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The following event is over. Please do not modify it. Participants may add their final updates within the next 48 hours. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

This Copy Editing Project Blitz was a one-week-long effort of the Guild of Copy Editors to reduce the backlog of articles that require copy editing; those carrying the {{copyedit}} tag or listed on the GOCE Requests page. It began on 12 April 2020, at 00:00 (UTC) and ended on 18 April 2020, at 23:59 (UTC).

The theme(s) of this blitz is/are:

  • Military-history articles (see list of articles below)

Blitz participants could earn barnstar awards based on the number of articles—and the word counts of the articles—they copy edit. Awards were given out once the blitz finished.

The blitz was open to all; you don't have to be a member of the Guild of Copy Editors to participate. You must, however, be competent in your use of English grammar, spelling and punctuation. We strongly advise you to read Wikipedia's guide to basic copy editing before you begin working. If you're unsure about spelling, grammar or punctuation, consult the Wikipedia Manual of Style. It may also be useful to refer to MOS:MIL for this blitz's theme. Skilled use of English is especially important for articles listed on the Requests page.

Blitzes are under the purview of the Guild's coordinators. The blitz's lead coordinator iwas Jonesey95 (talk), who is assisted by Baffle gab1978 (talk), Reidgreg (talk), Tdslk (talk) and Twofingered Typist (talk). If you have any questions, leave a message on the blitz's talk page.

For brief instructions on how to record your work, see below. For full instructions, visit the main blitz page.

Full instructions, tips, and awards edit

Full instructions for participants, tips, help for new copy editors, useful tags, and details of the many barnstars available for the blitz can be found on the main blitz page. Please read this page carefully before you begin. To sign up, please use the form in the Signing up section below.

Progress chart edit

Progress Chart
Date
  • Outstanding
  • Military-history articles
  • Change since
  • previous day
  • Change since
  • beginning
  • Daily articles
  • edited
April 11, 2020 63
April 12, 2020 62 Positive decrease  1 Positive decrease  1 1
April 13, 2020 55 Positive decrease  7 Positive decrease  8 7
April 14, 2020 47 Positive decrease  8 Positive decrease 16 9
April 15, 2020 35 Positive decrease 12 Positive decrease 28 12
April 16, 2020 26 Positive decrease  9 Positive decrease 37 9
April 17, 2020 17 Positive decrease  9 Positive decrease 46 9
April 18, 2020 8 Positive decrease  9 Positive decrease 55 9

Reviewing edit

GOCE coordinators and other experienced Guild members will carry out random checks to ensure that copy edits are of a satisfactory standard. If you are willing to help with reviewing, please sign up below.

10% of each participant's copy edits from the backlog should be checked, and all copy edits from the Requests page should be reviewed, time permitting. Please choose articles at random and do not inspect your own copy edits. After checking articles, place a {{checked}} template after the article on the listing and sign your username with four tildes (~~~~). If a rough consensus finds that a copy edit is not of an acceptable standard, the tag will be re-added and the word count of the reviewed article will be deducted from the editor's total. The reviewer may give advice on how the edit could have been improved without penalizing the editor. Please raise any questions on the Coordinators' talk page.

Reviewers sign-up edit

Signing up edit

This blitz has now concluded and is no longer open to sign-up.

Rollover totals from the previous blitz can be found here.

Totals edit

How to record articles you have copy edited:

  • Remove any extant {{copyedit}} tags from the article.
  • When you sign up, your section is automatically populated with # {{Working}} [[]] () and # {{Completed}} [[]] ():
    • Article titles go in wikilinks [[]]. List the article's full title, not an abbreviated version.
    • Article word counts go in round brackets (): use this script to get the page's word count. Count the words in the version of the article that existed before you started editing. These brackets should not contain anything other than this number.
  • Place the article you are editing on the {{Working}} line. Only work on one article at a time. When you've finished your copy edit, change {{Working}} to {{Completed}}.
  • Place any comments between the article title and the word count.
  • Do not list articles on which you have placed {{GOCEreviewed}} instead of copy editing them, or which needed no copy editing.
  • If you want your work checked, you can request this on the blitz talk page.

Properly completed records look like this in the edit window:

# {{Completed}} [[Dark chocolate]] (yummy!) (1,234)

and like this on the rendered page:

1.  Completed Dark chocolate (yummy!) (1,234)

Article list edit

0. fake article to show what an in-progress article looks like  WorkingJonesey95 (talk) 22:13, 22 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
00. fake article to show what a completed article looks like Green tickYJonesey95 (talk) 22:13, 22 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Military-history articles
  1. 1st Armoured Division (India)  Done --Puddleglum2.0(How's my driving?) 02:38, 13 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  2. 1st Indian Cavalry Division  Done Miniapolis 18:39, 13 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  3. 2nd Portuguese India Armada (Cabral, 1500)  Donehiabc (talk) 01:08, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  4. 9th Infantry Division (Bangladesh)  Done --Puddleglum2.0(How's my driving?) 17:53, 14 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  5. 10th Indian Infantry Division  Done Twofingered Typist (talk) 13:20, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  6. 10th Infantry Division (Bangladesh)  Done Visioncurve (talk) 12:59, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    Checked Twofingered Typist (talk) 12:28, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  7. 20th Lancers (Pakistan)  Done FiveFaintFootprints (talk) 11:22, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  8. 41st Armoured Regiment (India)  Done Baffle☿gab 22:25, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  9. 1931 Kashmir agitation  Done Miniapolis 14:42, 14 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  10. 2014–2015 India–Pakistan border skirmishes  Done Miniapolis 17:13, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  11. Abhinandan Varthaman  Done Baffle☿gab 08:25, 13 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  12. Agni-I  Done Baffle☿gab 01:32, 14 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  13. Agni-III  Done Miniapolis 20:09, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  14. Amogha missile  Done Total Eclipse 2017 (talk) 20:23, 14 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    Checked Twofingered Typist (talk) 12:03, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  15. António Galvão  Done Baffle☿gab Baffle☿gab 03:54, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  16. Army Aviation Corps (India)  Working Miniapolis 20:09, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  17. Ashok K. Mehta  Done hiabc (talk) 02:38, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  18. Aviation in India  Done Reidgreg (talk) 13:21, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  19. Bareilly Airport  Done Miniapolis 19:45, 13 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  20. Battle of Beicang  Done Gog the Mild (talk) 21:32, 14 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  21. Bhim self-propelled howitzer  Done Total Eclipse 2017 (talk) 16:44, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    CheckedTwofingered Typist (talk) 12:03, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  22. Bihar Regiment  Done Twofingered Typist (talk) 15:09, 18 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  23. Cantonment  Done hiabc (talk) 01:01, 14 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  24. Chetak  Done FiveFaintFootprints (talk) 18:58, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  25. D. P. K. Pillay
  26. Defence of Kamalpur  Done User:Visioncurve (talk) 09:39, 14 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  27. HAL AMCA
  28. HAL HJT-36 Sitara
  29. Harlow PC-5  Done Twofingered Typist (talk) 19:39, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  30. Hathazari Airfield  Done Total Eclipse 2017 (talk) 20:18, 15 April 2020 (UTC)Checked____[reply]
  31. Indian Army  Done Dhtwiki (talk) 18:04, 18 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  32. Indian Military Academy
  33. IV Corps (India)  Done --Puddleglum2.0(How's my driving?) 22:57, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  34. James Morris Colquhoun Colvin  Done Twofingered Typist (talk) 18:10, 13 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  35. James Stuart (British Army officer, born 1741)  DoneTwofingered Typist (talk) 19:30, 13 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  36. Jat Regiment  Done Baffle☿gab 00:17, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  37. Jean-Baptiste Ventura  Done hiabc (talk) 03:15, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  38. Jean-François Allard  Done FiveFaintFootprints (talk) 12:19, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  39. Kambampati Nachiketa  Done Baffle☿gab 00:01, 19 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  40. Kargil Review Committee  Done hiabc (talk) 18:00, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  41. Lewis Heath  Done Twofingered Typist (talk) 14:49, 14 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  42. Madras War Cemetery  Done Baffle☿gab 21:26, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  43. Malik Kafur  Done FiveFaintFootprints (talk) 23:32, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  44. Manek Burj  Done - FiveFaintFootprints (talk) 07:45, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  45. Maratha–Mysore War  Done Visioncurve (talk) 06:11, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  46. MARCOS  Done Baffle☿gab 23:38, 18 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  47. Modern Sub Machine Carbine  Done --Puddleglum2.0(How's my driving?) 21:16, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  48. Nag (missile) -  DoneJonesey95 (talk) 19:15, 18 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  49. National Security Guard -  Done - The4lines (talk) 23:55, 14 April 2020 (UTC)The4lines[reply]
  50. No. 16 Squadron IAF  Done Total Eclipse 2017 (talk) 19:45, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    CheckedTwofingered Typist (talk) 12:03, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  51. No. 26 Squadron IAF  Done FiveFaintFootprints (talk) 11:57, 18 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  52. One Rank, One Pension (neutrality disputed)
  53. Operation Raahat  Done Twofingered Typist (talk) 20:22, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  54. Operation Safe Homecoming  Done Miniapolis 17:08, 13 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  55. Operation Sukoon  Done The4lines (talk) 23:55, 14 April 2020 (UTC)The4lines[reply]
  56. R. Hari Kumar  Done Twofingered Typist (talk) 19:27, 18 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  57. Rana Chhina  Done Reidgreg (talk) 19:29, 14 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  58. Red Fort  Done Twofingered Typist (talk) 20:19, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  59. Seymour Expedition  Done hiabc (talk) 18:02, 14 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  60. Shailesh Tinaikar  Done Tdslk (talk) 17:29, 18 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  61. Tatya Tope  Done --Visioncurve (talk) 03:29, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  62. V. K. Singh  Done Baffle☿gab 21:26, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  63. Yogendra Singh Yadav  Done Twofingered Typist (talk) 20:03, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

For these articles, it may be useful to refer to Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Military history.

Article list
  1.  Completed Operation Safe Homecoming (684)
  2.  Completed 1st Indian Cavalry Division (472)
  3.  Completed Bareilly Airport (273)
  4.  Completed 1931 Kashmir agitation (501)
  5.  Completed 2014–2015 India–Pakistan border skirmishes (2,758)
  6.  Completed Agni-III (1,282)
  7.  Completed Army Aviation Corps (India) (1,141)
  • Total articles: 7
  • Total words: 7,111
  • Rollover words: 4,267
Article list
  1.  Completed Battle of Beicang (627)
  2.  Completed Johann Rudolf Stadler (343) *R
  3.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 970
  • Rollover words: 3710
Article list
  1.  Completed Rana Chhina (220)
  2.  Completed Aviation in India (1315)
  3.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 1535
  • Rollover words: 2496
Article list
  1.  Completed Manek Burj (282)
  2.  Completed Chetak (293)
  3.  Completed 20th Lancers (Pakistan) (566)
  4.  Completed Jean-François Allard (275)
  5.  Completed Malik Kafur (2305)
  6.  Completed No. 26 Squadron IAF (714)
  • Total articles: 6
  • Total words: 4435
  • Rollover words: 65
Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
Article list
  1.  Completed Indian Army (10,149)
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 10,149
  • Rollover words: 369
Article list
  1.  Completed 1st Armoured Division (India) (595)  Partly done; fixes; notes on your talk page. Baffle☿gab 01:38, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  2.  Completed 9th Infantry Division (Bangladesh) (500)
  3.  Completed Modern Sub Machine Carbine (809)
  4.  Completed IV Corps (India) (709)
  5.  Completed [[]] ()
  6.  Completed [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 4
  • Total words: 2,613
  • Rollover words: 3,416
Article list
  1.  Completed 2nd Portuguese India Armada (Cabral, 1500) (7375) Checked Baffle☿gab 02:14, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  2.  Completed Cantonment (704)
  3.  Completed Seymour Expedition (1465)
  4.  Completed Ashok K. Mehta (306)
  5.  Completed Jean-Baptiste Ventura (637)
  6.  Completed Kargil Review Committee (1387)
  • Total articles: 5
  • Total words: 11872
Article list
  1.  Completed National Security Guard (1888)  Partly done some fixes; see note on your talk page. Baffle☿gab 02:38, 16 April 2020 (UTC) Acknowledged. The4lines (talk) 02:53, 16 April 2020 (UTC)The4lines[reply]
  2.  Completed Operation Sukoon (518)
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 2406
Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
Article list
  1.  Completed Columbia, South Carolina Sesquicentennial half dollar *R (2,015)
  2.  Completed El Cuatrero *R (1,928)
  3.  Completed Morse v. Frederick *R (3,606)
  4.  Completed An Abundance of Katherines *R (944)
  5.  Completed James Morris Colquhoun Colvin (619)
  6.  Completed Red Fort (3,151)
  7.  Completed James Stuart (British Army officer, born 1741) (450)
  8.  Completed Lewis Heath (314)
  9.  Completed 10th Indian Infantry Division (986)
  10.  Completed Operation Raahat (752)
  11.  Completed Yogendra Singh Yadav (502)
  12.  Completed Harlow PC-5 (233)
  13.  Completed Bihar Regiment (798)
  14.  Completed R. Hari Kumar (527)
  • Total articles: 14
  • Total words: 16,825
  • Rollover words: 5,080
Article list
  1.  Completed Nag (missile) (2,352)
  2.  Completed [[]] ()
  3.  Completed [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 2,352
  • Rollover words: 1,351
Article list
  1.  Completed Shailesh Tinaikar (223)
  2.  Completed [[]] ()
  3.  Completed [[]] ()
  4.  Completed [[]] ()
  5.  Completed [[]] ()
  6.  Completed [[]] ()
  7.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 223
  • Rollover words: 1213
Article list
  1.  Completed Abhinandan Varthaman (1,069)
  2.  Completed Agni-I (468)
  3.  Completed 41st Armoured Regiment (India) (352)
  4.  Completed Jat Regiment (686)
  5.  Completed V.K. Singh (1,194)
  6.  Completed Madras War Cemetery (287)
  7.  Completed MARCOS (3,222)
  • Total articles: 4
  • Total words: 5,797
  • Rollover words: 221
Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
Article list
  1.  Completed Anna Iwaszkiewicz (408) *R CheckedReidgreg (talk) 14:40, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  2.  Completed Defence of Kamalpur (41)
  3.  Completed Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry (57)
  4.  Completed 10th Infantry Division (Bangladesh) (25)
  5.  Completed Maratha–Mysore War (441)
  6.  Completed Tatya Tope (80)
  7.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 6
  • Total words: 1052
Article list
  1.  Completed Amogha missile (333) - checked Tdslk
  2.  Completed Bhim self-propelled howitzer (477)
  3.  Completed No. 16 Squadron IAF (321)
  4.  Completed Hathazari Airfield (309)
  • Total articles: 4
  • Total words: 1440
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.