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I've reworded the sentence in question in the second bullet of your concerns with the "Gender and kinship" section of the article. Let me know if it's still unclear. — Arsonal ( talk + contribs)— 09:50, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
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Just a reminder, starting tomorrow I will not be completely available until the 21st, as I will be on vacation. The Utahraptor Talk/ Contribs 00:57, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for your helpful comments about this article. Since your review, serious editing has taken place and I think the points you raised have now been addressed. Also, the photo of Odo Bushop of Bayeux has been removed, together with those considered superfluous. There have been a couple of developments not directly linked to your review - two photos in the Economy section have been replaced (Aylesford Newsprint and Ditton Laboratory) with new ones (of the same subject) and one completely new photo of the Hermitage Quarry has been added. Shaibalahmar ( talk) 15:55, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I was wondering if you would be able to review the introduction of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador to see if it is up to GA standards. The article was originally reviewed earlier this year and the only outstanding issue was the introduction, which has since been expanded and fixed. The member who reviewed originally reviewed the article has since helped with the introduction and now they don't feel they can pass it as a GA. So I was wondering if you could help. Newfoundlander&Labradorian ( talk) 15:14, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
Hi, Chaosdruid. I have made a first draft of a mid-drive newsletter and it is available here for further work. If you have time to check it over that would be great. Thanks. -- Diannaa ( talk) 17:20, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
You could ask user Rafy, he did most of the maps. He may be able to do it. EkoGraf ( talk) 04:53, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors July 2011 backlog elimination drive update
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Guild of Copy Editors
July 2011 Backlog elimination drive! Here is your mid-drive newsletter.
So far, 45 people have signed up for the drive, of which 30 are actively participating, a very high participation rate. If you have not signed up for the drive yet, you can sign up now. If you have questions about getting started, feel free to talk to us.
Progress has been less than that needed to meet our target for the drive (which would reduce the backlog by about 400 articles). Remember though, if everyone copy edits one or two articles every day, we will easily meet our goal. Many thanks to those editors who have been helping out at the Requests page. Reducing the number of articles on this list has been a major success of this drive. Thanks for participating! Your drive coordinators – Diannaa, Chaosdruid, The Utahraptor, Slon02 and SMasters |
Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 05:01, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
Hi. I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for what you have done. Much appreciated. Jivesh • Talk2Me 16:53, 24 July 2011 (UTC)
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Thank you for your support |
Thank you very much for your support on my RfA. I shall endeavor to meet your and the community's expectations as an admin. Qwyrxian ( talk) 07:22, 26 July 2011 (UTC) |
[1] TCO ( reviews needed) 01:43, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
Hi, i think I've finished working on Led Zeppelin. It is time for your copy edit I suppose. 188.169.22.145 ( talk) 07:57, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
Guess there was some kind of mix-up. Please check my reply on User_talk:Slon02#Copyediting. -- Jollyroger ( talk) 10:12, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
Regards, Scieberking ( talk) 15:24, 30 July 2011 (UTC)
The first draft of the end-of-drive newsletter for the Guild of Copy Editors July 2011 drive is available for editing here. The Utahraptor Talk/ Contribs 14:51, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
-- The Utahraptor Talk/ Contribs 17:41, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
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The King Canute Award |
Awarded for your valiant efforts in holding back the tide of foolishness on my talk page. Much appreciated. -- Demiurge1000 ( talk) 18:40, 2 August 2011 (UTC) |
I was looking at this article (as you may recall, it's the one that's been sitting on the Requests page since June that we decided to leave until after the drive) and there is a notice on the talk page that it is being depeloped in tandem with the parallel article on de.wiki. So I am no longer interested in re-vamping the article or treating it as a re-write. I think the best thing to do is treat is as a normal copy edit. I have copy edited the section titled "Differnet types". If you would like to have a go next, please find one or two sections of the article that you find manageable and do copy edits. Then, pass it along to another GOCE coordinator for more work. You can post on the Requests page as to which sections you were able to complete. Thanks in advance for any help you can offer on this difficult article. -- Dianna ( talk) 19:56, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
Keeping a list of everything bad user:XXX did in your user space is neither constructive nor appropriate. Perhaps we should both focus on the many positive things to do rather than the very occasional misbehavior? DrKiernan ( talk) 07:20, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
Dear Chaosdruid,
I am trying, unsuccessfully, to update the J. Choo Limited page to create an accurate picture of the company for the public to view.
Statements regarding J. Choo Limited's intellectual property like those currently on the page are not accurate. The story relating to Kookychoo is not a true representation of the facts and damages the reputation of the company without true cause. Furthermore, the case involving Kookychoo has long been settled and is no longer relevant to the company's history or profile.
Basic facts regarding J. Choo Limited are incorrect on the article's page. For example, the company's name is not 'Jimmy Choo Ltd'it is 'J. Choo Limited', commonly referred to as ‘Jimmy Choo’. Tamara Mellon has been awarded an OBE and as such 'OBE' should follow her name. Her title in the company is 'Founder and Chief Creative Officer'.
I understood from Wikipedia's principles that the website strives to achieve free content that ANYONE can edit and that the material should be written from a neutral tone. Well the comments regarding Kookychoo and Jimmy Choo are far from neutral, they are damaging and create a negative image of the company. Furthermore, despite my best efforts to bring the article page up to date and to correct its factual mistakes, my edits have been repeatedly undone and I have received threats of blockage.
I would be happy to work on an article discussing the company's history, achievements and future aspirations from an unbiased viewpoint, complete with references and pictures, if I could be assured that such an article would not be removed. However, if I, or anyone else who wishes to expand the article to create a true representation of the company, am unable to do this, then surely Wikipedia is failing to meet its five founding pillars?
I look forward to your reply and I hope we can come to some agreement to allow the inaccurate statements regarding a historic case to be removed, and the necessary corrections made to make the article more accurate and relevant.
Kind regards,
217.205.109.74 ( talk) 10:59, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
Let me try and lay out a timeline so that we can address the issues.
First, can we establish that the company is the correct one? From companies house I get these listings:
From this I would agree that there is not a company currently registered in the UK with the title "Jimmy Choo Ltd.", more importantly the image of the letter sent to Kookychoo appears to be using the title "J. Choo (Jersey) Limited", which is on that list.
I would say there is a reasonable cause to look at referencing the company name as J. Choo (Jersey) Limited, but only if that is indeed the company name. For that there would have to be other secondary sources saying that the company is the one under that registered company name.
Secondly, let me try and address your specific issues:
Thirdly we need to address the Wikipedia issues you raise:
In conclusion, regarding the article content, I would agree that the article:
I hope this has given us a clear starting point from which the article can be developed? I appreciate this has been a frustrating time for you so far, but I hope that we can address these issues and get the article into a better and more detailed state. Chaosdruid ( talk) 20:36, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
As you can see I have now created a user account. I am to happy to declare a COI and to suggest possible edits on the talk page rather than editing directly myself.
To answer your points above:
- J. Choo Limited is the company that needs to be on the article, J. Choo (Jersey) Limited is a subsidiary company and is no longer the 'umbrella' company. You can find references to the company here: [1]
- Jimmy Choo (J. Choo Limited) and Jimmy Choo Couture are separate businesses. J.Choo Limited grants Mr Choo a licence to continue trading.
- Tamara Mellon, OBE is the 'Founder and Chief Creative Officer' is her official working title within the company [2] To call her just 'Chief Creative Officer is incorrect. However, I agree with the decision to just refer to her OBE the first time.
- I suggest that as there are no avaliable comments from Jimmy Choo, as at the time the Company did not wish to comment, we cut down the size of the story and leave it with a few references, for example:
"In December 2008 a small IP dispute between a New Zealand website, Kookychoo.com and J.Choo Limited took place, but was settled in 2009. Kookychoo sell a variety of items such as toys, jewellery and bean bags. The fact that "choo" is in the name was at the crux of the issue."
If people want to know more about the issue then they can look at the links avaliable.
In addition:
I will start discussing possible additions on the Jimmy Choo Ltd talk page, I would be grateful for your commentary and your assistance in arranging for them to go on to the page. I look forward to working with you to improve the article.
Many thanks,
Victoria VictoriaJC ( talk) 13:51, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
I have Wikiwelcomed you on your new talk page :¬)
My only concern with the company title used as the article title is which company it was at the start, when Mellon and Choo founded it. If the company was the same one, J. Choo Limited, then all is well and good - but if the company has changed names then this also has to be reflected in the history and page title.
I would really appreciate a reference for J. Choo Limited licensing Mr Choo, if at all possible, that would certainly ease matters on the names of the business and shops etc. Is Jimmy Choo Couture Mr Choo's current business name, as I believe it is?
I have reflected on the position/title more at the article talk page.
The problem with your description of events appear slightly incorrect. The letter sent to Kookychoo, and the references, all state that the order was to desist selling, not just an IP naming dispute (though I realise that may have been an error). We cannot call it "small", "large" or any other sizing term; as that would be misleading. Who is to say what small is? To the owner of Kookychoo it was pretty large, standing to lose everything she owned, and to Jimmy Choo it was small, probably a minor event in a large pool of such cases on trademark and copyright. As such it is best described without sizing.
I suggest that further discussion abou the article content is continued on the article talk pages from now on - if you do not object I can copy the last few parts of this over and add it to the material already there? Chaosdruid ( talk) 18:34, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
Anyway could you re-word it or something if you think its copied? because all the information is up to date and real information. But i believe i have removed or changed the way its structured, but if you still think it needs changing, could you please change it instead of removing it all? 86.160.202.216 ( talk) 20:52, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
Thanks a lot for the copyedit. Maybe the 6th FAC will be the charm :). -- Tærkast ( Discuss) 12:29, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
Hi Chaosdruid!!! How are you? Sorry I didnt know how else I could contact you. Here is the thing. The article i created about Mayboroda has been deleted. I wonder why? and how i can appeal against it? I mean the funny thing is that It had been greatly modified in terms of references and the structure. I had put up a lot of references hard references and from the internet, mostly in russian. but is it a problem? Where does it say that references should be in english only? IT is a discrimination. why was the WIPO reference not reliable and other ones as well? sorry but this is such a bullshit... I had cut it out and deleted some parts that cant be proved by any references...but it seems like it was not taken into account
I mean like what shall i do? I dont feel it was within the rules of Wikipedia to delete my article? Where is the court of appeal? I am very sorry if I am disturbing you, but you have been very kind and understanding.. Please HEEEEELP!
thanks anyway — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ivan.sychev108 ( talk • contribs) 13:56, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors July 2011 backlog elimination drive report
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Guild of Copy Editors
July 2011 Backlog elimination drive. Thank you for participating! Here is your end-of-drive report.
50 people signed up for the drive, of which 39 participated. Thanks to all who copy edited articles and helped us reduce the backlogs in both the total articles and requests. We offered a bonus for copy edits from the Requests page, and have been somewhat successful in reducing that backlog, as a record 89 new requests were received in the month of July.
During the month of July we reduced the backlog by 338 articles, or by about 8.5%. We did not reach our goal of a 10% reduction, but we came close, and did very well considering the small size of the group participating. Since our Backlog elimination drives began in May 2010, we have reduced the backlog by 4,708 articles. End-of-drive results can be found here. We will be handing out barnstars within the next week or two.
Please remember that the GOCE Requests page is receiving a high number of requests, with the number of August requests already above three per day. Any assistance to help keep the backlog down would be greatly appreciated. Our next drive will be in September. We hope to see you there! Your drive coordinators – Diannaa, Chaosdruid, The Utahraptor, Slon02 and SMasters |
Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 16:39, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi, Chaosdruid. I was wondering if you would have time to help out with delivery of barnstars for the July drive? If so, your assignment would be to do editors with names starting with S through Z (8 users, 14 barnstars). If you don't think you have time please let me know and I will get it covered for you. Any questions or problems please let me know. Thanks. -- Dianna ( talk) 23:02, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
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The Most Excellent Order of the Caretaker's Star |
For copy editing an impressive 157,481 words during the July 2011 Guild of Copy Editors Backlog elimination drive, I hereby award you with the Most Excellent Order of the Caretaker's Star. The Utahraptor Talk/ Contribs 23:44, 6 August 2011 (UTC) |
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Leaderboard Award—Number of Articles—4th Place | |
This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Chaosdruid for copy editing 31 articles during the July 2011 Backlog elimination drive. Thanks for all your hard work! The Utahraptor Talk/ Contribs 23:44, 6 August 2011 (UTC) |
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The Guild of Copy Editors' Award | |
Leaderboard Award–Word count–First Place It is with great pleasure that I bestow on Chaosdruid the prestigious Guild of Copy Editors' Gold Star Award, for completing the largest word count (111,725) – 1st Place – during the July 2011 Guild of Copy Editors Backlog elimination drive. Thank you for your contributions. The Utahraptor Talk/ Contribs 23:44, 6 August 2011 (UTC) |
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The Guild of Copy Editors' Award | |
Leaderboard Award–5K Articles–First Place It is with great pleasure that I bestow on Chaosdruid the prestigious Guild of Copy Editors' Gold Star Award, for completing the largest number of 5K articles (14) – 1st Place – during the July 2011 Guild of Copy Editors Backlog elimination drive. Thank you for your contributions. The Utahraptor Talk/ Contribs 23:44, 6 August 2011 (UTC) |
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Special Barnstar: Largest Single Article | |
This Special barnstar is awarded to Chaosdruid for courageously editing the largest single article, Klemens von Metternich (15,190 Words) during the July 2011 Guild of Copy Editors Backlog elimination drive. Your contributions are highly appreciated! The Utahraptor Talk/ Contribs 23:44, 6 August 2011 (UTC) |
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The 10k Copy Edit Barnstar | |
For copy editing 15,190 words in
Klemens von Metternich
during the July 2011 Guild of Copy Editors Backlog elimination drive. The Utahraptor Talk/ Contribs 23:44, 6 August 2011 (UTC) |
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The Special Barnstar | |
I hereby award you, Chaosdruid, with The Special Barnstar for not only earning six barnstars during the Guild of Copy Editors' latest drive, but for displaying your skill in being a GOCE coordinator and for being a good friend to not only me, but to everybody you've interacted with here on Wikipedia. The Utahraptor Talk/ Contribs 23:55, 6 August 2011 (UTC) |
Hi Chaosdruid. Thanks for adding my barnstars. Just one check: did you note that I edited two articles of 10K+ ? -- Stfg ( talk) 08:33, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
The Master of Mayhem cup of tea? Don't worry, I'll make it 11:46, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
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If you think that the article you created should remain separate, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. Additionally if you would like to have someone review articles you create before they go live so they are not nominated for deletion shortly after you post them, allow me to suggest the article creation process and using our search feature to find related information we already have in the encyclopedia. Try not to be discouraged. Wikipedia looks forward to your future contributions. The Last Angry Man ( talk) 11:27, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
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No, declined unblocks can't be removed during the block. Nor can the block. If he does this again it's grounds for revoking his talk page access and/or extending the block. Daniel Case ( talk) 14:03, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
Thanks. I will be adding some more pictures soon. I probably should watchlist it. I already did.
Daniel Case (
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14:36, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
Hey hi!
I have to say sorry again...but You have chosen your destiny i mean your choice to be a WIki Guide and a nice person! so I am begging you to get back to me some time so that my Wiki problem maybe sorted out...Well, I mean,in spite of your say "keep" my article about Mayboroda got deleted...This guy, Mayboroda is not an ordinary person, he is quite famous over here..maybe i could make a russian wiki article first and then put it in english..or rewrite it again but in a shorter way without saying so much. I just dont know..i feel a bit annoyed but it doesnt matter... by the way, Mayboroda was a lecturer at various universities for a number of years he was a member of Astranoutics Federation etc and there are indeed articles about him in this regard confirming all this!!! Ive found them recently they are quite old...80s you know...and they are available online at one web-site as well...it seems like even those references were not properly checked...because the 2 articles in Technika Molodezi about Mayboroda and that article (cited by Bolonkin) they do exist in russian and they do describe Mayboroda's achievments and theories and it was not taken into account whatsoever. they were not simply checked. this Andy is a very strange person..it looks like he likes arguing without a purpose....nothing personal about him...I wish him all the best anyhow
Sorry for such a long letter....I really need your help, Chaosdruid!!! Please......
Take care!!! your well-wisher Ivan
Hey Hi! Just got your message. I really appreciate your participation!!! you know how it feels when what you create is left for the benefit of others!!! I will definitely put the refs in where you told, but not today!!!I ve got some important stuff to do! I will try to do it tomorrow!!!That's right for some reason i just could not insert any references....dont know why...I wonder how you did it!!! I ve found a few refs in there already!!thanks!!i'll look for refs on my laptop...I'll get back to it soon!!
thanks so much!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ivan.sychev108 ( talk • contribs) 18:42, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
Hey by the way!! i have no idea of how i can change the title of the article..i mean if you want to change it to orbital harvesters ..i think it's all right, the only thing is that these harvesters can collect not only gases like Demetriades thought but also hard and liquid substances like aluminum etc...and that was what Marwick and Mayboroda proved in their technologies...so maybe just orbital harvesters would be more precise...let's see — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ivan.sychev108 ( talk • contribs) 19:02, 10 August 2011 (UTC)