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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 will begin on 16 June at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on 22 June at 23:59 (UTC).

The themes of this blitz are:

  • The articles from our backlog: February 2023 and March 2023
    • New Wikipedia copy editors (welcome!) are advised to focus their efforts on these backlog articles.
  • All requests; GANs and FACs should be copyedited by experienced editors.
    • Please note: it is very important that articles listed on the Request page are skillfully and fully copy-edited; many of these will be reviewed for Good Article or Featured Article status. If you have any questions or comments about the article you're copy-editing, please ask on the blitz's talk page.

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 Dhtwiki (talk), who is assisted by Miniapolis (talk) and Wracking (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

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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

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Progress Chart
Date
  • Feb–Mar 2023 Backlog
  • plus Requests
  • Change since
  • previous day
  • Change since
  • beginning
June 15, 2024 109 — —
June 16, 2024 104    5    5
June 17, 2024 97    7   12
June 18, 2024 95    2   14
June 19, 2024 91    4   18
June 20, 2024 77   14   32

Reviewing

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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

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Signing up

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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

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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)

GraziePrego (talk)

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Article list
  1.   Completed [[]] ()
  2.   Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
  • Rollover words: 168

Miniapolis (talk)

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Article list
  1.   Completed Middle Ages (1,861)
  2.   Completed Anti-Jewish violence in Poland, 1944–1946 (2,548)
  3.   Working Mike Curb (2,193)
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 4,409
  • Rollover words: 1,544

Dhtwiki (talk)

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Article list
  1.   Completed The First Fallen (1041)
  2.   Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 1,041
  • Rollover words: 3,747

Snowman304 (talk)

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

CosXZ (talk)

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  1.   Completed Team Disney Orlando (448)
  2.   Completed Cookie stuffing (1,387)
  3.   Completed Newport Association Football Club Ltd and others v Football Association of Wales Ltd (1,215)
  4.   Completed 4th Guards Tank Division (1,918)
  • Total articles: 4
  • Total words: 4,968

ContemplativeBanana (talk)

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

Mox Eden (talk)

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  1.   Completed Rayman (video game) (2410)
  2.   Completed Claire Redfield (2651)
  3.   Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 5061
  • Rollover words: 3,020

Jonathanischoice (talk)

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

That Tired Tarantula (talk)

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Article list
  1.   Completed [[]] ()
  2.   Working Mike Curb (2195)
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0

Tesseractic (talk)

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

GreenRedFlag (talk)

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Article list
  1.   Completed Shimon_Slavin (1,664)
  2.   Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 1,664

CanonNi (talk)

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

Reidgreg (talk)

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  1.   Completed [[]] ()
  2.   Working Detention centers in the Dirty War (1729) *O
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
  • Rollover words: 1264

Jwrivera (talk)

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  1.   Completed The Mandela Catalogue (811)   Checked See talk. All the best, Miniapolis 01:41, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  2.   Completed DEME (4,395)
  3.   Completed Sport communication careers (2,125)
  4.   Completed Korea's Next Top Model season 3 (2,896)
  5.   Completed List of W.I.T.C.H. characters (6,556)
  6.   Completed Conventicle (3,649)
  7.   Completed Ragmala (490)
  8.   Completed Tania Saleh (1,029)
  9.   Completed Dissolution of the monasteries (12,658)
  • Total articles: 9
  • Total words: 34,609

You-are-my-armour (talk)

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

SunTunnels (talk)

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Article list
  1.   Completed [[]] ()
  2.   Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
  • Rollover words: 2,247

PearlyGigs (talk)

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Article list
  1.   Completed Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury (2,289)
  2.   Completed Valentino Rossi (22,266)
  3.   Completed Rajesh Hamal (1,734)
  4.   Completed Monarchy of the Netherlands (9,956)
  5.   Completed Qasim Amin (2,944)
  6.   Working Djurgårdens IF Fotboll (4,078)
  • Total articles: 5
  • Total words: 39,189

MrBauer24 (talk)

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

SilkPyjamas (talk)

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Article list
  1.   Completed Folk Orthodoxy, (6,841), Ruyonga (375), Walayah (2,953), Tied aid (1,211)
  2.   Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 4
  • Total words: 11,380

Wracking (talk)

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

Surjaa.C (talk)

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Article list
  1.   Completed [[]] ()
  2.   Working Korean Broadcasting System (3140)
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0

SmittenGalaxy (talk)

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Article list
  1.   Completed Willie Wilcox (1,191)
  2.   Completed Police of Russia (2,260)
  3.   Completed Jean Baptiste Alexandre Strolz (6,805)
  4.   Working Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) (7,245)
  • Total articles: 3
  • Total words: 10,256
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