User talk:Orville

Clayton Valley Charter High School Page

Helped
Hello I go to Clayton Valley and I saw that stuff on the page was incorrect specififcally the listing of our principal as John McMorris (which is incorrect as our principal is Jeff Anderson) and the Superintendent is not Dave Linzey (he was the executive director and he was fired)

If you could tell me how to properly cite this information that would be very helpful

Thank You From

MCK — Preceding unsigned comment added by MaySun18 (talk • contribs) 01:23, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi, @MaySun18: First off, thank you for editing Wikipedia! To make the changes you'd like to see, you can either click "cite" toward the top of the article while you're editing to include a source (perhaps the school district's website), or you can mention your concern on the article's talk page Talk:Clayton Valley Charter High School, and eventually someone else will come by to fix it. Orville1974 (talk) 01:30, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for including the source information. I cleaned up a broken link in the references and added more content regarding the school in the controversy section. Orville1974 (talk) 02:27, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Question

Resolved

Are you serious nominating Phantom Boy for deletion? Its overwhelmingly notable, a quick Google search will tell you that. Just look at the Rotten Tomatoes page it was reviewed by all of the major newspapers and that's only the American reviews. It should be withdrawn ASAP. Koala15 (talk) 02:36, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for the head's up. When I came across the article it was in really bad shape (and was being edited by an undeclared WP:COI). I acted too hastily in discounting its credibility. Another editor has fixed it, and I've requested a speedy keep. Orville1974 (talk) 02:46, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Ben Shapiro Page

Helped
Hello, okay, I am just trying to learn what the rules are and I sincerely appreciate the advice. I added a quote Obama said to his page and someone removed it as they said not every gaffe needs to be mentioned. So I followed that principle and removed a gaffe from Ben Shapiro's page to which people seem to say that is not okay. It seems the rules are only enforced on one side — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dy3o2 (talk • contribs) 05:07, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi. Please follow your comments with 4 of these: ~. It's what creates your signature at the end of your inputs so it's easier for other editors to know who is saying what, and how to contact you. I'll take a look at your edits to see what you're referring to. Orville1974 (talk) 05:10, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

@Dy3o2:, here's my take, for what it's worth. The article on Obama chronicles his entire life, but highlights that he is an attorney, politician, and the 44th president. In that article, there is a small paragraph regarding his stance on gun control. His gaffe did not contradict his stance on gun control, it overstated the simplicity in children purchasing guns. Since his article is not about him being a gun control activist, your addition lends undue weight to his gaffe (see WP:RSUW which will explain this in more detail). On the other hand, the interview with Shapiro was about two major portions of the article (that he is a commentator and author) as Shapiro's notoriety comes from him being "a political commentator, public speaker, author, and lawyer." Contradictions between what he says as a commentator and what he writes as an author, therefore, are quite significant. Orville1974 (talk) 05:27, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

@Dy3o2: I meant to include this source, too: Talk:Ben Shapiro. It's the talk page of the Ben Shapiro article. If you look at both archived pages as well as the current page (the links are in the beige box at the top of the page), you'll see how consensus was reached when editors disagreed about what content should/should not be included in the article. These talk pages are accessible for any article by clicking the Talk tab near the top left of the screen. Orville1974 (talk) 05:35, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

I appreciate the time you took to explain it to me. I just learned about the talk page on articles so I will go that route from now on. I agree that it was fair to remove the portion of Obama's gaffe, but I also think that the BBC interview was not important enough to mention since he has done many interviews, but I will try to talk about it on the talk page. Dy3o2 (talk) 05:41, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

@Dy3o2: I see you found the talk page and started the conversation. I just put my two cents in. The Ben Shapiro article and it's talk page should now be in your watchlist (links at the very top right of your screen). You can click on the link to see the status of any changes made to pages you've edited (bold means the current edit is yours, an empty dot means no changes have been made since the last time you looked at the page, and a filled dot means there have been changes). It's an easy way to monitor articles you've edited to follow up on their status/talk page conversations/etc.. Orville1974 (talk) 05:53, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

May 2019 GOCE drive bling

		The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to Orville1974 for copy edits totaling over 8,000 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE May 2019 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Tdslk (talk) 21:49, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Maybe a dumb question, but:

Helped
I've seen quite a few usernames with aesthetic tweaks such as yours, and I was wondering if you could direct me to a reference that could help me learn to change my own. I've looked in the past, but never managed to turn up anything. Best regards. :) TheTechnician27 (talk) 09:08, 4 June 2019 (UTC)

I just looked at the source editor of pages when I came across signatures I liked, and copied/mixed/matched elements from the signatures I liked. You can mess around with the stuff you copy in your sandbox to get it to look the way you like. Now, I like the ones I see that look sort of 3D with a shadow behind them, but I'm happy enough with that I have, and can't really be bothered to change it again. Mostly, it's nice to be able to scan a page and be able to quickly find my edits (I picked a color that isn't used often). Orville1974 (talk) 09:20, 4 June 2019 (UTC)

Oh, and once you decide on what you like, you paste it into your preferences, user profile, signature with the checkmark for "treat as wikimarkup". Here's one for you to start with TheTechnician27 shout me out

For some reason I couldn't put it into words, but you captured perfectly why this seems useful: being able to scan a page for edits I've made without Ctrl+F would make navigation just that extra bit easier. Also, I realize now that I couldn't find the page because I was searching "username" instead of "signature". Thanks so much for the help! TheTechnician27 (Talk page) 10:14, 4 June 2019 (UTC)

Hey that looks great. I like it! Orville1974 (talk) 14:05, 4 June 2019 (UTC)

Thanks! I actually found it on the Help:Using colours page; it's just Hue: 200. I'm kind of eyeing that Hue: 150 and Hue: 160 now that I think about it, though. TheTechnician27 (Talk page) 07:19, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

Fenn Treasure edit War

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Out of curiosity, why have you reverted Fenn Treasure to protect unsourced information added today by an edit-warring single purpose account? ApLundell (talk) 18:10, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

I just left an apology on your talk page once I saw your revert. I didn't realize I had stepped into a messy edit war until I looked a bit closer. Orville1974 (talk) 18:11, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

No problem. I figured it must be a misunderstanding like that. Sorry if my message here was a bit aggressive. ApLundell (talk) 18:13, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

Helped Thanks for the reprieve. I didn't understand the 3 revision rule. I won't make that mistake again. I see the article is under review for 13 days. Thanks for that as well. I am in contact with Mr. Fenn and we will take that time to review the article in full and consider useful edits in the bio section.Lummifilm (talk) 19:34, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

To add preposition

N Not done and not likely to be done

        Respected sir, 
         On Shamsheer vayalil's wikipedia infobox the name of two medical colleges are given. First medical college is KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE, MANIPAL and second is SRI RAMACHANDRA MEDICAL COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE,CHENNAI.Before clicking on the link of second college I felt that "Chennai" is a part of college name but it was not so. I think that the comma between the second college name and it's location name should be removed and instead of that preposition ("in") should be added in between them (see early life paragraph there, how the college name and its location are written). 
         I shall be greatly obliged and thankful to you. 
Note: This preposition "in" should be added between "Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute and it's location Chennai" present in infobox(alma mater column). 

Thank you!

To look on a request.

Helped

Sir, I have posted a query on Talk page of Shamsheer Vayalil. Please! do have a look. 

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 27.61.122.83 (talk) 17:28, 13 June 2019 (UTC)

Done Orville1974 (talk) 03:49, 11 June 2019 (UTC)

Cancelled the request

Sir/Madam, you cancelled my request regarding an edit related to Shamsheer Vayalil's article on your talk page.

    Is there  any mistake in my request? Please, let me know. 

Thanks.

Please place your requests on the article's talk page here: Talk:Shamsheer_Vayalil per User:Arch dude's guidance. Your repeated posts/alterations/content blanking on different user talk pages and help desks is too confusing for the editors involved. Orville1974 (talk) 04:31, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

To respond on Talk page

I have left an important request on Talk page of Dr. Shamsheer Vayalil related to his residency. Please! make that edit. (223.230.146.67 (talk) 13:17, 16 June 2019 (UTC)) Thanks.

Re:Celia Fisher article

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For now, just sit tight. I've referred the matter to the Copyright Cleanup Unit (CCU), a group of people who are skilled at discerning which edits are copyrighted and removing them from the article's history. In the case of the article specifically, you are to be commended for bring this up, but in a closer look through the history I see that one of the editors who added a massive amount of material to the article has been blocked as a sock account. We need to do a thorough look see and make sure we get it all, and I'd rather get this right the first time then have to keep coming back to it. TomStar81 (Talk) 03:59, 22 May 2019 (UTC)

A Barnstar for You!

		The Original Barnstar
		Thanks for helping out at the Teahouse and Help Desk! Also, your humor on your User page is really funny, really made me laugh. OkayKenG (talk) 06:40, 11 June 2019 (UTC)

~blush~. Thank you. Orville1974 (talk) 16:04, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for volunteering

Dear Orville, thank you for volunteering as a host at the Teahouse. Wikipedia is a community of people working together to make knowledge free. You are an important part of that effort! By joining as a Host, and by following our expectations, you are helping new users get a hold of the ropes here at Wikipedia, and helping experienced users that just have a question about how something works. We appreciate your willingness to help!

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Nick Moyes (talk) 00:16, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

This is not name change it is a full upgradation of hojai college in to an university

N Not done and not likely to be done
the government of assam have upgraded the college into an university and now it will have its own administration and ugc guidance portal Before hojai college was under guwahati university and now it is a full Administrated university and it will have more than 80 colleges under its belt and their for under administration guidance it will have an dedicated article for people sake with hojai college because the college will have both student under(gu) and Rabindranath Tagore University for 2-3 years — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bengal18 (talk • contribs) 06:43, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

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Thank you so much for all the work you're doing. You're amazing!

Just wanted to thank you personally. I saw your contributions in Teahouse and the Guild. You're doing great work, helping others. Thank you so much, again. TryKid (talk) 12:39, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

~blush~. Thank you. Orville1974 (talk) 16:04, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

Change living bio - due to death

Helped
Hi, Yesterday, you mentioned that I should simply put a comment in the "talk" section of the page I would like to have changed due to a recent death.

My talk comment appears to have disappeared and nothing has changed on the page in question. I do not want to be in conflict of interest, but I would really like to have the bio changed ASAP. Thank you,

BridgeAnn (talk) 13:31, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi @BridgeAnn: I don't see where the request was added (Special:Contributions/BridgeAnn); so I don't think it was intentionally deleted. Maybe the request just didn't get saved? What article are you requesting the change on, and what source are you able to provide? I can help from there. Orville1974 (talk) 14:06, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi @Orville1974:,

This is the talk page I just added: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Benjamin_J._Greenberg&action=submit All sources are found in the file. Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_J._Greenberg

Thank you,

BridgeAnn (talk) 17:37, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi again, @BridgeAnn: I added the sourced content, but didn't see a reference mentioning his work from 2014-2019 at Dunton Rainville. Do you have a source for that content? Thank you. Orville1974 (talk) 18:05, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

Never mind. I overlooked one of the articles you linked. The rest of the sourced content is now in the article. Orville1974 (talk) 18:09, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi @Orville1974:,

Thank you for your changes. Very much appreciated! Is it possible to have "Honorable" added in from of Me Greenberg's name? I'm also wondering if "living bio" should remain active. tks again.

BridgeAnn (talk) 19:44, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

@BridgeAnn: Thank you for pointing out the living bio template on the talk page. I've changed it to biography. The Wikipedia style guide does not allow for honorific prefixes except in very limited cases. The reference is here: MOS:HONOR. Orville1974 (talk) 19:49, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi @Orville1974:, Excellent thank you again.

BridgeAnn (talk) 20:45, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

Page update

N Not done and not likely to be done
Hello and thank you for the feedback. Understood on sources however the information I requested changed is factually incorrect. As a business we have 3 locations not 4. And our holding company Project Worldwide has 15 companies in it not 12 as cited on the Partners & Napier page. The website links are directly from the businesses citing those facts. I'd appreciate it if you can provide any feedback or direction so I can get these data points on the company updated and accurate. Thank you and yes I am a newbie learning Wiki so than you for your patience! ````GreggDinino — Preceding unsigned comment added by GreggDinino (talk • contribs) 18:19, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi again. You'll notice that none of the information in the current article is derived from your website. Self-published sources are not considered reliable for inclusion in Wikipedia, nor is the encyclopedia article intended to be a brochure for the company. That does mean that there is usually a delay between when something happens (like annual revenue changes or business locations), and when (or even if) third-party sources address the changes. When the coverage exists, editors are usually pretty timely about making the changes. Orville1974 (talk) 18:42, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

response to your response to my original question

Stale

Thanks, Orville 1974 for answering my questions. I asked how to submit an article and how and what to footnote. Ive written an article about an actress named Susan Angelo who has mainly worked on stage, but who has also worked in film and TV. She has extensive work as a theater administrator and director and educator. She has appeared frequently on stage at Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum near Los Angeles; Wikipedia already has articles about other actors from this theater, as well as the theater itself. Susan helped to create the educational programs at the theater and administered them for several decades. I'm very familiar with Wikipedia's articles about actors, and believe that my article conforms to the model which seems to characterize them. I've also read the guidelines about writing articles, and about citing sources. However, my computer skills are very basic, so my questions to you are technical; I'm confident that the article has a good chance to be accepted, but I literally don't know how to submit it, technically. The issues concerning footnotes are also partly completely technical. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.24.99.241 (talk) 23:28, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi! Where can I find the article you've written? It will help me give you guidance on the next steps to take. Orville1974 (talk) 23:32, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

A goat for you!

Thank you for copyediting Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt!

MrClog (talk) 17:19, 13 June 2019 (UTC)

DJ Kelblizz

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Please sir, thank you so much ,you help secure Wikipedia's policy. Please help me to stop the delection of the article "DJ Kelblizz" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wizkizayo (talk • contribs) 00:27, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

The only advice I have is what I left on your request in the Teahouse. WP:AKON Orville1974 (talk) 03:48, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

salesian

 Done
no one has commented on my proposed wording, can you add it in now?Ndołkah (talk) 01:31, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

I weighed in on the talk page in a few of the sections. Not yet. It's normally appropriate to wait a week to give people time to read and respond. Orville1974 (talk) 02:20, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for your work moderating on this. I like your proposed wording. I highly doubt Clem or Kudpung will chime in, but my talk is a pretty busy place. Someone might have found the discussion there. Waiting a week is prudent. John from Idegon (talk) 06:03, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

No worries. I'm glad there are so many determined newer editors (I just try to keep them from breaking things, getting banned, or giving up until they figure things out)

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A barnstar for you!

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Frank Cifaldi Edit

N Not done and not likely to be done
This is in regards to your edit of Frank Cifaldi's page. Here's the thing. You don't know Frank and you don't know the path that whole situation set him on.

https://i.imgur.com/jtyVoPL.jpg

It is an old situation but relevant nonetheless. Please keep your hands out of things you don't understand. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.189.33.61 (talk) 21:40, 15 June 2019 (UTC)

If you're talking about the insertion of defamatory material on a WP:BLP without a source, please "keep your hands" off that article. Orville1974 (talk) 21:59, 15 June 2019 (UTC)

I want to publish a wikipedia article

N Not done and not likely to be done
Hello orville,naimatsid here i just want to publish a wikipedia article of one of the most popular indorie poet wikipedia:wajid Shaikh he is published poet and author and Bollywood lyricist as well people want to know more about them and this helps to this poet,Wikipedia is one of the most well known platform, kindly help me to publish this article with all verification thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Naimatsid (talk • contribs) 05:54, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

Teahouse talkback: you've got messages!

Hello, Orville. Your question has been answered at the Teahouse Q&A board. Feel free to reply there!
Please note that all old questions are archived after 2-3 days of inactivity. Message added by Orville1974 (talk) 00:59, 18 June 2019 (UTC). (You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{teahouse talkback}} template).

Need advice

Helped
So, the word "dzongkhag" is supposed to be italicized but not in the quotations right? In the Election Act, it isn't it italicized, so it shouldn't it be capitalized in the quote too, right? I'm talking about List of dzongkhags of Bhutan. I'm not really sure. Please help. Regards, TryKid (talk) 20:31, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi! @TryKid: I think I fixed the quotes in reference one just now. It's capitalized in the quote because that's the way it is in the source material (Chapter 2, page 20). It's being used as if it were lower case, so I think italics in the quote is fine. Orville1974 (talk) 20:57, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

Oof. I meant italicized not capitalised. My first message is a mess. Very sorry. So here's the thing. The word "Dzongkhag" is always italicized no matter what. Now since it's always italicized, in the explanatory note (efn), it should be in quotes or something, along with the word "district"? Right? Now, in the second paragraph, it directly quotes material from Election Commission. In the Election Commission material, the word "dzongkhag" isn't italicized, along with some other grammar mistakes. There's a [sic] tag for the grammar mistake. That means we quote the material without change or mistake correction. So in the second paragraph where it quotes "provided that no Dzongkhag shall have less than..." the word "Dzongkhag" shouldn't be italicized since it isn't italicized in the original text. It needs to be de-itlicized, right? And the explanatory footnotes. They were probably correct before you edited them. I've no idea. TryKid (talk) 21:32, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi again @TryKid: The manual of style (WP:MOS) allows for minor changes to quotes (even though we're used to hearing, "Don't change enything [sic]!" See what I did there? So on that page, the quote's wording is way off the meaning, but since it's from a legal document, I wasn't comfortable changing it, so I left the odd wording and added [sic]. MOS:SIC talks about what can be changed in direct quotes and what should be left alone: "If there is a significant error in the original statement, use [sic] or the template [sic] (produces a note like [sic] ) to show that the error was not made by Wikipedia." So that's why you see sic in the quote. Toward the bottom of that section, it says: "In direct quotations, retain dialectal and archaic spellings, including capitalization.". The capitalized Dzongkhag might be a style of the language where it's capitalized even when it's use i tn that context in English is not. I know in German, there are a lot of words like that. So I left the capitalization alone, and just italicized it per the manual of style. It's just a style guide, so if you'd like to change it to lowercase, I don't think anyone will find fault with it. The style guide does mention adding [emphasis added] when italicizing something, but I left that off since we're not emphasizing the word, we're just conforming to Wikipedia's requirement that foreign words be in italics. So maybe an emphasis added tag might still be the best way to show why it's capitalized but in italics? You decide and I'll check by in a few days to revert it (jk) Orville1974 (talk) 21:59, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

Mama Lola

Helped
Hi. I only "created" the article as a redirect to a notable figure who sometimes used the name. If you delete the article on the Haitian lady (as you perhaps should), please consider keeping the original redirect. Dahn (talk) 05:26, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

The redirect is restored. Thank you for the head's up. Orville1974 (talk) 05:35, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

salesian template

Helped
how do i add the Salesian template to the relevant articles which one do i use?Ndołkah (talk) 05:39, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi! In the visual editor, select insert template, then type Salesians. In the source editor, it's {{Salesians}}. Orville1974 (talk) 05:41, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

@Ndołkah: I just threw a sort template in it too, so the names come out alphabetically. That's a lot of schools! Orville1974 (talk) 05:59, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

Yes i know they're worldwide with several dozen schools. i actually don't use the visual editor!Ndołkah (talk) 06:07, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

I usually use the visual editor when copy editing, and the source editor for templates and tables (and sometimes I'll jump back and forth to see how everything's looking). Orville1974 (talk) 06:11, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

New page

Helped
Hi, thanks for moving this article over https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screening,_brief_intervention_and_referral_to_treatment when i search this page on google search engine,wikipedia doesnt appear is it because its just recently uploaded, or it might be some other reason? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Asargana96 (talk • contribs) 20:59, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi @Asargana96: I'm not sure if you noticed, but I made some style edits to the page earlier today; however, your article still needs to be reviewed and accepted by a new page reviewer before it's eligible to be indexed by search engines. After it's reviewed, we don't control how long it will take for it to show up in searches, but it eventually will. Orville1974 (talk) 22:30, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

Copy edit notes

Hi! Great work with your copy editing. I went over Materialism and have a couple little notes. This is pretty minor MOS stuff:

• Date ranges. You made some changes like 600 BC – 100 BC → 600 BC–100 BC. Normally the en dash in ranges is unspaced, except when either (or both) elements include a space. (There's a little on this in the main MOS between MOS:ENTO and MOS:ENBETWEEN, and some more in the numbers MOS at MOS:DATERANGE.) So the original was right, though I changed it to "600–100 BC" since it wouldn't make sense for the first date to be AD/CE (ie: the BC applies to both ends of the range). Oh, the non-breaking space is also recommended between numbers and units, though most editors don't bother until the article gets up toward GA/FA level.
• Similarly with circa: 99 – c. 55 BC. (Without the spaced en dash it looks a bit weird: 99–c. 55 BC, and the intention of the dash may be less obvious.)
• The possessives of all singular non-abstract nouns get a 's (MOS:POSS). So Davies' and Gribbin's objections → Davies's and Gribbin's objections. However, that seems a little awkward so I rephrased as "The objections of Davies and Gribbin".
• Critique of Pure Reason gets italics as the title of a major work.

General Sherman incident:

• They departed Chefoo (present day Yantai), China on August 9, 1866 and arrived on the coast of Korea on August 16, 1866. There was a missing comma after China and 1866 (see MOS:GEOCOMMA/MOS:DATECOMMA in the main MOS).

Pretty minor stuff. These sorts of issues are pretty common in articles, so copy editors should be fairly familiar with the MOS on commas and dashes. I hope you receive this constructively. Feel free to ping me if you have any questions, and please keep up the good work! – Reidgreg (talk) 21:39, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi @Reidgreg: Thank you so much! I'm still learning the MOS, as you can tell. Some of it runs contrary to what I'm used to seeing. I really appreciate the feedback. Orville1974 (talk) 22:26, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

You're welcome! It does take some getting used to. I have learned that there are actually no rules to writing English, only practices. It makes copy editing a thoughtful endeavour. – Reidgreg (talk) 04:44, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

editing and COI

Helped
Comments noted, I will desist in future. I don't understand the COI with the Visual servoing page, can you explain the issue there. Also I seem to have a different talk page, with different capitalisation, associated with that article. Thankyou. Peter.corke (talk) 02:43, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi @Peter.corke: The only capitalisation version I see is Peter.corke. There's not an issue with the visual servoing article. I've already removed the COI tag from the article and from the COI report. As for the other articles, please go here to see my comments on your conflict of interest and to offer your response. Thank you! Orville1974^talk 03:08, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi @Peter.corke: I've just re-added Visual servoing to the list. Your edits on that page constitute a conflict of interest as well. You inserted your own work as a source. Orville1974^talk 03:25, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

What's the accepted practice then, should I edit the page and remove the reference? Peter.corke (talk) 03:29, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi @Peter.corke: The guidance is here: WP:PAID and here WP:COIPAYDISCLOSE.

1. Please add the mandatory disclosures.
2. You should also make no further edits to the articles I've listed at this link.
3. Please respond at that link. The determination regarding what should occur with the articles you've edited will be made there. Orville1974^talk 03:40, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi again @Peter.corke: The COI notice has been answered; you can see the results at the same link you entered your response. There's no need to remove your work on Visual servoing, but please follow the guidance at WP:SELFCITE when adding references to your own work. As for your own page and those related to your employer, the WP:COIPAYDISCLOSE and WP:COI links provide guidance on how to disclose your conflict of interest and request edits on the respective article's talk pages. Most requests are completed in about a week or less. Usually the clearer the request, the faster it gets done, since it helps us evaluate the request more quickly. If you have any questions about the request process that the links don't answer for you, just let me know. I evaluate/enter requested changes pretty frequently. Thank you again for your understanding; we all want to see the articles in Wikipedia improved (including yours and your employer's). Orville1974^talk 04:18, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi @Orville1974:, thanks for the tips and the changes. Will followup as you suggest.Peter.corke (talk) 21:06, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

I hope I'm not being annoying at this point, need help again

Helped
So, the FLC was going good but someone noticed big problems and now another page is merged with it. It'll get another review in a week or 2, can you copyedit Districts of Bhutan again, specially the new additions? I'll greatly appreciate the help. Regards, TryKid (talk) 04:35, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

No worries. I just edited it again. This time I inserted the official language templates (it turns out dzongkhag is singular and plural, so I fixed all those, too). Orville1974^talk 06:56, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

Returning thanks

Thank you for the kind words of support. Almost all my edits are simple, concise and seek to only add without clouding or bloating. Punctuation corrections, proper paragraph separations, etc. I need to do more research to be able to hyperlink (Wikilinks mostly) a few items but I don't want to do that without more comfortably. Thanks again and keep up the good fight Jlkeck1138 (talk) 17:30, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

I asked you a question

Helped
I asked you a question in the section of the help desk titled "i need help" please answer it. Captain Yoshi :P 01:10, 24 June 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Captain Yoshi (talk • contribs)

Hi @Captain Yoshi: Was it about editing with a Nintendo 3DS? If so, I'm sorry, but I don't know how editing works on it. Orville1974^talk 01:43, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

not that the other thing — Preceding unsigned comment added by Captain Yoshi (talk • contribs) 02:05, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

the message before FlightTimes — Preceding unsigned comment added by Captain Yoshi (talk • contribs) 02:07, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

I'm afraid you'll run into the same frustrations the prior editor did regarding the Porygon draft at Draft Talk:Porygon. If you follow the conversation on that page, you'll see that it wasn't a lack of sources, it was that the sources the editor found were either not considered reliable enough for Wikipedia standards (WP:RS), or there was not enough coverage in them (WP:SIGCOV) to meet Wikipedia notability standards WP:N. The link to the last version of the Groudon article before it was overwritten as a redirect [1] will show you that quite a bit of content was written by multiple editors, but it wasn't sufficient to retain the Groudon article the last time it was created. Orville1974^talk 02:15, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

Nah. Groudon's pretty popular when it comes to pokemon. I always see him in commercials. If hes on commercials, then hes gotta at least be on the news. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Captain Yoshi (talk • contribs) 02:56, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

Well, to get started, just follow the guidance at Your first article and Articles for creation. Good luck! Orville1974^talk 03:01, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

Ok then. - Captain Yoshi :P 03:29, 24 June 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Captain Yoshi (talk • contribs) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3ADjHfV6V4

oh my god i just used a reference YAY

June 2019 blitz bling!

		The Order of the Superior Scribe of Wikipedia
		This barnstar is awarded to Orville1974 for copy edits totaling over 40,000 words (including rollover words) during the GOCE June 2019 Copy Editing Blitz. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg (talk) 00:08, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

		The Copy Editor's 10K Star
		This barnstar is awarded to Orville1974 for copy-editing at least one individual article of more than 10,000 words during the most recent Guild of Copy Editors' Drive or Blitz. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg (talk) 00:08, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for all the time and energy you put in last week! Here are two fancy and pretty exclusive barnstars. I'll try to provide more feedback at the beginning of the next drive. – Reidgreg (talk) 00:08, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

That wasnt me

Helped
you just sent a message to an account who is probably never going to be active im captain yoshi also how do you rename yourself because i searched the name glitchy and there was a person named glitchy but they have a total of 0 edits no user page description and they have never been active and they dont have another account so can i take their name but not their account GlitchyGlitchy^talk 14:43, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

@Captain Yoshi: Go to this page: WP:Changing username/Simple, click the blue button, then:

{{safesubst:Renameuser
|CURRENT={{subst:REVISIONUSER}} 
|NEW= Type Glitchy here
|REASON= Enter the reason you want to change your name here
}}

Once you've entered those two items, click publish changes. Since the other user has had no edits, it may be a quick name change, but it could take a month or more (to give the other editor time to object). Good luck! Orville1974^talk 15:04, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

it was moved to the archives (GlitchyGlitchy^talk 16:43, 25 June 2019 (UTC))

@Captain Yoshi: I see you found the right place to request a change in your username! Orville1974^talk 17:36, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

Yes I did and they approved the request and are working on the usurpation. (GlitchyGlitchy^talk 20:02, 26 June 2019 (UTC))

@Captain Yoshi: I'm glad to hear it. Happy editing! Orville1974^talk 20:06, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

oh I just checked my request it used to be "in progress" but now its on hold until July 4th. (GlitchyGlitchy^talk 20:09, 26 June 2019 (UTC))

They are giving Glitchy time to object to the name change. You just have to wait it out. Orville1974^talk 20:12, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

luckily thats only a week away GlitchyGlitchy^talk 20:12, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

Glitchy probably wont object because he joined in 2006 has not made one edit has not made a user page and will probably never be active. GlitchyGlitchy^talk 20:15, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

I found a big mistake. the mistake is on the FNaF 1 & FNaF 2 articles. Apparently in the FNaF 1 article it says something about "The Bite of 87" and in the FNaF 2 article it doesn't say anything about The Bite of 87 when FNaF 2 is when The Bite of 87 happens. GlitchyGlitchy^talk 20:22, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

Hey orville look at my contributions and look at my edits for the Ultimate custom night article look at all of the edits I did for the article and tell me: Am I making progress on becoming a good faith contributor? GlitchyGlitchy^talk 22:35, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

@Captain Yoshi: Yes! You did great editing that article! Orville1974^talk 22:41, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

ok im gonna go keep improving wikipedia by editing articles that have errors. GlitchyGlitchy^talk 22:46, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

@Captain Yoshi: Thank you! We can use all the help we can get. Orville1974^talk 22:48, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

Removal of a template message

Helped
Have just added some citations to this article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Kelber Is that sufficient for you? May I remove the template message now?95.116.76.152 (talk) 19:17, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

No. The entire biography, organist, and conductor sections are completely unsourced. Orville1974^talk 19:19, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

Added more footnotes. Could you please check again? Thank you very much! In case it is not yet sufficient, please let me know, how I can improve the article. This musician is highly recognised and there is no doubt about the correctness of the article. Please refer also to this article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schnitger_organ_(Hamburg)#cite_note-21 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.0.69.213 (talk) 11:32, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi! I added inline citation needed tags for the statements that still need a source. Please add citations for those statements. If you aren't able to find independent, third-party sources WP:RS/WP:V, then those statements should be removed. (I did find some of the information in the sources presented and added the appropriate citation where appropriate). Orville1974^talk 13:06, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

Finished :-) 77.0.69.213 (talk) 15:50, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

Thank you I've removed the template and remaining inline citation needed tags. Orville1974^talk 17:15, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

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Reconstructionist Rabbinical College - missing info

Helped
Hi - you had asked about historical information regarding the other two academic centers at RRC.

Hiddur: https://archive.rrc.edu/hiddur - info on closing https://archive.rrc.edu/hiddur/resources/scholarships?print=1 - info on some of its programs http://jewishexponent.com/2013/06/12/research-grant-addresses-graying-of-jewish-population/ http://jewishexponent.com/2013/04/29/g%E2%80%8Brant-goes-to-rrc/

Kolot: https://archive.rrc.edu/kolot/about-us

Note that at least two projects that originated in Kolot have now been spun off and continue, despite Kolot's closing:

https://archive.rrc.edu/kolot/rosh-hodesh-it’s-girl-thing-early-years - history of program now spun out into Moving Traditions. https://www.movingtraditions.org/ - current home of Rosh Hodesh program https://www.ritualwell.org/aboutus - info on Ritualwell spinoff program

Mfessler (talk) 15:17, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for your quick response. I've added information on both former centers. Orville1974^talk 16:49, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

Quick Question

Helped
HeyHi. Saw that you commented over at Shamsheer Vayalil. To help the IP editor we added this link called "new request" in to make it clearer what IP wants (it creates a new section with preloaded text). Can you confirm the link works? Thanks. (it does for me) OkayKenG (talk) 16:29, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

It works for me, but the editor just posted an edit request at the help desk, so I'm not sure it will work for them (which I've done since it was clear, sourced, and he called me out by name). Orville1974^talk 17:11, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

Thanks. OkayKenG (talk) 17:36, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia i Rumârește?

Sâ, hioc teș caus sâ (Romǎnǎ) ul hioc có jîşnéc niop sâșteș. Sâ vémcóț ces hioc coș jîṣșnéc ju hua "Jan Diu" ul hioc "sâ" jaușṣ lufi hîmóp. Țaum hioc tías fém cóp jînéc niop, ă Wikipedia i Rumârește? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.156.128.249 (talk) 18:17, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

Tracey Ullman Takes on New York

Helped
Hi, the page that existed for this subject was up for over a decade but capitalized incorrectly (Tracey Ullman Takes On New York). I merely changed the capitalization (Tracey Ullman Takes on New York, which is the correct spelling via the show's copyright). I also added sources as the old page contained none. It really shouldn't be up for deletion.Partyclams (talk) 00:49, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

This article is a cut/paste move missing the decade of history. It is a duplicate of the article that should be retained Draft:Tracey Ullman Take on New York. Orville1974^talk 00:56, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

Typo, so re-pinging @Partyclams: This article is a cut/paste move missing the decade of history. It is a duplicate of the article that should be retained Draft:Tracey Ullman Takes on New York. Orville1974^talk 00:57, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

It was originally Tracey Ullman Takes On New York which shows that it was created 6 September 2008‎. Here's a link to page history:[2]. Partyclams (talk) 01:06, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

I think I should have done this a different way, requesting that the page title be changed from "On" to "on" without creating a duplicate page and putting a redirect on the old one? However it shouldn't be put as a draft as the original page was created in 2008. I simply re-titled the old one and moved it. Thanks for your help! Partyclams (talk) 01:08, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

@Partyclams: I pulled my CSD template until we can figure this out. When I click on the page history, it's a cut/paste with only 1 day of history. Server lag? Orville1974^talk 01:09, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

I don't think so. What I basically did was copy the old page that was created in 2008 and tilted "Tracey Ullman Takes On New York" and created a new one with the "on" lowercase. I pasted what was on the former page and put it on the new one. Then I went back to the old one and put a redirect link to the new. Tracey Ullman Takes on New York is a day old, but it's exactly the same page as Tracey Ullman Takes On New York. I put a redirect on the latter.Partyclams (talk) 01:13, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

OK. I'm fixing it now. Copy/paste moves cause us to lose the history of edits. They're against policy. In the future, to rename a page, you just do a page move (pulldown menu option) from the old name to the new name. If there's something in the way, like an existing redirect, then you can put in a technical move request. I'll give you details once I get everything in the right place. Orville1974^talk 01:17, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

I can't thank you enough! I was just trying to add sources to the original page and then I wanted to correct the casing of the title. Sorry to have screwed everything up. Thank you for the info and the help!!Partyclams (talk) 01:19, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

No worries. Cut/paste just creates a lot of issues (and risks us losing history). So there are three articles (one duplicate in draftspace, and one duplicate in mainspace). I've tagged them for speedy delete. Once that's done, I'll let you know and you'll be able to move the Tracey Ullman Take On New York with a capital O to the same name with a lower case o. You do that by going up to the More V tab and selecting move, then typing the move name exactly as it should appear. Once you save changes, the article will be titled the way it should be. On a side note, a redirect will automatically be created from the old capital O to the new lower case o as well. Then you can add the awards and whatever else you like, and everything will be straightened out. Orville1974^talk 01:27, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

@Partyclams: OK. It's ready for you. Are you comfortable moving the page per the instructions directly above? If so, go for it! If not, let me know and I'll do it. Orville1974^talk 01:31, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

If you don't mind, could you do it? After what I did I don't want to create another mess. lol Tracey Ullman Takes On New York --> Tracey Ullman Takes on New York. I will make a note of your instructions for future reference. Thank you a million again!! Partyclams (talk) 01:51, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

OK. It's all where it should be. Happy editing! Orville1974^talk 01:56, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

Questions about removal

Orville1974,

I am a little confused as to why you removed the two articles I posted this week (Clint Pulver and Ty Bennett). You cited "Not ready for mainspace. Needs secondary sources demonstrating notability" but each of the articles have several secondary sources to back the claims made. The "primary" sources that you deleted were indeed secondary sources, but the titles for those articles were often the name of the subject because in the speaking industry biographical pages are posted. There are dozens of other secondary sources that I didn't add because the biographies are often redundant... so it's common knowledge across the web what the speaker's accomplishments are.

I chose these two speakers/authors for inclusion in Wikipedia precisely because they are among the most notable speakers worldwide and I was shocked they didn't have pages. Clint started a significant university organization, has appeared in several movies, and is one of the most recognized keynote speakers in north America. Ty has three best-selling books, was the co-founder of a $20 million/annual revenue company, and is also one of the most noted speakers in the industry.

Can you please explain to me why these accomplishments aren't notable? Like I said, I believe there should be more speakers represented in Wikipedia which is why I sought out the most notable and I had hoped to add another one or two that aren't there, but don't want to spend another afternoon doing research just to have it pulled. Cheers.

Hi @Tbc32: Please sign your edits with four of these: ~. It makes it easier for others to know who is saying what. I'm not saying they're not notable, but the sources in the article don't demonstrate that they're notable. To do that, you'll need to include independent, third-party reliable sources to demonstrate that the individuals meet general notability guidelines. The sources currently included are local and/or primary sources (out of the mouth of the subject). For some basic facts, primary sources are usually considered reliable, but not to demonstrate notability. For that you'll need to show significant coverage of others talking about them not of them talking about themselves. Publishing a book, autobiographies, press releases, etc. are the subject of the article talking. Book reviews, news coverage, and reviews of their speeches, published in reliable sources, show others talking about them (which is what these articles need more of). Orville1974^talk 01:40, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

I removed republished autobiographies. Those are still primary (and sometimes, at best, secondary sources), as are interviews and other formats of the subject's words being republished. The articles need other unrelated parties (third-parties, independent of the subject) talking about the subject, not republishing the subject's words. Please read the contents at the links in the prior post, especially WP:RS and WP:N. They explain the requirements in detail. Orville1974^talk 01:47, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

Success in your city

There was an almost identical article , and draft/. This is unfortunately not an uncommon situation ,caused when people move their own drafts into mainspace w outside of the AFCH process. We are tryign to find a systematic way of dealign with this. In this case, the draft seems to have been the development verision of the article, and the general response in such situations is to keep the article if iot is at all satisfactory, and refdirect the draft ot the article talk page, which is what would happen if the afch process had been properly followed. (There is a complication here; if the article should have remained in draft space , because it is unlikely to be accepted in afd, it might seem advisable to remove the article, and keep the draft. But if the article has had any improvments at all, the best version is the one that should be kept. I have therefore kept the article and redirected the draft. I agree with you that notability is uncertain., and it is not clear that the regional Emmy is sufficient. We could of course send it back to draft, but maybe afd would be better. I leave that up to you.

Reading what I've just written, I recognize it sounds a little confusing--because the right course to take is in fact uncertain and confusing. . If you can think of any better way to deal with the increasing number of such situations, your sugegstions would be helpful. DGG ( talk ) 07:41, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

Vandal

Hi, just letting you know User talk:92.12.77.21 is back under two new IPS (Special:Contributions/92.12.78.182 and Special:Contributions/92.12.73.237), and doing the exact same thing you blocked them for. I'm reverting as many edits as I can. Pinchofhope (talk) 23:05, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi @Pinchofhope: I warned them (repeatedly) for vandalizing pages and defaming people, but I'm not an admin. Oswah actually did the actual blocking. Orville^talk 03:38, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

CrowdStrike

Hi! Just letting you know I've replied to you over at Talk:CrowdStrike. Thanks for your time! Mary Gaulke (talk) 19:13, 1 July 2019 (UTC)

@MaryGaulke:  Done Orville^talk 00:07, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

Thanks so much for your time and attention on this. Mary Gaulke (talk) 03:29, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

@MaryGaulke: I forgot to mention, when I went to the link for this: "In 2016, the company was ranked #40 on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500, North America list," I could only see the last couple of years, not results from 2016. Do you have a source for 2016 I can use to replace the ^{[citation needed]} tag? Orville^talk 05:23, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for flagging! Found it archived: <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/us/Documents/technology-media-telecommunications/us-tmt-2016-fast-500-winners-by-rank.pdf|title=2016 Winners by rank|publisher=[[Deloitte]]|access-date=2 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207110111/https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/us/Documents/technology-media-telecommunications/us-tmt-2016-fast-500-winners-by-rank.pdf |archive-date=7 February 2019}}</ref> Mary Gaulke (talk) 14:25, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

Perfect. I've replaced the missing citation. Thank you! Orville^talk 20:21, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

ref clean-up

Nice job on Draft: The Prairie School. That was fast! Did you do all of those manually or is there a trick to it? Schazjmd (talk) 22:05, 1 July 2019 (UTC)

You click the citation ^[3] and then hit convert (if you're in the visual editor). Then just fix anything that didn't take. Orville^talk 22:15, 1 July 2019 (UTC)

Guess it's time I tried the visual editor. Thanks! Schazjmd (talk) 22:20, 1 July 2019 (UTC)

I usually switch back and forth. It's good for some things (like citations) but frustrating for others (like templates). Orville^talk 22:24, 1 July 2019 (UTC)

Advert tag

What exactly do you think needs to be changed to make Veritas Genetics less promotional? I am not affiliated with the company, by the way, and I wasn't trying to make the article promotional. IntoThinAir (talk) 02:29, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

I don't think it was your intent. The issue is that all of the sources are so promotional, that the majority of content that made it into the article is promotional as well. Rather than focusing so much on the price (which makes it look like another sales ad), are there sources that focus on the benefits of the technology/convenience of home test kits for genetic sequencing? Orville^talk 02:41, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

Linking to Categories

Hi. Just a note to thank you for some really brilliant replies at the Teahouse in recent weeks. I hope you didn't mind me tweaking your recent reply here. Rather than writing "<nowiki>[[Category:Superhero films featuring female antagonists]]</nowiki>", you can include a colon and type "[[:Category:Superhero films featuring female antagonists]]" which renders as Category:Superhero films featuring female antagonists. This creates a functional link to the relevant Category, but doesn't add the talk page to that Category. (At least, I hope it doesn't, or else I shall feel, ermm, like an idiot!).

This was something another editor pointed out to me when I accidentally added a talk page to a publicly visible Category some while back. I hope that my edit to your reply is OK with you. Cheers, and keep up the good work helping new editors! I have adopted your use of the 'helped' template, as I think it makes it quick and easy to identify questions that haven't been fully answered, as well as showing that we are, indeed, here to help. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 22:23, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

That makes perfect sense, and I don't mind at all. Thank you Orville^talk 22:58, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

The Frozen Ground

Thanks for the note on my attempted edits to correct this page. Apologies for being new here - I thought I was making corrections to the page and was unaware of the 3 edits rule. Another editor since protected the page. I explained why the edits are correct but that editor hasn't responded again and so I am not sure how to gain consensus. Can you please help? Do I need to repropose my edit corrections? Thanks for any help and guidance! --Bethelight888 (talk) 19:10, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

Hi, sorry about the delayed response. Please propose your edits on the talk page of the article with your sources and rationale, asking others for their input. That will start the conversation about what changes you would like to see. Orville^talk 23:02, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

Hi - thanks for the help - I posted my proposed edits and rationale over a week ago but so far the other editor hasn't responded with their input or comments and the page is still semi-protected so I'm unable to make the edits myself. How do I get this resolved? Thanks for your help again!Bethelight888 (talk) 16:13, 25 July 2019 (UTC)

Thank you!

Helped
Thank you for your help with the Tiff's Treats page!LESLIEMMO (talk) 14:42, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

You're welcome. Orville^talk 22:59, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

Nacha

(CSCS0603 (talk) 16:58, 17 July 2019 (UTC)) Orville,

Thanks for all of your help. On July 1, 2019 you let me know that you had added back text I had removed from the NACHA page. My intention was to update the page to reflect the organizations new CEO/President. I've gone back in and made the update again and this time I included a description of the change with links to source material. They've also got a new logo but I'm not 100% sure how to update that. If you can provide any guidance on that front it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, CS

About Farm Bureau Federation

Sir

I have gone through articles in Farm Bureau News. Can this be considered as reliable sources or citations.

I wanted top do some edits if needed here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Farm_Bureau_Federation

Thank you

LOBOSKYJOJO (talk) 01:38, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

Draft:Litens Anton Nilsson & Draft:Shy nodi

Hi, thes articles i wrote has ben put in Draft, how do i get them published? please help me outTeokg33 (talk) 14:28, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

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GOCE December 2019 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2019 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the December 2019 GOCE newsletter, an update of Guild happenings since the September edition. Our Annual Report should be ready in late January. Election time: Nominations for the election of a new tranche of Guild coordinators to serve for the first half of 2020 will be open from 1 to 15 December. Voting will then take place and the election will close on 31 December at 23:59 UTC. Positions for Guild coordinators, who perform the important behind-the-scenes tasks that keep our project running smoothly, are open to all Wikipedians in good standing. We welcome self-nominations so please consider nominating yourself if you've ever thought about helping out; it's your Guild and it doesn't run itself! September Drive: Of the thirty-two editors who signed up, twenty-three editors copy edited at least one article; they completed 39 requests and removed 138 articles from the backlog, bringing the backlog to a low of 519 articles. October Blitz: This event ran from 13 to 19 October, with themes of science, technology and transport articles tagged for copy edit, and Requests. Sixteen editors helped remove 29 articles from the backlog and completed 23 requests. November Drive: Of the twenty-eight editors who signed up for this event, twenty editors completed at least one copy edit; they completed 29 requests and removed 133 articles from the backlog. Our December Blitz will run from 15 to 21 December. Sign up now! Progress report: From September to November 2019, GOCE copy editors processed 154 requests. Over the same period, the backlog of articles tagged for copy editing was reduced by 41% to an all-time low of 479 articles. Request archiving: The archiving of completed requests has now been automated. Thanks to Zhuyifei1999 and Bobbychan193, YiFeiBot is now archiving the Requests page. Archiving occurs around 24 hours after a user's signature and one of the templates {{Done}}, {{Withdrawn}} or {{Declined}} are placed below the request. The bot uses the Guild's standard "purpose codes" to determine the way it should archive each request so it's important to use the correct codes and templates. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators; Reidgreg, Baffle gab1978, Miniapolis, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist. >>> Sign up for the December blitz! <<< >>> Participate in the Coordinator elections! <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Assistance with page edit

Hello Orville, I'd like to add the words "now known as Dunton Rainville. at the end of the following sentence: He founded a law firm in Montreal with Maurice Riel during the 1950s under the name Beaudoin, Riel, Geoffrion & Vermette. for the page . References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Le_Dain & . Thank you.BridgeAP2019 (talk) 21:42, 12 December 2019 (UTC). I have noticed that the page is a "WikiProject Biography" page. I really don't know how to manage this. please help.BridgeAP2019 (talk) 15:16, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

References

Vito Fosella

The user at User talk:2604:2000:E010:1100:30F3:9E93:17BD:5014 seems to be persistent in changing the article to mention a "double life". At what point would it be appropriate to take the issue to WP:AN3? CatcherStorm ^talk 00:27, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

Hi CatcherStorm! I would consider elevating the issue if there was a refusal to communicate, but the user has opened up a dialogue on their talk page and sought greater consensus. If you'd like to participate, it's here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Neutral_point_of_view#Notability_lists Orville^talk 01:56, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

FYI

Hi. FYI, I've sought broader input on the broad issue, here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Neutral_point_of_view#Notability_lists

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Thanks! I've put in my two cents worth there. Orville^talk 01:56, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

English and French page information different on Bio page

Hello, I'd like to have a change made to Denis Pardis's English page , to match information found on his French page however, I'm having trouble since the TALK page is in use with other requested changes and is a BIO page. The addition would be just as written in French "Denis Paradis travaille depuis 20062 comme avocat-conseil pour le cabinet québécois Dunton Rainville. Il est aussi propriétaire d'un vignoble dans la région de Saint-Armand, le Domaine du Ridge5". The English addition would be "Denis Paradis joined Dunton Rainville’s Montreal offices in 2006 as legal counsel". How can this be done? Thank you. BridgeAP2019 (talk) 17:02, 24 January 2020 (UTC)

References

Thank you for making changes to List of Anglo-Catholic churches in the U.S.

Thank you for making the changes I requested to the list of Anglo-Catholic churches int he U.S. This was my first time editing an article, and I appreciate the help. Blessings, RevbethF (talk) 22:35, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors 2019 Annual Report

Guild of Copy Editors 2019 Annual Report Our 2019 Annual Report is now ready for review. Highlights: Overview of Backlog-reduction progress (a record low backlog!); Summary of Drives, Blitzes, and the Requests page; Automated archiving of requests; Membership news and results of elections; Annual leaderboard; Plans for 2020. – Your Guild coordinators: Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, Reidgreg, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:10, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

GOCE March newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors March 2020 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the March newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since December 2019. All being well, we're planning to issue these quarterly in 2020, balancing the need to communicate widely with the avoidance of filling up talk pages. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. Election results: There was little changeover in the roster of Guild Coordinators, with Miniapolis stepping down with distinction as a coordinator emeritus while Jonesey95 returned as lead coordinator. The next election is scheduled for June 2020 and all Wikipedians in good standing may participate. January Drive: Thanks to everyone for the splendid work, completing 215 copy edits including 56 articles from the Requests page and 116 backlog articles from the target months of June to August 2019. At the conclusion of the drive there was a record low of 323 articles in the copy editing backlog. Of the 27 editors who signed up for the drive, 21 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. February Blitz: Of the 15 editors who signed up for this one-week blitz, 13 completed at least one copy edit. A total of 32 articles were copy edited, evenly split between the twin goals of requests and the oldest articles from the copy-editing backlog. Full results are here. March Drive: Currently underway, this event is targeting requests and backlog articles from September to November 2019. As of 18 March, the backlog stands at a record low of 253 articles and is expected to drop further as the drive progresses. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the backlog. Help set a new record and sign up now! Progress report: As of 18 March, GOCE copyeditors have completed 161 requests in 2020 and there was a net reduction of 385 articles from the copy-editing backlog – a 60% decrease from the beginning of the year. Well done and thank you everyone! Election reminder: It may only be March but don't forget our mid-year Election of Coordinators opens for nominations on 1 June. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, Reidgreg, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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GOCE June newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2020 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the June newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since March 2020. You can unsubscribe from our mailings at any time; see below. All times and dates stated are in UTC. Current events Election time: Nomination of candidates in our mid-year Election of Coordinators opened on 1 June, and voting will take place from 00:01 on 16 June. GOCE coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought about helping out at the Guild, or you know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here. June Blitz: This blitz begins at 00:01 on 14 June and ends at 23:59 on 20 June, with themes of articles tagged for copyedit in May 2020 and requests. Drive and blitz reports March Drive: Self-isolation from coronavirus may have played a hand in making this one of our most successful backlog elimination drives. The copy-editing backlog was reduced from 477 to a record low of 118 articles, a 75% reduction. The last four months of 2019 were cleared, reducing the backlog to three months. Fifty requests were also completed, and the total word count of copy-edited articles was 759,945. Of the 29 editors who signed up, 22 completed at least one copy edit. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. April Blitz: This blitz ran from 12 to 18 April with a theme of Indian military history. Of the 18 people who signed up, 14 copyedited at least one article. Participants claimed a total of 60 copyedits. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. May Drive: This event marked the 10th anniversary of the GOCE's copy-editing drives, and set a goal of diminishing the backlog to just one month of articles, as close to zero articles as possible. We achieved the goal of eliminating all articles that had been tagged prior to the start of the drive, for the first time in our history! Of the 51 editors who signed up, 43 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Other news Progress report: as of 2 June, GOCE participants had processed 328 requests since 1 January, which puts us on pace to exceed any previous year's number of requests. As of the end of the May drive, the backlog stood at just 156 articles, all tagged in May 2020. Outreach: To mark the 10th anniversary of our first Backlog Elimination Drive, The Signpost contributor and GOCE participant Puddleglum2.0 interviewed project coordinators and copy-editors for the journal's April WikiProject Report. The Drive and the current Election of Coordinators have also been covered in The Signpost's May News and Notes page. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, Reidgreg, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Guild of Copy Editors September 2020 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors September 2020 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the September GOCE newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since June 2020.                  Current and upcoming events September Drive: Our current backlog-elimination drive is open until 23:59 on 30 September (UTC) and is open to all copy editors. Sign up today! Election reminder: our end-of-year Election of Coordinators opens for nominations on 1 December. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here. Drive and Blitz reports June Blitz: An uncorrected typo (even copy editors make copy editing mistakes!) led to an eight-day "leap blitz" from 14 to 21 June, focusing on requests and articles tagged in May. 19 participating editors claimed 54 copy edits. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. July Drive: Over 750,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event, keeping pace with the previous three self-isolated drives. Of the 38 people who signed up, 30 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here. August Blitz: From 16 to 22 August, we copy edited articles tagged in June and July 2020 and requests. 12 participating editors completed 37 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Other news June election: Jonesey95 was chosen to continue as lead coordinator, assisted by Baffle gab1978, Tdslk, Twofingered Typist, and first-time coordinator Puddleglum2.0. Reidgreg took a break after serving for a couple years. Thanks to everyone who participated! Progress report: As of 01:33, 18 September 2020 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors had processed 532 requests since 1 January and there were 38 requests awaiting completion on the Requests page. The backlog of articles tagged for copy-editing stood at 433 (see monthly progress graph above). Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, Puddleglum2.0, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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December 2020 Guild of Copy Editors Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2020 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the December GOCE newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since September 2020.                  Current and upcoming events Election time: our end-of-year Election of Coordinators opened for nominations on 1 December and will close on 15 December at 23:59 (UTC). Voting opens at 00:01 the following day and will continue until 31 December at 23:59, just before Auld Lang Syne. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here. December Blitz: This will run from 13 to 19 December, and will target all Requests. Sign up now. Drive and Blitz reports September Drive: 67 fewer articles had copy-edit templates by this month's close. Of the 27 editors who signed up, 15 copy-edited at least one article, and 124 articles were claimed for the drive. October Blitz: this ran from 18 to 24 October, and focused on articles tagged for copy-edit in July and August 2020, and all Requests. Of the 13 who signed up, 11 editors copy-edited at least one article. 21 articles were claimed for the blitz. November Drive: Of the 18 editors who signed up, 15 copy-edited at least one article, and together claimed 134 articles. At the close of the drive, 67 fewer articles were in the backlog and we had dealt with 39 requests. Other news Progress report: As of 09:05, 3 December 2020 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors had processed 663 requests (18 from 2019) since 1 January and there were 52 requests awaiting completion on the Requests page. The backlog of articles tagged for copy-editing stood at 494 (see monthly progress graph above). Annual Report for 2020: this roundup of the year's activity at the Guild is planned for publication in late January or early February. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Seasonal tidings and cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, Puddleglum2.0, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Authority control

Thanks for leaving a message about this on the Teahouse message board User:Orville. I understand a little better but still am mystified about how dummy edits trigger activation at some times but not at other times. Mvitulli (talk) 00:47, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

CrowdStrike COI edit requests

Hi! Reaching out because you previously helped review my edit requests for CrowdStrike. I've posted a few new edit requests on the talk page there. If you have time, would really appreciate your feedback! I think these should be fairly quick ones. Best, Mary Gaulke (talk) 20:47, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

GOCE June 2021 newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2021 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the June newsletter, our first newsletter of 2021, which is a brief update of Guild activities since December 2020. To unsubscribe, follow the link at the bottom of this box. Current events Election time: Voting in our mid-year Election of Coordinators opened on 16 June and will conclude at the end of the month. GOCE coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Have your say and show support here. June Blitz: Our June copy-editing blitz is underway and will conclude on 26 June. Drive and blitz reports January Drive: 28 editors completed 324 copy edits totalling 714,902 words. At the end of the drive, the backlog had reached a record low of 52 articles. (full results) February Blitz: 15 editors completed 48 copy edits totalling 142,788 words. (full results) March Drive: 29 editors completed 215 copy edits totalling 407,736 words. (full results) April Blitz: 12 editors completed 23 copy edits totalling 56,574 words. (full results) May Drive: 29 editors completed 356 copy edits totalling 479,013 words. (full results) Other news Progress report: as of 26 June, GOCE participants had completed 343 Requests since 1 January. The backlog has fluctuated but remained in control, with a low of 52 tagged articles at the end of January and a high of 620 articles in mid-June. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Tenryuu and Twofingered Typist, and from member Reidgreg. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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September 2021 Guild of Copy Editors newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors September 2021 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the September GOCE newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since June 2021.                  Current and upcoming events September Drive: Our current backlog-elimination drive is open until 23:59 on 30 September (UTC) and is open to all copy editors. Sign up today! Drive and Blitz reports June Blitz: From 20 to 26 June, 6 participating editors claimed 16 copy edits, focusing on requests and articles tagged in March and April. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. July Drive: Almost 575,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event. Of the 24 people who signed up, 18 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here. August Blitz: From 15 to 21 August, we copy edited articles tagged in April and May 2021 and requests. 9 participating editors completed 17 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Other news June election: Jonesey95 was chosen to continue as lead coordinator, assisted by Dhtwiki, Tenryuu, and Miniapolis. New maintenance template added to our project scope: After a short discussion in June, we added {{cleanup tense}} to the list of maintenance templates that adds articles to the Guild's copy editing backlog categories. This change added 198 articles, spread over 97 months of backlog, to our queue. We processed all of those articles except for those from the three or four most recent months during the July backlog elimination drive (Here's a link to a "tense" discussion during the drive). Progress report: As of 18:26, 24 September 2021 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 468 requests since 1 January and there were 60 requests awaiting completion on the Requests page. The backlog of articles tagged for copy-editing stood at 433 (see monthly progress graph above). Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Dhtwiki, Tenryuu, and Miniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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December 2021 GOCE Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2021 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the December GOCE newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since September 2021.                  Current and upcoming events Election time: Our end-of-year election of coordinators opened for nominations on 1 December and will close on 15 December at 23:59 (UTC). Voting opens at 00:01 the following day and will continue until 31 December at 23:59, just before "Auld Lang Syne". Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here. December Blitz: We have scheduled a week-long copy-editing blitz for 12 to 18 December. Sign up now! Drive and Blitz reports September Drive: Almost 400,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event. Of the 27 people who signed up, 21 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here. October Blitz: From 17 to 23 October, we copy edited articles tagged in May and June 2021 and requests. 8 participating editors completed 26 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. November Drive: Over 350,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event. Of the 21 people who signed up, 14 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here. Other news It is with great sadness that we report the death on 19 November of Twofingered Typist, who was active with the Guild almost daily for the past several years. His contributions long exceeded the thresholds for the Guild's highest awards, and he had a hand in innumerable good and featured article promotions as a willing collaborator. Twofingered Typist also served as a Guild coordinator from July 2019 to June 2021. He is sorely missed by the Wikipedia community. Progress report: As of 30 November, GOCE copyeditors have completed 619 requests in 2021 and there were 51 requests awaiting completion on the Requests page. The backlog stood at 946 articles tagged for copy-editing (see monthly progress graph above). Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Dhtwiki, Tenryuu, and Miniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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GOCE April 2022 newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors April 2022 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the April newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since December 2021. Election results: Jonesey95 retired as lead coordinator. Reidgreg was approved to fill this role after an 18-month absence from the coordinator team, and Baffle gab1978 was chosen as an assistant coordinator following a one-year break. Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Tenryuu continued on as long-standing assistant coordinators. January Drive: Of the 22 editors who signed up, 16 editors claimed 146 copy edits including 45 requests. (details) February Blitz: This one-week effort focused on requests and a theme of Africa and African diaspora history. Of the 12 editors who signed up, 6 editors recorded 21 copy edits, including 4 requests. (details) March Drive: Of the 28 editors who signed up, 18 claimed 116 copy edits including 25 requests. (details) April Blitz: This one-week copy editing event has been scheduled for 17–23 April, sign up now! Progress report: As of 11 April, copy editors have removed approximately 500 articles from the backlog and completed 127 copy-editing requests during 2022. The backlog has been hovering at about 1,100 tagged articles for the past six months. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Reidgreg, Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Tenryuu To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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June GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2022 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the June 2022 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since April 2022. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. Blitz: of the 16 editors who signed up for our April Copy Editing Blitz, 12 completed at least one copy-edit, and between them removed 21 articles from the copy-editing backlog. Barnstars awarded are here. Drive: 27 editors signed up for our May Backlog Elimination Drive; of these, 20 copy-edited at least one article. 144 articles were copy-edited, and 88 articles from our target months August and September 2021 were removed from the backlog. Barnstars awarded are here. Blitz: our June Copy Editing Blitz, starting at 00:01, 19 June and closing at 00:59, 25 June (UTC), will focus on articles tagged for copy edit in September and October 2021, and requests from March, April and May 2022. Barnstars awarded will be posted here. Progress report: As of 07:12, 14 June 2022 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have completed 209 requests since 1 January and the backlog stands at 1,404 articles. Election news: Nominations for our half-yearly Election of Coordinators continues until 23:50 on 15 June (UTC), after which, voting will commence until 23:59, 30 June (UTC). All Wikipedians in good standing (active and not blocked, banned, or under ArbCom or community sanctions) are eligible and self-nominations are welcomed. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Reidgreg, Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Tenryuu To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Guild of Copy Editors' October 2022 newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors October 2022 Newsletter Hello and welcome to our latest newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since June. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. Drive: Of the 22 editors who signed up for our July Backlog Elimination Drive, 18 copy-edited, between them, 116 articles. Barnstars awarded are noted here. Blitz: Participants in our August Copy Editing Blitz copy-edited 51,074 words in 17 articles. Of the 15 editors who signed up, 11 claimed at least one copy-edit. Barnstars awarded are noted here. Drive: Forty-one editors took part in our September Backlog Elimination Drive; between them they copy-edited 199 articles. Barnstars awards are noted here. Blitz: Our October Copy Editing Blitz begins on 16 October at 00:01 (UTC) and will end on 22 October at 23:59 (UTC). Barnstars awarded will be posted here. Progress report: As of 19:57, 12 October 2022 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 303 requests for copy edit – including withdrawn and declined ones – since 1 January. At the time of writing, there are 77 requests awaiting attention and the backlog of tagged articles stands at 1,759. We always need more active, skilled copyeditors – particularly for requests – so please get involved if you can. Election news: In our mid-year election, serving coordinators Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Reidgreg and Tenryuu were returned for another term, and were joined by new coordinator Zippybonzo. No lead coordinator was elected for this half-year. Jonesey95, a long-serving coordinator and lead, was elected as coordinator emeritus; we thank them for their service. Thank you to everyone who took part. Our next election of coordinators takes place throughout December. If you'd like to help out at the GOCE, please consider nominating yourself or other suitable editors (with their permission, of course!). It's your Guild, after all! Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Reidgreg, Tenryuu and Zippybonzo. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Guild of Copy Editors December 2022 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2022 Newsletter Hello and welcome to our latest newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since October. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. Blitz: Our October Copy Editing Blitz focused on July and August 2022 request months; and articles tagged for c/e in December 2021 and January 2022. Seventeen of those who signed up claimed at least one copy-edit, and between them copy-edited forty-six articles. Barnstars awarded are here. Drive: In the November Backlog Elimination Drive, thirty editors signed up, twenty-two of whom claimed at least one copy-edit. Both target months—December 2021 and January 2022—were cleared, and February was added to the target months. Sixteen requests were copy-edited and 239 articles were removed from the backlog. Barnstars awarded are here. Blitz: Our seven-day-long December 2022 Copy Editing Blitz begins on 17 December at 00:01 (UTC)*. It will focus on articles tagged for copy-edit in February 2022, and pending requests from September and October. Barnstars awarded will be available here. Progress report: As of 22:40, 8 December 2022, GOCE copyeditors have processed 357 requests since 1 January, there were seventy-four requests outstanding and the backlog stands at 1,791 articles. We always need skilled copy-editors; please help out if you can. Election news: Nomination of candidates for the GOCE's Election of Coordinators for the first half of 2023 is open and continues until 23:59 on 15 December. Voting begins at 00:01 on 16 December and closes at 23:59 on 31 December. All editors in good standing (not under ArbCom or community sanctions) are eligible and self-nominations are welcomed. Coordinators serve a six-month term that ends at 23:59 on June 30. If you've thought about helping out at the Guild, please nominate yourself or any editor you consider suitable—with their permission, of course!. It's your Guild and it doesn't coordinate itself. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers and best seasonal wishes from your GOCE coordinators, Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Tenryuu, and Zippybonzo. *All times and dates on this newsletter are UTC. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Guild of Copy Editors December 2022 Newsletter error

The GOCE December 2022 newsletter, as sent on 9 December, contains an erroneous start date for our December Blitz. The Blitz will start on 11 December rather than on 17 December, as stated in the newsletter. I'm sorry for the mistake and for disrupting your talk page; thanks for your understanding. Sent by Baffle gab1978 via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:30, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

Guild of Copy Editors 2022 Annual Report

Guild of Copy Editors 2022 Annual Report Our 2022 Annual Report is now ready for review. Highlights: Overview of Backlog-reduction progress Summary of Drives, Blitzes, and the Requests page Membership news and results of elections Closing words – Your Guild coordinators: Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Zippybonzo To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Guild of Copy Editors March 2023 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors March 2023 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the March 2023 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since December and our Annual Report for 2022. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. We extend a warm welcome to all of our new members, including those who have signed up for our current March Backlog Elimination Drive. We wish you all happy copy-editing. Election results: In our December 2022 coordinator election, Reidgreg and Tenryuu stepped down as coordinators; we thank them for their service. Incumbents Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Zippybonzo were returned as coordinators until 1 July. For the second time, no lead coordinator was chosen. Nominations for our mid-year Election of Coordinators open on 1 June (UTC). Drive: 21 editors signed up for our January Backlog Elimination Drive, 14 of whom claimed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 170 articles totaling 389,737 words. Barnstars awarded are here. Blitz: Our February Copy Editing Blitz focused on October and November 2022 requests, and the March and April 2022 backlogs. Of the 14 editors who signed up, nine claimed at least one copy-edit; and between them, they copy-edited 39,150 words in 22 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. Drive: Sign up now for our month-long March Backlog Elimination Drive. Barnstars awarded will be posted here after the drive closes. Progress report: As of 12:08, 19 March 2023 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 73 requests since 1 January 2023, all but five of them from 2022, and the backlog stands at 1,872 articles. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Zippybonzo. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

Guild of Copy Editors June 2023 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2023 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the June 2023 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since March. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. Election news: Fancy helping out at the Guild? Nominations for our half-yearly Election of Coordinators are open until 23:59 on 15 June (UTC)*. Starting immediately after, the voting phase will run until 23:59 on 30 June. All Wikipedians in good standing are eligible and self-nominations are welcomed; it's your Guild and it doesn't organize itself! Blitz: Of the 17 editors who signed up for our April Copy Editing Blitz, nine editors completed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 24 articles totaling 53,393 words. Barnstars awarded are here. Drive: 51 editors signed up for the month-long May Backlog Elimination Drive, and 31 copy-edited at least one article. 180 articles were copy-edited. Barnstars awarded are posted here. Blitz: Sign up here for our week-long June Copy Editing Blitz, which runs from 11 to 17 June. Barnstars awarded will be posted here. Progress report: As of 03:09 on 6 June 2023, GOCE copyeditors have processed 91 requests since 1 January and the backlog stands at 1,887 articles. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Zippybongo. *All times and dates in this newsletter are in UTC, and may significantly vary from your local time. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Septermber GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors September 2023 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the September 2023 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since June. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. David Thomsen: Prolific Wikipedian and Guild member David Thomsen (Dthomsen8) died in November 2022. He was a regular copy editor who took part in many of our Drives and Blitzes. An obituary was published in the mid-July issue of The Signpost. Tributes can be left on David's talk page. Election news: In our mid-year Election of Coordinators, Dhtwiki was chosen as lead coordinator, Miniapolis and Zippybonzo continue as assistant coordinators, and Baffle gab1978 stepped down from the role. If you're interested in helping out at the GOCE, please consider nominating yourself for our next election in December; it's your WikiProject and it doesn't organize itself! June Blitz: Of the 17 editors who signed up for our June Copy Editing Blitz, 12 copy-edited at least one article. 70,035 words comprising 26 articles were copy-edited. Barnstars awarded are here. July Drive: 34 of the 51 editors who took part in our July Backlog Elimination Drive copy-edited at least one article. They edited 276 articles and 683,633 words between them. Barnstars awarded are here. August Blitz: In our August Copy Editing Blitz, 13 of the 16 editors who signed up worked on at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 79,608 words comprising 57 articles. Barnstars awarded are available here. September Drive: Sign up here for our month-long September Backlog Elimination Drive, which is now underway. Barnstars awarded will be posted here. Progress report: As of 14:29, 9 September 2023 (UTC), GOCE copy editors have processed 245 requests since 1 January. The backlog of tagged articles stands at 2,066. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Zippybonzo. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Guild of Copy Editors December 2023 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2023 Newsletter Hello, and welcome to the December 2023 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since September. Don't forget that you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. Election news: The Guild needs coordinators! If you'd like to help out, you may nominate yourself or any suitable editor—with their permission—for the Election of Coordinators for the first half of 2024. Nominations will close at 23:59 on 15 December (UTC). Voting begins immediately after the close of nominations and closes at 23:59 on 31 December. All editors in good standing (not under current sanctions) are eligible, and self-nominations are welcome. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term that ends at 23:59 on 30 June. Drive: Of the 69 editors who signed up for the September Backlog Elimination Drive, 40 copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 661,214 words in 290 articles. Barnstars awarded are listed here. Blitz: Of the 22 editors who signed up for the October Copy Editing Blitz, 13 copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 109,327 words in 52 articles. Barnstars awarded are listed here. Drive: During the November Backlog Elimination Drive, 38 of the 58 editors who signed up copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 458,620 words in 234 articles. Barnstars awarded are listed here. Blitz: Our December Copy Editing Blitz will run from 10 to 16 December. Barnstars awarded will be posted here. Progress report: As of 20:33, 10 December 2023 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 344 requests since 1 January, and the backlog stands at 2,191 articles. Other news: Our Annual Report for 2023 is planned for release in the new year. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Zippybonzo. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Guild of Copy Editors 2023 Annual Report

Guild of Copy Editors 2023 Annual Report Our 2023 Annual Report is now ready for review. Highlights: Introduction Membership news, obituary and election results Summary of Drives, Blitzes and the Requests page Closing words – Your Guild coordinators: Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Wracking. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

Guild of Copy Editors April 2024 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors April 2024 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the April 2024 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since December. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. We extend a warm welcome to all of our new members. We wish you all happy copy-editing. Election results: In our December 2023 coordinator election, Zippybonzo stepped down as coordinator; we thank them for their service. Incumbents Dhtwiki and Miniapolis were reelected coordinators, and Wracking was newly elected coordinator, to serve through 30 June. Nominations for our mid-year Election of Coordinators will open on 1 June (UTC). Drive: 46 editors signed up for our January Backlog Elimination Drive, 32 of whom claimed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 289 articles totaling 626,729 words. Barnstars awarded are here. Blitz: 23 editors signed up for our February Copy Editing Blitz. 18 claimed at least one copy-edit and between them, they copy-edited 100,293 words in 32 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. Drive: 53 editors signed up for our March Backlog Elimination Drive, 34 of whom claimed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 300 articles totaling 587,828 words. Barnstars awarded are here. Blitz: Sign up for our April Copy Editing Blitz, which runs from 14 to 20 April. Barnstars will be awarded here. Progress report: As of 23:17, 11 April 2024 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 109 requests since 1 January 2024, and the backlog stands at 2,480 articles. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from Baffle gab1978 and your GOCE coordinators Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Wracking. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

Guild of Copy Editors June 2024 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2024 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the June 2024 newsletter, a quarterly-ish digest of Guild activities since April. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. Election news: Wanted: new Guild coordinators! If you value and enjoy the GOCE, why not help out behind the scenes? Nominations for our mid-year coordinator election are now open until 23:59 on 15 June (UTC). Self-nominations are welcome. Voting commences at 00:01 on 16 June and continues until 23:50 on 30 June. Results will be announced at the election page. Blitz: Nine of the fourteen editors who signed up for the April 2024 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 55,853 words comprising twenty articles. Barnstars awarded are available here. Drive: 58 editors signed up for our May 2024 Backlog Elimination Drive and 33 of those completed at least one copy edit. 251 articles and 475,952 words were copy edited. Barnstars awarded are here. Blitz: Our June 2024 Copy Editing Blitz will begin on 16 June and finish on 22 June. Barnstars awarded will be posted here. Progress report: As of 05:23, 8 June 2024 (UTC) , GOCE copyeditors have completed 161 requests since 1 January and the backlog stands at 2,779 articles. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from Baffle gab1978 and your GOCE coordinators Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Wracking. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

Guild of Copy Editors September Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors September Newsletter Hello and welcome to the September newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since June. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. Election news: Project coordinators play an important role in our WikiProject. Following the mid-year Election of Coordinators, we welcomed Mox Eden to the coordinator team. Dhtwiki remains as Lead Coordinator, and Miniapolis and Wracking returned as assistant coordinators. If you'd like to help out behind the scenes, please consider taking part in our December election – watchlist our ombox for updates. Information about the role of coordinators can be found here. Blitz: 13 of the 24 editors who signed up for the June 2024 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 169,404 words comprising 41 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. Drive: 38 of the 59 editors who signed up for the July 2024 Backlog Elimination Drive copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 482,133 words comprising 293 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. Blitz: 10 of the 15 editors who signed up for the August 2024 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 71,294 words comprising 31 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. Drive: Sign up here to earn barnstars in our month-long, in-progress September Backlog Elimination Drive. Progress report: As of 05:14, 11 September 2024 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 233 requests since 1 January, and the backlog of tagged articles stands at 2,824 articles. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we do without you! Cheers from Baffle gab1978 and your GOCE coordinators Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Mox Eden and Wracking. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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