Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/February 2020

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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 16 February 2020, at 00:00 (UTC) and ended on 22 February 2020, at 23:59 (UTC).

The theme(s) of this blitz were:

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

The blitz is 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. 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 is 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 August 2019 articles and Requests	Change since previous day	Change since beginning	Daily articles edited
February 15, 2020	46	—	—	—
February 16, 2020	39	7	7	7
February 17, 2020	32	7	14	7
February 18, 2020	31	1	15	1
February 19, 2020	27	4	19	4
February 20, 2020	23	4	23	4
February 21, 2020	18	5	28	5
February 22, 2020	15	3	31	3

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.

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)

Gog the Mild (talk) edit

Article list
Completed Crusades (11362) R Only 8,500 words copy edited (so far - see article talk page). Working* [[]] ()

Total articles: 1
Total words: 8500
Rollover words: 1210

Reidgreg (talk) edit

Article list
Completed List of Jennifer Aniston performances (708) R Completed* Shaheen Bagh protests (5074) R Completed* Shoot 'Em Up (film) (2283) R Working* [[]] () Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 3
Total words: 8065
Rollover words: 431

Puddleglum2.0 (talk) edit

Article list
Completed Boston and Skegness (UK Parliament constituency) R (7,088) Completed* [[]] () Completed [[]] () Completed [[]] () Completed [[]] () Completed [[]] ()

Total articles: 1
Total words: 7,088
Rollover words: 2,328

SoftHiss (talk) edit

Article list
Completed Synod of Diamper (2,456) Completed S.G. Gallaratese A.S.D. (1,152) Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 2
Total words: 3,608

Stingray Trainer (talk) edit

Article list
Completed [[]] () Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 0
Total words: 0

Miniapolis (talk) edit

Article list
Completed Reasonable and probable grounds in Australia (2,049) Completed Nuwan Kulasekara (2,646) Completed Masaki Suda (1,385) Completed Bhim Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (1,114) Completed Sardinian banditry (6,150)

Total articles: 5
Total words: 13,344
Rollover words: 923

Baffle gab1978 (talk) edit

Article list
Completed XCOM 2 (4,508) *R

Total articles: 1
Total words: 4,508
Rollover words: 1,713

FiveFaintFootprints (talk) edit

Article list
Completed Tonite with HSY (697) Completed Nova Vulgata (1244) R Working* [[]] ()

Total articles: 2
Total words: 1941
Rollover words: 124

Lcodyh803 (talk) edit

Article list
Completed Kottayam district (1723) Completed Iranian traditional medicine (3857) Completed Sethu (film) (1492) Checked Baffle☿gab 18:49, 22 February 2020 (UTC)[reply] Completed Tira Sujanpur (2594) Completed Takis (1463) Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 5
Total words: 11,129

Tdslk (talk) edit

Article list
Completed Reventlow (743) Completed Kingdom of Bosnia (5178) R Working* [[]] ()

Total articles: 2
Total words: 5,921
Rollover words: 1,292

Dhtwiki (talk) edit

Article list
Completed Architecture of Zimbabwe (1868)

Total articles: 1
Total words: 1,868
Rollover words: 501

Twofingered Typist (talk) edit

Article list
Completed One Life to Live storylines (1990–1999) O(4,607) Completed* Three Heads Six Arms R (1,172) Completed* 24K Magic World Tour R (3,024) Completed* 2020 European Masters R (1,037) Completed* Dante (Devil May Cry) R (6,483) Completed* 2020 German Masters R (871) Completed* Dusk Till Dawn (Zayn song) *R (852)

Total articles: 7
Total words: 18,046
Rollover words: 7,034

Willbb234^Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) edit

Article list
Completed Bruno Mars at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan (731) R Checked* Baffle☿gab 18:58, 22 February 2020 (UTC)[reply] Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 1
Total words: 731

Jonesey95 (talk) edit

Article list
Completed Straylight Run (album) (2,050) *R

Total articles: 1
Total words: 2,050
Rollover words: 1,301

Jaravedr (talk) edit

Article list
Completed [[]] () Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 0
Total words: 0