User talk:Miniapolis/Archives/2015/June

Blitz?
Hi,

Just wondering if there'll be a GOCE blitz this month?

Sincerely,

Mathijsvs (talk) 08:11, 4 June 2015 (UTC)
 * There probably will be, but we haven't worked out the details yet. All the best,  Mini  apolis  17:53, 4 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Thanks! Looking forward to it! Mathijsvs (talk) 10:05, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

GOCE June 2015 newsletter
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Latest GOCE drive
seems to have been quite the success. Congrats, and I'm not sure whether you people made any changes, but they seem to be working, maybe? Vanamonde93 (talk) 00:13, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
 * One of our editors dedicates one or two drives per year to editing hundreds of short articles. That editor got a special barnstar for meritorious service this month. – Jonesey95 (talk) 03:51, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Ah that makes sense. I guess the secret to finishing the backlog is to persuade Lfstevens to do this more often :). A successful drive, regardless. Vanamonde93 (talk) 04:01, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

Hebron Church (Intermont, West Virginia)

 * , thank you for taking on the copyedit of Hebron Church (Intermont, West Virginia). I've been following your progress, and I'm thankful for your edits thus far! Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns throughout your copyedit review. Thanks again! -- West Virginian   (talk)  11:10, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

Second opinion on grammar question: Talk:List of nuclear reactors
Hi Miniapolis,

I posted a section to Talk:List of nuclear reactors about how to correct grammatical issues on that page, and I am looking for more input on whether the page should be changed according to my suggestions. As a copy editor, do you have anything to say about it?

Thanks! Mechanic1c (talk) 11:13, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I can't add anything to what Jonesey posted, and the discussion seems to be going well. All the best,  Mini  apolis  19:22, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

Want to copy-edit, where to start?
Hi. I'm new to editing Wikipedia, and think the best way I could make a contribution is to CopyEdit articles. I've done a minor one here. Is that a reasonable attempt? Is there any article you, as coordinator, could suggest I start next? Thanks! ghytred talk 12:13, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Looks good, and welcome! Backlog articles (those tagged with copy edit) are the best place to get your feet wet (the list, sorted by month, is on the GOCE home page; with more experience, you may want to move on to request-page articles which aren't good-article nomininations or featured-article candidates (the prose-quality bar is higher for GANs, and highest for FACs). WP:Basic copyediting is useful, and you'll become familiar with the Manual of Style—which is daunting at first—on a need-to-know basis. Have fun and all the best,  Mini  apolis  19:36, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

Hebron Church (Intermont, West Virginia) Copyedit

 * Thanks very much! Good luck and all the best,  Mini  apolis  19:19, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Bosnian independence referendum, 1992
You've done an excellent work there; you've simplified the wording, but maintained the meaning. Thanks! :)

--AnulBanul (talk) 07:43, 13 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Glad to help. All the best,  Mini  apolis  13:18, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

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Briarcliff Farms
Thank you so much for your extensive work. I'll hopefully read through and make appropriate edits on Wednesday or the next Wednesday. My work schedule's pretty awful right now. Again, very much appreciated.-- ɱ    (talk  ·  vbm)  01:32, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Glad to help, and it was a pleasure to copyedit an agricultural article. Good luck and all the best,  Mini  apolis  01:42, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

GOCE
The election of coordinators page no longer requires the nomination template, though I'm hesitant to remove it myself. Sorry for briefness, rather busy at this moment. Thanks. KieranTribe (talk) 09:42, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the reminder; Jonesey took care of it. All the best,  Mini  apolis  13:16, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks to you both for sorting that, then. I would've pinged everyone but I was on my phone at the end of my lunch break. KieranTribe (talk) 13:24, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes, you and Jonesey are up earlier than I am; it's mid-morning here in the northeastern U.S. All the best,  Mini  apolis  13:27, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

WikiProject X Newsletter • Issue 4
Newsletter • May/June 2015

Hello friends! We have been hard at work these past two months. For this report:

The directory is live!

For the first time, we are happy to bring you an exhaustive, comprehensive WikiProject Directory. This directory endeavors to list every single WikiProject on the English Wikipedia, including those that don't participate in article assessment. In constructing the broadest possible definition, we have come up with a list of approximately 2,600 WikiProjects. The directory tracks activity statistics on the WikiProject's pages, and, for where it's available, statistics on the number of articles tracked by the WikiProject and the number of editors active on those articles. Complementing the directory are description pages for each project, listing usernames of people active on the WikiProject pages and the articles in the WikiProject's scope. This will help Wikipedians interested in a subject find each other, whether to seek feedback on an article or to revive an old project. (There is an opt-out option.) We have also come up with listings of related WikiProjects, listing the ten most relevant WikiProjects based on what articles they have in common. We would like to promote WikiProjects as interconnected systems, rather than isolated silos.

A tremendous amount of work went into preparing this directory. WikiProjects do not consistently categorize their pages, meaning we had to develop our own index to match WikiProjects with the articles in their scope. We also had to make some adjustments to how WikiProjects were categorized; indeed, I personally have racked up a few hundred edits re-categorizing WikiProjects. There remains more work to be done to make the WikiProject directory truly useful. In the meantime, take a look and feel free to leave feedback at the WikiProject X talk page.

Stuff in the works!

What have we been working on?


 * A new design template—This has been in the works for a while, of course. But our goal is to design something that is useful and cleanly presented on all browsers and at all screen resolutions while working within the confines of what MediaWiki has to offer. Additionally, we are working on designs for the sub-components featured on the main project page.
 * A new WikiProject talk page banner in Lua—Work has begun on implementing the WikiProject banner in Lua. The goal is to create a banner template that can be usable by any WikiProject in lieu of having its own template. Work has slowed down for now to focus on higher priority items, but we are interested in your thoughts on how we could go about creating a more useful project banner. We have a draft module on Test Wikipedia, with a demonstration.
 * New discussion reports—We have over 4.8 million articles on the English Wikipedia, and almost as many talk pages as well. But what happens when someone posts on a talk page? What if no one is watching that talk page? We are currently testing out a system for an automatically-updating new discussions list, like RFC for WikiProjects. We currently have five test pages up for the WikiProjects on cannabis, cognitive science, evolutionary biology, and Ghana.
 * SuggestBot for WikiProjects—We have asked the maintainer of SuggestBot to make some minor adjustments to SuggestBot that will allow it to post regular reports to those WikiProjects that ask for them. Stay tuned!
 * Semi-automated article assessment—Using the new revision scoring service and another system currently under development, WikiProjects will be getting a new tool to facilitate the article assessment process by providing article quality/importance predictions for articles yet to be assessed. Aside from helping WikiProjects get through their backlogs, the goal is to help WikiProjects with collecting metrics and triaging their work. Semi-automation of this process will help achieve consistent results and keep the process running smoothly, as automation does on other parts of Wikipedia.

Want us to work on any other tools? Interested in volunteering? Leave a note on our talk page.

The WikiProject watchers report is back!

The database report which lists WikiProjects according to the number of watchers (i.e., people that have the project on their watchlist), is back! The report stopped being updated a year ago, following the deactivation of the Toolserver, but a replacement report has been generated.

Until next time, Harej (talk) 22:20, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

Utica
Miniapolis, TY for the copy edit on Utica, New York. Any general tips before it's taken up for a GA Review? Buffaboy talk 00:14, 18 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Glad to help, since I have friends in the area :-). I haven't done much GA reviewing, but it looks pretty good to me. Good luck and all the best,  Mini  apolis  00:17, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

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Proposed deletion of Mohammad Yaqoobi


The article Mohammad Yaqoobi has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this biography of a living person will be deleted unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article. &#32; The nominator also raised the following concern:
 * does not meet requirements for notability or sources

If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the prod blp tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within seven days, the article may be deleted, but you can when you are ready to add one. Article proposed for deletion — Preceding unsigned comment added by Isthisuseful (talk • contribs) 20:33, 20 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I didn't create the article, but since a) it was created before March 2010 and b) has sources, BLPPROD does not apply. Although I think the subject meets WP:CLERGY, if you disagree feel free to take it to AfD (or use ordinary prod instead). Keep in mind, though, that deletion is not cleanup. All the best,  Mini  apolis  20:54, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

Hello Miniapolis, I followed the guidance for biographies and I think that if you check you will see that the blog does not qualify as an independent source. I have added the article to the living biographies noticeboard after my edit removing the requirement for a copy edit 2014 was reverted. This article is not suitable for copy edit and the appropriate TAG has been placed on the talk page. Thanks, Isthisuseful (talk) 15:48, 25 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Wow, is that page tag-bombed (and, frankly, Fansite seems inappropriate for an article about a cleric). Although I'm more deletionist than inclusionist and the article's sourcing isn't great, the BBC and Asia Times Online are RS. As I see it, the only thing we disagreed on (besides the tag-bombing—there's a lot of overlap) was whether the page qualified for BLPPROD (it doesn't). Trying to copyedit a page which is the subject of an edit war (which, unfortunately, you often don't learn until you've been reverted) is always a waste of time.  Mini  apolis  16:06, 25 June 2015 (UTC)

Per Holknekt
Please take a look at the article Per Holknekt that I have created. And also Caroline Grane. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.--BabbaQ (talk) 22:35, 20 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Sorry, Babba, but please see the top of this page; WP:VOLUNTEER, I'm in the middle of Palmyra (a four-day job) and folks have been waiting at WP:GOCE/REQ a while. Please list them there for a copyedit. Thanks and all the best,  Mini  apolis  22:46, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

Palmyra
Hello, I really cant thank you enough for that effort. I wouldn't be able to do it even if I studied English for the rest of my life. Thank you very much. Cheers.--Attar-Aram syria (talk) 06:27, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Very glad to help; it's a more interesting topic than the articles I usually do. Good luck and all the best,  Mini  apolis  13:04, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

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Roberto Cofresí
Thank you for accepting the request to copy edit this article. I think that there may be some content that could be superfluous, but that was kept in the expansion as it was not related to the legends. If you find something that may seem redundant to the understanding of the topic, feel free to remove it without any concern. And, once again, thanks for your time. -  Ca ri bb e a  n ~ H. Q.  16:59, 27 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Glad to help, and I'm giving it an FAC copyedit in case you want to skip A-class. The prose is very good already; I'm just tightening up the essay-like spots to make it more encyclopedic. The copyedit will take about a week, since I plug along at 2,000 or so words a day and sometimes get interrupted by RL (like our granddaughter's birthday party this afternoon :-)). I'll ping you when it's done, and you can check the article history. All the best,  Mini  apolis  17:09, 27 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Don't worry, time is of no concern. Enjoy :-) -  Ca ri bb e a  n ~ H. Q.  18:04, 27 June 2015 (UTC)
 * This is excellent, the alternative text is compact but manages to retain the entirety of the content. Before this revision, I was still wondering what to shave off to reduce its size, since the original draft was already divided into two additional articles. But, that does not seem like a real issue anymore. I will proceed with the relevant nominations in a couple of weeks, after adding some content (that has been pending forever) to a singer's article. If it ever gets to the main page, I have your work to thank for it. If you ever need help when dealing with Spanish or Portuguese references, just let me know and I will take a look ASAP. -  Ca ri bb e a  n ~ H. Q.  22:40, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Glad to help, and I'll keep your offer in mind; thanks. Good luck and all the best,  Mini  apolis  22:43, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

Thanks very much...
...for your support over at my RfA. I shall do my best to be worthy of your trust.

(Archiving is coming at the end of the month; I'd like to stick to my old habits one last time, at least, before switching to a new scheme in the new month.) -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 00:33, 28 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Congratulations, and I hope your RfA was less stressful than mine was. MelanieN is right; I had two editors fighting on my talk page about a day after I got the mop (fresh meat, I guess :-)). Have fun and all the best,  Mini  apolis  02:06, 28 June 2015 (UTC)