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Heh Heh...

Thanks for updating my vandal count. I would have missed it!

L337p4wn (talk) 10:42, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Mike and Mike in the Morning

Does your revertion of the article signify an opinion as to the content in question? Lambertman (talk) 12:08, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

No worries :) Have a good one! Lambertman (talk) 12:34, 24 June 2008 (UTC)


Welcome to the Novels WikiProject

Hi, and welcome to the Novels WikiProject! As you may have guessed, we're a group of editors working to improve Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to fiction books often referred to as "Novels".

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Age

I was just now going through my talk page when I noticed you said you were born in 1994.

How old are you now?

13, or 14?

Heh Heh...I also noticed that you use Opera.

I don't use ANYTHING but Opera.

-L337*P4wn 16:54, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

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rfa

You're welcome. If you maintain your good record then try for rfa again in about six to eight months, you should have the time needed then to have a realistic shot at passing an rfa. TomStar81 (Talk) 04:57, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

...that is, if you have good numbers of edits, and "admin-ish" work by the time that comes along. Allowing this RfA to continue is a baaaaad idea if you do wish to become an admin. (talk→ Bwilkins / BMW ←track) 15:23, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
I disagree. This is a great way to get feedback about edits and to learn what it takes to become an administrator. And also, Pyfan, please see my comment in the neutral section of your RfA. I left you a note about WP:LAVT that should be helpful. Best of luck, Malinaccier (talk) 15:48, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
As do I. Although an editor review would have been more appropriate, the RfA is open now, and there's no harm in letting it run for a few days so the candidate can receive some constructive criticism. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 15:50, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

Signing in the RFA

Hi! I was reading over your RFA, and just wanted to suggest that you sign responses to people in your RFA to avoid confusion. For instance, where you're having a conversation with OlEnglish under discussion, it would read a little easier if you signed your responses. I wish you honest good luck with your RFA and posted my support, by the way. -FaerieInGrey (talk) 00:06, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Oh, whoops, thanks for pointing that out, and thanks for your support :). Oli (talk) 00:10, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

My new signature

Oli OR Pyfan! 06:38, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Regarding you RfA

Hello! I just wanted to drop in to say that I admire your perfunctory answers to the questions posted by me; no hard feelings between us even though I opposed, eh? Cheers. Imperat§ r(Talk) 01:32, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

I realize this may be an extremely rude and irrational request, but could you possibly squeeze enough time to review Agatha Christie for Good article status? If you need an example, just look here! Even though it's not complete, it should be decent enough to start one; in case you need help, I can prod you along...Cheers. Imperat§ r(Talk) 01:34, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
To do it, all you have to do is follow the link posted at the top of the talk page and follow the rules at WP:GAN. Again, thanks a million! Cheers. Imperat§ r(Talk) 01:56, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
Mwahahaa....I just posted another question XD Don't worry, it's not serious... :P Cheers. Imperat§ r(Talk) 02:57, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

I suggest that you come back in a few moths with an edit count of over 2,500 and you'll more that likely pass, cheers. Aaroncrick(Tassie talk) 07:54, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

I think you got enough useful comments out of your RFA as you will get at this current stage. I would recommend for everybody's sanity involved and in particular in view of the perception of a future RFA which you will go through to withdraw at this point. Lingering on now will only reflect badly and with the qualities you do show it would be a shame if that would prolong the time it will take you to be an admin unnecessarily. Agathoclea (talk) 00:13, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Agatha Christie

Hi, I saw your review for the above article and noticed some rather major problems. I have therefore opened a reassessment with a list of problems, so that the article can be revaluated. Regards--Jackyd101 (talk) 11:32, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Trigonometry

The article Trigonometry you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:Trigonometry for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of said article. If you oppose this decision, you may ask for a reassessment. —Eustress talk 14:44, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

RFA

I've closed your RFA as unsuccesful. Don't take it personally - it happens. Please let me know if you have any questions. Raul654 (talk) 05:41, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Cheers, mate, and good luck! This RFA was quite a show, maybe it will change ... something ! :)) NVO (talk) 17:44, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Starfucker (band)

Different Google parameters found lots toward the Belgium Band. I have opined so at the AfD but do not have time to add sources to the article. Care to have a go? Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 05:52, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

No Problem

My pleasure, cheers SpitfireTally-ho! 08:33, 6 March 2009 (UTC) SpitfireTally-ho! 08:33, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Heh, huggle confuses me, I think I put this on my talk page to start with ;p SpitfireTally-ho! 08:48, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

And thank you SpitfireTally-ho! 09:02, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

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Computer programming in the punch card era

Why are the changes you made considered fixing typos? The original texts look fine to me. Thanks 69.106.242.20 (talk) 01:45, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Sorry about that, I was actually just removing some multiple links. I forgot to change the edit summary.— Oli OR Pyfan! 08:09, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Your ER

Hello, your ER has been open past the 30 day time limit, and it needs to be archived to eliminated the backlog, if you wish to keep it open any longer, don't hesitate to ask. If not, I will need to archive it.--Truco 02:52, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

I have archived it, thanks — Oli OR Pyfan! 11:24, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Happy Easter!

On behalf of the Kindness campaign, I just wanted to wish my fellow Wikipedians a Happy Easter! Sincerely, --A NobodyMy talk 07:54, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Re: The Paul Bunyan Thing

Although I thought it was rather funny, as well as apparently true, I do agree with your rather quick removal of the change. I apologize for it, as I was unable to stop myself. I use "apparently" because Paul Bunyan was a fictional character, who had no stated sexual preference. While the statue would indicate that he did, as shown on THAT particular page, it may not be true. Using the evidence acquired from that particular article, one would assume that the creators of said statue would have implied that Paul Bunyan was a fister. Which is not a definite fact.

Sincerely,

James "not Jimmy"

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.181.193.68 (talk) 08:28, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

Your RfA

Please don't be discouraged by the way your recent RfA went, you're still a very valuable contributor and vandal-fighter. :) — neuro(talk) 12:07, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

I concur. Keep working at it. Keep learning. Wikipedia needs your hard work. Cheers, Kingturtle (talk) 12:11, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi Pyfan, sorry that went the way it did. I was still assessing your contributions when I noticed you'd withdrawn, but might well have moved to neutral or weak support, and I was one of your opposers last time. I'd already noticed much more use of edit summary, the lack of which was a minor criticism of mine last time. I did say in your first RFA that I hope to support later in the year, might I suggest how you might achieve that? For the next three months go on editing as you have been - spend time in the areas you enjoy and try out a few areas you haven't worked on, if you are still studying read the articles related to your studies and maybe there will be edits you can make in those areas. Then after three months start a new editor review, and invite those of us who opposed your RFAs to comment (probably best not to invite too many at one time and don't bother with people who are no longer editing). PS Feel free to answer my question 5 here or on my page. ϢereSpielChequers 12:12, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your support and advice! I might try Q5 later. — Oli OR Pyfan! 12:19, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
You're welcome. Just a hint, when you know why it was a trick question you will be ready to answer it. ϢereSpielChequers 12:26, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

RE:Thanks :)

You are so welcome, and thank you so much for the cake :-) Maen. K. A. (talk) 10:37, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Novels Newsletter - June 2009

Coordinator Election

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Happy Labor Day!

Dear colleague, I just want to wish you a happy, hopefully, extended holiday weekend and nice end to summer! Your friend, --A NobodyMy talk 05:50, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the revert on my user page. =) -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 08:26, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

My pleasure :-)— Oli OR Pyfan! 08:27, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

Right back at you :) Thanks back, I'm guessing we RC patrollers have it happen a lot :) -- Casmith_789 (talk) 11:07, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, it's just our bad luck :) Thanks again, — Oli OR Pyfan! 11:10, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

3RR exceptions

Hello. I saw on the request for page protection for Charlie Pickering that you mentioned you had stopped reverting the vandalism to avoid violating the 3RR. Blatant vandalism is one of the rare cases where 3RR does not apply. You can revert blatant vandalism as often as you have to. See Wikipedia:Edit_warring#Exceptions_to_3RR. Thank you for your assistance. Happy editing! 152.16.16.75 (talk) 09:41, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the info! — Oli OR Pyfan! 09:43, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Edit on "Live with ..."

Thanks for the re-revert after the second revert. (62.195.53.64 (talk) 10:00, 21 September 2009 (UTC))

Buzzcocks Singles Anthology

Could you not revert the changes please.

The links to my name take you to an Australian who is NOT me.

If anyone wants to control my life,or be my official biographer,could you please contact me first.

I think its ludicrous that these changes get reverted by someone who obviously knows nothing about the changes being made.

[email protected]

i am the ex bassist in Buzzcocks. Not the australian gameshow host.

You can get as uppity about this as you like. The fact is...i am right.

And this kind of stuff contributes to MISINFORMATION on the www. AND adds fuel to the people who denigrate all the good stuff on Wiki.

Warnings?? Vandalising!!!! Do me a favour.

Just would someone stop obstructing people from putting FACTS right.

regards Tony Barber (the one from Buzzcocks)

  • Wow, mate calm down! I, at no point, said I wanted to be your official biographer. Warnings? I believe it was warning (singular). If you think I made a mistake just make the edit again and feel free to delete the warning. Sincerly — Oli OR Pyfan! 11:39, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
Why on Earth are you dropping final warnings on editors for making constructive edits? Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 12:05, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
The edit was final because (according to huggle anyway [it may be wrong]), the user had already recieved 3 prior warnings. I admit as I've mentioned above, that I might have been wrong about Tony Barber's edit. — Oli OR Pyfan! 12:09, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
Indeed. Please try to be more careful with automated warning tools in future, especially around newcomers. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 12:15, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
I'm sorry, I just must have forgotten to check after that edit because I checked Berthabollocks' talk page just then and there was only one warning, (plus your notice about the username), sincerly — Oli OR Pyfan! 12:18, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

page blanking by authors

Hi Pyfan, longtime no squeek! Just a little reminder that when someone blanks a page as happened on Caroline Irby it is a good idea to check if they were the sole author, and if so just add the tag {{db-author}}. I've replaced your warning on User talk:Max Malone with a welcome. ϢereSpielChequers 13:09, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Whoops, thanks! — Oli OR Pyfan! 19:44, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

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Happy Halloween!

File:Halloween Hush Puppies.jpg
Photograph of my Halloween-themed Hush Puppies plush basset hounds in my bedroom.

As Halloween is my favorite holiday, I just wanted to wish those Wikipedians who have been nice enough to give me a barnstar or smile at me, supportive enough to agree with me, etc., a Happy Halloween! Sincerely, --A NobodyMy talk 18:34, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

Barnstar

why thank you!! - 4twenty42o (talk) 04:04, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

No problem, you gotta love huggle! — Oli OR Pyfan! 04:06, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
Right!! Makes this a lot easier.. - 4twenty42o (talk) 04:10, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Novels - Coordinator Election

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Thanks to you too!!!

You too were great reverting vandalism on my pages.Thanks a lot.Ya, he was pretty rude and satanic.Hope the admins have blocked him by now... Again thanks.. :) arunkumarcheckmate me 06:29, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

Hi Pyfan. I believe you encountered a sock of User:JarlaxleArtemis. See WP:LTA/Grawp. Regards, FASTILY (TALK) 06:42, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Hiya, Oli. I appreciate this bit of tidying up. Keep up the good work. Tiderolls 07:25, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

No problem, thanks :-), — Oli OR Pyfan! 07:28, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
My thanks to you as well for catching a quick blank on my user page! What an odd exchange that all was... ♪ daTheisen(talk) 09:36, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

Thank you!

Hi, Oli. I really appreciate this. Thank you very much and keep up the great work! AlienX2009 (talk) 18:51, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

No problem, happy to help! — Oli OR Pyfan! 21:59, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

Great Expectations

I was really excited to see a GA nomination for Great Expectations so congratulations for undertaking the effort! However, I can't help but feel the article isn't ready yet. Articles on novels should probably have information on publication history, how it was received by critics, and how scholars analyze the story. All that information should be attributed to reliable published sources ("sparknotes" likely won't pass as reliable). Some of this is in the lead, but remember that the leadshould only talk about what will be further fleshed out in the rest of the article. Right now, most of the article is plot summary (which has improved considerably since I last saw it) but it shouldn't be the most important part of the article. If you don't mind my advice, take a look at an article I worked on with several others that was granted Good Article status: The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. Look at the sections, what they talk about, and how many footnotes there are to get an idea of what GA-quality articles on novels are looking for. --Midnightdreary (talk) 17:33, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your opinion and advice, I'll remove the GA request and work on it for a bit longer, thanks — OliOR Pyfan! 19:50, 23 November 2009 (UTC).

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I just wanted to wish those Wikipedians who have been nice enough to give me a barnstar or smile at me, supportive enough to agree with me, etc., a Happy Thanksgiving! Sincerely, --A NobodyMy talk 17:16, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

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Rfa?

I recall that about a year ago you self-nominated for adminship and in one of the most interesting rfa's in memory your request garnered a number of moral supports before being closed as unsuccessful. My question to you is do you still want to be an admin? You've got a chance now I think, and I would be willing to nominate you if you like. TomStar81 (Talk) 09:01, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

  • Hi Tom, Thank you for your great faith in my abilities! I would definitely still like to be an admin, I have one question first though, I have been relatively inactive this last month and a half due to the fact that I was on holidays overseas. My question is this: Do you think this will have a significant impact on the result of an RfA? Sincerely and thanks, — Oli OR Pyfan! 10:14, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
We've had people who were at rfa with long inactive streaks before; people do take notice of that at admin request because things change (albeit subtly) during the time spent away. If you remain relatively active for about three months both on site and in admin-related areas (like afd or rc patrolling) then you should offset the time spent in absence and that will help balance your rfa. Otherwise, you are more or less at the point now where your contributions and your time here on wikipedia make another rfa a real possibility. TomStar81 (Talk) 21:42, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Community de-Adminship - finalization poll for the CDA proposal

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Grab some glory, and a barnstar

Hi, I'd like to invite you to participate in the Guild of Copy Editors July 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive. In May, about 30 editors helped remove the {{copyedit}} tag from 1175 articles. The backlog is still over 7500 articles, and extends back to the beginning of 2008! We really need your help to reduce it. Copyediting just a couple articles can qualify you for a barnstar. Serious copyeditors can win prestigious and exclusive rewards. See the event page for more information. And thanks for your consideration. ɳorɑfʈ Talk! 15:17, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Thank you very much for signing up for the July Backlog Elimination Drive! The copyedit backlog stretches back two and a half years, all the way back to the beginning of 2008! We're really going to need all the help we can muster to get it down to a manageable number. We've ambitiously set a goal of clearing all of 2008 from the backlog this month. In order to do that, we're going to need more participants. Is there anyone that you can invite or ask to participate with you? If so, we're offering an award to the person who brings in the most referrals. Just notify ɳorɑfʈ Talk! or Diannaa TALK of who your referrals are. Once again, thanks for your support! --Diannaa TALK 20:37, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Backlog Elimination Drive Has Begun

Hello, I just wanted to take a moment and announce that the July 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive has started, and will run for a month. Thanks for signing up. There's a special prize for most edits on the first day, in case you've got high ambitions. Enjoy! ɳorɑfʈ Talk! 04:16, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

Barnstar

The Working Man's Barnstar
This Working Man's barnstar is awarded to Pyfan for copy editing articles totalling 9,710 words during the Guild of Copy Editors July 2010 backlog drive. Your contributions are appreciated!--Diannaa (Talk) 16:34, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

GOCE Backlog Elimination Drive Wrap-up

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors July 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive. Thanks to all who participated in the drive! Over 100 editors—including Jimbo Wales—signed up this time (nearly triple the participants of the May drive). This benefited the Guild as well as the articles in need of copy editing. You can see from the comparison graphs that we increased the number of completed copyedits substantially. Unfortunately, we were not able to meet our goal of completely wiping out 2008 from the queue. We also were not able to reduce the backlog to less than 6,000 articles. We suspect people were busy with real life summertime things, at least in the northern hemisphere! We were able to remove the months of January, February, March, April, and May from the backlog, and we almost wiped out the month of June. We reduced the backlog by 1,289 articles (17%), so all in all it was a very successful drive, and we will be holding another event soon. We'll come up with some new ideas to try to keep things fresh and interesting. Keep up the good work, everybody!


Stats
If you copy edited at least 4,000 words, you qualify for a barnstar. If you edited in the May 2010 GOCE Backlog Elimination Drive, your word totals are cumulative for barnstars (not the leaderboard). Over the course of the next week or two, we will be handing out the barnstars.

GOCE backlog elimination drive chart up to 31 July
  • Eight people will receive The Most Excellent Order of the Caretaker's Barnstar (100,000 words): Chaosdruid, Diannaa, Ericleb01, Lfstevens, Shimeru, S Masters, The Utahraptor, and Torchiest.
  • Bullock and Slon02 will receive The Order of the Superior Scribe (80,000 ).
  • The Barnstar of Diligence (60,000 ) goes to Derild4921, GaryColemanFan, kojozone, and Mlpearc.
  • The Modern Guild of Copy Editors Barnstar (40,000 ) goes to A. Parrot, AirplanePro, Auntieruth55, Bejinhan, David Rush, and mono.
  • Nobody will receive The Old School League of Copy Editors award (30,000 ).
  • The Tireless Contributor Barnstar (20,000 ) goes to Backtable, Cindamuse, dtgriffith, Duff, e. ripley, Laurinavicius, NerdyScienceDude, and TEK.
  • The Cleanup Barnstar (12,000 ) goes to Brickie, Casliber, cymru lass, December21st2012Freak, Nolelover, TheTito, Whoosit, and YellowMonkey.
  • The Working Man's Barnstar (8,000 ) goes to Bsherr, Duchess of Bathwick, HELLKNOWZ, Mabeenot, noraft, Pyfan, and Richard asr.
  • The Modest Barnstar (4,000 ) goes to Adrian J. Hunter, Airplaneman, Annalise, Camerafiend, Cricket02, Fetchcomms, Gosox5555, LeonidasSpartan, Paulmnguyen, Piotrus, SuperHamster, Taelus, and TPW.


Gold Star Award

Gold Star Award Leaderboard
Articles Words 5k Articles
1. Diannaa (248) Shimeru (200,392) Shimeru/Ericleb01 (13)
2. Slon02 (157) Diannaa (164,960) Chaosdruid (8)
3. GaryColemanFan (101) Chaosdruid (130,630) Derild4921 (7)
4. Torchiest (100) The Utahraptor (117,347) GaryColemanFan/Slon02 (6)
5. Shimeru (80) Ericleb01 (114,893) Bejinhan/The Utahraptor (5)

Coordinator: ɳorɑfʈ Talk! Co-coordinators: Diannaa TALK and S Masters (talk) | Newsletter by: The Raptor You rang?/My mistakes; I mean, er, contributions

Delivered by MessageDeliveryBot on behalf of The Utahraptor at 18:15, 1 August 2010 (UTC).

November 2010 backlog elimination drive update

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive!
GOCE November 2010 backlog elimination drive progress graphs

We have reached the midway point in our backlog elimination drive, so here is an update.

Participation report — The November drive has 53 participants at this point. We had 77 participants in the September drive. In July, 95 people signed up for the drive, and in May we had 36. If you are not participating, it is not too late to join!

Progress report — The drive is quite successful so far, as we have already almost reached our target of a 10% reduction in the number of articles in the backlog. We are doing very well at keeping our Requests page clear, as those articles count double for word count for this drive.

Please keep in mind the possibility of removing other tags when you are finished with an article. If the article no longer needs {{cleanup}}, {{wikify}}, or other similar maintenance tags, please remove them, as this will make the tasks of other WikiProjects easier to complete. Thanks very much for participating in the Drive, and see you at the finish line!


Your drive coordinators –The UtahraptorTalk to me/Contributions, S Masters (talk), and Diannaa (Talk)

Delivered by MessageDeliveryBot on behalf of The Utahraptor (talk) at 16:32, 14 November 2010 (UTC).

Invitation to particpate in the December 2010 Wikification Drive

Delivered by MessageDeliveryBot on behalf of WikiProject Wikify at 18:53, 30 November 2010 (UTC).

GOCE elections

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors

Elections are currently underway for our inaugural Guild coordinators. The voting period will run for 14 days: 00:01 UTC, Friday 1 December – 23:59 UTC, Tuesday 14 December. All GOCE members in good standing, as well as past participants of any of the Guild's Backlog elimination drives, are eligible to vote. There are six candidates vying for four positions. The candidate with the highest number of votes will become the Lead Coordinator, therefore, your vote really matters! Cast your vote today.

Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors via SMasters using AWB on 01:56, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

November 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive Conclusion

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive!

We have reached the end of our fourth backlog elimination drive. Thanks to all who participated.

Stats

GOCE November 2010 backlog elimination drive graphs
  • 58 people signed up for this drive. Of these, 48 people participated in the drive.
  • Although we did not eliminate the months we planned to (January, February, and March 2009; and August, September, and October 2010), we did reduce the backlog by 627 articles (11.2%), which was over our goal of 10%.
  • 49 awards will go out to 33 of 48 participants. Check out the complete list of barnstar winners here.

Barnstars

If you copy edited at least 4,000 words, you qualify for a barnstar. If you participated in the September 2010 backlog elimination drive, you may have earned roll-over words (more details can be found here). These roll-over words count as credit towards earning barnstars, except for leaderboard awards. We will be delivering these barnstars within the next couple of weeks.

Our next drive is scheduled for January 2011. In the meantime, please consider helping out at the Wikification drive or any of the other places where help with backlogs is needed.

Thank you for participating in the last 2010 backlog elimination drive! We look forward to seeing you in January!

Your drive coordinators –The UtahraptorTalk to me/Contributions, S Masters (talk), and Diannaa (Talk)

Delivered by MessageDeliveryBot on behalf of WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors at 23:56, 2 December 2010 (UTC).

Please confirm your membership

Delivered by MessageDeliveryBot on behalf of WikiProject Wikify at 20:16, 22 December 2010 (UTC).

GOCE Year-end Report

Season's Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors

We have reached the end of the year, and what a year it has been! The Guild of Copy Editors was full of activity, and we achieved numerous important milestones in 2010. Read all about these in the Guild's 2010 Year-End Report.

Highlights
  • Membership grows to 503 editors
  • 2,589 articles removed through four Backlog elimination drives
  • Our encounter with Jimbo Wales
  • Guild home pages reorganized and redesigned
  • Report on our inaugural elections
  • Guild Plans for 2011
  • New barnstars introduced
  • Requests page improved
  • Sign up for the January 2011 Backlog elimination drive!
Get your copy of the Guild's 2010 Year-End Report here On behalf of the Guild, we take this opportunity to wish you Season's Greetings and Happy New Year. See you in 2011!
– Your Coordinators: S Masters (lead), Diannaa, The Utahraptor, and Tea with toast.

Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 06:39, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

New WikiProject Novels initiative

We have begun a new initiative at the WikiProject Novels: an improvement drive. As a member listed here, you are being notified. Please see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Novels#5-5-5 Improvement Drive and Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Collaboration for more details. Also I would like to remind you to keep an eye on the project talk page at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Novels. Thanks, Sadads (talk) 02:01, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

GOCE drive news

Guild of Copy Editors January 2011 backlog elimination drive

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors January 2011 Backlog elimination drive! The drive is halfway over, so here are some mid-drive stats.

Participation
GOCE January 2011 backlog elimination drive progress graphs

So far, 43 people have signed up for this drive. Of these, 25 have participated. If you signed up for the drive but haven't participated yet, it's not too late! Try to copy edit at least a few articles. Remember, if you have rollover words from the last drive, you will lose them if you do not participate in this drive. If you haven't signed up for the drive yet, you can sign up now.

Progress report

We have eliminated two months from the backlog – January and February 2009. One of our goals is to eliminate as many months as possible from the 2009 backlog. Please help us reduce the size of this part of the backlog if you haven't already. Another goal is to reduce the entire backlog by 10%, or by 515 articles. Currently, we have eliminated 375 articles from the queue, so if each participant copy edits four more articles, we will reach that goal.

Thank you for participating in the January 2011 drive. We anticipate it will be another big success!

Your drive coordinators –S Masters (talk), Diannaa (Talk), The UtahraptorTalk to me, and Tea with toast (Talk)

Delivered by MessageDeliveryBot on behalf of WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors at 20:42, 16 January 2011 (UTC).

GOCE January Backlog elimination drive conclusion

Guild of Copy Editors January 2011 Backlog elimination drive

Greetings from the January 2011 Backlog elimination drive! We have reached the end of the month and the end of another successful drive; thanks to all who participated.

Statistics
  • 54 people signed up for the year's first Backlog elimination drive. Of these, 40 participated.
  • One of our goals was to reduce the size of the backlog by at least 10%. We managed to reduce the backlog by 633 articles, or about 12%.
  • Another goal was to eliminate as many 2009 months as possible from the queue. We eliminated January, February, March, and April—4 out of 12 months is not bad! In addition, we eliminated 37% of all remaining 2009 articles from the queue.
  • Chaosdruid copy edited Kutch Gurjar Kashtriya for 32,711 words, which is the largest single article completed in one of our drives so far. This article counts as six 5000-K articles, and Chaosdruid wins the "most 5000-K articles" leaderboard category. Way to go! A complete list of individual results is here.
Barnstars

If you copy edited at least 4,000 words, you qualify for a barnstar. If you participated in the November 2010 Backlog elimination drive, you may have earned roll-over words (more details can be found here). These roll-over words count as credit towards earning barnstars, except for leaderboard awards. We will be delivering the barnstars within the next couple of weeks.

Thank you for participating in this year's first Backlog elimination drive! We hope to see you in March.

Your drive coordinators –S Masters (talk), Diannaa (talk), The Utahraptor (talk), and Tea with toast (talk)

Delivered by MessageDeliveryBot on behalf of WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors at 15:39, 5 February 2011 (UTC).

WikiProject Novels Collaboration for February

Thank you everyone who participated in the January Collaboration, it was quite a success with 5 new C class articles, 3 stub kills and several articles were removed from our backlogs. In support of the Great Backlog Drive, the WikiProject Novels Collaboration for February is going to help remove backlog candidates in the backlogs related to WikiProject Novels. Please join us, and help us wikify, reference, clean up plot sections and generally improve Novels content, Sadads (talk) 21:42, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

You are recieving this message because you are a member of WikiProject Novels according to Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Members

Thanks

Salvio giuliano has given you a cookie! Cookies promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. You can Spread the "WikiLove" by giving someone else a cookie, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend.

Thanks for fixing my mistake.

To spread the goodness of cookies, you can add {{subst:Cookie}} to someone's talk page with a friendly message, or eat this cookie on the giver's talk page with {{subst:munch}}!

Salvio Let's talk about it! 12:04, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

No problem :) — Oli OR Pyfan! 12:09, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Vandalism

My favorite thing about wikipedia is that everytime my IP address is blocked, I can just get another IP address and continue vandalizing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.33.7.175 (talk) 07:07, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

RfA thankspam

A piano keyboard encompassing 1 octave Hello, Pyfan! This is just a note thanking you for participating in my recent Request for Adminship, which passed with a total of 93 support !votes, 1 oppose and 3 editors remaining neutral. While frankly overwhelmed by the level of support, I humbly thank the community for the trust it has placed in me, and vow to use the tools judiciously and without malice.
KV5 (Talk • Phils)

GOCE Newsletter

GOCE July 2010 backlog elimination drive chart

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive! We have now passed the halfway point, so here's an update.

Progress Report - Progress toward the targets has been good. 751 articles out of the approximately 1,600 we would like to get completed by the end of the month were done by July 15, so we will be very close to meeting the target for volume. However, we would like to clear all of the 2008 articles from the backlog, and there are still 892 left to do. Please consider choosing one of these older articles when looking for something to copy edit. If we focus our firepower we can completely wipe out 2008 from the queue.

Participation Report - 95 people signed up for the July drive. This is a great result compared to May, when we had 36. However, in May only one person that signed up didn't do any copy edits, and in July only 59 of the 95 have posted any copy edits on the big board.

The task may seem insurmountable but please remember that if all 95 participants copy edit just one article a day from now until the end of the month, we will eliminate 1,300 more articles from the backlog. So please consider participating at whatever level you can! All contributions are appreciated.

This newsletter was prepared for the GOCE by Diannaa (Talk), S Masters (talk), and The Raptor Let's talk.

GOCE Invitation
There are currently
2,384 articles in the backlog.
You can help us! Join the
September 2010 drive today!

The Guild of Copy-Editors – September 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive

The Wikipedia Guild of Copy-Editors invite you to participate in the September 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive, a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles that require copy-editing. The drive will begin on 1 September at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on 30 September at 23:59 (UTC). The goals for this drive are to eliminate 2008 from the queue and to reduce the backlog to fewer than 5,000 articles.

Sign-up has already begun at the September drive page, and will be open throughout the drive. If you have any questions or concerns, please leave a message on the drive's talk page.

Before you begin copy-editing, please carefully read the instructions on the main drive page. Please make sure that you know how to copy-edit, and be familiar with the Wikipedia Manual of Style.

Awards and barnstars
A range of barnstars will be awarded to active participants. Some are exclusive to GoCE drives. More information on awards can be found on the main drive page.

Thank you; we look forward to meeting you on the drive!
— ɳorɑfʈ Talk! and S Masters (talk).

November copy edit drive

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive!

The Wikipedia Guild of Copy-Editors invites you to participate in the November 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive, a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles that require copy-editing. The drive will begin on 1 November at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on 30 November at 23:59 (UTC). The goal for this drive is to reduce the backlog by 10% (approximately 500 articles). We hope to focus our efforts on the oldest three months (January, February, and March 2009) and the newest three months (September, October, and November 2010) of articles in the queue.

Sign-up has already begun at the November drive page, and will be open throughout the drive. If you have any questions or concerns, please leave a message on the drive's talk page.

Before you begin copy-editing, please carefully read the instructions on the main drive page. Please make sure that you know how to copy-edit, and be familiar with the Wikipedia Manual of Style.

Awards and barnstars

A range of barnstars will be awarded to active participants, some of which are exclusive to GOCE drives. More information on awards can be found on the main drive page.

Thank you; we look forward to meeting you on the drive!
— The UtahraptorTalk to me/Contributions, S Masters (talk), and Diannaa (Talk)

You err...

...might feel like signing this. ;) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:08, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

Whoops, thanks — Oli OR Pyfan! 16:07, 27 March 2011 (UTC).
Well, well, well. Look who's talking! Ha, thanks for pointing that out, Pyfan. Regards, Swarm X 21:55, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
:) No problem, — Oli OR Pyfan! 22:01, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Pyfan. You have new messages at User:Kudpung/RfA reform/Voter profiles.
Message added 04:57, 7 April 2011 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

RfA reform

Hi Pyfan/Archive 1. I have now moved the RfA reform and its associated pages to project space. The main page has been updated and streamlined. We now also have a new table on voter profiles. Please take a moment to check in and keep the pages on your watchlist. Regards, --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 08:30, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

I just wanted to thank you for all your work adding cats, redirects, and updating all the links. Cheers, --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 09:27, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
No problem :). I'm just happy that we're finally in a position to do something about RfA! — Oli OR Pyfan! 14:18, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
It looks as if I'm the coordinator of this project. Although I started it, I'm an admin already and have nothing personal to gain or loose, but I don't really want to be seen as the leader or pushing my own opinions or ideas. Would you consider being a permanent coordinator of the project? It would mean doing the kind of stuff you are doing already, and moving threads to their respective new sub pages as they occur, and perhaps striking or removing inappropriate or irrelevant comments, and generally keeping the whole thing on track. If we start a very short coordinator list, I would put my name on it. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 01:56, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
I'd be happy to be one of the coordinators :). — Oli OR Pyfan! 02:44, 13 April 2011 (UTC) P.S. I hope no water hits your window...
Thanks. Sign HERE. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 04:09, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

That RfA reform thing

Kudpung has asked me to 'nudge' some people .. as I'm an idle get, I'm just going through the entire Task Force list so my apologies if you didn't need a nudge! You can slap me about over on WP:EfD if you like :o) Straw polling various options: over here - please add views, agree with views, all that usual stuff. Pesky (talk) 12:46, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Hey

How's everything going, Pyfan? I've suggested that we require inactive RfA reform members to reconfirm their membership on the task force. The details are over here. It looks like Kudpung (coincidentally) is thinking somewhere along the same lines. Please let me know what your thoughts are about this idea. Regards, Swarm X 06:01, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Awarded Barnstar

The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
I, Mikhailov Kusserow, hereby award Pyfan with The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar for reverting vandalism to my talk page. — Mikhailov Kusserow (talk) 07:59, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
Thanks :) — Oli OR Pyfan! 14:02, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

GOCE drive newsletter

The Guild of Copy Editors – May 2011 Backlog Elimination Drive

The Guild of Copy Editors invite you to participate in the May 2011 Backlog Elimination Drive, a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles that require copy-editing. The drive began on May 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on May 31 at 23:59 (UTC). The goals of this backlog elimination drive are to eliminate as many articles as possible from the 2009 backlog and to reduce the overall backlog by 15%. ! NEW ! In an effort to encourage the final elimination of all 2009 articles, we will be tracking them on the leaderboard for this drive.

Awards and barnstars
A range of barnstars will be awarded to active participants. Some are exclusive to GOCE drives. More information on awards can be found on the main drive page.

We look forward to meeting you on the drive! Your GOCE coordinators: SMasters, Diannaa, Tea with toast, Chaosdruid, and Torchiest

You are receiving a copy of this newsletter as you are a member of the Guild of Copy Editors, or have participated in one of our drives. If you do not wish to receive future newsletters, please add you name here. Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 07:57, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

Where are the clerks?

This: Should be indented IMO. No need to wait or a clerk to do it. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 04:08, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

I agree. It adds nothing to the discussion and it's just more clutter for the 'crats to sort through. On an unrelated note, I'm probably not going to be very active here over the next week and a half. I've got exams :(. Regards, — Oli OR Pyfan! 10:50, 24 May 2011 (UTC).

WP:RFA2011

Task Force news: Recent updates include basic minor changes and condensing at the main page, a new project sub page and talk for Radical Alternatives , additional comments on the main page talk page, and messages at Task force talk. A current priority is to reach suggested criteria/tasks for clerks, and then to establish a local consensus vis-à-vis clerking. Please remember to keep all the project and its talk pages on your watchlist.--Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 03:43, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

GOCE elections

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors

Elections are currently underway for our Guild coordinators. The voting period will run for 14 days and ends on June 30, 23:59 UTC. All GOCE members in good standing, as well as past participants of any of the Guild's Backlog elimination drives, are eligible to vote. The candidate with the highest number of votes will become the Lead Coordinator, therefore, your vote really matters! There is also a referendum to appoint a Coordinator Emeritus. Cast your vote today.

Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 08:03, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

Task force WP:RFA2011 update

Hi. As of 20 June: More stats have been added on candidates and !voter participation. Details have been added about qualifications required on other Wikis for candidates and RfA !voters. Some items such as clerking, !voters, and candidates are nearing proposal stage. A quick page`link template has been added to each page of the project. Please visit those links to get up to speed with recent developments, and chime in with your comments. Thanks for your participation.

Delivered by MessageDeliveryBot on behalf of RfA reform 2011 at 07:58, 20 June 2011 (UTC).

Your input is requested

Greetings!

As a member of the RfA improvement task force, your input is requested at the possible proposals page, which consists of ideas that have not yet been discussed or developed.

Please look though the ideas and leave a comment on the talk page on the proposal(s) you would most like to see go forward. Your feedback will help decide which proposals to put to the community. And, as always, feel free to add new suggestions. Thanks!

Swarm, coordinator, RfA reform 2011

Delivered by MessageDeliveryBot on behalf of RfA reform 2011 at 07:55, 28 June 2011 (UTC).

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