Wikipedia talk:WikiProject League of Copyeditors/Archive 3

Below the mean

According to User:Dragons_flight/Category_tracker#Cleanup, the backlog has now fallen below the mean to 1052 articles (-35 in the last 24 hours)! Keep it up all! BuddingJournalist 14:23, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Excellent! I wonder if the 77 I have done has helped (since I joined). *grin* Rintrah 15:39, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Articles tagged for "cleanup"

I have noticed that many (if not most) of the articles tagged for cleanup (Cleanup category) are in fact mostly in need of copy-editing. Also, the WP:Cleanup page says articles it lists need cleanup such as grammar, formatting, order, or confusion. Unfortunately, 21,680 are tagged for cleanup, 1.33% of the English Wikipedia's articles. People apparently often use the more general tag "cleanup" rather than "copy-edit". Let's not get disheartened, because every article we improve is worth just as much, regardless how many remain. But I think this is the whole of our work and we have to think of it this way. And we have to try other ways of improving those articles, as I said in #Recruitment. Thoughts? -Pgan002 00:54, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Well, in all honesty, almost every article could benefit from a copy-edit by us. Just think of the copy-edit backlog as a way of prioritizing copy-edit requests (and it makes for better morale than the 21,000+ articles in "cleanup"). Also, many of those "cleanup" articles could probably use some reworking for sourcing/layout, or perhaps a complete rewrite, before a copy-edit would be helpful. BuddingJournalist 02:54, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

If you come across an article tagged for clean-up that ONLY needs a copy-edit, consider changing the tag. JenLouise 06:13, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Help.. (Cúcuta)

Could you please help me to copyedit the article of Cúcuta?

Thanks,

--Ricardocolombia 00:03, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

See if what I did is consistent with what you were trying to say. Unimaginative Username 06:55, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject tags in article space

Do the instructions here make it clear that editors should be placing tags on talk pages, and not on the article? I've had to remove several LoCE tags from article pages. [1] SandyGeorgia (Talk) 17:05, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

hmmm ... I just read the instructions here, and they don't seem correct. WikiProject meta tags do not belong in article space; the correct template to place in article space while temporarily actively working on an article is {{inuse}}—the LoCE template only belongs on the talk page. The idea is that Wiki readers shouldn't be bothered with behind-the-scenes going-ons of WikiProjects or other meta issues. Can someone pls fix the instructions? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 17:08, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

thanks for the change, Rintrah; didn't you want to leave mention that the LoCE should be placed on the talk page during active copyediting? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 17:27, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

 Done BuddingJournalist 00:57, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank You!

I must say, thank you for going to copy-edit Roswell (TV series), it really needs it.. So, thank you so much! Yay! Illyria05 (Talk • Contributions) 02:08, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Request for assistance (Oklahoma City bombing)

I would like to request that a member or two here please review the Oklahoma City bombing article. It is currently in GAC and I just want somebody to look through some of my sentence structure, grammar, and the lead section. I believe the lead intro section could use some work (I put details out of order as it is in the article, don't know if that is acceptable). Even if you tell me how to fix any mistakes, that would be fine. If anyone here would be able to assist, I'd appreciate it greatly. --Nehrams2020 09:02, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Taking a look. Otheus 12:51, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Not too many technical problems, but overall, the lead is too big and filled with detail. I've cut it down a bit. I believe the order of the lead is the most important order; the organization of the article should generally follow it, but definitely not the other way around. (IMNSHO) --Otheus 13:18, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Re-worked the lead and first two sections. Otheus 14:23, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

• I've added this to our "Requests for Assistance" section on our proofreading page. Please post all future updates there. Thanks! Galena11 19:07, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Sorry for putting this in the wrong place. Thank you for your assistance, you signfiicantly improved the lead. I reformatted the citations to match your edits, and I appreciate your efforts. Keep up the good work! --Nehrams2020 19:21, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Fritz the Cat (film)

I would like to submit this as a Good Article, and eventually give it a featured article nomination. Please take a look at it, and work on the copyediting. If anyone has any specific questions or comments about the article as it is, feel free to bring them up on the talk page, and we'll discuss it. (Ibaranoff24 05:01, 4 March 2007 (UTC))

• I'll post this in the "Requests for Assistance" section of our Proofreading page. Please place future updates/requests there. Thanks! Galena11 18:13, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Help with an article: Gwoyeu Romatzyh

Hello everyone. I'm here to request some help for this article. It's been built up to its current state largely through the efforts of a relatively new editor, Nigel G. He's had me and a few other editors help him, but his work needs the attention of more users. Please, if you can, look over the article and try to improve it, even if it is just a minor edit. Thank you for your time. The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 02:34, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

• We're happy to assist wherever able. I've added this to the "Requests for Assistance" section of our Proofreading page, since that is where we get our "to dos". Whoops....looks like you added it already! Thanks! Galena11 18:12, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Added request instructions to project page

Due to the recent number of requests added to our talk page, I've gone ahead and added instructions for posting requests to our proofreading page. Thanks! Galena11 18:24, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

William Monahan article gains support at FAC but needs a final once-over

Hello. The article on William Monahan has recently gone through a thorough copyedit as a result of suggestions at WP:FAC. It has been suggested that I receive a final once-over from you guys. Would you be willing to give the article a quick look and see if you can help to improve the prose in any way?-BillDeanCarter 16:45, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

The prose is extremely good. This article ought to make it to FA, and it's bound to, as a lot of supporting votes have been cast.--Orthologist 15:23, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the support vote.-BillDeanCarter 23:18, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks to the League

I just wanted to give an overall thank you to the members and participants at the League of Copyeditors. Two users, Cricketgirl and Unimaginative Username should be single out for their work on Rock Springs Massacre, recently promoted to GA and soon to go further with some additional work. Both users earned a Copyeditor's Barnstar for their efforts but the whole project should be thanked for providing a place that centralizes the copyediting effort on Wikipedia, So I award the whole project this (don't know if this is "possible" but I say it is, I am giving the project an award, put it on the project page or something I guess : /)

		The Copyeditor's Barnstar
		A recognition for the League of Copyeditors and the exemplary effort put forth by its members to help advance the goals of Wikipedia. Keep up the good work League of Copyeditors! : ) IvoShandor 07:49, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

IvoShandor 07:49, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar?

Was the copyeditor's barnstar approved? If so, how can one award it to someone? Thanks! Galena11 14:46, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

It was approved yesterday, and can be seen at the bottom of WP:BARNSTAR#General barnstars. I guess you just have to put the code from the table on the person's userpage. —Daniel Vandersluis^(talk) 16:00, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Yes, just go to Wikipedia:Barnstars and it's at the bottom of the first list. The code to type is right there. And oh, why not, this is the code: {{subst:The Copyeditor's Barnstar|message ~~~~}}. Just replace "message" with whatever you want to say to the person to whom you are awarding the barnstar. Most people post them on the person's talkpage, and then that editor can choose where they want to display it. :-) - Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫ 21:13, 10 March 2007 (UTC)