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RfC on Astrology

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Done. --Noleander (talk) 17:19, 9 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Verifiability

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Done. --Noleander (talk) 21:51, 16 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please comment on Talk:Katrina Kaif

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Done. --Noleander (talk) 21:49, 16 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Negro Academy

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Addressed. --21:42, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Continuation War

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Done. --Noleander (talk) 21:42, 16 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, I have a question about your comment. By Whiskey's solution - Use the official name that was in effect at the time frame being discussed, you just mean to use the official name for that time (whatever the name was), not that one particular name should be used over the other? -YMB29 (talk) 03:48, 19 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, since the name changed over time, use the name that was in effect at the time of the event/era/episode being discussed in the article(s). --Noleander (talk) 16:35, 19 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ok I see, thanks. -YMB29 (talk) 19:13, 19 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Done. --Noleander (talk) 15:25, 17 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Pregnancy#RfC: Which photo should we use in the lead?

You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Pregnancy#RfC: Which photo should we use in the lead?. You participated in the previous RFC on the lead image, Talk:Pregnancy/Archive 4#Lead image RfC. Nil Einne (talk) 15:01, 17 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Done. --Noleander (talk) 15:24, 17 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please comment on Talk:Veterans Day

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GOCE drive newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors November 2011 backlog elimination drive update

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors November 2011 Backlog elimination drive! Here's the mid-drive newsletter.

Participation: We have had 46 people sign up for this drive so far, and 28 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 joined, it's not too late. Join us!

Progress report: We are making great progress in our goal of clearing out the oldest articles (April, May, and June 2010) from the queue. There are 122 articles left in those categories, which compares very favorably with the 281 that were present at the close of the September drive. We have reduced the 2010 backlog by 184 articles so far.

Coordinator elections: The term of our second tranche of coordinators will be running out at the end of the year, and we will be accepting nominations for new coordinators early in December. The election will likely run in the last two weeks of December. Please consider helping out by nominating yourself or someone else in the Guild as one of our coordinators. The commitment is for a six-month term. Thanks.

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Well done!

Well done!

I've been critical of some of your work in the past, but I've been watching your work on W.E.B Dubois, and I am really liking it very much. You're doing great and valuable work - and you're doing it in spite of having been through some rather discouraging turns of events, that would have made many other editors leave the project in a hissy fit (myself included). The fact that you keep working speaks loads about your character. Thanks! ·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 20:25, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I agree with Maunus. Wow! Good work! --Pseudo-Richard (talk) 06:52, 22 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the feedback ... it is appreciated. --Noleander (talk) 20:28, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please comment on Talk:Almoravid dynasty

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Nothing to do on this one. --Noleander (talk) 00:14, 3 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please comment on Talk:Mass killings under Communist regimes

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Done. --Noleander (talk) 22:32, 29 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please comment on Talk:Senkaku Islands

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Done. --Noleander (talk) 22:13, 29 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please comment on Talk:7 World Trade Center

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Done. --Noleander (talk) 00:14, 3 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Jakarta Post

Thanks for the review. I've addressed all of your comments, methinks. Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:56, 2 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review Family Honor

I've posted some responses to your critiques on the Family Honor discussion page if you'd like to take a look. Thanks! Rojast07 (talk) 19:23, 2 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Done. --Noleander (talk) 00:15, 3 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar for work on W. E. B. Du Bois

		The Original Barnstar
		For your work on the article W. E. B. Du Bois, and for bringing it to GA status. Congratulations! AstroCog (talk) 14:02, 3 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thang you. Thang you very much. --Noleander (talk) 14:03, 3 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

barnstar

hello,

thanks for the barnstar. Actually you just need to install this script, and you will be able to find harv errors. Regards.--♫GoP♫_T ^C _N 14:52, 3 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ahh, I knew there had to be something like that. Thanks, I'll start using it! --Noleander (talk) 14:54, 3 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

proposed changes in 1953 Iran coup article

Since there was little discussion and no resolution to my proposal to add a short subsection titled ’Iranian coup supporters’ to the 1953 Iranian coup article, I'm doing a Request for Comment on the issue as well as polling editors active on the 1953 Iranian coup article. --BoogaLouie (talk) 20:51, 3 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Done. --Noleander (talk) 19:49, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE November barnstars

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to Noleander for copy editing articles totalling over 20,000 words during the November 2011 copy edit drive. Thank you so much for participating. Dianna (talk) 16:13, 4 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

		The 10k Copy Edit Barnstar
		For the following amazing copy editing: San Salvador (10,755 words) during the November 2011 backlog elimination drive. --Dianna (talk)

		Leaderboard Award—5k articles—4th Place (tied)
		This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Noleander for copy editing three articles of 5000 words or more during the GOCE November copy edit drive. Thank you for your efforts. -- Dianna (talk)

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Astrology

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Done. --Noleander (talk) 19:44, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

W. E. B. Du Bois

		The Original Barnstar
		Congratulations on rewriting W. E. B. Du Bois and shepherding it through the GA process. And thank you. — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 05:12, 6 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I learned a lot in the process ... in more ways than one. --Noleander (talk) 13:10, 6 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Du Bois and Walter Francis White assisted Regina M. Anderson when she was working at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (the article I am editing) when she was being discriminated against because she was not getting a promotion. Did you see then in any of that in the plethora of books about Du Bois? I have it cited using an academic journal, but I would like a different viewpoint. Thanks. 66.234.33.8 (talk) 07:36, 13 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!

Thank you so much for all your help on the Feminism in India article. This was the first Wikipedia article I've worked on, and to get it up to good article status means so much to me. I'm definitely feeling very proud, and happy to be a part of Wikipedia now! So - thank you! Kit.i.t. (talk) 18:37, 8 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The encyclopedia is definitely a noble effort. I like to think that it helps readers around the world improve the quality of their lives, sometimes in small ways, sometimes in large. --Noleander (talk) 19:02, 8 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please comment on Talk:1953 Iranian coup d'état

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Done. --Noleander (talk) 13:13, 10 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE drive newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors November 2011 backlog elimination drive report

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors November 2011 Backlog elimination drive! We would like to thank all who participated in this drive. Here is the end-of-drive report.

Participation

There were 48 editors who signed-up for this drive, of which 35 participated. Thank you to everyone who helped reduce the size of the backlog!

Progress report

During the drive, we reduced the backlog by 232 articles, or by about 6%. This is a two percent increase from our September drive, when we copy edited 4% of the backlog. We were successful in our primary goal of clearing the oldest three months—March, April, and May 2010—from the queue. Thanks to all who helped copy edit these difficult articles. Thus far we have reduced the copy edit backlog by 5086 articles, or by about 61%. End-of-drive results and barnstar information can be found here.

Coordinator election

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Once again, thank you for participating in the Guild's November 2011 Backlog elimination drive! Our next drive will be in January, and we hope to see you there!

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Peer Review

As per your suggestions, I have made the changes in the article Acharya Institute of Technology. Kindly see this :) . I am ready to work on the article now. Sourav Mohanty (talk) 14:08, 10 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I'll continue the review. --Noleander (talk) 14:10, 10 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Glossing example

I agree strongly with your advice re glossing English variants. However, you might think about changing the example of "university course". "Course" is ambiguous and is thus avoided in the official terminology of many UK universities, although widely used informally. It can mean a single "module" ("Bloggs teaches the first year logic course") or it can mean an entire degree "programme" ("Civil Engineering is a good course to take if you want to get a job at the end"). In neither sense is it precisely equivalent to a North American Major, since in the UK degree programmes which allow for the study of a minor subject will almost always have this in their degree title (e.g. the degree programme/course "Computer Science with Business Studies" means Major = Computer Science, Minor = Business Studies). Apologies if you actually already know this. Peter coxhead (talk) 17:40, 10 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the info ... no, I did not know that "course" (UK) was not exactly the same as "major" (US). Hmm, I'll try to think of a better example. Maybe the infamous rubbers/galoshes :-) --Noleander (talk) 17:43, 10 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

One I have to watch when I'm in Canada to see my young grandson is pavement/sidewalk. "Keep on the pavement!" is the wrong instruction in Canada where it most likely means "Keep on the road!". Peter coxhead (talk) 18:08, 10 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]