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backlog. We copy edited 83 articles tagged in the target months; July, August, and September 2013. Together with tag removals from articles unsuitable for copy editing, we eliminated July 2013 from the backlog and reduced August and September's tags to 61 and 70 respectively. As of 01:01, 1 December

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from our backlog (an ambitious 269 articles), and by the end of the month, we had cut that pile of oldest articles to just 83. We reduced our overall backlog by 97 articles, even with new copyedit tags being added to articles every day. We also handled 75% of the remaining Requests from August 2016.

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Hello everyone, welcome to the June 2016 GOCE newsletter. It's been a few months since we sent one out; we hope y'all haven't forgotten about the Guild! Your coordinators have been busy behind the scenes as usual, though real life has a habit of reducing our personal wiki-time. The May backlog

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Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's record-setting backlog reduction drive. Of the 29 people who signed up, 16 copyedited at least one article, 197 copyedits were recorded on the drive page, and the copyedit backlog fell below 1,500 for the first time! Final results, including

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is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 10 December. All users who registered an account before Saturday, 28 October 2017, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Wednesday, 1 November 2017 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

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Hello, and thank you for your recent contribution. I appreciate the effort you made for our project, but unfortunately I had to undo your edit because I believe the article was better before you made that change. Feel free to contact me directly if you have any questions. Thank you!

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to serve from 1 January to 30 June 2015 is now underway. Candidates can nominate themselves or others from December 01, 00:01 (UTC), until December 15, 23:59. The voting period will run from December 16, 00:01 (UTC), until December 31, 23:59. You can read about coordinators' duties

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Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 38 people who signed up, 29 copyedited at least one article, and we got within 50 articles of our all-time low in the backlog. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available

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takes place between 00:01 UTC on 16 June and 23:59 UTC on 30 June. If you'd like to assist behind the scenes, please consider stepping forward; self-nominations are welcomed and encouraged. All Knowledge (XXG) editors in good standing are eligible; remember it's

3651: 3074: 2912: 2849: 1960: 447: 3897:(a total of 275 articles). As with previous years, the January drive was an outstanding success and by the end of the month all but 57 of these articles were cleared. Officially, of the 38 who signed up, 21 editors recorded 259 copy edits (490,256 words). 3820: 3679: 3490: 3210: 3105: 3036: 2833: 2659: 2519: 2386: 2277: 2000: 1994: 1946: 1810: 1701: 1566: 1364: 1233: 1089: 969: 829: 812: 726: 688: 3882: 3756: 3512: 3255: 1250: 997: 3606:

were elected. Jonesey95 moved back into the lead coordinator position, with Miniapolis stepping down to remain as coordinator; Tdslk and Corinne returned as coordinators, and Keira1996 rejoined after an extended absence. Thanks to all who participated!

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is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

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The one-week April blitz, targeting biographical articles that have been tagged for copy editing for over a year, will run from August 16–22. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the article list on the blitz page.

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Hello everyone, and welcome to the December 2016 GOCE newsletter. We had an October newsletter all set to go, but it looks like we never pushed the button to deliver it, so this one contains a few months of updates. We have been busy and successful!

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from our backlog (195 articles), and by 22 January we had cleared those and had to add a third month (March 2016). At the end of the month we had almost cleared out that last month as well, for a total of 180 old articles removed from the backlog!

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Hello copy editors! Welcome to the December 2017 GOCE newsletter, which contains nine months(!) of updates. The Guild has been busy and successful; your diligent efforts in 2017 has brought the backlog of articles requiring copy edit to

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were elected. Jonesey95 remained as lead coordinator and Corrine, Miniapolis and Tdslk as assistant coordinators. Keira1996 stepped down as assistant coordinator and was replaced by Reidgreg. Thanks to all who participated!

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for the next tranche of Guild coordinators, who will serve a six-month term that begins at 00:01 UTC on 1 July and ends at 23:59 UTC on 31 December, opens at 00:01 UTC on 1 June and closes at 23:59 UTC on 15 June.

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in honor of the 2016 Summer Olympics. Of the eight editors who signed up, five editors removed 11 articles from the backlog. A quiet blitz – everyone must be on vacation. Barnstars and rollover totals are located

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were elected. Jonesey95 stepped aside as lead coordinator, remaining as coordinator and allowing Miniapolis to be the lead, and Tdslk and Corinne returned as coordinators. Thanks to all who participated!

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Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 25 editors who signed up, 18 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available

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Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 28 people who signed up, 21 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available

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Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 24 people who signed up, 17 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available

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Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 38 people who signed up, 18 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available

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Our copy-editing drives (month-long backlog-reduction drives held in odd-numbered months) and blitzes (week-long themed editing in even-numbered months) have been very successful this year.

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The month-long May backlog-reduction drive, with extra credit for articles tagged in December 2013, January and February 2014 and all request articles, begins soon.

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to serve from January 1 to June 30, 2015 is now underway. The voting period runs from December 16, 00:01 (UTC), until December 31, 23:59. Please cast your vote—it's

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and eliminating the November 2015 backlog. Of the 14 editors who signed up, nine editors completed 29 articles. Barnstars and rollover totals are located

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The month-long May backlog-reduction drive, with extra credit for articles tagged in March, April, and May 2015, and all request articles, begins May 1.

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2014 (UTC), the backlog stood at 1,974 articles, dipping below 2,000 for the first time in the Guild's history (see graph at right). Well done everyone!

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Hello everyone, and welcome to the February 2017 GOCE newsletter. The Guild has been busy since the last time your coordinators sent out a newsletter!

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from our backlog (239 articles), and by the end of the month, we had cut that pile of old articles to just 66, eliminating the two oldest months!

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We were able to remove August 2013 from the general copyediting backlog and November 2014 from the request-page backlog. Many thanks, everyone!

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or by typing four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your username and the date. Also, please do your best to always fill in the

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Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators:

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Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators,

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Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Knowledge (XXG) appreciates your help. We noticed though that you've added some links pointing to

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focusing on our oldest backlog articles (June, July, and August 2014) and the October requests, is just around the corner. Hope to

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we do not send a newsletter before every drive or blitz. To have a better chance of knowing when the next event will start, add

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articles from 2016 remained, and for the second drive in a row, the backlog was reduced to a new all-time low, this time to

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describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to

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reduction drive, the usual coordinating tasks and preparations for the June election are keeping us on our toes!

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on Halloween. Hopefully these have made your Halloween (and the proceeding days) much sweeter. Happy Halloween!

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begins in about a week. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the backlog.

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Thanks again for your support; together, we can improve the encyclopedia! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators

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from our backlog (our 149 oldest articles), and by 23 July, we were done with those months. We added

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was added to the "old articles" list used as a goal for the drive. By the end of the month, only

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Welcome to the February 2018 GOCE newsletter in which you will find Guild updates since the

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The November Drive removed 26 requests from the Requests page and 509 articles from the

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We reduced our overall backlog by 523 articles, to a new record low of 1,414 articles

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585: 352: 204: 124: 3826: 3496: 3241:: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 11 through 17 December; the themes were 3216: 3042: 2839: 2665: 2525: 2392: 1952: 1816: 1707: 1572: 1370: 1239: 818: 2242: 2238: 2197: 2193: 2152: 2148: 1534: 1530: 1201: 1197: 651: 257: 88: 3980: 3796: 3691:(a total of 207 articles). By the end of the month, these goals were reached and 3461: 3402: 3390: 3183: 3007: 2948: 2933: 2806: 2632: 2491: 2354: 2250: 2205: 2160: 2115: 2060: 1919: 1786: 1677: 1542: 1471: 1340: 1209: 1164: 1063: 945: 783: 725: 700: 654: 643: 553: 506: 216: 136: 96: 3671:: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 22 through 28 October; the theme was 3091:: this one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 16 through 22 October; the theme was 2728:. Thanks to everyone who voted in the election; our next scheduled one occurs in 3905:: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 11 through 17 February, focusing on 3643:: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 20 through 26 August; the theme was 2878:: this one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 21 through 27 August; the theme was 2680:: this one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 12 through 18 June; the themes were 2130: 589: 3635:. Of the 33 who signed up, 21 editors completed 337 articles (556,482 words). 3594:. Of the 16 who signed up, 9 editors completed 28 copy edits (117,089 words). 3582:. Of the 28 who signed up, 17 editors completed 187 articles (321,810 words). 3558:: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 16 through 22 April; the theme was 3083:

Overall, 19 editors recorded copy edits to 233 articles (over 378,000 words).

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Hi Amintly, thank you for copy editing 3,609 words in 1 article during the

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We reduced our overall backlog by 337 articles, to a low of 1,465 articles

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