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Guild of Copy Editors' requests page On this page, you can request that the Guild of Copy Editors copy-edit specific articles. Instructions for requesters To make a request, remove any existing {{copy edit}} tags from the article, then click this button and follow the instructions: Manual instructions (if the button doesn't work) To make a request, add your article, using the following format, to the bottom of this page: ===[[Articlename]]=== Your comments ~~~~ Please remove any existing {{copy edit}} tags from the article to avoid edit conflicts during the copy edit. Please note: No request by an unregistered editor will be accepted unless the IP has done significant work on the article. Drive-by IP requests already on the list may be declined by any editor. The average waiting time is two or so months. Please be patient and feel free to improve your requested article while you wait. If you plan to nominate the article for good article, A-class or featured article status, please wait until the copy edit is complete before nominating it. Having your article copy edited by our team does not guarantee that the prose will be considered acceptable during any of the above reviews. You may have up to two open requests at any one time. This is enforced so that every request can have a fair chance of being fulfilled within a reasonable period. Requests may be declined if the article is: in the Draft or User namespaces, or is awaiting review at Wikipedia:Articles for creation; unstable, undergoing rapid development, the venue for an ongoing edit war, or otherwise not yet suitable for copy editing. Instructions for copy editors Once you have accepted a request, it may be helpful to add a section to the article's Talk page explaining that you will be copy-editing the article and that other editors are welcome to post questions and comments for you while you are doing so. Remember to add another note when you are done. Please ensure that you are familiar with the Wikipedia Manual of Style and the expectations for editing for the GOCE outlined in our Step by Step guide. The simplified Manual of Style is here. A number of national varieties of English are present throughout the encyclopedia, and no one variety is preferred. Keep spelling and date formatting consistent within an article. When you accept a request, place an indented {{Working}} template immediately beneath the request and sign your post with four tildes (~~~~) so other copy editors know not to accept it. Accept only one request at a time. Articles that are potential Featured Article candidates should be handled by experienced editors. If you have accepted a request but cannot fulfill it for any reason, please amend it with either: a note of the sections you have completed so someone else can complete the copy edit, or; a suitable template: {{Not done}}, {{Partly done}}, or Abandoned (not a template!). Please make a good-faith effort to complete a copyedit; excessive use of the "Partly done" template does little (or nothing) to reduce the backlog. If the article is unstable, experiencing rapid development, an ongoing edit war or apparent ownership issues, open a discussion on Requests talk to inform project coordinators. Acceptances that appear to have been abandoned will be checked after a reasonable period, usually one week after the timestamp. In cases of complete inactivity we will ask for an update on your talk page. If no response is received within one further week, the {{Working}} template will be removed so other editors may complete the copy edit. When you have completed a request, add the template {{Done}} below the request and sign your post with four tildes (~~~~) and a bot will archive it in about 24 hours. In limited circumstances (breakdowns etc.), you can add the details of the request to the archive page then remove the request here by blanking the subsection. Do not delete the original request without archiving it. Please consider adding the templates {{GOCE|user={{subst:REVISIONUSER}}|date={{subst:date}}}} on the talk page of articles you have copy edited and {{GOCEtb|article=Insert article name|sign=~~~~}} to the talk page of the requester. Instructions for coordinators Stale requests marked as "Working": Acceptances that appear to have been abandoned should be checked for activity after a reasonable period, usually one week after the timestamp. In cases of complete inactivity, a coordinator should ask for an update on the copy editor's talk page. Write "Asked X for update on talk page" below the "Working" line on the Requests page. If no response is received within one further week, the {{Working}} template should be removed so that other editors may complete the copy edit. Quality control: Articles from the Requests page that are completed by newer editors should be reviewed for quality by a coordinator, time permitting. The top priority is to review articles that are FA candidates; the second priority, GA and DYK candidates. Edit this panel

June 2019

Jamaica national football team

The article has had a major expansion and ideally wanting to get this article towards a GA. HawkAussie (talk) 10:15, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

 Working Bobbychan193 (talk) 17:20, 24 July 2019 (UTC)

 Done Bobbychan193 (talk) 23:45, 25 July 2019 (UTC)

Devil May Cry 5

I recently expanded this article. I think it needs some clean up.Tintor2 (talk) 02:38, 30 June 2019 (UTC)

July 2019

Sasha Grey

Among others various 84.46.5[23].* IPs (=me) contributed to Sasha Grey from December 9, 2018 at size 43,870 bytes with 96 references, and nominated the page on March 15 as GA at size 62,186 bytes with 134 references. The GA1 review failed on March 25 at size 76,777 bytes with 165 references and a list of six remaining unfixed issues.
Five of those issues were addressed on March 28, the last remaining point was the suggestion that the article could be listed at the GOCE for copyediting work. As of today the page is at size 85,685 bytes with 191 references, and apparently stable (no changes since June 23). –84.46.53.150 (talk) 06:16, 1 July 2019 (UTC)

Kylie (album)

The article has been promoted for GA since 2007. I recently expanded it and a copyedit is needed to maintain its status. Thanks in advance! Damian Vo (talk) 18:54, 1 July 2019 (UTC)

Robert E. Lee on Traveller

Requesting a copy edit for this relatively short article, which has been nominated for Good status. Thanks in advance! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 15:07, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

Margaret (singer)

The article requires a run through for a grammar check etc. after recent edits. Also, would be good if whoever decides to review it has experience in writing musical artists biographies as I think the article might be a little cluttered in places. ArturSik (talk) 14:10, 3 July 2019 (UTC)

Ina Kaplan

Quite a bit is translated work, but she's super notable, and I'd like to GA nominate (especially for WP:Women in Red's event on sports. Any help is very much appreciated. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 15:26, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

Digital media use and mental health

Hi copyeditors guild! I've done a lot of work on this mid-importance article, and it has gone through GA and peer review. I'm aiming for FA status in about Aug-september. Much appreciated. --[E.3][chat2][me] 13:45, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

Demographics of Filipino Americans‎

Article elevated to GA status in March 2019 after being spun out from the article Filipino Americans back in 2012. Would like to get it promoted to class-A or class-FA, but would like to have an outside eye look at the article and copy edit it prior to nominating it. Thanks in advance. RightCowLeftCoast (Moo) 21:01, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

Bhakta Prahlada (1967 film)

I will be taking this article to GA, so it will benefit from c/e. Kailash29792 (talk) 13:35, 7 July 2019 (UTC)

191st Street station

Performing the GA review for this article and I've tried my best with my own ce's but have run out of steam. I would appreciate a second pair of eyes for general ce. Thank you! Truflip99 (talk) 15:44, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

Kosmoceratops

To prepare for GAN and FAC. It is written in US English. Thanks! FunkMonk (talk) 22:13, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

Rockstar San Diego

I'm planning to bring this article to GAN, but it probably needs some copyediting. Thanks in advance! Lordtobi (✉) 21:40, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

2001 in Singapore

Should do a maintenance check for the "years in Singapore (including the two years aforementioned). The new Wikipedian user had lately contributed a load of articles and prone to mistakes; I also need a expert Wikipedian to help conduct maintenance checks, as the new user (TheGreatSG'rean) keep on editing every single articles relating to years in Singapore. (203.211.155.34 (talk) 11:49, 11 July 2019 (UTC))

2019 in Singapore

Should do a maintenance check for the "years in Singapore (including the two years aforementioned). The new Wikipedian user had lately contributed a load of articles and prone to mistakes; I also need a expert Wikipedian to help conduct maintenance checks, as the new user (TheGreatSG'rean) keep on editing every single articles relating to years in Singapore. (203.211.155.34 (talk) 11:49, 11 July 2019 (UTC))

Note this article is still under development and may be unstable. Copy-editors are advised to check its history before proceeding. Baffle☿gab 23:44, 11 July 2019 (UTC)

List of A Nightmare on Elm Street characters

Hi, if there are any copy editor who is familiar with A Nightmare on Elm Street film series, please help in copy editing the article List of A Nightmare on Elm Street characters. Thanks, thanks, thanks. NeoBatfreak (talk) 07:55, 12 July 2019 (UTC)

Crusades

GOCE copy editors worked on this in 2014, 2015 & 2017 but it is now at Featured Article again and the grammer has come into question again. Monster article but it is both important and intersting. I will try and try but probably needs an expert, please Norfolkbigfish (talk) 19:56, 12 July 2019 (UTC)

Unable to complete the edit at this time. Putting it back in the pool. Apologies.

Cadar (talk) 00:10, 26 July 2019 (UTC)

Fatima bint al-Ahmar

Maybe the most well-documented princess of the Nasrid dynasty in Muslim Spain. I created it recently and would appreciate a copyedit for grammar and prose. HaEr48 (talk) 23:46, 13 July 2019 (UTC)

Kurt Meyer

Would appreciate a c/e. K.e.coffman (talk) 17:24, 14 July 2019 (UTC)

Franz Halder

Would appreciate a c/e. K.e.coffman (talk) 17:24, 14 July 2019 (UTC)

1944 Cuba–Florida hurricane

I plan on eventually bringing this article to FAC, but it could greatly benefit from a copy-edit beforehand. I think there may be a lot of opportunity to improve the prose's flow and depart from its more laundry list appearance. Many thanks in advance, TheAustinMan^{(Talk ⬩ Edits)} 19:04, 14 July 2019 (UTC)

United Nations Plaza (San Francisco)

Request a copy edit before going to GAN. Thanks in advance! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 17:14, 16 July 2019 (UTC)

Murder of Santos Rodriguez

I worked on this article and it passed DYK but it was tagged with multiple issues. I would appreciate any/all edits, want this article to be as high quality as possible. Thanks! Centehua (talk) 21:00, 16 July 2019 (UTC)

•  On hold; article has maintenance tags and may not yet be suitable for c/e. GOCE is not Cleanup. Discuss on REQ talk. Baffle☿gab 03:59, 17 July 2019 (UTC)

Kes (Star Trek)

The above article received a very helpful copy-edit in the past, but I think another would be helpful as it is rather long and I am interested in getting it to a GA level. Thank you in advance! Aoba47 (talk) 03:40, 18 July 2019 (UTC)

Bad Guy (Billie Eilish song)

Hi! I recently expanded this article and would like someone to look over it. Thanks; Cartoon network freak (talk) 06:43, 18 July 2019 (UTC)

Un célebre especialista sacando muelas en el gran Hotel Europa

I'd really appreciate a copyedit on this article! I know the style/structure is generally where it(/I) need help, and at some point I'd like to FAC it. The topic is an unusual one, so if an editor who picks this up wants/needs to ask for clarification when editing I'm quite an expert on it so please leave me a message. Kingsif (talk) 19:15, 18 July 2019 (UTC)

Krusty Krab

Please help me with improving the prose of this article. I need other people to check on this before I nominate for good article status. Thank you. — Mediran [talk] 07:08, 19 July 2019 (UTC)

Zeferino Peña Cuéllar

Biography on a Mexican drug lord. English is not my native language so I often encounter prose issues. Will nominate this for GA (it is in the DYK queue now). Many thanks, MX (✉ • ✎) 18:42, 19 July 2019 (UTC)

Global warming

This FA article has recently been extensively updated. In a preparation for a TFA request (for December?), a copyedit would be appreciated. The article is of a sensitive nature, so an experienced copy-editor might be best for this article. Asked this a couple of months ago as well, but withdrew it as it was premature then. Femke Nijsse (talk) 11:12, 21 July 2019 (UTC)

Hassium

This article is one copyedit away from an FAC, and it would greatly benefit from somebody making that copyedit :) R8R (talk) 18:55, 21 July 2019 (UTC)

Abu Abdallah ibn al-Hakim

Article about a vizier in the Emirate of Granada. I'm nominating it for DYK which means page view exposure, so I'd appreciate a copy edit. HaEr48 (talk) 23:08, 21 July 2019 (UTC)

Atsushi Nakajima (Bungo Stray Dogs)

A new article created by English Wikipedia so other Wikis might also been benefitted from. The article isn't that big but it needs a grammar check. Cheers.Tintor2 (talk) 21:37, 22 July 2019 (UTC)

2019 WPA World Ten-ball Championship

Getting this one in early, will be pushing to DYK and GA. Could do with a good CE. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 16:34, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

Sanjay Dutt filmography

For FL___CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk 19:06, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

In My Head (Ariana Grande song)

Hello! I need a copy-edit of this article before it is reviewed for GA. I think a copy-edit would increase the chances for it to pass the GA review. Regards, and thank you, Paparazzzi (talk) 17:18, 25 July 2019 (UTC)

Realize this might not get picked up for the GA review, but for the record, I suggested submission of this request at Talk:In My Head (Ariana Grande song). Thanks in advance! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 17:27, 25 July 2019 (UTC)

Bum Bum

Hello everyone! I expanded the above article earlier in the year, and I would greatly appreciate a thorough copy-edit. I have no intentions on working on it further or pursuing a GAN or an FAC, but I think a copy-edit would be helpful for anyone who wants to learn more about the song or wants to expand on it further. Thank you in advance! Aoba47 (talk) 21:28, 25 July 2019 (UTC)