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== [[WP:GOCE|Guild of Copy Editors]] December 2017 News ==

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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 to '''below 1,000 articles for the first time'''. Thanks to all editors who have contributed their time and energy to help make this happen.

{{center|<big>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/January 2018|>>> Sign up for the January Drive! <<<]]</big>}}
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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.

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/March 2017|March drive]]''': We set out to remove '''April, May, and June 2016''' from our backlog and all '''February 2017 [[WP:GOCER|Requests]]''' (a total of {{#expr:248+56}}&nbsp;articles). By the end of the month, all but 22 of these articles were cleared. Officially, of the 28 who signed up, 22&nbsp;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.)

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/April 2017|April blitz]]''': This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 16 through 22 April; the theme was '''Requests'''. Of the 15 who signed up, 9&nbsp;editors completed 43&nbsp;articles (81,822 words).

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May 2017|May drive]]''': The goals were to remove '''July, August, and September 2016''' from the backlog and to complete all '''March 2017 Requests''' (a total of {{#expr:286+14}}&nbsp;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).

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/June 2017|June blitz]]''': This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 18 through 24 June; the theme was '''Requests'''. Of the 16 who signed up, 9 editors completed 28 copy edits (117,089 words).

'''2017 Coordinator elections''': In June, '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2017/2|coordinators for the second half of 2017]]''' were 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!

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/July 2017|July drive]]''': We set out to remove '''August, September, October, and November 2016''' from the backlog and to complete all '''May and June 2017 Requests''' (a total of {{#expr:216+26}} articles). The drive was an enormous success, and the target was nearly achieved within three weeks, so that '''December 2016''' was added to the "old articles" list used as a goal for the drive. By the end of the month, only ''three'' articles from 2016 remained, and for the second drive in a row, the backlog was reduced to a new all-time low, this time to '''1,363 articles'''. Of the 33 who signed up, 21 editors completed 337 articles (556,482 words).

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/August 2017|August blitz]]''': This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 20 through 26 August; the theme was '''biographical articles tagged for copy editing for more than six months''' (47&nbsp;articles). Of the 13 who signed up, 11 editors completed 38 copy edits (42,589 words).

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/September 2017|September drive]]''': The goals were to remove '''January, February, and March 2017''' from the backlog and to complete all '''August 2017 Requests''' (a total of {{#expr:306+32}}&nbsp;articles). Of the 19 who signed up, 14 editors completed 121 copy edits (267,227 words).

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/October 2017|October blitz]]''': This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 22 through 28 October; the theme was '''Requests'''. Of the 14 who signed up, 8 editors completed 20 articles (55,642 words).

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/November 2017|November drive]]''': We set out again to remove '''January, February, and March 2017''' from the backlog and to complete all '''October 2017 Requests''' (a total of {{#expr:174+33}}&nbsp;articles). By the end of the month, these goals were reached and '''the 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 the '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2018/1|election 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, add '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Ombox|the GOCE's message box]]''' to 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: {{noping|Jonesey95}}, {{noping|Miniapolis}}, {{noping|Corinne}}, {{noping|Tdslk}}, and {{noping|Keira1996}}.

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== GOCE February 2018 news ==

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Welcome to the February 2018 GOCE newsletter in which you will find Guild updates since the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Newsletters/December 2017|December 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<!--everything submitted before Feb 12--> and were swiftly handled with an average completion time of 9&nbsp;days.

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'''Coordinator elections''': In December, '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2018/1|coordinators for the first half of 2018]]''' were 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 reports''' were prepared for '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Membership/News/2016 Annual Report|2016]]''' and '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Membership/News/2017 Annual Report|2017]]''', providing a detailed look at the Guild's long-term progress.

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/January 2018|January drive]]''': We set out to remove '''April, May, and June 2017''' from our backlog and all '''December 2017 [[WP:GOCER|Requests]]''' (a total of {{#expr:262+13}}&nbsp;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&nbsp;editors recorded 259 copy edits (490,256&nbsp;words).

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/February 2018|February blitz]]''': This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 11 through 17 February, focusing on '''Requests''' and the last articles tagged in '''May 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&nbsp;editors completed 35&nbsp;copy edits (98,538&nbsp;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: {{noping|Jonesey95}}, {{noping|Miniapolis}}, {{noping|Corinne}}, {{noping|Tdslk}}, and {{noping|Reidgreg}}.

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== June 2018 GOCE newsletter ==

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Welcome to the June 2018 GOCE newsletter, in which you will find Guild updates since the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Newsletters/February 2018|February edition]].
Progress continues to be made on the copyediting backlog, which has been reduced to 7&nbsp;months and reached a new all-time low. '''[[WP:GOCER|Requests]]''' continue to be handled efficiently this year, with 272 completed by the end of May (an average completion time of 10.5&nbsp;days). Fewer than 10% of these waited longer than 20&nbsp;days, and the longest wait time was 29&nbsp;days.

Wikipedia in general, and the Guild in particular, experienced a deep loss with the death on 20 March of [[User talk:Corinne|Corinne]]. 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.

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/March 2018|March drive]]''': The goal was to remove '''June, July and August 2017''' from our backlog and all '''February 2018 Requests''' (a total of {{#expr:202+17}}&nbsp;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&nbsp;words).<!--"official" results taken from the barnstars page-->

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/April 2018|April blitz]]''': This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 15 through 21&nbsp;April, focusing on '''Requests''' and the last eight articles tagged in '''August 2017'''. At the end of the week there were only 17 pending requests, with none older than 17&nbsp;days. Of the nine editors who signed up, eight&nbsp;editors completed 22&nbsp;copy edits (62,412&nbsp;words).

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May 2018|May drive]]''': We set out to remove '''September, October and November 2017''' from our backlog and all '''April 2018 [[WP:GOCER|Requests]]''' (a total of {{#expr:271+27}}&nbsp;articles). There was great success this month with the backlog more than halved from 1,449 articles at the beginning of the month to a '''record low of 716 articles'''. Officially, of the 20 who signed up, 15&nbsp;editors recorded 151 copy edits (248,813&nbsp;words).

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2018/2|Coordinator elections]]''': It's election time again. '''Nominations''' for Guild coordinators (who will serve a six-month term for the second half of 2018) have begun, and will close at 23:59&nbsp;UTC on 15&nbsp;June. All Wikipedia editors in good standing are eligible, and self-nominations are encouraged. '''Voting''' will take place between 00:01&nbsp;UTC on 16&nbsp;June and 23:59&nbsp;UTC on 30&nbsp;June.

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/June 2018|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: {{red|Corinne}}, {{noping|Jonesey95}}, {{noping|Miniapolis}}, {{noping|Reidgreg}} and {{noping|Tdslk}}.

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Hey, so I noticed in your [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view/Noticeboard&diff=prev&oldid=848955508 NPOVN post] you said I was a very new account that had only been created on July 1st. I think you might have missed something. I've had this account since [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/Red_Rock_Canyon&dir=prev&target=Red+Rock+Canyon January 2017]. I'm still sort of new I think, but it's been a year and a half, not just a week. Not a big deal, just wanted to let you know. I'd like you to strike and edit that line please. Thanks. [[User:Red Rock Canyon|Red Rock Canyon]] ([[User talk:Red Rock Canyon|talk]]) 06:30, 8 July 2018 (UTC)

:Whoops, did a strikethrough, sorry about that! [[User:Drsmoo|Drsmoo]] ([[User talk:Drsmoo#top|talk]]) 00:44, 9 July 2018 (UTC)

::Thank you. [[User:Red Rock Canyon|Red Rock Canyon]] ([[User talk:Red Rock Canyon|talk]]) 04:35, 9 July 2018 (UTC)

== August GOCE newsletter ==

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Hello and welcome to the August 2018 GOCE newsletter. Thanks to everyone who participated in the Guild's '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2018/2|June 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.
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Our '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/June 2018|June blitz]]''' focused on [[Wikipedia:GOCER|Requests]] and 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 available [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/June 2018/Barnstars|here]].

Thanks to everyone who participated in the '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/July 2018|July 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, are [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/July 2018/Barnstars|here]].

The '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/August 2018|August blitz]]''' will 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, {{noping|Reidgreg}}, {{noping|Baffle gab1978}}, {{noping|Jonesey95}}, {{noping|Miniapolis}} and {{noping|Tdslk}}.

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== GOCE 2018 Annual Report ==


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'''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.

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== March GOCE newsletter ==

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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 in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/January 2019|'''January'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 48<!--in archives--> [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Requests|requests for copyedit]] in January. Of the 31 people who signed up for this drive, 24<!--excluding one editor whose attempted c/es weren't adequate --> copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/January 2019/Barnstars|'''here''']].

'''Blitz:''' Thanks to everyone who participated in the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/February 2019|'''February 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 available [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/February 2019/Barnstars|'''here''']].

'''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.<!--Coords can update or remove this line before sending the newsletter. -->

'''March Drive''': The month-long [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/March 2019|'''March drive''']] is 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. [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Backlog elimination drives/March_2019#Signing_up|'''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. [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators|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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2019/2|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 {{noping|Miniapolis}}, {{noping|Baffle gab1978}}, {{noping|Jonesey95}}, {{noping|Reidgreg}} and {{noping|Tdslk}}.

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== GOCE June newsletter ==

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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. [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators|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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2019/2|here]].

'''June Blitz:''' Our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/June 2019|'''June blitz''']] will 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 all [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Requests|requests]].

'''March Drive:''' Thanks to everyone for their work in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/March 2019|'''March's Backlog Elimination Drive''']]. We removed copyedit tags from 182<!--from 'Old articles' count on Barnstar page--> 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 22<!--marked *R on drive page--> [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Requests|requests for copyedit]] in 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 available [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/March 2019/Barnstars|'''here''']].

'''April Blitz:''' Thanks to everyone who participated in the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/April 2019|'''April Blitz''']]; the blitz ran from 14 to 20 April (UTC) inclusive and the themes were '''Sports 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 available [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/April 2019/Barnstars|'''here''']].

'''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.<!--Coords can update or remove this line before sending the newsletter. -->

'''May Drive:''' During the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May 2019|'''May 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&nbsp;2018, and January 2019 was added on 22 May. We finished the month with 81 target articles remaining and a '''record low of 598 articles''' in the backlog. GOCE copyeditors also completed 24<!--counted from *R tags on drive page--> [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Requests|requests for copyedit]] during the May drive,<!--careful with the wording here; this should reflect the requests completed as part of the drive, not the total requests completed for the month--> 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 available [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May 2019/Barnstars|'''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 {{noping|Miniapolis}}, {{noping|Baffle gab1978}}, {{noping|Jonesey95}}, {{noping|Reidgreg}} and {{noping|Tdslk}}.

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== September 2019 GOCE Newsletter ==

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Hello and welcome to the September newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since June&nbsp;2019.

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2019/2|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!

[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/June 2019|'''June Blitz''']]: From 16 to 22 June, we copy edited articles on the themes of nature and the environment along with [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Requests|requests]]. 12 participating editors completed 35 copy edits. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/June 2019/Barnstars|here]].

[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/July 2019|'''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 of '''585 articles''' while also completing 48 requests. Of the 30 people who signed up, 29 copyedited at least one article, a participation level last matched in May&nbsp;2015. Final results and awards are listed [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/July 2019/Barnstars|here]].

[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/August 2019|'''August Blitz''']]: From 18 to 24 August, we copy edited articles tagged in March&nbsp;2019 and requests. 12 participating editors completed 26 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/August 2019/Barnstars|here]].

'''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.

'''[[WP:GOCER|Requests page]]:''' We are experimenting with automated archiving of copy edit requests; a discussion [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Requests&oldid=917208048#Bot_integration? on REQ Talk (permalinked)] initiated by [[User:Bobbychan193|Bobbychan193]] has resulted in [[User:Zhuyifei1999|Zhuyifei1999]] writing [[toolforge:yifeibot/enwiki_gce_archive.py.txt|a bot script]] for the Guild. Testing is now underway and is expected to be completed by 3&nbsp;October; for this reason, '''no manual archiving of requests should be done until the testing period is over'''. We will then [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/YiFeiBot 2|assess the bot's performance]] and discuss whether to make this arrangement permanent.

[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/September 2019|'''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, {{noping|Baffle gab1978}}, {{noping|Miniapolis}}, {{noping|Reidgreg}}, {{noping|Tdslk}} and {{noping|Twofingered Typist}}.

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== GOCE December 2019 Newsletter ==

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Hello and welcome to the December 2019 GOCE newsletter, an update of Guild happenings since the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Newsletters/September 2019|September edition]]. Our Annual Report should be ready in late January.

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'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Coordinators/2020/1|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&nbsp;December. Voting will then take place and the election will close on 31&nbsp;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's ''your'' Guild and it doesn't run itself!

[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/September 2019|'''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.

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/October 2019|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.

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/November 2019|'''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.

Our '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/December 2019|December Blitz]]''' will run from 15 to 21 December. Sign up now!

'''Progress report''': From September to November 2019, GOCE copy editors processed 154 requests<!--includes 7 declined or withdrawn-->. Over the same period, the backlog of articles tagged for copy editing was reduced by 41% to an '''all-time low of 479 articles'''.

'''Request archiving''': The archiving of completed requests has now been automated. Thanks to {{noping|Zhuyifei1999}} and {{noping|Bobbychan193}}, '''{{noping|YiFeiBot}}''' is now archiving the [[WP:GOCER|Requests page]]. Archiving occurs around 24&nbsp;hours after a user's signature and one of the templates '''{{tl|Done}}''', '''{{tl|Withdrawn}}''' or '''{{tl|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 the [[Template:Editnotices/Page/Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Requests|correct 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; {{noping|Reidgreg}}, {{noping|Baffle gab1978}}, {{noping|Miniapolis}}, {{noping|Tdslk}} and {{noping|Twofingered Typist}}.

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== WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors 2019 Annual Report ==

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'''Highlights:'''
*Overview of Backlog-reduction progress (a record low backlog!);
*Summary of Drives, Blitzes, and the Requests page;
*Automated archiving of requests;
*Membership news and results of elections;
*Annual leaderboard;
*Plans for 2020.

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== GOCE March newsletter ==

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Hello and welcome to the March newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since December&nbsp;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.

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Coordinators/2020/1|Election results]]''': There was little changeover in the roster of Guild Coordinators, with Miniapolis stepping down with distinction as a ''coordinator emeritus'' while Jonesey95 returned as lead coordinator. The next election is scheduled for June&nbsp;2020 and all Wikipedians in good standing may participate.

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/January 2020|January Drive]]''': Thanks to everyone for the splendid work, completing 215 copy edits including 56 articles from the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Requests|Requests page]] and 116 backlog articles from the target months of June to August&nbsp;2019. At the conclusion of the drive there was a '''record low of 323 articles''' in 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 available [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/January 2020/Barnstars|here]].

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/February 2020|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 are [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/February 2020/Barnstars|here]].

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/March 2020|March Drive]]''': Currently underway, this event is targeting requests and backlog articles from September to November&nbsp;2019. As of 18&nbsp;March, the backlog stands at a '''record low of 253 articles''' and 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&nbsp;– a 60% decrease from the beginning of the year. Well done and thank you everyone!<!--Coords can update or remove this line before sending the newsletter. -->

'''Election reminder''': It may only be March but don't forget our mid-year Election of Coordinators opens for nominations on 1&nbsp;June. [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators|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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2020/2|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 {{noping|Jonesey95}}, {{noping|Baffle gab1978}}, {{noping|Reidgreg}}, {{noping|Tdslk}} and {{noping|Twofingered Typist}}

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== GOCE June newsletter ==

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Hello and welcome to the June newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Newsletters/March 2020|March 2020]]. You can unsubscribe from our mailings at any time; see below. All times and dates stated are in [[Universal Coordinated Time|UTC]].

<div style="text-align: center;">'''Current events'''</div>

'''Election time:''' Nomination of candidates in our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2020/2|'''mid-year Election of Coordinators''']] opened on 1&nbsp;June, and voting will take place from 00:01 on 16&nbsp;June. [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators|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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2020/2|here]].

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/June 2020|June Blitz]]''': This blitz begins at 00:01 on 14 June and ends at 23:59 on 20 June, with themes of [[:Category:Wikipedia articles needing copy edit from May 2020|articles tagged for copyedit in May 2020]] and [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Requests|requests]].

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'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/March 2020|March Drive]]''': [[Self-isolation]] from [[2019–20 coronavirus pandemic|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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/March 2020/Barnstars|here]].

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/April 2020|April Blitz]]''': This blitz ran from 12 to 18&nbsp;April with a theme of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Indian military history task force|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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/April 2020/Barnstars|here]].

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May 2020|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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May 2020/Barnstars|here]].

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'''Progress report''': as of 2&nbsp;June, GOCE participants had processed 328 requests since 1&nbsp;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, [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost|''The Signpost'']] contributor and GOCE participant {{noping|Puddleglum2.0}} interviewed project coordinators and copy-editors for the journal's [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2020-04-26/WikiProject_report|April WikiProject Report]]. The Drive and the current Election of Coordinators have also been covered in ''The Signpost''{{'s}} [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2020-05-31/News and notes|May News and Notes page]].

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Hello and welcome to the September [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Newsletters|GOCE newsletter]], a brief update of Guild activities since [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Newsletters/June 2020|June&nbsp;2020]].

{{Center|{{spaces|17|em}}'''Current and upcoming events'''}}
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/September 2020|'''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''': [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2021/1|our end-of-year Election of Coordinators]] opens 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 them [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Coordinators/2021/1#Nominations|here]].

{{Center|'''Drive and Blitz reports'''}}
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/June 2020|'''June Blitz''']]: An uncorrected typo (even copy editors make copy editing mistakes!) led to an eight-day "leap blitz" from 14 to 21&nbsp;June, focusing on [[WP:GOCER|requests]] and articles tagged in May. 19&nbsp;participating editors claimed 54 copy edits. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/June 2020/Barnstars|here]].

[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/July 2020|'''July Drive''']]: Over 750,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event, keeping pace with the previous three [[self-isolation|self-isolated]] drives. Of the 38 people who signed up, 30 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/July 2020/Barnstars|here]].

[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/August 2020|'''August Blitz''']]: From 16 to 22&nbsp;August, we copy edited articles tagged in June and July&nbsp;2020 and requests. 12 participating editors completed 37 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/August 2020/Barnstars|here]].

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'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2020/2|June election]]:''' Jonesey95 was chosen to continue as lead coordinator, assisted by Baffle gab1978, Tdslk, Twofingered Typist, and first-time coordinator Puddleglum2.0. {{noping|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 [[WP:GOCE/R|Requests 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 coordinators {{noping|Jonesey95}}, {{noping|Baffle gab1978}}, {{noping|Puddleglum2.0}}, {{noping|Tdslk}} and {{noping|Twofingered Typist}}.

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== December 2020 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors|Guild of Copy Editors]] Newsletter ==

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Hello and welcome to the December [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Newsletters|GOCE newsletter]], a brief update of Guild activities since [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Newsletters/September 2020|September&nbsp;2020]].

{{Center|{{spaces|17|em}}'''Current and upcoming events'''}}

'''Election time''': our end-of-year [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2021/1|'''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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Coordinators/2021/1#Nominations|'''here''']].

'''December Blitz''': This will run from 13 to 19 December, and will target all [[WP:GOCE/REQ|Requests]]. [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Blitzes/December_2020#Signing_up|'''Sign up now''']].

{{Center|'''Drive and Blitz reports'''}}

[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/September 2020|'''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.

[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/October 2020|'''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.

[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/November 2020|'''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).

'''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: {{noping|Jonesey95}}, {{noping|Baffle gab1978}}, {{noping|Puddleglum2.0}}, {{noping|Tdslk}} and {{noping|Twofingered Typist}}.

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== GOCE June 2021 newsletter ==

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Hello and welcome to the June newsletter, our first newsletter of 2021, which is a brief update of Guild activities since [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Newsletters/December 2020|December&nbsp;2020]]. To unsubscribe, follow the link at the bottom of this box.

<div style="text-align: center;">'''Current events'''</div>

'''Election time:''' Voting in our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2021/2|'''mid-year Election of Coordinators''']] opened on 16&nbsp;June and will conclude at the end of the month. [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators|GOCE coordinators]] normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Have your say and show support [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2021/2|here]].

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/June 2021|June Blitz]]''': Our June copy-editing blitz is underway and will conclude on 26 June.

<div style="text-align: center;">'''Drive and blitz reports'''</div>

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/January 2021|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&nbsp;articles'''. {{small|([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/January 2021/Barnstars|full results]])}}

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/February 2021|February Blitz]]''': 15 editors completed 48 copy edits totalling 142,788 words. {{small|([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/February 2021/Barnstars|full results]])}}

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/March 2021|March Drive]]''': 29 editors completed 215 copy edits totalling 407,736 words. {{small|([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/March 2021/Barnstars|full results]])}}

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/April 2021|April Blitz]]''': 12 editors completed 23 copy edits totalling 56,574 words. {{small|([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/April 2021/Barnstars|full results]])}}

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May 2021|May Drive]]''': 29 editors completed 356 copy edits totalling 479,013 words. {{small|([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May 2021/Barnstars|full results]])}}

<div style="text-align: center;">'''Other news'''</div>

'''Progress report''': as of 26&nbsp;June, GOCE participants had completed {{#expr:40-1<!--last from 220 archive page-->+329-23-4<!--2021 archive page-->+2<!--done but not yet archived-->}} [[WP:GOCER|Requests]] since 1&nbsp;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 coordinators {{noping|Jonesey95}}, {{noping|Dhtwiki}}, {{noping|Miniapolis}}, {{noping|Tenryuu}} and {{noping|Twofingered Typist}}, and from member {{noping|Reidgreg}}.

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[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/September 2021|'''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!

{{Center|'''Drive and Blitz reports'''}}
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/June 2021|'''June Blitz''']]: From 20 to 26 June, 6&nbsp;participating editors claimed 16 copy edits, focusing on [[WP:GOCER|requests]] and articles tagged in March and April. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/June 2021/Barnstars|here]].

[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/July 2021|'''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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/July 2021/Barnstars|here]].

[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/August 2021|'''August Blitz''']]: From 15 to 21&nbsp;August, we copy edited articles tagged in April and May&nbsp;2021 and requests. 9 participating editors<!--Not including those who signed up but did not do any articles--> completed 17 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/August 2021/Barnstars|here]].

{{Center|'''Other news'''}}
'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2021/2|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 [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Archives/2021#Minor_backlogs|discussion in June]], we added {{tl|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 [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Backlog_elimination_drives/July_2021|link to a "tense" discussion during the drive]]).

'''Progress report:''' As of 18:26, 24 September 2021 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 468 <!--221+179+66+2--> requests since 1 January and there were 60 requests awaiting completion on the [[WP:GOCE/R|Requests 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 coordinators {{noping|Jonesey95}}, {{noping|Dhtwiki}}, {{noping|Tenryuu}}, and {{noping|Miniapolis}}.

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'''Election time''': Our end-of-year [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2022/1|'''election of coordinators''']] opened for nominations on 1&nbsp;December and will close on 15&nbsp;December at 23:59 (UTC). Voting opens at 00:01 the following day and will continue until 31&nbsp;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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Coordinators/2021/1#Nominations|'''here''']].

[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/December 2021|'''December Blitz''']]: We have scheduled a week-long copy-editing blitz for 12 to 18&nbsp;December. [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/December 2021#Signing up|Sign up]] now!

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[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/September 2021|'''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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/September 2021/Barnstars|here]].

[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/October 2021|'''October Blitz''']]: From 17 to 23&nbsp;October, we copy edited articles tagged in May and June&nbsp;2021 and requests. 8 participating editors<!--Not including those who signed up but did not do any articles--> completed 26 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/October 2021/Barnstars|here]].

[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/November 2021|'''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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/November 2021/Barnstars|here]].

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It is with great sadness that we report the death on 19&nbsp;November of [[User:Twofingered Typist|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 [[Wikipedia:Deceased_Wikipedians/2021#Christopher_Kent_Keen_(Twofingered_Typist)|sorely missed by the Wikipedia community]].

'''Progress report:''' As of 30 November, GOCE copyeditors have completed {{#expr:47-1<!--last from 2020 archive page, less one declined-->+610-24-13<!--2021 requests to 30 November less declined and withdrawn-->}} requests in 2021 and there were 51 requests awaiting completion on the [[WP:GOCE/R|Requests page]]. The backlog stood at 946 articles tagged for copy-editing (see monthly [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Progress|progress]] graph above).

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== GOCE April 2022 newsletter ==

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Hello and welcome to the April newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Newsletters/December_2021|December&nbsp;2021]].

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Coordinators/2022/1|Election results]]''': {{noping|Jonesey95}} retired 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.

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/January 2022|January Drive]]''': Of the 22 editors who signed up, 16 editors claimed 146 copy edits including 45 [[WP:GOCER|requests]]. {{small|([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/January 2022/Barnstars|details]])}}

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/February 2022|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. {{small|([[Wikipedia: WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/February 2022/Barnstars|details]])}}

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/March 2022|March Drive]]''': Of the 28 editors who signed up, 18 claimed 116 copy edits including 25 requests. {{small|([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/March 2022/Barnstars|details]])}}

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/April 2022|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 <!--57+70, counting only those archived-->127 copy-editing requests during 2022. The backlog has been hovering at about 1,100 tagged articles for the past six months.

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==History of ancient Israel and Judah‎==
The edit you just restored DELETED longstanding, stable content from a reliable, secondary source and replaced it with material presenting an antithetical viewpoint from a novel, undiscussed source without any attempt to create balance or adhere to Wikipedia guidelines on neutrality, hence 'unconstructive'. It appeared to be also quite likely tendentious. Are you sure you examined the edit properly? [[User:Iskandar323|Iskandar323]] ([[User talk:Iskandar323|talk]]) 18:14, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

Source is reliable. If there are different opinions they should both be included unless one is clearly recognized as a minority opinion. [[User:Drsmoo|Drsmoo]] ([[User talk:Drsmoo#top|talk]]) 18:40, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

:But you didn't include both opinions, you restored the edit that deleted one opinion to be replaced by a different one, so your restoration supported the tendentious editing. [[User:Iskandar323|Iskandar323]] ([[User talk:Iskandar323|talk]]) 18:48, 14 April 2022 (UTC)
::Information has been restored to include both opinions. Citing a well-known archaeologist published in an academic source is not tendentious, imo. [[User:Drsmoo|Drsmoo]] ([[User talk:Drsmoo#top|talk]]) 18:57, 14 April 2022 (UTC)
:::It was not implicitly the source, but the manner of the initial edit that was the problem - replacing one sourced statement with another without neutrality or balance. [[User:Iskandar323|Iskandar323]] ([[User talk:Iskandar323|talk]]) 19:17, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

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== June GOCE newsletter ==

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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 our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/April_2022|''' April Copy Editing Blitz''']], 12 completed at least one copy-edit, and between them removed 21 articles from the copy-editing backlog. Barnstars awarded are [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/April_2022/Barnstars|'''here''']].

'''Drive:''' 27 editors signed up for our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May_2022|''' May 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 are [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May_2022/Barnstars|'''here''']].

'''Blitz:''' our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/June_2022|''' June 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, and [[WP:GOCE/R|requests from March, April and May 2022]]. Barnstars awarded will be posted [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/June_2022/Barnstars|'''here''']].

'''Progress report:''' As of 07:12, 14 June 2022 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have completed 209<!--to 14 June--> requests since 1 January and the backlog stands at 1,404 articles.

'''Election news:''' Nominations for our half-yearly [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2022/2|Election of Coordinators]] continues 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.

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== Guild of Copy Editors' October 2022 newsletter ==

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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 our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/July 2022|July Backlog Elimination Drive]], 18 copy-edited, between them, 116 articles. Barnstars awarded are noted [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/July 2022/Barnstars|here]].

'''Blitz:''' Participants in our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/August 2022|August Copy Editing Blitz]] copy-edited 51,074 words in 17 articles. Of the 15 editors who signed up, 11 claimed at least one copy-edit. Barnstars awarded are noted [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/August 2022/Barnstars|here]].

'''Drive:''' Forty-one editors took part in our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/September 2022|September Backlog Elimination Drive]]; between them they copy-edited 199 articles. Barnstars awards are noted [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/September_2022/Barnstars|here]].

'''Blitz:''' Our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/October 2022|October Copy Editing Blitz]] begins on 16 October at 00:01 (UTC) and will end on 22 October at 23:59 (UTC). Barnstars awarded will be posted [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/October 2022/Barnstars|here]].

'''Progress report:''' As of 19:57, 12 October 2022 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 303 [[WP:GOCE/R|requests for copy edit]]&nbsp;–&#32;including withdrawn and declined ones&nbsp;–&#32;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&nbsp;–&#32;particularly for requests&nbsp;–&#32;so please get involved if you can.

'''Election news:''' In our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2022/2|mid-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. {{noping|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 throughout [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2022/2|December]]. If you'd like to help out at the GOCE, please consider nominating yourself or other suitable editors (with their permission, of course!). It's ''your'' Guild, 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 coordinators {{noping|Baffle gab1978}}, {{noping|Dhtwiki}}, {{noping|Miniapolis}}, {{noping|Reidgreg}}, {{noping|Tenryuu}} and {{noping|Zippybonzo}}.

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== Guild of Copy Editors December 2022 Newsletter ==

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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:''' Our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/October 2022|''' October Copy Editing Blitz''']] focused 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 are [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/October 2022/Barnstars|'''here''']].

'''Drive:''' In the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/November 2022|''' November 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 are [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/November 2022/Barnstars|'''here''']].

'''Blitz:''' Our seven-day-long [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/December 2022|''' December 2022 Copy Editing Blitz''']] begins 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 available [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/December 2022/Barnstars|'''here''']].

'''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's [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2023/1|Election of Coordinators]] for 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's ''your'' Guild and it doesn't coordinate itself.

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== Guild of Copy Editors 2022 Annual Report ==

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'''Highlights:'''
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Hello and welcome to the March 2023 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Newsletters/December 2022|December]] and our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Membership/News/2022 Annual Report|Annual 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.

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== Samaritanism ==

I won't try to weigh in on whether your deletion improved the article, but the argument given is logically unsound. Samaritans have not been much of a threat or viable rival to Jews since the Maccabees conquered northern Israel over 2,000 years ago, and modern Jews don't generally define themselves in opposition to Samaritans. By contrast, Samaritans can't help being aware of the Jewish community, which has been much larger for a long time... [[User:AnonMoos|AnonMoos]] ([[User talk:AnonMoos|talk]]) 06:00, 27 May 2023 (UTC)

== Antisemitism? ==

@[[User:Drsmoo|Drsmoo]] Hey there. I see you are involved in editing the new article of [[Zionism, race and genetics]]. The article's approach could be interpreted as antisemitic or at the very least anti-Zionist due to the extensive use of cherry picking and WP:Synth, and the despite the brief mention, an overall denial of Jewish genetic connection to the Middle East, which is already established, especially among Ashkenazi Jews, which the article directly attacks. Any suggestions? [[User:Tombah|Tombah]] ([[User talk:Tombah|talk]]) 05:29, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

:Agreed, it is a cherry picked mess that is fundamentally POV as it frames any genetic studies the author doesn’t like as “Zionist”. It then used an antisemitic phrase “Jewish scientific racism” which was not in the source it was attributed to and was quickly removed. There is also the textbook synth like combining disparate sources discussing different things to create a new idea the author wants to propagate. [[User:Drsmoo|Drsmoo]] ([[User talk:Drsmoo#top|talk]]) 14:03, 9 July 2023 (UTC)
::@[[User:Tombah|Tombah]] The article is Synth in that it combines disparate sources as an attempt to denigrate scientifically sound and well established studies of Jewish origins. None of these are "Zionist" studies, they are just studies. The entire theme of the article is very reminiscent of the term "Jewish Science" (''Jüdische Physik).'' The interchangeable use in the article of "Jewish Race Science", or previously, "Jewish Scientific Racism) (which was not in any source, says the quiet part out loud. Along with interchangeably using Jewish and Zionist interchangeably depending on how the POV pushing author wants to denigrate those concepts.
::There is so much in the article that is just plainly not in the sources cited whatsoever, so it's synth and POV in both a micro and a macro sense.

: I do think the flagrant Synth is reportable, as is the way the users constantly goes on Judaism related articles and attempts to blare the POV points he thinks will push his agenda at the top of the lead. [[User:Drsmoo|Drsmoo]] ([[User talk:Drsmoo#top|talk]]) 12:44, 10 July 2023 (UTC)
::I have never filed such a report. Tell me how you suggest to proceed. We cannot accept this kind of editing. [[User:Tombah|Tombah]] ([[User talk:Tombah|talk]]) 16:42, 10 July 2023 (UTC)
:::I don't believe I have either. At baseline it's a [[Wikipedia:Content forking|POV-Fork]] of Genetic Studies on Jews, which is also substantiated by Nishidani who said that Onceinawhile created the article after his edit on that page was reverted. The current article is an entirely one-sided screed that combines disparate ideas to push the author's narrative. It seems the whole purpose of the article's POV, and the angle of its fork from Genetic Studies on Jews, is to provide a base to imply that genetic studies that affirm a common origin for Jews are inherently ideological. Given that these studies are performed by notable researchers from esteemed institutions, it seems to be a BLP violation as well. Even the title reads like an essay, rather than a dispassionate analysis. There is a larger issue of the article's author having a longstanding pattern of trying to place his POV sources at the top of articles in order to further an agenda, which is also unacceptable. [[User:Drsmoo|Drsmoo]] ([[User talk:Drsmoo#top|talk]]) 16:53, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

== Zionism, race and genetics ==

At the above article you are excessively tagging merely to make a point and refusing to address the alleged concerns in talk as well as casting aspersions on the motivations of other editors. This is disruptive and I suggest you desist. If you do in fact believe that the article is an attack page and has no place in WP then make use of AfD procedure instead of engaging in unproductive discourse on the talk page. Thank you. [[User:Selfstudier|Selfstudier]] ([[User talk:Selfstudier|talk]]) 14:46, 10 July 2023 (UTC)
:They have been addressed, I am not interested in engaging in back-and-forth with the person who added the content. See "Sealioning". I'd rather discuss with neutral third parties. [[User:Drsmoo|Drsmoo]] ([[User talk:Drsmoo#top|talk]]) 14:48, 10 July 2023 (UTC)
::I removed the tags added by yourself and you have restored them. A continuing failure to address the reasons for tagbombing the article will result in the matter being progressed at AE. [[User:Selfstudier|Selfstudier]] ([[User talk:Selfstudier|talk]]) 16:53, 10 July 2023 (UTC)
:::That's up to you, they will see that the specific examples were provided by me, and ignored. [[User:Drsmoo|Drsmoo]] ([[User talk:Drsmoo#top|talk]]) 17:09, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

== [[MOS:LEAD]] ==

@[[User:Drsmoo|Drsmoo]]: I just trimmed [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Zionism%2C_race_and_genetics&diff=1166898393&oldid=1166897154 this quote you added to the lead] and then looked around to see where it was contextualized within the body and found that it was not present. The lead is a summary of the body. Sometimes there is some editorial latitude in this, in that it can be partially descriptive, but this does not apply to things like direct quotation. If a quote is important enough to be the lead, it should for sure already have found a place in the body. Please contextualize it. [[User:Iskandar323|Iskandar323]] ([[User talk:Iskandar323|talk]]) 12:52, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

:It was removed from the article body by selfstudier, he has provided three incorrect reasons for removing it. The relevant section will be re added and expanded after 24 hours. If it continues to be removed based on incorrect assertions, AE will be involved [[User:Drsmoo|Drsmoo]] ([[User talk:Drsmoo#top|talk]]) 12:55, 24 July 2023 (UTC)
::Ok, but if the material is being contested then you should be working towards establishing consensus for it to appear in the body first, not putting the cart before the horse and shoving it straight into the lead without context, and with the promise that you are going to edit war it back in 24 hours later. Also, should not be counting down to your next revert. i.e.: {{tq|"The rule is '''not an entitlement''' to revert a page a specific number of times."}} ([[WP:3RR]]). The restrictions are there to enforce the need for discussion and consensus building, not simply reduce the tempo of edit warring to once a day per person. [[User:Iskandar323|Iskandar323]] ([[User talk:Iskandar323|talk]]) 13:02, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

== Conflict of Interest re Tags ==

{{Admin help}}[[Wikipedia:Tagging pages for problems]] This essay states that editors with a conflict of interest may not remove tags. Is that consistent with a “personal COI” or does it mean involved editors? [[User:Drsmoo|Drsmoo]] ([[User talk:Drsmoo#top|talk]]) 20:12, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

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