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GOCE drive has begun

Hello, I just wanted to take a moment and announce that the September 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive has started, and will run for a month. Thanks for signing up. There's a special prize for most edits on the first day, in case you've got high ambitions. --Diannaa (Talk) 02:36, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

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October drive

Sorry, guys. The wikification drive has been bumped to October. You might have noticed already, however. I'm amazed how many people came on as soon as I sent out the invite. With a few more, we can easily meet our goal. Just remember. Concentrate your firepower on the 2008 articles, and you should have no problems. Great work! Also, if you have time, please also invite other users to participate. Thanks!

Delivered by MessageDeliveryBot on behalf of WikiProject Wikify at 21:03, 2 September 2010 (UTC).

The Signpost: 6 September 2010

The Signpost: 13 September 2010

GOCE newsletter

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive!
GOCE September 2010 backlog elimination drive progress graphs

Participation report — We have 71 participants in the September drive. 95 people signed up for the July drive, and in May we had 36.

Progress report — We have been making solid progress in eliminating the 2008 articles from the backlog so far. If we continue to focus our firepower we can completely wipe out 2008 from the queue. Overall volumes are lower than expected though, with nearly a thousand articles yet to be done if we are to meet our overall target. If you have not yet participated in the drive, we recommend you do so. If each person who signed up edits one article per day from now till the end of the month we can eliminate another 1,065 articles from the backlog. All contributions are appreciated.

Announcement: credit for 10k+ articles — Participants editing a 10k word article may claim credit for two 5k+ articles on the leaderboard. Those that edit a 15k word article may claim credit for three. Regardless, the article is still counted as a single article in the tallies.

Reminder — Articles from the Requests page can be included in your tally, even if they do not have a copy edit tag. This is a great place to go if you are interested in finding a higher quality article to work on.

This newsletter was prepared for the GOCE by Diannaa (Talk), S Masters (talk),  HELLKNOWZ  ▎TALK, and The Raptor Let's talk.

Delivered by MessageDeliveryBot on behalf of The Guild of Copy Editors at 15:05, 15 September 2010 (UTC).

The Signpost: 20 September 2010

Hey

Please I edited the article Tsabong recently but it looks like all the changes have been deleted, please help me, I don't know how to cite, any help you can offer will be appreciated Thanks in advance —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tylering (talk • contribs) 19:35, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

The Signpost: 27 September 2010

The October 2010 Wikification Backlog Elimination Drive is about to begin!

Get ready.

The October 2010 Wikification Backlog Elimination Drive is about to begin. Prep your keyboards, as the drive aims to wikify over 2,000 articles this month. We're going to need all the firepower we can get, so please get your friends to join up as well. In case you didn't know, wikification is fairly simple: just add wiki markup, links, and similar ". Thanks for joining; we're looking forward to an exciting time this month!

Regards,

Mono (talk · contribs) and WikiCopter (talk · contribs)

Delivered by MessageDeliveryBot on behalf of WikiProject Wikify at 05:31, 29 September 2010 (UTC).

The October 2010 Wikification Backlog Elimination Drive has begun!

Get going.

The October 2010 Wikification Backlog Elimination Drive has begun. Please start wikifying, as the drive aims to wikify over 2,000 articles this month. We're going to need all the firepower we can get, so please invite your friends to join up as well (anyone can join, even after the drive has begun). In case you didn't know, wikification is fairly simple: just add wiki markup, links, and similar code. Thanks for joining; we're looking forward to an exciting time this month! All the instructions are on the drive page, so please begin logging your scores.

Regards,

Mono (talk · contribs) and WikiCopter (talk · contribs)

Delivered by MessageDeliveryBot on behalf of The October 2010 Wikification Backlog Elimination Drive at 03:23, 1 October 2010 (UTC).

September 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive Conclusion

GOCE September 2010 backlog elimination drive progress graphs

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors September 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive. Thanks to all who participated! Several of our top editors were called away to real life concerns during the month (be careful out there, people!). This meant that once again, we did not meet all our lofty targets, but we did come close.

Stats

  • Out of 76 registered editors, 45 actively participated.
  • We nearly wiped out the 2008 articles from the backlog—there were only 13 remaining when the drive closed.
  • We reduced the backlog by 725 articles (11.5%), so it was another successful drive.
  • A total of 59 barnstars will be awarded to 40 editors—well done, and congratulations to all.

Barnstars
If you copy edited at least 4,000 words, you qualify for a barnstar. If you edited in the July 2010 GOCE Backlog Elimination Drive, you may have earned rollover words, which counted towards this month's barnstars (except for the leaderboard awards). Any unused word credits will be held over for the next drive, as long as you participated in the September drive. Over the course of the next week or two, we will be handing out the barnstars. Click here to see a list of barnstar winners.

  • We will be holding our next drive in November. You can sign up here.

A huge "thank you" to all editors who helped clear the backlog and to others who helped out behind-the-scenes. See you at the next drive, and until then, please continue to help us work through the backlog. Happy editing!

Coordinator: ɳorɑfʈ Talk! Co-coordinators: Diannaa (Talk) and S Masters (talk). Newsletter by Diannaa (Talk) and The UtahraptorTalk to me/Contributions.

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The Signpost: 4 October 2010

WikiProject Wikify October 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive

Hello, you have been sent this notification because your name appears on the list of participants for the WikiProject Wikify October 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive yet you have not had any wikified articles.

Regards,


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The Signpost: 11 October 2010

about: China Portal "Did you know?" reverts

Greetings, While your claim about my latest addition on the China Portal are true; here are a few reason why my edit should not be reverted:

  • The Shanghai Expo is a current event and should be noted for the time it is held
  • The Shanghai Expo article is relatively new and is still been improve on
  • Some articles originally on the "Did you know?" are even older then the Shanghai Expo
  • The points on the "Did you know?" are quite old and should be updated
  • There are no worthwhile new article on China that are as interesting or as important as the Shanghai Expo
  • Lastly, I did not find any rules regarding that only new article should be added (if there is, please point it out to me)

That been said, I'm happy that people still pay attention to the China portal and am very interested to work with people like you to make it better.

Thank you for your patience

Hongdx (talk) 21:52, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

  • failure to respond to this message in 10 (ten) days will result in me reverting your changes

Concord. GA

I was going to tell you the coordinates to Concord, Georgia were inaccurate but now I see there is some confusion with Concord, Georgia (Africa). Found the problem, the 8 got lost from the 84°, fixed it myself. —Precedingunsigned comment added by Dämonjäger (talk • contribs) 19:40, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

GOCE copy edit drive

Greetings, the Wikipedia Guild of Copy-Editors invites you to participate in the November 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive, a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles that require copy-editing. The drive will begin on 1 November at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on 30 November at 23:59 (UTC). The goal for this drive is to reduce the backlog by 10% (approximately 500 articles). We hope to focus our efforts on the oldest three months (January, February, and March 2009) and the newest three months (September, October, and November 2010) of articles in the queue.

Sign-up has already begun at the November drive page, and will be open throughout the drive. If you have any questions or concerns, please leave a message on the drive'stalk page.

Before you begin copy-editing, please carefully read the instructions on the main drive page. Please make sure that you know how to copy-edit, and be familiar with the Wikipedia Manual of Style.

Awards and barnstars

A range of barnstars will be awarded to active participants, some of which are exclusive to GOCE drives. More information on awards can be found on the main drive page.

Thank you; we look forward to meeting you on the drive!
— The UtahraptorTalk to me/Contributions, S Masters (talk), andDiannaa (Talk)

The Signpost: 18 October 2010

Orphan?: Balanghai Hotel and Convention Center

Hello, Why is the page 'Balanghai Hotel and Convention Center' an orphan? It has 3 linked pages and thus not qualifies as an orphan?: 'One or two incoming links may be sufficient as long as they are relevant.' http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Balanghai_Hotel_and_Convention_Center&diff=374449249&oldid=370747227 Can I remove the orphan link? --FlippyFlink (talk) 20:55, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

I see your point. I put the orphan tag on that page because I didn't think those three were enough. But if you feel like they are, then you can remove it. However, by marking it as an orphan, it might receive more attention, which will make it even better, but if you don't think so, then it's your prerogative. Thanks for asking! ethansmith | talk to me. 01:17, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

The Signpost: 25 October 2010

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