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The average waiting time is two or so months. Please be patient and feel free to improve your requested article while you wait.
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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.

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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 2020

Portsmouth

I aim to get this article to FA (FAC) in the future and would really appreciate help with a copyedit of it. There are some sections where bloat could be trimmed or removed. Thank you JAGUAR 11:18, 5 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Working Miniapolis 13:47, 12 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Jesse Jagz

The article linked above is currently awaiting a GA (GAN) review. I'd appreciate it if someone could look over it, thanks. Versace1608 ^{Wanna Talk?} 17:05, 15 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Working -- puddleglum^2.0 00:15, 16 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done -- puddleglum^2.0 23:15, 20 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

My Man (Tamar Braxton song)

I would greatly appreciate a thorough copy-edit of the above article. I am thinking about putting it through the FAC process sometime in the future, and I think a copy-edit would help a lot with that. This article received a copy-edit back in 2017, but I have recently completely rewritten it. Thank you in advance! Aoba47 (talk) 01:50, 16 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Working --Visioncurve^{Haec lux solis, relinquentes senex mundi} 07:12, 18 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Visioncurve: Checking on the status of this copy-edit as it has been two days since this was picked up and no edits have been made at this point. Aoba47 (talk) 16:28, 20 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ridge Racer (1993 video game)

This old GA needs copyediting, have fun. «ias!|_,,.|^usbk» 02:43, 17 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

~~: Working Twofingered Typist (talk) 12:09, 19 June 2020 (UTC)~~[reply]

Done Twofingered Typist (talk) 13:24, 20 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Meghan Trainor

I'm really pleased with the CE I received for Treat Myself, so I'll get a bit greedy and nominate this too. It will be an FAC candidate soon.--N Ø 14:40, 17 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Working Baffle☿gab 02:56, 21 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Lights (musician)

Requesting copy-edit for this GAN. It's pretty short. Thanks. Shanze1 (talk) 06:30, 18 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Working. A GAN review was opened on 27 May but no progress is indicated, so I'm going to go ahead with a copy edit. Please let me know at Talk:Lights (musician)/GA1 if I should hold the copy edit. – Reidgreg (talk) 12:15, 20 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Done Reidgreg (talk) 22:39, 20 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Kolkata Metro

GAN. as per the last review, there are some issues. I tried to solve few of them. For the final and finishing touch, requesting here. ❯❯❯ S A H A 19:02, 19 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done Tdslk (talk) 19:09, 20 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sexism

A Request for CE from the Wikiproject Human Rights. CommanderWaterford (talk) 11:47, 21 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Working Twofingered Typist (talk) 18:38, 20 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Happiness Curriculum

New article, nominated for DYK. Thanks, KCVelaga (talk) 13:48, 22 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Mexican National Middleweight Championship

Hoping to submit this for Featured List (FLC) at some point, but need help with the two paragraph introduction and grammar in the table. MPJ-DK (talk) 14:27, 22 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Living in Extraordinary Times

Possible GAN. Yeepsi (talk) 10:46, 23 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Agatha Christie

Please review, intending to submit as FAC. Thanks! ~ RLO1729^💬 01:25, 24 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2011_Indian_anti-corruption_movement

CE Request by Wikiproject Human Rights+GOCE Member preparing the Article for GA Nomination (GAN). CommanderWaterford (talk) 20:28, 24 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Muhammad IV of Granada

A biography of a Muslim king in Medieval Spain. It's scheduled to appear for DYK (in Wikipedia's main page), and hoping to bring it to GA (GAN) one day. HaEr48 (talk) 01:46, 26 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Bluffmaster!

Working towards GAN. Krish | Talk To Me 13:20, 26 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Working Reidgreg (talk) 12:14, 21 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Shashi Tharoor's Oxford Union speech

Copyedit request for improvement of sentence structure, grammar and general readability. Thank you in advance! DTM (talk) 13:38, 26 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Game of Thrones

I am requesting a copyedit of the article in hopes of bringing it to FAC in the future. Just a note, the article was copyedited back in October 2016, however the article has been substantially overhauled since then. Thank you! -- LuK3 (Talk) 15:41, 26 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Art Tomassetti

DYK: I submitted this article to WP:DYK at Template:Did you know nominations/Art Tomassetti. Editor evrik had comments and recommended I submit for review here. Very much appreciate any help. Skeet Shooter (talk) 17:12, 26 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Everything I Wanted

I am requesting a copyedit because I want to make the article FAC soon. Thank you so much! DarklyShadows (talk) 17:28, 26 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Copycat (Billie Eilish song)

I am requesting a copyedit because I want to bring the article to GA soon. Thanks a lot. DarklyShadows (talk) 17:41, 26 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

United Launch Alliance

Hello, I'm Megan and I work for United Launch Alliance. I've disclosed my conflict of interest on my profile page as well as the company article's talk page, and I've been working with editors to suggest page updates. The article has been expanded recently but I noticed there are a few misspellings and minor grammatical errors, so I was hoping a volunteer might be willing to make some general improvements to the text. Thank you in advance. ULA Megan (talk) 12:40, 27 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Poundcake (album)

Requesting a copy edit for this article, which I've nominated for Good status. Thanks in advance! --Another Believer _(Talk) 14:00, 27 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thinkspot

Recently written article that could use some added eyeballs. Thanks! Jlevi (talk) 17:01, 27 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

WinRed

Recently written article that could use some cleanup. Any deficiencies that could be pointed out for improvement would be great. Jlevi (talk) 17:03, 27 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Frank Fowler Loomis

Requesting copy edit in preparation for GAN.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 18:26, 28 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

George W. Hotchkiss

Requesting copy edit in preparation for GAN. Thanks.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 18:29, 28 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Downtown MRT line

Being prepared for GAN, would appreciate a copuedit. R22-3877 (talk) 14:45, 29 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hooligans in Wondaland Tour

Preparing for GAN. Needs an overall revision, mainly on concert synopsis and sound section. The bias portins it may have on the former section must be removed and the section trimmed if possible. MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 14:50, 31 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

June 2020

Peamore, Exminster

Way out of compliance with the MOS and the references are a mess. —SMALL JIM 11:52, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ethnic cleansing in the Bosnian War

CC-BY-SA declaration; this request was moved from REQ Talk by me, Baffle gab1978 (sig removed for archiving reasons) 23:46, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Hello, I am reviewing Ethnic cleansing in the Bosnian War, and probably 90% of content editing/changes is now done. Some additional prose may be included, but that wouldn't be more than couple of lines. At this point I would appreciate if someone could do quick copyediting on the article. (GAN) Thanks.--౪ Santa ౪^99°

Angels Ain't Listening

Will be nominated to DYK and GA (GAN) in further future. Eurohunter (talk) 20:53, 3 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Squash in India

For DYK. I expanded it recently and it requires copyediting. Thank you in advance. Shanze1 (talk) 16:45, 4 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Working {{reply to|Can I Log In}}'s talk page! 22:48, 17 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done {{reply to|Can I Log In}}'s talk page! 17:20, 20 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

East Bengal F.C.

GAN. will nominate for GA. (Substituted for Kolkata Suburban Railway ❯❯❯ S A H A 16:04, 15 June 2020 (UTC)). ❯❯❯ S A H A 18:00, 4 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Apoorva Raagangal

I'll be taking this to GAN. Kailash29792 (talk) 16:55, 5 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy

Everything in this Physics article is new. I'd appreciate a native speaker copyediting. Ponor (talk) 20:29, 5 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Zbigniew Uniłowski

PR request because I am not a native English speaker. KamillaŚ (talk) 09:45, 6 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Shringara-Prakasha

Hello, I have created a new page Shringara-Prakasha, I would like to request for copyediting for the improvement of cohesion, style, and grammar. Thank you in advance Santoshdts^[TalkToMe] 18:16, 6 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

James Edwin Campbell (poet)

I would kindly like to request a copyedit for the article for James Edwin Campbell (poet) in preparation for nominations to GA (GAN) and DYK. Thank you in advance! West Virginian (talk) 03:23, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

In addition, I would also like suggestions on how to include more content from the following source: Wagner, Jean (1973). Black Poets of the United States: From Paul Laurence Dunbar to Langston Hughes. Urbana, Illinois & Chicago: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0252003411. OCLC 1090989942 – via Google Books. -- West Virginian (talk) 14:52, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Senti Virus

For several grammatical and vocabulary issues. ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSA^talk 11:01, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Mehdi Khalil

GAN - Looking to nominate for GA in the near future. Nehme₁₄₉₉ (talk) 15:39, 8 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hitman (2016 video game)

The article is in need of in-depth copyediting for its grammer/wordings/flow. All help would be appreciated! OceanHok (talk) 16:20, 8 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Toys for Bob

A second pair of eyes always helps. Aspiring to make this a Good Article (GAN) before too long. Don't mind even getting my hands dirty if there are longer sentences that are unclear. I'll take any combination of editing and direction. Shooterwalker (talk) 19:21, 10 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Margaux Dietz

Article I created. Would appreciate someone taking a look at it for possible c/e. Thanks.BabbaQ (talk) 11:28, 11 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Air guitar

The article has a fair amount of comma splices, run-ons, and short sentences which do not contribute to an easy read (in my opinion). In addition, some of the information seems to be irrelevant or excessively detailed (again, opinion). Lastly, there seems to be a shortage of citations. Triethylborane (talk) 07:12, 12 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Echinodon

Preparing the the final steps to submit this article for FA (FAC), not in a rush at all though. IJReid ^{{{T - C - D - R}}} 01:10, 13 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The Now Now

Attempting to get article to FA following unsuccessful FAC. I have copy edited the article but I believe that the article could benefit from a new set of copyediting eyes. Thanks in advance, User:Thatone~~weird~~wikier | Conversations | Current article to work on 07:50, 14 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Burnley F.C.

I'm trying to get this article promoted (FAC), so I'm requesting a copy edit to make sure it's in good shape. WA8MTWAYC (talk) 09:16, 14 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Parasite Eve (film)

Requesting a copy-edit of the very short article. Not much I could find on the film, but it might be good for a short GA (GAN) potentially after a copy-edit. Andrzejbanas (talk) 10:54, 14 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Bangladesh International School, Dammam

Hello there! Could someone copy-edit the article and possibly to GA (GAN) status? I want to nominate it. MRC2RULES (talk) 11:21, 14 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Charging Bull

I would like to possibly nominate this for GA (GAN) status. This article has been expanded by numerous people, none of whom have added a majority of the text. Thanks in advance. epicgenius (talk) 14:37, 14 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Zebra

Requesting a copyedit to prepare for FAC. Thank you. LittleJerry (talk) 15:34, 14 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Adore You (Harry Styles song)

Currently at GAN , so I'm urgently requesting a copy-edit for this article. Thank you for your time and help. Ashley yoursmile! 11:40, 15 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sweet but Psycho

Requesting for a copyedit so that the article will be ready to become a GAN. — Angryjoe1111 (talk) 19:41, 15 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

In preparation for FAC. Thank you. Damien Linnane (talk) 01:55, 16 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Black suffrage in the United States

In preparation for a DYK: Did You Know, it was suggested that I list the article here. Your help is appreciated. --evrik ^(talk) 05:16, 17 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Mika Shimotsuki

Recently created article.Tintor2 (talk) 14:52, 17 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Working FiveFaintFootprints (talk) 10:36, 20 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done FiveFaintFootprints (talk) 17:22, 20 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Can't Get You Out of My Head

I would be really happy if someone takes the article up for copy-editing. I restructured and reorganized it a bit and would like to try to bring it to FA status. Although the prose is not bad at all for GA status, it might need a little bit of polishing for the article to successfully achieve the bronze star. — Tom^(T2ME) 18:06, 17 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sam DeStefano

Hello. I've noticed this article's section names are in need of wikifying, but I don't have enough experience with biography pages to make that decision. Plus, organizing the article gives me a headache. I and many other Wikipedians would appreciate the help. puggo (talk) 03:17, 18 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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-===[[Keanu Reeves]]===
-Hope to make this a GAN soon, but would appreciate a copy-edit since the article has been considerably expanded. Thank you.  [[User:Lizzy150|<b style="color:#FF4500">L150</b>]] 18:51, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
-===<s>[[Organ donation in India]]</s>===
-<s>For DYK. It has some grammar issues and I was also advised to fix few close paraphrasing issues. I have done some work but it requires some more, especially on the '''Green corridors''' section. Would be great if someone could help sooner. Thanks.</s> No longer required. [[User:Shanze1|Shanze1]] ([[User talk:Shanze1|talk]]) 07:59, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
-* {{Withdrawn}} by requester [[User:Reidgreg|Reidgreg]] ([[User talk:Reidgreg|talk]]) 12:03, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
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