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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 13 August 2023, at 00:00 (UTC) and ended on 19 August 2023, at 23:59 (UTC).

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

  • The articles from our backlog: August and September 2022
    • New Wikipedia copy editors (welcome!) are advised to focus their efforts on these backlog articles.
  • Requests from June and July 2023; 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 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 is 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 Zippybonzo (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
  • Outstanding Aug/Sep 2022 backlog
  • and Jun/Jul 2023 requests
  • Change since
  • previous day
  • Change since
  • beginning
August 12, 2023 262 — —
August 13, 2023 247 Positive decrease 15 Positive decrease 15
August 14, 2023 239 Positive decrease  8 Positive decrease 23
August 15, 2023 238 Positive decrease  1 Positive decrease 24
August 16, 2023 236 Positive decrease  2 Positive decrease 26
August 17, 2023 231 Positive decrease  5 Positive decrease 31
August 18, 2023 224 Positive decrease  7 Positive decrease 38
August 19, 2023 218 Positive decrease  6 Positive decrease 44

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

Dhtwiki (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed Musa al-Kazim (3746)
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 3,746
  • Rollover words: 4,457

SmileySnail (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (3213)
  2.  Completed Tropico 4 (2034)
  3.  Completed World of Warriors (475)
  4.  Completed Tapir 590 (358)
  • Total articles: 4
  • Total words: 6080

Exobiotic (talk)

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

Asparagusus (talk)

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

Skrimik (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 24

Reidgreg (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed 1994 North American cold wave (1005)
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 1005
  • Rollover words: 1461

TrademarkedTarantula (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed Durban Gen (including bulleted lists) (2,126)
  2.  Completed Haru Glory (tag stated quotes used in prose and general spelling and grammatical errors) (1,555)
  3.  Completed Govi (musician) (279)
  4.  Completed Employer matching program#Functions (needed copy edit for repeated information) (609)
  5.  Working Human factors in diving equipment design (including bullet points) (15,088) (I've decided to work on one of my requested articles that needs a major copy edit.)
  6.  Working Discipline (does not include excerpts, but it includes bullet lists) (4936)
  • Total articles: 4
  • Total words: 4,569
  • Rollover words: 2,158

Mox Eden (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed Eric Mercury (1608)
  2.  Completed Head and neck cancer (4771)
  3.  Completed Peripheral artery disease (3218)
  4.  Completed Miss Universe 2020 (866)
  5.  Completed Illuminati: New World Order (1284)
  6.  Completed Peter O'Neill (4930)
  7.  Completed Intermarium (region) (326)
  8.  Completed FanDuel TV (1030)
  9.  Completed Ranigat (591)
  10.  Completed 2022 protests in Russian-occupied Ukraine (that was very hard) (1036)
  11.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 10
  • Total words: 19660

Urban Versis 32 (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed WMTJ (403)
  2.  Completed WIPR-TV (647)
  3.  Completed WORA-TV (753)
  4.  Completed WLRA (979)
  5.  Completed Radio scanner (Yay!) (2519)
  6.  Completed Middle gray (551)
  7.  Completed Multicast lightpaths (609)
  8.  Completed Yokohama F. Marinos (1293)
  9.  Completed WXNY-LD (792)
  10.  Completed WLFT-CD (765)
  11.  Completed Rail integration system (1202)
  12.  Completed Laser projector (1053)
  13.  Completed WAPA-TV (2250)
  14.  Completed Soviet laser pistol (181)
  15.  Completed Rescue vehicle (607)
  16.  Completed Demand draft (424)
  17.  Completed RoboForm (175)
  18.  Completed Vinasat-1 (200)
  19.  Completed DSC-QX10 (Very small article) (84)
  20.  Completed Bayraktar Mini UAV (Previously known as Baykar Bayraktar Mini UAV, but I moved the page) (270)
  • Total articles: 20
  • Total words: 15757

Luminous Person (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed Lin Kegong (425)
  2.  Completed Block Island Wind Farm (1095)
  3.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 1,520
  • Rollover words: 1,118

Wracking (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed Greenskeeper (524)
  2.  Completed Direct action (2106)
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 2630

Familiar Sleep (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed 2020 Dominic Thiem tennis season (1398)
  2.  Completed Kevin Keegan (11379)
  3.  Completed Leonid Shebarshin (1246)
  4.  Completed Roger Donaldson (463)
  5.  Completed Emil Stanisław Rappaport (545)
  6.  Completed Darren Perry (1000)
  • Total articles: 6
  • Total words: 16031

Darkspiraldancer (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed First Battle of St Albans (1826)
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 1826

Baffle gab1978 (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed You Sang to Me (1,775) *R
  2.  Completed Ada Wong (2,731) *R
  3.  Completed The Height of Callousness (2,229) *R
  • Total articles: 3
  • Total words: 6,735
  • Rollover words: 774

JacobTheRox (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed West Eleri (49)
  2.  Working Chief Ministership of N. T. Rama Rao (4104)
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 49

Jonesey95 (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed Miner 2049er (1,896)
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 1,896
  • Rollover words: 1,467
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