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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

May 2015

Bulgars

The article nominated for GA status, but think is in better condition than the article above. A thorough copy-editing would be helpful. Thank you in advance. Crovata (talk) 18:33, 20 May 2015 (UTC)

 Working - Studied the Bulgars a bit this year; I look forward to this one. Pax Verbum 14:06, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

Never mind; looking at the history, it seems that someone else is already going through and completing an extensive copy edit. @Folklore1: Would you like to mark this one as in-progress? Looks like you are doing good work! Pax Verbum 14:14, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

I'm doing some work on it right now, but don't know if I'll get around to finishing it today. Then I'll be away from my computer and unable to do more on it until June 22. Folklore1 (talk) 18:30, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

(←) Folklore1 is still working on this article; last edit as of my timestamp was at 19:02, 26 June 2015‎ (UTC). Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 10:09, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

How is this one coming, Folklore1? Thought I would check in since it's been a couple days since the last edit and you seem to be on to the "Legacy" section. Hope all is well! -Pax Verbum 18:17, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

Getting close. Maybe I'll get it done today. It's a big project. Folklore1 (talk) 12:50, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

Still  Working. I'm probably finished the GOCE review now, but it contains a lot of technical terms that are new to me. So I have asked Crovata to take a look at my revisions before I apply the "Done" tag. Folklore1 (talk) 17:46, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

June 2015

Kawasaki Heavy Industries C151

This article has been substantially rewritten, with an aim of putting it for FAC. I could use some assistance in a copy-edit to get an idea of today's standards for FA, drop-in comments are certainly welcomed too. - Mailer Diablo 08:10, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

 Working - Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 21:54, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

Reign of Fire (film)

Request copy edit on Christian Bale's 2002 post-apocalyptic action adventure film, for possible grammatical errors, and also the plot is too long and excessively detailed. Thanks. NeoBatfreak (talk) 06:10, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

 Working Miniapolis 13:55, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

Man Down (song)

The only two articles I have ever nominated at FAC really struggle. So I'm listing "Man Down" to be copyedited to try and see where I'm going wrong. It's only a short article.  — Calvin999 07:58, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

Sheila Florance

Article has been through an expansion. Needs c/e and part of the article reads like a fan article.--BabbaQ (talk) 22:05, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

Bahadur Shah I

I want to promote it to GA. RRD13 দেবজ্যোতি (talk) 14:24, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

 Working Folklore1 (talk) 15:28, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

Ayers Rock (band)

shaidar cuebiyar and CaesarsPalaceDude request that this article be copyedited, and on completion, we will nominate the article for GA status. In the longer term, we may attempt to bring it up to FA standard, so comments intended to help us in this regard would be greatly appreciated. CaesarsPalaceDude (talk) 08:33, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

Liquid Fly-back Booster

I guess it'll have quite a lot of problems with grammar, cause English isn't my native language, and it's quite a lengthy article, but I tried to put everything there is to cover about this topic, even made illustrations, so hopefully with your help it'll make it to the Good Article status. SkywalkerPL (talk) 13:22, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

 Working – Doing the initial copyedit for WP:V, WP:MOS etc. ← scribbleink ^ᗧHᗣT 08:49, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

 Comment: – During my initial copyedit pass, I discovered new information not included in the article. LFBB is a more general concept than just the German LFBB project at DLR. I have updated the talk page accordingly, and also begun a major copyedit of the article, starting with the history in the 'Development' section. I expect this to take at least another week. ← scribbleink ^ᗧHᗣT 04:43, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

S/O Satyamurthy

I want to take this article to GA status, but a thorough copy-edit is required before i can nominate it. Pavanjandhyala (talk) 02:10, 25 June 2015 (UTC)

Load (album)

Standard copyediting.--Retrohead (talk) 10:30, 27 June 2015 (UTC)

2012 Gatorade Duels

This is currently at GAN and will require a copy edit to correct some of my writing. This is also to prepare for a future FAC nomination. Thanks. Z105space (talk) 21:20, 27 June 2015 (UTC)

2012 Daytona 500

I require copy editing on this article in preparation for a future FAC nomination Thank you. Z105space (talk) 21:20, 27 June 2015 (UTC)

2006 UAW-Ford 500

I'm going for a second Featured Article here as well as a Four Award. This has been to FAC twice, failing partly due to a lack of response, but perhaps also due to prose-related issues. Any help given would be much appreciated. Thanks, --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 12:03, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

Terminator Genisys

Request copy edit on Arnold Schwarzenegger and Emilia Clarke's newest sci-fi action film Terminator Genisys for possible grammatical errors. Thanks.--NeoBatfreak (talk) 16:53, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

Gemma McCluskie

c/e needed. Thanks--BabbaQ (talk) 22:28, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

Ash Crimson

A small article that looks ready for a copyedit before being nominated to GA. Regards.Tintor2 (talk) 15:46, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

Kids Can Say No!

I intend to submit this article for good status and I think that it would be better prepared if it first received an independent copyedit. Neelix (talk) 23:29, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

July 2015

Selena albums discography

The lead has been redone and is the only area of the article that needs a c/e before I submit it for featured list. Best, jona^(talk) 00:03, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

Wolfmother discography

The article has previously failed two FLCs back in 2008. Together with User:Shaidar cuebiyar, we have rewritten the article to ensure that it satisfies all the FL criteria. We were hoping that we could get someone, with a fresh set of eyes, to have a look and undertake a c/e of the lead before we relodge it as an FLC. Dan arndt (talk) 02:29, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

Russo-Georgian War

An old GA that was delisted. The article will be renominated for the GA review, however a minor copy-edit may be useful.--UA Victory (talk) 06:02, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

 Working Vanamonde93 (talk) 00:46, 5 July 2015 (UTC)

Kalidas (film)

A future FAC will definitely happen; for that, the article will require the best copyediting possible. Kailash29792 (talk) 09:22, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

Kill the Irishman

This article has currently been upgraded to Good Article status. Although, to really tighten this up, I need someone's help to clean up the article. I hope someone with previous Good Article experience will be able to do this. The following is what was said by the reviewer of the Good Article nomination:

"I think this version passes the GA bar, however I think the next thing to do in improving the article is similar to what the last reviewer said, you should take it to the Guild of Copy Editors to really tighten up the prose as the suggestions I made were the bare minimum to make it clear and concise per the GA criteria, and there is a lot more that can be done. A general note is to be wary of unreliable sources, puffery, and original research which came up a lot in this review. With movies and mobsters, all of those can easily become big problems and can cause it to be delisted. Now don't take this as a reason to stop improving the article, there's still a lot of room to work. The article's come very far, so keep up the hard work!".

I could really do with someone's help with cleaning up the article, but I hope they can take consideration with what has already been done to improved the article by myself. As said, I hope someone with in-depth knowledge of GA's will be able to help me clean up this article and can do this in collaboration with me. Also, on another note, anybody who wishes to improve the article with myself - after the copyediting - by adding further information (to strengthen the GA status), I will greatly appreciate that too! Thanks!

User talk:Metal121, 19:28, 3 July 2015 (UTC).

Perspectives on the abduction phenomenon

Article really needs some copyediting, I would appreciate any help from GOCE. – Zumoarirodoka ^(talk) 16:31, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

Good for You (song)

Would like to nominate this for WP:GA soon. Assistance from an experienced copyeditor would really be appreciated. My main concern is there are a lot of quotes that could be trimmed into appropriate paraphrasing. Thank you so much. Abi-Maria (talk) 17:49, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

Spider-Man Unlimited (video game)

I'll nominate it for GA but I'd like to be sure it has a good prose. Gabriel Yuji (talk) 01:10, 5 July 2015 (UTC)

Static Shock

A copyedit would be good before a GAN. Thanks in advance. Gabriel Yuji (talk) 01:10, 5 July 2015 (UTC)

 Partly done: Other copyeditors: feel free to do a second pass. The prose is not quite GA quality yet. Esquivalience (alt) (talk) 23:22, 5 July 2015 (UTC)

Scottish Labour Party leadership election, 2014

Requesting a copy edit for this recently promoted GA which I'd like to take forward to FAC. A copy edit was done in March, but more information has been added since then, so it could do with another quick look over. This is Paul (talk) 15:31, 5 July 2015 (UTC)

Ismah

May I ask to copy edit this article, I want to prepare it for a FA.--Salman mahdi (talk) 10:18, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

 Working Dhtwiki (talk) 22:47, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

@Dhtwiki:, Great thanks.Salman mahdi (talk) 07:06, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

John Collins Covell

This article has been approved as a Did you know? article and has been successfully reviewed for Good Article status. I'd kindly like to ask for a copyedit so that this article could continue to Featured Article review. Thanks! -- West Virginian (talk) 10:52, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

Flag of West Virginia

This article has been approved as a Did you know? article and has been successfully reviewed for Good Article status. I'd kindly like to ask for a copyedit so that this article could continue to Featured Article review. Thanks! -- West Virginian (talk) 10:27, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

Russian nationalism

Any help that you could give to this article would be very much appreciated. – Zumoarirodoka ^(talk) 16:20, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

Serdar Tasci

I want to promote it to GA. 07:26, 8 July 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Royroydeb (talk • contribs) 07:26, 8 July 2015(UTC)

Rajarani Temple

For a GA nom - thanks a lot in advance.