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Welcome to the GOCE!

Hello Pupsterlove02 and welcome to the Guild of Copy Editors (GOCE)! We are glad that you have decided to help us in our mission to improve the quality of writing on the English Wikipedia! Here are some links that you might find helpful to get started on your copy-editing journey!

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May 2020

Information icon Hello. This is a message to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions, such as the edit you made to Gerald Ford assassination attempt in San Francisco, did not appear constructive and has been reverted. Please take some time to familiarise yourself with our policies and guidelines. You can find information about these at our welcome page which also provides further information about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. If you only meant to make test edits, please use the sandbox for that. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you may leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. Mr.Sarcastic (talk) 14:34, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

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Dear Mr.Sarcastic,
Please may I suggest, in the nicest possible way, that you reconsider your intervention above, in this specific case? It would seem you are unaware that Pupsterlove02 is a new editor since 30 April 2020 who has already earned all the new joiner badges. She has recently joined the Guild of Copy Editors and correctly declared an interest in copy-editing the article on Gerald Ford assassination attempt in San Francisco. That article displayed the {{Copy edit}} template, and the editor quite correctly applied the {{GOCE in use}} template, only to find it reverted by you within a minute of doing so. It seems to me that this was an oversight on your part, and that you appear to have misinterpreted her action as vandalism. Please may I therefore invite you to amend the situation, perhaps by encouraging Pupsterlove02 to proceed with her original intent to contribute to this article? Thank you for helping her in this way.
Thank you also for reading my post in the positive spirit in which it was written, and I am hopeful you will agree to help maintain harmony within our community of new editors, per WP:DBN. Thank you for your time and consideration.
With kind regards;
Patrick. ツ Pdebee.(talk)(become old-fashioned!) 16:17, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for helping me out here, Pdebee!
After receiving Mr.Sarcastic's message on this page, I looked over Gerald Ford assassination attempt in San Francisco and its history again. It appears that several copy editors have already gone through the article, leaving maybe only a few minor points to fix. While I am still interested in copy editing the article, I moved on to Demitoilet, and it may take me a bit to finish that article and return to other projects. However, if the article on Ford's assassination attempt still needs editing once I've finished my current project, I will be happy to return! Pupsterlove02 (talk) 16:32, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
You're most welcome, Pupsterlove02. Thank you for your post, and for your willingness to return to that article whenever you feel like it. I commend you on your enthusiasm and wish you an enjoyable time here at the Wiki.
With kind regards; Patrick. ツ Pdebee.(talk)(become old-fashioned!) 16:42, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

Copy edit review of Nay Toe

Hi Pupsterlove02! Thank you for your participation in the May copy edit drive. I have completed a review of your first article, Nay Toe. It looks like you made a number of good edits that improved the quality of the article. I made some additional edits for grammar (e.g., italicizing movie titles) and word choice (e.g., changing "unidentifiable source" to "anonymous source"), as well as a few changes for neutrality. Please look over my edits and let me know if you have any questions. Thanks again for your work! Regards, Tdslk (talk) 23:15, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for reviewing my edits and catching what I missed, Tdslk! Looks great! – Pupsterlove02 (talk) 12:50, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: The Lot (album) has been accepted

The Lot (album), which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on its talk page. Most new articles start out as Stub-Class or Start-Class and then attain higher grades as they develop over time. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

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Thanks again, and happy editing!

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A Barnstar for you!

The Excellent New Editor's Barnstar
A new editor on the right path
Dear Pupsterlove02,
Wow! You’re making a great start here, with the successful publication of your first article on The Lot!
Very well done, and please keep up the good work.
With kind regards;
Patrick. ツ Pdebee.(talk)(become old-fashioned!) 20:04, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

Help with moving an article

The article currently titled La Carillon de Vendôme was created under the title Le Carillon de Vendôme (now a redirect) and moved to its current title two years later. The reason given was incorrect gender, but le is correct because carillon is a masculine noun, and the French article also uses le. However, due to the redirect, I can't seem to find a way to move it back to its original title, and I can't tell if requesting a technical move is the solution. Can someone help me out here? Pupsterlove02 talkcontribs 18:16, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Hi Pupsterlove02, I've made a CSD request on Le Carillon de Vendôme to allow La Carillon de Vendôme to be moved - RichT|C|E-Mail 18:45, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
The page has been moved - RichT|C|E-Mail 20:26, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

The Lot disambiguation

I recently created an article on The Lot (album), and am now wondering if disambiguation for the term "the lot" needs to be fixed. As of now, "The lot" is a redirect to Samuel Goldwyn Studio (as it now goes by that name) and "The Lot" is a minor television show, the article for which also has a hatnote leading to On the Lot. I looked into WP:DAB, especially WP:NOPRIMARY, but I'm still not sure what the best course of action is. Should I add links for The Lot (album) on one or more of these pages, and if so, which? Or would it be better to create a new disambig page for the term "the lot"? Pupsterlove02 talkcontribs 13:43, 23 May 2020 (UTC)

Yes, I suggest the following:
  1. Create The Lot (disambiguation), with links to The Lot, On the Lot, The Lot (album), Samuel Goldwyn Studio, and Lot.
  2. Change The lot to redirect to The Lot (disambiguation)
  3. Change the hatnote on The Lot to go to The Lot (disambiguation)
  4. Add a link from Lot to The Lot (disambiguation).
Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 15:32, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for the suggestions, GoingBatty! I'll start working on that now. Pupsterlove02 talkcontribs 15:38, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
The Lot Radio could be another article to add to The Lot (disambiguation). GoingBatty (talk) 15:53, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
Thank you, will add that as well. Pupsterlove02 talkcontribs 15:56, 23 May 2020 (UTC)

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May 2020 GOCE drive bling

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This barnstar is awarded to Pupsterlove02 for copy edits totaling over 8,000 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE May 2020 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Tdslk (talk) 05:44, 5 June 2020 (UTC)

GOCE June newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2020 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the June newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since March 2020. You can unsubscribe from our mailings at any time; see below. All times and dates stated are in UTC.

Current events

Election time: Nomination of candidates in our mid-year Election of Coordinators opened on 1 June, and voting will take place from 00:01 on 16 June. GOCE coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought about helping out at the Guild, or you know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here.

June Blitz: This blitz begins at 00:01 on 14 June and ends at 23:59 on 20 June, with themes of articles tagged for copyedit in May 2020 and requests.

Drive and blitz reports

March Drive: Self-isolation from coronavirus may have played a hand in making this one of our most successful backlog elimination drives. The copy-editing backlog was reduced from 477 to a record low of 118 articles, a 75% reduction. The last four months of 2019 were cleared, reducing the backlog to three months. Fifty requests were also completed, and the total word count of copy-edited articles was 759,945. Of the 29 editors who signed up, 22 completed at least one copy edit. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

April Blitz: This blitz ran from 12 to 18 April with a theme of Indian military history. Of the 18 people who signed up, 14 copyedited at least one article. Participants claimed a total of 60 copyedits. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

May Drive: This event marked the 10th anniversary of the GOCE's copy-editing drives, and set a goal of diminishing the backlog to just one month of articles, as close to zero articles as possible. We achieved the goal of eliminating all articles that had been tagged prior to the start of the drive, for the first time in our history! Of the 51 editors who signed up, 43 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

Other news

Progress report: as of 2 June, GOCE participants had processed 328 requests since 1 January, which puts us on pace to exceed any previous year's number of requests. As of the end of the May drive, the backlog stood at just 156 articles, all tagged in May 2020.

Outreach: To mark the 10th anniversary of our first Backlog Elimination Drive, The Signpost contributor and GOCE participant Puddleglum2.0 interviewed project coordinators and copy-editors for the journal's April WikiProject Report. The Drive and the current Election of Coordinators have also been covered in The Signpost's May News and Notes page.

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Help with copyvio

So I've come across my first copyvio, and it's fairly obvious, but as this isn't my chief area of contribution here on the Wiki, I'm not sure what needs to be done. The article in question is fire museum, specifically the section on Portugal. Not only are the references given not formatted properly, they are primary sources and the first reference is copied pretty closely. The section needs a lot of work and I figure it's best to try to bring this to the attention of someone who has more expertise in this area. Thanks, Pupsterlove02 talkcontribs 16:25, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

I've removed the offending content - RichT|C|E-Mail 16:38, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

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@Ed6767: Thanks for the recommendation! I actually considered using it a few days ago (you might be able to find evidence of that in my contributions), but realized that one of the features that made it so helpful, the new right-click menu, prevented me from opening pages in a new tab. I also am still working on gaining counter-vandalism experience, and recently signed up for the CVUA. Once I finish that course, I will probably come back to RedWarn and try it out again! Pupsterlove02 talkcontribs 19:49, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
Pupsterlove02, that's great! Sorry I didn't notice - most people don't realise that all links in the right-click menu to open in a new tab and that you can also disable it in your preferences under the behaviour tab. Keep in touch on how it works for you when you try it again! Ed6767 talk! 19:52, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

DYK nomination of The Lot (album)

Hello! Your submission of The Lot (album) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Rcsprinter123 (relate) 16:33, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

Wondering how credible a source is

Hello, I am currently working on finding more sources for The Lot (album). One source I've come across a few times, The Queen Chronology (2nd Edition), is located here. The first edition ([1]) of this book has been deemed reliable and is even cited on the artist's page (see Roger Taylor (Queen drummer) reference 14). However, the second edition was self-published at Lulu.com. The second edition is substantially different, mostly in that six years passed between the two editions and a lot of content was released in that time. I realize that Wikipedia generally does not accept self-published sources, but I'd also like to use this as a source if I can, as I can't seem to easily find some of the other information in it online. If someone else could give an opinion on this source, that'd be great! Thanks, Pupsterlove02 talkcontribs 22:40, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

Sorry, but you can't ask questions like this using the {{help me}} template. Please use the reliable sources noticeboard and, remember please, that no source is considered 'reliable' without considering the context of which facts it is being used to support.
See: WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard for more information. — jmcgnh(talk) (contribs) 23:19, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
Ok, sorry about that, didn't realize that was where I should've gone. Will keep in mind for the future. Pupsterlove02 talkcontribs 23:24, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

June 2020 GOCE blitz bling

The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
This barnstar is awarded to Pupsterlove02 for copy edits totaling over 4,000 words (including rollover words) during the GOCE June 2020 Copy Editing Blitz. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg (talk) 16:52, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for participating in the blitz! Please consider voting in the GOCE coordinator elections which are open through 30 June. – Reidgreg (talk) 16:52, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

DYK for The Lot (album)

On 2 July 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Lot (album), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that fans were asked to return their copies of The Lot, a 2013 compilation album by Queen drummer Roger Taylor, due to audio and typographical errors? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Lot (album). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, The Lot (album)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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DYK nomination of The Lot (album)

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July 2020 GOCE drive bling

The Modest Barnstar
This barnstar is awarded to Pupsterlove02 for copy edits totaling over 4,000 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE July 2020 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Tdslk (talk) 18:14, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

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Guild of Copy Editors September 2020 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors September 2020 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the September GOCE newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since June 2020.

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Drive and Blitz reports

June Blitz: An uncorrected typo (even copy editors make copy editing mistakes!) led to an eight-day "leap blitz" from 14 to 21 June, focusing on requests and articles tagged in May. 19 participating editors claimed 54 copy edits. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

July Drive: Over 750,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event, keeping pace with the previous three self-isolated drives. Of the 38 people who signed up, 30 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here.

August Blitz: From 16 to 22 August, we copy edited articles tagged in June and July 2020 and requests. 12 participating editors completed 37 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

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June election: Jonesey95 was chosen to continue as lead coordinator, assisted by Baffle gab1978, Tdslk, Twofingered Typist, and first-time coordinator Puddleglum2.0. Reidgreg took a break after serving for a couple years. Thanks to everyone who participated!

Progress report: As of 01:33, 18 September 2020 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors had processed 532 requests since 1 January and there were 38 requests awaiting completion on the Requests page. The backlog of articles tagged for copy-editing stood at 433 (see monthly progress graph above).

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December 2020 Guild of Copy Editors Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2020 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the December GOCE newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since September 2020.

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Election time: our end-of-year Election of Coordinators opened for nominations on 1 December and will close on 15 December at 23:59 (UTC). Voting opens at 00:01 the following day and will continue until 31 December at 23:59, just before Auld Lang Syne. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here.

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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.

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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).

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"Blanking w/o source"

Hi Pupsterlove02, a source is usually not required for removing content – on the contrary, WP:BURDEN and WP:ONUS explicitly state the opposite. That said, thank you for restoring the content; the user had been doing this disruptively to illustrate a point. Best regards, ~ ToBeFree (talk) 18:35, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

@ToBeFree: That was a mistake on my part—I had meant to write edit summary instead of source—but thanks for reminding me. Pupsterlove02 talkcontribs 18:39, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
Oh, sorry, please disregard the first part of my message then. Thanks again ~ ToBeFree (talk) 18:40, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

hello, I added the changes to the map projections, I was getting rid of the link part that was not to real links because the had been removed, so that the red no link thing would go away — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.76.98.101 (talk) 15:59, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

IP, Red links are allowed and don't need to be removed—they can be good at encouraging editors to create new articles. In this case, I would argue that those articles could be created in the future, so the red links should stay until someone can come along and make them blue. More detail can be found in the wikilink. Pupsterlove02 talkcontribs 16:06, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

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January 2021 GOCE Drive bling

The Minor Barnstar
This barnstar is awarded to Pupsterlove02 for copy edits totaling between 1 and 3,999 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE January 2021 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg (talk) 18:55, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
The Cleanup Barnstar
This barnstar is awarded to Pupsterlove02 for copy edits totaling over 6,000 words (including rollover words) during the GOCE February 2021 Copy Editing Blitz. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! – Jonesey95 (talk) 15:49, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

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March drive bling

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You may remember that an IP user was edit warring on Anti-Russian sentiment recently. They restored their edit again after edit warring again and refused to use the talk page, but they decided to make some changes. They use the same sources as before and a couple new ones. One opinion piece by Julia Ioffe, an Estonian news article about what a former president says, a RFE/RL blog (under The Power Vertical) ("The Power Vertical is a blog written especially for Russia wonks and obsessive Kremlin watchers by Brian Whitmore."), and an undergraduate paper. Despite this, I can't find any way in which the sources support what the IP user wrote, pretty much giving a justification of this type of hatred, nothing in these sources say anything about "Russophobia" being "a cogent, realistic appraisal and reaction to the misdeeds of the Russian people across history". Their second sentence is just unsourced. Originally the IP user included some tweets by Toomas Hendrik Ilves as his sources and claimed it was a legitimate source. What do you think about this? It seems like completely OR (from the tweets). I am wondering whether this IP user should just be reported to the admins because I know they are continuously going to edit war (at least with me) and refuse to use the talk page, they have a battleground mentality and now they have resorted to personal attacks in their edit summary with me, because apparently they know that they are right. More annoying their IP address constantly changes. Thanks. Mellk (talk) 15:33, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

@Mellk: I've been kinda half-paying attention to this edit war and haven't stepped in only because this isn't a topic area I'm all that familiar with, but now that I've had some time to look through the new sources the IP has provided, I agree with you that the IP's edits fall under WP:SYNTH, and they're not exactly WP:NPOV either. I've restored your version without the IP's addition for now, but this is a little harder to report to WP:ANEW because of the dynamic IP; I'd consider reporting to WP:ANI if you catch them edit warring, particularly if they continue with the WP:PAs. Pupsterlove02 talkcontribs 21:22, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for the advice, I appreciate your help. Mellk (talk) 00:52, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
@Mellk: I ended up bringing them to WP:ANEW anyways here. Pupsterlove02 talkcontribs 22:04, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for the update. All the best. Mellk (talk) 04:17, 22 April 2021 (UTC)

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Election time: Voting in our mid-year Election of Coordinators opened on 16 June and will conclude at the end of the month. GOCE coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Have your say and show support here.

June Blitz: Our June copy-editing blitz is underway and will conclude on 26 June.

Drive and blitz reports

January Drive: 28 editors completed 324 copy edits totalling 714,902 words. At the end of the drive, the backlog had reached a record low of 52 articles. (full results)

February Blitz: 15 editors completed 48 copy edits totalling 142,788 words. (full results)

March Drive: 29 editors completed 215 copy edits totalling 407,736 words. (full results)

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May Drive: 29 editors completed 356 copy edits totalling 479,013 words. (full results)

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Progress report: as of 26 June, GOCE participants had completed 343 Requests since 1 January. The backlog has fluctuated but remained in control, with a low of 52 tagged articles at the end of January and a high of 620 articles in mid-June.

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Guild of Copy Editors September 2021 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the September GOCE newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since June 2021.

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September Drive: Our current backlog-elimination drive is open until 23:59 on 30 September (UTC) and is open to all copy editors. Sign up today!

Drive and Blitz reports

June Blitz: From 20 to 26 June, 6 participating editors claimed 16 copy edits, focusing on requests and articles tagged in March and April. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

July Drive: Almost 575,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event. Of the 24 people who signed up, 18 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here.

August Blitz: From 15 to 21 August, we copy edited articles tagged in April and May 2021 and requests. 9 participating editors completed 17 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

Other news

June election: Jonesey95 was chosen to continue as lead coordinator, assisted by Dhtwiki, Tenryuu, and Miniapolis.

New maintenance template added to our project scope: After a short discussion in June, we added {{cleanup tense}} to the list of maintenance templates that adds articles to the Guild's copy editing backlog categories. This change added 198 articles, spread over 97 months of backlog, to our queue. We processed all of those articles except for those from the three or four most recent months during the July backlog elimination drive (Here's a link to a "tense" discussion during the drive).

Progress report: As of 18:26, 24 September 2021 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 468 requests since 1 January and there were 60 requests awaiting completion on the Requests page. The backlog of articles tagged for copy-editing stood at 433 (see monthly progress graph above).

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December 2021 GOCE Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2021 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the December GOCE newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since September 2021.

                 Current and upcoming events

Election time: Our end-of-year election of coordinators opened for nominations on 1 December and will close on 15 December at 23:59 (UTC). Voting opens at 00:01 the following day and will continue until 31 December at 23:59, just before "Auld Lang Syne". Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here.

December Blitz: We have scheduled a week-long copy-editing blitz for 12 to 18 December. Sign up now!

Drive and Blitz reports

September Drive: Almost 400,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event. Of the 27 people who signed up, 21 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here.

October Blitz: From 17 to 23 October, we copy edited articles tagged in May and June 2021 and requests. 8 participating editors completed 26 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

November Drive: Over 350,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event. Of the 21 people who signed up, 14 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here.

Other news

It is with great sadness that we report the death on 19 November of Twofingered Typist, who was active with the Guild almost daily for the past several years. His contributions long exceeded the thresholds for the Guild's highest awards, and he had a hand in innumerable good and featured article promotions as a willing collaborator. Twofingered Typist also served as a Guild coordinator from July 2019 to June 2021. He is sorely missed by the Wikipedia community.

Progress report: As of 30 November, GOCE copyeditors have completed 619 requests in 2021 and there were 51 requests awaiting completion on the Requests page. The backlog stood at 946 articles tagged for copy-editing (see monthly progress graph above).

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