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Ninjago Characters Reversion Explanation

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Thank you, 86.4.212.166 and Xigua7, for your edits to this page: List of Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu characters I have reverted these edits, as most of them do not comply with the guidelines for the page, for one of three reasons: They describe events in the story (and should be removed, as discussed on the talk page for the aforementioned article). They describe character appearances, which likely is a problem. They have formatting or grammatical errors. I have re-added to the article the parts which do not have any of these problems. Thank you again for your edits! Noah Kastin (talk) 09:35, 29 January 2017 (UTC) If there are no objections, I would like to move this discussion to the List of Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu characters talk page. I think this would be more appropriate, according to Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines. Noah Kastin (talk) 05:19, 22 February 2017 (UTC) This discussion has now been moved to the Talk:List of Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu characters page, under the name of Content Reversion: 1/29/17 UTC.

A pie for you!

Howdy! I just wanted to share my appreciation for your user page. It helped me find some ideas for my own since I am new to Wikipedia. Thank you. I hope you like pie! :) Txmormon97 (talk) 16:30, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

Txmormon97: I'm so glad you like my user page! I like your user page too. :) Noah Kastin (talk) 02:13, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

Txmormon97, I forgot to mention: this virtual pie is delicious! Thanks! Noah Kastin (talk) 05:21, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

Should Tips be a sub-page?

Hi! I have considered making the “Tips” section of my page into a sub-page of my user page, with a link to it on my user page. This would be done to make my user page as a whole more compact, while preserving the content of the Tips section. Does anyone have any opinions on whether this happens or not? Thanks! Noah Kastin (talk) 02:15, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

I have now added a fifth tip to my user page. I thought I should mention that, in case it affects anyone's opinions on the above matter. Noah Kastin (talk) 09:24, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

I'm going to go ahead and make Tips into its own sub-page. If there are any objections, please let me know here. Thanks! Noah Kastin (talk) 07:51, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

The article has now been created. It is at User:Noah Kastin/Tips. Although any further discussion as to whether or not the page should exist should continue to be discussed here, if any discussion about the contents of the page is necessary, it should be discussed done at User talk:Noah Kastin/Tips, the dedicated talk page for the new page. Noah Kastin (talk) 08:07, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi Noah! To answer your question, yes, you can make subpages off of your own user page, although it looks like you figured that out. Have you discovered The Teahouse yet? It is a good place to get answers to questions like that! Cheers, Tdslk (talk) 00:52, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for helping, Tdslk! Also sorry about the ambiguity: that was not actually the question I was asking. I actually did know about subpage creation and The Teahouse (but thanks for telling me about them, just in case I didn't!). The actual question I was asking was whether anyone would mind if I moved Tips into a sub-page, as that would drastically alter the design of my page. As no one responded, I decided to go ahead with the change. Thanks again for helping! Noah Kastin (talk) 01:53, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

I got it now! Sorry for the confusion. Tdslk (talk) 02:46, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

Joining the Copyediting Guild

Hey Noah, I noticed there was a copyediting guild and that you are a part of it. I was wondering if you can tell me more about it? Also, with the next few days the March Blitz begins. Should I sign up for a few articles? Is there a maximum or minimum amount of articles we can copyedit. Where do I find articles? Thanks for helping, Txmormon97 (talk) 23:57, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi Txmormon97! I left some answers to your questions over on your talk page. Cheers, Tdslk (talk) 00:37, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

IPs and talk pages and pings, oh my!

Hi Noah, an FYI re: this: IP editors don't have watchlists, so they are not likely to be aware of a discussion, nor are they likely to check the talk page unless you drop a {{talkback}} template on their talk page. I also don't think they get ping notifications. Anyhow, thanks for being conscientious and communicative, even if you are editing in areas where you're not getting tons of feedback. You're doing collaboration correctly! Regards, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 13:36, 24 March 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, Cyphoidbomb! By the way, I actually did drop a talkback notice on the talk page for the user in question (I picked up how to do it from you in this discussion). Thanks again! Noah Kastin (talk) 03:52, 25 March 2017 (UTC)

Whoops! Sorry. My bad. :) Cyphoidbomb (talk) 04:15, 25 March 2017 (UTC)

No problem, Cyphoidbomb. I didn't provide a link to the discussion, so there was virtually no way of finding that out (and IP addresses all look so similar that I wasn't even sure which IP's talk page I had posted the talkback on). At any rate, thanks for letting me know about talkbacks in the first place (if you hadn't, I would still be pinging IPs - and if it hadn't been for your user page, I wouldn't even know how to do that!). Noah Kastin (talk) 04:58, 25 March 2017 (UTC)

March drive bling

		The (old school) League of Copy Editors Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to Noah Kastin for copy edits totaling over 30,000 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE March 2017 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Miniapolis 17:15, 3 April 2017 (UTC)

Hey Noah! Congrats on the (old school) Barnstar! (That was the first one I got from the GOCE.) Too bad you didn't get a leaderboard award for your 5K article, but there's always next time.

As you've noticed, I've been reviewing some of the articles from the drive that interested me. I'm also a relative newcomer to the Guild, and I find this useful to examine the approaches that others have taken. The ability to compare versions from the page history makes this easy. I believe you did some editing on Car controls, for example, so you could review the changes by Twofingered Typist and myself.

There are other exercises at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/How_to, and I highly recommend Tony1's copyediting exercises. It's not bad to read through the Manual of Style once in a while, either.

You didn't do anything wrong with Tere Mere Beech, BTW. It's just that the page wasn't that active and I didn't think your inline notes would be addressed anytime soon. Also, you may have noticed some of the GOCE barnstars (like the one above) have a quill and a mop or broom? I feel that's a reflection that there's a certain amount of cleanup involved, so while I'm copyediting I may also work on templates or linking. I managed to find, link and translate a few terms. Then with most of the other plot material that wasn't understandable, I either generalized it or removed it as trivial. (Plot summaries shouldn't cover every little detail.) Many of the articles tagged for copyedit will have translation issues or overly long plot summaries, so you'll get used to this. If there were active editors on the article, though, I feel your approach would have been right (to ask for clarification, inline or on the talk page). But if somebody objects to what I removed, everything is still there in the page history so I don't feel it's bad to be bold in copyediting a neglected article.

On the other hand, Technology in Star Wars is relatively active. Before I start copyediting, I'll always check the page history and talk page for activity and potential issues. On the talk page, you'll also see if the article is associated with any WikiProjects, and these can be a resource to aid in copyediting. WikiProject Star Wars even has its own Manual of Style. It appear to be a work-in-progress, but does offer guidelines for clarity and consistency in Star Wars articles. I'll add a few comments on the talk page of Technology in Star Wars.

Hope my blathering has been of some use. Keep up the good work! – Reidgreg (talk) 11:27, 6 April 2017 (UTC)

Hi, Reidgreg! Thanks for dropping by! I have several comments and questions relating to your post here. (Note: I will list them in the same order as the things that you wrote that they are replies to, to make them easier to follow.)

First of all, thanks for congratulating me on the Barnstar!

As for the leaderboard awards, I was impressed by how industrious everyone else was; up until near the end, I was on the leaderboard in a few slots — and then I got knocked out by a sudden surge of activity! (I wondered why I would have been on the leaderboard for, say, one 5k article — and in fourth place, too.)

I didn't notice that you were reviewing articles (except when you reviewed one of the ones that I had copy edited). I also forgot that reviweing exists, despite the fact that the March Backlog Reduction Drive clearly stated it here. However, it's nice to know that you're reviewing articles. (Then more will get reviewed!)

Since you mentioned I could, I tried to review your and Twofingered Typist's edits to Car controls; see Talk:Car controls#Copy editing reviews: 4/7/17 UTC for more details.

I looked at some of your suggestions for exercises at Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/How to. I haven't had much time to check them out, but they look useful!

About Tere Mere Beech: I'm confused about what you were trying to address with the paragraph about it on this talk page. I am similarly confused about the paragraph here on Technology in Star Wars. If you can clarify exactly what you were trying to say with these passages, that would help a lot!

Your comment has been useful, and I will try to keep up the good work.

And finally, somewhat out of place, but definitely useful: Thanks for the plot trimming and more on Tere Mere Beech! I deemed it worth a cookie, at least.

Thanks again for stopping by! If you have any questions, suggestions, etc., please let me know.

Noah Kastin (talk) 01:21, 7 April 2017 (UTC)

I seem to write much more conversationally on talk pages (especially considering how many edits I do for conciseness on articles) and apologize for using an ambiguous word like "review" (search for that in the Wikipedia namespace and you'll get all kinds of results). I meant "look at for my/your own interest" (specifics at Car controls). In the context of a GOCE drive (which of course is the context of the conversation), no, I was not formally reviewing the articles you edited. During a drive/blitz, if I happen to check someone's work (usually due to a post on the drive talk page, an edit conflict, or a particular interest in the article), I'll formally check it on the list, just to give some feedback to someone new that they're doing a good job. But after the drive is over I don't tend to formally check articles. If you examine the page histories (or user contributions), you will notice that the GOCE coordinators and other copyeditors do visit and make small changes to a lot of "completed articles". They just do it behind the scenes (which saves time) instead of leaving checkmarks on the drive lists. (My three most-edited pages on the Wiki are GOCE drive pages and for myself, I feel like I'd be inflating my editcount if I checked-off every article I looked at.)

I believe the surge of activity at the end of the drive was an effort to try to finish the last month of old articles. You'll see a lot of the "big guns" come out for that last fight of the battle. I think it's an extra challenge, because those last articles are often very difficult ones (Tere Mere Beech being an example).

I can't recommend those exercises enough. They're the best, most specific how-to guides I've seen for anything on Wikipedia, and they teach you how to write specifically for Wikipedia (encyclopedic tone, linking, MoS). I would suggest going through the advanced exercises before doing "formal" reviewing of copyedited articles for GOCE drives/blitzes.

About Tere Mere Beech, what I primarily wanted to say was that you did a perfectly good copyedit. Although I made large changes to the article, I didn't want to discourage you or invalidate the work you did. (I know it took time to do all that markup with the inline templates.) I wanted to say that what I did may have been "going an extra mile" and included cleanup beyond what might be strictly considered copyediting; you can do cleanup work like that if you're confident about it but you shouldn't feel obligated to do that on every article you copyedit just because I did it in this one case. (I replied about page history on Car controls, and "cleanup" is a broad term for various fixes articles may need.)

I was trying to draw a comparison with Technology in Star Wars, that if I used the same approach of unilaterally deleting trivial material, it would likely cause immediate controversy with editors of the article. The article probably could be improved with a certain amount of streamlining, but for this article those kind of changes would be best to discuss on the talk page – and a copyeditor might not want to make that kind of commitment.

Thanks for the cookie! Hope I haven't confused you further. – Reidgreg (talk) 11:17, 7 April 2017 (UTC)

@Reidgreg: About the cookie: You're welcome! About everything else: Thanks for clarifying everything! Noah Kastin (talk) 01:09, 14 April 2017 (UTC)

You're welcome! For next week's blitz, I believe it's all Requests, so the requesting editor should be available if you have any questions about subject matter, the intended meaning of terms or phrases, or anything else about the article. – Reidgreg (talk) 13:33, 14 April 2017 (UTC)

@Reidgreg: Thanks for the information about the April Blitz! Having help from a requesting editor should be very useful when cleaning up confusing articles. Noah Kastin (talk) 07:12, 15 April 2017 (UTC)

Guild of Copy Editors: April Blitz barnstar

		The Minor Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to Noah Kastin for copy edits totaling between 1 and 1,999 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE April 2017 Copy Editing Blitz. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! – Jonesey95 (talk) 04:32, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

With pleasure I am offering you this nice cookie for making Wikipedia Award Project more active by polite and knowledgeble way.

Choco chip cookie

Hello Noah, I have noticed, that you have been always attentive and polite to the Editors, who ask the questions on talk page of Wiki Project Awards. That is very important, as such positive attitude is making Wikipedia's space a pleasant place to be, and accordingly - is making the work of Wikipedians more productive.

As one of the participants of the Wikipedia Awards Project, I am welcoming you to become a participant of this Project as well, as I think, that you can bring great benefit to this Project by your knowledge and good communication skill. Regards, Chris.Chris Oxford (talk) 11:13, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the cookie, Chris Oxford! I would be happy to join WikiProject Wikipedia Awards, but I'm not sure if it would be a good idea, as WikiProject Wikipedia Awards says:

Do NOT add your name [to the list of participants] if you have the intention of only contributing once or twice!

As it is, I'm not sure how many times I will contribute to the WikiProject, and so I'm not sure if I should add my name to the list.

Thanks again for the cookie!

Noah Kastin (talk) 23:40, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

@Chris Oxford: I can't stop trying to help people at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Wikipedia Awards, so I think I am going to join WikiProject Wikipedia Awards after all. Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 23:38, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

@Chris Oxford: I have now officially joined WikiProject Wikipedia Awards (in this edit) and added the WikiProject Wikipedia Awards userbox to my userbox list (in this edit). Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 23:50, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

Hello, Noah Kastin,

Congratulations! You did a really right thing. It must be said that Wikipedia Awards Project is a very special one: that is arguably the only project, which is familiar to every Wikipedian, as its awards are helping express appreciation, gratitude, etc., what is highly regarded by most Editors. This Project is not very active at the moment; that is happening from time to time to the majority of WikiProjects. Such temporary decrease in activity on the pages of projects is pretty common situation: this is a wavy process and it’s determined by many different factors, including both the quality of the materials & ideas offered and a degree of the participants’ communication skill: friendly tone, politeness, respect for the opinions of other editors are not just qualities that we all appreciate, but also a prerequisite for creating a psychologically comfortable atmosphere for the participants. You've done a fine job already and certainly your involvement in this Project is highly valued and welcomed. All the very best.

Regards, Chris Oxford.Chris Oxford (talk) 08:31, 16 June 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for your guidance

Thank you for your kind words. I'm still learning the ropes and once again thank you very much.Sahilyoyo (talk) 15:42, 12 May 2017 (UTC)

You're welcome, Sahilyoyo! If you need any help "learning the ropes", please let me know. Thanks! Noah Kastin (talk) 20:20, 13 May 2017 (UTC)

Personal signature change: 5/20/17 UTC

Hi! I just changed my signature. Before, it looked like this:

Noah Kastin (talk)

Now, it looks like this:

Noah Kastin (talk) (contributions)

Please let me know what you think of this change.

Thanks!

Noah Kastin (talk) (contributions) 06:41, 20 May 2017 (UTC)

I just changed my signature again for brevity, replacing the word "contributions" with a pen emoji "🖋". Here's how my signature looks now:

Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋)

Please let me know what you think of this change.

Thanks!

Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 06:57, 20 May 2017 (UTC)

GOCE May 2017 drive bling

		The Minor Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to Noah Kastin for copy edits totaling between 1 and 3,999 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE May 2017 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Miniapolis 17:39, 2 June 2017 (UTC)

Copyediting

Hi Noah, thanks for your work at Naagin (TV series). Another editor came in after you and I just wanted to be sure that none of your clarification template or other changes had inexplicably gone missing. That article has been a real pain in the ass to maintain. Thanks, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 14:33, 14 June 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know, Cyphoidbomb! Some of my changes did inexplicably go missing, so I'm going to re-add them, making use of as much of the useful information added by Pranay Star as I can. Thanks again for letting me know! Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 02:21, 15 June 2017 (UTC)

@Cyphoidbomb: I have now made the proposed changes (in this edit). @Pranay Star: I thought that I should direct you to this information as well. Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 03:00, 15 June 2017 (UTC)

Naagin (TV series) (0)

Discussion moved to Talk:Naagin (TV series); see why at the target location
Yes, Noah Kastin. Shesha and Ruchika are the same. But Rocky's family only know her as Ruchika. So, I wrote Ruchika. Always writing Shesha does not make sense. So, always talk with me before you set clarifies in the page. Regarding this, I thank you for asking such doubts and making me write perfectly. Pranay Star (talk) 05:22, 20 June 2017 (UTC)

Barnstar of Diligence for patient work at Naagin

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		For your patient and diligent work at Naagin (TV series). Indian cinema and TV articles are a very challenging area to edit, and it is nice to see someone who is patient, communicative and thorough editing in this world. (Don't be discouraged that there's very little actual communication in these subjects, though...) Your efforts are greatly appreciated! Cyphoidbomb (talk) 02:53, 23 June 2017 (UTC)

Starfish

I have a transparent 1024x1024 pixels PNG image made from the vertically-flipped starfish animal from commons, with some transformations (including making the borders more obvious but blending, and changing the color so that it shows on pale background), in case you'd like to also see or try it. On the other hand I don't really feel like dealing with the intricacies of creating a Commons account and uploading the image now; if you'd like to send me an email using the "Send email" feature, this should normally also send me your email address, to which I could send an email with the attached image. If that is a problem, I could try to see how to upload to commons in the next few days, if you're still interested to try it. Thanks, —PaleoNeonate - 12:37, 24 June 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know, PaleoNeonate! I would be interested in seeing the picture. However, I would rather not use the email feature.

About creating a Commons account: As far as I know, users do not need to register a separate account for Commons; one Wikimedia account works across all Wikimedia projects, including Commons. Also, Special:Upload allows uploading of images without going through Commons.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Thanks!

Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 20:57, 25 June 2017 (UTC)

When I go on Commons it said that I was logged out and although Special:CentralAuth/PaleoNeonate or Special:MergeAccount, listed various Wikis Commons was not listed, but you were right, I only had to login. Here's the image:

File:Reef0297_award.png. Here's a test custom award using it:

Test starfish award This is a test. —PaleoNeonate - 01:07, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

—PaleoNeonate - 01:07, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

• And here is a test custom award using your new image:

Test award This is a test. —PaleoNeonate - 01:33, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

This one looks more like a barnstar —PaleoNeonate - 01:33, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

@PaleoNeonate: As suggested at WT:WikiProject Wikipedia Awards#A suggestion you barnstar people have probably gotten before, but should read anyway, just in case, I will respond to you there. Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 01:43, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

@PaleoNeonate: I'm glad that logging in fixed your problems with Commons! Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 01:46, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

BTW, the "leather star" with the red dots makes me think of caviar —PaleoNeonate - 14:27, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

@PaleoNeonate: I see the comparison. Maybe there should be a palette-swapped version of this star as a "caviar star" for some food project? Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 21:33, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

Naagin (TV series) (1)

Discussion moved to Talk:Naagin (TV series); see why at the target location

Thank you, Noah Kastin. I requested everyone who edit the article to not make much clean up. It results in the incomplete plot of the TV series, so anyone who reads it does not know reasons for why a situation had occured or what happened to him/her to do a particular thing. I think you understand, I am giving you permission to clean up but do not edit it much. Leave these sentences and don't edit "At the end of the season, Rocky stabs Shivangi for an unknown reason yet to be revealed and Ritik look alike comes and tells Rocky that Shivangi should die for a reason." Because, it is the sentence which depicts the story of the last episode of Naagin season 2. Once again, thank you. Pranay Star (talk) 04:30, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

Naagin (TV series) (2)

Discussion moved to Talk:Naagin (TV series); see why at the target location
Ok, Noah Kastin. Edit as much as you want but make it look relevant. Thanking u, Pranay Star. Pranay Star (talk) 05:04, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

Naagin (TV series) (3)

Discussion moved to Talk:Naagin (TV series); see why at the target location

Sorry Noah Kastin, you have made it too small after Shivangi's marriage plot. It is irrelevant and I think you must watch naagin series and then understand it and write. Because, you left important sentences i.e. Rocky too became a nag and Shivangi killing all murderers in a way and Rudra's death. I am not telling about episodic plot but to make the plot perfect and suit it. I am now editing it properly and after that, you check it again and ask me if you have any doubts. Pranay Star (talk) 05:54, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

Naagin (TV series) (4)

Thanq Noah Kastin. But Rudra is the main supporting character for Shivangi. With the help of him only, she killed her enemies and he rescued her many times from the enemies. So, he should also be mentioned in the plot. So, don't take away the sentence (Rudra allies with Shivangi because he wife died due to hit and run committed by Amar Nikhanj).

I have not exceeded 500 words now. I have removed irrelevant words too. See page history, I have removed 37 words from your edit. Thanking u again Noah Kastin.

By Pranay Star

Pranay Star (talk) 05:36, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

@Pranay Star: Thanks for letting me know and for trying to decrease the word count!

Unfortunately, your most recent edit has made the plot somewhat more ambiguous. For example, changing "Rocky falls for Shivangi" to "Rocky loves Shivangi" does remove a word, but it leaves open the question: Is Rocky already in love with Shivangi, or has he just fallen in love with her? With "falls for", it is immediately clear (to me, at least). Because of the problems created by reducing the word count, I will revert the word-diminishing changes made (leaving aside the event removal and the Rudra addition) if no response is given.

Concerning Rudra: I understand that Rudra is important to the series; however, I can't see any specific events which 1) warrant inclusion in the plot and 2) which he is partly responsible for. If both of those criteria are met, he should be added into the events; otherwise, he probably should not be mentioned in the article, despite his importance.

By the way, is this a response to a post I made on Talk:Naagin (TV series)? (I can't figure that out myself.) If it is, then I would like to move it over to Talk:Naagin (TV series). (Generally, I prefer to keep all discussions in one place, not across multiple pages.)

Thanks again for letting me know about your edit!

Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 06:07, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

@Pranay Star: I just made an edit to Naagin (TV series). This edit made five changes, listed below:

• "loves" -> "falls in love with": "loves" was too ambiguous, so I changed it to something less ambiguous.
• "Shivanya changes herself as Shivangi and dies at Shesha's hands." -> "": I removed this sentence, as I deemed it to be unimportant (since we already know that Shivanya was fatally stabbed by Yamini's gang, I figure no more information about her death is necessary).
• "After few days" -> "After a few days": As far as I know, "After few days" is grammatically incorrect. However, I am unfamiliar with Indian English, so it may be grammatical there.
• "Rudra, an Ichchhadhari nag allies with her as he wants to avenge the Nikhanj family for covering up a hit & run committed by Amar which killed Rudra's wife." -> "": I removed this sentence because, as I said above, I do not see any events which warrant his inclusion in the plot; as such, the fact that he allies with Shivangi seems unimportant to me.
• "and they want the Naagmani." -> "additionally, they want the Naagmani.": To me, this seems better laid out, due to the sentence being in the following format:

• "A finds out that B did X; (changed word) B wants Y."

• Using the word "additionally" shows me that the two thoughts are only related because A found them out in quick succession, while "and" seems to me to make the two thoughts too closely connected. However, this is simply a matter of preference on my part.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks!

Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 03:45, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

June 2017 GOCE Blitz Barnstar

		The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to Noah Kastin for copy edits totaling over 4,000 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE June 2017 Copy Editing Blitz. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! – Jonesey95 (talk) 19:21, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

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Not a test award this time . Cheers! —PaleoNeonate - 00:14, 1 July 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, PaleoNeonate! To tell the truth, I never would have gotten this barnstar without the help of AJona1992; without him, the article I worked on wouldn't have gotten copyedited thoroughly enough in one week, and so I wouldn't have gotten this barnstar. Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 00:38, 1 July 2017 (UTC)

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Talk page merge

Hi! I just wanted to mention to anyone stopping by that I am about to redirect all of my user subpage talk pages to this page. This will be done due to the fact that no one has ever used any of my user subpage talk pages (and, likely, never will); this should make my user subpage talk pages a bit more useful by redirecting them to the talk page for me that everyone does use. Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 07:52, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

 Done Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 07:59, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

Sonic comics character section

Hey, noticed you were doing some edits to Sonic_the_Hedgehog_(comics)#Characters. Fyi, just so you don't waste your time, lol, Evilgidgit has been working on a much better character section in their sandbox. See their sandbox's talk page and the Sonic comics talk page for more info. --FrostedPenguin87 (talk) 00:52, 8 July 2017 (UTC)

Naagin (TV series) (5)

Discussion moved to Talk:Naagin (TV series); see why at the target location

Ok, Noah Kastin. I understood what you are asking about. As you have read the articles of how to write a tv series article, you must be knowing about the citations in that article. You will know the need of citations in that article. If needed citations for plot, then you send a message for me whether to cite or uncite plot. If it needs citation, then I can add from the news articles like Bollywoodlife. And International broadcast and adaptation, I can't get you citations as news doesn't mention about a series dubbed in malayalam or it is rerunning in other channel. I think you have understood. Discuss with me for any other articles too. I have been busy since yesterday so I have no time to edit Wikipedia articles these days. Pranay Star (talk) 04:33, 9 July 2017 (UTC)

Campaign of Ignorance

Hi Noah, if you see yourself dabbling in Indian TV articles more frequently, you might benefit from poking through User:Cyphoidbomb/Campaign of Ignorance. It's a document I've put together to note some of the major irritating issues afflicting Indian TV articles. There was one guy in particular, Arnav19, who was creating scores of articles based on a template that was not at all in line with many MOS:TV guidelines, so each mistake he made early on proliferated to dozens of articles. But even beyond him, there are tons of random/ignorant/possible paid editors who keep insisting upon making changes that are inconsistent with community guidelines. I just blocked Hamza590 because despite numerous notices to stop mis-capitalising words that don't need capitalising, he kept doing it.[1][2]. Anyway, you're not required to read that long thing, but if you start to feel like you're fighting a strange enemy, the document might validate your paranoia, or at least give you scope as to how prevalent the problems are. Regards, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 07:15, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

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GOCE July 2017 drive bling

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		This barnstar is awarded to Noah Kastin for copy edits totaling over 4,000 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE July 2017 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg (talk) 12:43, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

I know you've been busy with other projects, so thanks for finding time to copy edit in July! – Reidgreg (talk) 12:43, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you! (1)

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	As a new user I like your User page, very informative and encouraging for new users like me, certainly would like to follow certain things for my user page if you don't mind. Vishaalgautam (talk) 09:31, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

@Vishaalgautam: Thanks for the barnstar!

If you want to copy parts of my user page, go ahead! Remember to change the information that probably only applies to me (such as who you know); aside from that, go ahead!

Thanks again for the barnstar!

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September GOCE bling

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		This barnstar is awarded to Noah Kastin for copy edits totaling between 1 and 3,999 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE September 2017 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Tdslk (talk) 00:49, 3 October 2017 (UTC)

your opinion please...

I see you commented on some edits from an IP contributor fom the range 2605:8D80...

I am being wikistalked by a puppetmaster who uses that IP range, as described at [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] and at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Renamed user 49274c4c204245204241434b.

I am trying to figure out whether ALL the edits from the range 2605:8D80 were from the same vandal.

Did you get the impression that the edits you noticed from 2605 were from a particular named wiki-ID?

Thanks! Geo Swan (talk) 23:04, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

@Geo Swan: Thanks for asking!

I don't recognize the edits of the IP editor who I reverted as being similar to those of anyone else who I have encountered.

(If this is not the question that you meant to be asking, could you let me know what you did mean to be asking?)

If I can assist in any other way, please let me know.

Thanks!

Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 23:50, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. I was hoping that the entire range 2605:8d80... could be blocked. Feedback I got from administrators who ork in that area is that blocks of a range that large were rarely done.

I've tried out some non-WMF wikis, like the Citizendium, where no provision was ever made for anonymous contributions. The general level of civility was generally much higher at those wikis. I regard the wikipedia provision for anonymous contribution as a failed experiment, one that should be abandoned. I think the premise was that allowing anonymous contributions would allow oppressed people, from behind the Great Firewall of China, or reasonable equivalent, to make contribute. In my 14 years here I have never seen a single contribution from anyone where I thought anonymous contribution had a allowed an oppressed person to make a difference. It seems to be almost entirely used by those who are not making a positive contribution.

Anyhow, thanks again! Geo Swan (talk) 04:31, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

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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. >>> Sign up for the January Drive! <<< >>> Participate in the Coordinator Elections! <<< 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). 2018 Coordinator elections: Voting is open for the election of coordinators for the first half of 2018. Please visit the election page to vote between now and December 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Thanks for participating! Housekeeping note: We do not send a newsletter before (or after) every drive or blitz. To have a better chance of knowing when the next event will start, add the GOCE's message box to your watchlist. 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 Keira1996. >>> Sign up for the January Drive! <<< >>> Participate in the Coordinator Elections! <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Happy New Year! Best wishes for 2018, —PaleoNeonate – 05:39, 28 December 2017 (UTC)

@PaleoNeonate: Thanks! I hope that you will also have a great 2018. Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 11:16, 28 December 2017 (UTC)

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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. >>> Sign up for the March Drive! <<< 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. >>> Sign up for the March Drive! <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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@Paul2520: Thank you so much for this barnstar! Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 05:11, 26 February 2018 (UTC)

A cookie for you!

You deserve a cookie after all that vandal butt kicking! HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 07:37, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

@HickoryOughtShirt?4: Aw, thanks! :D Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 07:39, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

The first A+F Barnstar for you!

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		this WikiAward was given to Noah Kastin by Theredproject (talk) on 11:53, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

@Theredproject: Aw, thanks! I really appreciate this. :) Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 23:58, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

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. >>> Participate in the June elections! <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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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. >>> Sign up for the August blitz! <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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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. >>> Sign up for the December blitz! <<< >>> Participate in the Coordinator elections! <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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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. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Guild of Copy Editors September 2019 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the September newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since June 2019. June election: Reidgreg was chosen as lead coordinator, and is being assisted by Baffle gab1978, Miniapolis, Tdslk, and first-time coordinator Twofingered Typist. Jonesey95 took a respite after serving for six years. Thanks to everyone who participated! June Blitz: From 16 to 22 June, we copy edited articles on the themes of nature and the environment along with requests. 12 participating editors completed 35 copy edits. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. July Drive: The year's fourth backlog-elimination drive was a great success, clearing all articles tagged in January and February, and bringing the copy-editing backlog to a low of five months and a record low of 585 articles while also completing 48 requests. Of the 30 people who signed up, 29 copyedited at least one article, a participation level last matched in May 2015. Final results and awards are listed here. August Blitz: From 18 to 24 August, we copy edited articles tagged in March 2019 and requests. 12 participating editors completed 26 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: As of 03:00, 23 September 2019 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors had processed 413 requests since 1 January. The backlog of tagged articles stood at 599 articles, close to our record month-end low of 585. Requests page: We are experimenting with automated archiving of copy edit requests; a discussion on REQ Talk (permalinked) initiated by Bobbychan193 has resulted in Zhuyifei1999 writing a bot script for the Guild. Testing is now underway and is expected to be completed by 3 October; for this reason, no manual archiving of requests should be done until the testing period is over. We will then assess the bot's performance and discuss whether to make this arrangement permanent. September Drive: Our current backlog-elimination drive is open until 23:59 on 30 September (UTC) and is open to all copy editors. Sign up today! Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators, Baffle gab1978, Miniapolis, Reidgreg, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Guild of Copy Editors December 2019 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the December 2019 GOCE newsletter, an update of Guild happenings since the September edition. Our Annual Report should be ready in late January. Election time: Nominations for the election of a new tranche of Guild coordinators to serve for the first half of 2020 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! September Drive: Of the thirty-two editors who signed up, twenty-three editors copy edited at least one article; they completed 39 requests and removed 138 articles from the backlog, bringing the backlog to a low of 519 articles. October Blitz: This event ran from 13 to 19 October, with themes of science, technology and transport articles tagged for copy edit, and Requests. Sixteen editors helped remove 29 articles from the backlog and completed 23 requests. November Drive: Of the twenty-eight editors who signed up for this event, twenty editors completed at least one copy edit; they completed 29 requests and removed 133 articles from the backlog. Our December Blitz will run from 15 to 21 December. Sign up now! Progress report: From September to November 2019, GOCE copy editors processed 154 requests. Over the same period, the backlog of articles tagged for copy editing was reduced by 41% to an all-time low of 479 articles. Request archiving: The archiving of completed requests has now been automated. Thanks to Zhuyifei1999 and Bobbychan193, YiFeiBot is now archiving the Requests page. Archiving occurs around 24 hours after a user's signature and one of the templates {{Done}}, {{Withdrawn}} or {{Declined}} are placed below the request. The bot uses the Guild's standard "purpose codes" to determine the way it should archive each request so it's important to use the correct codes and templates. 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, Miniapolis, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist. >>> Sign up for the December blitz! <<< >>> Participate in the Coordinator elections! <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2020!

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Aw, thanks! I'll be sure to send this around. Thank you for thinking of me! ^ _ ^ Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 17:04, 21 December 2019 (UTC)

No problem. Thanks for all your work!★Trekker (talk) 17:22, 21 December 2019 (UTC)

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WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors 2019 Annual Report

Guild of Copy Editors 2019 Annual Report Our 2019 Annual Report is now ready for review. Highlights: Overview of Backlog-reduction progress (a record low backlog!); Summary of Drives, Blitzes, and the Requests page; Automated archiving of requests; Membership news and results of elections; Annual leaderboard; Plans for 2020. – Your Guild coordinators: Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, Reidgreg, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:10, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

GOCE March newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors March 2020 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the March newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since December 2019. All being well, we're planning to issue these quarterly in 2020, 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. Election results: There was little changeover in the roster of Guild Coordinators, with Miniapolis stepping down with distinction as a coordinator emeritus while Jonesey95 returned as lead coordinator. The next election is scheduled for June 2020 and all Wikipedians in good standing may participate. January Drive: Thanks to everyone for the splendid work, completing 215 copy edits including 56 articles from the Requests page and 116 backlog articles from the target months of June to August 2019. At the conclusion of the drive there was a record low of 323 articles in the copy editing backlog. Of the 27 editors who signed up for the drive, 21 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. February Blitz: Of the 15 editors who signed up for this one-week blitz, 13 completed at least one copy edit. A total of 32 articles were copy edited, evenly split between the twin goals of requests and the oldest articles from the copy-editing backlog. Full results are here. March Drive: Currently underway, this event is targeting requests and backlog articles from September to November 2019. As of 18 March, the backlog stands at a record low of 253 articles and is expected to drop further as the drive progresses. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the backlog. Help set a new record and sign up now! Progress report: As of 18 March, GOCE copyeditors have completed 161 requests in 2020 and there was a net reduction of 385 articles from the copy-editing backlog – a 60% decrease from the beginning of the year. Well done and thank you everyone! 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 Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, Reidgreg, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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GOCE June newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2020 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the June newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since March 2020. You can unsubscribe from our mailings at any time; see below. All times and dates stated are in UTC. Current events Election time: Nomination of candidates in our mid-year Election of Coordinators opened on 1 June, and voting will take place from 00:01 on 16 June. GOCE coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought about helping out at the Guild, or you know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here. June Blitz: This blitz begins at 00:01 on 14 June and ends at 23:59 on 20 June, with themes of articles tagged for copyedit in May 2020 and requests. Drive and blitz reports March Drive: Self-isolation from coronavirus may have played a hand in making this one of our most successful backlog elimination drives. The copy-editing backlog was reduced from 477 to a record low of 118 articles, a 75% reduction. The last four months of 2019 were cleared, reducing the backlog to three months. Fifty requests were also completed, and the total word count of copy-edited articles was 759,945. Of the 29 editors who signed up, 22 completed at least one copy edit. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. April Blitz: This blitz ran from 12 to 18 April with a theme of Indian military history. Of the 18 people who signed up, 14 copyedited at least one article. Participants claimed a total of 60 copyedits. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. May Drive: This event marked the 10th anniversary of the GOCE's copy-editing drives, and set a goal of diminishing the backlog to just one month of articles, as close to zero articles as possible. We achieved the goal of eliminating all articles that had been tagged prior to the start of the drive, for the first time in our history! Of the 51 editors who signed up, 43 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Other news Progress report: as of 2 June, GOCE participants had processed 328 requests since 1 January, which puts us on pace to exceed any previous year's number of requests. As of the end of the May drive, the backlog stood at just 156 articles, all tagged in May 2020. Outreach: To mark the 10th anniversary of our first Backlog Elimination Drive, The Signpost contributor and GOCE participant Puddleglum2.0 interviewed project coordinators and copy-editors for the journal's April WikiProject Report. The Drive and the current Election of Coordinators have also been covered in The Signpost's May News and Notes page. 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, Baffle gab1978, Reidgreg, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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You're welcome, and thank you for creating my draft article! ^_^ Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋)

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Thank you for letting me know. I have now responded there accepting that the file should be deleted.

Would the film poster (as listed at the film's IMDb page) be a suitable replacement that would not fail the criteria as this did?

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A film's poster used for the purposes of visual identification at the top of an article about the film would satisfy WP:NFCC#8 and should be okay. -- Whpq (talk) 12:49, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

Awesome! I'll upload the poster when I can (scaled down to under 100000 pixels per WP:IMAGERES if it's not already that size) and apply it to the article. Thanks for the feedback! ^_^ Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 18:23, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

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Thanks for letting me know! I usually am able to personally scale images, but this is good to know just in case. :) Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 02:52, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

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Fixed. Thanks for the notice! ^_^ Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 19:18, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

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Just saying hello. I wondered if you were still editing as I remembered you from the awards project, after posting an idea there. Glad to see that you're still active, especially in these interesting (pandemic) times. —PaleoNeonate – 13:18, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Thanks! Yep, I'm still around and about. Not as active as during my time with the Awards project, nor do I still check that page or really involve myself much with any projects here (not even what's ostensibly my current project right now), but I'm still here. Nice to see that you haven't disappeared either :) Thanks for reaching out to me! ^_^ Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 21:11, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Nice, interesting how the pandemic also alters how art is produced. Some of my customers are in the film industry and there were special requests to improve their systems to locate, select and submit whole families instead of individual actors (I'm a software developer). We're likely to see more movies staring people with their own relatives and pets. Happy editing, —PaleoNeonate – 00:58, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Yep, I'm definitely looking forward to great improvements in all media industries as far as independent development and the like are concerned. :)

On a related note, I get the impression that homeschooling, or "distance learning" as people like to call it post-COVID, should be a lot more prominent and useful in the future, potentially opening up way more opportunities for future generations (including making more use of this site!)

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Guild of Copy Editors September 2020 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors September 2020 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the September GOCE newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since June 2020.                  Current and upcoming events September Drive: Our current backlog-elimination drive is open until 23:59 on 30 September (UTC) and is open to all copy editors. Sign up today! Election reminder: our end-of-year Election of Coordinators opens for nominations on 1 December. 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. Drive and Blitz reports June Blitz: An uncorrected typo (even copy editors make copy editing mistakes!) led to an eight-day "leap blitz" from 14 to 21 June, focusing on requests and articles tagged in May. 19 participating editors claimed 54 copy edits. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. July Drive: Over 750,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event, keeping pace with the previous three self-isolated drives. Of the 38 people who signed up, 30 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here. August Blitz: From 16 to 22 August, we copy edited articles tagged in June and July 2020 and requests. 12 participating editors completed 37 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Other news June election: Jonesey95 was chosen to continue as lead coordinator, assisted by Baffle gab1978, Tdslk, Twofingered Typist, and first-time coordinator Puddleglum2.0. Reidgreg took a break after serving for a couple years. Thanks to everyone who participated! Progress report: As of 01:33, 18 September 2020 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors had processed 532 requests since 1 January and there were 38 requests awaiting completion on the Requests page. The backlog of articles tagged for copy-editing stood at 433 (see monthly progress graph above). 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, Baffle gab1978, Puddleglum2.0, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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December 2020 Guild of Copy Editors Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2020 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the December GOCE newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since September 2020.                  Current and upcoming events Election time: our end-of-year Election of Coordinators opened for nominations on 1 December and will close on 15 December at 23:59 (UTC). Voting opens at 00:01 the following day and will continue until 31 December at 23:59, just before Auld Lang Syne. 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. December Blitz: This will run from 13 to 19 December, and will target all Requests. Sign up now. Drive and Blitz reports September Drive: 67 fewer articles had copy-edit templates by this month's close. Of the 27 editors who signed up, 15 copy-edited at least one article, and 124 articles were claimed for the drive. October Blitz: this ran from 18 to 24 October, and focused on articles tagged for copy-edit in July and August 2020, and all Requests. Of the 13 who signed up, 11 editors copy-edited at least one article. 21 articles were claimed for the blitz. November Drive: Of the 18 editors who signed up, 15 copy-edited at least one article, and together claimed 134 articles. At the close of the drive, 67 fewer articles were in the backlog and we had dealt with 39 requests. Other news Progress report: As of 09:05, 3 December 2020 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors had processed 663 requests (18 from 2019) since 1 January and there were 52 requests awaiting completion on the Requests page. The backlog of articles tagged for copy-editing stood at 494 (see monthly progress graph above). Annual Report for 2020: this roundup of the year's activity at the Guild is planned for publication in late January or early February. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Seasonal tidings and cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, Puddleglum2.0, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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GOCE June 2021 newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2021 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the June newsletter, our first newsletter of 2021, which is a brief update of Guild activities since December 2020. To unsubscribe, follow the link at the bottom of this box. Current events Election time: Voting in our mid-year Election of Coordinators opened on 16 June and will conclude at the end of the month. GOCE coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Have your say and show support here. June Blitz: Our June copy-editing blitz is underway and will conclude on 26 June. Drive and blitz reports January Drive: 28 editors completed 324 copy edits totalling 714,902 words. At the end of the drive, the backlog had reached a record low of 52 articles. (full results) February Blitz: 15 editors completed 48 copy edits totalling 142,788 words. (full results) March Drive: 29 editors completed 215 copy edits totalling 407,736 words. (full results) April Blitz: 12 editors completed 23 copy edits totalling 56,574 words. (full results) May Drive: 29 editors completed 356 copy edits totalling 479,013 words. (full results) Other news Progress report: as of 26 June, GOCE participants had completed 343 Requests since 1 January. The backlog has fluctuated but remained in control, with a low of 52 tagged articles at the end of January and a high of 620 articles 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 Jonesey95, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Tenryuu and Twofingered Typist, and from member Reidgreg. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Guild of Copy Editors September 2021 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the September GOCE newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since June 2021.                  Current and upcoming events September Drive: Our current backlog-elimination drive is open until 23:59 on 30 September (UTC) and is open to all copy editors. Sign up today! Drive and Blitz reports June Blitz: From 20 to 26 June, 6 participating editors claimed 16 copy edits, focusing on requests and articles tagged in March and April. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. July Drive: Almost 575,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event. Of the 24 people who signed up, 18 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here. August Blitz: From 15 to 21 August, we copy edited articles tagged in April and May 2021 and requests. 9 participating editors completed 17 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Other news June election: Jonesey95 was chosen to continue as lead coordinator, assisted by Dhtwiki, Tenryuu, and Miniapolis. New maintenance template added to our project scope: After a short discussion in June, we added {{cleanup tense}} to the list of maintenance templates that adds articles to the Guild's copy editing backlog categories. This change added 198 articles, spread over 97 months of backlog, to our queue. We processed all of those articles except for those from the three or four most recent months during the July backlog elimination drive (Here's a link to a "tense" discussion during the drive). Progress report: As of 18:26, 24 September 2021 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 468 requests since 1 January and there were 60 requests awaiting completion on the Requests page. The backlog of articles tagged for copy-editing stood at 433 (see monthly progress graph above). 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, Dhtwiki, Tenryuu, and Miniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Guild of Copy Editors December 2021 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the December GOCE newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since September 2021.                  Current and upcoming events Election time: Our end-of-year election of coordinators opened for nominations on 1 December and will close on 15 December at 23:59 (UTC). Voting opens at 00:01 the following day and will continue until 31 December at 23:59, just before "Auld Lang Syne". 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. December Blitz: We have scheduled a week-long copy-editing blitz for 12 to 18 December. Sign up now! Drive and Blitz reports September Drive: Almost 400,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event. Of the 27 people who signed up, 21 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here. October Blitz: From 17 to 23 October, we copy edited articles tagged in May and June 2021 and requests. 8 participating editors completed 26 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. November Drive: Over 350,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event. Of the 21 people who signed up, 14 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here. Other news It is with great sadness that we report the death on 19 November of Twofingered Typist, who was active with the Guild almost daily for the past several years. His contributions long exceeded the thresholds for the Guild's highest awards, and he had a hand in innumerable good and featured article promotions as a willing collaborator. Twofingered Typist also served as a Guild coordinator from July 2019 to June 2021. He is sorely missed by the Wikipedia community. Progress report: As of 30 November, GOCE copyeditors have completed 619 requests in 2021 and there were 51 requests awaiting completion on the Requests page. The backlog stood at 946 articles tagged for copy-editing (see monthly progress graph above). 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, Dhtwiki, Tenryuu, and Miniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Guild of Copy Editors April 2022 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the April newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since December 2021. Election results: Jonesey95 retired as lead coordinator. Reidgreg was approved to fill this role after an 18-month absence from the coordinator team, and Baffle gab1978 was chosen as an assistant coordinator following a one-year break. Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Tenryuu continued on as long-standing assistant coordinators. January Drive: Of the 22 editors who signed up, 16 editors claimed 146 copy edits including 45 requests. (details) February Blitz: This one-week effort focused on requests and a theme of Africa and African diaspora history. Of the 12 editors who signed up, 6 editors recorded 21 copy edits, including 4 requests. (details) March Drive: Of the 28 editors who signed up, 18 claimed 116 copy edits including 25 requests. (details) April Blitz: This one-week copy editing event has been scheduled for 17–23 April, sign up now! Progress report: As of 11 April, copy editors have removed approximately 500 articles from the backlog and completed 127 copy-editing requests during 2022. The backlog has been hovering at about 1,100 tagged articles for the past six months. 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, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Tenryuu To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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