User talk:Grahamwest
Hi Grahamwest, it is nice to meet you. I feel you did a good job with the Sardinian people article. I like the way you split up sentences that were too long and complicated. When it comes to writing encyclopedia articles, it is best to keep sentences simple and prevent them from being overly wordy. When I read through the text, there were a few spelling and punctuation errors that I found. You can see the changes I made to the article here. One thing I would like to point out is the proper use of commas since there were a few sentences with missing commas.
Examples 1: Dependent clauses
- "During the Middle Ages , the island was divided into four 'Giudicati'... "
Here, the phrase "During the Middle Ages" is a dependent clause, which is dependent on the independent clause (that is, the rest of the sentence). If the dependent clause comes before the independent, there should be a comma to separate it. If the dependent clause comes after the rest of the sentence, then none is needed. Example: "The island was divided into four Giudicati during the Middle Ages." No comma is needed when this word order is preferred.
Example 2: commas to separate coordinating conjunctions
- "The vast majority of the Sardinians are Roman Catholic , but there are also minorities of atheists and agnostics."
There should be a comma to separate two independent clauses. Because the second independent clause could be considered its own independent sentence—"There are also minorities."—it deserves a comma to separate it from the first sentence.
If you have any more questions or need me to further clarify things, let me know. Other than that, things look good! I am grateful for your effort in helping us copy edit all these articles! Happy editing! --Tea with toast (talk) 02:32, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
GOCEinuse tag
[edit]Hi Graham
Can you please ensure you put the {{GOCEinuse}} tag onto articles you are currently working on - it helps us identify them more quickly :¬)
I have added it for you. Chaosdruid (talk) 00:20, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
- I've only been putting it on an article when I'm actively working on it. I was away for several days and it felt unfair to the page's normal contributors to have them not touch it for the best part of a week. The template also says to remove the tag if the page hasn't been edited in a few hours. New Apostolic Church is such a big article it's going to take several more sessions to finish. The smaller articles, they only needed done in one session so I just put the tag on, edited the page and removed the tag when done.
- I understand and have removed the GOCE tag (I also discovered that the template notes recommend removal after 2 hours. That clearly does not cover larger articles like this as the one I did yesterday took 6.5 hours ! lol) - I would not want to step in to edit until you have finished with it :¬)
- We have nearly cleared the March 2009 articles now so perhaps you could consider removing the "copyedit needed" part, as you are clearly going to go through it again shortly, which will remove it from the backlog pages.
- Good luck with the next passes - I know how long they can seem when dealing with text like that!
- Chaosdruid (talk) 00:11, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
GOCE drive news
[edit] Guild of Copy Editors January 2011 backlog elimination drive
 Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors January 2011 Backlog elimination drive! The drive is halfway over, so here are some mid-drive stats. 
 So far, 43 people have signed up for this drive. Of these, 25 have participated. If you signed up for the drive but haven't 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 haven't signed up for the drive yet, you can sign up now.
We have eliminated two months from the backlog – January and February 2009. One of our goals is to eliminate as many months as possible from the 2009 backlog. Please help us reduce the size of this part of the backlog if you haven't already. Another goal is to reduce the entire backlog by 10%, or by 515 articles. Currently, we have eliminated 375 articles from the queue, so if each participant copy edits four more articles, we will reach that goal. Thank you for participating in the January 2011 drive. We anticipate it will be another big success! Your drive coordinators –S Masters (talk), Diannaa (Talk), The UtahraptorTalk to me, and Tea with toast (Talk) |
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January barnstar
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The Cleanup Barnstar | |
| This barnstar is awarded to Grahamwest for copy editing articles totalling over 12,000 words in the January GOCE Backlog elimination drive. Thank you for participating! Diannaa (Talk) 17:42, 4 February 2011 (UTC) |
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The 10k Copy Edit Barnstar | |
Awarded to Grahamwest for the following amazing copy editing:
during the Guild of Copy Editors' January 2011 Backlog Elimination Drive. Thank you for all your hard work! – SMasters (talk) 08:34, 6 February 2011 (UTC) |
March 2011 Backlog Elimination Drive
[edit]Hi. On behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors, I am inviting you to sign up for our March Backlog Elimination Drive. Win a barnstar! It's fun. --Diannaa (Talk) 01:22, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
GOCE drive newsletter
[edit]The Guild of Copy Editors – May 2011 Backlog Elimination Drive The Guild of Copy Editors invite you to participate in the May 2011 Backlog Elimination Drive, a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles that require copy-editing. The drive began on May 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on May 31 at 23:59 (UTC). The goals of this backlog elimination drive are to eliminate as many articles as possible from the 2009 backlog and to reduce the overall backlog by 15%. ! NEW ! In an effort to encourage the final elimination of all 2009 articles, we will be tracking them on the leaderboard for this drive. Awards and barnstars We look forward to meeting you on the drive! Your GOCE coordinators: SMasters, Diannaa, Tea with toast, Chaosdruid, and Torchiest |
You are receiving a copy of this newsletter as you are a member of the Guild of Copy Editors, or have participated in one of our drives. If you do not wish to receive future newsletters, please add you name here. Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 07:23, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
GOCE drive invitation
[edit]| Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors
The latest GOCE backlog elimination drive is under way! It began on 1 July and so far 18 people have signed up to help us reduce the number of articles in need of copyediting. This drive will give a 50% bonus for articles edited from the GOCE requests page. Although we have cleared the backlog of 2009 articles there are still 3,935 articles needing copyediting and any help, no matter how small, would be appreciated. We are appealing to all GOCE members, and any other editors who wish to participate, to come and help us reduce the number of articles needing copyediting, as well as the backlog of requests. If you have not signed up yet, why not take a look at the current signatories and help us by adding your name and copyediting a few articles. Barnstars will be given to anyone who edits more than 4,000 words, with special awards for the top 5 in the categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", and "Number of articles of over 5,000 words". |
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GOCE drive newsletter
[edit]| Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors
The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in their September 2011 Backlog elimination drive, a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy editing backlog. The drive will begin on September 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on September 30 at 23:59 (UTC). We will be tracking the number of 2010 articles in the backlog, as we want to copy edit as many of those as possible. Please consider copy editing an article that was tagged in 2010. Barnstars will be given to anyone who edits more than 4,000 words, with special awards for the top 5 in the categories "Number of articles", "Number of words", and "Number of articles of over 5,000 words". See you at the drive! – Your drive coordinators: Diannaa, Chaosdruid, The Utahraptor, Slon02, and SMasters. |
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GOCE drive newsletter
[edit]| Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors
The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in their November 2011 Backlog elimination drive, 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). We will be tracking the number of 2010 articles (and specifically will be targeting the oldest three months), as we want to copy edit as many of these as possible. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits more than 4,000 words, and special awards will be given to the top 5 in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", and "Number of articles of over 5,000 words". We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Diannaa, Chaosdruid, The Utahraptor, Slon02, and SMasters. |
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GOCE newsletter
[edit]Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors
 Elections are currently underway for our third tranche of Guild coordinators. The voting period will run for 14 days: 00:01 UTC, 16 December – 23:59 UTC, 31 December. All GOCE members, as well as past participants of any of the Guild's Backlog elimination drives, are eligible to vote. There are five candidates vying for four positions. Your vote really matters! Cast your vote today. |
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GOCE 2011 Year-End Report
[edit]| Guild of Copy Editors 2011 Year-End Report
We have reached the end of the year, and what a year it has been! The Guild of Copy Editors was full of activity, and we achieved numerous important milestones in 2011. Read all about these in the Guild's 2011 Year-End Report.
Get your copy of the Guild's 2011 Year-End Report here
On behalf of the Guild, we take this opportunity to wish you Season's Greetings and Happy New Year. We look forward to your support in 2012! – Your 2011 Coordinators: Diannaa (lead), The Utahraptor, and Slon02 and SMasters (emeritus). |
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Help needed
[edit]Can you help me to copy-edit Jayne Mansfield? The article has good information, but the copy is horrible. Aditya(talk • contribs) 12:26, 15 January 2012 (UTC)