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Guild of Copy Editors – September 2025 Newsletter

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Guild of Copy Editors – September 2025 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the September newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since June.

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Women in Red | October 2025, Vol 11, Issue 10

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Women in Red | October 2025, Vol 11, Issue 10, Nos. 326, 327, 350, 351, 352
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New page reviewer granted

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Hi Mgp28, I just wanted to let you know that I have added the new page reviewer user right to your account. This means you now have access to the page curation tools and can start patrolling pages from the new pages feed. If you asked for this at requests for permissions, please check back there to see if your access is time-limited or if there are other comments.

This is a good time to re-acquaint yourself with the guidance at Wikipedia:New pages patrol. Before you get started, please take the time to:

You can find a list of other useful links and tools for patrollers at Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Resources. If you are ever unsure what to do, ask your fellow patrollers or just leave the page for someone else to review – you're not alone! signed, Rosguill talk 18:44, 13 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That's great, thank you. I will re-read the guidance above. Mgp28 (talk) 16:13, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Draft:Alex H. Taylor

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Draft:Alex H. Taylor (edit | [[Talk:Draft:Alex H. Taylor|talk]] | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)


Hi Mgp28

Thank you for the review. I have updated the draft with independent, reliable secondary sources that provide significant coverage of the subject (beyond passing mentions) and have provided evidence of the person meeting Criteria 2 for academic notability. I kept text changes to a minimum and primarily added citations next to existing statements.

Newly added/clarified independent sources with significant coverage:

RNZ – Our Changing World (feature profile): “Smart birds net researcher PM’s Emerging Scientist Prize,” 12 Nov 2015 — long-form piece discussing Taylor’s work and national prize. 

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RNZ – Saturday Morning (extended interview page): “Alex Taylor: crows and intelligence,” 15 Mar 2014 — substantial biographical discussion hosted by a national public-service broadcaster. 

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RNZ – Our Changing World (feature profile): “Clever canines,” 25 Jan 2018 — feature on Taylor’s lab and research programme. 

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New Zealand Herald (national newspaper, in-depth Q&A profile): “Twelve questions with animal psychologist Alex Taylor,” 2 Apr 2018. 

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Science Media Centre (independent coverage of prize cohort): “Prime Minister’s Science Prizes recognise top researchers,” 11 Nov 2015. 

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Why this now meets inclusion criteria:

The criterion of "significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of people)". The draft now cites multiple independent, reliable sources with significant coverage of the person (RNZ feature profiles and NZ Herald Q&A), not limited to routine announcements or passing mentions.

Criteria 2 of academic notability: Taylor received the Prime Minister’s MacDiarmid Emerging Scientist Prize, a nationally prestigious science award, awarded to a single scientist each year in New Zealand, by the Prime Minister in person, which comes with a NZD 200,000 prize. This is supported by independent coverage (RNZ; Science Media Centre). While GNG alone is sufficient, this provides clear evidence of notability under Criteria 2 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(academics)).

Minimal changes: Only references were added; prose was left essentially unchanged except for citation placement next to existing statements.

Kindly reconsider the draft for publication in light of these sources and policy points. Thank you NZkea1 (talk) 07:37, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for getting in touch. I tend to think a second opinion is more useful than a re-review. That said, some of the references look useful and I will be happy to take a look at them in more detail when I get chance. I'm not sure the MacDiarmid Emerging Scientist Prize is prestigious enough to count for WP:NPROF#C2, but part of the reason for preferring a second opinion is to get a more diverse range of opinions. In the meantime, I will leave the article ready for review and hopefully another reviewer may come along. Best of luck with the draft, Mgp28 (talk) 21:42, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you again for this. I don't believe the MacDiarmid Emerging Scientist Prize is prestigious enough to count for WP:NPROF#C2. I've been through the sources and I'm not certain. I'll paste my workings into Draft talk:Alex H. Taylor. If you want to add sources after seeing that then of course that's fine. If you think I'm mistaken we can wait for another reviewer to give a second opinion. Hope that sounds reasonable. Mgp28 (talk) 18:46, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ Meduna, Veronika (12 November 2015). "Smart birds net researcher PM's Emerging Scientist Prize url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ourchangingworld/audio/201778157/smart-birds-net-researcher-pm-s-emerging-scientist-prize". RNZ – Our Changing World. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Missing pipe in: |title= (help)
  2. ^ "Alex Taylor: crows and intelligence". RNZ – Saturday Morning. 15 March 2014. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
  3. ^ Ballance, Alison (25 January 2018). "Clever canines". RNZ – Our Changing World. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
  4. ^ Dann, Jennifer (2 April 2018). "Twelve Questions: Animal psychologist Alex Taylor". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
  5. ^ "Prime Minister's Science Prizes recognise top researchers". Science Media Centre (New Zealand). 11 November 2015. Retrieved 2025-10-31.

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