User talk:Plesiosaur in Paris

Copy edit drive

Hi, Plesiosaur in Paris. Thank you for your interest in participating in the Guild of Copy Editors July copy edit drive. In reviewing your edits to the article Abbreviation, the work you have done seems to consist mostly of adding links to the article rather than improving the grammar, punctuation, and prose. Some of the links are actually inappropriate. We no longer link to common terms, and some of the links you added go to disambiguation pages rather than encyclopedia articles. For example, the link you added to the word omission goes to a disambiguation page and therefore should not have been added. You have not actually done any edits to the prose on that article at all, and therefore it should not have been included in your drive totals. I am going to remove it from your drive totals and put the copy edit tag back on the article. Also, the actual word count for that article was 1888 words, not 2905 as shown on the drive page.

The second article you listed was Science outreach. This one was listed with a word count of 1290, but the actual word count when you started was only 840 words. You can get accurate word counts using a script. Instructions for its installation appear on the drive main page.

In addition to the Drive main page, which gives instructions for drive participation, I think you might benefit from reading our step-by-step guide to copy editing. Thank you very much for your interest in participating. If you have any questions, please post a message at my talk page. --Dianna (talk) 03:15, 5 September 2011 (UTC) I am very sorry for the inconvenience, Diannaa. I have removed myself from the copy edit drive until I better understand the rules better.[reply]

Copyediting drive

I'm not sure why you removed my contributions to this month's drive without comment. If you have any particular reasons why these should not be included, please let me know. Otherwise, kindly reinstate. Cheers, --Ohconfucius ^¡digame! 03:13, 16 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE drive newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors September 2011 backlog elimination drive update

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

Participation

We have had 55 people sign up for this drive so far, and 31 have participated. If you have signed up but have not yet copy edited any articles, please consider doing so. Every bit helps! It's not too late to join the drive if you have not already done so. Another great way to help out is to watch-list the Coordinators talk page and participate in the ongoing development of the Guild.

Progress report

So far, we have reduced the backlog by 75 articles, or about 19% of our goal. We have also cleared January 2010 off of the queue and are close to clearing off February and March. If each participant were to copy edit two articles from February and March 2010, they would be completely eliminated from the queue.

Rollover words

Several concerns have been brought up this drive about the usage of rollover words. Rollover words only count if they're from the previous drive. For example, if you received 1,000 rollover words in March and didn't participate in May, your rollover words return to zero. This is to encourage participation in multiple consecutive drives.

Your drive coordinators – Diannaa, Chaosdruid, The Utahraptor, Slon02 and SMasters

Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 05:31, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

GOCE drive newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors September 2011 backlog elimination drive report

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors September 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 58 editors who signed-up for this drive, of which 42 participated. This is a slight increase from the July 2011 drive participation, where 39 out of 50 people that signed up participated. Thank you to everyone!

Progress report

During the drive, we reduced the backlog by 146 articles, or by about 4%. Overall we did well, especially considering the exceptionally large number of articles that were tagged during September. Thus far we have reduced the copy edit backlog by 4854 articles, or by about 58%. If we keep up our current rate of copy editing, the backlog should be reduced by 65–70% by the end of this year. End-of-drive results and barnstar information can be found here. Barnstars will be handed out this week.

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

Your drive coordinators – Diannaa, Chaosdruid, The Utahraptor, Slon02 and SMasters

Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 04:17, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

Science lovers wanted!

Hi! I'm serving as the wikipedian-in-residence at the Smithsonian Institution Archives until June! One of my goals as resident, is to work with Wikipedians and staff to improve content on Wikipedia about people who have collections held in the Archives - most of these are scientists who held roles within the Smithsonian and/or federal government. I thought you might like to participate since you are interested in the sciences! Sign up to participate here and dive into articles needing expansion and creation on our to-do list. Feel free to make a request for images or materials at the request page, and of course, if you share your successes at the outcomes page you will receive the SIA barnstar! Thanks for your interest, and I look forward to your participation! Sarah (talk) 02:19, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]