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Welcome

Hello, Left Central, and Welcome to Wikipedia!

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Short Desc on Redirect Pages

Hi! I'm @IAmChaos:. I noticed that on the page Rebecca L. Felton, you added a shortdescription. While you are allowed to add these to redirect pages, I wanted to remind you that they should be placed UNDER the first line of the redirect like such: 

#REDIRECT [[Target]]
{{Short description|Your text here}}

You can see how putting the description above breaks the redirect in this Diff.Please see Wikipedia:Short description#Short descriptions on redirect pages if you have any more questions. Happy Editing--IAmChaos 23:05, 26 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks so much for flagging (and explaining) this! 🌻 I edit entirely on my phone, so far (and almost entirely just copy edits), and had a very bizarre experience with this edit. I touched something by accident— I don’t know what. The Edit page showed only as blank and the x function wouldn’t let me out, so — perturbed — I went to the Review page, hoping it would let me back out. But it also showed only as completely blank. I thought, “Bloody hell!” (I like British mysteries and dramas, maybe too much….) So, in fear of abusing WP, I never hit Publish, but simply turned my iPhone off completely, hoping to consign this mystery to a dead harmless cybervoid. When I went live again and looked at my trail, I saw this strange Redirect. I had no idea that Redirect was happening, or why, but it didn’t seem dangerous enough to bother the Help desk, and I thought that perhaps a veteran would notice, correct whatever I did wrong, and guide me back to the path for relative newcomers — as you are doing 🙏🏼. I think I understand your descriptive model but haven’t studied the links yet. I will do that as soon as I can (probably this weekend). Beyond that: Anything else I should do now?? (Again, thank you!) Left Central (talk) 22:47, 28 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

So now I understand (reasonably well), and thanks again 👏🏼 for fixing my mistake. One question set remains: Why didn’t my fancy phone (iPhone 12 etc.) show the action? (Blank screens are a Red Card, to use my soccer trouble-shooting metaphor.) Is there a tech team that should about this? Could there be a bug in Mobile Edit for the Redirect system that I encountered (by accident)? I certainly don’t want to try to re-create the event without oversight. Please advise when convenient. Cheers, Left Central (talk) 23:48, 29 April 2022 (UTC) Left Central (talk) 23:48, 29 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

June GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2022 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the June 2022 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since April 2022. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

Blitz: of the 16 editors who signed up for our April Copy Editing Blitz, 12 completed at least one copy-edit, and between them removed 21 articles from the copy-editing backlog. Barnstars awarded are here.

Drive: 27 editors signed up for our May Backlog Elimination Drive; of these, 20 copy-edited at least one article. 144 articles were copy-edited, and 88 articles from our target months August and September 2021 were removed from the backlog. Barnstars awarded are here.

Blitz: our June Copy Editing Blitz, starting at 00:01, 19 June and closing at 00:59, 25 June (UTC), will focus on articles tagged for copy edit in September and October 2021, and requests from March, April and May 2022. Barnstars awarded will be posted here.

Progress report: As of 07:12, 14 June 2022 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have completed 209 requests since 1 January and the backlog stands at 1,404 articles.

Election news: Nominations for our half-yearly Election of Coordinators continues until 23:50 on 15 June (UTC), after which, voting will commence until 23:59, 30 June (UTC). All Wikipedians in good standing (active and not blocked, banned, or under ArbCom or community sanctions) are eligible and self-nominations are welcomed.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Reidgreg, Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Tenryuu

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:39, 14 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

A kitten for you!

🙂

Sahaib (talk) 20:22, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Kitten

L'Mainertue has given you a kitten! Kittens promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Your kitten must be fed three times a day and will be your faithful companion forever! Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a kitten, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend.

Spread the goodness of kittens by adding {{subst:Kitten}} to someone's talk page with a friendly message, or kittynap their kitten with {{subst:Kittynap}}.

For your contributions to Wikipedia, you are the same editor that thanked me for the move on Kelly (murder victim), and I am still humbled by it. L'Mainerque's Alt (talk) 14:38, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Tragically, I must report that my kitten (presumably) starved to death…. 😩 At least, that’s a distinct possibility, given that I am not actually technically clear on how to feed a kitten thrice daily.

If it just requires 3 edits a day, there have been days since your gracious gift when the kitten got a smidgen; days when it was fed properly; and days when it either gorged to excess and/or had a serious heaping of Wiki-kibble* left over in its cyber-bowl — assuming, for the last of these event options, that the kitten could exercise the self-discipline to hoard the cyber-chow for the dark no-nurturing days (of which there have been many).

  • Is Wiki-kibble a thing? If not, it totally should be. Perhaps a clever editor ✍️ such as yourself could create it and get consensus to add it to the lexicon of editor approvals…. Hopefully, “kibble” is not copyrighted or otherwise embargoed.

And please accept my apologies for my tardy response. Also, I am encouraging almost everyone I have contact with to vote for science, reality, compassion, and competence in the pending U.S. elections — your state and my state** share significant risk this year.

    • One can identify my state by parsing my User name against the opposite coast of your state.

Thanks again, and be well !! Left Central (talk) 15:42, 29 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, the depravity! Actually, since Wikikittens are not real, they're still valid :) I hope to see you again on this road of information!
L'Mainerque (talk) 18:10, 29 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Guild of Copy Editors' October 2022 newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors October 2022 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to our latest newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since June. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

Drive: Of the 22 editors who signed up for our July Backlog Elimination Drive, 18 copy-edited, between them, 116 articles. Barnstars awarded are noted here.

Blitz: Participants in our August Copy Editing Blitz copy-edited 51,074 words in 17 articles. Of the 15 editors who signed up, 11 claimed at least one copy-edit. Barnstars awarded are noted here.

Drive: Forty-one editors took part in our September Backlog Elimination Drive; between them they copy-edited 199 articles. Barnstars awards are noted here.

Blitz: Our October Copy Editing Blitz begins on 16 October at 00:01 (UTC) and will end on 22 October at 23:59 (UTC). Barnstars awarded will be posted here.

Progress report: As of 19:57, 12 October 2022 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 303 requests for copy edit – including withdrawn and declined ones – since 1 January. At the time of writing, there are 77 requests awaiting attention and the backlog of tagged articles stands at 1,759. We always need more active, skilled copyeditors – particularly for requests – so please get involved if you can.

Election news: In our mid-year election, serving coordinators Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Reidgreg and Tenryuu were returned for another term, and were joined by new coordinator Zippybonzo. No lead coordinator was elected for this half-year. Jonesey95, a long-serving coordinator and lead, was elected as coordinator emeritus; we thank them for their service. Thank you to everyone who took part. Our next election of coordinators takes place throughout December. If you'd like to help out at the GOCE, please consider nominating yourself or other suitable editors (with their permission, of course!). It's your Guild, after all!

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Reidgreg, Tenryuu and Zippybonzo.

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Baffle☿gab 03:07, 14 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Guild of Copy Editors December 2022 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2022 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to our latest newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since October. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

Blitz: Our October Copy Editing Blitz focused on July and August 2022 request months; and articles tagged for c/e in December 2021 and January 2022. Seventeen of those who signed up claimed at least one copy-edit, and between them copy-edited forty-six articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

Drive: In the November Backlog Elimination Drive, thirty editors signed up, twenty-two of whom claimed at least one copy-edit. Both target months—December 2021 and January 2022—were cleared, and February was added to the target months. Sixteen requests were copy-edited and 239 articles were removed from the backlog. Barnstars awarded are here.

Blitz: Our seven-day-long December 2022 Copy Editing Blitz begins on 17 December at 00:01 (UTC)*. It will focus on articles tagged for copy-edit in February 2022, and pending requests from September and October. Barnstars awarded will be available here.

Progress report: As of 22:40, 8 December 2022, GOCE copyeditors have processed 357 requests since 1 January, there were seventy-four requests outstanding and the backlog stands at 1,791 articles. We always need skilled copy-editors; please help out if you can.

Election news: Nomination of candidates for the GOCE's Election of Coordinators for the first half of 2023 is open and continues until 23:59 on 15 December. Voting begins at 00:01 on 16 December and closes at 23:59 on 31 December. All editors in good standing (not under ArbCom or community sanctions) are eligible and self-nominations are welcomed. Coordinators serve a six-month term that ends at 23:59 on June 30. If you've thought about helping out at the Guild, please nominate yourself or any editor you consider suitable—with their permission, of course!. It's your Guild and it doesn't coordinate itself.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers and best seasonal wishes from your GOCE coordinators, Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Tenryuu, and Zippybonzo.

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Sent by Baffle gab1978 via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:26, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Guild of Copy Editors December 2022 Newsletter error

The GOCE December 2022 newsletter, as sent on 9 December, contains an erroneous start date for our December Blitz. The Blitz will start on 11 December rather than on 17 December, as stated in the newsletter. I'm sorry for the mistake and for disrupting your talk page; thanks for your understanding. Sent by Baffle gab1978 via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:30, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Guild of Copy Editors 2022 Annual Report

Guild of Copy Editors 2022 Annual Report
Our 2022 Annual Report is now ready for review.

Highlights:

  • Overview of Backlog-reduction progress
  • Summary of Drives, Blitzes, and the Requests page
  • Membership news and results of elections
  • Closing words
– Your Guild coordinators: Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Zippybonzo
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Sent by Baffle gab1978 using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:30, 6 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Some baklava for you!

some baklava for you! Witsako (talk) 19:10, 28 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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