User talk:Ryanwould

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Virgin Mary? — Help please
Would you be willing to help with a copy edit of Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Virgin Mary? If you are interested I will explain the situation more fully. Gandydancer (talk) 23:24, 25 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Based on the discussions there, it looks like the page needs a copy-edit "to clean up the prose" before it's peer-reviewed again re GA renomination. It'd take about 3 hours, at most. Tomorrow afternoon (EST) okay? I'll bang it out right after the OWS section. I'd be happy to work with a collaborator, if you've got others in mind. Ryanwould (talk) 23:43, 25 January 2012 (UTC)


 * My beloved Aunt Rose is saying a Rosary for you tonight Ryan. She was both a devout Catholic and the most loving person one could ever know - a very rare combination indeed!  Please see my talk page at the bottom for a little more info.  Thanks! Gandydancer (talk) 00:21, 26 January 2012 (UTC)


 * I just noticed that the section on the talk page about this process has been removed, and it appears there are others working on major edits. Is this article stable enough for a thorough go-through? Still want help? (The prose still needs it.) Please advise. Ryanwould (talk) 21:59, 26 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Yes, it still needs help. Yes, there is a new helper that seems to speak Russian.  I worked on the organ and bells section today and it was a challenge for me, but seems much improved.  But I'm not a pro as you showed you are today at the OWS article.  As you may have noted, most of the refs are in Russian... ;P Gandydancer (talk) 00:38, 27 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Just cleaned up the intro and history sections. Minor copy-edits here and there, clarification of the USD format in two cases, and a few line-edits for clarity. Will be systematically tackling the rest as free time permits (couple of days, at most). Congrats on the GA, btw! Now let's get this baby featured. Ryanwould (talk) 20:43, 30 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Actually I got on a roll and just once-over'd the whole article. Good stuff. This sentence—"Both side aisles are separated from the main aisle by pillar files, consisting of four columns and two half columns."—doesn't make sense; but it wasn't cited and I couldn't figure it out, so I just left it as-is. Aside from that, we're all good. Easy breezy.Ryanwould (talk) 21:33, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

Ryan, I am so impressed with your work. I can hardly say how difficult it is for me to write - it takes me forever to do a substantial edit and even then it is not so good... But though I can't write very well, I do recognize good writing when I see it!

As for this article, I really had nothing to do with it. But I was attracted to it...for several reasons... I love to see "old things" renewed rather than thrown out - most of my furnishings in my home were bought second-hand and brought back to life. So, it made me feel very happy that the church was not demolished or maintained as a commercial building, but was instead resurrected as a "sacred space" as it was meant to be. Oh, many other reasons...certainly my beloved Aunt Rose...now an angel in heaven - a Catholic angel, you can be sure!

Would you post your question at the article talk page, or do you mind if I post it there? Gandydancer (talk) 14:52, 31 January 2012 (UTC)


 * ^^^ posted on the talk page. And thanks for the kind words! Ryanwould (talk) 20:13, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

OWS — Could you please...
Re-check the lede for changes at OWS. I have stepped back temporaily from the OWS article but a recent edit appears to change the wording too specificly against sources. Not just a protest against corporate influence...on government. It is a against corporate influence in general on nearly all levels.--Amadscientist (talk) 11:08, 28 January 2012 (UTC)


 * I'd be happy to take a whack at it after the page is a bit more stable. Seems like there are macro-level edits going on; though that's heaven for a (brave) line-editor, it's hell for a copy-editor. Keep me posted. Ryanwould (talk) 20:09, 30 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Haha, reading your words, "there are macro-level edits", instead my eyes read "macho-level edits".  It seemed so accurate, that it was only after a second reading that I saw you had actually written "macro-level".  Even so, Amadscientist, macho-level is not too far off the mark, eh? ;p  Gandydancer (talk) 15:05, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Could you copyedit the lead of List of churches in Moscow? :)-- ♫GoP♫ T C N 10:16, 5 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the barnstar (it's my first one)! I'll hop to the lede this afternoon EST. Ryanwould (talk) 18:29, 6 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Done and done. Was a little rough in some spots but I think it reads reasonably smoothly now. Moved the exclusions to the end per the wp style guide. Hope it helped! 21:42, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks!-- ♫GoP♫ T C N 18:51, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

OWS copy edit revisited
I have done a massive clean up to the first section. I have almost completely re-written the prose to more accurately reflect sources that were painstakingly checked, one by one and fully read. I have documented my changes in "Comment" in the section separating each reference for easy access and for quick verification. Could you take a quick look for spelling, grammar and use?--Amadscientist (talk) 10:25, 9 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Sure. "Overview" you mean? Or the lede? Ryanwould (talk) 22:09, 9 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Scientist must have put many, many hours into cleaning up the article. All things considered, I see no reason that he should not go ahead and rewrite the "crime" stuff as well - people that just sit on the sidelines and bitch should not object when a hard-working editor attempts to bring an article up to date.  I found some of the current wording to be a little awkward but didn't attempt any fixes since I'm much better at seeing such things than fixing them! Gandydancer (talk) 22:16, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Maya Angelou
Ryan, User:Gandydancer referred you to me as a great copyeditor, and I see from your talk page that you are that. I'm looking for a copyeditor for this article about this great person. Would you mind taking a crack at it? It's complicated and long, and has taken me four years of on-and-off work to get it to its current version. I'm proud of it, and would like to submit it for FAC. I'd really appreciate your assistance. To that end, I made a list of directions for copyeditors. Thanks in advance. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 19:55, 17 March 2012 (UTC)