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WP: GOCE October blitz barnstar

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		Thanks for your help during the October 2013 blitz. For copy editing more than 2000 words, please accept this along with our thanks. —Torchiest ^talk_edits 15:26, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

GOCE Blitz wrap-up; join us for the November drive

Guild of Copy Editors October Blitz wrap-up

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

Progress report: During the seven-day blitz, we copy edited 42 articles from WikiProject Film's backlog, reducing it by a net of 34 articles. Hope to see you at the November drive in a few days! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Torchiest, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95 and The Utahraptor.

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Books and Bytes: The Wikipedia Library Newsletter

Books and Bytes

Volume 1, Issue 1, October 2013

by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs)

Greetings Wikipedia Library members! Welcome to the inaugural edition of Books and Bytes, TWL’s monthly newsletter. We're sending you the first edition of this opt-in newsletter, because you signed up, or applied for a free research account: HighBeam, Credo, Questia, JSTOR, or Cochrane. To receive future updates of Books and Bytes, please add your name to the subscriber's list. There's lots of news this month for the Wikipedia Library, including new accounts, upcoming events, and new ways to get involved...

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Templated

It should be noted that some regulars will not actually read a warning based on a template as they theoretically hold a better understanding of those rules and policies than a new editor. A personal message tends to work better in these situations. Puffin ^{Let's talk!} 15:30, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

Acknowledged. I honestly didn't notice who created it... I just figured it was such an obvious "oops" that it would take care of itself. :) Livit⇑^Eh?/_What? 17:22, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

Armitage article

Thanks for your input, it is greatly appreciated. Just a general FYI, Pattinson college graduates students at "16+" (in the article). In England, students have the option of completing school 16, or they can go on through two years of university prep-type education called the Sixth Form until they are tested for the A-level subjects at 18. Armitage has two A-levels, meaning he went through the Sixth Form. I do think the age is important since it indicates how long he was in musical theatre before he changed tracks and attended LAMDA at 21. The problem with getting this information wrong is that it does get reported in print. When The Hobbit casting was announced, OneRing.net quoted the wiki article in total. I'm sure when looking up backgrounds, as the first article cited for the 17 age did (it was not a quote from him), I suspect interviewers either rely on previous articles or Wikipedia, perpetuating correct or incorrect information. But we do have the 2007 TV interview in which he agreed with the interviewer he was 17, and then this recent direct quote in the article in which he states he is 19. So yes, reporting both is necessary. I also think just saying "17 or 19" just looks lazy, rather than explain the actor said two different ages at two different times. I am certainly not disagreeing with you, just discussing some fine details because I'm pedantic like that. ;) KiplingKat (talk) 15:59, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

Fair enough. If it's important, keep it in, but find a good way to word it so that it's clear that it's been reported differently. "He entered the circus to obtain his guild card between the age of 17 and 19 (sources report different ages), and left the circus 6 weeks after joining when he received his membership"... or something like that. Livit⇑^Eh?/_What? 17:32, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

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WP:GOCE November backlog elimination drive barnstar

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		This barnstar is awarded to Livitup for copy edits totaling over 4,000 words as part of the GOCE November 2013 copy edit drive. Thanks for the great work! – Jonesey95 (talk) 06:04, 4 December 2013 (UTC)

November 2013 GOCE drive wrap-up

Guild of Copy Editors November 2013 backlog elimination drive wrap-up newsletter

The November 2013 drive wrap-up is now ready for review.

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The Wikipedia Library Survey

As a subscriber to one of The Wikipedia Library's programs, we'd like to hear your thoughts about future donations and project activities in this brief survey. Thanks and cheers, Ocaasi^{t | c} 14:46, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

GOCE December 2013 Blitz wrap-up and January Drive invitation

December Notes from the Guild of Copy Editors

The December blitz ran from December 8–14. The theme for this blitz was articles tied in some way to religion. Seven editors knocked out 20 articles over the course of the week. Our next blitz will be in February, with a theme to be determined. Feel free to make theme suggestions at the Guild talk page!

The January 2014 Backlog elimination drive is a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on January 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on January 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to copy edit all articles tagged in October and November 2012 and complete all requests placed before the end of 2013. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits at least one article, and special awards will be given to the top five in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", "Number of articles of over 5,000 words", "Number of articles tagged in October and November 2012", and "Longest article". We hope to see you there!

Coordinator election: Voting is open for candidates to serve as GOCE coordinators from 1 January through 30 June 2014. Voting will run until the end of December. For complete information, please have a look at the election page.

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GOCE 2013 Annual Report

Guild of Copy Editors 2013 Annual Report

The GOCE has wrapped up another successful year of operations!

Our 2013 Annual Report is now ready for review.

– Your project coordinators: Torchiest, Baffle gab1978 and Jonesey95

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March GOCE copyedit drive

Notes from the Guild of Copy Editors

The March 2014 backlog elimination drive is a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles in need of copyediting. The drive begins on March 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on March 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to copyedit all articles tagged in December 2012 and January 2013 and to complete all requests placed in January 2014. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copyedits at least one article, and special awards will be given to the top five in the following categories: number of articles, number of words, number of articles over 5,000 words, number of articles tagged in December 2012 and January 2013 and the longest article. We hope to see you there!

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Thank you for quality contributions to articles, such as Alexis Bachelot, for working behind the stage as an elf and gnome, for copy-editing and rescuing articles from deletion, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:32, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

A year ago, you were the 404th recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:10, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

GOCE March drive wrapup

Guild of Copy Editors March 2014 backlog elimination drive wrap-up newsletter

The March 2014 drive wrap-up is now ready for review.

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Guild of Copy Editors March 2014 backlog elimination drive wrap-up

Participation: Thanks to all who participated in the drive and helped out behind the scenes. 42 people signed up for this drive and 28 of these completed at least one article. Final results are available here.

Progress report: Articles tagged during the target months of December 2012 and January 2013 were reduced from 177 to 33, and the overall backlog was reduced by 13 articles. The total backlog was 2,902 articles at the end of March. On the Requests page during March, 26 copy edit requests were completed, all requests from January 2014 were completed, and the length of the queue was reduced by 11 articles.

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