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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 19 August 2018, at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on 25 August 2018, at 23:59 (UTC).

The theme of this blitz is:

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 Reidgreg (talk), who is assisted by Baffle gab1978 (talk), Jonesey95 (talk), Miniapolis (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

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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
  • Change since
  • previous day
  • Change since
  • beginning
  • Daily articles
  • edited
August 18, 2018 69 — — –
August 19, 2018 56 Positive decrease 13 Positive decrease 13 13
August 20, 2018 53 Positive decrease  3 Positive decrease 16 3
August 21, 2018 49 Positive decrease  4 Positive decrease 20 4
August 22, 2018 46 Positive decrease  3 Positive decrease 23 3
August 23, 2018 43 Positive decrease  3 Positive decrease 26 3
August 24, 2018 37 Positive decrease  6 Positive decrease 32 6
August 25, 2018 32 Positive decrease  5 Positive decrease 37 5

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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  1. Baffle gab1978

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)

Reidgreg (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed Pawnee mythology (593)
  2.  Completed List of town and city fires (32)
  3.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 625
  • Rollover words: 198

Gog the Mild (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed Muktainagar (360)
  2.  Completed Tofu (8774)
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 9134
  • Rollover words: 937

Miniapolis (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed Nizhny Novgorod Metro (1,817)
  2.  Completed Soviet Middle Eastern foreign policy during the Cold War (1,732)
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 3,549
  • Rollover words: 1,022

TimTempleton (talk) (cont)

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Article list
  1.  Completed Riazuddin (physicist) (2,480)
  2.  Completed Welfare in Japan (2,287) Checked (diff of c/e). Baffle gab1978 21:05, 23 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  3.  Completed KCOY-TV (1,091)
  4.  Completed Melendy E. Lovett (713)
  5.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 4
  • Total words: 6,571

Thinker78 (talk)

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

Dhtwiki (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed All Japan Judo Federation (section, includes list) (734)
  2.  Completed Nediyiruppu (includes lists) (1243)
  3.  Completed KMTP-TV (898)
  4.  Completed Dialectical materialism (3174)
  5.  Completed Hackensack people (1189)
  • Total articles: 5
  • Total words: 7,238
  • Rollover words: 2,058

BroVic (talk)

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

Mutiat Mustapha (talk)

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

Tdslk (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed Soe Moe Tun (747)
  2.  Completed Mimosoideae (759)
  3.  Completed Gael Tarleton (1361)
  4.  Completed Patrick Cordier (mineralogist) (459)
  5.  Completed [[]] ()
  6.  Completed [[]] ()
  7.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 4
  • Total words: 3326
  • Rollover words: 374

Sebastiankogler (talk)

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

Twofingered Typist (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed Wil Dasovich *O (750)
  2.  Completed Kunchacko Boban *O (1,163)
  3.  Completed Brewers Fayre *O (1,657)
  4.  Completed List of building or structure fires (partail count) *O (1,000)
  5.  Completed Christian Medical College, Ludhiana (partial count) *O (500)
  6.  Working Poole Town F.C. (partial count) *O (500)
  7.  Completed Bibeksheel Sajha Party *O (473)
  8.  Completed Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex *R (5,022)
  9.  Completed Remedy Entertainment *R (2,540)
  10.  Completed 2015 6 Hours of Silverstone *R (5,055)
  • Total articles: 10
  • Total words: 19,113
  • Rollover words: 4,563

Jonesey95 (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed Tu Sooraj Main Saanjh, Piyaji (874)
  2.  Completed [[]] ()
  3.  Completed [[]] ()
  4.  Completed [[]] ()
  5.  Completed [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 874
  • Rollover words: 1,776

Gbolahan Adebayo (talk)

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

Seraphim System (talk)

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

Triangleman3 (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed Al-Qaeda (11,700)
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 11,700

Romhilde (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed Man'yōshū (893)
  2.  Completed Halal snack pack (548)
  3.  Completed Equestria (1,962) Checked (diff) Baffle gab1978 11:07, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  4.  Completed Texas Legends (1,107)
  5.  Completed Luis Manuel Medina (585)
  6.  Completed Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University (3,508)
  • Total articles: 6
  • Total words: 8,603

PokeMath (talk)

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

Katariasuman00 (talk)

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

Curdigirl (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed Dileep (2210)
  2.  Working
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 2210

Informata ob Iniquitatum (talk)

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