Guild of Copy Editors 2023 Annual Report Our 2023 Annual Report is now ready for review. Highlights: Introduction Membership news, obituary and election results Summary of Drives, Blitzes and the Requests page Closing words – Your Guild coordinators: Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Wracking. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

April 10: WikiWednesday @ Prime Produce
You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our WikiWednesday Salon, with in-person at Prime Produce in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, as well as an online-based participation option. Among the topics, we'll be covering the newly-released drafts of the Movement Charter for Wikimedia global governance. All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. Wednesday, April 10 WikiWednesday @ Prime Produce (RSVP on-wiki). 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm (Open Hour) 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (Wiki Salon) (Prime Produce, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan) Also online via Zoom
April 11: City Tech Library LGBTQIA edit-a-thon
Additionally, you are invited to City Tech Library LGBTQIA edit-a-thon at the New York City College of Technology Library in Downtown Brooklyn! Join us in person on April 11th to learn about these great new materials at City Tech Library; to learn about editing Wikipedia; and to help increase representation of LGBTQIA individuals and issues online. All are welcome, new and experienced! Interested in attending, but not a CUNY student or faculty? Please get in touch; we'll help you navigate City Tech building security. Email Jen: jennifer.hoyer18 (at) citytech.cuny.edu. Thursday, April 11 City Tech Library LGBTQIA edit-a-thon (RSVP on-wiki). 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm (come by any time!) 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm (reception to celebrate the library's LGBTQIA collection) City Tech Library Multimedia Screening and Meeting Space, 300 Jay Street, Brooklyn NY All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct.

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Congratulations, Voorts! The article you nominated, Cora Agnes Benneson, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Gog the Mild (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:05, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

		Four Award
		Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on Cora Agnes Benneson. — Bilorv (talk) 17:50, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nice work! Congrats. Tim O'Doherty (talk) 17:53, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! voorts (talk/contributions) 21:06, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

		The Minor Barnstar
		Thank you for participating in the March 2024 GA backlog drive. Your contribution (4 points total) helped reduce the backlog by more than 250 articles! Here's a token of our appreciation. —Ganesha811 (talk) 16:29, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Guild of Copy Editors April 2024 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the April 2024 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since December. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. We extend a warm welcome to all of our new members. We wish you all happy copy-editing. Election results: In our December 2023 coordinator election, Zippybonzo stepped down as coordinator; we thank them for their service. Incumbents Dhtwiki and Miniapolis were reelected coordinators, and Wracking was newly elected coordinator, to serve through 30 June. Nominations for our mid-year Election of Coordinators will open on 1 June (UTC). Drive: 46 editors signed up for our January Backlog Elimination Drive, 32 of whom claimed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 289 articles totaling 626,729 words. Barnstars awarded are here. Blitz: 23 editors signed up for our February Copy Editing Blitz. 18 claimed at least one copy-edit and between them, they copy-edited 100,293 words in 32 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. Drive: 53 editors signed up for our March Backlog Elimination Drive, 34 of whom claimed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 300 articles totaling 587,828 words. Barnstars awarded are here. Blitz: Sign up for our April Copy Editing Blitz, which runs from 14 to 20 April. Barnstars will be awarded here. Progress report: As of 23:17, 11 April 2024 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 109 requests since 1 January 2024, and the backlog stands at 2,480 articles. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from Baffle gab1978 and your GOCE coordinators Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Wracking. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

We are approaching the end of the 2024 WikiCup's second round, with a little over two weeks remaining. Currently, contestants must score at least 105 points to progress to the third round.

Our current top scorers are as follows:

• Sammi Brie (submissions) with 642 points, mostly from 11 GAs about radio and television;
• voorts (submissions) with 530 points, mostly from two FAs (Well he would, wouldn't he? and Cora Agnes Benneson) and three GAs;
• Generalissima (submissions) with 523 points, mostly from 11 GAs about coinage and history;
• SounderBruce (submissions) with 497 points, mostly from a FA about the 2020 season of the soccer club Seattle Sounders FC and two GAs;
• Tamzin (submissions) with 410 points, mostly from a FA about the drink Capri-Sun and three GAs;
• Kusma (submissions) with 330 points, mostly from a FA about the English botanist Anna Blackburne and a GA.

Competitors may submit work for the second round until the end of 28 April, and the third round starts 1 May. Remember that only competitors with the top 32 scores will make it through to the third round. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs. As a reminder, competitors are strictly prohibited from gaming Wikipedia policies or processes to receive more points.

If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please read Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:06, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Voorts Would you consider reviewing the above mentioned article for GA status? I know you well, as Tim is a great friend of mine, and I have closely observed your contributions here. Additionally, I see you are currently ranked second in the WikiCup based on points scored. I look forward to your response and hope we can collaborate soon. Keep up the good work. Regards. MSincccc (talk) 05:59, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @MSincccc. Thanks for the kind words, and I would be happy to collaborate if there's a topic where we have a mutual interest. Regarding your request, I've reviewed your contributions to the article, and given that your authorship is only 2.5%, I consider this to be a drive-by nomination. Consequently, I will be removing the nomination. I see that you've started a discussion on the article talk page. I recommend notifying the other top editors of the article of the discussion on their talk pages and obtaining a consensus for nominating for GA. Best, voorts (talk/contributions) 18:04, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I see that the other top editors haven't edited in a month or longer. I will restore the nomination. I can't guarantee that I will have time to review it. voorts (talk/contributions) 18:09, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The primary author of the mentioned article attained their authorship through running a bot, unlike mine which I gained solely through manual editing. Additionally, the next three top authors are currently inactive on English Wikipedia as a whole and have not edited the article in a long time. As the fifth highest author and having made the second most edits to the article, along with regularly editing it and being familiar with its content and references, I fail to see how you could consider my contributions as a drive-by in the first place. Regards and yours faithfully, MSincccc (talk) 07:59, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Are there any articles currently on which we could collaborate to achieve FA status? This would be mutually beneficial and could potentially boost your already impressive WikiCup campaign. Regards MSincccc (talk) 08:06, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nope, I don't have anything right now. If you can think of something that might interest me, let me know and I'll think about it. I reverted your edits to Draft:Addie Viola Smith per WP:WHENINROME; removing spaces from citation templates makes them harder to read/edit in wikitext and you also removed some wikilinks to journals and the via parameters, which I find useful. voorts (talk/contributions) 21:19, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think that draft would be good for a collab because I've already read all of the sources and just need to bang out the writing, which should take me about another day. I suggested to Tim that we collaborate on Well he would, wouldn't he? because it intersected his interest in British history and my interest in law. What are your interests? As you can see, I tend to write about law and pop culture (mostly albums) on wiki. voorts (talk/contributions) 21:25, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm open to collaborating on any topic you suggest. As a middle schooler, I prefer articles that do not contain mature content. Let me know your ideas! Regards. MSincccc (talk) 08:26, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

New Page Patrol | May 2024 Articles Backlog Drive
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:15, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]