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[edit] November copy edit drive

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive! The Wikipedia Guild of Copy-Editors invites you to participate in the November 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive, a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles that require copy-editing. The drive will begin on 1 November at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on 30 November at 23:59 (UTC). The goal for this drive is to reduce the backlog by 10% (approximately 500 articles). We hope to focus our efforts on the oldest three months (January, February, and March 2009) and the newest three months (September, October, and November 2010) of articles in the queue. Sign-up has already begun at the November drive page, and will be open throughout the drive. If you have any questions or concerns, please leave a message on the drive's talk page. Before you begin copy-editing, please carefully read the instructions on the main drive page. Please make sure that you know how to copy-edit, and be familiar with the Wikipedia Manual of Style. Awards and barnstars A range of barnstars will be awarded to active participants, some of which are exclusive to GOCE drives. More information on awards can be found on the main drive page. Thank you; we look forward to meeting you on the drive! — The UtahraptorTalk to me/Contributions, S Masters (talk), and Diannaa (Talk)

[edit] Whisperback

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[edit] Talkback

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[edit] Help request

The Guild of Copy Editors needs your help! The Guild of Copy Editors has a Requests page where editors can list their articles to request a copy edit. During January and February, the requests have been arriving at the rate of several every day, and we are getting a bit behind! We are putting out the call for a little help to get caught up. If you are interested in lending a hand, please select one or two articles from our Requests page and do a copy edit. Help a little or a lot; it's good karma! Thank you very much for any assistance you can offer. Your GOCE coordinators –S Masters (talk), Diannaa (Talk), The UtahraptorTalk to me, and Tea with toast (Talk)

[edit] Thank You!

		The Featured Sound Main Page Proposal Voter Barnstar
		I was truly humbled by the overwhelming community support for the recent proposal to place featured sounds on the main page. The proposal closed on Tuesday with 57 people in support and only 2 in opposition. It should take a few weeks for everything to get coded and tested, and once that is done the community will be presented with a mock up to assess on aesthetic appeal. Finally, I invite all of you to participate in the featured sounds process itself. Whether you're a performer, an uploader, or just come across a sound file you find top quality, and that meets the featured sound criteria, you can nominate it at Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates. Featured sounds is also looking for people to help assess candidates (also at Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates.) Thanks again for such a strong showing of support, and I hope to see you at featured sounds in the future. Sven Manguard Wha? Adam Cuerden (talk) (X! · talk)

[edit] Re: FDP

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[edit] You are half pregnant

Now legally protected, the gopher tortoise was previously frequently eaten and called the "Hoover chicken".

How about a review of U.S. state reptiles? It's short, fun. And it's a "listarticle". All the cool kids hang in FL, now.  ;) TCO (talk) 02:18, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Pretty please with sugar on top.TCO (talk) 17:55, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

[edit] FSC

Revamped process, with regular exposure on the main page possible. Could do with more reviewers ... Tony (talk) 12:46, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Hi Tony, should have replied before, I did have a look but I was rather dismayed to see at least one user nominating her own recordings, That puts me off. I can't see the FSC process ever being one that I am comfortable with. Moreover the problem of calling a recording (however bona fide) a 'featured sound' and then using it in the wrong articles/contexts has never been properly addressed. Of course if the other editors were as scrupulous as you it would be different! So I think I'll pass. --Kleinzach 09:17, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Kleinzach I take issue with every single thing you said in that comment. First, I see no reason why a user cannot nominate her own works. As can be seen, we are under no obligation to promote them, and that user's work has been rejected a few times. It's also done in every other featured process with no ill effects. Secondly, if you're going to make an accusation, back it up. Show us where featured sounds are misused, and then that can be addressed. Finally, as for your last line, the implicit meaning, that other editors working at FS are unscrupulous, is an unfounded personal attack, and I'd appreciate it if you stuck it. If you don't want to come back to featured sounds, that's fine with me. However taking unsubstantiated pot shots at the process from afar, especially pot shots at my friends, is not fine. Sven Manguard Wha? 00:16, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

[edit] On Ogg Vorbis

From the Syrinx nom:

• Support—why can no one get into the description page to edit "Ogg Vorbis sound file, length 2m 26s, 201kbps"> The spacing needs to be fixed, as with all such. Tony (talk) 08:26, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

That's actually hard-coded into Wikipedia software. I'd suggest bringing it up at WP:VP or https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/ Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 23:37, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Review

Hello Tony. Sorry to bother you, but I was hoping you could take a look at this fac Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars/archive2. Its been long, its been drawn-out, so anything from you would be much appreciated. « ₣M₣ » 04:50, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Hard until this weekend. Tony (talk) 08:46, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Main Page

By the way, if noone else told you, both the FS and FL proposals passed, and they'll be going on the main page ASAP, albeit with a pause in there for approval of the code.

Estimated time scale is another week to get the coding finished, followed by a week to review and take in any suggestions, then a week to seek final approval. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 14:28, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

I will go to war for you, Adam. No prisoners! (watch the movie) TCO (talk) 22:15, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Posible FSC (The Planets)

Hey tony. I was wondering if you could listen to several moment on the planets and tell me if they could pass FS.

Mars, the Bringer of War A concert band arrangement of Mars, movement one from The Planets by Gustav Holst. Venus, the Bringer of Peace A concert band arrangement of Venus, movement two from The Planets by Gustav Holst. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity A concert band arrangement of Jupiter, movement four from The Planets by Gustav Holst. Uranus, the Magician An orchestra arrangement of Uranus, movement seven from The Planets by Gustav Holst.

Problems listening to these files? See media help.

The other issue I for see is that we have only 4/7 of the whole suite. cheers --Guerillero | My Talk 22:35, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

[edit] The Signpost: 14 March 2011

[edit] Featured article

Back on February 19, Warren County, Indiana was promoted to featured article; but as far as I can see, it has not been mentioned with other featured articles in any of the four Signpost issues since then. I asked about this on the Signpost talk page but got no response. Can the article be included in the next issue, please? Omnedon (talk) 02:07, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

OK, sorry about that. I have a clear recollection of its inclusion, but you are right. Tony (talk) 06:40, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

[edit] The Bugle: Issue LX, February 2011

Your Military History Newsletter Project News: From the editors Articles: The month's featured and A-class Milhist content Members: Contest results, A-class medal recipients Editorial: Ed talks about real-world collaborations and how you can help