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The following event is now closed. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate talk page. Participants should add their final statistics within 48 hours of the closure.

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 December 2020, at 00:01 (UTC) and ended on 19 December 2020, at 23:59 (UTC).

The theme of this blitz was:

  • The oldest articles from our backlog: August and September 2020
    • New Wikipedia copy editors (welcome!) are advised to focus their efforts on these backlog articles.
  • All requests; 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 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 Jonesey95 (talk), who is assisted by Baffle gab1978 (talk), Puddleglum2.0 (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

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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
  • articles
  • Change since
  • previous day
  • Change since
  • beginning
December 12, 2020 130 — —
December 13, 2020 128 Positive decrease  2 Positive decrease  2
December 14, 2020 122 Positive decrease  6 Positive decrease  8
December 15, 2020 115 Positive decrease  7 Positive decrease 15
December 16, 2020 117 Negative increase  2 Positive decrease 13
December 17, 2020 115 Positive decrease  2 Positive decrease 15
December 18, 2020 109 Positive decrease  6 Positive decrease 21
December 19, 2020 105 Positive decrease  4 Positive decrease 25

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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Signing up

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

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)

Visioncurve (talk)

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

Miniapolis (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed Barelvi (2,312)
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 2,312
  • Rollover words: 1,705

Beetricks (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed I Am the Best (1249) Checked (much improved, needed a bit more work) – Jonesey95 (talk) 14:42, 13 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 1249
  • Rollover words: 2,652 These rollover words were from the November drive and get counted on the January drive

Twofingered Typist (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed Lèse majesté in Thailand (4,590) *R
  2.  Completed Wilson–Wodrow–Mytinger House (3,883) *R
  3.  Completed Biden–Ukraine conspiracy theory (3,416) *R
  4.  Completed Ruth Williams Cupp (1,362) *R
  5.  Completed Harry J. Capehart (2,263) *R
  6.  Completed 2001 Masters (snooker) (2,447) *R
  7.  Completed Subaru Sumeragi (3,093) *R
  • Total articles: 7
  • Total words: 21,054
  • Rollover words: 1,192

Baffle gab1978 (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed Dimple Kapadia (6,964) *R
  2.  Completed Sahal Abdul Samad (799) *R
  3.  Completed Rudolf Gerlach-Rusnak (528) *R
  • Total articles: 3
  • Total words: 8,021
  • Rollover words: 1,406

Jonesey95 (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed Joseph Gelders (1,098) *R
  2.  Completed Mahinda Rajapaksa (6,151) *O
  3.  Completed [[]] ()
  4.  Completed [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 7,249
  • Rollover words: 1,825

Double Plus Ungood (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working South India (Here we go!) (6,180) Red XN abandoned copy edit as "busy atm", minimal changes
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0

BroVic (talk)

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

KaylaOrloff (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 4152

Despayre (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed Andrii_Derkach (1112)
  2.  Completed Lira_(awards) (2162)
  3.  Working [[]]
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 3274

OSUBuckeyeFan (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 Paschimbhag copperplate inscription (1884)
  2.  Completed Daniel Cragin Mill (835)
  3.  Completed [[]] ()
  4.  Completed [[]] ()
  5.  Completed [[]] ()
  6.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 2719
  • Rollover words: 1,025

Interesting Cause 88 (talk)

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

Wikignometry (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed Sara Azmeh Rasmussen (1955)
  2.  Working Paleobiota of the Ciechocinek Formation (1579) Red XN one edit, minimal changes
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 1955

Kravk (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed Azakhel Payan (969)
  2.  Completed Montazur Rahman Akbar (1,512)
  3.  Completed New Empire (band) (697) Checked Twofingered Typist (talk) 13:50, 17 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  4.  Completed Mahinda Rajapaksa (6,150) (copyedited lead and first 2 sections; Jonesey95 finished the rest of the article)
  • Total articles: 4
  • Total words: 3,178 + 3,075 (1/2 of #4) = 6,253

Dhtwiki (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed MCMXC a.D. (2165)
  2.  Completed Meethari Marwar (875)
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 3,040
  • Rollover words: 65

Vicyush (talk)

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  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 1769

SithJarJar666 (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Completed Prem Geet 2 (732) CheckedTwofingered Typist (talk) 13:56, 17 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 732

Wilhelmina Will (talk)

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

Reidgreg (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed Carry on Alia (400) *O
  2.  Completed Vanguard (organization) (1161) *O
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 1561

SpiffingUK (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed Garia (1516)
  2.  Working Dolphin Nature Conservation Society (1012) Red XN no edits to article
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 1516
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