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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:

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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.

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March 2024

The First Fallen

Recently translated from Portuguese, could do with a look from experienced copyeditors to neutralise tone and other edits. For possible GA nomination (GAN). GnocchiFan (talk) 14:28, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Working Dhtwiki (talk) 06:45, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Done Dhtwiki (talk) 09:16, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Victor Macedo

Requesting a CE and possibly feedback on a biography I published last month for Victor Macedo, general manager for the Peruvian Amazon Company agency of La Chorrera. Arawoke (talk) 13:21, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Working Wracking ^talk! 21:04, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Decorative painting in Hälsingland

Of the three prominent Swedish folk art traditions identified by scholars, "Helsingian painting" boasts the highest number of preserved works in their original location. The painting style was vital to the designation of the Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland as a World Heritage. Future GAN. Cheers. Draken Bowser (talk) 13:24, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Beat Happening (album)

Possible GAN. MusicforthePeople (talk) 08:31, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

~~Working~~ Jonathan Deamer (talk) 17:10, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Jonathan Deamer's last edit was on 22 May. He may be inactive. Mox Eden (talk) 14:37, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Mox Eden, I've asked for an update on this request at the user's talk page here. Baffle☿gab 11:11, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There have been no further edits from that editor so I've struck their Working tag. This request is now open to all. Discuss at REQ talk. Baffle☿gab 21:17, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks @Baffle gab1978, @Mox Eden for handling this, and sorry to disappear. Jonathan Deamer (talk) 16:49, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(←) Partly done Jonathan Deamer (talk) 23:23, 19 June 2024 (UTC) (marked and signed by Baffle_gab1978 for archiving reasons, for which I won't be signing this post; discuss at REQ Talk (linked above)).[reply]

Working Baffle☿gab 23:23, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

April 2024

George Lazenby

Plan to get it to GA (GAN) was recommended to do this in a peer review. Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 04:06, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Auction theory

This whole article is full of grammatical errors and bad writing. I tried to fix some of it but it's pretty long so I thought I'd notify you guys. A lot of the wording is very unclear and hard to read, and it's like this in a lot of places. TypoEater (talk) 14:42, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@TypoEater: Quite large sections of this seem to be uncited or poorly cited. It may not take much to fix that but it's probably needed before a copy edit, to ensure that it remains stable? Jim Killock (talk) 07:53, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, this article is kind of a mess in general and I didn't even notice the bad sourcing. I don't have much experience with finding sources for uncited claims, so it might be a good idea to get some more people involved here, seeing as this is turning out to be a bigger and wider issue than I first thought. TypoEater (talk) 19:50, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Atlantic meridional overturning circulation

Future GAN. (Request formerly submitted for East Antarctic Ice Sheet.) InformationToKnowledge (talk) 15:56, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nayib Bukele

I would like a copyedit on this article for prose and any other potential issues before submitting it for a GAN. I completely rewrote this article (for a second time). It is also quite long, so I would also suggestions on how I could trim it down more if possible. PizzaKing13 ^¡Hablame! 07:00, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Doolittle (album)

A featured article currently going through a Featured article review. Like a lot of music articles on wiki it suffers from journalese, most of which have tried to remove, but help would be gratefully appreciated. Ceoil (talk) 14:35, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Western Chalukya Empire

Old FA article from 2007, has run on the front page as featured article. Could use a copy-edit as a final touch. Harizotoh9 (talk) 17:14, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Pamela Stephenson

I'm looking to put this forward as an FAC after a copy edit. I'd be really happy to get any feedback or suggestions, apart from the copyediting. Thank you. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 20:46, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Analytic philosophy

Recently expanded, needs cleanup. Cake (talk) 03:30, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)

The article has recently been extensively revised (with the addition of some new information) and needs a cleanup to ensure that there are no issues with its prose and grammar. The article is to be submitted for GAN. De Disney (talk) 08:35, 14 April 2024‎ (UTC)[reply]

German atrocities committed against Soviet prisoners of war

I'm trying to get this article to FAC. Thanks in advance! (t · c) buidhe 03:17, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tyla (album)

Currently a B-class article (possibly GA material) but the aim is to go for GA (GAN) then FA (FAC) (or A-class (ACN)). I have been working on the article for quite some time now, cleaning MOS and adding relevant missing content cited to reliable sources. Referencing Madame X, I'd appreciate it if the critical reception and commercial performance sections were expanded, and composition was added with media files. dxneo (talk) 18:25, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Charles the Bold

Per the peer review, I'm nominating the article for a copy edit then to be nominated for FAC. Thanks. Amir Ghandi (talk) 17:04, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Matthew Charles Johnson

Hello, I am requesting a copy edit of this article for a GAN. Thank you very much in advance! GMH Melbourne (talk) 05:08, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

May 2024

Muhammadullah Khalili Qasmi

I have done the copy editing myself, now the copy edit tag has been applied so I request copy editing from the experts! Khaatir (talk) 06:03, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Pop Voodoo

Possible GAN. MusicforthePeople (talk) 16:04, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tulsa King

I was hoping to take this through FAC. It was closed pretty quickly and suggested that I bring it through here and potentially PR first. I'd appreciate anyone willing to give it a copy edit so that I can eventually work back towards that process. TheDoctorWho (talk) 18:25, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Cycling in the Philippines

Hi, I'd like to have this article I've contributed extensively to for copy-editing in an effort to assess it for B-class (BCN) or higher. Ganmatthew (talk • contribs) 16:21, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Partly done -- Did a first pass, but I'm new to the Guild and it's a long enough article I'd love for someone to look it over. Malvoliox (talk) 17:10, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

2024 World Snooker Championship

Hi! Just finished up this article, in need of a bit of a tidy-up and cleanup for the traditional FAC run. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 22:00, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Dimension 20

Looking to nominate this article in the future. It has a non-standard format for a series; some other editors have developed tables to give an overview of the anthology aspect and I've tried to improve upon them but another set of eyes on readability would be great. Sariel Xilo (talk) 22:40, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

National Council of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs

I plan to nominate National Council of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs article as a GAN. I would really appreciate a thorough copyedit first though. Thanks Tomobe03 (talk) 14:54, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Zbrojovka Z 4

I want this copy-edited so I can get this article to GA status (GAN). CosXZ (talk) 18:13, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Afonso Pena

I rewrote this article completely over the last few years. Since English is not my mother tongue and considering this is a very important article, I would like to request a review to correct any grammatical errors or weird phrasal constructions that may have gone unnoticed. I still plan to expand some sections of the article, such as the legacy section, but considering the wait time, I will have everything finished by then. BCN. Torimem (talk) 22:47, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Critical Role Productions

Looking to nominate this article in the future & take it to GA status (GAN). Sariel Xilo (talk) 21:27, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tiger

Want to prepare this for FAC. Thank you. LittleJerry (talk) 14:03, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Zeno of Verona

Working on Zeno of Verona to try and move it to GA (GAN) status and an eventual DYK. Will share author credit. --evrik ^(talk) 21:10, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Working Lamona (talk) 15:25, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Great Giana Sisters

Requesting copy-edit of amusing video game article before submitting for GA (GAN). Andrzejbanas (talk) 14:24, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Baubau

Recently expanded 5 times, for DYKN (DYK). Thank you Nyanardsan (talk) 01:51, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Dan Fouts

An attempt at my first FA (FAC) which failed the first time around. I've rewritten it extensively since then, but would appreciate any further improvements with the prose. Harper J. Cole (talk) 22:21, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tidus

An old FA that I recently expanded its reception to fit with the newer standards of notability. Cheers.Tintor2 (talk) 18:44, 19 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

North Yemen civil war

I need a review and ce of this article before listing it as an FA (FAC) Abo Yemen ✉ 09:41, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Elliot Rodger

Needs improvements to get rid of puffery. Shoot for the Stars (talk) 19:35, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Scouts BSA

Hello, this is former GA, and I'm preparing it for a Good Article Reassessment (GA-R). The article has been edited, reworked, etc. I think it's ready for copyediting and then a new GA review (GAN). Thank you. --evrik ^(talk) 01:40, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

2014 Isla Vista killings

Needs cleaning up for grammar and vocabulary. Shoot for the Stars (talk) 01:36, 24 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

We Still Don't Trust You

Aiming for GA (GAN). Article need a little expansion, I'm willing to help also. Your help will be highly appreciated. dxneo (talk) 22:15, 24 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Toms River

Spent a good amount of time expanding and cleaning up this article. It failed a GA nomination, mostly due to me being unable to address fixes needed in a timely manner. I've fleshed it out a bit more since then and am hoping someone can give it a good fine-toothing before I nominate again (GAN). Thank you in advance for any help/consideration! Lindsey40186 (talk) 00:54, 25 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Federal Republic of Central America

I would like a copyedit for the prose and for any other possible problems on the article in preparation for a GAN and potential ACN/FAC. PizzaKing13 ^¡Hablame! 02:55, 25 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Employee of the Month (2006 film)

Just a copy edit of this article's bloated, poorly written plot summary as well as the newly-expanded reception section, of which I would like some spot checking done for verifiability as well, if that's not too much trouble. Nineteen Ninety-Four guy (talk) 06:49, 25 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Climate change in Antarctica

Future GAN. InformationToKnowledge (talk) 17:37, 25 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Heavenly Delusion

A small series article I expanded last year. Not planning a nomination but it need to be tied up.Tintor2 (talk) 21:44, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Newport Association Football Club Ltd and others v Football Association of Wales Ltd

I have made this a GA and I was wondering if someone would be able to look over it and see that it flows correctly as it should do please? I ask as I think I am a bit biased as the creator and majority writer to be able to make that detirmination. The C of E God Save the King! (talk) 10:43, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Cos ^{(X + Z)} 21:24, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Karel Poborský

Requesting a copy edit here after a large expansion, and in preparation for GAN. C 679 07:31, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Abu Nidal

FA since 2009 and has not run on the main page. Needs a copy-edit. Harizotoh9 (talk) 12:48, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

June 2024

Botswana

Article needs serious copy editing to get it to quality standards. 48JCL^TALK 02:57, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tachibana Dōsetsu

Need copy edit to fix structures and grammar. Ahendra (talk) 15:22, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Beginning_of_human_personhood

Requesting GOCE eyes on article, bc I've been inactive and cannot do it justice. Curdigirl (talk) 18:52, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ugh. sorry I'm clearly very rusty! I took a break from editing when I went to grad school, and then afterwards my world broke. I'm so sorry. :( Curdigirl (talk) 18:54, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Jewish councils in Hungary

Hello! This important Holocaust article needs copy editing to fix structures and grammar. Thanks in advance, Norden1990 (talk) 18:31, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tokugawa Ieyasu

This article also need heavy copy edit after restructure of the article's main body. Ahendra (talk) 18:02, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Phillip Jeong

This is my second article on Wikipedia, and I am enjoying the whole process of collective intelligence. Please help me improve it. I've written the above article and believe I am close to completing it with all the necessary records and citations. As someone who collects historic performances to write articles on Wikipedia, I find it challenging to find detailed critiques in Korea. For example, Leonard Bernstein came to Korea only once, and while newspapers reported what he played, they did not mention his conducting style, orchestration, audience response, etc. I was there, but I cannot cite myself. It is difficult to find articles that can be used as citations for Wikipedia. There are plenty of discussions on social media and blogs, but I understand that these are not acceptable sources. I wouldn't mind if some of the unsubstantiated phrases or sentences need to be deleted. Any help with copyediting or finding reliable sources would be greatly appreciated.

Rosuacamus (talk) 11:13, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ok I will see if there's any grammar mistakes. Ned1a Wanna talk? 14:57, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I saw that you made a correction. Thanks a lot. Since they sang in Italian, I put the Italian title with the English one in parentheses. I rewrote a chunk of the text because editors say tabulating everything is too excessive. Please advise me on how to remove the box on top. Rosuacamus (talk) 15:46, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! @Rosuacamus I don't understand what you mean by the box? Do you mean the userbox? Ned1a Wanna talk? 17:47, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I meant the message box at the top of the Phillip Jeong article: "This article may require copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone, or spelling." Any help to improve the article is welcome! Rosuacamus (talk) 21:29, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think to just get rid the the template. Ned1a Wanna talk? 14:26, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can I just do that? Rosuacamus (talk) 14:59, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot! Rosuacamus (talk) 15:02, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your welcome! :?D Ned1a Wanna talk? 15:04, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Arivu

Underwent major promotional expansion by another user. Please keep neutral tone and remove unsourced. DareshMohan (talk) 18:17, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Stray Kids

Requesting copyedit and possibly feedback for possible GAN or BCN. Thank you! — ~~Shenaall~~ (t ♣ c) 08:22, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Chihiro (song)

With over 295 hits per day, the article needs serious copy editing to get to WP:GA (GAN) dxneo (talk) 16:59, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Kratos (God of War)

An old GA article needed to be copyedited in order for it to be maintained and accurate. 🍕Boneless Pizza!🍕 (🔔) 18:53, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Róisín Murphy

Done some reference fixing here and tried to add further clarifications where needed. It could really do with a fresh pair of eyes especially om the music side of things. Karst (talk) 12:09, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Rayman (video game)

I has been struggling with this article for days in order to pass GAN so this article has a large amount of grammar mistakes which I do not notice. NatwonTSG2 (talk) 23:11, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Working Mox Eden (talk) 04:32, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done, and also some tips for future articles:

The summary of a work's plot should be written in historical present tense rather than past tense.
You should not put quote marks over just all subjective-sounding adjectives said in the source; you should put them over the full relevant fragment of the sentence unless the source text is in some way different from the article text, lest it implies doubt. (e.g., "plain irritating" and difficult to "plain irritating and damned difficult" and "wonderfully clever" gaming elements, "engaging and humorous" characters and "terrific" music to "wonderfully clever gaming elements, engaging and humorous characters, terrific music, and heaps of whimsy".) MOS:QUOTEPOV explains it better.
Do not use contractions in the article unless they are present in a quote.
Linking to adolescence in the quote "ennobles the adolescence world of video games" (for which I changed "adolescence" to "adolescent", as that is what the source said) was not necessary, as the concept of adolescence has otherwise nothing to do with the article.
"Difficultly" means done with difficulty, not make things difficult.
"Probably" and "maybe" should not be used in the same sentence to describe the same thing, as that would be redundant.
"Venturing" means that a question or statement was said in an uncertain way. Since there is no indication that Next Generation was uncertain about the quality of the Atari Jungle version, I have changed "venturing" to "saying that".

Mox Eden (talk) 12:32, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Birthday of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Request for c/e for Birthday of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. I nominated it for WP:DYK (DYK) and it is an important article. Mehedi Abedin (talk) 11:56, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Rodney, Mississippi

I'm planning to nominate the article as a Good Article (GAN). It previously had some jumbled content copied directly from other sources and so had to be cut way down to remove all of that. I've rewritten it from the sources and would appreciate a fresh set of eyes. Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk) 20:50, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Virgo interferometer

This is an article I just when through FAC with, but it was suggested that the copy editing was really lacking (English is not my main language and I am not very used to the English Wikipedia standards). Thuiop (talk) 19:53, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Travis (band)

This article needs a thorough edit to bring it in line with WWP:MOS I have added where I feel citatations are needed. Please let me know when someone has gone through the article and I will start the process of adding further citations. Thanks for your help!. Karst (talk) 09:34, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fusajiro Yamauchi

GAN : English is not my first language so I would like to request help for the prose within my article. DanganMachin (talk) 19:13, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]