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CSD

May I know if you are an admin? Coz if you are not, you cannot remove the speedy delete tag. Thanks, Why so serious? ^{Talk to me} 17:45, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

I'm not, but any editor (other than the page's creator) can remove a CSD tag - take a look at WP:CSD for full details. Gonzonoir (talk) 18:20, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

My bad. I thought that after reviewing the CSD, only an admin may remove the tag. Sorry! Why so serious? ^{Talk to me} 18:27, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

No worries! Thanks for hearing me out :) Gonzonoir (talk) 18:32, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

February 2011 Wikification Drive

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Things

Have things simmered down? I have only taken a glance at your talk page, but per your self-description I'd say you're an perfect editor for an RfA: Helpful, experienced, and low-key in the sense of "uncontroversial, unlikely to ever do anything stupid". If you're not completely loath to go through an RfA (which can be as pleasant and joyful as it can be nerve-wracking and discouraging), aren't having closets full of fresh skeletons in your contributions, and aren't unwilling to accept a nomination from me (would be my first, and we've only had minor contact here so far, so feel free to decline me), I'd be happy to take a deeper look to check if I notice any problems during the next week or so. What say you?
Cheers, Amalthea 13:37, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

So, after taking a moment to go "agh-blush-panic-hide", I say "thank you very much" - I'd be honoured if you'd nominate me (and if anyone is talk-page stalking and interested in this, they are welcome to chip in with any comments/thoughts/rotten vegetables too).

As for skeletons, there's nothing serious I can think of. As I've said on my talk page, I originally edited with another account, User:Molly Doonesbury, which I've identified here and on that account's user page (and which made nothing but noobish gnome edits before my original interest waned). I made a few bad AfD nominations in my earlier days (list of all of 'em here), and I got this CSD tagging wrong last week. Not all of the articles I started are especially lengthy (though I've been the creator of and a major contributor to three good articles). And I killed a man in Reno just to watch him die, but that's going back a few years now. If you do have time to take a more thorough look I'd really appreciate your feedback, whether you decide you want to nom or not. Thanks again very much for the offer. Gonzonoir (talk) 17:38, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

I notice that a large part of your NPP edits are from patrolling the front of the log. That's an important job, in particular to catch attack pages and copyright violations as soon as possible, but WP:BITE is a concern. What's your stance on marking very new pages (few minutes old) for maintainance or deletion for other reasons (G11, A1-A10, PROD, or AfD)?
Cheers, Amalthea 10:29, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Oh, and FWIW: I know that you understand plagiarism since I've seen you do rewrites of close paraphrasing during NPP, but as a matter of principle I still spot-checked a few of your articles, and was initially worried when the very first bit I checked promptly showed up on an EU website; but of course the opposite is the case, their page was written a few months after your article. So congratulations, your article (and its first reference) has been plagiarized by the Party of European Socialists. :) Amalthea 16:08, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Heh! I guess it's an honour :)

As for tagging very new pages: I don't have a hard-and-fast rule or time threshold for when it's appropriate to add deletion or maintenance tags to articles, but these are the factors I consider:

• It's certainly always preferable to give users time and the benefit of the doubt to improve a page, so unless an article looks very clearly futureless I'll avoid tagging it at all in its first few minutes after creation. I'll sometimes go and raise issues on a user's talk page very soon after they create an article, especially for brand-new users, instead.
• "Clearly futureless" articles, as well as G10s and G12s, could include:
  • Very clear G3s (straight-up vandalism cases (where G10 doesn't apply) I find actually rather rare, but you get the odd db-hoax that you can spot a mile off)
  • Very clear G1s, in theory, though I find this also extremely rare - because nonsense can be in the eye of the beholder, I prefer to exercise caution with this one and hold off on tagging. It's possible, though, to get very patent cases and it might be appropriate to tag these promptly.
  • Very clear G11s (advertising - the commonest case in which I've felt it's appropriate to tag such pages soon after creation is where a single user is repeatedly recreating a page following a prior speedy deletion, and has not responded to attempts to engage them on their user talk pages. Obviously simply tagging the article for deletion is not the only step necessary to respond to such cases - you need to also follow up with the user on their talk page, consider a page protection request, and consider escalating warnings toward a block.)
  • Very clear A7s. A good example would be the Rebecca kent article I tagged yesterday (and I believe I did place that tag within minutes of the article's creation). The content of the article and the username of the creator made it clear that this was not a serious attempt at creating an encyclopedic article and I felt it was appropriate to tag quickly.
• G5 could technically be applied right after creation, but I've never encountered such a case.
• Many of the criteria almost never apply to articles within a few minutes of creation: A1 and A3 should be avoided and the user given time to elaborate (I'll sometimes ask users on their usertalk pages to do so). It takes time to establish the applicability of G4 (besides, as a non-admin without access to deleted content, I can rarely be sure this applies anyway - I don't think I've ever used it), G6, G8, A2, A5, A9, and usually A10, so practically speaking they are very rarely suitable for moments-old articles.
• I don't believe it's generally appropriate to add a PROD or AFD tag to a minutes-old article, not least because I think it's incumbent on the tagger to perform their own notability check before going down those routes, and it's hard to assure yourself a subject lacks notability in a couple of minutes. BLPPROD could technically be added to a very new article, but I prefer to avoid that in an article's first moments too: obviously the BLP policy is very important, but in cases where a lack of sources is a BLP's most serious problem - that is, where none of the more urgent vandalism, copyright, or even asserted notability concerns apply - you're generally looking at a serious and good-faith attempt to create an encyclopedia article, and I find it's better to engage with the creator and ask them to help out with referencing (or do it myself).

So - that's my approach. If there are any particular taggings I've made that you want to know more about or have concerns about, let me know and I'll try to figure out what I was thinking. Gonzonoir (talk) 08:52, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Just to try to distill this to a more readable form: I think it's generally better to avoid tagging brand-new articles if possible, but there are some cases where a new creation is so clearly devoid of material that has a future in the encyclopedia that there's no benefit to prolonging the inevitable. Gonzonoir (talk) 09:01, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

I didn't see any taggings that I found problematic (stop worrying!), and the above is pretty much my approach as well: If there's a chance that time can fix it, give it some time, if not then allowing it to stick around for a while is no help to anyone. Cheers, Amalthea 10:21, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Heheh! I was just leaning into my first coffee of the day when I wrote this. I sound a bit less wonky and paranoid now :) Gonzonoir (talk) 10:25, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

WikiProject Wikify's Coordinator Election

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Any plans the next seven days?

• Based on statistics I've decided to call you a "he". :) If that's wrong or you prefer a neutral pronoun, please say so
• Read WP:How to pass an RfA for the "how not to screw up your own RfA" advice
• Please transclude it yourself whenever you're ready

Cheers, Amalthea 19:14, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Oh wow - I'm blushing like a beetroot over that nom statement! Thank you so much (though you're daft to say I'm more useful - I take two glances at the stuff you do with scripts and Twinkle and my brain implodes). Just two things:

• I'm female, so would you mind changing the pronouns? (Or I'm happy to if you're busy; just ping me.)
• I have to work this evening, so I'd prefer not to transclude til tomorrow morning (probably 09:00 UTC-ish). I'll write the acceptance statement and answer 1-3 at that point.
• Do you have any protective headgear I can borrow? Heh. Gonzonoir (talk) 19:55, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Of course, whenever you feel like it! I think I let mine ripen for over a week.
Cheers, Amalthea 20:28, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Just so you don't think I've vanished: going to transclude this afternoon, to be sure I can give it a few hours' full attention. Gonzonoir (talk) 10:00, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

I haven't vanished either, BTW, and I've been here all day, but there isn't anything I need to do now. Told you it can be enjoyable. :) Amalthea 21:01, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

In an ironic universe, it would definitely be tempting fate to voice an opinion on how it's going so far. So I will just beam at you. *beam* Gonzonoir (talk) 22:13, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your concern.---Backonceagain (talk) 10:09, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

The Wikifier, WikiProject Wikify's First Newsletter (January 2011)

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Wikipedia Ambassador Program is looking for new Online Ambassadors

Hi! I noticed your RfA, which seems to be going very well, and I wanted to let you know about the Wikipedia Ambassador Program, and specifically the role of Online Ambassador. We're looking for friendly Wikipedians who are good at reviewing articles and giving feedback to serve as mentors for students who are assigned to write for Wikipedia in their classes.

If that sounds like you and you're interested, I encourage you to take a look at the Online Ambassador guidelines; the "mentorship process" describes roughly what will be expected of mentors during the current term, which started in January and goes through early May. If that's something you want to do, please apply!

You can find instructions for applying at WP:ONLINE. The main things we're looking for in Online Ambassadors are friendliness, regular activity (since mentorship is a commitment that spans several months), and the ability to give detailed, substantive feedback on articles (both short new articles, and longer, more mature ones).

I hope to hear from you soon.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 14:52, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Many thanks for asking - I'll have a look through the links and get back to you. Gonzonoir (talk) 15:21, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

The February 2011 Wikification Backlog Elimination Drive has begun!

Get going! The February 2011 Wikification Backlog Elimination Drive has begun. Please get started, as the drive aims to wikify over 2,000 articles this month. We're going to need all the firepower we can get, so please remind your friends to join up as well. In case you didn't know, wikification is fairly simple: just add wiki markup, links, and similar formatting. Thanks for joining; we're looking forward to an exciting time this month! Regards, Guoguo12 (talk · contribs), Mono (talk · contribs), Nolelover (talk · contribs), and Sumsum2010 (talk · contribs).

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Congratulations

Hi, hope this fits. Feel free to raid my monobook.js - you'll find some of the scripts useful. ϢereSpielChequers 14:34, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Well done! Congratulations!!!! --j⚛e decker^{talk to me} 15:09, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Congratultions! I didn't !vote because I knew I wouldn't need to, but I just wanted you to know that I was there all the time :) --Kudpung (talk) 15:15, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Aw, cheers chaps. Now pack it in; the RfA's actually still open and you're tempting fate ;) For all I know there's a final secret disqualification criterion of "getting overexcited before the crats look at their watches." ... Gonzonoir (talk) 15:32, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Congrats! Tofutwitch11 ^(TALK) 15:49, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Apparently they skipped the secret disqualification round, it's official now! --j⚛e decker^{talk to me} 16:44, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Congrats!!! --Perseus, Son of Zeus ✉ sign here 17:53, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Well there was a lucky escape :)

I won't be sending out thankspam, but thank you very much for the good wishes and support. Gonzonoir (talk) 18:31, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

I have closed your RfA as successful

Congratulations! I have closed your RfA as successful.

On behalf of the community, thank you for submitting yourself to the trials of RfA and well done for coming through so well. Good luck with your new tools. You may find Wikipedia:New admin school useful, but don't be shy to ask other admins (or Crats) for help if in doubt.

Well done and enjoy your mop. --Dweller (talk) 16:50, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Though I didn't participate in your RfA (I'm more of a watcher these days), congrats. In any event, I feel obligated to point out Dweller's cratfail... (read: wanna play with your shiny new buttons? Autopatrolled and rollbacker are redundant to sysop. Here's the link.) --Dylan620 ^{(t • c)} 17:10, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Moar cratfail; you linked to Efe's RfA from November 2008. --Dylan620 ^{(t • c)} 17:12, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

If that's the worst thing that happens to me as an admin I'll be content, but thanks for pointing it out. And thanks for the congratulations! Gonzonoir (talk) 18:28, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Your request for adminship

The actual tools. Have fun! Acalamari 17:22, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Congratulations, Gonzonoir! It seems that you've been given a link to the new admins school, a new T-shirt, and a userrights change, but not the tools themselves! Never mind, here they are now, or an image of them at least. :) Seriously though, I'm really glad you passed, and even better, your RfA passed without any opposition or neutrals, which rarely happens these days. If there's any assistance or advice I can provide, I'll help when I can. Best. Acalamari 17:22, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Aw - my housemaid ancestors would be proud. Thanks Acalamari - I'm sure I'll be pinging you for advice. Gonzonoir (talk) 18:30, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Congratulations! Enjoy your new job, but just don't delete the main page! Reaper Eternal (talk) 19:36, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

It's either that or I block myself inadvertently... you should sit close by with popcorn. Gonzonoir (talk) 08:28, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

My faith in RfA is restored! Now get to work. ;) I'm sure you'll do a great job, but feel free to ask if you need anything. You might find some of the scripts in my monobook.js useful. Have fun, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:27, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Thank you! I will come and check 'em out. Going to play in the new admin school for a bit before unleashing myself on the unsuspecting encyclopedia. Gonzonoir (talk) 08:28, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

• Oh shit, there goes the planet. → ROUX ₪ 01:57, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

IT'S A TRAP! Gonzonoir (talk) 08:28, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Congratulations!!! (Now the fun begins)--SPhilbrickT 21:40, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Thank you! Haven't trashed the place yet...

Congratulations

Hi, I just wanted to tell you that I am very happy for you, and wish you all the best. Good luck. *** in fact *** ( contact ) 22:50, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

• Hi, could you check the blurb? Tony (talk) 05:52, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks In Fact! And Tony1, that's done. Hope you don't mind I made a slight tweak myself. Gonzonoir (talk) 09:06, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

RE:Joe Wiegand

Hi! I didn't actually know that any editor could remove a CSD tag, so thanks for filling me in! And in my defense ;D the first draft of the article when I tagged it wasn't nearly as comprehensive as it is now. The only "claim to fame" the author made then was that he was a Teddy Roosevelt enthusiast. I must say though, that editor did do a lot of expansion in those few hours. Anyway I'm babbling now. So I will leave you with a congrats on achieving adminship! You're living proof that it can in fact be done :D Cheers Bped1985 (talk) 02:39, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! That's fine. I'm still not in fact 100% convinced of the notability of the subject, but the standard at CSD is much lower than notability. And thanks for the congratulations - it can be done indeed. Keep up your good work. Gonzonoir (talk) 12:33, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

Kaveh Farrokh

Hi, There is a BLP issue and an RFC in here about Kaveh Farrokh. Regards, *** in fact *** ( contact ) 07:48, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the notice; I'll take a look. Gonzonoir (talk) 12:33, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks!

Gonzonoir:

Thanks so much for your help... I guess I'm a little dyslexic today....  :)

Peace, jeff359w — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeff359w (talk • contribs) 15:43, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

You're welcome: easily done, and stuff like that is maddeningly hard to spot. Anyone making the effort to learn Wikipedia referencing syntax from their earliest edits deserves all the support they can get! Gonzonoir (talk) 15:49, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Deletion Records of Wikipedia

i have heard a rumor that Wikipedia has a record of files that were deleted and was wondering if i could request one so that it maybe be added to Uncyclopedia. this article is about how Millard Fillmore gave rise to Godzilla and i am told by the writer that it was on Wikipedia for six months then deleted for the obvious reason that it was not true. if this article could be accessed or if you know who i could ask to receive this article(such as another administrator) please email me at [redacted] also if you have seen this article elsewhere on the web please let me know for i cannot find it on the internet. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.100.237.49 (talk)

Hello - interesting! As a relatively new admin I'm not yet that familiar with supplying copies of deleted content, so I've asked for others' practical advice at the administrators' noticeboard. Meanwhile, a few comments:

• Firstly, it is indeed true that most (but not all) deleted material remains visible to administrators, and copies can be supplied according to the limits described at Wikipedia:Delete#Access_to_deleted_pages. I'd need to look at the page's contents to determine whether I could send you a copy of this article according to those principles. Which brings me on to my second point:
• Do you know the title of the deleted page (or the username of the person who created it)? I've had an initial look and can't find material that matches your description, but it's pretty hard to find deleted articles without knowing their titles or the names of the users who worked on them. I don't see this material elsewhere online either - Deletionpedia is a good place to look for deleted Wikipedia articles, but I can't find the material you describe on there.

Lastly, just to let you know that I have removed your email address to help prevent it being scraped by spammers. Gonzonoir (talk) 11:36, 19 February 2011 (UTC)

thank you and i will ask them what the article was called and what their username is. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.100.237.49 (talk) 23:24, 19 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the buck-up

Thanks for the feel-better message regarding administrative editing mishaps. It worked - I feel better. Saying that WP isn't intuitive is an understatement: I find it to a quagmire! Perhaps there will be a project initiated one day to clean up the new players help pages and consolidate topics or at least to stream-line navigation to all those pages and pages of info? Without a concerted effort, things will only get increasingly complicated, producing a steeper and steeper learning curve. And I can't ski! .^_^. Wordreader (talk) 01:21, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

You're welcome. It would actually be very helpful to get your comments about the aspects of the help and guidance materials that are particularly confusing: once you've been around for a while the early memories fade, and I can no longer tell what's confusing and obscure when encountered for the first time. If you haven't already, you might like to check out the Wikipedia tutorial for a quick walkthrough of some of the basic editing processes, but really the error you made was a very easy one to do and not something you should feel bad about at all. Remember it's exceptionally easy on Wikipedia to "undo" almost any action, so everyone gets license to make mistakes :) Gonzonoir (talk) 13:22, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

The February 2011 Wikification Backlog Elimination Drive Needs Your Help!

Please help! The February 2011 Wikification Backlog Elimination Drive is almost complete. Please help, as the backlog is still very large. Still exceeding 20,000 articles! The goal is 18,000 or less. Lets see if we can do it! We're going to need all the firepower we can get, so please remind your friends to help as well.Thank you for all your help thus far! Regards, Guoguo12 (talk · contribs), Mono (talk · contribs), Nolelover (talk · contribs), Sumsum2010 (talk · contribs), and WikiCopter (talk · contribs).

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Thanks!!

Thank you so much for the guidance!!

Mnicolosi (talk) 02:57, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

Any time! Glad to see the bot request was approved - just shout if you have any other questions (here or on the help desk). Gonzonoir (talk) 14:34, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

User Page Vandalism

I noticed that your user page was vandalized. I think I have fixed it. Thanks. Kiwi128 (talk) 23:16, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks Kiwi128! It might've been a good faith attempt to communicate, but given that it was from an IP rather than a logged-in account I can't tell what deleted page they were referring to anyway. Gonzonoir (talk) 09:54, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

RE: Proposed deletion of Ben Simmons

Ben Simmons is a living person, commonly known to wikipedians as Gogo Praka. This article was created and collaborated on with the permission and help of this person. This person is a county cricketer who has represented the country at certain levels, thus , in my opinion, justifying his page. He, however, was not happy with the outcome and look so together we created a second page titled BEN SIMMONS which was much better and has now been deleted. Is this a mistake? 1/3/11AdamWimborne (talk) 18:58, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

Hi AdamWimborne.

Can you supply any links to substantial coverage in reliable sources (like a published book, or a profile in a national newspaper) that show Ben Simmons has competed at a senior level? Wikipedia has quite a specific standard for article inclusion, called the general notability guideline, which requires that every article's subject have been covered already by other third-party publications. In cricket, without the provision of sources like that, we don't presume a player to be notable unless he:

• has appeared in at least one major cricket match since 1697 as a player or umpire
• has appeared in at least one ICC World Cup Qualifier match since 2005, or in an ICC Trophy final prior to 2005, as a player or umpire
• has appeared in at least one World Cricket League match of Division Five status or above since 2007 as a player or umpire

If Ben Simmons hasn't reached this standard, and I can't find any evidence that he has, he may not meet be eligible for a Wikipedia article. (Obviously we do have pages for some players who've competed at a lower level, but these all have (or should have) references to the kind of high-quality, in-depth, independent coverage that shows they are notable all the same.)

To answer your second question, the page at BEN SIMMONS was deleted because it failed to demonstrate why the subject would be considered important enough to merit an encyclopedia article. Representing a school and a county B team are accomplishments, but they aren't significant enough to justify encyclopedia coverage by themselves (if we tried to cover every athlete worldwide in all sports who reached these standards, we'd have to add millions of extra pages).

If you're just looking to create a page somewhere on line for Ben Simmons's career, you might want to see our list of alternative outlets, which covers other sites that don't all apply our inclusion rules and would let you create and maintain a page as you wish.

One more note: I'm not sure what you mean by "Gogo Praka"; I don't see any use of those words anywhere on Wikipedia.

If you have any other questions, just drop me a line. Gonzonoir (talk) 11:40, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

WikiProject Wikify's March Mini Drive

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deleted my article

i was just posting an article about a minecraft server then it got deleted :( — Preceding unsigned comment added by Asjak5 (talk • contribs) 14:59, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

Hi Asjak. Your article was deleted because it contained no information about why this server was particularly important. Articles can be removed very quickly if they don't show why their subjects are important enough to merit encyclopedia articles. In the long term, to survive in Wikipedia, an article needs to include references to substantial coverage in multiple independent, reliable sources - things like newspaper articles or books talking about why this gaming server would be considered especially significant. (This is the standard we call notability, a term you may have come across on Wikipedia.)

If you're just looking to publicize the server, then Wikipedia is not a good place to do that anyway, but you'll find some useful resources in our list of alternative outlets - there are lots of other sites that don't apply Wikipedia's notability standards and where your content wouldn't be deleted.

Does this answer your question? Gonzonoir (talk) 15:06, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

You deleted my article

I didnt post it to make people join or anything i just posted the article to tell about the server i thought that was alllowed to do :( — Preceding unsigned comment added by Asjak5 (talk • contribs) 17:08, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

Please see the reply directly above. Gonzonoir (talk) 11:32, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

GOCE drive newsletter

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The Wikifier: March 2011

The Wikifier Your Wikification Newsletter – Volume I, Issue II, March 2011 From the editor • General news Membership • February drive results To assist with preparing the newsletter, please visit the newsroom. Past editions may be viewed here.

Hello Wikifiers! Sorry this Newsletter is late, It should have gone out a month ago. I've been very busy in real life and didn't have time to get over to the newsletter. In this edition of the Newsletter, we have an editorial written by our new executive coordinator; Guoguo12. Guoguo12 has succeeded Mono due to an indefinite wikibreak. We also have the results of the February and March Mini drives. Happy Wikifying, Sumsum2010, the assistant coordinator of WikiProject Wikify

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June 2011 Wikification Drive

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Sumsum2010·T·C 23:25, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

GOCE drive invitation

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors The latest GOCE backlog elimination drive is under way! It began on 1 July and so far 18 people have signed up to help us reduce the number of articles in need of copyediting. This drive will give a 50% bonus for articles edited from the GOCE requests page. Although we have cleared the backlog of 2009 articles there are still 3,935 articles needing copyediting and any help, no matter how small, would be appreciated. We are appealing to all GOCE members, and any other editors who wish to participate, to come and help us reduce the number of articles needing copyediting, as well as the backlog of requests. If you have not signed up yet, why not take a look at the current signatories and help us by adding your name and copyediting a few articles. Barnstars will be given to anyone who edits more than 4,000 words, with special awards for the top 5 in the categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", and "Number of articles of over 5,000 words". >>> Sign-up now <<<

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GOCE drive newsletter

Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in their September 2011 Backlog elimination drive, a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy editing backlog. The drive will begin on September 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on September 30 at 23:59 (UTC). We will be tracking the number of 2010 articles in the backlog, as we want to copy edit as many of those as possible. Please consider copy editing an article that was tagged in 2010. Barnstars will be given to anyone who edits more than 4,000 words, with special awards for the top 5 in the categories "Number of articles", "Number of words", and "Number of articles of over 5,000 words". See you at the drive! – Your drive coordinators: Diannaa, Chaosdruid, The Utahraptor, Slon02, and SMasters. >>> Sign up now <<<

Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 16:27, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Hi again

Hey, can you help me with structuring things...I am having trouble with the Congenital Dyserythropoietic Anemia page that I created last time. I want to provide links to a CDA Type I page, CDA Type II page ...etc. for all four subtypes, but I am having trouble linking to them. I also want anyone who searches for CDA, CDA I, etc. to be taken to these pages automatically. Can you help with this?

Thanks,

David M Levy 01:24, 26 September 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dmlevy 99 (talk • contribs)

WikiProject Wikify's October Newsletter

The Wikifier Your Wikification Newsletter – Volume I, Issue IV, October 2011 Front Cover • From the editor • General news Membership • August drive results To assist with preparing the newsletter, please visit the newsroom. Past editions may be viewed here.

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GOCE drive newsletter

Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in their November 2011 Backlog elimination drive, a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on November 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on November 30 at 23:59 (UTC). We will be tracking the number of 2010 articles (and specifically will be targeting the oldest three months), as we want to copy edit as many of these as possible. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits more than 4,000 words, and special awards will be given to the top 5 in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", and "Number of articles of over 5,000 words". We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Diannaa, Chaosdruid, The Utahraptor, Slon02, and SMasters. >>> Sign up now <<<

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Invitation to the December Wikification Drive

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GOCE newsletter

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Elections are currently underway for our third tranche of Guild coordinators. The voting period will run for 14 days: 00:01 UTC, 16 December – 23:59 UTC, 31 December. All GOCE members, as well as past participants of any of the Guild's Backlog elimination drives, are eligible to vote. There are five candidates vying for four positions. Your vote really matters! Cast your vote today.

Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 10:43, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Antahkarana has been clarified

A couple years ago, you asked for antahkarana to be clarified. I did not have complete understanding when I wrote it, and maybe still do not, but someone added info that I think is reliable (I have read about it from more reliable sources lately.) I improved the section I wrote.--Dchmelik (talk) 11:54, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

GOCE 2011 Year-End Report

Guild of Copy Editors 2011 Year-End Report We have reached the end of the year, and what a year it has been! The Guild of Copy Editors was full of activity, and we achieved numerous important milestones in 2011. Read all about these in the Guild's 2011 Year-End Report. Highlights Membership grows to 764 editors, an increase of 261 Report on coordinators' elections Around 1,000 articles removed through six Backlog elimination drives Guild Plans for 2012 Requests page report Sign up for the January 2012 Backlog elimination drive! Get your copy of the Guild's 2011 Year-End Report here On behalf of the Guild, we take this opportunity to wish you Season's Greetings and Happy New Year. We look forward to your support in 2012! – Your 2011 Coordinators: Diannaa (lead), The Utahraptor, and Slon02 and SMasters (emeritus).

Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 06:18, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Happy Adminversary

A few days late, admittedly. Hope you're doing good?
Cheers, Amalthea 16:39, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks Amalthea - I am indeed, though some big changes in my offline life hit almost immediately after I got the flag last year, and as you may have seen they knocked me almost totally out of Wikipedia. I am still hoping very much to get back into things, and hugely grateful for your support! Gonzonoir (talk) 10:36, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

MSU Interview

Dear Gonzonoir,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the communityHERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:

• Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
• Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
• All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
• All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
• The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your nameHERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chlopeck (talk • contribs) 23:40, 14 February 2012 (UTC)