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I recently archived this page to here. If you wish to talk to me for one of the archived topics, please add it here, not there. Thanks! EWikistTalk17:09, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
Thanks from the GOCE
Thank you very much for signing up for the Guild of Copy Editors' September Backlog Elimination Drive! The copyedit backlog stretches back two years, to the summer of 2008! We're going to need all the help we can muster to reduce the backlog to a manageable size. We've set a goal of clearing all of 2008 from the backlog, and getting the total under 5000. To do that, we're going to need more participants. Please invite anyone you can to join the drive! Once again, thanks for your support! If you have any questions, contact one of our coordinators—ɳorɑfʈ Talk!, The RaptorYou rang?, or SMasters (Talk).
Thanks for signing my guestbook, as I said in the guestbook itself. However, my edit summary for signing it is kind of awry, because I stated "signing his", even though I don't see any commentary about your gender on your userpage; sorry about that, even though my edit summary is probably just trivial. Happy editing. Backtable Speak to meconcerning my deeds.23:49, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
No problem at all! As it turns out, your subliminal gender detection was indeed accurate, as I am a "he". This as inspired me to place the {{User:UBX/male}} userbox prominently on my page. Thanks! EWikistTalk01:05, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
Your welcome! Sorry I didn't respond sooner; this message some how slipped by my notice. I'm glad you liked Barnstar! If you need any more graphics like that, feel free to ask me (I have fun making 'em)! Also, there is the Graphic Lab, which does image related work. EWikistTalk19:46, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
It's OK, I was busy at other stuff for the project anyway, and if I ever need anything designed, you are the first person i'll ask. Also, do you use Photoshop for stuff like that. One more thing, here's a barnstar:
I am highly honored by the presentation of this award. It definitely inspires me to keep working my hardest to improve Wikipedia (including graphics). Thank you! (Also, for most graphics stuff, including this, I use GIMP 2.6.8.) EWikistTalk20:02, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
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Since you signed up for the September 2010 GOCE event, I wanted to invite you to participate in a similar event: the September 2010 Wikification Backlog Elimination Drive. In case you didn't know, "Wikification" is the process of formatting articles using Wiki markup (as opposed to plain text or HTML) and adding internal links to material. Barnstars will be awarded to participating editors. Thanks!
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Hi, me again. This might be too much but I was hoping you could make an ad for WP:DARTS. I completely understand if you don't want to. Oh, and sign my guestbook (you could be the first). Thanks. Mr.Kennedy1talkguestbook20:00, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
One word for you, GENIUS!. That is brilliant. Thanks so much. I use Photoshop (I only have it at school so I will not be able to make anything for wiki) but I could never make images or animations like that, are you at that stuff for long? Thanks for signing my guestbook aswell. Mr.Kennedy1talkguestbook21:27, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
I'm flattered If one is fairly comfortable with the program (GIMP), it does not take too long to make something fairly simple (with a creative eye, I suppose). I enjoy making these graphical things and sharpening my skills, so if you know of anybody that needs graphics (WP:DARTS included) I'd be happy to help. EWikistTalk22:00, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
Yes, could you do that please. I'll not be active until late tonight because I want to see Ireland (who's playing now) and England (gonna get beat, lol) tonight in the Euro qualifiers. Mr.Kennedy1talkguestbook16:06, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
Why, the good ol' USA of course! And your welcome! Always happy to help a fellow Wikipedian (even if they are thousands of miles away)! EWikistTalk19:37, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
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Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive!GOCE September 2010 backlog elimination drive progress graphs
Participation report — We have 71 participants in the September drive. 95 people signed up for the July drive, and in May we had 36.
Progress report — We have been making solid progress in eliminating the 2008 articles from the backlog so far. If we continue to focus our firepower we can completely wipe out 2008 from the queue. Overall volumes are lower than expected though, with nearly a thousand articles yet to be done if we are to meet our overall target. If you have not yet participated in the drive, we recommend you do so. If each person who signed up edits one article per day from now till the end of the month we can eliminate another 1,065 articles from the backlog. All contributions are appreciated.
Announcement: credit for 10k+ articles — Participants editing a 10k word article may claim credit for two 5k+ articles on the leaderboard. Those that edit a 15k word article may claim credit for three. Regardless, the article is still counted as a single article in the tallies.
Reminder — Articles from the Requests page can be included in your tally, even if they do not have a copy edit tag. This is a great place to go if you are interested in finding a higher quality article to work on.
September 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive Conclusion
GOCE September 2010 backlog elimination drive progress graphs
Greetings from the Guild of Copy EditorsSeptember 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive. Thanks to all who participated! Several of our top editors were called away to real life concerns during the month (be careful out there, people!). This meant that once again, we did not meet all our lofty targets, but we did come close.
Stats
Out of 76 registered editors, 45 actively participated.
We nearly wiped out the 2008 articles from the backlog—there were only 13 remaining when the drive closed.
We reduced the backlog by 725 articles (11.5%), so it was another successful drive.
A total of 59 barnstars will be awarded to 40 editors—well done, and congratulations to all.
Barnstars
If you copy edited at least 4,000 words, you qualify for a barnstar. If you edited in the July 2010 GOCE Backlog Elimination Drive, you may have earned rollover words, which counted towards this month's barnstars (except for the leaderboard awards). Any unused word credits will be held over for the next drive, as long as you participated in the September drive. Over the course of the next week or two, we will be handing out the barnstars. Click here to see a list of barnstar winners.
We will be holding our next drive in November. You can sign up here.
A huge "thank you" to all editors who helped clear the backlog and to others who helped out behind-the-scenes. See you at the next drive, and until then, please continue to help us work through the backlog. Happy editing!
Greetings, 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.
A range of barnstars will be awarded to active participants, some of which are exclusive to GOCE drives. More information on awards can be found on the main drive page.
Puffin has given you some caramel and a candy apple! Caramel and candy-coated apples are fun Halloween treats, and promote WikiLove on Halloween. Hopefully these have made your Halloween (and the proceeding days) much sweeter. Happy Halloween!
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.
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!
