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Gothic architecture

If by any chance you are Ms A.D.Budgie, then leave me a little message on my talk page.

Amandajm (talk) 06:15, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Removed nonsense, which I will now send to the right person! Amandajm (talk) 08:39, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

How stupid...

of me! I have the wrong editor! I looked again and saw you made only one very small correction. It wasn't you who added the pics! I have a problem all the time with people jamming extra pics of their favourite Gothic church into that page. I'm sorry to bother you with it. As for Budgie.... well, it's a long story.... Thanks for your patience! Amandajm (talk) 08:36, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Hello

Just stopping by to say welcome to WP:ANEGY! I saw that you have just added your name to the WikiProject Ancient Egypt members list. The project is relatively inactive right now, so new members are doubly appreciated. Let me know if you need anything. Icewedge (talk) 08:22, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Orhan I

Good work on copy-editing the article. It was a tough task here — it frustrates me that "copy-editing" on Wikipedia actually encapsulates not just general copy-editing but also attempting to make sense of the poor English used by foreign editors. Congratulations on a job well done. Sillyfolkboy (talk) 03:50, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

St Peter's

Problem 1. You made several edits, without checking what had gone before. This is very bad policy. The editor previous to you had left a poop bum message. The editor previous to that had deleted a very large wad of the article. If you then come along and make half a dozen minor changes, it screens the fact that some editor before you has been vandalistic. Before you edit, always check the current status of what you are editing, particularly for edits by people without a signnature. they are very often vandals. It is a good idea to look back for several days.

Problem 2. The very precise meaning of words. Reverting a fairly complex but very carefully worded statement to a much simpler one does not always mean the same thing or state the facts.

He (ie Michelangelo, who is the subject of the previous sentence and therefore doesn't need repeating) is to be regarded as the chief designer of a large part of the building.... is not the same thing as:

Michelangelo is regarded as as the chief designer etc...

These two statements are quite different. In fact Michelangelo is not always regarded as the chief designer. His role has been greatly underplayed by editors to these pages who have taken a very simplisitic reading of the available sources and who have misunderstood Giacomo della Porta's role and imagined that he "redesigned" the dome. That is why the sentence is worded the way that it is worded. It is addressing a common misconception.

"as it now stands" and "as it currently exists" do not mean the same thing either.

"as it now stands" implies that it is complete. "as it currently exists" implies that the building is in a state of impermanence. Amandajm (talk) 07:26, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Ancient Egyptian Religion

Many many apologies for not getting back to you. I've put it on my watchlist to see how it goes. I don't think it is serious enough at the moment to warrant semi-protection, that is normally only given to articles which are having multiple vandalism daily. You and I may not like that guidance, but that's what it is and to protect it at this level of vandalism would stop new IP editors from editing it constructively as well. I hope you understand. I feel quite bad about not responding quickly, and I see you deleted your edit on my talk page, don't blame you! dougweller (talk) 19:54, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, Perrot!

Thank you for you positive response. I'm not always very polite. I agree with you that the simplification is an improvement.

I get so blinking tired of vandalism. I get online hoping to do some writing and often spend all my time chasing up vandalism (or explaining things endlessly to people who are so focussed on one cause that they fail to see the big picture.) I'm feeling quite relieved now that Renaissance architecture has semi-protection and I don't have to sort it out every single day. Amandajm (talk) 05:18, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Ancient Egyptian creation myths

On April 7, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ancient Egyptian creation myths, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 04:27, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Re:Speedy deletion of Foreman 391

Hi A.parret im saying my reasens why my foreman 391 page shouldnt be deleted im not sure if this is the correct way (im 88% new only been doing this for a hour) its my first 1 so i wasnt sure abotu hwo big i edited it and make it bigger i think its big enough Foreman 111 (i dont know how to post so i edited a post sorry sango123 if i did something to your post sorry)

List of noise musicians

I have been checking any suspicious additions to this list at google. If they at least have a myspace page I usually allow them. Thanks for your help and interest.

Valueyou (talk) 09:07, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

Reporting to Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism

Hi there. If you report IP editors like 113.29.215.134 (talk · contribs) to Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism, please make sure that the user was active recently. IPs are re-assigned to new users often and as such the vandal who used the IP two days ago will likely not be affected if we blocked the IP now. Regards SoWhy 21:13, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Welcome to Featured article candidates

Hello! I noticed that you've been reviewing nominations at Featured article candidates. Thank you for your help, and I hope you will continue to contribute! You may already be familiar with the FAC criteria by now, but in case you aren't, you can check out the Featured article criteria. Also, the following dispatches are useful for reviewing nominations:

• Reviewers achieving excellence
• Reviewing images (free images / non-free images)
• Reliable sources in content review processes

The best way to learn is by doing, but here is a quick reference of the things to check for each nomination you review:

Quick reference A featured article exemplifies Wikipedia's very best work and is distinguished by professional standards of writing, presentation, and sourcing. In addition to meeting the policies regarding content for all Wikipedia articles, it has the following attributes. It is: well-written: its prose is engaging and of a professional standard; comprehensive: it neglects no major facts or details and places the subject in context; well-researched: it is a thorough and representative survey of the relevant literature; claims are verifiable against high-quality reliable sources and are supported by inline citations where appropriate; neutral: it presents views fairly and without bias; stable: it is not subject to ongoing edit wars and its content does not change significantly from day to day, except in response to the featured article process; and compliant with Wikipedia's copyright policy and free of plagiarism or too-close paraphrasing. It follows the style guidelines, including the provision of: a lead: a concise lead section that summarizes the topic and prepares the reader for the detail in the subsequent sections; appropriate structure: a substantial but not overwhelming system of hierarchical section headings; and consistent citations: where required by criterion 1c, consistently formatted inline citations using footnotes—see citing sources for suggestions on formatting references. Citation templates are not required. Media. It has images and other media, where appropriate, with succinct captions and acceptable copyright status. Images follow the image use policy. Non-free images or media must satisfy the criteria for inclusion of non-free content and be labeled accordingly. Length. It stays focused on the main topic without going into unnecessary detail and uses summary style where appropriate. Useful links Featured articles • Featured article candidates • Featured article review • Featured article log

Thanks again for your help! I look forward to continuing to work with you at FAC, and if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask me or anyone else at FAC. Now get to reviewing some noms! ~~~~

Your efforts are much appreciated! If you ever have questions about reviewing, feel free to ask at WT:FAC or you can ask SandyGeorgia or me directly. Karanacs (talk) 18:52, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Userpage vandalism

		The Userpage Shield
		For kicking out some sneaky vandal work from my userpage. Atif.t2 (talk) 00:26, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

Message from random IP

Hello everyone! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.81.98.61 (talk) 01:30, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

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Missisippian Culture

Hi,

Never tried to send a message on Wikipedia before. Is this the right way!? I left a comment on the talk page and edited the caption of the picture in question. My edit would be to remove the picture entirely, but I have a feeling someone who did not understand my point about it would just reintroduce the picture.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Mississippian_culture#Racist_Imagery

DGGenuine (talk) 21:27, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your help! —Preceding unsigned comment added by DGGenuine (talk • contribs) 21:51, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

W.J. Frecklington

I have declined the speedy deletion template you placed on the article--it is certainly possible that the man has notability as a builder of carriages for royalty. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 05:45, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

Help needed on AE articles

Please see Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Ancient_Egypt#Can_someone_please_look_at_the_edits_of_this_editor.3F, I think we have a slight problem with a new editor, Mychele Trempetich (talk · contribs) Thanks. Dougweller (talk) 19:17, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

Tang Dynasty

Hi! I didn't really move or change anything - I just inserted a header. It seemed to me that the lead was too long and detailed (discussing such things as air-conditioning fans, standardized examinations, the names of a number of famous poets, painters, etc., etc.). Looking at it again now I think I should have just shortened these two very long paragraphs and left such detailed subjects to be dealt with (as they are - very well, it seems to me) further on in the article? As I understand it, the lead is supposed to summarize the main points of the article providing a brief overview - not to duplicate details to be repeated further on in the article. Perhaps the guidelines should specify the lead should be made up of 3 to 4 short to medium paragraphs? Anyway, I certainly don't want to get into an argument about it. Do you think you (or we?) could shorten the lead somewhat along the lines I have mentioned and remove the heading I inserted (which, on second thought, is not very appropriate)? I welcome any comments you may have on the subject. Sincerely, John Hill (talk) 11:49, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi again! I think the work done by Pericles of Athens has really improved the opening paragraphs. I have just done a little more tightening up which I hope will meet your approval. Please feel free, though, to make any criticisms or adjustments you think may improve things further. Thank you for your contributions and civility. Sincerely, John Hill (talk) 00:27, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

a note from a co-editor

A simple thought about DAFT: would it be the ultimate in nerdiness, and yet awesome as heck, to actually name a band after one of these? They nearly beat out the hundreds I've come up with. I would do it, if I was a really good drummer. Anyway, hasta luego! 2J Bäkkvire Maestro ^{what are you} _{looking at?} 03:35, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kharsag Epics

Not AE, but perhaps of interest. Dougweller (talk) 15:35, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Common Courtesy

Please do not post meaningless, semi-insulting stuff on my talk page without good reason, thank you.

Bully25 (talk) 20:49, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Wrong Egyptian dates

Dear A. Parrot,

I notice that you used Ian Shaw's now old and dated 2000 book to try to standardise Egptian chronology dates for Seti II at 1200-1194 BC, Siptah at 1194-1188 BC , Twosret at 1188-1186 BC and Setnakhte at 1186-1184 BC. Unfortunately these dates are all wrong. I provided the dates for most of these articles and I used the most up to date Egyptological academic reference: Erik Hornung, Rolf Krauss & David Warburton (editors) book titled "Ancient Egyptian Chronology (Handbook of Oriental Studies)" from 2006. It was published by Brill.

If you read the wiki article on Seti II, there is now strong evidence that Seti II directly succeeded his father in all of Egypt but his reign in Upper Egypt was disrupted by an usurper named Amenmesse in his third to fourth years. So, Seti II, ruled Egypt from c.1203-1197 BC. Then Manetho states that Twosret ruled Egypt for 7 years which contained the almost 6 year reign of Siptah. So, Siptah would have ruled Egypt from 1197-1191 BC (6 yrs) and Twosret herself ruled Egypt independently for about 1 full year between 1191-1190 BC. Finally, your reference to Shaw's statement that Setnakte ruled Egypt for only 2 years from 1186-1188 BC is totally wrong. If you had read wiki's article on Setnakhte which I mostly wrote, I noted and provided clear references for a Year 3 and Year 4 date for this king. Even the image of the stela in his article is dated to his Year 4! So, Setnakhte definitely ruled Egypt for likely almost 4 full years now--not 2 years as you write. What I am saying is that you cannot standardise Egyptian chronology by using an outdated 10 year old book because it misleads everyone. Could you please allow me to reverse your date changes for the 19th dynasty because they are definitely wrong?

As an aside, you quote Ian Shaw and assign almost 9 full years to Ramesses X but almost no Egyptologist accepts this figure today except Kitchen who still proposes this date. This king is very obscure in Egyptian history and his highest known date is a Year 3 workman's Deir El-Medina diary. So....he could have ruled Egypt for 3 or 4 years but 8 or 9 years is almost impossible since there are many dated texts during the New Kingdom into the reign of Ramesses XI, his successor. Professors Erik Hornung, Rolf Krauss & David Warburton in their 2006 book give Ramesses X about 3-4 years in their book. If you have any questions about my basic integrity or reliability, please feel free to ask Admin Doug Weller But I hope you will allow me to try to correct the dates which are clearly wrong in the next few days. I like Shaw's books but I think that even he would agree that his dates are only general reference points for readers and can be altered by new discoveries or new interpretations of the historical evidence.

• After all, it was only in 2000 that it was learned that Chancellor Bay was executed for treason in Year 5 of Siptah (c.1192 BC) and that he never served Twosret on the throne as some Egyptologists once thought since the Deir El-Medina workmen were basically told in an ostraca document to stop working on his tomb due to his fate. Best Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 07:54, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Your talk page is on my watch list and I've just seen this. Although I agreed that our articles have dating problems, I agree with the above editor. Dougweller (talk) 08:14, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Unfortunately I don't have access to any chronological information more recent than Shaw. I did worry when I went through standardizing the dates that I might be using outdated information, but mainly I was just trying to sort out the mess of conflicting dates we had previously. If you have better information available, by all means correct my edits. Check if there are other periods where your sources conflict with mine; I went back all the way to the Badarian era, and all the way forward to the Third Intermediate Period. I hope my standardization efforts haven't caused too many problems. A. Parrot (talk) 17:52, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

• OK. Thank you. I'll do some changes or reverts to Shaw's dated or wrong 19th, 20th and early 21st dynasty dates. I will do this in a few days time as I'm also busy in my real (non-wiki)life. You don't get paid for your work here sadly. I must tell you this though. Firstly, Sheshonq I's timeline has been quite conclusively dated from 943 to 922 BC rather than Kitchen's original 945 to 924 BC on the basis of a lunar date from his reign. If you think about this, it makes much sense because it allows this pharaoh more time (3 full years) to erect monuments at Karnak after his 925 BC campaign against Israel and Judah rather than just 1 year (Kitchen's 945-924 BC date). Secondly, if you read Ian Shaw, he likely assigns Osorkon II only 25 years but this is too short. There is a Year 29 Karnak Quay inscription which, on the basis of its writing style, likely belongs to this king's reign and the supposed Year 22 date for Osorkon II's Heb Sed is damaged and can equally be read as either Year 22 or Year 30. Today all Egyptologists are willing to assign Osorkon II a reign of c.30-31 years and even Kitchen, at an important 2007 Leiden Conference on the Libyan period, was willing to accept this point. I just read the publication.

Finally, I'm afraid I have some rather BAD news to tell you about Horemheb's reign. Its Not 27 or 28 years as the Year 28 (Ramesside era) Inscription of Mes suggested but only 14 years and 1 month as Manetho assigned to this pharaoh in his Epitome. What happened is that Egyptologists removed 10 years from this figure and instead assigned 4 years and 1 month to Ay, his successor who was attested by a Year 4 stela. Mes or his copyists likely made an error with the date. Jacobus Van Dijk recently excavated and removed all the rubble in Horemheb's VOK tomb with a fine tooth and what he found was....revealing. There were many many Year 13 and Year 14 wine jar labels from Horemheb's estates (this was reported on the EEF forum too) which accords well with Manetho's figure of 14 years and 1 month for this pharaoh. So, he would have died shortly after beginning his 15th regnal year. Van Dijk has just published his report in JARCE 44 (2008) with a short abstract here (see p.4) but it is so new that the Egyptologists have not come up with a new Egyptian chronology. However, it seems clear that much of the dates for the 18th dynasty chronology would have to be revised since Horemheb's reign has been sharply reduced by 13 years from 27 years to just 14 years. This revision explains everything: why this king could never properly complete and decorate his VOK king if he had a reign of almost 27 full years which is almost impossible. Instead his tomb was only partly painted and the workmen simply gave up completing his tomb. Now we know why. I hope this helps. So, there is no such thing as a fixed Egyptian chronology right now with all these new finds turning up. Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 01:49, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

• I'm not a professional Egyptologist so I can't answer your questions on religion but I'm on EEF which is a discussion forum used by scholars for the latest news and finds in Egyptology. You can contact Ayko Eyma the moderator here to learn how to enroll (or he can enroll you himself?). Once you are registered on EEF, you can E-mail questions onto the forum for discussion and Ayko will generally allow them to be posted for everyone to read and to respond to. Just follow his tips here. Cheers, --Leoboudv (talk) 03:08, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Copyedit Backlog Elimination Drive

Hi, as a member of the Guild of Copy Editors you're hereby notified of and invited to participate in the WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May 2010. Please help us eliminate the 8,000+ copyedit backlog! Participating editors will receive barnstars and other awards, according to their level of participation. ɳorɑfʈ ^Talk! 00:10, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

Don't forget to mark your entries from the Requests page

On behalf of the coordinator of the WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors Backlog elimination drive for May 2010, ɳorɑfʈ Talk!, I would like to thank you for your active participation in the Drive. I am writing to inform you that we have introduced additional Guild of Copy Editors' Gold Star Awards for the drive. To qualify, you will need to add an asterisk to all the full copyedits you have completed from the Requests page. More information can be found in the awards section of the Drive. If you have any questions, please post them to the Drive's talk page. Once again, thank you for participating, and we look forward to a meaningful drop in the numbers due to your hard work and efforts. - S Masters (talk) 03:55, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Copy editing

Re: this edit

That is too hilarious. Torchiest (talk | contribs) 21:31, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

GOCE Newsletter

GOCE backlog elimination drive chart Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive! We have now reached the halfway point, and here's what has happened so far. Requests Report - Good news! The number of special requests waiting to be edited has been reduced drastically, with almost all of the remaining items having editors committed to getting them done. Good work, people! Target Report - ɳorɑfʈ's initial target of reducing the backlog of articles for copy edit turned out to be unrealistic insane, so a new target was set: we hope to reduce the to backlog to less than 7,500 items in the queue by the end of the month. The number in the queue was 7,950 as of close of business yesterday. If we "concentrate our firepower" we can wipe out Jan, Feb, and March 2008, meaning the drive will have cleared four months off the backlog queue. Please consider copyediting from one of these months. Rewards Report - We now have some clear leaders on the board in all three Gold Star categories, and many people have qualified for the various barnstars. It is not too late to participate, as it takes just 2,000 words (pre-edit) to qualify for a barnstar! Don't wait! Start participating today. Remember, the ultimate winner is Wikipedia. Notice to Participants - For those who have indicated that you will be working on certain articles on the drive page in your respective tally box, please ensure that you complete these copyedits as soon as possible. Thank you very much for your participation so far! - Coordinator: ɳorɑfʈ Talk! Co-coordinators: Diannaa TALK and S Masters (talk) This newsletter by Diannaa (writer) and SMasters (writer and typesetter). Thrown onto your doorstep by ɳorɑfʈ on a red Huffy bike.

Per Arthur Laumann

Biographies of military figures often run into the problem of shifting ranks due to promotion, demotion, and other changing circumstances. The usual way I have handled this is to note the highest rank held in World War I, followed by a phrase denoting their ultimate rank. For example:

Leutnant de Reserve (later Generalmajor) Arthur Laumann et cetera, et cetera.

If you know of a WP policy guiding this situation, I would appreciate your informing me, so I can tidy up the writing process a bit.

Georgejdorner (talk) 19:07, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

P. S. I would like to know where you found his first name spelled without the 'h', in the interests of making corrections if necessary.

Georgejdorner (talk) 19:07, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Backlog Elimination Drive Wrap-up

Thanks very much to all who helped with the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive. We were very close to meeting our target of 7,500 articles remaining in the backlog. Our most shining success is the incredible reduction in the backlog of Special Requests. That part of the project saw a drop from 62 articles in the queue, some dating back to February of 2009, down to a stunning THREE, all of which were being edited at the close of the drive. The Special Requests page will now be a great resource for people looking to tidy up their article in advance of a GA or FA nomination, instead of a place where articles go to die. Moving forward GOCE backlog elimination drive chart up to 31 May The drive has not only forced a great leap forward in reducing the backlog. It has helped promote the Guild, and led to a greater awareness of the level of vigilance required to keep the backlog manageable. Ideas such as charts, graphs, and barnstars helped motivate editors, and meeting other users helped quell any feelings gnomish editors may have had in the past that they were toiling all alone. Keep up the good work people!! Stats Almost everyone who participated will receive a barnstar. We will be handing these out over the next week or so. Five people will receive the highest award for word count (80,000 or more), the Most Excellent Order of the Caretaker's Star: Bullock, Diannaa, NielsenGW, S Masters, and Torchiest. The Order of the Superior Scribe (40,000+) goes to Auntieruth55, Bobnorwal, Kojozone, Lfstevens, and Mlpearc. fds wins the Modern Guild of Copy Editors Barnstar (30,000+). The Old School League of Copyeditors Barnstar for 20,000+ is awarded to A. Parrot, mono, Truthkeeper88, and The Utahraptor. the Tireless Conributor Barnstar (12,000+) goes to dtgriffith, Laurinavicius, and Quinxorin. Buggie111, Brickie, cymru lass, liquidluck, noraft, and Yellow Monkey get the Cleanup Barnstar for 8,000+ words. The Working Man's Barnstar for 4,000+ words goes to Annalise and fetchcomms. The Modest Barnstar is awarded to Theo10011 and The Tito. Gold Star Award The Gold Star Award goes to the top editor in three challenges: Number of special requests fulfilled, number of articles edited, and number of words. Here are the final results. Final results: Gold Star Award: Requests Articles Words 1. SMasters (17) Torchiest (250) NielsenGW (150,360) 2. Bobnorwal (13) Diannaa (212) Diannaa (136,200) 3. Bullock (9) kojozone (76) Torchiest (125,000) Coordinator: ɳorɑfʈ Talk! Co-coordinators: Diannaa TALK and S Masters (talk)

Barnstar

	The Old School League of Copyeditors Barnstar
	For your copyediting efforts during the May 2010 Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive, editing 16 articles with a combined total of 20,242 words, I hereby award you this Old School League of Copyeditors Barnstar. Congratulations and thank you for all your hard work! --Diannaa TALK 03:24, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

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! 14:34, 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 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 02:27, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

You are now a Reviewer

Hello. Your account has been granted the "reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on certain flagged pages. Pending changes, also known as flagged protection, is currently undergoing a two-month trial scheduled to end 15 August 2010.

Reviewers can review edits made by users who are not autoconfirmed to articles placed under pending changes. Pending changes is applied to only a small number of articles, similarly to how semi-protection is applied but in a more controlled way for the trial. The list of articles with pending changes awaiting review is located at Special:OldReviewedPages.

When reviewing, edits should be accepted if they are not obvious vandalism or BLP violations, and not clearly problematic in light of the reason given for protection (see Wikipedia:Reviewing process). More detailed documentation and guidelines can be found here.

If you do not want this userright, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time. Courcelles (talk) 02:13, 18 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! 04:00, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

Papyrus of Ani

I've written to the relevant curator[1] and asked his assistance on the article. If/when he responds I will put any information on the talkpage to the article. :-) Witty Lama 14:54, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

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.

Barnstar

		The Modern Barnstar
		This Modern barnstar is awarded to A. Parrot for copy editing articles totalling 40,304 words during the Guild of Copy Editors July 2010 backlog drive. Your contributions are appreciated!--Diannaa (Talk) 14:18, 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

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GOCE Invitation

There are currently 2,505 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).

Thanks

For stopping those goofballs on the DAFT talk page. I had a distinct feeling that user was a sock of a rather controversial/seditious user I had tangled with before. To prove that, some of the pages he was commending were pages created by his old account. I don't care if you did anything about it or not, but for that and hosting the DAFT page nowadays, here's

		The Original Barnstar
		Well, I just said what this is for. And any work you've done on mythology or other stuff you edit is appreciated, too! Here's the only new, improved Finalius! 11:03, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

WP:DAFT

Okay, i think you need to chill your beans a little bit.

For starters, only one article that you deleted from the list (meat mum) was actually made by me, the others were fully legitimate. Also, the last one you deleted (something about an anchovy quiche, i don't remember exactly) i didn't even add to the list, yet you deleted it giving the reason that it was added by 'the vandal', as if you're accusing me of being wikipedia's sole vandal. You also removed the 'this page has been greated 8 times' part that i added under Farting In Ireland, why was this? Farting In Ireland has been on that page for longer than i've known it, therefore it wasn't my creation. Surely you must agree that the note i added wasn't vandalism.

On the topic of vandalism; yes i am Kill Me When I Die, but you may check back through the edit logs on that account, although i did create Meat Mum with it (which was an in-joke with my friends rather than solely for WP:DAFT) all my other edits with that account were good faith. This new account isn't a sock-puppet as such, as i'm not claiming to not be Kill Me When I Die, i'm simply using this account to get around the fact that Kill Me When I Die was blocked for something that i didn't do. If you're suspicous of me under this new account, that's fine. You may watch my edit logs and ban me the second something that appears to be WP:DAFT fodder comes up but i'm going to tell you now, i'm not a vandal.

As for the 'promoting vandalism' idea, i really fail to see how having the articles you removed on the page will promote vandalism any more or less than if they're not there, to any reader of the page, they're just more freaky titles, they won't be seem by the public the way they're seen by you so you needn't worry.

Regarding the 'freaky redirects' concept that i was discussing. I don't know if any of your rant was raimed at it or not, but if it was, let me explain that none of that is vandalism. They are all genuine redirects found throughout Wikipedia, none of which were made by me. Actually, the one expection is Turbotonator, which wasn't created for the purpose of the potential 'freaky redirect' page, but rather because it's a genuine nickname for Brian Tobin.

Lastly, i don't really see why you're threagtening me with the deletion of WP:DAFT. The loss of that article won't be the end of my world any more than it will be to any other wikipedia user. I think you're cutting your nose off to spite your face a little bit here.

Is short, i'm simply requesting that you please end your needless animosity towards myself, as i have basically done nothing wrong, thank you.

Damn cookies! (talk) 09:24, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

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GOCE copy edit drive

Greetings, 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)

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)

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Sufi Dynasty

Hi A.Parrot, Please see my note in the discussion page of Sufi Dynasty about your edit of July 20. Cheers. Nedim Ardoğa (talk) 13:14, 26 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.

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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)

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Castle FAR

Hi, I saw your user name in the Castle Discussion page. I have nominated the Castle page for Featured Article Review, because among other things, it is too exclusive and does not fulfill the criteria of a Featured Article. I invite you to share your opinion at Wikipedia:Featured article review/Castle/archive1. Boneyard90 (talk) 23:42, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

Just wanted to thank you for a very balanced, thoughtful, and sincere opinion in the discussion. It would be nice if my proposed compromise paragraph was accepted, as you noted, but the page editor does not seem to share that view. Take care. Boneyard90 (talk) 02:26, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

Newest Daft Problem

Why did you accuse this latest IP problem of being our old "friend"? I know you refuse to assume good faith, but it could be somebody else. And shouldn't you make an archive of this talk page? Finalius (Ecru?!) 14:26, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Re: Vandal on WP:Deleted articles with freaky titles

The patterns seem to be similar, based on a quick perusal of the contribs of Kill me when i die (talk · contribs), who is indefinitely blocked. Graham87 01:58, 20 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.

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