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GOCE drive wrap-up

Guild of Copy Editors January 2012 backlog elimination drive Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors January 2012 Backlog elimination drive! Here is your end-of-drive wrap-up newsletter. Participation 45 people signed up for this drive this time; of these, 35 participated. This is similar to the number of editors who helped out in November. Thanks to all who participated! Barnstars will be distributed in the near future. Progress report Recent drives have been focusing on the oldest three months in the backlog. During this drive we were successful in eliminating our target months—July, August, and September 2010—from the queue, and there are less than 300 articles remaining from 2010. End-of-drive results and barnstar information can be found here. When working on the backlog, please keep in mind that there are options other than copy editing available; some articles may be candidates for deletion, or may not be suitable for copy editing at this time for other reasons. The {{GOCEreviewed}} tag can be placed on any article you find to be totally uneditable, and you can nominate for deletion any that you discover to be copyright violations or completely unintelligible. If you need help deciding what to do, please contact any of the coordinators. Thank you for participating in the January 2012 drive! All contributions are appreciated. Our next copy edit drive will be in March. Your drive coordinators – The Utahraptor , S Masters (talk), Diannaa , Stfg (Talk), Sp33dyphil (talk), and Dank (talk)

Belittling another editor

Demiurge, I couldn't help noticing you belittling User:92.13.76.159 when you edited Manchester Grammar School here, saying "That's quite enough editing tests from you, young man." I don't think it's appropriate to tell off other editors like naughty children. Who's to say the editor is young anyway? There are templates warning against "biting" newcomers and abusing people in edit summaries, although I don't think they're necessary, given you're not a new user. I don't think this is a big deal, but please try to be more courteous. (WP Editor 2011 (talk) 07:03, 12 March 2012 (UTC))

I am sure that Demiurge1000 was not biting the young man in anyway but playful.

 Kiefer.Wolfowitz 09:59, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

When a school article is edited to state that a pupil is the most clever in it, I don't think it's inappropriate to assume that the editor is said pupil, or one of his friends. I think the edit summary was reasonable, especially since it was followed up with an appropriate template here. I'm sure Demiurge1000 will keep in mind your comments, but I don't see the problem. Worm · (talk) 10:11, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

To declare oneself the cleverest pupil of the largest independent school in England, one must be fairly young, yes. (I take the liberty of assuming that the edit was not made by a teacher, nor by the school's archivist, who also has a Misplaced Pages account and with whom I've had some brief correspondence.) My quite wide experience - for what it's worth, I was offered a place at the school, and later taught at a competing one in the same area - tells me that such young and clever people are interested in the opportunity to express themselves, not so much in worrying about the exact tone of jocular comments made by others in response to their getting carried away in expressing themselves. A school pupil whom I first encountered on Misplaced Pages when they were engaged in a similar act of self-aggrandisement, rapidly developed into one of the most promising young editors that myself and Worm have ever seen on Misplaced Pages. And he was not in the least discouraged by my tone. Nor, I think, is anyone else.

So I don't agree with your comments. However, I do applaud the sentiment. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 20:01, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

For what it's worth, I now notice a suggestion on the talk page of "WP Editor 2011" that they have been banned previously under another account. Wouldn't be entirely surprising, although I'm curious to know which account. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 00:07, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

GOCE March drive newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 backlog elimination drive update Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 Backlog elimination drive! Here's the mid-drive newsletter. Participation: We have had 58 people sign up for this drive so far, which compares favorably with our last drive, and 27 have copy-edited at least one article. If you have signed up but have not yet copy-edited any articles, please consider doing so. Every bit helps! If you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Join us! Progress report: Our target of completing the 2010 articles has almost been reached, with only 56 remaining of the 194 we had at the start of the drive. The last ones are always the most difficult, so thank you if you are able to help copy-edit any of the remaining articles. We have reduced the total backlog by 163 articles so far. Special thanks: Special thanks to Stfg, who has been going through the backlog and doing some preliminary vetting of the articles—removing copyright violations, doing initial clean-up, and nominating some for deletion. This work has helped make the drive a more pleasant experience for all our volunteers. Your drive coordinators – Dianna (talk), Stfg (talk), and Dank (talk) To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

A barnstar for you!

	The Special Barnstar
	For explaining the benefits of adoption, must have taken some time to write this. Thanks Misconceptions2 (talk) 01:33, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks Misconceptions2, it's appreciated. The more we can do to help new (and not so new) editors stay on the positive side of contributing, the better for Misplaced Pages! --Demiurge1000 (talk) 00:07, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

My List

I have created a list and i have included ur name in it. I hope u dont mind that. You can view it over Here! Yasht101 :) 04:05, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

No problem at all. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 00:07, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Ian Molyneux

On 26 March 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ian Molyneux, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Ian Molyneux, who was awarded a posthumous George Medal for trying to disarm a murderous sailor on a nuclear submarine, had previously started and run an under-12 rugby league team? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ian Molyneux.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 10:15, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

Rcsprinter (talk) 19:33, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you

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		Thanks for your recent contributions! 66.87.0.179 (talk) 20:38, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

Reply to March 2012

Hi there, I didn't think I was adding 'unreferenced or poorly referenced information' to Joyce's page - the current entry is untrue and inaccurate: "The Daily Record on 1 March 2012 reported that in an interview Joyce admitted a relationship..." is incorrect, in fact the Record broke the story without his knowledge. And why would you deem the very relevant comment from the Scottish Labour leader irrelevant, when *after* her statement he said he would step down? At the moment the entry reads very pro-Joyce, as opposed to objective, which was my intention. Here is the link to the initial story: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics-news/2012/03/01/revealed-house-of-commons-assault-rap-mp-eric-joyce-had-secret-affair-with-teenage-researcher-age-17-86908-23770566/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hrvyklly (talk • contribs) 10:21, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

Well, I don't agree that your additions had the effect of making the article adhere more closely to our biographies of living persons policy. And Daily Record (Scotland) is very far indeed from being the sort of source that would be most suitable to substantiate controversial content in a BLP.

However, the place that you should have discussed these issues was on the talk page of the article, where I notice there were several ongoing discussions, and you participated in none of them. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 00:07, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

GOCE March barnstar

		The Modest Barnstar
		Thisa barnstar is awarded to Demiurge1000 for copy editing articles totalling over 4,000 words during the March copy edit drive. Your participation is appreciated. -- Dianna (talk) 19:05, 2 April 2012 (UTC) (UTC)

Thanks Dianna! --Demiurge1000 (talk) 00:07, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

RE: Suggestion - mentoring

Well, I would like to try. Pdiddyjr (talk) 13:26, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

That's great! Please see my reply on your talk page. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 00:07, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Please remember to give the mentoring course a try sometime, preferably soon! --Demiurge1000 (talk) 01:36, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

GOCE March drive wrap-up

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Dispute resolution survey

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I tried this, and it doesn't take five minutes, and thus I didn't finish. Although I decided to attempt the survey this time anyway, for future reference I think you should consider removing the question about age, unless you believe it is essential to the survey in some important way.

I think the survey could have been made shorter by not repeating some of the questions with minor variations in them.

I may still try and finish and submit the whole thing if I get time! --Demiurge1000 (talk) 00:07, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

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Incomplete DYK nomination

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Thanks DYKhousekeepingbot! Now fixed. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 00:07, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Visual Reading article and libelous comments posted on it by a new page controller

Hello Demiurge1000,

I have asked for advice... and for your protection from the new page controller who feels it is fine to call other people's work "pseudoscience garbage" and openly laughs at it. And now I receive your comment, which makes me completely confused and frustrated. I clearly indicated that I search for advice and help as I do not know what to do. I provided evidence. And now it looks like it is me who is wrong. I have nothing to say.... It is fine for somebody to tag other people's work whichever way they like it, but not fine for someone to seek protection from being openly laughed at.

I would greatly appreciate your advice on how to deal with this issue.

Kind regards, Azbukva — Preceding unsigned comment added by Azbukva (talk • contribs) 00:27, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Is it your work that is being ridiculed? --Demiurge1000 (talk) 00:36, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

No, not exactly. It is the work by Hyo Sang Shin of visual reading method and sped reading teaching instruction that he has developed. The article is about his method and the way it is related to other speed reading methods. The editor first tagged the article as being unbalanced or biased - not providing a balanced discussion of the issue. I agree to some extent with the criticism and still working and adding more content to the article. However, the editor (new page controller)then also added a comment saying that the article has science wrong and directing me to some unsubstantiated discussion on speed reading (outside Misplaced Pages). After I pointed out to the new page controller that his critique of the article is not supported by any evidence and is not constructive, the controller added a tag "suggested for deletion" to my article and called Hyo Sang Shin's method described in the article as "pseudoscience garbage". I welcome healthy criticism that would help me improve the article. However, I have never expected to become a subject of such ruthless criticism. It is obviously a libelous comment. I am not planning to take any legal action against that new controller, though. All I am hoping for is objectivity and constructive feedback, not name calling. Thank you very much for asking and expressing your concern. I would appreciate any advice on how to handle such issues.

Kind regards, Azbukva Azbukva (talk) 00:55, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

RE: Message

i may be presuming, but re-reading it seems you replied to his threats. In that case, thanks and sorry for the message here ;)

Per this (im not restoring content, just trying to clarify (which would help understanding the above comment i just made too)):

Not sure what your message on my talk page was about? This allegedly disparaging comment ("not a very constructive way of starting a dialogue. Please re-phrase it. Thank you.") could have gone both waysLihaas (talk) 05:28, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you're asking. What do you mean by "could have gone both ways"? --Demiurge1000 (talk) 00:37, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

A beer (and a hug) for you!

Just because :o) Pesky (talk) 03:32, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! Can never have too many of those :) --Demiurge1000 (talk) 01:36, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

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Thanks Ocaasi! What a great initiative! --Demiurge1000 (talk) 01:36, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Marlowe Academy

I've reviewed the nomination and there are a couple issues. Could you reply there? Thanks. Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:51, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

All fnixed I think. Thanks for your review and help! --Demiurge1000 (talk)

Second enquiry into the Rlevse affair

I deleted the page and its talk page, per your statement at Misplaced Pages:Requests for page protection that you intend to have it deleted. Additionally, this seems to be the consensus of Misplaced Pages:Miscellany for deletion/User:Demiurge1000/Second enquiry into the Rlevse affair. Not sure why it stayed un-deleted. Let me know if you have any questions. -RunningOnBrains 06:48, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for dealing with this thorny and (apparently...) controversial issue. Incidentally, your deletion rationale and comment here does not seem entirely correct, because the consensus at DRV was that the page should be kept. That, however, is probably irrelevant now, since I think this entire page and controversy is now long past all possible usefulness or appropriateness.

I note that another administrator, User:Nikkimaria, has partially undone your deletion by copying 14,203 characters of the most recent revision of one of the pages back onto Misplaced Pages in this edit. I do wonder if this is rather against the spirit of Misplaced Pages:User pages#Excessive unrelated content, which says about userpages (and, by extension, user talk pages), "...Negative evidence, laundry lists of wrongs, collations of diffs and criticisms related to problems, etc., should be removed, blanked, or kept privately (i.e., not on the wiki) if they will not be imminently used". (my emphasis)

The "laundry list of wrongs" aspect is particularly concerning given that the content in question has now twice been used to attack User:Coren in the context of arbcom elections, and that the content as pasted by Nikkimaria does not indicate that the paragraph beginning "Giano, your paranoid delusions" was in fact immediately retracted by Coren, and that its presence in the copy-pasted text was only because Giano chose to restore it (in defiance of accepted standards for refactoring others' comments on talk pages.)

I am uncertain why User:Nikkimaria did not make that clear when partially undoing your deletion. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 01:36, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

Talkback

Finished your userboxes, left you a message WheresTristan 14:54, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! They look great, I will be adding them to my userpage momentarily. Thank you very much. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 01:36, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Iostat

On 20 April 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Iostat, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that when early versions of iostat monitored multiprocessor computer systems, they could wrongly interpret one processor waiting for I/O to mean that all those in the system were waiting? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The Bushranger _{One ping only} 00:04, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

Hi

Ready for the test. Leave a note on my talk page please. --Tomtomn00 (talk • contributions) 22:03, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

Replied there. Great job with your answers so far; I've seen your latest replies to my replies about lesson 1, I will get back to you about these as soon as I can. (I guess you have the page watchlisted.) Good progress so far! --Demiurge1000 (talk) 01:36, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

really?

Since when is a standard wikipedia tag "content"? ? -- The Red Pen of Doom 23:49, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

If a template makes a claim that a living person "may not be notable enough", then that statement is content about that living person, and thus falls under WP:BLP. Attempting to force such content to remain prominently on the article for years at a time, is unacceptable. Not to worry, though; notability is simple to determine, one way or the other. See Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Khurshid Ahmad (Professor of Computer Science). --Demiurge1000 (talk) 01:36, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

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Khurshid Ahmad

Hey, I felt bad about the comment I made at WP:BLPN when you took this fellow to AfD. Then, on top of that, I missed your two follow-up comments (if only we could watchlist topics). Whenever I make a comment that is even remotely negative about an editor I respect, I get a bit upset. Then, compounding matters, my comment often comes out as convoluted in my attempt to say what I want and be nice at the same time. Hopefully, your second follow-up comment means you didn't take offense. So far, your AfD hasn't resulted in any backlash against you, anyway - you must be made out of teflon. BTW, is there really such a thing as a "procedural nomination"? Regards.--Bbb23 (talk) 10:02, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Marlowe Academy

On 23 April 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Marlowe Academy, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Marlowe Academy (pictured), among "the worst schools in England", but now showing satisfactory progress, has a radio station on the Isle of Thanet? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Marlowe Academy.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:05, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

AGF

You're accusing me of lying? Truthkeeper (talk) 00:47, 24 April 2012 (UTC)