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Swami Vivekananda

Can you check Swami Vivekananda? We have been working in this article for last 18 months or so. The last requisite is requesting a native English speaker to have a look (see User_talk:Crisco_1492#Swami_Vivekananda). Can you have a look at the article nad make necessary changes if possible? There is no hurry, but, we are attempting to make it a featured article this year i.e. 150th birthday of Vivekananda. --Tito☸Dutta 09:30, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

I'll look at it as soon as possible. All the best, Miniapolis 17:33, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

And looking at the FAC discussion, I'll copyedit it only if the copyvio issues have already been resolved; I don't want to make a bad situation worse. All the best, Miniapolis 17:37, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

Yes, it was resolved. --Tito☸Dutta 05:05, 5 July 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 03 July 2013

• In the media: Jimmy Wales is not an Internet billionaire; a mass shooter's alleged Wikipedia editing
  

Amy Chozick's profile of Jimmy Wales in the New York Times sparked significant controversy in international news outlets this week. Chozick's profile covered Wales's personal life, including his 12-year-old daughter, ex-wife, and current wife Kate Garvey, describing Wales himself as "a well-groomed version of a person who has been slumped over a computer drinking Yoo-hoo for hours." Chozick described his current role in Wikipedia as "Benevolent Dictator for Life", a statement which garnered conflict from all corners of the web, including from Wales, who responded to the piece as a whole with a lengthy talk page statement.

• Featured content: Queen of France
  

Four articles, four lists, and fifteen pictures were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia last week.

• WikiProject report: Puppies!
  

This week, the Signpost went to the kennel and interviewed WikiProject Dogs. The project has several featured and good articles, along with a large number of "Did you know" entries. We asked three project members about the challenges of creating, curating, and maintaining canine content in an increasingly dog-obsessed world.

• News and notes: Wikipedia's medical collaborations gathering pace
  

The key annual event in the Wikimedia calendar, Wikimania 2013, will be held in Hong Kong in just five weeks' time. Among the events will be a presentation by two people who are working to promote the development of medical content on Wikimedia projects. One is James Heilman of Wiki Project Med, a non-profit dedicated to making "clear, reliable, comprehensive, up-to-date educational resources and information in the biomedical and related social sciences freely available to all people in the language of their choice". The other is Lori Thicke, president of Translators Without Borders (TWB), the Connecticut-based organisation set up in 2010 to provide pro-bono translation services for humanitarian non-profits

• Discussion report: Snuggle, mainpage link to Wikinews, 3RR, and more
  

Current discussions on the English Wikipedia include...

• Technology report: VisualEditor in midst of game-changing deployment series
  

The VisualEditor extension has gone live by default to registered users on the English Wikipedia, marking a huge milestone in a project that has taken the best part of a decade to reach fruition. The extension was previously described as "the biggest and most important change to our user experience we’ve ever undertaken" by the WMF team behind it.

• Traffic report: Yahoo! crushes the competition ... in Wikipedia views
  

The real world made a strong showing in the top 10 last week, as news stories such as Yahoo!'s purchase of Tumblr, the murder of Odin Lloyd, the continuing drama over NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and the ill-health of Nelson Mandela crowded out the usual roster of TV shows, movies, websites and video games. Not that they were entirely excluded, of course.

• Arbitration report: Tea Party movement reopened, new AUSC appointments
  

Following a one-month period of moderated discussion, Tea Party movement has been reopened by the Committee. The proposed decisions are currently being voted upon. Race and politics remains suspended pending the return of User:Apostle12.

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• EdwardsBot (talk) 23:38, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

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Hi! Miniapolis! I'm working on a list and planning to take it to flc. It's has only one paragraph of prose. A good copy edit will be helpful. Please, look at it once.—Prashant 04:20, 5 July 2013 (UTC)

Would you.please take a look at my List. It would be helpful, if you could look.—Prashant 07:09, 6 July 2013 (UTC)

I don't have time now, since I'm busy with the GOCE July copyediting drive. I suggest that you put it on the requests page, since that's part of the drive. Please note the top of my talk page. All the best, Miniapolis 12:52, 6 July 2013 (UTC)

Crass

Thanks very much for the copyediting you're doing on the Crass article.  Yintan  10:04, 6 July 2013 (UTC)

Glad to help; I should be done in the next day or so. All the best, Miniapolis 12:49, 6 July 2013 (UTC)

Paraphrasing correctly

I was wondering if you could mentor me on paraphrasing articles in a formal manner. My request is because of Template:Did you know nominations/Spirit Touches Ground. SL93 (talk) 18:48, 11 July 2013 (UTC)

There's a very useful essay on close paraphrasing (which I think they're talking about in the DYK nom) that explains it much better than I could. Try not to get annoyed when people use words you don't understand; I have to look words up all the time. There are a lot of words in English, and it's satisfying to be able to use just the right one to express what you're trying to say. Part of the problem may be the differing heights of the "bars" for GA and main-page stuff like FA and DYK. That for GA is, in my view, too low and editors who have successfully nominated GAs are disconcerted by the additional scrutiny given FA, DYK and other main-page content (since it's the face WP shows the world, the main page has to be as close to perfect as possible). Hope this helps. All the best, Miniapolis 21:34, 11 July 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 10 July 2013

• Op-ed: It's time to stop pretending the English-language Wikinews is a viable project
  

This is Wikinews' fundamental problem: it can neither do a good job providing a summary of world news, nor does it have any special focus that it does well. It's a collection of random articles, with only the occasional, passing resemblance to important current events.

• WikiProject report: Not Jimbo: WikiProject Wales
  

This week, we traveled to Cymru with the folks at WikiProject Wales.

• Traffic report: Inflated view counts here, there, and everywhere
  

The most-viewed articles on the English Wikipedia last week include...

• News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation Board appoints world expert in women's issues, global south
  

In apparent acknowledgment of the urgency of two issues facing the Wikimedia movement—the need to engage both women and the global south—the WMF Board has appointed Ana Toni as one of its four expert members. Toni will bring rare expertise to the movement, and the Signpost understands that her skills in advocacy and her key roles in international NGOs are likely to be a natural match with the WMF as the hub of disseminating free knowledge around the world.

• Dispatches: Infoboxes: time for a fresh look?
  

The fundamental idea of an infobox is clear: keep it simple and limited to essentials. At some point, however, these basic principles seem to have been abandoned, in favour of an approach akin to "the more the merrier".

• Featured content: The week of the birds
  

Five articles, six lists, and ten pictures were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia this week.

• Discussion report: Featured article process governance, signature templates, and more
  

Current discussions on the English Wikipedia include ...

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• EdwardsBot (talk) 09:03, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

Real (Ivy Queen album)

Hello again. Would you mind commenting here, in this discussion that involves you? Thanks. — DivaKnockouts 01:11, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

Mentoring request

Hi, Miniapolis. My name is Ishdarian and I've been on Wikipedia for 6 years. I've never been a content editor and I really want to change that. Dennis Brown directed me to the GoCE and I saw your name listed on the GoCE mentorship program. If you have the time, would you be willing to take me under your wing and help me develop some content writing skills? Ishdarian 20:33, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

Hi Ishdarian, and I hope you come to enjoy copyediting as much as I do (I find it oddly relaxing :-)). The GOCE home page has a wealth of blue tabs on the top which tell you everything you could possibly want to know; I suggest starting with "How to copy edit" and checking out the advice for newcomers (don't forget to add your name to the mailing list). If you click on "Drives" and then "Current drive", you'll find...well, our backlog-reduction drive (we have them every other month), which runs until the end of the month. It's not too late to sign up if you want. When you're ready to copyedit an article, you can find one by clicking on a month under "Wikipedia articles needing copy edit". That'll bring up a category page, from which you can choose an article that suits you; when you do, if you remove the {{copyedit}} tag before you start it'll help avoid conflicts with other copyeditors (it's rare, but sometimes happens). It's also a good idea not to tackle articles on the requests page until you've done a few of the backlog articles first. Many request articles are up for good-article or featured-article promotion; the reviewers go over them (especially the FACs) with a fine-tooth comb—as they should—and there's a fair amount of pressure on the copyeditor. Hope this helps for starters, and holler if you have any questions. See you around and all the best, Miniapolis 02:38, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 17 July 2013

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Square Enix
  

This week, we explored the fantasy worlds of video game developer Square Enix by interviewing WikiProject Square Enix. The project began in September 2006 as a spin-off of WikiProject Final Fantasy, but today covers that, Kingdom Hearts, Dragon Quest, Chrono Trigger, and a variety of other game series, with exceptions explained in the interview below. The project is home to 32 pieces of Featured material and 104 Good and A-class articles.

• Traffic report: Most-viewed articles of the week
  

The most-viewed articles on the English Wikipedia last week include...

• News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation's new plans announced
  

Last week the Wikimedia Foundation released its annual plan for July 2013 to June 2014. It provides a surprisingly frank view—of past achievements and failures, and future goals and risks—that could be afforded only by a non-profit that is confident and beholden to no commercial or political interests.

• Featured content: Documents and sports
  

Four articles, five lists, and sixteen pictures were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia this week.

• Arbitration report: Kiefer.Wolfowitz and Ironholds case opens; July 22 deadline for checkuser and oversight applications
  

The case Kiefer.Wolfowitz and Ironholds was opened. Voting on the Tea Party movement case continued, after a failed attempt at moderated discussion. A group tasked with deciding the content of the lead section of the Jerusalem article has reported back to the committee. Applications for checkuser and oversight permissions close on 22 July.

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• EdwardsBot (talk) 17:47, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

Pie delivery!

Thanks for the copyedit on How a Mosquito Operates! You deserve some pie—lemon meringue, the best pie there is! Curly Turkey (gobble) 01:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

Cool and refreshing in this beastly weather :-). Glad to help; it's a delightful article! Good luck and all the best, Miniapolis 01:37, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

GOCE July 2013 news report

Guild of Copy Editors July 2013 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter Participation: Out of 30 people who have signed up for this drive so far, 18 have participated. If you have signed up for the drive but have not yet participated, it isn't too late. If you haven't signed up for the drive, sign up now! Progress report: Thus far we have reduced the number of May/June 2012 articles to just 124 articles, so we're on the right track. Unfortunately, for the first time in GOCE history, the number of articles in the backlog has actually gone up during this drive. While all participants are currently doing a fine job, we just don't have as many of them as we have had in the past. We have over 500 editors on our mailing list, but only 18 editors who have done a copy edit for the drive. If you're receiving this newsletter, it's because you have an interest in copy editing. Join the drive! Even if you only copy edit one article, it helps. Imagine how much progress we could make if everyone chipped in just one article. – Your drive coordinators: Torchiest, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95, and The Utahraptor. >>> Sign up now <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 22:22, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

Resubmit request

Hi Miniapolis,

My article was deleted and the post explained that if I wanted to resubmit it, I must first contact you.

Though this is my first attempt at Wiki, I am confident that I can submit a draft that will meet all of Wiki's guidelines and ultimately be accepted by you for publishing.

Thank you in advance for your courteous cooperation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hollywood Films International (talk • contribs) 14:13, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

Hi, Hollywood. It's not a question of "submit[ting] a draft that will meet all of Wiki's guidelines". What you want to do (publicize the article's subject) is contrary to Wikipedia's five pillars; Wikipedia is not a means of promotion, and you have an obvious conflict of interest with the article's subject. I advise you to stop trying to create promotional, autobiographical articles, or you will probably be blocked from editing the encyclopedia altogether. IMDb is not considered a reliable source for Wikipedia articles because of its lack of editorial oversight; in addition, it is copyrighted (which is why your first submission was blanked and speedily deleted). When the article's subject is notable enough, someone will write an article about them. I hope this helps. Good luck and all the best, Miniapolis 17:03, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 July 2013

• In the media: Wikipedia flamewars
  

The Washington Post reported Tuesday on the most controversial articles on various language Wikipedias as determined by a cross-continental research group.

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Religion
  

This week, the Signpost delved into the vast and complex areas of beliefs, cultural systems, and world views that make up religion. WikiProject Religion has been around since 2005 and has a complex scope, in that it only takes articles that deal with religion in a non-sectarian sense, along with any articles that do not have a dedicated daughter project.

• Discussion report: Partially disambiguated page names, page protection policy, and more
  

Current discussions on the English Wikipedia include...

• News and notes: Wikivoyage turns ten, but where to now?; Wikipedia Zero expands into India
  

Contributors to Wikivoyage, the sister project adopted by the Wikimedia Foundation last year, are celebrating their 10th anniversary this week. ... The Wikimedia Foundation has announced via press release that it has partnered with Aircel to provide free mobile access to Wikipedia.

• Traffic report: Gleeless
  

Death hangs over the top 10 this week, as tragic deaths both past and present continued to cast their pall over an already troubled world. The death of Corey Monteith led to a spike in interest in the man himself, his girlfriend and co-star Lea Michele, and the show that made them both famous, Glee.

• Featured content: Engineering and the arts
  

Twelve articles, seven lists, and eight pictures were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia this week.

• Arbitration report: Infoboxes case opens
  

The case Infoboxes was opened. The evidence phase continues in Kiefer.Wolfowitz and Ironholds. Voting on the proposed decision continues in the Tea Party movement case.

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• EdwardsBot (talk) 21:27, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

July 2013

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Requested Articles

Hi! I am trying to reinvigorate Wikipedia:WikiProject Requested Articles, which, if I get enough pointers that there is some interest, I will re-design, with a design similar to Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors, involving drives, to decrease the number of articles listed in the various subpages, and blue link blitzes, involving editors removing all created pages. I am planning, with sufficient interest, to make requested articles 'stricter', i.e. you have to provide two reliable sources, and write a short note explaining why the requested article is notable. There would be a reward system, involving adapted barnstars, similar to the Guild of Copy Editors have here and here. If you have any questions about my aim, or want to indicate that you would sign up to the WikiProject, please say so on my talk page. Thanks! Matty.007 16:34, 29 July 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Copyeditor's Barnstar
	Thank you Miniapolis, for your excellent copyediting skills, which were used on Real (Ivy Queen album). Continue the stupendous work. DivaKnockouts 16:31, 11 July 2013 (UTC)

Glad to help. Sorry for the delay in finishing—my computer crashed! :-) Good luck and all the best, Miniapolis 17:35, 11 July 2013 (UTC)