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Issue 51, May – June 2022
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Can you revert this edit please? https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=California_State_Prison%2C_Centinela&type=revision&diff=1109018023&oldid=1108863996 2601:206:301:4A90:FC18:F524:E2FA:FD89 (talk) 03:41, 12 September 2022 (UTC)
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Issue 52, July – August 2022
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Guild of Copy Editors October 2022 Newsletter
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Issue 53, September – October 2022
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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. *All times and dates on this newsletter are UTC.
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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)
Your recent editing history at Killing of Tyre Nichols shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war; that means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be, when you have seen that other editors disagree. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war; read about how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.
Being involved in an edit war can result in you being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you do not violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly.
3 Times in a matter of 24hrs you reverted edits to your personal opinion. Your edit was reverted with the explanation that it was not sourced or attributed to a reliable source, and was regarded as original research. You reverted that edit to your opinion of what you believe is right and reinserted a link to a Wikipedia article regarding "battery" that you had recently edited. Another editor changed your edit again, with the explanation that "battery" is a crime, and beat is an action. You reverted that edit to your opinion of what you believe is right and again linked to an article you recently edited. Another edit was made to remove the word "battered" and in its place was kicked, punched, and a baton used to pummel, this edit is from the article you cited. And please note that the edit is more descriptive and provides greater clarity of what Nichols suffered. You have removed that edit and reverted to your opinion of what you think is right, and again linked to an article you recently edited. You also, have accused other(s) of warring and being disruptive. Your actions, of repeatedly reverting edits to your opinion of what you believe is right, is edit warring. You did not raise the issue on the talk page. You did not seek a consensus, despite you knowing that two editors disagree with your edits. Yet you repeatedly reverted edits to your opinion of what you believe is right. Additionally, accusing others of edit warring, whilst your conduct demonstrates your edit war, shows a lack of good faith from you towards others
Today you have continued to edit war. You are engaging in original research and you conflating issues. Again, the individuals are charged with assault. The Licensed attorney in the State of Tennessee is seeking conviction for assault under Tennessee law. You are ignoring the charges to advance your personal opinion of what you think is right. AgntOtrth (talk) 01:13, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
The former officers are charged with assault. The Prosecutors knows better than you about criminal act is alleged to been committed. Please read wikipedia policies on bias, war editing, good faith, no original research. Also please pay particular attention to WP policies, guidelines on reliable sources; news agencies are not reliable for opinions. As the laws of Tennessee define criminal acts, a 3rd party news agency is disingenuous in not using the proper terminology as defined by the laws of Tennessee. AgntOtrth (talk) 00:40, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
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01:20, 15 February 2023 (UTC) You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Killing of Tyre Nichols. This means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be although other editors disagree. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus, rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.
You inserted the word "battered" in an article without a source. Your edit was reverted with the explanation that it was not sourced or attributed to a reliable source, and was regarded as original research. You reverted that edit to your opinion of what you believe is right and reinserted a link to a Wikipedia article regarding "battery" that you had recently edited. Another editor changed your edit again, with the explanation that "battery" is a crime, and beat is an action. You reverted that edit to your opinion of what you believe is right and again linked to an article you recently edited. Another edit was made to remove the word "battered" and in its place was kicked, punched, and a baton used to pummel, this edit is from the article you cited. And please note that the edit is more descriptive and provides greater clarity of what Nichols suffered. You have removed that edit and reverted to your opinion of what you think is right, and again linked to an article you recently edited. You also, have accused other(s) of warring and being disruptive. Your actions, of repeatedly reverting edits to your opinion of what you believe is right, is edit warring. You did not raise the issue on the talk page. You did not seek a consensus, despite you knowing that two editors disagree with your edits. Yet you repeatedly reverted edits to your opinion of what you believe is right. Additionally, accusing others of edit warring, whilst your conduct demonstrates your edit war, shows a lack of good faith from you towards others.
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If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes and work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If you engage in an edit war, you may be blocked from editing. Please stop repeating facts in every paragraph. AgntOtrth (talk) 05:00, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
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05:27, 10 February 2023 (UTC)Please follow your own advice. And please discontinue with the personal attacks and showing a lack of good faith in others. AgntOtrth (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 05:49, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
AgntOtrth. The phrase "violently battered" is not necessarily redundant, as the word "battered" can refer to physical or emotional damage that has been inflicted on someone or something. However, adding the word "violently" can add emphasis to the extent of the damage being inflicted and make the statement more descriptive. In this sense, the word "violently" serves to further clarify the nature of the battering. So while the phrase may not be strictly redundant, it can still add more information to the sentence. Please slow your roll. Cheers! ((u|WikiWikiWayne)) {Talk}
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06:07, 10 February 2023 (UTC) Please do not add or change content, as you did at Damar Hamlin, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. General Ization Talk 03:55, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
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06:16, 4 January 2023 (UTC)Hi!
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The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 54, November – December 2022
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Issue 55, January – February 2023
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((rcat shell))
in redirects?I've noticed the majority of Category:Miscellaneous redirects has 2 rcat shells inside of each other, either created or categorized by you (example). The first few times I saw this I removed them assuming it to be a mistake, but now I'm wondering whether I'm doing something wrong. Were these on purpose (if so, what are they there for)? Snowmanonahoe (talk) 21:35, 16 March 2023 (UTC)
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if I need help setting some Rcats. People like Paine are triggered to come in, remove that Rcat, and put in the germane Rcats. Hey, thanks for asking. Cheers! ((u|WikiWikiWayne)) {Talk}
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I got your email. I don't have a particular view on any time lapse – I don't like moving to draft at all but I don't intend to argue my case. I'm unfamiliar with 3RR matters so I don't know whether your block was proper or whether the other party should have been blocked as well. I nearly always practice 0RR myself on the basis that if there is an important matter someone else can sort it out (by the way I don't recommend this way of editing!) Best wishes. Thincat (talk) 19:28, 14 March 2023 (UTC)
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00:58, 15 March 2023 (UTC)I've reverted your archiving of the thread about you. You cannot archive a thread in which you were involved. Don't do it again.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:49, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
Good to see you back Wayne. I don't think there's any guidelines that say when you should archive a thread on ANI (though I could be wrong and would be interested in a link to some if they exist). Certainly an involved editor should never close a discussion, (see WP:CLD) but archiving a closed thread is more of a menial maintenance task in my view. Personally I'd leave it for a bot to do. Anyway, Wayne, since Bbb23 reverted the archiving, it was probably not a good idea to revert them and archive it again - you're getting close to edit warring, and you want to be avoiding that impression at all costs at the moment. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 10:44, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
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13:27, 17 March 2023 (UTC)Wayne, I think you need to draw a line under this. The block was placed to prevent disruption; I cannot emphasise this enough - it's nothing personal. I suggest you forget all about this, and move on to improving articles again. Elsewhere on the internet, I've argued with people why Britain leaving the EU was a bad idea, and why Boris Johnson should never be allowed to run a country, and got abusive replies in response much worse than what you received at the noticeboard. I never replied to those comments, I just privately thought "that person is an idiot and I'm ignoring them" rather than complaining about being bullied or abused by the language used. I would suggest doing that. As Marcus Aurelius wrote - ""What? art offended by other men's badness? teach them then, or bear with them."
I urge to you drop the matter, otherwise another admin may consider issuing another block to quell the disruption, and you will find it difficult to extract yourself from the situation. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 13:53, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
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14:10, 17 March 2023 (UTC)Guild of Copy Editors March 2023 Newsletter
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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. 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 Zippybonzo. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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