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Your GA nomination of Kingstonian F.C.

The article Kingstonian F.C. you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Kingstonian F.C. for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Cloudz679 -- Cloudz679 (talk) 08:42, 20 July 2014 (UTC)

DYK for The Boat Race 2008

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I guess if someone can solve this it is you. Or at least you could give your oppinion on the matter, please. Hafspajen (talk) 03:08, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

DYK for 2005 FA Community Shield

Orlady (talk) 07:59, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

Woking kits

No problems, happy to help! GiantSnowman 18:50, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

Hoping to get it to GA soon, based on Norwich. Thanks, Matty.007 19:01, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

Help with a DYK, please?

I've been trying to clean up some of the math in the July DYK statistics [1], and was hoping you could help me locate the main feature, or even the recent addition archive [2] for the Hans Baluschek article that is listed with 8413 views. The only thing I'm finding is a link back to the July statistics. [3] Thanks in advance....Atsme☯^Consult 20:55, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

Atsme: if you go onto the article's talk page, it gives the date it went up (bearing in mind some articles are up over a period of two days such as this one). It says on the talk page 13 July, so going to the DYK archive you go to the 13th, and they do a Ctl+F of the article's name if you can't see it immediately. We can therefore see it came off in the early hours of the 14th. The archive is linked on the Template:DYKbox, which is on most DYK pages, at the second from the bottom: 'Archive of DYKs'. Hope I answered your question, thanks, Matty.007 06:37, 24 July 2014 (UTC)

Also please note that with recent edits at the stats page, if an article was up over two days, such as the Boat Race-from say 19:00 until 04:00 the next morning then views for both days are counted. Thanks, Matty.007 06:43, 24 July 2014 (UTC)

Oh! I see where your error is coming from: you are looking at the archive page, and seeing the time specified as when it went on, whereas it's when the article came off the main page. Hence Hans Baluschek, which you were asking about says 13 on the talk, and is on 14 on the archive page: the bot moves the sets there after the main page, so the time given is when they came off, not went on. I would advise you check your edits to the stats page. Thanks, Matty.007 06:51, 24 July 2014 (UTC)

DYK for The Boat Race 1997

The DYK project (nominate) 09:59, 25 July 2014 (UTC)

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DYK for 2000 CECAFA Cup

The DYK project (nominate) 22:13, 25 July 2014 (UTC)

re: Frederick Edward-Collins

Ah, I missed that because his rank is only mentioned in the infobox/category, not in the prose. Could you write up a sentence when he was promoted to an admiral? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 01:17, 26 July 2014 (UTC)

To be fair it is the first word in the article as well, I'm afraid I can't find when he became Admiral straight off the bat, but I think the article is fairly clear. I'll add if I find more, but the reason the article is so short is as there isn't much info. Thanks, Matty.007 11:53, 26 July 2014 (UTC)

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DYK for Ganga Bruta

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DYK for The Boat Race 1989

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DYK nomination of Adam Peaty

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DYK nomination of Megan Fletcher

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Barnstar

Wow! Thanks for the day-brightener! Yoninah (talk) 10:28, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

I could say the same to you, thanks for making my day by getting the article on the main page so fast! Best, Matty.007 17:02, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Edward Porter Alexander

Orlady (talk) 14:39, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Adam Peaty

Orlady (talk) 14:40, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

His Last Vow

Just a brief note to say thanks for your comments and that I do believe you in regards to A. G. RA thing. Believe it or not, I had just come back on-line to edit/revert that when I got your message. It had been bugging me so after I checked out my DVD of the episode in question I realized that I was indeed wrong. I know it's a niggling, insignificant little point but I am genuinely obsessive compulsive about these things. Again, much thanks, and, again, many apologies. Ash (talk) 16:05, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

Ashphalt: no problem, thanks for the copyedit. It was changed quite a bit after the episode aired as well, no problem with small errors like that. Have you thought of joining the guild? Thanks, Matty.007 16:07, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

FC

Hey Matty, I pinged you here, but it appears that I misspelled your username. :-) Can I tap you to do this week's featured lists? There's only five, so it shouldn't take too long. All you need to do is summarize the lists in your own words, perhaps including a little color with quote from the nominator's FAC nomination. Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 02:14, 30 July 2014 (UTC)

The ed17: doing now. Just to note I too am going away from 15 until the end of August. Thanks, Matty.007 09:18, 30 July 2014 (UTC)

Thanks! I'll find someone to cover for ya. :-) Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 12:49, 30 July 2014 (UTC)

DYK for 2013–14 Norwich City F.C. season

Orlady (talk) 02:23, 30 July 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Skeet Shoot

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 01:55, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

DYK for The Boat Race 1986

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:09, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

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DYK for 2001 CECAFA Cup

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Retire

It took a few days off wiki, but I have decided to retire. The environment can be very caustic, and I feel that there are things with which I could spend my time which would be more productive. I apologise to those I have let down-J Milburn not least, and several others. I can continue with your GAR if you wish. I just cannot build up the enthusiasm to edit at the minute, I may return in a few months, but I am retiring for now (though I will still edit sporadically, perhaps on J's GAR and the Signpost, and I will finish off the things I am doing currently). I would appreciate people reading this to tell me why they choose to stay on Wikipedia, but I'm not sure if I will get any response. All the best, Matty.007 07:46, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

Sorry to hear you’re retiring, Matty. You’ve done a great job here, both as an editor and a tutor for new members. At the same time, it’s understandable that you get tired or "burned out" after a while. Editing is fun, but too much of it can have the opposite effect. Kind of like eating 10 cakes in one day, lol. As for myself, I make a few edits here and there in a moderate pace, which I think is the key to why I'm still active on Wikipedia. Best of luck and hopefully your interest will return someday again. Cheers! OscarL 09:55, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

Let me give you my words of advice. Long-time contribution to Wikipedia can be stressful. Even if you only edit in obscure topics, and never come across any disputes, you can quickly realise that your hard work is rewarded by ... more work. It's an enjoyable hobby for regular Wikipedians, but fundamentally, Wikipedia is work. Fortunately, you are (barring exceptions such as admin accountability) not required to do anything more than what you want. Dropping a GA / FA nomination mid review is not a crime.

As for why I stay on Wikipedia - I love reading it. There's some junk, sure, but there is some utterly brilliant and engaging writing. One of the best "wikibreaks" you can have is stop editing and do nothing except read articles (I just browsed through Queen Victoria this morning). Don't necessarily worry about a green blob or a brown star - I have stated on several occasions that anyone who likes horror films should sit down for an evening and read The Holocaust from top to bottom carefully and see how worse real life can be - and that's only at B class. Just have a look at how good some of the things are that we've produced. Stay in "reading mode" for a month, and when you're reading to come back to editing, do so with a refreshed mind. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 12:29, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

@Ritchie333: Definitely, logging out and browsing wikipedia on safari with the reader function I find makes me more enthusiastic towards content. Overall we're really doing something quite extraordinary in terms of scope all on one site and it is up to people like us to build it. Sure, there's junk, but the range of articles and the sheer size of wikipedia is really quite staggering, and there's so much potential to be hundreds of times better than we are. Every new entry i start turns up multiple red links and so on, we're just getting started! The average quality and sourcing I find is definitely gradually improving, although I still have some days where everything seems utter crap. There's a lot of surprisingly decent articles on certain topics, and we're particularly good on things like current events, our articles are always the most comprehensive and informative on any recent event. The bottom line though Matt is that we need people like you to write decent articles on places like Jethou! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:23, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

• Hello Matty, it's a little sad to read this and I was also surprised because I thought you were doing so fine. I was thinking just the another day when I saw you got the 100 DYK nom award that your work here is very impressive indeed; you are relatively new by Wikipedia standard. Maybe you have taken upon yourself a bit too much (?) I see you are engaged in the WikiCup and have two adoptees in addition; that's a lot. I agree, sadly, about the editing environment and Wikipedia can be a pretty thankless place to invest work in. As for me, much of my editing frankly is quite lightweight so it doesn't cost me too much and I like to read a bit here; both articles and what's going on in the community. Sometimes I write a bit more substantional stuff and I hope to do more of that, but only when I feel for it. Best wishes to you whatever you choose to do, Iselilja (talk) 18:50, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

Matty, just remember that when the going gets tough the tough get going!! Wikipedia attracts way too many sanctimonious self-righteous assholes, but remember that we're all in the same boat and most of us decent editors like myself, Ritchie, Eric, Sagacious, Tim, Cass, Scho, Rosie, anybody who is decent here would have walked out on wikipedia years ago if it wasn't for the love of content. I loved seeing your work on Herm and editing it, and seeing your enthusiasm for DYK. There's a definite divide among contributors, those who are constructive and those who exist to bully and pick holes in people. Please reconsider, and please stay and nom my articles :-) You're valued here more than you think. If you're finding the environment too caustic, chances are you've been spending too long on here for too long a period. You need a decent wikibreak I think and to come back refreshed. Wikipedia sort of acts like an energy suppresser and time sink. There's many days i barely edit on here and some days like today I feel very positive and spend hours on here. If I didn't have those days I don't edit extensively I'd burn out and want to retire too!♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:16, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

• Matty, I've only just seen this - sorry, I've had my head buried in the sand with other things - as Dr. Blofeld says, producing good content is what is important and we have to try to continue and rise above the tendentious bullying. I know I've often found it hard to 'practice what I preach' and examples of me losing it are easily found but you've always been level headed - and I like to think that 'we've' had a lot of fun along the way ... The only means we have of kicking back against this is by (trying to) smile sweetly, pick ourselves up and carry on - honestly 'we' really are better and can work through all this [*/bullshit/rubbish - or insert any appropriate word]. Besides, who else is going to fix my archive templates? We've already lost Hafs, please let's not lose anymore? Besides, you know how bossy I am and I will just not allow it!! [petulantly stomps feet] AND, if you need even more reason, I'm even typing this on the iPad, so you know how strongly I must feel about it!! SagaciousPhil - Chat 21:06, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

• Oh Matty.007. I feel like a friend has left, and I genuinely hope you get a second wind and return. I've been laying back for a few weeks for reasons you know. You asked us to tell you why we stay at WP. Maybe it will help you to know how many times I've gotten up off the mat.

I didn't do much editing for my first few years at WP. And when I did, one of my edits threw me into a pre-existing blood feud between an editor who was simply trying to guide me, and one of the most prolific repeatedly blocked sock masters. He and his suck-up fans went after me also . It was my first experience with the God Complex editor. I almost quit altogether and for a long streak would only edit logged off. I eventually got back up off the mat. It's a matter of what you want to accomplish, and learning to work around the overblown egos trying to be noticed. The God Complexers populate a wide spectrum of WP, from the incompetent basic level editor all the way up to the top of the Wikimedia chain. Every one of them thinks everybody is an idiot but them, and they love to dictate orders and wax extemporaneously about their perceived superiority to us mere mortals.

I had just about made up my mind to quit altogether a little over 18 months ago because of such things. And then I ran across a really neglected article about someone who deserved better, that being Audie Murphy. The last 18 months have been the greatest learning experience in the world for me, not only for (thank you, Military History project) how to correctly put a quality article together, but how to focus on my own work while standing toe-to-toe with the God Complex and not blinking. And along the way, I grew an attachment to DYK. It may not seem like it at the moment, because I've stepped back from it due to you-know-what garbage. But I have some fond feelings about the old regulars over there, some we haven't seen for a while. And I keep plodding along. Hope you do also. — Maile (talk) 13:06, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

Matty, you brighten my day with your positive contributions here. Don't let the place get you down, but don't retire, you do great work here. The Rambling Man (talk) 13:20, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

I am definitely going off Wikipedia for a few months, but may come back (I am just finishing a few things off first-i.e. a GAR). Maile spoke about our coverage, I am often shocked by our coverage of some major figures, such as sportsmen. As was spoken about by the Dr though, working here feels pretty thankless work at times. OscarLake, Ritchie, Iselilja, and Maile mentioned burnout, which it is entirely possible to be. At the minute I have swapped checking my watchlist for watching episodes of Dad's Army, a much more relaxing past-time. I think a few months off Wikipedia may do me good, and the Dr's suggestion about Jethou has struck a chord-I will be on Herm in a week. At the minute I am genuinely unsure whether to come back, but think it probable, there are good times with the bad-and I can count myself lucky to have people on here that I feel are friends. I don't want to be someone who says they will retire and doesn't, but saying I am going for good is too permanent for me. I think I will go for a few months and then review my position. Sorry for the rambling message, I was trying to get what I wanted to do straight with myself as much as anything first. I am unsure how to phrase this, but thank you very much to everyone here for their messages, it's given me some incentives to think about when I review my position. My deepest thanks to you all, Matty.007 19:17, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

Well, then, we'll just take turns keeping your editing chair warm for you. Let us know when you sashay back our direction. Good luck, and happy relaxation to you. — Maile (talk) 00:20, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

If you completely stay away from the website for a month Matty, I mean not even checking in, then I'd say that is usually long enough for most regulars for a break. Sometimes it is best to do that and come back completely refreshed. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:12, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

• I missed this, would miss you. Take a break., The environment here is not ideal but will be worse without you. Recommended reading for your break, more food for thought on my talk, look for "Hope is precious and great joy is found in living" (which helped me), --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:58, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

ps: your question: I decided to stay because I don't let others make decisions for me. I made a red category for it, - see if it fits you ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:01, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

And then I browse our articles on jazz clubs and it seems most of them are in an atrocious state and quality is not improving.. We're a very mixed bag...♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:33, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

• If you decide to return after a break, that would be great for Wikipedia, but I know that you've got to do what's best for you. In any case, thank you for your wonderful contributions. I appreciate all of the kind words you've had for me, and I wish you the very best on- and off-Wiki. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 20:38, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

Thank you to everyone for their kind words. I have tried to stay off Wikipedia-except to try and close issues in things such as GAR I was conducting (which invariably led to 'one more fix'), and am going on holiday to the Channel Islands today. I'll try and get a nice picture of Jethou for if I want to expand the article. I will not make any edits until the 28 or later of August. I updated my WikiCup page in the (unlikely) event that I qualify for the final, which would surprise me. Thanks again for the support, and all the best until whenever I can't manage without Wikipedia any more (!), Matty.007 07:20, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Odense

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:07, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Sophie Taylor

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:08, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

DYK for The Boat Race 1990

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:38, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

Piute Ponds

Hi, do you or @Rosiestep: want to nom this? ♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:13, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

I'm afraid I'm off for my few months now, so it's up to you or Rosie. Sorry, Matty.007 19:37, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

DYK for The Boat Race 2011

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:51, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

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DYK for Parsurameswar Temple

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DYK for Megan Fletcher

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DYK for John Gregorson Campbell

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DYK for Končar-class missile boat

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Your GA nomination of 2000 CECAFA Cup

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Your GA nomination of 2000 CECAFA Cup

The article 2000 CECAFA Cup you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:2000 CECAFA Cup for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Lemonade51 -- Lemonade51 (talk) 21:03, 15 August 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Health issues in American football

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 22:27, 15 August 2014 (UTC)

WP:GAN edit

Pretty sure this is going to essentially get reverted by the bot. Comment out the nomination templates on the talk pages instead. --erachima talk 07:15, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

OK, thanks for the heads up, doing now. Thanks, Matty.007 07:16, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

GOCE July drive and August blitz

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DYK nomination of Kingstonian F.C.

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Fr. Martiri Bagin

I'm sorry you have had reason to retire from Wikipedia. Maybe you still read this message; in that case I'd be glad if you could help me: Last year, you made this change on an article on the Russian Priest, statig that his nationality is "Greek-Russian". I was asking myself whether you had a source for this? Because there is a missunderstanding that suggests itself (I don't know how well acquainted you are with Eastern European Catholicism): The introduction states that Fr. Martiri is a "Russian Greek Catholic Priest". "Greek" in this case does not refer to his nationality, but to the "Greek" Byzantine Rite that is celebrated in the "Greek Catholic" wing of Catholicism. Are you a victim of this missunderstanding :-) or do you have sources or arguments for the "Russian-Greek" nationality of Fr. Martiri? ("Russian-German" might be correct, as according to this page he has now acquired the German citizenship.)--Hannesde Correct me! 19:54, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014 August newsletter

The final of the 2014 WikiCup begins in a few short minutes! Our eight finalists are listed below, along with their placement in Round 4:

1. Godot13 (submissions), a WikiCup newcomer, finished top of Pool A and was the round's highest scorer. Godot is a featured picture specialist, claiming large numbers of points due to high-quality scans of historical documents, especially banknotes.
2. Casliber (submissions) is a WikiCup veteran, having been a finalist every year since 2010. In the semi-final, he was Pool B's highest scorer. Cas's points primarily come from articles on the natural sciences.
3. Czar (submissions) was Pool A's runner-up. Czar's points come mostly from content related to independent video games, including both articles and topics.
4. Adam Cuerden (submissions) was Pool B's runner-up. Another featured picture specialist, many of Adam's points come from the restoration of historical media. He has been a WikiCup finalist twice before.
5. Cwmhiraeth (submissions) won the WikiCup in 2012 and 2013, and enters this final as the first wildcard. She focuses on biology-related articles, and has worked on several high-importance articles.
6. 12george1 (submissions) is the second wildcard. George's points come primarily from meteorology-related articles. This year and last year, George was the first person in the competition to score.
7. Sturmvogel 66 (submissions), the third wildcard, was the 2010 champion and a finalist last year. His writes mostly on military history, especially naval history.
8. Bloom6132 (submissions), the fourth and final wildcard, has participated in previous WikiCups, but not reached any finals. Bloom's points are mostly thanks to did you knows, featured lists and good articles related to sport and national symbols.

We say goodbye to this year's semi-finalists. Matty.007 (submissions), ThaddeusB (submissions), WikiRedactor (submissions), Figureskatingfan (submissions), Yellow Evan (submissions), Prism (submissions) and Cloudz679 (submissions) have all performed well to reach this stage of the competition, and we hope they will all be joining us again next year.

There are two upcoming competitions unrelated to the WikiCup which may be of interest to those who receive this newsletter. The Stub Contest will run through September, and revolves around expanding stub articles, especially high-importance or old stubs. In addition, a proposal has been made for a new competition, the GA Cup, which the organisers plan to run next year. This competition is based on the WikiCup and aims to reduce the good article review backlog.

There is now a thread for brainstorming on how next year's WikiCup competition should work. Please come along and share your thoughts- What works? What doesn't work? What needs changing? Signups for next year's competition will be open soon; we will be in touch. If, at this stage of the competition, you are keen to help the with the WikiCup, please do what you can to participate in review processes. Our finalists will find things much easier if the backlogs at good article candidates, featured article candidates, featured picture candidates and the rest are kept at a minimum. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk · contribs) The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 22:09, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Walter W. Law

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:17, 2 September 2014 (UTC) 12:05, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Kingstonian F.C.

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:17, 2 September 2014 (UTC) 12:06, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

DYK for The Beatles (album)

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:04, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

Thanks

For the Editor of the Week award. You are missed on WP. — Maile (talk) 14:19, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

October 2014 Wikification Drive

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WikiCup 2014 September newsletter

In one month's time, we will know our WikiCup 2014 champion. Newcomer Godot13 (submissions) has taken a strong lead with a featured list (historical coats of arms of the U.S. states from 1876) and a raft of featured pictures. Reigning champion Cwmhiraeth (submissions) is in second place with a number of high-importance biology articles, including new FA Isopoda and new GA least weasel. Casliber (submissions), who is in his fifth WikiCup final, is in third, with featured articles Pictor and Epacris impressa.

Signups for the 2015 WikiCup are open. All Wikipedians, new and experienced, are warmly invited to sign up for the competition. Wikipedians interested in friendly competition may also like to sign up for the GA Cup, a new WikiCup-inspired competition which revolves around completing good article reviews. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk · contribs) The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 22:11, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

GOCE October 2014 newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors October 2014 newsletter is now ready for review. Highlights: Results of the August Blitz and September Drive A few changes around the Guild's pages Sign up for the October Blitz Review the Coordinators election results – Your project coordinators: Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978 and Miniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:17, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

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