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This Copy Editing Project Blitz is a one-week effort of the Guild of Copy Editors to reduce the number of articles on our Requests page. The blitzes are under the purview of the Guild's coordinators. The lead coordinator for this blitz is Jonesey95 (talk), assisted by Baffle gab1978 (talk) and Miniapolis (talk). If you have any questions, leave a message on the blitz's talk page.

The goal of this blitz is to copy edit articles that are part of the Requests page. Awards will be given out to everyone who copy edits at least one of the target articles. The blitz will run from August 24–30 (for the detail-oriented: starting at 0:00 UTC on August 24, ending at 23:59 UTC on August 30).

Blitzes are open to all, and you do not need to be a member of the Guild of Copy Editors to participate. However, you may want to consider joining the Guild, as membership has its benefits. For example, you can place a special "page in use" tag when you are copy editing, and another tag on the talk page when you finish. See the Templates page. Please visit the Guild or the main blitz page for more information.

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 drive 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. To participate, follow the instructions at the top of the article lists.

Special instructions for GOCE Requests

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Before editing, please read the "Instructions for copy editors" on the Requests page.

Requests are often being prepared for good article nominations. For articles to be considered "good articles" in Wikipedia, they must meet certain criteria. Even if you are an experienced copy editor, please take a few minutes to review the good article criteria so that your edits do not run afoul of those rules. It is not necessary, as a copy editor, to fix the article to meet all of the criteria, but you are welcome to improve articles in ways other than copy editing, of course.

If you are editing an article that is being nominated as a "featured article", take some time to read the featured article criteria. Those criteria are more stringent. Again, as a copy editor you do not have to fix the article to meet all of the FA criteria, but it helps to know what to think about as you make your edits.

Article lists

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When you have chosen an article for copy editing and are ready to edit it, please add {{working}} (displays as  Working) and your signature (~~~~) next to the article's listing on the requests page. Please mark an item as "working" only when you are immediately going to begin editing it, so that we can avoid articles being stuck in limbo.

When you are done copy-editing the article, please add {{done}} (displays as  Done) and your signature (~~~~) next to the article's listing, then record it in your article list below.


Progress

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Progress Chart
Date
  • Outstanding
  • Requests
  • Change since
  • previous day
  • Change since
  • beginning
  • Daily articles
  • edited
August 23, 2014 32 — — —
August 24, 2014 31 Positive decrease  1 Positive decrease  1 4
August 25, 2014 23 Positive decrease  8 Positive decrease  9 9
August 26, 2014 24 Negative increase  1 Positive decrease  8 6
August 27, 2014 26 Negative increase  2 Positive decrease  6 3
August 28, 2014 30 Negative increase  4 Positive decrease  2 8
August 29, 2014 30 Steady  0 Positive decrease  2 1
August 30, 2014 28 Positive decrease  2 Positive decrease  4 6

Reviewing

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GOCE coordinators and other experienced members of the Guild will carry out random checks to ensure that copy edits are of a satisfactory standard. If you are willing to help with this, please sign up below.

When checking, please choose articles at random, and do not inspect articles you have copy edited yourself. When you find an acceptable copy edit, place a {{checked}} mark after the article on the listing and sign your username (just ~~~). If in doubt, please raise the issue on the Coordinators' talk page. If a rough consensus finds a copy edit is not of an acceptable standard, the tag will be re-added and the word count deducted. The reviewer may also give advice on how the edit could have been better, without penalizing the editor. Please raise any questions on the Coordinators' talk page.

Reviewers sign-up

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  1. I'll do some random checks. Baffle gab1978 (talk)

Signing up

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This blitz has now concluded and is no longer open to sign-up.

Totals

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When recording articles completed, please remember to remove any {{copyedit}} tag from that article—if you want it checked, you can request it on the blitz talk page and someone will be along to do it. Do not list articles on which you have placed {{GOCEreviewed}} instead of copy editing them, or which needed no copy editing; they don't count. Please provide the full title, not an abbreviated version. Please avoid adding text comments unless they are essential, and place any comments after the article title but before the word count.

Baffle gab1978 (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working Chandralekha (1948 film) (5,344) *R
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 5,344
  • Rollover words: 2,627

Jonesey95 (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed Equilibrium (film) (1,819)
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 1,819
  • Rollover words: 1,386

Miniapolis (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed Justice Lords (incl. list) (4,069)  Done; condensed and clarified prose, format fixes, POV/OR removal, etc. Baffle gab1978 (talk) 06:10, 26 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  2.  Completed Paris Hilton (6,689)
  3.  Completed Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines (6,996)
  • Total articles: 3
  • Total words: 17,754
  • Rollover words: 4,206

JudyCS (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed Ashley Tisdale (3,538) Green tickY Nice work. – Jonesey95 (talk) 04:16, 16 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 3,538
  • Rollover words: 1,524

Wilhelmina Will (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed Bruno Fratus (394) Green tickY Reviewed. Well done. A couple of minor problems were resolved by subsequent editors. – Jonesey95 (talk) 21:34, 15 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  2.  Completed Marcelo Chierighini (298) Green tickY Reviewed. Well done. – Jonesey95 (talk) 21:34, 15 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  3.  Completed Doan Hoang (645)  Done few changes needed, so a short c/e. diff Baffle gab1978 (talk) 04:03, 28 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  1.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 3
  • Total words: 1337
  • Rollover words: 1,627

Brandon (MrWooHoo) • Talk to Brandon!

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Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
  • Rollover words: 2,524

 Philg88 ♦talk

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Article list
  1.  Completed Lucknow (7,113 words) Green tickY Reviewed. Long article improved substantially. – Jonesey95 (talk) 21:40, 15 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 0
  • Rollover words: 7,113

 ΤheQ Editor  Talk?

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Article list
  1.  Completed Drums, Pennsylvania (2031) Green tickY Reviewed briefly. Minor improvements. I found and fixed one minor problem that was introduced. – Jonesey95 (talk) 21:43, 15 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  2.  Completed Hans Aasnæs (1043)  Not done; added more problems than fixed. diff Baffle gab1978 (talk) 04:10, 28 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  3.  Working Akane Tsunemori(1289)
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 3074

Totorotroll (talk)

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

Eman235/talk

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

Colby (talk)

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

MirrorFreak (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed Daybreaker (Architects album) (3154)  Not done: only minor changes and wikilinks added. diff. Baffle gab1978 (talk) 02:36, 27 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  2.  Completed There Is a Hell, Believe Me I've Seen It. There Is a Heaven, Let's Keep It a Secret. (1724)  Not done: GAN reviewer noted many remaining problems in a review (see the article's talk page) – Jonesey95 (talk) 21:54, 15 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  3.  Working Jumper (pornographic film)#Plot (924)
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 4878

Vanamonde93 (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed Dattatraya Parchure (891)  Done Text condensed and clarified, irrelevant material removed, etc. diff Baffle gab1978 (talk) 02:30, 27 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  2.  Working Corfu Channel case (4986)
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 891

NickGibson3900 Talk Sign my Guestbook Contributions

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Article list
  1.  Completed Brod Pete (332) Green tickY Improvements to this short article. – Jonesey95 (talk) 03:43, 16 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  2.  Completed Hurricane Helene (1958) (3376) Green tickY Article improved. – Jonesey95 (talk) 03:43, 16 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
     Completed Monosodium glutamate (2024)  Not done—minor changes, user added some typos; "signifacntlyy" (now fixed) and "were" for "where" in lead. diff.
  3.  Completed List of awards and nominations received by Vidya Balan (1450, inc. list)  Not done by this editor /  Done by subsequent editors. Minimal edits created new unclear text and left existing unclear text. Subsequent editors have fixed the prose. – Jonesey95 (talk) 03:43, 16 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  4.  Completed Mississauga (5030)  Not done by this editor /  Done by subsequent editors. Minimal edits created new unclear text and left existing unclear text. Subsequent editors have fixed most of the prose. GAN is still pending as of my date stamp. – Jonesey95 (talk) 03:43, 16 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  5.  Completed Wayne Knight (784)  Not done – incomplete edit left behind improper capitalization, inconsistent punctuation. Article is still in need of improvement. Restoring to Requests page. – Jonesey95 (talk) 03:43, 16 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Total articles: 6 5
  • Total words: 12,996 10,972

GemHill (talk)

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

Luthien22 (talk)

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

Vantine84 (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed Stephen III of Hungary (2090)  Done fairly few changes but article already in good shape. diff. Baffle gab1978 (talk) 03:06, 27 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  2.  Working ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 2090

Onel5969 (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed John Bauer (illustrator) (4960) Green tickY A thorough job on this long article. Article subsequently passed GAN. – Jonesey95 (talk) 03:51, 16 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  2.  Completed Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None (3673) Green tickY Nice work. – Jonesey95 (talk) 03:51, 16 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  3.  Completed Hans Aasnæs (1034) Green tickY Nice work. – Jonesey95 (talk) 03:51, 16 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  4.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 3
  • Total words: 9667

Alistairirvine (talk)

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

Rotideypoc41352 (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed The Third Man (3377) Green tickY Good edits overall. Civil interactions with another copy editor during editing. – Jonesey95 (talk) 04:08, 16 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 3377

Gobodge (talk)

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

Tall Bumbershoot (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed Guilty Gear X2 (2,487)  Done General improvements to prose. Baffle gab1978 (talk) 05:57, 26 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  2.  Working Pavle Đurišić (7,521)
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 2,487 (10,008

Sourgosling (talk)

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

Valfury (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed Mushishi (film) (1632) Green tickY Very nice job. Thank you. --Stfg (talk) 10:15, 26 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  2.  Completed Nicolas Oliveira (715) Green tickY Reviewed. Article improved. Nice work. – Jonesey95 (talk) 03:07, 16 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  3.  Completed Nicholas Santos (988) Green tickY Reviewed. Article improved. Nice work. – Jonesey95 (talk) 03:07, 16 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  4.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 3
  • Total words: 3,335

Lyrric (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working Jade Goody (3,426)
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0

Totorotroll (talk)

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

Lstanley1979 (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed Charlotte Perelli () Green tickY Improvements. – Jonesey95 (talk) 04:16, 16 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  2.  Completed Elisabet Höglund () Green tickY Improvements. – Jonesey95 (talk) 04:16, 16 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 0
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
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