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Is this the best silly British story you have ever heard?[edit]
When British people say they are “less paranoid” than Americans, what are some examples of what they mean?
This is a good example:- "I was staying on a campsite in rural Surrey. After coming from work I got off the train and headed out of the village into pitch darkness. Another chap followed me, so I turned to him and asked “Sorry, I forgot. Is it my turn to be the serial killer or yours?”. And so we walked home together that night."
Xmas letter - 2023[edit]
This year has not been easy although I have survived. I am getting old. On the good side, I am still walking 5 to 7 km every day. There are three walks that I do regularly. To the south east, I can walk through Lord Reserve and Koornang Park and then via the beginning of the Rosanna Street Reserve to Packer Park. To the south west I can get to the Rosstown Reserve. Ross was a complete idiot who build a factory at one place and a storage building at another place quite a distance away, and then a railway between the two, before going bust. The railway is now the Rosstown Reserve which is a lovely walk. I often walk it to Princes Park, which is quiet a large park. To the north west I can get to the Caulfield Racecourse, which is open to the public in the morning, but not the afternoon when the horses are exercised. There is a nice small park just to the south of the racecourse. You can also walk though a tunnel to the middle of the racecourse, where there are two small lakes.
However, my memory is clearly not as good as it was. I am still spending quite a time on Wikipedia, but not creating new articles. I check my watch list, which shows edits to articles I an interesting in, many times a day. I then revert nonsense that many add to Wikipedia. It is amazing that it actually works, but it certainly does. It works because of hundreds of people like me that quickly revert nonsense. While editing Wikipedia, I learn quite a lot. Posted to family and friends on 20 December, 2023.
2024[edit]
Hi all, I hope you had a lovely Christmas and a Happy New Year. At 84 I am beginning to think I am getting old. My memory is not what it was. However I am still able to do a walk every day, usually of 5 to 7 km and sometimes more. There are three nice walks to the east, west and north. My son, James, and his wife, live a bit further into Melbourne and I see them at least once a week and we chat every day by Facebook or phone. My son, Michal, who lives in New Zealand, phones me every couple of days. I have a zoom chat with them and my two daughters, Barbara and Alison who live in the UK, every week.
However, my memory is not getting better, so I am investigating moving into an aged care home which is not very far from where I live at present. I have now visited it and it is a nice place and near where I often walk. I will be allowed to go out everyday for a walk. Recently I have not been going to various events unless I go with Jim and Guia and it will be nice to be chatting to people much more frequently than I do now. I am still not sure when I will actually move in. I will keep you informed.
I should have dated the 2 paragraphs above. It was a few weeks back from today 16.02.2024. I am still uncertain about what is happening. However, I gather I will still have my computer in the care home. Bduke (talk) 03:07, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors 2023 Annual Report[edit]
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Rosemary Gillespie[edit]
Thank you for voting Keep for Rosemary Gillespie proposed deletion. She was often mentioned in Australia's parliament, her exploits were followed in the major Australian newspapers. And congratulations for being a Wikipedia editor for a long time. ~~~~ LPascal (talk) 09:41, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
This Month in Education: February 2024[edit]
This Month in Education
Volume 13 • Issue 2 • February 2024
- 2 new courses in Students Write Wikipedia Starting this February
- More two wiki-education partnerships
- Open Education Week 2024 in Mexico
- Reading Wikipedia in Bolivia, the community grows
- Wiki Education Philippines promotes OERs utilization
- Wiki Loves Librarians, Kaduna
- Wiki Workshop 2024 CfP – Call for Papers Research track
The Signpost: 29 March 2024[edit]
- Technology report: Millions of readers still seeing broken pages as "temporary" disabling of graph extension nears its second year
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- Humour: Letters from the editors
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Administrators' newsletter – April 2024[edit]
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2024).
Administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
- An RfC is open to convert all current and future community discretionary sanctions to (community designated) contentious topics procedure.
Technical news
- The Toolforge Grid Engine services have been shut down after the final migration process from Grid Engine to Kubernetes. (T313405)
Arbitration
- An arbitration case has been opened to look into "the intersection of managing conflict of interest editing with the harassment (outing) policy".
Miscellaneous
- Editors are invited to sign up for The Core Contest, an initiative running from April 15 to May 31, which aims to improve vital and other core articles on Wikipedia.
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Guild of Copy Editors April 2024 Newsletter[edit]
Guild of Copy Editors April 2024 Newsletter
 Hello and welcome to the April 2024 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since December. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. We extend a warm welcome to all of our new members. We wish you all happy copy-editing. Election results: In our December 2023 coordinator election, Zippybonzo stepped down as coordinator; we thank them for their service. Incumbents Dhtwiki and Miniapolis were reelected coordinators, and Wracking was newly elected coordinator, to serve through 30 June. Nominations for our mid-year Election of Coordinators will open on 1 June (UTC). Drive: 46 editors signed up for our January Backlog Elimination Drive, 32 of whom claimed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 289 articles totaling 626,729 words. Barnstars awarded are here. Blitz: 23 editors signed up for our February Copy Editing Blitz. 18 claimed at least one copy-edit and between them, they copy-edited 100,293 words in 32 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. Drive: 53 editors signed up for our March Backlog Elimination Drive, 34 of whom claimed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 300 articles totaling 587,828 words. Barnstars awarded are here. Blitz: Sign up for our April Copy Editing Blitz, which runs from 14 to 20 April. Barnstars will be awarded here. Progress report: As of 23:17, 11 April 2024 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 109 requests since 1 January 2024, and the backlog stands at 2,480 articles. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from Baffle gab1978 and your GOCE coordinators Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Wracking. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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