Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/August 2022

Ranglong language

Hey, guys. I've started copyediting the prose of this article (still not done), but it also has problems with citation format. I'm not good at that sort of stuff, so maybe one of you could take a stab at it. (Also, don't you think that it ought to be named Ranglong people? It's not about the language at all.)

Asparagusus (interaction) 17:55, 16 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Asparagusus:, thanks for your work there. Yes, the referencing in a mess but fixing refs is beyond the scope of copy-editing. I'd be inclined to leave the citations alone and tag the article as appropriate (maybe add {{Cleanup}}). If you're willing to get involved, maybe open a move discussion on the talk page. It looks like there's a few regular editors there so a discussion could be fruitful. But the purpose of copy-editing isn't to clean up other people's messes. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 20:15, 16 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Dang, I missed it

Would love to participate in the future. I think this was only a watchlist notice for like 12 hours? Maybe in the future there can be a month long drive, and it be advertised during the beginning, giving slow pokes like me plenty of time to participate. Thanks. –Novem Linguae (talk) 00:57, 20 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Novem Linguae: the GOCE alternates months between blitzes lasting for a week and drives for a month, so there will be a drive next month. I don't know if there are watchlist notices for the drives, but I think they're listed on the community portal (you have to scroll a fair distance though). You technically still have 22 hours for this blitz if you like :) Perfect4th (talk) 01:49, 20 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Oh cool. Maybe I can squeeze one in :) –Novem Linguae (talk) 01:52, 20 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Novem Linguae, blame me for the watchlist notice not being up for long - I didn’t request it early enough. Feel free to join us next month though - I will have a watchlist notice done by then. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 17:03, 20 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Novem Linguae, the most reliable way to know about our events is to put Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Ombox on your watchlist. – Jonesey95 (talk) 20:35, 20 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]