... for catching my "seize-and-desist-letter", I'm glad such a thing doesn't exist :D --Theoprakt (talk)09:20, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
| Guild of Copy Editors June 2024 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the June 2024 newsletter, a quarterly-ish digest of Guild activities since April. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. Election news: Wanted: new Guild coordinators! If you value and enjoy the GOCE, why not help out behind the scenes? Nominations for ourmid-year coordinator election are now open until 23:59 on 15 June (UTC). Self-nominations are welcome. Voting commences at 00:01 on 16 June and continues until 23:50 on 30 June. Results will be announced at the election page. Blitz: Nine of the fourteen editors who signed up for theApril 2024 Copy Editing Blitz copy 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 Drive and 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 Blitz will 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 gab1978 and your GOCE coordinatorsDhtwiki,Miniapolis andWracking. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list. |
| Guild of Copy Editors September Newsletter Hello and welcome to the September newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since June. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. Election news: Project coordinators play an important role in our WikiProject. Following themid-year Election of Coordinators, we welcomedMox Eden to the coordinator team.Dhtwiki remains as Lead Coordinator, andMiniapolis andWracking returned as assistant coordinators. If you'd like to help out behind the scenes, please consider taking part in our December election – watchlist ourombox for updates. Information about the role of coordinators can be foundhere. Blitz: 13 of the 24 editors who signed up for theJune 2024 Copy Editing Blitz copy 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 Drive copy 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 Blitz copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 71,294 words comprising 31 articles. Barnstars awarded arehere. Drive:Sign up here to earn barnstars in our month-long, in-progress September Backlog Elimination Drive. Progress report: As of 05:14, 11 September 2024 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 233requests since 1 January, and the backlog of tagged articles stands at 2,824 articles. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we do without you! Cheers fromBaffle gab1978 and your GOCE coordinatorsDhtwiki,Miniapolis,Mox Eden andWracking. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list. |
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| Guild of Copy Editors December 2024 Newsletter Hello, and welcome to the December newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since September. If you no longer want this newsletter, you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. If you'd like to be notified of upcoming drives and blitzes, and other GOCE activities, the best method is to add ourannouncements box to your watchlist. Election news: The Guild's coordinators play an important role in the WikiProject, making sure Drive: In ourSeptember Backlog Elimination Drive, 67 editors signed up, 39 completed at least one copy edit, and between them they edited 682,696 words comprising 507 articles. Barnstars awarded arehere. Blitz: TheOctober Copy Editing Blitz saw 16 editors sign-up, 15 of whom completed at least one copy edit. They edited 76,776 words comprising 35 articles. Barnstars awarded arehere. Drive: In ourNovember Backlog Elimination Drive, 432,320 words in 151 articles were copy edited. Of the 54 users who signed up, 33 copy edited at least one article. Barnstars awarded are postedhere. Blitz: The December Blitz will begin at 00:00 on 15 December (UTC) and will end on 21 December at 23:59.Sign up here. Barnstars awarded will be postedhere. Progress report: As of 22:12, 7 December 2024 (UTC), GOCE copy editors have completed 333 requests since 1 January, and the backlog of tagged articles stands at 2,401 articles. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators,Dhtwiki,Miniapolis,Mox Eden andWracking. To stop receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list. |
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| Guild of Copy Editors April 2025 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the April 2025 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 2025 coordinator election, Wracking stepped down as coordinator; we thank them for their service. Incumbents Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, and Mox Eden were reelected coordinators, and IQR and WikiEditor5678910 were newly elected coordinator, to serve through 30 June. Nominations for our mid-yearElection of Coordinators will open on 1 June (UTC). Drive: 55 editors signed up for ourJanuary Backlog Elimination Drive 33 claimed at least one copy-edit and copy-edited 611,404 words in 237 articles. Barnstars awarded arehere. Blitz: 14 editors signed up for ourFebruary Copy Editing Blitz. 10 claimed at least one copy-edit and copy-edited 46,749 words in 18 articles. Barnstars awarded arehere. Drive: 47 editors signed up for ourMarch Backlog Elimination Drive. 28 claimed at least one copy-edit and copy-edited 479,172 words in 207 articles. Barnstars awarded arehere. Blitz: Sign up for ourApril Copy Editing Blitz, which runs from 13 to 19 April. Barnstars will be awardedhere. Progress report: As of 9:45, 12 April 2024 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 89 requests since 1 January 2024, and the backlog stands at 2,264 articles. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinatorsDhtwiki,IQR,Miniapolis,Mox Eden andWikiEditor5678910. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list. |
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| Guild of Copy Editors June 2025 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the June 2025 newsletter, a quarterly-ish digest of Guild activities since April. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. Hall of Fame: Congratulations toDhtwiki for their well-deserved addition to theHall of Fame last month, and thanks toGoldRomean for the nomination. Election news: Voting in themid-year coordinator election ends at 23:59 on 30 June. Results will be announced at the election page. April Blitz: 14 of the 25 editors who signed up for theApril 2025 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited 92,769 words in 30 articles. Barnstars awarded are availablehere. May Drive: 31 of the 54 editors who signed up for theMay 2025 Backlog Elimination Drive copy edited 384,392 words in 216 articles. Barnstars awarded arehere. June Blitz: 10 of the 12 editors who signed up for theJune 2025 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited 26,652 words in 13 articles. Barnstars awarded arehere. July Drive: OurJuly 2025 Backlog Elimination Drive will begin on 1 July and finish on 31 July. Barnstars awarded will be postedhere. Progress report: As of 02:30, 30 June 2025 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have completed 148 requests since 1 January, and the backlog stands at 2,270 articles. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list. |
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| Guild of Copy Editors – September 2025 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the September newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since June. Election news: Project coordinators play an important role in our WikiProject. Following themid-year Election of Coordinators, we welcomedGoldRomean to the coordinator team.Dhtwiki remains as lead coordinator, andMiniapolis andMox Eden return as coordinators. If you'd like to help out behind the scenes, please consider taking part in our December election – watchlist ourombox for updates. Information about the role of coordinators can be foundhere. June 2025 blitz: 10 of the 12 editors who signed up for theJune 2025 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited a total of 26,652 words comprising 13 articles. Barnstars awarded arehere. July 2025 drive: 30 of the 54 editors who signed up for theJuly 2025 Backlog Elimination Drive copy edited a total of 379,557 words comprising 151 articles. Barnstars awarded arehere. August 2025 Blitz: 11 of the 17 editors who signed up for theAugust 2025 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited a total of 65,601 words comprising 25 articles. Barnstars awarded arehere. September 2025 Drive:Sign up here to earn barnstars in our month-long, in-progress September Backlog Elimination Drive. Progress report: As of 06:43, 20 September 2025 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 222requests since 1 January, and the backlog of tagged articles stands at 2,010 articles. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we do without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list. |
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| Guild of Copy Editors December 2025 Newsletter Hello, and welcome to the December newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since September. If you'd like to be notified of upcoming drives and blitzes, and other GOCE activities, the best method is to add ourannouncements box to your watchlist. Election news: The Guild's coordinators play an important role in the WikiProject, making sure September Drive: 43 of the 63 editors who signed up for theSeptember Backlog Elimination Drive edited 693,541 words in 265 articles. Barnstars awarded arehere. October Blitz: 14 of the 15 editors who signed up for theOctober Copy Editing Blitz edited 75,108 words in 31 articles. Barnstars awarded arehere. November Drive: 38 of the 65 editors who signed up for theNovember Backlog Elimination Drive edited 590,816 words in 240 articles. Barnstars awarded are postedhere. December Blitz: The December Blitz will begin at 00:00 on 14 December (UTC) and will end on 20 December at 23:59.Sign up here. Barnstars awarded will be postedhere. Progress report: As of 01:49, 8 December 2025 (UTC), GOCE copy editors have completed 293 requests since 1 January, and the backlog of tagged articles stands at 1,730 articles. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators,Dhtwiki,GoldRomean,Miniapolis andMox Eden. To stop receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list. |
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January's meetup will be a celebration of the 25th birthday of Wikipedia at the Hairpin Arts Center in Logan Square, starting at 1 pm on Saturday January 17th.Here is the official meetup page, where you can add yourself as an attendee. This will include food and drink, fun activities, prizes, lightning talks, and more! We hope to see you there.
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