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GOCE August 2013 Blitz
Great job on the July 2013 Elimination Drive, Torchiest! I'm warmed up for the August 2013 Blitz. However ... the main August 2013 blitz page says it runs August 11-17, but the July 2013 drive wrap-up newsletter says: "Blitz!: The August blitz will run from August 10–26, just hours from now." Is this a time zone thing? (& has it been extended? August 2013 Blitz page says it's a one-week effort August 11-17 -- August 10-26 is more than 2 weeks.) I'm in the US, Pacific Time Zone. (It's about 11:00 a.m. Saturday as I write this.) I'm not really clear on the "UTC" time zone, but I think the UTC time I've seen in Wikipedia notations is about 7-8 hours ahead of me. (I tried deciphering the Wikipedia time zone chart for UTC, & I think that puts me in "UTC-08:00," whatever that means -- hey, I'm a word person, not a number person.) So ... for Pacific Time (aka UTC-8:00), does the August Blitz begin today (Sat., Aug. 10) or tomorrow (Aug. 11)? & at what time when, & do I need a calculator to convert to "my" time? Then, once we kickoff, does it run until August 17 (according to the main August 2013 Blitz page) or August 26 (according to the July 2013 drive wrap-up newsletter) -- mixed signals here! (..no, I can't let my head ache over the numbers ... gotta keep my grey cells limber for the Blitz ...) JudyCS (talk) 18:12, 10 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Since I happened to be online, I've fixed the date in the newsletter. It's Aug 11-17. Thanks for spotting it, JudyCS. --Stfg (talk) 18:41, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

Ford Ivey
Hey Torchiest, while you still have it, would you be able to add anything useful to Ford Ivey from this piece? BOZ (talk) 15:41, 12 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks man - can you get anything at all from this for Kevin Andrew Murphy, or how about this and this for User:BOZ/Paul Bonner? BOZ (talk) 01:05, 17 August 2013 (UTC)
 * And Torchiest, aside what I found from those two, I could not find anything for User:BOZ/Sue Ellen Brown or User:BOZ/Derek Pearcy on HighBeam, but maybe you can find something? BOZ (talk) 17:47, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Sorry, meant to reply earlier. The three in the first group are all trivial mentions.  Two just name the book they co-wrote with the author being profiled and the third is just the author mentioning Bonner as an inspiration.  The two in the second group turn up nothing at all. :( —Torchiest talkedits 02:20, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Oh well, no biggie. Could you also check out User:BOZ/John Zeleznik (although I may have covered all of these already):, and User:BOZ/Nene Thomas ? I also restored Chris Wiese and Clinton R. Nixon, but those might be a stretch. And David Morgan-Mar is currently at AFD. BOZ (talk) 00:37, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Or anything for Jeff Laubenstein? BOZ (talk) 14:28, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Ach, my year subscription expired yesterday! It was a good run though. —Tourchiest talkedits 17:23, 2 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Durn! Well, it was a good run. :) BOZ (talk) 18:20, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

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GOCE backlog drives & blitzes timeframes
Quick question, Torchiest: Since we're still copy editing around, before, after, between, etc., the backlog drives & blitzes, if we start copy editing an article before a drive/blitz starts, but don't finish it until after the start of the drive/blitz, if the particular article falls within the guidelines of the drive/blitz, would it count towards the totals of that drive/blitz, or would the copy editing work of that article have had to have begun after the start of the drive/blitz in order to count it? (Hope this makes sense!) JudyCS (talk) 18:40, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, we only count work that was done entirely during the drive/blitz. You could do a few sections in advance and then just count those that remain during the drive/blitz.  But we also have a Copy Edit of the Month Contest going on every month, so you can submit miscellaneous work there, if you'd like.  Cheers. —Torchiest talkedits 20:42, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2013 August newsletter
This year's final is upon us. Our final eight, in order of last round's score, are:
 * , a WikiCup newcomer who has contributed on topics of military history and physics, including a number of high-importance topics. Good articles have made up the bulk of his points, but he has also scored a great deal of bonus points. He has the second highest score overall so far, with more than 3000 points accumulated.
 * , another WikiCup veteran who reached the finals in 2012, 2011 and 2010. He writes on a variety of topics including botany, mycology and astronomy, and has claimed the highest or joint highest number of featured articles every round so far this year. He has the third highest score overall, with just under 3000 points accumulated.
 * , 2012 WikiCup champion, who writes mostly on marine biology. She has also contributed to high-importance topics, seeing huge numbers of bonus points for high-importance featured and good articles. Previous rounds have seen her scoring the most bonus points, with scoring spread across did you knows, good articles and featured articles.
 * , a WikiCup veteran who finished in second place in 2012, and competed as early as 2009. He writes articles on biology, especially mycology, and has scored highly for a number of collaborations at featured article candidates.
 * , the winner of the 2010 competition. His contributions mostly concern Naval history, and he has scored a very large number of points for good articles and good article reviews in every round. He is the highest scorer overall this year, with over 3500 points in total.
 * , who is competing in the WikiCup for the second time, though this will be her first time in the final. A regular at FAC, she is mostly interested in British medieval history, and has scored very highly for some top-importance featured articles on the topic.
 * , a finalist in 2012 and 2011. He writes on a broad variety of topics, with many of this year's points coming from good articles about Star Trek. Good articles make up the bulk of his points, and he had the most good articles back in round 2; he was also the highest scorer for DYK in rounds 1 and 2.
 * 1) has previously been involved with the WikiCup, but hasn't participated for a number of years. He scores mostly from restoration work leading to featured picture credits, but has also done some article writing and reviewing.

We say goodbye to eight great participants who did not qualify for the final:, , , , , , ,. Having made it to this stage is still an excellent achievement, and you can leave with your heads held high. We hope to see you all again next year. Signups are now open for the 2014 WikiCup, which will begin on 1 January. All Wikipedians, whatever their interest or level of experience, are warmly invited to participate in next year's competition.

This last month has seen some incredible contributions; for instance, Cwmhiraeth's Starfish and Ealdgyth's Battle of Hastings—two highly important, highly viewed pages—made it to featured article status. It would be all too easy to focus solely on these stunning achievements at the expense of those participants working in lower-scoring areas, when in fact all WikiCup participants are doing excellent work. A mention of everything done is impossible, but here are a few: Last round saw the completion of several good topics (on the 1958, 1959 and 1962 Atlantic hurricane seasons) to which 12george1 had contributed. Calvin999 saw "S&M" (song), on which he has been working for several years, through to featured article status on its tenth try. Figureskatingfan continued towards her goal of a broad featured/good topic on Maya Angelou, with two featured and four good articles. ThaddeusB contributed significantly to over 20 articles which appeared on the main page's "in the news" section. Adam Cuerden continued to restore a large number of historical images, resulting in over a dozen FP credits this round alone. The WikiCup is not just about top-importance featured articles, and the work of all of these users is worthy of commendation.

Finally, the usual notices: If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 05:30, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

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Rand Paul
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Please comment on Talk:WinCo Foods
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D&D article improvement drive for October
Hi there, Torchiest! :) We talked briefly a couple of months ago about collaborating on D&D articles to try to get some more GA/FA and general article quality improvement going.  You said October would be a good month to collaborate, since it is an off month for copy editing drives.  Just wondering if you were still interested in picking that up in a few weeks?  I have been working on selecting a list of good candidates to work on, and I can post it on the WikiProject talk page once we get going, to see if we can pick up any support (though I am fine working with just you if no one else can help).

To that end, a couple of recent acquisitions will be a huge help. I have picked up a lot of RPG magazines that I have yet to go through for reviews (see my list). Even better than that, I now have a copy of Shannon Appelcline's Designers & Dragons, which I have been using quite a bit of. This book is over 400 pages and goes into great detail about all the RPG and other gaming companies worth mentioning, numerous RPGs and other games, game designers and other significant personalities, and quite a few game supplements. Wow - it will take me forever to go through that one. ;) BOZ (talk) 18:26, 17 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Yes, I'm still interested. Go ahead and post the list whenever you're ready, and I'll look it over when I get a chance. —Torchiest talkedits 13:00, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Great, I like that enthusiasm! ;)  I would like to hold it off until Oct 1 or thereabouts, so I can get some other stuff done in the meantime. BOZ (talk) 14:07, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

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Ghost of Sparta FAC
If you have some spare time, would you care to review God of War: Ghost of Sparta? -- JDC808  ♫  05:37, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2013 September newsletter
In 30 days, we will know the identity of our 2013 WikiCup champion. currently leads; if that lead is held, she will become the first person to have won the WikiCup twice. , —who has never participated in the competition before—and follow. The majority of points in this round have come from a mix of good articles and bonus points. This final round is seeing contributions to a number of highly important topics; recent submissions include Phoenix (constellation) (FA by Casliber), Ernest Lawrence (GA by Hawkeye7), Pinniped, and red fox (both GAs by Sasata).

The did you know (DYK) eligibility criteria have recently changed, meaning that newly passed good articles are accepted as "new" for did you know purposes. However, in the interests of not changing the WikiCup rules mid-competition, please note that only articles eligible for DYK under the old system (that is, newly created articles or 5x expansions) will be eligible for points in this year's WikiCup. We do, however, have time to discuss how this new system will work for next year's competition; a discussion will be opened in due course. On that note, thoughts are welcome on changes you'd like to see for next year. What worked? What didn't work? What would you like to see more of? What would you like to see less of? All Wikipedians, new or old, are also warmly invited to sign up for the 2014 WikiCup.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 22:51, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

GOCE drive tags
You're very welcome, Torchiest! Thank you for the workout, & especially for all your hard work & organization! I had my first week-long vacation in about 6 years (scheduled pre-GOCE) fall conveniently within a Drive month, & I enjoyed it to the fullest with my idea of relaxing -- heavy-duty GOCE editing! Also a nice way to unwind after a hectic day at work & OT. & thanks for the tip -- I will omit the month/year designations & "Request" from my line items in my future entries. Related question: the articles that were reviewed by Dthomsen8 & Stfg, where they checked & tagged them after the "*O"s -- is that going to throw of your calculating program? JudyCS (talk) 02:08, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
 * No, because my code ignores everything after the word count in parenthesis, and then just checks the entire line again for either *R or *O. Extra parenthetical bits before the word count can mix it up though. I have it skip the first such occurrence, but it trips up on subsequent ones. I usually have to run my program up to a dozen times, letting it fail and figuring out where it had a problem, then cutting or editing whatever text was giving it trouble. Years in particular are tricky because it thinks they are word counts. I could probably make a more robust program to account perfectly for every issue in advance, but there are definitely diminishing returns compared to just fixing the raw data manually each time. —Torchiest talkedits 02:39, 2 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the clarification, Torchiest! Sounds like you have quite a sophisticated system set up.  I will most definitely make sure to omit any extraneous notes, etc., from my entries (& I'll try to remember to omit the comma in the word total, as well, which will hopefully help a bit more).  Thanks!  JudyCS (talk) 03:09, 2 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks. It took a few months of trial and error to work out the kinks, but it's in pretty good shape now.  It can actually handle commas in the word counts, so either way you want to do that is fine. Cheers. —Torchiest</B> talk<sub style="margin-left:-3ex;">edits 03:32, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

Copy edit
Hi Torchiest. Just to update you, the feature is basically done, but there are a few points that still need to be resolved. The first quotation I've used from another editor is one I skimmed from an earlier discussion between Nightspore and I back in 2011. He hasn't edited at Wikipedia for a few months so I was unable to get him to create a new quote specifically for the newsletter. If you think it would be inappropriate to use this quote, though, then we can just cut it out entirely. I'm also waiting on Dream Focus who I contacted 2 days ago about coming up with a quote for the first section instead of Nightspore. I haven't heard back from him yet, though, so if he hasn't come up with something by midnight tonight then I say we forget about it and just post what we've got. Let me know what you think about using the Nightspore quote and let me know when you've finished copyediting so I can shift it into the draft. Thanks again. -Thibbs (talk) 11:08, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I think the way you did it, with attribution from the old discussion, is probably okay, but yeah if DF gets a quote today I'd substitute that just for the fact that it will be more clearly applicable. I started copy editing and will finish after work today. Then I'll put everything together and get my bot connection to send it out. —<B>Torchiest</B> talk<sub style="margin-left:-3ex;">edits 13:46, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your good work on it. It's ready to be assembled and distributed whenever you get a chance. Another quarter down. Whew. -Thibbs (talk) 04:20, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

Talkback
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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q3 2013
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