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Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 backlog elimination drive update

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)

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"She" for ships

I always assumed it was because, for sailors, the ship is a mother figure, a protector and giver of life. I always thought of it as a respectful usage. How did you arrive at the conviction that calling a ship "she" was degrogatory? Chrisrus (talk) 04:48, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"died" or "passed away"

Thank you for your edit to the last sentence of the Daniel Waldron article. But even though I agree "died" is shorter and perhaps a better choice to our modern ear than "passed away", would you think it appropriate to revert in order to maintain the integrity of the direct quotation that the phrase appears in? Thanks RWIR (talk) 05:42, 30 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It's absolutely critical to maintain quotes in their original form. That was an error by me. I never intended to change a quote. Thanks for catching it! fds^Talk 16:36, 30 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]