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DeRose articles

Thanks for offering to help!

Basically, the articles need to meet WP:N. WP:BIO applies to the DeRose article, WP:N to the yoga practice. Basically, they need multiple, independent, reliable sources that cover the topics in a non-trivial way, or otherwise meet notability criteria. --Ronz (talk) 00:36, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Dear Department of Redundancy Department

I am not quite sure about the degree od communication between editors. At any rate, I'd like to thank you for accepting me as a Reviewer. Much appreciated Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 12:28, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Danilo Caymmi

The article Danilo Caymmi has been proposed for deletion because under Wikipedia policy, all biographies of living persons created after March 18, 2010, must have at least one source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't take offense. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners or ask at Wikipedia:Help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the {{prod blp}} tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within ten days, the article may be deleted, but you can request that it be undeleted when you are ready to add one. Eeekster (talk) 20:03, 12 September 2010 (UTC) This has been resolved. Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 12:22, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Danilo Caymmi

No worries, glad you got it sorted out. I did make a couple of minor adjustments, though; I added the DEFAULTSORT tag (so that he gets listed in the categories under C for Caymmi) and removed a couple of categories that weren't really necessary (he doesn't need to be in both Category:Brazilian flautists and the general Category:Flautists at the same time, and Category:Flautists by nationality is meant as a container for the country-specific subcategories, not for individual people. Just so you know. Bearcat (talk) 16:25, 14 September 2010 (UTC) Thanks. I did wonder what to me seemed like duplication of categopries, but I was following what I found in other articles. Living and learning. Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 18:16, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Translation into Portuguese

Hi there. I would like to ask for your assistance with an article which is already published in German and English. If you are willing and able I would like you to translate it in Portuguese as it is an international competition for talented violin musicians. It had no Portuguese participants, yet. Actually there is no information in Portuguese about it anywhere in the web. I am available for any related questions. Don't bother with the tablet contents, I can do that by myself. Many thanks in advance. Kindest regards ArcCan (talk) 20:08, 29 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi ArcCan. I will gladly help. Point me to the article so I can take a look. Regards, Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 22:04, 29 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Backronym

You recently edited Backronym to note that "fuck" is a false acronym. Although I know this to be true (I have heard people tell various back-formation stories about the word), consensus is to keep the examples on the page to a small, illustrative set. That word, in particular has been removed since some editors found the mere mention of it objectionable. You may of course disagree with that reasoning, and if you have both reliable sources and a reasonable argument that the word should be represented on the page, please discuss this matter at Talk:Backronym before attempting to re-add it. Thanks, Cnilep (talk) 10:09, 30 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've discussed it at Talk:Backronym. Regards, Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 10:56, 30 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Pamela Constable and Arturo Valenzuela (1991). A Nation of Enemies: Chile Under Pinochet, P. 150

Hi there, I noticed your changes on the source cited on the Nicaragua page. I personally pulled that source while taking a Politics of Latin America Class and copied it verbatim. The source discussed nothing about Allende killing himself. Well, not in that sentence at least (the purpose of the sentence originally served to discuss a small migration of Chileans to Nicaragua). I'm sure there's a PDF copy online in English where you can search Page 150 and see for yourself.

If you seek a source that describes his suicide, I would suggest citing:

Labarca, Eduardo (2007) Salvador Allende, Biografía Sentimental, Catalonia, pp.339-405 ISBN 978-956-8303-68-6

Regards, Mbhskid520 (talk) 12:44, 21 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I did not change any sources. I changed some of the text and added more on Pinochet's death. I changed the text because it appeared to have been written by someone with poor command of English ("After Pinochet obtained rule of Chile"). The reference you refer to is on the next sentence. How far back do references go in a piece of text? Besides I thought the purpose of the reference was to sustain the claim about "several hundred committed Chilean revolutionaries joined the Sandinista army in Nicaragua". The text was not in quotation marks, so I interpreted that the reference pointed to information in the source, but not a direct quote. I added right-wing to Pinochet to reinforce the ideological link between the two, but it can be removed.

But don't you agree that it sounds funny to say "After Pinochet obtained rule of Chile, several hundred committed Chilean revolutionaries joined the Sandinista army in Nicaragua"? As for a source on Allende's death, thanks for the lead, but we could simply use the WP itself? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Allende#Death.

Regards, --Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 14:13, 21 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Despite the fact that I do agree with you, I am looking at a hard copy of the actual text (small text, I have the larger one at home), and it seems to say those exact same words.

Guess publishing companies aren't doing their jobs, eh? I'm willing to wait until I go back home just to make sure and check on how much into the source I wrote and see if I can upload a temporary PDF file while at home. (I'll be heading back home in November, so that might require patience.) Mbhskid520 (talk) 15:56, 21 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Turfan

Turkish is one of the Turkic languages, the one spoken in Anatolia; it is measurably affected by contact with Arabic and Greek. It is not spoken in Inner Mongolia, unless there is a Turkish consulate; therefore Turkic is correct. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 18:14, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Re:Hats off!

Haha, thanks! No special fuel I am aware of. I just regard it as a hobby to make articles I guess. Cheers and thanks for the encouragement! Ruigeroeland (talk) 08:36, 18 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Help for translation

Dear Rui Gabriel, I am writing to know if you can help me to translate into Portuguese the captions under the images in the Gallery of this page. Very grateful indeed !--Angler45 (talk) 05:52, 28 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Angler45. I am on holiday out of the country and whenever that happens, I get logged out. Because I did not have a decent connection, I did not log in until recently, when I eventually saw your request. I'll help with the translations in a day or so. Regards, Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 19:09, 27 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Black Friday

Thanks for the tip, but some other editors made the clarification before I had a chance to do it. There is no edit war that I am aware of so if you feel the introduction could use some rewording, please go ahead. Not coming from North America, you are very well positioned to make meaningful contributions to the article. Tinss (talk) 16:29, 2 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Translation

Can you translate or summarise this page? I would like to use it for my Bicycle helmets by country article. Thank you. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 10:52, 8 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

February 2011

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Hi Kudpung. I've been 'away' from WP for a few months and in getting back to it I forget to sign one or more edits. Thanks for the reminder. Um abraço, Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 00:04, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Citation needed

Hi Rkitko

I was reading up on soap and came across that information on the Soap substitute page. How do I use a WP page as reference? Regards, Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 17:34, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

So sorry for the delay in answering you. I sometimes let my talk page get away from me. To answer your question, to include information on the saponin levels and usage of Passiflora foetida you would need an external reliable source. Wikipedia cannot reference itself. Try Google Books or Google Scholar for good places to start, but read through WP:V and WP:RS first to understand which kinds of sources are good to use. The soap substitute article could use additional references for each of those species listed. I'm not convinced each is actively used as a source of saponins for soap substitutes. I hope that helps. Cheers, Rkitko (talk) 15:04, 15 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Isabel dos Santos

Hello Rui Gabriel Correia, I was writing articles about her in 4 languages (de,fr,en and pt). Since you are perfect in dutch and spanish....would be great to translate this article. What do you think? Let me know. Regards.--Cruks (talk) 11:29, 10 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hemp

Hi Causa Sui At 07:10, 27 June 2011 you reverted an edit by Nickstarinfinity (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) on the Hemp page. Nickstarinfinity had made numerous edits to that page. At 07:14, 27 June 2011, 4 minutes after your revert, a new user calling himsef Nickhemp registred and proceeded to make multiple edits to the same hemp page. I saw something odd when today I spotted references to "Cannabis industrialis". I tried to do a DNS lookup, but loks like that function is no longer available. Regards, Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 17:32, 29 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the heads up. I've reverted the changes and left a note on the user's talk page. Some edits (including at least one of yours) were reverted as well, since there were intermediary edits to the page and I had to revert them all to remove the probable hoax. You might consider adding the article to your watchlist so you can revert these changes before intermediary edits are made. Thanks, --causa sui (talk) 18:50, 29 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wikiprojecto Angola

Olá gostava de te convidar para participares do Wikiprojecto Angola da wiki Lusófona. Até breve Zorglub-PRV (talk) 16:19, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Foreign languages assistance

Hi! I noticed you are listed at Wikipedia:Translators available. Could you please take a look at a post at Talk:Battle of Vukovar#Next steps: a call for assistance and advise whether you might be able to help in terms of an Afrikaans or a Portuguese summary? Thanks.--Tomobe03 (talk) 20:05, 28 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Portuguese translation

Hello. I was on Wikipedia:Translators available and notice that you were on the list for Portuguese to English translators and wondered if you could translate Prince Peter of Saxe-Coburg-Kohary? Thank you or obrigado.The Emperor's New Spy (talk) 13:36, 9 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Please verify information before deleting content

I have reverted two of your edits where you incorrectly deleted "béchamel" from articles. Please verify if your own information is correct first before deleting content. - Takeaway (talk) 22:56, 23 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Have fun, Takeaway. I have better things to do then play games with the revert squad. I happen to be Portuguese and equally happen to be the former owner of a restaurant. If ever I was served a rissol with béchamel sauce I would tell the establishment what to do with it. Naturally you know everything there is to know about Portuguese cuisine. Pray do inform me how you come upon your knowledge of bechamel sauce in Portuguese rissóis. Have a great reverting time.
You are allowed to think what you want but I actually did verify if there were Portuguese recipes for rissoles that used béchamel. Here is one: http://cozinhapequena.com/risoles-de-camarao-e-a-chance-de-ganhar-uma-casa/ - Takeaway (talk) 23:19, 23 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The fact that you will find such recipes does not prove that they are right. It is like saying that if you find a recipe for pizza with custard that THEREFORE, pizze are prepared with custard. And just for your information, the recipe you are using as an example, is a BRAZILIAN, recipe. I happen to be married to a Brazilian, been to Brazil a few times and know that they do things different - like using béchamel in prawn rissoles. THAT IS WHY the note I left on my edit was "NOT IN PORTUGAL". So, perhaps you might now want to acknowledge that you were wrong and undo your revert? As for the other revert, it is not even worth commenting - or anyone that can imagine a SOLID thing like a croquette having a SAUCE as a main ingredient ..... What can I say. Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 23:30, 23 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
You will find many more "wrong" Portuguese recipes if you type the following in to Google: bechamel rissóis site:.pt - Takeaway (talk) 23:35, 23 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
And here are some people who apparently do succeed in making a croquette out of a béchamel sauce: http://www.tastespotting.com/detail/32575/Chicken-Breast-and-Bechamel-Croquettes http://www.3coups2fourchette.com/recette.entree.amusebouche.263.html http://www.marmiton.org/recettes/recette_croquettes-au-jambon-simone_37065.aspx http://norecipes.com/blog/polenta-croquette-filled-with-leeks-and-ham-hock/ http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/food/food/view/20110210-319424/Salpicao-with-foie-gras-adobo-croquettes-with-bchamel-sauce-comfort-food http://tvnz.co.nz/masterchef-masterclass/euro-croquettes-4036911 http://tamarindandthyme.wordpress.com/2009/09/03/croquetas-de-jamon/ - Takeaway (talk) 23:42, 23 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
If you are still sceptical about the use of béchamel sauce in a croquette, here is a webpage from the James Beard Foundation quoting Larousse Gastronomique which says: "Larousse writes that the filling of croquettes is a mixture of vegetables or cooked meats, usually leftover from another use, chopped fine and mixed with béchamel or brown sauce." (see The Official James Beard Foundation Blog, Eat this Word: Croquettes) What can I say. - Takeaway (talk) 00:23, 24 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Takeaway, you simply just don't get it do you?????? I am NOT disputing the fact that béchamel sause is/ gets used in making croquettes - but it CANNOT be al alternative to POTATOES, MEATS, etc, as it was said the article. Stop trying to prove your point and simply go and read it. It is like saying hambugers are big round buns a filling of meat patty, or vegetable patty OR KETCHUP. Do you see it now? Yes, ketchup is a main ingredient of a hamburger, BUT NOT in place of a solid filling. As for béchamel in Portuguese prawn rissoles, what can I say. I'll have to write to Jimbo and that him the project has failed and we have to start all over again. The whole time we were going after verifiable TRUTH, but you have now hit the nail on the head - if you find it on google, ergo, it therefore is the truth. I am off now to go edit the page on elephant to add that I just found on google a page talking about a goat that gave birth to an elephant. Scientists are puzzled by the flimsy wings on the baby elephant's hips and are doing DNA tests. I bid you a tranquil Sunday. Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 08:52, 24 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Great news, Geataway! I've just used your search for rissois - and I quote - "type the following in to Google: bechamel rissóis site:.pt" and you are right!! People are doing it wrong! I've just substituted "béchamel" for "flores" (flowers) and whereas there were 12000 entries for "rissois + béchamel", there are 22000 for "rissois + flores". No wonder they need a bailout! They are putting flowers in thei rissoles!!!! Good lord! Tell you, Takeaway, I think ths means a great future for the two of us - let's set up a culinary school in Portugal and teach these people how to make a proper Portuguese rissole! You already have all the answers, I'll put in the hard slog! Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 09:49, 24 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I think that's a great idea. You seem like such a nice person. I really want to work together with you. - Takeaway (talk) 10:19, 24 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Lol! Peace, and 'um abraço', brother. Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 10:30, 24 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect blanking

Hi, if you have an issue with a redirect that doesn't qualify for speedy deletion, please take it to Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion rather than blank the page as you did with Tuberoid. Thanks! -- KTC (talk) 21:52, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

As the {{R from trade name}} suggest and a quick google search confirmed, tuberoid is also the trade name of a ethionamide product. As such the redirect was appropriate. In any event, Sminthopsis84 has since turned the page into a disambiguation page making this discussion moot. KTC (talk) 22:13, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Dear KFC NO, the redirect was NOT "appropriate" as YOU claim. The redirect appears on a page labelled as "Glossary of botanical terms", http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_botanical_terms. So instead of coming out with guns blazing, YOU should have first looked into it before discharging .... Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 22:22, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies! Of course, thank you to minthopsis84 for seeing what needed to be done and actually doing it - unlike others, who thrive on bullying .... Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 22:27, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I assume that bullying comment was directed at me. How was I bullying? I merely pointed out (nicely!) that a redirect page should not be blanked, and in my comment noted the venue / process where a redirect which you believe to be problematic should be taken for discussion or nominated for deletion. It's not my problem if you over react.... And my username is KTC whereas the other user in question is Sminthopsis84... -- KTC (talk) 00:16, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hi KTC, perhaps it is a lack of understanding on my part of how some things are done. I have often deleted redirects that point to the wrong target, so I was not aware that this one works in a different way, actually resulting in blanking a page. That is why I could not understand why it should be referred to a discussion. So, yes, I overreacted on that count, but maintain that my thinking was correct - "tuberoid" on a list of botanical terms pointing to a product for tuberculosis was wrong. I apologise for overreacting. Have a great weekend. Regards, Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 07:34, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure that was vandalism

I think you were right to remove this uncited edit from the article Retinal scan, but I think it may have been a good faith edit rather than vandalism. Best not to bite people until we're sure they need biting :) ciphergoth (talk) 16:35, 1 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikify has been deprecated

Hi Rui! Just a friendly note that {{Wikify}} has been deprecated in favor of more specific templates. For example, in Portuguese inventions, I replaced {{Wikify}} with {{Tone}}. Happy editing, and happy new year! GoingBatty (talk) 05:08, 2 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, GoingBatty. I saw that it had been deprecated and the prompt to use more specific templates, but going through the aternatives, I could not see one that was specific to lack/ absence of notability. Thanks for helping and have a grear 2013 too. Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 08:49, 2 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
CORRECTION!!!! Sorry, this has nothing to do with naotability - I was tinking of an article that I proposed for speedy deletion for lackof notability. Got the two incidents mixed up. Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 09:59, 2 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Photo Upload

Bom dia Rui. I appreciate your request, but how may I be of service? Your best bet would be to upload the image, providing the valid release information on Wikimedia Commons. After that, it just a matter of using it in your Portuguese Wikipedia article (and likewise English variant). Can you please specify how I may assist you? ruben jc ZEORYMER (talk) 01:28, 7 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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  • The editor deleted my message to you rather quickly, so I'm posting a diff to make sure you have an opportunity to read my post. You may read the message here. Tiderolls 17:58, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • To reply to your message on my user talk; the guidelines you quoted do not apply a user's own talk page. Editors are granted wide latitude in the maintenance of their user talk. There are limited circumstances that prohibit an editor from deleting messages from their own user talk but none of the circumstances apply in this case. I agree, working on content is much more rewarding. I thank you for your contributions. Regards Tiderolls 18:13, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
You are right - I did for a second blur the two. But thanks for your help (about deleting on article talk page), even though it was summarily ignored, like water off a duck's back. Like I said, there are better things, a whole world out there. If you ever need any help with creeating/ editing related to Portuguese/ Portuguese-speaking countries, please feel free to drop me a note. Regards, Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 18:27, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Eugenia uniflora

Thanks for kicking in on the article. I'll be looking over the changes you made and will consider it a learning opportunity.

I had the edit window up for days and essentially got stuck, because I clearly haven't written enough to do it adroitly yet. Poco a poco.

Once again, thanks. Chango369w (talk) 00:41, 26 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Chango369w. I was actually lured to go back to the article when I saw you edit summary "Added a medical studies section". I would love to see a section like that for every flower, fruit, plant, seed, name it. So I applaud your efforts. I know it is a lot of work looking up sources, otherwise anything you claim about medical properties will be taken down within seconds. In fact I landed yesterday on the eugenia page to see if it was related to the curry tree. The Portuguese page makes some very big claims that are still in need of good references - http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murraya_koenigii. Regards, and "bom trabalho" Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 02:16, 26 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Revert of interwiki-removals

Hello, I try to solve interwiki-conflicts. You reverted Marcello and Religious_institute_(Catholic). Marcello is quite difficult, because there are different forms of the name in different languages (Marello, Marcel, Marcellus, ...). Some versions of Wikipedia have articles to different forms of the name, others only one. I try to explain, why I removed each link:

What should I do? What is the right place to discuss this? May I remove at least the links to de, and it? Alexander.Meier (talk) 15:12, 16 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Well, for starters, what you are doing is just plain odd! It is like going down the street with a broom sweeping, while you van see that jist behind you there is a truck fitted with brushes sweeping right right you ......... But worst of all, you are labelling your efforts "wikilink conflicts". What conflicts? I am really puzzled, after all, you signed up 3 days ago and isntead of starting with common small edits like we all do, you go for admin and upkeep tasks that are automated. I am not sure I understand what you are trying to achieve .......
Perhaps you are right in asking "What is the right place to discuss this?". I don't know - try the usual places such as the Village pump etc ......

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Listen here you self-righteous prick,

Do not lecture me on my command of the English language, I am an American and English is my first language. My mistake with embark and embarkation was a simple slip of the memory and wording. You must forgive my outright rudeness in this message, but if there is one thing that gets me it's passive aggressiveness, and you seem to be a master at pissing me off. Now I assume you will get flustered with this message and report me or something, but quite frankly I don't give a shit. I have added more to this encyclopedia in this year alone than what you will in your entire tenure, and editors like you are what discourage editors like me.

Thank you,

Cristiano Tomás (talk) 21:39, 9 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Rui Gabriel,
The fact that you can hold your face above my comments above and ask that we work together in a friendly manner makes me respect the hell out of you. No apologies necessary, my comments were emotion based when they should have been logic based, and with that I offer my own apologies. I hope a great deal we can work together, and I hope that you won't take my pride-driven backlash as a sign of my total character and ability.
On another note, I hear South Africa is lovely, my grandfather moved there for some years from Mozambique after it gained independence. I was born in America, but my life has been divided between the US and Sintra. It truly is a beautiful "Eden", is it not?
Do let me know if I can ever be of any help. I mainly work in Portuguese royalty and Portuguese history in general, but if I'd be glad to try to help with anything.
Thank you,
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History of California until 1899

Please see Talk:History of California until 1899 § Proposed move. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 15:08, 11 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

About canvassing

Thanks for the note. The relevant guideline is WP:CANVAS. When it comes to enforcement, the consensus that I've seen is that it's more of a exacerbating factor than anything, something that's usually ignored unless it's part of much larger and worse problems.

As far as consensus-building goes when there is canvassing, it's usually appropriate to point out the canvassing if it wasn't disclosed, and possibly point out conflicts of interest or relevant ArbCom enforcement. Beyond that, consensus is not a WP:VOTE, so it shouldn't matter much who comments, but how editors think the relevant policies/guidelines apply, and what sources are available and their quality. --Ronz (talk) 16:14, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Canvassing

The difference between canvassing and simply notifying people who might have an interest in the topic is in the motivation and the execution. It's okay to simply and neutrally notify people who might (e.g. by virtue of having edited the article before) have enough an interest in the topic to have something useful to contribute to the discussion — what's not okay is to "canvas" votes from people you consider likely to support a particular outcome while ignoring people who might legitimately have a different opinion, or to present your case in an overly biased way (e.g. "these crazy people think my pet topic is not notable, you and I know better so come help save it!"), or other behaviour which suggests that you're deliberately trying to stack the discussion in favour of a particular outcome.

Think of it like an election — it's kind of like difference between a non-partisan effort to encourage people to get out and vote in principle, and encouraging people to come vote for your particular candidate (which is technically okay in that context, but there are strict rules about where and how you can or can't do it.) Bearcat (talk) 18:57, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Flickr

  • I have watchlisted the article page in case there is such removal happening. I note, however, that the reverted edits pointed to primary sources which you used to evidence your own conclusions, and not an independent source reporting on any controversy surrounding Flickr and the nudity available. That is why the other editors were pointing to WP:OR. Now, if reliable newspaper or book sources were pointing towards such a controversy or thing to be aware of, that would likely be supportable within an article. Looking through Google, I'm only finding individual instances (1, 2) of issues stemming from nudity on Flickr, but not about nudity on Flickr per se. At the moment, at least, the issue doesn't seem to have enough secondary coverage beyond "Flickr allows users to post nude and sexual images.(cited to Flickr) Gross misdemeanor charges have been leveled against users who have uploaded nude images of others onto Flickr; (example from case)." How due/undue it is would require further discussion, of course. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:27, 17 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

An explanation

Sorry for that utter mess that I made of the Portuguese people infobox, I was trying to correct it on a mobile as my computer is faulty. Do you agree with me that as per articles like Danes the box should just indicate their primary religion? Those numbers looked random and unsourced, never mind strange. On articles such as German people, with their Lutheran-Catholic split, it is necessary, but there is no such significant split in Portugal or its diaspora. Unless a source could ever prove that. Indiasummer95 (talk) 12:31, 21 July 2013 (UTC) obrigado[reply]

Hi, Indiasummer95. I'll check Portuguese sources and will revert. Regards, Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 12:36, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Possessive of Jesus

Hello Rui Gabriel Correia. Thanks for your edit to Jesus. However, per MOS:POSS bullet 3 (and perhaps also bullet 2), it is normal to write Jesus' as the possessive of Jesus. In fact, some grammar books claim that the final s after the apostrophe should be omitted whenever it would lead to three or more consecutive sibilants. I'm not sure about that, but the case for Jesus' seems pretty clear. I hope you won't mind, but I have restored it. Kind regards, --Stfg (talk) 10:03, 31 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

September 2013

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Your wiki age

Hello.

I think you should note what you said in your edit summary about editing as an IP alongside your claimed the wiki age, otherwise the impression could be – for those who check your edit count – that you are suffering from the Münchausen syndrome.

Cheers.

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Empire of Brazil...

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Em-dash followed by comma

I have an answer to your comment—and a question for you—here. Regards, Jeh (talk) 07:04, 14 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Seven Hills

My dear, in wikipedia there is a rule which is called WP:BRD (Bold, Revert, discuss). I invited you to bring your thoughts on the Talk page of the corresponding article, and you ignored it. Next revert I will be forced to bring you to a board. Thanks, Alex2006 (talk) 07:48, 3 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I wait for your thoughts. Sorry, but wikipedia works by discussing, and not keeping reverting. Bye Alex2006 (talk) 07:50, 3 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I made an edit as is the nature of the WP, you reverted my edit and suggested I discuss it "if [I] don't like it". It is not a matter of liking - it is a question of logic, pure and simple. If there really are seven hills (at least 230 cities in the world claim to be built on seven hills), they they have been there for billions of years, it has nothing to do with them wanting to copy Rome. Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 07:57, 3 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Forgot to mention - I reverted ONCE, you reverted TWICE and you are going to block me for reverting? Intersting! Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 07:59, 3 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hallo Gabriel, please don't take it personally. I am not going to block you because you reverted, but because you are refusing to discuss on the talk page. :-) please read again WP:BRD. About the seven hills of Constantinople, I will be glad to discuss this issue with you on the talk page. Alex2006 (talk) 08:28, 3 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Edit at Help:IPA for Portuguese and Galician

Hello Rui Gabriel Correia. I didn't have a gut instinct, as I don't speak Portuguese. However, I was looking up the pronunciation of a Portuguese word which now escapes me, and found myself trying to understand [ɨ]. What also escapes me is why I concluded that listing this as 'back' as opposed to 'central' was simply a typo. I was merely looking at the tabular environment of [ɨ] on that page and putting one and one together. But upon further inspection, I concluded (for some reason) that I was not obviously correct. Sorry I'm not able to remember more of my thought process. Jerry (talk) 02:09, 13 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Bushmen#Requested_move_12_January_2014

Hi Gabriel. As you have previously expressed an interest in the matter, please can you participate in the move discussion. HelenOnline 08:42, 14 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Rui Gabriel Correia: I see you have not participated in the current move discussion although you specifically asked about a new move discussion on the article talk page last year. Please let me know if you have any concerns or questions about it. (Sorry to ping you and repeat myself but I am not sure if you have seen my post here.) HelenOnline 10:14, 26 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Burke and Burkei

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. As you have now realised, there were (at least) two Burkes who were botanists. David Burke only collected nepenthes, orchids etc., whereas Joseph Burke seemed to be wide-ranging in his interests, but it's hard to tell as his article needs a complete re-write. (At present, it looks like a straight lift out of the book cited.) This article lists species collected by him. I hope this is of some help. -- Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 20:03, 16 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Lui, yes, perhaps leaving the user a short message in an edit summary referring them to their talk page might be a good idea. Unfortunately there aren't any other ways to attract their attention besides blocking them again. Graham87 01:21, 11 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You might want to bother reading before displaying ignorance

As you did with the Griquas, reverting what was rigt and then fixing it. Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 16:12, 18 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I don't understand your English I'm afraid, please relax and write legibly. So Rui, if you're upset about the Griqua edits, it was my intention to put back the point about the pseudo-military structure they maintained for their society. You removed it; I don't know what your studies are in southern African history (where are you based by the way?), but I believe you were wrong there - the Griquas had a mobilised society. Abu Shawka (talk) 11:57, 20 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
By the way Rui, as an afterthought I recommend you read the book "Settler Colonialism and Land Rights in South Africa" by Edward Cavanagh. It has a good run-through of Griqua society and how it developed, especially the Orange River settlements. Abu Shawka (talk) 12:09, 20 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I recommend that you put the bok to some useful purpose and share some of its information on the Griguas, about their military structures, kapteins etc. It would be riveting to learn how they acquired guns, as there were prohibitions on the sales of guns to anyone who could later pose a threat. Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 12:55, 20 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I gladly will, but please Mr Correia, no more snap edits by people who haven't read up on the subject! Or at the very least, no more angry tantrums if I revert those edits. (Seriously, a few months ago I had an furious American trying to tell me that Cape Colony Administrator Sir Richard Southey was an Apartheid leader! A colonial administrator nearly a hundred years before the body of apartheid legislation was passed! If you're well read on Cape history you'll see the ridiculousness of this sort of claim, and why I'm brief when it comes to uninformed outsiders' edits.) Abu Shawka (talk) 13:17, 20 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
By the way, the Griqua had their guns from before that prohibition came in. They were decommissioned commandos from earlier cape history. Even as late as the 1870s though, workers on the mines could acquire firearms before they returned to their homelands, so even the Gcaleka were full armed with guns by then. Abu Shawka (talk) 13:20, 20 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keith Loris

What you've done there isn't invalid in and of itself, but simply raising a discussion on the article's own talk page won't necessarily result in any specific action being taken — it may or may not result in discussion, but it won't necessarily lead to anything actually happening as a result of that discussion unless you or somebody else actively takes the followup step of initiating a real AFD nomination.

If you want to actually nominate the article for the real deletion process, rather, what you need to do is place {{subst:afd1}} at the top of the article, and then follow the process to actually create and list a formal nomination. Hope that helps a bit... Bearcat (talk) 21:35, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

CSD isn't the same process as AFD. CSD (or "speedy deletion") doesn't require discussion — from the moment you place the template, an administrator can review the situation absolutely anytime and either delete the article immediately if they agree with your assessment or strip the template if they don't. Sometimes that takes a few hours, while other times it happens within minutes — that depends solely on how quickly somebody gets to it, not on waiting for a discussion to formulate consensus.
If the article is up for a full AFD discussion, though, then that type of template cannot be removed from an article, whether anyone else agrees with the assessment or not, until the discussion has been completed and assessed for consensus and closed accordingly.
A declined CSD, further, doesn't mean that the article can't subsequently be AFDed instead — there are only certain specific criteria by which an article can be CSDed, and even an obviously deletable article doesn't necessarily always fall into one of those criteria. So you still have the option of formulating a full AFD by {{subst:afd1}} instead, and following the directions on that template to formulate and complete a full AFD nomination — you just can't nominate it for speedy deletion again, that's all. Bearcat (talk) 22:08, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]


More on Keith Loris

I sympathize with your confusion. Wikipedia can be confusing in its procedures, sometimes, especially if you've never explored them before. You've made a case for deletion already, basically based on the suspicion that that the article is rife with conflict-of-interest. To intiate an WP:AfD, as Bearcat says, add the template {{subst:afd1}} at the top of the article, then copy and paste the comment you made on the article's talk page onto the page that template will create for you. If you do that, I'll ensure that page makes it through the rest of the process. Best wishes, Xoloz (talk) 22:18, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Virginiana which v. that

Thanks for housekeeping on Virginiana! It gave me the idea for the edit I made right after yours:s see if you like it even better? I notice you made that edit on similar pages and thought maybe if you did more.... -- B.S. Lawrence (talk) 14:33, 13 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Bandeirantes, assessment

By "assessment", it was meant how their activities were perceived by important people who studied about them, both Pedro Taques de Almeida Paes Leme and Robert Southey did it.Grenzer22 (talk) 20:20, 3 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It makes a lot of sense. If you were familiar with Bandeirantes history, you'd already have come upon those quotes. I have read them time and again, when studying the subject. Besides I have copies of the books of both Pedro Taques de Almeida Paes Leme and Robert Southey. If you were familiar too with these names, then you'd know they are a source for historians.Grenzer22 (talk) 23:16, 3 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Obviously you don't understand English! The HEADING/ TITLE, "assessment" does not make sense. I am not talking about the content of that section - just the title. Ok? Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 01:27, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Your comments

Hello, I'm sorry if you think that my edits are POV but it is not my intention. A number of my edits were in fact designed to make NPOV.

On indigenous people I removed info because it was far more detailed than the rest. On Native americans my edit is consistent with how it is on other pages. On Angola I changed it to MPLA because that is how it is commonly refered to on the page. Don't no why you mentioned Vietnam, my edit was correct. On indigenous people, I removed redress because it was a figure for the total indigenous people, not the total seeking redress. I have reasons for my other edits.

Maybe I dont explain my edits well enough but I dont think its fair to call my edits blatant POV. My edits hardly make the pages more biased. Just to clarify that is my IP but always forget to login. Regards.Stumink (talk) 07:29, 6 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

POV Editing

Gabo - see my post User talk:Dodger67#Evidence of severe bias in editing. Also, if you take a look at the editor concerned's talk page and review the history (particularly the deleted text) - one sees that it really appears to be frequent and general problem with the editor concerned. Lets see if this continues and if so, suggest we post the details for comments / advice on the Military History talk page. Also, I would like to see Rogers point of view. Rgds. Farawayman (talk) 00:55, 6 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

POV editing

Greetings, my friend. It would appear we stumbled upon these issues at a very similar time. I have been actually tangling with the IP at 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état and related pages. As a matter of fact I just filed an SPI for the pair of them, here, because the evidence seemed compelling enough for me. Vanamonde93 (talk) 01:51, 6 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I just read your comment on farawayman's page; so they are in fact the same person. The problem seems very frequent, though, so I intend to let the SPI run its course, they will perhaps get a rap on the knuckles. Do you disagree? Vanamonde93 (talk) 01:53, 6 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. I see you had your dealings with them - and still at it, sanitising references to the US (x2). Stumink claims that he/ she forgets to log in, but, if you look at the edits on the 4th of May, he/she edited as Stumink at 21:16, then as an IP at 21:24, then again as Stumink at 21:27 and again as an IP at 21:35. I think that a rap on the knuckles is really getting off very lightly. Perhaps for the sock, yes. But what about all the rest of the POV editing on everything that is different from what he/ she is? A block and stern warning on the PDU is the very least. And he / she should be monitored from here on. Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 02:23, 6 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I guess I didn't make myself very clear; I am not at all a fan of the POV pushing they are indulging in, but POV pushing by itself is not an actionable offense here, which is why I'm letting the SPI run, and we will see what comes off it. I mentioned a rap on the knuckles not as what they should get, but rather as what ther are likely to get, if they own up to it at the SPI. Anyhow, let's see how it goes. Vanamonde93 (talk) 04:15, 6 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I wasn't online when you messaged me, but I am now. What did you want to discuss? Vanamonde93 (talk) 21:31, 7 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

peut-être

The word peut-être is pronounced "per-tight" in Quebec French, it's strange ? Fort123 (talk) 23:58, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I cannot possibly imagine that it is pronounced "per-tight" in Quebec. Perhaps some urban legend or similar sort of nonsense. Regard, Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 08:33, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The word fête is pronounced "fight" in Quebec French. Fort123 (talk) 16:17, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You are not sure, because you are not a Quebecker. Fort123 (talk) 16:16, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Jorge Jesus

Hi there RUI GC, AL from Portugal "here",

indeed, my summary in this person's article was highly exaggerated whilst reverting you, accept my sincere apologies and the certainty it won't happen again.

My defense now: no need for the "da" in the infobox, that way we keep it more compressed and, besides, the club's full name already appears in storyline.

Happy editing, sorry again for the antics --AL (talk) 02:07, 15 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

  • The "...one-liners and overlinking TOS!" bit was about another user not yourself, i just wrote about him in that summary. Now for the rest: i sincerely apologized after realizing i had blown things out of proportion stupidly, and you not only do not accept the apologies but reply in taunting ("...won't be coming... near your playpen", "Carry on playing", poking fun at my use of "my bad") and accusations (when you imply that reverting your changes for the heck of it IS vandalism).

I have been on this seat for far too long. Sometimes i blow a casket in edit summaries (i am an undiagnosed and unmedicated bipolar, not excusing myself, just saying), then immediately realize the idiotic ways i have engaged in and apologize to the user in question. Tell you what, more than half of them (way more!) get on their high horses and don't accept any apologies whatsoever, so maybe there's a pattern (if all those editors don't accept the apologies, well maybe i'm to blame, i accept my share of the wrongdoing, no problem whatsoever).

I won't be telling you my age because: 1 - your reaction tells me you don't want to have anything else with me wikiwise, so why go into details of my personal life (wait, i just did it above, the "bipolar" thing)? 2 - if i did, would it add anything to the situation?

To further show my deepest sorrow, i have now reverted myself in box thus reinstating your changes, can't do anything else and won't be apologizing until the cows come home as you can imagine. You don't accept them, nothing more can i do. Adeus, boas edições --AL (talk) 12:31, 15 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I've been asked by AL to dip in to this discussion. I don't think he will mind me saying that he can be a little headstrong, but always acts in good faith. A resolution seems to have been reached now so I think this can be put to bed. Mattythewhite (talk) 16:02, 15 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Quebec accent

I live in Montreal, I have heard the Quebeckers pronounce "fight" for fête, "on night" for honnête, "paw" for pas etc. I have not asked to someone that how to pronounce the word pêche, but I have asked someone that this pronunciation is [paɪ̯ʃ] or [pɐɪ̯ʃ], because this pronunciation is not clear. But I hear clearly [paɪ̯ʃ] in this video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONHx3uxHe7c Fort123 (talk) 15:05, 15 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Quaresma - Reply

Hello RGC,

thank you for contacting me. I have already commented in the field to where you redirected me.

Attentively --AL (talk) 00:53, 21 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You do not have to delete it

You do not have to delete it, because other people will also have that very same question. resolved items stay on the talk page for that reason--Inayity (talk) 11:17, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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John Durrant

Your PROD has been contested post deletion, and has been restored. You must decide if you wish to escalate it to WP:AFD  Ronhjones  (Talk) 18:58, 11 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

DO have a go with Twinkle - no special flags needed, just tick the box in the Gadgets section in Preferences. You wonder how you ever did without it. It makes adding things like PROD and AFD a dream - so much so, that you'll miss it if it goes down!  Ronhjones  (Talk) 19:31, 12 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A kitten for you!

Thanks for your friendly manner re Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Durrant. It's appreciated!

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Tradução

Teria como terminar de traduzir essa página? Grato. 189.101.40.134 (talk) 11:49, 20 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Adidas balls - a reply

Hi. In response to your question at User_talk:Master_Of_Ninja#Adidas_balls it is due to wikipedia programming - you can force the Wikipedia server to list them slightly differently. For example I see Adidas Tango is under A in Category:Adidas_footballs, however Brazuca is (correctly to my mind) under B. Now you can see how I linked Brazuca in the last sentence, but it actually linkes to Adidas Brazuca. You can do these for categories too. When you add a category you can use the "|" character when editing it to force it to list under a different letter - so Brazuca is forced to be listed as "Brazuca" rather than "Adidas Brazuca". This can be selective. So if you look at Adidas Questra which I have just changed you can see for certain categories I have made it listed as "Questra" and for others "Adidas Questra" for where it makes organisational sense. Have a look at the wikipedia markup for each of the examples to see how it is done. I hope this answers your question. If you have any more just ask. - Master Of Ninja (talk) 20:12, 5 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

w:pt:Population Matters

Hi, in case you have the time, I'm making a general request hoping that someone can tidy my machine code translation of the Population Matters' article mentioned. (Ultimately I hope to move the article to "População é importante" or whatever might be the best translation of "Population (as a subject) is important"). The article is currently up for deletion so I'm contacting a few potential translators. Please check: W:pt:Population_Matters&action=history to avoid wasting time. If the article is deleted I would still appreciate its development at w:pt:Usuário(a):Gregkaye/Testes. Any help with any population related article would also be appreciated. Many thanks Gregkaye (talk) 06:17, 15 July 2014 (UTC) w:en:User_talk:Gregkaye[reply]

Pomegranate

Gabriel: you stated -- "So, should we not simply remove the references to "markets in North America and the Western Hemisphere"? Or am I missing something?"

One part of the paragraph in question addresses regions of cultivation, whereas the last sentence, I believe (not written originally by me), concerns retail sales. I believe it is a fact that whole pomegranates have become quite commonly provided in grocery stores in Europe and the US, as stated in two references, so I edited the sentence again. Feel free for another edit if you deem it. --Zefr (talk) 17:46, 16 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Baron Pieter van Rheede van Oudtshoorn

I started an article about him. It was supposed to be in my sandbox but I obviously need more coffee. HelenOnline 10:02, 25 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Re: John Anthony Walker

John Anthony Walker spied "just for the money", i.e., for financial gain. Other traitors and spies do what they do for political or ideological reasons. — QuicksilverT @ 00:31, 28 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The article is about a man who was convicted of espionage. The infobox contains some basic facts about the man. The infobox template is called Template:Infobox criminal. The various bits of information, such as "Spouse" and "Occupation" are simply parameters in the infobox that can be filled in or left blank. The arrangement of the parameters does not imply, as you seem to suggest, that the "spouse" was for "financial gain". John Anthony Walker is a convicted criminal. It is, therefore, appropriate to use the Infobox criminal template in the article. — QuicksilverT @ 10:03, 28 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Opuntia fruits

You may well be right in your change to the caption of the image showing peeled Opuntia fruits for sale at Cactus#Food. However, it does then raise the question of whether these are all fruits of the Indian Fig (Opuntia ficus-indica), as the caption claims, or actually of different species of Opuntia. Do you have any more knowledge or information about this? Peter coxhead (talk) 12:55, 1 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

8889 and other database entries

Hi Gabriel, after the discussion about botanical specimens, I was going to ask you about an odd entry in a database about a plant name published by your father. I think I found the answer, though. I don't have access to the journal Boletim da Sociedade Broteriana for 1967. The plant is recorded as Danthoniopsis aptera R.I.S. Correia & Phipps in Tropicos. The difficulty with that is that Phipps is the official abbreviation for Constantine Phipps, 2nd Baron Mulgrave who lived two centuries earlier. However, while composing this message I checked IPNI, which says that J.B.Phipps is the other author, which is much more plausible! The problem appears to be solved. Sorry to bother you. Sminthopsis84 (talk) 12:41, 4 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Luis Agosto Grandvaux Barbosa

The spelling as "Augusto" needs a source – the list as a whole is sourced to IPNI, which has "Agosto", so as of now the alternative spelling is not in accord with the source given. Can you please add a ref for the "Augusto" spelling? Thanks. Peter coxhead (talk) 13:09, 4 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Peter coxhead: If I am not asking too much, could you do it if you are deft at it? I can do it later, but it takes me ages, as they have complicated things with "refname = xxxxx" and tricky 6-line long refs.

I have also in the meantime contacted a number of databases about the selling and have had confirmation that they will make the corrections from Harvard, JSTOR and the Database Coordinator for Natural Sciences in Hawaii. PS: Were the sources on opuntia of any use? Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 17:24, 4 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, I'll add one of these refs to the page. Thanks! Did you contact IPNI? If not, I'll do so.
The Opuntia stuff is on my "to-do" list – I never have enough time for Wikipedia! Peter coxhead (talk) 06:31, 5 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @Peter coxhead:. I had not contacted IPNI becuase I could not locate the name on their data bases to refer them to their own link. They don't have a global search function, it is still field-based. Eventually this morning I decided to just tell them about it without pointing them to a specific page on their database. I am sure they will find it. Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 11:16, 5 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Reference in 'Acaján Mission'

The Oré reference is cited in full in the References section at the end of the article. I found Spanish Borderlands Sourcebooks 23: The Missions of Spanish Florida in my local library. If you are interested in learning more about Father Oré, there is an article about him, "Beyond the Martyrs of Florida: the Versatile Career of Luis Gerónimo de Oré", in Volume 71, Issue 2 of the Florida Historical Quarterly. You can access the article for free by browsing for it at http://palmm.fcla.edu/fhq/. -- Donald Albury 02:05, 5 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This is how I left the references after the three edits I made om 24 April 2010 (see Notes and References at the end). Some one has since changed the 'Notes' section to 'References' and consolidated the 'References' section the 'Further Reading' section. I will fix that. -- Donald Albury 11:12, 5 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
This does leave the article with a mix of inline and Harvard citations. It should be one or the other, but as I have had little to do with editing the article I will refrain from converting one way or the other without input from other contributors. -- Donald Albury 11:20, 5 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Socking

[1] What think you? I seem to recognize an old friend. Vanamonde93 (talk) 05:48, 22 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Categories

WP:SUBCAT: "A page or category should rarely be placed in both a category and a subcategory or parent category (supercategory) of that category"

I agree that we need better tools for doing exactly the kind of thing you're talking about, e.g., find me all the Cookbooks (including those in subcategories), or for that matter find me all the Authors who were Born in Canada between 1800 and 1900. Right now, you have to use dbpedia for that kind of thing, which isn't user-friendly at all. --Macrakis (talk) 16:22, 27 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Parsi

Hi, Rui -- I noticed your edit to Parsi changing "Cambai" to "Cambaia". I assume that this is the spelling in a direct quote. It is spelled "Cambay" in three different articles on WP: List of princely states of India (alphabetical), Khambhat, and Cambay State. Just thought I'd point that out. Best regards CorinneSD (talk) 15:56, 2 September 2014 (UTC)CorinneSD (talk) 15:59, 2 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A beer for you!

Thanks for the time we had together over the Mbunda articles. I have learnt something from you. Let us now wait for other editors to check us out. You have a friend in me. No hard feelings. Ndandulalibingi (talk) 16:42, 13 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Extension service

It wasn't moved to a capital letter. Extension Service was created first. I simply retargetted Extension service to the pre-existing dab page, which seemed like a more appropriate target than Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service. Cheers,—Ketil Trout (<><!) 22:16, 28 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think I have that ability, but surely you could list it under the criteria for WP:RM/TR and/or WP:G6.—Ketil Trout (<><!) 22:45, 28 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Testing

Hi @Rui Gabriel Correia:. Testing Ping. Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 09:04, 11 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Testing "mention" Rui Gabriel Correia. Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 09:06, 11 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @Rui Gabriel Correia:. Testing Ping. Testing editing earlier post 41.13.4.220 (talk) 09:16, 11 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Testing "mention" Rui Gabriel Correia. Okay, so editing sends out new ping or mention. So that is sorted.

Reliable sources and reverting Comment

Thank you for the suggestions; I will look for a WP:RS when I get a chance regarding Leo Africanus' Greek etymology of 'Africa'. Also, I will read up on H:REV to ensure that I appropriately revert.Omo Obatalá (talk) 22:07, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Moules-frites

I'm afraid I've reverted your bold edit again. Please read WP:BRD for future reference in how to respond to this. —Brigade Piron (talk) 17:23, 1 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Question

Would you please translate the entry "pt:Críticas à Rede Globo" for the wiki-en? Thankfully. 177.182.54.27 (talk) 14:30, 9 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"Criticism of Rede Globo". Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 19:49, 9 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

French Canadian accent

Hello, someone has sent you a message here. 138.229.25.158 (talk) 21:40, 14 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Shanghai images

Greetings:

These existed on a single page at some distant time, but galleries of images are discouraged so someone removed it. You might want to edit out the unneeded links. Thanks, Leonard G. (talk) 00:33, 21 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Reply about Epiphany

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Big data edits

Thanks again for your help with the situation on the Big data page! My inclination now is to just post a RfD tag there. If Editor-in-Question removes an RfD, that's pretty clear edit-warring/disruptive editing, and I think admins will intervene. And if he doesn't remove it, I expect other WP editors will share our opinion about this page. -- Narsil (talk) 18:26, 2 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

(Posting this on User:Rui Gabriel Correia, User:BlueRasberry, User:SPACKlick)'s pages)
Hi! I hope it's okay to ask for your help one more time on Big Data.
Frankly, I feel that while User:Jugdev is most likely acting in good faith, he is engaged in disruptive editing. I think we're locked in a pattern: If I revert the page during the US day (and explain why), he'll revert it again in the middle of the US night (and post a message saying "I already explained that my change is in keeping with WP style and it comes from a highly respected source"). (example, example, example)
Honestly, I think our only play--assuming he hasn't already crossed the line to disruptive editing--is to take turns reverting changes. If it's always "Narsil reverts, Jugdev unreverts, Narsil ununreverts", then we're both edit-warring. If several WP editors revert his changes and he's always unreverting, I think we have a clear case that he's being disruptive.
Apologies for bothering you! If you'd rather not be involved any further I totally understand.
(P.S. I see he's already been blocked once, recently, for edit warring. I'll ask User:Kuru--who imposed the block--whether he's reached that point again.) Narsil (talk) 19:20, 5 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Angolan Portuguese infobox

the reason was stated in the removal summary. It is unsourced, due to the fact that Angola lacks common features in its accents. AND... It is an infobox for languages, not countries.--Pedro (talk) 10:14, 20 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

  • I'm not much into discussions in talk pages. As for that, read this: http://www.ciberduvidas.com/aberturas.php?id=1003 It deals with that subject and how we should name these articles.--Pedro (talk) 12:04, 20 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Não era o que quis dizer, simplesmente não quero perder horas a fio em discussões como acontece na WP em portugues e depois vai-se a ver o artigo e está uma miséria. Aqui perde-se pouco e a qualidade é muito maior. Sou a favor claro de uma colaboração para melhorar o artigo, já andei a ler alguns papers sobre isso, é um assunto que acho interessante e há pouca informação, o que aumenta o interesse. Havendo tempo, porque não? O ciberduvidas existe e tem nome, tem link, enquanto o que o capmo está a dizer e como fonte simplesmente não existe lá o que ele diz. Com que imagem ficas? Ninguém nega o enraizamento do Portugues em Angola. São numeros muito expressivos para um país africano de tamanho consideravel e como é evidente tem os seus proprios sotaques. Formas diferentes de falar uma lingua não é exclusiva de países, a variação é maioritariamente regional. Alem de que sotaques nao fazem com que se use infoboxes de linguas. Mais... não é apenas o ciberduvidas, aquilo foi o que estava à mão.--Pedro (talk) 14:10, 20 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Manillas

Hello, the two manillas in the photo are hand made - cast into a mould and therefore small difference exist - they are not identical in the way that minted coins are.92.22.31.243 (talk) 08:44, 11 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Translation request

Hello Rui. I'm working on the article Joseph Michael Levry and there's an important source [2] that's available only in Portuguese. I've done a Google translation which is enough to get the gist of it, but there's one paragraph that I would like to ensure we get correct. Could you translate it, please?

Extremamente reservado - "a entrevista não tem de ser sobre mim, mas sobre a sabedoria espiritual divina" -, Levry se recusa a dar detalhes muito precisos de sua vida pessoal, para além do fato de que nasceu na Costa do Marfim, trabalhou no "mundo do dinheiro" cerca de 20 anos atrás e que "estava indo bem" financeiramente quando decidiu largar a vida de executivo e se dedicar à elaboração de sua doutrina, uma mistura de Kundalini, "considerada a mãe de todos os iogas", com cabala, nome dado aos estudos milenares judaicos que procuram desvendar a relação entre Deus e suas criações no universo.

Many thanks in anticipation,  —SMALLJIM  19:41, 15 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Smalljim. My pleasure.

Extremely reserved - "the interview does not have to be about me, but about the divine spiritual wisdom" - Levry refuses to give very precise details of his personal life, beyond the fact that he was born in the Ivory Coast, he worked on "world of money" about 20 years ago and that he "things were going well" financially when he decided to leave executive life and devote himself to working on his doctrine, a mixture of Kundalini, "considered the mother of all yogas" and Kabbalah, the name given to the ancient Jewish studies that seek to unravel the relationship between God and his creations in the universe.

Regards, Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 19:50, 15 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for that extremely fast response, Rui! Could I ask one small extra question – do you get the impression that "mundo do dinheiro" might be a commonly-used idiom for banking or finance, or something like that?  —SMALLJIM  20:15, 15 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
It could be, but it could also be that he always worked in top paying jobs.. Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 20:22, 15 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]


The Rosetta Barnstar
For the above – and the other people you've helped.  —SMALLJIM  20:39, 15 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the barnstar. I did some research and actually learnt something. "o mundo do dinheiro" is actually used in the same way as we would use the expression "Big Money" in English. Regards, Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 21:02, 15 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Aha. So it sounds as if a reasonable summary of that part might be: about 20 years ago he had made a lot of money from some unspecified job(s) and then decided to leave that work and devote himself to his doctrine.  —SMALLJIM  21:20, 15 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oh – I've just seen in the first paragraph of the article pretty clearly states that he was a Wall Street executive. Sorry! I should have read it all properly.  —SMALLJIM  21:28, 15 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism

Hello Gabriel. Could you keep an eye on Talk:Mikhail Rodziank? Twice I removed something, but this person thinks it is very important what he found.Taksen (talk) 04:58, 27 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Mbunda - Bunda

@ Rui Gabriel Correia: Acabo de deixar um breve apontamento para si na página de discussão de "Mbunda people". Quero acrescentar que, por tudo o que sei, "Mbunda" é a mesma coisa que "Bunda". Sendo que a última forma foi dada pelos portugueses, no tempo colonial: naquele período houve muitas simplificações de etnónimos, especialmente quando estes não "soavam" aos ouvidos portugueses. Como combinações "inusitadas" de consoantes. Aqui o "mb". O caso mais gritante parece ser o dos Tshokwe (que hoje escrevem "Côkwe" em Angola): a combinação "t + ch" tanto feriu os ouvidos, que se passou a chamar este povo de "quiocos"...Aflis (talk) 14:40, 13 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent request

Aside from Ndandulalibingi's behavior, the whole situation seems somewhat simple: can't we just cut everything that's not properly sourced, and then work with what remains? I've just reduced Mbunda Kingdom to about 13% of its previous size by cutting tons and tons of unsourced information, and some yet remains. Couldn't the same be done to the people article? Nyttend (talk) 14:38, 23 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Permit me to give my opinion on this. According to the rules used by scientists, at universities and at research institutions of the same level (I have myself been part of this world until retirement), oral tradition is perfectly acceptable as a source, if published or registered in written form - under the condition it is not the only source, but is confirmed by other sources (archives, other publications, archeological findings etc.). If, as I suppose, wikipedia respects these rules, this means the solution for the case has to be in line with them. Am I right? Aflis (talk) 16:32, 23 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Aflis, not sure if you're responding to me or to something that RGC said; pardon me if the latter. Oral tradition isn't suitable as a source for an encyclopedia article; it can be a great primary source, especially in a field like cultural studies, but it's not a solid secondary source. If we're using it, we need a secondary source (something solid, preferably from an academic publisher) that examines oral tradition and draws conclusions from it. Nyttend (talk) 19:04, 23 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I am also not sure who the ball was meant for, but seeing that I have a bat in my hand, let me step up to the crease. I said some things to Ndandulalibingi here, don't know if that is what Aflis is referring to. But let me copy it over for the sake of rounding off the matter here:
  • On oral sources, of course they are important. All information starts off as oral or personal observation, personal experience etc. Then if it is found to be good it goes through a process of verification. To cite one example, your oral history tells you that the Mbunda in the DRC interacted with the Luba and and Lunda states. But did you verify the oral tradition? If you had, you would have found that he Luba Kingdom did not come into being until the late 1500s and the Lunda Kingdom not until the mid-1600s. The same goes for trusting one single source: If you have one source that says the sky is red, but 25 that say it is blue, I think it is best to question the one that says it is red. I am referring to your fanciful day-dreaming about the Mbunda coming from Axum in Sudan.
  • You are more than welcome and I am more than willing to work with you. There is lots that can be done. We can even include some of the Mbunda oral history PROVIDED we keep it to one place, and it is clearly labelled as such and is balanced by facts. You could create a section on beliefs, customs, ceremonies, We could even create a new separate article on Mbunda culture, using good examples to guide us, such as Culture of Japan and Culture of the Cook Islands. It is all about working within the framework and there are enough people willing to help.

I thank you both for your help. I also thank Ndandulalibingi for accepting my outstretched hand and that he is eager to make a fresh break of it. Ndapandula. Within a few months we shall have the future Culture of the Mbunda as a good article. Uteke uwa, boa noite. Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 19:33, 23 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

My remarks above were mainly a reaction to Nyttend's stating that he had cut "tons of unsourced information", which seemed to imply that he did not consider oral sources as sources at all. I am glad we have now apparently a consensus on their being sources which (like any other source....) can be used under certain conditions. In other words: that here wikipedia abides by the rules of the academic world. - I am delighted there is another (even more important) consensus, i.e. on the willingness of the people involved to work together. I am afraid that, for the reason given earlier, I shall be the weekest link in this cooperation, but I shall try and do my best. Aflis (talk) 10:03, 24 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Aflis, thanks for your continued input notwithstanding your bigger concerns. Cutting "tons of unsourced information" is the right thing to do. It is not burnt, it is not destroyed, it is merely taken from public view. The WP is not a draft, it is a published work. Any time a reader accesses an article, he or she expects to find information that is ready for comsumption. Any one of us can still pull up the old version of the file and work on it and put back any of the information we feel should be there once properly processed, verified, cross-checked and referenced with RS. What I like about Kwami is that for him things are back and white - it either is or it is not. If it is not ready for consumption, it does not go in the article.
I have for the better part of the past 6 months been working with local indigenous knowledge systems and practices (LIKSP), working with information such as "if the cows return from pasture still eating all the way back, there will be a drought"/ "people knew if the motsebe tree was flowering, the morokawapula bird was pecking at the trees, and the dung beetles were active rolling dung, it meant that the rains were coming". As true as this might be, it is not scientific. That is not the same as saying it has no value - it has lots of value. Science can then study the different elements and try to find a connection. Even if they cannot find the connection, there is nothing wrong in an acdemic work to include that "in Botswana people believe that .....", but care is taken to make sure it is not presented as a fact, but that it is clearly marked as a belief. One final observation - it is one thing to pass on information about on-going realities, situations, circumstances, etc, such as the weather, livestock, customs etc. But this is quite different from accepting something that happened in 1400s.
Also, to work here, one has to know how to separate the wheat from the chaff. It is counter-productive and counter-intuitive to have a minute-by-minute account of history of the Mbundas. That is fine for a book, but this is not a book, we don't need to know that two brothers of the royal family fought, UNLESS the fight led to a watershed moment in the history of the Mbunda people. I do recall reading on talkpages you yourself more than two years ago pointing out that the articles were too long. If I see a 2-page history of the Mbunda, I'll read the whole thing, when it goes to 5 pages, I start skimming, if I see it is ten pages, I'll read the intro and move on.
But yes, we have made progress and are ready to star working together at improving the information. I am sure that you will still be able to contribute a lot too. Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 11:04, 24 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Re: A "last chance" request

I don't remember the situation, so I hope you don't mind if I don't take any action on it for several hours until I get the chance to familiarise myself with the situation. Nyttend (talk) 19:53, 13 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

In reply to your message about pov check

I don't know whether you have to submit an article to a list to use the POV check header, I'm a rather new editor myself, but I don't believe you do. I hope this helps Skylord a52 (talk) 19:22, 16 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Left alignment

Sorry, I don't know how to do that. --Macrakis (talk) 17:03, 18 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Map

Good day Rui. I am a little lost as to your request. What would you like specifically? I could design a map, based on the Wikipedia mapping standards, for Angola. I believe there are resources online that allow me to produce such a map. As for importing the map from Ezilon, I could be wrong, but importing it creates a issue of copyright problem, since third party use would be conditioned on Ezilon's permission as well. The best solution, is to have someone cede their image without issues of copyright per Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons rules. But, then again, I tend to donate my content wholeheartedly, and have little experience importing other people's work. There are users on Wikimedia Commons with better experience. I hope I didn't discourage your intent. ruben jc ZEORYMER (talk) 13:16, 21 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Interpersonal conflict

I put a redirect from that link to Interpersonal relationship as it was the closest article I could find at the time on the topic (conflict is mentioned a few times on the page), but feel free to change if you think there is a better target page, or start a stub etc. Sincerely, James -- Jtneill - Talk 21:09, 24 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Jtneill. Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 21:21, 24 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sandboxes

Unfortunately, no, we can't do it that way — if you look at Wikipedia:Subpages, that falls under disallowed uses #2. Rather, if you want to work on a draft or sandbox version of an article but don't want to hold it in your own userspace, what you are allowed to do is to place it in Talk: or Draft: space instead of articlespace. In this case, draft: would be more appropriate since the article and its associated talk page don't already exist — I'll move it to Draft:Culture of the Mbunda people for you now. Bearcat (talk) 20:35, 25 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

June 2015

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tone of edit summary

At the Horse article, you recently left the following edit summary - " then don't knee-jerk, find a PROPER place for it. Take the trouble to read before reverting and you will see it does not fit there)" The tone of this seems overly aggressive and contains uppercase which is usually viewed as shouting and improper conduct on WP. Please tone down your edit summaries.DrChrissy (talk) 11:24, 12 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I am not sure why you took the thread over to my Talk page, but I will reply here. I was thinking of what is stated at WP:SHOUT, particularly, "CAPITAL LETTERS are considered shouting and are virtually never appropriate." Edit summaries are supposed to be neutral, so any kind of over emphasis would not be appropriate. If you feel really strongly about something, it is better to take it to the Talk page where there is more scope for raising your concern.DrChrissy (talk) 15:36, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed State Mergers

Hi, Could you please look at the page "Proposed State Mergers" because apparently someone is adding things in the current proposals that should not be there such as a Greater Germany. thanks tom991

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Re: List of proposed state mergers

Hi, you should review the Union of Sovereign States article before comparing it with a ethereal proposal by who-knows-who-is about uniting USA & Canada, so lets be serious, please. The Union of Sovereign States was a serious proposal by Mikhail Gorbachev when he still was the leader of the USSR, the proposal was discussed at the higher levels (Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union) and approved in 1991 on referendums on 9 USSR republics. Apparently, the only reason why the USS was not implemented was because the weakness of Gorbachev, wich ended with the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt and the dissolution of the Soviet Union. So please dont remove USS from the list, as it fits the conditions to be on that list. Regards,--HCPUNXKID 16:11, 23 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Re:Serbs in South Africa

Unfortunately I do not have time to deal with this topic at the moment but I might take a look at it in future. I made some edits on that particular article at the moment when it was considered for deletion (December last year). You are right, most of it is from first sources I found online but I don't think it is direct translation. As for the style I actually don't see any problem with it? Maybe there might be some issues with language since English is not my native language, but I don't think it is huge problem for such a marginal importance article that have only few sentences. Hope you have great time and thanks for writing.--MirkoS18 (talk) 16:17, 4 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi! I've made some more changes to the WN article.

Hello, Rui Gabriel Correia!

TL;DR: I made a change to a sentence you wrote, and wanted to run it by you... thanks :3


Wall of text follows:

Thanks for improving the World News Network article last year (this edit)!

I've made some changes to that sentence, and just wanted to run them by you since you wrote the previous version.

Before your changes, the sentence read: "It was featured in Forbes's "Best of the Web" in 2000, being commended for its scope, while being criticised for not clearly indicating the quality of its content."

Your rewrite: "It was featured in Forbes's "Best of the Web" in 2000, being commended for its scope, while being criticised for having too many links, but "little guidance as to which are good"."

I've changed it to: "It was featured in Forbes's "Best of the Web" in 2000, being commended for its scope, while being criticised for having "little guidance as to which" of the many links it provides are valuable."

Honestly I'm not sure whether yours or mine is better, I'm having second thoughts now, a bit. Anyway, I'm not sure that it was "being criticised for having too many links"... the relevant passage of the source reads: "WORST:Lots of links, but little guidance as to which are good." I think the source is ambiguous about what it's saying: Do they mean "Cons of the site: Too many links, with little indication of quality" (with providing many links being a negative trait), or "Cons of the site: Little indication of the quality of links, despite providing many" (with providing many being a positive trait), or "Cons of the site: Little indication of the quality of the many links it provides" (with providing many being neutral)? I think I've rephrased it in a neutral way, which allows for any of the interpretations; I suppose readers can check the source for what they think was meant... (I've left a note to this effect as a comment in the source, too, to explain what I was trying to go for.)

If you think I'm wrong in my interpretation of the source (it's late at night for me and I'm probably stupid), please by all means revert me :). Any other thoughts / suggestions / changes are likewise most appreciated :3

Anyway, thanks again for your help, and sorry for the wall of text! Best wishes, Goldenshimmer (talk) 06:07, 27 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Goldenshimmer. I am not sure where the doubt comes in — "WORST:Lots of links, but little guidance as to which are good." is pretty clear to me, no ambiguity at all. The negative criticism is the second part ("little guidance as to which are good"), the rest ("Lots of links") is the context for the criticism, but does not alter anything - they could have jsut said "there is little guidance as to which are of the links are any good". It is like saying about a new store that you see for the first time - "they have lots of interesting-looking gadgets, but no information on whether these have any practical value".
I believe the way I had it solves the issue.
Regards, Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 07:51, 27 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Hello again! Thanks for writing back! :) Yeah, I was getting all confused, sorry. I think the part of the wording that is unclear is the phrase "too many" — that usually means "more than there should be". Instead I think what is meant is just "many".
On further reflection I'd just remove the word "too" from your wording, leaving it to read: "It was featured in Forbes's "Best of the Web" in 2000, being commended for its scope, while being criticised for having many links, but "little guidance as to which are good"." Does that seem like a reasonable suggestion?
Thank you so much for your help! :) Goldenshimmer (talk) 08:50, 27 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Can you translate this?

Hi Rui! I think we've met before, but I can't quite place where.

Would you be able to translate the lead (only five paragraphs!) of South American dreadnought race into Portuguese for that Wikipedia? It's an important article in modern Brazilian political history, and no one's gotten to it in the three years it has been online.

Related tangent: if you haven't tried the content translation beta feature, it makes translating much easier. Thank you! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 03:11, 30 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Afrikaners and mixed/dual approach

In reference to your revert on my addition to Afrikaners during the Post-apartheid era: "Meaningless addition. A one-liner tangential reference to Afrikaners in a 17-page paper hardly counts as evidence of anything. Not to mention the starting error of "mixed approach" entirely different from "dual approach"." I disagree. A paper by a highly respected and regarded academic such as Mamdani on African social relationships and ethnic groups, even though you might fell that the mention is 'tangential' (use of the word I feel is misused in this case but that is a minior issue) is NOT at "meaningless addition" but rather added a greater level of context and understanding of the subject in question. And such I feel it should be re-added to the article. I can however see your point about 'duel approach' being a better way to put it than 'mixed approach'.--Discott (talk) 16:23, 9 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Rui Gariel Correia, I have left a response on my talk page.--Discott (talk) 16:15, 15 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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FAC

Rui, it has been quite awhile, I hope you're doing well. I recently nominated Juan Manuel de Rosas for FAC, but the article is often ignored because of its obscure topic. If you have time and interest, could you review it? I'd be truly grateful. The link to the Featured Article Candidacy page is here. Regards, --Lecen (talk) 13:16, 30 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Angola page move

Hello Rui. Just to let you know, I have reverted your move of the Angolan election article – in countries with presidential systems, the term "general election" refers to elections in which both the president and the legislature are elected together. Some examples of this are: Burkinabé general election, 2015, Nigerian general election, 2015, Guinea-Bissau general election, 2014, Malawian general election, 2014 etc etc. Cheers, Number 57 13:48, 1 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No problem :) Number 57 14:01, 1 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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re: Mbunda Kingdom

Thank you for providing more detail about the history of the article, and your explanation is understood and accepted. However, major changes such as this require a more detailed edit summary than simply mentioning "cleaning up". If you had used the edit summary for your follow-up edit, that would have been more explanatory and would have saved some trouble here. Also, it can help other editors to mention problematic editing situations on the article talk page, so I've put in a short comment about this in Talk:Mbunda Kingdom which you are welcome to add to. Dl2000 (talk) 02:11, 17 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikivoyage

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Re: Pomfret

Hello, Rui Gabriel Correia. You have new messages at Htonl's talk page.
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Where

I am a native English speaker, and I assure you that "where" has that usage. Feel free to verify that in grammar books and dictionaries. It's shorter, terser, and for what it's worth more elegant than the clunky "in which", complete with overtones of Churchillian parliamentary invective ("This is a phenomenon up with which I will not put."). Chiswick Chap (talk) 19:41, 16 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I get paid by native English speakers to proofread and improve what they write. I've been an English-language journalist, language trainer, proofreader, sub, editor, translator into English etc etc for decades. Feel free to ask for a copy of my CV. Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 19:51, 16 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sure your credentials are impeccable. You just happen not to have improved things much here. Chiswick Chap (talk) 19:55, 16 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

As for the "potential", the point there is that an actual predator of a warning-coloured animal presumably doesn't care about the warning or the poison: thus, cuckoos eat cinnabar moth caterpillars, aposematic stripes and all. The animals the caterpillar is signalling to are those that potentially might start eating it, only to discover (too late) that it wasn't worth doing. I am in general VERY careful with my use of english in articles, and while all of us make mistakes, when I draft something in an article lead I mostly choose words on purpose. Chiswick Chap (talk) 19:53, 16 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I was going to discuss the use of the term "potential", but as I opened the article now I saw that you have already changed it, which would indicate that you have already made up your mind and that further debate is meaningless. Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 20:06, 16 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Dinesh Subasinghe

Unfortunately this editor's sole work on WP seems to be to promote Dinesh Subasinghe - I'm not certain whether there is a COI or that he is just a big fan. A lot of the work is unreferenced, which is why I've been keeping an eye on these edits. Good to know I'm not the only one. Dan arndt (talk) 07:56, 22 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • Always nice to hear from a fellow editor - surprised we haven't crossed paths before. Dan arndt (talk) 09:54, 22 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

List of proposed state mergers: Romania and Moldova

Hi, I wanted to ask why the unification of Romania and Moldova does not qualify to be mentioned under the current list of proposed state mergers? It fits the definition: it is a proposed merger or union of two existing states (Romania and Moldova) to form an unified sovereign state (Romania). Thanks in advance for your reply. Best regards, Mentatus (talk) 14:33, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Until bodies of sovereignity of two or more countries enter into discussion about a merger, it is NOT a proposal. Have the authorities in Romania and Moldova held any such talks? If the answer in no, then there is not proposal. Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 15:27, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
OK, I see, you meant that it is not an official proposal, either by the entities in question or by another official body (e.g. as the Annan Plan for Cyprus, which was a United Nations proposal). In that case, I would make this clearer in the header of the article. Cheers, Mentatus (talk) 16:18, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Cortado

Hi Rui- Thanks for your correction to the incorrect translation in Cortado. Do you think the cortado's "cutting" applies specifically to bitterness? My impression was that it was simply diluting the coffee with milk. For example, in English we might say the whiskey is cut one-to-one with soda, without there being any implication that the soda is lessening some unfavorable aspect of the whiskey. ¡Salud!, Eric talk 03:15, 14 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Mongol conquests

I removed the whole chunk of text since you objected. However, as you said, Wikipedia is not a playground - that means neither you nor I are justified in misusing in-text templates. Template:Who is specifically for problems where content it not attributed to a specific source. It is NOT for tagging a particular source as problematic. There are at least three other inline templates that could be used to challenge the reliability of a source, Template:Lopsided, Template:Better source, and Template:Unreliable source. Restoring a misused template and telling the other editor to "fix it" to me does not seem constructive. If you have a problem with the content, fine, but so then why, after I reverted your edit because the wrong template was used, did you not simply add a more appropriate template? In retrospect, I should've simply put in the correct template, but since I don't really have a problem with the source, why should the burden be on ME to put in the correct template?--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 04:56, 16 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Rasputin

The core policy for this kind of thing is WP:ALTACC. Has the user gone past 3RR between the accounts, or voted multiple times in discussions, or other stuff of the sort? The big problem with multiple usernames is that they're routinely used to make it look like more than one person is involved, but as one userpage redirects to another, and the third username is the user's full name, people aren't going to think that the accounts are operated by different people. More details? Let me know; I'm not trying to dismiss you. Nyttend (talk) 13:00, 18 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know what nl:wp policy is in this matter, but none of the things you mention are at all in violation of en:wp policy on multiple accounts. You've made serious accusations without evidence; as WP:WIAPA notes, Accusations about personal behavior that lack evidence are a kind of personal attack. Nyttend (talk) 17:33, 18 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Guild of Copy Editors April 2016 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors April 2016 Newsletter

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Panamagate

Where is the content that was on that page before?

I don't quite understand your meaning. There are no deleted edits in the history of Panamagate, and after checking the logs, I don't believe that a previous Panamagate page was moved somewhere else. Could you help me understand better? Nyttend (talk) 13:51, 6 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Nyttend, It is all very confusing. I also arrived at the same conclusion as you, but I understand less of these technicalities and have in the past seen cases where the page history is blanked/ eliminated, so — though I can see that from the logs — I am still left wondering. Early on in the evolution of the story, in various places in the batch of articles relating to the Panama Papers there were references to "Panamagate", including in the "See also" sections. In the meantime lots has happened so it becomes time consuming to pinpoint anything. All I found without spending more time on it is that the "See also" section has been removed from Panama Papers. What is odd is that where it was linked, the links were in blue - so what was it pointing to? As for this "Panamagate", it was there long before news broke on the Panama Papers.
By the looks of it, I am not the only one confused:
  • "From what I gather, "Panamagate" and "Panama Papers" are actually two distinct controversies." [3]
  • "Panamagate does not belong in the lead and should not be bolded as a common name. It is a rather obscure term used to describe a political scandal in Malta in March. It has very loose connections to the Panama Papers leak of April." [4]

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June 2016 Guild of Copy Editors Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2016 News

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

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Guild of Copy Editors July 2016 News

Guild of Copy Editors July 2016 News

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June Blitz: this one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 12 through 18 June; the themes were video games and Asian geography. Of the 18 editors who signed up, 11 removed 47 articles from the backlog. Barnstars and rollover totals are located here. Thanks to all editors who took part.

Coordinator elections: The second tranche of Guild coordinators for 2016, who will serve a six-month term until 23:59 UTC on 31 December, have been elected. Jonesey95 remains as your drama-free Lead Coordinator, and Corinne and Tdslk are your new assistant coordinators. For her long service to the Guild, Miniapolis has been enrolled in the GOCE Hall of Fame. Thanks to everyone who voted in the election; our next scheduled one occurs in December 2016. All Wikipedia editors in good standing are eligible; self-nominations are welcome and encouraged.

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Hola, te escribo en español porque dices dominarlo y es mi lengua materna. Me gustaría que escribieras algo más sobre los países en que has estado, especialmente Leshoto y sus deportistas. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Untipoahi (talk • contribs) 15:45, 19 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Contests

User:Dr. Blofeld has created Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/Contests. The idea is to run a series of contests/editathons focusing on each region of Africa. He has spoken to Wikimedia about it and $1000-1500 is possible for prize money. As someone who has previously expressed interest in African topics, would you be interested in contributing to one or assisting draw up core article/missing article lists? He says he's thinking of North Africa for an inaugural one in October. If interested please sign up in the participants section of the Contest page, thanks.♦ --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 01:36, 21 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Koos van Ellinckhuijzen

Dear Mr Correia, sorry to hear about this and thanks for letting me know. I have added a ref to a little note in the The Namibian. Best wishes, Msrasnw

Guild of Copy Editors September 2016 News

Guild of Copy Editors September 2016 News

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Pedir um favor

Será que poderias traduzir este artigo do português para o inglês? Att (Saudações Brasileiras).187.104.25.5 (talk) 02:11, 23 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Olá 187.104.25.5. Gostaria que se identificasse. Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 15:50, 23 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
What? 187.20.86.222 (talk) 15:21, 24 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
??? Qual foi a parte que nao entendeu? Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 22:25, 24 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Environmental racism in Europe

Hi, Just wanted to chat about a recent change to the article Environmental racism in Europe. While I see your point, I disagree with the edit. The subject of the article is environmental racism in Europe, so it needs to define what that context is right away (aka who, what, when, where, why). The definition of environmental racism follows. For example, an article on racism in Canada would not begin with a definition of racism. It would begin with a description of who, what, when, where, why affected by racism in Canada, perhaps followed by various legal and / or other definitions of racism to help clarify the context.

Thanks,Sturgeontransformer (talk) 20:06, 24 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Jack London

Hello. We seem to disagree on the correct format for titles of short stories in the English language Wikipedia. The lede of Jack London mentions several short stories. According to WP:Manual of Style/Titles#Minor works, the titles of minor works are set off by double quote marks. This was the case at the Jack London article until you changed the double quote mark style to italics. Wikipedia's Manual of Style prescribes double quote marks as the proper rendition for the titles of short stories. I have restored the original punctuation. Please read the indicated section of the MoS, including the examples. In addition, if you examine Wikipedia articles that mention short stories, you will find that the double quote style is used throughout. We can discuss this further, but I am not sure what more can be said. If you still disagree, we can ask for a third opinion. — Neonorange (talk) 08:36, 25 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Koneswaram temple

Articles don't need citations in the lede if they are supported by citations in the main body. This was the point of me referring to WP:CITELEAD. If there are any statements in the lede that aren't supported by citations in the main body please use Template:Citation needed. Or better still, boldly remove the offending statements. Adding Template:Refimprove to the top of an article that contains 112 references looks like nothing more than WP:DRIVEBYTAG. As an experienced editor you should know better.--obi2canibetalk contr 17:49, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Lampião

I would be grateful if you could explain to me your objection to the use of Jesse James as a comparator in the introduction to the article on the Brazilian bandit Lampião.

I will give you my reasons for including it. Lampião is virtually unknown in the English-speaking world. I am educated to PhD level and have a long-standing interest in history - I have had a number of articles on Napoleonic history published - and I had not heard of him at all until I chanced, by accident, upon a biography of him in English. I would add that I have known number of Brazilians as work colleagues, and my wife travelled extensively through Brazil in her student days, so I am not unusually ignorant of Brazilian history or culture. This being the case, the inclusion of a comparable figure, a notorious bandit very widely known in the English-speaking world, strikes me as being useful. That Jesse James did not operate banditry on anything like the scale that Lampião did merely emphasises lack of notice that Lampião has gained outside the Portuguese-speaking world. Urselius (talk) 11:51, 12 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I need not "explain" "my objection", since I have no objection, only a proper logical justification, as already presented in the edit summary accompanying my intial edit. The justification presented is a well-known element of editorial policy to reduce the usually Western bias when such examples are used. I can tell you now that inlcuding Jesse James will mean nothing to 95% of Wikipedia users. The fact that you "had not heard of him at all" is all the mnore reason to not include such comparators, because, just like you had never heard of Lampião, it might just be that there are 20 other such individuals out there that you have never heard of. So perhaps we can dig them up and list them all, all 20 of them. As an author of history articles with a PhD, you would know that doing so would be untenable, uncalled for and just plain messy. Also as an author of history articles with a PhD, you might be familiar with the concept of target audience. This is not one of your articles for your audience of readers of French history, this is the Wikipedia, catering to a worldwide audience. Perhaps reading this might be elucidative. You might to specifically pay attention to this section. I for one do not intend to waste a minute further on this. Have a great day, "passa bem", as the Brazilians would say. Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 13:21, 12 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Of course you do not have to reply to any question addressed to you, there is no compulsion, however, it is usually considered polite to do so. We are not solely addressing a world-wide audience, this is the English language Wikipedia, therefore we are addressing an audience of English-speakers (plus those learning English). Are you aware of how many English language feature-films or TV programmes there are about Lampião? There are none, certainly none that I have discovered. In contrast, there are dozens of English language films and TV shows about, or incorporating significant references to, Jesse James (see here: http://www.seacoastnh.com/history/jesse-james-films/jesse-james-complete-movie-list/ ). In the English-speaking world Jesse James is a very well-known bandit. Comparing Lampião to Jesse James in the introduction of the article immediately helps the average English-speaker, to whom Lampião and Cangaço would mean nothing, contextualise the subject of the article. Obrigado pela sua bondade em responder a minha pergunta. Urselius (talk) 15:27, 12 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Fair enough. You misunderstood "not needing to explain", it refers to already having done so. But look, it is not a big issue, in all likelihood it is quite possible to tomorrow I will wake u and fully agree with you. I follow a rule about reverting - I never revert when I have reason to believe that the edit was made by a serious editor, unless it is someone that I know routinely adds objectionable content. Therefore, I first look up the history, very time-consuming, as you would know, and if I see that it was added by a serious editor I contact that editor or place a request for clarification. This is not a WP 'rule', just something that I try to live by out of respect for the work of others. So, yes, I feel aggrieved when someone reverts my edits because they feel different about a detail. Obviviously if I mess up, someone should revert me, I have no problem with that. And reverting anything I do is also within your right, I just feeel that the 'revert' button should be used with discretion. Other than that, what the hell, if you ever happpen to drop in in Johannesburg, drop me a line, we will have a drink. Um abraço, Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 15:45, 12 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Your draft article, Draft:Culture of the Mbunda people

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Geobox free-type question

Olá Rui. I am not quite familiar with what you are trying to do. I implemented the Geobox/infobox template in Lisbon following the schema defined on that article. The issue with the "free-type" categories took a bit for me to understand, in the beginning, but then I realized that there were two types: the free content itself (for example, "free3") and a category designator (for example, "free3_type"). The weirder thing was the fact that the free-type class started as null (for example, "free" and "free_type") followed by consecutive numbering "free1" and "free1_type", then "free2" and "free2_type", etc., etc. That is all I know, since I was not envovled in other situations. Thats is all I know. I am sorry I can not understand what you are attempting to do.ruben jc ZEORYMER (talk) 10:27, 3 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The difference that exists here is that these are TWO different "infoboxes". I used the Geobox format, while some have adopted the limited "Infobox Municipality PT", which are totally different creatures. In fact, I am not inclined to use the Portugal-specific templates, as they are limited and do not provide the detailed formatting and different visual. ruben jc ZEORYMER (talk) 21:28, 3 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Não colega. Naõ estas maluco. haha ruben jc ZEORYMER (talk) 07:27, 4 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for the "heads up" at Boxer Rebellion. It's hard to keep NPOV balance describing a situation where great wrongs were committed all around, and your fresh but experienced view is very helpful.ch (talk) 21:38, 3 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Paubrasilia

Just to let you that it takes at least two to edit war; I have left a message for the other user at WP:RFP to stop reverting; I hope he'll go to talk now. And I have no opionion on the content, btw. Lectonar (talk) 07:29, 20 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Lectonar. Thanks for the intervention. I do appreciate. It is not in my nature to edit war, as you can easily see from my logs, but I take your point. Regards, Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 08:08, 20 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Can you help verify translations of articles from Portuguese

Hello Rui Gabriel Correia,

Would you be able to help evaluate the accuracy of translations of Wikipedia articles from Portuguese to English Wikipedia?

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This would involve evaluating a translated article on the English Wikipedia by comparing it to the original Portuguese article, and marking it "Pass" or "Fail" based on whether the translation faithfully represents the original. Here's the reason for this request:

There are a number of articles on English Wikipedia that were created as machine translations from different languages including Portuguese , using the Content Translation tool, sometimes by users with no knowledge of the source language. The config problem that allowed this to happen has since been fixed, but this has left us with a backlog of articles whose accuracy of translation is suspect or unknown, including some articles translated from Portuguese. In many cases, other editors have come forward later to copyedit and fix any English grammar or style issues, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the translation is accurate, as factual errors from the original translation may remain. To put it another way: Good English is not the same as good translation.

If you can help out, that would be great. Here's a sample of the articles that need checking:

  1. Ciência_Hoje
  2. Centro_de_Pesquisa_e_Desenvolvimento_em_Telecomunicações
  3. The_Potenji_River_Conference
  4. Convent_of_São_Francisco_(Vila_Franca_do_Campo)

All you have to do, is compare the English article to the Portuguese article, and assess them "Pass" or "Fail" (the {{Pass}} and {{Fail}} templates may be useful here). (Naturally, if you feel like fixing an inaccurate translation and then assessing it, that's even better, but it isn't required.) Also please note that we are assessing accuracy not completeness, so if the English article is much shorter that is okay, as long as whatever has been translated so far is factually accurate. To see the full list of articles, please go to WP:CXT/PTR.

If you can help, please {{ping}} me here to let me know. You can add your pass/fails above, right next to each link, or you may indicate your results below. Thanks! Elinruby (talk) 07:09, 6 June 2017 (UTC) ✓ Pass ✓ Pass ✗ Fail ✗ FailĠ[reply]

Plant epithet

I wrote in the article that holly and hazel are trees, which is undeniably true, and I've written "flower and tree..." in the relevant places. This is a compromise, so I'm not sure what you are now objecting to. These two names are excellent examples of plant names, and they serve a useful function in the article in not being "vegetables", and indeed not garden flowers either. Chiswick Chap (talk) 18:44, 28 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

o mesmo já não posso dizer

  • O mesmo já não posso dizer eu de si. Como deve calcular ninguém é pago para isto e a dedicação em artigos varia. E, se está preocupado com as fontes basta procurá-las, como no caso de census, em vez de vandalizar/grafitar artigos e chatear pessoas que não conhece de lado algum e falando inglês quando fala português. Acha que as suas atitudes caem bem em alguém? pense bem e resolva os seus problemas pessoais e não aborreça as pessoas. --Pedro (talk) 07:13, 13 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I don't understand what your problem is with leaving you a message in English — this is the English Wikipedia; if I write to you on the Portuguese Wikipedia, I will do so in Portuguese. Talk pages not your personal space, it is Wikipedia public space, so anyone has the right to consult them to see if a specific issue has been discussed. The fact that you are not being paid to edit does not mean that you can do so as you please with complete disregard for the rules. Nowhere in the Wikipedia guidelines have I ever seen anything saying that people who edit for free are exempt from following the rules. Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 10:57, 13 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Update Suebi page

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Lourenço

I have literally zero opinion and made an extremely minor coding edit that affected none of the substance. I suggest you find someone with more expertise/knowledge/care than badgering me. Therequiembellishere (talk) 16:18, 28 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The nickname parameter was first added here. Go ask them. Therequiembellishere (talk) 16:20, 28 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Then you came after me for making a cosmetic edit. Sorry I had other priorities. Therequiembellishere (talk) 16:33, 28 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

RE: Justice League Universe

I already did that, the edit was reverted. I tried renaming the page Justice League Universe, and at the same time changed DC Extended Universe to Justice League Universe on every article I could find with the name. Even though Justice League Universe IS, in fact, the official title, I have to discuss it on the talk page before moving. If you support my point, you can do so on the talk page, a support moving the page. See here: Talk:DC Extended Universe#DC Extended Universe is not the official title?!. Georgina V Hobart (talk) 11:09, 1 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Deleting above comment, which was made by editor against a request to not do so, as it was made under the wrong premises. Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 11:36, 1 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't see your request. Based on when you sent me the message, I was actually in the middle of typing my response when you sent a message asking me not to reply. However, I went through a couple of drafts of reply until I settled on the above one. I mean, this reply took me about 5-10 minutes, It was an unhappy accident, sorry for replying. Also, my edits weren't being challenged. I began making the edits before discussing. the current DC Extended Universe page accepts the actual name of the franchise as being the Justice League Universe. Georgina V Hobart (talk) 13:20, 1 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Re:Afrikaners

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List of proposed state mergers[edit]

I appreciate constructive criticism and edits, but your assertion on my talk page that I am "adding invalid entries" in erroneous. Perhaps you worded it wrong. I suggest familiarising yourself with Irish politics; Irish reunification has been a central goal of the main political parties in the Republic of Ireland since partition, a war was waged in the North from 1969-1998 over this issue, and two of the four main political parties in the North exist for the reason of Irish reunification. A United Ireland is central to Irish political discourse. Many "organisations" throughout the island also support this. I will likely add this entry again with sourced citations as it meets wikipedia standards for the article. Feel free to contribute where applicable.Bbx118 (talk) 11:18, 4 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

You quoted "proposals originating from sovereign states or organizations" as qualifying criteria, which I've explained exists, now you're claiming that only proposed states in which a "proposal is drafted and tabled and approved to that effect" qualify for entry. Which is it? Further to that, if it is "approved", it is no longer a "proposed" state merger. This should be brought to community discussion.Bbx118 (talk) 12:22, 4 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

There is no "now you're [I am] claiming". If I changed the wording, it is only because you purposefully or inadvertantly disconnected the word "sovereign" from "organisations" ("proposals originating from sovereign states or organizations"), replying that "Many "organisations" throughout the island also support this", singling out out "organisations", leaving out sovereign". Secondly, a proposal to dicuss something and a proposal to do it are two different things. A party can draft and table a proposal, which then has to be approved at whatever body it is being discussed. From there, proposals on the implementation are made and ned to be approved. But I agree, "This should be brought to community discussion", so do it. Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 12:53, 4 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]


Fair enough. I took your comment as an accusation of vandalism and took offence; I understand now this was not the case on your part. I'll leave it as is, peace to you. Bbx118 (talk) 22:15, 4 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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March drive: We set out to remove April, May, and June 2016 from our backlog and all February 2017 Requests (a total of 304 articles). By the end of the month, all but 22 of these articles were cleared. Officially, of the 28 who signed up, 22 editors recorded 257 copy edits (439,952 words). (These numbers do not always make sense when you compare them to the overall reduction in the backlog, because not all editors record every copy edit on the drive page.)

April blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 16 through 22 April; the theme was Requests. Of the 15 who signed up, 9 editors completed 43 articles (81,822 words).

May drive: The goals were to remove July, August, and September 2016 from the backlog and to complete all March 2017 Requests (a total of 300 articles). By the end of the month, we had reduced our overall backlog to an all-time low of 1,388 articles. Of the 28 who signed up, 17 editors completed 187 articles (321,810 words).

June blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 18 through 24 June; the theme was Requests. Of the 16 who signed up, 9 editors completed 28 copy edits (117,089 words).

2017 Coordinator elections: In June, coordinators for the second half of 2017 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!

July drive: We set out to remove August, September, October, and November 2016 from the backlog and to complete all May and June 2017 Requests (a total of 242 articles). The drive was an enormous success, and the target was nearly achieved within three weeks, so that December 2016 was added to the "old articles" list used as a goal for the drive. By the end of the month, only three 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 1,363 articles. Of the 33 who signed up, 21 editors completed 337 articles (556,482 words).

August blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 20 through 26 August; the theme was biographical articles tagged for copy editing for more than six months (47 articles). Of the 13 who signed up, 11 editors completed 38 copy edits (42,589 words).

September drive: The goals were to remove January, February, and March 2017 from the backlog and to complete all August 2017 Requests (a total of 338 articles). Of the 19 who signed up, 14 editors completed 121 copy edits (267,227 words).

October blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 22 through 28 October; the theme was Requests. Of the 14 who signed up, 8 editors completed 20 articles (55,642 words).

November drive: We set out again to remove January, February, and March 2017 from the backlog and to complete all October 2017 Requests (a total of 207 articles). By the end of the month, these goals were reached and the backlog shrank to its lowest total ever, 997 articles, the first time it had fallen under one thousand (click on the graph above to see this amazing feat in graphical form). It was also the first time that the oldest copy-edit tag was less than eight months old. Of the 25 who signed up, 16 editors completed 159 articles (285,929 words).

2018 Coordinator elections: Voting is open for the election of coordinators for the first half of 2018. Please visit the election page to vote between now and December 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Thanks for participating!

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Eurosocialism

Eurosocialism, which you've edited in the past, is at RfD: see Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2018 January 10#Eurosocialism. Your input is welcome. – Arms & Hearts (talk) 19:11, 11 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE February 2018 news

Guild of Copy Editors February 2018 News

Welcome to the February 2018 GOCE newsletter in which you will find Guild updates since the December edition. We got to a great start for the year, holding the backlog at nine months. 100 requests were submitted in the first 6 weeks of the year and were swiftly handled with an average completion time of 9 days.

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Coordinator elections: In December, coordinators for the first half of 2018 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!

End of year reports were prepared for 2016 and 2017, providing a detailed look at the Guild's long-term progress.

January drive: We set out to remove April, May, and June 2017 from our backlog and all December 2017 Requests (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).

February blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 11 through 17 February, focusing on Requests and the last articles tagged in May 2017. At the end of the week there were only 14 pending requests, with none older than 20 days. Of the 11 who signed up, 10 editors completed 35 copy edits (98,538 words).

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Jonesey95, Miniapolis, Corinne, Tdslk, and Reidgreg.

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June 2018 GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2018 News

Welcome to the June 2018 GOCE newsletter, in which you will find Guild updates since the February edition. Progress continues to be made on the copyediting backlog, which has been reduced to 7 months and reached a new all-time low. Requests continue to be handled efficiently this year, with 272 completed by the end of May (an average completion time of 10.5 days). Fewer than 10% of these waited longer than 20 days, and the longest wait time was 29 days.

Wikipedia in general, and the Guild in particular, experienced a deep loss with the death on 20 March of Corinne. Corinne (a GOCE coordinator since 1 July 2016) was a tireless aide on the requests page, and her peerless copyediting is a part of innumerable GAs and FAs. Her good cheer, courtesy and tact are very much missed.

March drive: The goal was to remove June, July and August 2017 from our backlog and all February 2018 Requests (a total of 219 articles). This drive was an outstanding success, and by the end of the month all but eight of these articles were cleared. Of the 33 editors who signed up, 19 recorded 277 copy edits (425,758 words).

April blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 15 through 21 April, focusing on Requests and the last eight articles tagged in August 2017. At the end of the week there were only 17 pending requests, with none older than 17 days. Of the nine editors who signed up, eight editors completed 22 copy edits (62,412 words).

May drive: We set out to remove September, October and November 2017 from our backlog and all April 2018 Requests (a total of 298 articles). There was great success this month with the backlog more than halved from 1,449 articles at the beginning of the month to a record low of 716 articles. Officially, of the 20 who signed up, 15 editors recorded 151 copy edits (248,813 words).

Coordinator elections: It's election time again. Nominations for Guild coordinators (who will serve a six-month term for the second half of 2018) have begun, and will close at 23:59 UTC on 15 June. All Wikipedia editors in good standing are eligible, and self-nominations are encouraged. Voting will take place between 00:01 UTC on 16 June and 23:59 UTC on 30 June.

June blitz: Stay tuned for this one-week copy-editing blitz, which will take place in mid-June.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Corinne, Jonesey95, Miniapolis, Reidgreg and Tdslk.

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August GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors August 2018 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the August 2018 GOCE newsletter. Thanks to everyone who participated in the Guild's June election; your new and returning coordinators are listed below. The next election will occur in December 2018; all Wikipedia editors in good standing may take part.

Our June blitz focused on Requests and articles tagged for copy edit in October 2017. Of the eleven people who signed up, eight editors recorded a total of 28 copy edits, including 3 articles of more than 10,000 words. Complete results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

Thanks to everyone who participated in the July drive. Of the seventeen people who signed up, thirteen editors completed 194 copy edits, successfully removing all articles tagged in the last three months of 2017. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are here.

The August blitz will run for one week, from 19 to 25 August. Sign up now!

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, Jonesey95, Miniapolis and Tdslk.

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"Xenophobia"

Thanks. I'll try to to the changes according to your remarks. Best, GraemeKad (talk) 15:45, 21 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

AfroCine: Join us for the Months of African Cinema in October!

Greetings!

You are receiving this message because your username or portal was listed as a participant of a WikiProject that is related to Africa, the Carribean, Cinema or theatre.

This is to introduce you to a new Wikiproject called AfroCine. This new project is dedicated to improving the Wikipedia coverage of the history, works, people, places, events, etc, that are associated with the cinema, theatre and arts of Africa, African countries, the carribbean, and the diaspora. If you would love to be part of this or you're already contributing in this area, kindly list your name as a participant on the project page here.

Furthermore, In the months of October and November, the WikiProject is organizing a global on-wiki contest and edit-a-thon tagged: The Months of African Cinema. If you would love to join us for this exciting event, also list your username as a participant for this event here. In preparation for the contest, please do suggest relevant articles that need to be created or expanded in different countries, during this event!

If you have any questions, complaints, suggestions, etc., please reach out to me personally on my talkpage! Cheers!--Jamie Tubers (talk) 20:50, 5 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Gabu, GB

Hi Rui thanks for your comments...I pop by here sometimes.. the accent was from this old CIA map (http://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/maps/africa/guinea_bissau.gif). Sdrawkcab (talk) 19:41, 17 September 2018 (UTC)sdrawkcab[reply]

Thanks for getting back and well done on a great memory! I can see why someone (the creators of the map) might have assumed that there was a diacritic on the u - many place names in GB are stressed on the last syllable, but the letters i and u on the final syllable are naturally stressed and therefore don't require the acute accent. Your fedback was most valuable. I will rope in help from an admon to assist because there multiple redirects. Thanks for your time, and I hope you stick around for a long time. Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 20:55, 17 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to the Months of African Cinema!

Greetings!

The AfroCine Project welcomes you to October, the first out of the two months which has been dedicated to improving contents that centre around the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.

This is a global online edit-a-thon, which is happening in at least 5 language editions of Wikipedia, including the English Wikipedia! Join us in this exciting venture, by helping to create or expand articles which are connected to this scope. Also remember to list your name under the participants section, if you haven't done so already.

On English Wikipedia, we would be recognizing Users who are able to achieve the following:

  • Overall winner (1st, 2nd, 3rd places)
  • Country Winners
  • Diversity winner
  • High quality contributors
  • Gender-gap fillers
  • Page improvers
  • Wikidata Translators

For further information about the contest, the recognition categories and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. See you around :).--Jamie Tubers (talk) 22:50, 03 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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December 2018 GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2018 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the December 2018 GOCE newsletter. Here is what's been happening since the August edition.

Thanks to everyone who participated in the August blitz (results), which focused on Requests and the oldest backlog month. Of the twenty editors who signed up, eleven editors recorded 37 copy edits.

For the September drive (results), of the twenty-three people who signed up, nineteen editors completed 294 copy edits.

Our October blitz (results) focused on Requests, geography, and food and drink articles. Of the fourteen people who signed up, eleven recorded a total of 57 copy edits.

For the November drive (results), twenty-two people signed up, and eighteen editors recorded 273 copy edits. This helped to bring the backlog to a six-month low of 825 articles.

The December blitz will run for one week, from 16 to 22 December. Sign up now!

Elections: Nominations for the Guild's coordinators for the first half of 2019 will be open from 1 to 15 December. Voting will then take place and the election will close on 31 December at 23:59 UTC. Positions for Guild coordinators, who perform the important behind-the-scenes tasks that keep our project running smoothly, are open to all Wikipedians in good standing. We welcome self-nominations, so please consider nominating yourself if you've ever thought about helping out; it's your Guild and it doesn't run itself!

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, Jonesey95, Miniapolis and Tdslk.

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Can I request for a translation of a permissions request letter?

Hello and good day. For more than a year now, I've been trying to get a free image of the Japanese singer Konomi Suzuki, but have been unable to get one; the people and events I've asked have either been unable to respond, declined, or had licensing problems. I am asking this because right now she is in Brazil for an anime convention (for reference, the event's Facebook page is at this link), and I was hoping to ask permission from them for photos they've taken of her. Would it be alright for you if you would be able to translate a letter I will send you (based on the example a Wikipedia:Example requests for permission#Semi-formal, Polite, Concise) so I could send it to them? Thank you and happy editing. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 23:42, 13 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE 2018 Annual Report

Guild of Copy Editors 2018 Annual Report
Our 2018 Annual Report is now ready for review.

Highlights:

  • Overview of Backlog-reduction progress;
  • Summary of Drives, Blitzes, and the Requests page;
  • Membership news and results of elections;
  • Annual leaderboard;
  • Plans for 2019.
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March GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors March 2019 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the March newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since December 2018. All being well, we're planning to issue these quarterly in 2019, balancing the need to communicate widely with the avoidance of filling up talk pages. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

January Drive: Thanks to everyone for the splendid work in January's Backlog Elimination Drive. We removed copyedit tags from all of the articles tagged in our original target months of June, July and August 2018, and by 24 January we ran out of articles. After adding September, we finished the month with 8 target articles remaining and 842 left in the backlog. GOCE copyeditors also completed 48 requests for copyedit in January. Of the 31 people who signed up for this drive, 24 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

Blitz: Thanks to everyone who participated in the February Blitz. Of the 15 people who signed up, 13 copyedited at least one article. Participants claimed 32 copyedits, including 15 requests. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

Progress report: As of 23:39, 18 March 2019 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have completed 108 requests since 1 January and the backlog stands at 851 articles.

March Drive: The month-long March drive is now underway; the target months are October and November 2018. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the backlog. Sign up here!

Election reminder: It may only be March but don't forget our mid-year Election of Coordinators opens for nominations on 1 June. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Miniapolis, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95, Reidgreg and Tdslk.

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Good Night

Would it be a good idea to translate this article into English? I never asked you for anything. 2804:14C:5BB5:A5B7:214A:A1BD:7097:D221 (talk) 11:22, 31 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Good night (2)

Could you - if you please and can - translate this article to the English speakers please? att 2804:14C:5BB5:A5C6:E129:3929:667F:5D69 (talk) 05:03, 12 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

RE

Podia traduzir este na o inglês pfvr? nunca te pedi nda. 2804:14C:5BB5:A5C6:D97C:43B6:F8B0:3EF1 (talk) 00:01, 14 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Good night (2)

Here would also be a good translation. 2804:14C:5BB5:A5C6:3881:7A57:9D0A:470F (talk) 01:05, 3 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE June newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2019 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the June newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since March 2019. You can unsubscribe from our mailings at any time; see below.

Election time: Nomination of candidates in our mid-year Election of Coordinators opened on 1 June, and voting will take place from 16 June. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here.

June Blitz: Our June blitz will soon be upon us; it will begin at 00:01 on 16 June (UTC) and will close at 23:59 on 22 June (UTC). The themes are "nature and the environment" and all requests.

March Drive: Thanks to everyone for their work in March's Backlog Elimination Drive. We removed copyedit tags from 182 of the articles tagged in our original target months October and November 2018, and the month finished with 64 target articles remaining from November and 811 in the backlog. GOCE copyeditors also completed 22 requests for copyedit in March; the month ended with 34 requests pending. Of the 32 people who signed up for this drive, 24 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

April Blitz: Thanks to everyone who participated in the April Blitz; the blitz ran from 14 to 20 April (UTC) inclusive and the themes were Sports and Entertainment. Of the 15 people who signed up, 13 copyedited at least one article. Participants claimed 60 copyedits. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

Progress report: As of 04:36, 3 June 2019 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have completed 267 requests since 1 January. The backlog of tagged articles stands at 605 articles.

May Drive: During the May Backlog Elimination Drive, Guild copy-editors removed copyedit tags from 191 of the 192 articles tagged in our original target months of November and December 2018, and January 2019 was added on 22 May. We finished the month with 81 target articles remaining and a record low of 598 articles in the backlog. GOCE copyeditors also completed 24 requests for copyedit during the May drive, and the month ended with 35 requests pending. Of the 26 people who signed up for this drive, 21 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Miniapolis, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95, Reidgreg and Tdslk.

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Undergraduate theses

I don't know that this is addressed by a specific policy — it's simply a matter of what's in view. What do you need to do for your typical undergraduate thesis, and by what standard is it judged? Writing for undergraduate courses and programs is submitted no farther than a professor in general, and at most I suppose it might go to a committee that reviews it for quality without giving full peer review as would be given to a graduate thesis or dissertation. In undergrad you're simply not expected to undertake the detailed original research that is needed in graduate dissertations and theses; otherwise there wouldn't be such a significant distinction between undergraduate and graduate levels. Nyttend (talk) 20:18, 29 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

See page 5 of the graduate thesis: it was granted for a master's degree in anthropology and was reviewed by a three-member committee of scholars (including, interestingly, one individual not associated with the institution), so that should be good. I really can't offer many suggestions on the book, since I can't read it (apparently you have to have a Brazilian IP address to read it?) and I'm not getting much information out of its WorldCat record. I do see that Companhia das Letras publishes a wide range of topics, going from children's books to the writings of Nobel laureates. We need to evaluate this book based on the author and its contents. Is Roger Bastide the same person as is covered by our Roger Bastide article, and if so, is this the same book as the one mentioned in that article, Le Candomblé de Bahia, with French variations on the article and the preposition? If so, yes it's definitely a good resource for the subject. Nyttend (talk) 20:51, 29 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
You're quite welcome. As a real-life librarian I often help students (and others) with precisely this kind of evaluation, so the experience translates naturally to on-wiki questions. Nyttend (talk) 10:31, 30 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sources et al

Hi Nyttend, drawing on your experience, what would be your immediate recommendation here, with "notes", where normally these would be "references", followed by "sources", "further reading", "external links". The last three look basically the same, with "sources" and "further reading" referring to physical publications and "external links" referring to online publications (I have checked, in guidelines, "external links" appears to be correct. Still on external links, Here it alerts a number of times to the importance of balance/ neutrality and adds that "many good articles, and more than half of all featured articles, omit it. This section is present in fewer than 3 per cent of Wikipedia's articles". There are also plroblems with style, as most do not comply with guidelines. Not urgent, whenever you find the time and the mood strikes you. Regards. Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 12:53, 30 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I'd suggest "References", "Bibliography", "Further reading", and "External links". The first section is mandatory of course, the second is mandatory with the current citation style (WP:CITEVAR), and the third and fourth are useful. Yes, many FAs omit further reading and ELs, but that's because many of them are on really precise topics, and they cite all useful sources. Any well-documented language will have plenty of useful books that shouldn't really be used as sources, and there's plenty of stuff online that's useful without belonging in the article, e.g. the glossary. Yes, some of the ELs need to be cut out, but I believe that we should still retain some of the content. Is that what you were asking about, or have I completely misunderstood your question? Nyttend (talk) 00:49, 1 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Traduzir página para inglês

Olá, Rui! Tudo bem?

Gostaria de saber como posso traduzir (criar uma página) de português para inglês.

A página é: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jair_Ribeiro

Obrigado, André Geniselli andre@planin.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Andre Geniselli (talk • contribs) 22:08, 29 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

September 2019 GOCE Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors September 2019 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the September newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since June 2019.

June election: Reidgreg was chosen as lead coordinator, and is being assisted by Baffle gab1978, Miniapolis, Tdslk, and first-time coordinator Twofingered Typist. Jonesey95 took a respite after serving for six years. Thanks to everyone who participated!

June Blitz: From 16 to 22 June, we copy edited articles on the themes of nature and the environment along with requests. 12 participating editors completed 35 copy edits. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

July Drive: The year's fourth backlog-elimination drive was a great success, clearing all articles tagged in January and February, and bringing the copy-editing backlog to a low of five months and a record low of 585 articles while also completing 48 requests. Of the 30 people who signed up, 29 copyedited at least one article, a participation level last matched in May 2015. Final results and awards are listed here.

August Blitz: From 18 to 24 August, we copy edited articles tagged in March 2019 and requests. 12 participating editors completed 26 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

Progress report: As of 03:00, 23 September 2019 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors had processed 413 requests since 1 January. The backlog of tagged articles stood at 599 articles, close to our record month-end low of 585.

Requests page: We are experimenting with automated archiving of copy edit requests; a discussion on REQ Talk (permalinked) initiated by Bobbychan193 has resulted in Zhuyifei1999 writing a bot script for the Guild. Testing is now underway and is expected to be completed by 3 October; for this reason, no manual archiving of requests should be done until the testing period is over. We will then assess the bot's performance and discuss whether to make this arrangement permanent.

September Drive: Our current backlog-elimination drive is open until 23:59 on 30 September (UTC) and is open to all copy editors. Sign up today!

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

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AfroCine: Join the Months of African Cinema this October!

Greetings!

After a successful first iteration of the “Months of African Cinema” last year, we are happy to announce that it will be happening again this year, starting from October 1! In the 2018 edition of the contest, about 600 Wikipedia articles were created in at least 8 languages. There were also contributions to Wikidata and Wikimedia commons, which brought the total number of wikimedia pages created during the contest to over 1,000.

The AfroCine Project welcomes you to October, the first out of the two months which have been dedicated to creating and improving content that centre around the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora. Join us in this global edit-a-thon, by helping to create or expand articles which are connected to this scope. Also remember to list your name under the participants section.

On English Wikipedia, we would be recognizing participants in the following manner:

  • Overall winner (1st, 2nd, 3rd places)
  • Diversity winner
  • Gender-gap fillers

For further information about the contest, the recognition categories and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. See you around :).--Jamie Tubers (talk) 00:50, 30 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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GOCE December 2019 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2019 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the December 2019 GOCE newsletter, an update of Guild happenings since the September edition. Our Annual Report should be ready in late January.

Election time: Nominations for the election of a new tranche of Guild coordinators to serve for the first half of 2020 will be open from 1 to 15 December. Voting will then take place and the election will close on 31 December at 23:59 UTC. Positions for Guild coordinators, who perform the important behind-the-scenes tasks that keep our project running smoothly, are open to all Wikipedians in good standing. We welcome self-nominations so please consider nominating yourself if you've ever thought about helping out; it's your Guild and it doesn't run itself!

September Drive: Of the thirty-two editors who signed up, twenty-three editors copy edited at least one article; they completed 39 requests and removed 138 articles from the backlog, bringing the backlog to a low of 519 articles.

October Blitz: This event ran from 13 to 19 October, with themes of science, technology and transport articles tagged for copy edit, and Requests. Sixteen editors helped remove 29 articles from the backlog and completed 23 requests.

November Drive: Of the twenty-eight editors who signed up for this event, twenty editors completed at least one copy edit; they completed 29 requests and removed 133 articles from the backlog.

Our December Blitz will run from 15 to 21 December. Sign up now!

Progress report: From September to November 2019, GOCE copy editors processed 154 requests. Over the same period, the backlog of articles tagged for copy editing was reduced by 41% to an all-time low of 479 articles.

Request archiving: The archiving of completed requests has now been automated. Thanks to Zhuyifei1999 and Bobbychan193, YiFeiBot is now archiving the Requests page. Archiving occurs around 24 hours after a user's signature and one of the templates {{Done}}, {{Withdrawn}} or {{Declined}} are placed below the request. The bot uses the Guild's standard "purpose codes" to determine the way it should archive each request so it's important to use the correct codes and templates.

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, Miniapolis, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist.

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Battle of Quifangondo

Howzit Rui,

I just opened a peer review for Battle of Quifangondo, which I'm hoping to bump up to GA status in the near future. I thought that you, as a frequent fellow contributor to Angola-related articles, might be interested. Any thoughts and/or constructive criticism would be much appreciated! Thanks, --Katangais (talk) 01:17, 12 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors 2019 Annual Report

Guild of Copy Editors 2019 Annual Report
Our 2019 Annual Report is now ready for review.

Highlights:

  • Overview of Backlog-reduction progress (a record low backlog!);
  • Summary of Drives, Blitzes, and the Requests page;
  • Automated archiving of requests;
  • Membership news and results of elections;
  • Annual leaderboard;
  • Plans for 2020.
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GOCE March newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors March 2020 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the March newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since December 2019. All being well, we're planning to issue these quarterly in 2020, balancing the need to communicate widely with the avoidance of filling up talk pages. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

Election results: There was little changeover in the roster of Guild Coordinators, with Miniapolis stepping down with distinction as a coordinator emeritus while Jonesey95 returned as lead coordinator. The next election is scheduled for June 2020 and all Wikipedians in good standing may participate.

January Drive: Thanks to everyone for the splendid work, completing 215 copy edits including 56 articles from the Requests page and 116 backlog articles from the target months of June to August 2019. At the conclusion of the drive there was a record low of 323 articles in the copy editing backlog. Of the 27 editors who signed up for the drive, 21 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

February Blitz: Of the 15 editors who signed up for this one-week blitz, 13 completed at least one copy edit. A total of 32 articles were copy edited, evenly split between the twin goals of requests and the oldest articles from the copy-editing backlog. Full results are here.

March Drive: Currently underway, this event is targeting requests and backlog articles from September to November 2019. As of 18 March, the backlog stands at a record low of 253 articles and is expected to drop further as the drive progresses. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the backlog. Help set a new record and sign up now!

Progress report: As of 18 March, GOCE copyeditors have completed 161 requests in 2020 and there was a net reduction of 385 articles from the copy-editing backlog – a 60% decrease from the beginning of the year. Well done and thank you everyone!

Election reminder: It may only be March but don't forget our mid-year Election of Coordinators opens for nominations on 1 June. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, Reidgreg, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist

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Hajji ismail sait

Hi, Hajji Ismail sait is my mother grandfather, my mother married to Arabic male from UAE.

Her father name Ayoub ismail sait, son of Ismail sait. Unfortunately, he left his family since 1950 and settled in Sanglee..

I would like to meet our family in Bangalore..

Could pls tell them to contact us..


Dxb2277@hotmail.com this is my email. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.96.77.218 (talk) 12:08, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Woman / female

Hi, Gabriel. I just saw your question.

No, I don't know of anything in the Manual of Style on the subject. Personally, I've decided that insisting on "woman" is a lost cause, even if I personally will never use "female" to talk about the first woman president etc.

Sorry not to be more help.

Cheers, Awien (talk) 12:35, 9 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE June newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2020 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the June newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since March 2020. You can unsubscribe from our mailings at any time; see below. All times and dates stated are in UTC.

Current events

Election time: Nomination of candidates in our mid-year Election of Coordinators opened on 1 June, and voting will take place from 00:01 on 16 June. GOCE coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought about helping out at the Guild, or you know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here.

June Blitz: This blitz begins at 00:01 on 14 June and ends at 23:59 on 20 June, with themes of articles tagged for copyedit in May 2020 and requests.

Drive and blitz reports

March Drive: Self-isolation from coronavirus may have played a hand in making this one of our most successful backlog elimination drives. The copy-editing backlog was reduced from 477 to a record low of 118 articles, a 75% reduction. The last four months of 2019 were cleared, reducing the backlog to three months. Fifty requests were also completed, and the total word count of copy-edited articles was 759,945. Of the 29 editors who signed up, 22 completed at least one copy edit. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

April Blitz: This blitz ran from 12 to 18 April with a theme of Indian military history. Of the 18 people who signed up, 14 copyedited at least one article. Participants claimed a total of 60 copyedits. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

May Drive: This event marked the 10th anniversary of the GOCE's copy-editing drives, and set a goal of diminishing the backlog to just one month of articles, as close to zero articles as possible. We achieved the goal of eliminating all articles that had been tagged prior to the start of the drive, for the first time in our history! Of the 51 editors who signed up, 43 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

Other news

Progress report: as of 2 June, GOCE participants had processed 328 requests since 1 January, which puts us on pace to exceed any previous year's number of requests. As of the end of the May drive, the backlog stood at just 156 articles, all tagged in May 2020.

Outreach: To mark the 10th anniversary of our first Backlog Elimination Drive, The Signpost contributor and GOCE participant Puddleglum2.0 interviewed project coordinators and copy-editors for the journal's April WikiProject Report. The Drive and the current Election of Coordinators have also been covered in The Signpost's May News and Notes page.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, Reidgreg, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist.

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Mbunda Kingdom establishment date

Hey, i saw that you had changed the start date of the Mbunda Kingdom ( https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mbunda_Kingdom&diff=695428575&oldid=689732907 ) from 1400 to 1700 a few years ago. Why did you do this? "The Mbunda Kingdom in Angola" ( https://web.archive.org/web/20191023132108/https://www.mbundakingdom.org/Mbunda-Kingdom.htm ) says "early 1400s", and that is the only establishment date i can find. Koopinator (talk) 16:17, 17 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

WP:BLPREMOVE

I respectfully suggest you have a close look at the guideline and refrain from any slanted wording which is your own and not found in cited sources. --SergeWoodzing (talk) 11:28, 18 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Guild of Copy Editors September 2020 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors September 2020 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the September GOCE newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since June 2020.

                 Current and upcoming events

September Drive: Our current backlog-elimination drive is open until 23:59 on 30 September (UTC) and is open to all copy editors. Sign up today!

Election reminder: our end-of-year Election of Coordinators opens for nominations on 1 December. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here.

Drive and Blitz reports

June Blitz: An uncorrected typo (even copy editors make copy editing mistakes!) led to an eight-day "leap blitz" from 14 to 21 June, focusing on requests and articles tagged in May. 19 participating editors claimed 54 copy edits. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

July Drive: Over 750,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event, keeping pace with the previous three self-isolated drives. Of the 38 people who signed up, 30 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here.

August Blitz: From 16 to 22 August, we copy edited articles tagged in June and July 2020 and requests. 12 participating editors completed 37 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

Other news

June election: Jonesey95 was chosen to continue as lead coordinator, assisted by Baffle gab1978, Tdslk, Twofingered Typist, and first-time coordinator Puddleglum2.0. Reidgreg took a break after serving for a couple years. Thanks to everyone who participated!

Progress report: As of 01:33, 18 September 2020 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors had processed 532 requests since 1 January and there were 38 requests awaiting completion on the Requests page. The backlog of articles tagged for copy-editing stood at 433 (see monthly progress graph above).

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, Puddleglum2.0, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist.

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Join the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!

Greetings!

The AfroCine Project invites you to join us again this October and November, the two months which are dedicated to improving content about the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.

Join us in this exciting venture, by helping to create or expand contents in Wikimedia projects which are connected to this scope. Kindly list your username under the participants section to indicate your interest in participating in this contest.

We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:

  • Overall winner
    • 1st - $500
    • 2nd - $200
    • 3rd - $100
  • Diversity winner - $100
  • Gender-gap fillers - $100
  • Language Winners - up to $100*

We would be adding additional categories as the contest progresses, along with local prizes from affiliates in your countries. For further information about the contest, the prizes and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. Looking forward to your participation.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 19:22, 22nd September 2020 (UTC)

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Requesting translation

Hi Rui! Since you are a professional translator, I'm looking for help to translate these articles here:

I'm requesting your help due to the size of articles here, which is too much for me to handle. (20 KB) SMB99thx my edits 04:40, 8 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi SMB99thx, thanks for getting in touch. I am rather snowed under with work commitments at present and will not have time to look into this. Sorry about that. Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 11:54, 10 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The Months of African Cinema Contest Continues in November!

Greetings,

Thank you very much for participating in the Months of African Cinema global contest/edit-a-thon, and thank you for your contributions so far.

It is already the middle of the contest and a lot have been achieved already! We have been able to get over 1,500 articles created in over fifteen (15) languages! This would not have been possible without your support and we want to thank you. If you have not yet listed your name as a participant in the contest page please do so.

Please make sure to list the articles you have created or improved in the article achievements' section of the contest page, so that they can be easily tracked. To be able to claim prizes, please also ensure to list your articles on the users by articles page. We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:

  • Overall winner
    • 1st - $500
    • 2nd - $200
    • 3rd - $100
  • Diversity winner - $100
  • Gender-gap filler - $100
  • Language Winners - up to $100*

We are very excited about what has been achieved so far, but your contributions are still needed to further exceed all expectations! Let’s create more articles before the end of this contest, which is this November!!!

Thank you once again for being part of this global event! --Jamie Tubers (talk) 10:30, 06 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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December 2020 Guild of Copy Editors Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2020 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the December GOCE newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since September 2020.

                 Current and upcoming events

Election time: our end-of-year Election of Coordinators opened for nominations on 1 December and will close on 15 December at 23:59 (UTC). Voting opens at 00:01 the following day and will continue until 31 December at 23:59, just before Auld Lang Syne. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here.

December Blitz: This will run from 13 to 19 December, and will target all Requests. Sign up now.

Drive and Blitz reports

September Drive: 67 fewer articles had copy-edit templates by this month's close. Of the 27 editors who signed up, 15 copy-edited at least one article, and 124 articles were claimed for the drive.

October Blitz: this ran from 18 to 24 October, and focused on articles tagged for copy-edit in July and August 2020, and all Requests. Of the 13 who signed up, 11 editors copy-edited at least one article. 21 articles were claimed for the blitz.

November Drive: Of the 18 editors who signed up, 15 copy-edited at least one article, and together claimed 134 articles. At the close of the drive, 67 fewer articles were in the backlog and we had dealt with 39 requests.

Other news

Progress report: As of 09:05, 3 December 2020 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors had processed 663 requests (18 from 2019) since 1 January and there were 52 requests awaiting completion on the Requests page. The backlog of articles tagged for copy-editing stood at 494 (see monthly progress graph above).

Annual Report for 2020: this roundup of the year's activity at the Guild is planned for publication in late January or early February.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Seasonal tidings and cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, Puddleglum2.0, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist.

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Cosmos in southern Africa

Way back in 2014 you edited the article on cosmos to say that they were imported accidentially in horse feed from Argentina. Although you didn't make the original statement, I was hoping you had a source for this since all other pages on the internet (that i've found) cite the wikipedia page. Thanks for your help! Dkallen78 (talk) 16:38, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Conference papers

I'd say it's like a book. You shouldn't cite just any book for just any purpose, and you shouldn't cite just any conference proceedings for just any purpose. 

However, a UNESCO conference associated with a university is certainly a reliable source for subjects associated with the topic of the conference.  I'm unclear why you consider this to resemble coffee-table chat; I'm seeing content like From then onwards, the bacalhau tradition will not only be understood as a fishery tradition but also as a central element of Portuguese foodways.  Bacalhau became rapidly the principal agent of an emergent invention process of the national cuisine (Sobral etal 2013, 637–641), which is far from informal or popular writing.

For this reason, I'd say don't remove them, unless they're just not relevant or otherwise problematic, and everything will depend on the circumstances of each separate article. Nyttend (talk) 13:11, 25 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Screenshot?

Please explain what I'd want a screenshot of. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 15:41, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Drmies. Just humour me. It is the weirdest coincidence, totally unbelievable without evidence! Regards, Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 15:45, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE June 2021 newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2021 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the June newsletter, our first newsletter of 2021, which is a brief update of Guild activities since December 2020. To unsubscribe, follow the link at the bottom of this box.

Current events

Election time: Voting in our mid-year Election of Coordinators opened on 16 June and will conclude at the end of the month. GOCE coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Have your say and show support here.

June Blitz: Our June copy-editing blitz is underway and will conclude on 26 June.

Drive and blitz reports

January Drive: 28 editors completed 324 copy edits totalling 714,902 words. At the end of the drive, the backlog had reached a record low of 52 articles. (full results)

February Blitz: 15 editors completed 48 copy edits totalling 142,788 words. (full results)

March Drive: 29 editors completed 215 copy edits totalling 407,736 words. (full results)

April Blitz: 12 editors completed 23 copy edits totalling 56,574 words. (full results)

May Drive: 29 editors completed 356 copy edits totalling 479,013 words. (full results)

Other news

Progress report: as of 26 June, GOCE participants had completed 343 Requests since 1 January. The backlog has fluctuated but remained in control, with a low of 52 tagged articles at the end of January and a high of 620 articles in mid-June.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Tenryuu and Twofingered Typist, and from member Reidgreg.

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September 2021 Guild of Copy Editors newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors September 2021 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the September GOCE newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since June 2021.

                 Current and upcoming events

September Drive: Our current backlog-elimination drive is open until 23:59 on 30 September (UTC) and is open to all copy editors. Sign up today!

Drive and Blitz reports

June Blitz: From 20 to 26 June, 6 participating editors claimed 16 copy edits, focusing on requests and articles tagged in March and April. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

July Drive: Almost 575,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event. Of the 24 people who signed up, 18 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here.

August Blitz: From 15 to 21 August, we copy edited articles tagged in April and May 2021 and requests. 9 participating editors completed 17 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

Other news

June election: Jonesey95 was chosen to continue as lead coordinator, assisted by Dhtwiki, Tenryuu, and Miniapolis.

New maintenance template added to our project scope: After a short discussion in June, we added {{cleanup tense}} to the list of maintenance templates that adds articles to the Guild's copy editing backlog categories. This change added 198 articles, spread over 97 months of backlog, to our queue. We processed all of those articles except for those from the three or four most recent months during the July backlog elimination drive (Here's a link to a "tense" discussion during the drive).

Progress report: As of 18:26, 24 September 2021 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 468 requests since 1 January and there were 60 requests awaiting completion on the Requests page. The backlog of articles tagged for copy-editing stood at 433 (see monthly progress graph above).

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Dhtwiki, Tenryuu, and Miniapolis.

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Welcome to the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!

Greetings!

The AfroCine Project core team is happy to inform you that the Months of African Cinema Contest is happening again this year in October and November. We invite Wikipedians all over the world to join in improving content related to African cinema on Wikipedia!

Please list your username under the participants’ section of the contest page to indicate your interest in participating in this contest. The term "African" in the context of this contest, includes people of African descent from all over the world, which includes the diaspora and the Caribbean.

The following prizes would be recognized at the end of the contest:

  • Overall winner
    • 1st - $500
    • 2nd - $200
    • 3rd - $100
  • Diversity winner - $100
  • Gender-gap fillers - $100
  • Language Winners - up to $100*

Also look out for local prizes from affiliates in your countries or communities! For further information about the contest, the prizes and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. We look forward to your participation.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 23:20, 30th September 2021 (UTC)

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The Months of African Cinema Contest Continues in November!

Greetings,

It is already past the middle of the contest and we are really excited about the Months of African Contest 2021 achievements so far! We want to extend our sincere gratitude for the time and energy you have invested. If you have not yet participated in the contest, it is not too late to do it. Please list your username as a participant on the contest’s main page.

Please remember to list the articles you have improved or created on the article achievements' section of the contest page so they can be tracked. In order to win prizes, be sure to also list your article in the users by articles. Please note that your articles must be present in both the article achievement section on the main contest page, as well as on the Users By Articles page for you to qualify for a prize.

We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:

  • Overall winner
    • 1st - $500
    • 2nd - $200
    • 3rd - $100
  • Diversity winner - $100
  • Gender-gap filler - $100
  • Language Winners - up to $100*

Thank you once again for your valued participation! --Jamie Tubers (talk) 18:50, 11 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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December 2021 GOCE Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2021 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the December GOCE newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since September 2021.

                 Current and upcoming events

Election time: Our end-of-year election of coordinators opened for nominations on 1 December and will close on 15 December at 23:59 (UTC). Voting opens at 00:01 the following day and will continue until 31 December at 23:59, just before "Auld Lang Syne". Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here.

December Blitz: We have scheduled a week-long copy-editing blitz for 12 to 18 December. Sign up now!

Drive and Blitz reports

September Drive: Almost 400,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event. Of the 27 people who signed up, 21 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here.

October Blitz: From 17 to 23 October, we copy edited articles tagged in May and June 2021 and requests. 8 participating editors completed 26 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

November Drive: Over 350,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event. Of the 21 people who signed up, 14 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here.

Other news

It is with great sadness that we report the death on 19 November of Twofingered Typist, who was active with the Guild almost daily for the past several years. His contributions long exceeded the thresholds for the Guild's highest awards, and he had a hand in innumerable good and featured article promotions as a willing collaborator. Twofingered Typist also served as a Guild coordinator from July 2019 to June 2021. He is sorely missed by the Wikipedia community.

Progress report: As of 30 November, GOCE copyeditors have completed 619 requests in 2021 and there were 51 requests awaiting completion on the Requests page. The backlog stood at 946 articles tagged for copy-editing (see monthly progress graph above).

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Dhtwiki, Tenryuu, and Miniapolis.

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December 2021

Nomination of Judaeo-Portuguese for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Judaeo-Portuguese is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Judaeo-Portuguese until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.

BilCat (talk) 07:22, 15 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Battle of Diu

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Thank you for telling me that disruptive editing may result in a block, but it is you who are engaged in disruptive editing. I wrote that article top to bottom. If three editors insist on inserting unsourced and verifiably false information, shouldn't those editors not be restrained from editing? This is actually not subject to debate, as Wikipedia has rules regarding WP:VER. I already explained why I removed the content which you insist in re-inserting. Can you provide sources that justify the edits you're making? You cannot, because they don't exist. Did you actually bother to read the article before removing its images? If you had, you would have seen where they are related. Reported. Wareno (talk) 19:10, 15 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE April 2022 newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors April 2022 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the April newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since December 2021.

Election results: Jonesey95 retired as lead coordinator. Reidgreg was approved to fill this role after an 18-month absence from the coordinator team, and Baffle gab1978 was chosen as an assistant coordinator following a one-year break. Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Tenryuu continued on as long-standing assistant coordinators.

January Drive: Of the 22 editors who signed up, 16 editors claimed 146 copy edits including 45 requests. (details)

February Blitz: This one-week effort focused on requests and a theme of Africa and African diaspora history. Of the 12 editors who signed up, 6 editors recorded 21 copy edits, including 4 requests. (details)

March Drive: Of the 28 editors who signed up, 18 claimed 116 copy edits including 25 requests. (details)

April Blitz: This one-week copy editing event has been scheduled for 17–23 April, sign up now!

Progress report: As of 11 April, copy editors have removed approximately 500 articles from the backlog and completed 127 copy-editing requests during 2022. The backlog has been hovering at about 1,100 tagged articles for the past six months.

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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.

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Requesting help

Greetings @ Rui Gabriel Correia

I am user:Bookku usually I promote articles in the topics having information gaps and need improvement.

I came to your user profile from one of your recent copy edit @ the article Purdah.

I am looking for some help in improvement of the article Inheritance law in Pakistan, I am already working in peripheral topic areas like Women related laws in Pakistan and any improvement in Inheritance law in Pakistan is likely to help better coverage.

Please do help if the topic interests you for such support.

Thanks and warm regards

Bookku, 'Encyclopedias = expanding information & knowledge' (talk) 13:40, 21 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion declined

Just wanted to let you know I declined your speedy deletion request at Prosecuting attourney since only recently created implausible redirects are eligible for speedy deletion (under criterion R3). That redirect was created in 2009. If you still wish to pursue deletion, I would suggest starting a discussion at redirects for discussion. Ks0stm (T•C•G•E)  If you reply here, please ping me by using {{re|Ks0stm}} in your reply.  09:16, 11 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ks0stm Thanks for the feedback. I don't think this merits a discussion; not worth the time and effort of editors that could be otherwise be used elsewhereto greater benefit to the project. Have a great Sunday. Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 10:10, 11 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Guild of Copy Editors' October 2022 newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors October 2022 Newsletter

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

Drive: Of the 22 editors who signed up for our July Backlog Elimination Drive, 18 copy-edited, between them, 116 articles. Barnstars awarded are noted here.

Blitz: Participants in our August Copy Editing Blitz copy-edited 51,074 words in 17 articles. Of the 15 editors who signed up, 11 claimed at least one copy-edit. Barnstars awarded are noted here.

Drive: Forty-one editors took part in our September Backlog Elimination Drive; between them they copy-edited 199 articles. Barnstars awards are noted here.

Blitz: Our October Copy Editing Blitz begins on 16 October at 00:01 (UTC) and will end on 22 October at 23:59 (UTC). Barnstars awarded will be posted here.

Progress report: As of 19:57, 12 October 2022 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 303 requests for copy edit – including withdrawn and declined ones – since 1 January. At the time of writing, there are 77 requests awaiting attention and the backlog of tagged articles stands at 1,759. We always need more active, skilled copyeditors – particularly for requests – so please get involved if you can.

Election news: In our mid-year election, serving coordinators Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Reidgreg and Tenryuu were returned for another term, and were joined by new coordinator Zippybonzo. No lead coordinator was elected for this half-year. Jonesey95, a long-serving coordinator and lead, was elected as coordinator emeritus; we thank them for their service. Thank you to everyone who took part. Our next election of coordinators takes place throughout December. If you'd like to help out at the GOCE, please consider nominating yourself or other suitable editors (with their permission, of course!). It's your Guild, after all!

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

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Guild of Copy Editors December 2022 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2022 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to our latest newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since October. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

Blitz: Our October Copy Editing Blitz focused on July and August 2022 request months; and articles tagged for c/e in December 2021 and January 2022. Seventeen of those who signed up claimed at least one copy-edit, and between them copy-edited forty-six articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

Drive: In the November Backlog Elimination Drive, thirty editors signed up, twenty-two of whom claimed at least one copy-edit. Both target months—December 2021 and January 2022—were cleared, and February was added to the target months. Sixteen requests were copy-edited and 239 articles were removed from the backlog. Barnstars awarded are here.

Blitz: Our seven-day-long December 2022 Copy Editing Blitz begins on 17 December at 00:01 (UTC)*. It will focus on articles tagged for copy-edit in February 2022, and pending requests from September and October. Barnstars awarded will be available here.

Progress report: As of 22:40, 8 December 2022, GOCE copyeditors have processed 357 requests since 1 January, there were seventy-four requests outstanding and the backlog stands at 1,791 articles. We always need skilled copy-editors; please help out if you can.

Election news: Nomination of candidates for the GOCE's Election of Coordinators for the first half of 2023 is open and continues until 23:59 on 15 December. Voting begins at 00:01 on 16 December and closes at 23:59 on 31 December. All editors in good standing (not under ArbCom or community sanctions) are eligible and self-nominations are welcomed. Coordinators serve a six-month term that ends at 23:59 on June 30. If you've thought about helping out at the Guild, please nominate yourself or any editor you consider suitable—with their permission, of course!. It's your Guild and it doesn't coordinate itself.

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

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Guild of Copy Editors December 2022 Newsletter error

The GOCE December 2022 newsletter, as sent on 9 December, contains an erroneous start date for our December Blitz. The Blitz will start on 11 December rather than on 17 December, as stated in the newsletter. I'm sorry for the mistake and for disrupting your talk page; thanks for your understanding. Sent by Baffle gab1978 via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:30, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Guild of Copy Editors 2022 Annual Report

Guild of Copy Editors 2022 Annual Report
Our 2022 Annual Report is now ready for review.

Highlights:

  • Overview of Backlog-reduction progress
  • Summary of Drives, Blitzes, and the Requests page
  • Membership news and results of elections
  • Closing words
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Guild of Copy Editors March 2023 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors March 2023 Newsletter


Hello and welcome to the March 2023 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since December and our Annual Report for 2022. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. We extend a warm welcome to all of our new members, including those who have signed up for our current March Backlog Elimination Drive. We wish you all happy copy-editing.

Election results: In our December 2022 coordinator election, Reidgreg and Tenryuu stepped down as coordinators; we thank them for their service. Incumbents Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Zippybonzo were returned as coordinators until 1 July. For the second time, no lead coordinator was chosen. Nominations for our mid-year Election of Coordinators open on 1 June (UTC).

Drive: 21 editors signed up for our January Backlog Elimination Drive, 14 of whom claimed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 170 articles totaling 389,737 words. Barnstars awarded are here.

Blitz: Our February Copy Editing Blitz focused on October and November 2022 requests, and the March and April 2022 backlogs. Of the 14 editors who signed up, nine claimed at least one copy-edit; and between them, they copy-edited 39,150 words in 22 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

Drive: Sign up now for our month-long March Backlog Elimination Drive. Barnstars awarded will be posted here after the drive closes.

Progress report: As of 12:08, 19 March 2023 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 73 requests since 1 January 2023, all but five of them from 2022, and the backlog stands at 1,872 articles.

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Other than bringing the situation to WP:ANI, I'm not sure what else to do about it. Obviously the only plausible solution would be to block the editor outright, but since I've already interacted with them in the past I couldn't do that myself since it would look like I was misusing admin tools to gain an advantage — so if they do deserve a block, it would have to be placed by somebody other than me. It would be better if you raised the issue at ANI, however, since you obviously have far more familiarity with the situation at pt (and more ability to read Portuguese in the first place) than I do. Bearcat (talk) 15:36, 17 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Guild of Copy Editors June 2023 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2023 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the June 2023 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since March. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

Election news: Fancy helping out at the Guild? Nominations for our half-yearly Election of Coordinators are open until 23:59 on 15 June (UTC)*. Starting immediately after, the voting phase will run until 23:59 on 30 June. All Wikipedians in good standing are eligible and self-nominations are welcomed; it's your Guild and it doesn't organize itself!

Blitz: Of the 17 editors who signed up for our April Copy Editing Blitz, nine editors completed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 24 articles totaling 53,393 words. Barnstars awarded are here.

Drive: 51 editors signed up for the month-long May Backlog Elimination Drive, and 31 copy-edited at least one article. 180 articles were copy-edited. Barnstars awarded are posted here.

Blitz: Sign up here for our week-long June Copy Editing Blitz, which runs from 11 to 17 June. Barnstars awarded will be posted here.

Progress report: As of 03:09 on 6 June 2023, GOCE copyeditors have processed 91 requests since 1 January and the backlog stands at 1,887 articles.

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

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Ayuda

Hola, he creado un articulo en español. Quisiera que este disponible en portugues y en ingles. Tengo listas las traducciones pero wikipedia no me permite hacerlo porque soy una usuaria nueva. Podrias ayudarme? EmiRobles155 (talk) 11:40, 17 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Septermber GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors September 2023 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the September 2023 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since June. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

David Thomsen: Prolific Wikipedian and Guild member David Thomsen (Dthomsen8) died in November 2022. He was a regular copy editor who took part in many of our Drives and Blitzes. An obituary was published in the mid-July issue of The Signpost. Tributes can be left on David's talk page.

Election news: In our mid-year Election of Coordinators, Dhtwiki was chosen as lead coordinator, Miniapolis and Zippybonzo continue as assistant coordinators, and Baffle gab1978 stepped down from the role. If you're interested in helping out at the GOCE, please consider nominating yourself for our next election in December; it's your WikiProject and it doesn't organize itself!

June Blitz: Of the 17 editors who signed up for our June Copy Editing Blitz, 12 copy-edited at least one article. 70,035 words comprising 26 articles were copy-edited. Barnstars awarded are here.

July Drive: 34 of the 51 editors who took part in our July Backlog Elimination Drive copy-edited at least one article. They edited 276 articles and 683,633 words between them. Barnstars awarded are here.

August Blitz: In our August Copy Editing Blitz, 13 of the 16 editors who signed up worked on at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 79,608 words comprising 57 articles. Barnstars awarded are available here.

September Drive: Sign up here for our month-long September Backlog Elimination Drive, which is now underway. Barnstars awarded will be posted here.

Progress report: As of 14:29, 9 September 2023 (UTC), GOCE copy editors have processed 245 requests since 1 January. The backlog of tagged articles stands at 2,066.

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Unicode chart translation request

Hello. I maintain multilingual Wikimedia charts showing roadmaps to the various planes of the Unicode Standard.
I'm hoping you will provide Portuguese and Spanish translations for me. (I noticed your user name on the Wikipedia:Translators available list.)
The specifics are at User:Drmccreedy/roadmap_multilingual.
Currently the Portuguese and Spanish Unicode articles use the English charts.
Thank you for any help you can offer. DRMcCreedy (talk) 03:10, 11 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Removing edits

I don't get it, what's the point of removing celebrity coming of age sections? there's one for adult bar and bat mitzvah in bar and bat mitzvah, so why not for Quinceañera and sweet sixteen? Plus why also removed media for Sweet Sixteen? the Quinceañera page has one under the section: In Popular Culture. 71.105.142.132 (talk) 16:44, 13 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Afrikaners

Hi Rui,

There's a talk page discussion about some minor additions to the lead of Afrikaners I'd appreciate your insight on.

I removed them for reasons stated there, but I think it would be useful to have another contributor with experience in general South African articles weigh in.

Thanks! Katangais (talk) 02:30, 20 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Guild of Copy Editors December 2023 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2023 Newsletter

Hello, and welcome to the December 2023 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since September. Don't forget that you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

Election news: The Guild needs coordinators! If you'd like to help out, you may nominate yourself or any suitable editor—with their permission—for the Election of Coordinators for the first half of 2024. Nominations will close at 23:59 on 15 December (UTC). Voting begins immediately after the close of nominations and closes at 23:59 on 31 December. All editors in good standing (not under current sanctions) are eligible, and self-nominations are welcome. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term that ends at 23:59 on 30 June.

Drive: Of the 69 editors who signed up for the September Backlog Elimination Drive, 40 copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 661,214 words in 290 articles. Barnstars awarded are listed here.

Blitz: Of the 22 editors who signed up for the October Copy Editing Blitz, 13 copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 109,327 words in 52 articles. Barnstars awarded are listed here.

Drive: During the November Backlog Elimination Drive, 38 of the 58 editors who signed up copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 458,620 words in 234 articles. Barnstars awarded are listed here.

Blitz: Our December Copy Editing Blitz will run from 10 to 16 December. Barnstars awarded will be posted here.

Progress report: As of 20:33, 10 December 2023 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 344 requests since 1 January, and the backlog stands at 2,191 articles.

Other news: Our Annual Report for 2023 is planned for release in the new year.

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Of socks and ducks - Ayaena/ Noahmoretz and Co.

Dear JBW, Girth Summit, UtherSRG and Courcelles. Not entirely sure what is the most adequate place to post this, so I am doing it here, especially as I am a bit rusty to do it directly on the relevant sockpuppet investigation page. Please feel free to move this over. In the process of wanting to come clean to apply for user rights to eliminate pages on the ptwiki, User Ayaena has finally admitted - in Portuguse - to not only being the person behind all the suspected/ proven socks, ducks etc. (SpongeCole, Tlenory, SteveMonelle, Perassolli, Wescleeey, Donalmistes2a, NorahCoel and Noahmoretz), but he has also admitted to being Brazilian rapper Wescley Pereira da Silva, aka NF Ravi and Sillentze (creating content about the rapper was at the root of the creation of the myriad accounts across different projects). As has been the practice on the enwiki, the account has been making piecemeal admissions and volunteered a list of accounts. After I proposed that he had the options of admitting to being the rapper himself or seeing a full exposition of the evidence that I collected, he promptly admitted ("Sim, esta pessoa sou eu." [Yes, this person is me.]. If required, I will later in the week have the necessary time to collate the evidence. All the best for the Year 2024. Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 11:27, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Girth Summit, UtherSRG, and Courcelles: The post on Portuguese Wikipedia admitting the sockpuppets is clearly visible. The other one linked above by Rui Gabriel Correia, however, has been suppressed, but I saw it before it was suppressed. I guess the suppression was because it revealed personal information. I know nothing about Portuguese Wikipedia's policies, but I didn't see anything which I thought would have justified suppression on English Wikipedia. Even so I should perhaps be circumspect about how much I say about what I saw. I am, however, willing to say that it provided strong confirmation of dishonesty on English Wikipedia which I was already personally convinced of. The unsuppressed edit contains admission of extensive sockpuppetry which the editor had denied on English Wikipedia, but has now admitted here too, so I am not sure whether that information on Portuguese Wikipedia adds much to what we have, except giving an explicit list of admitted socks. It is couched in terms along the lines of "it was all an innocent mistake; I didn't realise that I was infringing policies", but I find that totally disingenuous: there have clearly been extensive deliberate attempts at deception, compounded by lies about those attempts, and lies about the lies about those attempts. JBW (talk) 17:38, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@JBW: The suppression has been lifted. I will be in touch by email with @Girth Summit: and @Courcelles: with personal information. Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 23:29, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, so it has. Thank you or letting me know. I still don't see why it was suppressed to begin with, but never mind. The restored edit shows Ayaena admitting to being in real life a person that they had at the least clearly pretended not to be, by repeatedly referring to himself in the third person: see here, and I think they also explicitly denied being that person, though I can't see any edit now where they did so. JBW (talk) 23:50, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]


PS: I just posted some new information on the ptwiki discussion, here a reduced version:

First of all, two points to bear in mind:

NB1 -We have several accounts here with similar names, so it's important to pay close attention to the spelling of each one so as not to confuse them:

  • Athaenara, no edits on ptwiki; former admin on enwiki, blocked on 11 October 2022, with edits dating back to 2006.
  • Athaneara, blocked globally, active on ptwiki from 30 May to 1 June 2022.
  • Athaenarae account name Ayaena before renaming.

In fact, either I'm mistaken, or Ayaena is nothing more than a derivative of Athaenara, where the y has replaced the th and the syllable ra has been deleted. On the subject of similarity, Ayaena says in this request for author status made on 4 July 2022 that "Not so recently, I was blocked globally for a confusion about my username, Athaenarae, confused with Athaenara (English Wikipedia), however, since it was not a secondary representation, it was reversed by a steward."

NB2 - See the similarity between the PU - whether of the account Athaenarae or Ayaena and not only that of the administrator of the locked enwiki, Athaenara, but also that of the globally locked account Athaneara. Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 23:38, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Forgive me…

… but what were you referring to? I truly did not understand and am confused. A response would be appreciated. Best regards, RodRabelo7 (talk) 11:32, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

SABW infobox

Hi Rui,

I’m reaching out because you’ve participated in various discussions about the infobox for South African Border War in the past. Do you think the various socialist countries which provided military advisers should be listed in the infobox? Given the degree of active Soviet involvement in support of the MPLA and SWAPO, I think it seems disingenuous to omit all references to the USSR’s support from the infobox, especially since Soviet personnel were killed and wounded during South African military operations. Either way I’d really appreciate your input here. Katangais (talk) 18:25, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Katangais. I don't have much time, so I can't look up anything about "deprecation" of "supported by" etc. So I cannot now comment on "support". However, in terms of direct involvement, I can say that Russia most certainly has to be included. They lost soldiers in Angola, pilots were shot down and killed so it is absurd to not include that. If this can wai a few days, I can look at it again. For now, just ask an admin to enforce status quo until the issue is resolved, as we can't have a random IP come and dictate over the work of serious long-term editors with proven track records. Has the IP presented a link to where in the rules it says that the inclusion of "supported by" is deprecated?

Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 12:35, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, please by all means take your time. The discussion will still be there. The RfC which resulted in the decision to strike support sections can be read here. Since its closure, there has been a rash of IP edits to various conflict and war-related article eliminating the "support" section. These are basically drive by edits without accountability, as the individuals involved are unwilling to have contextual discussions on a case-by-case basis. When I brought up the issue of major Soviet and East German support for FAPLA/PLAN on the talk page, the IP simply linked to the RfC and otherwise refused to engage with me.
The RfC states the following:
Editors must note that this does not constitute a complete ban on such sections in infoboxes, with even some supporters of this proposal noting that in some circumstances the inclusion of such information in an infobox would be warranted.
However, these circumstances would be rare, and considering the clear consensus in this discussion the status quo should be removal; inclusion would require an affirmative consensus at the article.
My understanding is that if we reach a local consensus at Talk:South African Border War in favor of maintaining a support section - either as is or in some modified form - is the best course of action, then we are not necessarily bound by the consensus at the infobox talk page. And again, considering the likes of the Soviet Union played a major, major supporting role in the hostilities, I'm inclined to say an exception to the rule is warranted. --Katangais (talk) 01:21, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Guild of Copy Editors 2023 Annual Report

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.
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Guild of Copy Editors April 2024 Newsletter

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.

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