Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Requests/Archives/2024
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Archiving bot
Hi coords, it looks like there's a problem with the archiving bot YiFeiBot, which hasn't archived completed requests since 10 January. I'm not sure what's causing this so I've been tidying up unusual bits of code like asterisk bullets, poor threading, etc but that doesn't seem to have worked. I've also gone through the 2023 archive page to check there, fixed an unusual 'and' but didn't find any other oddities. Perhaps the bot needs a holiday... I'll see what happens next before I bother the bot-runner. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 01:59, 14 January 2024 (UTC)
- I've just removed another two asterisks. Life is fun. :) Baffle☿gab 02:06, 14 January 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for noticing, Baffle, and Zhuyifei1999 hasn't edited on enwp since October 2021. It was nice while it lasted </sigh>. All the best, Miniapolis 15:16, 14 January 2024 (UTC)
- And the designated contact @Bobbychan193: (courtesy ping) hasn't edited here since October 2023. There's nothing on the bot's talk to indicate it's been deactivated though... let's see if it archives my latest one. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 03:46, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
- I'll try to get Zhuyifei1999 to take a look. Bobbychan193 (talk) 04:37, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
- Fixed. Root cause was an automatic pywikibot upgrade pulled in phab:T340640 fix, which added https://pypi.org/project/packaging/ as a mandatory dependency of pywikibot, but I did not have that installed. Anyways, feel free to shoot me an email if I don't see your ping. I rarely log on nowadays. --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 09:49, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you both, that's great, the bot really saves us lots of chores. I'd rather be copy-editing than archiving requests! :) Cheers, Baffle☿gab 11:00, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
- I'll try to get Zhuyifei1999 to take a look. Bobbychan193 (talk) 04:37, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
- And the designated contact @Bobbychan193: (courtesy ping) hasn't edited here since October 2023. There's nothing on the bot's talk to indicate it's been deactivated though... let's see if it archives my latest one. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 03:46, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for noticing, Baffle, and Zhuyifei1999 hasn't edited on enwp since October 2021. It was nice while it lasted </sigh>. All the best, Miniapolis 15:16, 14 January 2024 (UTC)
(←) Thank you all! Miniapolis 16:44, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
Draft:Tomás Palacios on hold
Hi all; I've placed the request for the above draft on hold; it hasn't yet been accepted into the mainspace. I suggest we decline this for now; @PreethaK2023: (courtesy ping) is welcome to re-submit the request once it's been accepted. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 17:29, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
- Baffle☿gab Thank you PreethaK2023 (talk) 17:49, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
- Agree, Baffle. Thanks and all the best, Miniapolis 02:59, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
CC-BY-SA declaration; this section was copied from the Requests page here by me; see that page's history for full attribution. Baffle☿gab 05:23, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
Hi Guild of copy editors, Could I please have help to edit this draft to be ready to publish on Wikipedia? Thank you!! Leave the tildes in place so that your signature is appended to the request. PreethaK2023 (talk) 04:01, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
- Working Nsbfrank (talk) 09:01, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
- Partly done Nsbfrank (talk) 09:18, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
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On hold per GOCE guidelines; @PreethaK2023:, please wait until this article has been accepted into the mainspace before requesting a full c/e. Discuss at REQ talk. Baffle☿gab 17:18, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
- I'm working on this article for one year. Is there anyone at Wikipedia team, who could help me to move this article to mainspace? I would appreciate the help. PreethaK2023 (talk) 17:21, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
- Hi @PreethaK2023:, there is guidance on the draft's talk page here. Basically, you need to show the subject in notable and warrants an article. You can do this by showing significant coverage in reliable, independent sources. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 17:50, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
Declined per talk page discussion; discuss there. Baffle☿gab 05:23, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
- Hi @PreethaK2023:, there is guidance on the draft's talk page here. Basically, you need to show the subject in notable and warrants an article. You can do this by showing significant coverage in reliable, independent sources. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 17:50, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
Excess request removed
I've removed a third request here and have informed the requester on their talk here. Sorry I didn't notice this earlier. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 04:35, 21 January 2024 (UTC)
Military History of Canada – too long?
@Leventio: As you noted on your request, Military History of Canada is rather lengthy, perhaps too long for a copyedit, GAN or FAC. It's 20k words, and Wikipedia:Article size states that articles of 9k words should probably be shortened and articles of 15k words should almost certainly be shortened. The equivalent US article is about 9k words, which is achieved as almost all sections have main articles, allowing the sections to be kept to summaries of 1–3 paragraphs in most cases. Can something like that be done here? – Reidgreg (talk) 02:38, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
- There has been a paring down/trimming down effort on most of the sections already. That said, I've actually been debating splitting the article into two for a while now in my head (was sort of just trying to figure at where). I can withdraw the request if that is what the people here would like. Leventio (talk) 05:24, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks, Leventio. It would make more sense (and be easier on us) to copyedit both articles after the split. As it is, it probably wouldn't be promoted to GA because of its length and it took a long time to load in my browser. All the best, Miniapolis 15:08, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
- If you don't take the summary route (like the US article) I suppose the natural place for a split would be at Confederation (1867), since Canada didn't exist as a country before then. – Reidgreg (talk) 04:29, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
V. Nagaraj
CC-BY-SA declaration; I copied text in this section from the Requests page here. See that page's history for full attribution. Baffle☿gab 17:15, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
Some parts of the Career section make no sense. DareshMohan (talk) 21:25, 4 February 2024 (UTC)
- @DareshMohan:, copy-editing isn't WP:CLEANUP and copy-editors we shouldn't have to fix up messes made by past incompetent editors. This article has serious BLP violations, which I've noted with a template – BLPs must be properly referenced. That section is on notice; I suggest either properly referencing the article or removing the uncited text and stubifying the rest. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 01:50, 7 February 2024 (UTC)
- @Baffle gab1978: I removed the unsourced content. Can the request be removed too? DareshMohan (talk) 02:01, 7 February 2024 (UTC)
- @DareshMohan: thank you for that, yes, just put {{Withdrawn}} below my post and the bot will remove it in 24 hours or so, and I'll archive this section a bit later. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 16:06, 7 February 2024 (UTC)
Request withdrawn DareshMohan (talk) 17:32, 7 February 2024 (UTC)
- @DareshMohan: thank you for that, yes, just put {{Withdrawn}} below my post and the bot will remove it in 24 hours or so, and I'll archive this section a bit later. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 16:06, 7 February 2024 (UTC)
- @Baffle gab1978: I removed the unsourced content. Can the request be removed too? DareshMohan (talk) 02:01, 7 February 2024 (UTC)
Alpine ibex
CC-BY-SA declaration; I copied text in this section from the Requests page here. See that page's history for full attribution. Baffle☿gab 06:11, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
For a future FAC. Thank you. LittleJerry (talk) 01:26, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
- The future is apparently here; I'm reviewing the FAC now. I'm struggling with
In my mind, it's not clear what "which reach only 18-35 cm" refers to. .It looks like it refers to "females", but obviously that's silly and it must refer to "those (i.e. the horns) of females". Am I just being overly pedantic, or does this need to be rephrased? RoySmith (talk) 15:45, 10 December 2023 (UTC)Both male and female Alpine ibexes have large, backwards-curving horns with numerous transverse ridges along their length. At 69–98 cm (27–39 in), those of the males are substantially longer than those of females, which reach only 18–35 cm (7.1–13.8 in) in length.[3]
- Hi @RoySmith:, this content matter should really be discussed with the requester, at the FAC review or at the article's talk page. FWIW, I agree that passage should be rephrased to clarify what the measurements refer to; suggest replacing "those of females" with "horns of females" (or whatever "those" refers to) or similar construction. If you want to discuss the request or the copy-edit, you can use REQ talk. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 20:07, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks. My bad for posting in the wrong place. RoySmith (talk) 21:09, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
- Hi @RoySmith:, this content matter should really be discussed with the requester, at the FAC review or at the article's talk page. FWIW, I agree that passage should be rephrased to clarify what the measurements refer to; suggest replacing "those of females" with "horns of females" (or whatever "those" refers to) or similar construction. If you want to discuss the request or the copy-edit, you can use REQ talk. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 20:07, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
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Working Baffle☿gab 23:37, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
wizards of the coast
this article isnt necessarily *hard* its moreso i've struggled with knowing what to chop (history section). ive asked in the talk page 4 a bit and i havent gotten anything, dk if anyone here has any ideas. >:3 -Astral~(he/him/his) 12:25, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for your enthusiasm, AstralAlley. Since you seem to be a new copyeditor, however, this article (a good article) may not be the right fit for you at this time. Copyediting is a specialized skill, and IMO going off into the weeds of content is a HTH. Please see WP:CE, and Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/How to has a bunch of useful links. All the best, Miniapolis 14:29, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
- ive worked a slight bit on it, but yeah it might not be the best fit. all it really is a weeding fest. tysm for the links, ill see what i can try to with what you've provided, but i might need some other help. tysm >:3 -Astral~(he/him/his) 15:44, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
Hi, I listed 2022 Optus data breach in January this year for copyediting, as I wish to submit it for WP:FAC. Mox Eden accepted the article, but marked it as done three hours later, with no edits being made to the article. I still wish for the article to be copyedited ASAP for FAC, would I be allowed to reinsert it in the January 2024 section, or in May? It would be annoying to have to wait a while longer for it to be copyedited. JML1148 (talk | contribs) 08:22, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
- This is the edit where it was marked as done. Upon scanning the article, I saw no obvious mistakes. It's possible that an article, especially one that already has good article status, doesn't need further copy editing, although notice to that effect would be helpful, if none was given. Dhtwiki (talk) 10:03, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
- non-coordinator comment I would expect at least some copy-edits to have taken place during a c/e... perhaps @Mox Eden: could comment here; judging by this recent edit summary, they may be under some real-life stress right now. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 19:59, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
- Mox Eden made some copy-edits there, which are here. Since I noticed several errors (post-quotation punctuation, unnecessary "that"s, etc.), I'll support this being relisted in the Jan section with a Partly done. Baffle☿gab 20:48, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
- I've gone ahead and relisted the article as suggested. Dhtwiki (talk) 00:23, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
- @Dhtwiki: Thanks for relisting it. As to how I missed the edits Mox Eden made, I don't know, but they were very much tinkering around the edges anyway. JML1148 (talk | contribs) 06:54, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
- I've gone ahead and relisted the article as suggested. Dhtwiki (talk) 00:23, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
- Mox Eden made some copy-edits there, which are here. Since I noticed several errors (post-quotation punctuation, unnecessary "that"s, etc.), I'll support this being relisted in the Jan section with a Partly done. Baffle☿gab 20:48, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
- non-coordinator comment I would expect at least some copy-edits to have taken place during a c/e... perhaps @Mox Eden: could comment here; judging by this recent edit summary, they may be under some real-life stress right now. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 19:59, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
The tags here suggest research is needed rather than copy editing, so I'd suggest this is taken out of the queue. I've suggested peer review to @GolsaGolsa on the project page. Jim Killock (talk) 20:04, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
- GolsaGolsa is a fairly new editor who hasn't edited since 13 March this year. It's a short article so I'll take the request. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 20:38, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
- That's fair! Maybe he can take the article to peer review after for wider feedback. Jim Killock (talk) 21:54, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
- PR would be one route to improving the article but this seems to have been a drive-by request; GolsaGolsa has made only one edit to the article. Anyway, the c/e is done and I've no intention of dealing with the multitude of woes in the article. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 22:22, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
- That's fair! Maybe he can take the article to peer review after for wider feedback. Jim Killock (talk) 21:54, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
Two requests removed
I've just removed two excess requests from one editor here (diff). The requester already has two extant requests on the page. I've notified them on their talk page here (permalink). Cheers, Baffle☿gab 23:09, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
The plot section lacks citations, so I've suggested the requester adds them before a copy edit. Altho perhaps plot summaries don't require this. Jim Killock (talk) 16:45, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
- Hi @JimKillock:, pure plot summaries of what we see and hear in the film, like "Dave goes into the woods and is followed by an axe murderer; thirty second later, Dave screams.", usually don't need citations per MOS:PLOTSOURCE; the film itself is regarded as a primary source. If the plot section contains any analysis, opinions or commentary, such as "Dave doesn't hear the axe murderer because he foolishly has chewing gum in his ears", that would need a citation. I usually either mark any commentary with {{cn}}, move it to another section or remove it per WP:OR. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 20:20, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
First pass copy edits
Hi there, I was asked why I wasn't "completing" copy edits and it was suggested I should "finish" these, so I thought it would be helpful to leave a note about this. I have worked as an editor and done editing plenty of times but I don't feel that I am familiar enough with WP's style and requirements to do a full copy edit without a check. Moreover, a double pass probably makes for a better copyedit. If it isn't helpful for me to work this way though please do say. Jim Killock (talk) 08:59, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- Some background, and the requests page is getting longer. All the best, Miniapolis 13:45, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- My hope is to be as helpful as I feel able. I'm in the queue for requests myself, so I understand the desire to clear the queue, but I don't feel it's a good idea for me to mark what I've done as "complete" as it may be doing requesters a disservice. Jim Killock (talk) 15:15, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you for your copy-editing work Jim, it is appreciated. A well-done first-pass c/e does make the job easier for the second editor, and I'd rather see a partly done template on an incomplete c/e than have to unarchive and relist requests that need more work after complaints from unhappy requesters, which has happened in the past. That said, working on short articles may help increase your confidence and knowledge of Wikipedia editing; also, while we allow some commentary at the Requests page that may help other editors, extensive discussions should be brought here (I know I'm guilty of that too!). Cheers, Baffle☿gab 20:40, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- For a while, I made a first pass at many of the requests, tidying up MOS-related errors and fixing citation problems so that the eventual copy editor would have an easier time focusing on the prose. I never bothered with a "partly done" template, though, since it creates traffic on the requests page without clearing any requests. I satisfied myself with knowing that I had made small improvements to Wikipedia. I second the recommendation to work on articles from the backlog in order to gain familiarity with Wikipedia's house style(s). Also, JimKillock, if you are interested in seeing what changes are made during a "second pass", you can add pages to your watchlist. All good copy edits are valuable! – Jonesey95 (talk) 12:54, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, that's exactly what I've been doing :) Seeing what I am missing is definitely very helpful. I've used the "partly done" template because I've usually made pretty large changes to the articles and wanted to signal that the job should be lighter for someone picking it up, eg Charlemagne is a pretty hefty article but should now be a bit easier to finish. There is some self interest in helping in this queue, I plan to put a few articles forward to GA and FA, so I felt it would help to keep the queue moving (even tho it of course distracts from my other tasks regarding those articles). A bit of give back, if you like. Jim Killock (talk) 17:18, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- For a while, I made a first pass at many of the requests, tidying up MOS-related errors and fixing citation problems so that the eventual copy editor would have an easier time focusing on the prose. I never bothered with a "partly done" template, though, since it creates traffic on the requests page without clearing any requests. I satisfied myself with knowing that I had made small improvements to Wikipedia. I second the recommendation to work on articles from the backlog in order to gain familiarity with Wikipedia's house style(s). Also, JimKillock, if you are interested in seeing what changes are made during a "second pass", you can add pages to your watchlist. All good copy edits are valuable! – Jonesey95 (talk) 12:54, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you for your copy-editing work Jim, it is appreciated. A well-done first-pass c/e does make the job easier for the second editor, and I'd rather see a partly done template on an incomplete c/e than have to unarchive and relist requests that need more work after complaints from unhappy requesters, which has happened in the past. That said, working on short articles may help increase your confidence and knowledge of Wikipedia editing; also, while we allow some commentary at the Requests page that may help other editors, extensive discussions should be brought here (I know I'm guilty of that too!). Cheers, Baffle☿gab 20:40, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- My hope is to be as helpful as I feel able. I'm in the queue for requests myself, so I understand the desire to clear the queue, but I don't feel it's a good idea for me to mark what I've done as "complete" as it may be doing requesters a disservice. Jim Killock (talk) 15:15, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
Stadio Olimpico
CC-BY-SA declaration; this section was copied from the Requests page here by me; see that page's history for full attribution. Baffle☿gab 02:17, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
I am a Wikipedian from Italy, I rewrote the article, but almost surely it needs to be checked by someone who speaks English as native, thanks! -- Blackcat 
19:07, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
Working JML1148 (talk | contribs) 10:46, 9 March 2024 (UTC)- @Blackcat:
Partly done I've copyedited up to the end of the '1960 Olympics' section, but I am expecting to be busy next week and be without access to the Internet the next, so I find it unlikely that I will finish this within a reasonable timeframe. I'm leaving this to another copyeditor who can finish this ASAP. JML1148 (talk | contribs) 06:48, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
- @Blackcat:
- Did a little bit more copy editing early on. The Stadio dei Centomila section in particular seems to give two different explanations of where the ownership went to: first it says it went to the Italian National Olympics Committee, then it says to Commissariato della Gioventù Italiana (Commission for the Italian Youth) Mrfoogles (talk) 20:46, 19 March 2024 (UTC)
Italy
CC-BY-SA declaration; this section was copied from the Requests page here by me; see that page's history for full attribution. Baffle☿gab 13:36, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
It would be great to get an experience copy editor on this request I received from an it.wiki pal User:LukeWiller. I don’t think there is a MOS:OVERLINK policy on it.wiki and this article definitely suffers from that in addition to tightening the prose to reduce its size and increase its readability. Thanks! Vaselineeeeeeee★★★ 17:22, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
- Working Dhtwiki (talk) 04:23, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
- @Dhtwiki: Ok, thanks... :-) Could you also reduce the size in such a way as to remove the {{Very long}} tag that is present at the top of the article? --LukeWiller (talk) 17:18, 1 April 2024 (UTC).
- I'm not one who thinks that trimming article size is a job for the guild, excepting getting rid of obvious irrelevancies, uncited and duplicate text, etc. The subject-matter editors are better able to judge what should go in the article, as they should have a better sense of the amount of detail appropriate for its subject (e.g. what level of detail belongs to the country article versus subordinate, Italy-related articles). Dhtwiki (talk) 08:51, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
- @Dhtwiki: Didn't Learnerktm work on this before? Mox Eden (talk) 02:00, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
- I didn't find that name in the article history, on its talk page, or here, in the Requests archive. Dhtwiki (talk) 08:51, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
- What do you mean? They started copyediting it on 5 March and ended on 7 March, and there is a talk page section (Talk:Italy#Copy editing with good intentions) that they were involved in. Mox Eden (talk) 12:08, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
- Learnerktm did do some copy-edits on 4 to 7 March; their first attempts were reverted, their second attempt was a bit stickier but it seems they gave up quite early. See the article's history for details. I'm not sure whether their edits warrant a co-credit in our archive. I'm not sure the "too long" template is warranted here; articles on countries are expected to be large. Baffle☿gab 20:51, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
- I wasn't thorough enough. However, your
Didn't Learnerktm work on this before?
implied to me that a previous major copy edit had been achieved. I then expected to see their name in page statistics (I often wind up on the top ten list of even a much-read article that I copy edit), or a {{GOCE}} template on the talk page. Dhtwiki (talk) 01:22, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
- What do you mean? They started copyediting it on 5 March and ended on 7 March, and there is a talk page section (Talk:Italy#Copy editing with good intentions) that they were involved in. Mox Eden (talk) 12:08, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
- I didn't find that name in the article history, on its talk page, or here, in the Requests archive. Dhtwiki (talk) 08:51, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
- @Dhtwiki, do not forget to mark this as done after completing the article. Mox Eden (talk) 04:46, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
- I have some comments to formulate before I close this out. Dhtwiki (talk) 05:23, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
- @Dhtwiki: Ok, thanks... :-) Could you also reduce the size in such a way as to remove the {{Very long}} tag that is present at the top of the article? --LukeWiller (talk) 17:18, 1 April 2024 (UTC).
Done I might not have done all that was requested, but I put a fair amount of work into making this long article clear and coherent. I probably added more links than were there at the start, but I thought that was necessary. One flaw that I did not address was the extensive listing of important Italians (all of whom had articles to link to). I could have reduced the article by eliminating such lists but at the risk of losing information that was not at supporting articles. That sort of reduction I leave to subject-matter editors, who should be more informed as to what is at the articles where such detail is appropriate. Dhtwiki (talk) 08:43, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
Requested article deleted
It seems that Evan Roden has been deleted per Articles for deletion/Evan Roden. What are we supposed to do when a requested article is deleted? Mox Eden (talk) 13:50, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
- @Mox Eden: Thanks for flagging this. I've declined the request. Wracking talk! 14:01, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
- Mox Eden, thanks for noticing this; that article was on thin ice when I reviewed its suitability for c/e; see my comments below. Thanks Wracking, btw it's usual to copy any request-related discussion or significant commentary here before archiving; that way it can be reviewed without trawling through archives. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 01:18, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
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Good evening! There is an autobiography tag on an article I’ve contributed to and I’d love for someone to make sure it’s not biased or written in an inappropriate way, and for someone to remove the tag when the article meets the standards applicable. I’ve declared the CoI already, but I’d like to go a step further and make sure fresh eyes check it. Evanroden1 (talk) 21:22, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
- Hi @Evanroden1:, I've checked the article; the autobiog template is appropriate. I've failed verification of some of the sources used here; the ones I've marked {{not in source}} don't say what you say they say, and some are not reliable, third-party sources; I've tagged appropriately. Some of the text is off-topic and may best be moved to talk or Youth Coalition for Organ Donation. The rest should probably be stubified. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 00:44, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
- Gotcha! I’ll check what I can to fix those. I brought this up not because the autobiog tag isn’t appropriate — it clearly is — but because I’m interested in a fresh set of eyes to see if it can ever be removed, assuming others end up editing it.
- The first source does mention Evan (me); I’m included at 0:52 seconds in the video.
- I changed the wording just now for the 42% claim to match the 37% mentioned in the source.
- The sixth source should be fine I hope; the sentence says that I’m working to address concerns that people have had with opt-out donation, and it links to a page written by myself and Joel Giambra trying to do that (maybe not successfully, but that’s neither here nor there).
- Source 10 should also be fine; it describes how 27 European nations have become opt-out, unless the issue is the lack of source for the Nova Scotia claim? Evanroden1 (talk) 01:17, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
- Just went through and made some edits. I left a few of the “unreliable source” tags for if you or someone else can fix it, but I removed tags from things I fixed, and included my reasoning in the description of the change. Obviously I’ll defer to you if you think a tag still needs to be addressed and shouldn’t have been removed. Evanroden1 (talk) 01:52, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
- @Evanroden1:, thanks for your reply. I am busy with another c/e at the moment up-list but I'll check this later today (UTC). I work without JavaScript and I can't be expected to check videos unless they are properly cited; use {{cite video}} for that. I suggest we use the article talk page to discuss the actual article and REQ talk (this page's talk, where I'll copy this eventually) to discuss the copy-edit. Meanwhile, please read our page on sourcing, particularly that which pertains to biographies of living persons (BLPs). My concern here is that this article is new and unstable, and may not be suitable for a full c/e at the moment, and I may later suggest we decline your c/e request for now. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 06:49, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
(←) I've tidied the article and removed much of the off-topic text so it can now be copy-edited as usual. Baffle☿gab 22:36, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
Archiving issue?
YiFeiBot (talk · contribs) last archived the requests page on 20 April. Wracking talk! 14:04, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
- Pinging Zhuyifei1999. All the best, Miniapolis 20:47, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
- I've emailed Zhuyifei1999 and asked him to take a look at the bot; hopefully he'll get back to you soon. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 05:29, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
- The bot has been fixed; the problem was caused by a bug in the MediaWiki software. Still, I got to practise my manual archiving skills. :) Cheers, Baffle☿gab 23:25, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
- I've emailed Zhuyifei1999 and asked him to take a look at the bot; hopefully he'll get back to you soon. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 05:29, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
Yonkers, New York
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PR. A early copyedit was done in November 2023 and a PR was created since then, but I think this article could use another round of copyediting especially in the economy and gentrification section. The Cadillac Ranger (talk) 02:43, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
- Note: I copy edited this article in November. I recommended that Cadillac Ranger seek a peer review (which they did), then another GOCE pass-over after implementing changes. Diff of changes since last review Wracking talk! 20:21, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
- Hi @Wracking:, this is the link to the peer review. I have done changes including the addition of the gentrification section and started to expand the economy section by having a paragraph talk about unemployment and brewery (it is mentioned in this guide), and I will likely find more necessary information for that section. The Cadillac Ranger (talk) 21:27, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
(←) Is YiFeiBot still not working? Why is this here? All the best, Miniapolis 22:35, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
- @Miniapolis: 1. Yes :( 2. To make it easier to find discussion/commentary, someone (usually @Baffle gab1978) will archive those conversations here. Wracking talk! 23:00, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
- Sorry YiFeiBot is still down, since manual archiving is time-consuming. However, the request is done so I still don't know why this is here
. All the best, Miniapolis 23:13, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
- @Miniapolis:, I copied the request here from REQ because there's a back-and-forth conversation between the requester and another editor (Wracking), as is usual. It means we don't need to trawl through page histories to find things later and it can be easily accessed by future editors. If you'd prefer this didn't happen, I'm happy to discuss the matter. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 00:48, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
- Sorry YiFeiBot is still down, since manual archiving is time-consuming. However, the request is done so I still don't know why this is here
GAN request
What happens when I finish a request for a GAN, where I copyedited it, but it is clear that the article is not ready for a GAN yet, due to sourcing issues? Mox Eden (talk) 16:34, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
- The Guild makes no guarantees about article success at GA review or otherwise (we are not cleanup or peer review). In cases where the requestor's stated goals seem unlikely, I usually leave a note on the talk page and ping the requestor. If peer review might be successful, you can suggest that. Wracking talk! 19:40, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
Musashi Miyamoto (Vagabond)
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Small character article with potential for GAN.Tintor2 (talk) 18:34, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
- Working Mox Eden (talk) 15:26, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
- Done(?) I finished copyediting it, but unfortunately, this article cannot be a GAN yet because part of it relies on a blacklisted source (which made me trigger a filter, so I replaced it with a "citation needed" tag). If you want to make this a GAN, please find a better source. Mox Eden (talk) 16:39, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
- I see. Sadly, Inoue wasn't interviewed by other sites that much. Still, thanks for the work Tintor2 (talk) 17:59, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
- Per WP:RSP, you can request individual pages to be whitelisted over at WT:WHITELIST. The concerns about the website is that it was inconsistent in quality but this is an interview and you're quoting the creator, so it should be fine (ie. primary source on creative origins). Although it might not meet the higher standards of GAN. Sariel Xilo (talk) 19:06, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
- went ahead and requested. About.com is even a dead site so I am only relying on the archive Tintor2 (talk) 20:57, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
- Per WP:RSP, you can request individual pages to be whitelisted over at WT:WHITELIST. The concerns about the website is that it was inconsistent in quality but this is an interview and you're quoting the creator, so it should be fine (ie. primary source on creative origins). Although it might not meet the higher standards of GAN. Sariel Xilo (talk) 19:06, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
- I see. Sadly, Inoue wasn't interviewed by other sites that much. Still, thanks for the work Tintor2 (talk) 17:59, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
Climate crisis
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On this mid-sized and fairly important article, there is a dispute between two veteran editors over a range of copyediting-related matters which appears to show no signs of being resolved adequately in the near future. I believe you can help a lot. InformationToKnowledge (talk) 08:35, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
- @InformationToKnowledge Is the text currently stable enough to be edited and not find these are challenged or reverted? Jim Killock (talk) 02:25, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
- @JimKillock It should be. There has not been an active dispute for at least the past three weeks. Both editors are also aware that I have asked for your input and requested that you are not impeded. Having said that, I cannot possibly make guarantees about future behaviour of other editors. InformationToKnowledge (talk) 03:57, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
(←) Working Baffle☿gab 02:12, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
Monica Bellucci
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I am requesting the time and kindness of a native English speaker to do a copyedit before submitting the article for GA nomination (GAN). I took the initiative to write in British English. Thank you in advance. Oroborvs (talk) 17:16, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
- Happy to help with a copyedit - but it won't work if you just revert everything that you don't like. This is a good quality article, but there are edits that can help further Chaiten1 (talk) Chaiten1 (talk) 08:05, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
- @Chaiten1: Thanks. I don't like that this is not just a copy edit. You modify the words along the way according to your own feelings, but in the end, it no longer corresponds to what is said in the source. And you don't stop. I've been working on the article for a year and a half, and everything is very precise according to the sources. It has nothing to do with these two films but her recent career. It was correct. When you deleted "she subsequently", you changed the meaning of the sentence.[2] It's irrelevant to cite The Apartment a second time in the lead and Sheitan, an irrelevant film which is not even mentioned in the body per MOS:LEAD.[3] A word written in the singular in the source becomes plural in the article with you. You change "comune's public space" into "comune's public spaces".[4] Are you sure it was "due to her striking appearance"? Montanucci said in the source: "Everyone noticed her extraordinary and natural ability to stand out." That's why I wrote this, because it's the correct information.[5] She wanted to become a lawyer; it is relevant, but you deleted the info. People can do different jobs with a law degree; it was correct to note that.[6] Why are you writing this? Elite signed her to a contract from 1988 to 1989. She signed her employment contract with Elite between 1988 and 1989, the exact date is unknown.[7] Why do you delete "private commission" even though it is sourced? "private commission and bearing her name" are the two pieces that make up the sentence.[8] Also, modifications of MOS:QUOTATIONS#Original wording.[9] Also: "directde by". "Bellucci had never dreamed of being an actress" seems neither formal nor encyclopedic. You changed "Best Film Not in the English Language" to "best film not in the English language"; award categories are capitalized on featured articles.[10] "and used her as inspiration for the character of Chantal." Not an "inspiration", it's pretty clear that he retained her ideas; the source states, She had known people like Chantal and had some great ideas about the character, so much so that I put them in the script.[11] This is no longer possible under these conditions, I will have to check everything now. Oroborvs (talk) 21:46, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
- Oroborvs, please slow down and stop edit-warring. Part of the copy editing process requires that the requestor allows the copy editor to edit the article. You do not own this article, and your reverts of Chaiten1 are in violation of the three-revert rule. I have not examined Chaiten's edits in-depth, but most of them appear acceptable to me, with much of the confusion being attributed to the article text being vague in the first place. Please assume good faith. Thanks, Wracking talk! 23:06, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks - and apologies for any inadvertent upset. My aim in copy-editing is to help shorten sentences, clarify meanings and above all to end up with a text that is accessible to a passing reader; there was no intent to aggravate. I'll step back from this article, and see if someone else can help.Chaiten1 (talk) 16:21, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
- Oroborvs, please slow down and stop edit-warring. Part of the copy editing process requires that the requestor allows the copy editor to edit the article. You do not own this article, and your reverts of Chaiten1 are in violation of the three-revert rule. I have not examined Chaiten's edits in-depth, but most of them appear acceptable to me, with much of the confusion being attributed to the article text being vague in the first place. Please assume good faith. Thanks, Wracking talk! 23:06, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
- @Chaiten1: Thanks. I don't like that this is not just a copy edit. You modify the words along the way according to your own feelings, but in the end, it no longer corresponds to what is said in the source. And you don't stop. I've been working on the article for a year and a half, and everything is very precise according to the sources. It has nothing to do with these two films but her recent career. It was correct. When you deleted "she subsequently", you changed the meaning of the sentence.[2] It's irrelevant to cite The Apartment a second time in the lead and Sheitan, an irrelevant film which is not even mentioned in the body per MOS:LEAD.[3] A word written in the singular in the source becomes plural in the article with you. You change "comune's public space" into "comune's public spaces".[4] Are you sure it was "due to her striking appearance"? Montanucci said in the source: "Everyone noticed her extraordinary and natural ability to stand out." That's why I wrote this, because it's the correct information.[5] She wanted to become a lawyer; it is relevant, but you deleted the info. People can do different jobs with a law degree; it was correct to note that.[6] Why are you writing this? Elite signed her to a contract from 1988 to 1989. She signed her employment contract with Elite between 1988 and 1989, the exact date is unknown.[7] Why do you delete "private commission" even though it is sourced? "private commission and bearing her name" are the two pieces that make up the sentence.[8] Also, modifications of MOS:QUOTATIONS#Original wording.[9] Also: "directde by". "Bellucci had never dreamed of being an actress" seems neither formal nor encyclopedic. You changed "Best Film Not in the English Language" to "best film not in the English language"; award categories are capitalized on featured articles.[10] "and used her as inspiration for the character of Chantal." Not an "inspiration", it's pretty clear that he retained her ideas; the source states, She had known people like Chantal and had some great ideas about the character, so much so that I put them in the script.[11] This is no longer possible under these conditions, I will have to check everything now. Oroborvs (talk) 21:46, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
(←) Working Baffle☿gab 03:20, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
Articles at REQ lacking citations
I've boldly merged these two sections because the articles have the same issues, the comments come from the same copy-editor and the requests come from the same requester, @SKAG123: (courtesy ping). Cheers, Baffle☿gab 20:17, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
- I have withdrawn both nominations. I agree the articles need cleanup before copy editing can be done. SKAG123 (talk) 06:21, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
This has extensive citation issues so I wonder if it should be passed until these are fixed. Jim Killock (talk) 19:48, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
- non-coord comment; looking through the article, I see huge chunks of uncited text that should be either cited or removed. i suggest a decline; GOCE is not Cleanup. I'll put the request on hold for now. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 20:00, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
Tamil literature (original request)
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List of NOPV and grammar issues. SKAG123 (talk) 05:05, 27 January 2024 (UTC)
- I'm going to make the same observation as regarding Deccan wars; this lacks citations. IDK what the Guild of Editors policy is, but it seems to me that editing something lacking citations is likely to be quickly undone, once they are checked. I'll see if the GoCE have a policy on this. Jim Killock (talk) 19:16, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
- The main page says "Articles that are undergoing rapid development, are the venue for edit-wars, or have other major problems that may result in a copy edit being replaced or reverted"; I would think that lack of citations falls into this category, so unfortunately this request should probably be declined. That isn't for me to decide however. Jim Killock (talk) 19:20, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
On hold per JimKillock above; discuss at REQ talk. Baffle☿gab 20:04, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
- Request withdrawn SKAG123 (talk) 06:20, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
I copy edited about half of this, but note there are a lot of CN notices and wondered if these should be fixed first. Jim Killock (talk) 19:51, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
- non-coord comment; looking through the article, I see huge chunks of uncited text that should be either cited or removed. i suggest a decline; GOCE is not Cleanup. I'll put the request on hold for now. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 20:10, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
Deccan wars (original request)
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copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone, or spelling SKAG123 (talk) 00:38, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
- Partly done I've had a go at the first half of this, but with so many "citation needed" tags I wonder if this is a good idea. Surely it would be better to know the content is accurate before making a copy edit @SKAG123? Jim Killock (talk) 17:47, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
- On hold per JimKillock above; discuss at REQ talk. Baffle☿gab 20:04, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
- Request withdrawn SKAG123 (talk) 06:17, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
Two requests from an IP editor on hold
Hi all, I've just placed two requests from an IP editor on hold; they placed a super-request here; I divided it up and removed the third request here, and after checking the remaining two, RCTI and NTV7, I see that IP address hasn't edited either article. According to the REQ page's notes, I could automatically decline them but thought I'd bring the issue here for discussion. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 21:48, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
- Isn't the IP the same as what User:Wracking found was liberally tagging articles that dealt with broadcast stations throughout SE Asia? I would agree with declining, as well as further undoing of what seems to be a lot of drive-by tagging. Dhtwiki (talk) 22:31, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
- Agree with you both about declining. All the best, Miniapolis 23:44, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks both for your responses; I've declined the requests. I hadn't connected the indiscriminate tagging discussed here (permalink; scroll to the bottom... section not linked because it contains {{copy edit}}!) with this editor but it could well be the same person, who knows? Cheers, Baffle☿gab 03:01, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
- Agree with you both about declining. All the best, Miniapolis 23:44, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
- Agree with the decline. Seems like the same editor with a moving IP, based on similar editing behavior and WHOIS details.
- 36.78.190.26 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)
- Sorted 5 IPv4 addresses:
- 36.69.19.182
- 36.76.0.174
- 36.78.190.26
- 36.78.199.20
- 36.78.199.90
| Total affected |
Affected addresses |
Given addresses |
Range | Contribs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32K | 1 | 1 | 36.69.19.182 | contribs |
| 1 | 1 | 36.76.0.174 | contribs | |
| 32768 | 3 | 36.78.128.0/17 | contribs | |
| 131 | 1 | 1 | 36.69.19.182 | contribs |
| 1 | 1 | 36.76.0.174 | contribs | |
| 1 | 1 | 36.78.190.26 | contribs | |
| 128 | 2 | 36.78.199.0/25 | contribs | |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 36.69.19.182 | contribs |
| 1 | 1 | 36.76.0.174 | contribs | |
| 1 | 1 | 36.78.190.26 | contribs | |
| 1 | 1 | 36.78.199.20 | contribs | |
| 1 | 1 | 36.78.199.90 | contribs | |
Beat Happening (album)
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Possible GAN. MusicforthePeople (talk) 08:31, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
Comment: Jonathan Deamer's last edit was on 22 May. He may be inactive. Mox Eden (talk) 14:37, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks Mox Eden, I've asked for an update on this request at the user's talk page here. Baffle☿gab 11:11, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
- There have been no further edits from that editor so I've struck their Working tag. This request is now open to all. Discuss at REQ talk. Baffle☿gab 21:17, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks @Baffle gab1978, @Mox Eden for handling this, and sorry to disappear. Jonathan Deamer (talk) 16:49, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
- There have been no further edits from that editor so I've struck their Working tag. This request is now open to all. Discuss at REQ talk. Baffle☿gab 21:17, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks Mox Eden, I've asked for an update on this request at the user's talk page here. Baffle☿gab 11:11, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
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Partly done Jonathan Deamer (talk) 23:23, 19 June 2024 (UTC) (marked, timestamped and signed by Baffle_gab1978 for archiving reasons, for which I won't be signing this post; discuss at REQ Talk (linked above)).
Auction theory
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This whole article is full of grammatical errors and bad writing. I tried to fix some of it but it's pretty long so I thought I'd notify you guys. A lot of the wording is very unclear and hard to read, and it's like this in a lot of places. TypoEater (talk) 14:42, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
- @TypoEater: Quite large sections of this seem to be uncited or poorly cited. It may not take much to fix that but it's probably needed before a copy edit, to ensure that it remains stable? Jim Killock (talk) 07:53, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
- Yeah, this article is kind of a mess in general and I didn't even notice the bad sourcing. I don't have much experience with finding sources for uncited claims, so it might be a good idea to get some more people involved here, seeing as this is turning out to be a bigger and wider issue than I first thought. TypoEater (talk) 19:50, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
- Working – In the meantime, I will see what I can do with the prose. Dhtwiki (talk) 06:27, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
- @Dhtwiki, are you still working on this article? You last edited it on 26 June. Mox Eden (talk) 04:40, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
- Yes. I've gotten sidetracked with doing other things. I plan to finish here, though. Dhtwiki (talk) 05:04, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Dhtwiki, are you still working on this article? You last edited it on 26 June. Mox Eden (talk) 04:40, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
- Done Dhtwiki (talk) 00:05, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
Request for Mamie Van Doren on hold
Hi all, I've put the request for the above article on hold here. I've done this because the requester @GreyChen: (courtesy ping) asks for help with article building and text citing, and because that BLP article has major sourcing problems. I've tagged the article and welcomed the requester on their talk page. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 02:06, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks, Baffle. I suggest we decline after giving Wcamp9 (formerly GreyChen) time to reply. In addition to poor sourcing for a BLP, there are too many images; a copyedit would be pointless before the poorly-sourced content is removed, and deciding which images belong in the article is above our pay grade. All the best, Miniapolis 13:38, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
- No worries, this editor seems to be inexperienced so I've left a note on their talk page; they may have disabled pings. I'm happy to let the request sit there for a while (but not too long). Cheers, Baffle☿gab 18:52, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks, I've declined this request per above. I also note the article is undergoing rapid development by two editors; @Wcamp9:, feel free to relist this article here once it is stable and the lack of references has been fixed. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 03:44, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
- Ok, I would like to note that there is not too many references that can be used for Mamie Van Doren. Therefore, much of the article is built off of her Playing the Field memoir and her own accounts of situations as there is unfortunately no better options. Wcamp9 (talk) 19:29, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Hi @Wcamp9:, it's best not to heavily base biographies of living people (BLPs) articles on primary sources. If material in a BLP article cannot be sourced from secondary sources, it's usually best to remove it. Please see Wikipedia's guidance on BLP sourcing. Good luck and cheers, Baffle☿gab 20:43, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Ok, I will try to find a secondary source or remove some more biased material that is put in the article. Wcamp9 (talk) 21:09, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- However, I believe I will need some help from additional editors for this article. Wcamp9 (talk) 21:13, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- I think you should check out the page. I think you especially or someone else can identify whatever issues there are Wcamp9 (talk) 23:07, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you for that; I'll have a look but I shalln't be doing major content work there. I notice several of the images used are up for deletion on Commons here; that may help prune the excess of images there. Feel free to discuss the article on the article's talk page; I've left you a few suggestions for improvements there. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 06:08, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- I think you should check out the page. I think you especially or someone else can identify whatever issues there are Wcamp9 (talk) 23:07, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- However, I believe I will need some help from additional editors for this article. Wcamp9 (talk) 21:13, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Ok, I will try to find a secondary source or remove some more biased material that is put in the article. Wcamp9 (talk) 21:09, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Hi @Wcamp9:, it's best not to heavily base biographies of living people (BLPs) articles on primary sources. If material in a BLP article cannot be sourced from secondary sources, it's usually best to remove it. Please see Wikipedia's guidance on BLP sourcing. Good luck and cheers, Baffle☿gab 20:43, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Ok, I would like to note that there is not too many references that can be used for Mamie Van Doren. Therefore, much of the article is built off of her Playing the Field memoir and her own accounts of situations as there is unfortunately no better options. Wcamp9 (talk) 19:29, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks, I've declined this request per above. I also note the article is undergoing rapid development by two editors; @Wcamp9:, feel free to relist this article here once it is stable and the lack of references has been fixed. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 03:44, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
- No worries, this editor seems to be inexperienced so I've left a note on their talk page; they may have disabled pings. I'm happy to let the request sit there for a while (but not too long). Cheers, Baffle☿gab 18:52, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
Hi all, I've just put the request for the above article on hold because the event is ongoing and the article is under rapid development; see its history. I suggest we decline this request for now. Courtesy pinging the requester @Mehedi Abedin:. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 05:49, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Agree. Thanks and all the best, Miniapolis 16:49, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
Victor Macedo
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Requesting a CE and possibly feedback on a biography I published last month for Victor Macedo, general manager for the Peruvian Amazon Company agency of La Chorrera. Arawoke (talk) 13:21, 29 March 2024 (UTC)
- Hi @Wracking:, are you still copy-editing this article? Your last edit there was 21:41, 23 June 2024. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 23:20, 2 July 2024 (UTC)
- I've asked Wracking about the progress of this request at their talk page here (diff). Baffle☿gab 00:22, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you, Baffle IRL took over for a bit but I should be able to finish this off shortly. Wracking talk! 02:21, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
- Comment: So, will we need to have someone take over for @Wracking, given that they have not edited at all since 6 July? Mox Eden (talk) 17:15, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
- It looks that way, Mox; I've struck Wracking's working tag. @Wracking:, feel free to unstrike and continue if you return before another c/e takes this request. Until then, this request is open to all. Discuss this at REQ Talk. Baffle☿gab 01:44, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Striking the tag is alright with me. I will return if able. I did leave a hidden comment in the article noting my progress; did not copy edit the lead. Thanks, all, for understanding! Wracking talk! 03:16, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Partly done: Wracking did a fair bit of work here and deserves credit for it. Sig added by Baffle_gab1978 at the timestamp. Wracking 23:38, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Striking the tag is alright with me. I will return if able. I did leave a hidden comment in the article noting my progress; did not copy edit the lead. Thanks, all, for understanding! Wracking talk! 03:16, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- It looks that way, Mox; I've struck Wracking's working tag. @Wracking:, feel free to unstrike and continue if you return before another c/e takes this request. Until then, this request is open to all. Discuss this at REQ Talk. Baffle☿gab 01:44, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you, Baffle
- I've asked Wracking about the progress of this request at their talk page here (diff). Baffle☿gab 00:22, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
- Hi @Wracking:, are you still copy-editing this article? Your last edit there was 21:41, 23 June 2024. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 23:20, 2 July 2024 (UTC)
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Yugoslav Committee
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Could someone please copyedit the Yugoslav Committee article? After the copyedit, I plan to nominate that article as a FAC. Thanks. Tomobe03 (talk) 23:55, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
- I've made a few basic tidy ups to the first two sections. This seems in general very well written, I'm mostly picking up errors with definite / indefinite articles and the odd slightly non idiomatic usage of English. It is quite long tho, so I'll only edit if I see nobody picking it up. And note, I am a guest, not a member of the guild, just helping to speed up the queue in the interest of getting some help myself! Jim Killock (talk) 21:29, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
- @Tomobe03 Please check what I have done so far for accuracy in case I've misunderstood anything. So far I've made copy edits up to but not including Supilo's resignation. Jim Killock (talk) 19:47, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
- @Jim Killock, I just reviewed the changes Everything appears just fine--Tomobe03 (talk) 20:25, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
- @Tomobe03 OK I've finished my first pass, please check the sections Supilo's resignation to Aftermath. Fascinating bit of history. Good luck with your next steps. Once Tomobe03 has made his checks, it's over to the Guild to give this a further copy edit, but I hope I will have reduced the workload. Jim Killock (talk) 22:57, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
- @Jim Killock, I had a look at the second batch of changes and found no problems with them. (I spotted and removed a duplicate word though.) Thank you very much for taking time and effort to improve prose of this article.--Tomobe03 (talk) 10:34, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
- @Tomobe03 OK I've finished my first pass, please check the sections Supilo's resignation to Aftermath. Fascinating bit of history. Good luck with your next steps. Once Tomobe03 has made his checks, it's over to the Guild to give this a further copy edit, but I hope I will have reduced the workload. Jim Killock (talk) 22:57, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
- @Jim Killock, I just reviewed the changes Everything appears just fine--Tomobe03 (talk) 20:25, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
- @Tomobe03 Please check what I have done so far for accuracy in case I've misunderstood anything. So far I've made copy edits up to but not including Supilo's resignation. Jim Killock (talk) 19:47, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
Partly done Jim Killock (talk) 21:00, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
- (←) Working Baffle☿gab 21:20, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
- Done 00:41, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
Existence
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I want to prepare this article for a feature article candidacy (FAC). I have done the first round of copyediting myself but there is probably still a lot of room for improvement. Thanks in advance. Phlsph7 (talk) 14:09, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
- I've looked at some of the copy here, and tbh the copy itself is pretty tightly written. The issues such as they are seem more to do with (a) concepts that are unfamiliar that need some introduction, or (b) concepts that further explanation. However these are not really copy edit issues. I went through some on the talk page and can try to do some more, but this is more a "peer review" style of feedback than a copy edit. I note there is a peer review taking place, since 23 January 2024. I would personally ask @Phlsph7: if this should be paused until the Peer Review is complete, so that the text is stable. As it is pretty tight anyway I think the copyedit will be quite light, except if there are outstanding comprehensibility issues. Jim Killock (talk) 15:01, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
(←) Working Baffle☿gab 02:30, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
Large sections of this are uncited, I'm not sure this is ready for a copy edit (ht @Lindsey40186) Jim Killock (talk) 07:53, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
- Understood. I'll try to get further on some of the other cleanup it needs before revisiting. Thanks! Lindsey40186 (talk) 16:18, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
- I've marked the uncited and poorly cited sections with templates. Some of those cn tags are over a decade old so that material can be removed per WP:VERIFY. The GOCE is not CLEANUP and is not for cleanup. I'm going to put this request on hold for cleanup for a fortnight or so, after which I'll suggest we decline it if improvements aren't forthcoming. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 16:58, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
- Only one edit since the 16th, and that was to correct a typo, according to the edit summary. I suggest that this article be declined if it's sourcing is truly problematic (I myself would have tried to address any prose concerns, even if flying blind; but I may be too lenient in that respect). It's a fairly long article (~6700 words), and would take some time to do. Dhtwiki (talk) 05:39, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
- Agree with you and Baffle that we should decline, since we have more than enough to do as it is. All the best, Miniapolis 13:12, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks both; I've declined because I don't see any signs of cleanup work going on there. @Lindsey40186:, feel free to re-request a full copy-edit once your cleanup work is completed. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 19:41, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
- Agree with you and Baffle that we should decline, since we have more than enough to do as it is. All the best, Miniapolis 13:12, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
- Only one edit since the 16th, and that was to correct a typo, according to the edit summary. I suggest that this article be declined if it's sourcing is truly problematic (I myself would have tried to address any prose concerns, even if flying blind; but I may be too lenient in that respect). It's a fairly long article (~6700 words), and would take some time to do. Dhtwiki (talk) 05:39, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
- I've marked the uncited and poorly cited sections with templates. Some of those cn tags are over a decade old so that material can be removed per WP:VERIFY. The GOCE is not CLEANUP and is not for cleanup. I'm going to put this request on hold for cleanup for a fortnight or so, after which I'll suggest we decline it if improvements aren't forthcoming. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 16:58, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
CC-BY-SA declaration; I copied text in this section from the Requests page here. See that page's history for full attribution. Baffle☿gab 19:41, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
I'm currently working on a long overdue citation overhaul, but this thing could use a good deep cleaning too. Eventually I'd like to get it to GA (GAN), but we're a long way from that. Lindsey40186 (talk) 14:01, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
- A lot of this does seem to be very lightly cited with sections probably uncited, which may make it a bit unstable for a copy edit @Lindsey40186. Just a thought, would it be better to finish the citation work first and come back with this request? Or if that can be done soon, to put this request on hold for a bit while you do that (given you have waited a long time for a reply etc)? Jim Killock (talk) 14:55, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
(←) On hold per JimKillock above; the GOCE is not CLEANUP and is not for cleanup. Discuss at REQ talk. Baffle☿gab 17:12, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
- Declined per discussion at REQ talk. I said I'd wait a fortnight but no improvements have been forthcoming and it's starting to snow here. Discuss at REQ talk (linked above). Baffle☿gab 19:32, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
Doolittle (album)
CC BY-SA declaration; this section was copied from the Requests page here by me; see that page's history for full attribution. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 05:11, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- Note: Apollogetticax has been blocked as a sockpuppet account; see their talk page (permalink). Baffle☿gab 05:32, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
A featured article currently going through a Featured article review (FAR). Like a lot of music articles on wiki it suffers from journalese, most of which have tried to remove, but help would be gratefully appreciated. Ceoil (talk) 14:35, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
- @Apollogetticax, when are you going to work on this article? Mox Eden (talk) 12:13, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oh, I'm sorry. I am currently on wikibreak, but when I'm back (excpect another few days), I'll get to it. Apollogetticax|talk 16:50, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
- Hi @Apollogetticax:, do you still intend to copy-edit this article or can we strike your working tag? Cheers, Baffle☿gab 02:01, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- No, I decided I need more experience with worse articles, like those in the backlog, since they are lower quality and I can find the mistakes quicklier. I may come back to do it once I feel I am ready, but for now you can strike the tag. Apollogetticax|talk 02:06, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks Apollogetticax, I've struck the tag. This request is now open to all. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 23:15, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- No, I decided I need more experience with worse articles, like those in the backlog, since they are lower quality and I can find the mistakes quicklier. I may come back to do it once I feel I am ready, but for now you can strike the tag. Apollogetticax|talk 02:06, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Hi @Apollogetticax:, do you still intend to copy-edit this article or can we strike your working tag? Cheers, Baffle☿gab 02:01, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oh, I'm sorry. I am currently on wikibreak, but when I'm back (excpect another few days), I'll get to it. Apollogetticax|talk 16:50, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Apollogetticax, when are you going to work on this article? Mox Eden (talk) 12:13, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
(←) Working Baffle☿gab 22:41, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
Tiger
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Want to prepare this for FAC. Thank you. LittleJerry (talk) 14:03, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
- @LittleJerry: Congratulations, as this article was promoted to featured article status as of July 25. However, does it need attention from the guild at this point? I also note that there has been considerable editing activity since then, and we are usually reluctant to undertake copy edits on articles that are in such a state of flux. Dhtwiki (talk) 23:38, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
- I guess its not needed. LittleJerry (talk) 22:57, 8 August 2024 (UTC)
- Request withdrawn Dhtwiki (talk) 08:38, 17 August 2024 (UTC)