5,000 words". We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Diannaa, Chaosdruid, The Utahraptor, Slon02, and SMasters.

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Feedback Dashboard task force

Hi Dr meetsingh,

I noticed you replied to some feedback from the new Feedback Dashboard feature – you might be interested in the task force Steven Walling and I just created for this purpose: Wikipedia:Feedback Dashboard. Thanks for diving in on your own and helping the newbies, and I hope you'll sign up! Maryana (WMF) (talk) 23:43, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

Talk:Pregnancy#RfC: Which photo should we use in the lead?

  You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Pregnancy#RfC: Which photo should we use in the lead?. You participated in the previous RFC on the lead image, Talk:Pregnancy/Archive 4#Lead image RfC. Nil Einne (talk) 14:46, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Invitation to the December Wikification Drive

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Speedy deletion declined: Yacht-Master II

Hello Dr meetsingh. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Yacht-Master II, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: There is sufficient context to identify the subject of the article. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 06:49, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

Wrong template

Hello, I think you are adding the wrong template. You are sending the messages on the talk page of the "Example" user instead than the real article author. Check here: User_talk:Example --★ Pikks ★ MsG 09:21, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

Regarding Abhishek Kumar Page

Thankyou Dr. Meet Singh. Best of luck for your exams and by the way, satsriakal :). Andrewsymonds12 (talk) 04:08, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

GOCE drive newsletter

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors
 
 

Elections are currently underway for our third tranche of Guild coordinators. The voting period will run for 14 days: 00:01 UTC, 16 December – 23:59 UTC, 31 December. All GOCE members, as well as past participants of any of the Guild's Backlog elimination drives, are eligible to vote. There are five candidates vying for four positions. Your vote really matters! Cast your vote today.

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GOCE 2011 Year-End Report

Guild of Copy Editors 2011 Year-End Report
 
 

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 2011. Read all about these in the Guild's 2011 Year-End Report.

Highlights
  • Membership grows to 764 editors, an increase of 261
  • Report on coordinators' elections
  • Around 1,000 articles removed through six Backlog elimination drives
  • Guild Plans for 2012
  • Requests page report
  • Sign up for the January 2012 Backlog elimination drive!


Get your copy of the Guild's 2011 Year-End Report here
On behalf of the Guild, we take this opportunity to wish you Season's Greetings and Happy New Year. We look forward to your support in 2012!
– Your 2011 Coordinators: Diannaa (lead), The Utahraptor, and Slon02 and SMasters (emeritus).

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DYK for GRB 101225A

The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

What is it "Afterglow"

Goodbye, Docteur meetsingh.

I lease your page over the Gamma-ray burst.

Come I deer in the page of talk at the page over Gamma-ray burst, you ofted speak of "afterglow" in this. But what is it "Afterglow" ?

When I saerch the world "Afterglow", I troov the disambiguation Afterglow what resend:

- to be to "Afertglow (Gamma burst)" what resend to to "Gamma-ray burst",
- to be to the light of the morning and of the abend. The light of mornig or abend is not due to the Gamma-ray Burst but to the Sun whith is sub horizon. No rapport.

I suggest you fay :

- to be a page in what you deer what is it "Afterglow post Gamma-ray burst", and meet a lien to this,
- to be a chapter "Afterglow" in the page Gamma-ray burst".

I thank you very much for go ahaed and apophyse mi bad english: it is because I am not english (it is not mi fault, I can not choose the country whose I born).

--Jean-François Clet (talk) 12:16, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

GOCE March copy edit drive

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WikiProject Cleanup

 
Hello, Dr meetsingh.

You are invited to join WikiProject Cleanup, a WikiProject and resource for Wikipedia cleanup listings, information and discussion.

To join the project, just add your name to the member list. Northamerica1000(talk) 00:20, 2 March 2012 (UTC)


WikiProject Wikify March Mini Drive

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GOCE March drive wrap-up

Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 backlog elimination drive
 
 
GOCE March 2012 Backlog Elimination progress graph

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 Backlog elimination drive! This is the most successful drive we have had for quite a while. Here is your end-of-drive wrap-up newsletter.

Participation

Of the 70 people who signed up for this drive, 40 copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Special acknowledgement goes out to Lfstevens, who did over 200 articles, most of them in the last third of the drive, and topped all three leaderboard categories. You're a superstar! Stfg and others have been pre-checking the articles for quality and conformance to Wikipedia guidelines; some have been nominated for deletion or had some preliminary clean-up done to help make the copy-edit process more fun and appealing. Thanks to all who helped get those nasty last few articles out of the target months.

Progress report

During this drive we were successful in eliminating our target months—October, November, and December 2010—from the queue, and have now eliminated all the 2010 articles from our list. We were able to complete 500 articles this month! End-of-drive results and barnstar information can be found here.

When working on the backlog, please keep in mind that there are options other than copy-editing available; some articles may be candidates for deletion, or may not be suitable for copy-editing at this time for other reasons. The {{GOCEreviewed}} tag can be placed on any article you find to be totally uneditable, and you can nominate for deletion any that you discover to be copyright violations or completely unintelligible. If you need help deciding what to do, please contact any of the coordinators.

Thank you for participating in the March 2012 drive! All contributions are appreciated. Our next copy-edit drive will be in May.

Your drive coordinators – Dianna (Talk), Stfg (Talk), and Dank (talk)

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GOCE May copy edit drive

Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors
 

The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in their May 2012 Backlog elimination drive, a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on May 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on May 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goal for the drive will be to eliminate January, February, and March 2011 from the queue. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits more than 4,000 words, and special awards will be given to the top 5 in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", and "Number of articles of over 5,000 words". We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Dank, Diannaa, and Stfg.

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GOCE May mid-drive newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors May 2012 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter
 

Participation: Out of 49 people signed up for this drive so far, 26 have copy-edited at least one article. It's a smaller group than last drive, but we're making good progress. If you've signed up but haven't yet copy-edited any articles, please consider doing so. Every bit helps! If you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Join us!

Progress report: We're on track to meet our targets for the drive, largely due to the efforts of Lfstevens and the others on the leaderboard. Thanks to all. We have reduced our target group of articles—January, February, and March 2011—by over half, and it looks like we will achieve that goal. Good progress is being made on the overall backlog as well, with over 500 articles copy-edited during the drive so far. The total backlog currently sits at around 3200 articles.

Hall of Fame: GOCE coordinator Diannaa was awarded a spot in the GOCE Hall of Fame this month! She has copy-edited over 1567 articles during these drives, and surpassed the 1,000,000-word mark on May 5. On to the second million! – Your drive coordinators: Dank, Diannaa and Stfg

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Articles for Creation Appeal

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Do you have what it takes?
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June 2012 Wikification Drive

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GOCE May drive wrap-up

Guild of Copy Editors May 2012 backlog elimination drive wrap-up
 

Participation: Out of 54 people who signed up this drive, 32 copy-edited at least one article. Last drive's superstar, Lfstevens, again stood out, topping the leader board in all three categories and copy-editing over 700 articles. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

Progress report: We were once again successful in our primary goal—removing the oldest three months from the backlog—while removing 1166 articles from the queue, the second-most in our history. The total backlog currently sits at around 2600 articles, down from 8323 when we started out just over two years ago.

 

Coodinator election: The six-month term for our third tranche of Guild coordinators will be expiring at the end of June. We will be accepting nominations for the fourth tranche of coordinators, who will also serve a six-month term. Nominations will open starting on June 5. For complete information, please have a look at the election page. – Your drive coordinators: Dank, Diannaa, and Stfg

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GOCE July 2012 Copy Edit Drive

Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors
 

The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in their July 2012 Backlog elimination drive, a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on July 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on July 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to eliminate the articles tagged in April, May and June 2011 from the queue and to complete all requests placed before the end of June. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits more than 4,000 words, and special awards will be given to the top 6 in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", "Number of articles of over 5,000 words", "Number of articles tagged in April–June 2011", and "Longest article". We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Dank, Diannaa and Stfg.

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GOCE July 2012 mid-drive newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors July 2012 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter
 

Participation: Out of 37 people signed up for this drive so far, 25 have copy-edited at least one article. It's a smaller group than last drive, but we're making good progress. If you've signed up but haven't yet copy-edited any articles, every bit helps; if you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Join us!

Progress report: We're almost on track to meet our targets for the drive. Great work, guys. We have reduced our target group of articles—May, June, and July 2011—by about 40%, and the overall backlog has been reduced by 264 articles so far, to around 2500 articles.

Copy Edit of the Month: Starting in August, your best copy-editing work of the month will be eligible for fabulous prizes! See here for details. – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest.

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WikiProject Wikify: July Newsletter and August Drive

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GOCE July drive wrap-up

Guild of Copy Editors July 2012 backlog elimination drive wrap-up
 

Participation: Out of 45 people who signed up this drive, 31 have copy-edited at least one article. Lfstevens continues to carry most of the weight, having edited 360 articles and over a quarter of a million words already. Thanks to all who have participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, will be available early in August here.

Progress report: We are once again very close to achieving in our primary goal—removing the oldest three months from the backlog. Only 35 such articles remain at press time. The total backlog currently sits at under 2400 articles, down from 8323 when we started out over two years ago. We are just two articles away from completing all requests made before July 2012 (both are in progress).

Copy Edit of the Month: Starting in August, you'll be able to submit your best copy-editing work for palaver, praise, and prizes. See here for details. – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest.

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WikiProject Wikify and the future of wikification

Hi! There is an ongoing proposal at the project talkpage concerning the future of wikification, including possible deprecation of the {{wikify}} template which is being discussed at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2012 August 10. Your input would be greatly appreciated!

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GOCE news and September drive invitation

Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors
 

The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in its events:

  • The August 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is currently in the submissions stage. Submit your best August copy edit there before the end of the month. Submissions end, and discussion and voting begin, on September 1 at 00:00 (UTC).
  • September 2012 Backlog elimination drive is a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on September 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on September 30 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to copy edit the articles tagged longest ago and to complete all requests placed before the end of August. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits at least one article, and special awards will be given to the top six in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", "Number of articles of over 5,000 words", "Number of articles tagged longest ago", and "Longest article". This drive features a much easier signup process. We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest.
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GOCE September activities

Reminders from the Guild of Copy Editors
 

A quick reminder of our current events:

  • The August 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is in the discussion and voting stage until midnight September 14 (UTC).
  • The September 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is in the submissions stage until midnight September 30 (UTC), when discussion and voting begin.
  • The September 2012 Backlog elimination drive is now underway! The event runs until midnight September 30 (UTC). The goal is to copy edit articles with the oldest tags and complete all requests placed before September. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who participates, with special awards given to the top five in the following categories: "Total articles", "Total words", "Total articles over 5,000 words", "Total articles tagged longest ago", and "Longest article". – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest.

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speedy criteria

All towns, present and past, are considered notable at WP, another admin. removed your speedy tag for Pearson Chapel, Texas DGG ( talk ) 19:45, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

GOCE mid-drive newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors September 2012 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter
 

  • Participation: Out of 37 people signed up for this drive so far, 19 have copy-edited at least one article, about the same as the last drive. If you've signed up but haven't yet copy-edited any articles, every bit helps; if you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Join us!
  • Progress report: We're almost on track to meet our targets for the drive. Great work, guys. We have reduced our target group of articles—August, September, and October 2011—by about 44%, and the overall backlog has been reduced by 58 articles so far, to around 2600 articles. The biggest difference between this drive and the previous one is a stronger focus on large articles, so total word counts are still comparable.
  • Don't forget about the Copy Edit of the Month contests! Voting for the August contest has been extended through the end of the month. You don't have to make a submission to vote!
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AfD Simple_Energy

In reference to The AfD for Simple Energy, new citations and references have been added. The article is now compliant. Please advise. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Greenbeanstew (talkcontribs) 04:16, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Please re-review The AfD for Simple Energy and the original article Simple_Energy. Having made a number of additional citations and filled in some key gaps, I am confident the article now meets the standards set forth in the guidelines. Thanks for pushing me to do a better job with it! Greenbeanstew (talk) 04:05, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

Please advise if you plan to revisit The AfD for Simple Energy or the original article Simple_Energy. It has been one week since your first review and changes have been made to bring into compliance with your note. After seven days, it is advised that the AfD be closed; however, I'd like to ensure that you are aligned with that decision before I remove it. Please advise. Greenbeanstew (talk) 18:43, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

Articles for Creation urgently needs your help!

 

Articles for Creation is desperately short of reviewers! We are looking for urgent help, from experienced editors, in reviewing submissions in the pending submissions queue. Currently there are 2830 submissions waiting to be reviewed and many help requests at our Help Desk.

Do you have what it takes?
  1. Are you familiar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines?
  2. Do you know what Wikipedia is and is not?
  3. Do you have a working knowledge of the Manual of Style, particularly article naming conventions?
  4. Can you review submissions based on their individual merits?

If the answer to these questions is yes, then please read the reviewing instructions and donate a little of your time to helping tackle the backlog. You might wish to add {{AFC status}} or {{AfC Defcon}} to your userpage, which will alert you to the number of open submissions.

PS: we have a great AFC helper script at WP:AFCH!

News

Good article nominee AFCH script improvements
  • 1.16 to 1.17
    • Batman still works!

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Happy reviewing! TheSpecialUser TSU

Page Curation newsletter

Hey Dr meetsingh. I'm dropping you a note because you've been using the Page Curation suite recently - this is just to let you know that we've deployed the final version :). There's some help documentation Wikipedia:Page Curation/Introductionhere that shows off all the features, just in case there are things you're not familiar with. If you find any bugs or have requests for new features, let us know here. Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 11:50, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

GOCE September 2012 drive wrap-up

Guild of Copy Editors September 2012 backlog elimination drive wrap-up
 

Participation: Out of 41 people who signed up this drive, 28 copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

Progress report: We achieved our primary goal of clearing July, August, September and October 2011 from the backlog. This means that, for the first time since the drives began, the backlog is less than a year. At least 677 tagged articles were copy edited, although 365 new ones were added during the month. The total backlog at the end of the month was 2341 articles, down from 8323 when we started out over two years ago. We completed all 54 requests outstanding before September 2012 as well as eight of those made in September.

Copy Edit of the Month: Voting is now over for the August 2012 competition, and prizes will be issued soon. The September 2012 contest is closed for submissions and open for voting. The October 2012 contest is now open for submissions. Everyone is welcome to submit entries and to vote.

– Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest.

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GOCE fall newsletter

Fall Events from the Guild of Copy Editors
 

The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in its events:

  • The October 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is currently in the submissions stage. Submit your best October copy edit there before the end of the month. Submissions end, and discussion and voting begin, on November 1 at 00:00 (UTC).
  • Voting is in progress for the September 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest. Everyone is welcome to vote, whether they have entered the contest or not.
  • NEW!! In the week from Sunday 21 October to Saturday 27 October, we are holding a Project Blitz, in which we will copy edit articles tagged with {{copyedit}} belonging to selected project(s). For the first blitz, we'll start with WikiProject Olympics and WikiProject Albums and add more Projects to the blitz as we clear them. The blitz works much like our bimonthly drives, but a bit simpler. Everyone is welcome to take part, and barnstars will be awarded.
  • November 2012 Backlog elimination drive is a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on November 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on November 30 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to copy edit all articles tagged in 2011 and to complete all requests placed before the end of October. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits at least one article, and special awards will be given to the top five in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", "Number of articles of over 5,000 words", "Number of articles tagged in 2011", and "Longest article". We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest.
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WikiProject:Articles for Creation October - November 2012 Backlog Elimination Drive

WikiProject Articles for creation Backlog Elimination Drive
 

WikiProject AFC is holding a one month long Backlog Elimination Drive!
The goal of this drive is to eliminate the backlog of unreviewed articles. The drive is running from October 22, 2012 – November 21, 2012.

Awards will be given out for all reviewers participating in the drive in the form of barnstars at the end of the drive.
There is a backlog of over 1000 articles, so start reviewing articles! Visit the drive's page and help out!

EdwardsBot (talk) 00:08, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

GOCE November 2012 copy edit drive update

Guild of Copy Editors November 2012 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter
 

  • Participation: Out of 31 people signed up for this drive so far, 22 have copy-edited at least one article. If you've signed up but haven't yet copy-edited any articles, every bit helps; if you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Join us!
  • Progress report: We're on track to meet our targets for the drive. We have reduced our target group of articles—November and December 2011—by over 50%, and 34 of the the 56 requests made in September and October this year have already been fulfilled. However, the rate of tagging for copy edit has increased, and this month we are just keeping the size of the backlog stable. So, all you copy editors, please do come along and help us!
  • The September 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest was won by Baffle gab1978 for his copy edit of Expulsion of the Acadians. Runner up was Gareth Griffith-Jones for his edit of I Could Fall in Love. Congratulations to both.
  • The October 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is in the discussion and voting stage until midnight November 30 (UTC). You don't have to make a submission to vote!
  • November 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is in the submissions stage until midnight November 30 (UTC), when discussion and voting begin.
  • Seasonal oversight: We had a slight fall from grace in the title of our last newletter, which mentioned the season in the northern hemisphere and thus got it wrong for the southern. Fortunately an observant GOCE member was ready to spring into action to advise us. Thanks! In future we'll stay meteorologically neutral.
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