A Kitten For You! Thanks.Msangjunboon2018 (talk) 18:10, 1 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Gnawa Music
Hi! I just wanted to apologize for undoing your edit on Gnawa Music. This sounds so fake, but I genuinely don't know how that happened - I think I accidentally clicked the undo button when I was trying to click the thank button, funnily enough. Thanks for changing it back, and thanks for your contribution to that article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Noahfgodard (talk • contribs) 04:15, 19 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
No problem! I've done things like that myself. Glad you appreciated the edits. Cheers, Tdslk (talk) 05:22, 19 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, Another Believer. Very interesting! I don't trust myself to work on something like this in another language, but I would happily copy edit anything in English if the project needs it. I hope all is well with you, Tdslk (talk) 14:57, 26 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
March 2020 GOCE drive bling
Thanks for helping to reduce the copy-editing backlog by 75% in one month – and for running the barnstar script! – Reidgreg (talk) 21:52, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
A brownie for you!
April 2020 GOCE blitz bling
Article needing copy edit but no tag
Hey Tdslk! Now that the drive is underway I'm thinking of clearing the backlog from the earliest entries again. What caught my eye was Gaza War (2008–2009), but I can't find the copyedit template anywhere on there. What should I do? —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 03:10, 1 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, Tenryuu. While the vast majority of our articles have a copy edit tag, the rarely used tag "awkward" also adds articles to the backlog. In this case, the tag was added after the sentence: "Hamas refrained from rocket fire at Israel for 14 months in accordance with its early-2005 undertaking, until IDF naval shelling hit a Gaza beach, all but wiping out a local Gazan family on 10 June 2006." My guess is that the editor didn't like the phrasing "all but wiping out." If you could figure out a way to rephrase that so it has a more encyclopedic tone, you can give yourself the credit for 36 words and 1 article. You might look at the cited article to see exactly how many members of the family were killed, and insert that information in place of the awkward phrase. Regards, Tdslk (talk) 03:20, 1 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the info! —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 03:57, 1 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Friendly Competition
Hi:
We both appear to be dealing with the editors on either side of a friendly competition. One, with whom you have been dealing, seems to have much better editing skills and perhaps "gets" the message that the editing comes first. The other's almost passive-aggressive responses to my suggestions etc...are pissing me off. I have made one more attempt to make the point; after that I have no idea what to do. He certainly should not be editing GOCE requests. We live in hope, I guess. Stay safe. Cheers Twofingered Typist (talk) 21:58, 3 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Twofingered Typist, I agree with you, and I think you should take this to the coordinators page so we can have an official discussion. Regards, Tdslk (talk) 22:38, 3 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
It really wasn’t a friendly competition. The other editor seemed to think it was, but it really wasn’t. I was just doing my thing. Stay safe and well, --Total Eclipse 2017 (talk) (Origin of the username) 17:17, 4 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Question about editing articles for GOCE drives
Hello, I was working on copy editing the Eutretauranosuchus article for the May 2020 Drive. I took a break for a couple of days and returned to see you had finished the copy edit. Would it be acceptable for me to also move the article from Working to Completed on my section of the Drive page? I am new to Wikipedia, so perhaps I am in a bit over my head participating in a drive at this point. Regardless, thank you for finishing the copy edit. I overestimated the work that needed to be done and thought the article was going to need to be largely rewritten. Airyairy (talk) 20:32, 13 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, Airyairy! Welcome to editing Wikipedia and to the Guild! My apologies for not noticing that you had been working on the article. Please go ahead and give yourself credit on the Drive page for having finished the article!
There are two different ways members of the Guild can signal that they are working on an article. The first is to add the tag {{GOCE in use}} to the top of the page. Note that this should only be left up while you are actively editing a page, and is optional. I only use it when I am editing a very large page or one that is being currently (within the past few hours) edited by others. More practical in this case would be to remove the copy edit tag as soon as you start on the page. Then it would not be listed in the articles needing copy editing category. If you do this, be sure that you do finish editing the article. If you can't please add the tag back so that others can finish the job.
In terms of the amount of work to be done, no article on Wikipedia is ever truly finished! If you can see ways to improve the article further, please make them! When we are working on articles from the backlog at the Guild, it's a gray area how much work should be done before we can remove the tag. We try as best we can to correct all spelling, formatting, and grammatical errors and reasonably improve the flow of the writing. In the case of Eutretauranosuchus, the article was a bit technical, and could still probably be improved to make it more accessible to readers, although there is only so much given the scientific subject matter. However, the writing, even before copy editing, was in better shape overall than average for articles with a copy edit tag. (For an example of a really rough article, check out, say, Thamarankottai.)
Thanks again for your participation, and let me know if you have any further questions! Regards, Tdslk (talk) 00:34, 14 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, Tdslk, for your response. I wasn't sure when to remove the copy edit tag or when to use the {{GOCE in use}} tag. I did want to improve the flow and accessibility of Eutretauranosuchus more, but due to the paywalled nature of many of the sources, I couldn't help but feel an editor with a background in paleontology or a related field would be required for much of that task.
I appreciate that you allowed me to take credit for the copy edit! I'll see what I can do about Thamarankottai if someone hasn't gotten to it first. Airyairy (talk) 22:02, 14 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
May 2020 GOCE drive bling
And thanks for awarding the barnstars! – Reidgreg (talk) 13:50, 5 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Barnstar
Hey Tdslk, this just a question out of curiosity, in the May copy editing drive my I copy edited three articles with total 2555 words however I received the minor barnstar, after reading the barmstars page I found out that the minor barnstar is for copy edits between 1 to 1999 words, kindly explain. Antila ✉ 16:32, 15 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Antila, the barnstar word count levels for blitzes (one week long) and drives (one month long) are different. The drive barnstars start with "Minor" at 1 to 4,000 words. Thank you for participating! – Jonesey95 (talk) 17:32, 15 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
June 2020 GOCE blitz bling
July 2020 GOCE drive bling
Thanks for giving out the rest of the barnstars! – Jonesey95 (talk) 19:13, 9 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
August 2020 GOCE blitz bling
September 2020 GOCE drive bling
October 2020 GOCE blitz award
Thanks...
...for your work on the article Sukuma people (although I do somewhat miss the table of medicinal animals, you're probably right that it's too detailed for here).Ingratis (talk) 18:45, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
GOCE November drive barnstars
আপনার জন্য একটি পদক!
Btw, how and why the Wikilove tool generated Bengali headings even in English Wikipedia? AdiBhai (talk) 04:38, 14 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure, but it's fun to get something in a non-Latin script! Cheers, Tdslk (talk) 04:48, 14 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
December 2020 GOCE Blitz Barnstar
WikiProject GOCE is under-construction at bnwiki!
Hello, Tdlsk bhai! It's me, Meghmollar2017, whom you helped in Paschimbhag copperplate inscription. You will be very happy to learn that Bengali Wikipedia has reached the milestone of 100,000 articles on 25 December. Now, we are planning to make the encyclopedia more admissible to the learners through GOCE (inspired by the enwiki project). But it is still under development. And I wish special help from you (if you are not busy) in this regard.
Today, I need your urgent help about the progress chart. I noticed the enwiki GOCE progress chart showing the number of articles. How are they counted? I need the articles in bnwiki to be counted by tomorrow, the last day of the year. Hope you can help. Regards. Meghmollar2017 • Talk • 13:54, 30 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Meghmollar2017! It is really cool that Bengali Wikipedia is making a group like the GOCE! The number of articles in the progress chart comes from the number of articles that are in Category:All articles needing copy edit. This consists of all articles that have a copy edit tag. Does the Bengali Wikipedia have an equivalent tag? Tdslk (talk) 15:51, 30 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
We have both the template and the category. But both of them need to be modified. Thank you, bhai. :) Meghmollar2017 • Talk • 16:42, 30 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
You're welcome! Let me know if you have any more questions. Cheers, Tdslk (talk) 20:52, 30 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Happy New Year and Happy New Decade! Thank you for the help. The system is working properly and the article number (198) is logged for the first time. May be, the articles are not tagged properly and thus the article count is very low. So we are planning to deliver the first newsletter by the first week of January informing users about the guild and its system. However, we are also planning to launch quality improvement branch as a part of the guild to destub the important (A rated) articles. Is there any association like this in enwiki? We also wish your valuable suggestion that we can follow as our system is under construction. Regards Meghmollar2017 • Talk • 02:37, 1 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Wordcount: Hello! I had a question about Backlog Elimination Drives and Blitzes that is how the total wordcount is counted. Is it the whole "wordcount of an article (after copyediting)"? That would mean the bigger the article, the more your earnings! Meghmollar2017 • Talk • 14:09, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
You count the words before editing. And yes, the bigger the article, the higher the word count for the drive or blitz. More important than the word count, however, is doing a good job with the copy edit. We would rather see a great job on a short article than a poor job on a long article. – Jonesey95 (talk) 16:00, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I see! Thank you, @Jonesey95:. And congratulations to Tdslk bhai on the introduction into the GOCE Hall of Fame. You guys are awesome. :) Meghmollar2017 • Talk • 16:53, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Induction into the Guild of Copy Editors Hall of Fame
Congratulations on your induction into the Guild of Copy Editors Hall of Fame! Over the ten years of the guild's existence, just eight editors have been awarded this honor. You were nominated by Reidgreg, whose description of your contributions read as follows:
For long and distinguished service: ten years with the Guild and nine consecutive terms as Coordinator (since July 2016), quality copy-editing, gnomishly updating drive statistics, guiding new members, helping to keep this "favorite corner of the Wikipedia community" a drama-free zone, and so much more. I feel that it is more than warranted to recognize this dedication and nominate Tdslk to be inducted into the illustrious ranks of the GOCE Hall of Fame.
Thank you for your service over the years. – Jonesey95 (talk) 17:16, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
There's the userbox {{User GOCE Hall of Fame}} for bragging rights. Cheers! – Reidgreg (talk) 17:37, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
GOCE January 2021 Drive bling
Guild of Copy Editors February 2021 Blitz Barnstar
copy editing template
Can you take a look at the article Tove Meyer, if it is in good shape, then you can remove the copy edit tag. I have asked User:Utopes for help [1] but the user seem to be inactive. --Vannucci (talk) 09:34, 3 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
July drive bling
August 2021 GOCE blitz award
September drive bling
October 2021 GOCE blitz award
November drive bling
Translation issue
Perhaps you would know how to find where a question like this would be answered. I know it's about a month old but I'm behind reading the Help Desk archives and I like to see if there's a way to answer questions that didn't get a response.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 21:57, 22 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @Vchimpanzee: I'm afraid I don't know. The focus of the question is about attributions for tools and whatnot, and I don't know much about that. Cheers, Tdslk (talk) 02:43, 23 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
January 2022 GOCE drive awards
March drive bling
May drive bling
July drive bling
September drive bling
Hope all is well with you and the family! Miniapolis 19:38, 6 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
November drive bling
GOCE request for Sustainability
Hi Tdslk, I hope you're well. I hope you don't mind me asking but do you wish to continue copy-editing sustainability? Please let us know, either here or at the Requests page, thanks and cheers, Baffle☿gab 18:40, 17 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the push, Baffle. Real life keeps piling up, but I'll set aside the time to finish it in the next 24 hours. Tdslk (talk) 06:48, 18 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
No worries, real life must come before the 'pedia. I'll amend my note on the page in case anyone is wondering. Thanks and cheers, Baffle☿gab 20:34, 18 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Real life just laughed at my optimism. Gimme another few days... Tdslk (talk) 02:53, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
July 2023 GOCE drive award
September 2023 GOCE drive award
November 2023 GOCE drive award
International Women’s Day Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon, Sunday, March 10
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:34, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
March 2024 GOCE drive award
Guild of Copy Editors April 2024 Newsletter
Reminder to vote now to select members of the first U4C
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