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Your userpage is now unprotected. Welcome back, my friend! Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 20:08, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Cool :) Thanks. Chamal ^T•C 14:32, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

Hey! Good to see you around. Finding some old familiar usernames has almost started motivating me to get back into the wiki-ring. Hope all's well! Juliancolton (talk) 01:56, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

Hi Julian, nice to hear from you! Hope you do get more active again, I'm sure the hurricane articles are missing you. Chamal ^T•C 02:15, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

Welcome back!

Hi there, I thought you were gone for good but it is great to see you back. I hope you will mostly be working on Sri Lanka related articles as many editors back from our day has left, however there are a few new ones coming through. WikiProject Sri Lanka has been pretty quiet but I have been maintaining it solely. Currently I am in the process of assessing each article so that things can be much more organised here. There are still disputes however greatly less so during the last 6 months or so, and people editing on an emotional basis has decreased dramatically. I thought I might give you an update from when you left, hope to see you editing again. :) --Blackknight12 (talk) 06:13, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

Hi Blackknight12, good to hear from you again :) I am planning to work on a couple of WikiProject Sri Lanka articles soon, although I don't think I will be as active as I was before since I have very little free time. Let me know if I can help with anything, and keep up the good work! Chamal ^T•C 06:20, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

FYI

Welcome back. You might want to look at this.--obi2canibe^{talk contr} 13:32, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks mate... wasn't expecting to come across a problem as soon as I got back. I don't know the background so I think I shouldn't get involved just now, but I will keep an eye on it. Chamal ^T•C 13:41, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

The Light: Swami Vivekananda

FYI, there are responses at Template:Did you know nominations/The Light: Swami Vivekananda --Presearch (talk) 20:05, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. I've commented there, but I think somebody else will have to review it now. Chamal ^T•C 08:14, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Stone circles of Junapani

It strikes a chord. I thought we were working on some articles a few years back related to parks? Any way, I don't know what is not clear to the second reviewer about the hook in the above article which you had cleared.--Nvvchar. 07:52, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Yes, we certainly did. Nice to hear from you again. I've suggested an alternative hook there, could you please check if it's suitable? Chamal ^T•C 08:13, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Thank you. It should sort out the issue now. Please let me know if want to write some articles related to Sri Lanka.--Nvvchar. 12:14, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Hopefully. I don't have a lot of time to research so I'm sticking to the easy stuff for now :) I'll definitely ask when I could do with a bit of help. Chamal ^T•C 13:13, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

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Rollback

Just wanted to let you know that I've approved your rollback request. As a former admin I am sure you know rollback policy well--if not just head over to WP:ROLL. Cheers, Malinaccier (talk) 16:52, 24 February 2013 (UTC).

Thanks, Malinaccier. Chamal ^T•C 16:55, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

I believe you can request to have the admin tools back at WP:BN, if you want them... Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 19:29, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Yes, but I thought I'd wait a while until I'm used to how things work again. Maybe in a few more weeks :) Chamal ^T•C 23:43, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

I just was going to suggest the above, but putting you though an RFA be entertaining, knowing you'd pass it easy. . –BuickCenturyDriver 08:36, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

Haha... maybe, but going through another is a lot of pressure. But unless I'm mistaken, I don't have to do another RFA since I wasn't gone more than three years; I'm just supposed to ask for the tools back from the Bureaucrats. Chamal ^T•C 09:05, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

thank you

Thank you for the quick revert of recent damage to The Ragtime Dance. —Stepheng3 (talk) 01:33, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

Glad I could help. Chamal ^T•C 02:08, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

Handling repetative vandalism

I removed this and am posting a help-me on my talk page instead.

Best Wishes, Aaronsilber (talk) 04:07, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

Hi, I've replied your query at your talk page. Chamal ^T•C 04:15, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

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List of Presidents of Pakistan

Hi, welcome back! Could you have a look at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Presidents of Pakistan/archive1? Regards, Zia Khan 17:53, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Done. I think it looks pretty good. Chamal ^T•C 04:03, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for that, BTW, I've addressed your concerns please have a look now. Zia Khan 15:05, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

I've commented there. It might take me some time to reply, but I'm watching it :) Chamal ^T•C 15:35, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

Have addressed you concerns, please let me know if I missed something. Zia Khan 07:05, 4 March 2013 (UTC)

Done there! Zia Khan 08:42, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

I've commented there again. Chamal ^T•C 04:10, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

Done there! Zia Khan 17:45, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

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A barnstar!

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		For beating me to vandalism many times today TheSuave© 14:47, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Ah, thanks! This is a pleasant surprise :) Chamal ^T•C 14:51, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

DYK for List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Chaminda Vaas

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Ouya

Hello,

you accidentally deleted my constructive edit on Ouya. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.138.65.215 (talk • contribs)

You changed "video game console" to "video game scam". Are you sure that was productive? The article adequately mentions the unproven speculation and accusations about it being a scam, but calling it a scam on the first sentence of the article as fact is rather against wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and clear misinformation. Chamal ^T•C 14:40, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of international cricket centuries by Garfield Sobers/archive1

Hi, this list is at WP:FLC. Would you mind providing comments? —Vensatry _{(Ping me)} 17:08, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

Sure. I've left a comment there on a minor issue, but looks good overall. Chamal ^T•C 04:46, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

Opinion

Hi, I need your opinion here. Zia Khan 05:17, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

I'd agree that the article is ineligible. DYK rules state that the expansion is calculated from the previous existing prose no matter how bad it is (unless it's a copyvio), which means we'll have to calculate from before you removed the unnecessary/irrelevant text, so it's not a 5x expansion. It's unfortunate, but that's how it works. Chamal ^T•C 04:08, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

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Oh, thanks. Although I'm not sure if I've done anything yet to deserve it :) Chamal ^T•C 04:09, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

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List of international cricket centuries by Michael Clarke

Hi, the list is at FLC. Looking forward to your comments here. Regards, Zia Khan 21:26, 16 March 2013 (UTC)

Will do in a day or two. Thanks for letting me know. Chamal ^T•C 15:28, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

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Thank You!!

Hey Chamal!!! Glad to know that you came back from a Wikibreak! And thanks for the advice as well! I've already gotten myself onto the Guest list in the Teahouse tanks to you!!! And please don't mind me stalking your talk page and all the edits you make!!! I wanna learn all there is to and so I'll be absorbing everything like a sponge!! The Wikimon (talk) 15:11, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

Good to hear that, and I hope you like the place. I stalk a lot of talk pages myself, so I don't mind that at all :) Chamal ^T•C 15:38, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

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DYK for Sugath Chandrasiri Bandara

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Help Desk Rescue

Just to say thanks, I hit save and everything went haywire, I was OMG it's including the image but as I have low-broadband I couldn't wrestle control back from my browser and I was aware that this would fuck up the help page for all trying to access it. Thanks, it took me more than 10 minutes to get back to a WP page that would load (after clearing the cache, doing a Ccleaner, logging out and so on). Exactly the point I was trying to make to the OP though, hi-res images fuck you up. cheers! CaptainScreebo ^Parley! 13:14, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

No problem :) Actually the same thing started happening to me; I managed to stop the page loading just in time and hit the edit button straight away. Chamal ^T•C 13:23, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Teahouse Questions and Answers page edit notice in edit window

We have an edit notice that has been put together here that I believe is welcoming and to the spirit of the Teahouse. Could this be added now?--Amadscientist (talk) 06:43, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know, I've replied there. We should probably wait a bit so that everybody gets a chance to see it. Chamal ^T•C 09:36, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Tyron Silvapulle

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Man you need to contact pest control....

I think you already know but this dude called Jpjazz is deleting stuff on your user page! I'm very dissapointed with that loser's attitude... I see that you blocked him, but how can he edit your user page??? Very pathetic... I'm sorry, but I'm writing a strongly worded message to him! BTW I'm The Wikimon, you might have forgotten, but you're on my watchlist! The Wikimon (talk) 15:56, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

Don't worry about it; I reverted an edit of his and looks like he decided to come here and mess things up. My userpage isn't protected, so anybody can edit it. Another admin blocked him anyway, so no worries :) Chamal ^T•C 16:00, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

Ken Alibek

Hello Chamal N, your previous undo was indeed unconstructive. Please don't repeat it. Thank you. 141.136.242.52 (talk) 16:05, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

Really? You might want to look up the definitions of the words defecation and defection. Chamal ^T•C 16:10, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK for K. A. Gamage

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Can I...

request you for an autograph here? --Tito Dutta (contact) 08:40, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

Wow, I seem to do that a lot. Thanks for letting me know :) Chamal ^T•C 08:41, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

I'd like to thank you

for cleaning up after me at List of statues of Queen Victoria. I had remembered the statue from my youth and was desperately trying to discover the sculptor and figure out how to format the chart when my ride arrived. I am without a car these days so not keeping a ride waiting is important. I start out my hour walk to work shortly because I don't have a ride today. But that is my problem, thanks for dealing with yesterday's one. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 14:29, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

Glad I could help :) Chamal ^T•C 14:32, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

I am not sure if you are the one who discovered the sculptor for me (and for all of us) but I just created a stub for him - another project that I probably should have done with more time on my hands, but . . . .......... Carptrash (talk) 15:00, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

Actually it was PrimeHunter who added the sculptor. But yeah, I'll take a look at the stub and see if I can find a few sources. Chamal ^T•C 15:05, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

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Thank you :) Chamal ^T•C 06:22, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

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Thank you! Chamal ^T•C 15:19, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

‎Coppercholride

Hello Chamal, congrats on the renewal of your admin rights again.

I need some help, User:Coppercholride has been reverting and edit warring with constructive edits that I have made. This trend has also been going on with other users, yet he seems adamant that he is right. I suspect there is no use in me trying to talk and discuss with him as he thinks I am on some kind of mission, and that it took a few days to just convince him to find some sources to back up what he was claiming (which he only did after User:Qwyrxian stepped in) in a previous discussion at Talk:Tamil Muslim#Ethnic origins of Sri Lankan Moors. He has reverted my constructive edits in the following three articles:

• Tamil Buddhism
• Sri Lanka Army
• Buddhism in Jaffna peninsula

And has also engaged in the edit warring of the following articles with other editors:

• Bodhidharma
• Ravana
• Naga people (Lanka)
• Early history of Jaffna kingdom

The user is stirring up the neutrality and validity of these sensitive articles. You probably have the clearest idea of how sensitive these articles are, what is to be done next in order to stop this.--Blackknight12 (talk) 08:43, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

Hi Blacknight12, unfortunately I'm a bit busy these couple of weeks in RL, so I don't think I'll be able to look into this thoroughly. I can't say anything about the content dispute; as Qwyrxian says this is a complicated issue and I don't have the time right now to go over all the articles and editors involved. However, the recent edit warring is clearly a problem, and I've left a note on Coppercholride's talk page. Perhaps it would be a good idea to go for dispute resolution if it looks like a suitable consensus can't be reached. It looks like Pharaoh of the Wizards has taken a look at the issue recently; maybe he could offer some better help than me. Chamal ^T•C 18:06, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

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Thanks for rechecking Template:Did you know nominations/List of sieges of Gibraltar‎, could you also please take a look at Template:Did you know nominations/King's Bastion, which is being held up for the same frankly idiotic reasons? Prioryman (talk) 09:16, 6 April 2013 (UTC)

Looks like Sagaciousphil has reviewed it already :) Chamal ^T•C 03:06, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

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Thanks

Thanks Chamal, i now have some work to do.Alex's phone (talk) 16:13, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

Glad I could help. Hope you have fun with the translations :) Chamal ^T•C 16:42, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

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Reverts

You and the other users should check the reference.... and maybe go live in that part of the world before you revert my posts. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.127.54.166 (talk) 14:03, 9 April 2013

Your edits are in violation of Wikipedia's policies on neutral point of view and biographies on living persons. Also, we don't use Wikipedia articles as sources for another article (see WP:WPNOTRS). Chamal ^T•C 14:11, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

What I have seen in previous instances, people using other Wikipedia links... also, in the edit page it clearly states that a hyperlink/URL is sufficient attribution. 129.127.54.166 (talk) 14:15, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

129.127.54.166, do have a look at wp:CIRCULAR and wp:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. - DVdm (talk) 14:18, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Another point is that adding another page in Wikipedia as a source is not justified buddy. You could ask readers to look up on that page but not add it as a reference. Please do sign your posts with the four ~s, or even better, please do become a registered user of Wikipedia! And for the record we don't need to go live in any part of the world to understand what's not correct! We understand your views we ain't gonna support unless you have a good source... Cheers... The Wikimon (talk) 14:19, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

(edit conflict × 2) Please read the pages I have linked in my previous comment. It doesn't really matter what you have seen other people do in other articles. The issue is here and now, and what you're doing is against Wikipedia policy. You have already been given plenty of warning and chances but if you continue, I'm afraid you will be blocked. Chamal ^T•C 14:22, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

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Hope you had a great new year as well MediaJet, and thanks for the wishes Gerda Arendt :) Sorry for the delay in replying. Don't worry about the DYK; the date is not a big deal... looks like it's in the queue now though. Chamal ^T•C 03:52, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by B. S. Chandrasekhar/archive1

The wait is over as the list is at FLC :) —Vensatry _{(Ping me)} 14:31, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

Will take a look soon. Thanks for letting me know :) Chamal ^T•C 15:12, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

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FYI

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Hi Chamal

Nice to see you again on Wikipedia, and I remember you as an admin and am one of those guys who voted for you. Well, I have been away from being a wikipedian since 2010 end and now I don't actually remember how to work on this. Can you help me on this issue? Some articles for me to read and get started with editing? thanks alot! Sorry if I disturbed... Cheers!!! Pasanbhathiya2 (talk) 13:22, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

Jaffna kingdom

Hey Chamal, would you be able to step in here and mediate this? We have a user who it pretty close to being blocked for disruptive editing. If not, that's fine too! Thanks, Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 18:13, 30 May 2013 (UTC)

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TemplateData is here

Hey Chamal N

I'm sending you this because you've made quite a few edits to the template namespace in the past couple of months. If I've got this wrong, or if I haven't but you're not interested in my request, don't worry; this is the only notice I'm sending out on the subject :).

So, as you know (or should know - we sent out a centralnotice and several watchlist notices) we're planning to deploy the VisualEditor on Monday, 1 July, as the default editor. For those of us who prefer markup editing, fear not; we'll still be able to use the markup editor, which isn't going anywhere.

What's important here, though, is that the VisualEditor features an interactive template inspector; you click an icon on a template and it shows you the parameters, the contents of those fields, and human-readable parameter names, along with descriptions of what each parameter does. Personally, I find this pretty awesome, and from Monday it's going to be heavily used, since, as said, the VisualEditor will become the default.

The thing that generates the human-readable names and descriptions is a small JSON data structure, loaded through an extension called TemplateData. I'm reaching out to you in the hopes that you'd be willing and able to put some time into adding TemplateData to high-profile templates. It's pretty easy to understand (heck, if I can write it, anyone can) and you can find a guide here, along with a list of prominent templates, although I suspect we can all hazard a guess as to high-profile templates that would benefit from this. Hopefully you're willing to give it a try; the more TemplateData sections get added, the better the interface can be. If you run into any problems, drop a note on the Feedback page.

Thanks, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 22:00, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

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This week's articles for improvement - 22 July 2013 to 28 July 2013

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The Signpost: 18 December 2013

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GOCE December 2013 Blitz wrap-up and January Drive invitation

December Notes from the Guild of Copy Editors The December blitz ran from December 8–14. The theme for this blitz was articles tied in some way to religion. Seven editors knocked out 20 articles over the course of the week. Our next blitz will be in February, with a theme to be determined. Feel free to make theme suggestions at the Guild talk page! The January 2014 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 October and November 2012 and complete all requests placed before the end of 2013. 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 October and November 2012", and "Longest article". We hope to see you there! Coordinator election: Voting is open for candidates to serve as GOCE coordinators from 1 January through 30 June 2014. Voting will run until the end of December. For complete information, please have a look at the election page. – Your drive coordinators: Torchiest and Torchiest, Baffle gab1978 and Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95 and Jonesey95, and The Utahraptor and The Utahraptor To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Message delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:24, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

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GOCE 2013 Annual Report

Guild of Copy Editors 2013 Annual Report The GOCE has wrapped up another successful year of operations! Our 2013 Annual Report is now ready for review. – Your project coordinators: Torchiest and Torchiest, Baffle gab1978 and Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95 and Jonesey95 Sign up for the January drive! To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:44, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue XCIV, January 2014

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Nick-D, Zawed and Hawkeye7 look at recent releases

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The Signpost: 22 January 2014

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The Signpost: 29 January 2014

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The Signpost: 12 February 2014

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GOCE February blitz wrapup

Guild of Copy Editors Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/February 2014 wrap-up Participation: Out of seven people who signed up for this blitz, all copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: During the seven-day blitz, we removed 16 articles from the requests queue. Hope to see you at the March drive! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Miniapolis and Baffle gab1978. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by

March GOCE copyedit drive

Notes from the Guild of Copy Editors The March 2014 backlog elimination drive is a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles in need of copyediting. The drive begins on March 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on March 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to copyedit all articles tagged in December 2012 and January 2013 and to complete all requests placed in January 2014. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copyedits 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 over 5,000 words, number of articles tagged in December 2012 and January 2013 and the longest article. We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978 and Miniapolis To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. 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Newsletter delivered by Guild of Copy Editors March 2014 backlog elimination drive wrap-up 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 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 April blitz will run from April 13–19, with a focus on the Requests list. Sign up now! – Your drive coordinators: Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978 and Miniapolis To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. 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Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available 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 June blitz will run from June 15–21. This blitz's theme is Politics. Sign up here. Election: You can nominate yourself or others for the role of Coordinator for the second half of 2014 here. Nominations will be accepted until June 14. Voting will begin on June 15 and will conclude on June 28. Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, and Miniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. 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Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 15:23, 17 August 2014 (UTC) The Signpost: 13 August 2014 Special report: Twitter bots catalogue government edits to Wikipedia Traffic report: Disease, decimation and distraction Wikimedia in education: Global Education: WMF's Perspective Wikimania: Promised the moon, settled for the stars News and notes: Media Viewer controversy spreads to German Wikipedia Op-ed: Red links, blue links, and erythrophobia In the media: Monkey selfie, net neutrality, and hoaxes Featured content: Cambridge got a lot of attention this week Read this Signpost in full Single-page Unsubscribe MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:56, 18 August 2014 (UTC) GOCE July drive and August blitz Guild of Copy Editors July 2014 backlog elimination drive wrap-up 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 here. 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MadmanBot (talk) 00:30, 1 January 2016 (UTC) Guild of Copy Editors 2015 End of Year Report Guild of Copy Editors 2015 End of Year Report Our 2015 End of Year Report is now ready for review. 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. – Your project coordinators: Jonesey95, Miniapolis and Baffle gab1978. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. 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To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 14:14, 27 February 2016 (UTC) The Signpost: 02 March 2016 News and notes: Tretikov resigns, WMF in transition Featured content: This week's featured content Traffic report: Brawling Recent research: Wikipedia and paid labour; Swedish gender gap; how verifiable is "verifiable"? Blog: Wikimedia Foundation details requests to alter or remove content in new transparency report * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:00, 8 March 2016 (UTC) The Signpost: 09 March 2016 News and notes: Katherine Maher named interim head of WMF; Wales email re-sparks Heilman controversy; draft WMF strategy posted In the media: Wikipedian is break-out star of International Women's Day; dinosaur art; Wikipedia's new iOS app and its fight for market share Op-ed: A modest proposal for Wikimedia’s future Featured content: Five articles, four lists, a topic, and five images were promoted this week. Technology report: Wikimedia wikis will temporarily go into read-only mode on several occasions in the coming weeks WikiCup report: First round of the WikiCup finishes Blog: The new alchemy: turning online harassment into Wikipedia articles on women scientists Systemic bias: Revenge of "I can’t believe we didn’t have an article on ..." 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Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 12:15, 26 March 2016 (UTC) The Signpost: 23 March 2016 Interview: Exclusive: interview with interim ED Katherine Maher News and notes: Lila Tretikov a Young Global Leader; Wikipediocracy blog post sparks indefinite blocks In the media: Angolan file sharers cause trouble for Wikipedia Zero; the 3D printer edit war; a culture based on change and turmoil Traffic report: Be weary on the Ides of March Editorial: "God damn it, you've got to be kind." Featured content: Watch out! A slave trader, a live mascot and a crested serpent awaits! Arbitration report: Palestine-Israel article 3 case amended Wikipedia Weekly: Podcast #120: Status of Wikimania 2016 * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:24, 27 March 2016 (UTC) The Signpost: 1 April 2016 News and notes: Trump/Wales 2016 In the media: Saskatoon police delete Wikipedia content about police brutality WikiProject report: Why should the Devil have all the good music? An interview with WikiProject Christian music Traffic report: Donald v Daredevil Featured content: A slow, slow week Technology report: Browse Wikipedia in safety? Use Telnet! 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News and notes: Denny Vrandečić resigns from Wikimedia Foundation board In the media: Wikimedia Sweden loses copyright case; Tex Watson; AI assistants; David Jolly biography Featured content: This week's featured content Traffic report: A welcome return to pop culture and death Arbitration report: The first case of 2016—Wikicology Gallery: A history lesson * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:46, 14 April 2016 (UTC) The Signpost: 24 April 2016 News and notes: Lunar project; steering group formed to search for next executive director Op-ed: Knowledge Engine and the Wales–Heilman emails Special report: Update on EranBot, our new copyright violation detection bot Traffic report: Two for the price of one Featured content: The double-sized edition Arbitration report: Amendments made to the Race and intelligence case * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:42, 24 April 2016 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXXI, April 2016 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 on Australian spies, Nick-D on the German Army Op-ed: TomStar81 on the 1916 Easter Rising Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. 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Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 01:38, 30 April 2016 (UTC) The Signpost: 2 May 2016 News and notes: Wikimedia Switzerland's board and paid-editing firm; passing of Ed Dravecky In the media: Wikipedia Zero piracy in Bangladesh; bureaucracy; chilling effects; too few cooks; translation gaps Traffic report: Purple Featured content: The best ... from the past two weeks Arbitration report: Two editors unbanned; Wikicology case enters workshop phase; Gamaliel restricted from Gamergate at his own request Recent research: The eight roles of Wikipedians; do edit histories expose social relations among editors? * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:08, 2 May 2016 (UTC) The Signpost: 17 May 2016 News and notes: Affiliates' nomination of WMF trustees announced; FDC's straight talking to WMF Op-ed: Swiss chapter in turmoil In the media: Wikimedia's Dario Taraborelli quoted on Google's Knowledge Graph in The Washington Post Featured content: Two weeks for the prize of one Traffic report: Oh behave, Beyhive / Underdogs Arbitration report: "Wikicology" ends in site ban; evidence and workshop phases concluded for "Gamaliel and others" Wikicup: That's it for WikiCup Round 2! * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:33, 17 May 2016 (UTC) The Signpost: 28 May 2016 News and notes: Upcoming Wikimedia conferences in the US and India; May Metrics and Activities Meeting Special report: Compensation paid to Sue Gardner increased by almost 50 percent after she stepped down as executive director In the media: The perils of Wikipedia's monopoly; Wikipedians' fragility; Street Sharks hoax Featured content: Eight articles, three lists and five pictures Op-ed: Journey of a Wikipedian Arbitration report: Gamaliel resigns from the arbitration committee Recent research: English as Wikipedia's Lingua Franca; deletion rationales; schizophrenia controversies Traffic report: Splitting (musical) airs / Slow Ride Blog: Freely licensed magic at Eurovision * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:12, 28 May 2016 (UTC) The Signpost: 05 June 2016 News and notes: WMF cuts budget for 2016-17 as scope tightens In the media: Jimmy Wales on net neutrality—"It's complicated"—and his $100m fundraising challenge Featured content: Overwhelmed ... by pictures Traffic report: Pop goes the culture, again. Arbitration report: ArbCom case "Gamaliel and others" concludes WikiProject report: WikiProject Video Games * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:12, 5 June 2016 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXXII, May–June 2016 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 on Australian spies (part two) Op-ed: TomStar81 looks at the Battle of Jutland Timeline: Events of World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 12:05, 6 June 2016 (UTC) June 2016 Guild of Copy Editors Newsletter Guild of Copy Editors June 2016 News 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! 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 here. 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. 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 Jonesey95, Miniapolis and Baffle gab1978. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:01, 9 June 2016 (UTC) The Signpost: 15 June 2016 News and notes: Clarifications on status and compensation of outgoing executive directors Sue Gardner and Lila Tretikov Special report: Wikiversity Journal—A new user group Featured content: From the crème de la crème In the media: Biography disputes; Craig Newmark donation; PR editing Op-ed: Commons Picture of the Year; Wikidata licensing Traffic report: Another one with sports; Knockout, brief candle Blog: Why I proofread poetry at Wikisource * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:57, 15 June 2016 (UTC) Guild of Copy Editors July 2016 News Guild of Copy Editors July 2016 News Hello everyone, and welcome to the July 2016 GOCE newsletter. 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 here. Thanks to all editors who took part. 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. Jonesey95 remains as your drama-free Lead Coordinator, and Corinne and Tdslk are your new assistant coordinators. For her long service to the Guild, Miniapolis has been enrolled in the GOCE Hall of Fame. Thanks to everyone who voted in the election; our next scheduled one occurs in December 2016. All Wikipedia editors in good standing are eligible; self-nominations are welcome and encouraged. 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 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: Jonesey95, Corinne and Tdlsk. >>> Sign up for the July Drive! <<< MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:54, 1 July 2016 (UTC) The Signpost: 04 July 2016 News and notes: Board unanimously appoints Katherine Maher as new WMF executive director; Wikimedia lawsuits in France and Germany Op-ed: Two policies in conflict? In the media: Terrorism database cites Wikipedia as a source Featured content: Triple fun of featured content Traffic report: Goalposts; Oy vexit Blog: Jimmy Wales names Emily Temple-Wood and Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight as Wikipedians of the Year * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:47, 4 July 2016 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXXIII, July 2016 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick-D on the Australian Imperial Force Op-ed: TomStar81 looks at the Battle of the Somme Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 12:44, 7 July 2016 (UTC) LavaBaron's editing restrictions I am writing this message to you because you put yourself down as a regular admin at DYK. Per this AN thread, LavaBaron is given editing restrictions on DYK. Any hook nominated or reviewed by LavaBaron must be reviewed by a second editor before it may be promoted to the main page. The restrictions are reproduced below as follows: A DYK article nomination or hook submitted by LavaBaron must be reviewed and accepted by 2 other editors before it may be promoted. Any DYK nomination reviewed by LavaBaron must also be reviewed and accepted by 1 other editor before it may be promoted. Any additional reviews by other editors, which are mandated by this restriction, shall count towards the QPQ of that editor. (To balance the maths) For each article submitted by LavaBaron to DYK, 2 QPQ reviews by LavaBaron are required, at least 1 of which shall be a nomination that had not yet been accepted by another editor. These restrictions shall initially last for a period of 3 months. At the end of the period, this restriction shall be reviewed. --Deryck C. 13:45, 8 July 2016 (UTC) The Signpost: 21 July 2016 News and notes: Board faces diversity and skill-base issues in new FDC appointments Discussion report: Busy month for discussions In the media: Women in science editathon gets national press; Wikipedia "shockingly biased" Featured content: A wide variety from the best Traffic report: Sports and esports Arbitration report: Script writers appointed for clerks Recent research: Using deep learning to predict article quality * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:19, 21 July 2016 (UTC) The Signpost: 04 August 2016 Editorial: Wikipedia policy suppresses sharing of information News and notes: Foundation presents results of harassment research, plans for automated identification; Wikiconference submissions open In the media: Paid editing service announced; Commercial exploitation of free images; Wikipedia as a crystal ball; Librarians to counter systemic bias Obituary: Kevin Gorman, who took on Wikipedia's gender gap and undisclosed paid advocacy, dies at 24 Traffic report: Summer of Pokémon, Trump, and Hillary Featured content: Women and Hawaii Recent research: Easier navigation via better wikilinks Blog: All-new notifications page helps Wikimedians focus on what matters most Technology report: User script report (January to July 2016, part 1) * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:32, 4 August 2016 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXXIV, August 2016 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 looks at disease control and defence satellites Op-ed: TomStar81 on the rise of air power Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. 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Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 07:58, 7 August 2016 (UTC) The Signpost: 18 August 2016 News and notes: Focus on India—WikiConference produces new apps; state government adopts free licenses Special report: Engaging diverse communities to profile women of Antarctica In the media: The ugly, the bad, the playful, and the promising Featured content: Simply the best ... from the last two weeks Traffic report: Olympic views Technology report: User script report (January–July 2016, part 2) Arbitration report: The Michael Hardy case * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:40, 18 August 2016 (UTC) The Signpost: 06 September 2016 News and notes: AffCom still grappling with WMF Board's criteria for new chapters Special report: Olympics readership depended on language In the media: Librarians, Wikipedians, and a library of Wikipedia coverage WikiProject report: Watching Wikipedia Featured content: Entertainment, sport, and something else in-between Traffic report: From Phelps to Bolt to Reddit Technology report: Wikimedia mobile sites now don't load images if the user doesn't see them Recent research: Ethics of machine-created articles and fighting vandalism Blog: Upload of free photos from Swiss library underway * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:44, 6 September 2016 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXXV, September 2016 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Peacemaker67 and Nick-D on Nazi terror and covert warfare Op-ed: Hawkeye7 looks at Australians on the Somme Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 13:27, 7 September 2016 (UTC) Guild of Copy Editors September 2016 News Guild of Copy Editors September 2016 News Hello everyone, and welcome to the September 2016 GOCE newsletter. >>> Sign up for the September Drive, already in progress! <<< 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. 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 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: Jonesey95, Corinne and Tdlsk. >>> Sign up for the September Drive! <<< MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:36, 9 September 2016 (UTC) Extended confirmed protection Hello, Chamal N. This message is intended to notify administrators of important changes to the protection policy. Extended confirmed protection (also known as "30/500 protection") is a new level of page protection that only allows edits from accounts at least 30 days old and with 500 edits. The automatically assigned "extended confirmed" user right was created for this purpose. The protection level was created following this community discussion with the primary intention of enforcing various arbitration remedies that prohibited editors under the "30 days/500 edits" threshold to edit certain topic areas. In July and August 2016, a request for comment established consensus for community use of the new protection level. Administrators are authorized to apply extended confirmed protection to combat any form of disruption (e.g. vandalism, sock puppetry, edit warring, etc.) on any topic, subject to the following conditions: Extended confirmed protection may only be used in cases where semi-protection has proven ineffective. It should not be used as a first resort. A bot will post a notification at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard of each use. MusikBot currently does this by updating a report, which is transcluded onto the noticeboard. 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Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 14:17, 7 October 2016 (UTC) The Signpost: 14 October 2016 News and notes: Fundraising, flora and fauna Discussion report: Cultivating leadership: Wikimedia Foundation seeks input In the media: A news columnist on the frustrations of tweaking his Wikipedia bio Technology report: Upcoming tech projects for 2017 Featured content: Variety is the spice of life Traffic report: Debates and escapes Recent research: A 2011 study resurfaces in a media report * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:28, 14 October 2016 (UTC) The Signpost: 4 November 2016 News and notes: Finally, a new CTO; trustee joins Quora; copyright upgrade impending In the media: Washington Post continues in-depth Wikipedia coverage Wikicup: WikiCup winners Discussion report: What's on your tech wishlist for the coming year? 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To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 11:30, 7 November 2016 (UTC) Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins Hello, Please note that TOTP based two-factor authentication is now available for all administrators. In light of the recent compromised accounts, you are encouraged to add this additional layer of security to your account. It may be enabled on your preferences page in the "User profile" tab under the "Basic information" section. For basic instructions on how to enable two-factor authentication, please see the developing help page for additional information. Important: Be sure to record the two-factor authentication key and the single use keys. If you lose your two factor authentication and do not have the keys, it's possible that your account will not be recoverable. Furthermore, you are encouraged to utilize a unique password and two-factor authentication for the email account associated with your Wikimedia account. This measure will assist in safeguarding your account from malicious password resets. Comments, questions, and concerns may be directed to the thread on the administrators' noticeboard. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:33, 12 November 2016 (UTC) A new user right for New Page Patrollers Hi Chamal N. A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right. It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best. If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us at WT:NPR. (Sent to all admins).MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:47, 15 November 2016 (UTC) ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open! Hello, Chamal N. 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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC) The Signpost: 4 November 2016 News and notes: Arbitration Committee elections commence In the media: Roundup of news related to U.S. presidential election and more Blog: The top fifteen winning photos from Wiki Loves Earth Gallery: Around the world with Wiki Loves Monuments 2016 Featured content: Featured mix Special report: Taking stock of the Good Article backlog Op-ed: Fundraising data should be more transparent Traffic report: President-elect Trump * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:06, 26 November 2016 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXXVIII, December 2016 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 looks at America's nuclear capability at the start of the Cold War Review essay: Hawkeye7 on the Manhatten Project suite of articles Op-ed: TomStar81 discusses leadership changes in World War I Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. 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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). October Blitz: this one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 16 through 22 October; the theme was 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 here. Thanks to all editors who took part. 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! 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