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This Month in GLAM: March 2024





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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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This week's article for improvement (week 16, 2024)

Hello, StudiesWorld. The article for improvement of the week is:

Antarctic

Please be bold and help improve it!


Previous selections: Fire safety • Jean Gabin


Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations


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Tech News: 2024-16

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New page patrol May 2024 Backlog drive

New Page Patrol | May 2024 Articles Backlog Drive
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:15, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 17, 2024)

Full rack of fifteen balls, ready for the break shot
Hello, StudiesWorld. The article for improvement of the week is:

Pool (cue sports)

Please be bold and help improve it!


Previous selections: Antarctic • Fire safety


Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations


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Wikidata weekly summary #624

Tech News: 2024-17

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Books & Bytes – Issue 62

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 62, March – April 2024

  • IEEE and Haaretz now available
  • Let's Connect Clinics about The Wikipedia Library
  • Spotlight and Wikipedia Library tips

Read the full newsletter

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --11:03, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

The Signpost: 25 April 2024

Women in Red May 2024

Women in Red | May 2024, Volume 10, Issue 5, Numbers 293, 294, 305, 306, 307


Online events:

Announcements from other communities

Tip of the month:

  • Use open-access references wherever possible, but a paywalled reliable source
    is better than none, particularly for biographies of living people.

Other ways to participate:

Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter/X

--Lajmmoore (talk 06:18, 28 April 2024 (UTC) via MassMessaging

This Month in Education: March 2024

This week's article for improvement (week 18, 2024)

A crewed submersible used for underwater exploration
Hello, StudiesWorld. The article for improvement of the week is:

Exploration

Please be bold and help improve it!


Previous selections: Pool (cue sports) • Antarctic


Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations


Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 29 April 2024 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

Wikidata weekly summary #625

Tech News: 2024-18

MediaWiki message delivery 03:31, 30 April 2024 (UTC)