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October 2015 GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors October 2015 Newsletter September drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 25 editors who signed up, 18 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. October blitz: The one-week October blitz, targeting requests, has just concluded. Of the nine editors who signed up, seven copyedited at least one request; check your talk page for your barnstar! The month-long November drive, focusing on our oldest backlog articles (June, July, and August 2014) and the October requests, is just around the corner. Hope to see you there! Thanks again for your support; together, we can improve the encyclopedia! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, KieranTribe, Miniapolis and Pax85. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Happy Diwali

		Happy Diwali!!!
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Merry Christmas!

Miniapolis is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year! Spread the Christmas cheer by adding {{subst:Xmas3}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Enjoy the course, Simon, and It'll always be good to see you here! Happy New Year and all the best, Anne Miniapolis 19:30, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

Thank you, Anne. Have a wonderful Christmas, and health and happiness in 2016. All the very best, Simon. --Stfg (talk) 14:25, 16 December 2015 (UTC)

Season's Greetings!

Hello Stfg: Enjoy the holiday season and upcoming winter solstice, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 20:26, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

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Wow, that's a jolly one! Thanks, Northamerica1000. I hope you have a great Christmas yourself. Cheers, Simon. --Stfg (talk) 22:45, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

	Merry Christmas!!
	Hello, I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year, Thanks for all your help on the 'pedia!    –Davey2010 Merry Xmas / Happy New Year 17:16, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

And a very merry Christmas to you, Davey2010. --Stfg (talk) 17:43, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks Stfg :) –Davey2010 ^{Merry Xmas / Happy New Year} 19:28, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

78.26's RFA Appreciation award

	The 78.26 RFA Appreciation award
	Thank you for the participation and support at my RFA. It is truly appreciated. I hope to be of further help around here, and if you see me doing something dumb, you know where to find me. Again, I thank you. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 23:47, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Stfg!

Happy New Year!

Stfg,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. –Davey2010 ^{Merry Xmas / Happy New Year} 11:16, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

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Thanks, Davey2010. I wish you health and happiness in 2016 too. --Stfg (talk) 15:04, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

You're welcome and thank you :), Have a great day! :) –Davey2010 ^{Merry Xmas / Happy New Year} 15:07, 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. Newsletter delivered by Jonesey95 via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:41, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for your support

	Peacemaker67 RfA Appreciation award
	Thank you for participating and supporting at my RfA. It was very much appreciated, and I am humbled that the community saw fit to trust me with the tools. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 06:06, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

Guild of Copy Editors April 2016 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors April 2016 Newsletter March drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 28 people who signed up, 21 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. April blitz: The one-week April blitz, again targeting our long requests list, will run from April 17–23. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the requests page. Sign up here! May drive: The month-long May backlog-reduction drive, with extra credit for articles tagged in March, April, and May 2015, and all request articles, begins May 1. Sign up now! 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.

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Possible opinion on matters British

Your user page mentions that you are from the south of England. From your experience in the guild of copy editors could you glance at the article for the British author Jane Austen to see if it is approaching peer review quality for a featured article or perhaps mention what needs attention. Cheers. Fountains-of-Paris (talk) 15:05, 18 May 2016 (UTC)

I'm sorry, Fountains-of-Paris, but that's a very large article and I'm semi-retired from Wikipedia and quite busy IRL. I suggest making a request to the Guild of Copy editors at WP:GOCE/REQ. All the best, --Stfg (talk) 15:53, 18 May 2016 (UTC)

During the last days I did list Jane Austen on GOCE as you suggested above for final review prior to the next peer review upgrade nomination. It appears to have received a response from a young 13-19 year old editor interested in making subjective/objective edits to the article. Maybe you could look at their remark on the Austen Talk page. Is this what you had in mind when you suggested I list the article at GOCE? Cheers. Fountains-of-Paris (talk) 16:11, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

Fountains-of-Paris, I see no reason to presume that teenagers cannot do good copy editing just because they are teenagers. This one's talk page looks to me as if they can write quite well. When new editors work for GOCE, the GOCE coordinators review it. In addition, the Austen page has almost 400 page watchers, so any issues are likely to be spotted pretty quickly. The new editor's "remark" (as you have chosen to call it) on the Austen talk page reflects inexperience of how Wikipedia works, as indeed does your reply. It does not bespeak any inability to do good edits. We all started somewhere, as did you, and as will that editor. The inexperience shown, by the way, is in thinking they needed to ask permission to edit the article. That was polite, but it was quite unnecessary, and it's also unnecessary to ask for your approval before editing the article itself, especially if the intention is simply to copy edit. Having them propose their edits on your talk page first is inappropriate: it smacks of ownership. Since the editor is American, you might like to remind them that the article needs British English. Then let them get on with it, but keep a friendly eye on it. If difficulties arise, ask for help on the GOCE coordinators' talk page. I don't expect to be involved. --Stfg (talk) 20:53, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

Message received and I am open to receiving and reviewing their edits. I have no ownership on the article and only made the suggestion you refer to based on the other editors posting on the Talk page first for the benefit of getting added comments. My own concern is that the new editor appears to have become active at GOCE only a few weeks ago (3-4 weeks ago), and that the editor in question appears not to have GA or FA experience (at least after looking at their full contrib history). Otherwise its really up to the quality of the edits being made there if you feel all else is normal. Fountains-of-Paris (talk) 21:05, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

I understand. We normally do prefer editors to have considerably more experience than this before working for FAC. But that isn't a hard-and-fast rule, of course. I do feel all else is normal, and as you say, what matters is the quality of the edits. Regards, --Stfg (talk) 21:37, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

That all looks fine along with your contacting the editor with helpful notes, though that editor does not appear to be signing in for several days now. I imagine that everyone can wait a few more days though if that editor doesn't sign on at all then maybe you could think of or suggest another GOCE reviewer with peer review experience who might be willing to look at a literature article to get things moving forward. Cheers. Fountains-of-Paris (talk) 14:43, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

Fountains-of-Paris, please can you take this up with the GOCE coordinators at WT:GOCE/COORD. It's not my problem. I've done all I can. --Stfg (talk) 16:29, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Three years ago ...

careful reading
... you were recipient no. 455 of Precious, a prize of QAI!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:23, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for your prose help for Reger's Requiem, - encouraged, I try again, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:12, 21 May 2016 (UTC)

Looking now at Rossini's mass, - in a way a similar piece, a composer's last choral work ;) - The article as I found it (most of it from French WP) is a strange mix of detailed analysis of some movements - too detailed even for my taste - and complete negligence of others (Credo, Agnus Dei). Lack of refs also, and those I keep finding contradict what's written. - I wonder if I should just leave it as it is, or do what? Help? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:48, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

I've had a quick look. I quite like articles to have plenty of analysis, so long as it's properly sourced, and this Rossini work is certainly worth an article. But this article isn't much of a start, is it? As you say, it needs work on sourcing and removal of OR. I won't be able to help, unfortunately. I haven't recovered from my wiki burnout yet, and I'm taking an exam two weeks from today. Best, --Stfg (talk) 22:10, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

After your exam, please look again. With the help of friends, I have now three good journal sources to build on. I still think that some details in the (old) analysis are not only unsourced but also a bit boring. Will sing it in two weeks, third time, first time piano version, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:56, 27 May 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.

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Thanks

I wanted to thank you for supporting my candidacy for assistant coordinator at GOCE, but in spite of searching for a while in the Revision History, I could not find your edit, even though it appears in the list of votes. So, I came here to thank you. Good luck in your course.  – Corinne (talk) 02:26, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

Hi Corinne. I was glad to support your candidacy, and it's me who should thank you for offering your services. I hope you'll enjoy doing it. (The edit in question is the one with the edit summary "sss", standing for three supports). Best wishes, Simon --Stfg (talk) 08:47, 20 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! <<<

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16 July 2016 thank you

16 July 2016

Thank you for GOCE copyediting! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:33, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

No problem, Gerda. --Stfg (talk) 17:33, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

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

28 August 2016 Thank you

Thank you for correcting and amending the Article Donald W. Loveland. You or the unknown editor came up with verifying sources that I would never have found; sources within Duke University. I am impressed. (I would have provided pointers to the sources I suggested in my talk note.) I appreciate the trouble taken to improve the article. WmLovel (talk) 00:27, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

You're most welcome, WmLovel, and thanks for dropping by. It was user NQ who found and added those extra sources. All I did was correct the bibliography as you requested, ant a little bit of reformatting. Kind regards, --Stfg (talk) 09:04, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

Fat Mike

Hey, thank you for approving my correction on Fat Mike's wiki page. Vic — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vicsidious (talk • contribs) 18:12, 2 September 2016 (UTC)

You're very welcome, Vicsidious. --Stfg (talk) 19:30, 2 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! <<<

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Merry Christmas

	Merry Christmas Stfg!!
	Hi Stfg, I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year, Thanks for all your help on the 'pedia!    –Davey2010 Merry Xmas / Happy New Year 22:36, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

Thanks very much davey2010. Top of the season to you, too! --Stfg (talk) 09:47, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

Semi-retired

I'll pop by from time to time, but please understand if it takes some time. --Stfg (talk) 16:43, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

This place will be the worse for your absence. Enjoy watching the swans and all the best, Anne Miniapolis 19:14, 12 October 2016 (UTC)

Thank you Anne :) Simon --Stfg (talk) 19:48, 12 October 2016 (UTC)

Happy holidays!

	Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
	Hope you're enjoying the season. All the best, Miniapolis 17:18, 25 December 2016 (UTC)

Thanks very much Anne. A belated Merry Christmas and a very happy new year to you too. Simon. --Stfg (talk) 10:59, 26 December 2016 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Stfg!

Happy New Year!

Stfg,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
–Davey2010 ^{Merry Xmas / Happy New Year} 13:49, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

   Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

Thanks again, Davey2010. I wish you health, happiness and prosperity for 2017. --Stfg (talk) 15:13, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

You're welcome and thank you :), I won't spam your talkpage again now promise , Anyway have a great New Year anyway :), –Davey2010 ^{Merry Xmas / Happy New Year} 16:08, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

It isn't spam, I assure you, Davey2010, and I love fireworks! Have a great year yourself. --Stfg (talk) 17:09, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

From the archives

Thank you for quality copy-editing, reading carefully, unafraid of long articles, tireless, and for using the phase "enjoyment in Wikipedia" in 2013! With a certain passion --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:59, 14 April 2017 (UTC)

Retired

Hey there. I only just noticed today that you'd semi-retired last year, and then fully retired this month. While I'm sad to see you go, I completely understand how the drama here can get aggravating beyond tolerance levels. Anyway, I just wanted to say I sincerely hope you're well and enjoying life after Wikipedia. Cheers! —Torchiest ^talk_edits 17:28, 28 April 2017 (UTC)

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Super combo listed at Redirects for discussion

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Precious five years!

Precious

Five years!

Miss you, and feel guilty. Peace Day? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:33, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Always precious

Ten years ago, you were found precious. That's what you are, always. We miss you. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:35, 14 April 2023 (UTC)