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New England Wikipedia Day @ MIT: Saturday Jan 18

NE Meetup #4: January 18 at MIT Building 5

Dear Fellow Wikimedian, You have been invited to the New England Wikimedians 2014 kick-off party and Wikipedia Day Celebration at Building Five on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus on Saturday, January 18th, from 3-5 PM. Afterwards, we will be holding an informal dinner at a local restaurant. If you are curious to join us, please do so, as we are always looking for people to come and give their opinion! Finally, be sure to RSVP here if you're interested. I hope to see you there! Kevin Rutherford (talk)

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You're invited: Women's History Edit-a-thons in Massachusetts this March

Women's History Edit-a-thons in Massachusetts this March - You are invited!

New England Wikimedians is excited to announce a series of Wikipedia edit-a-thons that will be taking place at colleges and universities throughout Massachusetts as part of Wikiwomen's History Month from March 1 - March 31. We encourage you to join in an edit-a-thon near you, or to participate remotely if you are unable to attend in person (for the full list of articles, click here). Events are currently planned for the cities/towns of Boston, Northampton, South Hadley, and Cambridge. Further information on dates and locations can be found on our user group page. Questions? Contact Girona7 (talk)

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NE Meetup #5: April 19th at Clover Food Lab in Kendall Square

Dear Fellow Wikimedian, New England Wikimedians would like to invite you to the April 2014 meeting, which will be a small-scale meetup of all interested Wikimedians from the New England area. We will socialize, review regional events from the beginning of the year, look ahead to regional events of 2014, and discuss other things of interest to the group. Be sure to RSVP here if you're interested. Also, if you haven't done so already, please consider signing up for our mailing list and connect with us on Facebook and Twitter. We hope to see you there! Kevin Rutherford (talk) and Maia Weinstock (talk)

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Edit-a-thon invite

You're invited to the Peabody Essex Museum Edit-a-thon Spring 2014

On May 3rd, the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts will be hosting a Native American and Chinese Art edit-a-thon from 9:00-5:00 pm. You are more than welcome to attend, as there will be free food and drink, and an outing afterwards. If you are interested, please sign up here, as we would love to see you there!

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Adrianne Wadewitz Memorial edit-a-thons

Adrianne Wadewitz edit-a-thons in Southern New England

As you may have already heard, the Wikipedia community lost an invaluable member of the community last month. Adrianne Wadewitz was a feminist scholar of 18th-Century British literature, and a prolific editor of the site. As part of a worldwide series of tributes, New England Wikimedians, in conjunction with local institutions of higher learning, have created three edit-a-thons that will be occurring in May and June. The events are as follows: May 21st at Northeastern University's Snell Library, in the Digital Scholarship Commons on the second floor May 22nd at Brown University's Rockefeller Library, in the Digital Scholarship Lab June 25th at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (exact location TBA), where we will also be hosting a "how to conduct an edit-a-thon" session beforehand We hope that you will be able to join us, whether you are an experienced editor or are using Wikipedia for the first time. If you have any questions, please leave a message at Kevin Rutherford's talk page. You can unsubscribe from future notifications for Boston-area events by removing your name from this list.

New England Wikimedians summer events!

Upcoming events hosted by New England Wikimedians!

After many months of doubt, nature has finally warmed up and summer is almost here! The New England Wikimedians user group have planned some upcoming events. This includes some unique and interesting events to those who are interested: Cape Cod Wiknic and Photography Blitz on June 14th in Barnstable County, with complete travel reimbursements available for those who participate Adrianne Wadewitz Memorial Edit-a-thon on June 25th at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (exact location TBA), where we will also be hosting a "how to conduct an edit-a-thon" session beforehand 3rd Annual Wikimedia New England General Meeting, which will feature at least one guest speaker, and possibly many more Although we also aren't hosting this year's Wikimania, we would like to let you know that Wikimania this year will be occurring in London in August: Wikimania 2014 in London If you have any questions, please leave a message at Kevin Rutherford's talk page. You can unsubscribe from future notifications for Boston-area events by removing your name from this list.

New England Wikimedians summer events!

Upcoming events hosted by New England Wikimedians!

After many months of doubt, nature has finally warmed up and summer is almost here! The New England Wikimedians user group have planned some upcoming events. This includes some unique and interesting events to those who are interested: Cape Cod Wiknic and Photography Blitz on June 14th in Barnstable County, with complete travel reimbursements available for those who participate Adrianne Wadewitz Memorial Edit-a-thon on June 25th at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (exact location TBA), where we will also be hosting a "how to conduct an edit-a-thon" session beforehand 3rd Annual Wikimedia New England General Meeting, which will feature at least one guest speaker, and possibly many more Although we also aren't hosting this year's Wikimania, we would like to let you know that Wikimania this year will be occurring in London in August: Wikimania 2014 in London If you have any questions, please leave a message at Kevin Rutherford's talk page. You can unsubscribe from future notifications for Boston-area events by removing your name from this list.

Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure!

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Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure!

Hi MaynardClark! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission. I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.

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Women in Red World Contest

Hi. We're into the last five days of the Women in Red World Contest. There's a new bonus prize of $200 worth of books of your choice to win for creating the most new women biographies between 0:00 on the 26th and 23:59 on 30th November. If you've been contributing to the contest, thank you for your support, we've produced over 2000 articles. If you haven't contributed yet, we would appreciate you taking the time to add entries to our articles achievements list by the end of the month. Thank you, and if participating, good luck with the finale!

Guild of Copy Editors 2023 Annual Report

Guild of Copy Editors 2023 Annual Report Our 2023 Annual Report is now ready for review. Highlights: Introduction Membership news, obituary and election results Summary of Drives, Blitzes and the Requests page Closing words – Your Guild coordinators: Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Wracking. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

Re: Fun Awards Idea

Haha, I love the idea of awards like "The Marinated Tofu Award" or "The Vegetable Crudites Award"! If we wanted to make it official within the Vegetarianism and Veganism WikiProject, here's how we could go about it:

1. Define Award Criteria

• Purpose: We'd need to decide what contributions these awards would recognize—such as quality article writing, helpful collaboration, or passion for plant-based topics.
• Categories: Some fun categories could be:
  • Best Article on Vegan/Vegetarian History
  • Best Plant-Based Cooking Content
  • Outstanding Collaboration in the WikiProject
  • Most Creative Edits

2. Create Fun Award Descriptions

Each award should have a fun, creative description, like:

• "The Marinated Tofu Award": Awarded to someone who has made significant contributions to an article with thorough, thoughtful edits.
• "The Vegetable Crudites Award": Given to someone who has contributed fresh, creative ideas to the project or quickly improved discussions.

3. Nominations and Voting

• Nominate: Members could nominate contributors for the awards (maybe monthly or quarterly).
• Vote: After nominations, members could vote for the winners, or a smaller group could decide.

4. Add It to WikiProject Pages

• We’d create a new section on the WikiProject page for these awards.
• Announce winners in an informal "award ceremony."
• Display the awards on user pages with links to their contributions.

5. Create Digital Badges

• Digital badges (like a tofu or vegetable icon) could be created for winners to display on their user pages as a visual recognition of their contribution.

6. Collaborate with the Community

• We could start a discussion on the WikiProject’s talk page to finalize the awards and get input from the community before launching.

It would be a fun way to recognize contributions, keep the project positive, and encourage more involvement in plant-based topics!

What do you think? :)

Other Potential WikiProject Awards for Veganism and Vegetarianism

Here are a few other fun and creative WikiProject Awards that could be developed for the Veganism and Vegetarianism WikiProject:

1. The Plant-Powered Pioneer Award

• Description: Given to an editor who has significantly expanded or started a new article that advances the understanding of veganism and vegetarianism, especially in new or underdeveloped areas.
• Criteria: Major contributions to lesser-known topics or expanding articles that were previously stubs.

2. The Leafy Greens Contributor Award

• Description: Awarded to a user who consistently contributes high-quality, well-researched content to articles about plant-based nutrition, recipes, or ethical veganism.
• Criteria: Regular, high-quality edits to content related to plant-based diets, health, or ethical considerations.

3. The Vegan Advocate Award

• Description: Given to an editor who has gone above and beyond in advocating for the inclusion of plant-based perspectives in other Wikipedia articles or talk pages.
• Criteria: Contributions to discussions that bring attention to veganism or vegetarianism in areas outside of the main project.

4. The Compassionate Editor Award

• Description: Awarded to someone who has been exceptionally kind and constructive in their interactions within the WikiProject, fostering collaboration and a positive environment.
• Criteria: Acts of kindness, helpful feedback, and positive collaboration.

5. The Tofu Taskmaster Award

• Description: For an editor who has shown outstanding organizational skills, such as creating task lists, improving the structure of articles, or handling projects within the WikiProject.
• Criteria: Organizational leadership in editing tasks, helping coordinate efforts to improve articles, or managing specific sub-projects.

6. The Seedling Award

• Description: Given to a new member who has shown a strong commitment to the project and contributed meaningfully early on.
• Criteria: New contributors who have shown enthusiasm, have learned quickly, and made notable contributions in their first few months.

7. The Ethical Contributor Award

• Description: This award is for someone who emphasizes the ethical aspects of veganism or vegetarianism in their contributions, bringing attention to animal rights, environmental impacts, and ethical issues.
• Criteria: Contributions focused on the ethical side of veganism and vegetarianism, such as the moral philosophy behind these choices.

8. The Veggie Vandalism Protector Award

• Description: Awarded to a user who regularly patrols articles related to veganism and vegetarianism, quickly reverting vandalism or making sure articles maintain neutrality and quality.
• Criteria: Efforts in preventing vandalism and maintaining a high standard of content integrity.

9. The Harvest Helper Award

• Description: For those who’ve assisted others by providing excellent reviews, suggestions, or guidance in article improvement or talk page discussions.
• Criteria: Offering helpful advice, improving articles with constructive feedback, or mentoring new users.

10. The Green Gourmet Award

• Description: This would go to an editor who contributes significantly to recipes, food-related content, or articles on plant-based cooking.
• Criteria: Significant contributions to plant-based cooking content, recipe pages, or food-related topics in the WikiProject.

The World Destubathon

Hello. You're invited to participate in The World Destubathon. We're aiming to destub a lot of articles and also improve longer stale articles. It will be held from Monday June 16 - Sunday July 13. There is over $3300 going into it, with $500 the top prize and $300 top prize for most Science and Tech destubs and improvements. If you are interested in winning something to save you money in buying books for future content, or just see it as a good editathon opportunity to see a lot of articles improved for subjects which interest you, sign up on the page in the participants section if interested. Even if you can only manage a few articles they would be very much appreciated and help make the content produced as diverse and broad as possible! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:58, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

Ron Pickarski, CEC moved to draftspace

Thanks for your contributions to Ron Pickarski, CEC. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing at this time because it has no sources. I have converted your article to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.

Please see more information at Help:Unreviewed new page. When the article is ready for publication, please click on the "Submit the draft for review!" button at the top of the page OR move the page back. GPL93 (talk) 17:34, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

Research direction moved to draftspace

Thanks for your contributions to Research direction. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing at this time because it has no sources. I have converted your article to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.

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International Culinary Olympics moved to draftspace

Thanks for your contributions to International Culinary Olympics. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing at this time because it has no sources. I have converted your article to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.

Please see more information at Help:Unreviewed new page. When the article is ready for publication, please click on the "Submit the draft for review!" button at the top of the page OR move the page back. GPL93 (talk) 17:35, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

Grant Shafer moved to draftspace

Thanks for your contributions to Grant Shafer. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing at this time because it needs more sources to establish notability, it consists of machine-generated text and sources needed are independent, secondary sources. I have converted your article to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.

Please see more information at Help:Unreviewed new page. When the article is ready for publication, please click on the "Submit the draft for review!" button at the top of the page OR move the page back. Alpha3031 (t • c) 07:58, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Ron Pickarski (June 25)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by Tails Wx were:

This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show 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). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

This submission does not appear to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. Entries should be written from a neutral point of view, and should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources. Please rewrite your submission in a more encyclopedic format. Please make sure to avoid peacock terms that promote the subject.

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.

• If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Ron Pickarski and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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~ Tails Wx 02:25, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

Hello, MaynardClark! Having an article draft declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! ~ Tails Wx 02:25, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

Guild of Copy Editors' June 2025 Newsletter

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Destubathon runs until the 16th of July

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Milton Mills (vegan physician) moved to draftspace

Thanks for your contributions to Milton Mills (vegan physician). Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing at this time because it needs more sources to establish notability and it is promotional and reads like an advertisement. I have converted your article to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.

Please see more information at Help:Unreviewed new page. When the article is ready for publication, please click on the "Submit the draft for review!" button at the top of the page OR move the page back. ProtobowlAddict ^talk! 03:39, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

Vance Lehmkuhl moved to draftspace

Thanks for your contributions to Vance Lehmkuhl. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing at this time because you may have a possible Conflict of Interest. I have converted your article to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.

Please see more information at Help:Unreviewed new page. When the article is ready for publication, please click on the "Submit the draft for review!" button at the top of the page OR move the page back. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 15:24, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

That is an untrue accusation (and libelous). I was not paid to develop this article. It fits within the WikiProjects that are mentioned on the talk page.MaynardClark (talk) 16:13, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Magnus Klaue

Hello, MaynardClark. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or draft page you started, "Magnus Klaue".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 02:11, 14 August 2025 (UTC)

Why aren't we notified BEFORE the deletion has been done?

If we forget, why not routinely notify article creators, say, 5 months after inactivity, or 5.5 months after inactivity.̴̴ The "Magnus Klaue" article was an English translation of the already-existing German-language article.̴̴̴ MaynardClark (talk) 12:22, 14 August 2025 (UTC)

FireflyBot automatically sends a message after the first 5 months (#Concern regarding Draft:Magnus Klaue). It does not send follow-up notifications. -- Reconrabbit 20:00, 2 September 2025 (UTC)

Why would I not see such a message from FireflyBot? MaynardClark (talk) 02:55, 3 September 2025 (UTC)

It's on this page. I found it by scrolling up to 2 February 2025. I have this problem too. All I can advise is keeping a list of drafts you are working on so that they don't fall by the wayside. -- Reconrabbit 12:15, 3 September 2025 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Plant-based cat food

Hi MaynardClark, I know you have been active on the vegan and vegetarian dog food page. If your knowledge extends to plant-based cats, I would appreciate your input on the AfD discussion for this page if you're interested.

See: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Plant-based cat food

Sklabb (talk) 10:43, 31 August 2025 (UTC)

Is that good? Thank you for working on this article.MaynardClark (talk) 19:06, 31 August 2025 (UTC)

Help with article review

Hi, I work for journalist Vicky Ward. I recently rewrote her career section in my sandbox to add many more citations and improve the organization all while removing promotional phrases. I am looking for an editor who can review it and replace the current section if they think it meets all policies and criteria. Since I have a conflict of interest I won't do this myself, but I would appreciate your feedback. Thank you! Tatianacooper16 (talk) 19:52, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

Nomination of Mobility portfolio for deletion

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The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mobility portfolio until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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Ldan JustARandomSquid (talk) 07:52, 12 September 2025 (UTC)

Guild of Copy Editors – September 2025 Newsletter

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Draft:Vern Bennom Grimsley

Hello, MaynardClark,

Would you consider moving this draft back to your User space? Then it wouldn't be deleted every 6 months and then get restored. Just remove any AFC tags from the page and our AFC bots wouldn't list it as eligible for deletion. Thank you. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 02:14, 6 October 2025 (UTC)

Yes, I would happily do that. MaynardClark (talk) 03:41, 6 October 2025 (UTC)

ChatGPT

Hi Maynard,

I know in the past you have done good work on veg related Wikipedia articles and I really appreciate that but over the last year you have been using ChatGPT which was confirmed in a recent email you sent me. I have noticed this myself and I have also had private complaints from two members of WP:VAV that you are using an AI chatbox to generate responses. When you are questioned about this you ignore replying. I also noticed some of your articles were deleted and they were essentially very poor quality. There doesn't seem to be any effort. I do not know why you ended up using this ChatGPT but unfortunately it gives the WikiProject Veganism and Vegetarianism a bad image if you are using this. It seems like you have lost interest in doing genuine research into animal rights and you are just copying and pasting content from AI answer generators. This is a very lazy approach.

I have never used any AI chatbox. All the research I do is my own and it takes me many hours of honest research to write a Wikipedia article from all sorts of historical archived material. I have spent countless hours doing research and writing articles. Outside of Wikipedia there are only a few historians involved in archiving and documenting historical animal rights material and I am in contact with them. It's going to be problematic if you are emailing some of these scholars material from ChatGPT or other AI answer generators under the name of our WikiProject. It will give us a bad image. We do not use AI generated material. What happened to good honest old fashioned historical research? What made you switch to this AI nonsense? I am not looking for an argument here I am just curious to your change in behavior.

In regard to this AI edit you made [1] you copied personal phone numbers and email addresses onto the WikiProject. Veg Historian (talk) 10:30, 30 October 2025 (UTC)

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Concern regarding Draft:International Culinary Olympics

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Articles for Creation backlog drive

Hello MaynardClark:

WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive in December!
The goal of this drive is to reduce the backlog of unreviewed drafts to less than half a month of outstanding reviews from the current 2+ months. Bonus points will be given for reviewing drafts that have been waiting more than 30 days. The drive is running from 1 December 2025 through 31 December 2025.

You may find Category:AfC pending submissions by age or other categories and sorting helpful.

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Guild of Copy Editors – December 2025 Newsletter

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.

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You are invited to discuss on the merger of WK Kellogg Co

@MaynardClark: The reason why I am sending you this message is because User:ScrubbedFalcon closed the discussion as merge, I 100% disagree with merging this article into another article. I have created an against the merge section on the page Talk:Ferrero SpA, with multiple reasons of why I am against it. Catfurball (talk) 23:35, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

@Catfurball: I think that the W. K. Kellogg company, responsible for the cereals that many of us know and love, deserves its own separate and distinct article. It makes finding clear content easier and faster for those who are beginning their readings in (or study of) this topic. MaynardClark (talk) 19:03, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

Guild of Copy Editors/Membership/News/2025 Annual Report

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Guild of Copy Editors – April 2026 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors – April 2026 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the April 2026 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since December. We extend a warm welcome to all of our new members. We wish you all happy copy-editing. Election results: In our December 2025 coordinator election, incumbents Dhtwiki, GoldRomean, Miniapolis, and Mox Eden were reelected coordinators, and Wikieditor662 was newly elected coordinator, to serve through 30 June. Nominations for our mid-year Election of Coordinators will open on 1 June (UTC). December 2025 Blitz: 16 of the 31 editors who signed up for the December 2025 Copy Editing Blitz edited 116,064 words in 47 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. January Drive: 35 of the 55 editors who signed up for the January Backlog Elimination Drive edited 498,397 words in 183 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. February Blitz: 19 of the 23 editors who signed up for the February Copy Editing Blitz edited 83,969 words in 43 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. March Drive: 28 of the 48 editors who signed up for the March Backlog Elimination Drive edited 210,064 words in 87 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. April Blitz: Sign up for our April Copy Editing Blitz, which runs from 12 to 18 April. Barnstars will be awarded here. Progress report: As of 09:10, 10 April 2026 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 81 copyediting requests since 1 January 2026. The backlog of articles needing copyediting stands at 1,794 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, Mox Eden and Wikieditor662. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Wikipedia:Destubathon of the Americas

You are invited to participate in the Destubathon of the Americas, a contest/editathon which will run from May 1 to May 31. The goal is to destub as many of our 475,000+ stubs for the Americas (from Alaska down to Chile) as possible. A good chance to have fun in expanding many of our old stale stubs and win up to £2000 ($2680) in Amazon vouchers for expanding stub articles. Sign up in the Contestants/participants section on the contest page if interested. Even if not interested in prizes you are still warmly welcome to participate in it as an editathon! Hopefully we can achieve something significant in the month of May together! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:16, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

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Pennymac Financial Services

Hi MaynardClark, I'm working to add updated info to the PennyMac Financial Services page, which currently contains data that is several years old. I see that you're a member of WP:BIZ, so would you be be willing to take a look at my suggested edits: Talk:PennyMac_Financial_Services#Page_updates? I hope you'll consider updating the lead as requested. Thanks, HomeWithAYard (talk) 18:04, 18 May 2026 (UTC)