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| Guild of Copy Editors April 2025 Newsletter

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Hello and welcome to the April 2025 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 2025 coordinator election, Wracking stepped down as coordinator; we thank them for their service. Incumbents Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, and Mox Eden were reelected coordinators, and IQR and WikiEditor5678910 were newly elected coordinator, to serve through 30 June. Nominations for our mid-year Election of Coordinators will open on 1 June (UTC).

Drive: 55 editors signed up for our January Backlog Elimination Drive 33 claimed at least one copy-edit and copy-edited 611,404 words in 237 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

Blitz: 14 editors signed up for our February Copy Editing Blitz. 10 claimed at least one copy-edit and copy-edited 46,749 words in 18 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

Drive: 47 editors signed up for our March Backlog Elimination Drive. 28 claimed at least one copy-edit and copy-edited 479,172 words in 207 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

Blitz: Sign up for our April Copy Editing Blitz, which runs from 13 to 19 April. Barnstars will be awarded here.

Progress report: As of 9:45, 12 April 2024 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 89 requests since 1 January 2024, and the backlog stands at 2,264 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 {{noping|Dhtwiki|IQR|Miniapolis|Mox Eden|WikiEditor5678910}}.

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|style="padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em;" | File:WiR revolutionaries.pngWomen in Red | May 2025, Vol 11, Issue 5, Nos. 326, 327, 337, 338

Online events:

• New: Revolutionary women | Alphabet run I & J
• Continuing, year-long initiatives: #1day1woman | Music

Announcements (events facilitated by others):

• WikiProject Women in Green - a Good Article editathon from 1-31 May 2025

Progress ("moving the needle"):

• Statistics available via [https://humaniki.wmcloud.org/search Humaniki tool]. Thank you if you contributed one or more of the 1,269 articles during this period!

:* 21 Apr 2025: 20.090% of EN-WP biographies are about women (2,061,363; 414,126 women)

:* 24 Mar 2025: 20.070% (2,057,083 bios; 412,857 women)

Tip of the month:

• Those of you who experience harassment while trying to create or improve articles about women
  are welcome to bring your problems to our attention on the Women in Red talk page.

Other ways to participate:

• Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications.
• Join the conversations on our talkpage.
• Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project.
• Follow us on social media: [https://instagram.com/wikiwomeninred Instagram] | [https://www.pinterest.com/wikiwomeninred/boards/ Pinterest]

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|style="padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em;" | File:WiR Pride June 2022.pngWomen in Red | June 2025, Vol 11, Issue 6, Nos. 326, 327, 339, 340

Online events:

• New: LGBTQ+ | Alphabet run K & L
• Continuing, year-long initiatives: #1day1woman | Music

Announcements:

• Who are the most overlooked and interesting Women in Red? We've no idea,
  but we're putting together our list of the 100 most interesting ex-Women in Red.
  We are creating the list to celebrate 10 years of Women in Red and we hope to present it at Wikimania.
  We are ignoring the obvious, so do you have a name or subject we should consider?
  Can you suggest a DYK style hook?
  If you are shy about editing that page, you are welcome to add ideas and comments on the talk page.
• The World Destubathon, 16 June - 13 July, 2025

Progress ("moving the needle"):

• Statistics available via [https://humaniki.wmcloud.org/search Humaniki tool]. Thank you if you contributed one or more of the 1,492 articles during this period!

:* 19 May 2025: 20.114% of EN-WP biographies are about women (2,066,280; 415,618 women)

:* 21 Apr 2025: 20.090% (2,061,363 bios; 414,126 women)

Tip of the month:

• Every language Wikipedia has its own policies regarding notability and reliable sources.
  Before translating an article from one language Wikipedia into English Wikipedia, research
  the subject and verify that the translated article will meet English Wikipedia's policy requirements.

Other ways to participate:

• Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications.
• Join the conversations on our talkpage.
• Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project.
• Follow us on social media: [https://instagram.com/wikiwomeninred Instagram] | [https://www.pinterest.com/wikiwomeninred/boards/ Pinterest]