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Lakes of Vologda Oblast

Thank you for interest in Vikipedia. It is amazing to see that novices now from their first edit know how to deal with categories. Unfortunately, I had to revert your edits like this one, since the category Category:Lakes of Vologda Oblast is already included into the category Category:Lakes of Russia, and therefore including the article in the parent category does not make sense.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:34, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

GOCE barnstar, January 2012 drive

		The Modest Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to Encycloshave for editing 4 articles with a total of 4740 words during the January 2012 GOCE drive. Thank you for participating! --Stfg (talk) 10:36, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

Copy-Edit request

Hi, I saw your name in the Guild of Copyeditors. I was wondering if you could take up a request to copy-edit Connor (Angel) thoroughly? I'm a member of GCE too, but since I've worked on the article too closely I feel it needs a check by fresh eyes. Waiting for your reply. Thanks September88 (talk) 11:06, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

I'll be glad to give it a copy-edit. Cheers! Encycloshave (talk) 13:39, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Wow thanks. I eventually want to nominate it for GA, so if you have any suggestions for any major improvements too, feel free to give them at my talk page or the articles. September88 (talk) 16:12, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

 Completed It's all set. I'd run it past another copy editor, one that has more experience with taking an article to featured article. One thought is that a few more pictures could be added. I'm not sure if they're available, but I think a picture or two of Connor and another cast character and perhaps production or set pictures would be some nice touches. Cheers! Encycloshave (talk) 19:31, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Thankyou! I think you did a wonderful ce, doubt it needs another ce, I'll just run through it myself I guess. Will start slow from Good Article nomination before FA. Good suggestions about images! I'll see what pics I can add. Thanks again! September88 (talk) 16:48, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Multi-edit vandalism

Thanks for watching-for and undoing vandalism! However, a few times I see you have undone one of an editor's several consecutive vandalistic edits. The result is that the other ones remain and become less likely to be fixed by others because your edit is the most recent and is tagged as vandalism-cleaning of that editor. You might want to apply for "rollback" rights, so you can one-click undo all of the preceding editor's changes to an article instead of just an undo of single edit at a time. DMacks (talk) 20:01, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the tip. That'll help especially in cases likeUser:206.248.241.154. I gave up, as I was watching multiple ones happening. Encycloshave (talk) 20:53, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

GOCE drive wrap-up

Guild of Copy Editors January 2012 backlog elimination drive GOCE January 2012 Backlog Elimination progress graph Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors January 2012 Backlog elimination drive! Here is your end-of-drive wrap-up newsletter. Participation 45 people signed up for this drive this time; of these, 35 participated. This is similar to the number of editors who helped out in November. Thanks to all who participated! Barnstars will be distributed in the near future. Progress report Recent drives have been focusing on the oldest three months in the backlog. During this drive we were successful in eliminating our target months—July, August, and September 2010—from the queue, and there are less than 300 articles remaining from 2010. End-of-drive results and barnstar information can be found here. When working on the backlog, please keep in mind that there are options other than copy editing available; some articles may be candidates for deletion, or may not be suitable for copy editing at this time for other reasons. The {{GOCEreviewed}} tag can be placed on any article you find to be totally uneditable, and you can nominate for deletion any that you discover to be copyright violations or completely unintelligible. If you need help deciding what to do, please contact any of the coordinators. Thank you for participating in the January 2012 drive! All contributions are appreciated. Our next copy edit drive will be in March. Your drive coordinators – The Utahraptor talk, S Masters (talk), Diannaa (Talk), Stfg (Talk), Sp33dyphil (talk), and Dank (talk)

GOCE March copy edit drive

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Request for a look at my attempt to wikify List of products by Dapol

Hey, there. I've been doing a little bit of wikifying of some articles and was wondering if you would have a look at List of products by Dapol and let me know if there's any more wikifying I could do to this article. I have no knowledge of the topic, so can't really add any content or even judge the existing content. Also, I have no interest in the topic, so I don't have much motivation to research a lot to add any more. I've done some extensive research already to find the accurate links I've added.

If you could have a look at the article and leave some advice on the talk page, it would be much appreciated. :) Matt (talk) 09:28, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

 Completed It looks good. I've added comments to the talk page. Cheers! Encycloshave (talk) 14:35, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

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February 2012 wikification barnstars!

		The Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstar
		For 3rd (and close enough to 2nd) place on the leaderboard and overall excellency during the February Drive, i hereby award you the Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstar.

		The Gold Wikification Barnstar
		Also, for wikifying a total of 94 articles and for outstanding help in s[h]aving the backlog, i award you the Gold Wikification Barnstar. Good job! benzband (talk) 19:58, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

One more award...

		The Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstar
		This Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstar is given to Encycloshave in recognition of the work done on the article James Hawes. We really appreciate that you are willing to tackle the larger articles :) Nolelover Talk·Contribs 21:48, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

WikiProject Wikify March Mini Drive

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GOCE March drive newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 backlog elimination drive update GOCE March 2012 Backlog Elimination progress graphs Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 Backlog elimination drive! Here's the mid-drive newsletter. Participation: We have had 58 people sign up for this drive so far, which compares favorably with our last drive, and 27 have copy-edited at least one article. If you have signed up but have not yet copy-edited any articles, please consider doing so. Every bit helps! If you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Join us! Progress report: Our target of completing the 2010 articles has almost been reached, with only 56 remaining of the 194 we had at the start of the drive. The last ones are always the most difficult, so thank you if you are able to help copy-edit any of the remaining articles. We have reduced the total backlog by 163 articles so far. Special thanks: Special thanks to Stfg, who has been going through the backlog and doing some preliminary vetting of the articles—removing copyright violations, doing initial clean-up, and nominating some for deletion. This work has helped make the drive a more pleasant experience for all our volunteers. Your drive coordinators – Dianna (talk), Stfg (talk), and Dank (talk) To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

Match Point GAR

Hi Encycloshave,

Thanks for your efforts reviewing the above article. My apologies that I haven't attended to it sooner, I've been busy off Wikipedia and not logging in.

Thanks for your kind comments about the article and attention to detail, particulary regarding the text, it should help improve the article. You've left us in a bit of a cliffhanger though by not calling where it stands overral in relation to the criteria--pass, fail, needs more work?

Best regards, --Ktlynch (talk) 01:08, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

(P.s. glad to see you're in the CE Guild also!)

GOCE barnstars, March 2012 drive

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to Encycloshave for copy editing 4 articles to a total of 24,542 words during the Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 Backlog Elimination Drive. Thank you for this valuable contribution. --Stfg (talk) 09:55, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

		Leaderboard Award – Number of 5k articles edited – equal 4th Place
		This Guild of Copy Editors Silver Award is awarded to Encycloshave for copy editing 4 articles of 5000 words or more during the Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 GOCE drive. Congratulations on winning this prestigious award. Thank you for your efforts. --Stfg (talk) 09:55, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

		The 10k Copy Edit Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to Encycloshave for copy editing List of Monk characters (11,729 words) during the Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 backlog elimination drive. Thank you for taking on this major task. --Stfg (talk) 09:55, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

GOCE March drive wrap-up

Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 backlog elimination drive GOCE March 2012 Backlog Elimination progress graph Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 Backlog elimination drive! This is the most successful drive we have had for quite a while. Here is your end-of-drive wrap-up newsletter. Participation Of the 70 people who signed up for this drive, 40 copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Special acknowledgement goes out to Lfstevens, who did over 200 articles, most of them in the last third of the drive, and topped all three leaderboard categories. You're a superstar! Stfg and others have been pre-checking the articles for quality and conformance to Wikipedia guidelines; some have been nominated for deletion or had some preliminary clean-up done to help make the copy-edit process more fun and appealing. Thanks to all who helped get those nasty last few articles out of the target months. Progress report During this drive we were successful in eliminating our target months—October, November, and December 2010—from the queue, and have now eliminated all the 2010 articles from our list. We were able to complete 500 articles this month! End-of-drive results and barnstar information can be found here. When working on the backlog, please keep in mind that there are options other than copy-editing available; some articles may be candidates for deletion, or may not be suitable for copy-editing at this time for other reasons. The {{GOCEreviewed}} tag can be placed on any article you find to be totally uneditable, and you can nominate for deletion any that you discover to be copyright violations or completely unintelligible. If you need help deciding what to do, please contact any of the coordinators. Thank you for participating in the March 2012 drive! All contributions are appreciated. Our next copy-edit drive will be in May. Your drive coordinators – Dianna (Talk), Stfg (Talk), and Dank (talk) To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. EdwardsBot (talk) 22:00, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Database reports/Polluted categories

Replied to you here: <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=487928717#Definition_and_criteria>. --MZMcBride (talk) 01:11, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

GOCE May copy edit drive

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Help needed: Jayne Mansfield

A mid-importance article supported by WikiProject Actors and Filmmakers that was reviewed by Version 1.0 Editorial Team and selected for Version 0.7 and subsequent release versions. The article has come a long way from a fan boy mish mash to a fair enough GA. Now is the time to take it to the next level. Currently it's going through another peer review. Serious help is needed to clean up the copy. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE. Aditya^{(talk • contribs)} 10:19, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

Wine and Champagne

Couple things: Can you bring me up to date on the dispute over at Wine? I have a feeling that you are in the right here but since I've been away there has been a lot of edits to the article so I want to make sure that I'm up to date before I weigh in.
Also, I see that you are a slight lean towards lower case on Champagne but I hope that I could sway you back with the summary of key points here. Basically, while yes, there are some inconsistency in capitalize vs lower case usage, there are A LOT of reliable sources that still use the capitalization (including this great article from the New York Times "Champagne With a Capital 'C'. I believe that this evidence of common usage with the capitalization (even the dictionaries they keep citing often note that the wine is sometime capitalized) coupled with the registered protected name AND the standard convention of treating wines named after their regions (are we suddenly going to lower case Barolo, Bordeaux and Rioja everywhere) makes a compelling enough argument to keep the status quo.
Plus, I fret about where Kauffner might take his campaign. He's already trying to take an article that is about the history of the region and wine industry and lowercase it just because it has "Champagne" in the title. There are countless wine articles/grape variety articles that might get caught up in this mess when there really isn't an overwhelmingly strong argument to shake things up--just a few dictionaries. I appreciate your time and consideration. Agne^Cheese/^Wine 00:23, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

Mainly the case is whether Wine should make any mention of fruit wines at all. The argument is that Encyclopedia Britannica reads that wine comes from grapes, period. Hence, half of the lede was deleted. Yet, the cited Britannica article does give a paragraph or two to fruit wines. I reverted the deletion, and User:Wran has been reverting my reversion while adding combative statements in the edit summary. After finally appearing on the talk page and getting hostile with an administrator, Wran was blocked for a week.

As for Champagne, I have a slightly cynical view of it, as you'll read on the talk page. I agree that it should be upper case, and I believe trademark points to that. But I don't believe it's worth trying to make the case by citing numbers of articles from "reliable sources." If we could do some data mining on LexisNexis, run some numbers, and definitively say which is used more, everybody would still argue over what qualifies as a reliable source. No, no. What would be more productive is to propose additions to Wikipedia guidelines to include this sort of thing. It would include more examples such as Serrano ham, Balsamic vinegar, etc. Additionally, things like Worcestershire sauce might be a good example. Although, regardless of where it is made, Worcestershire is always upper case. Cheers Encycloshave (talk) 18:56, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

I have to say that I've been exceedingly impressed with the calm, level-head approach you've taken to both discussions. Even when I don't 100% agree with you, it is easy to respect your opinions and they are always well worth considering. Regardless of which way either discussion goes, I want to thank you for taking the time to participate and to bringing in some much welcome doses of rationality.

With the Wine article, I believe in the US (and I would think in the EU) the technical legal definition of "wine" (without qualifier) is the product of fermented grapes with other fermented beverages needing to have some qualifier or description in front of the term wine(i.e. Fruit wine, Barley wine, etc). If we can find the reliable sources to that effect, I don't see why a compromise can't be crafted with the lead that allows for fruit wine to mention but noting that, for the most part, the term "wine" is usually meant to refer to the stuff made by grapes. Probably find a way to link to the Non-grape-based wine article there as well. It seems like that could satisfy Wran's main objection, though with his editing history I wouldn't be 100% certain.

With Champagne, again you make some excellent points. It would be nice to have some solid reliable numbers but I really don't know how possible that it with the way that people (especially blogs and social media comments that get picked up on ngrams and the like) use "champagne" as a catch-all term for all bubbles. I just ultimately don't see a compelling enough reason based on a few dictionaries to change the status quo when the capitalization use is, indeed, common (even if we can't quantify it to know if it is the majority per se).

PS the "silliness" you remove from your comment had me LOLing but I get why you removed it :P Agne^Cheese/^Wine 22:29, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the vote of confidence. The contrast is interesting. Everybody in the Champagne discussion has been civil. But, it's unfortunate the Wine discussion has not been as productive, though not surprising when reviewing Wran's talk page. Encycloshave (talk) 17:39, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

GOCE May mid-drive newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors May 2012 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter Participation: Out of 49 people signed up for this drive so far, 26 have copy-edited at least one article. It's a smaller group than last drive, but we're making good progress. If you've signed up but haven't yet copy-edited any articles, please consider doing so. Every bit helps! If you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Join us! Progress report: We're on track to meet our targets for the drive, largely due to the efforts of Lfstevens and the others on the leaderboard. Thanks to all. We have reduced our target group of articles—January, February, and March 2011—by over half, and it looks like we will achieve that goal. Good progress is being made on the overall backlog as well, with over 500 articles copy-edited during the drive so far. The total backlog currently sits at around 3200 articles. Hall of Fame: GOCE coordinator Diannaa was awarded a spot in the GOCE Hall of Fame this month! She has copy-edited over 1567 articles during these drives, and surpassed the 1,000,000-word mark on May 5. On to the second million! – Your drive coordinators: Dank, Diannaa and Stfg >>> Sign up now <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 14:23, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

June 2012 Wikification Drive

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GOCE May drive wrap-up

Guild of Copy Editors May 2012 backlog elimination drive wrap-up Participation: Out of 54 people who signed up this drive, 32 copy-edited at least one article. Last drive's superstar, Lfstevens, again stood out, topping the leader board in all three categories and copy-editing over 700 articles. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: We were once again successful in our primary goal—removing the oldest three months from the backlog—while removing 1166 articles from the queue, the second-most in our history. The total backlog currently sits at around 2600 articles, down from 8323 when we started out just over two years ago. Coodinator election: The six-month term for our third tranche of Guild coordinators will be expiring at the end of June. We will be accepting nominations for the fourth 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. – Your drive coordinators: Dank, Diannaa, and Stfg To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 15:27, 3 June 2012 (UTC)

GOCE July 2012 Copy Edit Drive

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GOCE July 2012 mid-drive newsletter

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Good Article Reassessment

I have commenced a reassessment of Pink slime at the GAR page here. I have flagged this also at the FAC page. Regards, hamiltonstone (talk) 12:59, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

GOCE July drive wrap-up

Guild of Copy Editors July 2012 backlog elimination drive wrap-up Participation: Out of 45 people who signed up this drive, 31 have copy-edited at least one article. Lfstevens continues to carry most of the weight, having edited 360 articles and over a quarter of a million words already. Thanks to all who have participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, will be available early in August here. Progress report: We are once again very close to achieving in our primary goal—removing the oldest three months from the backlog. Only 35 such articles remain at press time. The total backlog currently sits at under 2400 articles, down from 8323 when we started out over two years ago. We are just two articles away from completing all requests made before July 2012 (both are in progress). Copy Edit of the Month: Starting in August, you'll be able to submit your best copy-editing work for palaver, praise, and prizes. See here for details. – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 23:56, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

GOCE news and September drive invitation

Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in its events: The August 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is currently in the submissions stage. Submit your best August copy edit there before the end of the month. Submissions end, and discussion and voting begin, on September 1 at 00:00 (UTC). September 2012 Backlog elimination drive is a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on September 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on September 30 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to copy edit the articles tagged longest ago and to complete all requests placed before the end of August. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits at least one article, and special awards will be given to the top six in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", "Number of articles of over 5,000 words", "Number of articles tagged longest ago", and "Longest article". This drive features a much easier signup process. We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest. >>> Sign up now <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 18:49, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

GOCE September activities

Reminders from the Guild of Copy Editors A quick reminder of our current events: The August 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is in the discussion and voting stage until midnight September 14 (UTC). The September 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is in the submissions stage until midnight September 30 (UTC), when discussion and voting begin. The September 2012 Backlog elimination drive is now underway! The event runs until midnight September 30 (UTC). The goal is to copy edit articles with the oldest tags and complete all requests placed before September. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who participates, with special awards given to the top five in the following categories: "Total articles", "Total words", "Total articles over 5,000 words", "Total articles tagged longest ago", and "Longest article". – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Message delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 04:14, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

GOCE mid-drive newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors September 2012 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter Participation: Out of 37 people signed up for this drive so far, 19 have copy-edited at least one article, about the same as the last drive. If you've signed up but haven't yet copy-edited any articles, every bit helps; if you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Join us! Progress report: We're almost on track to meet our targets for the drive. Great work, guys. We have reduced our target group of articles—August, September, and October 2011—by about 44%, and the overall backlog has been reduced by 58 articles so far, to around 2600 articles. The biggest difference between this drive and the previous one is a stronger focus on large articles, so total word counts are still comparable. Don't forget about the Copy Edit of the Month contests! Voting for the August contest has been extended through the end of the month. You don't have to make a submission to vote! August 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is in the discussion and voting stage until midnight September 30 (UTC). September 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is in the submissions stage until midnight September 30 (UTC), when discussion and voting begin. >>> Sign up now <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 21:57, 15 September 2012 (UTC)

Category:Greensville County, Virginia geography stubs

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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. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 23:35, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

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. >>> Blitz sign-up <<<         >>> Drive sign-up <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Message delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 19:11, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

GOCE November 2012 copy edit drive update

Guild of Copy Editors November 2012 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter Participation: Out of 31 people signed up for this drive so far, 22 have copy-edited at least one article. If you've signed up but haven't yet copy-edited any articles, every bit helps; if you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Join us! Progress report: We're on track to meet our targets for the drive. We have reduced our target group of articles—November and December 2011—by over 50%, and 34 of the the 56 requests made in September and October this year have already been fulfilled. However, the rate of tagging for copy edit has increased, and this month we are just keeping the size of the backlog stable. So, all you copy editors, please do come along and help us! The September 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest was won by Baffle gab1978 for his copy edit of Expulsion of the Acadians. Runner up was Gareth Griffith-Jones for his edit of I Could Fall in Love. Congratulations to both. The October 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is in the discussion and voting stage until midnight November 30 (UTC). You don't have to make a submission to vote! November 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is in the submissions stage until midnight November 30 (UTC), when discussion and voting begin. Seasonal oversight: We had a slight fall from grace in the title of our last newletter, which mentioned the season in the northern hemisphere and thus got it wrong for the southern. Fortunately an observant GOCE member was ready to spring into action to advise us. Thanks! In future we'll stay meteorologically neutral. >>> Sign up now <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 19:39, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

GOCE November drive wrap-up

Guild of Copy Editors November 2012 backlog elimination drive wrap-up Participation: Thanks to all who participated! Out of 38 people who signed up this drive, 33 copy-edited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. All the barnstars have now been distributed. Progress report: We achieved our primary goal of clearing November and December 2011 from the backlog. For the first time since the drives began, the backlog consists only of articles tagged in the current year. The total backlog at the end of the month was 2690 articles, down from 8323 when we started out over two years ago. We completed all 56 requests outstanding before November 2012 as well as eight of those made in November. Copy Edit of the Month: Voting is now over for the October 2012 competition, and prizes have been issued. The November 2012 contest is closed for submissions and open for voting. The December 2012 contest is now open for submissions. Everyone is welcome to submit entries and to vote. Coodinator election: The six-month term for our fourth tranche of Guild coordinators will expire at the end of December. Nominations are open for the fifth tranche of coordinators, who will serve from 1 January to 30 June 2013. For complete information, please have a look at the election page. – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 20:35, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

GOCE mid-December newsletter

End of Year Events from the Guild of Copy Editors The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in its events: The December 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is currently in the submissions stage. Submit your best December copy edit there before the end of the month. Submissions end, and discussion and voting begin, on January 1 at 00:00 (UTC). Voting is in progress for the November 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest. Everyone is welcome to vote, whether they have entered the contest or not. From Sunday 16 December to Saturday 22 December, we are holding a Project Blitz, in which we will copy edit articles tagged with {{copyedit}} from January 2012. The blitz works much like our bimonthly drives, but a bit simpler. Everyone is welcome to take part, and barnstars will be awarded. January 2013 Backlog elimination drive is a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on January 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on January 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to copy edit all articles tagged in January, February, and March 2012 and complete all requests placed before the end of 2012. 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 January, February, and March 2012", and "Longest article". We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest. Coodinator election: Nominations are open for candidates to serve as GOCE coordinators from 1 January to 30 June 2013. Nominations close on December 15 at 23:59 UTC, after which voting will run until the end of December. For complete information, please have a look at the election page. >>> Blitz sign-up <<<         >>> Drive sign-up <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Message delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 23:59, 11 December 2012 (UTC)