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GOCE drive newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors March 2011 backlog elimination drive report Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors March 2011 Backlog elimination drive. Thank you for participating in the March 2011 drive! This newsletter summarizes the March drive and other recent events. Participation GOCE March 2011 backlog elimination drive progress graphs There were 99 signups for the drive; of these, 70 participated. Interest was high mainly due to a link to our event from the Watchlist page. We had a record-breaking 84 articles listed on the Requests page in March; 11 of these have been promoted to Good article status so far. Several of our recent efforts have received Featured Article status as well, and the GOCE is becoming a solid resource for the Wikipedia community. Many thanks to editors who have been helping out at the Requests page and by copy editing articles from the backlog. Progress report Remarkable progress was made in reducing the backlog this month, as we now have fewer than 500 articles remaining from 2009. We are well under the 4,000-article mark for the total number remaining in the queue. Since our backlog drives began in May 2010 with 8,323 articles, we have cleared more than 53% of the backlog. A complete list of results and barnstars awarded can be found here. Barnstars will be distributed over the next week. If you enjoyed participating in our event, you may also like to join the Wikification drives, which are held on alternate months to our drives. Their April drive has started. New coodinators On March 21, SMasters appointed Chaosdruid (talk) and Torchiest (talk) as Guild coordinators to serve in place of The Utahraptor, who recently stepped down. Please feel free to contact any coordinator if you have any questions or need assistance. Your drive coordinators – S Masters (talk), Diannaa (Talk) and Tea with toast (Talk)

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GOCE barnstar

		The Cleanup Barnstar
		For copy editing 18 articles with a total of 12,099 words during the Guild of Copy Editors' March 2011 Backlog elimination drive. Thanks for all your contributions! SMasters (talk) 04:56, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Girard college logo.jpg

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Thanks for uploading File:Girard college logo.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of "file" pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Skier Dude2 (talk) 04:03, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

The image is no longer orphaned. --DThomsen8 (talk) 15:33, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

Plymouth, Pennsylvania

Wow - that is really long. I ran a Google search on one phrase but did not find any close matches (for copyvio). I am pretty busy IRL and do not have a lot of time here, but will see what I can do over the next month or so. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 02:31, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Really long, over 25,000 prose words for a town of less than 10,000. There are numerous opportunities to put material into new articles, and just have a brief mention in this article. --DThomsen8 (talk) 02:35, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Ask and it shall be given

Well the photo anyway. I'll do more later. It's a bit of a strange place, but you'd never forget a visit. Brandywine Museum, Chadds Ford Historical Society, Brandywine Battlefield just a few minutes away. BTW, do you think I should go ahead with the Philly Wikinic proposal? One thing we could discuss is the 2012 Washington DC Wikimania Conference. Back tonight. Smallbones (talk) 16:41, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

I suppose from that reply that you have been to that museum. It does sound good to me, but right now I am busy with both my civic association and political activities. --DThomsen8 (talk) 16:59, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Dash Script

What's going on? You're messing up pages like Fossa_(animal) and Mongoose with your script!  FrostedΔ14  01:27, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

Please tell me just what is being messed up, because I do not see it. I am using someone else's script, which you can see in the history, so if there is a problem, you should tell me details so I can follow up.--DThomsen8 (talk) 14:23, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

Have a look at the bottom of the Description section here [1] and in the Anatomy section here [2] Look for the big red "Failed to parse (lexing error)..." I don't know if the Template:DentalFormula can be easily modified or if it's better to modify the scrip. For now I think it best to check the results after using the script. Regards,  FrostedΔ14  23:37, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

I suspect this is a problem with the template as the hyphen should really be an ndash when it is used in a range, 3–4. It could also be that the hyphen is being used to denote "or", i.e. 3 or 4, and is not really a problem with the script as it converts hyphens into dashes as per MoS.

There does not seem to be any particular method in the template documentation for using a hyphen or the word "or", but I have just tested it and using "or" works, although it is not perhaps as elegant.

3.1.3 or 4.13.1.3 or 4.1 Chaosdruid (talk) 18:05, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your input. Please see further discussion here User_talk:GregU#Dash_Script_Bug_-_DentalFormula  FrostedΔ14  21:59, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Glenelg High School

Nice edit, if I do say so myself.Queenmomcat (talk) 01:34, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

Somebody gave me some good hints. The Tech HS is not so easy. I put myself on the leader board, but how long I will be there is doubtful. --DThomsen8 (talk) 12:33, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

Elizabethtown

Oops, sorry about that. Your work with project assessments is greatly appreciated, though. ​​​​​​​​Niagara ​​^{Don't give up the ship} 15:28, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Wheaton College

There is an AFD to delete College Church.I.Casaubon (talk) 17:11, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Yes, I see that from the ARS list. I will comment. --DThomsen8 (talk) 15:22, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

Royal Oman Police

Hey I have noticed that you ended up giving a review to the page - Muttrah, and changes to Oman. I have put up a request for peer review of Royal Oman Police from nearly 2 months to 3 months. If you can, then do give it a review, thats all I am asking--Pranav (talk) 03:29, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

My contributions to Oman articles were related to the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Geographic.org discussion. The Royal Oman Police article is a very good start. I changed the talk page templates, and added Law Enforcement to the other two templates. Right now, I am busy with personal activities, but perhaps I can do more for you after May 17. --DThomsen8 (talk) 12:05, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

Civility

I appreciate your concerns about "civility" but imagine somebody nominates 2500 of your articles for deletion without telling you and then implies you are a lying about something. Are you going to going to be singing from the rooftops and inviting our dear comrades in for a cup of tea and cucumber sandwich? AFDs get heated when certain comments and and advice is given, you know this, so posting a "civil" section, even if in good humour really is not helping. Thank you BTW for your Oman work, at least you are doing something constructive unlike others.. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:15, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

Just because someone calls you names does not mean you have to call them names. Yes, mass AfD discussions can be heated. I added the section to try to turn down the heat. I was in a mass AfD discussion about Roman Catholic Churches in Connecticut, and that was quite heated, too, and there was a much more complex discussion page than this one. I hope for some compromise, or extension of time by the administrator, but meanwhile, work on articles is better than AfD commenting. I suppose that your efforts are reducing the category count, but I am not quite clear about how that happens. --DThomsen8 (talk) 15:08, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

CDP

I noticed you said you created a CDP article. In theory all CDPs should have been created by Rambot, I wonder if you know why this one was missed? Rich Farmbrough, 00:35, 15 May 2011 (UTC).

Pardon my poor memory, but please tell me the circumstances, as I do not remember doing that. --DThomsen8 (talk) 00:52, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

GOCE drive update

Guild of Copy Editors May 2011 backlog elimination drive update Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors May 2011 Backlog elimination drive! Here is your mid-drive newsletter. Participation GOCE May 2011 backlog elimination drive progress graphs So far, 54 people have signed up for the drive, and 33 are actively participating. If you signed up for the drive but have not participated yet, it's not too late! Try to copy edit at least a few articles. Remember, if you have rollover words from the last drive, you will lose them if you do not participate in this drive. If you have not signed up for the drive yet, you can sign up now. If you have questions about getting started, feel free to talk to us. Many thanks to those editors who have been helping out at the Requests page. We currently have 17 articles awaiting edit. Progress report We are making slow progress on achieving our target of reducing the overall backlog by 15%; in order to accomplish this goal we will need to complete about 400 more articles. However, we are making good progress on the 2009 backlog, as we have eliminated over half of the articles from 2009 that were present at the start of the drive. Let's concentrate our fire power on the remaining months from 2009; leaderboard awards will be handed out for 2009 articles this drive. Thank you for participating in the May 2011 drive. We hope it will be another success! Your drive coordinators – S Masters (talk), Diannaa (Talk), Tea with toast, Chaosdruid, and Torchiest

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Great American Wiknic in Philly

Hi! Can you create a Philly meetup page with the Wiknic info?--Pharos (talk) 19:41, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

New Brunswick Curling Association

Thank you for rescuing this article! Cheers, Ebikeguy (talk) 22:39, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Four Corners Monument

Re [3], Nevada???? Consider yourself trouted. =-) Dave (talk) 16:39, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

Kristiansand - Bridges Question

Please bear with me if I am not doing this right (I'm quite new at this, have mostly just done article edits re. typo's before). I have never tried to ask another person on Wikipedia a question/left them a message before... Anyway, when I was doing some edits today re. the population in Kristiansand, Norway, I posted some questions in the discussions section (or on the talk pages???) and while there, noticed that you, nearly 2 years ago, had asked a question regarding bridges in Kristiansand - and you still had not got an answer (!). Since I have lived all my life here, I thought the least I could do, was to answer your question (about time!). You can find the answer here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Kristiansand#Bridges_in_Kristiansand . Hope it contains all the information you were looking for! If not, please don't hesitate to ask again - I'll try my best! Sorry for all the brackets in the answer, hope it does not make it too "fragmented", it was my attempt at explaining as best I could...

Just wanted to let you know, so you can go have a look! :)

Peapeam (talk) 03:25, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

Long time, no ...

Dt,

Please consider signing in as a representative for Philly at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_United_States_Chapters_Council . This will just give us an input if anything gets started in general with this. It's about time to finalize the picnic place. Are you still up for it? Can you recommend a nice place. I do have lots of things that many editors might be interested in: GLAMCamp, the Public Art Project, QR codes. In any case I'll contact individual editors soon. All the best. Smallbones (talk) 18:13, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Do you think we should pick a place in the city (Fairmount Park), or do you think a suburban location would be better? I tend to favor the city, but of course I live here. --DThomsen8 (talk) 00:00, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

I'd prefer the city, probably Fairmont Park, but where in Fairmont Park is the best? Smallbones (talk) 01:23, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

GOCE drive newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors May 2011 backlog elimination drive report Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors May 2011 Backlog elimination drive. Thank you for participating! Participation GOCE May 2011 backlog elimination drive progress graphs There were 63 signups for the drive; of these, 45 participated. Although we did not award a bonus for articles from the Requests page this drive, we are not experiencing lengthy delays in getting the articles processed. Many thanks to editors who have been helping out at the Requests page and by copy editing articles from the backlog. Progress report During the month of May we reduced the backlog by approximately 10%, and made remarkable progress on eliminating articles tagged from 2009. There are now only 15 articles left, down from the 415 that were present when the drive started. Since our backlog drives began in May 2010 with 8,323 articles, we have cleared more than 54% of the backlog. A complete list of results and barnstars awarded can be found here. Barnstars will be distributed over the next week. If you enjoyed participating in our event, you may also like to join the Wikification drives, which are held on alternate months to our drives. Their June drive has started. Coodinator election The six-month term for our first tranche of Guild coordinators will be expiring at the end of June. We will be accepting nominations for the second tranche of coordinators, who will also serve a six-month term. Nominations will open starting on June 5. For complete information, please have a look at the election page. Please feel free to contact any coordinator if you have any questions or need assistance. Your project coordinators are S Masters (talk), Diannaa (Talk), Tea with toast (Talk), Chaosdruid (talk), and Torchiest (talk).

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May barnstar

		The Modest Barnstar
		This Modest barnstar is awarded to Dthomsen8 for copy edits of over 4,000 words in the May 2011 copy edit drive. Thank you for your participation! Diannaa (Talk) 01:29, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

Philadelphia B&O Railroad Bridge

Any chance your article on the Philadelphia B&O Railroad Bridge will be going live soon? I'm considering a commons category for it. ----DanTD (talk) 19:14, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Which article are you talking about? List of crossings of the Schuylkill River includes the B&O Railroad Bridge near Gray's Ferry Avenue, or the abandoned PW&B Railroad Bridge, which is just upstream from the B&O Railroad Bridge? --DThomsen8 (talk) 21:53, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

It was the B&O Railroad Bridge near Gray's Ferry Avenue. I didn't realize you already had a live article for it. I found another version in your sandbox tonight. ----DanTD (talk) 05:02, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Tell me about the category on Wikimedia Commons. I have a lot of bridge pictures there, mostly Philadelphia bridges. --DThomsen8 (talk) 12:18, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Well, right now, the categories include "Bridges in Philadelphia," and "Bridges over the Schuylkill River," and if I create a cat just for this bridge, it will contain more images than the two sub-categories in "Bridges over the Schuylkill River." Having said that, I think I'll make a cat for the PW&B Railroad Bridge as well. ----DanTD (talk) 22:19, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

UPDATE - I've changed my mind about the PW&B Bridge. I think the next cat I create is going to be for the Vine Street Expressway Bridge. ----DanTD (talk) 23:17, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

WikiProject United States History

Greetings, It was recently suggested that WikiProject United States History might be inactive or semiactive and that it might be beneficial to include it in the list of projects supported by WikiProject United States.

I have started a discussion and will contact each of the active members for their comments and input on the suggestion. Please take a moment and add your comments to the discussion or feel free to contact me if you have any questions. --Kumioko (talk) 19:43, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

You're invited to the New York Wiknic!

You could be having this much fun! Seriously, consider coming.

This message is being sent to inform you of a Wikipedia picnic that is being held in your area next Saturday, June 25. From 1 to 8 PM or any time in between, join your fellow volunteers for a get together at Norman's Landscape (directions) in Manhattan's Central Park.

Take along your friends (newbies permitted), your family and other free culture enthusiasts! You may also want to pack a blanket, some water or perhaps even a frisbee.

If you can, share what you're bringing at the discussion page.

Also, please remember that this is the picnic that anyone can edit so bring enough food to share!

To subscribe to future events, follow the mailing list or add your username to the invitation list. BrownBot (talk) 19:04, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

Philly Wikinic

Meet at the Azalea Park, behind the Museum of Art 1-5 pm 39.968068°N 75.182962°W / 39.968068; -75.182962 Smallbones (talk) 15:24, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

There's actually a fair amount of interest coming in from different directions (twitter even), but people just don't have a place to see the details and sign up. If you just put down a specific place and time at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Philadelphia/Wiknic, you'll be all set, considering the major banner publicity that's already been set up.--Pharos (talk) 13:10, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

You're invited to the Philadelphia Wiknic!

In the Azalea Garden, just behind the Philadelphia Museum of Art, near the Fairmount Water Works Sign up at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Philadelphia/Wiknic#Interested_Wikipedians.

This message is being sent to inform you of a Wikipedia picnic that is being held in your area this Saturday, June 25. From 1 to 5 PM or any time in between, join your fellow volunteers for a get together in the Azalea Garden, just behind the Philadelphia Museum of Art 39.96801°N 75.183156°W / 39.96801; -75.183156

Take along your friends (newbies permitted), your family and other free culture enthusiasts! You may also want to pack a blanket, some water or perhaps even a frisbee.

If you can, share what you're bringing at the discussion page.

Also, please remember that this is the picnic that anyone can edit so bring enough food to share!

Smallbones (talk) 16:51, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

Nice photo! It'll be good to see you again. I'm slightly hobbled right now, so won't be playing much frisbee, but there should be lots to talk about. If it stays hot, make sure to bring some lemonade or such. Smallbones (talk) 03:02, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

US National Archives collaboration

United States National Archives WikiProject

Would you like to help improve Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to the National Archives and its incredible collection? This summer, the National Archives—which houses some of America's most important historical documents—is hosting me as its Wikipedian in Residence, and I have created WP:NARA to launch these efforts. There are all sorts of tasks available for any type of editor, whether you're a writer, organizer, gnome, coder, or image guru. The National Archives is making its resources available to Wikipedia, so help us forge this important relationship! Please sign up and introduce yourself. Dominic·t 15:22, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Pittsburgh activity

Wikipedia:WikiProject Pittsburgh is rolling out some new features (see our discussions at WT:PITTSBURGH). We are also trying to determine how many members are active, and interested in contributing to Pittsburgh content or coming to our real life meetups to discuss Wikipedia in general. If you could go to Wikipedia:WikiProject Pittsburgh/Members and move your name from inactive to the active or semi-active group (depending on your interest in Pittsburgh issue and overall activity) groups, this would be great. Hopefully in a near future you'll also receive our first newsletter with various information on what we have been doing, and what useful tools are available. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 20:13, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

SEPTA Regional Rail Bridge = PA Railroad Bridge???

An 1886 map has a railroad bridge at the site of the current SEPTA Regional Rail Bridge. The bridge has the label Penna RR Bridge. Though the original bridge led to a high level grade and the current rails descend to below ground, this might suggest a much older name than SEPTA et al. Map - Plate 1 of JL Smith's Philadelphia 1886 West, Wards 24 and 27 - is on-line at http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/83014/Plate+001/Philadelphia+1886+West+-+Wards+24+and+27/Pennsylvania/ Bridge is in lower-left corner. EdK (talk)