User talk:Exobiotic

Welcome!

Hello, Exobiotic, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:

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A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Thank you for cleaning up and translating the oldest entry at WP:PNT. Much appreciated. Lectonar (talk) 07:14, 24 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Guild of Copy Editors June 2023 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2023 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the June 2023 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since March. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

Election news: Fancy helping out at the Guild? Nominations for our half-yearly Election of Coordinators are open until 23:59 on 15 June (UTC)*. Starting immediately after, the voting phase will run until 23:59 on 30 June. All Wikipedians in good standing are eligible and self-nominations are welcomed; it's your Guild and it doesn't organize itself!

Blitz: Of the 17 editors who signed up for our April Copy Editing Blitz, nine editors completed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 24 articles totaling 53,393 words. Barnstars awarded are here.

Drive: 51 editors signed up for the month-long May Backlog Elimination Drive, and 31 copy-edited at least one article. 180 articles were copy-edited. Barnstars awarded are posted here.

Blitz: Sign up here for our week-long June Copy Editing Blitz, which runs from 11 to 17 June. Barnstars awarded will be posted here.

Progress report: As of 03:09 on 6 June 2023, GOCE copyeditors have processed 91 requests since 1 January and the backlog stands at 1,887 articles.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Zippybongo.

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June blitz bling

		The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to Exobiotic for copy edits totaling over 4,000 words (including rollover words) during the GOCE June 2023 Copy Editing Blitz. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Miniapolis 20:38, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Battle of Kliszów copy edit

Hi Exobiotic, welcome to the Guild of Copy Editors (GOCE). I'm Baffle gab1978, a GOCE project coordinator. Thank you for your work on the copy-edit request for Battle of Kliszów; if you plan to continue your c/e, please let us know on the Requests page (REQ) here. If you don't want to continue, please mark the request {{partly done}} so we can give you joint credit credit in our archive and someone else can pick up the c/e. If you've any questions, you can ask at the Guild's Requests talk page. Thanks for your understanding. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 00:22, 25 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, thanks for the follow up! I marked it as partly done. Exobiotic 💬 ✒️ 03:09, 26 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Alexander Alejandro: Hi, Exobiotic, thanks for your work so far on the c/e for this article. I will be reviewing the article for GA, but don't intend to begin the process until the copy editing is done. Can you please let me know on my talk page when you have finished? Regards, Amitchell125 (talk) 07:53, 23 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I got as far as I could with it; I would keep it on the requests page and hopefully someone else will take it up. You could try to find someone at WP:WikiProject Military history who has more subject expertise. Good work so far, and good luck! Exobiotic 💬 ✒️ 12:10, 23 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Amitchell125:, I'm continuing this c/e, which has been straightforward so far and hopefully will continue thus. I'll be finished in a few days and I'll indicate in my edit summary when I'm done. I'm posting here to avoid splitting the discussion; Exobiotic I hope you don't mind me posting here! Cheers, Baffle☿gab 01:06, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I've now finished my copy-edit; the GA nomination can proceed. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 02:57, 26 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

July 2023 GOCE drive awards

		The (modern) Guild of Copy Editors Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to Exobiotic for copy edits totaling over 40,000 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE July 2023 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Dhtwiki (talk) 21:06, 3 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

		Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Total Articles, 4th Place
		This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Exobiotic for copyediting 18 articles during the GOCE July 2023 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Dhtwiki (talk) 21:06, 3 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

		Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Old Articles, 3rd Place
		This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Exobiotic for copyediting 18 old articles during the GOCE July 2023 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Dhtwiki (talk) 21:06, 3 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Septermber GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors September 2023 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the September 2023 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since June. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

David Thomsen: Prolific Wikipedian and Guild member David Thomsen (Dthomsen8) died in November 2022. He was a regular copy editor who took part in many of our Drives and Blitzes. An obituary was published in the mid-July issue of The Signpost. Tributes can be left on David's talk page.

Election news: In our mid-year Election of Coordinators, Dhtwiki was chosen as lead coordinator, Miniapolis and Zippybonzo continue as assistant coordinators, and Baffle gab1978 stepped down from the role. If you're interested in helping out at the GOCE, please consider nominating yourself for our next election in December; it's your WikiProject and it doesn't organize itself!

June Blitz: Of the 17 editors who signed up for our June Copy Editing Blitz, 12 copy-edited at least one article. 70,035 words comprising 26 articles were copy-edited. Barnstars awarded are here.

July Drive: 34 of the 51 editors who took part in our July Backlog Elimination Drive copy-edited at least one article. They edited 276 articles and 683,633 words between them. Barnstars awarded are here.

August Blitz: In our August Copy Editing Blitz, 13 of the 16 editors who signed up worked on at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 79,608 words comprising 57 articles. Barnstars awarded are available here.

September Drive: Sign up here for our month-long September Backlog Elimination Drive, which is now underway. Barnstars awarded will be posted here.

Progress report: As of 14:29, 9 September 2023 (UTC), GOCE copy editors have processed 245 requests since 1 January. The backlog of tagged articles stands at 2,066.

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September 2023 GOCE drive awards

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to Exobiotic for copy edits totaling over 20,000 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE September 2023 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Dhtwiki (talk) 09:58, 7 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

		Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Old Articles, 3rd Place
		This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Exobiotic for copyediting 11 old articles during the GOCE September 2023 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Dhtwiki (talk) 09:58, 7 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Chart making tools

From c:Commons:Chart and graph resources#Convert data to SVG charts and graphs is this:

Convert data to SVG charts and graphs:

c:User:RCraig09/Excel to XML for SVG: Overview description and list of chart types
c:Category:SVG diagrams created with spreadsheet: charts created using the spreadsheets

I can see uses for a single chart of deaths both on and off Wikipedia. --Timeshifter (talk) 05:01, 14 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I'm busy today and won't be able to get to it for at least 6 hours. I made a chart without the numbers on top of the bars in Canva and was going to add them using gimp, but this looks like a much better solution. Exobiotic 💬 ✒️ 14:22, 14 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Great! The charts keep being deleted by one person with the same bogus reason. See diff. I think some people just don't want people to see that far more Palestinian civilians have been killed over time than Israeli civilians. Removing the charts for that reason violates WP:NPOV and is an example of WP:Systemic bias. See:

2023 Israel–Hamas war#Context of the Israeli occupation

--Timeshifter (talk) 06:16, 15 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Someone made a combined chart, and put it in the article. See diff. See:

--Timeshifter (talk) 16:28, 15 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

October blitz bling

		The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to Exobiotic for copy edits totaling over 4,000 words (including rollover words) during the GOCE October 2023 Copy Editing Blitz. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Miniapolis 13:12, 24 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Spelling

Hi! I saw you had added the Meitei transliteration of Kangleipak in the article Manipur. The spelling is actually wrong. The correct spelling is ꯀꯪꯂꯩꯄꯥꯛ. If you had relied on Google Translate, then please be aware that Google Translate for Meitei language is good only in translation, but not in transliteration. And there's a wikipedia rule called WP:NOINDIC, suggesting not to add Indian scripts in lead as much as possible. In case if you want to remove the text, please do not remove the entire information but make sure to restore the previous Latin alphabet spelling version. Thank you! Haoreima (talk) 13:08, 25 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for correcting that! My main concern was removing the unusual Latin formatting; I can revert to that. Exobiotic 💬 ✒️ 13:38, 25 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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November 2023 GOCE drive award

		The Modest Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to Exobiotic for copy edits totaling over 4,000 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE November 2023 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Dhtwiki (talk) 09:46, 7 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Guild of Copy Editors December 2023 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2023 Newsletter

Hello, and welcome to the December 2023 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since September. Don't forget that you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

Election news: The Guild needs coordinators! If you'd like to help out, you may nominate yourself or any suitable editor—with their permission—for the Election of Coordinators for the first half of 2024. Nominations will close at 23:59 on 15 December (UTC). Voting begins immediately after the close of nominations and closes at 23:59 on 31 December. All editors in good standing (not under current sanctions) are eligible, and self-nominations are welcome. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term that ends at 23:59 on 30 June.

Drive: Of the 69 editors who signed up for the September Backlog Elimination Drive, 40 copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 661,214 words in 290 articles. Barnstars awarded are listed here.

Blitz: Of the 22 editors who signed up for the October Copy Editing Blitz, 13 copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 109,327 words in 52 articles. Barnstars awarded are listed here.

Drive: During the November Backlog Elimination Drive, 38 of the 58 editors who signed up copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 458,620 words in 234 articles. Barnstars awarded are listed here.

Blitz: Our December Copy Editing Blitz will run from 10 to 16 December. Barnstars awarded will be posted here.

Progress report: As of 20:33, 10 December 2023 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 344 requests since 1 January, and the backlog stands at 2,191 articles.

Other news: Our Annual Report for 2023 is planned for release in the new year.

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Guild of Copy Editors 2023 Annual Report

Guild of Copy Editors 2023 Annual Report

Our 2023 Annual Report is now ready for review.

Highlights:

Introduction
Membership news, obituary and election results
Summary of Drives, Blitzes and the Requests page
Closing words

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March 2024 GOCE drive awards

		The Cleanup Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to Exobiotic for copy edits totaling over 12,000 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE March 2024 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Dhtwiki (talk) 07:53, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

		Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Old Articles, 4th Place
		This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Exobiotic for copyediting 8 old articles during the GOCE March 2024 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Dhtwiki (talk) 07:53, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Guild of Copy Editors April 2024 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors April 2024 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the April 2024 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since December. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. We extend a warm welcome to all of our new members. We wish you all happy copy-editing.

Election results: In our December 2023 coordinator election, Zippybonzo stepped down as coordinator; we thank them for their service. Incumbents Dhtwiki and Miniapolis were reelected coordinators, and Wracking was newly elected coordinator, to serve through 30 June. Nominations for our mid-year Election of Coordinators will open on 1 June (UTC).

Drive: 46 editors signed up for our January Backlog Elimination Drive, 32 of whom claimed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 289 articles totaling 626,729 words. Barnstars awarded are here.

Blitz: 23 editors signed up for our February Copy Editing Blitz. 18 claimed at least one copy-edit and between them, they copy-edited 100,293 words in 32 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

Drive: 53 editors signed up for our March Backlog Elimination Drive, 34 of whom claimed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 300 articles totaling 587,828 words. Barnstars awarded are here.

Blitz: Sign up for our April Copy Editing Blitz, which runs from 14 to 20 April. Barnstars will be awarded here.

Progress report: As of 23:17, 11 April 2024 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 109 requests since 1 January 2024, and the backlog stands at 2,480 articles.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from Baffle gab1978 and your GOCE coordinators Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Wracking.

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Guild of Copy Editors June 2024 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2024 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the June 2024 newsletter, a quarterly-ish digest of Guild activities since April. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

Election news: Wanted: new Guild coordinators! If you value and enjoy the GOCE, why not help out behind the scenes? Nominations for our mid-year coordinator election are now open until 23:59 on 15 June (UTC). Self-nominations are welcome. Voting commences at 00:01 on 16 June and continues until 23:50 on 30 June. Results will be announced at the election page.

Blitz: Nine of the fourteen editors who signed up for the April 2024 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 55,853 words comprising twenty articles. Barnstars awarded are available here.

Drive: 58 editors signed up for our May 2024 Backlog Elimination Drive and 33 of those completed at least one copy edit. 251 articles and 475,952 words were copy edited. Barnstars awarded are here.

Blitz: Our June 2024 Copy Editing Blitz will begin on 16 June and finish on 22 June. Barnstars awarded will be posted here.

Progress report: As of 05:23, 8 June 2024 (UTC) , GOCE copyeditors have completed 161 requests since 1 January and the backlog stands at 2,779 articles.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from Baffle gab1978 and your GOCE coordinators Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Wracking.

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Guild of Copy Editors September Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors September Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the September newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since June. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

Election news: Project coordinators play an important role in our WikiProject. Following the mid-year Election of Coordinators, we welcomed Mox Eden to the coordinator team. Dhtwiki remains as Lead Coordinator, and Miniapolis and Wracking returned as assistant coordinators. If you'd like to help out behind the scenes, please consider taking part in our December election – watchlist our ombox for updates. Information about the role of coordinators can be found here.

Blitz: 13 of the 24 editors who signed up for the June 2024 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 169,404 words comprising 41 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

Drive: 38 of the 59 editors who signed up for the July 2024 Backlog Elimination Drive copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 482,133 words comprising 293 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

Blitz: 10 of the 15 editors who signed up for the August 2024 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 71,294 words comprising 31 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

Drive: Sign up here to earn barnstars in our month-long, in-progress September Backlog Elimination Drive.

Progress report: As of 05:14, 11 September 2024 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 233 requests since 1 January, and the backlog of tagged articles stands at 2,824 articles.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we do without you! Cheers from Baffle gab1978 and your GOCE coordinators Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Mox Eden and Wracking.

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