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Help request

The Guild of Copy Editors needs your help! As you already know, the Guild of Copy Editors has a Requests page where editors can list their articles to request a copy edit. During January and February, the requests have been arriving at the rate of several every day, and we are getting a bit behind! As one of our prolific editors and a January winner of a leaderboard award, we are hoping you can spare some time to help us get caught up. If you are interested in lending a hand, please select one or two articles from our Requests page and do a copy edit. Help a little or a lot; it's good karma! Thank you very much for any assistance you can offer. Your GOCE coordinators –S Masters (talk), Diannaa (Talk), The UtahraptorTalk to me, and Tea with toast (Talk)

Appreciate you

Thanks for the moral support! --Nconwaymicelli (talk) 5:35, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

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Ack!

I've never written on a talk page before, forgive me, I have no idea what I'm doing. Also, I think you may have written at me or something, but I'll go ahead and ignore that possibility. Excalibur was given to Arthur by the Lady of The Lake (or however the capitalisation goes), and was not the sword in the stone. So, one more time, they were not the same sword. In the movie it is referred to as "Excalibur". That is the error. Maybe they just stuck Excalibur in a rock, but.. And, you left "literary orthodoxy" in there. That doesn't work, because there was no longer an inaccuracy listed regarding literary orthodoxy. If that's even a remotely correct term.. Anyway, I hope you understand. If you could still edit the article and try and make it sound better, that'd be great. Though I've come to think it looks just fine. Or sounds, rather. User:Hamiltøn

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United Kingdom

Thank you very much. I appreciate it probably wasn't the easiest article to work through in terms of size but you've been a big help. Harrison49 (talk) 16:50, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

L'Histoire d'une fée, c'est...

Thank you for your help on this article. Much appreciated! Regards, --Europe22 (talk) 18:16, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXII, April 2011

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Progress box

I answered your query from feb. on the talk page, with a fixed version of what was in your sandbox. Rich Farmbrough, 23:46, 17 May 2011 (UTC).

Can you check my first attempt at copy editing?

I made copy edits on this page. Can you check them? Ryan Vesey (talk) 22:51, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

Re: Rita Bennett

I thought "Rita also features" was incorrect, and that it should be "Rita was also featured" or "Rita also appears" or something like that. I could be wrong about whether it was grammatically incorrect or not, but either way, it distracted me when I read it, and that's not a good sign. — Hunter Kahn 05:28, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

• Gotcha. :) — Hunter Kahn 05:50, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi. Thanks for looking at the article I edited and doing the demo. The demo really helped me understand copyediting. I copyedited these two articles: Karyenda and Yehudit Tamir. They're short. If you have a chance, could you let me know if it's OK to remove the "needs copyedit" tag? I'll probably redo tilted plane focus tomorrow.

I looked up emphasize, miniaturize and defocussing in my dictionary and it didn't give alternatives. I'll keep a better eye out for that.

I have a few questions about the demo. You left "more simple" and Digital. I would have changed to simpler and digital. Is this a British English thing? Also why single quotes around "bokeh", "miniaturise", and "de-focussing"? I would have thought no quotes or italicize. I couldn't find anything in the MoS about single quotes, except for quotations within quotations. Why did you delete the second reference? Thanks again.Bluebonnet460 (talk) 04:24, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Talk stalking here, but if you want to find some synonyms for the words you've mentioned, try to spin them out into phrases - you can remove redundancy somewhat by having "emphasise" become some variation of "lend emphasis to", "give credence to", "call attention to", etc. Sometimes it's better to use a few words instead of one - it can make a short point seem like a fuller sentence and help prose flow better. Sorry to butt in! GRAPPLE X 04:41, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Woohoo! I have a stalker lol :¬)

No problem, anything that adds to all our learning is better than not saying anything. Plus I had an RL problem yesterday that meant I couldn't get back on until late today so please feel free to join in anytime! Chaosdruid (talk) 16:48, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

I re-edited tilted plane focus and removed the tag. I went mostly by your demo so it should be OK. Thanks again for all your help.Bluebonnet460 (talk) 03:15, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Re Sign-Off

Hi Chaosdruid,

Just thought I'd leave you a note here. Thanks for the check on Sign-off. I have left a reply to your comments on the Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May 2011 drive page. Basically the copyediting I did to that article was undone by an anon-IP two days later. I have reverted, but they're likely to be back again and re-revert, so make of it what you will. Cheers, --jjron (talk) 15:52, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Klemens von Metternich

Hey Chaosdruid. Just letting you know that in the coming days there will be significant changes to the Legacy/historiography section, and a couple of extra sentences added to the Exile, return, death section. So no point touching those particular bits before those wholesale changes (I will also rewrite the lead but I see you've already copyedited that). Your copyedit of the existing sections and anything you can do with the revised sections are much appreciated nonetheless. Regards, - Jarry1250 ^{[Weasel? Discuss.]} 22:13, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Newsletter available for editing

I have started a wrap-up newsletter for the May drive and it is now available for editing, here. Thanks. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 01:28, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

GOCE drive newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors May 2011 backlog elimination drive report Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors May 2011 Backlog elimination drive. Thank you for participating! Participation GOCE May 2011 backlog elimination drive progress graphs There were 63 signups for the drive; of these, 45 participated. Although we did not award a bonus for articles from the Requests page this drive, we are not experiencing lengthy delays in getting the articles processed. Many thanks to editors who have been helping out at the Requests page and by copy editing articles from the backlog. Progress report During the month of May we reduced the backlog by approximately 10%, and made remarkable progress on eliminating articles tagged from 2009. There are now only 15 articles left, down from the 415 that were present when the drive started. Since our backlog drives began in May 2010 with 8,323 articles, we have cleared more than 54% of the backlog. A complete list of results and barnstars awarded can be found here. Barnstars will be distributed over the next week. If you enjoyed participating in our event, you may also like to join the Wikification drives, which are held on alternate months to our drives. Their June drive has started. Coodinator election The six-month term for our first tranche of Guild coordinators will be expiring at the end of June. We will be accepting nominations for the second tranche of coordinators, who will also serve a six-month term. Nominations will open starting on June 5. For complete information, please have a look at the election page. Please feel free to contact any coordinator if you have any questions or need assistance. Your project coordinators are S Masters (talk), Diannaa (Talk), Tea with toast (Talk), Chaosdruid (talk), and Torchiest (talk).

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GOCE elections

Hi, I have put up a list of incumbents on the GOCE elections page. Please indicate if you will be running for re-election. Cheers. – SMasters (talk) 09:50, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

Hi, Chaosdruid. Thanks for helping with the barnstars :) I hope you had a nice weekend. I just wanted to ask you to remove your !votes from the election page, please. The voting has not yet started. Dont feel bad; I made the same mistake last time. See you later. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 14:14, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXIII, May 2011

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Barnstars

Hi, Chaosdruid. I have done a lot of the barnstars, focusing on people who only won one award. If you could please deliver some of the remainder and I will get SMasters to do some too. Thanks. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 03:14, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

GOCE awards

		The 10k Copy Edit Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to Chaosdruid for editing at least one article of 10,000 words or more during the Guild of Copy Editors' May 2011 backlog elimination drive. Your efforts are appreciated! – SMasters (talk) 08:10, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

		Special Barnstar: Largest Single Article
		This Special barnstar is awarded to Chaosdruid for courageously editing the largest single article, Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) (15,610 Words) during the Guild of Copy Editors' May 2011 backlog elimination drive. Your contributions are highly appreciated! – SMasters (talk) 08:10, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

		Leaderboard Award—Word Count—Third Place
		This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Chaosdruid for copy editing a total of 91,648 words (Third Place) during the Guild of Copy Editors' May 2011 backlog elimination drive. Congratulations, and thank you. – SMasters (talk) 08:10, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

		The Guild of Copy Editors' Award
		Leaderboard Award–5K Articles–First Place It is with great pleasure that I bestow on Chaosdruid the prestigious Guild of Copy Editors' Gold Star Award, for completing the largest number of 5K articles (13) – 1st Place – during the Guild of Copy Editors' May 2011 backlog elimination drive. Thank you for your contributions. – SMasters (talk) 08:10, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

	The Most Excellent Order of the Caretaker's Star
	For exceptional copyediting efforts during the Guild of Copy Editors' May 2011 backlog elimination drive, editing 14 articles with a combined total of 91,648 words (plus 16,853 rollover), I hereby induct Chaosdruid into the exclusive, brilliant, Most Excellent Order of the Caretaker's Star. – SMasters (talk) 08:10, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

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Odour Sensing

The reason i started the article was because i couldnt find any articles on the subject. But seems i've used the wrong search terms. Then perhaps its better to work on the searchability or discoverability of the present articles than create a new one

Three Laws of Robotics

Hi

When you reviewed the article there were several areas where you thought that OR was prevalent. Is there any chance you could take a quick look and tell me whether or not you think those areas have been addressed? My intention is to put it up for GAN again in the next 4 weeks so would appreciate your input in particular.

Thanks Chaosdruid (talk) 00:47, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

I'll respond on the article talkpage. SilkTork *^{Tea time} 08:32, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

GOCE elections

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Elections are currently underway for our Guild coordinators. The voting period will run for 14 days and ends on June 30, 23:59 UTC. All GOCE members in good standing, as well as past participants of any of the Guild's Backlog elimination drives, are eligible to vote. The candidate with the highest number of votes will become the Lead Coordinator, therefore, your vote really matters! There is also a referendum to appoint a Coordinator Emeritus. Cast your vote today.

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