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Don't worry about making an article perfect. Just make it better. (Motto of the day, July 30, 2007)
This is the talk page for Miniapolis (who is proud to be a Wikipedia editor) and is in fond memory of Corinne, one of WP's very best copyeditors. Although I can be reached by email, I prefer keeping discussions on-wiki as much as possible. Due to time constraints, I no longer accept direct copyedit requests; please list articles requiring copyediting for GAN, FAC and the like on the Guild of Copy Editors request page (and consider pitching in with the GOCE, which can always use more help!) Since I take the occasional wikibreak, feel free to undo any administrative action I've taken as you see fit.

Requests for adminship and bureaucratship update
No current discussions. Recent RfAs, recent RfBs: (successful, unsuccessful)


The Signpost: 1 December 2025

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  • Comix: Madness
    It could happen to anyone.
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Guild of Copy Editors – December 2025 Newsletter

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Guild of Copy Editors December 2025 Newsletter

Hello, and welcome to the December newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since September. If you'd like to be notified of upcoming drives and blitzes, and other GOCE activities, the best method is to add our announcements box to your watchlist.

Election news: The Guild's coordinators play an important role in the WikiProject, making sure nearly everything runs smoothly and on time. Editors experienced in drives or blitzes and in good standing (unblocked and without sanctions) are invited to nominate themselves or another editor (with their permission, of course) to be a Guild coordinator until 23:59 on 15 December (UTC). The voting phase begins at 00:01 on 16 December and runs until 23:59 on 31 December. Questions may be asked of candidates at any stage in the process. Elected coordinators will serve a six-month term from 1 January through 30 June 2026.

September Drive: 43 of the 63 editors who signed up for the September Backlog Elimination Drive edited 693,541 words in 265 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

October Blitz: 14 of the 15 editors who signed up for the October Copy Editing Blitz edited 75,108 words in 31 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

November Drive: 38 of the 65 editors who signed up for the November Backlog Elimination Drive edited 590,816 words in 240 articles. Barnstars awarded are posted here.

December Blitz: The December Blitz will begin at 00:00 on 14 December (UTC) and will end on 20 December at 23:59. Sign up here. Barnstars awarded will be posted here.

Progress report: As of 01:49, 8 December 2025 (UTC), GOCE copy editors have completed 293 requests since 1 January, and the backlog of tagged articles stands at 1,730 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, Dhtwiki, GoldRomean, Miniapolis and Mox Eden.

To stop receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:26, 8 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – December 2025

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2025).

Administrator changes

added
readded Valereee
removed

CheckUser changes

removed Spicy

Technical news

  • Starting on November 4, the IP addresses of logged-out editors are no longer being publicly displayed. Instead, they will have a temporary account associated with their edits.
  • Administrators will now find that Special:MergeHistory is now significantly more flexible about what it can merge. It can now merge sections taken from the middle of the history of the source (rather than only the start) and insert revisions anywhere in the history of the destination page (rather than only the start). T382958

Miscellaneous

Sent byMediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:44, 8 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE coordinator elections for 2026

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Hello. I hope that it's just an oversight that you haven't nominated yourself yet. You certainly will be missed if your intent is not to run. Dhtwiki (talk) 07:46, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the poke, Dhtwiki. We need new blood who will actually do things, so I was dragging my feet. If by chance I missed the deadline (I won't :-), it wouldn't have affected what I do with the GOCE; Jonesey95 and Baffle gab1978 are good influences. Thanks for offering to stay on as lead coordinator. Happy holidays and all the best, Miniapolis 18:00, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I prefer being a mostly silent partner. I copy edit more than I record on the drive and blitz sheets. I'm in it for fixing things rather than getting the barnstars after all of these years. I do record at least one article to keep my streak going, though. Thirteen years next month, inshallah. – Jonesey95 (talk) 18:24, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
We should always have someone on call who can run the drive-scoring script, which I cannot at this point and the newer coordinators might need time to be brought up to speed, as doing it by hand for ~40 entries out of the ~65 who sign up is onerous although doable. Minneapolis has been the go-to for this, which is one reason their participation is important, as well as their wealth of experience. Dhtwiki (talk) 05:56, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Running the drive script isn't difficult; if I can do it, anyone can :-). Jonesey's instructions (and Torchiest, who wrote the script) are invaluable. If you don't have them, I can email. All the best, Miniapolis 14:45, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I have the script, and it's there for anyone else who wants it, thus saving the trouble of emailing. The problem is getting it to run on my computer, an Apple iMac, or rewriting it in a language that will run on my machine. Otherwise, I have had some luck with regular expressions and parser functions to add up some of the more complicated entries, e.g. those with dozens of articles where only a subset are flagged as old or requests. Dhtwiki (talk) 23:33, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 17 December 2025

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V V V - Reviving wikiproject Amateur radio! - V V V

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In an attempt to revive the Wikipedia:WikiProject Amateur radio, I'm posting a message on the talk pages of the partecipants asking them to update their status and include ways they can contribute (as The Signpost says, the first step is updating the list of active members).

We've already started, come see! Check out the new navigational Template:Amateur radio topics!

Feel free to invite new members personally or through public postings! Sinucep (talk) 23:44, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your help with GOCE

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Hello Miniapolis: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Kingsacrificer (talk) 18:40, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Season's Greetings}} to send this message
Kingsacrificer (talk) 18:40, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Season's Greetings

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Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2026!

Hello Miniapolis, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2026.
Happy editing,
Abishe (talk) 11:26, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

Abishe (talk) 11:26, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]