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GOCE Newsletter

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive! We have now reached the halfway point, and here's what has happened so far.

Requests Report - Good news! The number of special requests waiting to be edited has been reduced drastically, with almost all of the remaining items having editors committed to getting them done. Good work, people!
Target Report - ɳorɑfʈ's initial target of reducing the backlog of articles for copy edit turned out to be ~~unrealistic~~ insane, so a new target was set: we hope to reduce the to backlog to less than 7,500 items in the queue by the end of the month. The number in the queue was 7,950 as of close of business yesterday.
- If we "concentrate our firepower" we can wipe out Jan, Feb, and March 2008, meaning the drive will have cleared four months off the backlog queue. Please consider copyediting from one of these months.
Rewards Report - We now have some clear leaders on the board in all three Gold Star categories, and many people have qualified for the various barnstars. It is not too late to participate, as it takes just 2,000 words (pre-edit) to qualify for a barnstar! Don't wait! Start participating today. Remember, the ultimate winner is Wikipedia.
Notice to Participants - For those who have indicated that you will be working on certain articles on the drive page in your respective tally box, please ensure that you complete these copyedits as soon as possible.

Thank you very much for your participation so far!

- Coordinator: ɳorɑfʈ^Talk! Co-coordinators: Diannaa ^TALK and S Masters (talk)

This newsletter by Diannaa (writer) and SMasters (writer and typesetter).
Thrown onto your doorstep by ɳorɑfʈ on a red Huffy bike.

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Backlog Elimination Drive Wrap-up

Thanks very much to all who helped with the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive. We were very close to meeting our target of 7,500 articles remaining in the backlog. Our most shining success is the incredible reduction in the backlog of Special Requests. That part of the project saw a drop from 62 articles in the queue, some dating back to February of 2009, down to a stunning THREE, all of which were being edited at the close of the drive. The Special Requests page will now be a great resource for people looking to tidy up their article in advance of a GA or FA nomination, instead of a place where articles go to die.

Moving forward

The drive has not only forced a great leap forward in reducing the backlog. It has helped promote the Guild, and led to a greater awareness of the level of vigilance required to keep the backlog manageable. Ideas such as charts, graphs, and barnstars helped motivate editors, and meeting other users helped quell any feelings gnomish editors may have had in the past that they were toiling all alone. Keep up the good work people!!

Stats

Almost everyone who participated will receive a barnstar. We will be handing these out over the next week or so.

Five people will receive the highest award for word count (80,000 or more), the Most Excellent Order of the Caretaker's Star: Bullock, Diannaa, NielsenGW, S Masters, and Torchiest.
The Order of the Superior Scribe (40,000+) goes to Auntieruth55, Bobnorwal, Kojozone, Lfstevens, and Mlpearc.
fds wins the Modern Guild of Copy Editors Barnstar (30,000+).
The Old School League of Copyeditors Barnstar for 20,000+ is awarded to A. Parrot, mono, Truthkeeper88, and The Utahraptor.
the Tireless Conributor Barnstar (12,000+) goes to dtgriffith, Laurinavicius, and Quinxorin.
Buggie111, Brickie, cymru lass, liquidluck, noraft, and Yellow Monkey get the Cleanup Barnstar for 8,000+ words.
The Working Man's Barnstar for 4,000+ words goes to Annalise and fetchcomms.
The Modest Barnstar is awarded to Theo10011 and The Tito.

Gold Star Award

The Gold Star Award goes to the top editor in three challenges: Number of special requests fulfilled, number of articles edited, and number of words. Here are the final results.

**Final results: Gold Star Award:**
	Requests	Articles	Words
1.	SMasters (17)	Torchiest (250)	NielsenGW (150,360)
2.	Bobnorwal (13)	Diannaa (212)	Diannaa (136,200)
3.	Bullock (9)	kojozone (76)	Torchiest (125,000)

Coordinator: ɳorɑfʈ^Talk! Co-coordinators: Diannaa ^TALK and S Masters (talk)

Battle of the Arges

Hello! Your submission of Battle of the Arges at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know!

GOCE Backlog Elimination Drive inviation

There are currently
2,634 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).

GOCE 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 Utahraptor ^{Talk to me}/_{Contributions}, S Masters (talk), and Diannaa ^(Talk)

DYK nomination of M2 gas mask

Hello! Your submission of M2 gas mask at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 19:46, 11 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I see you started using one of those new references. Are you sure that all the information you wrote in the 2 paragraphs is stated in the reference? It seems to me that the reference talks more about how hard it was to put on and wear the gas mask, which you don't mention in your article. Best, Yoninah (talk) 14:46, 12 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I actually think it does. IDK. Buggie111 (talk) 14:54, 12 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've re-reviewed the article and posted some new comments. Please try to address them! --Orlady (talk) 18:50, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Now is it ok? Buggie111 (talk) 19:23, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Erm... I'm sorry to say this, but the answer is "no."
For example, I still can't figure out what is meant by the statement that the mask "compressed" gas -- and there's no information on that topic in the source cited. To be candid, that doesn't make sense. The mask presumably worked by blocking infiltration of the chemical components -- possibly by absorbing them or reacting with them chemically. It doesn't make sense that it could have compressed the gas, nor that compression of gas would have protected the wearer.
Also, removing refs to the blog did not improve the sourcing for the article -- it means that more of the article content is now completely unsourced, instead of being sourced to a marginal source. If you ask me, an unreliable source is better than no source at all, because it allows the reader to find out where you got it. --Orlady (talk) 19:49, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've reverted my older edits and decided that I don't really need to go through this much hassle over a DYK. nothing against you Orlady, but this is like discussing a nbsp at FAC. I think I'm gonna go work on something else. Buggie111 (talk) 20:01, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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DYK for Dwight B. Heard

On 21 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Dwight B. Heard, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Dwight B. Heard is credited with making Arizona's cotton industry more competitive after becoming president of the Arizona Cotton Association? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 12:03, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

List of Moscow Metro Stations help

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K' there, all you template masters, I've got a question. When I was working on my copy of List of Moscow metro stations, a template problem popped up. I copied and pasted over the exact coding from ru.wiki, leaving the title, and everythign seemed ok, but, when I added the english version of the template, it went really cazy. I then found out that the {{}} version of the template was different than if I had just copied over the text from the template. The two templates can be found at User:Buggie111/TemplateSandbox Any help? Buggie111 (talk) 21:25, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think I fixed the template, open it up again if it is still an issue, or let me know and I'll look at it some more. Monty ₈₄₅ 23:00, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I was gonna say, it looks fine to me now. CTJF83 23:03, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

K there. Thanks. It's all good. Buggie111 (talk) 23:08, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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DYK for Battle of Caldera Bay

On 26 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Battle of Caldera Bay, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the sinking of the Blanco Encalada was the first successful attack on a ship by a torpedo boat? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 00:04, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

raydin687

Sub Roman Britain talks about Brtian in the 5th and 6th centries, mine is about the proabilaty of a unifidied post roman kingdom, it was about a state, while sub roman Britain was about an era, please put it back up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Raydin687 (talk • contribs) 14:13, 26 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, when I read over the article, it talked about somthing that "started in the 425", otherwise, the fifth century. I'll revert the edit, but be sure to add Wikipedia:Reliable Sources to the article, as right now, it's unsourced. Next time, please put new messages at the bottom. Buggie111 (talk) 17:33, 26 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The article is mostly theory, its meant to be about the possability of what the Roman Arthur's Kingdom may have been like. Thank you if you put the article back up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Raydin687 (talk • contribs) 21:37, 26 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It needs to be theory with sources. I'm not putting it back up until you demonstrate some reliable sources that you will use. Please read WP:RS. Buggie111 (talk) 21:49, 26 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Kign Arthur's round table revealed, Britain AD King Arthur's Britain, Arthurian Legends: King Arthur. These are documentaries. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Raydin687 (talk • contribs) 22:41, 26 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No books or websites? Anyways, I'll revert the redirect and give you a day to cite the article. I'd suggest finding some books also. Buggie111 (talk) 22:53, 26 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I forgot to add BRitain is a book, http://heritage-key.com/blogs/lyn/king-arthurs-real-round-table-revealed, talks about real round table, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1293657/King-Arthurs-Round-Table--table-Roman-amphitheatre-Chester.html this one talks about chaster being camelot.

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