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Giving advice

I have absolutely no reason to doubt your good faith and committment to this encyclopedia in offering help and advice to some editors and contributors, and I sincerely hope that you will continue to do so. However, Alistair Stevenson to whom you offered help without perhaps having fully examined the situation, is firmly convinced that you clearly sympathised him. and that your advice gives him licence to continue to game the system. I have no interest whatsoever in getting involved or in escalating the situation by rasising official complaints about him, in firm belief that there are other ways of resolving situations without detracting otherss from their valuable editing time, but there might be people who are, and there is a very , very strong consensus that he might wish to review the way he communicates on talk pages..--Kudpung (talk) 01:13, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Hi, Kudpung. I did thoroughly examine the situation, looking at virtually all of the editor's edits to user talk pages and article talk pages before responding to his inquiry. As I am not an admin, you may wish to discuss Mr. Stevenson's behavior elsewhere, if there are still problems or ill feelings between you. Regards, --Diannaa ^TALK 01:26, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Hi Diannaa, thanks for taking the time to reply. I am not an admin either, but I have been aroundfor quite a while. Like you, I give a bit of advice around the site, and encourage new users. Perhaps you missed some of the most important messages when you reviewed the situation. Particularly the gross insults. (some users have been blocked for less). In spite of your advice to stay away from people he has offended, he appears to pursue a campaign of stalking to take people's comments and Wikpedia guidelines out of context and continue the unpleasantness that has caused several editors to comment. As I mentioned before, I think there are ways of resolving these matters without escalating them, but I do think somehow you inadvertently encouraged him with your sympathetic comments. Escalating the issue would only cause even more unpleaasantless all round and needlessly drag your own diffs into the debate. You are a genunely helpful person and I don't think you deserve that - such actions sometimesget quite nasty and all too often get decided in favour of the wrong people. I haven't seen you on EAR for a while - I do hope that nothing I have said has discouraged you from helping others.--Kudpung (talk) 01:24, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for your interest. I have been busy with the Backlog Elimination Drive and am not following WP:EAR at present. No, I did not make any sympathetic comments. In fact I pointed out to the user that his very first interaction with you was to make an insulting remark. Then I went to his talk page and advised him to stay away from you and away from the Chris Noth page. I have no interest in discussing the behavior of this user with you any further. Gotta go, happy editing. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 01:33, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

July 2010

Dianna, Thanks for the notice. I think unsolicited advise at end of the string of discussion was good.Jason Riverdale (talk) 03:25, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Reminder?

Hi Diannaa, can you put a little note on the pages of the folks who have signed up to participate but still have zero edits? Maybe something that says "Hi, you signed up to participate in the GOCE Backlog Elimination Drive, but I noticed that you haven't logged a single copy edit yet. We'd love to see you participate! The drive runs three more weeks so there's still plenty of time to earn a barnstar (or more)." You don't have to use those words exactly, just something to that effect. If you're too busy, its okay, just let me know so I can assign it to someone else. ɳorɑfʈ ^Talk! 19:59, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

I can do it as I don't work tomorrow. Regards, --Diannaa ^TALK 20:04, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks tons. ɳorɑfʈ ^Talk! 08:55, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

User:IBen/TB Isn't it ironic that I suggested that the message be sent out? —mono(how's my driving?) 21:51, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

GOCE (Richwales)

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SMasters

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Copy-edit drive

Thanks for the reminder, which prompted me instead to snoop on other people's work (I don't think I'll be in the competition). I hope I give no offence by leaving a few tips (en dashes, ellipsis points, etc.) on participants' talk pages. Here's one. Tony (talk) 04:23, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the update, Tony. Your tips on usage will be most welcome. Regards, --Diannaa ^(Talk) 04:32, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

<-- Tad late, logged one article yesterday. —Mikemoral♪♫ 05:54, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

Sorry. I had a feeling that might happen on a few, as I made the list last night and sent the notes this afternoon. No hard feelings? --Diannaa ^(Talk) 05:58, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the reminder, Diannaa. I haven't lost track of the drive. I just haven't had the time I had in May. I'll get some done, though. fds^Talk 04:01, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, Fds. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 04:21, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

re: your message

Hi Diannaa, I've left a reply to your message on my talk page -- Marek.69 ^talk 02:45, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

Re: Reminder

I have dropped out... I prefer being anonymous... RoryReloaded 08:10, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

No worries. Happy editing! --Diannaa ^(Talk) 14:24, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

However, I will be joining the September backlog elimination drive. *I love tip-offs...* - RoryReloaded 11:38, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Thank you. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 23:31, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Invites

Hello! You mentioned there'd be an award for "most successful invitations", and I think I might qualify. Here's a list:

• User:Tony1
• NSD
• Jubileeclipman
• Taelus
• Hadger
• Wizardman
• Hereforhomework2
• SlimVirgin
• Casliber
• EdoDodo
• HaeB
• Mabeenot
• Biker488

Regards, —mono(how's my driving?) 01:48, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

I thought it was you, :-)) and I sent a message some days ago to Noraft to get you your barnstar. I will post a reminder. Thanks for getting so many to sign up! --Diannaa ^(Talk) 01:52, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

If only I could make everyone work tirelessly... —mono(how's my driving?) 03:47, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

No worries. We have already surpassed what we did in May. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 04:00, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

←That's good! —mono(how's my driving?) 04:02, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

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Pointless edits

Please notice that Wikipedia frown upoin pointless edits like these. Furthermore, the removal of the spaces from headers has been protested several times, and should not be done. Debresser (talk) 18:41, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

My apologies. Thanks for the feedback. I will be more selective in the future when using this tool. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 18:44, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

Which is all I could hope for. Thank you for being conscientious about your edits. Debresser (talk) 14:32, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

Interestingly, WP shows both styles of posting section headings.

Here, [1] they are shown with no space between = and letter. E.g. "==Section

But here, [WP:CHEAT] they are shown with a space. E.g. "== Section

With this in mind, where are the protests (or the WP policy on pointless edits)?

--S. Rich 03:36, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

A quick message

I checked Noraft's contributions, and it doesn't look like he's been on at all today. I don't know how to use auto wiki browser, but do you think, if Noraft doesn't get to it within a few hours, I could send the newsletter out manually? I'd be willing to help out, and even though it's tedious, it wouldn't be any trouble for me. Copy editing and vandal fighting, two of my main focuses on Wikipedia, can be tedious, too, so I'm used to tedious tasks. The Raptor ^{Let's talk}/_{My mistakes; I mean, er, contributions} 23:06, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

Noraft lives in Thailand and will probably check in within the next two hours or so. When it's midnight in London he is arriving at work. Lets wait for Noraft for a bit longer as I bet he would like to review the newsletter as well. I sent the reminder notes out manually and it only took about one minute apiece, so I have no objection to sending them manually with you later if we have to. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 23:15, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

Alright, that's why I said give it a couple more hours. The Raptor ^{Let's talk}/_{My mistakes; I mean, er, contributions} 23:21, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

Okay, I understand now. We are both in Mountain time zone so there is lots of time for us to do it manually before bedtime if we don't hear from Noraft. We could split them up, or you could do them all and I could do some more articles. Whatever you like. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 00:25, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

I'll do them all, you can continue copy editing. It's no trouble for me. Did you create a subpage at the drive's main page with the newsletter or should I get it from your sandbox? The Raptor ^{Let's talk}/_{My mistakes; I mean, er, contributions} 00:41, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

Thank you so much. The only copy is the one in the sandbox. Regards, --Diannaa ^(Talk) 00:51, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

GOCE Newsletter

GOCE July 2010 backlog elimination drive chart Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive! We have now passed the halfway point, so here's an update. Progress Report - Progress toward the targets has been good. 751 articles out of the approximately 1,600 we would like to get completed by the end of the month were done by July 15, so we will be very close to meeting the target for volume. However, we would like to clear all of the 2008 articles from the backlog, and there are still 892 left to do. Please consider choosing one of these older articles when looking for something to copy edit. If we focus our firepower we can completely wipe out 2008 from the queue. Participation Report - 95 people signed up for the July drive. This is a great result compared to May, when we had 36. However, in May only one person that signed up didn't do any copy edits, and in July only 59 of the 95 have posted any copy edits on the big board. The task may seem insurmountable but please remember that if all 95 participants copy edit just one article a day from now until the end of the month, we will eliminate 1,300 more articles from the backlog. So please consider participating at whatever level you can! All contributions are appreciated. This newsletter was prepared for the GOCE by Diannaa (Talk), S Masters (talk), and The Raptor Let's talk.

This signifies the end of my very tedious task of manually delivering the newsletters. I've delivered the newsletter to everybody except myself. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need an aspirin. ;) The Raptor ^{Let's talk}/_{My mistakes; I mean, er, contributions} 01:18, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

That was very fast. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 01:22, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

Yep, that's why I need the aspirin (and probably a wikibreak)....I didn't just click on them one at a time. I opened separate tabs, three at a time, until I completed the task. The Raptor ^{Let's talk}/_{My mistakes; I mean, er, contributions} 01:24, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

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British Commandos

Thanks for the help on the GA for British Commandos, I have expanded the operations section would you be kind enough to give it copy edit. --Jim Sweeney (talk) 10:33, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

I have given it a first pass and will go over it again later tonight. It says Lord Lovatt was a casualty at Normandy, though elsewhere (Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat) it shows he survived to the age of 83. So was he wounded? Was it serious? --Diannaa ^(Talk) 22:11, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

He was wounded and it was serious enough that it ended his war but he then entered politics. --Jim Sweeney (talk) 22:44, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

I just had to read down a little further in his article and it does give the circumstances of his injury. Thanks. I read through the article once again and can spot nothing further to edit. Good job, Jim. Another nicely completed article. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 03:36, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

Sorry about this but a reviewer during the A Class review here has asked for another copy edit. They have not said what the deem to be the problem (possibly my adding some content to the operations section). Would you mind having another look. I also posted on the Guilds page. Thanks --Jim Sweeney (talk) 15:09, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

No worries, I will look at it today. It's always a work in progress, eh? --Diannaa ^(Talk) 15:15, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

THANKS once more --Jim Sweeney (talk) 04:52, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Ersatz Monarch class battleship

Hey there. Can you go over this article that's up for a GA and copy edit it as well as fix the conversions into a standard form? I've converted everything but some convert from inches to mm and vice-versa and there are some English and American terms in there. Thanks so much,--White Shadows ^{It's a wonderful life} 16:26, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

OK. Do you want to show the metric first, and convert to Imperial? Or the other way around? --Diannaa ^(Talk) 19:04, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

Do you want to go with British or American (draught/draft, armour/armor; are there any others?)? You might like to compose some alt-text for the two photos that do not have any yet. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 23:18, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

I'd like Imperial first and in American if you can. I'll add in the alt text in a bit. Thanks :)--White Shadows ^{It's a wonderful life} 23:48, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

Ok, that is all done. Did they actually use metric or Imperial measurements when building the ships? --Diannaa ^(Talk) 02:32, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Moralis and Gatchaman

Hi

Sorry to bother you but I think something went wrong with the lists of articles needing copyediting or something ?

I copy-edited Gatchaman (OVA) and removed the copyedit required part of the tag - [2]

For some reason Moralis then came along a little while ago and added it back in and then copyedited it - I don't know why but the copyedit required part of the tag was replaced again with the date 2008 [3]. I have posted on Moralis talk page asking him what happened.

I don't know if it was a problem with the history or that the page was not refreshed - I am a little confused about the whole thing lol

Chaosdruid (talk) 21:22, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

Ok seems that he copied into word and back again [[4]] Chaosdruid (talk) 21:27, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

Yes, I see words like "mighty" and "prized" which you had removed have re-appeared in the article. They must have been working on the article off-line. And now (s)he is asking for feedback, here. I see you have already spoken to them so I am taking no further action at this point. Though the article may need a wee touch-up?! --Diannaa ^(Talk) 23:10, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

I had a quick look through but eyes and brain suffering so will take another once over tomorrow :¬) Chaosdruid (talk) 02:39, 25 July 2010 (UTC) "Time for bed" said Zeberdee lol

I can review it too later when I am not so busy. Regards, --Diannaa ^(Talk) 02:44, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

Copy edit

Thanks for the copy edit of Albany, New York! Would you be interested in copy-editing Union College (New York)? That's another good one that could use another pair of eyes. Thanks! upstateNYer 01:38, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

OK> I will do it after the Backlog Elimination Drive finishes up. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 03:21, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

Word counts

Working on copy edits and my page word count isn't working anymore. Are you having a problem? Don't know what to do. Cindamuse (talk) 09:10, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

Are you using the Modern skin right now? That is the only one you have it installed on. Try using Monobook or Vector skins; I had it working fine on both of those. You can always switch skins again next week when the drive is over. You could also try clearing your browser cache (F5 or Control-F5 on Windows). If all else fails you can paste your articles into Word and get it to provide the word-count. Hope this helps. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 20:37, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

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Image removed from Rajput

What is wrong with image File:Rajlogo.jpg which removed from Rajput? You only corrected citation earlier which was quite okay. This image is there for last six year without any dispute at home page at one of the oldest and leading Rajput discussion group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rajputworld with image source reference http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/12125144/homepage/name/homepage.jpg?type=sn . This Rajput article was once wrestling battle with many vandalism editing which you User:Diannaa succeeded in crafting it at quite good level.--Mcbapu (talk) 04:45, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for providing the source for the image. I am moving this discussion to the talk page of the article so others are aware of it. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 04:53, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Okay but that old image too was created by me and was placed there on Yahoo group with out any commercial or whatsoever interest but simply to depict Rajput related picture to décor content overall. If it is confusion for letter RW or promoting again any group say Yahoo or any one else then in that case new image [File:Wikirajlogo.jpg] is created and placed with letter Wiki. I believe any Rajput related content without showing sword and shield will be like car without tyres. It must have some such picture to décor its mood. Sword Khanda (sword) and shield is synonym to word Rajput. Don’t treat this as vandalism but to add some thing appropriate. You can create opinion debate for deletion if it is offensive or objectionable to any one.--Mcbapu (talk) 07:36, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

I have replied on the article talk page. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 13:35, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

GOCE Backlog elimination drive

Hi. Judging by how many articles are still left in the 2008 backlog, should we extend the elimination drive into August? Thanks, TEK (talk • e-mail) 00:46, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Actually, I strongly support this idea. I'm racing against the clock (wanting to do more) and I'll have more time in August... —mono 00:50, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

I have asked for more feedback at the drive talk page. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 02:59, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Dusty and Mina articles

Hey, a while ago you were helping out with copyediting of the articles. Both of these have now received GA reviews stating they still lack copyediting. Could you take another look at these according to the reviews? Thanks. --Jaan Pärn (talk) 15:14, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

I will be willing to try but since I have already done them once they might be outside the scope of my skills. If that is the case we will find out soon enough and recruit more help. Regards, --Diannaa ^(Talk) 18:47, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

That would be great. --Jaan Pärn (talk) 18:56, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

Another backlog elimination drive...

Hi! Looking at the recent successful GOCE copyedit backlog elimination drive, I believe we can all day it was successful. I've noticed that there is another severe backlog that, like the copyedit backlog, also significantly takes away from the quality of the article. I have been attempting to eliminate some of the backlog myself, but progress is slow. Since you have experience in organizing such events, would it be possible for us to organize another backlog elimination drive for articles with a promotional tone? There currently is no group of editors dedicated to cleaning up that backlog, so a new group would have to be organized. Please tell me if you are interested. Thanks. Netalarm^talk 03:01, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

Final GOCE newsletter

I've started the final GOCE newsletter. Here is the link in case you want to work on it. The Raptor ^{You rang?}/_{My mistakes; I mean, er, contributions} 14:06, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

I supposedly got 40,000+ words, except I copyedited 18587 words this round. Is this a combination of the last drive or what? Btw, I'll take the barnstar... —mono 20:06, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

I think the original deal was totals from May would be included. So it's ok ;-). --Diannaa ^(Talk) 20:10, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

Yay... —mono 20:38, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, but I'm pretty sure the awards listing is outdated. TEK (talk • e-mail) 00:44, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the info. I will update it when time permits. Still working on closing off the drive --Diannaa ^(Talk) 00:55, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

I'll get to it, though I'm not sure how much I can get done. It's stormy today, so the power may go out. The Raptor ^{You rang?}/_{My mistakes; I mean, er, contributions} 01:00, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, Raptor. If the newsletter has to go out tomorrow or Monday, thats ok too. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 01:04, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

I am gonna start a page at Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/July 2010/Barnstars to keep track of all the barnstars we won. We can use it later too, to make sure everyone gets all their special awards. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 01:19, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

Sounds good to me. The Raptor ^{You rang?}/_{My mistakes; I mean, er, contributions} 01:36, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

10k+ Copy Edit

		The 10k Copy Edit Barnstar
		For copy editing the following article: 10193 words in Albany, New York during the Guild of Copy Editors July 2010 backlog elimination drive. The Raptor You rang?/My mistakes; I mean, er, contributions 13:44, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

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RE: Barnstar

Thank you very much for the barnstar. It was worthwhile being a part of that backlog elimination drive, and I learned a great deal of things. However, I wish I was more active in the latter part of the drive, because I kind of went off after copyediting the Musa Cälil page. Thanks again for the barnstar and the contest. The contest was definitely for the betterment of wikipedia. Backtable _{Speak to me}^{concerning my deeds.} 17:23, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome. Thanks for participating. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 17:25, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

GOCE Backlog Elimination Drive Wrap-up

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors July 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive. Thanks to all who participated in the drive! Over 100 editors—including Jimbo Wales—signed up this time (nearly triple the participants of the May drive). This benefited the Guild as well as the articles in need of copy editing. You can see from the comparison graphs that we increased the number of completed copyedits substantially. Unfortunately, we were not able to meet our goal of completely wiping out 2008 from the queue. We also were not able to reduce the backlog to less than 6,000 articles. We suspect people were busy with real life summertime things, at least in the northern hemisphere! We were able to remove the months of January, February, March, April, and May from the backlog, and we almost wiped out the month of June. We reduced the backlog by 1,289 articles (17%), so all in all it was a very successful drive, and we will be holding another event soon. We'll come up with some new ideas to try to keep things fresh and interesting. Keep up the good work, everybody! Stats If you copy edited at least 4,000 words, you qualify for a barnstar. If you edited in the May 2010 GOCE Backlog Elimination Drive, your word totals are cumulative for barnstars (not the leaderboard). Over the course of the next week or two, we will be handing out the barnstars. GOCE backlog elimination drive chart up to 31 July Eight people will receive The Most Excellent Order of the Caretaker's Barnstar (100,000+ words): Chaosdruid, Diannaa, Ericleb01, Lfstevens, Shimeru, S Masters, The Utahraptor, and Torchiest. Bullock and Slon02 will receive The Order of the Superior Scribe (80,000+). The Barnstar of Diligence (60,000+) goes to Derild4921, GaryColemanFan, kojozone, and Mlpearc. The Modern Guild of Copy Editors Barnstar (40,000+) goes to A. Parrot, AirplanePro, Auntieruth55, Bejinhan, David Rush, and mono. Nobody will receive The Old School League of Copy Editors award (30,000+). The Tireless Contributor Barnstar (20,000+) goes to Backtable, Cindamuse, dtgriffith, Duff, e. ripley, Laurinavicius, NerdyScienceDude, and TEK. The Cleanup Barnstar (12,000+) goes to Brickie, Casliber, cymru lass, December21st2012Freak, Nolelover, TheTito, Whoosit, and YellowMonkey. The Working Man's Barnstar (8,000+) goes to Bsherr, Duchess of Bathwick, HELLKNOWZ, Mabeenot, noraft, Pyfan, and Richard asr. The Modest Barnstar (4,000+) goes to Adrian J. Hunter, Airplaneman, Annalise, Camerafiend, Cricket02, Fetchcomms, Gosox5555, LeonidasSpartan, Paulmnguyen, Piotrus, SuperHamster, Taelus, and TPW. Gold Star Award Gold Star Award Leaderboard Articles Words 5k+ Articles 1. Diannaa (248) Shimeru (200,392) Shimeru/Ericleb01 (13) 2. Slon02 (157) Diannaa (164,960) Chaosdruid (8) 3. GaryColemanFan (101) Chaosdruid (130,630) Derild4921 (7) 4. Torchiest (100) The Utahraptor (117,347) GaryColemanFan/Slon02 (6) 5. Shimeru (80) Ericleb01 (114,893) Bejinhan/The Utahraptor (5) Coordinator: ɳorɑfʈ Talk! Co-coordinators: Diannaa TALK and S Masters (talk) | Newsletter by: The Raptor You rang?/My mistakes; I mean, er, contributions

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Barnstar

	The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
	Copy-editing --Extra 999 (Contact me + contribs) 11:38, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! --Diannaa ^(Talk) 16:24, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

GOCE barnstars

		The Guild of Copy Editors' Award
		Most Articles – 1st Place It is with great pleasure, that I bestow on Diannaa the Guild of Copy Editors' Gold Star Award, for completing the largest number of articles (248) – 1st Place – during the Guild of Copy Editors July 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive. In addition, your hard work and leadership during the drive makes you all the more deserving. Congratulations from the GOCE, and my heartfelt thanks as well. – S Masters (talk) 17:58, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

	The Most Excellent Order of the Caretaker's Star
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Your Work on David Kershenbaum

Hi - a quick note to say thanks for the great editing you have done to this article - it certainly makes more sense, is easier on the eye and closer to the spirit of the wiki guidelines. Please keep an eye on this page for reversions by the article's original author (who seems to think he/she 'owns' it). Eddie.willers (talk) 18:43, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

I have added it to may watchlist and will monitor it as you suggest. Thanks for reporting this problem. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 23:56, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

GOCE September backlog elimination drive

Hello Diannaa, I was wondering if I could help develop the September GOCE backlog elimination drive? I enjoyed developing the newsletters, so I decided I want to try something new. If you say no then that's alright. The Raptor ^{You rang?}/_{My mistakes; I mean, er, contributions} 03:43, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

Hi! Just moments ago I sent a msg to Noraft to see whether or not he will be actively participating next drive. If Noraft is not available I was hoping you would be interested in heading up the project. He is only on for one or two edits per day so I don't know how soon we'll hear back. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 03:52, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

Sure, I'd be happy to head up the next project if Noraft can't. The Raptor ^{You rang?}/_{My mistakes; I mean, er, contributions} 03:57, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. You are very brave! I am editing the July page to get the Sept one started. It will be up and available for use in a few minutes. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 04:01, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

Alright, I'll see what I can do tonight. I'm about ready to retire for the night. Tomorrow I'll definitely work on it, though. The Raptor ^{You rang?}/_{My mistakes; I mean, er, contributions} 04:07, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

Me too. The page is now live and ready for use. I will post a note at the planning discussion so new threads can be started on the Sept talk page. Thanks so much for helping. TTYL --Diannaa ^(Talk) 04:10, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

For outstanding work

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Thank you very much. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 05:45, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Just a suggestion

Hello Diannaa. I noticed your recent message on the ANI page. You were quite correct to point out that 4meter4 had not informed Lisztrachmaninovfan of the posting. ANI can quickly fill up and be a monster to scroll through to find where you are being discussed. You can refine a link by connecting directly to the section header. For example Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#User:Lisztrachmaninovfan in this instance. Please don't get me wrong I am not saying that you did anything incorrectly. Also, you may already be aware of this I just wanted to add it to your wikiP knowledge in case you didn't. My apologies if I have caused any offense. Cheers and happy editing. MarnetteD | Talk 05:55, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

That is a great tip, especially since the user is a new one. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 05:57, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your understanding. I am glad that you have a link to this essay "Antandrus/observations on Wikipedia behavior" on your user page. It has so many items that can bring any of us back to earth if we get caught up in wikidrama. Keep up the good work. MarnetteD | Talk 06:05, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Thank you

Diannaa,thank you for recognition. I am sorry that I was not able to accomplish more this month with the GOCE drive. New job, long hours, and several trips. I look froward to future events. Very respectfully Bullock ✉ 16:31, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome. Nice to hear from you! --Diannaa ^(Talk) 16:38, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Another co-coordinator

Ocean Shores wants to be a co-coordinator for the September GOCE backlog elimination drive. Do you think we should make them one? The Raptor ^{You rang?}/_{My mistakes; I mean, er, contributions} 13:43, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

No, I think three people is enough for this drive. It's nice to have a high level of interest though and an active group to draw from. Regards, --Diannaa ^(Talk) 14:34, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

But given all the work they are doing, it would be nice to acknowledge it on the banner. Let's wait for Noraft to check in with an opinion and then decide. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 20:22, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Alright. The Raptor ^{You rang?}/_{My mistakes; I mean, er, contributions} 20:25, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

• Noraft has responded. He said that Ocean Shores will be our new spot checker; that is, Ocean Shores will be in charge of making sure all copy edits are good. We didn't stress that much in the last two drives, and I think it's about time we implement it. The Raptor ^{You rang?}/_{My mistakes; I mean, er, contributions} 01:09, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 01:11, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

GOCE invite

Hi, I know you are busy, but if you could spare a minute and take a quick look at Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/September 2010/Newsletter 1 in case we have missed any pertinent points. Cheers. - S Masters (talk) 16:13, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

I am between tasks so I will look at it now. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 16:47, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

OK, A quick copy edit, and I changed the alignment a bit as on the old computer downstairs it looked all squishy and weird. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 16:57, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! - S Masters (talk) 17:48, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Reminder about Dusty

Hi! Just a reminder that you had taken on the GA review of Dusty Springfield. User:Jaan and I have made some improvements to the article and I hope you will have time to look at it again soon to check if everything is done. Thanks. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 15:07, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the nudge. I am aware that I have neglected that review, and keep intending to get over there to look at it, so I do appreciate the reminder. SilkTork *^YES! 22:24, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks so much. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 23:19, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

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Edo society

What was merged? It looks like you just redirected without merging the content.--Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 04:38, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

I see you have already decided undo my change. The content repeats the material found in the other article, but on a junior-high-school level. The format and section headers are almost the same. The talk page comments showed three different editors that felt the article had no value, and that they intended to redirect the page. For some reason this was never done, so I completed it as a merge, expecting to use some of the content in the other article, but found nothing that was not covered better in the other article. If you feel the article is valuable I have no objection to keeping it of course. Regards, --Diannaa ^(Talk) 04:51, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

No, that's fine if there was nothing salvageable, it's just better to label it as a "redirect" rather than a "merge" if there was no content transferred over. I will reundo my change but label it as a redirect. Thanks!--Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 04:32, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

Barnstar

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Thank you! --Diannaa ^(Talk) 20:31, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

GOCE drive decisions

Hi, we need to close the discussions on the GOCE drive soon and make our final decisions on the mechanics of the drive. In particular, we need to decide on the rollover rules. I have also noticed that the lifetime totals have already been implemented. This might be problematic for us in calculating any rollover credits as this number lumps together the totals of all drives. We need to send the newsletter out by 14 or 15 August (roughly 2 weeks before the next drive starts). Would appreciate your comments and votes (either way), as I want to close off all current discussions and archive them before we start inviting 300+ editors to participate. Cheers. - S Masters (talk) 01:15, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Editing a Category Page

Diannnaa, you have a lot of experience in editing WP. And many of your edits involve the Korean War. With this in mind, can you look at this page? My comment is about a user who has created a BLP and inserted it somehow into the Korean War Category. See Category talk:Korean War. Can you fix? Thanks.--S. Rich 03:44, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

All done. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 04:02, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

The person had put "Category:Korean War|Veteran" on his user page and on the article Dan McGalliard. The category is not intended for war veterans but for articles about the war, so I removed it. You can find out how by looking at the edit history of the two pages. Regards, --Diannaa ^(Talk) 04:05, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! I figured it out and deleted his phony references to combat in Korea. Both on his BLP and userpage. Also, I removed his phony input to Korean War Veteran categories. Best regards.--S. Rich 04:09, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

Good catch. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 04:12, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

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I've started a discussion about this matter at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history#War infoboxes. Please add your opinions. --Ħ MIESIANIACAL 19:05, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

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Ocean Shores has resigned

Ocean Shores, lead spot checker, has resigned. Please visit the talk page of the September 2010 GOCE Backlog elimination drive and help me work out who will replace Ocean Shores as our lead spot checker. The Raptor ^{You rang?}/_{My mistakes; I mean, er, contributions} 17:10, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

GOCE invites

MDB has finished delivering newsletters to all past drive participants who hadn't received an invite. How are the invites to the rest of the Guild coming? Need any help? The Raptor ^{You rang?}/_{My mistakes; I mean, er, contributions} 23:34, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

I looked at what Ocean Shores did and it appears that they manually sent out invitations to the Guild members. Can you ask the Bot to deliver a newsletter to all Guild members that did not get an invitation? That way we can be sure everything got covered. Thanks. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 03:32, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Alright, I'll get to work on that as soon as I can. The Raptor ^{You rang?}/_{My mistakes; I mean, er, contributions} 14:19, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

• I have finished going through the list of Guild members, and I only found three that hadn't received an invitation. So I'll just send them out manually. The Raptor ^{You rang?}/_{My mistakes; I mean, er, contributions} 14:51, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Thank you very much. I think the invitations are all done now. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 15:09, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

RE: GOCE Backlog Elimination Drive invitation

Thank you for notifying me about this upcoming contest. I have signed up. Backtable _{Speak to me}^{concerning my deeds.} 00:32, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Thank you. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 03:36, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

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Will a bot be sending out notices on Sept 1 (or Aug 31) when the drive begins?Lihaas (talk) 22:11, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

That is a good idea. I will suggest it --Diannaa ^(Talk) 22:32, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

For your help on Albany, New York-related articles

Here are your two well-deserved barnstars!

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Thank you very much. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 00:58, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

Copyedit, please?

Hey, Diannaa, I need a favour. I'm going back to an old project of mine, List of Olympic medalists in volleyball and it strikes me just how awful some of the prose is. (My memory thought I could throw some images on it and take it to FLC, but clearly not.) Would you mind giving it a good copyedit? Thanks. Courcelles 04:15, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

Sure, I will do it tomorrow. Regards, --Diannaa ^(Talk) 04:23, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

I have gone over the article several times and I think I am done. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 04:02, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, much better :) Courcelles 06:51, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

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39th Infantry Division (United States)

Thanks for your hard work on improving this article. Thanks!Damon.cluck (talk) 01:51, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

My pleasure. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 01:53, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Contra La Corriente, second look?

Hello, I was just wondering, if it's not too much to ask, if you could check the article Contra La Corriente (Marc Anthony album) again. I've done some heavy editing between the last time you did a copy edit and it's currently a GA nominee. Thanks. Magiciandude (talk) 16:58, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

OK, I will go over it again. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 20:14, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for taking the time to make second copy edit, I appreciate it. :) Magiciandude (talk) 04:18, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

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Long Range Desert Group

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That's good news! Congratulations. I am going to be re-checking St Nazaire Raid over the next few days, especially the bottom half of the article, to make sure it's good to go. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 21:13, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

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List of BC Lions head coaches

Just a tiny little big thank you for copy-editing this article. Without you copy-editors, some articles may not have reached its potential for featured content status. :D --K. Annoyomous (talk) 05:55, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Glad to help. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 05:59, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Alvin C. York article

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Glad to help. Did you see the cool map I found? Very enlightening. I have requested "pending changes protection" and have added the article to my watch list. Regards, --Diannaa ^(Talk) 21:08, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

That map is great. It makes the issues even more interesting. I was at the site just two weeks ago. Wish I had the map then! Wilson44691 (talk) 21:17, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Yes the map is interesting, but it argues on behalf of one side of the location dispute. The other side would say the map is a lie. Thanks for asking for "pending changes protection." Even with that in place, I think someone needs to figure out what to say about the location dispute and at what length. Bmclaughlin9 (talk) 21:29, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

I think there is enough material there for another article. The present article is about York, and not about the dispute, so the existing paragraph might be adequate. Further discussion should take place on the talk page of the article, not here. People interested will not know to look here. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 21:33, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

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GOCE question

One question here, may seem silly, but I dont understand how to list an article as complete and then have it removed from the list? Do i manually remove it from the list of some other way to do it? (this is my first month)(Lihaas (talk) 05:54, 1 September 2010 (UTC)).

To get the article off the list you need to remove the {{copy edit}} tag from the article. It is usually at the top of the page and looks like this: {{Copyedit|date=November 2008}} Just delete that from the article and the article will automatically be removed from the copy edit backlog list.

The tag may be included in a "multiple issues" group of tags. That would also be at the top of the page, and could look something like this:

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In that case you should find and remove the tags for the issues you were able to resolve. This again will remove the article from the appropriate categories and their associated lists. Hope this explains everything adequately. If not let me know. Thank you for your interest in participating in this project! Regards, --Diannaa ^(Talk) 06:08, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

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Hello, thank you very much for conducting a copy edit for me. Other then that is there anything else that you see wrong with the article? - (CK)Lakeshade - talk2me - 22:29, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

As far as I can tell the rest of the article looks OK. I think the only stumbling block to FA was the prose. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 22:43, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Family Guy (season 8)

Cookies for you!

Hello, I was wondering if you could help me out by copyediting this article. I assume you've never seen any of these episodes, or at least a majority of them, and I believe it would be more beneficial to have someone who has never seen them cleanup some of the unneccessary details in the episode list. I'd really appreciate it if you would be willing to look over the article, as I hope to bring it to FLC in the near future. Thanks. Gage (talk) 14:08, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

No, I did not see any of the episodes. We do get this TV show but I don't watch it. I can do the copy edits in a few days once I complete other commitments. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 17:18, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Alright, I also contacted User:HJ Mitchell about copyediting the article. If you can use Family Guy (season 5) as somewhat of a guide, as that is what I attempted to model the article after, that would be the most beneficial thing to do. Do try to keep the plot lengths about the same length as the fifth season article, as well. I'll try to monitor the article, and make any changes if something sifgnificant is accidentally cut. Gage (talk) 19:18, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

It looks like User:HJ Mitchell is able to start right away so I will carry on with my other articles and check in a few days to see if my asistance is still required. Regards, --Diannaa ^(Talk) 19:22, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Any chance you could take a look at the article now? It's been several weeks now since I contacted HJ Mitchell, and he's only been able to copyedit the article's lead. I'd appreciate it if you could give the article a thorough look over. Gage (talk) 00:01, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

We seem to be short of copy editors right now! I will try to get something done on it before I leave on my trip on Sunday. You will owe me some cookies, I be thinking. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 00:40, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Thank you very much! The sooner you can take a look, the better. And I'll definitely try to find you some cookies. Gage (talk) 00:57, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Please don't forget about the article. Just wanted to remind you, before you leave on your trip, as I'd really like to get the article to FLC very soon. Gage (talk) 21:57, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Also, I got you some cookies! Gage (talk) 22:02, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

I won't forget. I am trying to tidy up the requests page as no one else seems to be drawing from that list right now. I will try to start tonight if I am not too tired after finishing FC Barcelona. Thanks for the cookies. Yummy :)) --Diannaa ^(Talk) 02:00, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

Hey, just wanted to check whether or not you have completely finished copyediting the article. I went through the list, and corrected a few minor details, but overall I am very impressed by your copyedit. Thank you for helping me out. Gage (talk) 18:33, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for checking for factual errors. I think the job was quite thorough though there were only a few passes, so I will be stopping there. Please let me know if your FA reviewers feel more is needed. Regards, --Diannaa ^(Talk) 18:38, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

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A barnstar for your fine contributions

		The Special Barnstar
		In special recognition of your copy edits to my first article, Caleb Schaber, and for your generous contributions to Wikipedia, I hereby award the Special Barnstar to Diannaa. Thank you so very much for your help. You make it look so easy. I wish I had your talents. You are truly awesome. - Hydroxonium (talk | contribs) 04:52, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Thank you. Your article was refreshingly well sourced and a pleasure to work on. Regards, --Diannaa ^(Talk) 13:44, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

I can see you have earned several more barnstars since yesterday. I think you are everybody's favorite. :) Thanks again. - Hydroxonium (talk | contribs) 05:45, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

It's funny how I toiled in total obscurity for the entire month of August, and then got all these barnstars in just a few day's time.  :)) --Diannaa ^(Talk) 05:48, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks!

	The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
	For your work on copy-editing Petitcodiac River (not once, but twice), and your outstanding dedication to making sure words "mean what they say". EricLeb01 (Page | Talk) 17:38, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Jeez, thanks. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 03:09, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

German Type UB I submarine

Hey. I have a feeling that you've done this before but can you try to go over this article and check the comma usage in it. (remove ones where they are not needed and add them where they are) This was brought up in an FAC for the article. Thanks :)--White Shadows ^{Your guess is as good as mine} 21:24, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

I have gone over it and made some changes. Hopefully it is what they are looking for, as there do not seem to be very many copy editors available right now. By the way I will be away from Sunday the 5th through Monday the 13th of September. Regards, --Diannaa ^(Talk) 01:43, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

Yet another GOCE drive question

Hi! I have signed up for the drive but am wondering which articles would be appropriate for me to edit. I've come across some that have the copy editing tag removed but which seem to still need work. I don't want to step on anyone's toes. Any suggestions you have would be appreciated.MindfulJen (talk) 00:24, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

I understand what you are saying. Different people will have different levels of skill for this task. Some will do a thorough professional job and others will miss even the most basic errors such as spelling or grammar errors. I think any that are seriously bad could be re-tagged. You could do this without hurting anyone's feelings by simply adding a new currently dated copy edit tag. However if you feel there are competence issues with specific editors and it shoud be reported, that is an option too. Hope this helps. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 00:32, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

Thank you!

		Copy Editor's Barnstar
		I award you this Copy Editor's Barnstar for insisting on clear, comprehensible, and grammatically correct articles. Dianna, I want to thank so much for your copyedits to Saw VI. I have read this article up and down for months and thought it was as good as it could get. I feel a lot more confident in going through my first FA because of your improvement of the article. Thanks again.—Mike Allen 02:16, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for the barnstar! My apologies again that you had such a long wait for your edit. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 02:28, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

Hi

Since I have no work or anything, I thought I'd stop by and say a quick hello. I probably won't be able to do this again for a while, because school is taking up more and more of my time. In fact, it's lucky I could even say hi today. How are you? The Utahraptor's sock (talk) 21:27, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

Hi! Hope school is going well. I have been busy trying to get the Requests list caught up before my vacation. There were several that people want to nominate for FA but no one grabbed them. I ended up picking up a Chicago Manual of Style so I can help get stuff to FA. There is more to the use of commas than you ever dreamed possible. I am leaving on my trip tomorrow and will not be back till the 13th. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 21:52, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

Alek Popov

Do you call this copy editing? Im not sure but it seems to me like a little bit of manipulating article's information (when not concerning exactly the verbs) ;) --Aleksd (talk) 22:07, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

What you did goes a bit beyond copy editing. You added material and found sources for it, which is a disfferent task. Copy editing means we check the grammar, spelling, sentence structure, and punctuation. The work you did was great. Please have a look at the article now and see some additional changes that I made. Thank you for your question, and happy editing! --Diannaa ^(Talk) 22:32, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

Copy edit request

Hi how you doing ? Just dropping a line in connection with a FLC Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Commando raids on the Atlantic wall/archive1 one reviewer has suggested a copy edit is required and as you have done so well for me in the past I was hoping you could look it over. As its a list there is not much prose. --Jim Sweeney (talk) 18:55, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

I took a quick peek and will have time to do it today. We are leaving at 5pm (MST) for a holiday and I will be back the evening of Monday Sept 13. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 19:25, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks once again --Jim Sweeney (talk) 21:01, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

thank you, thank you; thank you.

Thanks a bunch for this one. You'll be the first to receive a barnstar when I make it. Sandman888 (talk) 20:47, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome. Good luck with the FA nomination. Diannaa ^(Talk) 20:54, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

Family Guy Request

Hey Diannaa thank you for copy editing season 8 but can you do me a favor, when you have the time please copy edit Family Guy i am atempting to get it to FA and i really would apriciate your help. --Pedro J. ^{the rookie} 23:59, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

Just read you are a break, alright please contact me when you get back. --Pedro J. ^{the rookie} 00:02, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

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CE request

On Mauna Kea. I remember you did some work on Loihi: zomg? :) ResMar 23:10, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

Milhist coordinator?

The military history wikiproject will soon open the September 2010 coordinator elections to determine who among us will serve on the X Tranche, the coordinator tranche beginning 28 September of this month. The current coordinators have offered up the names of a limited number of editors who we believe would make good coordinators, and your name was included in the list. Therefore, I am leaving this message on behalf of the current milhist coordinators to encourage you to run for the position of coordinator. If you have any questions or comments about the position you are welcome to ask any members of the current coordinator tranche, we would be happy to answer your questions. Note that while this message is being left to encourage you to run for the position you are under no obligation to do so, and if you decide not to run this decision will not be held against you now or at any point in the future.

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Here here! (Bangs cutlery on table) - Dank (push to talk) 16:26, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Just a poke, I really hope you'll run. I suggested you as a possible candidate because of your excellent work around the wiki, and I think your input would be greatly beneficial to discussions on the coordinator's talk page. You have 22 hours to enter your name here (sorry for the short notice). Kind regards, Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 03:12, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your words of support. I will definitely keep this in mind for next year. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 01:42, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

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Help needed at Tallinn Offensive

Hey, I think you did some work with the article. The recent GA review says once again that a native English speaker should correct the language there. Perhaps you can take a further look at it or, in case you think it is fine already, say so in the GA review. --Jaan Pärn (talk) 07:35, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

I did read it over again when I saw it in the queue for GA and thought it was OK. I will look again. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 11:41, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Help needed at Tomy Thomas

I wanted to copy edit that article....but sheesh......it's a long way from even being ready for that! Would you take a look and advise? Buddpaul (talk) 14:35, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

I have gone ahead and done the copy edits on the article. Regards, --Diannaa ^(Talk) 01:22, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

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List of battleships of the Ottoman Empire

Hey. Can you please give this article a good copy-edit? You are my go-to-editor on these things and I REALLY appreciate it :) All the best,--White Shadows ^{Your guess is as good as mine} 23:16, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Hi, I have a few things going on but I will get to it in the next day or two. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 00:00, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Did a little, we have another drive happening, so I worked on that too. Will finish tomorrow --Diannaa ^(Talk) 04:17, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

Copy edits have been completed. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 19:03, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

You're a life (ACR) saver Dianna. I don't know what I (we) could do without you :)--White Shadows ^{Your guess is as good as mine} 21:16, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

Aw, shucks. Have a great weekend --Diannaa ^(Talk) 21:19, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

you too.--White Shadows ^{Your guess is as good as mine} 21:39, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

GOCEreviewed template

Hi Diannaa - I am working on a sandbox "upgrade" to the GOCEreviewed template because I would like it to express the user and date of the review similar to the GOCE template. Please refer to the discussion at the project talk page. I would very much appreciate your input as a prominent copyeditor :) -Paulmnguyen (talk) 00:22, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

Swapping articles

I've been doing a lot of the copyediting for A-class and FAC WP:SHIPS articles, but there have been several requests for a greater variety of reviewers and copyeditors before and at FAC. I'd like to offer to help copyedit any article of your choice, in exchange for your help copyediting any article at our A-class review page in preparation for FAC. You'd be great. Thanks. - Dank (push to talk) 04:36, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

OK, it's a deal. You can select an article from the requests page, which is getting a little backlogged. Perhaps History of FC Barcelona? Or whichever one you prefer. I will look at SMS Deutschland (1904). Regards, --Diannaa ^(Talk) 04:50, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. - Dank (push to talk) 04:56, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

Oh wait ... I already traded with User:John for SMS Deutschland ... if you don't see any others you like, just wait a bit and more will show up :) - Dank (push to talk) 13:50, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

There's nothing like a good battleship, and they just aren't making them any more! I will have a look at List of battlecruisers of the Royal Navy but it is probably already pretty good as Sturmvogel has been working on it. Regards, --Diannaa ^(Talk) 14:40, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

No, that's great, Sturm's in the last round of the Wikicup and is thankful for any help he can get. - Dank (push to talk) 14:46, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

OK, I will start on it after supper/shopping. Thanks by the way for cleaning up my talk page. :) Regards, --Diannaa ^(Talk) 23:20, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

Fastest mop in the West. Splat! - Dank (push to talk) 03:24, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Almost done. I got a chance to use my new books to find out where the commas aught to go. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 03:30, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Watchlist

Jon Fisher is being vandalized by user 76.126.186.253) —Preceding unsigned comment added by PredilCO (talk • contribs) 05:37, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Apologies if you already know this, but from your post at the copyediting drive talk page I thought you might not.

If you click My preferences and then Recent changes, you'll see a checkbox called "Enhanced recent changes (requires JavaScript)". If you check that, your watchlist will take on a condensed format with all changes to one page on a single expandable line. That way popular pages won't dominate your watchlist. Why this is under Recent changes and not Watchlist, I have no idea...

Cheers,

Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 13:44, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

No, I did not know this, and it sounds like a terrific solution to the problem. Thanks for the tip! --Diannaa ^(Talk) 14:36, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

Oh yes, that is mucho better. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 14:47, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

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Would you mind?

.....looking at List of Galactik Football episodes..........I don't know what to do now that it has Copyright Infringement attached to it.........its still showing up as needing copyediting.Bddmagic (talk) 20:47, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

We will have to wait until an administrator has a look at the possible copyright infringement issue. This typically takes a few days to a week. Patience, young Jedi. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 02:02, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for improving Deshastha Brahmin, Upanishads and Third Anglo-Maratha War

		Copy Editor's Barnstar
		I award you this Copy Editor's Barnstar' for insisting on clear, comprehensible, and grammatically correct articles.Dianna, I want to thank so much for your copyedits to Deshastha Brahmin, Upanishads and Third Anglo-Maratha War. I was worried that it might take a while before someone picked up these articles because some of them are "non-mainstream" but you came by and saved the day for us. I feel a lot more confident in going through my first GA because of your improvements of the article. Thanks again for all the painstaking work!— Zuggernaut (talk) 23:16, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for the barnstar. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 02:05, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

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--Diannaa ^(Talk) 04:42, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Has been reworded/fixed. Thank you, it was my mistake and i must have overlooked rewriting it. - (CK)Lakeshade - talk2me - 05:10, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

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--Diannaa: Sorry, but I don't understand. I feel that this website is relevant and interesting and I'm not just trying to help them sell a merkin. I could add it to the external links instead as the guidelines you referenced suggest, but someone before me tried to do that and it was removed for "advertising".

Is it unfair to link to them just because they happen to be selling merkins? This site lets readers see merkins that are made of real hair, which is something wikipedia doesn't currently have. If you can find a better source for merkins made of real hair, I am fine with that, but this site was the best I could turn up and it seems interesting that someone is trying to sell them. Also, I thought this is a good thing to include too, but I'm not going to bother contributing in the future if everything I try to submit gets shot down.

Siege of Trsat

Thank you Diannaa, you did an excellent job on Siege of Trsat. Regards, Kebeta (talk) 10:04, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

You are welcome. The article was in good shape and just needed a few things. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 18:21, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks to you, the Siege of Trsat was just promoted to GA. It would be great if you could take a quick look and make a final copyedit. Thanks again! Kebeta (talk) 15:23, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Hey, that was quick. Congratulations! --Diannaa ^(Talk) 17:03, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Yeah...that was quick. BTW, I hope to cooperate with you soon. Regards, Kebeta (talk) 20:25, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

I have done another round of copy edits and found a few more improvements. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 23:10, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Third Anglo-Maratha War

Just wanted to check with you if using images from this 1901 book (such as the ones on pages 92-96) would be WP:COPYVIO?

United Service Institution of India (1901), Journal of the United Service Institution of India, vol. 30, retrieved September 26, 2010

Zuggernaut (talk) 22:29, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

I don't know. Could you check with the GA reviewer, User:Jim Sweeney? He will know as he has dealt with old photos before. Regards, --Diannaa ^(Talk) 22:40, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

OK, will check with him. Thanks. Zuggernaut (talk) 22:45, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

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YouTube Links

Hi Diannaa. While you and I may not like the use of YouTube links, there is no blanket admonition against their use on Wikipedia. Please see WP:YOUTUBE. Thanks! — SpikeToronto 05:32, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, Spike. I will read this immediately. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 05:33, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

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2011 V8 Supercar Championship Series

Hello. Just a passing note. You might not have looked at the history, but users are allowed to blank a page that they are the only contributor. Thanks. -- Tom N (tcncv) talk/contrib 22:56, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. I will be more careful in the future. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 22:58, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Thank you VERY much.

That individual is a very old, sick, pathetic man in Chicago who lashes out at those who've blocked him here. Different sort of vandal than the usual bored adolescent, I'm afraid. He has no computer of his own and I and others have blocked all of his known IPs. So, he has to use proxies to spew his bile. He's been at me for the last six weeks. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 00:01, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Me and my new toy. :)) You are welcome. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 00:04, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Me like your new toy. I gotta download that one of these days and play along. In the meantime, I've blocked both of his most recent proxy ranges and semi-protected my talk page. Poor old guy thinks that in blocking him, others can't edit this site. Uh...no proxy can edit the site. Sad. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 00:18, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

A Note

I did leave explanation, on the talk page. However, I will be glad to add it to the summary. >A loyal editor 74.101.236.156 (talk) 00:31, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. I will read through that. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 00:33, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

North Augusta High School

Woops, sorry User:Thebearr has made questionable edits, so I assumed it was one of them. Anyways thanks for correcting me.--iGeMiNix/What's up?/My Stuff 03:12, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, who knows, maybe they will be a productive editor one day? --Diannaa ^(Talk) 03:13, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Lol, well the key word is maybe, anyways keep up the awesome work, going to log for the night.--iGeMiNix/What's up?/My Stuff 03:16, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Nice working with you this evening. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 03:17, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

End drive newsletter

We need to start developing the end-of-drive newsletter. Click this link and help me develop it. If I haven't started it yet, feel free to start it. I have to run somewhere. The Utahraptor^{Talk to me}/_{Contributions} 22:59, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

I have been mulling over some ideas and will get started in a few hours. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 23:04, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

I think...

...you should have a look at this The Utahraptor^{Talk to me}/_{Contributions} 03:02, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

I saw it already, using my new toy! --Diannaa ^(Talk) 03:03, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

For the trophy case

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		To the copyeditor who saved some damn miserable prose on List of Olympic medalists in volleyball! Courcelles 03:10, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Thank you! Featured list, eh? Now that's impressive! --Diannaa ^(Talk) 03:12, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

The scary thing is that of the 11 I've written, that one is the longest. At 800 words or something. (On a more general note, am I the only one that really thinks their own writing sucks, yet wouldn't think that about a similar ability of writing from someone else?) Courcelles 03:18, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Oh, while I'm here, [5]. Let me know if you'd like it undone. Courcelles 04:27, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

No, that's great, let's leave it on as I intend to do some more vandal hunting in the future. Thank you. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 04:31, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Snow White

http://www.fln.vcu.edu/grimm/schnee_dual.html http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schneewittchen

It says on a college website and the German page for Schneewittchen that it was the lung and liver that the hunter was to bring to the evil queen. So quit reverting my correct edits or change the German page and all of the other languages that say lung and liver. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.205.82.230 (talk) 04:11, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 04:31, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Results newsletter, awards, etc.

Hi, do you need help with giving out the awards, etc.? Also, where is the final newsletter being staged? I don't think we should include all the awards in the newsletter anymore as we have had complaints in the last drive that the newsletter was way too long. Give me a holler if you need a hand. Cheers. - S Masters (talk) 14:10, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

The newsletter is on a subpage here. If you could look it over that would be great. If we are not going to add the barnstar winners it is pretty much ready to go. The Utahraptor was going to send it out using the bot. Thanks.

I have begun to collect the info for the barnstars on a subpage here. What needs to happen next is to list under each user what all barnstars they qualified for (both for word count and from the leader board) and to calculate their new rollover words and toThese steps have now been done so we can begin to hand out the barnstars. I have noted special barnstars and 10K barnstars. I have done a few at the top to give you an idea of the layout I had in mind. Then when we hand out the barnstars we can tick them off as {{done}}. If you would like to move forward on completion of these calculations today in your spare time, that would be great. I can then get some real-life stuff caught up. Thanks. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 16:18, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

So, are we not adding the barnstar stats, then? If not I'll get the newsletter ready for delivery. The Utahraptor^{Talk to me}/_{Contributions} 23:38, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

I almost have the barnstar page ready, and we could link to it. It will take about 15 more minutes. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 23:44, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

• Update: I can't get the bot running. I've contacted User:EdoDodo and I'm waiting for a response. The Utahraptor^{Talk to me}/_{Contributions} 01:46, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
  • Sorry, just back on due to the time difference. Will work on the newsletter now. - S Masters (talk) 02:55, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

Ok, I've been through my bits, and I'm happy with everything now. When the bot is up and running again it can go. Cheers. - S Masters (talk) 05:41, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

Thank you very much. I will probably start the barnstars tomorrow. Oh hey, I noticed the November page has been prepared; it looks great. :D --Diannaa ^(Talk) 05:59, 2 October 2010 (UTC)