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GOCE 2013 Annual Report

Guild of Copy Editors2013 Annual Report The GOCE has wrapped up another successful year of operations! Our2013 Annual Reportis now ready for review. – Your project coordinators:Torchiest,Baffle gab1978andJonesey95 Sign up for theJanuary drive!To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.Newsletter delivered byMediaWiki message delivery(talk)16:45, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Quarter 4, 2013

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume 6, No. 4 — 4th Quarter, 2013
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Project At a Glance
As of Q42013,the project has:

• 166Featured Articles
• 61Featured Lists
• 8Featured Topics
• 7Featured Pictures

• 42A-Class Articles
• 639Good Articles
• 9Good Topics

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• No WikiProject feature this issue.
• No featured editor this issue.

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GOCE February blitz wrapup

Guild of Copy EditorsWikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/February 2014wrap-up Participation:Out of seven people who signed up for this blitz, all copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are availablehere. Progress report:During the seven-day blitz, we removed 16 articles from therequests queue.Hope to see you at theMarch drive!Cheers from your GOCE coordinatorsJonesey95,MiniapolisandBaffle gab1978. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.Newsletter delivered by

March GOCE copyedit drive

Notes from theGuild of Copy Editors TheMarch 2014 backlog elimination driveis a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles in need of copyediting. The drive begins on March 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on March 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to copyedit all articles tagged in December 2012 and January 2013 and to complete allrequestsplaced in January 2014. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copyedits at least one article, and special awards will be given to the top five in the following categories: number of articles, number of words, number of articles over 5,000 words, number of articles tagged in December 2012 and January 2013 and the longest article. We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators:Jonesey95,Baffle gab1978andMiniapolis To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list. MediaWiki message delivery(talk)14:59, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

TheWikiProject Video GamesNewsletter, Q1 2014

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume 7, No. 1 — 1st Quarter, 2014
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Project At a Glance
As of Q12014,the project has:

• 169Featured Articles
• 63Featured Lists
• 8Featured Topics
• 10Featured Pictures

• 42A-Class Articles
• 665Good Articles
• 8Good Topics

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• Changes to Featured and Good content
• News items and announcements

• Feature:WikiProject Video Games in retrospect
• Report:Featured and Good articles by genre
• Interview: Red Phoenix

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GOCE March drive wrapup

Guild of Copy EditorsMarch 2014 backlog elimination drivewrap-up newsletter TheMarch 2014 drive wrap-upis now ready for review. Sign up for theApril blitz! – Your project coordinators:Jonesey95,Baffle gab1978andMiniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.Newsletter delivered by

Guild of Copy EditorsMarch 2014 backlog elimination drivewrap-up Participation:Thanks to all who participated in the drive and helped out behind the scenes. 42 people signed up for this drive and 28 of these completed at least one article. Final results are availablehere. Progress report:Articles tagged during the target months of December 2012 and January 2013 were reduced from 177 to 33, and the overall backlog was reduced by 13 articles. The total backlog was 2,902 articles at the end of March. On the Requests page during March, 26 copy edit requests were completed, all requests from January 2014 were completed, and the length of the queue was reduced by 11 articles. Blitz!:TheApril blitzwill run from April 13–19, with a focus on theRequestslist.Sign up now! – Your drive coordinators:Jonesey95,Baffle gab1978andMiniapolis To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

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April blitz wrap-up and May copyediting drive invitation

Guild of Copy EditorsApril 2014 Blitz wrap-up Participation:Out of 17 people who signed up for this blitz, eight copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are availablehere. Progress report:During the seven-day blitz, we removed 28 articles from therequests queue.Hope to see you at theMay drive!Cheers from your GOCE coordinatorsJonesey95,MiniapolisandBaffle gab1978. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.Newsletter delivered by MediaWiki message delivery(talk)00:18, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

GOCE June 2014 newsletter

Guild of Copy EditorsMay 2014 backlog elimination drivewrap-up Participation:Thanks to all who participated! Out of 51 people who signed up this drive, 33 copy edited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are availablehere. Progress report:We reduced our article backlog from 2,987 articles to 2,236 articles in May, the lowest backlog total since we began keeping records in 2009! Since at least 300 new articles were tagged during May, that meanswe copy edited over 1,000 articles in a single month.Amazing work, everyone! Blitz:TheJune blitzwill run from June 15–21. This blitz's theme is Politics.Sign up here. Election:You can nominate yourself or others for the role of Coordinator for the second half of 2014here.Nominations will be accepted until June 14. Voting will begin on June 15 and will conclude on June 28. Cheers from your GOCE coordinatorsJonesey95,Baffle gab1978,andMiniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.Newsletter delivered byMediaWiki message delivery(talk)12:27, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

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GOCE July 2014 newsletter

Guild of Copy EditorsJuly 2014 newsletteris now ready for review. Highlights: Sign up for theJuly 2014 Backlog elimination drive Review theCoordinators electionresults – Your project coordinators:Jonesey95,Baffle gab1978andMiniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.Newsletter delivered byMediaWiki message delivery(talk)17:27, 29 June 2014 (UTC)

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q2 2014

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume 7, No. 2 — 2nd Quarter, 2014
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Project At a Glance
As of Q22014,the project has:

• 175Featured Articles
• 63Featured Lists
• 9Featured Topics
• 16Featured Pictures

• 42A-Class Articles
• 696Good Articles
• 9Good Topics

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• No feature this quarter
• Interview: CR4ZE

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GOCE July drive and August blitz

Guild of Copy EditorsJuly 2014 backlog elimination drivewrap-up Participation:Thanks to everyone who participated in the July drive. Of the 40 people who signed up this drive, 22 copy edited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are availablehere. Progress report:We reduced our article backlog from 2400 articles to 2199 articles in July. This is a new month-end record low for the backlog. Nice work, everyone! Blitz:TheAugust blitzwill run from August 24–30. The blitz will focus on articles from the GOCE'sRequests page.Awards will be given out to everyone who copy edits at least one of the target articles. The blitz will run from August 24–30.Sign up here! Cheers from your GOCE coordinatorsJonesey95,Baffle gab1978,andMiniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.Newsletter delivered byMediaWiki message delivery(talk)15:11, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q3 2014

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume 7, No. 3 — 3rd Quarter, 2014
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Project At a Glance
As of Q32014,the project has:

• 185Featured Articles
• 66Featured Lists
• 10Featured Topics
• 17Featured Pictures

• 42A-Class Articles
• 727Good Articles
• 12Good Topics

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• Changes to Featured and Good content
• News items and announcements

• Feature: Sourcing video game articles
• Interview: Guyinblack25

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GOCE October 2014 newsletter

Guild of Copy EditorsOctober 2014 newsletteris now ready for review. Highlights: Results of theAugust BlitzandSeptember Drive A few changes around the Guild's pages Sign up for theOctober Blitz Review theCoordinators electionresults – Your project coordinators:Jonesey95,Baffle gab1978andMiniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.Newsletter delivered byMediaWiki message delivery(talk)00:17, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

GOCE coordinator elections

Greetings from theGuild of Copy Editors Candidate nominations forGuild coordinatorsto serve from January 1 to June 30, 2015, arecurrently underway.The nomination period will close at 23:59 on December 15 (UTC), after which voting will commence until 23:59 on December 31, 2014. Self-nominations are welcomed. Please consider getting involved; it's your Guild and it won't coordinate itself, so if you'd like to help coordinate Guild activities we'd love to hear from you. Cheers from your GOCE coordinatorsJonesey95,Baffle gab1978,andMiniapolis. Message sent byMediaWiki message delivery(talk)22:17, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

December 2014 GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy EditorsDecember 2014 Newsletter Drive:Thanks to everyone who participated inNovember's Backlog Elimination Drive.Of the 43 people who signed up for this drive, 26 copy edited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are availablehere. Progress report:The November Drive removed 26 requests from the Requests page and 509 articles from the{{copy edit}}backlog. We copy edited 83 articles tagged in the target months; July, August, and September 2013. Together with tag removals from articles unsuitable for copy editing, we eliminated July 2013 from the backlog and reduced August and September's tags to 61 and 70 respectively. As of 01:01, 1 December 2014 (UTC), the backlog stood at 1,974 articles, dipping below 2,000 for the first time in the Guild's history (see graph at right). Well done everyone! Blitz:TheDecember Blitzwill run from December 14–20 and will focus on articles related toReligion,in recognition of this month's religious holidays in much of the English-speaking world. Awards will be given out to everyone who copy edits at least one of the target articles.Sign up here! Election time again:Theelection of coordinatorsto serve from 1 January to 30 June 2015 is now underway. Candidates can nominate themselves or others from December 01, 00:01 (UTC), until December 15, 23:59. The voting period will run from December 16, 00:01 (UTC), until December 31, 23:59. You can read about coordinators' dutieshere.Please consider getting involved and remember to cast you vote—it'syourGuild and it doesn't organize itself! Thank you all once again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve anything without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinatorsJonesey95,Baffle gab1978,andMiniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

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GOCE holiday 2014 newsletter

Guild of Copy EditorsLate December 2014 Newsletter Blitz:Thanks to everyone who participated in theDecember Blitz.Of the 14 editors who signed up for the blitz, 11 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are availablehere. January drive:The January backlog-reduction drive is just around the corner; sign up here! Election time again:Theelection of coordinatorsto serve from January 1 to June 30, 2015 is now underway. The voting period runs from December 16, 00:01 (UTC), until December 31, 23:59. Please cast your vote—it'syourGuild, and it doesn't run itself! Happy holidays from your GOCE coordinatorsJonesey95,Baffle gab1978andMiniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

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GOCE 2014 report

Guild of Copy Editors2014 Annual Report Our2014 Annual Reportis now ready for review. Highlights: Summary of Drives, Blitzes, and the Requests page; Review the election results; Membership news; Changes around the Guild's pages; Plans for 2015. – Your project coordinators:Jonesey95,MiniapolisandBaffle gab1978. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.Newsletter delivered by

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q4 2014

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume 7, No. 4 — 4th Quarter, 2014
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Project At a Glance
As of Q42014,the project has:

• 188Featured Articles
• 67Featured Lists
• 9Featured Topics
• 20Featured Pictures

• 42A-Class Articles
• 749Good Articles
• 13Good Topics

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• Changes to Featured and Good content
• News items and announcements

• Feature: Refmining – Another side of WikiGnoming
• Interview: Marasmusine

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February 2015 GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy EditorsFebruary 2015 Newsletter Drive:Thanks to everyone who participated inJanuary's Backlog Elimination Drive.Of the 38 people who signed up for this drive, 21 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are availablehere. Progress report:We were able to remove August 2013 from the general copyediting backlog and November 2014 from the request-page backlog. Many thanks, everyone! Blitz:TheFebruary Blitzwill run from February 15–21 and again focuses on therequests page.Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one request article.Sign up here! Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinatorsMiniapolis,Jonesey95,BibliowormandPhilg88. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

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GOCE March newsletter

Guild of Copy EditorsMarch 2015 Newsletter Blitz:Thanks to everyone who participated in theFebruary Blitz.Of the 21 people who signed up, eight copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are availablehere. Progress report:The blitz removed 16 articles from therequests list,and we're almost done with December 2014. Many thanks, everyone! Drive:The month-longMarch drivebegins in about a week. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the backlog.Sign up here! Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinatorsMiniapolis,Jonesey95,BibliowormandPhilg88. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q1 2015

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume 8, No. 1 — 1st Quarter, 2015
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Project At a Glance
As of Q12015,the project has:

• 192Featured Articles
• 67Featured Lists
• 9Featured Topics

• 21Featured Pictures
• 823Good Articles
• 14Good Topics

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• Changes to Featured and Good content
• News items and announcements

• Feature: Shove It in a Table: How to Write Featured Lists of Video Games
• Interview: Sergecross73

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April 2015 GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy EditorsApril 2015 Newsletter March drive:Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 38 people who signed up, 18 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are availablehere. April blitz:The one-week April blitz, again targeting our longrequests list,will run from April 19–25. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the requests page.Sign up here! May drive:The month-long May backlog-reduction drive, with extra credit for articles tagged in December 2013, January and February 2014 and all request articles, begins soon.Sign up now! Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinatorsMiniapolis,Jonesey95,BibliowormandPhilg88. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

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GOCE June 2015 newsletter

Guild of Copy EditorsJune 2015 News May drive:Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 38 people who signed up, 29 copyedited at least one article, and we got within 50 articles of our all-time low in the backlog. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are availablehere. Coordinator elections: Nominations are open through June 15 for GOCE coordinators, with voting from June 16–30. Self-nominations are welcome and encouraged. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinatorsMiniapolis,Jonesey95,BibliowormandPhilg88. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q2 2015

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume 8, No. 2 — 2nd Quarter, 2015
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• 193Featured Articles
• 68Featured Lists
• 10Featured Topics

• 23Featured Pictures
• 869Good Articles
• 14Good Topics

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• Feature: The twists and turns of Editorial Discretion
• Interview: Evan-Amos

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GOCE August 2015 newsletter

Guild of Copy EditorsAugust 2015 Newsletter July drive:Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 24 people who signed up, 17 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are availablehere. August blitz:The one-week April blitz, targeting biographical articles that have been tagged for copy editing for over a year, will run from August 16–22. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the article list on the blitz page.Sign up 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,KieranTribe,Miniapolis,andPax85. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q3 2015

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume 8, No. 3 — 3nd Quarter, 2015
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Project At a Glance
As of Q32015,the project has:

• 192Featured Articles
• 67Featured Lists
• 9Featured Topics

• 21Featured Pictures
• 823Good Articles
• 14Good Topics

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• Changes to Featured and Good content
• News items and announcements
• NEW!WP:VG Talk Page Digest

• Feature: GamerGate, Or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Bare Rule-Level Consensus
• Interview: Samwalton9

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October 2015 GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy EditorsOctober 2015 Newsletter September drive:Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 25 editors who signed up, 18 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are availablehere. October blitz:The one-week October blitz, targetingrequests,has just concluded. Of the nine editors who signed up, seven copyedited at least one request; check your talk page for yourbarnstar! The month-longNovember drive,focusing on our oldest backlog articles (June, July, and August 2014) and the October requests, is just around the corner. Hope tosee you there! Thanks again for your support; together, we can improve the encyclopedia! Cheers from your GOCE coordinatorsJonesey95,Baffle gab1978,KieranTribe,MiniapolisandPax85. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

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ArbCom elections are now open!

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Guild of Copy Editors2015 End of Year Report

Guild of Copy Editors2015 End of Year Report Our2015 End of Year Reportis now ready for review. Highlights: Summary of Drives, Blitzes, and the Requests page; New record lows in the article backlog and on the Requests page; Coordinator election results; Membership news; Changes around the Guild's pages; Plans for 2016. – Your project coordinators:Jonesey95,MiniapolisandBaffle gab1978. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.Newsletter delivered byJonesey95viaMediaWiki message delivery(talk)17:41, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q4 2015

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume 8, No. 4 — 4th Quarter, 2015
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Project At a Glance
As of Q42015,the project has:

• 199Featured Articles
• 71Featured Lists
• 10Featured Topics

• 28Featured Pictures
• 969Good Articles
• 18Good Topics

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• WP:VG Talk Page Digest

• Feature: Gender Declaration and the WP:VG Gender Gap
• Interview: Czar

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Guild of Copy EditorsApril 2016 Newsletter

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q1 2016

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Guild of Copy EditorsDecember 2016 News Hello everyone, and welcome to the December 2016 GOCE newsletter. We had an October newsletter all set to go, but it looks like we never pushed the button to deliver it, so this one contains a few months of updates. We have been busy and successful! >>> Sign up for the December Blitz! <<< Coordinator elections for the first half of 2017:Nominations are open forelection of Coordinators for the first half of 2017.Please visit the election page to nominate yourself or another editor, and then return after December 15 to vote. Thanks for participating! September Drive:The September drive was fruitful. We set out to removeJuly through October 2015from our backlog (an ambitious 269 articles), and by the end of the month, we had cut that pile of oldest articles to just 83. We reduced our overall backlog by 97 articles, even with new copyedit tags being added to articles every day. We also handled 75% of the remaining Requests from August 2016. Overall, 19 editors recorded copy edits to 233 articles (over 378,000 words). October Blitz:this one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 16 through 22 October; the theme wasRequests,since the backlog was getting a bit long. Of the 16 editors who signed up, 10 editors completed 29 requests. Barnstars and rollover totals are locatedhere.Thanks to all editors who took part. November Drive:The November drive was arecord-breaker!We set out to removeSeptember through December 2015from our backlog (239 articles), and by the end of the month, we had cut that pile of old articles to just 66, eliminating the two oldest months!We reduced our overall backlog by 523 articles, to a new record low of 1,414 articles,even with new tags being added to articles every day, which means we removed copy-editing tags fromover 800 articles.We also handled all of the remaining Requests from October 2016. Officially, 14 editors recorded copy edits to 200 articles (over 312,000 words), but over 600 articles, usually quick fixes and short articles, were not recorded on the drive page. Housekeeping note:we do not send a newsletter before every drive or blitz. To have a better chance of knowing when the next event will start, addthe GOCE's message boxto your Watchlist. 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,CorinneandTdslk. >>> Sign up for the December Blitz! <<<

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Guild of Copy EditorsDecember 2017 News

Guild of Copy EditorsDecember 2017 News Hello copy editors! Welcome to the December 2017 GOCE newsletter, which contains nine months(!) of updates. The Guild has been busy and successful; your diligent efforts in 2017 has brought the backlog of articles requiring copy edit tobelow 1,000 articles for the first time.Thanks to all editors who have contributed their time and energy to help make this happen. >>> Sign up for the January Drive! <<< >>> Participate in the Coordinator Elections! <<< Our copy-editing drives (month-long backlog-reduction drives held in odd-numbered months) and blitzes (week-long themed editing in even-numbered months) have been very successful this year. March drive:We set out to removeApril, May, and June 2016from our backlog and allFebruary 2017Requests(a total of 304 articles). By the end of the month, all but 22 of these articles were cleared. Officially, of the 28 who signed up, 22 editors recorded 257 copy edits (439,952 words). (These numbers do not always make sense when you compare them to the overall reduction in the backlog, because not all editors record every copy edit on the drive page.) April blitz:This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 16 through 22 April; the theme wasRequests.Of the 15 who signed up, 9 editors completed 43 articles (81,822 words). May drive:The goals were to removeJuly, August, and September 2016from the backlog and to complete allMarch 2017 Requests(a total of 300 articles). By the end of the month,we had reduced our overall backlog to an all-time low of 1,388 articles.Of the 28 who signed up, 17 editors completed 187 articles (321,810 words). June blitz:This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 18 through 24 June; the theme wasRequests.Of the 16 who signed up, 9 editors completed 28 copy edits (117,089 words). 2017 Coordinator elections:In June,coordinators for the second half of 2017were elected. Jonesey95 moved back into the lead coordinator position, with Miniapolis stepping down to remain as coordinator; Tdslk and Corinne returned as coordinators, and Keira1996 rejoined after an extended absence. Thanks to all who participated! July drive:We set out to removeAugust, September, October, and November 2016from the backlog and to complete allMay and June 2017 Requests(a total of 242 articles). The drive was an enormous success, and the target was nearly achieved within three weeks, so thatDecember 2016was added to the "old articles" list used as a goal for the drive. By the end of the month, onlythreearticles from 2016 remained, and for the second drive in a row, the backlog was reduced to a new all-time low, this time to1,363 articles.Of the 33 who signed up, 21 editors completed 337 articles (556,482 words). August blitz:This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 20 through 26 August; the theme wasbiographical articles tagged for copy editing for more than six months(47 articles). Of the 13 who signed up, 11 editors completed 38 copy edits (42,589 words). September drive:The goals were to removeJanuary, February, and March 2017from the backlog and to complete allAugust 2017 Requests(a total of 338 articles). Of the 19 who signed up, 14 editors completed 121 copy edits (267,227 words). October blitz:This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 22 through 28 October; the theme wasRequests.Of the 14 who signed up, 8 editors completed 20 articles (55,642 words). November drive:We set out again to removeJanuary, February, and March 2017from the backlog and to complete allOctober 2017 Requests(a total of 207 articles). By the end of the month, these goals were reached andthe backlog shrank to its lowest total ever, 997 articles,the first time it had fallen under one thousand (click on the graph above to see this amazing feat in graphical form). It was also the first time that the oldest copy-edit tag was less than eight months old. Of the 25 who signed up, 16 editors completed 159 articles (285,929 words). 2018 Coordinator elections:Voting is open for theelection of coordinators for the first half of 2018.Please visit the election page to vote between now and December 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Thanks for participating! Housekeeping note:We do not send a newsletter before (or after) every drive or blitz. To have a better chance of knowing when the next event will start, addthe GOCE's message boxto your watchlist. 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,Miniapolis,Corinne,Tdslk,andKeira1996. >>> Sign up for the January Drive! <<< >>> Participate in the Coordinator Elections! <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

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GOCE February 2018 news

Guild of Copy EditorsFebruary 2018 News Welcome to the February 2018 GOCE newsletter in which you will find Guild updates since theDecember edition.We got to a great start for the year, holding the backlog at nine months. 100 requests were submitted in the first 6 weeks of the year and were swiftly handled with an average completion time of 9 days. >>> Sign up for the March Drive! <<< Coordinator elections:In December,coordinators for the first half of 2018were elected. Jonesey95 remained as lead coordinator and Corrine, Miniapolis and Tdslk as assistant coordinators. Keira1996 stepped down as assistant coordinator and was replaced by Reidgreg. Thanks to all who participated! End of year reportswere prepared for2016and2017,providing a detailed look at the Guild's long-term progress. January drive:We set out to removeApril, May, and June 2017from our backlog and allDecember 2017Requests(a total of 275 articles). As with previous years, the January drive was an outstanding success and by the end of the month all but 57 of these articles were cleared. Officially, of the 38 who signed up, 21 editors recorded 259 copy edits (490,256 words). February blitz:This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 11 through 17 February, focusing onRequestsand the last articles tagged inMay 2017.At the end of the week there were only 14 pending requests, with none older than 20 days. Of the 11 who signed up, 10 editors completed 35 copy edits (98,538 words). 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,Miniapolis,Corinne,Tdslk,andReidgreg. >>> Sign up for the March Drive! <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

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June 2018 GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy EditorsJune 2018 News Welcome to the June 2018 GOCE newsletter, in which you will find Guild updates since theFebruary edition. Progress continues to be made on the copyediting backlog, which has been reduced to 7 months and reached a new all-time low.Requestscontinue to be handled efficiently this year, with 272 completed by the end of May (an average completion time of 10.5 days). Fewer than 10% of these waited longer than 20 days, and the longest wait time was 29 days. Wikipedia in general, and the Guild in particular, experienced a deep loss with the death on 20 March ofCorinne.Corinne (a GOCE coordinator since 1 July 2016) was a tireless aide on the requests page, and her peerless copyediting is a part of innumerable GAs and FAs. Her good cheer, courtesy and tact are very much missed. March drive:The goal was to removeJune, July and August 2017from our backlog and allFebruary 2018 Requests(a total of 219 articles). This drive was an outstanding success, and by the end of the month all but eight of these articles were cleared. Of the 33 editors who signed up, 19 recorded 277 copy edits (425,758 words). April blitz:This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 15 through 21 April, focusing onRequestsand the last eight articles tagged inAugust 2017.At the end of the week there were only 17 pending requests, with none older than 17 days. Of the nine editors who signed up, eight editors completed 22 copy edits (62,412 words). May drive:We set out to removeSeptember, October and November 2017from our backlog and allApril 2018Requests(a total of 298 articles). There was great success this month with the backlog more than halved from 1,449 articles at the beginning of the month to arecord low of 716 articles.Officially, of the 20 who signed up, 15 editors recorded 151 copy edits (248,813 words). Coordinator elections:It's election time again.Nominationsfor Guild coordinators (who will serve a six-month term for the second half of 2018) have begun, and will close at 23:59 UTC on 15 June. All Wikipedia editors in good standing are eligible, and self-nominations are encouraged.Votingwill take place between 00:01 UTC on 16 June and 23:59 UTC on 30 June. June blitz:Stay tuned for this one-week copy-editing blitz, which will take place 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:Corinne,Jonesey95,Miniapolis,ReidgregandTdslk. >>> Participate in the June elections! <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

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August GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy EditorsAugust 2018 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the August 2018 GOCE newsletter. Thanks to everyone who participated in the Guild'sJune election;your new and returning coordinators are listed below. The next election will occur in December 2018; all Wikipedia editors in good standing may take part. OurJune blitzfocused onRequestsand articles tagged for copy edit in October 2017. Of the eleven people who signed up, eight editors recorded a total of 28 copy edits, including 3 articles of more than 10,000 words. Complete results, including barnstars awarded, are availablehere. Thanks to everyone who participated in theJuly drive.Of the seventeen people who signed up, thirteen editors completed 194 copy edits, successfully removing all articles tagged in the last three months of 2017. Final results, including barnstars awarded, arehere. TheAugust blitzwill run for one week, from 19 to 25 August. Sign up now! 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,Jonesey95,MiniapolisandTdslk. >>> Sign up for the August blitz! <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

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December 2018 GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy EditorsDecember 2018 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the December 2018 GOCE newsletter. Here is what's been happening since theAugust edition. Thanks to everyone who participated in theAugust blitz(results),which focused onRequestsand the oldest backlog month. Of the twenty editors who signed up, eleven editors recorded 37 copy edits. For theSeptember drive(results),of the twenty-three people who signed up, nineteen editors completed 294 copy edits. OurOctober blitz(results)focused on Requests, geography, and food and drink articles. Of the fourteen people who signed up, eleven recorded a total of 57 copy edits. For theNovember drive(results),twenty-two people signed up, and eighteen editors recorded 273 copy edits. This helped to bring the backlog to a six-month low of825 articles. TheDecember blitzwill run for one week, from 16 to 22 December. Sign up now! Elections:Nominations for the Guild'scoordinators for the first half of 2019will 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'syourGuild and it doesn't run itself! 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,Jonesey95,MiniapolisandTdslk. >>> Sign up for the December blitz! <<< >>> Participate in the Coordinator elections! <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

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GOCE 2018 Annual Report

Guild of Copy Editors2018 Annual Report Our2018 Annual Reportis now ready for review. Highlights: Overview of Backlog-reduction progress; Summary of Drives, Blitzes, and the Requests page; Membership news and results of elections; Annual leaderboard; Plans for 2019. – Your project coordinators: Miniapolis,Baffle gab1978,Jonesey95,ReidgregandTdslk. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

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March GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy EditorsMarch 2019 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the March newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since December 2018. All being well, we're planning to issue these quarterly in 2019, 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. January Drive:Thanks to everyone for the splendid work inJanuary's Backlog Elimination Drive.We removed copyedit tags from all of the articles tagged in our original target months of June, July and August 2018, and by 24 January we ran out of articles. After adding September, we finished the month with 8 target articles remaining and 842 left in the backlog. GOCE copyeditors also completed 48requests for copyeditin January. Of the 31 people who signed up for this drive, 24 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are availablehere. Blitz:Thanks to everyone who participated in theFebruary Blitz.Of the 15 people who signed up, 13 copyedited at least one article. Participants claimed 32 copyedits, including 15 requests. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are availablehere. Progress report:As of 23:39, 18 March 2019 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have completed 108 requests since 1 January and the backlog stands at 851 articles. March Drive:The month-longMarch driveis now underway; the target months are October and November 2018. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the backlog.Sign up here! Election reminder:It may only be March but don't forget our mid-year Election of Coordinators opens for nominations on 1 June.Coordinatorsnormally 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 themhere. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinatorsMiniapolis,Baffle gab1978,Jonesey95,ReidgregandTdslk. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

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GOCE June newsletter

Guild of Copy EditorsJune 2019 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the June newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since March 2019. You can unsubscribe from our mailings at any time; see below. Election time:Nomination of candidates in our mid-year Election of Coordinators opened on 1 June, and voting will take place from 16 June.Coordinatorsnormally 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 themhere. June Blitz:OurJune blitzwill soon be upon us; it will begin at 00:01 on 16 June (UTC) and will close at 23:59 on 22 June (UTC). The themes are "nature and the environment" and allrequests. March Drive:Thanks to everyone for their work inMarch's Backlog Elimination Drive.We removed copyedit tags from 182 of the articles tagged in our original target months October and November 2018, and the month finished with 64 target articles remaining from November and 811 in the backlog. GOCE copyeditors also completed 22requests for copyeditin March; the month ended with 34 requests pending. Of the 32 people who signed up for this drive, 24 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are availablehere. April Blitz:Thanks to everyone who participated in theApril Blitz;the blitz ran from 14 to 20 April (UTC) inclusive and the themes wereSports and Entertainment.Of the 15 people who signed up, 13 copyedited at least one article. Participants claimed 60 copyedits. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are availablehere. Progress report:As of 04:36, 3 June 2019 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have completed 267 requests since 1 January. The backlog of tagged articles stands at 605 articles. May Drive:During theMay Backlog Elimination Drive,Guild copy-editors removed copyedit tags from 191 of the 192 articles tagged in our original target months of November and December 2018, and January 2019 was added on 22 May. We finished the month with 81 target articles remaining and arecord low of 598 articlesin the backlog. GOCE copyeditors also completed 24requests for copyeditduring the May drive, and the month ended with 35 requests pending. Of the 26 people who signed up for this drive, 21 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are availablehere. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinatorsMiniapolis,Baffle gab1978,Jonesey95,ReidgregandTdslk. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q2 2019

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
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September 2019 GOCE Newsletter

Guild of Copy EditorsSeptember 2019 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the September newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since June 2019. June election:Reidgreg was chosen as lead coordinator, and is being assisted by Baffle gab1978, Miniapolis, Tdslk, and first-time coordinator Twofingered Typist. Jonesey95 took a respite after serving for six years. Thanks to everyone who participated! June Blitz:From 16 to 22 June, we copy edited articles on the themes of nature and the environment along withrequests.12 participating editors completed 35 copy edits. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are availablehere. July Drive:The year's fourth backlog-elimination drive was a great success, clearing all articles tagged in January and February, and bringing the copy-editing backlog to a low of five months and a record low of585 articleswhile also completing 48 requests. Of the 30 people who signed up, 29 copyedited at least one article, a participation level last matched in May 2015. Final results and awards are listedhere. August Blitz:From 18 to 24 August, we copy edited articles tagged in March 2019 and requests. 12 participating editors completed 26 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are availablehere. Progress report:As of 03:00, 23 September 2019 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors had processed 413 requests since 1 January. The backlog of tagged articles stood at 599 articles, close to our record month-end low of 585. Requests page:We are experimenting with automated archiving of copy edit requests; a discussionon REQ Talk (permalinked)initiated byBobbychan193has resulted inZhuyifei1999writinga bot scriptfor the Guild. Testing is now underway and is expected to be completed by 3 October; for this reason,no manual archiving of requests should be done until the testing period is over.We will thenassess the bot's performanceand discuss whether to make this arrangement permanent. 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! 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,Miniapolis,Reidgreg,TdslkandTwofingered Typist. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

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WikiProject Video games Newsletter Q3

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GOCE December 2019 Newsletter

Guild of Copy EditorsDecember 2019 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the December 2019 GOCE newsletter, an update of Guild happenings since theSeptember 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'syourGuild 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. OurDecember Blitzwill 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 anall-time low of 479 articles. Request archiving:The archiving of completed requests has now been automated. Thanks toZhuyifei1999andBobbychan193,YiFeiBotis now archiving theRequests 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 thecorrect 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,TdslkandTwofingered Typist. >>> Sign up for the December blitz! <<< >>> Participate in the Coordinator elections! <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

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WikiProject Video games Newsletter Q4 2019

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
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WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors 2019 Annual Report

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GOCE March newsletter

Guild of Copy EditorsMarch 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 acoordinator emerituswhile 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 theRequests pageand 116 backlog articles from the target months of June to August 2019. At the conclusion of the drive there was arecord low of 323 articlesin 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 availablehere. 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 arehere. 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 arecord low of 253 articlesand 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.Coordinatorsnormally 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 themhere. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinatorsJonesey95,Baffle gab1978,Reidgreg,TdslkandTwofingered Typist To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

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WikiProject Video games Newsletter Q1 2020

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume 12, No. 1 — 1st Quarter, 2020
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• 10Featured Topics

• 33Featured Pictures
• 1,522Good Articles
• 28Good Topics

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• Feature: High-Level Article trends in the past decade or two
• Interview: Zxcvbnm

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Guild of Copy EditorsJune 2020 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the June newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities sinceMarch 2020.You can unsubscribe from our mailings at any time; see below. All times and dates stated are inUTC. Current events Election time:Nomination of candidates in ourmid-year Election of Coordinatorsopened on 1 June, and voting will take place from 00:01 on 16 June.GOCE coordinatorsnormally 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 themhere. June Blitz:This blitz begins at 00:01 on 14 June and ends at 23:59 on 20 June, with themes ofarticles tagged for copyedit in May 2020andrequests. Drive and blitz reports March Drive:Self-isolationfromcoronavirusmay have played a hand in making this one of our most successful backlog elimination drives. The copy-editing backlog was reduced from 477 to arecord 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 availablehere. April Blitz:This blitz ran from 12 to 18 April with a theme ofIndian 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 availablehere. 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 availablehere. 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 Signpostcontributor and GOCE participantPuddleglum2.0interviewed project coordinators and copy-editors for the journal'sApril WikiProject Report.The Drive and the current Election of Coordinators have also been covered inThe Signpost'sMay 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 coordinatorsJonesey95,Baffle gab1978,Reidgreg,TdslkandTwofingered Typist. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
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Guild of Copy Editors September 2020 Newsletter

Guild of Copy EditorsSeptember 2020 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the SeptemberGOCE newsletter,a brief update of Guild activities sinceJune 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 Coordinatorsopens 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 themhere. 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 onrequestsand articles tagged in May. 19 participating editors claimed 54 copy edits. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are availablehere. July Drive:Over 750,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event, keeping pace with the previous threeself-isolateddrives. Of the 38 people who signed up, 30 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listedhere. 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 availablehere. 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.Reidgregtook 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 theRequests 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 coordinatorsJonesey95,Baffle gab1978,Puddleglum2.0,TdslkandTwofingered Typist. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

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WikiProject Video games Newsletter Q3 2020

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume 12, No. 3 — 3rd Quarter, 2020
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• Feature: About templates in gaming articles
• Interview: KGRAMR

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December 2020Guild of Copy EditorsNewsletter

Guild of Copy EditorsDecember 2020 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the DecemberGOCE newsletter,a brief update of Guild activities sinceSeptember 2020.                  Current and upcoming events Election time:our end-of-yearElection of Coordinatorsopened 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 beforeAuld 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 themhere. December Blitz:This will run from 13 to 19 December, and will target allRequests.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,TdslkandTwofingered Typist. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q4 2020

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
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• 33Featured Pictures
• 1,650Good Articles
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• Feature: Don't fake your work
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• Interview: TarkusAB

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q1 2021

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GOCE June 2021 newsletter

Guild of Copy EditorsJune 2021 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the June newsletter, our first newsletter of 2021, which is a brief update of Guild activities sinceDecember 2020.To unsubscribe, follow the link at the bottom of this box. Current events Election time:Voting in ourmid-year Election of Coordinatorsopened on 16 June and will conclude at the end of the month.GOCE coordinatorsnormally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Have your say and show supporthere. 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 of52 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 343Requestssince 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 coordinatorsJonesey95,Dhtwiki,Miniapolis,TenryuuandTwofingered Typist,and from memberReidgreg. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

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September 2021Guild of Copy Editorsnewsletter

Guild of Copy EditorsSeptember 2021 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the SeptemberGOCE newsletter,a brief update of Guild activities sinceJune 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 onrequestsand articles tagged in March and April. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are availablehere. 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 listedhere. 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 availablehere. Other news June election:Jonesey95 was chosen to continue as lead coordinator, assisted by Dhtwiki, Tenryuu, and Miniapolis. New maintenance templateadded to our project scope: After a shortdiscussion 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 alink 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 theRequests 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 coordinatorsJonesey95,Dhtwiki,Tenryuu,andMiniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

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December 2021 GOCE Newsletter

Guild of Copy EditorsDecember 2021 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the DecemberGOCE newsletter,a brief update of Guild activities sinceSeptember 2021.                  Current and upcoming events Election time:Our end-of-yearelection of coordinatorsopened 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 themhere. December Blitz:We have scheduled a week-long copy-editing blitz for 12 to 18 December.Sign upnow! 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 listedhere. 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 availablehere. 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 listedhere. Other news It is with great sadness that we report the death on 19 November ofTwofingered 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 issorely 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 theRequests page.The backlog stood at 946 articles tagged for copy-editing (see monthlyprogressgraph above). Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinatorsJonesey95,Dhtwiki,Tenryuu,andMiniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

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GOCE April 2022 newsletter

Guild of Copy EditorsApril 2022 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the April newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities sinceDecember 2021. Election results:Jonesey95retired 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 45requests.(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 coordinatorsReidgreg,Baffle gab1978,Dhtwiki,MiniapolisandTenryuu To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

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June GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy EditorsJune 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 ourApril Copy Editing Blitz,12 completed at least one copy-edit, and between them removed 21 articles from the copy-editing backlog. Barnstars awarded arehere. Drive:27 editors signed up for ourMay 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 arehere. Blitz:ourJune 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, andrequests from March, April and May 2022.Barnstars awarded will be postedhere. 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-yearlyElection of Coordinatorscontinues 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 coordinatorsReidgreg,Baffle gab1978,Dhtwiki,MiniapolisandTenryuu To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

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Guild of Copy Editors' October 2022 newsletter

Guild of Copy EditorsOctober 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 ourJuly Backlog Elimination Drive,18 copy-edited, between them, 116 articles. Barnstars awarded are notedhere. Blitz:Participants in ourAugust Copy Editing Blitzcopy-edited 51,074 words in 17 articles. Of the 15 editors who signed up, 11 claimed at least one copy-edit. Barnstars awarded are notedhere. Drive:Forty-one editors took part in ourSeptember Backlog Elimination Drive;between them they copy-edited 199 articles. Barnstars awards are notedhere. Blitz:OurOctober Copy Editing Blitzbegins on 16 October at 00:01 (UTC) and will end on 22 October at 23:59 (UTC). Barnstars awarded will be postedhere. Progress report:As of 19:57, 12 October 2022 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 303requests 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 ourmid-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 throughoutDecember.If you'd like to help out at the GOCE, please consider nominating yourself or other suitable editors (with their permission, of course!). It'syourGuild, 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 coordinatorsBaffle gab1978,Dhtwiki,Miniapolis,Reidgreg,TenryuuandZippybonzo. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

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Guild of Copy Editors December 2022 Newsletter

Guild of Copy EditorsDecember 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:OurOctober Copy Editing Blitzfocused 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 arehere. Drive:In theNovember 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 arehere. Blitz:Our seven-day-longDecember 2022 Copy Editing Blitzbegins 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 availablehere. 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'sElection of Coordinatorsfor 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'syourGuild 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,andZippybonzo. *All times and dates on this newsletter are UTC. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

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The GOCEDecember 2022 newsletter,as sent on 9 December, contains an erroneous start date for ourDecember 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 byBaffle gab1978viaMediaWiki message delivery(talk)21:30, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

WikiProject Scouting Newsletter: January 2023

WikiProject Scouting|January 2023 Notes for January: We are working to develop a featured portal,look here if you want to help. These three articles are our top candidates to work up intoGood Articles. Gilwell Park Girl Guides World Organization of the Scout Movement Other ways to participate: Join the conversations on our talkpage|Help us plan future events Become a member|Opt-out of notifications|watch

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Guild of Copy Editors 2022 Annual Report

Guild of Copy Editors2022 Annual Report Our2022 Annual Reportis 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,MiniapolisandZippybonzo To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

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Latest (and most likely final) issue of the WP:VG newsletter

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume 14, No. 1 — 1st Quarter, 2023
Previous issue|Index

Project At a Glance
As of Q42022,the project has:

• 259Featured Articles
• 95Featured Lists
• 10Featured Topics

• 35Featured Pictures
• 1,862Good Articles
• 31Good Topics

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Guild of Copy Editors March 2023 Newsletter

Guild of Copy EditorsMarch 2023 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the March 2023 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities sinceDecemberand ourAnnual 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-yearElection of Coordinatorsopen on 1 June (UTC). Drive:21 editors signed up for ourJanuary 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 arehere. Blitz:OurFebruary Copy Editing Blitzfocused 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 arehere. Drive:Sign up now for our month-longMarch Backlog Elimination Drive.Barnstars awarded will be postedhereafter 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 coordinatorsBaffle gab1978,Dhtwiki,MiniapolisandZippybonzo. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

WikiProject Scouting Newsletter: March 2023

WikiProject Scouting|March 2023 Notes for March: The article on theThe Scout Associationwas recently "delisted"from Good Article status. Help is requested. We are working to develop a featured portal,look here if you want to help. Looking for a new project? perhaps authoring an article onAids to Scoutmastership Other ways to participate: Join the conversations on our talkpage|Help us plan future events Become a member|Opt-out of notifications|watch

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Guild of Copy Editors June 2023 Newsletter

Guild of Copy EditorsJune 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-yearlyElection of Coordinatorsare open until 23:59 on 15 June (UTC)*. Starting immediately after, the voting phase will run until 23:59 on 30 June. All Wikipedians ingood standingare eligible and self-nominations are welcomed; it'syourGuild and it doesn't organize itself! Blitz:Of the 17 editors who signed up for ourApril Copy Editing Blitz,nine editors completed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 24 articles totaling 53,393 words. Barnstars awarded arehere. Drive:51 editors signed up for the month-longMay Backlog Elimination Drive,and 31 copy-edited at least one article. 180 articles were copy-edited. Barnstars awarded are postedhere. Blitz:Sign up herefor our week-long June Copy Editing Blitz, which runs from 11 to 17 June. Barnstars awarded will be postedhere. 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 coordinatorsBaffle gab1978,Dhtwiki,MiniapolisandZippybongo. *All times and dates in this newsletter are inUTC,and may significantly vary from your local time. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

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Good article reassessment forNathan Drake (Uncharted)

Nathan Drake (Uncharted)has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to thereassessment page.If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article.GreenishPickle!(🔔)10:29, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

WikiProject Scouting Newsletter: July 2023

WikiProject Scouting|July 2023 Notes for July On ourTo do list,we need to prioritize some tasks for articles outside of the US or the UK. The Scout Associationhas been nominated for a good article reassessment. 25th World Scout Jamboree,this may be a good time to improve this article. Anyone going? We want to develop a featured portal,look here if you want to help. Wood Badge,Brownsea Island Scout campandPhilmont Scout Ranchall need attention. Announcements for the benefit of all Please go and "watch"this page:Article alerts.You will quickly see if any issues arise. Here is a list of other pages to watch as well:Wikipedia:WikiProject Scouting/Watch Other ways to participate Join the conversations on our talkpage|Help us plan future events Become a member|Opt-out of notifications

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Septermber GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy EditorsSeptember 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 ofThe Signpost.Tributes can be left on David'stalk page. Election news:In ourmid-year Election of Coordinators,Dhtwikiwas chosen as lead coordinator,MiniapolisandZippybonzocontinue as assistant coordinators, andBaffle gab1978stepped 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'syourWikiProject and it doesn't organize itself! June Blitz:Of the 17 editors who signed up for ourJune Copy Editing Blitz,12 copy-edited at least one article. 70,035 words comprising 26 articles were copy-edited. Barnstars awarded arehere. July Drive:34 of the 51 editors who took part in ourJuly Backlog Elimination Drivecopy-edited at least one article. They edited 276 articles and 683,633 words between them. Barnstars awarded arehere. August Blitz:In ourAugust 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 availablehere. September Drive:Sign up herefor our month-longSeptember Backlog Elimination Drive,which is now underway. Barnstars awarded will be postedhere. Progress report:As of 14:29, 9 September 2023 (UTC), GOCE copy editors have processed 245requestssince 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,MiniapolisandZippybonzo. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

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Guild of Copy Editors December 2023 Newsletter

Guild of Copy EditorsDecember 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 theElection of Coordinatorsfor 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 theSeptember Backlog Elimination Drive,40 copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 661,214 words in 290 articles. Barnstars awarded are listedhere. Blitz:Of the 22 editors who signed up for theOctober Copy Editing Blitz,13 copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 109,327 words in 52 articles. Barnstars awarded are listedhere. Drive:During theNovember 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 listedhere. Blitz:OurDecember Copy Editing Blitzwill run from 10 to 16 December. Barnstars awarded will be postedhere. 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 coordinatorsDhtwiki,MiniapolisandZippybonzo. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

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Guild of Copy Editors 2023 Annual Report

Guild of Copy Editors2023 Annual Report Our2023 Annual Reportis 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,MiniapolisandWracking. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

Guild of Copy Editors April 2024 Newsletter

Guild of Copy EditorsApril 2024 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the April 2024 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities sinceDecember.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-yearElection of Coordinatorswill open on 1 June (UTC). Drive:46 editors signed up for ourJanuary 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 arehere. Blitz:23 editors signed up for ourFebruary Copy Editing Blitz.18 claimed at least one copy-edit and between them, they copy-edited 100,293 words in 32 articles. Barnstars awarded arehere. Drive:53 editors signed up for ourMarch 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 arehere. Blitz:Sign up for ourApril Copy Editing Blitz,which runs from 14 to 20 April. Barnstars will be awardedhere. 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 fromBaffle gab1978and your GOCE coordinatorsDhtwiki,MiniapolisandWracking. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

WikiProject Scouting Newsletter: May 2024

WikiProject Scouting|May 2024 Notes for May: Looking for something to work on? Try looking at,Category:Scouting articles needing attention. Some important articles that need help:The Scout Association,NAYLE,Philmont Training Center,BSA Leadership Training,COPE We are working to develop a featured portal,look here if you want to help. Looking for a new project? perhaps authoring an article onAids to Scoutmastership Other ways to participate: Join the conversations on our talkpage|Help us plan future events Become a member|Opt-out of notifications|watch

--evrik^(talk)May 22, 2024

Guild of Copy Editors June 2024 Newsletter

Guild of Copy EditorsJune 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 ourmid-year coordinator electionare 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 theApril 2024 Copy Editing Blitzcopy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 55,853 words comprising twenty articles. Barnstars awarded are availablehere. Drive:58 editors signed up for ourMay 2024 Backlog Elimination Driveand 33 of those completed at least one copy edit. 251 articles and 475,952 words were copy edited. Barnstars awarded arehere. Blitz:OurJune 2024 Copy Editing Blitzwill begin on 16 June and finish on 22 June. Barnstars awarded will be postedhere. 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 fromBaffle gab1978and your GOCE coordinatorsDhtwiki,MiniapolisandWracking. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

Guild of Copy Editors September Newsletter

Guild of Copy EditorsSeptember 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 themid-year Election of Coordinators,we welcomedMox Edento the coordinator team.Dhtwikiremains as Lead Coordinator, andMiniapolisandWrackingreturned as assistant coordinators. If you'd like to help out behind the scenes, please consider taking part in our December election – watchlist ouromboxfor updates. Information about the role of coordinators can be foundhere. Blitz:13 of the 24 editors who signed up for theJune 2024 Copy Editing Blitzcopy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 169,404 words comprising 41 articles. Barnstars awarded arehere. Drive:38 of the 59 editors who signed up for theJuly 2024 Backlog Elimination Drivecopy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 482,133 words comprising 293 articles. Barnstars awarded arehere. Blitz:10 of the 15 editors who signed up for theAugust 2024 Copy Editing Blitzcopy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 71,294 words comprising 31 articles. Barnstars awarded arehere. Drive:Sign up hereto 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 233requestssince 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 fromBaffle gab1978and your GOCE coordinatorsDhtwiki,Miniapolis,Mox EdenandWracking. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

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