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WikiProject Greater Manchester March Newsletter, Issue XV

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Northern Cyprus

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Khirokitia / Choirokotia

Hi Chaosdruid,

Thanks for letting me know why you changed it back to Khirokitia, from Choirokotia and provided proof. I really appreciate it, thanks. For the time being, do you mind if I change it to Khirokitia? Let me know as soon as you can, thanks Seric2 (talk) 14:40, 10 January 2010

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GOCE Newsletter

GOCE July 2010 backlog elimination drive chart Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive! We have now passed the halfway point, so here's an update. Progress Report - Progress toward the targets has been good. 751 articles out of the approximately 1,600 we would like to get completed by the end of the month were done by July 15, so we will be very close to meeting the target for volume. However, we would like to clear all of the 2008 articles from the backlog, and there are still 892 left to do. Please consider choosing one of these older articles when looking for something to copy edit. If we focus our firepower we can completely wipe out 2008 from the queue. Participation Report - 95 people signed up for the July drive. This is a great result compared to May, when we had 36. However, in May only one person that signed up didn't do any copy edits, and in July only 59 of the 95 have posted any copy edits on the big board. The task may seem insurmountable but please remember that if all 95 participants copy edit just one article a day from now until the end of the month, we will eliminate 1,300 more articles from the backlog. So please consider participating at whatever level you can! All contributions are appreciated. This newsletter was prepared for the GOCE by Diannaa (Talk), S Masters (talk), and The Raptor Let's talk.

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GOCE Invitation

There are currently 2,666 articles in the backlog. You can help us! Join the September 2010 drive today!

The Guild of Copy-Editors – September 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive The Wikipedia Guild of Copy-Editors invite you to participate in the September 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive, a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles that require copy-editing. The drive will begin on 1 September at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on 30 September at 23:59 (UTC). The goals for this drive are to eliminate 2008 from the queue and to reduce the backlog to fewer than 5,000 articles. Sign-up has already begun at the September drive page, and will be open throughout the drive. If you have any questions or concerns, please leave a message on the drive's talk page. Before you begin copy-editing, please carefully read the instructions on the main drive page. Please make sure that you know how to copy-edit, and be familiar with the Wikipedia Manual of Style. Awards and barnstars A range of barnstars will be awarded to active participants. Some are exclusive to GoCE drives. More information on awards can be found on the main drive page. Thank you; we look forward to meeting you on the drive! — ɳorɑfʈ Talk! and S Masters (talk).

Cyprus operation naming dispute

Hello,

According to Talk:Turkish_invasion_of_Cyprus#convenience_break I think it is safe to take this issue to dispute resolution. Can you help with that if you have time, I do not know the procedure very well.

Thanks in advance Tmhm (talk) 09:03, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

September 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive Conclusion

GOCE September 2010 backlog elimination drive progress graphs Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors September 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive. Thanks to all who participated! Several of our top editors were called away to real life concerns during the month (be careful out there, people!). This meant that once again, we did not meet all our lofty targets, but we did come close. Stats Out of 76 registered editors, 45 actively participated. We nearly wiped out the 2008 articles from the backlog—there were only 13 remaining when the drive closed. We reduced the backlog by 725 articles (11.5%), so it was another successful drive. A total of 59 barnstars will be awarded to 40 editors—well done, and congratulations to all. Barnstars If you copy edited at least 4,000 words, you qualify for a barnstar. If you edited in the July 2010 GOCE Backlog Elimination Drive, you may have earned rollover words, which counted towards this month's barnstars (except for the leaderboard awards). Any unused word credits will be held over for the next drive, as long as you participated in the September drive. Over the course of the next week or two, we will be handing out the barnstars. Click here to see a list of barnstar winners. We will be holding our next drive in November. You can sign up here. A huge "thank you" to all editors who helped clear the backlog and to others who helped out behind-the-scenes. See you at the next drive, and until then, please continue to help us work through the backlog. Happy editing! Coordinator: ɳorɑfʈ Talk! Co-coordinators: Diannaa (Talk) and S Masters (talk). Newsletter by Diannaa (Talk) and The UtahraptorTalk to me/Contributions.

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Sorry it took me months to respond to you...

I'm no longer involved in Wikipedia, so the Three Laws of Robotics article will need to wait until I have my next break, which should be around the end of this month or so. I'll try to get online some time on the Freenode IRC if you're on there, or you can email me via the userpage link. - Jameson L. Tai ^{talk ♦ guestbook ♦ contribs} 21:05, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2010-08-29/Genetic algorithms

I have offered to mediate this. Please indicate your acceptance or lack on the mediation page. Thanks. Hipocrite (talk) 14:27, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Seahenge

Sure thing. (Midnightblueowl (talk) 16:19, 6 October 2010 (UTC)) Okay, I can't actually identify the problem, it seems that what you are desrcibing certainly isn't a problem with my browser... (Midnightblueowl (talk) 16:24, 6 October 2010 (UTC))

Review requested

Hello. I've made a request for reviewing an article in the WikiProject Robotics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Robotics/Peer_review). Is the last article, ADL language, which I've further improved.Kikoso (talk) 12:30, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

As an amateur, I do enjoy the part concerning the artificial intelligence. But no professional dedication :-) Kikoso (talk) 20:23, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Hi! Just a reminder for the review of the ADL article :). Cheers.Kikoso (talk) 11:42, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Illness

Hi all

I have a bad case of Flu - spent last week shivering and looks as if it's turned into a chest infection so may well be off a little while longer

apologies to all who were expecting actions :¬(

Chaosdruid (talk) 09:48, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

GOCE copy edit drive

Greetings, the Wikipedia Guild of Copy-Editors invites you to participate in the November 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive, a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles that require copy-editing. The drive will begin on 1 November at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on 30 November at 23:59 (UTC). The goal for this drive is to reduce the backlog by 10% (approximately 500 articles). We hope to focus our efforts on the oldest three months (January, February, and March 2009) and the newest three months (September, October, and November 2010) of articles in the queue. Sign-up has already begun at the November drive page, and will be open throughout the drive. If you have any questions or concerns, please leave a message on the drive's talk page. Before you begin copy-editing, please carefully read the instructions on the main drive page. Please make sure that you know how to copy-edit, and be familiar with the Wikipedia Manual of Style. Awards and barnstars A range of barnstars will be awarded to active participants, some of which are exclusive to GOCE drives. More information on awards can be found on the main drive page. Thank you; we look forward to meeting you on the drive! — The UtahraptorTalk to me/Contributions, S Masters (talk), and Diannaa (Talk)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : LV (September 2010)

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Wikify tags

I saw your kind words of wisdom on Bathhouse Row. Indeed I have done tons of such improvements and continue to do so.

Last month I came across some users removing tags often without even doing any improvements, and when they do it's just to do a few links - red as often as not. One of them a Veteran Editor who should know better! And I'm guessing that's just the tip of the iceberg.

All Spring and Summer I have used the Wikify List as my workhorse for most of my work here and it pisses me off that people are removing articles from the list that I might have liked to work on. I'm putting some of the tags back. Sometimes I clean it up some without re-tagging. Sometimes I tag and do some work. And sometimes, this - I'm not touching but somewhere out there is someone who would love to sink their teeth into it.

If you come across me tagging and you don't think it needs a tag then just take the tag back off. If you check my contribs you'll see that I usually don't like to waste edits and fill up storage space with diffs.

I haven't had the flu in years and almost forget how much fun those are. Slightsmile (talk) 16:11, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the barnstar! I'm still working on H of Norfolk, mostly reading up the nineteenth century and making notes. Watch this space... I've also downloaded Inkscape to learn how to draw maps on Wikipedia. Anna of East Anglia now has a new map! Amitchell125 (talk) 21:10, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

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