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GOCE January 2011 backlog elimination drive progress graphs
So far, 43 people have signed up for this drive. Of these, 25 have participated. If you signed up for the drive but haven't participated yet, it's not too late! Try to copy edit at least a few articles. Remember, if you have rollover words from the last drive, you will lose them if you do not participate in this drive. If you haven't signed up for the drive yet, you can sign up now.
Progress report
We have eliminated two months from the backlog – January and February 2009. One of our goals is to eliminate as many months as possible from the 2009 backlog. Please help us reduce the size of this part of the backlog if you haven't already. Another goal is to reduce the entire backlog by 10%, or by 515 articles. Currently, we have eliminated 375 articles from the queue, so if each participant copy edits four more articles, we will reach that goal.
Thank you for participating in the January 2011 drive. We anticipate it will be another big success!
Greetings from the January 2011 Backlog elimination drive! We have reached the end of the month and the end of another successful drive; thanks to all who participated.
Statistics
54 people signed up for the year's first Backlog elimination drive. Of these, 40 participated.
One of our goals was to reduce the size of the backlog by at least 10%. We managed to reduce the backlog by 633 articles, or about 12%.
Another goal was to eliminate as many 2009 months as possible from the queue. We eliminated January, February, March, and April—4 out of 12 months is not bad! In addition, we eliminated 37% of all remaining 2009 articles from the queue.
Chaosdruid copy edited Kutch Gurjar Kashtriya for 32,711 words, which is the largest single article completed in one of our drives so far. This article counts as six 5000-K articles, and Chaosdruid wins the "most 5000-K articles" leaderboard category. Way to go! A complete list of individual results is here.
Barnstars
If you copy edited at least 4,000 words, you qualify for a barnstar. If you participated in the November 2010 Backlog elimination drive, you may have earned roll-over words (more details can be found here). These roll-over words count as credit towards earning barnstars, except for leaderboard awards. We will be delivering the barnstars within the next couple of weeks.
Thank you for participating in this year's first Backlog elimination drive! We hope to see you in March.
Thank you for your contributions. Please remember to mark your edits as "minor" only if they truly are minor edits. In accordance with Help:Minor edit, a minor edit is one that the editor believes requires no review and could never be the subject of a dispute. Minor edits consist of things such as typographical corrections, formatting changes, or rearrangement of text without modification of content. Additionally, the reversion of clear-cut vandalism and test edits may be labeled "minor". Thank you. AdvertAdam talk 05:26, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the reminder! :) ATC.Talk 05:32, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
You're welcome sir, but you're still clicking minor to most of your edits. Please only click minor if you're putting a bracket, comma, space, period...etc, and don't forget to put a description of your edits, also. Thanks AdvertAdam talk 06:42, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
I will. Also, you are right I have to break the habit of clicking "minor edit". ATC.Talk 06:47, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
haha, good bro... If you don't, I'll stay on your back :p jkjk AdvertAdam talk 08:05, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
User talk pages...
are not where you discuss article content. I will delete your comments on my talk page and suggest you place them where they should be. The Artist AKA Mr Anonymous (talk) 05:04, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi ATC - I know absolutely nothing about the show, so I don't think I can be much help. I do think it's important to closely follow the sources, then it's pretty hard to go wrong. I'll have a look and chime in if I think I have anything to add. Truthkeeper88 (talk) 20:14, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
Thanx, I'd appreciate it. ATC.Talk 20:15, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
Stay away from there for a day or two until the edit warring stops. Also, if you know anyone from the films or TV wikiprojects (Steve maybe?) I'd ask them to show you an article that has a genre section. I don't know of any off the top of my head but I use them on literature articles. Have a look at True at First Light where the disagreement about the book's genre is in a separate section. Truthkeeper88 (talk) 00:16, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
Thanks, I'll ask him! BTW, do you know how to source a page from a book? I used "black comedy" (with the citation needed tag) in the infobox template, along with satire, and comedy-drama. Here is the link: [1]. Thanks. ATC.Talk 21:21, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
Actually, User:Steve's status says he is barely active on Wikipedia anymore and is "semi-retired". ATC.Talk 21:26, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
Use the citation template for books. Citebook. Check to see if Steve is editing - he might be around. I won't be around much in the next few weeks and for a period gone entirely, but I'll keep an eye on this. Truthkeeper88 (talk) 23:51, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
GOCE drive newsletter
The Guild of Copy Editors – May 2011 Backlog Elimination Drive
The Guild of Copy Editors invite you to participate in the May 2011 Backlog Elimination Drive, a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles that require copy-editing. The drive began on May 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on May 31 at 23:59 (UTC). The goals of this backlog elimination drive are to eliminate as many articles as possible from the 2009 backlog and to reduce the overall backlog by 15%. ! NEW ! In an effort to encourage the final elimination of all 2009 articles, we will be tracking them on the leaderboard for this drive.
Awards and barnstars
A range of barnstars will be awarded to active participants. Some are exclusive to GOCE drives. More information on awards can be found on the main drive page.
You are receiving a copy of this newsletter as you are a member of the Guild of Copy Editors, or have participated in one of our drives. If you do not wish to receive future newsletters, please add you name here. Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 07:05, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
Elections are currently underway for our Guild coordinators. The voting period will run for 14 days and ends on June 30, 23:59 UTC. All GOCE members in good standing, as well as past participants of any of the Guild's Backlog elimination drives, are eligible to vote. The candidate with the highest number of votes will become the Lead Coordinator, therefore, your vote really matters! There is also a referendum to appoint a Coordinator Emeritus. Cast your vote today.
Hi ATC- I had a look at the article, and I guess I can see how someone might think it's promotional, but I've never worked on a page like this, so can't really tell you how to fix it. It seems to me that she needs to put into context - why is she important in the autism community, but again I don't even have the correct terminology for these subjects. I know she's very busy, but I'd ask SandyGeorgia to have a look at the article. Btw - happy to see you solved the log-in problems. Truthkeeper88 (talk) 18:00, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
Okay and thanks I know! ;p ATC.Talk 18:04, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
Actually I changed it a bit and took off the tags. You're good at finding sources, so see what you can find. I'll keep an eye on it, and maybe you should just bring it to Sandy's attention for future help, but I'm sure she has your page watched. 18:12, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the help and I will. ATC.Talk 18:15, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
The latest GOCE backlog elimination drive is under way! It began on 1 July and so far 18 people have signed up to help us reduce the number of articles in need of copyediting.
This drive will give a 50% bonus for articles edited from the GOCE requests page. Although we have cleared the backlog of 2009 articles there are still 3,935 articles needing copyediting and any help, no matter how small, would be appreciated.
We are appealing to all GOCE members, and any other editors who wish to participate, to come and help us reduce the number of articles needing copyediting, as well as the backlog of requests. If you have not signed up yet, why not take a look at the current signatories and help us by adding your name and copyediting a few articles. Barnstars will be given to anyone who edits more than 4,000 words, with special awards for the top 5 in the categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", and "Number of articles of over 5,000 words".
October 11 ```` July 29 2011 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.109.123.66 (talk) 05:03, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
Hi thanks for the update, however, Wikipedia is NOT a blog of any kind. It is meant to discuss articles and how to fix them, etc. Take care. ATC.Talk 02:55, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in their September 2011 Backlog elimination drive, a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy editing backlog. The drive will begin on September 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on September 30 at 23:59 (UTC). We will be tracking the number of 2010 articles in the backlog, as we want to copy edit as many of those as possible. Please consider copy editing an article that was tagged in 2010. Barnstars will be given to anyone who edits more than 4,000 words, with special awards for the top 5 in the categories "Number of articles", "Number of words", and "Number of articles of over 5,000 words". See you at the drive! – Your drive coordinators: Diannaa, Chaosdruid, The Utahraptor, Slon02, and SMasters.
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