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Request for comment

Hi, I suggest that you file a WP:Peer review for your article. BejinhanTalk 13:58, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

Replied at PR. BejinhanTalk 07:46, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Request for Feedback

Hello, I've had a look at your article, and while it has a lot of the important multimedia items (pictures, infoboxes, links, etc), it's missing a great deal of information. My suggestion would be to create sections on the history of this newspaper (who started it, when, where, and how, with details), current works (what do they publish about? where? in what language?), major articles (have they had any very important articles printed? Special journalistic stories?) and maybe a section on the features (are there regular columns? special weekly features? frequent editorials by citizens?). My best advice would be to just work on expanding this article - detail and context for the average reader would improve it greatly! When you've added more to it, let me know and I'll be happy to give it a more thorough peer review. Kind regards, Jhfortier (Talk · contribs ) 04:01, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

Help for keeping my article K. A. Malle Pharmaceuticals Limited

Hello Raj,
I have posted an article of a company [[K. A. Pharmaceuticals Limited] it was there on wikipedia since a good amount of time. Since 8th or 9th July they have put my article under deletion. U know raj this company is the biggest manufacturer of a product [mebendazole] and holds more than 80% in the world market. It produces mebendazole and sell this product to Cipla, Cadila, medopharm, and many more companies. As these companies produce mebendazole tablets and sell it in the world. As this company dosent make retail products it is not famous in its field. But any person who has some knowledge about mebendazole has to know about this company. I have the custom details of the product if u tell me than i can email u. Please can u help me in this matter. my email id is rish_podar@yahoo.com. Please contact me if u feel im right. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rishabhpodar (talk • contribs) 13:28, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

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Hello! I commented on your post on my page about your article. Thanks, Pianotech 12:02, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

Additional reply on my talk page. Pianotech ^{Talk to me!}/_Contribs 11:48, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

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Hello, Raj6644! I have replied to your request for feedback! I have posted a reply to your request for feedback for Brahmadesam (Villupuram). You can read it here and reply, either with a question or to simply acknowledge it. Anyways, good luck and happy Wikipeding! ~ QwerpQwertus · Contact Me  · 18:22, 3 August 2010 (UTC) Note: If I forgot to remove the "New Unreviewed Article" notice or you asked me to publish it to main space and I forgot, feel free to tell me and I'd be happy to do it for you!

Leave me a message For help with the article If you have a question For some feedback

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		For your great work on Tamil Nadu related articles -Sodabottle (talk) 13:02, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

Thank you Thank you So much !!! I'm Working on Marakkanam Soda! I'm gonna give a big push on the article. Have a nice weekend! ----Raj 6644(தமிழன்) 13:22, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

Well done :) Chevymontecarlo 12:22, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

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Roads

I will look into it Raj, but before creating articles for all the TN state highways, you might want to check with WP:INR (someone like Logicwiki or Tinucherian) to check about the notability of State Highways. As far as i can see, the inherent notability of roads is not clear, so there might by some established practice which says "not all state highways are automatically notable" or something like that. There is some danger, once you create an article, someone might come along and quote existing consensus and delete the article. So to be sure, check with the Indian Roads project editors. They will know about this for sure.--Sodabottle (talk) 13:30, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for reporting mona1978 to ANI :-). I was thinking about it but let it go since SpacemanSpiff had already issued him a final warning. Hopefully he will not comeback to attack others. --Sodabottle (talk) 10:01, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

I was feeling like his (Mona) words are too abusive that again he should not step into any other user's talk page to bite them. ---Raj 6644(தமிழன்) 10:04, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

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I replied to your question. Hope it's useful! Chevymontecarlo 09:39, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

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Sorry, its my mistake.I created the article without properly searching for the article. Its was in red link so i thought the article is need to be created. ----Raj 6644(தமிழன்) 07:54, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

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I see you like my page design :) Hekerui (talk) 12:24, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

Of course i liked it. its simple,neat & perfect. that's Y i adopted yours. ----Raj 6644(தமிழன்) 12:28, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome! :) Hekerui (talk) 19:44, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

Goodbye

I am retiring from Wikipedia because I have a lot of things to deal with in real life. Once all of these issues have cleared up, probably by summer time of next year, I might return to Wikipedia. However, I might not return. Until the day I might return, goodbye, and good luck with getting that article to B class. :) The Raptor ^{You rang?}/_{My mistakes; I mean, er, contributions} 13:46, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

Request for map

Hi Raj, I will be happy to help with a map. You forgot to sign your comment on my page, but I got here from the View History tab. Please sign comments with the 4 tildes ~~~~, as it makes it much easier to find you. Bob1960evens (talk) 17:41, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

Have a look at Template:National Waterway 4 (India) map and see if that is roughly what you want. Leave a list of changes on my talk page, and I'll add them on before turning it into a template. Bob1960evens (talk) 19:07, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

Thank you
 Great!
Really a great job Bob. i can see your effort (Adding NH info's) in that. I think its ready to go live now. After sometime i will try to expand the template with deep technical info's. thank you once again bob. ----Raj 6644(தமிழன்) 04:44, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Mr.Bob! Request to add few more info's:

1.Pulicat lake (Pls see the Image: )

2. To the North of Chennai, a road bridge on Manali High Road across the canal at 13.175304°N 80.291077°E / 13.175304; 80.291077, a road bridge on State Highway 104 acrosse the canal at 13.154298°N 80.284577°E / 13.154298; 80.284577, a rail bridge near cochrane basin road at 13.106544°N 80.272325°E / 13.106544; 80.272325, a road bridge titled Basin Bridge at 13.103885°N 80.272864°E / 13.103885; 80.272864, National highway NH-4 crosses the canal with a road bridge at 13.081595°N 80.274921°E / 13.081595; 80.274921}}

3. Openings to sea (Bay of Bengal) - near Marina beach at 13.078489°N 80.272914°E / 13.078489; 80.272914, near Adayar at 13.017805°N 80.2496°E / 13.017805; 80.2496, near Muttukadu at 12.804233°N 80.242528°E / 12.804233; 80.242528, near kalpakkam at 12.511881°N 80.156118°E / 12.511881; 80.156118, near Palar river at 12.477991°N 80.149162°E / 12.477991; 80.149162, near Alambar fort at 12.441828°N 80.134234°E / 12.441828; 80.134234.

I think I have got most of these in the right place. Does the canal go through the middle of Pulicat lake, or is the lake to the west of the canal? Do you know the names of the rivers below Chennai which create openings to the sea? Google maps is not very good at putting names on rivers. Bob1960evens (talk) 16:49, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Good Job Bob. I have checked the canal near Pulicat lake & i'm confirming you that the canal has to pass through the pulicat lake. I will give you details regarding the rivers in another 2 hrs. ----Raj 6644(தமிழன்) 05:07, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Openings to sea (Bay of Bengal) -

1. Near Ennore Thermal Power Station at 13.225351°N 80.317569°E / 13.225351; 80.317569- Kortalaiyar River opens to Bay of Bengal(BoB).
2. Near Marina beach at 13.078489°N 80.272914°E / 13.078489; 80.272914 - Coovum River opens to BoB.
3. Near Adayar at 13.018488°N 80.249029°E / 13.018488; 80.249029 - Adayar River opens to BoB.
4. Near Muttukadu at 12.804233°N 80.242528°E / 12.804233; 80.242528 - Back waters from BoB flows into land.
5. Near kalpakkam at 12.511881°N 80.156118°E / 12.511881; 80.156118 - A tributary of palar river opens to BoB
6. Near Kalpakkam atomic Power station at 12.477991°N 80.149162°E / 12.477991; 80.149162 - Palar river opens to BoB.
7. Near Alambar fort at 12.441828°N 80.134234°E / 12.441828; 80.134234 - Back waters from BoB flows into land (Salt pans). ----Raj 6644(தமிழன்) 05:42, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Hi Raj. Thanks for the info. I have now created Template:National Waterway 4 (India) map, so you can add it to the article using {{National Waterway 4 (India) map}}. If you need any more help, leave me a note. I'm happy to help. Bob1960evens (talk) 19:47, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Thank you very much Bob. I'm very happy being a part of this small project. You are a great Wikipedian Bob. If i have admin power, i would have reawarded with a Barnstar / medal. ----Raj 6644(தமிழன்) 04:38, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Raj,Bob, great work. Few notes related to the data to openings to sea above. Between 4 and 5 East Coast Road crosses at Mahabalipuram. 5 is actually a backwater, not an opening and is located in Kalpakkam township. 6 is located on the ECR and not related / closer to Kalpakkam atomic power station. I would try to modify the same soon in the template, but am not sure if i could get faster internet connection than 5 KBps for about a month from now. Never knew the bridge on #5 i crossed for the last 20 years is actually part of a national waterway. \me Hungs my head on shame! Srikanth (Logic) 18:33, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

I have added the bridge. What exactly is a backwater? I have changed the colour to light blue (for not navigable) for the moment. Bob1960evens (talk) 19:50, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Its normally an arm of Main river / canal running into sea wherein the velocity of the water is less. Often sea water will also be flowing back into the river. Check out Back waters & this for exact meaning. ----Raj 6644(தமிழன்) 04:30, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

review

Raj,

You cannot ask other editors to review and give a "prominent rating". It is considered canvassing (another one of the hundreds of en wiki rules and regulations ;-)). It is natural for us involved editors to want a high rating for our article, but we shouldnt be seen asking for it :-). In the future use neutral language like "please review my article". --Sodabottle (talk) 06:35, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

I understand & i'm sorry about that. I thought like its our baby & we will help him grow. thank you for reminding me that we are in WP. once again i'm sorry for that. ----Raj 6644(தமிழன்) 06:58, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

second

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Thank you so much Karthick.Really that gives lot of motivation & encouragement. Thanks one more time guys. ----Raj 6644(தமிழன்) 04:59, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

Out of retirement

I thought I would let you know that I've decided to return to Wikipedia, only in a semi-retired state instead of completely retired. Life has somewhat settled down for me, and since I'm ditching pre-calculus I'll have a little more free time on my hands. The Raptor ^{You rang?}/_{My mistakes; I mean, er, contributions} 00:58, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Kudoos to Excellent work on National Waterways !!!

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		Awarding Indian Barnstar of National Merit for excellent work on improving National Waterways--naveenpf (talk) 03:16, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Thank you Naveen. Its a booster for me. I have to write on NW's -1, 2 & 3. I'll do it when i get time. Thank you once again naveen.----Raj 6644(தமிழன்) 04:29, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Raj, great work and well deserved. Left some comments above the template discussion related to same. Srikanth (Logic) 18:13, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry to say that i'm unable to find any comments on the NW-4 Template / Talk Page. Would you pls tell me exactly where u have left ur comments. Thank u. ----Raj 6644(தமிழன்) 04:57, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Hi Raj, I just left them above on your talk page itself at the end of this discussion Srikanth (Logic) 10:40, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Thank you Sri. Just looked into it. Will take up wit BoB. ---Raj 6644(தமிழன்) 12:13, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Dosa

noticed your edit. important information. didnt know each Dosai is about 250 calories. I eat about 6 to 8 Dosa for breakfast, which is more than half the required calories for a single day. that is a lot. --CarTick 12:28, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Hmm, Just dont worry go ahead. May be u have ate 6-8 Dosa of Idly Size. Black gram + Fermentation pushes the Calorific Value. How it's possbile 4 u 2 have Dosa in U.S ----Raj 6644(தமிழன்) 12:45, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

u r probably right. dosas we make are typically small (definitely not 100g). Some do grind the flour at home, but we buy pre-made flour from Indian grocery shops. they taste good these days, pretty close to home food. --CarTick 14:02, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

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Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 backlog elimination drive update GOCE March 2012 Backlog Elimination progress graphs Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 Backlog elimination drive! Here's the mid-drive newsletter. Participation: We have had 58 people sign up for this drive so far, which compares favorably with our last drive, and 27 have copy-edited at least one article. If you have signed up but have not yet copy-edited any articles, please consider doing so. Every bit helps! If you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Join us! Progress report: Our target of completing the 2010 articles has almost been reached, with only 56 remaining of the 194 we had at the start of the drive. The last ones are always the most difficult, so thank you if you are able to help copy-edit any of the remaining articles. We have reduced the total backlog by 163 articles so far. Special thanks: Special thanks to Stfg, who has been going through the backlog and doing some preliminary vetting of the articles—removing copyright violations, doing initial clean-up, and nominating some for deletion. This work has helped make the drive a more pleasant experience for all our volunteers. Your drive coordinators – Dianna (talk), Stfg (talk), and Dank (talk) To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

GOCE March drive wrap-up

Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 backlog elimination drive GOCE March 2012 Backlog Elimination progress graph Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 Backlog elimination drive! This is the most successful drive we have had for quite a while. Here is your end-of-drive wrap-up newsletter. Participation Of the 70 people who signed up for this drive, 40 copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Special acknowledgement goes out to Lfstevens, who did over 200 articles, most of them in the last third of the drive, and topped all three leaderboard categories. You're a superstar! Stfg and others have been pre-checking the articles for quality and conformance to Wikipedia guidelines; some have been nominated for deletion or had some preliminary clean-up done to help make the copy-edit process more fun and appealing. Thanks to all who helped get those nasty last few articles out of the target months. Progress report During this drive we were successful in eliminating our target months—October, November, and December 2010—from the queue, and have now eliminated all the 2010 articles from our list. We were able to complete 500 articles this month! End-of-drive results and barnstar information can be found here. When working on the backlog, please keep in mind that there are options other than copy-editing available; some articles may be candidates for deletion, or may not be suitable for copy-editing at this time for other reasons. The {{GOCEreviewed}} tag can be placed on any article you find to be totally uneditable, and you can nominate for deletion any that you discover to be copyright violations or completely unintelligible. If you need help deciding what to do, please contact any of the coordinators. Thank you for participating in the March 2012 drive! All contributions are appreciated. Our next copy-edit drive will be in May. Your drive coordinators – Dianna (Talk), Stfg (Talk), and Dank (talk) To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. EdwardsBot (talk) 22:17, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

GOCE May copy edit drive

Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in their May 2012 Backlog elimination drive, a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on May 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on May 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goal for the drive will be to eliminate January, February, and March 2011 from the queue. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits more than 4,000 words, and special awards will be given to the top 5 in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", and "Number of articles of over 5,000 words". We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Dank, Diannaa, and Stfg. >>> Sign up now <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. EdwardsBot (talk) 18:48, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

GOCE May mid-drive newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors May 2012 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter Participation: Out of 49 people signed up for this drive so far, 26 have copy-edited at least one article. It's a smaller group than last drive, but we're making good progress. If you've signed up but haven't yet copy-edited any articles, please consider doing so. Every bit helps! If you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Template:J Progress report: We're on track to meet our targets for the drive, largely due to the efforts of Lfstevens and the others on the leaderboard. Thanks to all. We have reduced our target group of articles—January, February, and March 2011—by over half, and it looks like we will achieve that goal. Good progress is being made on the overall backlog as well, with over 500 articles copy-edited during the drive so far. The total backlog currently sits at around 3200 articles. Hall of Fame: GOCE coordinator Diannaa was awarded a spot in the GOCE Hall of Fame this month! She has copy-edited over 1567 articles during these drives, and surpassed the 1,000,000-word mark on May 5. On to the second million! – Your drive coordinators: Dank, Diannaa and Stfg >>> Sign up now <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 14:44, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

GOCE May drive wrap-up

Guild of Copy Editors May 2012 backlog elimination drive wrap-up Participation: Out of 54 people who signed up this drive, 32 copy-edited at least one article. Last drive's superstar, Lfstevens, again stood out, topping the leader board in all three categories and copy-editing over 700 articles. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: We were once again successful in our primary goal—removing the oldest three months from the backlog—while removing 1166 articles from the queue, the second-most in our history. The total backlog currently sits at around 2600 articles, down from 8323 when we started out just over two years ago. Coodinator election: The six-month term for our third tranche of Guild coordinators will be expiring at the end of June. We will be accepting nominations for the fourth tranche of coordinators, who will also serve a six-month term. Nominations will open starting on June 5. For complete information, please have a look at the election page. – Your drive coordinators: Dank, Diannaa, and Stfg To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 15:54, 3 June 2012 (UTC)

GOCE July 2012 Copy Edit Drive

Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in their July 2012 Backlog elimination drive, a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on July 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on July 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to eliminate the articles tagged in April, May and June 2011 from the queue and to complete all requests placed before the end of June. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits more than 4,000 words, and special awards will be given to the top 6 in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", "Number of articles of over 5,000 words", "Number of articles tagged in April–June 2011", and "Longest article". We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Dank, Diannaa and Stfg. >>> Sign up now <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 19:11, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

Invitation to WikiProject Electrical engineering

Hi fellow editor, You are invited to join the WikiProject Electrical engineering, a collaborative effort focused on improving Wikipedia's coverage of electrical engineering. If you'd like to join, add also your name to the member list. Thanks for reading! SchreyP (messages) 19:22, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

GOCE July 2012 mid-drive newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors July 2012 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter Participation: Out of 37 people signed up for this drive so far, 25 have copy-edited at least one article. It's a smaller group than last drive, but we're making good progress. If you've signed up but haven't yet copy-edited any articles, every bit helps; if you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Template:J Progress report: We're almost on track to meet our targets for the drive. Great work, guys. We have reduced our target group of articles—May, June, and July 2011—by about 40%, and the overall backlog has been reduced by 264 articles so far, to around 2500 articles. Copy Edit of the Month: Starting in August, your best copy-editing work of the month will be eligible for fabulous prizes! See here for details. – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest. >>> Sign up now <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 16:52, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

GOCE July drive wrap-up

Guild of Copy Editors July 2012 backlog elimination drive wrap-up Participation: Out of 45 people who signed up this drive, 31 have copy-edited at least one article. Lfstevens continues to carry most of the weight, having edited 360 articles and over a quarter of a million words already. Thanks to all who have participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, will be available early in August here. Progress report: We are once again very close to achieving in our primary goal—removing the oldest three months from the backlog. Only 35 such articles remain at press time. The total backlog currently sits at under 2400 articles, down from 8323 when we started out over two years ago. We are just two articles away from completing all requests made before July 2012 (both are in progress). Copy Edit of the Month: Starting in August, you'll be able to submit your best copy-editing work for palaver, praise, and prizes. See here for details. – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 00:15, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

GOCE news and September drive invitation

Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in its events: The August 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is currently in the submissions stage. Submit your best August copy edit there before the end of the month. Submissions end, and discussion and voting begin, on September 1 at 00:00 (UTC). September 2012 Backlog elimination drive is a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on September 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on September 30 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to copy edit the articles tagged longest ago and to complete all requests placed before the end of August. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits at least one article, and special awards will be given to the top six in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", "Number of articles of over 5,000 words", "Number of articles tagged longest ago", and "Longest article". This drive features a much easier signup process. We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest. >>> Sign up now <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 19:05, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

GOCE September activities

Reminders from the Guild of Copy Editors A quick reminder of our current events: The August 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is in the discussion and voting stage until midnight September 14 (UTC). The September 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is in the submissions stage until midnight September 30 (UTC), when discussion and voting begin. The September 2012 Backlog elimination drive is now underway! The event runs until midnight September 30 (UTC). The goal is to copy edit articles with the oldest tags and complete all requests placed before September. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who participates, with special awards given to the top five in the following categories: "Total articles", "Total words", "Total articles over 5,000 words", "Total articles tagged longest ago", and "Longest article". – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Message delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 04:29, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

GOCE mid-drive newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors September 2012 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter Participation: Out of 37 people signed up for this drive so far, 19 have copy-edited at least one article, about the same as the last drive. If you've signed up but haven't yet copy-edited any articles, every bit helps; if you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Template:J Progress report: We're almost on track to meet our targets for the drive. Great work, guys. We have reduced our target group of articles—August, September, and October 2011—by about 44%, and the overall backlog has been reduced by 58 articles so far, to around 2600 articles. The biggest difference between this drive and the previous one is a stronger focus on large articles, so total word counts are still comparable. Don't forget about the Copy Edit of the Month contests! Voting for the August contest has been extended through the end of the month. You don't have to make a submission to vote! August 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is in the discussion and voting stage until midnight September 30 (UTC). September 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is in the submissions stage until midnight September 30 (UTC), when discussion and voting begin. >>> Sign up now <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 22:17, 15 September 2012 (UTC)

GOCE September 2012 drive wrap-up

Guild of Copy Editors September 2012 backlog elimination drive wrap-up Participation: Out of 41 people who signed up this drive, 28 copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: We achieved our primary goal of clearing July, August, September and October 2011 from the backlog. This means that, for the first time since the drives began, the backlog is less than a year. At least 677 tagged articles were copy edited, although 365 new ones were added during the month. The total backlog at the end of the month was 2341 articles, down from 8323 when we started out over two years ago. We completed all 54 requests outstanding before September 2012 as well as eight of those made in September. Copy Edit of the Month: Voting is now over for the August 2012 competition, and prizes will be issued soon. The September 2012 contest is closed for submissions and open for voting. The October 2012 contest is now open for submissions. Everyone is welcome to submit entries and to vote. – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 23:50, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

GOCE fall newsletter

Fall Events from the Guild of Copy Editors The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in its events: The October 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is currently in the submissions stage. Submit your best October copy edit there before the end of the month. Submissions end, and discussion and voting begin, on November 1 at 00:00 (UTC). Voting is in progress for the September 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest. Everyone is welcome to vote, whether they have entered the contest or not. NEW!! In the week from Sunday 21 October to Saturday 27 October, we are holding a Project Blitz, in which we will copy edit articles tagged with {{copyedit}} belonging to selected project(s). For the first blitz, we'll start with WikiProject Olympics and WikiProject Albums and add more Projects to the blitz as we clear them. The blitz works much like our bimonthly drives, but a bit simpler. Everyone is welcome to take part, and barnstars will be awarded. November 2012 Backlog elimination drive is a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on November 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on November 30 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to copy edit all articles tagged in 2011 and to complete all requests placed before the end of October. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits 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 of over 5,000 words", "Number of articles tagged in 2011", and "Longest article". We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest. >>> Blitz sign-up <<<         >>> Drive sign-up <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Message delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 19:27, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

GOCE November 2012 copy edit drive update

Guild of Copy Editors November 2012 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter Participation: Out of 31 people signed up for this drive so far, 22 have copy-edited at least one article. If you've signed up but haven't yet copy-edited any articles, every bit helps; if you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Template:J Progress report: We're on track to meet our targets for the drive. We have reduced our target group of articles—November and December 2011—by over 50%, and 34 of the the 56 requests made in September and October this year have already been fulfilled. However, the rate of tagging for copy edit has increased, and this month we are just keeping the size of the backlog stable. So, all you copy editors, please do come along and help us! The September 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest was won by Baffle gab1978 for his copy edit of Expulsion of the Acadians. Runner up was Gareth Griffith-Jones for his edit of I Could Fall in Love. Congratulations to both. The October 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is in the discussion and voting stage until midnight November 30 (UTC). You don't have to make a submission to vote! November 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is in the submissions stage until midnight November 30 (UTC), when discussion and voting begin. Seasonal oversight: We had a slight fall from grace in the title of our last newletter, which mentioned the season in the northern hemisphere and thus got it wrong for the southern. Fortunately an observant GOCE member was ready to spring into action to advise us. Thanks! In future we'll stay meteorologically neutral. >>> Sign up now <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 20:02, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

GOCE November drive wrap-up

Guild of Copy Editors November 2012 backlog elimination drive wrap-up Participation: Thanks to all who participated! Out of 38 people who signed up this drive, 33 copy-edited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. All the barnstars have now been distributed. Progress report: We achieved our primary goal of clearing November and December 2011 from the backlog. For the first time since the drives began, the backlog consists only of articles tagged in the current year. The total backlog at the end of the month was 2690 articles, down from 8323 when we started out over two years ago. We completed all 56 requests outstanding before November 2012 as well as eight of those made in November. Copy Edit of the Month: Voting is now over for the October 2012 competition, and prizes have been issued. The November 2012 contest is closed for submissions and open for voting. The December 2012 contest is now open for submissions. Everyone is welcome to submit entries and to vote. Coodinator election: The six-month term for our fourth tranche of Guild coordinators will expire at the end of December. Nominations are open for the fifth tranche of coordinators, who will serve from 1 January to 30 June 2013. For complete information, please have a look at the election page. – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 20:55, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

GOCE mid-December newsletter

End of Year Events from the Guild of Copy Editors The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in its events: The December 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is currently in the submissions stage. Submit your best December copy edit there before the end of the month. Submissions end, and discussion and voting begin, on January 1 at 00:00 (UTC). Voting is in progress for the November 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest. Everyone is welcome to vote, whether they have entered the contest or not. From Sunday 16 December to Saturday 22 December, we are holding a Project Blitz, in which we will copy edit articles tagged with {{copyedit}} from January 2012. The blitz works much like our bimonthly drives, but a bit simpler. Everyone is welcome to take part, and barnstars will be awarded. January 2013 Backlog elimination drive is a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on January 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on January 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to copy edit all articles tagged in January, February, and March 2012 and complete all requests placed before the end of 2012. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits 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 of over 5,000 words", "Number of articles tagged in January, February, and March 2012", and "Longest article". We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest. Coodinator election: Nominations are open for candidates to serve as GOCE coordinators from 1 January to 30 June 2013. Nominations close on December 15 at 23:59 UTC, after which voting will run until the end of December. For complete information, please have a look at the election page. >>> Blitz sign-up <<<         >>> Drive sign-up <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Message delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 00:18, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

GOCE 2012 Annual Report

Guild of Copy Editors 2012 Annual Report The GOCE has wrapped up another successful year of operations! Our 2012 Annual Report is now ready for review. – Your project coordinators: Torchiest, BDD, and Miniapolis Sign up for the January drive! To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 00:38, 1 January 2013 (UTC)