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This Copy Editing Project Blitz was 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 was Torchiest (talk), and he was assisted by BDD (talk) and Miniapolis (talk). If you have any questions, leave a message on the blitz's talk page.

The goals of this blitz were to copy edit as many articles as possible, especially those that have been tagged for the longest time. Awards will be given out to everyone who copy edits at least one of the target articles. The blitz ran from February 17–23.

The blitz is 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

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.

Article lists

When you have chosen an article for copy editing and are ready to edit it, please add {{working}} (displays as  Working) and sign your name (~~~) below the article's listing on the request page. Please only check off an item when you are immediately going to begin editing it, so that we can avoid articles being stuck in limbo. When you complete the article, add a new message including {{completed}} (displays as  Completed), and a coordinator will remove it from the list. If the open list of requests is nearing completion, will we add one of the monthly categories of oldest tagged articles as an option.

Progress

Progress Chart

Date	Outstanding tags	Change since previous day	Change since beginning
February 16, 2013	64	—	—
February 17, 2013	66	2	2
February 18, 2013	66	0	2
February 19, 2013	58	8	6
February 20, 2013	56	2	8
February 21, 2013	57	1	7
February 22, 2013	53	4	11
February 23, 2013	52	1	12

Reviewing

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

1. Torchiest ^talk_edits
2. Miniapolis
3. Stfg (talk)

Signing up

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

Totals

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.

Torchiest ^talk_edits

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Completed [[]] ()  Working [[]] ()

• Total articles: 0
• Total words: 0
• Rollover words: 3693

Soulparadox (talk)

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Completed [[]] ()  Working [[]] ()

• Total articles: 0
• Total words: 0
• Rollover words: 3971

Miniapolis (talk)

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Completed Imran Khan (actor) (3,194)  Completed Randeep Hooda (2,725)  Completed Tirunelveli (4,241)  Completed Ba'ath Party (Iraqi-dominated faction) (3,399)

• Total articles: 4
• Total words: 12,959
• Rollover words: 3,752

Foofish (talk)

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Completed [[]] ()  Working [[]] ()

• Total articles: 0
• Total words: 0

Mathijsvs (talk)

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Completed [[]] ()  Working [[]] ()

• Total articles: 0
• Total words: 0

Wilhelmina Will (talk)

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Completed Swayamvaram (2,223)  Working [[]] ()

• Total articles: 1
• Total words: 2,223
• Rollover words: 678

FoCuSandLeArN (talk)

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Completed Sandra Eisert (1340)  Completed Split Agreement (1638)  Completed Scimitar oryx (2696) N not of acceptable quality --Stfg (talk) 15:39, 20 February 2013 (UTC)  Completed Magnum XL-200 (1242)  Completed Beyond the First Amendment (993)  Completed Heart and Soul (The Cleftones) (737)  Completed It's Too Bad (590)  Completed Affair of Half a Lifetime (555)  Completed [[]] ()  Working Neil Nitin Mukesh (1379) (not started) --Stfg (talk)

• Total articles: 7
• Total words: 7095

Geraldshields11 (talk)

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Completed [[]] ()  Working [[]] ()

• Total articles: 0
• Total words: 0

Lfstevens (talk)

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Completed [[]] ()  Working [[]] ()

• Total articles: 0
• Total words: 0
• Rollover words: 914

Assassin! No, Captain Assassin! ^{( T - C - G )}

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Completed [[]] ()  Working [[]] ()

• Total articles: 0
• Total words: 0

Tdslk (talk)

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Completed Ottoman–Hungarian Wars (3458)  Completed International Crimes Tribunal (Bangladesh) (2708)  Completed Siddhachakra (1009)  Completed [[]] ()  Working [[]] ()

• Total articles: 3
• Total words: 7175
• Rollover words: 582

- ʈucoxn\^talk

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Completed Cane Ashby (2559)  Completed Long March (Pakistan) (1845)  Completed Ford assassination attempt in Sacramento (2199)  Working

• Total articles: 3
• Total words: 6603

Odysseus1479 (talk)

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Completed Peninsular War (11524)

• Total articles: 1
• Total words: 11524

Stfg (talk)

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Completed Oregon Symphony discography (485)  Completed Scimitar oryx (2696)  Working [[]] ()

• Total articles: 2
• Total words: 3181
• Rollover words: 736

Aichik (talk)

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Completed Analytical feminism () N does not qualify (tagged, not request) --Stfg (talk) 09:00, 21 February 2013 (UTC)  Working Anna Banana () N does not qualify (tagged, not request) --Stfg (talk) 09:00, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

• Total articles: 0
• Total words: 0

Wikishagnik (talk)

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Completed [[]] ()  Working [[]] ()

• Total articles: 0
• Total words: 0

Applesauceeyes (talk)

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Completed Elaine Didier (2645) Y Stfg (talk)  Working [[]] ()

• Total articles: 1
• Total words: 2645

youngeditz

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Dog Park N not edited (and not a GOCE request anyway) --Stfg (talk) 10:16, 24 February 2013 (UTC)  Completed [[]] ()  Working ()

• Total articles: 0
• Total words: 0

AustralianRupert (talk)

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Completed Military History of Asian Americans (4,643)  Working [[]] ()

• Total articles: 1
• Total words: 4,643

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