User talk:Twofingered Typist/Archives/2017/September

Dragon Ball (manga)

Hi Twofingered Typist,

When you are avaliable, could you re-copyedit the article linked? I asked someone to take a look, and they said it was stilted and had repetitive phrases. -- 1989 23:28, 2 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@1989: I'm working on another article right now, but I'll see what I can do. I see its had dozens and dozens of edits since I last looked at it. Twofingered Typist (talk) 11:37, 3 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@1989: I've run through the article again and made some changes - a few I perhaps missed the first time through, and some issues that were definitely introduced after my initial copy edit. I have to say that the tone seems right to me for an encyclopedic article - I certainly wouldn't say it is "stilted". I failed to find incidents of "repetitive phrases". Perhaps the individual who looked at the article would like to give you a hand with it? Twofingered Typist (talk) 13:44, 4 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

TT, 1989 pinged me about this article. I took a quick look at the FAC page, and Sarastro1 has substantive prose concerns. A big problem (as you've noted) is the length of time between the copyedit and the FAC. The FA prose standard is "professional", and the current article may fall short. 1989, I suggest that you chalk this up to experience, request another FA-quality copyedit (emphasize that on WP:GOCE/REQ) and renominate the article as soon as the copyedit is done. Good luck and all the best, Miniapolis 14:27, 20 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Miniapolis: Chalk this up? I don't get it. -- 1989 14:38, 20 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"Chalking something up to experience" is an English-language idiom meaning "to learn from a mistake"; your mistake was waiting so long after the copyedit to submit the FAC, because there were many intervening edits. All the best, Miniapolis 17:34, 20 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank You for the fix ups

Thanks heaps for checking the articles for me! Is there any chance you could quickly go through Alex Gilbert and The Café (Three)? Or do I have to request these? Thanks again! --TheDomain (talk) 19:54, 22 August 2017 (UTC) Also if not, I will add these to the list in the following month or so. No rush! --TheDomain (talk) 19:59, 22 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@TheDomain: I'll have a look at them for you. Twofingered Typist (talk) 20:25, 22 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

You are a legend Twofingered Typist. If you can have a look at both that would be incredible. They are not long articles :) --TheDomain (talk) 21:11, 22 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE August 2017 Blitz Bling

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to Twofingered Typist for copy edits totaling over 10,000 words (including rollover words) during the GOCE August 2017 Copy Editing Blitz. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Keira 1996 07:48, 29 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

GA reassess

Rommel myth, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for a community good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. LargelyRecyclable (talk) 13:40, 22 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]