User talk:Miniapolis/Archives/2014/December

The Signpost: 26 November 2014

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The editors in question are behaving unusually can you monitor that talk page? Lagoonaville (talk) 01:13, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

What talk page? Please provide a link, since I don't think you're referring to the Signpost. All the best, Miniapolis 02:05, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

Ah, I guess you mean Talk:Barelvi#Usage of proper terms. It looks like a civil discussion of the reliability of sources, except for your needling of Lukeno94. You've submitted your draft revision with sources, and should wait for the other editors concerned to respond; be sure to mark only minor edits as minor. All the best, Miniapolis 02:27, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

Thillana Mohanambal

I see on your talk page that you don't accept direct copy-edit requests. But, can you kindly help me by saying whether you know anyone with knowledge of the subject who can copy-edit the article. Thank you. Thamizhan1994 (^{Appo Pesu}) 03:35, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

My fellow GOCE coordinator is copyediting the article, and will do a fine job. All the best, Miniapolis 23:37, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

Ford Island

A note to significant contributors to the Ford Island article: its been nominated for promotion to Good article status. The nomination is listed at Good article nominations - Geography. Thanks for your work to improve the article! NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 12:17, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

Update: Removed GA nomination template from the talk page. Per User:TParis, the article is already under A-class review at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Ford Island. NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 04:25, 14 September 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	Thanks for the copy edit on Katrina Kaif :) AB01 I'M A POTATO 02:42, 4 December 2014 (UTC)

Glad to help. Good luck with GA and all the best, Miniapolis 02:44, 4 December 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 03 December 2014

• Op-ed: Who edits health-related content on Wikipedia and why?

• In the media: Embroidery and cheese

• Featured content: ABCD: Any Body Can Dance!

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GOCE coordinator elections

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Candidate nominations for Guild coordinators to serve from January 1 to June 30, 2015, are currently underway. The nomination period will close at 23:59 on December 15 (UTC), after which voting will commence until 23:59 on December 31, 2014. Self-nominations are welcomed. Please consider getting involved; it's your Guild and it won't coordinate itself, so if you'd like to help coordinate Guild activities we'd love to hear from you. Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, and Miniapolis. Message sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:17, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

Gelou

Thank you for your thorough copyedit. I made some minor changes. I would be grateful if you could cheque them. Borsoka (talk) 02:13, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

Your changes look fine. Again, good luck with GA and all the best, Miniapolis 02:33, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 10 December 2014

• Op-ed: It's GLAM up North!

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• Featured content: Honour him, love and obey? Good idea with military leaders.

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December 2014 GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2014 Newsletter Drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in November's Backlog Elimination Drive. Of the 43 people who signed up for this drive, 26 copy edited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: The November Drive removed 26 requests from the Requests page and 509 articles from the {{copy edit}} backlog. We copy edited 83 articles tagged in the target months; July, August, and September 2013. Together with tag removals from articles unsuitable for copy editing, we eliminated July 2013 from the backlog and reduced August and September's tags to 61 and 70 respectively. As of 01:01, 1 December 2014 (UTC), the backlog stood at 1,974 articles, dipping below 2,000 for the first time in the Guild's history (see graph at right). Well done everyone! Blitz: The December Blitz will run from December 14–20 and will focus on articles related to Religion, in recognition of this month's religious holidays in much of the English-speaking world. Awards will be given out to everyone who copy edits at least one of the target articles. Sign up here! Election time again: The election of coordinators to serve from 1 January to 30 June 2015 is now underway. Candidates can nominate themselves or others from December 01, 00:01 (UTC), until December 15, 23:59. The voting period will run from December 16, 00:01 (UTC), until December 31, 23:59. You can read about coordinators' duties here. Please consider getting involved and remember to cast you vote—it's your Guild and it doesn't organize itself! Thank you all once again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve anything without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, and Miniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:15, 14 December 2014 (UTC)

Template:LOCErequest / Template:LOCEcomplete / Template:LOCEproof / Template:LOCErefuse / Template:LOCEdenied / Template:LOCE

I plan to take this to WP:DRV if you don't plan to either restore this template, or clean up Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:LOCErequest and Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:LOCEcomplete and Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:LOCEproof and Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:LOCErefuse and Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:LOCEdenied and Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:LOCE. the correct action would to be substitute first, then delete. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 16:23, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

Feel free, but I don't understand why you feel that DRV is necessary. The League of Copy Editors became the Guild of Copy Editors several years ago, with the LOCE tags replaced by GOCE ones (hence the G6). Miniapolis 17:32, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

Apparently someone mass-tagged these pages long ago. I'll clean them up, time permitting. Miniapolis 17:40, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

Sorry, these were my first template deletions. I don't know if they're substitutable, and am waiting for advice from Diannaa. Miniapolis 18:33, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

I've restored them, and my apologies for the inconvenience. Miniapolis 19:00, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 17 December 2014

• Arbitration report: Arbitration Committee election results

• Featured content: Tripping hither, tripping thither, Nobody knows why or whither; We must dance and we must sing, Round about our fairy ring!

• In the media: Wikipedia's year in review video; Checking in with Wikipedia's founders

• Traffic report: A December Lull

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• MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:08, 19 December 2014 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of File:Arad1.jpg

A tag has been placed on File:Arad1.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F2 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an image page for a missing or corrupt image or an empty image description page for a Commons-hosted image.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Stefan2 (talk) 21:30, 20 December 2014 (UTC)

I didn't upload the image; I moved it to File:Arad1WTC.jpg to disambiguate it from a different file with the same name on Commons, and left a redirect. Miniapolis 22:08, 20 December 2014 (UTC)

December Blitz

Does Ngejot  Done--DThomsen8 (talk) 02:28, 20 December 2014 (UTC) count as done on the last day, and therefore would show in the progress for that day?--DThomsen8 (talk) 00:45, 21 December 2014 (UTC)

(talk page stalker)Yes it counts; you did the work, you deserve the credit. :-) Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 01:19, 21 December 2014 (UTC)

Happy Holidays!

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GOCE holiday 2014 newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors Late December 2014 Newsletter Blitz: Thanks to everyone who participated in the December Blitz. Of the 14 editors who signed up for the blitz, 11 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. January drive: The January backlog-reduction drive is just around the corner; sign up here! Election time again: The election of coordinators to serve from January 1 to June 30, 2015 is now underway. The voting period runs from December 16, 00:01 (UTC), until December 31, 23:59. Please cast your vote—it's your Guild, and it doesn't run itself! Happy holidays from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978 and Miniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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The Signpost: 24 December 2014

• From the editor: Looking for new editors-in-chief

• In the media: Wales on GamerGate

• Featured content: Still quoting Iolanthe, apparently.

• WikiProject report: Microsoft does The Signpost

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• MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:26, 25 December 2014 (UTC)

Precious

create drive
Thank you, horse-loving Wiki cat, for the Spanish-Norman horse, for creating copy editors backlog elimination drives, for page moves and assessments, copy-editing and reviewing, for welcoming new users and missing in hope, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:30, 30 December 2014 (UTC)

Thanks so much, Gerda, an editor I respect! Happy New Year and all the best, Miniapolis 14:27, 30 December 2014 (UTC)