Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2020/1

Overview The project coordinators are responsible for maintaining the procedural and administrative aspects of the project. They are the designated points of contact for procedural issues and are responsible for ensuring the project as a whole is properly informed of them. Here are some examples of coordinator duties: the coordinators manage the proposal and creation of new task forces; ensure project announcements and task lists are kept up-to-date; initiate drafting of guidelines needed by the project; organize the category system; oversee the recruitment of new members, including the use of project notices and other advertising methods; create and maintain any collaborative projects; maintain the project page and the various guidelines on it in a clean and easy-to-use state; monitor technical policies and ensure project templates satisfy them; and assist in organizing and promoting any Backlog Elimination Drives and Blitzes. They are also expected to generally assist project members with any questions or concerns. The coordinator positions do not confer any executive power. Positions Lead Coordinator (one open position): will have overall responsibility for procedural and administrative matters within the project. Coordinator (2–4 open positions): will assist the Lead Coordinator by focusing on specific areas within the project that require special attention. These areas will be selected based on need and interest among the coordinators. Election process The nomination process ran for two weeks from December 01, 00:01 UTC until December 15, 23:59 UTC. The election process will run for two weeks from December 16, 00:01 UTC until December 31, 23:59 UTC. Any member of the project may nominate themselves for either position by creating a new section under Nominations below and copying the sample form below. Nominees only interested in one position should indicate this when adding their names. Candidates need not make extensive statements if they do not wish to do so. The elections will be conducted using simple approval voting. Any member of the project may support a nominee for either position. If the nominee is running for both positions and you wish to support them for only one, please make a note to that effect as part of your vote. Both project members and interested outside parties are encouraged to ask questions of the nominees or to make general comments. Incumbents Name Position Standing for re-election? Reidgreg (talk · contribs) Lead Coordinator as Asst. Coord only Baffle gab1978 (talk · contribs) Coordinator Affirmative Miniapolis (talk · contribs) Coordinator Why not Withdrawn Tdslk (talk · contribs) Coordinator Yes Twofingered Typist (talk · contribs) Coordinator Coordinator Sample nomination Editor's Username Example (talk · contribs) • Interested in Coordinator position only. Brief statement here Support Nominations are closed Voting is closed Comments and questions Nominations Nominations are closed. Voting is closed Tdslk Tdslk (talk · contribs) • Interested in Coordinator position only. I have been a member of the Guild since 2010 and a coordinator since 2016. I enjoy the low drama and high productivity of this corner of Wikipedia and will do my best to see that continue. In addition, I note that this coming May will mark ten years since our very first drive. It would be great if we were to celebrate that fact as part of the May drive! Support Voting is closed Welcome back, and thanks for commemorating our first drive! Miniapolis 02:27, 16 December 2019 (UTC) Gog the Mild (talk) 03:17, 16 December 2019 (UTC) Of course! Puddleglum 2.0 19:46, 16 December 2019 (UTC) Support for coordinator UnnamedUser (talk) 23:06, 16 December 2019 (UTC) Twofingered Typist (talk) 19:02, 17 December 2019 (UTC) Support for coordinator. BlueMoonset (talk) 03:54, 21 December 2019 (UTC) Support with much thanks! Reidgreg (talk) 23:08, 21 December 2019 (UTC) Support for coordinator; with thanks for your work here. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 01:44, 25 December 2019 (UTC) Support. Thanks! – Jonesey95 (talk) 01:14, 29 December 2019 (UTC) Support. Dhtwiki (talk) 06:32, 31 December 2019 (UTC) Comments and questions Twofingered Typist Twofingered Typist (talk · contribs) • Interested in Coordinator position only. I have enjoyed my first term as a coordinator assisting other editors and helping out with the housekeeping (now largely unnecessary thanks to the new bot!). I, too, admire the civility, productivity and the quality of the work of those who help out here. I would like to help ensure that this continues. Support Voting is closed Welcome back! Miniapolis 02:28, 16 December 2019 (UTC) Gog the Mild (talk) 03:19, 16 December 2019 (UTC), Yep! Puddleglum 2.0 19:46, 16 December 2019 (UTC) Support for coordinator. BlueMoonset (talk) 03:54, 21 December 2019 (UTC) Support for another term as good as the first! Reidgreg (talk) 23:08, 21 December 2019 (UTC) Support for coordinator; with thanks for your work here. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 01:44, 25 December 2019 (UTC) Support for coordinator. Tdslk (talk) 19:37, 28 December 2019 (UTC) Support. Thanks! – Jonesey95 (talk) 01:14, 29 December 2019 (UTC) Support. Dhtwiki (talk) 06:32, 31 December 2019 (UTC) Comments and questions 1. Questions from Bobbychan193: What are some takeaways you gained during your first term as coordinator? Are there any areas you would like to improve on? Bobbychan193 (talk) 23:17, 8 December 2019 (UTC) The introduction of the YiFeiBot to archive articles (for which you and the developer deserve a huge "Thank you") leaves me with no area at present that needs improving. My biggest takeaway, recognizing that we all make mistakes, is that as coordinators we must be prepared to spend time to mentor newer editors when we discover that their work on GOCE Requests is unsatisfactory. I believe the quality of the editing we do is of a very high caliber, but we must ensure this continues. Twofingered Typist (talk) 15:44, 13 December 2019 (UTC) Puddleglum2.0 Puddleglum2.0 (talk · contribs) • Interested in Coordinator position only. I have only recently actually added my username to the project member list, but I have been watching this Project even before I had an account (I made hundreds of edits with my IP to various military related articles, mostly cleaning up grammar and typos.) One of my favourite pastimes and jobs in real life is coordinating events, and I love really getting things done. This position seems like it would be a good fit, as I like 1) helping new editors, 2) being civil, and 3) being productive. I have read and understand all of the coordinator requirements. If elected coordinator, I will do my best to maintain and ensure a productive, civil, and welcoming environment for this fantastic project. Thanks. Support Voting is closed Withdrawn; taking advice and coming back in six months after I've done some more work. Thanks all. Welcome, and thanks for volunteering! Miniapolis 02:29, 16 December 2019 (UTC) Great to have some new blood! Twofingered Typist (talk) 19:14, 17 December 2019 (UTC) Support, but recommend participating as regular copy editor during drives and blitzes, and waiting six months to become a coordinator to gain more experience with copy-editing and WP:MOS. Please stay and work with us! – Jonesey95 (talk) 01:14, 29 December 2019 (UTC) Support per Jonesey; Miniapolis is right, this isn't RfA. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 19:29, 30 December 2019 (UTC) Comments and questions 1. Question from UnnamedUser: What do you believe are your best contributions to Wikipedia, and why? UnnamedUser (talk) 23:12, 4 December 2019 (UTC) A: Right now I think my best edits are reverting vandalism and fixing up grammar and spelling mistakes. This is an area where few readers are going to notice contributions like mine because they take them for granted, but someone needs to be doing he behind-the-scenes work. My three specific best contributions so far have been helping three former vandal-users learn how to edit helpfully. Now those users are contributing constructively to Wikipedia. I know that in a Project with over 3,000,000 users it may seem small, but it's the small that builds the big. Puddleglum 2.0 01:12, 5 December 2019 (UTC) 2. Question from Baffle gab1978: Hi Puddleglum2.0, and welcome to the GOCE. Thank you for standing as a Guild coordinator, your enthusiasm does you credit. I'm concerned you've only been on Wikipedia since September 2019 and that you haven't yet participated in any GOCE activities, though you've made a start on REQ. Which areas of the Guild are you interested in coordinating? Cheers, Baffle☿gab 05:55, 5 December 2019 (UTC) A: Yes, thanks for the question. I am a rather new editor persay, but I have been on Wikipedia with my IP since early 2019, if that counts. :) As an IP I did a lot of grammar corrections and typo fixes, but mainly I just read up on a lot of policies and looked around at projects. I didn't become a registered editor at the time because of all the controversial stuff going on then. I have watched many copy-editing Blitzes and Drives happen while watching this Project, so even though I have not actually participated in one (I have signed up for the upcoming December event though!), I am familiar with how they work. Mainly I would like to be working on setting up and coordinating those events, although I am familiar with and know how to do all the rest of the coordinators jobs. I realize this nomination may be a bit early and am definitely willing to wait until some future election, but I do already know how to do the job and would like to get involved helping as much as I can. I believe that overall, with a little practice, I can do everything that is expected of a coordinator, and because I am willing and eager to do that sort of work, I am running now. Puddleglum 2.0 17:02, 5 December 2019 (UTC) Thank you for your answer, Puddleglum 2.0, I'm glad to read you've done some homework before your nomination. It took me a fair while to familiarise myself with the way drives and blitzes work, especially updating the stats. Depending on your answer, I was going to ask you an awkward question about Guild operations but I don't now think that would be helpful. Rather, I'll just reiterate that I appreciate your enthusiasm and willingness to learn but I like candidates to have had at least a few months of demonstrable experience of the GOCE, such as copy-editing, gnoming, communicating on talk pages, etc. That's all from me; good luck with your candidacy. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 05:31, 6 December 2019 (UTC) , Sure, and as I said, I am totally fine with waiting until some future election, I just figured that I know what to do now, so why wait. Anyways, thanks for the comments! Puddleglum 2.0 16:16, 6 December 2019 (UTC) 3. Comment from Reidgreg: In addition to familiarizing yourself with the task list and how to page, you might prepare yourself by reading through our talk page archives to see the past hurdles we've encountered. Question: You mentioned working on military articles. Are you familiar with WikiProject Military History (MILHIST)? I ask because we were contemplating a combined editing event with them in March 2020. – Reidgreg (talk) 16:49, 6 December 2019 (UTC), Thank you for the advice, I will read those. Yes, I am a member of the Milhist project, I think to would be fantastic if we did a combined event with them, I would love to help work with that, even if not chosen as coordinator. Thanks, Puddleglum 2.0 05:40, 7 December 2019 (UTC) 4. Also I would be happy as coordinator to help with the GOCE newsletter and have it go out more often. I have ideas that I could implement with the newsletter to make it a bit better, I would also love to have it go out on a monthly basis. Just thought y'all might want to know. Thanks, Puddleglum 2.0 22:12, 22 December 2019 (UTC) '5' I don't know if anyone will see this in time, but I wanted to write this, so here we go. As it is near the end of this election, and as I only have two support votes as compared to the average eight, I am willing and ready to switch places with Miniapolis and withdraw. I feel that bit is better for the Project as a whole that there are coordinators that have the popular vote and respect of the majority, not of two people. (Although I do greatly appreciate those two votes.) If the deadline comes up and no one has commented on this and talked, I will not withdraw and I will do my best to do good work as coordinator. I am still willing to be and would like to be a coordinator, however it would be better to have an experienced coordinator step up who is already familiar with everything. Thanks for all for your consideration, please comment and give me your thoughts/advice/whatever you have. Thank you all so much for being so polite, Puddleglum 2.0 05:20, 28 December 2019 (UTC) Comment from Baffle☿gab: Whatever your choice and the result, I hope you'll still be around the Guild. You're always welcome to discuss things, and ask for advice and guidance on our talk pages. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 10:27, 28 December 2019 (UTC) Although I'm very disappointed with the relative lack of support (what is this, a mini-RfA?) from editors who might welcome more help in the future, I understand completely whatever you want to do and hope this doesn't sour you on the GOCE; we used to be less clannish. Check your talkpage in a bit. Happy New Year, have fun and all the best, Miniapolis 16:31, 28 December 2019 (UTC) I think the truth is that being a coordinator does not come with any great privileges. Anyone can help out around the Guild, e.g., by updating the daily progress chart during drives. Having coordinators simply means that there is a group who is committed to doing the routine gnomework that keeps the Guild running. As such, I think people would like to see evidence of more sustained participation at the Guild from a potential coordinator. If you were to participate regularly for the next six months, I would be excited to see you become a coordinator at the next election! Tdslk (talk) 19:37, 28 December 2019 (UTC) OK, I've decided to take the advice of many of you and and wait until next elections, where I will stand again after working more and gaining experience. Thank you to all of you for your advice, Puddleglum 2.0 20:01, 30 December 2019 (UTC) Reidgreg Reidgreg (talk · contribs) • Interested in Coordinator position only. I've been participating with the Guild since 2016 and a coordinator since 2018. I first came here to learn encyclopedic writing style, and I like to pass that along as well as performing maintenance and cleanup, running with tasks that others had initiated. I'd like to continue as an assistant coordinator for another term, if possible. Support Voting is closed Thanks for coming back! Miniapolis 02:30, 16 December 2019 (UTC) D’uh! Gog the Mild (talk) 03:20, 16 December 2019 (UTC), Thank you for stepping up again! Puddleglum 2.0 19:48, 16 December 2019 (UTC) Thanks for your hard work as coordinator. Twofingered Typist (talk) 19:05, 17 December 2019 (UTC) Support for coordinator, with thanks for being Lead these past six months. BlueMoonset (talk) 03:54, 21 December 2019 (UTC) Support for coordinator; with thanks for your work as lead here. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 01:44, 25 December 2019 (UTC) Support for coordinator. Tdslk (talk) 19:37, 28 December 2019 (UTC) Support. Thanks! – Jonesey95 (talk) 01:14, 29 December 2019 (UTC) Support. Dhtwiki (talk) 06:32, 31 December 2019 (UTC) Comments and questions Thank you for producing a highly productive and successful second half of 2019 (I haven't been around for all of it, but from what I gather, it has been very good). Why are you not wishing to run for lead coordinator again? Thanks, Willbb234Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 22:06, 6 December 2019 (UTC) On behalf of the GOCE coordinator team and membership, you're welcome! (Go Guckeh!) This is my second non-consecutive term as lead. I don't feel I ought to serve consecutive terms. It might be too much for my fragile psyche. Though it is awfully nice to have such talented people on call to do my bidding. I'd also like to get back to some articles I'd been writing and may take some short wikibreaks. – Reidgreg (talk) 00:00, 8 December 2019 (UTC) Jonesey95 Jonesey95 (talk · contribs) • Interested in either position (although see my note immediately below). I have greatly enjoyed my semester sabbatical, and I am ready and willing to return in any coordination capacity. My campaign promise is to not take it personally that the Guild hit new all-time lows in the backlog during my first term as a non-coordinator in the last six years. – Jonesey95 (talk) 17:52, 6 December 2019 (UTC) Further: It looks like nobody has volunteered to be Lead Coordinator; I am willing to be Lead, but I do not feel the need to serve if there are enough willing, energetic coordinators. Feel free to provide a nuanced vote of your choice below. – Jonesey95 (talk) 15:25, 9 December 2019 (UTC) Support Voting is closed Support for either UnnamedUser (talk) 02:31, 16 December 2019 (UTC) (edit conflict) Support for lead coordinator, with thanks. Miniapolis 02:34, 16 December 2019 (UTC) Support for lead coordinator. Gog the Mild (talk) 03:22, 16 December 2019 (UTC) Yes for both. Puddleglum 2.0 19:48, 16 December 2019 (UTC) Support for lead coordinator. Twofingered Typist (talk) 19:07, 17 December 2019 (UTC) Support for lead coordinator, and echoing the thanks above for being willing to take the lead once again. BlueMoonset (talk) 03:54, 21 December 2019 (UTC) Support for lead. Reidgreg (talk) 23:08, 21 December 2019 (UTC) Support for lead coordinator and coordinator; welcome back the the Guild. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 01:44, 25 December 2019 (UTC) Support for lead coordinator. Tdslk (talk) 19:37, 28 December 2019 (UTC) Support for either. Dhtwiki (talk) 06:32, 31 December 2019 (UTC) Comments and questions 1. Question from Bobbychan193: Coincidentally, I joined the Guild when Jonesey95 took a wikibreak, so I haven't had very many interactions with them. What are your best (GOCE-related) accomplishments and/or takeaways from your six-year coordinator tenure? Bobbychan193 (talk) 23:21, 8 December 2019 (UTC) Thanks for the question. The biggest takeaway is that the GOCE works best when we focus on our work, assume good faith, avoid drama, and contain our project scope. The coordinators have been very good at all of that in the last few years, and our efforts have borne fruit in the success of the project. My personal accomplishments in the day-to-day, month-to-month realm have included ensuring that every drive and blitz actually happens and starts/ends on time, and ensuring that the coordinators' task list is checked off consistently. My technical accomplishments that ensure consistent, easy blitz and drive coordination have included work on refined "2.0" versions of {{GOCE-new-blitz-page}} and {{GOCE-new-drive-page}}, building on the work of Baffle gab1978, that make it easy to create new drive and blitz pages. My personal favorite creation, because it saves so much tedious work in an elegant way, is {{GOCE award}}. – Jonesey95 (talk) 06:42, 9 December 2019 (UTC) Cheers for that. I created {{Can10k award}} based on that code, and have used those two templates to give 396 barnstars (so far). That saved many hours of work and spread out a lot more encouragement than might have otherwise been possible. – Reidgreg (talk) 15:06, 9 December 2019 (UTC) Miniapolis Miniapolis (talk · contribs) • Interested in Coordinator position only. Many thanks to Reidgreg for a fine job as lead coordinator for the past six months, and welcome back (and thanks) to Jonesey. I have a "the more, the merrier" view of GOCE coordination; life happens, and coordinators can get too busy to ... well, coordinate The most positive contribution I can make here is article improvement; the Guild makes it easy, and I'm happy to pitch in for another term if needed. All the best, Miniapolis 00:23, 8 December 2019 (UTC) Support Voting is closed (but please see comments-and-questions section below. Miniapolis 20:53, 17 December 2019 (UTC)) . Gog the Mild (talk) 03:23, 16 December 2019 (UTC), Glad you stepped up again! Puddleglum 2.0 19:49, 16 December 2019 (UTC) Support for coordinator UnnamedUser (talk) 23:06, 16 December 2019 (UTC) Thank you for all you do. Twofingered Typist (talk) 19:08, 17 December 2019 (UTC) Support with much thanks! Reidgreg (talk) 23:08, 21 December 2019 (UTC) Support for coordinator in case you change your mind about withdrawing; with thanks for your work here. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 01:44, 25 December 2019 (UTC) Support your decision either way. We all need a break sometimes, and I'm sure you'll stick around. – Jonesey95 (talk) 01:14, 29 December 2019 (UTC) Support. Dhtwiki (talk) 06:32, 31 December 2019 (UTC) Comments and questions Since there's been some concern that we may end up with too many coordinators and, IMO, we need a lead coordinator, I'm withdrawing my candidacy to give Puddleglum2.0 some coordinating experience. TT is right that we need new blood, and I'll still be around to help as needed. Talk about an embarrassment of riches! All the best, Miniapolis 20:51, 17 December 2019 (UTC) I humbly thank you, I appreciate this very much. I would love any advice you might have, and again, I very much appreciate this, I will do my best to, well, do my best if chosen as a coordinator. Many thanks, Puddleglum 2.0 01:28, 18 December 2019 (UTC) Comment from Baffle☿gab; I've given my support in case you change your mind about withdrawing but I'll miss having you as a coordinator and your calm, rational voice. Thanks for all of your work here over the past few years (it must be five at least!) and for all of your other Wikipedia work. Cheers and good luck, Baffle☿gab 01:44, 25 December 2019 (UTC) :) Baffle gab1978 Baffle gab1978 (talk · contribs) • Interested in Coordinator position only. Thanks as always to my fellow coordinators for their help and support; and for Reidgreg for being a fine leader. I'm happy to wear the juice serve for another term if you'll have me; though I've no wish to lead—I'm better on the shop floor than in the office. For those who don't know me, I'm an active REQ copy-editor and current coordinator at the Guild. My main focus has been the ever-busy Requests page, checking requests for suitability, discussing where necessary and doing other small tasks in Guildspace such as setting up Drive and Blitz pages. I've also helped write newsletters and annual reports, and I plan to continue with all of these tasks for the foreseeable future. On the downside, I don't suffer fools gladly and can be a bit impatient and bitey towards inexperienced editors, though I think I'm improving in that area. My activity will probably decline after mid-term. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 19:02, 8 December 2019 (UTC) Support Voting is closed Thanks for all your help! Miniapolis 02:35, 16 December 2019 (UTC) Gog the Mild (talk) 03:25, 16 December 2019 (UTC), Thanks! Puddleglum 2.0 19:50, 16 December 2019 (UTC) Thanks for all your hard work. Twofingered Typist (talk) 19:10, 17 December 2019 (UTC) Support for coordinator. BlueMoonset (talk) 03:54, 21 December 2019 (UTC) Support with much thanks! Reidgreg (talk) 23:08, 21 December 2019 (UTC) Support for coordinator. Tdslk (talk) 19:37, 28 December 2019 (UTC) Support. Thanks! – Jonesey95 (talk) 01:14, 29 December 2019 (UTC) Support. Dhtwiki (talk) 06:32, 31 December 2019 (UTC) Comments and questions Baffle gab1978, when you say My activity will probably decline after mid-term, do you mean after the end of March, or at some other point in 2020? (I initially interpreted it as mid-year, but I think I was wrong about that, and thought I should check.) I'm still supporting you for coordinator, but I'm curious nonetheless. BlueMoonset (talk) 03:54, 21 December 2019 (UTC) Hi BlueMoonset, thanks for your support and question. Yes, my RL activity usually picks up around March, when I'm busier doing RL things that keep me away from Wikipedia, so I tend to be more active here in the northern winter. Even so, I'll usually spend two or three hours most days copy-editing and coordinating. I think it's fair to tell other editors and coordinators not to expect me to maintain my current high levels of activity until June. Guild tasks take up less of my time now the Requests page is automatically archived, which is a Great Thing. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 19:46, 21 December 2019 (UTC) Sorry I didn't respond sooner, but wanted to point out that a reduction to "two or three hours most days" still makes for major contributions to GOCE. We're lucky to have you around. BlueMoonset (talk) 20:26, 28 December 2019 (UTC) Current time is 09:00, 22 November 2024 (UTC) Voting ended 23:59, 31 December 2019 (UTC) Results Jonesey95 is lead coordinator; Baffle gab1978, Tdslk, Twofingered Typist and Reidgreg are assistant coordinators. Miniapolis and Puddleglum2.0 withdrew. Miniapolis is coordinator emeritus per this nomination. Many thanks to all who took part and voted in the election.