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DYK

Good suggestions which are obviously not as controversial as my recommendation. Thank you. Ankh.Morpork 16:41, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

  The Good Article Barnstar
Thanks Torchiest for helping to promote Nihil to Good Article status. Please accept this little sign of appreciation and goodwill from me, because you deserve it. Keep it up, and give someone a pat on the back today. --Sp33dyphil ©hatontributions 04:14, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Audio file problems

I am trying to upload a new version of File:Krank sample.ogg, which includes a fade in and fade out for the sample. But the current version seemed to not update. I finally checked in another browser, and it must be my cache that is goofed up. If an admin would just delete all the extra copies I uploaded, and leave 14:44, 21 July 2012 (UTC) (the second version) as the only file, that would be excellent. Thanks. Torchiest talkedits 14:54, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

  Done -- Dianna (talk) 22:19, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Self-revert?

Why did you self-revertRyan Vesey Review me! 22:28, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

I saw the edit summary in my watchlist, and it looked obnoxious, so I reverted. But the text that appeared in the reversion summary made it look more like a friendly chat for a second, so I undid. Then I went back to your talk page and read the whole thing, and it looked not-so-friendly again, but I figured I'd meddled enough already and left it alone. Plus, I saw you were taking your own steps to handle the situation. Sorry about that. Torchiest talkedits 22:32, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
I'm just waiting on oversight, I've decided not to revert anything myself. Ryan Vesey Review me! 22:34, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

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CE of the month

Hiya. Will there be any rule on earliest start date of submitted copy edits? The reason I ask is that I'd like to update the ombox to remind people both that the drive is coming to an end and to prepare themselves for the August contest, and that might affect the timing and wording. Best, --Stfg (talk) 19:42, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

Yes. My idea was to limit it to just copy editing done in August itself, to spur new activity rather than dredging up older work. Does that seem okay to you? The nice thing about this is that there's not a lot of overhead as with the monthly drives, so we can always change the rules for future contests without much trouble. Torchiest talkedits 19:46, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
Thanks. Yes, definitely OK, and as you say, we have flexibility. It might be a good idea to state that rule on the contest page, do you think? I'll do something with the ombox tomorrow. --Stfg (talk) 20:38, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
Looks good on the contest pages. The ombox isn't forgotten, but I decided to wait till nearer the time as that might have better impact. --Stfg (talk) 12:57, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

WikiProject Wikify: July Newsletter and August Drive

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GOCE July drive wrap-up

Guild of Copy Editors July 2012 backlog elimination drive wrap-up
 

Participation: Out of 45 people who signed up this drive, 31 have copy-edited at least one article. Lfstevens continues to carry most of the weight, having edited 360 articles and over a quarter of a million words already. Thanks to all who have participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, will be available early in August here.

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Copy Edit of the Month: Starting in August, you'll be able to submit your best copy-editing work for palaver, praise, and prizes. See here for details. – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest.

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Userfied

Sure.  :) It's at User:Torchiest/CC. Philippe Beaudette, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 10:45, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! Torchiest talkedits 13:04, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

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Gen P-Orridge

Hey there, it's great to hear that you are doing some work on the Gen page; one day I must get around to continuing the work that I started over there. Anyway, in response to your question, the footnote should be to an interview that Gen gave: Abrahamsson, Carl (2011 [1989]). "An Interview with Genesis P-Orridge". The Fenris Wolf I–3 (Stockholm: Edda): pp. 32–50. ISBN 978-9197953412. Best. Midnightblueowl (talk) 17:29, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi Torchiest. Thanks very much for keeping an eye on the drive and doing the daily updates as well as the checking work you did and the newletter you created. It was all greatly appreciated. Cheers, --Stfg (talk) 09:45, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

No problem. I'm not sure what our procedure is for calculating awards and all though. Didn't Allens have some code he was going to run that would compile all the information for us? Torchiest talkedits 14:17, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
Yes, he does. He's been away on a teaching assignmnet -- summer course covering 15 weeks' learning in 5 weeks -- and I don't know exactly when he'll be back on line, but I've left a message asking him to do it. It's worth waiting for, as the program generates much more accurate output that a human bean could do manually. --Stfg (talk) 15:35, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
I like the sound of that! Torchiest talkedits 15:40, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

RE: FAC

I'm pretty busy IRL< but I'll try and hit it up with comments when I can. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs(talk) 20:04, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Missing Foundation

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Interesting

And cool! I noticed last week that you added a note on his talk page suggesting that he try creating content for existing articles, and what do you know, sometimes a bit of encouragement is all you need: [1] 129.33.19.254 (talk) 15:10, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

Ha, that's awesome! Thanks for pointing it out. Torchiest talkedits 15:14, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

Is there anything else? P.S. What should I do in regards to your third point? JDC808 (talk) 21:22, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

Addressed issues. JDC808 (talk) 22:26, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
Addressed new issues. JDC808 (talk) 19:32, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
Duplicate links removed. JDC808 (talk) 20:35, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
Could you possibly do some more copy-editing to the page? --JDC808 (talk) 05:52, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

WP:MOSALBUM#Personnel

Hey! So I noticed in WP:MOSALBUM#Personnel that production/technical credits should follow the same format as personnel credits (ie. Name – production), as opposed to "Producer – Name". I was going to go ahead and make this change to the various KMFDM album articles in the next day or two (when I have some time to do them all at once), but before I did that I wanted to let you know, to avoid any warring between us, etc. (ETA: Forgot to log in!) MrMoustacheMM (talk) 16:24, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

Okay, that's fine. I'm not sure why I started doing it that way. For some reason, I thought I'd seen it done like that on another good or featured article somewhere. But no problem; go for it. —Torchiest talkedits 16:27, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

Re: FAC

I'll try and do a full run-through this weekend (prolly Sunday since I'll be travelling.) Sorry I'm getting to things piecemeal--don't have the free time that I used to. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs(talk) 17:02, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

Drive Barnstars

Hey Torch: Check Simons page for revised leaderboard numbers if you want to plow ahead with passing out the baubles :-) Nice working with you.

Best regards:

Cliff (a/k/a "Uploadvirus") (talk) 21:58, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

GOCE July 2012 barnstars

  The Copyeditor's Barnstar
This barnstar is awarded to Torchiest for copy editing articles totalling over 30,000 words during the Guild of Copy Editors July 2012 Backlog Elimination Drive. Your contributions are greatly appreciated. -- Dianna (talk) 01:46, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
  Leaderboard Award – Number of 5K articles edited – 4th Place
This Guild of Copy Editors Silver Award is awarded to Torchiest for copy editing two articles of 5,000 words or more during the Guild of Copy Editors July 2012 GOCE drive. Congratulations on winning this prestigious award. Thank you for your efforts. -- Dianna (talk) 01:46, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
  Leaderboard Award – Longest Article – 3rd Place
This Guild of Copy Editors Silver Award is awarded to Torchiest for copy editing Ghostbusters (franchise) (11,772 words) during the Guild of Copy Editors July 2012 GOCE drive. Congratulations on winning this prestigious award. This was the third-longest article edited during the drive. -- Dianna (talk) 01:46, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
  The 10k Copy Edit Barnstar
This special 10k Copyedit Barnstar is awarded to Torchiest for copy editing Ghostbusters (franchise) (11,772 words) during the Guild of Copy Editors July 2012 GOCE drive. Your efforts are appreciated! Dianna (talk) 01:46, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

Great Minds Think Alike

  The Teamwork Barnstar
On behalf of the entire Wikipedia Community, this award is hereby presented jointly to the team of Stfg, Diannaa, Torchiest, and Allens for their hard work and superb cooperation in planning and executing the highly successful July 2012 Wikipedia Backlog Reduction Drive for the Guild of Copy Editors. With very best regards: Cliff (a/k/a "Uploadvirus") (talk) 15:06, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for that! —Torchiest talkedits 15:07, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

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Thanks for the Barnstars for the July 2012 Drive

I nearly had carpal tunnel by the end of it, LOL, but it was wicked fun--Aichikawa (talk) 18:17, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

Great minds (2)

Funny thing. The fix you just did on Allen's talk page, I did the same one at the same time (edit summary was "fmt"). It appeared to accept the edit without showing an edit conflict, but only yours shows in the history. Must've been clever enough to see we were doing the same thing, I suppose. Not bad! --Stfg (talk) 17:18, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

Nice! I wonder if it didn't detect an edit conflict because your edit didn't technically conflict the just saved version. —Torchiest talkedits 17:20, 14 August 2012 (UTC)