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Main page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes

This Copy Editing Project Blitz is 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 will begin on 15 August 2021, at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on 21 August 2021, at 23:59 (UTC).

The themes of this blitz are:

  • The articles from our backlog: April and May 2021.
    • 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 Dhtwiki (talk), Miniapolis (talk), and Tenryuu (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

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

Progress Chart
Date
  • Outstanding
  • April/May backlog
    and Requests
  • Change since
  • previous day
  • Change since
  • beginning
August 14, 2021 193 — —
August 15, 2021 179 Positive decrease 14 Positive decrease 14
August 16, 2021 177 Positive decrease  2 Positive decrease 16
August 17, 2021 173 Positive decrease  4 Positive decrease 20
August 18, 2021 173 Steady  0 Positive decrease 20
August 19, 2021 172 Positive decrease  1 Positive decrease 21
August 20, 2021 165 Positive decrease  8 Positive decrease 28
August 21, 2021 170 Negative increase  5 Positive decrease 23

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 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

Signing up

To sign up for the blitz, click the button below. This will create a subsection in the Totals section for you to record your copy edits. Rollover totals from the previous blitz can be found here.


Totals

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)

Dhtwiki (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working Jimmy Carter 1976 presidential campaign (2701)
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
  • Rollover words: 3,932

Twofingered Typist (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Merv (5,134) *R
  2.  Completed Dixon Reservoir (Escondido) 468 *R
  3.  Completed Bridges Cafe (1,200) *R
  4.  Completed Grey Will Fade (1,385) *R
  5.  Completed Decree on Islamic Defenders Front (2,547) *R
  6.  Completed Jawaharlal Nehru (12,217) *R
  • Total articles: 6
  • Total words: 22,951
  • Rollover words: 6,390

Miniapolis (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Transport in Maharashtra (1,283)
  2.  Working Village accountant (1,279)
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 1,283
  • Rollover words: 1,661

Midknight1342 (talk)

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

Pyrrho the Skeptic (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Tara Duncan (1224)
  2.  Completed ENCA (1663)
  3.  Working Kothamangalam (602)
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 2887

Jonesey95 (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed 2020 Marche regional election (140)
  2.  Completed [[]] ()
  3.  Completed [[]] ()
  4.  Completed [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 140
  • Rollover words: 924

Slon02 (talk)

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

Baffle_gab1978 (talk)

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

AManAloneInaBigCity (talk)

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

Tdslk (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Hossein Ali Mirza (1582)
  2.  Completed [[]] ()
  3.  Completed [[]] ()
  4.  Completed [[]] ()
  5.  Completed [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 1582

PleasantPuzzler (talk)

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

Cowtown2470 (talk)

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

DukeLondon (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Afrikaner Broederbond (1141)
  2.  Completed Ricardo Martinelli (1159) Only the Presidency (2009-2014) section was tagged so I have just counted the words in that section
  3.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 2300

Laatu (talk)

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

Wikinights (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Harold Hamm (714)
  • Total articles: 714
  • Total words: 1
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