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This Copyediting Backlog Elimination Drive is a one-month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles that require copyediting, signified with the {{copyedit}} tag. Please make sure that you know how to copyedit and that you are familiar with the Wikipedia Manual of Style before you begin copyediting. The coordinator for this drive is ɳorɑfʈ Talk! and he is assisted by Diannaa TALK and S Masters (talk). If you have any questions, leave a message in the drive's talk page. This drive begins on 1 July 2010 00:00 UTC and will end on 31 July 2010 23:59 UTC.
The goal of this backlog elimination drive is to bring the number of outstanding copyedit tags to below 6000 and completely clear 2008 from the backlog queue. Awards will be given out to those individuals who help reduce the size of the backlog.
The backlog elimination drive is open to all, and you do not need to be a member of the Guild of Copy Editors to participate. However, you may want to consider joining as membership has its benefits. For example, you can place a special "page in use" tag when you are copyediting, and another on the talk page when you finish. Please visit the Guild for more information.
Instructions for participants
- Note the article's wordcount before you copyedit it. You will need it to get credit for the copyedit. There is an automated word counting script available at User talk:Dr_pda/prosesize.js. It is VERY easy to install and you don't need a shred of technical ability! If you can follow a recipe for making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, you can install this script. Instructions are below. If you get anxious, ask ɳorɑfʈ Talk! for help.
- Log completed copyedits in the Running Totals section. If you complete a copyedit for an article, don't forget to list it so that you can get credit for the edit. Also don't forget to remove the {{copyedit}} tag from the article itself.
- No rubber-stamping of articles. Be thorough and complete in your copyedits, and make sure all the i's are dotted and the t's crossed. The prose in copyedited articles should comply with the Manual of Style and be free of grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors.
- Don't create extra work. Participants should not copyedit any article they themselves added a {{copyedit}} tag to during the months of June or July.
- Have fun. We're here to help bring these articles up to their fullest potential and hence improving the overall quality of the encyclopedia. If you do not enjoy doing that, then there is no motivation to improve these articles and the encyclopedia as a whole.
To add the script that calculates page size:[Credit 1]
- If you have JavaScript enabled, go here to access your skin's .js file.
- If you do not have JavaScript enabled and either do not wish to or cannot, go to Special:Preferences and click on the Appearance tab. In the very first section, Skin, locate the skin that is selected and click on the Custom JS next to your selected skin.
- Click Edit on the page that opened.
- Add the following code to the page and save it:
{{subst:js|User:Dr pda/prosesize.js}}
[Credit 2]- Reload the cache.
- If you are using Internet Explorer, press Ctrl-F5
- If you are using Firefox/Safari for Windows, hold down Shift while clicking Reload (or press Ctrl-Shift-R); for Mac, press Command-R.
- If you are using Opera/Konqueror, press F5.
- To test it out go to any random article. If you look under the Toolbox menu on the far left of the screen there will be a link for Page size. The backlog elimination drive uses the number of words listed under Prose size (text only).
- Go copy edit!
Finding articles
Some copyeditors enjoy taking a random dip in Category:All articles needing copy edit and learning about something completely new along the way. Others prefer editing articles in a field they already know about. Such articles can be found using categories:[Credit 3]
- Go to the whimsically named CatScan.
- Don't be intimidated! It's easy to use.
- Set the Depth to 5.
- Write or paste
Wikipedia articles needing copy edit
in the box labelled "Categories".- Write the name of a category of interest on a separate line in the same box, eg
Books
.- Scroll down and click the button labelled "Do it!"
- Be patient... For big categories the results might take a little while.
This example will find articles tagged with {{copyedit}} in Category:Books, as well as its sub-categories, sub-sub-categories, and so on down to sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-categories.
- You can also crossreference to a wikiproject talk page banner. Click here to see the completed form for this example.
- Set Depth to 5.
- Place
Wikipedia articles needing copy edit
in the Category box.- Tick off both Article and Talk in the Namespaces boxes.
- Place the template of the wikiproject in the Templates field and tick off "Use talk pages instead."
- Click "Do it!"
- Wow! The example search found 77 articles on Pakistan that need copy edits and took 5 seconds to execute.
For new reviewers
The July 2010 elimination drive welcomes and encourages those who have not yet tried their hand at copyediting, or those who haven't done so in some time, to join the drive, even if only to copyedit one or two. If you want someone to check over your edit and making sure that it's good, the drive coordinator ɳorɑfʈ Talk! will gladly assist.
Useful tags
While we try as far as possible to copy edit articles, this is not always achievable where the text is confusing or in need of content expertise. We are then forced to use a tag to attract such help for the article. Some useful tags are:
{{off-topic}} ~ {{Expand}} ~ {{Expert-verify}} ~ {{Expert-subject}} ~ {{contradict}} ~ {{confusing}} ~ {{refimprove}} ~ {{nofootnotes}} ~ {{notability}} ~ {{original research}} ~ {{crystal}} ~ {{POV}} ~ {{unreferenced}}
See WP:TC for a full list of cleanup template messages.
Progress
Articles | Words | 5k+ Articles | |
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1. | Torchiest (50) | Shimeru (28,247) | Shimeru (3) |
2. | Slon02 (35) | Chaosdruid (21,040) | Chaosdruid (2) |
3. | SuperHamster (26) | NerdyScienceDude (13,926) | MasterOfHisOwnDomain (1) |
4. | Diannaa (19) | Slon02 (12,320) | AirplancePro (1) |
5. | Shimeru (15) | AirplancePro (10,006) | HELLKNOWZ (1) |
Date | Outstanding tags |
Change since previous day[N 1] |
Change since beginning[N 1] | |
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30 June 2010 | 7,582 | — | — | |
1 July 2010 | 7,423 | ![]() |
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Awards
Total word-count awards
Awards will be given out at the conclusion of the backlog elimination drive as follows:
At least 4,000 words: The Modest Barnstar.
At least 8,000 words: The Working Man's Barnstar.
At least 12,000 words: The Cleanup Barnstar.
At least 20,000 words: The Tireless Contributor Barnstar.
At least 30,000 words: The (old school) League of Copyeditors Barnstar.
At least 40,000 words: The (modern) Guild of Copy Editors Barnstar.
At least 60,000 words: The Barnstar of Diligence.
At least 80,000 words: The Order of the Superior Scribe of Wikipedia.
At least 100,000 words: A special, VERY exclusive award created just for these few, these happy few, this band of brothers: the Most Excellent Order of the Caretaker's Star.
Leaderboard awards
The prestigious Guild of Copy Editors' Gold Star Award will be awarded to the copy editor with the highest total article count, and another to the copyeditor with the highest total word count.
A special leaderboard award will be presented to all editors who make the top 5 leaderboard in each category.
Unfortunately, because of financial limitations, we are not able to give away Segways at this time.
And remember, the ultimate winner here is Wikipedia.
Other awards
Anyone that copy edits at least one individual article of more than 10,000 words will receive The 10k Copyedit Barnstar.
The person who edits the most articles on the first day of the drive will win an Original Barnstar.
There will be an award for the largest single article that is copy edited.
- One person will receive an award for the most articles of more than 5,000 words.
Running total
You can still join! Feel free to put your name down at any time. Read the directions, and then add your name in Totals below.
Returning Editors: If you edited in the May 2010 GOCE Backlog Elimination Drive, your word totals are cumulative for barnstars (not the leaderboard). Add your May 2010 totals as shown below. If you use Working or
Doing..., it is expected that you begin copyediting immediately after "claiming" the article. Articles may not be "saved for later."
Directions
Please log entries in the following format:
====~~~==== {{collapse top|Article list}} {{Div col|cols=3}} #{{completed}} [[John Doe]] (765) #{{completed}} [[Example]] (440) #{{completed}} [[Jane Doe]] (2,330) #{{working}} [[Example B]] (673) {{Div col end}} {{collapse bottom}} *Total articles: '''3''' *Total words: '''3,535''' *May 2010 words (if you participated): '''10,906''' ----
The numbers in parentheses are the word counts of the articles before copyediting. Do not include the May 2010 words line if you did not edit in the May 2010 drive.
Will look like:
ɳorɑfʈ Talk!
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- Total articles: 3
- Total words: 3,535
- May 2010 words: 10,906
Totals
A. Parrot (talk)
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- Total articles: 1
- Total words: 1,976
- May 2010 words: 20,242
MPatel (talk•contribs)
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- Total articles: 0
- Total words: 0
BejinhanTalk
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- Total articles: 0
- Total words: 0
Auntieruth55 chat with me?
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- Total articles: 0
- Total words: 0
- May 2010 words: 49,859
Annalise (talk)
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- Total articles: 9
- Total words: 467
- May 2010 words: 6421
Diannaa TALK
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- Total articles: 20
- Total words: 10974
- May 2010 words: 136,200
Torchiest talk/contribs
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- Total articles: 50
- Total words: 1857
- May 2010 words: 125,000
—fetch·comms
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- Total articles: 0
- Total words: 0
- May 2010 words: 6335
Airplaneman ✈
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- Total articles: 0
- Total words: 0
MasterOfHisOwnDomain (talk)
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- Total articles: 2
- Total words: 5634
DustFormsWords (talk)
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- Total articles: 0
- Total words: 0
TPW (talk)
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- Total articles: 1
- Total words: 4,108
Mikemoral♪♫
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- Total articles: 0
- Total words: 0
- May 2010 words : 1,328
fdsTalk
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- Total articles: 0
- Total words: 0
- May 2010 words: 30,009
Mlpearc powwow
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- Total articles: 1
- Total words: 3,303
- May 2010 words: 40,441
~ QwerpQwertus ·_Talk_·_Talkback Me_·
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- Total articles: 0
- Total words: 0
RoryReloaded
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- Total articles: 0
- Total words: 0
kojozone
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- Total articles: 0
- Total words: 0
- May 2010 words: 66,503
Papagel (talk)
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- Total articles: 1
- Total words: 2044
Thomprod (talk)
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- Total articles: 0
- Total words: 0
S Masters (talk)
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- Total articles: 0
- Total words: 0,000
- May 2010 words: 83,101
[[::User:Duchess of Bathwick|Duchess of Bathwick]] (talk · contribs)
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- Total articles: 0
- Total words: 0
- May 2010 words : 0
ocrasaroon| blah blah blah
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- Total articles: 0
- Total words: 0
Derild4921☼
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- Total articles: 7
- Total words: 21309
CheMechanical (talk)
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- Total articles: 0
- Total words: 0
~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐ • ✍)
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- Total articles: 6
- Total words: 17,297
Homework2 TalkWhat I do!
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- Total articles:
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Jubilee♫clipman
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- Total articles: 0
- Total words: 0
Backtable Speak to meconcerning my deeds.
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- Total articles: 3
- Total words: 2,274
Taelus (Talk)
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- Total articles: 0
- Total words: 0
NikNaks talk - gallery - commons
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- Total articles: 0
- Total words: 0
Slon02 (talk)
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- Total articles: 35
- Total words: 12320
Wizardman
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- Total articles: 2
- Total words: 257
Cindamuse
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- Total articles: 1
- Total words: 2460
Hadger
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- Total articles: 0
- Total words: 0
dtgriffith (talk)
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- Total articles: 0
- Total words: 0
- May 2010 words (if you participated): 13,225
EdoDodo talk
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- Total articles: 1
- Total words: 215
Shimeru
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- Total articles: 15
- Total words: 28,247
SciHound (talk)
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- Total articles: 0
- Total words: 0
AirplaneProRadioChecklist
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- Total articles: 3
- Total words: 10006
~Aragorn135
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- Total articles: 0
- Total words: 0
- May 2010 words (if you participated): 0
Amory (u • t • c)
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- Total articles: N/A
- Total words: N/A
Jimbo Wales (talk)
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- Total articles: N/A
- Total words: N/A
The Utahraptor Talk
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- Total articles: 4
- Total words: 9,299
- May 2010 words (if you participated): 24,155
OhanaUnitedTalk page
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- Total articles: 6
- Total words: 4498
Nolelover (talk)
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- Total articles: 0
- Total words: 0
SuperHamster (talk)
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- Total articles: 26
- Total words: 6,746
Décembër21st2012Freâk Talk
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- Total articles: 7
- Total words: 6,270
Arteyu ? Blame it on me !
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- Total articles: 0
- Total words: 0
— The Earwig (talk)
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- Total articles: 0
- Total words: 0
Thatcomputerperson (talk)
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- Total articles: 0
- Total words: 0
cymru lass (hit me up)⁄(background check)
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- Total articles: 5
- Total words: 3,400
- May 2010 words: 11,153
Adrian J. Hunter(talk•contribs)
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- Total articles: 0
- Total words: 0
Rosiestep (talk)
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- Total articles: 0
- Total words: 0
Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk
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- Total articles: 0
- Total words: 0
Bobnorwal (talk)
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- Total words: 0
Mabeenot (talk)
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- Total articles: 3
- Total words: 3034
Cricket02 (talk)
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- Total articles: 0
- Total words: 0
— Oli OR Pyfan!
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- Total articles: 2
- Total words: 9710
Chaosdruid (talk)
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- Total articles: 5
- Total words: 21,040
♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ ―Œ ♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣
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- Total articles: 0
- Total words: 0
— HELLKNOWZ ▎TALK
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- Total articles: 1
- Total words: 6,205
Gonzonoir (talk)
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- Total articles: 1
- Total words: 282
Brickie (talk)
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- Total articles: 2
- Total words: 1,981
- May 2010 words: 9,362
LeonidasSpartan (talk)
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- Total articles: 0
- Total words: 0
Mario777Zelda (talk)
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- Total articles: 1
- Total words: 1,439
e. ripley (talk)
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- Total articles: 5
- Total words: 7109
GaryColemanFan (talk)
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- Total articles: 13
- Total words: 1335
lfstevens (talk)
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- Total articles: 6
- Total words: 7,737
- May 2010 words: 61,600
-- φ OnePt618Talk φ
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- Total articles: 1
- Total words: 1,828
Participants
- ɳorɑfʈ Talk!
- dtgriffith (talk)
- The Utahraptor Talk
- Lfstevens (talk)
- Torchiest talk/contribs
- Diannaa TALK
- monosock
- Gonzonoir (talk)
- —fetch·comms
- Mario777Zelda (talk)
- Enigmamsg
- Fences&Windows
- A. Parrot (talk)
- Airplaneman ✈
- -Garrett W. {☎ ✍}
- ~TPW
- Aunt Ruth
- MasterOfHisOwnDomain (talk)
- DustFormsWords
- Mlpearc pull my chain 'Tribs
- ~ QwerpQwertus ·_Talk_·_Talkback Me_·
- Chevymontecarlo
- Jimbo Wales
- RoryReloaded
- kojozone
- prashanthns (talk)
- S Masters (talk)
- Annalise (talk)
- [[::User:Duchess of Bathwick|Duchess of Bathwick]] (talk)
- Derild4921
- CheMechanical (talk)
- Swilk (talk)
- ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐)
- Marek.69 talk
- Jubilee♫clipman
- Homework2 TalkWhat I do!
- Backtable Speak to meconcerning my deeds.
- Tommy2010 [message]
- Taelus (Talk)
- NikNaks talk - gallery - commons
- Slon02
- Tony (talk)
- Wizardman Operation Big Bear
- Cindamuse (talk)
- Hadger
- —Mikemoral♪♫
- Casliber (talk · contribs)
- - EdoDodo talk
- SlimVirgin talk|contribs
- Shimeru
- SciHound (talk)
- HaeB (talk)
- AirplaneProRadioChecklist
- GaryColemanFan (talk)
- fdsTalk
- Amory (u • t • c)
- Scartol • Tok
- ~Aragorn135
- liquidluck✽talk
- TheTito Discuss
- OhanaUnitedTalk page
- Nolelover (talk)
- รัก-ไทย (talk)
- SuperHamster Talk
- BejinhanTalk
- Décembër21st2012Freâk Talk
- MPatel (talk•contribs)
- Arteyu ? Blame it on me !
- Papagel (talk)
- — The Earwig (talk)
- Thatcomputerperson (talk)
- cymru lass (hit me up)⁄(background check)
- Adrian J. Hunter(talk•contribs)
- Richwales (talk)
- Rosiestep (talk)
- - Dank (push to talk)
- — e. ripley\talk
- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk
- Biker488 (talk)
- Bobnorwal (talk)
- Mabeenot (talk)
- ♫ Cricket02 (talk)
- — Oli OR Pyfan!
- Chaosdruid (talk)
- — HELLKNOWZ ▎TALK
- David Rush (talk)
- -- φ OnePt618Talk φ
Review
We will spot-check some of the completed copyedits for quality control reasons. If a rough consensus finds a copyedit is not of an acceptable standard, the tag will be readded and the reviewer will be assessed a penalty of 1200 words plus the length of the article reviewed.