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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

April 2019

Succession to Muhammad

Hi! This is an article I've been working on for a while. I would really appreciate some help with copy-editing it! (I'd like to potentially nominate it for a Good Article/Featured Article status later.) Snowsky Mountain (talk) 20:12, 6 April 2019 (UTC)

 Note: I've already copyedited this, so another pair of eyes would be best. Miniapolis 17:28, 26 April 2019 (UTC)

 Working - Baffle☿gab 20:06, 26 April 2019 (UTC)

In Death Reborn

Hi there, this album just went into review for a good article assessment. It is so close to becoming a good article but has been advised to contact a WP:GOCE member that can help re-structure the article. Help me get another good article out there! Talk:In_Death_Reborn/GA1 TwinTurbo (talk) 13:57, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

 Working Miniapolis 18:08, 28 April 2019 (UTC)

Sathi Leelavathi (1936 film)

I will be taking this to FA within the year. Before that, it will need great copyediting. Kailash29792 (talk) 04:01, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

Yugi Mutou

Attention dueli---I mean editors. This article might need a copyedit.Tintor2 (talk) 13:54, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

Jeannette Rankin

I'm looking to nominate this for GA review soon. Thanks! Knope7 (talk) 02:43, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

Nasir-ud-Daulah

Copyedit required for DYK. RRD (talk) 17:44, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

James Whitcomb Riley

I am prepping this article for featured article review, a second pair of eyes to copy edit would be appreciated. Cheers! —Charles Edward ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 19:03, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

When the Moon Was Full

Hi friends. I have a request for my Article, because I'm sure that made some grammar mistake when I was writing the Article. I'm not a native English language. So I will very proud if you review my Article and change my grammar mistakes to correct one. Thanks a lot. Forest90 (talk) 19:16, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

List of awards and nominations received by Exo

Hi there, I'm just looking for a little copy edit on the lead of this list and the introduction (1-2 sentences) to each award type. I'm not sure if you guys do lists so just tell me to go away if you don't. I'm just in the process of touching up the references and then I will nominate it for feature list status. Thanks!. NicklausAU 05:16, 16 April 2019 (UTC)

Aina Mahal

An 18th-century palace of mirrors in India. Appeared on DYK but may need copyediting for grammar, tone and style. Regards,-Nizil (talk) 06:07, 17 April 2019 (UTC)

Spinophorosaurus

To prepare for GAN and FAC. Thanks. FunkMonk (talk) 08:21, 17 April 2019 (UTC)

List of Black Clover chapters

Hello. I'm thinking about getting a fresh copyedit for grammar, trimming and tenses. Thanks, Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 19:06, 18 April 2019 (UTC)

 Working Ravquaza (talk) 14:07, 23 April 2019 (UTC)

List of Fairy Tail chapters (volumes 1–15)

I might intend to take this article up to FLC at some point, so a copyedit might be appreciated. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 19:06, 18 April 2019 (UTC)

Olivia (Olivia album)

Hello! I recently did an expansion on the above article, and I would greatly appreciate a copy-edit. It was promoted as a good article back in June 10, 2016, which feels like a lifetime ago, and I do not have any immediate plans of working on it further or taking it to the FAC. I just think that a copy-edit would be helpful to anyone who randomly runs across the article and wants to learn more about the topic. Thank you in advance! Aoba47 (talk) 19:27, 18 April 2019 (UTC)

List of number-one singles of 2006 (Sweden)

Recently recreated and revamped. Schould go for FL one day. Eurohunter (talk) 15:47, 19 April 2019 (UTC)

The Doo-Wops & Hooligans Tour

It failed the first GA nomination despite previously receiving a Guild of Copy Editors. The main focus is on grammatical errors, lack of flow due to short sentences and some fancruft. I improved what the reviewer told me to do the best I could. Thank You. MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 01:51, 21 April 2019 (UTC)

2019 redefinition of SI base units

The 2019 redefinition of SI base units is scheduled to happen on 20 May 2019. Can we get it into shape to be featured on the front page by then? Any help would be appreciated. --Guy Macon (talk) 19:42, 21 April 2019 (UTC)

LGBT history in Poland

I created this article and wanted to submit it to DYK, but i got reply that it needs copyediting. I'm not a native english speaker so no wonder a lengthy article could end up unclear and stylistically bad :( I mostly need help with style, so any will be appreciated! KamillaŚ (talk) 12:31, 22 April 2019 (UTC)

Proposed 2019 amendment to the Constitution of Malaysia

Currently up at DYK; there are grammatical errors throughout the article, and some wordings seem to be a bit on the POV-ish side. A quick copyedit would be very much appreciated so that the DYKN could proceed. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 12:31, 22 April 2019 (UTC)

Cynthia Bailey

Hello everyone! I would greatly appreciate a copy-edit of the above article. I do not have any plans to take this to either the GAN or FAC process. Thank you in advance! Aoba47 (talk) 23:29, 22 April 2019 (UTC)

Saber (Fate/stay night)

I've been expanding this article in the past months so I think it needs a copyedit. Take your time.Tintor2 (talk) 22:38, 23 April 2019 (UTC)

USS Liberty incident

Hi friends. The titled Article is already complete and I ask you to review the Article and solve the grammar mistake. I'm thank you so much and I hope the Article will be useful for Wikipedia readers.Forest90 (talk) 20:27, 24 April 2019 (UTC)

Poutine

It's a bit of a mess. I put in an overview/history at the top in an effort to make the rest more understandable, but it may still need a little layout work. I want to take this to GAN, hopefully in time for a DYK on Canada Day (1 July). Thanks. – Reidgreg (talk) 20:20, 25 April 2019 (UTC)

23 People

Hi, I wrote the article but this needs to copy edit and remove the tag. M1nhm (talk) 07:44, 28 April 2019 (UTC)

Emma Blackery

Various IPs in the range 84.46.5[23].* (and 2a03:2267:* also from Hamburg) edited Emma Blackery since 22 December 2018 and nominated the page prematurely as Good music Article on 21 February 2019. Meanwhile it might be actually good, but lots of DEnglish constructs could be improved. It's a short page (38,338 bytes) without active content disputes. –84.46.53.175 (talk) 00:11, 29 April 2019 (UTC)