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Guild of Copy Editors December 2024 Newsletter
edit| Guild of Copy Editors December 2024 Newsletter
Hello, and welcome to the December newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since September. If you no longer want this newsletter, you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. If you'd like to be notified of upcoming drives and blitzes, and other GOCE activities, the best method is to add our announcements box to your watchlist. Election news: The Guild's coordinators play an important role in the WikiProject, making sure Drive: In our September Backlog Elimination Drive, 67 editors signed up, 39 completed at least one copy edit, and between them they edited 682,696 words comprising 507 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. Blitz: The October Copy Editing Blitz saw 16 editors sign-up, 15 of whom completed at least one copy edit. They edited 76,776 words comprising 35 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. Drive: In our November Backlog Elimination Drive, 432,320 words in 151 articles were copy edited. Of the 54 users who signed up, 33 copy edited at least one article. Barnstars awarded are posted here. Blitz: The December Blitz will begin at 00:00 on 15 December (UTC) and will end on 21 December at 23:59. Sign up here. Barnstars awarded will be posted here. Progress report: As of 22:12, 7 December 2024 (UTC), GOCE copy editors have completed 333 requests since 1 January, and the backlog of tagged articles stands at 2,401 articles. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Mox Eden and Wracking. To stop receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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The Signpost: 12 December 2024
edit- News and notes: Arbitrator election concludes
- Arbitration report: Palestine-Israel articles 5
- Disinformation report: Sex, power, and money revisited
- Op-ed: On the backrooms by Tamzin
- In the media: Like the BBC, often useful but not impartial
- Traffic report: Something Wicked for almost everybody
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Question from Rohit Mahra on Phanek (05:08, 19 December 2024)
editSir how u created the redirect link , plz guide plz --Rohit Mahra (talk) 05:08, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
- Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! To create redirects, please see this page for your reference. Thanks, ~deltasock (talk • cont) 02:36, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
Question from Muhaideen Faiz Brichini (09:45, 22 December 2024)
edithow do I edit a page --Muhaideen Faiz Brichini (talk) 09:45, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
- Hi there! In order to edit a page, you can click the "edit source" tab on the upper right corner of the page and change the Wikipedia article text to what you need to change it to. Also, please feel free to take a look at our policies and guidelines as well as our page on writing your first article, basic copyediting guide page, page on basic Wikitext markup and manual of style. Again, welcome and happy editing! Thanks, ~deltasock (talk • cont) 19:55, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
Question from Amycanevello (17:11, 23 December 2024)
editI'm trying to edit the page for Jennifer Crocker but the website keeps telling me that my edits are too biased. I'm working with Dr. Crocker to write a profile that has been updated and more accurately reflects her contributions to the field of social psychology. Can you help me figure out what is wrong with the content that I'm trying to add? --Amycanevello (talk) 17:11, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
- Hi @Amycanevello and welcome to Wikipedia. If you are working with Dr. Crocker to write an updated profile, then you have a Conflict of interest with her - and edits from editors that have a conflict of interest are often seen as biased as they have had a history of including non-neutral language. Moreover, this edit you made, for example, contains language such as "pioneering", "distinguished" and "enduring impact" an come across as promotional. If you wish to update a page that you have a conflict of interest with, please read the page on making edit requests and create an edit request with the {{Edit COI}} template. Also, please review the page on maintaining a neutral point of view on Wikipedia as well. Thanks, ~delta (talk • cont) 18:37, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
How many times a month do you have to edit documents. --Pmintah (talk) 16:47, 24 December 2024 (UTC)
- Hi @Pmintah, welcome to Wikipedia! There is no requirement as to how many times a month you have to edit - or really how often to edit at all - for Wikimedians. :) ~delta (talk • cont) 18:55, 24 December 2024 (UTC)
The Signpost: 24 December 2024
edit- From the archives: Where to draw the line in reporting?
- Recent research: "Wikipedia editors are quite prosocial", but those motivated by "social image" may put quantity over quality
- Gallery: A feast of holidays and carols
- Traffic report: Was a long and dark December
Question from Israel Omega Messenger (15:52, 26 December 2024)
editHi, I was uploading information in regards to the Antichrist or the Beast and someone deleted my information stated that I wasn't vandalizing what does this mean --Israel Omega Messenger (talk) 15:52, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
Guidance for the suggestion to improve the draft
editDraft:Muhammad Ali Pasha Rubab.tahir239 (talk) 09:31, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
- Hi there @Rubab.tahir239 and welcome! I am no expert in Pakistan-related topics myself, but I have a few tips to improving the draft: first, try looking over Wikipedia's Manual of Style to familiarize yourself with how Wikipedia articles are formatted - currently, your draft lacks sections to help separate information and might benefit from some. It might also be a good idea to review the Manual of style for biographies as well. Furthermore, ensure that everything is written in a neutral point of view as well - this is another area to improve on with your current draft as words such as "beautifully" and "profound emotions and sentiments" might not come across as neutral. Also, please make sure to cite from reliable sources and ensure that your topic meets the notability guideline and has significant coverage in multiple sources as well. Thanks and once again welcome to Wikipedia! ~delta (talk • cont) 05:20, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
- thank you. Rubab.tahir239 (talk) 09:35, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
Welcome to the 2025 WikiCup!
editHappy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2025 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor, we hope the WikiCup will give you a chance to improve your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page.
For the 2025 WikiCup, we've implemented several changes to the scoring system. The highest-ranking contestants will now receive tournament points at the end of each round, and final rankings are decided by the number of tournament points each contestant has. If you're busy and can't sign up in January, don't worry: Signups are now open throughout the year. To make things fairer for latecomers, the lowest-scoring contestants will no longer be eliminated at the end of each round.
The first round will end on 26 February. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email), Epicgenius (talk · contribs · email), Frostly (talk · contribs · email), Guerillero (talk · contribs · email) and Lee Vilenski (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:14, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
Question from Inkiyostar (05:58, 4 January 2025)
editHello Editor, I am new and passionate about Wikipedia. I want to learn how to creat pages for politicians, Business persons and organizations.
In anticipation , thank you Inkio --Inkiyostar (talk) 05:58, 4 January 2025 (UTC)