Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/December 2019

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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 15 December 2019, at 00:00 (UTC) and ended on 21 December 2019, at 23:59 (UTC).

The themes of this blitz were:

Requests
Articles tagged in May 2019 (category emptied during the blitz)
Articles tagged in June 2019 (category added halfway through the blitz)

Blitz participants could 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 was 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), Miniapolis (talk), Tdslk (talk) and Twofingered Typist (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

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

Progress Chart
Date	Outstanding May and June backlog articles	Change since previous day	Change since beginning	Daily articles edited
December 14, 2019	11	—	—	—
December 15, 2019	6	5	5	5
December 16, 2019	3	3	8	3
December 17, 2019	51	6	10	2
December 18, 2019	43	8	18	8
December 19, 2019	39	4	22	4
December 20, 2019	36	3	25	3
December 21, 2019	34	2	27	2

Reviewing

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

Signing up

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

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)

Miniapolis (talk)

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Completed Dinesh Karthik (3,541) Completed Srivari Brahmotsavam (1,943) Completed Konkan Railway (2,898)

Total articles: 3
Total words: 8,382
Rollover words: 2,541

Reidgreg (talk)

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Completed Lviv pogroms (1941) (2263) R Completed* Barren Island, Brooklyn (4083) R Working* [[]] ()

Total articles: 2
Total words: 6346
Rollover words: 85

Eyer

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Completed [[]] () Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 0
Total words: 0

Willbb234^Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies)

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Completed Gunnar Sandelin (459) Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 1
Total words: 459
Rollover words: 1536

Twofingered Typist (talk)

Article list
Completed Anger Management (film) R (976) Completed* Monstercat R (1918) Completed* Wolf R (10,996) Completed* Terminator: Dark Fate R (8966) Completed* Sidney Simon (762) Completed One Art (2641)

Total articles: 6
Total words: 26,259
Rollover words: 775

Gog the Mild (talk)

Article list
Completed Obligation to Negotiate Access to the Pacific Ocean (1499) Working [[]] ()

Total words: 1499
Rollover words: 1711

Puddleglum2.0 (talk)

Article list
Completed 868-HACK (1,201) Completed Hurts 2B Human (7,127) Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 2
Total words: 8,328

The Time to Llama is Now (talk)

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Completed [[]] () Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 0
Total words: 0

Jonesey95 (talk)

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Completed Seneca Village (3,188) R Completed* [[]] () Completed [[]] () Completed [[]] () Completed [[]] ()

Total articles: 1
Total words: 3188
Rollover words: 113

StudiesWorld (talk)

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Completed [[]] () Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 0
Total words: 0

Dhtwiki (talk)

Article list
Completed Wu Sangui (4332)

Total articles: 1
Total words: 4,332
Rollover words: 2,169

BroVic (talk)

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Completed Model checking (141) lead only, completed by Thatoneweirdwikier

Total articles: 1
Total words: 141

TK421bsod (talk)

Article list
Completed Advanced_Rocket_Research_Center (528) Completed Invasive_test (532) Completed Electricity_pricing (2098) Completed History_of_the_Internet_in_Russia (2801) Completed Show!_Audio_Jockey (194) Completed Movie_theaters_in_South_Korea (1469) Completed Georgian_State_Museum_of_Theatre,_Music,_Cinema_and_Choreography (2827) Completed Nandigram (1413)

Total articles: 8
Total words: 11862

Thatoneweirdwikier (talk)

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Completed Open Here *R (5,724) Reidgreg (talk) 17:44, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Completed Gene Lau (1,140)
Completed Salah (4,008)
Completed List of Cardfight!! Vanguard characters (4,075) (section only, counted half)
Completed Portrayal of Arabs in film (5,563)
Completed Model checking (500) (sections only)
Completed The Collar (George Herbert) (2,520)
Completed Nandini (TV series) (2,100)
Completed Their Eyes Were Watching God (3,200) (section only, counted half)
Completed List of Pretty Rhythm: Dear My Future episodes (4,000)
Completed My Papa's Waltz (1,738)
Completed Monty the Dog (word count changed due to removal of un-copyedited text) (549)
Completed Pan toting (probably last one) (2,030)
Completed Baigongguan and Zhazidong (definitely last one) (1,509)

Total articles: 14
Total words: 38,656

Yerkes-Dodson (talk)

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Completed Pokémon Sword and Shield (2802) Completed Bruno Mars videography (766) Reidgreg (talk) 22:46, 17 December 2019 (UTC)[reply] Completed Eid al-Fitr (3513) Completed Dhanush Babu (272)

Total articles: 4
Total words: 7353

FiveFaintFootprints (talk)

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Completed [[]] () Completed Tujhe Kitna Chahne Lage (1346) Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 1
Total words: 1346
Rollover words: 2,778

Flowers4machines (talk)

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Completed [[]] () Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 0
Total words: 0

Bddmagic (talk)

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Completed [[]] () Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 0
Total words: 0

Robotxlabs (talk)

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Completed [[]] () Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 0
Total words: 0

UnnamedUser (talk)

Article list
Completed Fii3rd (211) Completed Women and HIV/AIDS (389; count not including words in list)

Total articles: 2
Total words: 600
Rollover words: 3,795

Don't plan to participate fully. UnnamedUser (talk) 02:34, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Bsoyka ^talk

Article list
Completed Kizito Mihigo *O (2,864)

Total articles: 1
Total words: 2864

Tdslk (talk)

Article list
Completed Nikephoros III Botaneiates (5244) Completed Navahrudak (1140) Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 2
Total words: 6384
Rollover words: 908

Baffle gab1978 (talk)

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Completed Melody (Spanish singer) (1,902) R Completed* The King of Fighters XIV (3,348) R Completed* Professor Pyg (3,988) *R

Total articles: 3
Total words: 9,238
Rollover words: 2,475