User talk:JenetteFish

Hiya Jenette
My current project on Wikipedia is increasing the quality and quantity of copyediting. We have people who are good with AP Stylebook and Websters, but we have very few people participating in article reviews who have many years of professional copyediting experience, and I'm wondering ... why? Some copyeditors have switched jobs, or are retired, or aren't sufficiently challenged, and wouldn't mind doing a little volunteer copyediting, and it would be nice to have more professionals in the mix. If you're interested in doing more, great; if not, this is just an informal survey, and I'd appreciate your ideas on what would attract more professional copyeditors.

Dan


 * Dan — One of my obstacles, if we're going to be honest, is pure laziness. Nothing you can do about that, I suppose. Other than that, my only discouragement is dealing with the tiny little frustrations of coding and whatnot, which I'm still not entirely used to and which I don't have to deal with at my newspaper job. I suppose it's one of those things you just get better at the more you do it, though, so I'm going to keep at it. My idea for motivating people? A little reward system, of course! A banner you can throw on your User page or your own Web site that you earn after copyediting 50 articles or 100 articles and upwards. The tricky part would be determining what constitutes an edit, though like everything on Wikipedia, I guess that might be rather self-regulating. Cheers! JenetteFish (talk) 11:30, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Nobel Prize
Hey! I saw you as a member on the Guild of Copy-Editors and am wondering if you could help me out with an article I am working on, the Nobel Prize. A quite important article since, many link to it etc. I think the content is starting to get good but it really needs some copy-editing which I apparently isn't suited for. Do you have any chance to help out? --Esuzu 21:55, 15 January 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Esuzu (talk • contribs)

Copyedit Backlog Elimination Drive
Hi, as a member of the Guild of Copy Editors you're hereby notified of and invited to participate in the WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May 2010. Please help us eliminate the 8,000+ copyedit backlog! Participating editors will receive barnstars and other awards, according to their level of participation. ɳorɑfʈ Talk! 00:10, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

Grab some glory, and a barnstar
Hi, I'd like to invite you to participate in the Guild of Copy Editors July 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive. In May, about 30 editors helped remove the tag from 1175 articles. The backlog is still over 7500 articles, and extends back to the beginning of 2008! We really need your help to reduce it. Copyediting just a couple articles can qualify you for a barnstar. Serious copyeditors can win prestigious and exclusive rewards. See the event page for more information. And thanks for your consideration. ɳorɑfʈ Talk! 14:50, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

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