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Hello and welcome to the September newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since June. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

Election news: Project coordinators play an important role in our WikiProject. Following the mid-year Election of Coordinators, we welcomed Mox Eden to the coordinator team. Dhtwiki remains as Lead Coordinator, and Miniapolis and Wracking returned as assistant coordinators. If you'd like to help out behind the scenes, please consider taking part in our December election – watchlist our ombox for updates. Information about the role of coordinators can be found here.

Blitz: 13 of the 24 editors who signed up for the June 2024 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 169,404 words comprising 41 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

Drive: 38 of the 59 editors who signed up for the July 2024 Backlog Elimination Drive copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 482,133 words comprising 293 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

Blitz: 10 of the 15 editors who signed up for the August 2024 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 71,294 words comprising 31 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

Drive: Sign up here to earn barnstars in our month-long, in-progress September Backlog Elimination Drive.

Progress report: As of 05:14, 11 September 2024 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 233 requests since 1 January, and the backlog of tagged articles stands at 2,824 articles.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we do without you! Cheers from Baffle gab1978 and your GOCE coordinators Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Mox Eden and Wracking.

Online events:

• New: Women in STEM | Geofocus: Islands I-P | Women in archaeology

• Continuing: #1day1woman | Education (year-long initiative)

Announcements from other communities

• October is Women in Green's "Around the World in 31 Days" Good Article Edit-a-thon

Tip of the month:

• Unsure how to expand a stub article? Take a look at this guidance

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.
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Online events:

• New: Women who died in 2024 | Religion

• Continuing: #1day1woman | Education (year-long initiative)

Announcements from other communities

• Women in Religion have a monthly virtual edit-a-thon and the next session is
  December 2nd 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. CST. For Zoom meeting details, contact Dzingle1 or
  RosPost. Women in Red members are welcome to join the Zoom Meeting here

Tip of the month:

• Think of rewarding contributors, especially newcomers, with a barnstar.

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:

Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter/X

• On 1 January 2025, a one-month backlog drive for new pages patrol will begin in hopes of addressing the growing backlog.
• Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles and redirects patrolled.
• Each article review will earn 1 point, while each redirect review will earn 0.2 points.
• Streak awards will be given out based on consistently hitting point thresholds for each week of the drive.
• Barnstars will also be granted for re-reviewing articles previously reviewed by other patrollers during the drive.
• Interested in taking part? Sign up here.