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SMasters

Joined 22 January 2006

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SMasters

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Workshop

My Sandbox
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Where it stops, nobody knows.
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Master Editor II
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I work as an editor and copy edit books, magazines and newspapers. On Wikipedia, I contribute and edit articles from a broad range of subjects.

I am Coordinator emeritus of the Guild of Copy Editors; and the main contact person for the Triple Crown awards, where I help in the processing of new nominations. I am also a Good Articles reviewer; a participant at Featured Pictures, where I sometimes contribute images of fruits; and a former Wikipedia Ambassador for the History of Design and Digital Media course at The College of Staten Island, City University of New York. I was formerly the joint managing editor of The Signpost.

Copy edit tips

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The following section is for serious editors looking for assistance in copy editing. If you came here to find out more about me, or to give me cookies, smiles or other gifts   — feel free to skip this section, explore the rest of this page, and proceed to my talk page.

 
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Copy editing (also copy-editing and copyediting) is the work that an editor does to improve the formatting, style, and accuracy (but not necessarily content) of a manuscript. — Wikipedia

If you came here to ask for assistance, thank you for considering me. However, due to time constraints, I can no longer take individual requests. Instead, you should make a request to the Guild of Copy Editors. Their request page can be found here. If I have time, I will pick up articles from that page to work on.

The vast majority of requests at the GOCE are for articles going for WP:GA or WP:FA, which means that they are fairly long. Like most copy editors, I am completely methodical when working, and will edit an article from top to bottom, section by section. A full edit of such an article can take many hours. Sometimes, this has to be done over several days.

I have seen time again, editors scrambling to have a copy edit done, after they have submitted for WP:GAN or WP:GAR. Somehow, WP:PR has missed the need for copy edit, or this may have been ignored. By the time a copy editor can look at the article, GAN or GAR has ended, and the article has failed. Therefore, it is important to remember to have your copy editing done, before you try to move an article forward.

Having said that, things happen, and some editors find themselves in this "emergency" situation. If this is the case, put this in your notes at the GOCE, and they will see if they are able to help.

Normally, I prefer to work on articles that are going for GAN or GAR. I will ensure compliance to WP:MoS. However, I am also happy to look at articles that are going for WP:FAC — provided that they are fairly clean, comply with the MoS for FA, and just require an outside opinion or third-party edit. Once again, this is due to time constraints. You can see the differences in requirements at WP:GVF.

Did you know

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 A fact from the article Chartered Society of Designers, which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page.
 A fact from the article Lillian Too, which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page.
 A fact from the article Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam‎, which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page.
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Awards

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Your majesty, it gives me great pleasure to bestow these Triple crown upon SMasters for your contributions in the areas of WP:DYK, WP:GA, and WP:FC. Thank you for all your hard work and efforts! – jsfouche ☽☾ talk 05:56, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
 
Your majesty, it gives me great pleasure to bestow these Imperial triple crown jewel upon S Masters for your contributions in the areas of WP:DYK, WP:GA, and WP:FC. Thank you for all your hard work and efforts! – jsfouche ☽☾ talk 10:56, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
 
Your majesty, it gives me great pleasure to bestow these Imperial Napoleonic triple crown jewels upon SMasters for your contributions in the areas of WP:DYK, WP:GA, and WP:FC. – Chaosdruid (talk) 05:31 01 July 2011 (UTC)
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Contributions

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The following lists are incomplete, and only represent a selection of recent contributions.

Signpost articles I have written

On 20 September 2011, I took on the responsibility as joint managing editor of The Signpost, together with Skomorokh. I am also often at the WikiProject Desk. If you want your project to be featured, please put in a request there.

Publication date Title Author Notes Feature
2012-01-01 English Wikipedia to go dark on January 18 SMasters Special report
2012-10-31 'In touch' with WikiProject Rugby union SMasters WP:RU Interview
2011-10-17 Arabic Wikipedia gets video intros, Smithsonian gifts images, and WikiProject Conservatism scrutinized Jorgenev, Ciphers, Skomorokh and SMasters News & Notes
2011-10-10 Largest ever donation to WMF, final findings of editor survey released, 'Terms of use' heavily revised Tom Morris, Skomorokh and SMasters News & Notes
2011-10-03 Kia ora WikiProject New Zealand SMasters WP:NZ Interview
2011-10-03 QRpedia launches to acclaim, Jimbo talks social media, Wikipedia attracts fungi, terriers and Greeks bearing gifts SMasters, Skomorokh and Tom Morris In the news
2011-09-05 Wiki Loves Monuments 2011 SMasters Sister Projects Sister Projects
2011-09-05 Riding with WikiProject London Transport SMasters WP:LT Interview
2011-08-29 Abuse filter on all Wikimedia sites; Foundation's report for July; editor survey results Tom Morris, Jarry1250 & SMasters News & notes
2011-08-22 Images in Motion – WikiProject Animation SMasters WP:ANIMATION Interview
2011-07-25 Musing with WikiProject Philosophy SMasters WP:PHILOSOPHY Interview
2011-06-27 The Continuous Convention: WikiProject Comics SMasters WP:COMIC Interview
2011-06-06 Make your own book with Wikiproject Wikipedia-Books SMasters & Mabeenot WP:WBOOKS Interview
2011-05-23 WikiProject Formula One SMasters WP:F1 Interview
2011-04-18 An audience with the WikiProject Council SMasters WP:COUNCIL Interview
2011-03-28 Linking with WikiProject Wikify SMasters WP:WWF Interview
2011-02-21 More than numbers: WikiProject Mathematics SMasters WP:WPM Interview
2011-02-07 Stargazing aboard WikiProject Spaceflight SMasters WP:SPACEFLIGHT Interview
2011-01-17 Talking wicket with WikiProject Cricket SMasters WP:CRIC Interview
Articles I started and/or major contributions

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Good Articles reviewed
  1.   Mount St. Peter Church
  2.   100 McAllister Street
  3.   Is It Scary
  4.   Garry Schyman
  5.   One Time
  6.   The Only Exception
  7.   Herschel H. Cudd
  8.   Prince William, Duke of Gloucester
  9.   My Prerogative
  10.   Paper Trail
  11.   Follow the Leader (Korn album)
  12.   Pitru Paksha
  13.   Holt Manufacturing Company
  14.   This Time Around (Michael Jackson song)
  15.   Mohini
  16.   Skinny Jeanz and a Mic
  17.   Dusky Crag Martin
  18.   Tropical Storm Olaf (1997)
  19.   Hurricane Tanya (1995)
  20.   Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield
  21.   Acid Tongue
  22.   Free (OSI album)
  23.   Fat Freddy's Drop
  24.   Outrageous
  25.   Typhoon Nida (2004)
  26.   The Boys from Baghdad High
  27.   Robert Lawson (architect)
  28.   St. Mary's Church, Chesham
  29.   The First Flight
  30.   Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home)
  31.   Section 116 of the Australian Constitution
  32.   Cambridge Water Co Ltd v Eastern Counties Leather plc
  33.   Mahamuni Buddha Temple
  34.   Anton Meyer
  35.   Monetary Policy Committee
  36.   Winchester 1200
  37.   Winchester Model 1897
  38.   Westcott railway station
  39.   Antonin Raymond
  40.   Brian Eaton
  41.   Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (NES)
  42.   Zagreb Synagogue
  43.   Revolver (song)
  44.   Speechless (Lady Gaga song)
  45.   Lillesand–Flaksvand Line
  46.   Papers (song)
  47.   Celebration: The Video Collection
  48.   Favorite Girl
  49.   Hardanger Line
  50.   Hurricane Douglas (2002)
  1.   Alexander Stoddart‎ (Review)
  2.   Five Finger Death Punch (Review)
  3.   Amar la Trama (Review)
  4.   Immaculate Conception Catholic Church (Celina, Ohio) (Review)
  5.   First Dance (song) (Review)
  6.   Live Undead (Review)
  7.   Loving You No More (Review)
  8.   Hoollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary (Review)
  9.   Poison (Nicole Scherzinger song) (Review)
  10.   Strip Me (Review)
  11.   Eazy-Duz-It (Review)
  12.   Britney (Bebo Norman song) (Review)
  13.   Indestructible (Robyn song) (Review)
  14.   Korn (album) (Review)
  15.   Kitty Kat (song) (Review)
  16.   The Stanley Clarke Band (Review)
  17.   HMS Hasty (H24) (Review)
  18.   Polikarpov I-185 (Review)
  19.   PRR 4876 (Review)
  20.   Patriarchal Cathedral of the Holy Ascension of God (Review)
  21.   International Gendarmerie (Review)
  1.   Completed Valkyrie* (6,110)
  2.   Completed Friday the 13th (franchise)* (7,659)
  3.   Completed World War Z* (2,991)
  4.   Completed Jimmy Miller (536)
  5.   Completed Franco D'Alessandro (245)
  6.   Completed Kalbhor (158)
  7.   Completed Ivan Bratko (93)
  8.   Completed Sayed Hasmat Jalal (147)
  9.   Completed Bhagchandra Jain (251)
  10.   Completed John David Brewer (487)
  11.   Completed Hawaii hotspot* (4,693)
  12.   Completed Blunt trauma personal protective equipment* (512)
  13.   Completed History of the family* (1,239)
  14.   Completed The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008 film)* (2,977)
  15.   Completed Harold Pinter* (9,090)
  16.   Completed Nicholas Mayall* (2,896)
  17.   Completed Jamaica College* (2,223)
  18.   Completed 2009 International Bowl* (5,441)
  19.   Completed Sassanid Empire* (11,176)
  20.   Completed The Climb (song)* (3,922)
  21.   Completed Empire State of Mind* (4,609)
  22.   Completed RuneScape* (4,934)
  23.   Completed Cry (Michael Jackson song)* (1,645)
  24.   Completed Family Guy* (5,470)
  25.   Completed Abdolhamid Rigi (218)
  26.   Completed Takuji Iwasaki (576)
  27.   Completed Babak Esmaeili (45)
  28.   Completed Motijheel (381)
  29.   Completed Budder (437)
  30.   Completed Nephi Hannemann (225)
  31.   Completed Lavochkin La-126 (326)
  32.   Completed Gabriel Sionita (640)
  33.   Completed Rubens Gerchman (342)
  34.   Completed Prince Shōtoku (407)

Articles marked* indicate a formal request for copyediting

  • Total articles: 34
  • Total requests: 17
  • Total words: 83,101
  1.   Completed Jean, Baron de Batz (422)
  2.   Completed Kareena Kapoor* (5,607)
  3.   Completed Kameraflage (351)
  4.   Completed Timothy Truman (writer) (929)
  5.   Completed Alton H. Maddox, Jr. (843)
  6.   Completed Enterprise magazine (164)
  7.   Completed Right to petition (440)
  8.   Completed More Than Words (289)
  9.   Completed National Grandparents Day (469)
  10.   Completed Arie van den Brand (284)
  11.   Completed Paul Garson (340)
  12.   Completed Antonio Gates (586)
  13.   Completed North Shore Rugby Football Club (194)
  14.   Completed Worringer Bruch (238)
  15.   Completed Silvia Giner (106)
  16.   Completed Daniel Sternefeld (200)
  17.   Completed Curt McCune (281)
  18.   Completed Pola X (231)
  19.   Completed Boat Rock Road (316)
  20.   Completed Hasan Corso (96)
  21.   Completed Attur Taluk (164)
  22.   Completed Johnstown High School (49)
  23.   Completed Bali Gubadle (215)
  24.   Completed Luigi Voltan (348)
  25.   Completed Rent guarantee insurance (137)
  26.   Completed Kid Pancho (112)
  27.   Completed K. A. Laity (104)
  28.   Completed Licavoli Mob (367)
  29.   Completed Taher Saifuddin (259)
  30.   Completed Sirali (85)
  31.   Completed SEAQ (209)
  32.   Completed Louis Delfino (347)
  33.   Completed The Dalmarnock Fire Tests (561)
  34.   Completed Edwin Embree (229)
  35.   Completed Darren Tighe (108)
  36.   Completed Tombstone (financial industry) (116)
  37.   Completed Ministry of Interior and Municipalities (Lebanon) (64)
  38.   Completed Paul Fletcher (theologian) (187)
  39.   Completed Fuxi Fuchsberger (112)
  40.   Completed The Mabuhay Channel (139)
  41.   Completed AMCO Constructions (63)
  42.   Completed Jason Reeves (radio broadcaster) (458)
  43.   Completed ARGOS DSS (418)
  44.   Completed Moustafa Bayoumi (287)
  45.   Completed Leonid Berdichevsky (64)
  46.   Completed Camp Firwood (259)
  47.   Completed Caistor Grammar School (1,241)
  48.   Completed Central European Chamber Orchestra (201)
  49.   Completed Ambre Frisque (164)
  50.   CompletedOutline of Wisconsin* (19)
  51.   CompletedRosetta Stone* (6,105)
  • Total articles: 51
  • Total words: 25,577
  • May 2010 words: 83,101
  1.   Completed List of longest streams of Oregon (399)
  2.   Completed Upanishads (4,152)  --Diannaa (Talk) 17:35, 24 September 2010 (UTC)
  3.   Completed Deshastha Brahmin (5,646)
  4.   Completed Quainton Road railway station (5,748)
  5.   Completed Motul de San José (8,723)
  6.   Completed Abraham Lincoln (11,166)
  7.   Completed Nini Stoltenberg (971)
  8.   Completed FIFA Manager 09 (1,022)
  9.   Completed List of Dragon Ball episodes (27,490)
  10.   Completed Kilshannig GAA (903)
  11.   Completed Limbo (video game) (3,695)
  12.   Completed Bajaur Agency (1,467)
  13.   Completed British National Party (11,914)
  14.   Completed Britannia High (3,077)
  15.   Completed Sleepy People (British rock band) (1,520)
  16.   Completed I Spy (film) (894)
  17.   Completed Het Misdaadmuseum (554)
  18.   Completed NBFC & MFI in India (634)
  19.   Completed SME finance (1,118)
  20.   Completed Cilla Battersby-Brown (1,875)
  • Total articles = 20
  • Total words = 92,968
  1.   Completed Justice League (Smallville) (5,219)*R(10,438)
  2.   Completed Moore Street Retail Market (172)
  3.   Completed HSBRA (167)
  4.   Completed Shop in a box (171)
  5.   Completed Science and technology in Algeria (159)
  6.   Completed Frunze Higher Naval School (141)
  7.   Completed Seminario de Lima (179)
  8.   Completed Skin cancer in cats and dogs (155)
  9.   Completed Guido Henneböhl (123)
  10.   Completed Pomada (240)
  11.   Completed Entrenchment hypothesis (170)
  12.   Completed Jean Joseph François Poujoulat (189)
  13.   Completed Brothers Lewandowski (268)
  14.   Completed List of Hayate the Combat Butler characters (16,289)
  15.   Completed Barthwal (30)
  16.   Completed The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island (103)
  17.   Completed Malaysia (8,279)*R(16,558)
  18.   Completed Luis Cárdenas Saavedra (168)
  19.   Completed Mutant Swinger from Mars (160)
  20.   Completed Shubhendu moon (48)
  21.   Completed Ivan Peronko (79)
  22.   Completed Besshø (117)
  23.   Completed Klaudia Taev (127)
  24.   Completed Bhalli (198)
  25.   Completed St. Stephen's Church (Kombuthurai) (206)
  26.   Completed Swiss biogrid (190)
  27.   Completed Catherine Cameron (111)

*R denotes articles from the Request page

  • Total-articles = 27
  • Total-words = 46,956
  • Rollover-words = 8,678
  1.   Completed Markus Näslund (6,714)
  2.   Completed Kesari (Ramayana) (189)
  3.   Completed Lehren.tv (195)
  4.   Completed Kofi Adu (122)
  5.   Completed Sehar loharu (217)
  6.   Completed Provjereno (103)
  7.   Completed Buttar sivia (225)
  8.   Completed June 2009 Southern Kentucky derecho (111)
  9.   Completed Stephen Min Kuk-ka (166)
  10.   Completed University Risk Management and Insurance Association (194)
  11.   Completed Ozdemir Turan (149)
  12.   Completed Carol McBride Pirsch (154)
  13.   CompletedCastello Normanno-Svevo (Bari) (151)
  14.   Completed Brockway, California (246)
  15.   Completed Barangay Onse (235)
  16.   Completed Frank Valdor (113)
  17.   Completed National Anti-Communist Front (194)
  18.   Completed Scott Campbell (author) (100)
  19.   Completed Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited (56)
  20.   Completed Church of the Virgin Mary (Senica) (215)
  21.   Completed Mind the Gap (Maria Pia De Vito album) (59)
  22.   Completed Kuopion Reippaan voimistelijat (210)
  23.   Completed Galashiels Golf Club (276)
  24.   Completed Reserva do Iguaçu (106)
  25.   Completed Rao Narbir Singh (143)
  26.   Completed Redvers Opie (180)
  27.   Completed Mikhail P. Batura (61)
  28.   CompletedChild depression (210)
  29.   Completed So Fresh: The Hits of Winter 2009 (269)
  30.   Completed Shamberere Technical Training Institute (229)
  31.   Completed St Leo's Catholic College (83)
  32.   Completed Christopher Gould (232)
  33.   Completed Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal (274)
  34.   Completed University of Bihać (297)
  35.   Completed Dweebs (TV series) (169)
  36.   Completed Pilot experiment (324)
  37.   Completed Sometimes Late at Night (323)
  38.   Completed Fritz Gosslau (355)
  39.   Completed MDU Resources Group, Inc. (558)
  40.   Completed Hye-rim Park (412)
  41.   Completed Emotional Branding (234)
  42.   Completed Burger King (5,655)*
  43.   Completed List of Science Ninja Team Gatchaman episodes (28,656)
  44.   Completed Porous glass (1,148)
  45.   Completed Battle of Guanzhong (1861) (490)
  46.   Completed Fengxiang County (555)
  • Total-articles = 46
  • Total-words = 51,357
  • Rollover-words = 8,412
  1.   Completed Shah Nikdur (142)
  2.   Completed LegalBeagles (176)
  3.   Completed Kruun (261)
  4.   Completed E-Learning Developers' Community of Practice (288)
  5.   Completed Carolinas College of Health Sciences (430)
  6.   Completed Bollington Festival (613)
  7.   Completed Dark Slope Streaks (309)
  8.   Completed Aloysius Cheang (320)
  9.   Completed Robert Lima (791)   -- Tea with toast (talk) 02:46, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
  10.   Completed World Choir Games (389)
  11.   Completed Halogenerator (254)
  12.   Completed Basrizal Koto (271)
  13.   Completed Boško Radišić (RNA) (229)
  14.   Completed Variance risk premium (323)
  15.   Completed V.RM.Letchmanan Chettiar (158)
  16.   Completed Fluorine (5,505)*
  17.   Completed Starscream (Transformers) (16,937)
  • Total-articles = 17
  • Total-words = 27,396
  • Rollover-words = 19,769
  1.   Completed Shah Nikdur (142)
  2.   Completed LegalBeagles (176)
  3.   Completed Kruun (261)
  4.   Completed E-Learning Developers' Community of Practice (288)
  5.   Completed Carolinas College of Health Sciences (430)
  6.   Completed Bollington Festival (613)
  7.   Completed Dark Slope Streaks (309)
  8.   Completed Aloysius Cheang (320)
  9.   Completed Robert Lima (791)   -- Tea with toast (talk) 02:46, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
  10.   Completed World Choir Games (389)
  11.   Completed Halogenerator (254)
  12.   Completed Basrizal Koto (271)
  13.   Completed Boško Radišić (RNA) (229)
  14.   Completed Variance risk premium (323)
  15.   Completed V.RM.Letchmanan Chettiar (158)
  16.   Completed Fluorine (5,505)*
  17.   Completed Starscream (Transformers) (16,937)
  1.   Completed Soorikaayi (56)
  2.   Completed Shringartali (77)
  3.   Completed Government Polytechnic Jalgaon (137)
  4.   Completed Pearl in the Palm (336)  Y Machine translation; impossible copyedit without referring to the original text. Now completed. --Ohconfucius ¡digame! 06:56, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
  5.   Completed Kik Messenger (133)
  6.   Completed Currency strength (218)
  7.   Completed Cross Creek Trail (348)
  • Total-articles = 7
  • Total-words = 1,305
  • Rollover-words = 3,535
 
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