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September 2019 GOCE Newsletter

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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The Signpost: 30 September 2019

• From the editors: Where do we go from here?
  

Our constitutional crisis may continue

• Special report: Post-Framgate wrapup
  

Summary of actions around a formerly banned former administrator: Arbitration Committee action and withdrawn request for adminship

• In the media: A net loss: Wikipedia attacked, closing off Russia? welcoming back Turkey?
  

The internet may not be as stable as it seems

• Traffic report: Varied and intriguing entries, less Luck, and some retreads
  

Luck, Serena, Bianca, 9/11, bad films, mass murderers and other good stuff

• News from the WMF: How the Wikimedia Foundation is making efforts to go green
  

Wikipedia's footprint is equivalent to 251 average US homes’ energy use. Yes we can go green.

• Recent research: Wikipedia's role in assessing credibility of news sources; using wikis against procrastination; OpenSym 2019 report
  

And other recent research publications

• Gallery: Finding freely licensed photo collections
  

Wikimedia Commons is not the only place to find freely licensed photos

• On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?
  

A selection of good news and encouraging stories that are from the Wikiverse

• In focus: Wikidata & Wikibase for national libraries: the inaugural meeting
  

National libraries are planning to leverage Wikidata to interoperate and to bring information to the public

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The Signpost: 31 October 2019

• In the media: How to use or abuse Wikipedia for fun or profit
  

Sweden, Poland, Armenia, Russia, the Vatican, and clueless English pubs.

• Special report: “Catch and Kill” on Wikipedia: Paid editing and the suppression of material on alleged sexual abuse
  

"It's time for Wikipedia to grow up."

• In focus: The BBC looks at Chinese government editing
  

But they aren't entirely sure they see it

• Interview: Carl Miller on Wikipedia Wars
  

A discussion on info wars, government editing and our defences.

• Community view: Observations from the mainland
  

A different point of view

• Arbitration report: October actions
  

An "unblockable" is blocked; a former arb resigns.

• Traffic report: Wrestling with a couple of teenagers, a Nobelist, and a lot of jokers
  

Plus a few celebrities.

• Gallery: Wiki Loves Broadcast
  

The future of public broadcasting has arrived.

• Recent research: Research at Wikimania 2019: More communication doesn't make editors more productive; Tor users doing good work; harmful content rare on English Wikipedia
  

And other new research publications

• Essay: Wikipedia is in the real world
  

Editing can have serious consequences.

• News from the WMF: Welcome to Wikipedia! Here's what we're doing to help you stick around
  

Twenty questions to get you started.

• On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?
  

A selection of good news and encouraging stories from the Wikiverse.

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The Signpost: 29 November 2019

• From the editor: Put on your birthday best
  

"We get by with a little help from our friends"

• News and notes: How soon for the next million articles?
  

And when will we get the second extraterrestrial edit?

• In the media: You say you want a revolution
  

Everybody wants to change Wikipedia.

• On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?
  

A selection of good news and encouraging stories from the Wikiverse.

• Arbitration report: Two requests for arbitration cases
  

Important or imprudent? Pondering portals. And an editor gets transported off-wiki for good.

• Traffic report: The queen and the princess meet the king and the joker
  

Could this be the end of the Terminator?

• Technology report: Reference things, sister things, stranger things
  

The latest tech news and updates.

• Gallery: Winter and holidays
  

Some interesting and unusual winter and holiday images.

• Recent research: Bot census; discussions differ on Spanish and English Wikipedia; how nature's seasons affect pageviews
  

And other new research publications.

• Essay: Adminitis
  

Some humor about the otherwise serious subject of burnout.

• From the archives: WikiProject Spam, revisited
  

Veteran editor: Wikipedia is losing existential battle against spam.

• In focus: An update on the Wikimedia Movement 2030 Strategy
  

Coming to the end of a long road formulating the strategy.

• Special report: How many people edit in your favorite language? Where are they from?
  

Only now can we say!

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