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I expect dancing
I am officially 1/2 way through Africa!!!★★¡¡¡ I think I can get one more in before the month ends and then I am rewarding myself in October to do a woman for Women in Green's October editathon, before I get back to the slog. Have you given thought to my proposal? Bad idea? Good idea? Just meh? SusunW (talk) 13:54, 23 September 2021 (UTC)
Newsletter WikiProject Worcestershire
Worcestershire - one of England's oldest and still existing (with some minor boundary changes) ceremonial and political shires, famous for its nearly 1000 year old cathedral, the River Severn, the AONB of the Malvern Hills, some of the oldest schools in the country, England's fastest growing university, apples, pears, cider and cricket, and of course its world famous sauce. The Wikiproject is now in need of some attention. Created 12 years ago, this project amassed a huge resource for editors working on all kinds of articles and categories related in some way or another to the county. Kudpung is more or less retired from Wikipedia getting on for 2 years ago and it would be good if a group of editors could get it up to date and continue to maintain it.
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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election voting period closing soon
Hey y'all, voting for the 2021 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche will be closing soon. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2021. Voting will be conducted at the 2021 tranche page itself. Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:32, 26 September 2021 (UTC)
Ceres FAC II
Hi Gog,
Double Sharp and I believe Ceres (dwarf planet) should be moved to its formal name, 1 Ceres, parallel to e.g. 50000 Quaoar. However, we don't want to destabilize the article during FAC. On the other hand, I don't want to wait and then have the argument that it must stay at its current name because that's what it passed FAC under. Any advice? Could the title maybe be part of the FAC? — kwami (talk) 03:35, 26 September 2021 (UTC)
- Hi kwami. No, any change of article for technical reasons is outwith the scope of FAC. For a current example, see the discussion on the talk page of a (one of mine) current FAC Third English Civil War. Or earlier this month during the FAC discussion of another of my nominations, Battle of the Bagradas River (240 BC), it was pointed out that the title needed changing. I agreed that this was the case so, after the FAC was over, moved it. Whether the title of an article needs to change has nothing to do with what it was called when it passed FAC (assuming it does). If that argument crops up, feel free to ping me in. IMO, the best place to discuss a possible title change is on the article's talk page, and this is entirely independent of the FAC process - except if a new title is agreed it should not be implemented until any FAC is closed. Copying Ian Rose in as a more experienced coordinator who may have a different view and or something to add. Gog the Mild (talk) 19:02, 26 September 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks. Pinging @Double sharp: he was the one who suggested the move request. — kwami (talk) 19:18, 26 September 2021 (UTC)
- Kwami, I assume that you have noted WP:COMMONNAME stating "Wikipedia does not necessarily use the subject's "official" name as an article title; it generally prefers the name that is most commonly used (as determined by its prevalence in a significant majority of independent, reliable English-language sources) ..." and Wikipedia:Naming conventions (astronomical objects) stating "Common names should be used for article titles, provided they are unambiguous". Gog the Mild (talk) 19:25, 26 September 2021 (UTC)
- Yes. This is more the need for a dab. All but 5 minor planets have their MPC number as part of the title, even though they are generally called by just their name once their identity is established. (E.g. 4 Vesta.) This is true even when the name would be unambiguous as a WP title. (E.g. Lomia > 117 Lomia.) The only other MP dabbed with (dwarf planet) is Eris, but we wanted to include all 5 in the move request. — kwami (talk) 19:36, 26 September 2021 (UTC)
- Yes, it's about natural disambiguation. Ceres needs disambiguation because of the goddess, so 1 Ceres (adding the official minor planet number) seems better than Ceres (dwarf planet) (adding parenthetical disambiguation). Double sharp (talk) 03:00, 27 September 2021 (UTC)
- Yes. This is more the need for a dab. All but 5 minor planets have their MPC number as part of the title, even though they are generally called by just their name once their identity is established. (E.g. 4 Vesta.) This is true even when the name would be unambiguous as a WP title. (E.g. Lomia > 117 Lomia.) The only other MP dabbed with (dwarf planet) is Eris, but we wanted to include all 5 in the move request. — kwami (talk) 19:36, 26 September 2021 (UTC)
- Kwami, I assume that you have noted WP:COMMONNAME stating "Wikipedia does not necessarily use the subject's "official" name as an article title; it generally prefers the name that is most commonly used (as determined by its prevalence in a significant majority of independent, reliable English-language sources) ..." and Wikipedia:Naming conventions (astronomical objects) stating "Common names should be used for article titles, provided they are unambiguous". Gog the Mild (talk) 19:25, 26 September 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks. Pinging @Double sharp: he was the one who suggested the move request. — kwami (talk) 19:18, 26 September 2021 (UTC)
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September 2021 Guild of Copy Editors newsletter
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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Congratulations from the Military History Project
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On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the The Content Review Medal of Merit (Military history) for participating in 13 reviews between July and September 2021. Peacemaker67 (talk) via MilHistBot (talk) 03:46, 2 October 2021 (UTC) Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste |
Your GA nomination of Truce of Calais
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Your GA nomination of Truce of Calais
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TFA
Thank you, and all who helped, today for Battle of Bergerac, introduced: "The first nine years of the Hundred Years' War had created an expensive stalemate on all fronts. Then the Earl of Derby arrived in Gascony with a small force. Within three weeks he had smashed the French force assembling at Bergerac and captured the town, marking the start of sixteen months of spectacular success."! - Defeated on AN, but with two Recent death articles on the same page, Mordechai Geldman and Evelyn Richter, and in waiting, Luis de Pablo, - sad but rewarding to remember them. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:33, 13 October 2021 (UTC)
Today: see yourself, read about a hymn praying to not be on earth in vain, about a comics artist whose characters have character (another collaboration of the "perennial gang", broken by one of us banned), and in memory of the last prima donna assoluta, Edita Gruberová. I had to go to two grave sites last week, one who died now, one who died 10 years ago, so standing upright and in black seems appropriate. More colours - but subdued - can be had on hikes, - updated. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:51, 20 October 2021 (UTC)
Battle of Bergerac
Hi Gog, I really enjoyed reading this. Nice job! auntieruth (talk) 14:58, 13 October 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks Auntieruth55, that's very kind of you to say so. Especially as this is your first edit for three months. You have just caused me to reread the article. As it was one of my early FAs - my sixth - I was anticipating some winces, but it seems to have stood the test of time fairly well. If you would like more, it is part of an FT - Wikipedia:Featured topics/Gascon campaign of 1345 - and a wannabe even larger FT - Wikipedia:Featured and good topic candidates/Hundred Years' War (1345–1347)/archive1. Gog the Mild (talk) 15:21, 13 October 2021 (UTC)
Promotion of Anglo-Scottish war (1650–1652)
Query
Hi Gog, I assume you haven't scheduled Carillon for TFA as you voted in the nomination and therefore cannot/should not? Thrakkx (talk) 18:25, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
- Hi Thrakkx. It will be scheduled for 27 November. I have only got to the 25th so far in terms of doing hte back room donkey work to make the scheduling happen. Carillon will probably be "officially" confirmed tomorrow. Gog the Mild (talk) 18:39, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks for the update. Apologies for being anxious! Thrakkx (talk) 18:44, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
- No worries. It's fine to check. A nice article which I am sure will fascinate many main page browsers. Gog the Mild (talk) 18:46, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks for the update. Apologies for being anxious! Thrakkx (talk) 18:44, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
DYK for Hundred Years' War (1345–1347)
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 17 October 2021 (UTC)
Promotion of Battle of Oroscopa
Pinprick
Loved your metaphor, "Each one a pinprick, but cumulatively sucking a lot of time out of the project" (here). Just letting you know that I'm going to shamelessly steal it from now on (and have already started). If you sue me one day for royalties and win, I'll probably go broke. Cheers, Mathglot (talk) 21:18, 23 October 2021 (UTC)
Four Award for Battle of Oroscopa
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Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on Battle of Oroscopa. Epicgenius (talk) 02:01, 24 October 2021 (UTC) |
– Epicgenius (talk) 02:01, 24 October 2021 (UTC)