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This Copy Editing Project Blitz is 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 17 June 2018, at 00:00 (UTC) and ended on 23 June 2018, at 23:59 (UTC).

The themes of this blitz are:

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 Miniapolis (talk), Reidgreg (talk) and Tdslk (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 Requests and
  • October 2017 backlog articles
  • Change since
  • previous day
  • Change since
  • beginning
June 16, 2018 91 — —
June 17, 2018 92 Negative increase  1 Negative increase  1
June 18, 2018 85 Positive decrease  7 Positive decrease  6
June 19, 2018 80 Positive decrease  5 Positive decrease 11
June 20, 2018 79 Positive decrease  1 Positive decrease 12
June 21, 2018 77 Positive decrease  2 Positive decrease 14
June 22, 2018 74 Positive decrease  3 Positive decrease 17
June 23, 2018 69 Positive decrease  5 Positive decrease 22

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

To sign up for the blitz, click the button below. This will create a subsection in the Totals section for you to record your copy edits. 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)

Reidgreg (talk) edit

Article list
  1.  Completed Tegetthoff-class battleship (11174)
  2.  Completed Wings (BTS album) (2311)
  3.  Completed Luna-C (3172)
  4.  Completed Shin Godzilla (section only) (746)
  5.  Completed KSNV (section only) (608)
  6.  Completed Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai (section) (737)
  7.  Completed Karungulam (1315)
  8.  Completed Green Arrow in other media (4168)
  9.  Completed Vidarbha (3184)
  10.  Completed Renewable energy in France (1644)
  11.  Completed Democratic Coalition (Hungary) (1140)
  12.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 11
  • Total words: 30,199
  • Rollover words: 9,999

Gog the Mild (talk) edit

Article list
  1.  Completed Seleucus VI Epiphanes (1750)]] *R
  2.  Working Battle of Kerlés (1274) *
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 1750
  • Rollover words: 3187

Tdslk (talk) edit

Article list
  1.  Completed Ingiriya (2374)
  2.  Completed [[]] ()
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  1.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0

Miniapolis (talk) edit

Article list
  1.  Completed Corruption in Finland (2,101)
  2.  Completed History of Wing Chun (1,307)
  3.  Completed WQED (TV) (1,735)
  4.  Completed Social Democratic Party (Brazil, 2011) (382)
  5.  Completed Transport in Nagpur (1,548)
  • Total articles: 5
  • Total words: 7,073
  • Rollover words: 3,949

Jonesey95 (talk) edit

Article list
  1.  Completed Tourism in Sardinia (1563)
  2.  Completed [[]] ()
  3.  Completed [[]] ()
  4.  Completed [[]] ()
  5.  Completed [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 1563
  • Rollover words: 213

Thinker78 (talk) edit

Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0

Twofingered Typist (talk) edit

Article list
  1.  Completed Bandra partial count (100) *O
  2.  Completed Train Simulator (Dovetail Games) partial count (500) *O
  3.  Completed The Rolling Stones (12,998) *R
  4.  Completed 2018 World Snooker Championship (3,066) *R
  5.  Completed Robert Blackwill (3,296) *O
  6.  Completed Dark & Wild partial count (100) *O
  7.  Completed Super Bowl LI halftime show (3,980) *R
  • Total articles: 7
  • Total words: 24,040
  • Rollover words: 553

Dhtwiki (talk) edit

Article list
  1.  Completed Staten Island Ferry (10,184)
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 10,184
  • Rollover words: 1,874

D3j1166 (talk) edit

Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0

Wilhelmina Will (talk) edit

Article list
  1.  Completed William Lincoln Garver (233)
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 233

Krosa9design (talk) edit

Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
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