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Happy editing! Kleuske (talk) 14:14, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

Twinkle

Hello! I noticed that you have been active in counter-vandalism activities. I recommend using Twinkle to help you with reverting edits and warning users. Thanks for your work! --*Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page ♮ 22:56, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

List of rural localities in Khakassia ‎No edit summary Tag: Reverted

Hi, I have corrected mistake (deleted it) in a descriptive intro for list of rural localities of Khakassia there is inserted summary description about Khabarovsk Krai, which is different federal subject from Khakassia, though both are located in Russia, geographically and administratively they are not the same EgorovaSvetlana (talk) 20:21, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

My mistake. It seems I need to read category descriptions more carefully. Thanks for letting me know! Quid Est Squid (talk) 20:26, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

RE:February 2022

Hi, I saw your message and I'm not entirely sure how to prove credibility. I'm Eric Weiner's daughter and I wanted to spruce up his Wikipedia page. I guess my reliable source is myself? Son.mw (talk) 04:28, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

Hi Son.mw! Sorry for not getting back to you sooner. Unfortunately, while I think you're telling the truth, I have no way to verify that. Therefore, until information about his birthday and spouse is published in a reliable third-party source, I'm afraid it shouldn't be added to the article. Quid Est Squid (talk) 14:41, 28 February 2022 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

For quickly reverting vandalism on Daniel Daneshvar.

Trulio Drulio (talk) 14:24, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

Glounthane topic changes

You removed my addition to the glounthane page I was wondering why? Chiller Brolan (talk) 13:56, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

Hi Chiller Brolan! The content you added had no citation, and it shouldn't be placed in the title section of the infobox. Quid Est Squid (talk) 14:15, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

I did not intend for it to be in the title section. The information is accurate and helpful coming from someone from the area Chiller Brolan (talk) 14:17, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

@Chiller Brolan: Unfortunately, information we add to Wikipedia articles must be published in a reliable source, not just based on hearsay. Quid Est Squid (talk) 14:47, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam

Your "copyedits for tone and clarity" essentially reverted some painstaking copyediting, for which (among other issues) the page was tagged. Please be more careful, or more accurate in your edit summary. Miniapolis 20:07, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

Oh no, I'm sorry! I didn't realize the page was already being edited. I'll be more careful (and more specific). Quid Est Squid (talk) 23:05, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

No apology needed; I find that it's helpful to check the page history to see if anyone else is doing something substantial at the moment. It's a long article and needs a fair amount of work, but it's an important topic and I'm working on it as part of the GOCE's March drive. Looks like you'll have fun with Anthony Perkins . All the best, Miniapolis 02:44, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

Anthony Perkins

Thanks for the copy edit!—ukexpat (talk) 18:22, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

Agrippona the Younger - March 2022

Hello, I removed the sourched content since the new Antium article, which I created, already give that information: I added the sourched content several years ago, but now we no longer need it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.170.105.20 (talk) 10:37, 15 March 2022 (UTC)

I see. Thanks for explaining that to me. Quid Est Squid (talk) 12:57, 15 March 2022 (UTC)

Nero

Hello, in the article of Nero I would suggest to redirect the place of birth of this emperor to the new article, Antium - instead of Anzio - and in addiction I would suggest to remove (modern Anzio): since modern Anzio, but also nearby Nettuno, are in close correlation with Antium.

Regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.170.120.111 (talk) 19:59, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

Neonatal lupus erythematosus

Hi! I noticed you reverted one of my edits on the neonatal lupus erythematosus page and then undid it since it was a class assignment. Here is my clarification on my changes for the lead. A mother just has to have the antibodies for an infant to be born with neonatal lupus, the mother doesn't necessarily need to have SLE. My edits specified that distinction. I should have explained why I made those changes. Thanks! Spikeandwave (talk) 18:28, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation, @Spikeandwave:! Quid Est Squid (talk) 20:48, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

Francesco Datini

Reverted your revert on my contribution on further reading (sheer coincidence that I stumbled upon your yesterday's edit, went to the article for s.th. else). Let me explain why I find this tip on reading adequate: Whoever consults a wikipedia article will probably not be an expert on the respective subject. Anyone interested in Datini, who, not being a professional Reniassance historian, wants to learn more, is very definitely best off by reading Origo's book. It's THE classic on the topic. Promotion unnessecary (Whoever would "promote" the bible ?). So if you consider certain aspects/details of the language I used to be inadequate for wikipedia, please try to edit a little instead of kiccking the entire thing out. Greetings.--MistaPPPP (talk) 03:21, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

Ah, okay. My apologies; I'm definitely not an expert in Renaissance history, and I'll defer to your knowledge of the topic. Thanks for your explanation. Quid Est Squid (talk) 13:01, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

TheTopazRuby

(In response of the User page) Hello! I'm so sorry and thank you so much for letting me know. What can I put on my user page? I have confirmed with my parents it is okay as long as it is not too specific/too personal (like very personal things which I have never posted online). Thank you very much for bringing this to my attention and I appreciate it. I've been on Wikipedia for a long time, and I do definitely enjoy it! — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheTopazRuby (talk • contribs) 21:52, 18 March 2022 (UTC)

Hi TheTopazRuby! No need to apologize, I just wanted to make sure you were aware. A full explanation of what you can put on your user page is here. Have a great day! Quid Est Squid (talk) 21:57, 18 March 2022 (UTC)

Sorry!

I reverted without realising it's your talkpage, thinking it was an article talkpage, apologies. Captainllama (talk) 12:59, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

No, that's alright! I had actually just decided to remove it. Thank you! Quid Est Squid (talk) 13:01, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

A barnstar for ya!

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		This is for your swiftness in keeping those vandals away. Congrats. Volten001 talk 14:56, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

Wow, thank you so much! Quid Est Squid (talk) 15:00, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

Most welcome. Glad you liked it Volten001 ^☎ 13:39, 31 March 2022 (UTC)

March drive bling

		Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Total Words, 5th Place
		This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Quid Est Squid for copyediting 23,824 total words during the GOCE March 2022 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Miniapolis 20:24, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

		Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Long Articles, 3rd Place
		This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Quid Est Squid for copyediting 3 long articles during the GOCE March 2022 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Miniapolis 20:24, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

		Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Old Articles, 4th Place
		This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Quid Est Squid for copyediting 3 old articles during the GOCE March 2022 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Miniapolis 20:24, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

		Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Longest Article, 2nd Place
		This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Quid Est Squid for copyediting one of the five longest articles – 18,901 words – during the GOCE March 2022 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Miniapolis 20:24, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

		The (old school) League of Copy Editors Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to Quid Est Squid for copy edits totaling over 30,000 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE March 2022 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Miniapolis 20:24, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

Hello Quid!

I'm new to Wikipedia and still leaning and also I need more to add to the page you've just deleted. Bwakia (talk) 12:58, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

Hi Bwakika! Looks like that page still exists in draftspace (Draft:Betty Wakia). I recommend checking that your subject meets the criteria outlined at Wikipedia:Notability (people) and adding citations to reliable, independent sources. Additionally, if you are Betty Wakia, you should know that it's strongly discouraged to write an article about yourself on Wikipedia. Quid Est Squid (talk) 13:23, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

GOCE April 2022 newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors April 2022 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the April newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since December 2021. Election results: Jonesey95 retired as lead coordinator. Reidgreg was approved to fill this role after an 18-month absence from the coordinator team, and Baffle gab1978 was chosen as an assistant coordinator following a one-year break. Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Tenryuu continued on as long-standing assistant coordinators. January Drive: Of the 22 editors who signed up, 16 editors claimed 146 copy edits including 45 requests. (details) February Blitz: This one-week effort focused on requests and a theme of Africa and African diaspora history. Of the 12 editors who signed up, 6 editors recorded 21 copy edits, including 4 requests. (details) March Drive: Of the 28 editors who signed up, 18 claimed 116 copy edits including 25 requests. (details) April Blitz: This one-week copy editing event has been scheduled for 17–23 April, sign up now! Progress report: As of 11 April, copy editors have removed approximately 500 articles from the backlog and completed 127 copy-editing requests during 2022. The backlog has been hovering at about 1,100 tagged articles for the past six months. 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 To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Italian Civil War

Hi Quid Est Squid, what's the status of your copy-edit of Italian Civil War as you accepted at the Guild of Copy Editors Requests page? Please let us know if you wish to continue your c/e of the article, otherwise I'll mark the request  Partly done and re-open it to others to complete. Thanks for your work on the article. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 02:24, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

Hi Baffle gab1978, I plan to finish the c/e within the next few days. Thanks for checking in. Quid Est Squid (talk) 13:04, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

No problem; I'll amend my note at the request. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 00:19, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

June 2022

The next time you revert vandalism before me, I will be awarding you a barnstar without further notice. Dinosaur TrexXX33 (chat?) 17:57, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

May drive bling

		Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Long Articles, 5th Place
		This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Quid Est Squid for copyediting 2 long articles during the GOCE May 2022 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Miniapolis 02:14, 10 June 2022 (UTC)

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to Quid Est Squid for copy edits totaling over 20,000 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE May 2022 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Miniapolis 02:14, 10 June 2022 (UTC)

recent revision on "neopronoun"

Good afternoon

Recently I made an edit to which you were quick to revise, stating that a stance of neutrality is necessary on wikipedia. However, such a page contains information which may mislead people into unintentionally harming the trans community. I simply made a revision based on current research and understandings of what neopronouns are and how they negatively affect trans people. As you are in favor of LGBT+ rights, I'd hope you'd not wish to contribute further to the silencing of real trans people

Thanks!

135.26.66.46 (talk) 17:37, 10 June 2022 (UTC)

Hi 135...46; thanks for raising your concerns. I had no transphobic intent in my revert, and I'm very sorry that it may have come off that way. I take issue only with your addition of 'harmful' to the lead; for those that sincerely prefer them, it's the refusal to use neopronouns that's harmful. The concept of 'real trans people' is a difficult one. People who use neopronouns usually identify as a different gender than their assigned-at-birth one, so wouldn't that make them trans as well? There are those who use neopronouns in bad faith, and such use of neopronouns is undoubtedly harmful, but I don't think a few bad apples should rot the whole neopronoun barrel.

I may not be understanding the problem clearly enough, so if you have any corrections, please let me know. Quid Est Squid (talk) 18:02, 10 June 2022 (UTC)

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Unnecessaryl showing wast knowledge of internet

Sorry , but it's true 2409:4042:E8B:1865:623F:1336:33F0:9857 (talk) 13:02, 15 June 2022 (UTC)

Hi IP. Is this about your additions to Umarga? If so, while it may be true that the city's schools attract students from nearby villages, you didn't provide a reliable source for this. If you can find and insert a reliable, independent source for this, I have no objection to restoring the content; in fact, I'd be glad to see it. Quid Est Squid (talk) 13:09, 15 June 2022 (UTC)

Guild of Copy Editors' October 2022 newsletter

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Guild of Copy Editors April 2024 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors April 2024 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the April 2024 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since December. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. We extend a warm welcome to all of our new members. We wish you all happy copy-editing. Election results: In our December 2023 coordinator election, Zippybonzo stepped down as coordinator; we thank them for their service. Incumbents Dhtwiki and Miniapolis were reelected coordinators, and Wracking was newly elected coordinator, to serve through 30 June. Nominations for our mid-year Election of Coordinators will open on 1 June (UTC). Drive: 46 editors signed up for our January Backlog Elimination Drive, 32 of whom claimed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 289 articles totaling 626,729 words. Barnstars awarded are here. Blitz: 23 editors signed up for our February Copy Editing Blitz. 18 claimed at least one copy-edit and between them, they copy-edited 100,293 words in 32 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. Drive: 53 editors signed up for our March Backlog Elimination Drive, 34 of whom claimed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 300 articles totaling 587,828 words. Barnstars awarded are here. Blitz: Sign up for our April Copy Editing Blitz, which runs from 14 to 20 April. Barnstars will be awarded here. Progress report: As of 23:17, 11 April 2024 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 109 requests since 1 January 2024, and the backlog stands at 2,480 articles. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from Baffle gab1978 and your GOCE coordinators Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Wracking. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

Guild of Copy Editors June 2024 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2024 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the June 2024 newsletter, a quarterly-ish digest of Guild activities since April. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. Election news: Wanted: new Guild coordinators! If you value and enjoy the GOCE, why not help out behind the scenes? Nominations for our mid-year coordinator election are now open until 23:59 on 15 June (UTC). Self-nominations are welcome. Voting commences at 00:01 on 16 June and continues until 23:50 on 30 June. Results will be announced at the election page. Blitz: Nine of the fourteen editors who signed up for the April 2024 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 55,853 words comprising twenty articles. Barnstars awarded are available here. Drive: 58 editors signed up for our May 2024 Backlog Elimination Drive and 33 of those completed at least one copy edit. 251 articles and 475,952 words were copy edited. Barnstars awarded are here. Blitz: Our June 2024 Copy Editing Blitz will begin on 16 June and finish on 22 June. Barnstars awarded will be posted here. Progress report: As of 05:23, 8 June 2024 (UTC) , GOCE copyeditors have completed 161 requests since 1 January and the backlog stands at 2,779 articles. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from Baffle gab1978 and your GOCE coordinators Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Wracking. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

Guild of Copy Editors September Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors September Newsletter Hello and welcome to the September newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since June. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. Election news: Project coordinators play an important role in our WikiProject. Following the mid-year Election of Coordinators, we welcomed Mox Eden to the coordinator team. Dhtwiki remains as Lead Coordinator, and Miniapolis and Wracking returned as assistant coordinators. If you'd like to help out behind the scenes, please consider taking part in our December election – watchlist our ombox for updates. Information about the role of coordinators can be found here. Blitz: 13 of the 24 editors who signed up for the June 2024 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 169,404 words comprising 41 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. Drive: 38 of the 59 editors who signed up for the July 2024 Backlog Elimination Drive copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 482,133 words comprising 293 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. Blitz: 10 of the 15 editors who signed up for the August 2024 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 71,294 words comprising 31 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. Drive: Sign up here to earn barnstars in our month-long, in-progress September Backlog Elimination Drive. Progress report: As of 05:14, 11 September 2024 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 233 requests since 1 January, and the backlog of tagged articles stands at 2,824 articles. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we do without you! Cheers from Baffle gab1978 and your GOCE coordinators Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Mox Eden and Wracking. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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