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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:

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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.

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May 2014

Squall Leonhart

Hi! This article has been at good article status for a long time and I'm looking into getting it up to FA. I submitted a peer review and did my best with it, for further progress it was suggested i make a request here to "Polish the prose". Thank you in advance. Bailo26 19:14, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Working Miniapolis 13:52, 25 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The FP

Got this promoted to GA fairly recently, looking for a nice copyedit before going for FA. Thank you so much in advance! Corvoe (speak to me) 21:49, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Working Hopefullly will be done by this week. WooHoo! • Talk to BrandonWu! 20:08, 16 June 2014 (UTC) Sorry! I won't be able to get to this, and I'm hoping another Wikipedian will do this copyedit... Sorry ;( WooHoo! • Talk to BrandonWu! 00:07, 20 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Aphex Twin

Planning to improve this article to GA status in the near-future. ~~}IMr*|(60nna)I{~~ 22:36, 16 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Arena Corinthians

As the World Cup gets closer, this article should be stable, but needs some heavy copyediting. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!Legionarius (talk) 04:30, 19 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

List of Millennium characters

Hoping to take this one to FLC in due course; it's a prose-based list so there's more meat to be copyedited than a usual list-based article. Thanks in advance for anyone willing to help out. GRAPPLE X 15:37, 21 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Anthrax (American band)

Hi. I'm seeking some copyediting help over this article because I'm planning to improve it step by step over the next few months. Вик Ретлхед (talk) 20:52, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Friday the 13th (2009 film)

Looking to bring this to featured article review in the coming weeks (months, depending on the copy edit), and I want to make sure the prose it tight. BIGNOLE (Contact me) 18:45, 23 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Christian Streit White

Even though this article has already been passed through DYK and Good Article nomination processes, I'd like to continue to improve its quality and possibly renominate it for A class article review. Any copyediting would be greatly appreciated! -- Caponer (talk) 12:27, 24 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Rules of the Game

I recently expanded this article and would like a good CE. I'll probably do one on my own soon.Deoliveirafan (talk) 14:41, 24 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Tom Hanks

Needs copyedits and prose fixing. Would like to get this article to GA status soon. Thanks. — Mediran [talk] 11:17, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Finale (Smallville)

This is a brand-new article that I just created, and I'd like to take it to GA (and maybe FA) one day. Any copy-editing or spell-checking/proofreading would be most appreciated! Gen. Quon (Talk) 13:15, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Son of Batman

Requesting copy edit on the direct-to-video animated film Son of Batman. Thanks.--NeoBatfreak (talk) 03:01, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Angevins

This article has had a near complete rewrite so could do with a copy edit please Norfolkbigfish (talk) 14:48, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

X-Men: Days of Future Past

Request copy edit on 2014 X-Men film X-Men: Days of Future Past. Thanks.--NeoBatfreak (talk) 17:26, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Blink-182

Make sure to improve this article's tone, prose, and grammar so that it doesn't need a GAR like We Don't Need to Whisper, which I copyedited. ~~}IMr*|(60nna)I{~~ 02:27, 29 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Blanka

Requesting a grammar/orthographic/syntactic/etc. review. Thanks, Gabriel Yuji (talk) 20:57, 30 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Working Heteroglossia 15:55, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

June 2014

Megadeth

The article is GA currently, and is really close to becoming a FA. Help from a more experienced editor would be welcomed. Thanks in advance. Вик Ретлхед (talk) 00:00, 1 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: The article's FAC may end very soon, and it usually takes six weeks to respond to a GOCE requested article. Besides, the article recently already went through a major GOCE edit. How can you expect another one so soon? Kailash29792 (talk) 11:25, 1 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I had that in mind. I expect the FAC to be archived the upcoming week, and I wanted the article to undergo another copyedit after it. I nominated it earlier because I wanted to save a few weeks of waiting if possible. As I mentioned above, I would prefer if some experienced user takes this one, because there are some minor issues keeping the article away from becoming a FA.--Вик Ретлхед (talk) 12:36, 1 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If you think the FAC will fail without a copy edit, I suggest that you ask the FAC to be put on hold until the copy edit is complete. – Jonesey95 (talk) 17:02, 1 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Demi Lovato

Since this didn't get much of a peer review, I would like some help polishing as I plan on nominating for FA. It is currently at GA. My original plan was to have it FA in time for it be "Today's featured article" for her 22nd birthday on August 20th, though now seems improbable. Just general sprucing is what I'd like here. XXSNUGGUMSXX (talk) 10:56, 1 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Bounce (Iggy Azalea song)

I'm currently expanding and working on this article, so I thought I'd nominate it here so long as well because I plan on a GAN when I'm done. Some decent copy editing to touch off my scratchy grammar and prose would be of high value to the article. Thanks!—CoolMarc 20:53, 1 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ashita, Haru ga Kitara

I've worked very hard on this article, but since I'm not a native speaker of English, I'm sure there are lots of structure/grammar errors in the article. I want to nominate this for a GA, so I'm hoping someone helps me. Thanks! Ryoga (talk) 12:24, 3 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

Failed GAN from 2007. Not a bad article. Needs work. A copy edit would do wonders. --Harizotoh9 (talk) 12:55, 3 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

McStay family murder

Needs c/e and the article's prose also needs more structure work on each section.--BabbaQ (talk) 22:02, 3 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Jade Ewen

Needs c/e for upcoming GA nom.--BabbaQ (talk) 23:41, 3 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Vénus de Quinipily

Current GA. It would be nice to have it copy-edited by one of the native speakers to iron out any issues regarding the prose. - Vivvt (Talk) 01:48, 7 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Pavel Mareš

Recently expanded, I would appreciate a copy edit before a run at GA. Thanks, C 679 06:29, 8 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

RoboCop

Article I would like to see improved. --Harizotoh9 (talk) 21:05, 8 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Passion of Joan of Arc

Requesting a nice copy edit of this page. It also needs an expanded lead section, but otherwise I think its close to a B article.--Deoliveirafan (talk) 03:22, 9 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Pavel Srníček

I wrote this in pieces and would appreciate a tidy up of the grammar. Thanks, C 679 18:48, 9 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Tintin in Tibet

I've listed this article for peer review because this article will soon be submitted to WP:FAC and hopefully someday become a Featured Article (it fairly recently become a Good Article). Thank-you for providing your copy editing skills. What this entire article needs is a tough, thorough review as if it were already going through FAC. Thanks, and I hope you enjoy reading it! Prhartcom (talk) 12:34, 11 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Bangalore

This article has undergone many edits by IPs from the time it was demoted from an FA. It needs a CE. — LeoFrank ^Talk 03:51, 14 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Economy of the United States

I have fixed many broken reflinks. It would be beneficial if an editor could do the copy-editing now. Thanks. 67.87.50.54 (talk) 05:15, 18 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Vanajan Autotehdas

The article was sent off from FA review due to incomprehensible language. See the review here. It was also in peer review but did not raise any comments from users. Would someone please help to improve it to FA level? Gwafton (talk) 17:08, 18 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This article has clearly had a lot of work put into it. It is also clear that the primary author of the page does not have English as a first language. It's bold work, and much better than anything I could write in a language other than English. The person who takes on this copy editing task may want to engage in a Talk page conversation with Gwafton as copy editing proceeds. I guarantee that you will find sentences that need further explanation before they can be turned into clear prose that conveys the intended meaning. – Jonesey95 (talk) 19:20, 18 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the compliments. And also many thanks to the copyeditors Eric Corbett and Boson. What is your opinion, are the spelling and grammar at a such level that I could take this article to GA review? If you have got any notes about the article content, extent or coverage, feel free to tell it on the talk page. --Gwafton (talk) 19:49, 25 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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 The article was sent off from FA review due to incomprehensible language. See the review [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Vanajan Autotehdas/archive1|here]]. It was also in [[Wikipedia:Peer review/Vanajan Autotehdas/archive1|peer review]] but did not raise any comments from users. Would someone please help to improve it to FA level? [[User:Gwafton|Gwafton]] ([[User talk:Gwafton|talk]]) 17:08, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
 :This article has clearly had a lot of work put into it. It is also clear that the primary author of the page does not have English as a first language. It's bold work, and '''much''' better than anything I could write in a language other than English. The person who takes on this copy editing task may want to engage in a Talk page conversation with {{U|Gwafton}} as copy editing proceeds. I guarantee that you will find sentences that need further explanation before they can be turned into clear prose that conveys the intended meaning. – [[User:Jonesey95|Jonesey95]] ([[User talk:Jonesey95|talk]]) 19:20, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
+::Thank you for the compliments. And also many thanks to the copyeditors [[User:Eric Corbett|Eric Corbett]] and [[User:Boson|Boson]]. What is your opinion, are the spelling and grammar at a such level that I could take this article to GA review? If you have got any notes about the article content, extent or coverage, feel free to tell it on the [[Talk:Vanajan Autotehdas|talk page]]. --[[User:Gwafton|Gwafton]] ([[User talk:Gwafton|talk]]) 19:49, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
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