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== Michael Saward ==

Better for you to remove the tag, summarizing your case in the edit summary. If you know something about him, you should also do some work on sourcing all the unsourced stuff in the article. By the way, is the tune name ("Guiting Power") correct on this one? --[[User:Orangemike|<span style="color:darkorange;">Orange Mike</span>]]  | [[User talk:Orangemike|<span style="color:orange;">Talk</span>]] 16:30, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

: OK, I've removed it.  Thanks.
:Yes, ''Guiting Power'' in correct.  In its early days, Saward's hymn text ''Christ triumphant'' was linked with an unnamed tune (which sometimes felt perilously close to Country & Western!) by [[Michael Baughen]] (later Bishop of Chester), such as in the book ''Youth Praise'' (published [[Church Pastoral Aid Society|CPAS]] 1966).  Later on, [[John Barnard (musician) |John Barnard]] wrote his tune ''Guiting Power'', in a more traditional hymn-like style, specifically for that text.  In that pairing, the hymn has become widely used in the English-speaking world (in the UK the [[BBC]] have used it in many religious broadcast programmes).
:Sourcing:  I'll try to dig some out over the coming weeks.
:[[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] 23:05, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

== Fred Pratt Green ==

Thanks for your comment on this.  The reason that I deleted Category:Christian hymnwriters is that it seems to be a Wikipedia convention that we don't reference categories that include one another on the same page.  Since there are no Methodist hymnwriters who are not also Christian hymnwriters, and since the Methodist hymnwriter category
is included on the Christian hymnwriter page (or should be!  I will check), it isn't really necessary, and it just leads to clutter.  I've no idea whether this is an official Wiki policy or anything, it's just something that everyone does - on pages about places (categorise them to the smallest location they fit in, e.g. towns in Dorset rather than towns in England), about species of animals (categorise them to the smallest taxonomic unit we have a category for, e.g. Corvidae rather than birds), and people (classify to the most special category available, e.g. English novelists rather than people from England or novelists).  There seems no reason to deviate from this convention in this case, but I have left it unchanged to allow discussion.  [[User:Seglea|seglea]] ([[User talk:Seglea|talk]]) 00:15, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
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== redirects ==

When we move a page from an indirect title, the software automatically makes a redirect to the correct title. We leave it, because the link on the messages etc. left on the authors page and the page histories and elsewhere will go to the old title, & he has to be able to find the article again. All articles with names beginning with Drare always moved, and the redirect left behind has a purpose. it is a greater load on the servers to remove the redirects than to leave them alone, & the cost of storage is unbelievably small.  '''[[User:DGG|DGG]]''' ([[User talk:DGG|talk]]) 23:55, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

:OK. Thanks for clarification. [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 09:32, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
== Christian music ==

Your recent edit summary said ''(Undid revision 215147967 by 74.78.3.3 (talk) Remove advertising link, as per source comment.).''  What does "as per source comment" mean?  By the way, I looked at that link shortly after it was added and I didn't see a problem with it, '''but''' I didn't spend a lot of time vetting it.  Thanks for giving it a second look.  [[User:davidwr|davidwr]]/<small><small>([[User_talk:davidwr|talk]])/([[Special:Contributions/Davidwr|contribs]])/([[Special:Emailuser/davidwr|e-mail]])</small></small> 14:23, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

:Within the source of the page, as viewed when attempting to edit it, there is a large block just below the "External links" header saying (in caps) "PLEASE BE CAUTIOUS IN ADDING MORE LINKS ...".  That is not displayed to the end user (hidden by the HTML <nowiki>"<!--"</nowiki> and <nowiki>"--->"</nowiki>) but is present for someone attempting to edit.  It also supports the section "External links: advertising?" on the "Talk" page.  I where Absolon S. Kent suggests "agressively patrol new additions for linkspam". I'm happy to pursue this discussion, but let's do it over in that section of that [[Talk:Christian_music]] page. Hope that helps. [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 21:30, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

::Ah OK.  [[User:davidwr|davidwr]]/<small><small>([[User_talk:davidwr|talk]])/([[Special:Contributions/Davidwr|contribs]])/([[Special:Emailuser/davidwr|e-mail]])</small></small> 21:34, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

== [[Amazing Grace]] ==

Please don't use the undo tool (or at least, don't leave the automatic summary in) if you are reverting a good faith edit. What exactly where the "errors" contained in my edit and why did you [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amazing_Grace&curid=1395&diff=215375209&oldid=215366456 revert it]. I can't see how it introduced errors when I didn't actually change the text. Lists [[WP:EMBED|shouldn't be embedded]] in articles like this when prose would suffice or actually be an improvement. Regards. [[User:Woody|Woody]] ([[User talk:Woody|talk]]) 22:41, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
:Thanks for the note.  What's a "erathe"? And "on several occasion". (Should the latter be plural?) These weren't there before, so the text did actually change.  This information is list-like, so a list mechanism was natural way to present it when we were tidying up the article a couple of months ago and accords with [[WP:EMBED]] (that you mention). That ''does'' recommend embedded lists for some things: see the second form of their New York City buildings and their "Philosophers discuss" examples. And that information in "Amazing Grace" seems to be in that category.  (Perhaps it needs a some "parental" heading text, though.) Could I suggest we continue discussion on [[Talk:Amazing Grace]] rather than here?  Hope that helps. [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 23:31, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
::Thanks for the reply, see [[Talk:Amazing Grace#Should number ones be in list format?]]. [[User:Woody|Woody]] ([[User talk:Woody|talk]]) 21:54, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
== [[Gwahoddiad]] ==

New page added [[User:Ehrenkater|Ehrenkater]] ([[User talk:Ehrenkater|talk]]) 21:59, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

== Christian music ==

I temporarily reverted your addition to [[Christian music]] <nowiki>{{Unbalanced}}</nowiki>.  It wasn't clear if you meant the section immediately preceding or immediately following.  Please re-add the template right below the section header line.  Thanks.   [[User:davidwr|davidwr]]/<small><small>([[User_talk:davidwr|talk]])/([[Special:Contributions/Davidwr|contribs]])/([[Special:Emailuser/davidwr|e-mail]])</small></small> 18:48, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
== Where is "the" ==

Informing the uninformed about the accuracy and method of English Bible translation is to share knowledge. I have no axe to grind. This is just obscure stuff. I like to know about obscure stuff and maybe others feel likewise. If more people have knowledge of something obscure it no longer remains obscure. Is that point of view? Shouldn't we hear from specialists and translators? Are Biblical scholarly commentaries STILL thought to be dangerous? People are afraid of words, ideas, and something old that is new? If you do not like this information here, where I put it, though I think it should be at the beginning of the Mark entry so the reader of an article on the Gospel of Mark knows exactly what kind of mess they are getting into when translating from one language to another and the authority of Church doctrine when doing so. Rather than delete this material why not edit it and improve it so it is not POV and place it where it pleases you. What pleases you tickles me to death. [[User:Kazuba|Kazuba]] ([[User talk:Kazuba|talk]]) 10:51, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

== Catholic Encyclopedia reads WAND ==

[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12294b.htm] Accuracy is not always what we may prefer. How is a wand NOT neutral? [[User:Kazuba|Kazuba]] ([[User talk:Kazuba|talk]]) 03:20, 10 August 2008 (UTC) Oh Gee! I forgot accuracy and verification mean very little to you. YOU write the Bible and YOU make the ancient paintings and then YOU interpret them for others in ways that keep you comfortable and happy. What scholars conclude means nothing to you. What can I say?? What ever... One question: Wouldn't you like to learn something new for a change. [[User:Kazuba|Kazuba]] ([[User talk:Kazuba|talk]]) 04:07, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
:Oh dear. Please, check your sources.  I didn't write the Bible (where did you source that info?); it pre-dates me. Likewise ancient paintings.  Scholars' conclusions are important to me (where did you source the contrary info?).  I do like learning new things (where did you source the contrary info?), especially when they are well-cited; thanks for pointing me to the online Catholic Encycloedia: it looks like a good resource. And thanks for citing the 'wand' info; it looks good, when the context is known.  Citation is not just about quotes (after all the Bible actually states "There is no God" (Psalm 14)), it is just as much about context. [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 11:06, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
== Nice to hear from you ==

Don't you remember. There is no THE son of God in the Bible. It has been added in translation to reflect a later theology. YOU removed that from my entry.                                    

You could have sought out the wand and painting stuff yourself instead of jumping to the conclusion I made it up. [Wand is not neutral, huh?] The [[Catacombs of Rome]] were quite a discovery. The earliest surviving Christian art!! It is spelled out in the book and article by Robin M.Jensen ( Nice lady. She was kind enough to answer some of my questions.) that I had already cited as a reference, but no one seemed curious enough to examine. When you see early art reflecting the story of Jonah and the (whale?) (Christian art can tell you what was in the artist's head) you realize this creature was imagined as a strange looking sea monster, not a whale. The story takes a definite ancient fantasy flavor. Which it should. There seems to be a minimal amount of history in the Bible. Teaching a lesson to modify behavior is the whole deal. 
[The story of Jesus may originally have been a parable not a biography.] We will never know.
Deleting my stuff because the reader is unfamilar with it is something I get a lot. No one checks it out. I think there is a greater value to information that is sought than that which is thrown in your face. You learn how to do your own detective work.                                                                                

With the Catholic Encyclopedia there is a VERY serious flaw. The articles are near to a hundred years old! The CE has yet to be updated and revised. For its time the the CE is quite amazing. The critical information gathered on the ancients is always growing and being put on trial. The article on Witchcraft in the CE [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15674a.htm] cracked me up. Why would someone say they were a witch if they were not? There are some strange delusions out there. Just read the world news. Today [[Raymond E. Brown]] (just recently deceased) is one of the sharpest Catholic Biblical scholars. Brown never had the balls to question the existence of demons! What is with that? And it never occurs to Brown (to say) that the authors of the New Testament may be sticking their OWN words in Jesus mouth years after his lifetime. How naive can you get? 

I see Robin M. Jensen's other book is available Face to Face: Portaits of the Divine in Early. Christianity. I used to subscribe to the magazine Bible Review. (That is were I came across Jensen) They had some great stuff in there. It was not well received by a large number of the public. They had a book out "Cancel my Subscription." Biblical scholarship moves foreward but it slowly drags its feet. The new has been frightening and revealed unexpected data. There will be more. [[User:Kazuba|Kazuba]] ([[User talk:Kazuba|talk]]) 23:14, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

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== Anglicans ==

You deny that Anglicans are Protestants?  I wonder what Henry VIII would think of that? [[User:Castravalva|Castravalva]] ([[User talk:Castravalva|talk]]) 05:12, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
:I wonder if you mis-read my comment?  It was "Anglicanism isn't strictly a division within Protestantism".  (See [[Anglicanism]] for "via media", etc. Christendom is not a binary divide.) [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 22:17, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
::Then perhaps Anglicans should be listed between Catholics and Protestants, since they hold protestant beliefs but use a catholic style liturgy.  Any info on how Orthodox and Coptic Christians use the Psalms? [[User:Castravalva|Castravalva]] ([[User talk:Castravalva|talk]]) 03:51, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
== Pentecostalism ==

Hey, noticed you have made alot of helpful edits to the [[Pentecostalism]] article. I'm so glad someone else is trying to improve this article. I started making some changes a few weeks ago and now I'm stuck not knowing what else should be taken out of the article. As it stands right now in my opinion the article has alot of information that makes it difficult to read and understand easily. Much of it not sourced. Just wodering what opinions, if any you had on other ways to improve the article?[[User:Ltwin|Ltwin]] ([[User talk:Ltwin|talk]]) 22:42, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
:Thanks. I hope the edits are useful. It's not a subject I'm expert in, so I'm trying to restrict my work just to legibility, structure, tidying (and occasional sanity-checking, such as my deletion of the Armenian section which somehow didn't feel quite right).  My main observation is, like yours, that much of it is unsourced (compounded by lack of hints to the casual observer that it is unsourced). One thing that is actually reasonably good (compared to other articles I've seen) is that where there is a "Main article" indication then the content within this article is relatively brief. If you're looking for a "big win", then one possibility might (just might) be to consider moving the history stuff into its own separate article. (But I'd also suggest that any such big plans be discussed at the article's Talk page, rather than here.) Hope that helps. [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 23:07, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Yeah I saw the Armenian portion, someone had just put that in there, but it didn't look right to me either. But you hit on something that I had been thinking needed to be done, the creation of a separate history article. The problem is very few people, to my knowledge I'm the only one that has visited the talk page in a while, have a real interest in the artilce. Thats one of the biggest problem with the organization, people make one edit then leave without concern for how the whole article should be structured. Thanks for the advice.[[User:Ltwin|Ltwin]] ([[User talk:Ltwin|talk]]) 17:12, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

== The text of [[A Mighty Fortress Is Our God]] ==

I noticed that you removed the German text. Your justification for this is that it is interWiki linked to the German Wikisource. Is this strict policy? In the case of other short texts, the text is included in the article. I sustain your judgment of leaving the text out because that was the pretext for the inclusion of that inadequately translated version that was put in recently. Having the German text in there would impel one to offer a translation. Thank you for your work. Another question for you: does the omission of this block of text turn this article into a stub because of its brevity? Just wondering.--[[User:Drboisclair|Drboisclair]] ([[User talk:Drboisclair|talk]]) 06:53, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
:Thanks for your query.  Firstly, I was glad to see your assessment and doubts about the "modern English translation", and I think I agree with your removing it for the time being. Secondly, we've just been through a similar clean-up on the various "Psalms" article. Various people were putting in their favourite translations; most of the notable ones are available online anyway; so we agreed (see [[Talk:Psalms#Psalm_texts]]) that there was no need for inline versions, because they were already available (Wikisource and other places). I think (and it's a personal opinion) a similar guideline might be suitable for hymn articles. (Of course, a commentary about the text may well need to include quotations from the text.)  Hope that helps.  Might we open up a discussion on [[Talk:Hymn]] about this? [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 08:55, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
== God Bless You ==

That is all.  :) [[Special:Contributions/71.203.159.204|71.203.159.204]] ([[User talk:71.203.159.204|talk]]) 23:48, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

== Request for mediation of dispute ==

Please sign the request for mediation at the following link to resolve an edit war in which you are engaged regarding the Calvary Chapel article criticism section.

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The party filing this request uses this section to list the issues for mediation. 

Issue 1: Supposition that material is "unencyclopedic" and to be reverted without discussion.
Issue 2: Supposition that material is historically significant, well sourced, and reasonably neutral in tone after multiple revisions.
Issue 3: Supposition that material is an attack on a living person.
Issue 4: Supposition that material is factual, sufficiently sourced in regards to a living person, and an appropriate addition to a section titled "criticisms."
Issue 5: Supposition that criticisms by published authors about the influential founder and head of a church do not apply to the church movement in general and are therefore not appropriate for this article.
Issue 6: Supposition that the specific criticisms focus on the direct influence of the founder and head of the church on the church itself, thereby making the information relevent to an article about the church.[[User:Dvanduyse|Don Van Duyse]] ([[User talk:Dvanduyse|talk]]) 12:05, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
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== [[Durham]] ==

Please note that the [[Local Government Act 1972]] abolished all ceremonial titles conferred onto places in England and Wales. It's a common misconception that places like [[Salford]] still hold city status. City status can only be held in England and Wales at local government level, or else by a [[civil parish]], hense why the non-metropolitan district of Durham holds the title of [[City of Durham]]. That a place has a cathedral has no bearing on provisions of the act, nor has it affected the ability to hold city status in England and Wales since the 19th century. <small>--<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;border:2px solid #A9A9A9;padding:1px;">[[User:Jza84|<b>Jza84</b>]] | [[User_talk: Jza84|<span style="color:#000000;background:#D3D3D3;">&nbsp;Talk&nbsp;</span>]] </span></small> 21:33, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
== [[Greensleeves]] ==

A nice job on restructuring Greensleeves.  Thanks. [[User:David T Tokyo|David T Tokyo]] ([[User talk:David T Tokyo|talk]]) 11:56, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
:You're welcome!  Thanks for the note. I suspect that the article needs more work. I suspect, too, that the explanation given about the lyrics is somewhat slanted towards a single, and probably minority, theory rather than a different, and more widespread (silent majority), consensus. [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 15:12, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
::(theory about the lyrics) You could well be right.  It reads as a conventional lovesong - but the two references I've found so far are quite clear in suggesting there is more involved.  I've looked for more but, as yet, found no others.  [[User:David T Tokyo|David T Tokyo]] ([[User talk:David T Tokyo|talk]]) 17:57, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

== La nativité du seigneur ==

Hello. How very seasonal of you to add this wikilink to [[prime number]] (the original content was by me). I'm probably going to add an article on
Bach's trio sonatas for organ to wikipedia in the new year, having already done the [[Great Eighteen Chorale Preludes]]. Happy holidays, [[User:Mathsci|Mathsci]] ([[User talk:Mathsci|talk]]) 23:20, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
:Well I'd just spotted the "La nativité" article, so hunted around for potential, but not yet realised, links to it and found the "prime number" one. Thanks for the note, and happy Christmas. [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 23:53, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
== [[Meteorology]] ==

Not a problem.  I've been slowly getting around to improving articles to GA which I've edited substantially in the past, particularly if they're the generalized articles you'd figure should be brought up to snuff years ago.  Meteorology is one of them, which was unreferenced when I first edited it.  =)  [[User:Thegreatdr|Thegreatdr]] ([[User talk:Thegreatdr|talk]]) 22:31, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

== Fire-Baptized Holiness Church ==

I created this article, but when I think about it now it may warrant being merged with the [[International Pentecostal Holiness Church]], as that is its successor organization today. [[User:Ltwin|Ltwin]] ([[User talk:Ltwin|talk]]) 03:30, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
:OK.  Thanks. [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 22:26, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
== Gilesgate Moor ==

I restored the AfD notice on [[Gilesgate Moor]] since the AfD at [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gilesgate Moor]] has not yet been closed. I want the article to be kept (and I added some references to the article), and I realize that [[User:Fouldsythekingisbackagain]] has been blocked, but out of fairness to the other participants at the AfD, I think the notice should remain until someone closes the AfD. -- [[User:Eastmain|Eastmain]] ([[User talk:Eastmain|talk]]) 02:37, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
:OK, fair enough.  Over several months I've done a fair bit of reverting 'Fouldsy' edits (mostly anon-IP guises, if I recall correctly). Almost all were straightforward vandalism. The 'Gilesgate Moor' AfD looked like just another bit of stirring. His guise in recent days as 'User:Fouldsythekingisbackagain' seems to have been a mixture of vandalism and (in fairness) reasonableness.  By the way just today, following his block, he seems to back as [[User:Gilagod101]]. [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 19:54, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
== Crucifixion Eclipse ==

Thank you for cleaning up the citations and references.[[User:Tcisco|Tcisco]] ([[User talk:Tcisco|talk]]) 13:16, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
:You're welcome. I hope I got it right and didn't introduce any inaccuracies. [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 13:28, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
== Just saying hi. ==

Hey there, just happened to come across your page, I think your user name is great! :)  -- '''[[User:OlEnglish|OlEnglish]]''' <sup>([[User talk:OlEnglish|Talk]])</sup> 18:09, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

== Navbox question ==

Right location, but as it is it seems to be referring specifically to the template above it, which I'm not sure it is. Also, although I think I understand what you're getting at, it might be better if you alter the comments so that it is a bit more specific which template if any in particular you are referring to and how it could be adjusted. Thank you. 
:P.S. While I note that it can be done, I'm not really sure that I'm good enough at it to do it in an appealing way yet. But if you are a bit more specific I'll try to do what I can. Feel free to comment on any of the other templates which exist as well. Some haven't been created yet, but we're still working on that. [[User:John Carter|John Carter]] ([[User talk:John Carter|talk]]) 19:07, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
== Elvet Elfed... ==

Sorry. I thought maybe I hadn't saved my work, so I've written over the Elvet part! I'll just undo. I understand your thinking in creating a new Elmet article. The Elvet article still need a major clean-up, though. Thanks.  [[User:Llywelyn2000|Llywelyn2000]] ([[User talk:Llywelyn2000|talk]]) 15:52, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
:A few hours later, it still seems to be not undone. So I'm reverting it to the long-established state (i.e. a place in Durham) although with the added 'for' template, to take people to 'Brythonic kingdom' usage.  Significant changes can be discussed on the article's [[Talk:Elvet]] page. [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 21:17, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

== Re:List of Vice-Chancellor & Wardens of the University of Durham ==

Hi there, yes you caught me, I am (slowly) trying to get information on the past VCs so that the list will all be linked up. The ones with medical backgrounds seem quite easy to gather info on but some of the others seem not to have a lot about them available. If you have any info/ want to help then that would be great. Alex [[User:Allialliw|Allialliw]] ([[User talk:Allialliw|talk]]) 01:51, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
== John Scott Whiteley ==

Thank you for pointing out this curious anomaly. I work with JSW, and will see if anything related to the 1983 London recital is of relevance. Probably not. [[User:John Warburton|John Warburton]] ([[User talk:John Warburton|talk]]) 15:41, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
:You're welcome. Might the earlier phrase "debut... in London... in 1983 at the 5.55 series of recitals" have been making a London-centric assumption? [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 16:36, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

== WikiProject Christianity Newsletter - July 2009 ==

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== Matthew Ashimolowo ==

Hey Feline Hymnic (cat-lover musician Geordie woman!) [those are compliments], I like the visits you make and the corrections you factor in around Wikipedia, especially like the ones at Matthew Ashimolowo page, after I had made some changes. Wishing you all the best!

[[User:Akpantue|Akpantue]] ([[User talk:Akpantue|talk]]) 11:53, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

:Thanks.  Actually it would be Geordie man (man!). Nor am I Geordie (which would imply being born and brought up in Newcastle) as I was born and brought up elsewhere, and was resident for less than a year in Newcastle itself (I live elsewhere in the north-east). But thanks for the thanks. My best wishes to you, too. [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 22:53, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

== Rollback ==

Just noticed that you didn't have rollback and you do some vandalism reverting so it might be useful. Please read [[WP:ROLLBACK]] before using. Keep up the good work, &mdash;&nbsp;Martin <small>([[User:MSGJ|MSGJ]]&nbsp;·&nbsp;[[User talk:MSGJ|talk]])</small> 22:10, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

:Many thanks. It looks useful. But it also looks powerful, so I'll take care to read up on it, to try to avoid misuse or inappropriate use. [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 22:24, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
::Looking at your contributions, it seems you may be in the north-east? I live in Gateshead myself. &mdash;&nbsp;Martin <small>([[User:MSGJ|MSGJ]]&nbsp;·&nbsp;[[User talk:MSGJ|talk]])</small> 08:12, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
:Close.  I'm a softie southerner... long-term resident of County Durham. [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 22:54, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
== Marjorie Arnfield bio ==

Hello Feline Hymnic - I noticed that you had deleted two references to Marjorie Arnfield's close relatives - her son Nick and her husband Ron - on the grounds that the article is "not about Ron/Nick but about Marjorie." Fair comment.

I just wondered if you happened to know Marjorie Arnfield or her family?
[[User:Englishhistorian|Englishhistorian]] ([[User talk:Englishhistorian|talk]]) 19:56, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

:No I don't know the family, although I do have a connection with the school she attended (also attended, incidentally by Kate Adie who is mentioned in the article). And being in the north-east I have strong empathy with her portrayals of the industries (particularly mining) here. I had come to the article via a school connection, so wanted to make sure the articles beneficially linked to each other. And because of the value of her portrayal of now-defunct industries, I had wanted to improve the wiki-quality of this article.  (For this, feel free to check over the totality of my edits.)  But part of improving conformance to wikipedia practice can sometimes include removing material which is not relevant to the main article. Note that I retained references to her family; such references are certainly relevant. But I removed details about the lives of those family members. If the family members themselves pass the [[WP:NN|wikipedia notability]] test then they perhaps deserve articles in their own right (and of course all the articles should wikilink to each other).  Does that help?

:I see from the history that you are, by far, the major contributor to her article. Can I take this opportunity, then, to say a big "thank you" for creating it?  Thanks.

:P.S. I've just found a reference to her in [[New Year Honours 2000]] so I've turned that into a wikilink to her article.

:[[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 20:19, 22 July 2009 (UTC)


Hello Feline Hymnic - I would, in turn, like to thank you for your highly professional editing job on the Marjorie Arnfield page. I will try to answer your requests for clarification. However, this may take a while.  <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Englishhistorian|Englishhistorian]] ([[User talk:Englishhistorian|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Englishhistorian|contribs]]) 17:46, 24 July 2009 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

:You're welcome. I suggest that discussion about the article now move to its (not my) talk page. I have just left a query there. [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 18:56, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

== Cranbrook ==

Nice work on tidying up the article a bit. I've corrected the incorrect distance in the mills section, and restored the mi/furlong - km conversion bit per source used. Book was published in 1933 when furlong were commonly used. [[User:Mjroots|Mjroots]] ([[User talk:Mjroots|talk]]) 19:36, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
:Thanks for the note. Glad most of my work was useful. [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 20:49, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
== Inappropriate move ==

You moved [[Processional]] to [[Processional (play)]]. The Wikipedia policy on [[Wikipedia:Disambiguation|disambiguation]] states that we should: ''"Only include related subject articles if the term in question is actually described on the target article."'' "Processional" does not appear in the article [[hymn]] for which you created a disambiguation page. ''"[[Wikipedia:Disambiguation#Dictionary definitions|A disambiguation page is not a list of dictionary definitions]]."'' I have accordingly requested a reversal of the page move. Kind regards, [[User:DionysosProteus|DionysosProteus]] ([[User talk:DionysosProteus|talk]]) 13:51, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
:Thanks. I have a recollection of something like this some months ago, but have forgotten the detail. There was an article (although I don't think it was [[hymn]] itself) where 'processional', in the context of a hymn, needed clarification, so I set about introducing disambiguation. I also have a vague feeling that the person who originally requested the explanation of processional hymn then wasn't satisfied with the result of my first-sketch bare-bones attempt and undid (or something similar) my edit that had introduced the new reference. (No pleasing some people!) I probably gave up at that point.
:Presumably if we need to resurrect a 'processional' link in a hymn context I should create  'Processional (hymn)' or similar, or perhaps investigate wiktionary.  How does that sound? [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 19:20, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

== Speaking in tongues ==

Please read the talk page for [[Pentecostalism]]. You are welcome to post your opinion. Please do not revert my editing until a consensus has been reached. [[User:Rak-Tai|R/T-รัก-ไทย]] ([[User talk:Rak-Tai|talk]]) 06:55, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
== Giant Step - Coltrane Changes ==

The reference is the sheet music. Unfortunately there are no chord symbols on it, but anyone who reads music can verify the chords are there. The M3 - augmented, m3 - diminished is easily verified by anyone who plays and knows theory. Why does Wiki want references to books and magazines which are generally full of myths - certainly jazz books are chock full of nonsense about what was invented by who and when.
:Thanks for your note.
:# Who are you? Please follow the Wikipedia conventions of signing your messages on 'Talk' pages by typing '<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>' at the end.
:# To discuss a topic, please follow the WP conventions of using the talk page of the article, not of of an editor (such as you or me).
:# To discuss "why does Wiki want...", there are plenty of guidelines at [[WP:MOS]]. You can discuss those principles there, or their implementation on a particular article at the article's talk page.
:# If you are keen to contribute to WP (and I would encourage you to do so), you should consider getting yourself a username.
:Hope that helps.
:[[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 10:28, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

== Speedy deletion declined: [[Henry Jackson (businessman)]] ==

Hello Feline Hymnic, and thanks for your work patrolling new changes. I am just informing you that I declined the speedy deletion of [[Henry Jackson (businessman)]] - a page you tagged - because: '''The article makes a credible assertion of importance or significance, sufficient to pass A7.''' Please review the [[WP:CSD|criteria for speedy deletion]] before tagging further pages. If you have any questions or problems, please let me know. [[User:Ged UK|<span style="color:green;">Ged</span>]][[User talk:Ged UK|<span style="color:orange;">'''''UK'''''</span>&nbsp;]] 15:25, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
:OK. Thanks. [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 16:53, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
== Matthew Ashimolowo ==

Hello again Feline. When you made a very recent reversal of the updates I made to [[Matthew Ashimolowo]], you did not consider that some of the updates I did included corrections of grammatical errors, such as (line 22): But in a subsequent debate in the [[House of Lords]], Lord Swinfen questioned the running of the Charity Commission's running of this investigation ('running of' repeated).

Secondly you stated that all the updated were opinions and wholly unsubstantiated. They were references to the cited House of Lords debate as well as statements taken from the individual's church ministry website, and I put the statements into subjective language as much as possible. You cannot realistically state that information from an organisations website are not relevant to gathering data.

Thirdly is it not curious that an autobiographical article about the leader of probably the largest church in the UK simply has just two sections, a very brief three lines about his ministry activity, and then the remainder is about the Charity Commission investigation into his church. Why is it wrong to include some details about his life and work? And if the article is about him, why is the majority of the church investigation information not left to the KICC church website?

Would it not have been better to go through the revisions carefully instead of reversing them wholesale? Comments on your talk page seem to suggest that you are perhaps often too hasty with your speedy deletions! Your zeal and commitment to Wiki work is apprecated, but I don't know whether it is things like this that led to the recent report that states that thousands of Wiki contributors have simply given up and withdrawn. [[User:Akpantue|Akpantue]] ([[User talk:Akpantue|talk]]) 15:20, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

== Music RFC ==

If you have a moment, I'd appreciate your thoughts on [[Talk:Contemporary_Jewish_religious_music#Important_figures]].  The question is how to define who is an important musical influence.  Thanks, [[User:Joe407|Joe407]] ([[User talk:Joe407|talk]]) 17:04, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
== [[:Odilia of Cologne]] ==

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This is an automated message from [[User:CorenSearchBot|CorenSearchBot]].  I have performed a web search with the contents of [[:Odilia of Cologne]], and it appears to include a substantial copy of http://cgi.ebay.com/Antique-religious-medal-saint-Odilia-Saint-Christopher-/380206051594.  For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. See our [[Wikipedia:Copyrights|copyright policy]] for further details. (If you own the copyright to the previously published content and wish to donate it, see [[Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials]] for the procedure.)

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:This 'new' article in fact used material from an existing article, that had been added on 31 August 2007 (nearly three years ago).  I agree that there is much in common with that other website.  But that other site is an ebay page, and it is highly likely that it was copied from Wikipedia.  (I also see that someone else has since concurred and removed the tag.) [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 20:20, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

== Threat of Speedy Deletion ==

Dear Feline_Hymnic:

I have your name from the Hymn Tunes article.  Please look at my new article:  Hymns and Hymn Tunes - Marriages ...  I posted it this morning, and I see now a threat of speedy deletion because it sounds like it was cut and pasted from somewhere.  It was:  I cut and pasted it from my word processor.  I did all the research in the last couple of months, wrote and edited my data, and then posted it this morning.  It is well documented.

Please see what you think of it, and confirm that it doesn't deserve to be deleted....  [[User:Hymnlover|Hymnlover]] ([[User talk:Hymnlover|talk]]) 18:22, 13 May 2010 (UTC)hymnlover 5-13-10
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== Nicholas Brady ==

I tend to agree with a previous contributor's comments under 'Matthew Ashimolowo'; you seem very fast at simply undoing others' efforts. I added the crime writer Nicholas Brady, but could not yet find how to do the disambiguation, being new to this. So it would have been more helpful, instead of simply removing my information and pointing out that it wasn't disambiguated, to disambiguate it correctly...
[[User:Lexibility|Lexibility]] ([[User talk:Lexibility|talk]]) 21:49, 31 July 2010 (UTC)
== Imgs ==

Thanks for the img clean up. Please see [[Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)#Loading_vs_use_policies_and_technologies_to_harmonize_them|this]] which mentions the images you just cleaned up. Cheers. [[User:History2007|History2007]] ([[User talk:History2007|talk]]) 22:26, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
:I guess you mean to the [[Mary (mother of Jesus)]] article. You're welcome. Thanks for the note. (My rationale was simply article layout.) [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 22:32, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
::But if the other user says he wants the images there, you have no policy to point to except the fleeting concept called "common sense". That is why I think a policy is needed, as I said in that link. Else you will have to go to a 3rd opinion, etc. So a policy on that type of thing will be nice. [[User:History2007|History2007]] ([[User talk:History2007|talk]]) 22:34, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

== Hymns ==

I just found out that [[Hymns to Mary]] exists. Thought you should know. Cheers. [[User:History2007|History2007]] ([[User talk:History2007|talk]]) 14:49, 24 September 2010 (UTC)
:Many thanks. I'll take a look. 19:35, 24 September 2010 (UTC)
== [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/November 2010|November 2010 backlog elimination drive]] update ==

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|<big>'''Greetings from the [[WP:GOCE|Guild of Copy Editors]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/November 2010|Backlog Elimination Drive]]!'''</big>
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{{ombox|type=content|text=Discussions are underway to elect our inaugural group of GOCE Coordinators. Guild members and Drive participants are invited  to have a look at the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators|Coordinators page]] and join the discussion on its associated [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators|talk page]].}}

We have reached the midway point in our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/November 2010|backlog elimination drive]], so here is an update.

'''Participation report''' — The November drive has 53 participants at this point. We had 77 participants in the September drive. In July, 95 people signed up for the drive, and in May we had 36. If you are not participating, it is '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/November 2010|not too late to join]]!'''

'''Progress report''' — The drive is quite successful so far, as we have already almost reached our target of a 10% reduction in the number of articles in the backlog. We are doing very well at keeping our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Requests|Requests page]] clear, as those articles count double for word count for this drive.

Please keep in mind the possibility of removing other tags when you are finished with an article. If the article no longer needs {{tp|cleanup}}, {{tp|wikify}}, or other similar maintenance tags, please remove them, as this will make the tasks of other WikiProjects easier to complete. Thanks very much for participating in the Drive, and see you at the finish line! 


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== GOCE elections ==

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== November 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive Conclusion ==

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|<big>'''Greetings from the [[WP:GOCE|Guild of Copy Editors]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/November 2010|Backlog Elimination Drive]]!'''</big>
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We have reached the end of our fourth backlog elimination drive. Thanks to all who participated.

<big>'''Stats'''</big>

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*58 people signed up for this drive. Of these, 48 people participated in the drive.
*Although we did not eliminate the months we planned to (January, February, and March 2009; and  August, September, and October 2010), we did reduce the backlog by 627 articles (11.2%), which was over our goal of 10%.
*49 awards will go out to 33 of 48 participants. [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/November 2010/Barnstars|Check out the complete list of barnstar winners here.]]

<big>'''Barnstars'''</big>

If you copy edited at least 4,000 words, you qualify for a barnstar. If you participated in the September 2010 backlog elimination drive, you may have earned roll-over words (more details can be found [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives#Roll-over words|here]]). These roll-over words count as credit towards earning barnstars, except for leaderboard awards. We will be delivering these barnstars within the next couple of weeks.

Our next drive is scheduled for January 2011. In the meantime, please consider helping out at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikify/Drives/2010/December|the Wikification drive]] or any of the other places where [[Wikipedia:Contribution Team/Backlogs|help with backlogs is needed]].

Thank you for participating in the last 2010 backlog elimination drive! We look forward to seeing you in January!

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== Numerical weather prediction ==

Tito and I have been improving the article over the past week and a half.  Can you give it a look over and provide some feedback, i.e. is it easily understood, or does it need additional clarification?  [[User:Thegreatdr|Thegreatdr]] ([[User talk:Thegreatdr|talk]]) 18:26, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
:OK, I'll try to.  But it ages since I've done any serious large-scale content checking (as distinct from detailed English syntax copy-editing, typo-correction, anti-vandal stuff, etc.).  Besides, I'm no meteorologist whatsoever.  (But I suspect you'll return that boomerang to me with a "that's just what we want!" tag...!) [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 18:34, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
::Exactly.  We want to know if the non-meteorologist can understand this article.  [[User:Thegreatdr|Thegreatdr]] ([[User talk:Thegreatdr|talk]]) 18:38, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
: That works. No worries, you're doing great. [[User:Titoxd|Tito<span style="color:#008000;">xd</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Titoxd|?!?]] - [[WP:FAC|cool stuff]])</sup> 19:29, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

== Heiligenkreuz ==

Thanks for your work on the abbey article. I'd like to add a few thoughts, in the hope you can use them to make this even better:-

1) As to your general point re what the article is "about", perhaps worth bearing in mind that the vast majority of general readers are likely to come to the article because of the CD success (sold a million round the world apparently) and so a mention of this in the lead makes sense.

2) If you want "media" pulled into one place, how come you ignored this anyway rather curious paragraph, currently stranded elsewhere?

::Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, nephew of reigning abbot Gregor Henckel Donnersmarck, wrote the screenplay for his film The Lives of Others in a cell at the abbey in November 2002. When Donnersmarck won the Oscar for his film in 2007, he returned for a celebration at Heiligenkreuz with the statue on 28 October.

3) And while I'm commenting, a lot of the article reads like a slightly awkwardly translated guide to buildings, which perhaps belong in a separate article. [[User:Cistercian|Cistercian]] ([[User talk:Cistercian|talk]]) 09:49, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

:Thanks for the note, and for the fair points you raise.
:# In general shouldn't the lead of an article be kept simple and basic, avoiding tendency to digress and sticking to what the wording of its title suggests?  If the title indicates a historical institution or building (e.g. the phrase "[[Heiligenkreuz Abbey]]", shouldn't the lead be about that, and not diverting into (dare I say) a relatively ephemeral piece of relatively recent news?  But I'll concede that in special cases a //brief// mention of a media thing might, occasionally, be in order.
:# You're right, I missed that "The Lives of Others".  I'll happily fix it up.
:# It may be awkwardly  translated, and that should be fixed. But split it? That's another matter. If there is to be a split then perhaps the main article should continue to concentrate on that (the title is after all about the Abbey itself), and the "split off" item be about "spin off" things such as the CD.
:But if this conversation is to continue, we ought to take it to the 'Talk' page of the Abbey article, so that other interested parties can join in. Best wishes. [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 20:07, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

== Michael Seed ==

As you're from England, any chance you might have a look at the opening of [[Michael Seed]]? I appear to have unintentionally stepped on someone's toes but I still think it reads very strangely.[[User:Cistercian|Cistercian]] ([[User talk:Cistercian|talk]]) 09:51, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
:OK. I'm no expert at all on things Franciscan but I'll take a look. Any follow-up will probably be either article edits or on the article's Talk page (i.e. probably not here on my Talk). [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 19:54, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
== Numerical weather prediction 2 ==

I was about to go change the article, and then I saw you'd been working on it, so I thought I'd put this by you first.  Why does it say that the first attempts were in the 1920s, and then go on to mention Richardson's work, which he did during the First World War?  Something's no right. [[User:Philip Trueman|Philip Trueman]] ([[User talk:Philip Trueman|talk]]) 00:21, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
:I am no meteorologist whatsoever (although I have a science background).  But a principle maintainer of the NWP article has asked me, probably precisely because I am an outsider to the topic, to check over the article.  Until my recent edit, the sentence didn't seem to read at all well, simply from the English language perspective; it had a clause in the middle beginning with "In" (captial "I").  I mentioned this at the Talk page of the article, and tentatively suggested a solution, based on English language (I have no knowledge of people such as Richardson and Bjerknes).  That seemed to be accepted, but I'll willingly concede that I may well have been wrong: that in improving the English I may have wrecked the science!
:So please feel free to join in the editing.  I'm sure that the two current active people (I exclude myself!) would be delighted to receive your assistance.  Note that I've started the section "Jan 2011 GAN" on the Talk page as a drop-box for things that I think need attention (indeed, the sentence you mention is there).
:It's probably best to do the discussion there rather than here. All the best. [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 00:36, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
::It is slightly complicated.  The data used for the forecast was from the World War II period, even though the forecast was made in the 1920s.  Even nowadays, model developers use older, unique cases to see how new versions of models handle particular events.  [[User:Thegreatdr|Thegreatdr]] ([[User talk:Thegreatdr|talk]]) 15:54, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
We can't separate out sea ice and SST initializations into their own sections.  Since they are initialized in most of the guidance mentioned (except maybe air quality), they belong above the subsection.  I appreciate what you're trying to do here though.  If we develop new (or further develop) articles concerning climate models, hurricane models, or Atmospheric models, those lines will need to be in all three.  It's probably best handled separated out within the subarticles, rather than the main article. [[User:Thegreatdr|Thegreatdr]] ([[User talk:Thegreatdr|talk]]) 21:02, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
:OK, fair enough!  (Hence my comment in my edit summary when I did that.) [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 21:17, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

== Barnstar of diligence ==

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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | For showing initiative in coordinating with the mathematics project in regards to the [[numerical weather prediction]] article, and for taking time to point out potential issues with the article, I award you the Barnstar of Diligence.  Well done! [[User:Thegreatdr|Thegreatdr]] ([[User talk:Thegreatdr|talk]]) 15:54, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
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== Hymns ==

Hi, FYI: [[Hymns to Mary]] was updated after a storm in a teacup. Anyway, FYI if you have more hymns to add, etc. Cheers. [[User:History2007|History2007]] ([[User talk:History2007|talk]]) 21:29, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

== GOCE drive news ==

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Greetings from the [[WP:GOCE|Guild of Copy Editors]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/January 2011|January 2011 Backlog elimination drive]]! The drive is halfway over, so here are some mid-drive stats.</br>
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So far, 43 people have signed up for this drive. Of these, 25 have participated. If you signed up for the drive but haven't participated yet, it's not too late! Try to copy edit at least a few articles. Remember, if you have rollover words from the last drive, you will lose them if you do not participate in this drive. If you haven't signed up for the drive yet, you can '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/January 2011#Participants|sign up now]]'''. </br>

;Progress report

We have eliminated two months from the backlog – January and February 2009. One of our goals is to eliminate as many months as possible from the 2009 backlog. Please help us reduce the size of this part of the backlog if you haven't already. Another goal is to reduce the entire backlog by 10%, or by 515 articles. Currently, we have eliminated 375 articles from the queue, so if each participant copy edits four more articles, we will reach that goal. 

Thank you for participating in the January 2011 drive. We anticipate it will be another big success!

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== Spaghetti plot article updated ==

I didn't even know this article existed until looking around for a spaghetti diagram article unveiled its existence.  It has been brought up to C class (I think) and has some pictures.  The non-met content needs to be expanded more, and the met content needs to be referenced more.  I've noticed with a couple articles I've been working on lately that if Version 1.0 of wikipedia has assessed an article, that it takes precedence over what others designate.  Does this reset automatically, or does someone from on high need to determine they are not Stub class anymore?  [[User:Thegreatdr|Thegreatdr]] ([[User talk:Thegreatdr|talk]]) 20:16, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
: What do you mean by takes precedence? [[User:Titoxd|Tito<span style="color:#008000;">xd</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Titoxd|?!?]] - [[WP:FAC|cool stuff]])</sup> 21:00, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
:: It appears that when those involved in wikipedia version 1.0 grade the class of an article that it takes precedence over the grade of future reviews listed in the talk page.  This appeared to happen with Spaghetti plot the day I posted this comment, though it no longer seems to be the case.  [[User:Thegreatdr|Thegreatdr]] ([[User talk:Thegreatdr|talk]]) 17:47, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
::: That to me just seems to be more of a caching problem with the talk page. In fact, assessments given by 1.0 are secondary to assessments given by other projects, since 1.0 considers WikiProject to be "expert reviewers" of the content of the article. WP 1.0 only steps in when there are contradicting assessments. (I'm a part of WP:1.0, that's how I know.) [[User:Titoxd|Tito<span style="color:#008000;">xd</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Titoxd|?!?]] - [[WP:FAC|cool stuff]])</sup> 20:44, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
:::: I guess the cache could have been the issue.  But I've only seen this type of issue in articles where there was a 1.0 assessment in place.  Is it possible a cache issue would be that specific?  [[User:Thegreatdr|Thegreatdr]] ([[User talk:Thegreatdr|talk]]) 21:09, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
== [[Levee#Spur dykes]] ==

Sorry. It's my eyes. That tiny "r". Time for me to increase my browser zoom.

By the way, isn't a [[Breakwater (structure)]] just a big spur dyke? [[User:Anna Frodesiak|Anna Frodesiak]] ([[User talk:Anna Frodesiak|talk]]) 00:53, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

:No worries.  We all make typing mistakes.  But on technical terms, such as 'revetment', wikilinking the term has two benefits:
# it acts as a spelling check: when we do a 'preview' of our edits then a red appearance of the link gives instant warning to us that something, somewhere, may be wrong or need attention;
# it gives the reader, who probably doesn't know the term, instant access to a description of it.

:As for 'breakwater (structure):  I have no idea!  My edit that involved that was merely tidying up, from a 'wikification' perspective, a previous edit; I assumed that the earlier information would be inserted by someone who knows the topic.

:All the best.
:[[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 06:55, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

::Thanks. Actually, if you seem my contribs you will notice that I link zillions and zillions of terms all the time. I would of course have linked it, but I think I thought it was a minor term and wouldn't have an article. Many thanks for your understanding and happy editing. :) :) [[User:Anna Frodesiak|Anna Frodesiak]] ([[User talk:Anna Frodesiak|talk]]) 07:06, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

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== [[Spaghetti plot]] ==

Hi, I just wanted to let you know, that I removed the [[Spaghetti plot]] from the [[:Template:Visualization]], because specific types of charts/diagrams/plots etc. don't get listed there. I did add the [[Spaghetti plot]] to the listing in the [[Plot (graphics)]] article. -- [[User:Mdd|Mdd]] ([[User talk:Mdd|talk]]) 21:58, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
: OK.  I hadn't realised.  Thanks for the correction.  [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 11:14, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

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== [[Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion|Speedy deletion]] nomination of [[:Psalm 69 (disambiguation)]] ==

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A tag has been placed on [[:Psalm 69 (disambiguation)]], requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done for the following reason:

<center>'' The article on Psalm 69 links directly to this album. There isn't even a way to get to this article without actually searching "Psalm 69 (disambiguation)''</center>

Under the [[WP:CSD#General_criteria|criteria for speedy deletion]], articles that do not meet basic Wikipedia criteria may be deleted at any time. 

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit '''[[Talk:Psalm 69 (disambiguation)|the page's talk page directly]]''' to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for ''speedy'' deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact [[:Category:Wikipedia administrators who will provide copies of deleted articles|one of these administrators]] to request that the administrator [[Wikipedia:Userfication#Userfication of deleted content|userfy]] the page or email a copy to you. <!-- Template:db-warn --> [[User:G man yo|G man yo]] ([[User talk:G man yo|talk]]) 08:04, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
== Pentecostalism ==

Hey there! Hope everything is going well. Over at [[Talk:Pentecostalism]] there is someone who has placed an NPOV tag on the article and has started a discussion about NPOV violations in the article. I'm not sure exactly how to handle this dispute because frankly, I've written much of the article and I don't see serious POV issues. Could you look at the discussion and the article and give your input. Thanks! [[User:Ltwin|Ltwin]] ([[User talk:Ltwin|talk]]) 19:07, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

:Good to hear from you.  I've been inactive in WP for a considerable time, although I still dip in with some edits occasionally.  I've just taken a quick look at the Talk page, and was pleased to see that the interchange of views appears to have remained cordial and respectful.  Indeed, I see the other editor, Ptet, has actually removed his POV tag, which suggests a respect for your replies... and credit to you.  Anyway, I'll take a look. [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 22:22, 29 January 2012 (UTC)
== [[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|Proposed deletion]] of [[Elvet Banks]] ==

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The article [[Elvet Banks]] has been [[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|proposed for deletion]]&#32; because of the following concern:
:'''No indication found the work has received received significant coverage in reliable independent sources per [[WP:MUSIC]]. A search turned up only lists and copies of the work itself, non-authoritative sources, or references to the place of the same name. Tagged for notability since November 2007.'''

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be [[WP:DEL#REASON|deleted for any of several reasons]].

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{Tlc|proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your [[Help:edit summary|edit summary]] or on [[Talk:Elvet Banks|the article's talk page]].

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{Tlc|proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the [[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|proposed deletion process]], but other [[Wikipedia:deletion process|deletion process]]es exist. In particular, the [[Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion|speedy deletion]] process can result in deletion without discussion, and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion|articles for deletion]] allows discussion to reach [[Wikipedia:Consensus|consensus]] for deletion.<!-- Template:Proposed deletion notify --> [[User:DGaw| --DGaw]] ([[User talk:DGaw|talk]]) 21:24, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

:Thanks for the note. A weak area of Wikipedia is its coverage of hymn tunes in general.  We really need to try to improve this and get more hymn tune articles written.  But with so few articles already, I'm not convinced the deletion of one of those few articles would actually helps towards broadening the overall topic!  Perhaps we could work towards improving the overall topic of hymn tunes.  If, then, as a result of that broadening, it is agreed that the particular Elvet Banks article doesn't "make the cut", then fair enough.  But, for the moment, could we keep it?  I've found another reference to the tune, and to its particular place in what I believe is a major hymnal over in the USA, although admittedly this reference is not the best.  And, with self-annoyance, I recall seeing another article just a few weeks ago from a much more authoritative source, but I cannot now re-find it at this very time when we need it!  Having added that earlier ref, I've removed the tag.  But feel free to keep this conversation going if you wish.  (I've also re-based the "notability" to now, because of the new ref.  If that re-basing is incorrect procedure please feel free to revert it.)  Meanwhile I'll try to uncover that other ref. [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 22:03, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
== GOCE March copy edit drive ==

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Greetings from the [[WP:GOCE|Guild of Copy Editors]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/March 2012|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.</br>

'''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 '''[[User:Lfstevens|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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/March 2012/Barnstars|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 {{tp|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.

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The '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors|Guild of Copy Editors]]''' invites you to participate in their '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May 2012|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: [[User:Dank|Dank]], [[User:Diannaa|Diannaa]], and [[User:Stfg|Stfg]].
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== GOCE May mid-drive newsletter ==

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'''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. {{nowrap|[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/March 2012#Participants|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 [[User:Diannaa|{{teal|Diannaa}}]] was awarded a spot in the GOCE [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/GOCE Hall of Fame|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: [[User:Dank|Dank]], [[User:Diannaa|Diannaa]] and [[User:Stfg|Stfg]]
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== Invite ==

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== GOCE May drive wrap-up ==

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'''Participation:''' Out of 54 people who signed up this drive, 32 copy-edited at least one article. Last drive's superstar, [[User:Lfstevens|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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May 2012/Barnstars|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.

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'''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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2012/2|election&nbsp;page]]. – Your drive coordinators: [[User:Dank|Dank]], [[User:Diannaa|Diannaa]], and [[User:Stfg|Stfg]]
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== GOCE July 2012 Copy Edit Drive ==

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The '''[[WP:GOCE|Guild of Copy Editors]]''' invites you to participate in their '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/July 2012|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: [[User:Dank|Dank]], [[User:Diannaa|Diannaa]] and [[User:Stfg|Stfg]].
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== GOCE July 2012 mid-drive newsletter ==

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| <span style="font-size: 110%;">'''[[WP:GOCE|Guild of Copy Editors]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/July 2012|July 2012 backlog elimination drive]] mid-drive newsletter'''</span>

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'''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. {{nowrap|[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/July 2012#Participants|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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Copy Edit of the Month|here]] for details. – Your drive coordinators: [[User:Stfg|Stfg]], [[User:Allens|Allens]], and [[User:Torchiest|Torchiest]].
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== GOCE July drive wrap-up ==

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'''Participation:''' Out of 45 people who signed up this drive, 31 have copy-edited at least one article. [[User:Lfstevens|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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/July 2012/Barnstars|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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Copy Edit of the Month|here]] for details. – Your drive coordinators: [[User:Stfg|Stfg]], [[User:Allens|Allens]], and [[User:Torchiest|Torchiest]].

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== [[m:Meetup/Reading/1|First ever Reading Wiki Meetup]] ==

You are invited to the first ever [[m:Meetup/Reading/1|Reading Wiki Meetup]] which will take place at ''Copa'', 76-78 Kings Road, Reading, RG1 3BJ on '''Sunday 23 September 2012''' from 1.00 pm.

I hope as many people as possible will be able to attend so that we can make this a regular event. If you have never been to one, this is an opportunity to meet other Wikipedians in an informal atmosphere for Wiki and non-Wiki related chat and for beer or food if you like. Experienced and new contributors are all welcome. This event is definitely not restricted just to discussion of Berkshire related topics. Bring your laptop if you like and use the free Wifi or just bring yourself. Even better, bring a friend! Click the link for full details. Looking forward to seeing you. [[User:Philafrenzy|Philafrenzy]] ([[User talk:Philafrenzy|talk]]) 22:20, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
== GOCE news and September drive invitation ==

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The '''[[WP:GOCE|Guild of Copy Editors]]''' invites you to participate in its events:
*The '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Copy Edit of the Month/August 2012|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).
*'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/September 2012|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: [[User:Stfg|Stfg]], [[User:Allens|Allens]], and [[User:Torchiest|Torchiest]].
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== GOCE September activities ==

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A quick reminder of our current events:
*The '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Copy Edit of the Month/August 2012|August 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest]]''' is in the discussion and voting stage until midnight September 14 (UTC).
*The '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Copy Edit of the Month/September 2012|September 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest]]''' is in the submissions stage until midnight September 30 (UTC), when discussion and voting begin.
*The '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/September 2012|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: [[User:Stfg|Stfg]], [[User:Allens|Allens]], and [[User:Torchiest|Torchiest]].
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== GOCE mid-drive newsletter ==

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| <span style="font-size: 110%;"><big>'''[[WP:GOCE|Guild of Copy Editors]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/September 2012|September 2012 backlog elimination drive]] mid-drive newsletter'''</big></span>

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*'''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. {{nowrap|[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/September 2012#Signing up|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!'''
**'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Copy Edit of the Month/August 2012|August 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest]]''' is in the discussion and voting stage until midnight September 30 (UTC).
**'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Copy Edit of the Month/September 2012|September 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest]]''' is in the submissions stage until midnight September 30 (UTC), when discussion and voting begin.
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== GOCE September 2012 drive wrap-up ==

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'''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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/September 2012/Barnstars|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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Copy Edit of the Month/September 2012|September 2012 contest]] is closed for submissions and open for voting. The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Copy Edit of the Month/October 2012|October 2012 contest]] is now open for submissions. Everyone is welcome to submit entries and to vote.

– Your drive coordinators: [[User:Stfg|Stfg]], [[User:Allens|Allens]], and [[User:Torchiest|Torchiest]].

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== GOCE fall newsletter ==

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The '''[[WP:GOCE|Guild of Copy Editors]]''' invites you to participate in its events:
*The '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Copy Edit of the Month/October 2012|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 '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Copy Edit of the Month/September 2012|September 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest]]'''. Everyone is welcome to vote, whether they have entered the contest or not.
*{{Hilite|'''NEW!!'''}} In the week from Sunday 21 October to Saturday 27 October, we are holding a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/October 2012|Project Blitz]]''', in which we will copy edit articles tagged with {{tl|copyedit}} belonging to selected project(s). For the first blitz, we'll start with [[WP:WikiProject Olympics|WikiProject Olympics]] and [[WP:WikiProject Albums|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.
*'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/November 2012|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: [[User:Stfg|Stfg]], [[User:Allens|Allens]], and [[User:Torchiest|Torchiest]].
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== GOCE November 2012 copy edit drive update ==

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| <span style="font-size: 110%;"><big>'''[[WP:GOCE|Guild of Copy Editors]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/November 2012|November 2012 backlog elimination drive]] mid-drive newsletter'''</big></span>

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*'''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. {{nowrap|[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/November 2012#Signing up|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 '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Copy Edit of the Month/September 2012|September 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest]]''' was won by [[User:Baffle gab1978|Baffle gab1978]] for his copy edit of [[Expulsion of the Acadians]]. Runner up was [[User:Gareth Griffith-Jones|Gareth Griffith-Jones]] for his edit of [[I Could Fall in Love]]. Congratulations to both.
*The '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Copy Edit of the Month/October 2012|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!'''
*'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Copy Edit of the Month/November 2012|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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== GOCE November drive wrap-up ==

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'''Participation:''' Thanks to all who participated! Out of 38 people who signed up this drive, 33 copy-edited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/November 2012/Barnstars|here]]. All the barnstars have now been distributed.

'''Progress report:''' We achieved our primary goal of clearing November and December 2011 from the backlog. For the first time since the drives began, the backlog consists only of articles tagged in the current year. The total backlog at the end of the month was 2690 articles, down from 8323 when we started out over two years ago. We completed all 56 requests outstanding before November 2012 as well as eight of those made in November.

'''Copy Edit of the Month''': Voting is now over for the October 2012 competition, and [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Copy Edit of the Month/October 2012|prizes]] have been issued. The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Copy Edit of the Month/November 2012|November 2012 contest]] is closed for submissions and open for voting. The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Copy Edit of the Month/December 2012|December 2012 contest]] is now open for submissions. Everyone is welcome to submit entries and to vote.

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'''Coodinator election:''' The six-month term for our fourth tranche of Guild coordinators will expire at the end of December. Nominations are open for the fifth tranche of coordinators, who will serve from 1 January to 30 June 2013. For complete information, please have a look at the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2013|election&nbsp;page]].

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== GOCE mid-December newsletter ==

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The '''[[WP:GOCE|Guild of Copy Editors]]''' invites you to participate in its events:
*The '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Copy Edit of the Month/December 2012|December 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest]]''' is currently in the submissions stage.  Submit your best December copy edit there before the end of the month.  Submissions end, and discussion and voting begin, on January 1 at 00:00 (UTC).
*Voting is in progress for the '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Copy Edit of the Month/November 2012|November 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest]]'''. Everyone is welcome to vote, whether they have entered the contest or not.
*From Sunday 16 December to Saturday 22 December, we are holding a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/December 2012|Project Blitz]]''', in which we will copy edit articles tagged with {{tl|copyedit}} from January 2012. The blitz works much like our bimonthly drives, but a bit simpler. Everyone is welcome to take part, and barnstars will be awarded.
*'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/January 2013|January 2013 Backlog elimination drive]]''' is a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on January 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on January 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to copy edit all articles tagged in January, February, and March 2012 and complete all requests placed before the end of 2012. 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 January, February, and March 2012", and "Longest article". We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: [[User:Stfg|Stfg]], [[User:Allens|Allens]], and [[User:Torchiest|Torchiest]].
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== GOCE 2012 Annual Report ==

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The GOCE has wrapped up another successful year of operations!

Our '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Membership/News/2012 Annual Report|2012 Annual Report]]''' is now ready for review.

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== GOCE mid-drive newsletter, January 2013 ==

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== GOCE February 2013 newsletter ==

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== GOCE news: February 2013 ==

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'''Participation:''' Out of 19 people who signed up for this blitz, 9 copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/February 2013/Barnstars|here]].

'''Progress report:''' During the six-day blitz, we removed over twenty articles from the [[WP:GOCE/REQ|requests queue]]. Hope to see you at the [[WP:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/March 2013|March drive]] in a few days! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators [[User:Torchiest|Torchiest]], [[User:BDD|BDD]] and [[User:Miniapolis|Miniapolis]].
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== GOCE mid-March 2013 newsletter ==

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== GOCE April 2013 newsletter ==

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== GOCE May drive wrap-up ==

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'''From the Editor'''<br>
[[File:ბუმბული.png|left|50px]] Welcome to the July 2013 issue of Ichthus. We focus on the chronology of Jesus, as well as looking back at the project content improved over the last month.

WP:X has gained another Featured Article, [[Gospel of the Ebionites]], by [[User:Ignocrates|Ignocrates]]. The Gospel of the Ebionites is the name scholars give to an apocryphal gospel that supposedly belonged to a sect known as the Ebionites. It consists of seven short quotations discovered in a heresiology known as the Panarion, written by Epiphanius of Salamis, and its original title remains unknown. The text is a gospel harmony composed in Greek, and is believed to have been written during the middle of the 2nd century.

[[St Mihangel's Church, Llanfihangel yn Nhowyn]] was promoted to Good Article status, as was two other welsh churches, [[St Enghenedl's Church, Llanynghenedl]], and [[St Peter's Church, Llanbedrgoch]].

The main page also featured several DYK hooks for articles in our project, namely [[Bob Fu]], [[List of places of worship in Tandridge (district)]], [[Catholic Press]], [[Garendon Abbey]], [[St. John's Episcopal Church (Jersey City, New Jersey)]], [[Pargev Martirosyan]], [[Praskvica Monastery]], [[Heather Preceptory]], [[St. Augustin, Coburg]], [[Longleat Priory]], [[St Mihangel's Church, Llanfihangel yn Nhowyn]], [[St Enghenedl's Church, Llanynghenedl]], [[Christianization of Moravia]], [[Christianization of Bohemia]], [[Repton Abbey]], [[St Peter's Church, Llanbedrgoch]], [[Medingen Abbey]], [[Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church]], [[St. James on-the-Lines]], and [[Leopold Karl von Kollonitsch]].

'''Church of the month'''<br>
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[[St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery]] is part of [[Saint Sophia's Cathedral, Kiev]] in [[Ukraine]]. It is a functioning monastery that dates back to the [[Middle Ages]].

'''Membership report'''<br>
The parent Christianity WikiProject currently has 367 active members. We would like to welcome our newest members, [[User:Newchildrenofthealmighty|Newchildrenofthealmighty]], [[User:Evenssteven|Evenssteven]], [[User:Kerna96|Kerna96]], and [[User:FutureTrillionaire|FutureTrillionaire]]. If any members, new or not, wish any assistance, they should feel free to leave a message at the [[WT:X|Christianity noticeboard]] or with me or other individual editors to request it. 


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When did Jesus live? When did he die? How do we know? We do, in fact, have excellent information about the time intervals for the life and death of Jesus. As in other people who lived and died in the first century, this gives an approximate date range, but still, give or take 3-4 years and we have pretty good estimates confirmed by a number of really diverse sources, ranging from inscriptions in [[Delphi]] to Roman and Jewish sources. The '''[[Chronology of Jesus]]''' article discusses how a wide variety of Christian, Jewish and Roman sources are used to establish the time-frame for the life and death of Jesus.

And all of his data fits together. For instance, the chronology of Paul had been discussed based on the [[Book of Acts]] long ago, then the [[Delphi Inscription]] is found in the 20th century in the [[Temple of Apollo]]. And guess what.. it confirms it and totally dates his trial in [[Corinth]], which helps reaffirm the date of the crucifixion of Jesus. The same date range is independently estimated from the writings of [[Josephus on Jesus|Josephus on the Baptist]]'s death. And it fits [[Isaac Newton]]'s astronomical models for the crucifixion date as well as the independent lunar calculations of [[Colin Humphreys|Humphreys]]. As that article shows, all these dates just fit together. 

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'''From the bookshelf'''<br>
[[File:SanDiegoCityCollegeLearingRecourceCity-bookshelf.jpg|left|100px]]''Chronos, kairos, Christos: nativity and chronological studies'' edited by J. Vardaman, E. M. Yamauchi 1989 {{ISBN|0-931464-50-1}} 
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This two volume book (with a very apt title) is gem-filled with scholarly research. [[Paul Maier]]'s article in the first volume is a classic study on the chronology of Jesus and provides a useful summary of a number of issues.

'''Did you know...'''
[[File:Hemis monastery.jpg|thumb|right|100px|[[Hemis monastery]]]] 
*... that the Russian journalist [[Nicolas Notovitch]] who in 1894 originated the story that there was evidence at the [[Hemis monastery]] that an adult Jesus had [[Unknown years of Jesus|traveled to India]], later confessed to fabricating his evidence?

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'''Calendar'''<br>
This month (July) contains the feast days of [[Mary Magdalene]], and [[James, son of Zebedee]].


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'''From the Editor'''<br>
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Welcome to the August 2013 issue of the WikiProject Christianity newsletter. We focus on the historical Jesus and reflect on the last month.

The project has another featured picture, [[:File:The_Ruins_of_Holyrood_Chapel_(Louis_Daguerre),_1824_(Google_Art_Project).jpg|The ruins of Holyrood Chapel]], a digitisation of an oil-on-canvas painting. Our top-importance article, [[Jesus]], has been nominated for Featured Article status, the discussion can be seen [[Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Jesus/archive3|here]]; [[Knights of Colombus]] has also been nominated as a FAC.

[[Ecgbert (bishop)]] and [[Church architecture in Scotland]] have both this month achieved [[WP:GA|Good Article]] status.

Our project had several of its articles featured in the main page DYK section, including [[Hinckley Priory]], [[Little Chapel]], [[St Peter's Church, Ropsley]], [[Chip Ingram]],  [[St John the Evangelist's Church, Corby Glen]], [[Great George Street Congregational Church]], [[St Mary's Church, Walton-on-the-Hill]] and [[Bunge church]].

Our thanks go to all of those who have worked to achieve these article milestones.

'''Church of the month'''<br>
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This image, of [[Maillezais Cathedral]] and created by [[User:Selbymay|Selbymay]] was this month promoted to featured picture status.

'''Membership report'''<br>
We would like to welcome our newest members, [[User:Thechristophermorris|Thechristophermorris]], [[User:Psmidi|Psmidi]] and [[User:Jchthys|Jchthys]]. Thank you all for your interest in this effort. If any members, new or not, wish any assistance, they should feel free to leave a message at the [[WT:X|Christianity noticeboard]] or with me or other individual editors to request it. 

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What was Jesus like? What did he preach? Did he claim to be the Messiah? Did he predict an apocalypse? What can we know about him outside a religious context? The '''[[Historical Jesus]]''' article discusses what can be known about Jesus with various degrees of probability. While scholars agree on the over all flow and outline of Jesus' life (his [[Baptism of Jesus|baptism by John]], debated Jewish authorities, healings, and [[Crucifixion of Jesus|his crucifixion]] by Pilate) they have built various and diverging portraits of the rest of his life. These range from minimalist portraits that accept very little of the gospel accounts to maximalists who accept most of the accounts as historical.

The portraits of Jesus have at times been unwitting reflections of the researchers themselves, and [[John Dominic Crossan|Crossan]] once quipped that some authors "do autobiography and call it biography". However, the study of historical Jesus has made one thing clear: there is so much to learn about Jesus that the more one looks, the more there is to discover.

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'''From the bookshelf'''<br>
[[File:SanDiegoCityCollegeLearingRecourceCity-bookshelf.jpg|left|100px]]''Jesus of Nazareth: An Independent Historian's Account of His Life and Teaching'' by Maurice Casey 2010 {{ISBN|0-567-64517-7}}
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In this book [[Maurice Casey]] not only draws on his special expertise in the [[Aramaic]] traditions and the [[Q source]], but provides a comprehensive review of the various approaches to the historical Jesus.

'''Did you know...'''
[[File:Christian world map.png|thumb|right|100px|[[Christianity#Demographics|Christian Demographics]]]] 
*... that in 1951 Christianity was the second largest religion in the world with 500 million followers, compared to [[Buddhism#Demographics|520 million Buddhists]], but by 2013 it had gained the top spot with about [[Christianity#Demographics|2.2 billion Christians]]?

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'''Calendar'''<br>
This month we celebrate the feasts of [[St Lawrence]], [[St Bernard]], and [[St Augustine]].


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== Jurassic coast paragraphs ==

Hi! 

I've seen that you've removed that paragraphs from a few Dorset articles, and it has been reverted several times.

I agree with you, that this paragraph is unnecessary to have in every article on a place on the coast. A far better section, on, say, the [[Chesil Cove]] article, would be the geology of the local area, not this paragraph on the whole of the Jurassic Coast. I wonder if you, I, or both of us, could take this up in a place where a few people could discuss it, such as at [[Talk:Jurassic Coast]]? 

All my best, [[User:Rossoh|Rossoh]] ([[User talk:Rossoh|talk]]) 12:24, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

:{{ping|Rossoh}} Thanks for the note.  Yes, taking it up there seems a good idea.  (I had been wondering about the next move, so thanks for your message!)  I'll set something going there later on this evening.  [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 21:02, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

== GOCE March drive wrapup ==

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'''Participation:''' Thanks to all who participated in the drive and helped out behind the scenes. 42 people signed up for this drive and 28 of these completed at least one article. Final results are available [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/March 2014/Barnstars|here]].

'''Progress report:''' Articles tagged during the target months of December 2012 and January 2013 were reduced from 177 to 33, and the overall backlog was reduced by 13 articles. The total backlog was 2,902 articles at the end of March. On the Requests page during March, 26 copy edit requests were completed, all requests from January 2014 were completed, and the length of the queue was reduced by 11 articles.

'''Blitz!''': The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/April 2014|April blitz]] will run from April 13–19, with a focus on the [[WP:GOCE/REQ|Requests]] list. [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/April 2014|Sign up now!]] 

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== April blitz wrap-up and May copyediting drive invitation ==

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'''Participation:''' Out of 17 people who signed up for this blitz, eight copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/April 2014/Barnstars|here]].

'''Progress report:''' During the seven-day blitz, we removed 28 articles from the [[WP:GOCE/REQ|requests queue]]. Hope to see you at the [[WP:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May 2014|May drive]]! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators [[User:Jonesey95|Jonesey95]], [[User:Miniapolis|Miniapolis]] and [[User:Baffle_gab1978|Baffle gab1978]].
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== GOCE June 2014 newsletter ==

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| <span style="font-size: 110%;">'''[[WP:GOCE|Guild of Copy Editors]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May 2014|May 2014 backlog elimination drive]] wrap-up'''</span>

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'''Participation:''' Thanks to all who participated! Out of 51 people who signed up this drive, 33 copy edited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May 2014/Barnstars|here]].

'''Progress report:''' We reduced our article backlog from 2,987 articles to 2,236 articles in May, the lowest backlog total since we began keeping records in 2009! Since at least 300 new articles were tagged during May, that means '''we copy edited over 1,000 articles in a single month.''' Amazing work, everyone!

'''Blitz''': The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/June 2014|June blitz]] will run from June 15–21. This blitz's theme is Politics. [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Blitzes/June_2014#Signing_up|Sign up here]].

'''Election:''' You can nominate yourself or others for the role of Coordinator for the second half of 2014 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Coordinators/2014/2|here]]. Nominations will be accepted until June 14. Voting will begin on June 15 and will conclude on June 28.  

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== GOCE July 2014 newsletter ==

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* Review the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2014/2|Coordinators election]] results
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== GOCE July drive and August blitz ==

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'''Participation:''' Thanks to everyone who participated in the July drive. Of the 40 people who signed up this drive, 22 copy edited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/July 2014/Barnstars|here]].

'''Progress report:''' We reduced our article backlog from 2400 articles to 2199 articles in July. This is a new month-end record low for the backlog. Nice work, everyone!

'''Blitz''': The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/August 2014|August blitz]] will run from August 24–30. The blitz will focus on articles from the GOCE's '''[[WP:GOCE/REQ|Requests page]]'''. Awards will be given out to everyone who copy edits at least one of the target articles.  The blitz will run from August 24–30. [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Blitzes/August_2014#Signing_up|Sign up here]]!

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== GOCE October 2014 newsletter ==

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* Results of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/August 2014|August Blitz]] and [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/September 2014|September Drive]]
* A few changes around the Guild's pages
* Sign up for the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/October 2014|'''October Blitz''']]
* Review the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2014/2|Coordinators election]] results
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== Music theory articles ==

Hello, are you still interested in working on the music theory articles?[[User:BassHistory|BassHistory]] ([[User talk:BassHistory|talk]]) 06:25, 7 November 2014 (UTC)

* In principle, yes.  But these days, I'm only rarely editing on Wikipedia, so I can't promise to be as active as I was a few years ago.  Happy to be kept "in the loop". [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 15:58, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

== Psalms ==

In the psalm talk page i just asked u a question about when and where the discussion and consensus u referred to took place.[[Special:Contributions/2601:7:6580:5E3:2877:96CA:AE3D:957D|2601:7:6580:5E3:2877:96CA:AE3D:957D]] ([[User talk:2601:7:6580:5E3:2877:96CA:AE3D:957D|talk]]) 07:34, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

: Thanks.  I've replied on [[Talk:Psalms]].  [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 10:47, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

== GOCE coordinator elections ==

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== December 2014 GOCE newsletter ==

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| <span style="font-size: 110%;">'''[[WP:GOCE|Guild of Copy Editors]] December 2014 Newsletter'''</span>

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'''Drive:''' Thanks to everyone who participated in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/November 2014|'''November's Backlog Elimination Drive''']]. Of the 43 people who signed up for this drive, 26 copy edited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/November 2014/Barnstars|'''here''']].

'''Progress report:''' The November Drive removed 26 requests from the Requests page and 509 articles from the {{tl|copy edit}} backlog. We copy edited 83 articles tagged in the target months; July, August, and September 2013. Together with tag removals from articles unsuitable for copy editing, we eliminated July 2013 from the backlog and reduced August and September's tags to 61 and 70 respectively. As of  01:01, 1 December 2014 (UTC), the backlog stood at 1,974 articles, dipping below 2,000 for the first time in the Guild's history (see graph at right). Well done everyone!

'''Blitz''': The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/December 2014|'''December Blitz''']] will run from December 14–20  and will focus on articles related to '''Religion''', in recognition of this month's religious holidays in much of the English-speaking world. Awards will be given out to everyone who copy edits at least one of the target articles. [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Blitzes/December_2014#Signing_up|'''Sign up here''']]!

'''Election time again:''' The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2015|'''election of coordinators''']] to serve from 1 January to 30 June 2015 is now underway. Candidates can nominate themselves or others from December 01, 00:01 (UTC), until December 15, 23:59. The voting period will run from December 16, 00:01 (UTC), until December 31, 23:59. You can read about coordinators' duties [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators|here]]. Please consider getting involved and remember to cast you vote{{mdash}}it's '''your''' Guild and it doesn't organize itself!

Thank you all once again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve anything without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators {{noping|Jonesey95}}, {{noping|Baffle gab1978}}, and {{noping|Miniapolis}}.

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== GOCE holiday 2014 newsletter ==

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'''Blitz:''' Thanks to everyone who participated in the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/December 2014|'''December Blitz''']]. Of the 14 editors who signed up for the blitz, 11 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/December 2014/Barnstars|'''here''']].

'''January drive:''' The January backlog-reduction drive is just around the corner; sign up
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/January 2015#Signing up|'''here''']]!

'''Election time again:''' The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2015|'''election of coordinators''']] to serve from January 1 to June 30, 2015 is now underway. The voting period runs from December 16, 00:01 (UTC), until December 31, 23:59. Please cast your vote{{mdash}}it's '''your''' Guild, and it doesn't run itself!

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== GOCE 2014 report ==

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'''Highlights:'''
*Summary of Drives, Blitzes, and the Requests page;
*Review the election results;
*Membership news;
*Changes around the Guild's pages;
*Plans for 2015.

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== February 2015 GOCE newsletter ==

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| <span style="font-size: 110%;">'''[[WP:GOCE|Guild of Copy Editors]] February 2015 Newsletter'''</span>

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'''Drive:''' Thanks to everyone who participated in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/January 2015|'''January's Backlog Elimination Drive''']]. Of the 38 people who signed up for this drive, 21 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/January 2015/Barnstars|'''here''']].

'''Progress report:''' We were able to remove August 2013 from the general copyediting backlog and November 2014 from the request-page backlog. Many thanks, everyone!

'''Blitz''': The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/February 2015|'''February Blitz''']] will run from February 15–21 and again focuses on the [[WP:GOCE/REQ|requests page]]. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one request article. [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Blitzes/February_2015#Signing_up|'''Sign up 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 {{noping|Miniapolis}}, {{noping|Jonesey95}}, {{noping|Biblioworm}} and {{noping|Philg88}}.

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== GOCE March newsletter ==

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'''Blitz:''' Thanks to everyone who participated in the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/February 2015|'''February Blitz''']]. Of the 21 people who signed up, eight copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/February 2015/Barnstars|'''here''']].

'''Progress report:''' The blitz removed 16 articles from the [[WP:GOCE/REQ|requests list]], and we're almost done with December 2014. Many thanks, everyone!

'''Drive''': The month-long [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/March 2015|'''March drive''']] begins in about a week. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the backlog. [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Backlog elimination drives/March_2015#Signing_up|'''Sign up 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 {{noping|Miniapolis}}, {{noping|Jonesey95}}, {{noping|Biblioworm}} and {{noping|Philg88}}.

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== April 2015 GOCE newsletter ==

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'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/March 2015|March drive]]:''' Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 38 people who signed up, 18 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/March 2015/Barnstars|'''here''']].

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/April 2015|April blitz]]:''' The one-week April blitz, again targeting our long [[WP:GOCE/REQ|requests list]], will run from April 19–25. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the requests page. [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Blitzes/April_2015#Signing_up|'''Sign up here''']]!

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May 2015|May drive]]:''' The month-long May backlog-reduction drive, with extra credit for articles tagged in December 2013, January and February 2014 and all request articles, begins soon. [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May_2015#Signing_up|'''Sign up now''']]!  

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators {{noping|Miniapolis}}, {{noping|Jonesey95}}, {{noping|Biblioworm}} and {{noping|Philg88}}.

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== Thanks ==

Thanks for cleaning up [[Oh Shenandoah]]. It looks much better now. I had done some fiddling with it a few days back, and thought I might return and resume, but it was endless. Thanks for stepping in and making it a decent article. [[User:Softlavender|Softlavender]] ([[User talk:Softlavender|talk]]) 11:42, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

:You're welcome!  [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 15:21, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

== GOCE June 2015 newsletter ==

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'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May 2015|May drive]]:''' Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 38 people who signed up, 29 copyedited at least one article, and we got within 50 articles of our all-time low in the backlog. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May 2015/Barnstars|'''here''']].

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2015/2|Coordinator elections]]''':
Nominations are open through June 15 for GOCE coordinators, with voting from June 16–30.  Self-nominations are welcome and encouraged. 

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators {{noping|Miniapolis}}, {{noping|Jonesey95}}, {{noping|Biblioworm}} and {{noping|Philg88}}.

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|Hello, '''{{PAGENAME}}'''! I'd like to invite you to join the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Berkshire|'''Berkshire WikiProject''']]. It's a [[Wikipedia:WikiProject|user-group]] dedicated to improving the overall quality of all [[Berkshire]]-related content. There is a [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Berkshire|discussion page]] for sharing ideas as well as developing and getting tips on improving articles. If you would like to join, simply add your name to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Berkshire/Members|list of members]]. [[User:BaldBoris|Bald]][[User talk:BaldBoris|Boris]] 14:51, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
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Thanks.  I've joined up. [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 21:13, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

== GOCE August 2015 newsletter ==

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'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/July 2015|July drive]]:''' Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 24 people who signed up, 17 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/July 2015/Barnstars|'''here''']].

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/August 2015|August blitz]]:''' The one-week April blitz, targeting biographical articles that have been tagged for copy editing for over a year, will run from August 16–22. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the article list on the blitz page. [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Blitzes/August_2015#Signing_up|'''Sign up 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, {{noping|Jonesey95}}, {{noping|Baffle gab1978}}, {{noping|KieranTribe}}, {{noping|Miniapolis}}, and {{noping|Pax85}}.

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== October 2015 GOCE newsletter ==

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| <span style="font-size: 110%;">'''[[WP:GOCE|Guild of Copy Editors]] October 2015 Newsletter'''</span>

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'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/September 2015|September drive]]:''' Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 25 editors who signed up, 18 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/September 2015/Barnstars|'''here''']].

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/October 2015|October blitz]]:''' The one-week October blitz, targeting [[WP:GOCE/REQ|requests]], has just concluded. Of the nine editors who signed up, seven copyedited at least one request; check your talk page for your [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/October 2015/Barnstars|barnstar]]!

The month-long '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/November 2015|November drive]],''' focusing on our oldest backlog articles (June, July, and August 2014) and the October requests, is just around the corner. Hope to [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/November 2015#Signing up|see you there]]! 

Thanks again for your support; together, we can improve the encyclopedia! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators {{noping|Jonesey95}}, {{noping|Baffle gab1978}}, {{noping|KieranTribe}}, {{noping|Miniapolis}} and {{noping|Pax85}}.

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== [[WP:ACE2015|ArbCom elections are now open!]] ==

Hi,<br>
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current [[WP:ACE2015|Arbitration Committee election]]. The [[WP:ARBCOM|Arbitration Committee]] is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia [[WP:RFAR|arbitration process]]. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose [[WP:BAN|site bans]], [[WP:TBAN|topic bans]], editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The [[WP:ARBPOL|arbitration policy]] describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to [[WP:ACE2015/C|review the candidates' statements]] and submit your choices on [[Special:SecurePoll/vote/398|the voting page]]. For the Election committee, [[User:MediaWiki message delivery|MediaWiki message delivery]] ([[User talk:MediaWiki message delivery|talk]]) 13:38, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
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== A kitten for you! ==

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Thanks for finding and correcting my spelling in [[:Category:Wikipedians owned by cats]]. That was embarrassing... {{smiley|blush}}

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: You're welcome.  And thanks for the kitten, which I'll introduce gently to our resident cat. [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 11:10, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

== [[WP:GOCE|Guild of Copy Editors]] 2015 End of Year Report ==

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<div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Our '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Membership/News/2015 Annual Report|2015 End of Year Report]]''' is now ready for review.</div>

'''Highlights:'''
*Summary of Drives, Blitzes, and the Requests page;
*New record lows in the article backlog and on the Requests page;
*Coordinator election results;
*Membership news;
*Changes around the Guild's pages;
*Plans for 2016.

<div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">– Your project coordinators:  {{noping|Jonesey95|Miniapolis|Baffle gab1978}}.</div>
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== [[WP:GOCE|Guild of Copy Editors]] April 2016 Newsletter ==

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'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/March 2016|March drive]]:''' Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 28 people who signed up, 21 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/March 2016/Barnstars|'''here''']].

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/April 2016|April blitz]]:''' The one-week April blitz, again targeting our long [[WP:GOCE/REQ|requests list]], will run from April 17–23. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the requests page. [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Blitzes/April_2016#Signing_up|'''Sign up here''']]!

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May 2016|May drive]]:''' The month-long May backlog-reduction drive, with extra credit for articles tagged in March, April, and May 2015, and all request articles, begins May 1. [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May_2016#Signing_up|'''Sign up now''']]!  

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators {{noping|Jonesey95}}, {{noping|Miniapolis}}, and {{noping|Baffle gab1978}}.

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== June 2016 [[WP:GOCE|Guild of Copy Editors]] Newsletter ==

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Hello everyone, welcome to the June 2016 GOCE newsletter. It's been a few months since we sent one out; we hope y'all haven't forgotten about the Guild! Your coordinators have been busy behind the scenes as usual, though real life has a habit of reducing our personal wiki-time. The May backlog reduction drive, the usual coordinating tasks and preparations for the June election are keeping us on our toes!  

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May 2016|May drive]]:''' Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's record-setting backlog reduction drive. Of the 29 people who signed up, 16 copyedited at least one article, 197 copyedits were recorded on the drive page, and the copyedit backlog fell below 1,500 for the first time! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May 2016/Barnstars|'''here''']].

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/June 2016|June Blitz]]''': this one-week copy-editing blitz will occur from 12 June through 18 June; the themes will be '''video games''' and '''Asian geography'''.

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2016/2|Coordinator elections]]''':
It's election time again; how quickly they seem to roll around! '''Nominations''' for the next tranche of Guild coordinators, who will serve a six-month term that begins at 00:01 UTC on 1 July and ends at 23:59 UTC on 31 December, opens at 00:01 UTC on 1 June and closes at 23:59 UTC on 15 June. '''Voting''' takes place between 00:01 UTC on 16 June and 23:59 UTC on 30 June. If you'd like to assist behind the scenes, please consider stepping forward; self-nominations are welcomed and encouraged. All Wikipedia editors in good standing are eligible; remember it's '''your''' Guild, and it doesn't run itself!

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators {{noping|Jonesey95}}, {{noping|Miniapolis}} and {{noping|Baffle gab1978}}.

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== [[WP:GOCE|Guild of Copy Editors]] July 2016 News ==

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Hello everyone, and welcome to the July 2016 GOCE newsletter. <!-- summary here if you wish --> 

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/June 2016|June Blitz]]''': this one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 12 through 18 June; the themes were '''video games''' and '''Asian geography'''. Of the 18 editors who signed up, 11 removed 47 articles from the backlog. Barnstars and rollover totals are located [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Blitzes/June_2016/Barnstars|here]]. Thanks to all editors who took part.

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2016/2|Coordinator elections]]''':
The second tranche of Guild coordinators for 2016, who will serve a six-month term until  23:59 UTC on 31 December, have been elected.
{{noping|Jonesey95}} remains as your drama-free Lead Coordinator, and {{noping|Corinne}} and {{noping|Tdslk}} are your new assistant coordinators. For her long service to the Guild, {{noping|Miniapolis}} has been enrolled in the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/GOCE Hall of Fame|GOCE Hall of Fame]]. Thanks to everyone who voted in the election; our next scheduled one occurs in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2017|December 2016]]. All Wikipedia editors in good standing are eligible; self-nominations are welcome and encouraged. 

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/July 2016|July Drive]]''':
Our month-long July Copy Editing Backlog Elimination Drive is now underway. Our aim is to remove articles tagged for copy-edit in '''April''', '''May''' and '''June 2015''', and to complete all requests on the [[WP:GOCE/REQ|GOCE Requests page]] from '''June 2016'''. The drive ends at 23:59 on 31 July 2016 (UTC).

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: {{noping|Jonesey95}}, {{noping|Corinne}} and {{noping|Tdlsk}}.

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== [[WP:GOCE|Guild of Copy Editors]] September 2016 News ==

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Hello everyone, and welcome to the September 2016 GOCE newsletter. 

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'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/July 2016|July Drive]]''': The July drive was a roaring success. We set out to remove '''April, May, and June 2015''' from our backlog (our 149 oldest articles), and by 23 July, we were done with those months. We added '''July 2015''' (66 articles) and copy-edited 37 of those. We also handled all of the remaining Requests from June 2016. Well done! Overall, we recorded copy edits to 240 articles by 20 editors, reducing our total backlog to 13 months and 1,656 articles, the second-lowest month-end total ever. 

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/August 2016|August Blitz]]''': this one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 21 through 27 August; the theme was '''sports-related articles''' in honor of the 2016 Summer Olympics. Of the eight editors who signed up, five editors removed 11 articles from the backlog. A quiet blitz – everyone must be on vacation. Barnstars and rollover totals are located [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Blitzes/August_2016/Barnstars|here]]. Thanks to all editors who took part.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: {{noping|Jonesey95}}, {{noping|Corinne}} and {{noping|Tdlsk}}.

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== [[Volume cartography]] ==

The article now has two links to [[En-Gedi Scroll]].  In one place they are referred to as "biblical scrolls," and the other place as En-Gedi Scroll.  Are these exactly the same thing?  Is the only scroll that burned the En-Gedi Scroll, or did other scrolls get burned also?  Please excuse my lack of historical knowledge.  I understand the technical aspects of the article, but not the historical part.  [[User:Comfr|Comfr]] ([[User talk:Comfr|talk]]) 21:02, 23 September 2016 (UTC)

: Thanks. I agree it is poorly worded; the problem was that the first link had the visible text of general "biblical scrolls" but linked to the specific En-Gedi Scroll; that first link ought to have pointed to a general article.  I am adjusting it a little.  Continuation of discussion about the article ought to be on the article own 'Talk' page.  [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 09:05, 24 September 2016 (UTC)

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== [[WP:GOCE|Guild of Copy Editors]] December 2016 News ==

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Hello everyone, and welcome to the December 2016 GOCE newsletter. We had an October newsletter all set to go, but it looks like we never pushed the button to deliver it, so this one contains a few months of updates. We have been busy and successful!

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'''Coordinator elections for the first half of 2017''': Nominations are open for '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2017/1|election of Coordinators for the first half of 2017]]'''. Please visit the election page to nominate yourself or another editor, and then return after December 15 to vote. Thanks for participating!

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/September 2016|September Drive]]''': The September drive was fruitful. We set out to remove '''July through October 2015''' from our backlog (an ambitious 269 articles), and by the end of the month, we had cut that pile of oldest articles to just 83. We reduced our overall backlog by 97 articles, even with new copyedit tags being added to articles every day. We also handled 75% of the remaining Requests from August 2016. Overall, 19 editors recorded copy edits to 233 articles (over 378,000 words). 

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/October 2016|October Blitz]]''': this one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 16 through 22 October; the theme was '''[[WP:GOCER|Requests]]''', since the backlog was getting a bit long. Of the 16 editors who signed up, 10 editors completed 29 requests. Barnstars and rollover totals are located [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Blitzes/October_2016/Barnstars|here]]. Thanks to all editors who took part.

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/November 2016|November Drive]]''': The November drive was a '''record-breaker!''' We set out to remove '''September through December 2015''' from our backlog (239 articles), and by the end of the month, we had cut that pile of old articles to just 66, eliminating the two oldest months! '''We reduced our overall backlog by 523 articles, to a new record low of 1,414 articles''', even with new tags being added to articles every day, which means we removed copy-editing tags from '''over 800 articles'''. We also handled all of the remaining Requests from October 2016. Officially, 14 editors recorded copy edits to 200 articles (over 312,000 words), but over 600 articles, usually quick fixes and short articles, were not recorded on the drive page. 

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Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: {{noping|Jonesey95}}, {{noping|Corinne}} and {{noping|Tdslk}}.

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== [[WP:GOCE|Guild of Copy Editors]] February 2017 News ==

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Hello everyone, and welcome to the February 2017 GOCE newsletter. The Guild has been busy since the last time your coordinators sent out a newsletter!

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'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/December 2016|December blitz]]''': This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 11 through 17 December; the themes were '''[[WP:GOCER|Requests]]''' and eliminating the November 2015 backlog. Of the 14 editors who signed up, nine editors completed 29 articles. Barnstars and rollover totals are located [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Blitzes/December_2016/Barnstars|here]]. Thanks to all who took part.

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/January 2017|January drive]]''': The January drive was a great success. We set out to remove '''December 2015 and January and February 2016''' from our backlog (195 articles), and by 22 January we had cleared those and had to add a third month (March 2016). At the end of the month we had almost cleared out that last month as well, for a total of 180 old articles removed from the backlog! '''We reduced our overall backlog by 337 articles, to a low of 1,465 articles''', our second-lowest month-end total ever. We also handled all of the remaining requests from December 2016. Officially, 19 editors recorded 337 copy edits (over 679,000 words).

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/February 2017|February blitz]]:''' The one-week February blitz, focusing on the remaining [[:Category:Wikipedia articles needing copy edit from March 2016|March 2016 backlog]] and [[WP:GOCE/REQ#January 2017|January 2017 requests]], ran from 12 to 18 February. Seven editors reduced the total in those two backlog segments from 32 to 10 articles, leaving us in good shape going in to the March drive. 

'''Coordinator elections for the first half of 2017''': In December, '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2017/1|coordinators for the first half of 2017]]''' were elected. Jonesey95 stepped aside as lead coordinator, remaining as coordinator and allowing Miniapolis to be the lead, and Tdslk and Corinne returned as coordinators. Thanks to all who participated!

Speaking of coordinators, '''congratulations to {{noping|Jonesey95}}''' on their well-deserved '''induction into the [[WP:GOCE/HOF|Guild of Copy Editors Hall of Fame]]'''. The plaque reads: "For dedicated service as lead coordinator (2014, 1 July – 31 December 2015 and all of 2016) and coordinator (1 January – 30 June 2015 and 1 January – 30 June 2017); exceptional template-creation work (considerably streamlining project administration), and their emphasis on keeping the GOCE a drama-free zone."

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== [[WP:GOCE|Guild of Copy Editors]] December 2017 News ==

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Hello copy editors! Welcome to the December 2017 GOCE newsletter, which contains nine months(!) of updates. The Guild has been busy and successful; your diligent efforts in 2017 has brought the backlog of articles requiring copy edit to '''below 1,000 articles for the first time'''.  Thanks to all editors who have contributed their time and energy to help make this happen.

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Our copy-editing drives (month-long backlog-reduction drives held in odd-numbered months) and blitzes (week-long themed editing in even-numbered months) have been very successful this year. 

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/March 2017|March drive]]''': We set out to remove '''April, May, and June 2016''' from our backlog and all '''February 2017 [[WP:GOCER|Requests]]''' (a total of {{#expr:248+56}}&nbsp;articles).  By the end of the month, all but 22 of these articles were cleared.  Officially, of the 28 who signed up, 22&nbsp;editors recorded 257 copy edits (439,952 words). (These numbers do not always make sense when you compare them to the overall reduction in the backlog, because not all editors record every copy edit on the drive page.)

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/April 2017|April blitz]]''': This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 16 through 22 April; the theme was '''Requests'''.  Of the 15 who signed up, 9&nbsp;editors completed 43&nbsp;articles (81,822 words).

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May 2017|May drive]]''': The goals were to remove '''July, August, and September 2016''' from the backlog and to complete all '''March 2017 Requests''' (a total of {{#expr:286+14}}&nbsp;articles).  By the end of the month, '''we had reduced our overall backlog to an all-time low of 1,388 articles'''.  Of the 28 who signed up, 17 editors completed 187 articles (321,810 words).

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/June 2017|June blitz]]''': This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 18 through 24 June; the theme was '''Requests'''.  Of the 16 who signed up, 9 editors completed 28 copy edits (117,089 words).

'''2017 Coordinator elections''': In June, '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2017/2|coordinators for the second half of 2017]]''' were elected. Jonesey95 moved back into the lead coordinator position, with Miniapolis stepping down to remain as coordinator; Tdslk and Corinne returned as coordinators, and Keira1996 rejoined after an extended absence. Thanks to all who participated!

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/July 2017|July drive]]''': We set out to remove '''August, September, October, and November 2016''' from the backlog and to complete all '''May and June 2017 Requests''' (a total of {{#expr:216+26}} articles).  The drive was an enormous success, and the target was nearly achieved within three weeks, so that '''December 2016''' was added to the "old articles" list used as a goal for the drive.  By the end of the month, only ''three'' articles from 2016 remained, and for the second drive in a row, the backlog was reduced to a new all-time low, this time to '''1,363 articles'''.  Of the 33 who signed up, 21 editors completed 337 articles (556,482 words).

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/August 2017|August blitz]]''': This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 20 through 26 August; the theme was '''biographical articles tagged for copy editing for more than six months''' (47&nbsp;articles).  Of the 13 who signed up, 11 editors completed 38 copy edits (42,589 words).

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/September 2017|September drive]]''':  The goals were to remove '''January, February, and March 2017''' from the backlog and to complete all '''August 2017 Requests''' (a total of {{#expr:306+32}}&nbsp;articles).  Of the 19 who signed up, 14 editors completed 121 copy edits (267,227 words).

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/October 2017|October blitz]]''': This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 22 through 28 October; the theme was '''Requests'''.  Of the 14 who signed up, 8 editors completed 20 articles (55,642 words).

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/November 2017|November drive]]''': We set out again to remove '''January, February, and March 2017''' from the backlog and to complete all '''October 2017 Requests''' (a total of {{#expr:174+33}}&nbsp;articles).  By the end of the month, these goals were reached and '''the backlog shrank to its lowest total ever, 997 articles''', the first time it had fallen under one thousand (click on the graph above to see this amazing feat in graphical form). It was also the first time that the oldest copy-edit tag was less than eight months old.  Of the 25 who signed up, 16 editors completed 159 articles (285,929 words).

'''2018 Coordinator elections''': Voting is open for the '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2018/1|election of coordinators for the first half of 2018]]'''. Please visit the election page to vote between now and December 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Thanks for participating!

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== GOCE February 2018 news ==

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Welcome to the February 2018 GOCE newsletter in which you will find Guild updates since the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Newsletters/December 2017|December edition]]. We got to a great start for the year, holding the backlog at nine months. 100 requests were submitted in the first 6 weeks of the year<!--everything submitted before Feb 12--> and were swiftly handled with an average completion time of 9&nbsp;days.

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'''Coordinator elections''': In December, '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2018/1|coordinators for the first half of 2018]]''' were elected. Jonesey95 remained as lead coordinator and Corrine, Miniapolis and Tdslk as assistant coordinators. Keira1996 stepped down as assistant coordinator and was replaced by Reidgreg. Thanks to all who participated!

'''End of year reports''' were prepared for '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Membership/News/2016 Annual Report|2016]]''' and '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Membership/News/2017 Annual Report|2017]]''', providing a detailed look at the Guild's long-term progress.

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/January 2018|January drive]]''': We set out to remove '''April, May, and June 2017''' from our backlog and all '''December 2017 [[WP:GOCER|Requests]]''' (a total of {{#expr:262+13}}&nbsp;articles).  As with previous years, the January drive was an outstanding success and by the end of the month all but 57 of these articles were cleared.  Officially, of the 38 who signed up, 21&nbsp;editors recorded 259 copy edits (490,256&nbsp;words).

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/February 2018|February blitz]]''': This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 11 through 17 February, focusing on '''Requests''' and the last articles tagged in '''May 2017'''.  At the end of the week there were only 14 pending requests, with none older than 20 days.  Of the 11 who signed up, 10&nbsp;editors completed 35&nbsp;copy edits (98,538&nbsp;words).

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== Ichthus April 2018 ==

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<small>By [[User:Lionelt|Lionelt]]</small>

Belated Happy Easter and Kalo Pascha! We're excited to announce the return of our newsletter ''Ichthus''! Getting this issue out was  [[Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive980#Taking_a_position_on_whether_Billy_Graham%27s_death_was_a_%22profound_loss%22|touch-and-go]] for a while. Check out what's happening at the Project:
* There was a [[Template:Did you know nominations/Christ the Lord Is Risen Today|lively discussion]] about the Easter Did You Know nomination Christ the Lord is Risen Today
* [[Talk:Knights_of_Columbus#RfC_on_the_Lead_section|RFC at Knights of Columbus]] regarding a question about having Prop 8 in the lead
* In anticipation of being nominated for Featured article, Presbyterian Church in the United States of America was [[Wikipedia:Peer_review/Presbyterian_Church_in_the_United_States_of_America/archive1|put up for Peer Review]] by [[User:Ltwin|Ltwin]]
* The death of Billy Graham on February 21 was a profound loss for many. For the Wikipedia reaction see [[Wikipedia:In_the_news/Candidates/February_2018#&#91;Posted&#93;_Billy_Graham|this discussion]]. Graham received a blurb.
* And... Order of Friars Minor--nominated by [[User:Chicbyaccident|Chicbyaccident]]--is still [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Order_of_Friars_Minor/GA1&action=edit&preload=Template:GAN/preload&editintro=Template:GAN/editintro waiting for a GA reviewer]. Please help out if you can.


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In March the Project saw four articles promoted to GA-Class. They were the oh-so-irresistible [[Delilah]] (nom. [[User:MagicatthemovieS|MagicatthemovieS]]) ''(pictured)'', [[Edict of Torda]] (nom. [[User:Borsoka|Borsoka]]), [[David Meade (author)]] (nom. [[User:LovelyGirl7|LovelyGirl7]]) and last but not least [[Black Christmas (2006 film)]] (nom. [[User:Drown_Soda|Drown_Soda]]). Black Christmas? How did that get in there lol? Congratulations to all of the nominators for a job well done!

<br>{{large|'''Did You Know'''}}<br>
<small>Nominated by [[User:The C of E|The C of E]]</small>

... that some people know '''[[Christ the Lord is Risen Today|Christ the Lord is risen today]]''' from [[Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch]]?"

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{{TFAIMAGE|StJohnsAshfield StainedGlass GoodShepherd-frame crop.jpg|Jesus of Nazareth}}
'''[[Jesus]]''' (7–2 BC to 30–33 AD) is the central figure of [[Christianity]], whom the teachings of most Christian denominations hold to be the [[Son of God]] and the awaited [[Messiah]] of the [[Old Testament]]. Virtually all modern scholars of antiquity agree that a [[historical Jesus]] existed, although there is little agreement on the reliability of the [[gospel|gospel narratives]] and how closely the biblical Jesus reflects the historical Jesus. Most scholars agree that Jesus was a Jewish preacher from Galilee, was baptized by [[John the Baptist]], and was crucified in Jerusalem on the orders of the Roman prefect, [[Pontius Pilate]]. Christians generally believe that Jesus was conceived by the [[Holy Spirit]], [[Virgin birth of Jesus|born of a virgin]], performed [[Miracles of Jesus|miracles]], founded the Church, [[Crucifixion of Jesus|died by crucifixion]] as a sacrifice to achieve [[Atonement in Christianity|atonement]], [[Resurrection of Jesus|rose from the dead]], and [[Ascension of Jesus|ascended]] into heaven, from which [[Second Coming|he will return]]. The great majority of Christians worship Jesus as the incarnation of God the Son, the second of three Persons of a [[Divine Trinity]]. A few Christian groups reject Trinitarianism, wholly or partly, as non-scriptural. [[Jesus in Islam|In Islam]], Jesus is considered one of God's important prophets and the Messiah. {{TFAFULL|Jesus}}


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We're looking for writers to contribute to ''Ichthus''. Do you have a project that you'd like to highlight? An issue that you'd like to bring to light? Post your inquiries or submission [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Christianity/Outreach/Newsroom|here]]. And if the publication of this issue is any indication, you're in for the ride of a lifetime!

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== Ichthus: May 2018 ==

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<small>By {{User link|Lionelt}}</small>

Last month's auspicious relaunch of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Christianity/Outreach/April 2018|our newsletter]] precipitated something of an uproar in the Wikipedia community. What started as a localized edit war over censorship spilled over onto the Administrator's Noticeboard finally ending up at Wikipedia's supreme judicial body ArbCom. [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/Noticeboard&oldid=837089062#Motion:_Misuse_of_Administrator_Tools Their ruling] resulted in the admonishment of administrator {{u|Future Perfect at Sunrise}} for his involvement in the dispute. The story [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2018-04-26/Arbitration_report|was reported]] by Wikipedia's venerable flagship newspaper ''The Signpost''.

The question of whether to delete all portals--including the 27 Christianity-related portals--was put to the Wikipedia community. Approximately 400 editors have participated in the [[Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)/RfC:_Ending_the_system_of_portals|protracted discussion]]. Going by !votes, Oppose deletion has a distinct majority. The original [[Portal:Christianity|Christianity Portal]] was created on November 5, 2005 by {{User link|Brisvegas}} and the following year he successfully nominated the portal for Featured Portal. {{u|The Transhumanist}} has revived [[WP:WikiProject Portals|WikiProject Portals]] with hopes of revitalizing Wikipedia's system of 1,515 portals.

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Four articles in the Project were promoted to GA: [[Edict of Torda]] nom. by {{u|Borsoka}}, [[Jim Bakker]] nom. by {{u|LovelyGirl7}}, [[Ralph Abernathy]] nom. by {{u|Coffee}} and [[Psalm 84]] nom. by {{u|Gerda_Arendt}}. The Psalm ends with "O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee." Words to live by. Please support our members and send some [[Template:WikiLove_templates|WikiLove]] to the nominators!
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'''[[Operation Auca]]''' was an attempt by five [[Evangelicalism|Evangelical]] [[Christianity|Christian]] [[missionaries]] from the [[United States]] to make contact with the [[Huaorani]] people of the [[Amazon Rainforest|rainforest]] of [[Ecuador]]. The Huaorani, also known as the Aucas, were an isolated tribe known for their violence, both against their own people and outsiders who entered their territory. With the intention of being the first [[Protestantism|Protestants]] to evangelize the Huaorani, the missionaries began making regular flights over Huaorani settlements in September 1955, dropping gifts. After several months of exchanging gifts, on [[January 2]], [[1956]], the missionaries established a camp at "Palm Beach", a [[Bar (landform)|sandbar]] along the [[Curaray River]], a few miles from Huaorani settlements.  Their efforts culminated on [[January 8]], [[1956]], when all five&mdash;[[Jim Elliot]], [[Nate Saint]], Ed McCully, Peter Fleming, and [[Roger Youderian]]&mdash;were attacked and [[spear]]ed by a group of Huaorani warriors.  The news of their deaths was broadcast around the world, and [[Life (magazine)|''Life'' magazine]] covered the event with a photo essay. The deaths of the men galvanized the missionary effort in the United States, sparking an outpouring of funding for evangelization efforts around the world. Their work is still frequently remembered in evangelical publications, and in 2006, was the subject of the film production ''[[End of the Spear]]''. ('''[[Operation Auca|more...]]''')

<br>{{large|'''Did You Know'''}}<br>
<small>Nominated by {{User link|Dahn}}</small>

"... that, shortly after being sentenced to death for treason, '''[[Ioan C. Filitti]]''' became manager of the [[National Theatre Bucharest]]?"
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== June 2018 GOCE newsletter ==

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Welcome to the June 2018 GOCE newsletter, in which you will find Guild updates since the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Newsletters/February 2018|February edition]]. 
Progress continues to be made on the copyediting backlog, which has been reduced to 7&nbsp;months and reached a new all-time low.  '''[[WP:GOCER|Requests]]''' continue to be handled efficiently this year, with 272 completed by the end of May (an average completion time of 10.5&nbsp;days).  Fewer than 10% of these waited longer than 20&nbsp;days, and the longest wait time was 29&nbsp;days.

Wikipedia in general, and the Guild in particular, experienced a deep loss with the death on 20 March of [[User talk:Corinne|Corinne]]. Corinne (a GOCE coordinator since 1 July 2016) was a tireless aide on the requests page, and her peerless copyediting is a part of innumerable GAs and FAs. Her good cheer, courtesy and tact are very much missed.

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/March 2018|March drive]]''': The goal was to remove '''June, July and August 2017''' from our backlog and all '''February 2018 Requests''' (a total of {{#expr:202+17}}&nbsp;articles).  This drive was an outstanding success, and by the end of the month all but eight of these articles were cleared.  Of the 33 editors who signed up, 19 recorded 277 copy edits (425,758&nbsp;words).<!--"official" results taken from the barnstars page-->

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/April 2018|April blitz]]''': This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 15 through 21&nbsp;April, focusing on '''Requests''' and the last eight articles tagged in '''August 2017'''.  At the end of the week there were only 17 pending requests, with none older than 17&nbsp;days.  Of the nine editors who signed up, eight&nbsp;editors completed 22&nbsp;copy edits (62,412&nbsp;words).

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May 2018|May drive]]''': We set out to remove '''September, October and November 2017''' from our backlog and all '''April 2018 [[WP:GOCER|Requests]]''' (a total of {{#expr:271+27}}&nbsp;articles).  There was great success this month with the backlog more than halved from 1,449 articles at the beginning of the month to a '''record low of 716 articles'''.  Officially, of the 20 who signed up, 15&nbsp;editors recorded 151 copy edits (248,813&nbsp;words).

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2018/2|Coordinator elections]]''': It's election time again.  '''Nominations''' for Guild coordinators (who will serve a six-month term for the second half of 2018) have begun, and will close at 23:59&nbsp;UTC on 15&nbsp;June.  All Wikipedia editors in good standing are eligible, and self-nominations are encouraged.  '''Voting''' will take place between 00:01&nbsp;UTC on 16&nbsp;June and 23:59&nbsp;UTC on 30&nbsp;June.

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/June 2018|June blitz]]''': Stay tuned for this one-week copy-editing blitz, which will take place 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: {{red|Corinne}}, {{noping|Jonesey95}}, {{noping|Miniapolis}}, {{noping|Reidgreg}} and {{noping|Tdslk}}.

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== Ichthus June 2018 ==

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<small>By {{User link|Lionelt}}</small>

Here are discussions relevant to the Project:
* [[Liberty University]] has an RFC regarding the university's relationship with President Trump; see [[Talk:Liberty_University#rfctag|discussion]]
* [[Is Genesis History?]] has an RFC regarding acceptability of movie reviews for inclusion; see [[Talk:Is_Genesis_History%3F#rfctag|discussion]]
* [[United States pro-life movement]] has a requested move to United States anti-abortion movement; see [[Talk:United_States_pro-life_movement#reqmovetag|discussion]]

The following articles need reviewers for GA-class: [[Type of Constans]] nom. by {{u|Gog the Mild}}, [[Tian Feng (magazine)]] nom. by {{u|Finnusertop}}. Your assistance is greatly appreciated. 

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<small>Nominated by {{User link|Gonzonoir}}</small>

... that in 1636, '''[[Phineas Hodson]]''', Chancellor of [[York Minster]], lost his 38-year-old wife Jane during the birth of the couple's 24th child?
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The '''[[Mortara case]]''' was a controversy precipitated by the [[Papal States]]' seizure of Edgardo Mortara, a six-year-old Jewish child, from his family in [[Bologna|Bologna, Italy]], in 1858. The city's [[inquisitor]], Father Pier Feletti, heard from a servant that she had administered [[emergency baptism]] to the boy when he fell sick as an infant, and the [[Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith| Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition]] held that this made the child irrevocably a Catholic. Because the Papal States had forbidden the raising of Christians by members of other faiths, it was ordered that he be taken from his family and brought up by the Church. After visits from the child's father, international protests mounted, but [[Pope Pius IX]] would not be moved. The boy grew up as a Catholic with the Pope as a substitute father, trained for the priesthood in Rome until 1870, and was [[Ordination|ordained]] in France three years later. In 1870 the [[Kingdom of Italy]] captured Rome during the [[Italian unification|unification of Italy]], ending the pontifical state; opposition across Italy, Europe and the United States over Mortara's treatment may have contributed to its downfall. {{TFAFULL|Mortara case}}
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== ''Ichthus:'' July 2018 ==

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The big news was the marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. The Top 7 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Christianity/Popular_pages|most popular articles]] in [[WP:X|WikiProject Christianity]] were:
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# [[Elizabeth I of England]] – legendary monarch who ushered in the Elizabethan Era over the dead body of her [[Mary, Queen of Scots|half-sister]] (#5)
# [[Henry VIII of England]] – on his deathbed the last words of the king who founded the English Reformation were "Monks! Monks! Monks!"
# [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] – can't wait to see the [[United_States_five-dollar_bill#Redesign|new US$5 bill]] featuring the "I Have a Dream" speech
# [[Seven deadly sins]] – surprisingly "original research" is not one of the Seven deadly sins
# [[Mary, Queen of Scots]] – arrested for Reigning While Catholic (RWC)
# [[Michael Curry (bishop)]] – our article says that he upstaged Meghan at her wedding. Did you see her wedding pictures? All I can say is <small><nowiki>{{dubious}}</nowiki></small>
# [[Robert F. Kennedy]] – when informed that missiles were being installed in Cuba he famously quipped, "Can they hit [[Ole Miss riot of 1962|Oxford, Mississippi]]?"
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<br>{{large|'''Did you know'''}}<br>
<small>Nominated by {{User link|The C of E}}</small>

... that the little-known 1758 [[Methodism|Methodist]] hymn "'''[[Sun of Unclouded Righteousness]]'''" asks God to send the doctrine of the "Unitarian fiend ... back to hell", referring to both [[Islam]] and [[Unitarianism]]?
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'''[[List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events]]'''. Predictions of [[apocalypse|apocalyptic events]] that would result in the extinction of humanity, a collapse of civilization, or the destruction of the planet have been made since at least the beginning of the [[Christian Era]]. Most predictions are related to [[Abrahamic religions]], often standing for or similar to the [[eschatological]] events described in their scriptures. Christian predictions typically refer to events like the [[Rapture]], [[Great Tribulation]], [[Last Judgment]], and the [[Second Coming of Christ]].

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== River Till ==

There should be no links to disambiguation pages, so now that you made [[River Till]] a dab page, would you please follow up and fix all the incoming links? ([http://69.142.160.183/~dispenser/view/Dab_solver Dabsolver] is helpful.) Thanks. — [[User:Gorthian|Gorthian]] ([[User talk:Gorthian#top|talk]]) 03:01, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
: OK, thanks.  I think I've done it (my first ever knowledge of Dabsolver). [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 11:50, 29 July 2018 (UTC)

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== Alderley edge, Cheshire plain, Cheshire basin etc ==

Hi, out of the country at the moment, but will take a look in about a week when I return ... It was a while ago, and a little confused as to where the basin and plain crossover 😀 [[User:Chaosdruid|Chaosdruid]] ([[User talk:Chaosdruid|talk]]) 15:24, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

I'm not an expert!  My understanding, for what it is worth:
* [[Cheshire Basin]]: describes an ancient geological structure underlying much of Cheshire, including the present day [[Cheshire Plain]];
* [[Cheshire Plain]]: a region of present-day landscape and geography; its extent seems (I think) to be similar to the basin, and at least some of its present landscape may reflect that ancient "basin" geology;
* [[Alderley Edge]]: a small (just a few miles) region of northern Cheshire.  Its deep, ancient structure relates to that ancient Basin; its present-day topography helps define one of the edges of the present-day plain.
Hope that helps. I suggest that further discussion be on the talk page of one of those articles. [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 17:17, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

== Hagley Park, Christchurch ==

Schwede66 is now persistently deleting the disambiguation hatnote at the article above. Since you took part in the recent discussion, recommending disambiguation, you may wish to comment on the mattter on its [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Hagley_Park,_Christchurch#Hatnote] talkpage. [[User:Sweetpool50|Sweetpool50]] ([[User talk:Sweetpool50|talk]]) 21:16, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
:Thanks for the notification.  I've added a comment there. [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 22:12, 22 August 2018 (UTC)

== Inappropriate external link? ==

Inappropriate external link? I don't think so. Have a look at the other two external links, one of them is a dead link, the other one is a website which does not explain major scales in detail. The link I put is to help people learn only the most commonly use major scales. Got a problem with that? Maybe next time you should fix dead link or links pointing to inappropriate contents.

Please don't make personal attacks: "got a problem with that" and "maybe next time you should" are both personal ''ad hominem'' attack.   And please take the topic issue to the article's talk page: [[Talk:Major scale]].  And please sign your comments in the usual <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> fashion.  Thanks. [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 10:20, 23 August 2018 (UTC)

=== seems insistent upon adding this commercial enterprise? ===

seems insistent upon adding this commercial enterprise? For heaven's sake, the link's pointing to a website I do not own but I really like how the guy explain about the topic and by the way I didn't not see a sign up button or buy now button anywhere on the website, how is that commercial enterprise?. Just like Wikipedia the information there is free for anyone to use.[[User:JEric94|JEric94]] ([[User talk:JEric94|talk]]) 11:54, 23 August 2018 (UTC)

=== I am sorry if I make you feel bad ===

Just wanted to let you know that I am SORRY if my words make you feel bad. Did not mean to insult you in anyway but  just wanted to make my point clear. [[User:JEric94|JEric94]] ([[User talk:JEric94|talk]]) 12:19, 23 August 2018 (UTC)

:Please desist from further discussion of this here. Take this matter to the article's talk page: [[Talk:Major scale]], please.  Not here.  To the talk page.  Several other editors are involved.  It is, as I mentioned above, now inappropriate to continue this discussion on my own talk page.  This discussion needs to be centralised among us all, not by picking us (e.g. me and [[User:Chrissymad]]) individually one-by-one.  Come to the article's own talk page, please. Thank you.

:Meanwhile, I note and appreciate your apology.  Thanks. [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 20:56, 23 August 2018 (UTC)

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The sad news was the [[2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings]]. The Top 6 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Christianity/Popular_pages|most popular articles about People]] in [[WP:X|WikiProject Christianity]] were:
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# [[Louis XIV of France]] – a monarch of the House of Bourbon who reigned as King of France. He did say, "Every time I appoint someone to a vacant position, I make a hundred unhappy and one ungrateful." 
# [[Mary, Queen of Scots]] – arrested for Reigning While Catholic (RWC), Mary was found guilty of plotting to assassinate [[Elizabeth I of England]] in 1586, and was beheaded the following year. 
# [[Elizabeth I of England]] – The Virgin Queen, Elizabeth was the last of the five monarchs of the House of Tudor who ushered in the [[Elizabethan Era]], reversed re-establishment of Roman Catholicism by her [[Mary I of England|half-sister]]. 
# [[Henry VIII of England]] – [[King of England]], He was an accomplished musician, author, and poet; his known piece of music is "[[Pastime with Good Company]]". He is often reputed to have written "[[Greensleeves]]" but probably did not. He had [[Wives of King Henry VIII|six marriages]].
# [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] –<div style="font-family:Allura;font-size: 20px;">'''" There are three urgent and indeed great problems that we face not only in the United States of America but all over the world today. That is the problem of racism, the problem of poverty and the problem of war."'''</div> 
# [[Billy Ray Cyrus]] – Having released 12 studio albums and 44 singles since 1992, he is best known for his number one single "[[Achy Breaky Heart]]", which became the first single ever to achieve [[Australian Recording Industry Association|triple Platinum status]] in [[Australia]].
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'''[[Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral]]''' is a [[Gothic Revival]] three-spire cathedral in the city of [[Cork (city)|Cork]], [[Ireland]]. It belongs to the Church of Ireland and was completed in 1879. The cathedral is located on the south side of the River Lee, on ground that has been a place of worship since the 7th century, and is dedicated to [[Finbarr of Cork]], patron saint of the city. It was once in the Diocese of Cork; it is now one of the three cathedrals in the [[Church of Ireland]] Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, in the ecclesiastical province of [[Dublin]]. Christian use of the site dates back to a 7th-century AD monastery, which according to legend was founded by Finbarr of Cork. The entrances contain the figures of over a dozen biblical figures, capped by a tympanum showing a Resurrection scene. 
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:{{Reply to|CASSIOPEIA}} Thanks for drawing this to my attention.  I believe it is now much better.  Could you re-check it, please, and if possible move it back to main space.

:<small>(Background:The English subject, Nicholas Danby, had an article on NL-language WP but not on EN.  The NL one was unsourced but looked accurate, so my EN version was simply a translation.  But you were right to draw my attention to the desirability of applying higher standards. I believe I have now done this.  Thank you.)</small>

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: Hi Feline Hymic, Greetings. Declined pls see comment made on the draft. Cheers.[[User:CASSIOPEIA|<b style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:80%;color:#FA0"> CASSIOPEIA</b>]]<sup>([[User talk:CASSIOPEIA|<b style="#0000FF">talk</b>]])</sup> 10:40, 22 July 2019 (UTC)

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A suicide attack on [[July 11]]th claimed by [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|Islamic State (IS)]] near a church in the  [[Syria|Syrian]] city of [[Qamishli]] shows that Christians remain a major target of the terror group. The Top 6 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Christianity/Popular_pages|most popular articles about People]] in [[WP:X|WikiProject Christianity]] were:
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# [[Henry VIII of England]] – [[King of England]], He was an accomplished musician, author, and poet; his known piece of music is "[[Pastime with Good Company]]". He is often reputed to have written "[[Greensleeves]]" but probably did not. He had [[Wives of King Henry VIII|six marriages]].
# [[Elena Cornaro Piscopia]] – was a [[Republic of Venice|Venetian]] [[philosopher]] of noble descent who in 1678 became [[List of women who obtained doctoral degrees before 1800|one of the first women]] to receive an [[academic degree]] from a university, and the first to receive a [[Doctor of Philosophy]] degree. In 1669, she translated the ''Colloquy of Christ'' by [[Carthusian]] monk [[Lanspergius]] from Spanish into Italian.
# [[Mary, Queen of Scots]] – arrested for Reigning While Catholic (RWC), Mary was found guilty of plotting to assassinate [[Elizabeth I of England]] in 1586, and was beheaded the following year. 
# [[Bob Dylan]] – American singer-songwriter, author, and visual artist. <div style="font-family:Caveat ;font-size: 25px;">'''" Take care of all your memories. For you cannot relive them."'''</div> 
# [[Elizabeth I of England]] – The Virgin Queen, Elizabeth was the last of the five monarchs of the House of Tudor who ushered in the [[Elizabethan Era]], reversed re-establishment of Roman Catholicism by her [[Mary I of England|half-sister]]. 
# [[Billy Ray Cyrus]] – Having released 12 studio albums and 44 singles since 1992, he is best known for his number one single "[[Achy Breaky Heart]]", which became the first single ever to achieve [[Australian Recording Industry Association|triple Platinum status]] in [[Australia]].
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'''''When God Writes Your Love Story: The Ultimate Approach to Guy/Girl Relationships''''' is a 1999 book by [[Eric Ludy|Eric]] and [[Leslie Ludy]], an American married couple. After becoming a bestseller on the Christian book market, the book was republished in 2004 and then revised and expanded in 2009. It tells the story of the authors' first meeting, [[courtship]], and marriage. The authors advise [[Single person|single people]] not to be [[Physical intimacy|physically]] or [[Emotional intimacy|emotionally intimate]] with others, but to wait for the spouse that [[Will of God|God has planned]] for them. 

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Redid the intro improvements to be less copy-edited, would appreciate it if you had a look over it since you brought up the issue with the intial work ([[Jehan Alain]]) [[User:AnyOwl|AnyOwl]] ([[User talk:AnyOwl|talk]]) 16:32, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

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I gather you're in Berkshire, and I have to admit I have no experience with current British hymnals, and with only a few historical ones. That said, "'''PM''' (Peculiar Meter)" is a standard section of the indices to very many US hymnals (I see the last edition of ''Worship'' replaced it with "'''<small>ONE OF A KIND</small>'''), and is used for one-of-a-kind hymns like the here-ubiquitous [[What Wondrous Love Is This]]/<small>CAPTAIN KIDD</small> pairing ([[Alice Parker]] also essayed this meter). Your rewording "the syllable count varies in equivalent lines across verses" does indeed describe something irregular (''Worship'' uses '''<small>IRREGULAR WITH REFRAIN</small>''' for <small>ADESTE FIDELES</small>!) , but it is of course not the same thing. Friendly greeting from California, and perhaps we'll share war stories sometime. [[User:Sparafucil|Sparafucil]] ([[User talk:Sparafucil|talk]]) 06:24, 3 December 2019 (UTC)
:Many thanks for your message.  Yes, UK-based, with a lifetime of weekly hymn-leading (and involvement in regional and national hymn circles.
:Let's continue the technical side of this at [[:Talk:Metre (hymn)]].  Just to add that your edits have made me look a little wider, and I see that we do, indeed, seem have here a real trans-Atlantic difference: "two nations divided by a common language", as [[:Oscar Wilde]] put it.  You're right: this Wikipedia article (brief though it currently is) probably should at least touch on this.  I see that there even seems to be a difference ''within'' the history of US hymnody. [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 15:26, 3 December 2019 (UTC)

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Hello and welcome to the December 2019 GOCE newsletter, an update of Guild happenings since the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Newsletters/September 2019|September edition]]. Our Annual Report should be ready in late January.

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'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Coordinators/2020/1|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&nbsp;December. Voting will then take place and the election will close on 31&nbsp;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!

[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/September 2019|'''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.

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/October 2019|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.

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/November 2019|'''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.

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'''''Being a Ghost Story of Christmas''''', commonly known as '''''A Christmas Carol''''', is a [[novella]] by [[Charles Dickens]], first published in London by [[Chapman & Hall]] in 1843 and illustrated by [[John Leech (caricaturist)|John Leech]]. The book is divided into five chapters, which Dickens titled "[[Staff (music)|staves]]". ''A Christmas Carol'' recounts the story of [[Ebenezer Scrooge]], an elderly [[miser]] who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner [[Jacob Marley]] and the spirits of [[Ghost of Christmas Past|Christmas Past]], [[Ghost of Christmas Present|Present]] and [[Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come|Yet to Come]]. After their visits, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man. ([[A Christmas Carol|more...]])<br>
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# [[Pope Francis]] – the head of the [[Catholic Church]] and [[List of sovereigns of Vatican City State|sovereign]] of the [[Vatican City|Vatican City State]]. Francis is the first [[Jesuit]] pope, the first from the Americas, the first from the [[Southern Hemisphere]], and the first pope from outside Europe since the Syrian [[Pope Gregory III|Gregory III]], who reigned in the 8th century.
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Hello and welcome to the March newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since December&nbsp;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.

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Coordinators/2020/1|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&nbsp;2020 and all Wikipedians in good standing may participate.

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/January 2020|January Drive]]''': Thanks to everyone for the splendid work, completing 215 copy edits including 56 articles from the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Requests|Requests page]] and 116 backlog articles from the target months of June to August&nbsp;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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/January 2020/Barnstars|here]].

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/February 2020|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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/February 2020/Barnstars|here]].

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/March 2020|March Drive]]''': Currently underway, this event is targeting requests and backlog articles from September to November&nbsp;2019. As of 18&nbsp;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!

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== GOCE June newsletter ==

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Hello and welcome to the June newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Newsletters/March 2020|March 2020]]. You can unsubscribe from our mailings at any time; see below. All times and dates stated are in [[Universal Coordinated Time|UTC]].

<div style="text-align: center;">'''Current events'''</div>

'''Election time:''' Nomination of candidates in our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2020/2|'''mid-year Election of Coordinators''']] opened on 1&nbsp;June, and voting will take place from 00:01 on 16&nbsp;June. [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators|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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2020/2|here]].

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/June 2020|June Blitz]]''': This blitz begins at 00:01 on 14 June and ends at 23:59 on 20 June, with themes of [[:Category:Wikipedia articles needing copy edit from May 2020|articles tagged for copyedit in May 2020]] and [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Requests|requests]].

<div style="text-align: center;">'''Drive and blitz reports'''</div>

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/March 2020|March Drive]]''': [[Self-isolation]] from [[2019–20 coronavirus pandemic|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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/March 2020/Barnstars|here]].

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/April 2020|April Blitz]]''': This blitz ran from 12 to 18&nbsp;April with a theme of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Indian military history task force|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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/April 2020/Barnstars|here]].

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May 2020|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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May 2020/Barnstars|here]].

<div style="text-align: center;">'''Other news'''</div>

'''Progress report''': as of 2&nbsp;June, GOCE participants had processed 328 requests since 1&nbsp;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, [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost|''The Signpost'']] contributor and GOCE participant {{noping|Puddleglum2.0}} interviewed project coordinators and copy-editors for the journal's [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2020-04-26/WikiProject_report|April WikiProject Report]]. The Drive and the current Election of Coordinators have also been covered in ''The Signpost''{{'s}} [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2020-05-31/News and notes|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 {{noping|Jonesey95}}, {{noping|Baffle gab1978}}, {{noping|Reidgreg}}, {{noping|Tdslk}} and {{noping|Twofingered Typist}}.

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== Guild of Copy Editors September 2020 Newsletter ==

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Hello and welcome to the September [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Newsletters|GOCE newsletter]], a brief update of Guild activities since [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Newsletters/June 2020|June&nbsp;2020]].

{{Center|{{spaces|17|em}}'''Current and upcoming events'''}}
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/September 2020|'''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''': [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2021/1|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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Coordinators/2021/1#Nominations|here]]. 

{{Center|'''Drive and Blitz reports'''}}
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/June 2020|'''June Blitz''']]: An uncorrected typo (even copy editors make copy editing mistakes!) led to an eight-day "leap blitz" from 14 to 21&nbsp;June, focusing on [[WP:GOCER|requests]] and articles tagged in May. 19&nbsp;participating editors claimed 54 copy edits. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/June 2020/Barnstars|here]].

[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/July 2020|'''July Drive''']]: Over 750,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event, keeping pace with the previous three [[self-isolation|self-isolated]] drives. Of the 38 people who signed up, 30 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/July 2020/Barnstars|here]].

[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/August 2020|'''August Blitz''']]: From 16 to 22&nbsp;August, we copy edited articles tagged in June and July&nbsp;2020 and requests. 12 participating editors completed 37 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/August 2020/Barnstars|here]].

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'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2020/2|June election]]:''' Jonesey95 was chosen to continue as lead coordinator, assisted by Baffle gab1978, Tdslk, Twofingered Typist, and first-time coordinator Puddleglum2.0. {{noping|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 [[WP:GOCE/R|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 {{noping|Jonesey95}}, {{noping|Baffle gab1978}}, {{noping|Puddleglum2.0}}, {{noping|Tdslk}} and {{noping|Twofingered Typist}}.

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== December 2020 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors|Guild of Copy Editors]] Newsletter ==

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Hello and welcome to the December [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Newsletters|GOCE newsletter]], a brief update of Guild activities since [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Newsletters/September 2020|September&nbsp;2020]].

{{Center|{{spaces|17|em}}'''Current and upcoming events'''}}

'''Election time''': our end-of-year [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2021/1|'''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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Coordinators/2021/1#Nominations|'''here''']]. 

'''December Blitz''': This will run from 13 to 19 December, and will target all [[WP:GOCE/REQ|Requests]]. [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Blitzes/December_2020#Signing_up|'''Sign up now''']].

{{Center|'''Drive and Blitz reports'''}}

[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/September 2020|'''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.

[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/October 2020|'''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.

[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/November 2020|'''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. 

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'''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: {{noping|Jonesey95}}, {{noping|Baffle gab1978}}, {{noping|Puddleglum2.0}}, {{noping|Tdslk}} and {{noping|Twofingered Typist}}.

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== Wayback Machine - it's magic ==

Hi, I've re-restore the reference at [[David V. Day]]. If you check, you'll see I've added an archive link for the reference using [[Wayback Machine]]. Please see [[Help:Using the Wayback Machine]] for how you can do this yourself. Just because an URL doesn't work now, you shouldn't remove the reference: {{tq|Do not delete a citation merely because the URL is not working}} ([[WP:DEADREF]]). [[User:Gaia Octavia Agrippa|Gaia Octavia Agrippa]] <sup>[[User talk:Gaia Octavia Agrippa|Talk]]</sup>  14:27, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

{{ping|Gaia Octavia Agrippa}}  Thanks.  I'll try to remember to bear that in mind for references that refer to things ''that are still known to be valid''.

BUT, BUT, BUT...:

* the text the reference is supporting says "and remains part of the ministry team"?  Present tense.  Then...
* my original revert message carefully stated that I had searched for, and found, the current equivalent of the old link (https://www.stnics.org.uk/staff) that specifies the current (present-tense) ministry team.  That current web page has several people, but note that the subject (David Day) ''is absent'' from it.

The combination of (a) present-tense text (b) archived ref. (c) his absence from the present-tense ref... that combination is inconsistent.  As you don't like my edits (OK; I can live that) please could you fix the inconsistency, either with a ref that supports the present-tense nature of the text or by adjusting the text to something past-tense-ish that avoids stating an (as yet) unknown present-tense state.

'''Summary''': The text says "he is"; present tense.  The archive ref. only says "he was"; past tense.  A replacement present-tense ref. does not support the present-tense text.

Thanks. [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 14:49, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

== Precious anniversary ==
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== Nomination of [[:We Three Kings (parodies)]] for deletion ==
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==The Cross and the Switchblade==
The other day I made my first ever edits and was a bit surprised to see all of the edits reversed by you. I am concerned that my edits to The Cross and the Switchblade and Charasmatic Movement, which were factual, will be continually reversed. For example, why would changing the name of the incorrect publisher to the correct publisher be reversed? Being new to this, I would appreciate any assistance you could provide. If I am addressing this in the wrong place, please forgive me-- still trying to figure it all out.
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:Welcome to Wikipedia.

:All substantial Wikipedia edits should be accompanied by an edit summary explaining the rationale.  For instance my revert had a summary ''Although it's inaccessible behind a paywall, I think we have to assume that the original figure (15m) is correct according to the reference supporting it. (More may have been sold since; but the point here is conformity with the supporting cite.)''  This explains why I did the revert.  Wikipedia statements should be supported and backed up by independent sources.  The books sales figure had such a source associated with it (a CT article). They must be kept in sync.  The original text here was, in effect. "''15m;  according to the CT source''" (alas, the paywall doesn't help).  You simply changed the number. This change therefore makes it inconsistent with the source.  That is what my edit summary tried to say.

:An edit should focus on one item.  But that edit talked about three totally separate items: (a) name of a publisher (b) number of sales (c) "pastor" versus title.  From the perspective of maintaining Wikipedia information they are three separate, independent points.  So keep those as two separate, independent edits.  It allows clears focus for any subsequent discussion and activity of any one of them.  And each should always have an edit summary, so that subsequent editors (for instance, in this case, me) can see the rationale.

:As for the publisher: a quick check on Amazon suggested various publishers over the years (I didn't see Geis in there).  In addition, your other edits seemed to be promoting Geis, suggesting (hinting at) a possible wish to promote the name of this publisher.  If you happen to be an employee/associate of Geis, this would actually put you in serious breach of Wikipedia's "conflict of interest" policy: [[WP:COI]].

:All Wikipedia editors are volunteers.  When we try to keep articles clean, we are not necessarily there to try to improve questionable edits (the unsupported change from 15m to 25m puts it into that category).  A higher priority (call on our limited, voluntary, unpaid time) is maintaining the existing quality of an article against possible incoming degradation. Reverting can be the simplest option.

:To pursue any of the points (e.g. publisher; sales figures; title) the best place for discussion is the talk page of the article, in this case [[Talk:The Cross and the Switchblade]].  I hope that helps.

:[[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 19:33, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

==New section (added by Jokerkick in incorrect place on page)==
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== GOCE June 2021 newsletter ==

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Hello and welcome to the June newsletter, our first newsletter of 2021, which is a brief update of Guild activities since [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Newsletters/December 2020|December&nbsp;2020]]. To unsubscribe, follow the link at the bottom of this box.

<div style="text-align: center;">'''Current events'''</div>

'''Election time:''' Voting in our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2021/2|'''mid-year Election of Coordinators''']] opened on 16&nbsp;June and will conclude at the end of the month. [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators|GOCE coordinators]] normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Have your say and show support [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2021/2|here]].

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/June 2021|June Blitz]]''': Our June copy-editing blitz is underway and will conclude on 26 June.

<div style="text-align: center;">'''Drive and blitz reports'''</div>

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/January 2021|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&nbsp;articles'''. {{small|([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/January 2021/Barnstars|full results]])}}

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/February 2021|February Blitz]]''': 15 editors completed 48 copy edits totalling 142,788 words. {{small|([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/February 2021/Barnstars|full results]])}}

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/March 2021|March Drive]]''': 29 editors completed 215 copy edits totalling 407,736 words. {{small|([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/March 2021/Barnstars|full results]])}}

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/April 2021|April Blitz]]''': 12 editors completed 23 copy edits totalling 56,574 words. {{small|([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/April 2021/Barnstars|full results]])}}

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May 2021|May Drive]]''': 29 editors completed 356 copy edits totalling 479,013 words.  {{small|([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May 2021/Barnstars|full results]])}}

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'''Progress report''': as of 26&nbsp;June, GOCE participants had completed {{#expr:40-1<!--last from 220 archive page-->+329-23-4<!--2021 archive page-->+2<!--done but not yet archived-->}} [[WP:GOCER|Requests]] since 1&nbsp;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 {{noping|Jonesey95}}, {{noping|Dhtwiki}}, {{noping|Miniapolis}}, {{noping|Tenryuu}} and {{noping|Twofingered Typist}}, and from member {{noping|Reidgreg}}.

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== September 2021 [[WP:GOCE|Guild of Copy Editors]] newsletter ==

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{{Center|{{spaces|17|em}}'''Current and upcoming events'''}}
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/September 2021|'''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!

{{Center|'''Drive and Blitz reports'''}}
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/June 2021|'''June Blitz''']]: From 20 to 26 June, 6&nbsp;participating editors claimed 16 copy edits, focusing on [[WP:GOCER|requests]] and articles tagged in March and April. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/June 2021/Barnstars|here]].

[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/July 2021|'''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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/July 2021/Barnstars|here]].

[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/August 2021|'''August Blitz''']]: From 15 to 21&nbsp;August, we copy edited articles tagged in April and May&nbsp;2021 and requests. 9 participating editors<!--Not including those who signed up but did not do any articles--> completed 17 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/August 2021/Barnstars|here]].

{{Center|'''Other news'''}}
'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2021/2|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 [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Archives/2021#Minor_backlogs|discussion in June]], we added {{tl|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 [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Backlog_elimination_drives/July_2021|link to a "tense" discussion during the drive]]). 

'''Progress report:''' As of 18:26, 24 September 2021 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 468 <!--221+179+66+2--> requests since 1 January and there were 60 requests awaiting completion on the [[WP:GOCE/R|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 {{noping|Jonesey95}}, {{noping|Dhtwiki}}, {{noping|Tenryuu}}, and {{noping|Miniapolis}}.

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== December 2021 GOCE Newsletter ==

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Hello and welcome to the December [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Newsletters|GOCE newsletter]], a brief update of Guild activities since [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Newsletters/September 2021|September&nbsp;2021]].

{{Center|{{spaces|17|em}}'''Current and upcoming events'''}}
'''Election time''': Our end-of-year [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2022/1|'''election of coordinators''']] opened for nominations on 1&nbsp;December and will close on 15&nbsp;December at 23:59 (UTC). Voting opens at 00:01 the following day and will continue until 31&nbsp;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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Coordinators/2021/1#Nominations|'''here''']]. 

[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/December 2021|'''December Blitz''']]: We have scheduled a week-long copy-editing blitz for 12 to 18&nbsp;December. [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/December 2021#Signing up|Sign up]] now!

{{Center|'''Drive and Blitz reports'''}}
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/September 2021|'''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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/September 2021/Barnstars|here]].

[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/October 2021|'''October Blitz''']]: From 17 to 23&nbsp;October, we copy edited articles tagged in May and June&nbsp;2021 and requests. 8 participating editors<!--Not including those who signed up but did not do any articles--> completed 26 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/October 2021/Barnstars|here]].

[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/November 2021|'''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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/November 2021/Barnstars|here]].

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It is with great sadness that we report the death on 19&nbsp;November of [[User:Twofingered Typist|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 [[Wikipedia:Deceased_Wikipedians/2021#Christopher_Kent_Keen_(Twofingered_Typist)|sorely missed by the Wikipedia community]].

'''Progress report:''' As of 30 November, GOCE copyeditors have completed {{#expr:47-1<!--last from 2020 archive page, less one declined-->+610-24-13<!--2021 requests to 30 November less declined and withdrawn-->}} requests in 2021 and there were 51 requests awaiting completion on the [[WP:GOCE/R|Requests page]].  The backlog stood at 946 articles tagged for copy-editing (see monthly [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Progress|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 {{noping|Jonesey95}}, {{noping|Dhtwiki}}, {{noping|Tenryuu}}, and {{noping|Miniapolis}}.

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== Lord of the Dance (hymn) ==

Hi, I share your concerns about the [[Lord of the Dance (hymn)]] article and have added context to the Reception section. I didn't edit or delete any pre-existing content. My contribution probably needs wikifying though. I hope it's ok to draw your attention to this, as you were the most recent sympathetic editor on that article. [[Special:Contributions/146.198.87.202|146.198.87.202]] ([[User talk:146.198.87.202|talk]]) 15:02, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

I've now also added a section titled "Reception" to the article's talk page, with further relevant examples from Carter's lyrics. He explained his intentions in interviews too. (Sorry for cluttering your talk page.) [[Special:Contributions/146.198.87.202|146.198.87.202]] ([[User talk:146.198.87.202|talk]]) 23:14, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

:Thanks. I'll take a look. [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 11:37, 26 December 2021 (UTC)

== Precious anniversary ==
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== Kingdom of Bonny ==

Thank you for your reversion at [[Kingdom of Bonny]]. I'm fairly new, so I didn't know what to do with it (and posted a question at the Teahouse, which effectively you've answered!). It's the first time I've come across someone writing so inappropriately, and yet using sources - but with quotes that cannot be disentangled from summary text, and the sources cited in plain text with no templates, and formats that wouldn't be right anywhere. I wasn't as brave as you, but will be next time! It was a bit of a mess. [[User:Elemimele|Elemimele]] ([[User talk:Elemimele|talk]]) 22:14, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
:You're welcome.  I have no knowledge of the subject at all.  But the state of the article before the recent additions by the IP address looked reasonable; by contrast the state afterwards looked poor. The additions were large, poorly written, poorly formatted and unsourced.  So I simply reverted those additions, leaving what was, I hope, a good edit summary to explain why. [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 22:20, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
==[[Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion|Speedy deletion]] of [[:Organic CTR manipulation]]==
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The page [[:Organic CTR manipulation]] has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This was done under [[WP:CSD#R2|section R2 of the criteria for speedy deletion]], because it was a redirect from the [[Wikipedia:Article namespace|article namespace]] to a different [[Wikipedia:Namespace|namespace]] except the [[Help:Category|Category]], [[Help:Templates|Template]], [[Wikipedia:Project namespace|Wikipedia]], [[Help:Help|Help]], or [[Wikipedia:Portals|Portal]] namespaces. 

Please do not recreate the material without addressing these concerns, but do not hesitate to add information in line with [[Wikipedia:List of policies|Wikipedia's policies and guidelines]]. If you think this page should not have been deleted for this reason, you may contact the {{Querylink|Special:Log|qs=type=delete&page=Organic+CTR+manipulation|deleting administrator}}, or if you have already done so, you may open a discussion at [[Wikipedia:Deletion Review]] <!-- Template:Db-rediruser-deleted --><!-- Template:Db-csd-deleted-custom --> <span style="font-family:Papyrus; color:#800080;">[[User:Liz|'''''L'''''iz]]</span> <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">[[Special:Contributions/Liz|'''''Read!''''']] [[User talk:Liz|'''''Talk!''''']]</sup> 01:49, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

== Bonny people ==

Please what you wrote about Bonny People is very very wrong. You have to make research. Or go to Bonny and ask their king. So manipulating stories. I am from Bonny and we migrated from Kololuma in present day Bayelsa [[User:Owudogu|Owudogu]] ([[User talk:Owudogu|talk]]) 11:13, 20 February 2022 (UTC)

== Outdoor Games ==

Instead of deleting can you merge it with Categories of outdoor games [[User:Bombers23|Bombers23]] ([[User talk:Bombers23|talk]]) 11:39, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
::A sockpuppet investigation has been submitted on Bombers23 as sock of [[User:Zaner25]]. [[User:David notMD|David notMD]] ([[User talk:David notMD|talk]]) 14:59, 27 March 2022 (UTC)

== GOCE April 2022 newsletter ==

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Hello and welcome to the April newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Newsletters/December_2021|December&nbsp;2021]].

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Coordinators/2022/1|Election results]]''': {{noping|Jonesey95}} retired as lead coordinator. Reidgreg was approved to fill this role after an 18-month absence from the coordinator team, and Baffle gab1978 was chosen as an assistant coordinator following a one-year break. Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Tenryuu continued on as long-standing assistant coordinators.

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/January 2022|January Drive]]''': Of the 22 editors who signed up, 16 editors claimed 146 copy edits including 45 [[WP:GOCER|requests]]. {{small|([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/January 2022/Barnstars|details]])}}

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/February 2022|February Blitz]]''': This one-week effort focused on requests and a theme of Africa and African diaspora history. Of the 12 editors who signed up, 6 editors recorded 21 copy edits, including 4 requests. {{small|([[Wikipedia: WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/February 2022/Barnstars|details]])}}

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/March 2022|March Drive]]''': Of the 28 editors who signed up, 18 claimed 116 copy edits including 25 requests. {{small|([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/March 2022/Barnstars|details]])}}

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'''Progress report:''' As of 11 April, copy editors have removed approximately 500 articles from the backlog and completed <!--57+70, counting only those archived-->127 copy-editing requests during 2022. The backlog has been hovering at about 1,100 tagged articles for the past six months.

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My added information (that you've undid) is not "promotional" per se, but it's truly using "Battle.Hymn of Republic" and it's an integral.part.of Bataknese/Karonese Christmas liturgy from the past [[User:Beezanteeum|Beezanteeum]] ([[User talk:Beezanteeum|talk]]) 23:31, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

== June GOCE newsletter ==

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Hello and welcome to the June 2022 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since April 2022. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

'''Blitz:''' of the 16 editors who signed up for our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/April_2022|''' April Copy Editing Blitz''']], 12 completed at least one copy-edit, and between them removed 21 articles from the copy-editing backlog. Barnstars awarded are [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/April_2022/Barnstars|'''here''']].

'''Drive:''' 27 editors signed up for our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May_2022|''' May Backlog Elimination Drive''']]; of these, 20 copy-edited at least one article. 144 articles were copy-edited, and 88 articles from our target months August and September 2021 were removed from the backlog. Barnstars awarded are [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May_2022/Barnstars|'''here''']].

'''Blitz:''' our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/June_2022|''' June Copy Editing Blitz''']], starting at 00:01, 19 June and closing at 00:59, 25 June (UTC), will focus on articles tagged for copy edit in September and October 2021, and [[WP:GOCE/R|requests from March, April and May 2022]]. Barnstars awarded will be posted [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/June_2022/Barnstars|'''here''']].

'''Progress report:''' As of 07:12, 14 June 2022 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have completed 209<!--to 14 June--> requests since 1 January  and the backlog stands at 1,404 articles.

'''Election news:''' Nominations for our half-yearly [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2022/2|Election of Coordinators]] continues until 23:50 on 15 June (UTC), after which, voting will commence until 23:59, 30 June (UTC). All Wikipedians in good standing (active and not blocked, banned, or under ArbCom or community sanctions) are eligible and self-nominations are welcomed.  

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== vandalized  ==

this is the article [[List of most-streamed songs on Spotify]] living consequence of the so-called "anyone can edit" this article is more vandalized and the links to Spotify from the songs have been removed--[[User:Tirso Gutiérrez|Tirso Gutiérrez]] ([[User talk:Tirso Gutiérrez|talk]]) 16:16, 18 June 2022 (UTC)

:My personal opinion is that the article itself seems rather pointless.  [[WP:NOTNEWS|Wikipedia is not a newspaper]] yet this article seems to be trying to be "news".  My edit there today was my first visit to that article (in 15 years on Wikipedia) and solely for the purpose of suggesting use of the "as of" template (which is new to me!) for an obvious use-case.  Because the content is so ephemeral, I'm not sure how worthwhile it is for me to spend time there.  But I wish you luck in trying to improve it! [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 16:31, 18 June 2022 (UTC)

::Thank you. I need help.[[User:Tirso Gutiérrez|Tirso Gutiérrez]] ([[User talk:Tirso Gutiérrez|talk]]) 19:13, 18 June 2022 (UTC)

:::Greetings [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]], I was able to solve part of the problem of the missing links, could you verify it. Thank you.[[User:Tirso Gutiérrez|Tirso Gutiérrez]] ([[User talk:Tirso Gutiérrez|talk]]) 03:27, 20 June 2022 (UTC)

== Guild of Copy Editors' October 2022 newsletter ==

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Hello and welcome to our latest newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since June. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

'''Drive:''' Of the 22 editors who signed up for our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/July 2022|July Backlog Elimination Drive]], 18 copy-edited, between them, 116 articles. Barnstars awarded are noted [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/July 2022/Barnstars|here]].

'''Blitz:''' Participants in our  [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/August 2022|August Copy Editing Blitz]] copy-edited 51,074 words in 17 articles. Of the 15 editors who signed up, 11 claimed at least one copy-edit. Barnstars awarded are noted [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/August 2022/Barnstars|here]].

'''Drive:''' Forty-one editors took part in our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/September 2022|September Backlog Elimination Drive]]; between them they copy-edited 199 articles. Barnstars awards are noted [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/September_2022/Barnstars|here]].

'''Blitz:''' Our  [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/October 2022|October Copy Editing Blitz]] begins on  16 October at 00:01 (UTC) and will end on 22 October at 23:59 (UTC). Barnstars awarded will be posted [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/October 2022/Barnstars|here]].

'''Progress report:''' As of 19:57, 12 October 2022 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 303 [[WP:GOCE/R|requests for copy edit]]&nbsp;–&#32;including withdrawn and declined ones&nbsp;–&#32;since 1 January. At the time of writing, there are 77 requests awaiting attention and the backlog of tagged articles stands at 1,759. We always need more active, skilled copyeditors&nbsp;–&#32;particularly for requests&nbsp;–&#32;so please get involved if you can.

'''Election news:''' In our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2022/2|mid-year election]], serving coordinators Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Reidgreg and Tenryuu were returned for another term, and were joined by new coordinator Zippybonzo. No lead coordinator was elected for this half-year. {{noping|Jonesey95}}, a long-serving coordinator and lead, was elected as coordinator emeritus; we thank them for their service. Thank you to everyone who took part. Our next election of coordinators takes place throughout [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2022/2|December]]. If you'd like to help out at the GOCE, please consider nominating yourself or other suitable editors (with their permission, of course!). It's ''your'' Guild, after all!

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators {{noping|Baffle gab1978}}, {{noping|Dhtwiki}}, {{noping|Miniapolis}}, {{noping|Reidgreg}}, {{noping|Tenryuu}} and {{noping|Zippybonzo}}.

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== Guild of Copy Editors December 2022 Newsletter ==

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Hello and welcome to our latest newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since October. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

'''Blitz:''' Our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/October 2022|''' October Copy Editing Blitz''']] focused on  July and August 2022 request months; and articles tagged for c/e in December 2021 and January 2022. Seventeen of those who signed up claimed at least one copy-edit, and between them copy-edited forty-six articles. Barnstars awarded are [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/October 2022/Barnstars|'''here''']].

'''Drive:''' In the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/November 2022|''' November Backlog Elimination Drive''']], thirty editors signed up, twenty-two of whom claimed at least one copy-edit. Both target months—December 2021 and January 2022—were cleared, and February was added to the target months. Sixteen requests were copy-edited and 239 articles were removed from the backlog. Barnstars awarded are [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/November 2022/Barnstars|'''here''']].

'''Blitz:''' Our seven-day-long [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/December 2022|''' December 2022 Copy Editing Blitz''']] begins on 17 December at 00:01 (UTC)*. It will focus on articles tagged for copy-edit in February 2022, and pending requests from September and October. Barnstars awarded will be available [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/December 2022/Barnstars|'''here''']].

'''Progress report:''' As of 22:40, 8 December 2022, GOCE copyeditors have processed 357 requests since 1 January, there were seventy-four requests outstanding and the backlog stands at 1,791 articles. We always need skilled copy-editors; please help out if you can.

'''Election news:''' Nomination of candidates for the GOCE's [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2023/1|Election of Coordinators]] for the first half of 2023 is open and continues until 23:59 on 15 December. Voting begins at 00:01 on 16 December and closes at 23:59 on 31 December. All editors in good standing (not under ArbCom or community sanctions) are eligible and self-nominations are welcomed. Coordinators serve a six-month term that ends at 23:59 on June 30. If you've thought about helping out at the Guild, please nominate yourself or any editor you consider suitable—with their permission, of course!. It's ''your'' Guild and it doesn't coordinate itself.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers and best seasonal wishes from your GOCE coordinators, {{noping|Baffle gab1978}}, {{noping|Dhtwiki}}, {{noping|Miniapolis}}, {{noping|Tenryuu}}, and {{noping|Zippybonzo}}.

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== Guild of Copy Editors 2022 Annual Report ==

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'''Highlights:'''
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*Summary of Drives, Blitzes, and the Requests page
*Membership news and results of elections
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== The deletion of my edit on "Books of Samuel" ==

Hi there!

While reading the narrative described in books of Samuel, specifically David's story, I noticed a mistake. The text spoke of "Samuel dies" when describing the death of Jonathan. This makes no sense: While Samuel appears in his own story, he can hardly die in the middle of it if he wrote it down. Besides, Jonathan's death, which happens at this point, is missing in the synopsis. That is why I changed it to "Jonathan dies", but this has been marked as incorrect. [[User:FlorianBoleyn|FlorianBoleyn]] ([[User talk:FlorianBoleyn|talk]]) 19:10, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
:{{ping|FlorianBoleyn}} The section heading is "David the Outlaw (22:1-26:25)" (1&nbsp;Sam. chapters 22-26).  At 25:1: "Samuel died and all Israel mourned for him".  Johnathan's death is much later, at the start of 2&nbsp;Samuel.  The place to pursue this discussion is the article talk page: [[Talk:Books of Samuel]].  Hope that helps. [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 12:16, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

== Guild of Copy Editors March 2023 Newsletter ==

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Hello and welcome to the March 2023 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Newsletters/December 2022|December]] and our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Membership/News/2022 Annual Report|Annual Report for 2022]]. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. We extend a warm welcome to all of our new members, including those who have signed up for our current March Backlog Elimination Drive. We wish you all happy copy-editing.

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2023/1|Election results]]:''' In our December 2022 coordinator election, Reidgreg and Tenryuu stepped down as coordinators; we thank them for their service. Incumbents Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Zippybonzo were returned as coordinators until 1 July. For the second time, no lead coordinator was chosen. Nominations for our mid-year [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Coordinators#How_are_we_selected?|Election of Coordinators]] open on 1 June (UTC).

'''Drive:''' 21 editors signed up for our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/January 2023|'''January Backlog Elimination Drive''']], 14 of whom claimed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 170 articles totaling 389,737 words. Barnstars awarded are [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/January 2023/Barnstars|'''here''']].

'''Blitz:''' Our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/February 2023|'''February Copy Editing Blitz''']] focused on October and November 2022 requests, and the March and April 2022 backlogs. Of the 14 editors who signed up, nine claimed at least one copy-edit; and between them, they copy-edited 39,150 words in 22 articles. Barnstars awarded are [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/February 2023/Barnstars|'''here''']].

'''Drive:''' Sign up now for our month-long [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/March 2023|'''March Backlog Elimination Drive''']]. Barnstars awarded will be posted [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/March 2023/Barnstars|'''here''']] after the drive closes.

'''Progress report:''' As of 12:08, 19 March 2023 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 73 requests since 1 January 2023, all but five of them from 2022, and the backlog stands at 1,872 articles.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators {{noping|Baffle gab1978|Dhtwiki|Miniapolis|Zippybonzo}}.

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== Guild of Copy Editors June 2023 Newsletter ==

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Hello and welcome to the June 2023 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since March. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

'''Election news:''' Fancy helping out at the Guild? Nominations for our half-yearly [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2023/2|Election of Coordinators]] are open until 23:59 on 15 June (UTC)*. Starting immediately after, the voting phase will run until 23:59 on 30 June. All Wikipedians in [[WP:STANDING|good standing]] are eligible and self-nominations are welcomed; it's ''your'' Guild and it doesn't organize itself!

'''Blitz:''' Of the 17 editors who signed up for our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/April_2023|April Copy Editing Blitz]], nine editors completed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 24 articles totaling 53,393 words. Barnstars awarded are [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/April_2023/Barnstars|'''here''']].

'''Drive:''' 51 editors signed up for the month-long [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May_2023| May Backlog Elimination Drive]], and 31 copy-edited at least one article. 180 articles were copy-edited.  Barnstars awarded are posted [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May_2023/Barnstars|'''here''']].

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'''Progress report:''' As of 03:09 on 6 June 2023, GOCE copyeditors have processed 91 requests since 1 January  and the backlog stands at 1,887 articles.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators {{noping|Baffle gab1978}},  {{noping|Dhtwiki}}, {{noping|Miniapolis}} and {{noping|Zippybongo}}.

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Hello and welcome to the September 2023 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since June. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

'''David Thomsen:''' Prolific Wikipedian and Guild member David Thomsen ({{noping|Dthomsen8}}) died in November 2022. He was a regular copy editor who took part in many of our Drives and Blitzes. An obituary was published in the mid-July issue of ''[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2023-07-17/Obituary|The Signpost]]''. Tributes can be left on David's [[User_talk:Dthomsen8|talk page]].

'''Election news:''' In our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2023/2|mid-year Election of Coordinators]], {{noping|Dhtwiki}} was chosen as lead coordinator, {{noping|Miniapolis|Zippybonzo}} continue as assistant coordinators, and {{noping|Baffle gab1978}} stepped down from the role. If you're interested in helping out at the GOCE, please consider nominating yourself for our next election in December; it's ''your'' WikiProject and it doesn't organize itself!

'''June Blitz:''' Of the 17 editors who signed up for our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/June_2023|''' June Copy Editing Blitz''']], 12 copy-edited at least one article. 70,035 words comprising 26 articles were copy-edited. Barnstars awarded are [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/June_2023/Barnstars|'''here''']].

'''July Drive:''' 34 of the 51 editors who took part in our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/July_2023|'''July Backlog Elimination Drive''']] copy-edited at least one article. They edited 276 articles and 683,633 words between them. Barnstars awarded are [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/July_2023/Barnstars|'''here''']].

'''August Blitz:''' In our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/August_2023|'''August Copy Editing Blitz''']],  13 of the 16 editors who signed up worked on at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 79,608 words comprising 57 articles. Barnstars awarded are available [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/August_2023/Barnstars|'''here''']].

'''September Drive:''' [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/September_2023#Signing_up|'''Sign up here''']] for our month-long '''September Backlog Elimination Drive''', which is now underway. Barnstars awarded will be posted [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/September_2023/Barnstars|'''here''']]. 

'''Progress report:''' As of 14:29, 9 September 2023 (UTC), GOCE copy editors have processed 245 [[WP:GOCER|requests]] since 1 January. The backlog of tagged articles stands at 2,066. <!--UPDATE before sending!-->

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators, {{noping|Dhtwiki|Miniapolis|Zippybonzo}}.
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:{{Re|SunDawn}} Thanks. I'll keep working on it.  Let's also hope others find it and can improve it further. [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 08:04, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

== summarises spelling. ==

Hi,

Sorry for my trying to correct the spelling.

Please update me regarding checking the issue.

Thanks [[User:HanochP|HanochP]] ([[User talk:HanochP|talk]]) 16:02, 14 October 2023 (UTC)

:{{ping|HanochP}} It's fine, and no need to apologise! Your edit merely highlighted that there was a pre-existing, more widespread inconsistency in the spellings used.  So I took a quick look and it appeared that, on balance (sort of two-thirds; one-third) they veered towards British English (e.g. "standardise") rather than US-English (e.g. "standardize").  That, combined with a long-standing (2016) "use dmy dates" (British style; US would have been "mdy dates), suggested that the rationalisation should head in the British direction. The article [[WP:ENGVAR]] is useful here. (Adding to the confusion is somethng called "Oxford spelling", which is basically British (as one might expect!) but with "ize".)

:By the way, an analogous issue in that of BC/AD vs. BCE/CE conventions for dating: see [[MOS:ERA]].

:Happy editing! 

:[[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 16:15, 14 October 2023 (UTC)

== One thing ==

On your edit summary here [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jesus&curid=1095706&diff=1180410819&oldid=1180410323], guidance is actually [[MOS:SEEALSO|Editors should provide a brief annotation when a link's relevance is not immediately apparent]] [[User:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|Gråbergs Gråa Sång]] ([[User talk:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|talk]]) 14:16, 16 October 2023 (UTC)
:OK.  Thanks. [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 16:55, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

== What's the anagram  ==

@[[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] your anagram was redacted, who was it. Donald Trump? [[User:The-symbiant|The-symbiant]] ([[User talk:The-symbiant|talk]]) 23:15, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
:I see that all identifying information in that chat has been redacted by someone else.  On reflection, I think that redaction was the correct decision, on the basis of not revealing personal information about "K...".  Also that I myself should have realised in advance about that, and that I should not have made by post. All I'll say is that the result of the anagram of scammer "K..."'s pseudonym was a three word phrase which included the word "fail". To say any more would create the possibility of readers here reverse engineering towards the "K..." name, which would be in contravention of the wise decision to redact it. All the best! [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 23:35, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
::Thats rubbish, you need more than a name to identify a person. If i said John Smith, do you know who the individual is? [[User:The-symbiant|The-symbiant]] ([[User talk:The-symbiant|talk]]) 00:04, 5 November 2023 (UTC)
:::and quite frankly if someone is a scamming crook, why protect them? [[User:The-symbiant|The-symbiant]] ([[User talk:The-symbiant|talk]]) 00:06, 5 November 2023 (UTC)
::::{{u|The-symbiant}}, has it occurred to you that the scammer may have falsified that name as well? These people are paid professional liars. [[User:Cullen328|Cullen328]] ([[User talk:Cullen328|talk]]) 00:11, 5 November 2023 (UTC)
:::::I don't make the WP rules.  But I do try to abide by them.  If there were to be one with which I seriously disagreed, then I would raise that at the relevant talk page for the rule, in this case, [[WP:OUTING]]. And I made a mistake in potentially further breaching it.  The redaction was done by some else, not me.  You probably want to chat to them, rather than me. [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 00:14, 5 November 2023 (UTC)
::::::I had to transfer money to him, i had his bank account name. He also contacted me on LinkedIn so i knew his LinkedIn false id.
::::::When yo transfer money directly to a users bank, the name has to match. [[User:The-symbiant|The-symbiant]] ([[User talk:The-symbiant|talk]]) 00:24, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

== X ==

Where does it say a notable person's own account is not a source? You are in error about external links too. I took the gettymusic links off.[[User:Summerdays1|Summerdays1]] ([[User talk:Summerdays1|talk]]) 22:05, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

:For an editor who doesn't edit that often (looking back a few years) you have strongly held opinions which aren't necessarily following principles of wikis or this site... overlinking (are you saying that any mention of countries or terms related to them should not have links?). You correct or attempt to remedy edits so you aren't editing on your own but just "checking up" on others. External links? Took the "promo links" off. There are at least a few other areas where you could be not following Wikipedia principles. Are you going to go take down all references to countries?[[User:Summerdays1|Summerdays1]] ([[User talk:Summerdays1|talk]]) 22:24, 22 November 2023 (UTC)
::As for the Townend page, his father is mentioned and then it uses the words after his death referencing John Townend. Thus you have to use a first name in the next sentence.[[User:Summerdays1|Summerdays1]] ([[User talk:Summerdays1|talk]]) 22:30, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

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Hello, and welcome to the December 2023 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since September. Don't forget that you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

'''Election news:''' The Guild needs coordinators! If you'd like to help out, you may nominate yourself or any suitable editor—with their permission—for the '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2024/1|Election of Coordinators]]''' for the first half of 2024. Nominations will close at 23:59 on 15 December (UTC). Voting begins immediately after the close of nominations and closes at 23:59 on 31 December. All editors in good standing (not under current sanctions) are eligible, and self-nominations are welcome. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term that ends at 23:59 on 30 June.

'''Drive:''' Of the 69 editors who signed up for the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/September 2023|'''September Backlog Elimination Drive''']], 40 copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 661,214 words in 290 articles. Barnstars awarded are listed [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/September_2023/Barnstars|'''here''']].

'''Blitz:''' Of the 22 editors who signed up for the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/October_2023|'''October Copy Editing Blitz''']], 13 copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 109,327 words in 52 articles. Barnstars awarded are listed [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/October_2023/Barnstars|'''here''']].

'''Drive:''' During the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/November_2023|'''November Backlog Elimination Drive''']], 38 of the 58 editors who signed up copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 458,620 words in 234 articles. Barnstars awarded are listed [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/November_2023/Barnstars|'''here''']].

'''Blitz:''' Our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/December_2023|'''December Copy Editing Blitz''']] will run from 10 to 16 December. Barnstars awarded will be posted [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/December_2023/Barnstars|'''here''']].

'''Progress report:''' As of 20:33, 10 December 2023 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 344 requests since 1 January, and the backlog stands at 2,191 articles.

'''Other news:''' Our Annual Report for 2023 is planned for release in the new year.

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== Guild of Copy Editors April 2024 Newsletter ==

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Hello and welcome to the April 2024 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Newsletters/December 2023|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.

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2024/1|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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Coordinators#How_are_we_selected?|Election of Coordinators]] will open on 1 June (UTC).

'''Drive:''' 46 editors signed up for our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/January 2024|'''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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/January 2024/Barnstars|'''here''']].

'''Blitz:''' 23 editors signed up for our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/February 2024|'''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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/February 2024/Barnstars|'''here''']].

'''Drive:''' 53 editors signed up for our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/March 2024|'''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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/March 2024/Barnstars|'''here''']].

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Hello and welcome to the June 2024 newsletter, a quarterly-ish digest of Guild activities since April. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

'''Election news:''' Wanted: new Guild coordinators! If you value and enjoy the GOCE, why not help out behind the scenes? Nominations for our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2024/2|mid-year coordinator election]] are now open until 23:59 on 15 June (UTC). Self-nominations are welcome. Voting commences at 00:01 on 16 June and continues until 23:50 on 30 June. Results will be announced at the election page.

'''Blitz:''' Nine of the fourteen editors who signed up for the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/April_2024|'''April 2024 Copy Editing Blitz''']] copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 55,853 words comprising twenty articles. Barnstars awarded are available [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/April_2024/Barnstars|here''']].

'''Drive:''' 58 editors signed up for our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May_2024|'''May 2024 Backlog Elimination Drive''']] and 33 of those completed at least one copy edit. 251 articles and 475,952 words were copy edited. Barnstars awarded are [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May_2024/Barnstars|here''']].

'''Blitz:''' Our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/June_2024|'''June 2024 Copy Editing Blitz''']] will begin on 16 June and finish on 22 June. Barnstars awarded will be posted [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/June_2024/Barnstars|'''here''']].

'''Progress report:''' As of 05:23, 8 June 2024 (UTC) <!-- ~~~~~ -->, GOCE copyeditors have completed 161 requests since 1 January and the backlog stands at 2,779 articles.

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== Talk:Trinity ==

I've taken your hint, and won't reply to the comment most recently added to the Aramaic section.  The discussion there has reached the end of any usefulness anyway... [[User:AnonMoos|AnonMoos]] ([[User talk:AnonMoos|talk]]) 05:13, 3 September 2024 (UTC)
:{{ping|AnonMoos}} Good call, I think. All the best. [[User:Feline Hymnic|Feline Hymnic]] ([[User talk:Feline Hymnic#top|talk]]) 09:40, 3 September 2024 (UTC)