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Euphonium

Hi, I was listening to a delightful Euphonium piece on RNZ this evening, and thought I would look up the history of the instrument. The piece was Sparke's Pantomine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPpSalT9AMY ↗, although the performance was New Zealand SO/Bruce Hangen, Anyway, I looked at the article Euphonium ↗. It is in need of some care and attention. I know you have many other interests, but perhaps you could find some time to give this article a boost ? Marshelec (talk) 05:24, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
:@Marshelec I'd love to :) I'm in the middle of a keyed trumpet ↗ and bugle ↗ stint at the moment, but I'll get to it soon — Jon (talk) 05:30, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
:Hi - feel free to take a look. I'm considering merging most of what's in the §Name section into the §History section. I haven't touched the §Types section yet. Let me know if you have any ideas! — Jon (talk) 23:39, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
: {{ping|Marshelec}} I've been chipping away at Euphonium ↗ over the last couple of months, and I think it's in much better shape now. I'll probably nominate it for WP:GA ↗ soon, what do you think? — Jon (talk) 00:24, 26 September 2025 (UTC)

September GOCE newsletter

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Hello and welcome to the September 2023 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since June. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

'''David Thomsen:''' Prolific Wikipedian and Guild member David Thomsen ({{noping|Dthomsen8}}) died in November 2022. He was a regular copy editor who took part in many of our Drives and Blitzes. An obituary was published in the mid-July issue of ''The Signpost ↗''. Tributes can be left on David's talk page ↗.

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'''June Blitz:''' Of the 17 editors who signed up for our ''' June Copy Editing Blitz''' ↗, 12 copy-edited at least one article. 70,035 words comprising 26 articles were copy-edited. Barnstars awarded are '''here''' ↗.

'''July Drive:''' 34 of the 51 editors who took part in our '''July Backlog Elimination Drive''' ↗ copy-edited at least one article. They edited 276 articles and 683,633 words between them. Barnstars awarded are '''here''' ↗.

'''August Blitz:''' In our '''August Copy Editing Blitz''' ↗, 13 of the 16 editors who signed up worked on at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 79,608 words comprising 57 articles. Barnstars awarded are available '''here''' ↗.

'''September Drive:''' '''Sign up here''' ↗ for our month-long '''September Backlog Elimination Drive''', which is now underway. Barnstars awarded will be posted '''here''' ↗.

'''Progress report:''' As of 14:29, 9 September 2023 (UTC), GOCE copy editors have processed 245 requests ↗ since 1 January. The backlog of tagged articles stands at 2,066. 

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'''Drive:''' Of the 69 editors who signed up for the '''September Backlog Elimination Drive''' ↗, 40 copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 661,214 words in 290 articles. Barnstars awarded are listed '''here''' ↗.

'''Blitz:''' Of the 22 editors who signed up for the '''October Copy Editing Blitz''' ↗, 13 copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 109,327 words in 52 articles. Barnstars awarded are listed '''here''' ↗.

'''Drive:''' During the '''November Backlog Elimination Drive''' ↗, 38 of the 58 editors who signed up copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 458,620 words in 234 articles. Barnstars awarded are listed '''here''' ↗.

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'''Progress report:''' As of 20:33, 10 December 2023 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 344 requests since 1 January, and the backlog stands at 2,191 articles.

'''Other news:''' Our Annual Report for 2023 is planned for release in the new year.

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Greetings and query

Hi there, I don't think we've had the pleasure, which is unusual since we seem to be working in similar realms. In any case, awesome job with your low brass articles thus far—please let me know if I can ever be of assistance: researching, reviewing etc.
Re https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Codex_Arundel&curid=26521191&diff=1230868219&oldid=1226774441 ↗, how so? The link seems to be working for me; how'd you hear about this? '''<span style="font-family:Lucida;"><span style="color:darkred">Aza24</span><span style="color:#848484"> (talk)</span></span>''' 04:59, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
: Hi - thanks! It can often seem quite lonely out here in the outer spiral arms of the brass instrument galaxy. I guess with that edit I was making a less-than-good-faith remark about how relying on the Internet Archive to prop up previous efforts by the British Library to host their own content in the seemingly better-funded past is not a great look for them, or for the articles trying to source or cite it. Perhaps I've been reading too much lately about how the internet as we once knew it is disappearing and being replaced by pointless JavaScript-only "apps" whose only purpose is to stop you from downloading Instagram images or YouTube videos without first signing up, logging in, donating everything you see think feel or visit to unaccountable transnational tax-evading megacorporations owned by sociopathic grasping billionaires, and having adverts rammed down your neck, to the point where Google won't even let you run an ad blocker in Chrome; or by vast quantities of hollow, meaningless drivel generated by ChatGPT; forums have been replaced by Reddit and Discord, proprietary applications with no ability to link, search, cite, or even ''read'' without an account. I have similar misgivings about Exlibris, which compared to just running Koha ↗ makes library catalogues awful, slow, inaccessible ↗, un-linkable piles of pointless JavaScript-ridden unusable crap. Google Arts & Culture is the same. Gosh, this seems to have turned into a rant. Sorry! — Jon (talk) 21:06, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
::My own apologies for the late response. Very interesting observations and I suppose I agree for the most part. Google Arts & Culture has always appeared as a bizarre hodgepodge of well presented information, but at the same time mostly a mirror for other sites. I suppose their high-quality images can be exceptional though. '''<span style="font-family:Lucida;"><span style="color:darkred">Aza24</span><span style="color:#848484"> (talk)</span></span>''' 20:35, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

Your reversion of my edit to "Ophicleide"

Greetings and felicitations. I noticed that you reverted my edit ↗ to Ophicleide ↗ but did not give a reason. I'm wondering why? And if you want to keep the changes, please at least add a bullet in front of the inline commons template. —DocWatson42 (talk) 13:30, 2 August 2024 (UTC)

:Apologies, amended as per. — Jon (talk) 23:32, 2 August 2024 (UTC)

History of brass bands in NZ

Here are a couple of announcements about the project - National Library Lilburn Research Fellow in 2025 https://natlib.govt.nz/about-us/media/samantha-owens-named-as-lilburn-research-fellow-2025 and in The Post https://www.thepost.co.nz/culture/350346544/depth-look-history-brass-bands-nz Gertrude206 (talk) 01:42, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

:Excellent, thanks for those! Meanwhile, as you suggested, I've uploaded images and edited the NZD $1 ↗ and $2 ↗ banknote articles. — Jon (talk) 00:48, 5 August 2024 (UTC)

F Attachment problem

Hello Jonathanischoice, I see you reverted my edit on Flugelhorn ↗ but F attachment ↗ doesn't work. I have therefore edited as per your recommendation, but this is part of a larger problem, see:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Trombone#%22F-attachment%22_Wikilinks_don't_work Clark42 (talk) 17:15, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

:@Clark42 I don't understand the problem you're having, since F attachment ↗ redirects to Trombone#Valve attachments ↗ anyway? Jon (talk) 19:55, 8 August 2024 (UTC)
::No, that was the edit I just made. Before that, as I found it weeks ago and what you reverted to, the Wikilink pointed to F attachment ↗, a page that no longer exists and has been replaced by a redirect page pointing to Trombone ↗, thus taking those who click on it to the top of the Trombone page. I found several such Wikilinks on other pages and didn't know the best solution. Clark42 (talk) 11:34, 9 August 2024 (UTC)
:::@Clark42 but F attachment ↗ redirects to the Valve attachments section of the trombone article, which is correct. It's okay for it to redirect to sections of articles. You don't need to replace instances of "F attachment". Jon (talk) 02:47, 10 August 2024 (UTC)
::::"but F attachment redirects to the Valve attachments section of the trombone article..."
:::: - yes, that's the change I made to the F attachment redirect page on 16 July 2024. It didn't seem to work at the time (maybe a caching issue in my browser?) but now it seems OK, so I'll add a note that it's fixed on the Trombone Talk page. Clark42 (talk) 13:26, 14 August 2024 (UTC)
::::: Ah, I see the problem, we need to subst the {{tl|anchor}} in the Trombone article heading, so that Trombone#F-attachment ↗ and Trombone#F attachment ↗ should work now. — Jon (talk) 21:34, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

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Hi Jonathanischoice. Thank you for your work on Hot fountain pen ↗. Another editor, North8000, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol ↗ and left the following comment:

{{Bq|1=Nice work}}

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: {{Re|North8000}} - thanks very much! — Jon (talk) 23:47, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

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Example of music snippets in Wiksource

Hi Jon, based on your question about using Lilypond in enWikisource, this is a book I did a little while back: Fugue ↗. So, I'm sure we can manage a manual on the Serpent. Beeswaxcandle (talk) 01:02, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
:Wow, that's excellent! I guess this ↗ would need to go in frWikisource... — Jon (talk) 20:38, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
: {{ping|Beeswaxcandle}} for an extra challenge, I'm doing my first Wikisource in French, here ↗. Luckily, there is very little text, and a bunch of Lilypond which will hopefully work the same in any language. Also, how is it 2024 and we don't have a cursive script font ↗ yet after ''seven years''? — Jon (talk) 04:40, 11 December 2024 (UTC)
::Well, you're never one to back down from a little challenge like that. In respect of the font, the goal is to reproduce the content rather than the little details of the look. As a result, I'm happy to not have a cursive script font. I really don't need to add that battle to those I already have to deal with. Have fun, Beeswaxcandle (talk) 08:41, 11 December 2024 (UTC)
:::{{ping|Beeswaxcandle}} I know you're busy and it's Christmas season, but would you be able to have a quick squizz at this ↗ over on fr.wikisource, I know it's in French but so far it seems similar enough and I've been able to muddle along. The first thing is that I think I've somehow ended up with .djvu in the title of the book, and page name, by mistake... is that a simple move page request? I've missed out 6-7 pages of price catalogue, which looks absolutely horrendous to try and reproduce! I haven't really figured out what the different red yellow and blue page colours mean. Anyway, cheers and Merry Christmas! — Jon (talk) 03:52, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
::::Hi Jon, the extension of .djvu is correct in the Livre: (Index:) and Page: namespaces. This is based on the filename. It won't show in Mainspace when the pages are transcluded. I would count the price catalogue as advertisements and ignore. The colours: red means "not proofread" or not ready for second eyes; yellow is "proofread" or ready for second eyes to look at; blue is "problematic" or an image is needed or need to think more about the page; there is also green, which is "validated" or second eyes have gone over the page; and gray, which is for blank pages. Beeswaxcandle (talk) 06:35, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

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Ornette picture with low-A alto

The caption says it's a Selmer, but is it? I can't make out the logo, and the finish on it looks like it's a much more recent horn than an old Mark VI with a low-A. He could obviously have had one refinished I guess. - Special-T (talk) 13:38, 21 February 2025 (UTC)

:@Special-T on Commons there's several photos e.g. :File:Ornette Coleman.jpg ↗ of him playing the same horn, with the Selmer logo, and the three-way key guard on the bell (normally 2) because of the extra tone hole for the A. Jon (talk) 19:14, 21 February 2025 (UTC)

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Hello Jon,
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How do I need to modify the following text if an Eb should epeare as first smaller note in parentheses ?
-  <span style="font-size:115%;background:#E6E6FA">Gisbert</span> ツ (talk ↗)  <span style="font-size:85%"> Illustrate Wikipedia !</span>   13:35, 12 April 2025 (UTC)
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: <div style="background-color:white">{{left|<score lang="lilypond"> { \override Score.SpacingSpanner.strict-note-spacing = ##t \set Score.proportionalNotationDuration = #(ly:make-moment 1/8) \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c { \time 2/4 \magnifyMusic 0.7 { ees4 } e4 \glissando \ottava #1 f'''' } } </score>}}</div> Hi, I've been using \magnifyMusic, something like this:Note that you don't need to mark the low E with 8vb — Jon (talk) 01:41, 13 April 2025 (UTC)
::sorry I missed your words, you can use \parenthesize to give you the note in ( ) Jon (talk) 10:38, 13 April 2025 (UTC)
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::::It seems to be a problem with v 2.22 of Lilypond. I have been trying ''for years'' to get them to upgrade to 2.24 so we can SVG output. Please add your voice to ticket T385404 ↗ so that it happens some time, hopefully ''before'' the sun runs out hydrogen. — Jon (talk) 02:15, 19 April 2025 (UTC)

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To improve a translation (done)

Hello Jon, I ask you to look here and improve my English. Thankyou! -  <span style="font-size:115%;background:#E6E6FA">Gisbert</span> ツ (talk ↗)  <span style="font-size:85%"> Illustrate Wikipedia !</span>   05:59, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

:Sorry, page stalker here. Is the intention for this to be a new standalone article? The reason I'm asking is that it would seem more appropriate to me to make this content part of the article clarinet ↗. '''<span style="color:var(--color-base, #202122);">Schwede</span><span style="color: #FF4500;">66</span>''' 08:52, 15 April 2025 (UTC)
::Of course, the text will be no. 4.4 in the article Clarinet (as in the German no. 1.2). Please check it. -  <span style="font-size:115%;background:#E6E6FA">Gisbert</span> ツ (talk ↗)  <span style="font-size:85%"> Illustrate Wikipedia !</span>   05:52, 16 April 2025 (UTC)
:::I'm not qualified to check it, I'm afraid. '''<span style="color:var(--color-base, #202122);">Schwede</span><span style="color: #FF4500;">66</span>''' 06:31, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

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:Somehow in the commotion of May, I missed this. Thank you too, for your great work on Wikipedia! Jon (talk) 22:53, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

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Dear wiki friends, if anyone is wondering why I've been a bit quiet it's because 9 days ago I was rushed to the local ED with a subarachnoid hæmorrhage ↗ (SAH). But unlike all the poor folks who have had to deal with the complications and poor outcomes from aneurysms described in that article, mine was a ''perimesencephalic'' SAH, which originates in a ''vein'' which quickly self-heal in most cases and can now be reliably identified if the CT is done within 6 hours. This was the most terrifying thing in my life, I am unbelievably lucky and so thankful. I'm getting better every day, and can now function normally for short bursts. But that article terrified everyone I knew who read it, and there is no mention of ''perimesencephalic'' hæmorrhage anywhere. They make up about 10% of cases, have different risk factors, present otherwise identically, are conclusively identified by CT and MRI angiogram, but they have generally much better prognosis, and treatment is as for other SAH assuming successful treatment of the aneurysm.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH) |work=The Internet Book of Clinical Care |first=Josh |last=Farkas |publisher=University of Vermont ↗ |date=2022 |url= https://emcrit.org/ibcc/sah/ |access-date=3 June 2025}}</ref> When I'm a bit better, I'd like to fix it. Anyway, cheers. Let's all make this encyclopædia awesome. — Jon (talk) 01:02, 3 June 2025 (UTC)

:Crikey. I've only just seen this, Jon. Look after yourself. I hope you have a speedy and full recovery. '''<span style="color:var(--color-base, #202122);">Schwede</span><span style="color: #FF4500;">66</span>''' 08:22, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
:All the best from me too, Jon Quilt Phase (talk) 04:09, 21 June 2025 (UTC)
:: Thank you both, I'm feeling much better. I hope to see you at the next Wellington or online meetup. By the way, I got ophicleide ↗ reviewed to GA, and I'm having a go at a DYK nomination ↗ for it. — Jon (talk) 03:55, 23 June 2025 (UTC)


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Hello. You're invited to participate in The World Destubathon. We're aiming to destub a lot of articles and also improve longer stale articles. It will be held from Monday June 16 - Sunday July 13. There is over $3300 going into it, with $500 the top prize. If you are interested in winning something to save you money in buying books for future content, or just see it as a good editathon opportunity to see a lot of articles improved for subjects which interest you, sign up on the page in the participants section if interested. Even if you can only manage a few articles they would be very much appreciated and help make the content produced as diverse and broad as possible! ♦ <span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#aba67e">''Dr. Blofeld''</span> 18:19, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

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'''Hall of Fame''': Congratulations to {{u|Dhtwiki}} for {{their|Dhtwiki}} well-deserved addition to the Hall of Fame ↗ last month, and thanks to {{u|GoldRomean}} for the nomination.

'''Election news:''' Voting in the '''mid-year coordinator election''' ↗ ends at 23:59 on 30 June. Results will be announced at the election page.

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'''June Blitz:''' 10 of the 12 editors who signed up for the '''June 2025 Copy Editing Blitz''' ↗ copy edited 26,652 words in 13 articles. Barnstars awarded are '''here''' ↗.

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DYK nomination of Ophicleide

25px ↗ Hello! Your submission of Ophicleide ↗ at the Did You Know nominations page ↗ has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at '''your nomination's entry ↗''' and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know!  NeoGaze (talk) 23:55, 12 July 2025 (UTC)

DYK for Ophicleide

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:You're welcome! Euphonium ↗ is next... Jon (talk) 03:26, 25 July 2025 (UTC)
:: Thank you, good plan! - Béatrice Uria-Monzon ↗ and her story, Julia Hagen ↗ and her no story ↗ --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:56, 26 July 2025 (UTC)
:: On Bach ↗'s day of death, I decorated my user pages in memory of his music, and my story ends on "peace". --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:56, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

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The Queen's Closet

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Guild of Copy Editors – September 2025 Newsletter

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Hello and welcome to the September newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since June.

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September 2025 GOCE drive award

Your nomination of Euphonium ↗ has failed

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Hello, and welcome to the December newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since September. If you'd like to be notified of upcoming drives and blitzes, and other GOCE activities, the best method is to add our announcements box ↗ to your watchlist.

'''Election news:''' The Guild's coordinators play an important role in the WikiProject, making sure <s>nearly</s> everything runs smoothly and on time. Editors experienced in drives or blitzes and in good standing (unblocked and without sanctions) are invited to '''nominate themselves or another editor (with their permission, of course) to be a Guild coordinator''' ↗ until 23:59 on 15 December (UTC). The voting phase begins at 00:01 on 16 December and runs until 23:59 on 31 December. Questions may be asked of candidates at any stage in the process. Elected coordinators will serve a six-month term from 1 January through 30 June 2026.

'''September Drive:''' 43 of the 63 editors who signed up for the '''September Backlog Elimination Drive''' ↗ edited 693,541 words in 265 articles. Barnstars awarded are '''here''' ↗.

'''October Blitz:''' 14 of the 15 editors who signed up for the '''October Copy Editing Blitz''' ↗ edited 75,108 words in 31 articles. Barnstars awarded are '''here''' ↗.

'''November Drive:''' 38 of the 65 editors who signed up for the '''November Backlog Elimination Drive''' ↗ edited 590,816 words in 240 articles. Barnstars awarded are posted '''here''' ↗.

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Prospective GA review, with caveat

Hello, I was excited to see your GA nomination for Tenor horn ↗ - as a longtime horn ↗ player, I hope I can do a good review for you. I haven't started it, however, because I'm coming down with a wicked cold. Do you mind if I start the review and sit on it for a few days as I get better, or would you like to let it ride? Best, chickenpox4dinner (talk) 18:14, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

:@Chickenpox4dinner Hi, thanks for picking it up. I'm happy either way, up to you. — Jonathanischoice (talk) 18:53, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

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Congratulations on your work on Tenor horn ↗ and its new GA status. I had some{{snd}}quite painful{{snd}}involvement with the article in the past and am pleased and relieved to see it doing so well under your influence. Well done! Cheers DBaK (talk) 12:41, 7 February 2026 (UTC)

:@DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered thank you both. It's been fun to get these brass instrument articles into a good state. I started out on the fringes, and I'm working my way in to the main articles. This year I'd like to get tuba ↗ done next, and ultimately (french) horn ↗, trombone ↗, and possibly trumpet ↗ (in order of amount of work required!) — Jonathanischoice (talk) 04:04, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

Guild of Copy Editors/Membership/News/2025 Annual Report

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Guild of Copy Editors – April 2026 Newsletter

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'''Election results:''' In our December 2025 coordinator election ↗, incumbents Dhtwiki, GoldRomean, Miniapolis, and Mox Eden were reelected coordinators, and Wikieditor662 was newly elected coordinator, to serve through 30 June. Nominations for our mid-year Election of Coordinators ↗ will open on 1 June (UTC).

'''December 2025 Blitz:''' 16 of the 31 editors who signed up for the '''December 2025 Copy Editing Blitz''' ↗ edited 116,064 words in 47 articles. Barnstars awarded are '''here''' ↗.

'''January Drive:''' 35 of the 55 editors who signed up for the '''January Backlog Elimination Drive''' ↗ edited 498,397 words in 183 articles. Barnstars awarded are '''here''' ↗.

'''February Blitz:''' 19 of the 23 editors who signed up for the '''February Copy Editing Blitz''' ↗ edited 83,969 words in 43 articles. Barnstars awarded are '''here''' ↗.

'''March Drive:''' 28 of the 48 editors who signed up for the '''March Backlog Elimination Drive''' ↗ edited 210,064 words in 87 articles. Barnstars awarded are '''here''' ↗.

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Your nomination of Tuba ↗ is under review

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Guild of Copy Editors – June 2026 Newsletter

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Hello and welcome to the June 2026 newsletter, a quarterly-ish digest of Guild activities since April.

'''Election news:''' Nominations for the '''mid-year coordinator election''' ↗ ends at 23:59 on 15 June. Voting will last from 00:00 on 16 June to 23:59 on 30 June. Results will be announced on the election page.

'''April Blitz:''' 18 of the 21 editors who signed up for the '''April 2026 Copy Editing Blitz''' ↗ copy edited 122,993 words in 56 articles. Barnstars awarded are '''here''' ↗.

'''May Drive:''' 34 of the 66 editors who signed up for the May 2026 Backlog Elimination Drive ↗ copy edited 543,972 words in 211 articles. Barnstars awarded are '''here''' ↗.

'''June Blitz:''' Our '''June 2026 Copy Editing Blitz''' ↗ will start on 14 June and finish on 30 June. Barnstars awarded will be posted '''here''' ↗.

'''Progress report:''' As of 22:40, 11 June 2025 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have completed 132 requests since 1 January, and the backlog stands at 1,691 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.

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:57, 11 June 2026 (UTC)

Pedal tone

Hi Jonathan, thanks for your thanks regarding my alphorn photo. Thanks also for your excellent photos, quite amazing!

I don't quite understand paragraphs 2 and 3 on Pedal tone ↗ even though I used to play the trombone. If you do, could you improve them? Theosch (talk) 08:18, 12 June 2026 (UTC)

:@Theosch Cheers! I'll certainly have a go, once I've got the tuba ↗ review out of the way. Jonathanischoice (talk) 12:32, 12 June 2026 (UTC)

June 2026 GAN Backlog Drive notice

Hi there! Thanks for signing up for the June 2026 GAN backlog drive ↗! We have noticed that you have made little to no reviews during the drive. We, the coordinators, would appreciate if you'd pick up at least one GAN to review until the end of the month! Thank you. <span style="color:#5E9A4A;font-weight:bold">Vacant</span><span style="color:#A24B4B;font-weight:bold">0</span> <span style="font-size:small">(talk • contribs ↗)</span> 12:18, 18 June 2026 (UTC)

:I am reviewing Talk:Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen, BWV 13/GA1 ↗ at the moment as part of the drive, but I'm also having my own Talk:Tuba/GA1 ↗ nomination reviewed at the same time since late May, which has held up my participation somewhat. — Jonathanischoice (talk) 12:24, 18 June 2026 (UTC)

June music

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Thank you for the Bach cantata review! - Today is the centenary of King Roger ↗, an opera by Karol Szymanowski ↗ who is pictured on the main page, - my story with the trailer of the performance I saw. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:29, 19 June 2026 (UTC)
: ''Król Roger'' is my favourite opera I've never seen; the opening five minutes ↗ are absolutely astonishing. The chances of anyone putting it on in New Zealand are probably quite remote, but I live in hope. — Jonathanischoice (talk) 05:41, 20 June 2026 (UTC)
:: Thank you for sharing! - Congrats for tuba, and your plans for the next! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:11, 20 June 2026 (UTC)

Your nomination of Tuba ↗ has passed

Your good article nomination ↗ of the article Tuba ↗ has <span class="nowrap">20px|alt=|link= ↗ </span>'''passed'''; congratulations! See '''Talk:Tuba/GA1{{!}}the review page ↗''' for more information. If the article is eligible to appear ↗ in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it ↗ within the next seven days. Please also consider reviewing ↗ somebody else's nomination to help keep the backlog down.  <small>Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Aza24</small> -- Aza24 (talk) 04:27, 20 June 2026 (UTC)

:{{Ping|Aza24}} thank you so much! On to the next instrument... — Jonathanischoice (talk) 05:38, 20 June 2026 (UTC)

SVG

Hi! I just wanted to say thank you for persevering with phab:T49578 ↗. The new SVG output looks a million times better than the fuzzy old PNGs. Cheers, SunloungerFrog (talk) 08:40, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

:You're very welcome! It's a vast improvement. I'm looking forward to it being deployed on Wikisource too, e.g. Métoyen's ''Méthode de serpent ↗'' — Jonathanischoice (talk) 10:43, 3 July 2026 (UTC)