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This Copy Editing Backlog Elimination Drive is a one-month-long effort of the Guild of Copy Editors to reduce the backlog of articles that require copy editing: those carrying the {{copy edit}} tag (also {{copy edit section}}, {{copy edit inline}}, {{inappropriate person}}, {{cleanup tense}}, and their redirects) and those listed on the GOCE Requests page. It will begin on 1 July 2024, 00:00 (UTC) and will end on 31 July 2024, 23:59 (UTC). The goals of this drive are:

  • to reduce the backlog by as many articles as possible, especially the earliest-tagged articles (those tagged in February, March, April 2023);
  • to complete all requests on the GOCE Requests page dating from March, April, May, and June 2024.

Drive participants can earn barnstar awards based on the number of articles—and the word counts of the articles—they copy edit. Articles listed on the Requests page count towards your total; these articles are generally higher in quality than those tagged with {{copy edit}}. You will receive a bonus score of 50% over the article's word count for articles that were tagged with {{copy edit}} in February, March, April 2023, and for articles listed on the Requests page. Awards will be given out once the drive has finished.

The drive is open to all Wikipedians; 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.

Drives are under the purview of the Guild's coordinators. The drive's lead coordinator is Dhtwiki (talk), who is assisted by Miniapolis (talk), Mox Eden (talk), and Wracking (talk). If you have any questions, leave a message on the drive's talk page.

For brief instructions on recording your work, see below. For full instructions, visit the main drive page. Further details can be found on the drive FAQ 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 drive can be found on the main drive page. Please read this page carefully before you begin. To sign up, please use the form in the Signing up section below.

Progress

(Please update your own figures)

Leaderboard

  • Gold Star Award Leaderboard
1 2 3 4 5
Total
Articles
Chaiten1 (20) KjjjKjjj (19) TheNuggeteer (13) Lfstevens (9) CosXZ (6)
Apollogetticax (6)
Dhtwiki (6)
Total
Words[n 1]
Lfstevens (28,769) Apollogetticax (20,257) TheNuggeteer (20,164) KjjjKjjj (19,003) Miniapolis (15,842)
5k+
Articles[n 2]
Lfstevens (3) Miniapolis (2)
Apollogetticax (2)
Mox Eden (1)
SunTunnels (1)
KjjjKjjj (1)
Oldest
Articles[n 3]
KjjjKjjj (10) Apollogetticax (6) Chaiten1 (5)
Lfstevens (5)
Dhtwiki (5)
TheNuggeteer (3)
Longest
Article[n 1][n 4]
Miniapolis (9,864) KjjjKjjj (9,128) Lfstevens (7,919) Apollogetticax (7,260) SunTunnels (6,419)
  1. ^ a b For requests and older articles, please include only the actual word count, without the 50% bonus.
  2. ^ Number of articles of 5,000 words or more. An article of 10K+ words counts as 2, of 15K+ as 3, and so on.
  3. ^ Oldest articles are those tagged in February, March, April 2023.
  4. ^ The number of words in the longest article you copy edited. Only one entry for any editor.

Progress chart

Progress Chart
Date
  • Old articles
  • Feb–Apr 2023
  • Outstanding
  • tags
  • Change since
  • previous day
[N 1]
  • Change since
  • beginning
[N 1]
30 June 2024 141 2,936
1 July 2024 137 2,927 Positive decrease  9 Positive decrease  9
2 July 2024 127 2,918 Positive decrease  9 Positive decrease 18
3 July 2024 118 2,916 Positive decrease  2 Positive decrease 20
4 July 2024 107 2,907 Positive decrease  9 Positive decrease 29
5 July 2024 102 2,909 Negative increase  2 Positive decrease 27
6 July 2024 97 2,907 Positive decrease  2 Positive decrease 29
7 July 2024 94 2,915 Negative increase  8 Positive decrease 21
8 July 2024 90 2,927 Negative increase  12 Positive decrease  9
9 July 2024 84 2,937 Negative increase  10 Negative increase  1
10 July 2024 83 2,936 Positive decrease  1 Steady  0
11 July 2024 80 2,932 Positive decrease  4 Positive decrease  4
12 July 2024 81 2,939 Negative increase  7 Negative increase  3
13 July 2024 78 2,938 Positive decrease  1 Negative increase  2
14 July 2024 74 2,946 Negative increase  8 Negative increase  10
15 July 2024 69 2,941 Positive decrease  5 Negative increase  5
16 July 2024 62 2,947 Negative increase  6 Negative increase  11
  1. ^ a b Change refers only to outstanding tags.

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 editor will be penalized 1,200 words plus the word count of the reviewed article. 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 drive, click the button below. This will create a subsection in the Totals section where you will record your copy edits. Rollover totals from the previous drive are located here.


Totals

How to record articles you have copy edited:

  • Remove any extant {{copy edit}} 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) and avoid piped links, quotation marks and italics.
    • 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; do not use additional brackets for comments. Avoid long calculation strings (more than one line) in your word total.
  • 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}}.
  • If the article is from the GOCE Requests page, place *R (using plain text) after the word count. If it was tagged in February, March, April 2023, place *O (using plain text) after the word count.
  • 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.
  • Do not add the 50% bonus for Requests or Oldest articles—a coordinator will apply the bonuses after the drive is over.
  • If you want your work checked, you can request this on the drive talk page.

Properly completed records look like this in the edit window:

# {{Completed}} [[Dark chocolate]] (1,234) *O

and like this on the rendered page:

1.  Completed Dark chocolate (1,234) *O
Article list
  1.  Completed Sri Lankan Passion Plays (658) *O
  2.  Completed List of Tau Gamma Phi chapters (172) *O
  3.  Completed 108-form Wu family tai chi (1498) *O
  4.  Completed Ribosome-associated vesicle (446) *O
  5.  Completed Auction theory (4314) *R
  6.  Completed 2023 Finnish parliamentary election (1917) *O
  7.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 5
  • Total words: 9,005
  • Rollover words: 8871.5
Article list
  1.  Completed Nayib Bukele (5,281) *R
  2.  Completed H.I.V.E. (series) (9,864) *O
  3.  Completed Pre-19th-century trade catalogs (697) *O
  4.  Working Vilnius (18,212) *O
  • Total articles: 3
  • Total words: 15,842
  • Rollover words: 11,193
Article list
  1.  Completed Depressant (6539) *O
  2.  Completed Book censorship in the United StatesThe Hunger Games trilogy) (136)
  3.  Completed Traumatic bonding (4351) *O
  4.  Completed Against Democracy (2133) *R
  5.  Completed God's Crooked Lines (2174) *R
  6.  Working Theatrhythm Final Bar Line (3543) *R
  • Total articles: 5
  • Total words: 15333
  • Rollover words: 3354.5
Article list
  1.  Completed North Kolkata (201)
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 201
  • Rollover words: 5501
Article list
  1.  Completed A Tale of Two Cities (100)
  2.  Completed Mercedes W15 (1216)
  3.  Completed List of school massacres by death toll (147) *O
  4.  Completed Strategic Defense Initiative (7,212)
  5.  Completed Korean Broadcasting System (2688) *O
  6.  Completed Wu-style tai chi fast form (524) *O
  7.  Completed Criminal law of the United States (6,199) *O
  8.  Completed Bioprinting drug delivery (2664) *O
  9.  Completed Hanseatic League (7,919) *O
  • Total articles: 9
  • Total words: 28,769
Article list
  1.  Completed Fusajiro_Yamauchi (904) *R
  2.  Completed Legend_of_Lau_Kawar (75)
  3.  Completed Majanji (223)
  4.  Completed Hennadiy_Vasilyev (310)
  5.  Completed Islam_in_Vietnam (6915) *O
  6.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 5
  • Total words: 8,427
Article list
  1.  Completed Kendrick Lookout Tower and Cabin (155)
  2.  Completed Jamaluddin Siddiqui (34)
  3.  Completed [[]] ()
  4.  Completed [[]] ()
  5.  Completed [[]] ()
  6.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 189
Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
Article list
  1.  Working [[]] ()
  2.  Completed Ski mountaineering (402)
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
Article list
  1.  Completed Biplob Kumar Sarker (233) *O
  2.  Completed Case role (3,674) *O
  3.  Completed Year loss table (1,052) *O
  4.  Completed Stem cell fat crafting (1,826) *O
  5.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 4
  • Total words: 6785
  • Rollover words: 7,603
Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
Article list
  1.  Completed Paleolithic Iberia (3035) *O
  2.  Completed Ecology of Florida (586) *O
  3.  Completed Cultural references to chickens#Judaism (361)
  4.  Working Lizard communication (1750)
  • Total articles: 3
  • Total words: 3982
Article list
  1.  Completed Paul Flory (1940)
  2.  Completed Hari Dass (45)
  3.  Completed Monkodonja (1041)
  4.  Completed Kaleigh Gilchrist (202)
  5.  Completed Georja Calvin-Smith (544)
  6.  Completed Gerardo (musician) (90)
  7.  Completed Landy Párraga (266)
  8.  Completed Hazel Guggenheim McKinley (2008)
  9.  Completed Elena Rodriguez-Falcon (514)
  10.  Completed Aisha Kyomuhangi (147)
  11.  Completed Maria Bulanova (ballet dancer) (442)
  12.  Completed Carmi Martin (433) *O
  13.  Completed Kruti Parekh (257)
  14.  Completed Justine Nabbosa (250)
  15.  Completed Samantha Henderson (272)
  16.  Completed Will O'Neill (politician) (483) *O
  17.  Completed List of Inhumans (579) *O
  18.  Completed Sea ice brine pocket (2919) *O
  19.  Completed Magie Faure-Vidot (385) *O
  20.  Completed Cuidado con lo que deseas (920) *O
  21.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 20
  • Total words: 13,737
  • Rollover words: 1893
Article list
  1.  Completed Arondizuogu (1,474)
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: `1,474
Article list
  1.  Completed Tractor beam (1929) *O
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 1929
  • Rollover words: 1649
Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working Sculptured stones (2698)
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
Article list
  1.  Completed Pyaar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha Pyaara Pyaara (881) *O Checked Miniapolis 14:45, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  2.  Completed Passions (philosophy) (695)
  3.  Completed Hard to Be a God (1989 film) (939)
  4.  Completed List of sultans on the Comoros (283) *O
  5.  Completed Flextime (2,937)
  6.  Completed Universal Mobile Systems (116)
  7.  Completed Sam Nunn (2,087)
  8.  Completed Paul Tangi Mhova Mkondo (1,669)
  9.  Completed Kalighat painting (4,865) *O
  10.  Completed 2018 Brazil truck drivers' strike (2,090)
  11.  Completed Mukesh Kumar Meshram (550)
  12.  Completed Defense of Kopanki (704)
  13.  Completed Repetition (Kierkegaard book) (2,348)
  • Total articles: 13
  • Total words: 20,164
Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
  • Rollover words: 212
Article list
  1.  Completed Surrealist Manifesto (716)
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 716
Article list
  1.  Completed Merak Commuter Line (267) *O
  2.  Completed Jim Chapman (media personality) (1173)
  3.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 1440
Article list
  1.  Completed Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (720)
  2.  Completed Care drain (114)
  3.  Completed Vyommitra (277) Checked Miniapolis 13:26, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  4.  Completed Yamajathakudu (290)
  5.  Working The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (3168)
  • Total articles: 4
  • Total words: 1401
Article list
  1.  Completed Iranian pop music (502)
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 502
Article list
  1.  Completed Indian cookbooks (1,942)*O
  2.  Completed Gato Pérez (1,159)*O
  3.  Completed Croatian folk dance (1,371)*O
  4.  Completed Akpakip Oro (1,357)*O
  5.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 4
  • Total words: 5,829
Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working North Sumatra (7,057) *O
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
Article list
  1.  Completed Canada's Drug Agency (314)
  2.  Working Saysutshun (Newcastle Island Marine) Park (3429)
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 314
Article list
  1.  Completed Neem (TV series) (1285)
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 18
Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
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  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
Article list
  1.  Completed Harare Goodness, this needed a lot of work. Did a heavy overhaul. (6,419) *O
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 6,419
  • Rollover words: 4,103
Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
Article list
  1.  Completed Thommankuthu (170)
  2.  Working Thommankuthu ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 170
Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
  • Total articles: 7
  • Total words: 3,498
  • Rollover words: 7,790.5
Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
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  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
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  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
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  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
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  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
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  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working June Palmer (320)*R
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
  • Rollover words: 171
Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
Article list
  1.  Completed Guru Gobind Singh Stadium, Nanded (311)
  2.  Completed Sherief Reda (395)*O
  3.  Completed Krishna Cottage (1535)*O
  4.  Completed 2028 Copa América (241)
  5.  Completed Champhung (1006)*O
  6.  Completed Kasam Tere Pyaar Ki (735)*O
  7.  Completed Afeez Oyetoro (353)
  8.  Completed Guinea-Bissau at the 2024 Summer Olympics (133)
  9.  Completed Stodola's cone law (493)*O
  10.  Completed Xenobalanus globicipitis (212)
  11.  Completed Chovgan (1278)*O
  12.  Completed Đại Việt (9128)*O
  13.  Completed Ablett family (957)
  14.  Completed Xuxa Park (Brazilian TV series) (885)*O
  15.  Completed Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli (350)*O
  16.  Completed Cristian Shpendi (476)*O
  17.  Completed Fragrances and Flavours Association of India (203)
  18.  Completed Parihara (105)
  19.  Completed Edelyne Mia Martanegara (207)
  20.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 19
  • Total words: 19003
Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
Article list
  1.  Working Resident Evil Outbreak: File 2 (Only the Plot section was marked with {{grammar check}} tag) (1041) *O
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
  • Rollover words: 1018.5
Article list
  1.  Completed Gerald Santos (1901) *O Checked Miniapolis 15:02, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  2.  Working Climate of Uttar Pradesh (1117) *O
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 1901
Article list
  1.  Completed Brihadratha dynasty (385) *O
  2.  Completed Cador (1335) *O
  3.  Completed [[]] ()
  4.  Completed [[]] ()
  5.  Completed [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 1720

Note: Some article word counts won't be very accurate since I don't have Prosesize

Article list
  1.  Completed Miskito grammar (7260) *O
  2.  Completed Seventh grade (1981) *O
  3.  Completed Samlaut Uprising (3458) *O
  4.  Completed Economy of Gujarat (5269) *O
  5.  Completed Amar Jit Singh Sandhu (948) *O
  6.  Completed Siege of Chaves (1341) *O
  7.  Completed Bratya Basu (3886) *O
  8.  Completed Lee Youn Chin (1017) *O
  9.  Completed Will O'Neill (politician) (460) *O
  10.  Completed Shedubhar (147) *O
  11.  Completed Caspe (4904) *O
  12.  Completed Chebaki (Khakassia) (2113) *O
  • Total articles: 12
  • Total words: 32784
Article list
  1.  Completed Shataranji (359) *R
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1