Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/August 2024

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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 began on 18 August 2024 at 00:00 UTC, and will end on 24 August 2024 at 23:59 UTC.

The themes of this blitz are:

The oldest articles from our backlog: May 2023 and June 2023
- New Wikipedia copy editors (welcome!) are advised to focus their efforts on these backlog articles.
May and June 2024 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 Dhtwiki (talk), who is assisted by Miniapolis (talk), Mox Eden (talk), and Wracking (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	May – June 2023 backlog May – June 2024 requests	Change since previous day	Change since beginning
August 17, 2024	255	—	—
August 18, 2024	248	7	7
August 19, 2024	241	7	14
August 20, 2024	238	3	17
August 21, 2024	235	3	20
August 22, 2024	232	3	23
August 23, 2024	225	7	30
August 24, 2024	219	6	36

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.

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

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)

Miniapolis (talk)

Article list
Completed German atrocities committed against Soviet prisoners of war (1,442) Completed List of unmade Doctor Who serials and films (10,826)

Total articles: 2
Total words: 12,268
Rollover words: 859

Dhtwiki (talk)

Article list
Completed Dimension 20 (2482) Completed Zbrojovka Z 4 (642) Completed Afonso Pena (10,082) Completed Centro Cultural de los Ejércitos (563) Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 4
Total words: 13,769
Rollover words: 3,018

PrismAfterRain (talk)

Article list
Completed [[]] () Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 0
Total words: 0

Mox Eden (talk)

Article list
Completed Urban Hymns (13032) Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 1
Total words: 13032
Rollover words: 2,081

KjjjKjjj (talk)

Article list

Completed Chisumbanje (480)
Completed Xellos (1,292)
Completed Nepal SBI Bank (616)
Completed Wardell Gray (1,623)
Completed Majayjay (978)
Completed Geoff Eigenmann (770)
Completed Serchhip (155)
Completed Yousuf Shah Chak (4822)
Completed Fidelity Printers and Refiners (1971)
Completed Bidibidi Refugee Settlement (693)
Completed Christopher Raeburn (designer) (902)
Completed Thomas J. Pluckhahn (796)
Completed Arjan Dhillon (881)
Completed La Garenne-Colombes (812)
Completed Healthy Montana Kids (1474)
Completed Naval Blockade of Reval (1726) (1788)
Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 16
Total words: 20,053

Reidgreg (talk)

Article list
Completed Kazhuvethi Moorkkan (148) Completed Values in Action Inventory of Strengths (315) Working Working Working Working

Total articles: 2
Total words: 463
Rollover words: 993

ScribblingTiresias (talk)

Article list
Completed [[]] () Working Boogaloo (funk dance) (3711)

Total articles: 0
Total words: 0

TheNuggeteer (talk)

Article list
Completed Asano Yoshinaga (Lord of Hiroshima) (477) Completed Pseudophilautus steineri (507) Working Paralympic symbols (1,884)

Total articles: 2
Total words: 984

Cremastra (talk)

Article list
Completed [[]] () Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 0
Total words: 0

Of the universe (talk)

Article list
Completed [[]] () Working rogue wave (4929)

Total articles: 0
Total words: 0

Mgp28 (talk)

Article list
Completed Public transport in Tallinn (5,267) Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 1
Total words: 5,267

YordleSquire (talk)

Article list
Completed Char_Dham (1136) Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 1
Total words: 1136

Lightningthief77 (talk)

Article list
Completed 12th Operational Brigade (Ukraine) (713) Working Liberation of Balıkesir () Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 1
Total words: 713

TreeReader (talk)

Article list
Completed [[]] () Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 0
Total words: 0

Jonesey95 (talk)

Article list
Completed Baubau (3,609)

Total articles: 1
Total words: 3,609
Rollover words: 939