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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

January 2016

2005–06 S.L. Benfica season

Needs a c/e from a native speaker, just improving readability, text cohesion, possible grammatical errors. The goal is to promote it to GAN in the future.--Threeohsix (talk) 13:06, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

 Working - Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 23:36, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

Sarah Connor (Terminator)

Requesting copy edit of the article Sarah Connor (Terminator). Thanks. NeoBatfreak (talk) 08:05, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Kevin Borg

Article needs c/e and structure work. Thanks.--BabbaQ (talk) 12:39, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Amrita Rao

This BLP needs a lot of copy editing. It contains many weasel terms, peacock terms and reads like a news release sent to a public relations agency by the actor's office. -- Rohini (talk) 17:42, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Illuminati (Madonna song)

Requesting a copy edit of this new article before it is nominated for GA status. Thanks for your consideration! --Another Believer _(Talk) 18:26, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Fun with Dick and Jane (2005 film)

Requesting a copy edit on the article of the film Fun with Dick and Jane (2005 film). Thanks. NeoBatfreak (talk) 21:26, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

Louis F. Menage

GA nomination, would appreciate a good review to make sure it meets style guidelines. Nsteffel (talk) 15:42, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz

Though I did not expand the article, I am requesting a copy edit for this album article, which I hope will be promoted to Good status in the near future. --Another Believer _(Talk) 17:58, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

Ana María Martínez

Section on career needs cleaning up. SpiritedMichelle (talk) 05:26, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

Empower Playgrounds

This article is written like an advertisement for the non-profit it is about. It also needs outside citations. SpiritedMichelle (talk) 05:34, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

 Working to cleanup rather than c/e. @SpiritedMichelle: finding citations isn't part of the Guild's remit. Baffle gab1978 (talk) 19:50, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

 Partly done; I've cleaned this up and removed the unrefferenced sales pitch. It still lacks citations. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 21:12, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

2007 Coca-Cola 600

I plan on taking this article to FAC in the future. It would be appreciated if there was a copy-edit on correcting prose, grammar and clarification of facts within the article. Z105space (talk) 13:11, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

Mukti Bahini

Requesting copy edit, I plan to take it to GA status. Grammar is my primary concern and also prose. Thank you.Vinegarymass911 (talk) 03:36, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Note: This is a Bangladesh article and likely falls under discretionary sanctions per RFA. Copy-editors may also wish to check its recent history. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 06:44, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

The edit-warring is a definite concern; if it continues, the article should be declined until it settles down. However, copyeditors shouldn't shy away from articles covered by DS; I've copyedited WP:ARBIP pages without problems. All the best, Miniapolis 17:56, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Just checked its talk page (as I should've done first :-)), and I don't think it's subject to WP:ARBIP; the page isn't tagged with {{Ds/talk notice}}, and the back-and-forth editing concerns Pakistan and Bangladesh rather than Pakistan and India. However, unstable articles are uncopyeditable; thanks for the heads-up, Baffle. All the best, Miniapolis 18:07, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Cliff Lett

Requesting copy edit of the article Cliff Lett for DYK now that it passed AfC as I am not that great with grammar and prose. Donnie Park (talk) 20:53, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Paul Rosche

Requesting copy edit of the article Paul Rosche for DYK as I am not that great with grammar and prose. Donnie Park (talk) 21:00, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Badami cave temples

Request copy edit of this article as it is pending in GA for review. Thanks.Nvvchar. 16:41, 16 January 2016 (UTC)

2006–07 S.L. Benfica season

Made significant rewrite, need help with readability, possibly improvements in prose since I might verbose a little. Threeohsix (talk) 20:02, 16 January 2016 (UTC)

Teresia Sampsonia

The article needs a copyedit to fix a significant number of prose issues. It has been nominated for DYK, and I expect the reviewer will require a copyedit before it can be promoted. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 20:16, 16 January 2016 (UTC)

Cerro Tuzgle

Just gave this article a huge expansion from the pitiful stub it was before. I'd like to offer it up for GAN, but I'd like to see someone with a good copyedit grasp to go over it, especially since when typing a large amount of text I tend to slip out frequently.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 19:55, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

Murder of Teresa De Simone

The article needs c/e. Thanks.--BabbaQ (talk) 20:48, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

Liz Sanbourne

Request copy edit for the article Liz Sanbourne to help revise it in preparation for GAN and FAC. Thank you for your consideration! I gave this article a huge expansion from being a stub so I would like someone to go over it as I did this all in the span of two days and I am sure there are errors. Aoba47 (talk) 01:58, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

Heterodontosaurus

To prepare for GAN and FAC. FunkMonk (talk) 03:11, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

Arthur Nebe

Would appreciate a copyedit after a significant expansion of the article. K.e.coffman (talk) 06:25, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

The development and reception section of the article needs some copyediting. Help will be greatly appreciated. AdrianGamer (talk) 12:05, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

San Juan Bay

I am planning to submit this article for WP:GA in the future and would appreciate assistance in correcting the grammar, prose style, and general editing. Thanks Caballero/Historiador ^⎌ 15:16, 19 January 2016 (UTC)

Bristol

The Bristol was very kindly copyedited by User:Miniapolis on behalf of GOCE in April 2015. Further work meant that it eventually passed its FAC in December 2015. I then nominated it at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Bristol assuming that, as it had recently passed FAC, there shouldn't be too many problems. It has some supports to be TFA however other editors have identified a range of issues with the prose and "infelicitous writing". If anyone would be willing to take another look that would be great.— Rod ^talk 16:43, 19 January 2016 (UTC)