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Main page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives
Wikipedia articles needing copy edit
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Subtotals
May 202315
June 202380
July 202395
August 2023136
September 2023117
October 2023178
November 2023120
December 2023151
January 2024164
February 2024125
March 2024158
April 2024323
May 2024239
June 2024201
July 2024276
August 2024263
September 2024147
Undated articles0
All articles
2,788

This Copy Editing Backlog Elimination Drive is a one-month-long effort of the Guild of Copy Editors to reduce the backlog of articles that require copy editing: those carrying the {{copy edit}} tag (also {{copy edit section}}, {{copy edit inline}}, {{inappropriate person}}, {{cleanup tense}}, and their redirects) and those listed on the GOCE Requests page. It will begin on 1 March 2023, 00:00 (UTC) and will end on 31 March 2023, 23:59 (UTC). The goals of this drive are:

  • to reduce the backlog by as many articles as possible, especially the earliest-tagged articles (those tagged in March, April, and May 2022);
  • to complete all requests on the GOCE Requests page dating from November and December 2022.

Drive participants can earn barnstar awards based on the number of articles—and the word counts of the articles—they copy edit. Articles listed on the Requests page count towards your total; these articles are generally higher in quality than those tagged with {{copy edit}}. You will receive a bonus score of 50% over the article's word count for articles that were tagged with {{copy edit}} in March, April, or May 2022, and for articles listed on the Requests page. Awards will be given out once the drive has finished.

The drive is open to all Wikipedians; you don't have to be a member of the Guild of Copy Editors to participate. You must, however, be competent in your use of English grammar, spelling and punctuation. We strongly advise you to read Wikipedia's guide to basic copy editing before you begin working. If you're unsure about spelling, grammar or punctuation, consult the Wikipedia Manual of Style. Skilled use of English is especially important for articles listed on the Requests page.

Drives are under the purview of the Guild's coordinators. The drive's coordinators are Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, and Zippybonzo . If you have any questions, leave a message on the drive's talk page.

For brief instructions on recording your work, see below. For full instructions, visit the main drive page. Further details can be found on the drive FAQ page.

Full instructions, tips, and awards

Full instructions for participants, tips, help for new copy editors, useful tags, and details of the many barnstars available for the drive can be found on the main drive page. Please read this page carefully before you begin. To sign up, please use the form in the Signing up section below.

Progress

(Please update your own figures)

Leaderboard

  • Gold Star Award Leaderboard
1 2 3 4 5
Total
Articles 		Miniapolis (1)
Total
Words[n 1] 		Miniapolis (8,055)
5k+
Articles[n 2] 		Miniapolis (1)
Oldest
Articles[n 3] 		Miniapolis (1)
Longest
Article[n 1][n 4] 		Miniapolis (8,055)
  1. ^ a b For requests and older articles, please include only the actual word count, without the 50% bonus.
  2. ^ Number of articles of 5,000 words or more. An article of 10K+ words counts as 2, of 15K+ as 3, and so on.
  3. ^ Oldest articles are those tagged in March, April, and May 2022.
  4. ^ The number of words in the longest article you copy edited. Only one entry for any editor.

Progress chart

Progress Chart
Date
  • Old articles
  • Mar, Apr, May
  • Outstanding
  • tags
  • Change since
  • previous day
[N 1]
  • Change since
  • beginning
[N 1]
28 February 2023 274 1,952 — —
1 March 2023 262 1,973 Negative increase  21 Negative increase  21
2 March 2023 255 1,966 Positive decrease  7 Negative increase  14
3 March 2023 250 1,955 Positive decrease 11 Negative increase  3
4 March 2023 248 1,953 Positive decrease  2 Negative increase  1
5 March 2023 244 1,923 Positive decrease 30 Positive decrease 29
  1. ^ a b Change refers only to outstanding tags.

Reviewing

GOCE coordinators and other experienced Guild members will carry out random checks to ensure that copy edits are of a satisfactory standard. If you are willing to help with reviewing, please sign up below.

10% of each participant's copy edits from the backlog should be checked, and all copy edits from the Requests page should be reviewed, time permitting. Please choose articles at random and do not inspect your own copy edits. After checking articles, place a {{checked}} template after the article on the listing and sign your username with four tildes (~~~~). If a rough consensus finds that a copy edit is not of an acceptable standard, the tag will be re-added and the editor will be penalized 1,200 words plus the word count of the reviewed article. The reviewer may give advice on how the edit could have been improved without penalizing the editor. Please raise any questions on the Coordinators' talk page.

Reviewers sign-up

  1. Baffle☿gab from mid-month

Signing up

To sign up for the drive, click the button below. This will create a subsection in the Totals section where you will record your copy edits. Rollover totals from the previous drive are located here.


Totals

How to record articles you have copy edited:

  • Remove any extant {{copy edit}} tags from the article.
  • When you sign up, your section is automatically populated with # {{Working}} [[]] () and # {{Completed}} [[]] ():
    • Article titles go in wikilinks [[]]. List the article's full title (not an abbreviated version) and avoid piped links, quotation marks and italics.
    • Article word counts go in round brackets (): use this script to get the page's word count. Count the words in the version of the article that existed before you started editing. These brackets should not contain anything other than this number; do not use additional brackets for comments. Avoid long calculation strings (more than one line) in your word total.
  • Place the article you are editing on the {{Working}} line. Only work on one article at a time. When you've finished your copy edit, change {{Working}} to {{Completed}}.
  • If the article is from the GOCE Requests page, place *R (using plain text) after the word count. If it was tagged in March, April, or May 2022, place *O (using plain text) after the word count.
  • Place any comments between the article title and the word count.
  • Do not list articles on which you have placed {{GOCEreviewed}} instead of copy editing them, or which needed no copy editing.
  • Do not add the 50% bonus for Requests or Oldest articles—a coordinator will apply the bonuses after the drive is over.
  • If you want your work checked, you can request this on the drive talk page.

Properly completed records look like this in the edit window:

# {{Completed}} [[Dark chocolate]] (1,234) *O

and like this on the rendered page:

1.  Completed Dark chocolate (1,234) *O

Torchiest (talk)

Article list
  1.  Working Minor league football (gridiron) (6104) *O
  2.  Completed [[]] ()
  3.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0

Dhtwiki (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on television in the United States (14,701) *O
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
  • Rollover words: 7283.5

Miniapolis (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed American Bicycle Association (8,055) *O
  2.  Working Indo-Pakistani Air War of 1965 (3,550) *O
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 8,055
  • Rollover words: 1,883

Tenryuu (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Sanjay Nishad (534) *O
  2.  Completed François Racine de Monville Removed uncited content (2190) *O
  3.  Working Datu (5236)
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 2724
  • Rollover words: 1506

WikiNarco (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed The Holy War (333) *R
  2.  Working The Golden Root (3006)
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 333

Reidgreg (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
  • Rollover words: 823

Francophile124 (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0

Jonesey95 (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Ned Eames (207)
  2.  Completed [[]] ()
  3.  Completed [[]] ()
  4.  Completed [[]] ()
  5.  Completed [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 207
  • Rollover words: 1863

Wracking (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Nimo, Nigeria (402) *O
  2.  Completed National Black Graduate Student Association (1816) *O
  3.  Completed Central America under Mexican rule (4201) *R
  4.  Working Beaver (5770) *R
  • Total articles: 3
  • Total words: 6419

Lfstevens (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Kinburn Spit (1626)
  2.  Completed Tern Island (Hawaii) (1279)
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 2903

Tails Wx (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Lee Young-hoon (263)
  2.  Working Darius McCollum (1,375)
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 263
  • Rollover words: 3,820

GenQuest (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0

Schminnte (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Fudge (786) Checked Good work! Miniapolis 19:57, 2 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  2.  Completed Jonathan Putra (364)
  3.  Completed Dan Weinstein (musician) (223)
  4.  Completed Michael McDermott (musician) (749)
  5.  Completed Sherif Nour (999)
  6.  Completed Ioanna Chamalidou (407)
  7.  Working Philip Duffy (999)
  • Total articles: 6
  • Total words: 3528

Spida-tarbell (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0

Baffle gab1978 (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0

Jayowyn (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Giorgio Morandi (1359) *O
  2.  Completed Ergonomic hazard (2125) *O
  3.  Completed Kanyakumari (1478) *O
  4.  Completed Juncus dichotomus (629) *O
  5.  Completed Abhai Singh of Marwar (1369) *O
  6.  Working [[]] ()
  7.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 5
  • Total words: 6,960
  • Rollover words: 125,472

Wombat140 (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0

Contrawwftw (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Adani Ports & SEZ (2056) *O
  2.  Completed Sydney gangland war (2540) *O
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 4596

Arado Ar 196 (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0

Chanelle821 (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Euastacus yanga (610) *O
  2.  Completed American Kickboxer (957) *O Checked Good work on both; thanks! Miniapolis 18:45, 2 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  3.  Completed Artificial intelligence industry in China (3523) *O
  4.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 3
  • Total words: 5090

Firefangledfeathers (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working After Last Night (1363)
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
  • Rollover words: 1609

Emplexis (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0

Comitialbulb561 (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working Joseph Corbett Jr. ()
  3.  Working Pedro López ()
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 0

Freedom4U (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working Korean wave (20343)
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0

Mgp28 (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Octopus card (5975) *O
  2.  Working Postcrossing (1314) *O
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 5975

Fieryninja (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Katie Lee (lyricist) (2377) *O
  2.  Completed Firoz Mahmud (874) *O
  3.  Completed Dani La Chepi (426) *O
  4.  Completed Alone Across Australia (1408) *O
  5.  Working Māori and conservation (1371) *O
  • Total articles: 4
  • Total words: 5085

FormalDude (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
  • Rollover words: 7,988

Monhiroe (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 3
  • Total words: 0

Rachelmesser149214 (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working Mobile security (5580) *O
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0

Peter Flass (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0

Bzbzteams (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0

25Means (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0

Praseodymium-141 (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Killa Kela (1377)
  2.  Working History of Sarajevo (8828)
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 1377

Newimpartial (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0

Nmarshall25 (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Marian Chodacki (707)
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 707

NikhilBhisikar (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0

Gaonsarpanch (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
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