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Copy editor wanted (no time pressure or deadlines active)

Hi there, Allens. How's it going? Hope you're doing well and your students don't drive you crazy :) I remember you were interested in copy editing the fluorine article. Well, I think I'm done with the content changes, there are only minor ref style issues remain, on which I'm working now, so think I could reserve you as a potential copy editor. There's no near deadline. That means, if you are still interested in doing it when you are free, just say that, so I'll have it in mind. It's an interesting article (Another editor did about half the work on it, if not more), even though big. I am satisfied with it. Much has been done. The diner's ready, it's only for us to serve it. And that one could go on you. So, what would you say? (Again, there are no time limits)--R8R Gtrs (talk) 19:59, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 01 October 2012

Paid editing: Does Wikipedia Pay? The Founder: Jimmy Wales

News and notes: Independent review of UK chapter governance; editor files motion against Wikitravel owners

Featured content: Mooned

Technology report: WMF and the German chapter face up to Toolserver uncertainty

WikiProject report: The Name's Bond... WikiProject James Bond

WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - October 2012

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GOCE September 2012 drive wrap-up

Guild of Copy Editors September 2012 backlog elimination drive wrap-up

Participation: Out of 41 people who signed up this drive, 28 copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

Progress report: We achieved our primary goal of clearing July, August, September and October 2011 from the backlog. This means that, for the first time since the drives began, the backlog is less than a year. At least 677 tagged articles were copy edited, although 365 new ones were added during the month. The total backlog at the end of the month was 2341 articles, down from 8323 when we started out over two years ago. We completed all 54 requests outstanding before September 2012 as well as eight of those made in September.

Copy Edit of the Month: Voting is now over for the August 2012 competition, and prizes will be issued soon. The September 2012 contest is closed for submissions and open for voting. The October 2012 contest is now open for submissions. Everyone is welcome to submit entries and to vote.

– Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest.

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Thank you

		Military history reviewers' award
		By order of the Military history WikiProject coordinators, for your good work on Peer, A-Class and Featured Article reviews of Military history project articles for the period Jul–Sep 12, I hereby award you this Military history WikiProject Reviewers' award. AustralianRupert (talk) 07:11, 7 October 2012 (UTC) Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste `{{WPMILHIST Review alerts}}` to your user space

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The Signpost: 08 October 2012

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The Signpost: 15 October 2012

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GOCE fall newsletter

Fall Events from the Guild of Copy Editors

The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in its events:

The October 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is currently in the submissions stage. Submit your best October copy edit there before the end of the month. Submissions end, and discussion and voting begin, on November 1 at 00:00 (UTC).
Voting is in progress for the September 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest. Everyone is welcome to vote, whether they have entered the contest or not.
NEW!! In the week from Sunday 21 October to Saturday 27 October, we are holding a Project Blitz, in which we will copy edit articles tagged with {{copyedit}} belonging to selected project(s). For the first blitz, we'll start with WikiProject Olympics and WikiProject Albums and add more Projects to the blitz as we clear them. The blitz works much like our bimonthly drives, but a bit simpler. Everyone is welcome to take part, and barnstars will be awarded.
November 2012 Backlog elimination drive is a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on November 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on November 30 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to copy edit all articles tagged in 2011 and to complete all requests placed before the end of October. 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 2011", and "Longest article". We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest.

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The Signpost: 22 October 2012

Special report: Examining adminship from the German perspective

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The Signpost: 29 October 2012

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Cheers! :) Like my singing? Ha-la-la-la-la-la-LA-LAAA!!! (talk) 23:20, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

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