Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Requests

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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

Completed requests are now being archived. Please feel free to help keep the records up-to-date if you have time. Thanks. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 20:53, 28 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

June 2011

Design management

This article already is GA, but needs some copy editing to make it a bit smoother to read. Wiki4des (talk) 22:02, 7 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Complete article has been spell-checked, further improvements on tone of voice is needed in some sections. 87.139.56.104 (talk) 07:56, 20 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

~~Working~~:I've started looking at it, it's a pretty good sized article so could take me a while. --Blackmane (talk) 12:55, 23 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Editor reminded as not started yet. Chaosdruid (talk 21:19, 25 June 2011 (UTC))[reply]

~~Editor reminded again, if no action within 24 hours, will return it to the pool. Chaosdruid (talk) 03:47, 3 July 2011 (UTC)~~[reply]

~~Returned to pool. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 16:22, 8 July 2011 (UTC)~~[reply]

Blackmane is still working on it as tonight's edits show. Chaosdruid (talk) 00:29, 10 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, I'm going to have to let this one go. Real life is encroaching too much on my time to spare any at the moment.--Blackmane (talk) 22:40, 10 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The present plan is for us do do a group effort on this article after the July drive. It needs a lot of work, so it will have to wait. --Diannaa (talk) 03:21, 13 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Family Guy

The artical needs copy edit, I plan to geting the artical to FA, it's been Copy edited before, but it needs another one to get to a FA status. Pedro J. ^{the rookie} 19:37, 24 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Working Will work on this one. Wilhelmina Will (talk) 05:53, 5 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Juan José Castelli

I did the best I could, but I'm not a native English speaker. A second look by someone else would be appreciated. Cambalachero (talk) 04:11, 26 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Working Yellowcrocus (talk) 19:40, 4 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

July 2011

Adaminte Makan Abu

This article needs a thorough copy edit before being nominated for GA. Arfaz (talk) 14:20, 2 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Working--Aichikawa (talk) 21:52, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Aratz-aizkorri

Choppy in places, almost completely garbled in others. Needs a rewrite from a native English speaker. Hairhorn (talk) 16:02, 4 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Working, but RL is busy at the moment, so feel free to check on my progress. Archolman User talk:Archolman 22:11, 5 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Work It Out (Beyoncé Knowles song)

Jivesh • Talk2Me 12:51, 13 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The article has failed GAN for prose issues. Being that I am familiar with the content, it is often difficult for me to differentiate what a reader who is not familiar with the subject with comprehend. I need a good copy-editor who can help enhance the prose. Thanks guys :)--CallMeNathan • Talk2Me 08:49, 14 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Corbin Bleu

Hello, possible request. Is it possible to develop an article Corbin Bleu and become a good article See the article Arabic Wikipedia good article, can you?

Look at this version will help you to become a good article look--77.31.36.7 (talk) 15:58, 16 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Myth of Skanderbeg

I plan to nominate this article for GA status. Will someone be so kind to copy edit it? Antidiskriminator (talk) 15:50, 17 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

King Charles Spaniel

I've worked the article up to GA status, and had it peer reviewed prior to trying a FA process. The main issue was with some of the prose, which the reviewer recommended that I get a fresh pair of eyes to copyedit it. Miyagawa (talk) 12:05, 18 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Working Clarityfiend (talk) 21:11, 22 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Done sort of. There are several times where a sentence uses the word "breed" twice, but I'm not conversant in "dogspeak", so I don't know what synonyms are appropriate. Also, I've left a comment in the Temperament section, where I merged two sentences into one, and am not 100% certain if the reference is still appropriate. Clarityfiend (talk) 08:44, 23 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Swayamvaram

This article needs a thorough copy edit before being nominated for GA. Arfaz (talk) 09:01, 19 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Tropical Storm Debra (1978)

I happened to find this page by chance, and I hope someone will copy-edit it soon (it's nominated as good article). Thanks! Hurricanefan25 ^{tropical cyclone} 15:44, 19 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Stern

Started a GAN back in May but apparently was abandoned by the nominator. I'm trying to save the nomination by taking over the process. It's a brief article and should not need extensive work. Brad (talk) 23:35, 19 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Enter the Void

Been working on this for some time and plan to take it to GAN, but I'm not a native English speaker, and parts of the prose feel stiff and unpleasant to read even to me. Would be great if someone with a more natural feel for the language could take a look. Smetanahue (talk) 18:42, 20 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Dragon Warrior

While it came here a while ago, the page has undergone massive expansion and significant revision. I would like to have it checked over by a copyeditor who did not work on the last revision.陣内 _Jinnai 21:55, 20 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Dragon Quest

The last comment I was given in its previous FAC was to make the prose "engaging". I'm not sure what that means exactly as the example they gave as a quality article to look at Halo 3 is undergoing a FARC now. So if someone have help with that kind of copyediting, please do so.陣内 _Jinnai 21:55, 20 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)

I'm requesting another copyedit after another failed FAC. It's been charged with being "overly long and rambling" and that it "needs to be pruned back to give it some much needed focus". Other editors have also pointed out that the article contains long, snaking sentences that need to be split and sentences that are vague and needing of rewriting for clarity. Finally, I need help rewriting the "Promotion" and "Singles" sections because, apparently, I was too anal with listing dates and other information at the expense of flow and readability. I just thought I was being comprehensive. Anyway, I need help to fix these problem points. Thanks in advance. -Red marquis (talk) 00:47, 22 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Stop Crying Your Heart Out

Trying to make this into a good article; needs some copyediting before that happens though :-) --Addi hockey 10 ^e-mail 02:21, 22 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Dreaming of You (album)

I tried to fix all issues that were stated on the last peer review it had received. It was nominated at FAC two times but was opposed, while at GAN it wasn't promoted. I am now done with expansion and fixing just need someone to copyedit the article before I nominate it for FA status. Thank you, AJona1992 (talk) 05:13, 22 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]