User talk:Yourstruly42

Welcome

Hello, Yourstruly42! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by using four tildes (~~~~) or by clicking if shown; this will automatically produce your username and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! The UtahraptorTalk/Contribs 02:43, 26 January 2011 (UTC) Getting started A tutorial • Our five pillars • Getting mentored How to: Edit a page • Upload and use images • Create your first article Intuitive guide to Wikipedia • Article Creation Wizard Getting help Frequently asked questions • Tips Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Help desk: A Wiki Styled page to ask questions on Help directory: A comprehensive list-style help contents page Policies and guidelines Neutral point of view • No original research Verifiability • Reliable sources • Citing sources What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons List of policies • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Policy for non-free content • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism • List of guidelines Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The community Build consensus • Resolve disputes Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • No legal threats Community portal • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Writing articles Be bold in editing • Develop an article The perfect article • Simplified manual of style Stubs • Categories • Disambiguation Peer review • Featured content Miscellaneous User pages • Talk pages Awards a registered contributor can achieve and award Clean up: General • Spam • Vandalism Join a WikiProject • Translation Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

Guild of Copy Editors mentor program

I am currently developing a mentor program for the Guild of Copy Editors. Since you're new to Wikipedia and to the Guild, I was wondering if you would like to be the first one to try this new mentor program? The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 02:55, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Sounds interesting! How would it work? Yourstruly42 (talk) 03:03, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

First, I would like to see how well you can copy edit. Go to Category:Wikipedia articles needing copy edit, choose an article, and copy edit it. Then I'll review the copy edit and determine the areas in which you can improve. Sound good? The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 03:07, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Sounds like a plan. I was browsing through the new members' guide to the style manual, just to get a sense of Wikipedia-specific stylistics I might need to be familiar with. After I'm done browsing, I'll pick an article, edit it, and let you know what it was. Does that work for you? Yourstruly42 (talk) 03:12, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Yes, that works. The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 03:21, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

In retrospect, I realize that it's probably too late tonight for my brain to edit properly. I'm in Montreal, so it's getting near my bedtime. Also, my brain is fried from reading an entire style guide. Anything I edit right now will definitely not be a showing of my best work. I'll do some editing tomorrow and point you to the articles. (I just don't want you waiting around now for something that might not show up for 12 hours or more.) Thanks for your offer of help! Yourstruly42 (talk) 03:31, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

I did an edit of The Land Beyond the Magic Mirror, showing my true geeky nature. Mostly grammar and syntax, with a few links fixed in the header. Let me know what you think, and thanks again! Yourstruly42 (talk) 16:42, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Nice work. Now I would like you to try a longer article, such as Porous glass. Also, have you signed up for the Guild's January 2011 Backlog elimination drive? If not, I would recommend it. If you need more information about the drives, see here. The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 22:07, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Hi Utahraptor! I saw that you did a few updates to my Machine embroidery edits. I was wondering what you thought overall, especially given that it was somewhat of a mess before I started, and I'm still learning Wikipedia's style guide. Yourstruly42 (talk) 04:54, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

I did a slight cosmetic edit on a couple of the links for The Land Beyond the Magic Mirror, but I concur you did nice work! 129.33.19.254 (talk) 22:35, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

I spent the better part of two hours editing the Machine embroidery page. Still not completely satisfied with the results, but there was a lot of editing for tone and redundancies. (Parts of it read like a how-to guide, which I tried to fix.) Comments, of course, are appreciated, and I'll read them just as soon as I've given my brain a bit of a rest. Yourstruly42 (talk) 01:10, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Copy edits

First, I would like to say that you are a fine copy editor. You seem to have caught on fast, and you definitely show great potential. There are a few minor issues that need to be addressed:

• Your copy edit to Internal passport was good, but I noticed that there was a little jargon in the article. Remember to reword sentences with jargon.
• I noticed that the pronoun "you" was also used in the article. This should be rarely done. Typically, pronouns such as "I" and "you" should be avoided in Wikipedia articles, except when using quotes from a source.
• There were a couple serial comma issues, as well. When giving a list (such as bananas, apples, and grapes), one must be consistent in whether or not the last comma is used.

Other than that, you've done a fine job so far. Keep up the good work! The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 00:33, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! I worked professionally as a subtitle editor for a year and a half, so I'm glad I've still got some of the skills. (*grin*) Regarding the "you" in the internal passport article, I noticed it at the time, but since I had no idea what that section of the article meant, I decided to leave it as-in instead of changing something substantive and consequently incorrect. Thanks again for all your help! How else do you foresee the GOCE mentor program working? Yourstruly42 (talk) 05:23, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

We hope to welcome and mentor all new Guild members, as the Guild is easily one of the fastest growing WikiProjects on Wikipedia. I'm working on getting a project page set up for the mentor program, and I'll let you know when I've finished it. If you have any questions about the Guild and how it works, please ask me or any of our coordinators. Cheers, The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 14:35, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

January barnstar

		The Modest Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to Yourstruly42 for copy editing articles totalling over 4000 words in the January GOCE Backlog elimination drive. Thank you for participating! Diannaa (Talk) 17:07, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

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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March 2011 Backlog Elimination Drive

Hi. On behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors, I am inviting you to sign up for our March Backlog Elimination Drive. Win a barnstar! It's fun. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 01:34, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

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

You are receiving a copy of this newsletter as you are a member of the Guild of Copy Editors, or have participated in one of our drives. If you do not wish to receive future newsletters, please add you name here. Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 09:14, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

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". >>> Sign-up now <<<

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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. >>> Sign up now <<<

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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. >>> Sign up now <<<

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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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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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Copy Editing

Hai, this Indian film article Loham needs copy editing for grammer and writing style. Previously submitted for GA but failed due to language problem. See Talk:Loham. I invite you to help a hand on it.--Charles Turing (talk) 13:12, 21 October 2015 (UTC)