User talk:PerfectSoundWhatever/Archives/2022/June

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May drive bling

		The Cleanup Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to PerfectSoundWhatever for copy edits totaling over 12,000 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE May 2022 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Miniapolis 02:30, 10 June 2022 (UTC)

KXRR

Hey, reverted your hook change. I've been experimenting with dropping call signs from most hooks at DYK because of their comparatively poor performance in views. The results have already paid off with the pages I've tested. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 16:33, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

@Sammi Brie: Sounds good, sorry for changing it without asking

— PerfectSoundWhatever (t; c) 20:06, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

Nah, it's understandable... It's something that has definitely plagued me badly, and the first few "non-calls" hooks I've had have done quite well. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 21:04, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

June GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2022 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the June 2022 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since April 2022. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

Blitz: of the 16 editors who signed up for our April Copy Editing Blitz, 12 completed at least one copy-edit, and between them removed 21 articles from the copy-editing backlog. Barnstars awarded are here.

Drive: 27 editors signed up for our May Backlog Elimination Drive; of these, 20 copy-edited at least one article. 144 articles were copy-edited, and 88 articles from our target months August and September 2021 were removed from the backlog. Barnstars awarded are here.

Blitz: our June Copy Editing Blitz, starting at 00:01, 19 June and closing at 00:59, 25 June (UTC), will focus on articles tagged for copy edit in September and October 2021, and requests from March, April and May 2022. Barnstars awarded will be posted here.

Progress report: As of 07:12, 14 June 2022 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have completed 209 requests since 1 January and the backlog stands at 1,404 articles.

Election news: Nominations for our half-yearly Election of Coordinators continues until 23:50 on 15 June (UTC), after which, voting will commence until 23:59, 30 June (UTC). All Wikipedians in good standing (active and not blocked, banned, or under ArbCom or community sanctions) are eligible and self-nominations are welcomed.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Reidgreg, Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Tenryuu

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:39, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

Removal of short description on Native American tribes in Maryland

Howdy - I noticed this edit and I was wondering what the rationale there was. I've seen this kind of SD on list articles, but the article in question here is not a list. AviationFreak💬 15:32, 17 June 2022 (UTC)

@AviationFreak: Per WP:SDNONE, "some article titles are sufficiently detailed that an additional short description would not be helpful". I believe the article fell under that. The short description that I changed was "Indigenous tribes who currently live or historically lived in what is now Maryland, United States of America", which is essentially just a wordier way to say "Native American tribes in Maryland".

If you find a SD that isn't just the title, no problem, but would you mind getting it under 100 characters? — PerfectSoundWhatever (t; c) 15:38, 17 June 2022 (UTC)

Ah, gotcha - I hadn't seen that policy before. Thanks for the info! AviationFreak💬 04:15, 18 June 2022 (UTC)

Glad I could help! — PerfectSoundWhatever (t; c) 04:22, 18 June 2022 (UTC)

Jazz request

Could you change the Jazz template to look more like this?

The Signpost: 26 June 2022

News and notes: WMF inks new rules on government-ordered takedowns, blasts Russian feds' censor demands, spends big bucks

Office actions to secretly delete stuff when told to? Well, at least not if they're Putin's.

In the media: Editor given three-year sentence, big RfA makes news, Guy Standing takes it sitting down

Belarusian Mark Bernstein to serve 36 months of "home chemistry" for unapproved posting, Slate covers historically large adminship bid, UBI economist with goofy infobox caption thinks it's funny.