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Guild of Copy Editors April 2013 events newsletter
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We are a week into Round 3, but it is off to a flying start, with Sven Manguard ( submissions) claiming for the high-importance Portal:Sports and Portal:Geography (which are the first portals ever awarded bonus points in the WikiCup) and Cwmhiraeth ( submissions) claiming for a did you know of sea, the highest scoring individual did you know article ever submitted for the WikiCup. Round 2 saw very impressive scores at close; first place Casliber ( submissions) and second place Sturmvogel_66 ( submissions) both scored over 1000 points; a feat not seen in Round 2 since 2010. This, in part, has been made possible by the change in the bonus points rules, but is also testament to the quality of the competition this year. Pool C and Pool G were most competitive, with three quarters of participants making it to Round 3, while Pool D was the least, with only the top two scorers making it through. The lowest qualifying score was 123, significantly higher than last year's 65, 2011's 41 or even 2010's 100.
The next issue of The Signpost is due to include a brief update on the current WikiCup, comparing it to previous years' competitions. This may be of interest to current WikiCup followers, and may help bring some more new faces into the community. We would also like to note that this round includes an extra competitor to the 32 advertised, who has been added to a random pool. This extra inclusion seems to have been the fairest way to deal with a small mistake made before the beginning of this round, but should not affect the competition in a large way. If you have any questions or concerns about this, please feel free to contact one of the judges.
A rules clarification: content promoted between rounds can be claimed in the round after the break, but not the round before. The case in point is content promoted on 29/30 April, which may be claimed in this round. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn ( talk • email) and The ed17 ( talk • email) 16:22, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
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Hi Wilhelmina. Sorry about that but Davidiad pointed to a slight error on the DYK hook at Template:Did you know nominations/The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus. Through an oversight I used the plural "papyri" in the hook whereas it was supposed to be singular "papyrus". The hook-supporting reference [7] A Companion to Sophocles at the bottom of page 558 actually mentions "papyrus": The Delphi satyrs use the papyrus to make a soccer ball and begin to play a match. I corrected it already and I am informing you so that you can check the slight modification and comment on it. Thank you for your time. Δρ.Κ. λόγος πράξις 12:09, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
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Hello! Now that the recent Request for Comment has been closed, it is time to implement all the proposals that received support. Among those proposals was to conduct a "Recruiter Drive". However, instead of holding a "drive" WikiProject Good articles will be opening a "Recruitment Center". The current task at hand is to develop a system that everyone agrees on in which can be followed when recruiting a potential reviewer. A draft of a possible system can be found
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Thanks for your submission to the April 2013 Copy Edit of the Month contest, and congratulations! For your work on Ash Lieb, you've earned the Gold. Great job! — Torchiest talk edits 14:22, 2 June 2013 (UTC) |
The Modest Barnstar | ||
This barnstar is awarded to Wilhelmina Will for copy editing articles during the Guild of Copy Editors' May 2013 Backlog Elimination Drive. Thank you for participating! Dianna ( talk) 02:53, 3 June 2013 (UTC) |
Hello! Now, some of you might be wondering why there is a Good article icon with a bunch of stars around (to the right). The answer? WikiProject Good articles will be launching a Recruitment Centre very soon! The centre will allow all users to be taught how to review Good article nominations by experts just like you! However, in order for the Recruitment Centre to open in the first place, we need some volunteers:
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Hello! Now, some of you might have already received a similar message a little while ago regarding the Recruitment Centre, so if you have, there is no need to read the rest of this. This message is directed to users who have reviewed over 15 Good article nominations and are not part of
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So for those who haven't heard about the Recruitment Centre yet, you may be wondering why there is a Good article icon with a bunch of stars around it (to the right). The answer? WikiProject Good articles will be launching a Recruitment Centre very soon! The centre will allow all users to be taught how to review Good article nominations by experts just like you! However, in order for the Recruitment Centre to open in the first place, we need some volunteers:
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WikiProject AFC is holding a one month long Backlog Elimination Drive!
The goal of this drive is to eliminate the backlog of unreviewed articles. The drive is running from July 1st, 2013 – July 31st, 2013.
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Congratulations, Wilhelmina Will! You're receiving A brownie (and a patience award :D) because you reviewed 17 articles during the recent AFC Backlog elimination drive! Thank you for you contributions to Wikipedia at-large and helping to keep the backlog down. We hope you continue reviewing submissions and stay in touch at the talk page. Thank you and keep up the good work! Mdann52 ( talk) 13:06, 21 June 2013 (UTC) |
The Minor Barnstar | ||
For copy editing at least one article during the Guild of Copy Editors June 2013 blitz, I hereby award Wilhelmina Will this Minor Barnstar. Thank you very much for participating! Diannaa ( talk) 22:59, 23 June 2013 (UTC) |
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The WikiProject Wikify Trophy | ||
For scoring 1st place on the leaderboard in the June 2013 Wikification Drive, Wilhelmina Will, you are hereby awarded The WikiProject Wikify Trophy. Congratulations! – pjoef ( talk • contribs) 07:23, 1 July 2013 (UTC) |
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For wikifying a total of 204 articles, you are also awarded The Diamond Wikification Barnstar. Thank you, Wilhelmina Will, and keep up the good work! – pjoef ( talk • contribs) 07:23, 1 July 2013 (UTC) |
We are down to our final 16: the 2013 semi-finals are upon us. A score of 321 was required to survive round 3, further cementing this as the most competitive WikiCup yet; round 3 was survived in 2012 with 243 points, in 2011 with 76 points and in 2010 with 250 points. The change may in part be to do with the fact that more articles are now awarded bonus points, in addition to more competitive play. Reaching the final has, in the past, required 573 points (2012, a 135% increase on the score needed to reach round 4), 150 points (2011, a 97% increase) and 417 points (2010, a 72% increase). This round has seen over a third of participants claiming points for featured articles (with seven users claiming for multiple featured articles) and most users have also gained bonus points. However, the majority of points continue to come from good articles, followed by did you know articles. In this round, every content type was utilised by at least one user, proving that the WikiCup brings together content contributors from all corners of the project.
Round 3 saw a number of contributions of note. Figureskatingfan ( submissions) claimed the first featured topic points in this year's competition for her excellent work on topics related to Maya Angelou, the noted American author and poet. We have also continued to see high-importance articles improved as part of the competition: Ealdgyth ( submissions) was awarded a thoroughly well-earned 560 points for her featured article Middle Ages and 102 points for her good article Battle of Hastings. Good articles James Chadwick and Stanislaw Ulam netted Hawkeye7 ( submissions) 102 and 72 points respectively, while 72 points were awarded to Piotrus ( submissions) for each of Władysław Sikorski and Emilia Plater, both recently promoted to good article status. Collaborative efforts between WikiCup participants have continued, with, for example, Casliber ( submissions) and Sasata ( submissions) being awarded 180 points each for their featured article on Boletus luridus.
A rules reminder: content promoted between rounds can be claimed in the round after the break, but not the round before. The case in point is content promoted on the 29/30 June, which may be claimed in this round. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. We are currently seeing concern about the amount of time people have to wait for reviews, especially at GAC- if you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn ( talk • email) and The ed17 ( talk • email) 10:32, 1 July 2013 (UTC)
Hi Wilhelmina Will! Thanks for the barnstars. Best. Way2 veers 05:46, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
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Hi, I'm Forward Unto Dawn. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Bhelatand sijua, and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you. -- Forward Unto Dawn 12:51, 10 July 2013 (UTC)
Hi, The article in question was declined because it sounded like an advertisement. I have tried to change the language to make it neutral. Could you please have a look and let me know if I am on the right track?
Introduction: Praj Industries Ltd. is an engineering company [1], providing process engineering and plant manufacturing services for bioethanol, alcohol, brewery, water and wastewater treatment and industrial bio-based products & processes. [2] [3] [4] [5] Praj provides both first and second-generation bioethanol process development and has developed a pilot plant for producing Ethanol from biomass, which could be any form of agricultural waste, such as wheat and paddy waste, or wood chips. This is an alternative mechanism to produce biofuel from sources other than food crops. [6]
Jagdisha ( talk) 05:20, 11 July 2013 (UTC)
Hi Wilhelmina,
Thanks for reviewing the Medopad article. I've talked to the person who rejected the previous submission and he had only critized the last sentences (with investors and strategic partners), and said if that was fixed the submission should get approved. Also similar companies (tech startups) have articles on Wikipedia that really resemble ads, whereas Medopad's submission has shrunk to a mere 3 sentences which only contain the absolute essentials.
Could you please give me more specific reasons why you rejected the submission so I can fix it?
Best regards and thanks in advance! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.16.224.130 ( talk) 14:51, 11 July 2013 (UTC)
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We're halfway through this year's penultimate round, and the competition is moving along well. Pool A's Sasata ( submissions) currently leads overall, while Pool B's Sturmvogel_66 ( submissions) is second. Both leaders are WikiCup veterans, and both have already scored over 600 points this month. If the round were to end today, Miyagawa ( submissions), with 274 points, would be the lowest-scoring participant to make it through. This indicates that participants will need a score comparable to last year's (573, the highest ever) to qualify for the final. The high scores this year are a testament both to the quality of participants and to the increased focus on significant content (eligible for bonus points) in this year's competition. So far this round, both Sasata and Cwmhiraeth ( submissions) have made up over half of their score through bonus points, with, for example, high importance FA koala earning Sasata a total of 440 points (from a multiplier of 4.4) and high-importance GA sea earning Cwmhiraeth a total of 216 points (from a multiplier of 7.2). Other articles on important topics submitted this round include a featured article on the Norman conquest of England by Ealdgyth ( submissions), and good articles on Nobel laureate in literature Henryk Sienkiewicz, Nobel laureate in physics Hans Bethe, and the noted Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū. These articles are by Piotrus ( submissions), Hawkeye7 ( submissions) and Sturmvogel_66 respectively.
Other than that, there is not much to report! If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn ( talk • email) and The ed17 ( talk • email) 00:00, 1 August 2013 (UTC)
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The Copyeditor's Barnstar | ||
This barnstar is awarded to Wilhelmina Will for copy editing articles totalling over 15,000 words during the GOCE August 2013 Blitz. Your efforts are appreciated. Thanks! Diannaa ( talk) 22:55, 19 August 2013 (UTC) |
Hello, Wilhemina I just see, that you are making Asura genus pages at the moment. Please note, that some (African) species of that genus have recently been classified under Afrasura (the species list on that page is quite up to date).
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The Autograph Book Barnstar | ||
This barnstar hereby acknowledges and appreciates the fact that you signed my Autograph Book, Thanks. --- $oHƎM ❊ আড্ডা 07:31, 24 August 2013 (UTC) |
thanks for signing the autograph book! $oH ƎM❊ আড্ডা 07:31, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
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August Blitz wrap-up
Participation: Out of sixteen people who signed up for this blitz, nine 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 26 articles from the requests queue. Hope to see you at the September drive in a few days! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Torchiest and Torchiest, Baffle gab1978 and Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95 and Jonesey95, and The Utahraptor and The Utahraptor. Sign up for the
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Hello Wilhelmina, could you please wait with making new Arctidae articles? LepIndex is currently unavailable (a couple of days now) and I cannot expand them. I have quite a backlog already... Ruigeroeland ( talk) 07:29, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
WikiProject Fishes Award | |
Thanks for all of your contributions to the WikiProject fishes!!! Ensignricky ( talk) 00:48, 28 August 2013 (UTC) |
This year's final is upon us. Our final eight, in order of last round's score, are:
We say goodbye to eight great participants who did not qualify for the final: Piotrus ( submissions), Figureskatingfan ( submissions), ThaddeusB ( submissions), Dana boomer ( submissions), Status ( submissions), Ed! ( submissions), 12george1 ( submissions), Calvin999 ( submissions). Having made it to this stage is still an excellent achievement, and you can leave with your heads held high. We hope to see you all again next year. Signups are now open for the 2014 WikiCup, which will begin on 1 January. All Wikipedians, whatever their interest or level of experience, are warmly invited to participate in next year's competition.
This last month has seen some incredible contributions; for instance, Cwmhiraeth's Starfish and Ealdgyth's Battle of Hastings—two highly important, highly viewed pages—made it to featured article status. It would be all too easy to focus solely on these stunning achievements at the expense of those participants working in lower-scoring areas, when in fact all WikiCup participants are doing excellent work. A mention of everything done is impossible, but here are a few: Last round saw the completion of several good topics (on the 1958, 1959 and 1962 Atlantic hurricane seasons) to which 12george1 had contributed. Calvin999 saw "S&M" (song), on which he has been working for several years, through to featured article status on its tenth try. Figureskatingfan continued towards her goal of a broad featured/good topic on Maya Angelou, with two featured and four good articles. ThaddeusB contributed significantly to over 20 articles which appeared on the main page's "in the news" section. Adam Cuerden continued to restore a large number of historical images, resulting in over a dozen FP credits this round alone. The WikiCup is not just about top-importance featured articles, and the work of all of these users is worthy of commendation.
Finally, the usual notices: If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn ( talk • email) and The ed17 ( talk • email) 06:18, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
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The WikiProject Wikify Trophy | ||
For scoring the 1st place on the leaderboard during the August 2013 wikification backlog drive, Wilhelmina Will, you are hereby awarded The WikiProject Wikify Trophy. Congratulations! – pjoef ( talk • contribs) 17:18, 3 September 2013 (UTC) |
The Diamond Wikification Barnstar | ||
For wikifying a total of 218 articles, you are also awarded The Diamond Wikification Barnstar. Thank you, Wilhelmina Will! – pjoef ( talk • contribs) 17:18, 3 September 2013 (UTC) |
All the best & happy editing!!! – pjoef ( talk • contribs) 17:18, 3 September 2013 (UTC)
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Hi Wilhelmina.. Man, you keep me busy! You made a lot of articles today.. Could I ask you a favour? Many of these articles are species from the Gelechiidae family. I am working on the European species, but found a good resource in the past. It includes synonyms, distribution and host plants for all Asian species of one of the subfamilies. Would you be interested in using this to create the species mentioned in this in this source? It is located at [1]. If you could please use the category Dichomeridinae and include all synonyms, distribution and host plants, as well as a ref to the source that would be awesome.. See for instance: Dendrophilia tetragama. If youre not into it, no biggie.. But I though this might be up your ally.. Furthermore, if you use this source as a reference, you are guaranteed not to make articles on synonyms.. Thanks! Ruigeroeland ( talk) 11:21, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for taking time to copy edit 2011 Latin American Table Tennis Cup. Thanks a lot, Osplace 03:21, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
Hey, I saw that you are a part of the American Old West group. I nominated an article to FAC that I think would be of interest to you. Below is a real quick summary:
Frederick Russell Burnham -- Born on a Sioux Indian reservation in Minnesota in 1861, he moved to the American Southwest and learned scouting from some of the last of the old cowboys and frontiersmen. After the American frontier closed, Burnham moved to Africa, became Chief of Scouts and a major in British Army, taught scouting to Robert Baden-Powell (founder of the Scouting movement), and was decorated for his heroism by King Edward VII without ever giving up his U.S. citizenship.
I hope you you enjoy the article and we could really use your comments. Please take a look at Burnham's FAC and post a your comments. The article now has four supporters and one opposed. The one person who opposed the FAC refuses to provide any actionable items that we can work on and she also refuses to remove her opposed. If you have any suggestions for improving the article, please post your ideas to Burnham's FAC and I will be happy to get to work on your comments promptly. Thanks! Ctatkinson ( talk) 21:22, 16 September 2013 (UTC)
Hi Wilhelmina, great work on the articles! Since I need to add refs and distribution to all, and you made so made yesterday, could I ask you to wait with the next batch until I am done with these? I wont have much time to edit Wikipedia this weekend and there will be an enormous backlog if you keep making them in this tempo.. :) Thanks! Ruigeroeland ( talk) 15:05, 21 September 2013 (UTC)
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Thanks for your submission to the August 2013 Copy Edit of the Month contest, and congratulations! For your work on Freida Pinto, you've earned the Gold. Keep up the good work! — Torchiest talk edits 22:19, 5 October 2013 (UTC) |
Hi Wilhelmina, I just noticed you use the category Arctiini for all your new stubs. This is wrong in most cases however.. Could you either use the correct category for your new pages, or use the main category (Arctiidae)? I am not going back to correct this for all articles, since I do not have time to do this at the moment. If you would be willing to do that, that would be great. If not, we will have to pick this up later.. Cheers! Ruigeroeland ( talk) 11:18, 9 October 2013 (UTC)
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Hi Wilhelmina, could I ask you to slow the creation again until I have time to catch up? I anticipate I wont have too much time this weekend..! Thanks and keep up the good work! Ruigeroeland ( talk) 17:39, 19 October 2013 (UTC)
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Volume 1, Issue 1, October 2013
by The Interior ( talk · contribs), Ocaasi ( talk · contribs)
Greetings Wikipedia Library members! Welcome to the inaugural edition of Books and Bytes, TWL’s monthly newsletter. We're sending you the first edition of this opt-in newsletter, because you signed up, or applied for a free research account: HighBeam, Credo, Questia, JSTOR, or Cochrane. To receive future updates of Books and Bytes, please add your name to the subscriber's list. There's lots of news this month for the Wikipedia Library, including new accounts, upcoming events, and new ways to get involved...
New positions: Sign up to be a Wikipedia Visiting Scholar, or a Volunteer Wikipedia Librarian
Wikipedia Loves Libraries: Off to a roaring start this fall in the United States: 29 events are planned or have been hosted.
New subscription donations: Cochrane round 2; HighBeam round 8; Questia round 4... Can we partner with NY Times and Lexis-Nexis??
New ideas: OCLC innovations in the works; VisualEditor Reference Dialog Workshop; a photo contest idea emerges
News from the library world: Wikipedian joins the National Archives full time; the Getty Museum releases 4,500 images; CERN goes CC-BY
Announcing WikiProject Open: WikiProject Open kicked off in October, with several brainstorming and co-working sessions
New ways to get involved: Visiting scholar requirements; subject guides; room for library expansion and exploration
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