Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/January 2013

Old date range in Totals section

The Totals intro refers to the period Jul–Oct 2011 instead of Jan–Mar 2012. Assuming it’s supposed to be the latter, should totals from that period still be marked with “*O”?—Odysseus1479 (talk) 00:38, 1 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, you're right. Thanks for spotting it. --Stfg (talk) 00:42, 1 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Credit for copyediting Lists?

Is there anything to be done with List of people from Lowell, Massachusetts? Maybe some people should be dropped as not at all notable, but that is not copyediting. --DThomsen8 (talk) 02:34, 1 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I could add a lede to the List of active Bangladeshi cricketers and the appropriate WikiProject templates to the Talk:List of active Bangladeshi cricketers, and maybe I can find an inline citation (maybe not, haven't looked yet) but is that enough to take credit for copyediting? I don't think so. I will come back and do those minor tasks later, after a reply here.--DThomsen8 (talk) 02:42, 1 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, sometimes it's a mystery why articles are tagged for copyediting; it's almost as much of a catchall as the {{wikify}} tag was. I'd remove the red links (assuming they're not due to formatting problems) and consider it done. As for the cricketer list, that's a new article which was probably tagged by NPP; tuck in the usual list-article lead ("This is a list of...") and call it a day. It's not our fault if articles are mis-tagged :-). Happy New Year and all the best, Miniapolis (talk) 16:17, 1 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, but should I take credit for doing what you suggest? I think so, and I would encourage other GoCE members to do so, as an incentive to meet our goals. The word counts may not be much, but the number of articles does add up. Happy New Year!--DThomsen8 (talk) 13:27, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Haha. The page-size tool doesn't even work on the cricketers one. IMO you should do what you judge right. --Stfg (talk) 14:44, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

My opinion: for the Lowell list, give yourself word count credit for all the entries you remove. For both, you can still count them for your articles total. —Torchiest ^talk_edits 15:00, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please check

Mobile_phones_on_aircraft - this is my first serious copy edit. Thanks. David_FLXD (Talk) 07:01, 9 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Be glad to. I'll take a look at it tomorrow. All the best, Miniapolis 02:01, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Very nice job! Comments on your talk page. All the best, Miniapolis 20:10, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I had some trouble with Hangu, Pakistan, since it was incredibly bad English and biassed beyond any measure of comprehension, could you take a look there as well? Mathijsvs (talk) 00:50, 11 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry Mathijsvs, I am about to go on a wikibreak (moving house, no internet etc) and starting college (again!), so will not be able to for some time. Ask another GOCE editor who has been working on India/Pakistan pages? Regards, David_FLXD (Talk) 06:16, 11 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I was more or less adressing Miniapolis, since he seems to have a bit more experience in copy editing, but thanks ;) Mathijsvs (talk) 05:29, 12 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, David; I'll look at it today. All the best, Miniapolis 19:42, 12 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Nice job; comments (and welcome!) on your talk page. All the best, Miniapolis 21:19, 12 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Break on GOCE

I will take a break on GOCE while I recover from a stroke. Best wishes to you all.--DThomsen8 (talk) 14:18, 26 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry to hear that! I hope you have a speedy recovery and are back to editing soon. Tdslk (talk) 20:29, 26 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Also very sorry to hear that. Do take care of yourself, and come back whenever you're up to it. We'll be here. :) —Torchiest ^talk_edits 03:09, 27 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Likewise. I hope your recovery will be swift and complete. --Stfg (talk) 10:53, 27 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the greetings. I am able to do some Wikipedia things slowly, as you can see, but not copyediting, --DThomsen8 (talk) 17:03, 27 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Very sorry to hear about your illness. We'll miss you but rest up, take care of yourself and we'll leave the light on for you. Wishing you a speedy and full recovery, Miniapolis 02:45, 28 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Break on GOCE, but not on WP! --DThomsen8 (talk) 15:32, 31 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

DT, WP will muddle through without you if we have to. The important thing is to get back on your feet. If WP comes up after that, we'll be thrilled to have you back. If not, thanks so much for all the things you have already left for all of us! Again, THANKS! Lfstevens (talk) 06:41, 28 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

HELP ME!

Not GOCE, but help me with WDNG review, has a tangled in text New Review notice. --DThomsen8 (talk) 15:39, 31 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. An IP replaced a use of Template:As of with Template:On, which would have improved the prose if {{On}} did that. Anyway, as it's a question of a historical event that can't be undone, no template was really needed, so I made it just text. Kind regards, --Stfg (talk) 16:16, 31 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

More subtle than I kew about. Thank you.--DThomsen8 (talk) 15:49, 1 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Leaderboard

Is out of date as of the time the page closed. Just sayin'.

Lfstevens (talk) 01:27, 1 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Don't worry, I'm going to check and update everything before we hand out goodies.

—Tourchiest ^talk_edits 01:46, 1 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Image of backlog status as of end of drive

I took a screen shot of the backlog status as of (shortly after) the end of the drive. You're welcome to use it in the cleaned up version of the archived drive page. Got your backlog right here, buddy. Jonesey95 (talk) 04:17, 1 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]