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DYK for Cucumber (TV series)

On 5 March 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Cucumber (TV series), which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the LGBT drama series Cucumber, Banana, and Tofu are all named after the same study of the male erection? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 10:28, 5 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Banana (TV series)

On 5 March 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Banana (TV series), which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the LGBT drama series Cucumber, Banana, and Tofu are all named after the same study of the male erection? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 10:28, 5 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Tofu (TV series)

On 5 March 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Tofu (TV series), which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the LGBT drama series Cucumber, Banana, and Tofu are all named after the same study of the male erection? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 10:28, 5 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Brilliant work

Thanks so much for creating the above articles! I can't believe it took us so long. They look great, thank you so much. Gareth E Kegg (talk) 16:19, 5 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

AN/I

I have made this entry at WP:AN/I: [1]

— James Cantor (talk) 17:36, 20 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Sceptre (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

Currently discussed at AN/I; no consensus for the block. Sceptre ^(talk) 19:34, 20 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Decline reason:

Your conduct was so far beyond the pale that Kevin would have been derelict in his duty had he not blocked you (and frankly I was about to do something similar). Regardless of the rights or wrongs of a situation, subjecting another editor and a named, living third party to a barrage of abuse on an article talk page and then at ANI is against just about every policy in the book, and doing it on a page subject to discretionary sanctions is asking for trouble. My advice would be to take the three days off and regain your sense of perspective. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:45, 20 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

Sceptre: regardless of how you feel about the COI or conversion therapy (and FWIW, I view it as drastically not okay,) this diff is ridiculously inappropriate on any page, let alone a page under arbcom sanctions. I have blocked you for 72 hours. Kevin Gorman (talk) 19:35, 20 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I personally don't think we should extend civility to child abusers and their sycophants, but, you know, you gotta do what you gotta do. It's weird, though; we used to ban people who made excuses for child abuse. Now we're blocking people for the exact opposite. Sceptre ^(talk) 19:37, 20 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Please don't dig yourself a deeper hole. If you continue down this path, somebody is likely to revoke your talk page access. Read my suggestion above. Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:45, 20 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I see how it is. We've got to protect people who abuse children, after all. I thought we were better than the Catholic Church, but hey, looks like I'm wrong. Sceptre ^(talk) 19:49, 20 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have revoked your talk page access for your continued behavior. You may make future appeals through UTRS. Mike V • Talk 19:51, 20 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sceptre, I'm altering your initial block. Three days for this was really really lenient. I chose to make it really light on purpose because I know you are normally a productive editor, and I hoped that a brief block be enough to make you realize just the level of unacceptable your comment represented. Instead of getting the reaction I hoped, you tripled down on your initial comment, going as far as getting TPA revoked even after HJ explicitly warned you it'd happen if you kept going. Unfortunately, I can really only stand by the original short block length if I was confident that when you were unblocked you wouldn't do the same thing again - and your behavior makes me actively think you will do the same thing instead. I'm extending your original block to a month... but if you agree via email to not engage in a BLP violation like that again, I will significantly reduce your block. I'll be monitoring my email at least a few times most days, so I should be fairly responsive. You still have UTRS available to appeal the block if you aren't okay with the idea of agreeing not to conduct another similar attack. Kevin Gorman (talk) 22:23, 20 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Arbitration Enforcement request

I have filed a request concerning you at AE. Iselilja (talk) 22:48, 22 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Next meetups in North England

Hello. Would you be interested in attending one of the next wikimeets in the north of England? They will take place in:

Leeds on 12th April 2015
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Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 21:15, 28 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

April 2015 GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors April 2015 Newsletter

March drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 38 people who signed up, 18 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

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Yes. Sceptre ^(talk) 16:26, 27 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Loves Pride!

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When? June 2015
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GOCE June 2015 newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2015 News

May drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 38 people who signed up, 29 copyedited at least one article, and we got within 50 articles of our all-time low in the backlog. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

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OS X El Capitan edit

Hi Sceptre,

While I appreciate your start to the OS X El Capitan article, it was not the best choice for an new OS X article. I created the article OS X Mavericks (look back in the history), and have been a Mac user since I was 6, (I'm coming 24 this year, so I've seen a lot in the world of Apple) and OS X articles are usually some of the best Apple articles when they're given a chance. It takes time, but is well worth it. What I am getting to here is a redirect back to the OS X main page is not the best choice, especially when a new major version comes out.

Thanks for hearing me out. Haseo9999 (talk) 17:40, 8 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A redirect is preferable when we don't have enough content for an article, if only temporarily. Sceptre ^(talk) 17:41, 8 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I understand why that was done now. Thanks. Haseo9999 (talk) 17:51, 8 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Arbitration motion regarding Arbitration enforcement

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Change from announced time table for the Arbitration enforcement arbitration case

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Motion passed in AE arbitration case granting amnesty and rescinding previous temporary injunction

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Moving Burma to Myanmar - new 2015 poll

You participated in a Burma RM in the past so I'm informing you of another RM. I hope I didn't miss anyone. New move attempt of Burma>Myanmar Fyunck(click) (talk) 09:01, 7 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE August 2015 newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors August 2015 Newsletter

July drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 24 people who signed up, 17 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

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Orphaned non-free image File:Past Doctors full.jpg

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Formal warning for personal attacks

In your comments in the discussion at user talk:Jimbo Wales#The Atlantic - How Wikipedia Is Hostile to Women you have made several comments that are personal attacks or borderline personal attacks, including casting aspersions. I understand you are passionate about the subject, but unless you are able to communicate civilly and without making personal attacks you will be blocked from editing.

I truly understand that being harassed is a real thing for female editors, and that dealing with people who deny this is frustrating to say the least, but ending the hostile editing environment requires civility from all editors, including you. Thryduulf (talk) 10:44, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah Sceptre, that was pretty revolting. I'm not one for civility blocks, but maybe I should be. Drmies (talk) 15:41, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, Wikipedia, where saying that somebody calls people a cunt is worse than calling people a cunt. Wonderful priorities there! Sceptre ^(talk) 17:12, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I mean, you said, and I quote, "If you think Wikipedia doesn't have a problem with women, you must be – pardon my French – fucking stupid;" ^[1] "Corbett is just one example of the misogynist scourge on Wikipedia;" ^[2] and "Personally, I'm just glad that Wikipedia has a large contingent of men who are have expert opinions on misogyny." ^[3] It seems like you have some beef with the editors involved and I would suggest taking a break.

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October 2015 GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors October 2015 Newsletter

September drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 25 editors who signed up, 18 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

October blitz: The one-week October blitz, targeting requests, has just concluded. Of the nine editors who signed up, seven copyedited at least one request; check your talk page for your barnstar!

The month-long November drive, focusing on our oldest backlog articles (June, July, and August 2014) and the October requests, is just around the corner. Hope to see you there!

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Thank you

I remember we talked around 2007 back when you were an admin. I don't remember what my account was at the time. Anyway, I see you are still contributing and have even gone through a sex change! Congrats and thank you for your many years of service. --SenatorJesseHelms (talk) 20:40, 19 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open!

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Guild of Copy Editors 2015 End of Year Report

Guild of Copy Editors 2015 End of Year Report

Our 2015 End of Year Report is now ready for review.

Highlights:

Summary of Drives, Blitzes, and the Requests page;
New record lows in the article backlog and on the Requests page;
Coordinator election results;
Membership news;
Changes around the Guild's pages;
Plans for 2016.

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British politician sex listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect British politician sex. Since you had some involvement with the British politician sex redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Steel1943 (talk) 16:00, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Women's History Month worldwide online edit-a-thon

You are invited...

Women's History Month worldwide online edit-a-thon

Host: Women in Red

Sponsor: Art+Feminism

1 to 31 March 2016

(To subscribe, Women in Red/Invite list. Unsubscribe, Women in Red/Opt-out list)
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Coloured title backgrounds for RDTs

Any reason that you are changing them from the standard #be2d2c , and why those particular colours? Useddenim (talk) 05:06, 25 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Those are the colours used by West Yorkshire Metro to distinguish the Leeds suburban lines. Hope this helps. :) Sceptre ^(talk) 08:27, 25 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Would you be able to supply an WP:RS for them on {{WYM color}}? Useddenim (talk) 11:08, 26 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You have a point about the colours on {{WYM color}} not being sourced, so I've used the colours on the front page of each line timetable (route map for Leeds-Bradford). Sceptre ^(talk) 19:38, 26 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ongoing conflicts listed at Redirects for discussion

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Guild of Copy Editors April 2016 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors April 2016 Newsletter

March drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 28 people who signed up, 21 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

April blitz: The one-week April blitz, again targeting our long requests list, will run from April 17–23. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the requests page. Sign up here!

May drive: The month-long May backlog-reduction drive, with extra credit for articles tagged in March, April, and May 2015, and all request articles, begins May 1. 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 Jonesey95, Miniapolis, and Baffle gab1978.

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"Women are everywhere"

Hi Sceptre. I'm an editor (not very active till now) of the Italian Wikipedia, where the gender gap is a real issue. I'm trying to participate to an IEG with the project "Women are everywhere". You will find the draft at this link https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Women_are_everywhere It would be great if you could have a look at it. I need any kind of suggestion or advice to improve it. Support or endorsement would be fantastic. Many thanks, --Kenzia (talk) 12:58, 8 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Precious anniversary

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:20, 27 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Five years now! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:00, 27 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

... and six --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:12, 27 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

NBMB listed at Redirects for discussion

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Parameter changed

You may have noticed that a number of your userpages are presently in Category:Fix. This is because that category is used temporarily to track deprecated usage of a certain parameter.

On User:Sceptre/modules/minicons.css please replace the 3 instances of "icon_nr" by "sortkey", and your pages will disappear from that tracking category and template usage will be optimized. Debresser (talk) 00:41, 25 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the edit! Debresser (talk) 16:00, 25 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Loves Pride 2016

As a participant of WikiProject LGBT studies, you are invited to participate in the third annual Wiki Loves Pride campaign, which runs through the month of June. The purpose of the campaign is to create and improve content related to LGBT culture and history. How can you help?

Create or improve LGBT-related Wikipedia pages and showcase the results of your work here
Document local LGBT culture and history by taking pictures at pride events and uploading your images to Wikimedia Commons
Contribute to an LGBT-related task force at another Wikimedia project (Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, Wikivoyage, etc.)

Looking for topics? The Tasks page, which you are welcome to update, offers some ideas and wanted articles.

This campaign is supported by the Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group, an officially recognized affiliate of the Wikimedia Foundation. The group's mission is to develop LGBT-related content across all Wikimedia projects, in all languages. Visit the affiliate's page at Meta-Wiki for more information, or follow Wikimedia LGBT+ on Facebook. Remember, Wiki Loves Pride is about creating and improving LGBT-related content at Wikimedia projects, and content should have a neutral point of view. One does not need to identify as LGBT or any other gender or sexual minority to participate. This campaign is about adding accurate, reliable information to Wikipedia, plain and simple, and all are welcome! If you have any questions, please leave a message on the campaign's talk page.

Thanks, and happy editing! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 20:44, 30 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

June 2016 Guild of Copy Editors Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2016 News

Hello everyone, welcome to the June 2016 GOCE newsletter. It's been a few months since we sent one out; we hope y'all haven't forgotten about the Guild! Your coordinators have been busy behind the scenes as usual, though real life has a habit of reducing our personal wiki-time. The May backlog reduction drive, the usual coordinating tasks and preparations for the June election are keeping us on our toes!

May drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's record-setting backlog reduction drive. Of the 29 people who signed up, 16 copyedited at least one article, 197 copyedits were recorded on the drive page, and the copyedit backlog fell below 1,500 for the first time! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

June Blitz: this one-week copy-editing blitz will occur from 12 June through 18 June; the themes will be video games and Asian geography.

Coordinator elections: It's election time again; how quickly they seem to roll around! Nominations for the next tranche of Guild coordinators, who will serve a six-month term that begins at 00:01 UTC on 1 July and ends at 23:59 UTC on 31 December, opens at 00:01 UTC on 1 June and closes at 23:59 UTC on 15 June. Voting takes place between 00:01 UTC on 16 June and 23:59 UTC on 30 June. If you'd like to assist behind the scenes, please consider stepping forward; self-nominations are welcomed and encouraged. All Wikipedia editors in good standing are eligible; remember it's your Guild, and it doesn't run itself!

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Miniapolis and Baffle gab1978.

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Left 8 Dead listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Left 8 Dead. Since you had some involvement with the Left 8 Dead redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. The1337gamer (talk) 16:13, 15 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

ITN recognition for Jo Cox

On 16 June 2016, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Jo Cox, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 16:55, 16 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Guild of Copy Editors July 2016 News

Guild of Copy Editors July 2016 News

Hello everyone, and welcome to the July 2016 GOCE newsletter.

June Blitz: this one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 12 through 18 June; the themes were video games and Asian geography. Of the 18 editors who signed up, 11 removed 47 articles from the backlog. Barnstars and rollover totals are located here. Thanks to all editors who took part.

Coordinator elections: The second tranche of Guild coordinators for 2016, who will serve a six-month term until 23:59 UTC on 31 December, have been elected. Jonesey95 remains as your drama-free Lead Coordinator, and Corinne and Tdslk are your new assistant coordinators. For her long service to the Guild, Miniapolis has been enrolled in the GOCE Hall of Fame. Thanks to everyone who voted in the election; our next scheduled one occurs in December 2016. All Wikipedia editors in good standing are eligible; self-nominations are welcome and encouraged.

July Drive: Our month-long July Copy Editing Backlog Elimination Drive is now underway. Our aim is to remove articles tagged for copy-edit in April, May and June 2015, and to complete all requests on the GOCE Requests page from June 2016. The drive ends at 23:59 on 31 July 2016 (UTC).

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Jonesey95, Corinne and Tdlsk.

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Template:High Speed 2 RDT

Re this edit: it would be helpful to know exactly what the ‘Classic-compatible loop’ is (or means). Useddenim (talk) 17:58, 31 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hey: the most recent plans call for HS2 to bypass Sheffield via the Rother valley, with two trains per hour leaving the main line to call at Sheffield and Chesterfield. Sceptre (talk) 18:03, 31 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Then wouldn't ‘Sheffield bypass’ or ‘Sheffield loop’ be a better label? Useddenim (talk) 10:20, 2 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The documentation uniformly says "classic-compatible", though; that's why I used it. Sceptre (talk) 14:28, 2 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination for deletion of Template:Criticism title

Template:Criticism title has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Nohomersryan (talk) 06:35, 25 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

FAC voluntary mentoring scheme

During a recent lengthy discussion on the WP:FAC talkpage, several ideas were put forward as to how this procedure could be improved, particularly in making it more user-friendly towards first-time nominees. The promotion rate for first-timers at FAC is depressingly low – around 16 percent – which is a cause for concern. To help remedy this, Mike Christie and I, with the co-operation of the FAC coordinators, have devised a voluntary mentoring scheme, in which newcomers will guided by more experienced editors through the stages of preparation and submission of their articles. The general format of the scheme is explained in more detail on Wikipedia: Mentoring for FAC, which also includes a list of editors who have indicated that they are prepared to act as mentors.

Would you be prepared to take on this role occasionally? If so, please add your name to the list. By doing so you incur no obligation; it will be entirely for you to decide how often and on which articles you want to act in this capacity. We anticipate that the scheme will have a trial run for a few months before we appraise its effectiveness. Your participation will be most welcome. Brianboulton (talk) 21:50, 29 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Guild of Copy Editors September 2016 News

Guild of Copy Editors September 2016 News

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July Drive: The July drive was a roaring success. We set out to remove April, May, and June 2015 from our backlog (our 149 oldest articles), and by 23 July, we were done with those months. We added July 2015 (66 articles) and copy-edited 37 of those. We also handled all of the remaining Requests from June 2016. Well done! Overall, we recorded copy edits to 240 articles by 20 editors, reducing our total backlog to 13 months and 1,656 articles, the second-lowest month-end total ever.

August Blitz: this one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 21 through 27 August; the theme was sports-related articles in honor of the 2016 Summer Olympics. Of the eight editors who signed up, five editors removed 11 articles from the backlog. A quiet blitz – everyone must be on vacation. Barnstars and rollover totals are located here. Thanks to all editors who took part.

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Hello everyone, and welcome to the December 2016 GOCE newsletter. We had an October newsletter all set to go, but it looks like we never pushed the button to deliver it, so this one contains a few months of updates. We have been busy and successful!

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September Drive: The September drive was fruitful. We set out to remove July through October 2015 from our backlog (an ambitious 269 articles), and by the end of the month, we had cut that pile of oldest articles to just 83. We reduced our overall backlog by 97 articles, even with new copyedit tags being added to articles every day. We also handled 75% of the remaining Requests from August 2016. Overall, 19 editors recorded copy edits to 233 articles (over 378,000 words).

October Blitz: this one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 16 through 22 October; the theme was Requests, since the backlog was getting a bit long. Of the 16 editors who signed up, 10 editors completed 29 requests. Barnstars and rollover totals are located here. Thanks to all editors who took part.

November Drive: The November drive was a record-breaker! We set out to remove September through December 2015 from our backlog (239 articles), and by the end of the month, we had cut that pile of old articles to just 66, eliminating the two oldest months! We reduced our overall backlog by 523 articles, to a new record low of 1,414 articles, even with new tags being added to articles every day, which means we removed copy-editing tags from over 800 articles. We also handled all of the remaining Requests from October 2016. Officially, 14 editors recorded copy edits to 200 articles (over 312,000 words), but over 600 articles, usually quick fixes and short articles, were not recorded on the drive page.

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Guild of Copy Editors February 2017 News

Guild of Copy Editors February 2017 News

Hello everyone, and welcome to the February 2017 GOCE newsletter. The Guild has been busy since the last time your coordinators sent out a newsletter!

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December blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 11 through 17 December; the themes were Requests and eliminating the November 2015 backlog. Of the 14 editors who signed up, nine editors completed 29 articles. Barnstars and rollover totals are located here. Thanks to all who took part.

January drive: The January drive was a great success. We set out to remove December 2015 and January and February 2016 from our backlog (195 articles), and by 22 January we had cleared those and had to add a third month (March 2016). At the end of the month we had almost cleared out that last month as well, for a total of 180 old articles removed from the backlog! We reduced our overall backlog by 337 articles, to a low of 1,465 articles, our second-lowest month-end total ever. We also handled all of the remaining requests from December 2016. Officially, 19 editors recorded 337 copy edits (over 679,000 words).

February blitz: The one-week February blitz, focusing on the remaining March 2016 backlog and January 2017 requests, ran from 12 to 18 February. Seven editors reduced the total in those two backlog segments from 32 to 10 articles, leaving us in good shape going in to the March drive.

Coordinator elections for the first half of 2017: In December, coordinators for the first half of 2017 were elected. Jonesey95 stepped aside as lead coordinator, remaining as coordinator and allowing Miniapolis to be the lead, and Tdslk and Corinne returned as coordinators. Thanks to all who participated!

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Community reassessment

Star Wars, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for a community good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Moxy (talk) 16:04, 27 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Premier League table

As you may know I maintain all top division league tables with consensus on how the notes should be (*short", "concise" and "consistent" for all note across all league). Detailed description on the qualification can be explained on the Premier League article (with source from UEFA or an other reliable site). Any further disruption to the league table without consensus will be considered unconstructive. Qed237 (talk) 18:42, 27 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Qed237: I keep reverting you because you keep reintroducing information that you know is incorrect. Your voluntary maintenance of pages does not entitle you to dictate the terms of editing those pages to other editors. Sceptre (talk) 18:45, 27 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I dont own any article, but this has been discussed at WT:FOOTY on multiple occasions. Qed237 (talk) 18:49, 27 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

You can always compare with other templates like Template:2015–16 La Liga table without excessive detail in notes. Qed237 (talk) 18:50, 27 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Death Cab For Cutie Photo Permission Request from Zumic

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Murder of Jo Cox

I suggest you don't do this again. If there are "plenty of sources" that call the incident a terrorist attack, then you've been here long enough to know the onus is on you to find and provide those sources. I've opened a discussion about this on the talk page, and you are free to contribute to that and add your thoughts as to why you feel the article should be added to those categories. This is Paul (talk) 16:38, 13 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Terrorism

I think I may have actually removed it once before there were any sources for it. See my talk page comments. Of course, now there are. But we are pretty restrained about actually callings people or events terrorism, or used to be, maybe that's changed. Doug Weller talk 17:07, 14 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Doug Weller: Sadly, I think our restraint in labelling things as terrorism only when white people do it; there's currently a dispute at Talk:Murder of Jo Cox where people are squeamish about calling a man who was arrested, charged, prosecuted, and convicted as a terrorist a terrorist, but as a counterpoint, we had no hesitation when it came to Omar Mateen. Sceptre (talk) 17:15, 14 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I've commented there, but my experience in the past has been caution about labelling Muslims terrorists. Doug Weller talk 19:01, 14 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination of Thirteenth Doctor

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DYK for Thirteenth Doctor

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The Scary Door listed at Redirects for discussion

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Guild of Copy Editors December 2017 News

Guild of Copy Editors December 2017 News

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.

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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.

March drive: We set out to remove April, May, and June 2016 from our backlog and all February 2017 Requests (a total of 304 articles). By the end of the month, all but 22 of these articles were cleared. Officially, of the 28 who signed up, 22 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.)

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 editors completed 43 articles (81,822 words).

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 300 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).

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, 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!

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 242 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).

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 articles). Of the 13 who signed up, 11 editors completed 38 copy edits (42,589 words).

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 338 articles). Of the 19 who signed up, 14 editors completed 121 copy edits (267,227 words).

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).

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 207 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).

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Weigh in on criticism statement in article

Hi,

I saw that at one time you were active in the WP:CRITICISM project. There's a BLP article called Noah Oppenheim, about the president of NBC News, that includes a statement that the subject of the article was "criticized" without further details.

I've started a discussion about an alternate approach here: Talk:Noah_Oppenheim#RfC_on_inclusion_of_Matt_Lauer_content building on a prior discussion here: Noah_Oppenheim#Lauer_content

Your opinion would be greatly valued.

I have a COI here, representing the subject of the article, so I won't make direct edits.

Thanks,

EdBC1278 (talk) 20:53, 20 February 2018 (UTC)BC1278[reply]

GOCE February 2018 news

Guild of Copy Editors February 2018 News

Welcome to the February 2018 GOCE newsletter in which you will find Guild updates since the 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 and were swiftly handled with an average completion time of 9 days.

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Coordinator elections: In December, 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 2016 and 2017, providing a detailed look at the Guild's long-term progress.

January drive: We set out to remove April, May, and June 2017 from our backlog and all December 2017 Requests (a total of 275 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 editors recorded 259 copy edits (490,256 words).

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 editors completed 35 copy edits (98,538 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: Jonesey95, Miniapolis, Corinne, Tdslk, and Reidgreg.

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Nomination of The Riott Squad for deletion

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It's been a long time...

Hi Sarah -- I hope you've been well and that life hasn't been unduly harsh to you. I'm hoping you remember me from way back in the day? Some wacky stuff sure went down back then, hahaha.

If you wouldn't mind, I'd like to get in touch with you (off-wiki if possible, due to privacy) to just say hi and catch up a little bit. Rest assured that I have no intention of beating any long-dead horses, but am just at a point in my life where I see a tremendous amount of value in checking in on someone I once considered a friend.

All the best. ♥ Fr edil 00:41, 8 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

13 years of editing

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June 2018 GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2018 News

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

Wikipedia in general, and the Guild in particular, experienced a deep loss with the death on 20 March of 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.

March drive: The goal was to remove June, July and August 2017 from our backlog and all February 2018 Requests (a total of 219 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 words).

April blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 15 through 21 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 days. Of the nine editors who signed up, eight editors completed 22 copy edits (62,412 words).

May drive: We set out to remove September, October and November 2017 from our backlog and all April 2018 Requests (a total of 298 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 editors recorded 151 copy edits (248,813 words).

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 UTC on 15 June. All Wikipedia editors in good standing are eligible, and self-nominations are encouraged. Voting will take place between 00:01 UTC on 16 June and 23:59 UTC on 30 June.

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: Corinne, Jonesey95, Miniapolis, Reidgreg and Tdslk.

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DYK for Tony Appleton

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DYK for Prince Louis of Cambridge

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FLRC notification

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August GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors August 2018 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the August 2018 GOCE newsletter. Thanks to everyone who participated in the Guild's 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.

Our June blitz focused on 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 here.

Thanks to everyone who participated in the 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 here.

The 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, Reidgreg, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95, Miniapolis and Tdslk.

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Proposed deletion of Doctor Who Prom (2010)

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December 2018 GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2018 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the December 2018 GOCE newsletter. Here is what's been happening since the August edition.

Thanks to everyone who participated in the August blitz (results), which focused on Requests and the oldest backlog month. Of the twenty editors who signed up, eleven editors recorded 37 copy edits.

For the September drive (results), of the twenty-three people who signed up, nineteen editors completed 294 copy edits.

Our October blitz (results) focused on Requests, geography, and food and drink articles. Of the fourteen people who signed up, eleven recorded a total of 57 copy edits.

For the November drive (results), twenty-two people signed up, and eighteen editors recorded 273 copy edits. This helped to bring the backlog to a six-month low of 825 articles.

The December blitz will run for one week, from 16 to 22 December. Sign up now!

Elections: Nominations for the Guild's coordinators for the first half of 2019 will be open from 1 to 15 December. Voting will then take place and the election will close on 31 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!

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators; Reidgreg, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95, Miniapolis and Tdslk.

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Category redirect populated

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GOCE 2018 Annual Report

Guild of Copy Editors 2018 Annual Report

Our 2018 Annual Report is now ready for review.

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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Screw/Bolt listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Screw/Bolt. Since you had some involvement with the Screw/Bolt redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. Steel1943 (talk) 20:03, 14 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

March GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors March 2019 Newsletter

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 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 requests for copyedit in January. Of the 31 people who signed up for this drive, 24 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

Blitz: Thanks to everyone who participated in the 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 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.

March Drive: The month-long 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. 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. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Miniapolis, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95, Reidgreg and Tdslk.

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Discussion at Talk:Luis Dubuc#Merge proposal

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MfD nomination of Portal:Barack Obama

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GOCE June newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2019 Newsletter

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. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here.

June Blitz: Our 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 requests.

March Drive: Thanks to everyone for their work in March's Backlog Elimination Drive. We removed copyedit tags from 182 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 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 here.

April Blitz: Thanks to everyone who participated in the 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 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.

May Drive: During the 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 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 requests for copyedit during the May drive, 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 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 Miniapolis, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95, Reidgreg and Tdslk.

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Wikipedia:ASDA listed at Redirects for discussion

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Orphaned non-free image File:Trial of a Time Lord DVD cvr.jpg

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Cite legislation UK – brief

A tag has been placed on Category:Cite legislation UK – brief requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

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note re your idea

I think you have a good idea re creating a new article to address the current prorogation of UK Parliament. I hope you will feel free to proceed whenever you wish. thanks. --Sm8900 (talk) 18:32, 11 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I have made some edits to your draft. please feel free to comment or provide any input. thanks!! --Sm8900 (talk) 21:23, 11 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Copying within Wikipedia requires attribution

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you copied or moved text from Impeachment into Impeachment in the United Kingdom. While you are welcome to re-use Wikipedia's content, here or elsewhere, Wikipedia's licensing does require that you provide attribution to the original contributor(s). When copying within Wikipedia, this is supplied at minimum in an edit summary at the page into which you've copied content, disclosing the copying and linking to the copied page, e.g., copied content from [[page name]]; see that page's history for attribution. It is good practice, especially if copying is extensive, to also place a properly formatted {{copied}} template on the talk pages of the source and destination. The attribution has been provided for this situation, but if you have copied material between pages before, even if it was a long time ago, please provide attribution for that duplication. You can read more about the procedure and the reasons at Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia. Thank you. If you are the sole author of the prose that was copied, attribution is not required. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 21:23, 16 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Cite legislation UK – brief

Hello, Sceptre,

I saw your comment on Category talk:Cite legislation UK – brief. Except for a few limited types of categories (disambiguation categories, category redirects and categories subject to CFD discussions), empty categories are deleted on Wikipedia. But should you find a need for this category in the future, please feel free to recreate it. Unlike categories that are subject to deletion via CFD discussions, empty categories can be recreated should they be needed in the future. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:35, 18 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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