User talk:Read-write-services

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Spelling

Hi there and welcome to Wikipedia! Thanks for your edits so far; keep up the good work. One thing I'd like to make you aware of: the Wikipedia:Manual of Style (spelling) conventions say, basically, don't favour British or American spelling, unless the article is specific to a person or place in the Commonwealth (British spelling) or America (use American). See also the Wikipedia article on American and British English spelling differences, which has a fairly good list of these. Best wishes, jnestorius^(talk) 00:42, 28 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank You!

Many thanks, Richard, for writing in to my User Page and expressing support for some of the things I've written on Buddhism. I appreciate that - plus your informing me of that particular Buddhist forum, which I may well dip my toe into when time permits! All the very best to you for 2007. From Tony (TonyMPNS)

Vivisection

Hallo again Richard. Thanks for your nice message. Yes, vivisection: I am totally opposed to it, and always have been. It is not only morally indefensible for a Buddhist (how can one try to help one sentient being by harming and killing another?), but medically useless too, as the many physiological and anatomical differences between humans and animals are so numerous and so unpredictable that one can never reliably extrapolate findings from the vivisection laboratory to the sphere of the human patient. The whole thing is quite horrendous and should have been stopped years ago. In fact, it should never have started!

Richard, if you do a search for my book, "Vivisection Unveiled" on Google, I think you can find some comments from readers (on the Amazon pages).

My book, "Buddhism and Animals", also deals with vivisection. I can send you a free copy of that book (are you in England - or America?), if you wish (I'm out of copies of "Vivisection Unveiled" - otherwise I'd send you a copy of that too, if you wanted it!).

Have a good year, Richard. Thanks again for your kind contacts. Cheers - Tony —The preceding unsigned comment was added by TonyMPNS (talk • contribs) 00:13, 9 January 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Hallo dear Richard. Thank you so much for your kind message on my User's Page. I am glad you find my book (and Wiki postings) of some interest. Thanks again - and keep up all your own good work! Warm wishes - Tony. TonyMPNS 07:54, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

User Box

Hi, I noticed your user box for Buddhism is a little out-of-date. Here's the updated one:

This user is a Buddhist.

 I'd change it for you, but I consider user pages of other's to be a little sacrosanct, and only change them in cases involving vandalism.  Paxsimius 02:45, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I saw that there was only an red edit link to User buddhist so I made one (didn't know that there was already one, nice btw). It is on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:User_Buddhist . I hope you like it. Codegrinder 12:15, 13 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you both for your concerns. Actually i'd be delighted to have you fix the box with the one above! thank you again. regards, Richard. --Read-write-services 23:24, 19 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Joseph Merrick

Your edit [1] blind reverted a large number of badly-needed changes to the Joseph Merrick article. Please see WP:Listcruft, WP:NOT and WP:ENC for why all of those items were removed. A number of other changes were also made. Blind reverting all of them without giving any sort of in-project rationale is simply not acceptable behavior. DreamGuy 21:51, 1 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your input-I disagree, with your interpretation of "badly needed changes", however please see my reply on the discussion page of Joseph Merrick. I'm glad you finally discussed this with me. Best wishes.--Read-write-services 00:00, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Ground Zero Cafe

I've added the photo of the Ground Zero Cafe to Ground Zero - hope you like it.

You said you didn't know how to do it, so here's what I did:

Copied the photo from it's source and renamed it and reduced it in size to something more reasonable.
Clicked on Upload file in the toolbox on the left of the screen and chose It is from a U.S. federal government source.
Clicked on the browse button to get the file from my PC, entered a summary, and picked Work of a US Federal Government agency in the Licensing box.
Once the photo was uploaded, I edited the photo page to modify the license tag from {{PD-USGov}} (for a generic government agency) to {{PD-USGov-Military}} (to specify US Dept of Defense). I also added {{ImageSummary|...}} and filled in the details as best I could.
Finally, I added a thumbnail to the image on the Ground Zero page.

Astronaut 11:45, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thankyou very much! The (what I consider to be more technical side of image manipulation downloading/uploading), is like a new science to me-I'm pretty much a computer illiterate. So I appreciate the work you did. Thanks again, Richard.--Read-write-services 23:01, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"Moderated nuclear explosion"

This is a technically ignorant term, but nonetheless a new (and Wikipedia-only...and not in a good way) article. It shows an abominably bad understanding of nuclear physics. What possible interest could you have in it? --24.28.6.209 03:08, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, as discussed elsewhere, you convinced me. My main interest was editing it for structural and logical sense, I suppose the subject (if not citable), is a little strange. i would class the description as a low level criticality accident-but I'm no expert.--Read-write-services 03:52, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

United States Radium Corporation

The United States Radium Corporation article was selected for the Wikipedia:Did You Know, and will be appearing on the Wikipedia main page over the next few days. Thanks again for your effort in creating the article. Alansohn 04:06, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That's so cool! looks like we created a good result, credit to the both of us! only problem I wont be near a computer over the next week to see the results-Are you able to send me a link to the page/whatever when it happens, so that I might be able to print it out? Don't know if you know what I mean..Oh well.-Thanks anyway!--Read-write-services 04:18, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Dido

I just noticed the title change a few minutes ago. She uses "Dido" as her stage name (CD's, websites, etc.), not her full name. The title of the article uses (singer) to disambiguate from other articles named "Dido." Like Fergie (singer), Monica (singer), etc. Crumbsucker 04:32, 10 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Understood. Perhaps it's just me, but there seemed to be reasonable acceptance of the change since 07 September, so it seems a little "late" to me to revert it-but I'd still like to see what others think. Thank you for your input though.--Read-write-services 04:38, 10 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Errors/mistakes on Wikipedia often go uncorrected for months. It doesn't equal consensus. In this case, it's pretty clear her stage name is her first name only. Crumbsucker 04:45, 10 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

True. I think I have more of an issue with the (Singer) part more than the Dido part though-however disambiguation causes me to worry about that as a title as well. Preferably I would name the article Dido and have the search go to that page first rather than go through the rigmarole of disambiguation-if you know what I mean-not sure if this is clear.--Read-write-services 05:08, 10 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not personal choice, naming conventions, whiich you are ignoring. You can use conflict resolution, but it's a pretty clear cut issue that you will lose. Crumbsucker 23:41, 31 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Saying her stage name, birth year, and that she's a singer (maybe add English) gives enough disambiguation. Her full birth name is info suited for the lead paragraph of her actual page, which is what WP:NAMES#Names was refering to. Use Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_(disambiguation_pages)#People for refering to people on disambiguation pages. Crumbsucker 01:04, 1 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you

Dear Richard, thanks for your copy-edit of Virus. The article is much improved. Would you have time to look at Rotavirus? I have probably committed many similar crimes there. Best wishes GrahamColm ^Talk 16:04, 26 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wow! Of course, I'd be delighted. Thanks for the thanks! I'll get onto Rotavirus after completion of the second half of Virus. Cheers.--Read-write-services (talk) 21:19, 26 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Richard, My thanks to you once more and my best wishes to you. GrahamColm ^Talk 21:31, 26 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Rotavirus and Virus

Dear Richard, thanks so much for your work on the articles. Seemingly minor changes make a BIG difference. You are a gifted editor. Please forgive me for deleting an occurance of while. Best wishes GrahamColm ^Talk 22:21, 28 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Graham,

You are welcome. I looked over Rotavirus and rectified some structural issues, but there are a few grammatical/structure things that I would like to rejig, however in some areas I may end up changing the correct explanation of the actual replication etc. of the virus so I think I'll leave them as they are. Is there an "Introduction to viruses/how they work" on wikipedia? if not I'd LOVE it if we could create an article that explained replication etc. of viruses from a laypersons POV, as I think I understand it, then five minutes later, I just lose it again. This would be an asset to wikipedia (I think) to have such an article.--Read-write-services (talk) 22:40, 29 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Introduction to viruses

Hi Richard, The article would have to start off with a beginners guide to cell biology. How genetic information is stored in DNA, passed onto RNA which takes the information (message), to the ribosomes, (protein factories), which make the enzymes that make the DNA. (Full circle). Then explain how viruses hitch a ride by introducing their own DNA into the cell, or, the clever bit, not bothering with DNA at all and jumping on the carousel at the RNA stage. (In can be argued that some RNA viruses only need the ribosome and the free amino acids, nucleosides and sugars in the cell). Then explain how viruses recognise the cells that they can do this in, (by the receptors on the cell membrane, every virus has its own receptor) which in turn is related to the immune system. Then move on to how viruses evolve. It would be important to stress that one virus goes in, but thousands come out. Something which is not made clear in many life-cycle diagrams and a point I like to make in my own, as you can see. The article could close by pointing out that the really clever (a very unscientific word to use in this context) viruses replicate without killing the host cell. (Hepatitis B virus does this in the carrier. Then finish with a paragraph on vaccines and antiviral drugs. The article would need to be well illustrated to avoid too many technical terms.--GrahamColm ^Talk 22:30, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I went ahead and deleted Introduction to viruses, as it seems to replicate what is already contained in the virus article. We don't typically do "introductory" articles here beyond what is already in the standard one. However, you are more than welcome to contribute to related articles -- and it appears that you're well along that path already -- and if you have suggestions to improve readability, by all means, jump in. Feel free to drop by my talk page if you have further questions about the issue. Tijuana Brass (talk) 02:44, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why???? did I ask you to delete it? were you aware that I was working on it? Perhaps you may wish to provide people with a little extra time to CREATE before you do this next time?. Maybe User:GrahamColm might be able to create the article without someone coming along and removing it before it is even partly completed. Thanks (I think).

Well, not to sound cold, but if an article doesn't meet Wikipedia guidelines, it gets deleted -- regardless of whether or not the author asks (and they usually won't, as people rarely like seeing their work erased). It's nothing personal, believe me... everyone has their work changed here sooner or later. It's just how it goes.

You may notice that it's already been re-tagged for deletion (by someone else). I'll do you a favor and change it to an AfD. That way you'll have some time to expand the article, and the community can come to a consensus on whether this is an appropriate article for Wikipedia. As I mentioned earlier, I appreciate that you're seeking to make a more accessible article on virology, but the manner in which you're choosing to do it isn't the way we go about it here, as we don't do introductory forks of articles. Expanding on the content already present at virus (and related articles) would be more than welcome, believe me.

~~Hope this helps. Again, if you've got questions, just ask.~~ Tijuana Brass (talk) 03:44, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

As this user pointed out, I'm completely, entirely, 100% wrong about there not being a precedent for introductory articles here. I apologize -- I was wrong. I've asked to withdraw the nomination (I would do so myself, but since I started it, it's a conflict of interest for me to close it as well). While I still feel that it would be a wise move to make the main virus article more accessible, it looks like this has been done before as has worked well. So, good work on your part, both in the initiative to create the article and pressing a misinformed admin to not be so aggressive in deleting it.

Sorry to create trouble for you. I hope this won't discourage you from continuing to develop the article. Let me know if I can help in some way -- I'd like to do some penance here, so to speak... Tijuana Brass (talk) 04:25, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Introduction to viruses

A tag has been placed on Introduction to viruses, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. If you plan to expand the article, you can request that administrators wait a while for you to add contextual material. To do this, affix the template {{hangon}} to the article and state your intention on the article's talk page. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this.

I would suggest working on the article in your userspace before placing it back in the main namespace, as I assume that you will want to recreate it. --lifebaka (Talk - Contribs) 01:48, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Richard, I've done some more work this evening - following your suggestions. Over to you. Best wishes --GrahamColm ^Talk 23:48, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

user name

I am a little concerned about your user name. Are you creating articles here for pay? Its not prohibited, but you may not have a user name that advertises a product or service. If you are creating them for pay, you should declare the COI on the article talk page, at the very least. See WP:BFAQ. DGG (talk) 04:46, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No I am not creating articles for pay. I will place a disclaimer on my user page if this concerns you, however no one has ever queried this before? I'm lost as to your intentions. My user name in no way advertises (nor will you find any allusion to my products or service on Wikipedia) or otherwise. Thanks for the attention though.--Read-write-services (talk) 21:34, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Also, just a question, what have I done here? it seems I'm getting articles deleted within one minute of creation, or while I'm still working on them and now my user name is looked upon as "suspicious"? I've been a contributor for some time now and I thought I had gained some "trust". I'm totally lost. I think it may be time to opt out of Wikipedia, because this is way too hard for what is supposed to be a voluntary contribution to a worldwide effort.--Read-write-services (talk) 21:44, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, don't do that. It's one of a thousand or so Admins just doing what some Admins do. She or he was a bit rude IMO, (must have had a bad day), you've replied, that should be the end of it. You have my trust.--GrahamColm ^Talk 22:03, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

sorry if I sounded a little sharp. Didn't mean to, but as your user page does say you are a professional writer, it did not seem to be an absurd question. Your disclaimer above answers my question, as it will for anyone who subsequently comes here. I thank you for it. And I haven't been involved in any of the recent deletion discussions, but I did notice your name there. DGG (talk) 04:06, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

So, sadly it seems I have lost valued collaborator and friend. A younger editor left a comment today saying Introduction to virus was "good" and submitted it for peer review. Richard, we can make it better if you are still interested.--GrahamColm ^Talk 20:59, 12 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Look all is okay, I am just not able to respond to talk pages because it is monitored here at my job. i am still collaborating with you Graham, no worries.

To the admin-no worries I understand that you were doing your job. All is fine. I was just really frustrated over the barrage of complaints and suspicion within a few hours the other day-I've calmed down now. Cheers to you all and I'm getting back to it now.--Read-write-services (talk) 21:26, 12 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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I will once I get back from holidays.--Read-write-services (talk) 09:42, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Radar

Hi,

I mind that you reverted my edit saying it was vandalism since I did that edit to remove the stupid sentence that you had to remove just after. When you do edit, watch what you are doing in the future! Pierre cb (talk) 03:10, 12 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My reversion was to fix the word "fiber" as it was originally "fibre" (English spelling). Sorry if that offends you. Perhaps you may need to not bother editing Wikipedia if reverts and edits hurt your feelings-it wasn't my intention. You may have reverted vandalism-good for you, But I don't believe you should be arrogantly writing to me on my talk page about something so petty. However, I will try to avoid upsetting you in the future by taking your suggestion about being more carefull on board.--Read-write-services (talk) 04:45, 12 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not hurt that someone edits my work. I'm hurt to be called a vandal as anyone that cooperates to Wikipedia like me for more than two years would. You should have seen that your reversal of edition was reinputting the offensive sentence (that yourself called "stupid sentence") I had edited out. You should have done a normal edition instead and called it a minor correction. Where should I tell you that you have done something that was uncalled for but will stay in the record on wiki history of the article, if not in your discussion page? This is not your presentation page, where I would not dare input anything, but a discussion where comments and questions only addressed to you are done. By the way, "fibre" is as good as "fiber" in the English language. One usage example : Carbon fibre Pierre cb (talk) 03:36, 13 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I am going to close this discussion with you Pierre, as it is going nowhere and acheiving nothing. I said "sorry" for offending you and you reply by trying to correct my usage of the English language. Please move on, for both our sakes. I am considering the situation closed and finished with. I would advise you to do the same.--Read-write-services (talk) 04:14, 13 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion of Pig's head gang

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I would appreciate if you leave the article there while I create it-it is impossible to work on a page that is continuously deleted. I have added refs and reasons as to why the article is of importance.--Read-write-services (talk) 22:59, 16 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

AfD nomination of Cody Hutchings

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Please refer to Wikipedia:Notability (people) so that you will be able to demonstrate the notability of the people you write about. If you do not demonstrate notability of the subject of an article, the article is likely to be deleted. --Eastmain (talk) 04:28, 17 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You currently have both a keep and delete comment on the Cody Hutchings AfD. To avoid confusion for the closing admin, would you mind striking the original "keep"? You just need to put it in "<s>" / "</s>" tags around the '''KEEP''' text in the original comment, so it would become <s>'''KEEP'''</s>". -- Mark Chovain 02:52, 20 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Daniel Valero

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AfD nomination of Daniel Valerio

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Minor edits

Please remember to mark your edits as minor if (and only if) they genuinely are minor edits (see Help:Minor edit). Marking a major change as a minor one is considered poor etiquette. The rule of thumb is that only an edit that consists solely of spelling corrections, formatting changes, or rearranging of text without modifying content should be flagged as a 'minor edit.' Thank you. --Matilda ^talk 02:29, 19 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

okay, I'm really getting tired of this-you seem to be following my additions, edits and article creations and just generally nitpicking. I have taken this all in good faith and have given you free reign without argument. However, now I will respond. Okay, I have my "mark edits as minor" on my preferences-I'll be wary of this in the future. I will also back off trying to create articles that others (as yourself) consider to be irrelevant-as it is a total waste of time having to justify every article's existence. Thanks for bringing this to my attention, though.--Read-write-services (talk) 05:37, 19 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Murder of Jaidyn Leskie

The new article has been created with a merger of the three TRAVELLINGCARI^{My story}_{Tell me yours} 04:08, 20 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Demon Core: where does the name come from?

Hey. I'm a college student doing some research for a paper on the demon core, and I'm wondering where the name originated from. I can't find it in any of the sources. This seems like an important bit to get a source for, and I'd really appreciate having something to point at for the name. 134.173.60.184 (talk) 11:27, 10 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I would appreciate the answer to this question as well. Thanks, Rememberlands (talk) 22:49, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ondine

May I alert you to a discussion on merging Ondine (Sir Frederick Ashton ballet) into Ondine (Henze)! — Robert Greer (talk) 18:44, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your edit to Nuclear weapon design

I can see what you were trying to do... you cleaned up several sentences which needed it. But the first sentence you edited, you mangled beyond recognition there...

Please keep a close eye on all your edits in articlespace. Thanks! Georgewilliamherbert (talk) 23:52, 9 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Introduction to virus

Hi Richard, are you working with the latest Wikipedia:Peer_review/Introduction_to_virus/archive2? We need to keep the Lead to four paragraphs. Graham. GrahamColm ^Talk 06:37, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again Richard, I think the article is read to be featured and I plan to nominate it this weekend. Best wishes, Graham. GrahamColm ^Talk 13:59, 5 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Lymphatic system

Hi Richard!

Lymphatic system is the medical collaboration of the week, and going through your user page I thought you might be able to contribute to it in some way. The article, and more importantly other articles linked to it (lymph, lymph node, etc.) are in a very bad state (considering the importance in anatomy as well as medicine) that could benefit from an expansion—be it more text, images or free sources of information that you could point out on the talk page.

Regards.

—KetanPanchal^taLK 07:38, 5 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Dido's Real Name

As somebody who has asked for proof of Dido's real name on her discussion page, I would like to copy the following entry that I made to that page: "The American Society of Composers, Artists and Performers lists Dido as "ARMSTRONG FLORIAN CLOUD DE BOU".^[1] Her name is too long to fit in one of their standard entries, but they would list her as "ARMSTRONG DIDO FLORIAN CLOUD D" if Dido was her legal first name. I intend to edit the article as such, with a citation of the ASCAP database, but I can see that this is a contentious issue so I invite everybody's opinion on this before I do." I believe the ASCAP entry is sufficient proof that her first name was Florian at some point and so it would justify changing the birth name entry in the infobox. The YouTube citations suggest that she may have legally changed her name to Dido, so perhaps the full name, starting Dido, should remain in the main article. Please let me know what you think. Bm213 (talk) 16:21, 20 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

^ "Dido's entry on the ASCAP database". The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Retrieved 2008-09-18.

Thanks for your feedback. I have proposed a solution in a new thread: Biography, Real Name and Birth Name. I have already edited the Dido article. I hope you agree that this is a solution with prospects of surviving. Best wishes, Labalius (talk) 16:04, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Ballet user box

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A barnstar - but which to choose?

		The Technology Barnstar
		For your interesting contributions, particularly Demon core - which probably deserves the 'Oddball barnstar' as well. But here's this one for now, anyway. Cheers. hamiltonstone (talk) 02:37, 7 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Display issues with Wikipedia on IE as well as Google Chrome and CTRL F5 does not rectify.

{{Help Me}} Hello anyone! I am having major issues with diesplaying wikipedia/wikibooks articles on my computer-it looks just like a VERY BAD print preview page every time! sometimes i can get it to look okay if I go to EDIT a page and then submit it. This has beeen going on for about a month and a half now. PLEASE HELP!Read-write-services (talk) 02:19, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there. Any chance you can upload a screenshot so I can take a look at what you're talking about? Thanks! --Chasingsol ^(talk) 02:35, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, How do I load a screenshot? It's almost like no graphics are displayed. there always is a reference to this, "Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Read-write-services"" at the base of each page, almost like it retains a bad copy (cached perhaps).

Here's the instructions for creating a screenshot.

Click inside the window that you want to screenshot.

Hold Alt and press Print Screen on your keyboard (also Print Scrn on some keyboards). On laptops, you may need to press a function button as well.

Open up Microsoft Paint. Paint can be found by clicking Start, followed by Accessories and finally Paint.

Under the Edit menu, click Paste. This can also be done by pressing Ctrl and V.

Under the File menu, click "Save as...". Choose an image format. PNG is better quality than JPG, but either works.

Give the file a name and save it to your hard drive. A good location for saving is the desktop as the file can easily be deleted once it is not needed.

Go to http://www.imageshack.us/ and upload the file you just created.

Make note of the direct link, and paste that back here.

--Chasingsol ^(talk) 03:07, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

At the moment it is fine-try this: go to file/print preview on your own browser and you will see what I see every time it goes bad-there is reference on the page to reloading the page and CTRL F5 to clear the cache, but this does not work for me-it reloads but does not give me a nice graphical page.

You got me. Next time you see it, do a screenshot and post the link to it on my talk page and we'll go from there. It's hard to know what is going on without seeing it. --Chasingsol ^(talk) 03:54, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Aha, I know what that is. It's when the CSS doesn't load on the page. As to why it's doing that... Let me ask around. I'll post here again if there are any suggestions from others. --Chasingsol ^(talk) 04:25, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, let's get you on the latest version of Chrome. You're having the problem because the released one isn't all that up to date. Go here and download this, it's not a virus (it comes from GoogleCode) http://chromium.googlecode.com/files/chromechannel-1.0.exe. Run it, and select Dev, then click on Update. Close it. Then close Chrome, reopen Chrome, and click on the wrench icon, then select About, then click on Update. That will update your Chrome to the very latest version. Let me know how it goes or if you have any questions. --Chasingsol ^(talk) 04:36, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hrm. Well, if that didn't fix it, then it has to be something else. If you have any web filtering software, try turning it off, it may be interfering for some reason. I'm out of ideas. You could always try using Firefox instead. It's certainly not a problem with Wikipedia. --Chasingsol ^(talk) 05:01, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again, This morning I downloaded and used firefox 3.0, the foirst presentation of the page (after importing bookmarks from IE) was bad i.e. like print preview) after i RELOADed the page though the page is fine, I will continue to use Firefox and just see what eventuates-thanks for you help so far!Read-write-services (talk) 22:48, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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AfD nomination of Introduction to viruses

I have nominated Introduction to viruses, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Introduction to viruses (2nd nomination). Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.

Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. Xasodfuih (talk) 10:53, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree wholeheartedly and I am wondering why you feel that an article that has been a Featured Article, rated as Top Importance and has various other accolades, should be deleted-we do have many Introduction to.... articles on Wikipedia. I have since read your reasonings etc. and seen replies and "keeps" rather than deletes, so I think the matter is now resolved. However, I must admit that the lede needs rejigging to discern it from the more in-depth article, Virus. I will take that on board and see if I can rectify this issue. Kind regards,--Read-write-services (talk) 22:36, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Military history WikiProject coordinator election

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Editing the GIMP

The article looks much better now. I cleaned it up for bad style and a build-up of content that was mangled enough to be hard to edit, but I don't have the greatest writing style, glad to see someone fix that up and I noticed you canonised the style of the article, great work. --Gnepets (talk) 07:18, 26 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nominations open for the Military history WikiProject coordinator election

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Military history coordinator elections: voting has started!

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Ondine

Important! - Round up what few ballet enthusiasts you know on Wikipedia and get them to vote on the proposed merging of the Ondine articles that would see the article about Frederick Ashton's production of the actual ballet, being merged into one about the music.

See here: - Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Classical_music#Straw_Poll

And please vote to oppose this change, as this music would not have been written had it not been for Ashton's ballet!!!

Thank You

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Flore et Zéphire

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No worries

Regarding the Australasian mine disaster article, no worries. I noticed it while drafting a rewrite of HMVS Cerberus. I don't have the time or the inclination to contribute much more to that article, but if you send an email to Special:EmailUser/Saberwyn, I'll foward you the article I mentioned on the talk page. -- saberwyn 23:37, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Joseph Merrick

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GOCE Backlog Elimination Drive Wrap-up

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors July 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive. Thanks to all who participated in the drive! Over 100 editors—including Jimbo Wales—signed up this time (nearly triple the participants of the May drive). This benefited the Guild as well as the articles in need of copy editing. You can see from the comparison graphs that we increased the number of completed copyedits substantially. Unfortunately, we were not able to meet our goal of completely wiping out 2008 from the queue. We also were not able to reduce the backlog to less than 6,000 articles. We suspect people were busy with real life summertime things, at least in the northern hemisphere! We were able to remove the months of January, February, March, April, and May from the backlog, and we almost wiped out the month of June. We reduced the backlog by 1,289 articles (17%), so all in all it was a very successful drive, and we will be holding another event soon. We'll come up with some new ideas to try to keep things fresh and interesting. Keep up the good work, everybody!

Stats
If you copy edited at least 4,000 words, you qualify for a barnstar. If you edited in the May 2010 GOCE Backlog Elimination Drive, your word totals are cumulative for barnstars (not the leaderboard). Over the course of the next week or two, we will be handing out the barnstars.

Eight people will receive The Most Excellent Order of the Caretaker's Barnstar (100,000+ words): Chaosdruid, Diannaa, Ericleb01, Lfstevens, Shimeru, S Masters, The Utahraptor, and Torchiest.
Bullock and Slon02 will receive The Order of the Superior Scribe (80,000+).
The Barnstar of Diligence (60,000+) goes to Derild4921, GaryColemanFan, kojozone, and Mlpearc.
The Modern Guild of Copy Editors Barnstar (40,000+) goes to A. Parrot, AirplanePro, Auntieruth55, Bejinhan, David Rush, and mono.
Nobody will receive The Old School League of Copy Editors award (30,000+).
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar (20,000+) goes to Backtable, Cindamuse, dtgriffith, Duff, e. ripley, Laurinavicius, NerdyScienceDude, and TEK.
The Cleanup Barnstar (12,000+) goes to Brickie, Casliber, cymru lass, December21st2012Freak, Nolelover, TheTito, Whoosit, and YellowMonkey.
The Working Man's Barnstar (8,000+) goes to Bsherr, Duchess of Bathwick, HELLKNOWZ, Mabeenot, noraft, Pyfan, and Richard asr.
The Modest Barnstar (4,000+) goes to Adrian J. Hunter, Airplaneman, Annalise, Camerafiend, Cricket02, Fetchcomms, Gosox5555, LeonidasSpartan, Paulmnguyen, Piotrus, SuperHamster, Taelus, and TPW.

Gold Star Award

**Gold Star Award Leaderboard**
	Articles	Words	5k+ Articles
1.	Diannaa (248)	Shimeru (200,392)	Shimeru/Ericleb01 (13)
2.	Slon02 (157)	Diannaa (164,960)	Chaosdruid (8)
3.	GaryColemanFan (101)	Chaosdruid (130,630)	Derild4921 (7)
4.	Torchiest (100)	The Utahraptor (117,347)	GaryColemanFan/Slon02 (6)
5.	Shimeru (80)	Ericleb01 (114,893)	Bejinhan/The Utahraptor (5)

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The Guild of Copy-Editors – September 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive

The Wikipedia Guild of Copy-Editors invite you to participate in the September 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive, a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles that require copy-editing. The drive will begin on 1 September at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on 30 September at 23:59 (UTC). The goals for this drive are to eliminate 2008 from the queue and to reduce the backlog to fewer than 5,000 articles.

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Awards and barnstars
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Thank you; we look forward to meeting you on the drive!
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Merge discussion for Light characteristic

An article that you have been involved in editing, Light characteristic, has been proposed for a merge with another article. If you are interested in the merge discussion, please participate by going here, and adding your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Muhandes (talk) 07:53, 2 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Milhist election has started!

The Military history WikiProject coordinator election has started. You are cordially invited to help pick fourteen new coordinators from a pool of twenty candidates. This time round, the term has increased from six to twelve months so it is doubly important that you have your say! Please cast your vote here no later than 23:59 (UTC) on Tuesday, 28 September 2010.

With many thanks in advance for your participation from the coordinator team, Roger Davies ^talk 19:32, 17 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

November copy edit drive

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive!

The Wikipedia Guild of Copy-Editors invites you to participate in the November 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive, a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles that require copy-editing. The drive will begin on 1 November at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on 30 November at 23:59 (UTC). The goal for this drive is to reduce the backlog by 10% (approximately 500 articles). We hope to focus our efforts on the oldest three months (January, February, and March 2009) and the newest three months (September, October, and November 2010) of articles in the queue.

Sign-up has already begun at the November drive page, and will be open throughout the drive. If you have any questions or concerns, please leave a message on the drive's talk page.

Before you begin copy-editing, please carefully read the instructions on the main drive page. Please make sure that you know how to copy-edit, and be familiar with the Wikipedia Manual of Style.

Awards and barnstars

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Thank you; we look forward to meeting you on the drive!
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November 2010 backlog elimination drive update

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive!

Discussions are underway to elect our inaugural group of GOCE Coordinators. Guild members and Drive participants are invited to have a look at the Coordinators page and join the discussion on its associated talk page.

We have reached the midway point in our backlog elimination drive, so here is an update.

Participation report — The November drive has 53 participants at this point. We had 77 participants in the September drive. In July, 95 people signed up for the drive, and in May we had 36. If you are not participating, it is not too late to join!

Progress report — The drive is quite successful so far, as we have already almost reached our target of a 10% reduction in the number of articles in the backlog. We are doing very well at keeping our Requests page clear, as those articles count double for word count for this drive.

Please keep in mind the possibility of removing other tags when you are finished with an article. If the article no longer needs {{cleanup}}, {{wikify}}, or other similar maintenance tags, please remove them, as this will make the tasks of other WikiProjects easier to complete. Thanks very much for participating in the Drive, and see you at the finish line!

Your drive coordinators –The Utahraptor ^{Talk to me}/_{Contributions}, S Masters (talk), and Diannaa ^(Talk)

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November 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive Conclusion

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive!

We have reached the end of our fourth backlog elimination drive. Thanks to all who participated.

Stats

58 people signed up for this drive. Of these, 48 people participated in the drive.
Although we did not eliminate the months we planned to (January, February, and March 2009; and August, September, and October 2010), we did reduce the backlog by 627 articles (11.2%), which was over our goal of 10%.
49 awards will go out to 33 of 48 participants. Check out the complete list of barnstar winners here.

Barnstars

If you copy edited at least 4,000 words, you qualify for a barnstar. If you participated in the September 2010 backlog elimination drive, you may have earned roll-over words (more details can be found here). These roll-over words count as credit towards earning barnstars, except for leaderboard awards. We will be delivering these barnstars within the next couple of weeks.

Our next drive is scheduled for January 2011. In the meantime, please consider helping out at the Wikification drive or any of the other places where help with backlogs is needed.

Thank you for participating in the last 2010 backlog elimination drive! We look forward to seeing you in January!

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Nomination of Introduction to the Global Positioning System for deletion

The article Introduction to the Global Positioning System is being discussed concerning whether it is suitable for inclusion as an article according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Introduction to the Global Positioning System until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Marcus Qwertyus 12:41, 4 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE drive news

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.

Participation

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.

Progress report

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 Utahraptor ^{Talk to me}, and Tea with toast (Talk)

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Articles for deletion: Edwaard Liang

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GOCE January Backlog elimination drive conclusion

Guild of Copy Editors January 2011 Backlog elimination drive

Greetings from the January 2011 Backlog elimination drive! We have reached the end of the month and the end of another successful drive; thanks to all who participated.

Statistics

54 people signed up for the year's first Backlog elimination drive. Of these, 40 participated.
One of our goals was to reduce the size of the backlog by at least 10%. We managed to reduce the backlog by 633 articles, or about 12%.
Another goal was to eliminate as many 2009 months as possible from the queue. We eliminated January, February, March, and April—4 out of 12 months is not bad! In addition, we eliminated 37% of all remaining 2009 articles from the queue.
Chaosdruid copy edited Kutch Gurjar Kashtriya for 32,711 words, which is the largest single article completed in one of our drives so far. This article counts as six 5000-K articles, and Chaosdruid wins the "most 5000-K articles" leaderboard category. Way to go! A complete list of individual results is here.

Barnstars

If you copy edited at least 4,000 words, you qualify for a barnstar. If you participated in the November 2010 Backlog elimination drive, you may have earned roll-over words (more details can be found here). These roll-over words count as credit towards earning barnstars, except for leaderboard awards. We will be delivering the barnstars within the next couple of weeks.

Thank you for participating in this year's first Backlog elimination drive! We hope to see you in March.

Your drive coordinators –S Masters (talk), Diannaa (talk), The Utahraptor (talk), and Tea with toast (talk)

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WikiProject Viruses is back

Hello, We at WikiProject Viruses noticed that you used to be a participant of the project before the project went inactive. We would like to take this opportunity to invite you to become a participant of WikiProject Viruses again. We believe that viruses are an extremely important part of an encyclopedia, and that is why we need you! Our new project coordinator is Thomas888b (talk · contribs).
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GOCE drive newsletter

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
A range of barnstars will be awarded to active participants. Some are exclusive to GOCE drives. More information on awards can be found on the main drive page.

We look forward to meeting you on the drive! Your GOCE coordinators: SMasters, Diannaa, Tea with toast, Chaosdruid, and Torchiest

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GOCE elections

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors

Elections are currently underway for our Guild coordinators. The voting period will run for 14 days and ends on June 30, 23:59 UTC. All GOCE members in good standing, as well as past participants of any of the Guild's Backlog elimination drives, are eligible to vote. The candidate with the highest number of votes will become the Lead Coordinator, therefore, your vote really matters! There is also a referendum to appoint a Coordinator Emeritus. Cast your vote today.

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GOCE drive invitation

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

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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The Bugle: Issue LXVI, August 2011

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; medal recipients; contest results
Articles: The month's featured and A-class Milhist content
Book reviews: Nick-D looks at Carthage and Australia in Palestine
Op-ed: Remembering 9/11

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The Bugle: Issue LXVII, September 2011

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; medal recipients; contest results
Articles: The month's featured and A-class Milhist content
Book reviews: Nick-D and Ian Rose look at Australian air power
Op-ed: Buggie111 ruminates about WikiLife and WikiDeath

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GOCE drive newsletter

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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The Bugle: Issue LXVIII, October 2011

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; medal recipients; contest results
Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content
Book reviews: Nick-D analyzes three books from Osprey Publishing
Review essay: Nick-D reviews the new Bundeswehr Military History Museum

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GOCE newsletter

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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The Bugle: Issue LXIX, November 2011

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors – MHotY coming; contest results
Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content
Book reviews: Nick-D looks at the Congolese Wars
Review essay: Ian Rose goes to El Alamein
Op-ed: DCI's call to revitalize WikiProject History

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GOCE 2011 Year-End Report

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.

Highlights

Membership grows to 764 editors, an increase of 261
Report on coordinators' elections
Around 1,000 articles removed through six Backlog elimination drives
Guild Plans for 2012
Requests page report
Sign up for the January 2012 Backlog elimination drive!

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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Military Historian of the Year

Nominations for the "Military Historian of the Year" for 2011 are now open. If you would like to nominate an editor for this award, please do so here. Voting will open on 22 January and run for seven days. Thanks! On behalf of the coordinators, Nick-D (talk) and Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 00:12, 16 January 2012 (UTC) You were sent this message because you are a listed as a member of the Military history WikiProject.[reply]

The Bugle: Issue LXX, January 2012

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; award recipients; contest results
Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content
Book reviews: Nick-D Nick-D looks into two recent Milhist books
Review essay: Kirill Lokshin, the first coordinator
Op-ed: Hchc's English Castles

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Wikiproject Virus Revival

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GOCE March copy edit drive

Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors

The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in their March 2012 Backlog elimination drive, a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on March 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on March 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goal for the drive will be to eliminate the remaining 2010 articles from the queue. 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: Dank, Diannaa, Stfg, and Coordinator emeritus SMasters. 19:51, 20 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The Bugle: Issue LXXI, February 2012

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; award recipients; contest results
Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content
Book reviews: Nick-D looks into two recent Milhist books
Op-ed: Ian Rose discusses article assessments

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GOCE March drive newsletter

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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GOCE March drive wrap-up

Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 backlog elimination drive

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 Backlog elimination drive! This is the most successful drive we have had for quite a while. Here is your end-of-drive wrap-up newsletter.

Participation

Of the 70 people who signed up for this drive, 40 copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Special acknowledgement goes out to Lfstevens, who did over 200 articles, most of them in the last third of the drive, and topped all three leaderboard categories. You're a superstar! Stfg and others have been pre-checking the articles for quality and conformance to Wikipedia guidelines; some have been nominated for deletion or had some preliminary clean-up done to help make the copy-edit process more fun and appealing. Thanks to all who helped get those nasty last few articles out of the target months.

Progress report

During this drive we were successful in eliminating our target months—October, November, and December 2010—from the queue, and have now eliminated all the 2010 articles from our list. We were able to complete 500 articles this month! End-of-drive results and barnstar information can be found here.

When working on the backlog, please keep in mind that there are options other than copy-editing available; some articles may be candidates for deletion, or may not be suitable for copy-editing at this time for other reasons. The {{GOCEreviewed}} tag can be placed on any article you find to be totally uneditable, and you can nominate for deletion any that you discover to be copyright violations or completely unintelligible. If you need help deciding what to do, please contact any of the coordinators.

Thank you for participating in the March 2012 drive! All contributions are appreciated. Our next copy-edit drive will be in May.

Your drive coordinators – Dianna ^(Talk), Stfg (Talk), and Dank (talk)

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GOCE May copy edit drive

Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors

The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in their May 2012 Backlog elimination drive, a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on May 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on May 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goal for the drive will be to eliminate January, February, and March 2011 from the queue. 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: Dank, Diannaa, and Stfg.

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GOCE May mid-drive newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors May 2012 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter

Participation: Out of 49 people signed up for this drive so far, 26 have copy-edited at least one article. It's a smaller group than last drive, but we're making good progress. If you've signed up but haven't 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: We're on track to meet our targets for the drive, largely due to the efforts of Lfstevens and the others on the leaderboard. Thanks to all. We have reduced our target group of articles—January, February, and March 2011—by over half, and it looks like we will achieve that goal. Good progress is being made on the overall backlog as well, with over 500 articles copy-edited during the drive so far. The total backlog currently sits at around 3200 articles.

Hall of Fame: GOCE coordinator Diannaa was awarded a spot in the GOCE Hall of Fame this month! She has copy-edited over 1567 articles during these drives, and surpassed the 1,000,000-word mark on May 5. On to the second million! – Your drive coordinators: Dank, Diannaa and Stfg

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GOCE May drive wrap-up

Guild of Copy Editors May 2012 backlog elimination drive wrap-up

Participation: Out of 54 people who signed up this drive, 32 copy-edited at least one article. Last drive's superstar, Lfstevens, again stood out, topping the leader board in all three categories and copy-editing over 700 articles. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

Progress report: We were once again successful in our primary goal—removing the oldest three months from the backlog—while removing 1166 articles from the queue, the second-most in our history. The total backlog currently sits at around 2600 articles, down from 8323 when we started out just over two years ago.

Coodinator election: The six-month term for our third tranche of Guild coordinators will be expiring at the end of June. We will be accepting nominations for the fourth tranche of coordinators, who will also serve a six-month term. Nominations will open starting on June 5. For complete information, please have a look at the election page. – Your drive coordinators: Dank, Diannaa, and Stfg

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GOCE July 2012 Copy Edit Drive

Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors

The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in their July 2012 Backlog elimination drive, a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on July 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on July 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to eliminate the articles tagged in April, May and June 2011 from the queue and to complete all requests placed before the end of June. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits more than 4,000 words, and special awards will be given to the top 6 in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", "Number of articles of over 5,000 words", "Number of articles tagged in April–June 2011", and "Longest article". We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Dank, Diannaa and Stfg.

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GOCE July 2012 mid-drive newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors July 2012 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter

Participation: Out of 37 people signed up for this drive so far, 25 have copy-edited at least one article. It's a smaller group than last drive, but we're making good progress. If you've signed up but haven't yet copy-edited any articles, every bit helps; if you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Join us!

Progress report: We're almost on track to meet our targets for the drive. Great work, guys. We have reduced our target group of articles—May, June, and July 2011—by about 40%, and the overall backlog has been reduced by 264 articles so far, to around 2500 articles.

Copy Edit of the Month: Starting in August, your best copy-editing work of the month will be eligible for fabulous prizes! See here for details. – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest.

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GOCE July drive wrap-up

Guild of Copy Editors July 2012 backlog elimination drive wrap-up

Participation: Out of 45 people who signed up this drive, 31 have copy-edited at least one article. Lfstevens continues to carry most of the weight, having edited 360 articles and over a quarter of a million words already. Thanks to all who have participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, will be available early in August here.

Progress report: We are once again very close to achieving in our primary goal—removing the oldest three months from the backlog. Only 35 such articles remain at press time. The total backlog currently sits at under 2400 articles, down from 8323 when we started out over two years ago. We are just two articles away from completing all requests made before July 2012 (both are in progress).

Copy Edit of the Month: Starting in August, you'll be able to submit your best copy-editing work for palaver, praise, and prizes. See here for details. – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest.

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GOCE news and September drive invitation

Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors

The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in its events:

The August 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is currently in the submissions stage. Submit your best August copy edit there before the end of the month. Submissions end, and discussion and voting begin, on September 1 at 00:00 (UTC).
September 2012 Backlog elimination drive is a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on September 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on September 30 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to copy edit the articles tagged longest ago and to complete all requests placed before the end of August. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits at least one article, and special awards will be given to the top six in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", "Number of articles of over 5,000 words", "Number of articles tagged longest ago", and "Longest article". This drive features a much easier signup process. We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest.

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GOCE September activities

Reminders from the Guild of Copy Editors

A quick reminder of our current events:

The August 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is in the discussion and voting stage until midnight September 14 (UTC).
The September 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is in the submissions stage until midnight September 30 (UTC), when discussion and voting begin.
The September 2012 Backlog elimination drive is now underway! The event runs until midnight September 30 (UTC). The goal is to copy edit articles with the oldest tags and complete all requests placed before September. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who participates, with special awards given to the top five in the following categories: "Total articles", "Total words", "Total articles over 5,000 words", "Total articles tagged longest ago", and "Longest article". – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest.

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Military history coordinator election

The Military history WikiProject has started its 2012 project coordinator election process, where we will select a team of coordinators to organize the project over the coming year. If you would like to be considered as a candidate, please submit your nomination by 14 September. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact one of the current coordinators on their talk page. This message was delivered here because you are a member of the Military history WikiProject. – Military history coordinators (about the project • what coordinators do) 09:45, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

GOCE mid-drive newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors September 2012 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter

Participation: Out of 37 people signed up for this drive so far, 19 have copy-edited at least one article, about the same as the last drive. If you've signed up but haven't yet copy-edited any articles, every bit helps; if you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Join us!
Progress report: We're almost on track to meet our targets for the drive. Great work, guys. We have reduced our target group of articles—August, September, and October 2011—by about 44%, and the overall backlog has been reduced by 58 articles so far, to around 2600 articles. The biggest difference between this drive and the previous one is a stronger focus on large articles, so total word counts are still comparable.
Don't forget about the Copy Edit of the Month contests! Voting for the August contest has been extended through the end of the month. You don't have to make a submission to vote!
- August 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is in the discussion and voting stage until midnight September 30 (UTC).
- September 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is in the submissions stage until midnight September 30 (UTC), when discussion and voting begin.

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GOCE September 2012 drive wrap-up

Guild of Copy Editors September 2012 backlog elimination drive wrap-up

Participation: Out of 41 people who signed up this drive, 28 copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

Progress report: We achieved our primary goal of clearing July, August, September and October 2011 from the backlog. This means that, for the first time since the drives began, the backlog is less than a year. At least 677 tagged articles were copy edited, although 365 new ones were added during the month. The total backlog at the end of the month was 2341 articles, down from 8323 when we started out over two years ago. We completed all 54 requests outstanding before September 2012 as well as eight of those made in September.

Copy Edit of the Month: Voting is now over for the August 2012 competition, and prizes will be issued soon. The September 2012 contest is closed for submissions and open for voting. The October 2012 contest is now open for submissions. Everyone is welcome to submit entries and to vote.

– Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest.

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GOCE fall newsletter

Fall Events from the Guild of Copy Editors

The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in its events:

The October 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is currently in the submissions stage. Submit your best October copy edit there before the end of the month. Submissions end, and discussion and voting begin, on November 1 at 00:00 (UTC).
Voting is in progress for the September 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest. Everyone is welcome to vote, whether they have entered the contest or not.
NEW!! In the week from Sunday 21 October to Saturday 27 October, we are holding a Project Blitz, in which we will copy edit articles tagged with {{copyedit}} belonging to selected project(s). For the first blitz, we'll start with WikiProject Olympics and WikiProject Albums and add more Projects to the blitz as we clear them. The blitz works much like our bimonthly drives, but a bit simpler. Everyone is welcome to take part, and barnstars will be awarded.
November 2012 Backlog elimination drive is 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). Our goals are to copy edit all articles tagged in 2011 and to complete all requests placed before the end of October. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits at least one article, and special awards will be given to the top five in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", "Number of articles of over 5,000 words", "Number of articles tagged in 2011", and "Longest article". We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest.

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GOCE November 2012 copy edit drive update

Guild of Copy Editors November 2012 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter

Participation: Out of 31 people signed up for this drive so far, 22 have copy-edited at least one article. If you've signed up but haven't yet copy-edited any articles, every bit helps; if you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Join us!
Progress report: We're on track to meet our targets for the drive. We have reduced our target group of articles—November and December 2011—by over 50%, and 34 of the the 56 requests made in September and October this year have already been fulfilled. However, the rate of tagging for copy edit has increased, and this month we are just keeping the size of the backlog stable. So, all you copy editors, please do come along and help us!
The September 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest was won by Baffle gab1978 for his copy edit of Expulsion of the Acadians. Runner up was Gareth Griffith-Jones for his edit of I Could Fall in Love. Congratulations to both.
The October 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is in the discussion and voting stage until midnight November 30 (UTC). You don't have to make a submission to vote!
November 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is in the submissions stage until midnight November 30 (UTC), when discussion and voting begin.
Seasonal oversight: We had a slight fall from grace in the title of our last newletter, which mentioned the season in the northern hemisphere and thus got it wrong for the southern. Fortunately an observant GOCE member was ready to spring into action to advise us. Thanks! In future we'll stay meteorologically neutral.

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GOCE November drive wrap-up

Guild of Copy Editors November 2012 backlog elimination drive wrap-up

Participation: Thanks to all who participated! Out of 38 people who signed up this drive, 33 copy-edited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. All the barnstars have now been distributed.

Progress report: We achieved our primary goal of clearing November and December 2011 from the backlog. For the first time since the drives began, the backlog consists only of articles tagged in the current year. The total backlog at the end of the month was 2690 articles, down from 8323 when we started out over two years ago. We completed all 56 requests outstanding before November 2012 as well as eight of those made in November.

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WP:Anatomy quarterly update (#1)

WP:Anatomy quarterly update (#1)

Editor: LT910001

Hello WP:ANATOMY user! This is the first of what I hope will be ongoing quarterlies, documenting the current state of WP:ANATOMY, current projects and items of interest, and any relevant news. I'd greatly value feedback on this, and if you think I've missed something, or don't wish to receive this again, please leave a note on my talkpage

What's new

Revamped interface for WP:ANATOMY
New "drives" initiative, allowing users to post small targets (limited in time and scope) that other users can collaborate on.
New article assessment statistics, to see how we are improving month to month. All Start thru GA class articles reevaluated for class and quality. All moustache-related articles have been removed (not a joke).
CFCF has been furiously uploading high-quality Anatomy images from various textbooks
New GA nomination (Suspensory muscle of duodenum)

What's going on

A discussion regarding a change to the manual of style for Anatomical articles
An RfC regarding the use of 'Human' in anatomical titles, which is a matter of some contention.

How can I contribute?

Add small 'drives' of your own!
Contribute on the WikiProject Anatomy talk page
Start adding sources to more Anatomy articles
Start proposing merges, moves, tagging and re-evaluating articles.

Quarterly focus - GA nominations

I would like to take some time on this first quarterly to evaluate the state of the project. We have the benefit of having a relatively-small group of articles that are, for the most part, relatively non-controversial. Additionally, for the majority of our articles, it may indeed be possible to create an article that reflects a significant proportion of the published literature. This is quite distinct from other projects.

However, it appears we only have 5 GAs (Anatomy, Brain, Clitoris, Human tooth, and Leonardo da Vinci) and 4 FAs (Immune system, Hippocampus, Cerebellum, and Resurrectionists in the United Kingdom), none of which relate to purely anatomical items, which constitute most of our mass. By 'anatomical items' I mean muscles, nerves, bones, blood vessels, veins, foramina, and so on, that constitute the vast majority of our articles. In fact, we only have one 'system' (Immune system) at FA class, and none at GA class. We indeed only have 70 articles out over 4,000 at B-class. This scarcity is, I believe, for the following reasons: (1) lack of model articles (2) lack of appropriate guidelines, and (3) general sparsity of sourcing on many articles. How may these be addressed?

Nominating good articles. In addition to suspensory muscle of the duodenum I will be working on Mylohyoid muscle, Genioglossus, Foramen spinosum and an as-yet undecided article.
Revamping the MEDMOS guidelines for Anatomical articles to make them more appropriate. That discussion is here.
Using books as sources. Books are readily available in libraries and have the superb quality of being able to aggregate information, which can be used to source thousands of anatomical articles.
Collateralising sourcing. Anatomical sources often refer to several structures in a single source. Therefore an editor on one article could quickly add a source to another two articles in a related topic. This incremental approach will hopefully accrue for future editors
Tagging articles for cleanup, to let future editors know to use sources
Templates, which will soon be available, to post on the wall of new editors thanking them for their edits and encouraging the use of sources.

I hope that we are able to revitalise this project. Wikipedia has the capacity to become an excellent resource for anatomical information. I again welcome feedback on this quarterly or any aspects therein on the talk page for the quarterly, on my talkpage, or on the WP Anatomy talk page here. Kind regards, LT910001 (talk)

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WikiProject Anatomy quarterly newsletter

WP:Anatomy quarterly update (#2)

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Released: First quarter, 2014

Updated cleanup listing and recent changes list in third quarter, 2014

Editor: LT910001

Hello WP:ANATOMY participant! This is the second quarterly update of goings-on in WP:ANATOMY, documenting the current state of WP:ANATOMY, current projects and items of interest, and any relevant news. I'd greatly value feedback on this, and if you think I've missed something, or don't wish to receive this again, please leave a note on my talkpage or remove your name from the mailing list

What's new

New guidelines released for Anatomy articles
2 new Featured Images (Facial muscles, Gastric mucosa)
3 new GAs: Recurrent laryngeal nerve, Stapes, and Foramen spinosum
Template for greeting users released
Popular pages enabled for Anatomy, at last!
All articles under our scope have been assessed
A new Anatomy-themed barnstar has been created

What's going on

An ongoing discussion about how to simplify anatomical terminology
Five GA nominations, one featured list nomination.
Our series on Anatomical terminology has expanded to include muscle and bone. Links to these articles have been included on the infoboxes for all muscles and bones.
We're well on our way to meeting our goals, with 480 of 500 articles to C-class, an increase of almost 200 articles since we started counting 3 months ago

How can I contribute?

Reword anatomical jargon: jargon is widespread and not helpful to lay readers.
Contribute on our talk page
Continue to add sources, content, and improve anatomical articles!
Replace images with better images from Wikipedia commons, or if there are too many images, remove some low-quality ones

Quarterly focus - Where to edit?

On any given week we have at least 4-10 editors making significant contributions to our articles, with probably more than double this making minor edits. As an editor, I am often wondering: with so many articles, where to start? There is so much to be done (as always, on Wikipedia!), and I aim here to provide a comprehensive list of venues within our project. If I've missed any, please let us know on the WikiProject Anatomy talk page.

An editor might edit:

By importance. A user can use our assessment table to view articles by their importance and class. The vital articles project provides a list of designated 'Vital articles' for Wikipedia.
By popularity. One way to edit is to edit the most popular pages -- the majority of these need help, and editing is sure to bring benefit to many users.
By need. There is always cleanup that needs to be done, whether commenting on mergers, adding infoboxes or adding images. A cleanup list of all tagged articles is now available here: [2]
By interest. A series of inter-project categories has been developed to help facilitate inter-Wiki and inter-professional collaboration. These categories sort our articles into organs, system, gross anatomy, neuroanatomy, and several other categories. This should offer a buffet of articles for any interested editors! See here for more details.
By topic. Wikipedia's anatomical categories may provide impetus, as may editing a suite of related-articles, using a parent article such as ear for direction. A collection of series are slowly being rolled-out, including one for epithelia and for articles about the gastrointestinal wall, which also act as groups of topics. Templates, as documented on our main page, provide a similar categorisation.
By demand. Discussions relating to Anatomy are frequent occurrences on the talk pages for WPMED and WP:ANATOMY. Such topics almost always cry out for more editing.
By recent changes. One way to choose a destination for editing is to check the recent changes, revert vandalism, integrate/source edits, or generally collaborate in improving articles that are receiving contributions from other editors. This can be found in the here.
By chance. A user is always welcome to improve articles that they randomly 'bump into' by Wiki-surfing or by having bumped for other reasons into a particular article or topic that needs improvement

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I moved the page to User:Read-write-services/Standard Chemical Company, where you'll have more time to work on it before other people start pestering you. Move it to the main space when it's ready. Wily D 09:03, 3 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Military history coordinator election

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WikiProject Anatomy Newsletter

WP:Anatomy quarterly update (#3)

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Released: 1 November, 2014

Editor: Tom (LT)

Hello WP:Anatomy participant! This is the third quarterly update, documenting what's going on in WikiProkect Anatomy, news, current projects and other items of interest. I'd greatly value feedback on this, and if you think I've missed something, or don't wish to receive this again, please leave a note on my talkpage or remove your name from the mailing list

What's new

Several new GAs: Cervix, Cranial nerves, Parathyroid gland, Sebaceous glands, Pudendal nerve
New FL (Anatomical terms of motion)
Finally, an automatically-generated list of articles needing cleanup is available: [3]
A list of recent changes is created, and can also be attached as a template for user pages: {{Recent changes in Anatomy}}
Reached GA goal of 10 articles! -- now increased to 20
We were Featured in the signpost!
An essay about the use of Anatomical terminology, WP:ANATSIMPLIFY is released (see below for more!)

What's going on

We fly past 10,000 articles (now already up to 10,150). Why is this important? Articles under our scope are automatically included in popular pages, the cleanup list, and will be included as the recent changes list is updated.
A discussion about the formatting of infoboxes.
A lot of editing on the heart article -- can it make it to GA?
The medical newsletter, WP:PULSE finds its feet, and Anatomy and Physiology are featured as a subsection!
A new WP:WikiProject Animal anatomy (WP:ANAN) is created to focus on animal anatomy.

How can I contribute?

Welcome new editors! We have a constant stream of new editors who are often eager to work on certain articles.
We are always looking to collaborate! If you're looking for editors to collaborate with, let us know on our talk page!
Continue to add high-class reliable sources
Browse images on WikiCommons to improve the quality of images we use on many articles.

Quarterly focus - Anatomical terminology

Anatomical terminology is an essential component to all our articles. It is necessary to describe structures accurately and without ambiguity. It can also be extremely confusing and, let's face it, it's likely you too were confused too before you knew what was going on ("It's all Greek to me!" you may have said, fairly accurately).

In the opinion of this editor, it's very important that we try hard to describe anatomy in a way that is both technically accurate and accessible. The majority of our readers are lay readers and will not be fluent in terminology. Anatomy is a thoroughly interesting discipline, but it shouldn't be 'locked away' only to those who are fluent in the lingo – exploring anatomy should not be limited by education, technical-level English fluency, or unfamiliarity with its jargon. Anatomical terminology is one barrier to anatomical literacy.

Here are four ways that we can help improve the readability of our anatomical articles.

Substitute. Use words readers are familiar with -- there is no need to use anatomical terminology unless necessary!
Innervated by

The nerve that supplies X is...
Explain. When using terminology, remember readers will likely not understand what you mean, so consider adding an explanation and providing context. Use wikilinks for terms that a reader may not know.
"The triceps extends the arm" may not be readily understood. A small addition may help the reader:

"The triceps extends the arm, straightening it". Consider:
Separate. Do not use long, complicated sentences. Don't write discursive, long comparisons unless needed. Start with simple information first, then get progressively more complex. Separate information by paragraph and subsection. Bite-sized information is much more easier to digest for readers who don't have a solid anatomical foundation
Eliminate. Not all information is necessary on every article. Hatnotes are a simple and effective way to direct readers to another article. Don't provide long lists of synonyms of names for structures that an article isn't about. If a sentence has been paraphrased to the hilt, consider that several editors are indicating it may need to be simplified.
"The other branches of the trigeminal nerve are the opthalmic nerve (nervus opthalmicus) and mandibular nerve (nervus mandibularis)"

"The other branches of the trigeminal nerve are the opthalmic nerve and mandibular nerve" is much more easily digestible

This essay is provided in full on WP:ANATSIMPLIFY.

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Please help me with...I wrote the initial article entitled United States Radium Corporation it has a redlink for the Standard Chemical Company, which was a subsiduary of the Radium Dial Company, however I have no information on this company, I need some reference material so that the article can be created, but also to complete US Radium. Read-write-services (talk) 03:04, 6 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Some possible sources here; there's also some possibly relevant stuff in JSTOR. Hopefully that will get you started! Yunshui ^雲 _水 09:49, 6 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your attention

Would you please look at the page of Ali al-Hadi and favour us with positive response as per its tag of March 2015 (cleanup, typo,grammar etc.) Thanks. Nannadeem (talk) 14:12, 9 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello there, I have changed and edited some text (more to go), however I just want to make sure that the original sense is not lost, please check some of the changes, and if you feel that the content I rectified is ok, then I will continue with more edits, I'm sorry, It is just that my work on religious text may not be very good I do not wish to offend those that would read text written in this style! kind regards, and thank you for allowing me to have a goRead-write-services (talk) 04:35, 10 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Yes please go ahead. Nannadeem (talk) 13:31, 10 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much for the service extended by you on page Ali al-Hadi. Nannadeem (talk) 22:05, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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I created the Visual Aural Radio Range article, that urgently needs expansion by a person with the knowledge about this system used in Australia, it was similar to the American Low frequency radio range system. There is some reference available here:[4], but I am unable to get the persons responsible for the information or copyright to it. can someone get this article improved?

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The help me tag isn't exactly appropriate for this kind of issue. It's meant to be used as a way for editors who are confused about the editing process, policies, et cetera, to receive help. Not to call other editors to improve an article you have an interest in; posting on a related Wikiproject would be a more appropriate venue. I hope you find the sources you need, though! Try Google News search. That might produce some decent sources that could be used in the article. Good luck. :) Quinto Simmaco (talk) 17:50, 26 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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WikiProject Anatomy Newsletter #4

WikiProject Anatomy Newsletter #4

Editor: Tom (LT)

Hello WikiProject Anatomy participant! This is the fourth update, documenting what's going on in WikiProject Anatomy, news, current projects and other items of interest. We've had a quiet time over the last half-year or so, so I've slowed down the release of this newsletter and will probably release the next one around the end of the year. If you'd like to provide some feedback, if you think I've missed something, or don't wish to receive this again, please leave a note on my talkpage or remove your name from the mailing list

What's new

A related WikiProject is formed, WikiProject Women's health
Cerebellum, promoted in 2006, receives a long overdue featured article review
Heart and Glomerulus receive a peer review
Our article base explodes from about 10,000 to 12,775, with most new articles being redirects.
Sympathetic nervous system, Autonomic nervous system and Parasympathetic nervous system all receive significant makeover, and cry out for more attention!

What's going on

Should Vermiform appendix be retitled to its more common name (Appendix)? The discussion continues!
A large number of "back end" changes are made, and integration with Wikidata continues -- see the focus for more.
Our set of cranial nerve-related articles receive a review by a subject expert

How can I contribute?

If you're interested in a topic area, let other editors know by creating a 'drive' in that area
Continue to reword articles in language lay readers can understand
Search Wikimedia commons for high-quality coloured images that can be used to replace some of our older, lower quality images.
Don't forget that anatomy isn't always about gross anatomy! A number of other fields, including articles about embryology and histology ("microanatomy") cry out for attention.

Issue focus - technical changes

This issue was originally going to focus on how far we've come as a project. However, that encouraging news can wait until next issue, as there are simply too many changes going on at the "back end" of our project not to write about. What do I mean by "back end"? I mean changes that are not necessarily visible to readers, but may have a significant impact on the way we edit or on future edits.

Templates

A number of visible changes have been made to our templates. Firstly, the way our templates have been linked together has changed. Previously, this was a small bar with single-letter links. This has been replaced by a light-coloured box contained within all our templates with fully-worded links, which provides links to relevant anatomy and medical templates. This should make life a lot easier, particularly for students and other readers who are struggling with the vastness of anatomical systems and their related diseases and treatments.

As part of this, almost all our templates have been reviewed and cleaned up. The previously confusing colour scheme has been removed and colour standardised. The titles have been simplified. References to "identifiers" in the titles of navigation boxes (such as Gray's Anatomy and Terminologia Anatomica numbers) have been removed. Where possible, the wiki-code of templates has been updated to give a cleaner, more standardised, format that is hopefully more friendly to new editors. The cleanup continues , please feel free to contribute or propose templates which need attention.

Anatomy infobox

Most of our articles have an infobox. Previously, there were 11 separate infoboxes for different fields, such as muscles, nerves and embryology. These have been united so that at the "back end", every template will take formatting directly from the main anatomy infobox -- however at the "front end", there is little difference for readers. This will make future changes much easier -- including adding new fields, formatting, and reordering the contents. Several changes have already been made: infoboxes now link to a relevant anatomical terminology article; contents are now divided into 'Identifiers' and 'Details' headings, making it easier to grasp content for new readers; and new fields have been added, including Greek and UBERON, with several more under discussion.

External links

An editor has reviewed all our template-based external links. These are the links that often fill the "External links" category, and sometimes used as citations. At least thirty different links sets, with the number of links stretching into the thousands, have been fixed, and if not functioning, deleted. A number of non-functioning dead links (with no archived websites available), and one or two others, have been deleted. This helps keep our 'external links' section relevant and functioning for those readers who want extra information about articles.

Wikidata

Perhaps our most important change has been integration with Wikidata. This is because of both its current uses and potential future uses. Wikidata is a service related to Wikipedia focusing on storing information. Data relating to a Wikipedia item (such as a muscle or bone, or even a template) can have related "structured" infomation stored systematically alongside it. For example, a muscle can have information about its embryological origin, nerve supply, and the relevant sections of Terminologica Anatomica (TA) stored alongside it. Much information that was stored within articles on infoboxes is now stored on Wikidata, including the TA, TH, and TE fields. An immediate benefit is that Wikipedias in every language will (as they update their own infoboxes, be able to automatically include this information. New data can be entered in a much easier format, and data can be batch entered by bots making future updates much easier Future uses include data visualisation. I personally am looking forward to the day when a reader can view a wikidata-based "tree", clicking mesoderm and seeing all of the derived structures, then selecting the intermediate mesoderm, then Pronephric duct, mesonephric duct and vas deferens. The possibilities of using Wikidata for data visualisation are really quite encouraging!

Our next issue will focus on how far WikiProject Anatomy has come in the past 2 years.

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WikiProject Anatomy newsletter #5

WP:Anatomy newsletter (#5)

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Released: November 2016

Editor: Tom (LT)

Hello WP:Anatomy participant! This is our fifth newsletter, documenting what's going on in WikiProject Anatomy, news, current projects and other items of interest. There hasn't been too much worthy of news, and I have less time to dedicate to this project, so I've slowed down the release of this newsletter.

I value feedback, and if you think I've missed something, or don't wish to receive this again, please leave a note on my talk page, or remove your name from the mailing list

What's new

Adrenal gland, thyroid ima artery, Ear, Heart, Esophagus and Lung are promoted to good article status
Our previous barnstar has changed to the new shiny "Golden galen" barnstar to celebrate contributions to anatomical articles
We are featured in the journal Clinical Anatomy [5]

How can I contribute?

Participate in discussions - a number of discussions such as those on our talk page or about our infobox would benefit from your opinion!
Continue to add content to our articles
Collaborate and discuss with other editors - many hands make light work!

Focus - how far we've come

How far have we come since our first newsletter... the answer is quite a lot! Here goes:

Hundreds to thousands of articles improved and standardised by many, many editors.
14 new good articles created or added to our project [6]
Improved quality of our articles - subjectively and objectively. GAs quadrupled from 5 to 16, B-class articles doubles from 62 to 115, C-class article well on the way to trebling from 219 to 611, Start-class increased from 1,082 to 1,570.
Tens to hundreds of mergers performed between tiny, unedited articles - a remnant of our Gray's Anatomy (1918) heritage.
Layout guidelines changed and layout standardised for the majority of our articles
In the project space:
- WikiProject Animal Anatomy created
- 20-30+ new members
- 200+ new editors welcomed with our new welcome template
- Interdisciplinary category system to help new editors
Active integration with wikidata in our infoboxes
Overhaul of all of our navboxes
Review and integration of all of our templates
External link templates reviewed to ensure they all work
To help improve anatomical literacy:
- Creation of a suite of five Anatomical terminology articles, and overhaul of existing articles
- Creation of the {{Anatomy-terms}} template created
- Links provided in infoboxes
- Simplifying anatomical terminology essay released

These are substantial improvements and my thanks go out to our many editors who played a part in this. These improvements are almost always the result of consensus, compromise, collaboration and discussion between multiple editors.

I hope we can continue to improve in the future. How can you help? Continue to edit, add content, and create a welcoming atmosphere so that new editors will join us.

Well done to us all, and the many anonymous editors who've helped along the way!

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WikiProject Anatomy newsletter (#6)

Released January 2018 · Previous newsletter · Next

Hello WikiProject Anatomy participant! This is our sixth newsletter, documenting what's going on in WikiProject Anatomy, news, current projects and other items of interest.

I value feedback, and if you think I've missed something, or don't wish to receive this again, please leave a note on my talk page, or remove your name from the mailing list.

Yours truly, --Tom (LT) (talk) 10:48, 21 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

What's new

	new good articles since last newsletter include Thyroid, Hypoglossal nerve, Axillary arch, Human brain, Cerebrospinal fluid, Accessory nerve, Gallbladder, and Interventricular foramina (neuroanatomy)
	I write an Introduction to Anatomy on Wikipedia in the Journal of Anatomy [7]
	Vagina receives a lot of attention on its way to good article status.
	We reach two projects goals of 20 good articles, and less than half of our articles as stubs, in July 2017. [8]
	A discussion about two preferred section titles takes place here.

Introduction to WikiProject Anatomy and Anatomy on Wikipedia

We welcome all those interested in anatomy!

Seeing as we have so many new members, and a constant stream of new editors to our articles, I would like to write in this issue about how our project and articles are arranged.

The main page for WikiProject Anatomy is here. We are a WikiProject, which is a group of editors interested in editing and maintaining anatomy articles. Our editors come from all sorts of disciplines, from academically trained anatomists, students, and lay readers, to experienced Wikipedia editors. Based on previous discussions, members of our project have chosen to focus mainly on human anatomy ([9]), with a separate project for animal anatomy (WP:ANAN). A WikiProject has no specific rights or abilities on Wikipedia, however it does allow a central venue for discussion on different issues where interested editors can be asked to contribute, collaborate, and perhaps reach a consensus.

Project and article structure

Wikipedia has about 5,500,000 articles. Of these, about 20,000 fall under our project, about 5,000 of which are text-containing articles. Articles are manually assigned by editors as relating to our project (many using the rater tool). As well as articles, other Wikipedia pages in our project include, lists, disambiguation pages, and redirects. Our articles are improving over time, and you can have a look at our goals and progress, or last newsletter, to get a better idea about this.

Our articles are structured according to the manual of style, specifically here. The manual of style is a guideline, which "is a generally accepted standard that editors should attempt to follow, though it is best treated with common sense, and occasional exceptions may apply", and prescribes the layout of anatomy articles, most of which follow it.

Our articles are organised in a particular way. Most articles have a infobox in its lead, describing key characteristics about the article. Because we have so many articles, articles are often linked together in different ways. An article tends to focus on the primary topic it is written about. Further information can be linked like this, or piped (like this). We use navboxes, which are the boxes at the bottom of articles providing links to similar topics, as well as hatnotes. Typical hatnotes in articles include {{main}}, {{see also}} and {{further}}. This lets us link to relevant and related articles. The bottom of articles also shows categories, which store groups of related articles.

Tools

For interested editors, our project offers a number of additional tools to help edit our articles. On our main page appears a log of the most edited recent articles. An automatic list of recent changes to all our articles is here. We have a list of the most popular pages (WP:ANAT500). To keep abreast of news and discussions, it is best to monitor our talk page, newsletters, and our article alerts, which automatically lists deletion, good article, featured article, and move proposals. We also have a open tasks page for editors to create lists of tasks that other editors can collaborate with. Articles are also manually assigned to a "discipline", so interested editors in for example, gross anatomy, histology, or embryology can easily locate articles via here.

Our project has all sorts of smaller items that editors may or may not know about, including a barnstar, user box ({{User WPAnatomy}}), welcoming template ({{WPANATOMY welcome}}) and fairly comprehensive listing of templates (here).

Invitation

We are always happy to help out, and I invite new editors, or for those with any questions relating to how to get around the confusing environment that is Wikipedia, to post on our talk page or, for a kind introduction to questions, at the WP:TEAHOUSE.

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Wikiproject Anatomy newsletter #7

Released September 2020 · Previous newsletter

Hello WikiProject Anatomy participant! This is our seventh newsletter, documenting what's going on in WikiProject Anatomy, news, current projects and other items of interest.

I value feedback, and if you think I've missed something, or don't wish to receive this again, please leave a note on my talk page, or remove your name from the mailing list.

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What's new

	new good articles since last newsletter include Epiglottis, Human nose, Pancreas, Prostate, Thymus, Trachea, T tubule, Ureter and Vagina, with Anatomical terms of location also awaiting review
	A made-up eponymous term is used in our article that eventually makes it in to university anatomy teaching slides and a journal article
	We reach a project goal of 150 B-class articles in July 2020, increasing by about 50% over five years, and are one good article away from our goal of 40 GAs, doubling over the last five years
	In the real world, Terminologia Anatomica 2 and Terminologia Embryologica 2 are released ([10], [11]). Terminologia Anatomica 2 is now included in anatomy article infoboxes, and there is ongoing discussion about updating TE as well
	A beautiful new barnstar is released ({{subst:The Anatomist Barnstar}})
	Portal:Anatomy receives some attention, and two related portals are deleted (vale Human body and Cranial nerve portals)
	Some things left out from past newsletters - A large amount of redirects are created to help link plural structures, and Cerebellum ([12]) and Hippocampus ([13]) are published in Wikiversity.

Newsletter topic: anatomy and featured articles

I have been asked to write up something introducing the Featured article (FA) process to anatomy editors, but I took a more general approach to explaining why one might want to contribute featured content and the benefits to the editor and to Wikipedia. I also tried to address some misconceptions about the FA process, and give you a guide that is somewhat specific to health content should you decide to take the dive.

A vital purpose of Featured articles is to serve as examples for new and aspiring Wikipedia editors. FAs are often uniquely comprehensive for the Internet. They showcase some of our best articles, and can enhance Wikipedia's reputation if they are maintained to standard—but in an "anyone can edit" environment, they can easily fall out of standard if not maintained. Benefits to the writer include developing collaborative partnerships and learning new skills, while improving your writing and seeing it exposed to a broader audience—all that Wikipedia is about!

Looking more specifically at WP Anatomy's featured content, the Featured media is impressive and seems to be an Anatomy Project strength. The Anatomy WikiProject has tagged 4 FAs, 1 Featured list, and 30 Featured media. Working towards upgrading and maintaining older Featured articles could be a worthwhile goal. Immune system is a 2007 FA promotion, and bringing it up to date would make a nice collaboration between WikiProject Medicine and the Anatomy WikiProject. Hippocampus is another dated promotion that is almost 50% larger than when promoted, having taken on a bit of uncited text and new text that might benefit from a tune-up.

Whether tuning up an older FA at Featured article review, or attempting a new one to be reviewed at Featured article candidates, taking the plunge can be rewarding, and I hope the advice in my essay is helpful.

You can read the essay "Achieving excellence through featured content" here.

SandyGeorgia has been a regular FA reviewer at FAC and FAR since 2006, and has participated in thousands of nominations

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PIP (Morse code) moved to draftspace

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Thanks, even though I was only partly/starting to create the page and was going to come back to it as it were, to find sources, (very few if any exist), as pips are dots/beeps used in the telecommunications vernacular. I have found at least one reference to pips used by time signal stations.

SYSTEM: The Greenwich Time Signal (GTS) or BBC pips is a time code heard on some BBC Radio stations.

The signal consists of 6 pips (short beeps) which occur on the 5 seconds leading up to the hour and on the hour

itself. Each pip, or marker, is a 1 kHz tone.

This came from a radio navigational aids document Pub117bk.pdf so to be honest, I have no idea about the reference validity. I teach the subject, and it is a common term used in radio comms and navigation, but I cant write that as it would appear as "personal research/unreferenced material" , would it not? any help? Do you have any ideas to include /rectify the issue so that I can get this info back out of draft state to published content?

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Hello!

Well firstly, sorry for the late reply, however I have been inundated with work at my normal job.

Thank you very much! It is not often, that I get involved in anything in Wikipedia, apart from editing articles that I feel could do with some help. I really appreciate that you have recognised, or even bothered to send me a note.

Thank you for the invitation, and if I can figure out what to do, I warmly accept the invitation to join.

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