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There you go. :) benzband (talk) 08:34, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Aw, thank you, benzband! :D Like my singing? Ha-la-la-la-la-la-LA-LAAA!!! (talk) 09:30, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

GOCE July drive wrap-up

Guild of Copy Editors July 2012 backlog elimination drive wrap-up Participation: Out of 45 people who signed up this drive, 31 have copy-edited at least one article. Lfstevens continues to carry most of the weight, having edited 360 articles and over a quarter of a million words already. Thanks to all who have participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, will be available early in August here. Progress report: We are once again very close to achieving in our primary goal—removing the oldest three months from the backlog. Only 35 such articles remain at press time. The total backlog currently sits at under 2400 articles, down from 8323 when we started out over two years ago. We are just two articles away from completing all requests made before July 2012 (both are in progress). Copy Edit of the Month: Starting in August, you'll be able to submit your best copy-editing work for palaver, praise, and prizes. See here for details. – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 00:23, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Writer's Barnstar
	For creating and writing many pages linked from List of extremely hazardous substances. Thanks for your continuing work. ~~Ebe123~~ → report 11:13, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you, very much! :) Like my singing? Ha-la-la-la-la-la-LA-LAAA!!! (talk) 11:43, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 30 July 2012

• Recent research: Conflict dynamics, collaboration and emotions; digitization vs. copyright; WikiProject field notes; quality of medical articles; role of readers; Best Wiki Paper Award

• News and notes: Wikimedians and London 2012; WMF budget – staffing, engineering, editor retention effort, and the global South; Telegraph's cheap shot at WP

• WikiProject report: Summer sports series: WikiProject Horse Racing

• Featured content: One of a kind

• Technology report: Talking performance with CT Woo and Green Semantic MediaWiki with Nischay Nahata

• Arbitration report: No pending or open arbitration cases

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• EdwardsBot (talk) 13:19, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2012 July newsletter

We're approaching the beginning of 2012's final round. Pool A sees Cwmhiraeth (submissions) as the leader, with 300 points being awarded for the featured article Bivalvia, and Pool B sees Grapple X (submissions) in the lead, with 10 good articles, and over 35 articles eligible for good topic points. Pool A sees Muboshgu (submissions) in second place with a number of articles relating to baseball, while Pool B's Ruby2010 (submissions) follows Grapple X, with a variety of contributions including the high-scoring, high-importance featured article on the 2010 film Pride & Prejudice. Ruby2010, like Grapple X, also claimed a number of good topic points; despite this, not a single point has been claimed for featured topics in the contest so far. The same is true for featured portals.

Currently, the eighth-place competitor (and so the lowest scorer who would reach the final round right now) has scored 332, more than double the 150 needed to reach the final round last year. In 2010, however, 430 was the lowest qualifying score. In this competition, we have generally seen scores closer to those in 2010 than those in 2011. Let's see what kind of benchmark we can set for future competitions! As ever, 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 Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Misplaced Pages 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 Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 22:37, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (File:Democratic Party of Hong Kong Logo.jpg)

Thanks for uploading File:Democratic Party of Hong Kong Logo.jpg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Misplaced Pages under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Misplaced Pages. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Misplaced Pages (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'file' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Misplaced Pages page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Hazard-Bot (talk) 04:00, 2 August 2012 (UTC)

Changing WikiProject Wikify as we know it

See Misplaced Pages talk:WikiProject Wikify#No more wikify template. Ryan Vesey 00:58, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 06 August 2012

• Op-ed: The Athena Project: being bold

• News and notes: FDC portal launched

• Arbitration report: No pending or open arbitration cases

• Featured content: Casliber's words take root

• Technology report: Wikidata nears first deployment but wikis go down in fibre cut calamity

• WikiProject report: Summer sports series: WikiProject Martial Arts

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• EdwardsBot (talk) 11:01, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

GOCE July 2012 barnstars

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to Wilhelmina Will for copy editing articles totalling over 20,000 words during the Guild of Copy Editors July 2012 Backlog Elimination Drive. Your contributions are greatly appreciated.

		Leaderboard Award – Number of 5K articles edited – 5th Place (Tied)
		This Guild of Copy Editors Silver Award is awarded to Wilhelmina Will for copy editing one article of 5,000 words or more during the Guild of Copy Editors July 2012 GOCE drive. Congratulations on winning this prestigious award. Thank you for your efforts. -- Dianna (talk) 01:59, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

		Leaderboard Award – Longest Article – 6th Place
		This Guild of Copy Editors Silver Award is awarded to Wilhelmina Will for copy editing Alternative versions of Superman (8,411 words) during the Guild of Copy Editors July 2012 GOCE drive. Congratulations on winning this prestigious award. This was the sixth-longest article edited during the drive. -- Dianna (talk) 01:59, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

Thank you, very much, Diannaa! :) Like my singing? Ha-la-la-la-la-la-LA-LAAA!!! (talk) 04:27, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

WikiProject Wikify and the future of wikification

Hi! There is an ongoing proposal at the project talkpage concerning the future of wikification, including possible deprecation of the {{wikify}} template which is being discussed at Misplaced Pages:Templates for discussion/Log/2012 August 10. Your input would be greatly appreciated!

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Delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 15:53, 12 August 2012 (UTC) on behalf of Project Wikify

The Signpost: 13 August 2012

• Op-ed: Small Wikipedias' burden

• News and notes: Bangla-language survey suggests the challenges for small Wikipedias

• Arbitration report: You really can request for arbitration

• Featured content: On the road again

• Technology report: "Phabricating" a serious alternative to Gerrit

• WikiProject report: Dispute Resolution

• Discussion report: Image placeholders, machine translations, Mediation Committee, de-adminship

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• EdwardsBot (talk) 12:07, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

Nick Brandt's page, question.

Hi Wilhelmina Will, Can you help with a few images that I would like to replace but not sure how to change them to the right sizes? My email is unconscious.intelligence@gmail.com. Please send me an email and I will show you the images. Thank you! Thisandthem (talk) 11:24, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

RfA

I've seen you operate and am considering looking through your contributions to see if you are ready to be nominated for RfA (again). Before I do that, would you actually be interested in running? Ryan Vesey 16:57, 16 August 2012 (UTC)