Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/June 2020

*R

So, does the “*R” mark bonus still apply in blitxes if the blitz is about requests? Feedback apreciated. Sorry about the typos, I cant spell on this keyboard... Stay safe and well, --Total Eclipse 2017 ^{(talk | contribs)} 00:50, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for your interest, Total Eclipse 2017. No, the *R and *O bonuses are for drives only. Stay well and all the best, Miniapolis 02:24, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

@Miniapolis: Okay, cool. Thanks for letting me know. Stay safe and well, --Total Eclipse 2017 ^{(talk | contribs)} 16:50, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

@Total Eclipse 2017:There is no *R bonus for blitzes and it isn't required to mark requests as such, but there's no problem if you want to voluntarily include that information. I think it might alert reviewers, as requests tend to be of higher quality and would arguably be the better articles to check. I also liked to have that data when I was doing the newsletters, though for complete data on the year-end reports I'd have to run a list comparison. Still, we want to keep this simple for the new copy editors, so strictly voluntary. – Reidgreg (talk) 13:51, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

{{Sections}}

I've gotten very bored after splitting this article from chronological order to subheadings. And I am stumped after Permalink/962549956 on dividing the political career section, and I just want to move onto the actual copyediting. Anyway I could split that very long section further? {{reply to|Can I Log In}}'s talk page! 20:49, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi Can I Log In; the Political Career section has very few references... in fact there are only three refs in the entire article. There's also lots of puffery there, for example; "As a disinterested and free man, disdaining any partisan struggle, Salah Farhat becomes the spokesperson for the political conscience of Tunisia and defines the best interests of the country, with only one claim for the total independence of Tunisia. ". You can safely remove this puffery, which will make the article much shorter. In fact, you could quite legitimately reduce the article to a stub, but that's up to you. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 21:35, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

@Baffle gab1978: Is removing everything that’s unreferenced copyediting policy? ‘Cause if it is, I should go back and butcher Tayyab Husain... Regards, --Total Eclipse 2017 ^{(talk | contribs | AWB account)} 21:47, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

Missing references aren't strictly part of copy editing, although I do tend to add "citation needed" or "refimprove" tags where needed. If a sentence is borderline on whether it is encyclopedic (and I agree with Baffle that the passage quoted above should definitely go), I'll go ahead and cut it if there's no citation. Tdslk (talk) 21:59, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

@Tdslk: Okay, cool. Thanks for helping me! Regards, --Total Eclipse 2017 ^{(talk | contribs | AWB account)} 22:00, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

Also, @Total Eclipse 2017:, note you *must* remove unreferenced text in biographies of living people (BLPs) if it is negative or potentially libelous, such as claims someone carried out a criminal or morally outrageous act (and should also be rev-deleted) i.e. "Fred Place-Holder robbed a bank in 1984". This policy applies to every article and talk page across the site. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 22:04, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Extra preceding word/repeat

From Squah in India,

Other major tournaments include Sub Junior/Junior National Championship, Mumbai Masters Open and Indian Junior Open.

Now the MOS:/ guidelines say that slashes are to be avoided; MOS:ENBETWEEN doesn't address this either. Now you see why a slash would be fitting. I would normally do (Sub) Junior National Championship. I just want to know if I should do this or there is an alternative that should be done, or just write it in the annoying way, "Sub Junior National Championship, Junior National Championship, Mumbai Masters Open and Indian Junior Open." {{reply to|Can I Log In}}'s talk page! 05:38, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

I would do what you call the annoying way. It is clear. Other ways are not. – Jonesey95 (talk) 07:28, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

There might be a clarity issue as to whether Sub Junior / Junior National Championship is the proper name for a tournament, or if it's talking about two simultanerous tournaments combined in one event, or separate tournaments. I could only load the second source, which seems to indicate that it is a proper name for a single (combined) tournament. So I would tend to not alter the name. Would it be any better to throw in some thes to introduce the complex noun phrase, like "Other major tournaments include the Sub Junior/Junior National Championship, the Mumbai Masters Open and the Indian Junior Open." – Reidgreg (talk) 23:05, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

Extra day

Did I cock it up wear the juice and give the blitz an extra day? I closed the blitz and then saw... "It began on 14 June, at 00:00 (UTC), and will end on 21 June, at 23:59 (UTC)." We usually close on a Sunday morning, not a Monday. So it seems I messed up on page creation and nobody noticed - sorry! D'oh! Baffle☿gab 00:21, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

Eh. As it turns out, there's still lots of work to do. Tdslk (talk) 00:23, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

OK let's not complain. Copyediting activity increases during these drives/blitzes compared to no event, and we are literally the Guild of Copy Editors. Now for the next dirve, accidentally give the July Drive an extra week. {{reply to|Can I Log In}}'s talk page! 00:44, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

We could call it a Leap Blitz... thanks for doing the stats, Can I Log In. :D Cheers, Baffle☿gab 00:49, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

This will go down in history as the notorious Eight-Day Blitz! Exciting. – Jonesey95 (talk) 01:30, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

Yes, a "leap week" blitz to match the 10th anniversary drive! (Plus the Requests page is a bit long.) Good job spotting this and keeping the blitz open! The June newsletter and coord talk page have 14–20, but typos happen. – Reidgreg (talk) 11:56, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

Listy prose at High Wavy Mountains

In the section Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary

Wildlife found on the High Wavy Mountains include Oriental honey buzzard, great pied hornbill, Indian brown mongoose, Jerdon's palm civet, white-bellied short-wing, black-naped monarch, pied thrush, gaur, tiger, leopard, Asian elephant, mouse deer, Ghatixalus asterops, Raorchestes beddomii, Raorchestes ponmudi, Nyctibatrachus sp., Ramanella triangularis, Ramanella montana, Calotes grandisquamis, Hemidactylus anamallensis, Salea anamallayana, Kaestlea travancorica, Kaestlea laterimaculata, Uropeltis madurensis, Uropeltis liura, Calliophis nigrescens, large-scaled pit viper and the enigmatic Hutton's pit viper.

 Note: that this was overlinked. In the section Fauna

Meghamalai forest area hosts a variety of birds, mammals, reptiles and butterflies. Resident and migratory elephants are also common. Other animals commonly sighted are tiger, leopard, Nilgiri tahr, gaur, spotted deer, barking deer, sambar deer, wild boar, porcupine, Nilgiri langur, lion-tailed macaque, common langur, bonnet macaque, sloth bear, grey junglefowl, smooth-coated otter and the flying squirrel. Birds like red-whiskered bulbul, common iora, white-browed wagtail, grey wagtail, pied bush chat, Blyth's reed warbler, barn swallow, spotted dove, Asian paradise flycatcher, brahminy kite, long-tailed shrike and over 100 other identified species

 Note: This also contains overlinking.

Both listy and OVERLINK. {{reply to|Can I Log In}}'s talk page! 18:57, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

I cleared out some of the spam from that article the other day; I'd be inclined to remove most of the unreferenced text and lists, and just leave the main points intact with {{Unreferenced-section}} or {{Refimprove-section}} as needed. WP is not a tourist guide and we don't host spam here. I'm not so sure about your page move; It should probably remain at the Tamil title "Meghamalai" if that's the official name of the region. If you don't think a c/e would be beneficial, you can tag it for {{Cleanup}} and be done with it. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 20:01, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

@Can I Log In: {{Example farm|section}} is another good maintenance template for cases like this. The list is not exhaustive (nor should it be), so there should be some citation and rationale for what is being listed and why. In the article, the preceding text notes that there are a variety of birds, mammals, reptiles and butterflies, but the listed examples are only birds and mammals. – Reidgreg (talk) 11:58, 22 June 2020 (UTC)