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This week's article for improvement (week 25, 2016)

 
The aqueduct of Segovia, Spain
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This week's article for improvement (week 26, 2016)

 
Home page of Wikipedia
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Vital articles

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Guild of Copy Editors July 2016 News

Guild of Copy Editors July 2016 News
 

 

Hello everyone, and welcome to the July 2016 GOCE newsletter.

June Blitz: this one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 12 through 18 June; the themes were video games and Asian geography. Of the 18 editors who signed up, 11 removed 47 articles from the backlog. Barnstars and rollover totals are located here. Thanks to all editors who took part.

Coordinator elections: The second tranche of Guild coordinators for 2016, who will serve a six-month term until 23:59 UTC on 31 December, have been elected. Jonesey95 remains as your drama-free Lead Coordinator, and Corinne and Tdslk are your new assistant coordinators. For her long service to the Guild, Miniapolis has been enrolled in the GOCE Hall of Fame. Thanks to everyone who voted in the election; our next scheduled one occurs in December 2016. All Wikipedia editors in good standing are eligible; self-nominations are welcome and encouraged.

July Drive: Our month-long July Copy Editing Backlog Elimination Drive is now underway. Our aim is to remove articles tagged for copy-edit in April, May and June 2015, and to complete all requests on the GOCE Requests page from June 2016. The drive ends at 23:59 on 31 July 2016 (UTC).

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This week's article for improvement (week 27, 2016)

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This week's article for improvement (week 28, 2016)

 
An ear of rye
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This week's article for improvement (week 29, 2016)

 
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This week's article for improvement (week 30, 2016)

 
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This week's article for improvement (week 31, 2016)

 
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Wikipedia:Vital articles/Expanded/Removed

@Presidentman: @Carlwev:: How are things being added to this list? I know things are missing, but I don't want to mess up your style of adding entries. pbp 20:34, 4 August 2016 (UTC)

I've been adding them going backwards through the archives. There's a hidden note in the top section (above the list) that shows my progress. - Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 20:40, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
Coo coo. I'm probably gonna drop in on that from time to time. I did 34. pbp 23:18, 4 August 2016 (UTC)

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This week's article for improvement (week 32, 2016)

 
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This week's article for improvement (week 33, 2016)

 
Archaeological record example: a section of the Papyrus of Ani showing cursive hieroglyphs
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Please, remove speedy deletion tag from Nicholas Nixo EfthimiouAbrojunior (talk) 12:30, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

Hi, i have noted that you have placed nominated the page that i have created for Nicholas Nixo Efthimiou for deletion. Nicholas Nixo Efthimiou is really an American football (soccer) who played his professional soccer in the United States from 1990-1999. He played for the Dallas Sidekicks and was a player in the Continental Indoor Soccer League championship in 1993 and the Premier Soccer Alliance in 1998. You can check out some links here: https://archive.org/details/ScreenShot20160810At12.09.59AM_201608 https://archive.org/details/ScreenShot20160810At5.55.58PM https://archive.org/details/ScreenShot20160811At9.51.46AM https://archive.org/details/ScreenShot20160810At9.24.34PM https://archive.org/details/ScreenShot20160811At9.25.03AM_201608 https://archive.org/details/ScreenShot20160811At10.17.41AM_201608 https://archive.org/details/ScreenShot20160810At12.42.57AM https://archive.org/details/ https://archive.org/details/NicholasNixoEfthimiouTeamUSABrazilianFutsalTournamentMember_201608 https://archive.org/details/ScreenShot20160811At2.34.58PM https://archive.org/details/ScreenShot20160811At4.23.48PM https://archive.org/details/MensUNCTeamNickScores http://Dallasidekickstats.com http://soccertimeinc.com http://www.kicksfan.com/players/efthimiou/index.htm https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1807&dat=19870925&id=FfMcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2nEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4804,1157309&hl=en http://www.dallasidekicks.com https://archive.org/details/ScreenShot20160810At12.09.59AM_201608

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Autism -- reply

Thanks for the explanation. I'll just point out that I would not have intervened had there been any indication on the Talk page of the reason for the change. This is a page that is often vandalized, so it would be helpful to other editors to know why the change was being made. -- DaveSeidel (talk) 19:45, 17 August 2016 (UTC)

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This week's article for improvement (week 34, 2016)

 
Heraldic Badge of the Spanish West Indies
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