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The following event is now closed. Please do not modify this page, unless you are a participant adding your final statistics within 24 hours of the closure. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate talk page.

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 17 October 2021, at 00:00 (UTC), and ended on 23 October 2021, at 23:59 (UTC).

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

  • The articles from our backlog: May and June 2021
    • 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 Jonesey95 (talk), who is assisted by Dhtwiki (talk), Miniapolis (talk), and Tenryuu (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
  • May and June 2021 articles
  • and Requests
  • Change since
  • previous day
  • Change since
  • beginning
October 16, 2021 204 — —
October 17, 2021 201 Positive decrease  3 Positive decrease  3
October 18, 2021 197 Positive decrease  4 Positive decrease  7
October 19, 2021 195 Positive decrease  2 Positive decrease  9
October 20, 2021 203 Negative increase  8 Positive decrease  1
October 21, 2021 192 Positive decrease 11 Positive decrease 12
October 22, 2021 184 Positive decrease  8 Positive decrease 20
October 23, 2021 188 Negative increase  4 Positive decrease 16

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)

Dhtwiki (talk) edit

Article list
  1.  Completed (partial credit) Plaza Hotel (3000)
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 3,000
  • Rollover words: 633

Miniapolis (talk) edit

Article list
  1.  Completed Stratsin–Kumanovo operation (2,037)
  2.  Completed Oryol (743)
  3.  Completed Naam Tamilar Katchi (1,718)
  4.  Completed Prince Vijaya (2,568)
  5.  Completed Patanjali Ayurved (2,166)
  • Total articles: 5
  • Total words: 9,232
  • Rollover words: 223

Reidgreg (talk) edit

Article list
  1.  Completed Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum (1287) *O
  2.  Completed Kai (Canadian singer) (441) *O
  3.  Completed Chris D'Elia (700) *O
  4.  Completed Vitthal Teedi (1100) *O
  5.  Completed Uğur Şahin (2149) *O
  6.  Completed What-a-Mess (284) *O
  7.  Completed Child Rights and You (800) *O
  8.  Completed Paskahousu (890) *O
  9.  Working [[]] ()
  10.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 8
  • Total words: 7651

Twofingered Typist (talk) edit

Article list
  1.  Completed 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans (6,977) *R
  2.  Completed Corfu Declaration (1,873) *R
  3.  Completed Seagram Building (7,259) *R
  4.  Completed Roy Ankrah (478) *O
  5.  Completed Hillel Norry (417) *R
  6.  Completed Telangana Rebellion (8,820) *O
  7.  Completed Tell All Your Friends (5,167) *O
  • Total articles: 7
  • Total words: 30,991
  • Rollover words: 9,341

ASploopyPerson (talk) edit

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

Miatheflyingtiger (talk) edit

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

Vasterbrat (talk) edit

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

Baffle gab1978 (talk) edit

Article list
  1.  Completed Space Oddity (6,867) *R
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 6,867

105.245.116.226 (talk) edit

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

Thisisnotcam (talk) edit

Article list
  1.  Completed Hi-5 (American TV series) (714)
  2.  Completed Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (2500)
  3.  Completed The Daily Campus (2904)
  4.  Working Seaman (video game) (2045)
  • Total articles: 3
  • Total words: 6118

Enragedmuffins (talk) edit

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

Jonesey95 (talk) edit

Article list
  1.  Completed Tetricus I (2069)
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 2069
  • Rollover words: 1064

Tdslk (talk) edit

Article list
  1.  Completed El Tuerto de Pirón (857)
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 857
  • Rollover words: 1582
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