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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.

Spotlight September 2010

November copy edit drive

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive!

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)

Christmas Card

User:DeltaQuad/Christmas2010

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Titirangi Theatre

Hi I have submitted an article on Titirangi Theatre, for review. Some of the information comes from titirangitheatre.co.nz/about.htm where I happen to be the webmaster/publisher. I have added a copyright disclaimer granting 'fair use' rights on the page containing the information I have referenced, in order to remove copyright issues. Please let me know if there is a better way to deal with the issue thanks mac

Macsnapper (talk) 06:03, 27 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have responded to this; see User_talk:Macsnapper  Chzz  ►  22:00, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

EarwigBot II on Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Professor Farzad Sharifian

EarwigBot II incorrectly flagged Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Professor Farzad Sharifian. The report listed only references, which are unsufficiently creative for copyright. -- Bk314159 (Talk to me and find out what I've done) 18:47, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 28 March 2011

The content that is said to infringe on a copyright, is in fact owned by us, it is also cited back to our website. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Awilliamspepid (talk • contribs) 16:34, 30 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

(noting that a live article, PEPID Knowledge Base, now exists)
Awilliamspepid, hello.
  • Firstly - you need to change your user name. User names shouldn't be company, group, or anything like that - so, please head over to WP:CHU/SIMPLE
You really need to do that immediately - request a change of name. Otherwise, your account may be blocked.
  • Secondly, if you want to use the material from the website "pepidknowledgebase.com", then you'd need to give explicit permission - because, on that webpage, it says "Copyright © 2011 PEPID, LLC". If you want to give permission allowing anyone (including Wikipedia) to use it, then you'd need to declare that.
To do so, please see WP:DCM#Granting us permission to copy material already online.
  • Thirdly, you really need to read WP:BFAQ.
If you need any more help, just ask. You can contact me on my own user talk page, which is User talk:Chzz.
Cheers,  Chzz  ►  22:14, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Bot pending approval

Can you please give a look in Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Yobot 20? I finished test edits more than 3 weeks ago. -- Magioladitis (talk) 13:08, 31 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 4 April 2011

ENGLISH NEW ZEALANDER

THE TEXT USED FOR THIS ARTICLE IS FROM A COPYRIGHT-FREE WEB PAGE OWNED BY A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION. I WONDER WHY WIKIPEDIA CALLS ITSELF THE BIGGEST ENCYCLOPEDIA AND IT HAS NO ARTICLE ABOUT THE BIGGEST ETHNIC GROUP IN NEW ZEALAND,ENGLISH NEW ZEALANDER. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.38.92.180 (talk) 17:02, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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