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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

March 2014

Jack Parsons (rocket engineer)

This article's recent unsuccessful FA nomination noted some copyediting inconsistencies. Appreciated if they could be resolved, including any I may have missed. JJARichardson (talk) 21:18, 30 March 2014 (UTC)

 Working Chaosdruid (talk) 18:59, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

Still on it, had to break over an editing issue (VisEd) and then for work being done by the editor/s. Continuing ce again as of now. Chaosdruid (talk) 18:49, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

Am back on it again, see note on talk page Chaosdruid (talk) 19:30, 2 May 2014 (UTC)

April 2014

Huolongjing

The section Huolongjing#Historical perspective seems particularly convoluted. -Arb. (talk) 23:09, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Béla II of Hungary

This article about a King of Hungary, who was blinded and became an alcoholic, also needs a bold copy edit before GAN. Thank you for your time in advance. Borsoka (talk) 03:07, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Major expansion, not the best writing. --TIAYN (talk) 11:59, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

Avar Khaganate

Interesting, not so long history article. Did a first pass copy editing, but additional, professional help is needed. It would be great if the copy editor could also take a look also at Eurasian Avars in an attempt to better structure the content and possibly remove redundancies. Thanks --Codrin.B (talk) 06:44, 6 April 2014 (UTC)

Norman conquest of southern Italy

Significant expansion within the next week, just putting in this request because I'm not the best with copyeditting. :3 —  dainomite   01:30, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

Bonnie Tyler

Hi. I did a peer review on this article back in February, and the editor is trying to get it in shape to nominate it for a GA status. I think it needs a thorough copy edit before they do, however. I'm a bit burned out on looking at it, and would really appreciate it if someone could give it a going over. Thanks. Onel5969 (talk) 00:00, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

 Working --Demiurge1000 (talk) 21:28, 3 May 2014 (UTC)

Bade Achhe Lagte Hain

Hi! This article was once edited by a member of the Guild of Copy Editors, on March 10, 2013. I have worked a lot on this article. I thing that the article needs someone who is a master at copy-editing and additional professional help. As it is a article on a daily soap opera it regular target for users, especially IP address users to add day to day synopsis of episodes, changing the cast order and adding several names for a single character making it look confusing and clumsy. the article is in need of professional help. --Tamravidhir (talk) 08:06, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

Humanoids from the Deep

Requesting copy editing for the article of the 1980 monster movie Humanoids from the Deep. Thanks.NeoBatfreak (talk) 06:26, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

Steam (software)

it's currently a GA, and i'm plan ning on nominating it for FAC. I think it needs some c/e to give it better cohesion and flow, however, i'm not all that good at such things. thanks. -- Aunva6^{talk - contribs} 20:22, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

Bristol

This article has been a stable GA for years and I'm hoping to nominate it at FAC, but needs a bit more polish in the prose. — Rod ^talk 08:19, 13 April 2014 (UTC)

Saborsko massacre

I'd like to submit this GA for A-class review, and would appreciate a copyedit beforehand. Cheers--Tomobe03 (talk) 13:09, 13 April 2014 (UTC)

Gemini (2002 Tamil film)

The article has been expanded many fold since the last copy-edit. Hoping to make it a FA after a previous review stalled. Could benefit a c/e from the experienced lot. Thanks. Sriram ^{speak up} 02:29, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

Confederate Memorial (Romney, West Virginia)

This article is currently classified as a Good Article, and it was successfully nominated for DYK. I would like to improve the overall quality and flow of the article, and I feel a thorough copy edit is in order. Any guidance or suggestions for further improvement would be greatly appreciated! Thank you for all your continued hard work, copy editors! -- Caponer (talk) 11:05, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

1st Grande Prêmio Cinema Brasil

I've requested a peer review but no one participated on it. :( So, I hope here at GoCE someone can help to improve it. :) Gabriel Yuji (talk) 00:53, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

I made a pass at copyediting! Calliopejen1 (talk) 03:41, 9 May 2014 (UTC)

Wirgman Building

Even though Wirgman Building has passed reviews for both Good Article and Did you know?, I'd like to request that the wonderfully talented and detail-oriented copy editors review this article to ensure it flows well and meets all Wikipedia criteria. Thank you in advance! -- Caponer (talk) 04:05, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

L'Atalante

I worked on this article a while ago and would like to see it improved. According to its talk page it needs work on structure and grammar in order to be a B article. I specifically a request to get it up to B standards, after which it is changed to a B article. Thank you.Deoliveirafan (talk) 18:31, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

Battle of the Dalmatian Channels

I'd like to submit this GA for A-class review, and would appreciate a copyedit beforehand. Thanks.--Tomobe03 (talk) 20:32, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

America's Sweethearts

Requesting copy edit on article of Julia Roberts and John Cusack's 2001 romantic comedy America's Sweethearts. Thanks.--NeoBatfreak (talk) 07:15, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

Stephen Hillenburg

OK. Article was nominated at GAN but was ignored. I think it's not ready yet so here I am, asking willing copy editors to c/e this article. I would also like to get the whole article's prose fixed (if you find some problems, awkward wordings, etc) so I can renominate it. Thanks in advance for fulfilling this request. :) - unsigned request added by Mediran, 21 April 2014

Development of Grand Theft Auto V

This is a Good Article that I plan to take to FAC at some point in the near future. I would appreciate having a copy-edit to ensure that the article's prose is "brilliant" and clear. CR4ZE (t • c) 13:18, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

Sally Kellerman

Request copied from talk page. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 00:03, 26 April 2014 (UTC)
May I please request someone to copy/edit the article on Sally Kellerman, that I have worked tremendously hard on. I am trying to make her article meet GA standards. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by ‎Avario87 (talk • contribs) 23:38, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Shelley Duvall

This request was added by ‎Avario87 on 26 April 2014, not by me. The article should be a quick copy edit. It's in good shape. – Jonesey95 (talk) 04:34, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

I have a question. How will I know the articles are ready after an editor has reviewed them?— Preceding unsigned comment added by ‎Avario87 (talk • contribs) 14:23, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

@Avario87:Some copy-editors (including me) will add a template to your talk page to inform you. Otherwise, place the article on your watchlist and you should find out when it's copy-edited. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 22:57, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

Squidward Tentacles

Hello. I would like to get the article to GA status. I would like to get the whole article's prose fixed (if there are some problems, awkward wordings, etc). Thanks in advance for fulfilling this request. :) — Mediran [talk] 04:42, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

Sloviansk standoff

Recently converted to prose-style article (from timeline-style). Needs to be checked for consistency/grammar/wording/tense, and also make sure that the presentation of events makes sense in relation to the timeframe. RGloucester — ☎ 16:33, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

Eric Saade

Needs c/e and probably a review of the overall prose and style/structure of the article which at the present is a bit "fan page"-like.--BabbaQ (talk) 09:19, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

Psycho-Pass

Needs c/e before being nominated to GA.Tintor2 (talk) 20:29, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

The Route of the K-Money

Political scandal in Argentina Cambalachero (talk) 18:00, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

May 2014

Andha Naal

Needs a c/e before GAN —Vensatry _(ping) 14:13, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

Article is currently at GAN but the review is yet to begin. It would be nice if someone copy-edits before the review. —Vensatry _(ping) 07:08, 8 May 2014 (UTC)

World War I reparations

Hi, I am looking to take this article eventually to FA status. At the moment I have it undergoing a peer review before making a GAN.

Over the last few months, the article has near enough doubled in size so it is definitely in need of a copyedit to trim the fluff and tweak the prose. Any issues, drop me a line on my talkpage or the article's.

Thanks for your time. EnigmaMcmxc (talk) 00:38, 2 May 2014 (UTC)

Pavel Nedvěd

Requesting copy edit of this GA in advance of FA nomination. Thanks C679 08:57, 2 May 2014 (UTC)

Sol Badguy

It probably needs a copyedit. Thanks, Gabriel Yuji (talk) 17:50, 2 May 2014 (UTC)

Cutting the Mustard (book)

Recently promoted to GA, would appreciate copy edit to help further quality improvement process. — Cirt (talk) 19:08, 2 May 2014 (UTC)

Sex, Sin, and Blasphemy

Promoted to GA quality in early April, would really like a copy edit to help improve it more. — Cirt (talk) 19:10, 2 May 2014 (UTC)

Takako Matsu discography

The article needs a copyedit before it can be nominated for an FL status. Thanks. ごだい (会話) 06:18, 3 May 2014 (UTC)

German occupation of Belgium during World War II

This article, and The Holocaust in Belgium, forms part of a good topic on Belgium's involvement in World War II. It is naturally a GA, but I am concerned that both articles - indeed, perhaps the entire series - have small syntax and spelling errors/inconsistencies which undermine its content. I would be very grateful if both could be looked at by the Guild. Brigade Piron (talk) 09:11, 3 May 2014 (UTC)

Russo-Georgian war

The article is really important, particularly considering the recent events in Ukraine. It should be promoted to FA and your help in this will be appreciated. In particular, grammar and syntax may need some attention. UA Victory (talk) 10:42, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

2013 Rosario gas explosion

This is already a good article. I would like a second check on prose before asking for a FAC. Cambalachero (talk) 13:20, 5 May 2014 (UTC)

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

Good Article that I hope to restore to featured status, any prose cleanup is welcome. igordebraga ≠ 16:49, 7 May 2014 (UTC)

Midtown Madness

Featured article that is now undergoing a FAR. "Gameplay" needs more detail, "Development" has to be improved, and "Reception" must be grammatically updated. The whole article needs a copyedit. }IMr*|(60nna)I{ 04:00, 9 May 2014 (UTC)