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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 {{copyedit}} tag or listed on the GOCE Requests page. It will begin on 1 September 2016, 00:00 (UTC) and will end on 30 September 2016, 23:59 (UTC). The goals of this drive are:

  • to reduce the backlog by as many articles as possible, with a focus on the earliest-tagged articles (those tagged in July through October 2015);
  • to complete all requests on the GOCE Requests page from August 2016.

Drive participants can earn barnstar awards based on the number of articles—and the word counts of the articles—they copy edit. Articles from the Requests page count towards your total; these are generally higher-quality articles 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 {{copyedit}} in July through October 2015, and for all 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 lead coordinator is Jonesey95 (talk), who is assisted by Tdslk (talk) and Corinne (talk). If you have any questions, leave a message on the drive's talk page.

For brief instructions on how to record your work, see below. For full instructions, visit the main drive 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 		Twofingered Typist (18) Lfstevens (12) Baslsk (8)
Jonesey95(7) 		Miniapolis (6)
Total
Words[n 1] 		Twofingered Typist (24,600) Lfstevens (22,623) Miniapolis (19,641) Avgr8 (10,069) Baslsk (6,032)
5k+
Articles[n 2] 		Miniapolis (2) Lfstevens (1)
Oldest
Articles[n 3] 		Lfstevens (12) Twofingered Typist (9) Baslsk (7) Miniapolis (6) Leschnei (4)
Longest
Article[n 1][n 4] 		Miniapolis (12,089) Lfstevens (6,000) Avgr8 (5685) Twofingered Typist (3,800) Leschnei (1,279)
  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 July, August, September, and October 2015.
  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
  • July–October 2015
  • Outstanding
  • tags
  • Change since
  • previous day
[N 1]
  • Change since
  • beginning
[N 1]
31 August 2016 269 1,886 — —
1 September 2016 261 1,869 Positive decrease 17 Positive decrease 17
2 September 2016 258 1,878 Negative increase  9 Positive decrease  8
3 September 2016 246 1,877 Positive decrease  1 Positive decrease  9
4 September 2016 243 1,873 Positive decrease  4 Positive decrease 13
5 September 2016 232 1,868 Positive decrease  5 Positive decrease 18
6 September 2016 228 1,876 Negative increase  8 Positive decrease 10
7 September 2016 225 1,881 Negative increase  5 Positive decrease  5
8 September 2016 221 1,889 Negative increase  8 Negative increase  3
  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

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 {{copyedit}} 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.
    • 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.
  • Place articles you're working on on the {{Working}} line. When you've finished your copy edit, change {{Working}} to {{Completed}}
  • If the article is from the GOCE Requests page, place *R after the word count. If it was tagged in July through October 2015, place *O 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 it on the drive talk page.

Properly completed records look like this in the edit window:

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

and like this on the rendered page:

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

Tdslk (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Christ Lutheran Church Kattukadai (54)
  2.  Completed Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah (563)
  3.  Completed Osage Nation Museum (102)
  4.  Completed New Castle Correctional Facility (563)
  5.  Completed [[]] ()
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  31.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 4
  • Total words: 1282
  • Rollover words: 3701

Jonesey95 (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Joseph A. Mandarino (961) *O
  2.  Completed 2002–03 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team (110)
  3.  Completed Adaraneeya Kathawak (196)
  4.  Completed Al ritmo de tu corazón (249)
  5.  Completed Animal husbandry in Nepal (344)
  6.  Completed Ishaque Ahmed Ansari (407)
  7.  Completed Asisten Rumah Tangga (154)
  8.  Completed [[]] ()
  9.  Completed [[]] ()
  10.  Completed [[]] ()
  11.  Completed [[]] ()
  12.  Completed [[]] ()
  13.  Completed [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 7
  • Total words: 2,421
  • Rollover words: 659

Twofingered Typist (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Shawna Robinson (3,800) *R
  2.  Completed Hawkins\Brown (200) *R
  3.  Completed PAW Patrol (1,900) *R
  4.  Completed Cellarette (500) *R
  5.  Completed Allen Walker (2,400) *R
  6.  Completed North Carolina Highway 13 (1936-1951) (virtually flawless) (0) *R
  7.  Completed Kodandera M. Cariappa (2,900) *R
  8.  Completed Helen McEntee (partial count) (300) *R
  9.  Completed Jamala (700) *R
  10.  Completed Ron Assouline (800) *O
  11.  Completed Congress of the Peoples of the East (2,400) *O
  12.  Completed The Oval (2,000) *O
  13.  Completed Royal Economic Society (2,300) *O
  14.  Completed Capital Area Greenbelt (500) *O
  15.  Completed Ulcinj Castle (1,000) *O
  16.  Completed Aleksey Mozgovoy (partial count) (300) *O
  17.  Completed Alex Chigogidze (700)
  18.  Completed Heather Cassils (2,000) *O
  19.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 18
  • Total words: 24,600
  • Rollover words: 174244

Miniapolis (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Kamen Rider Series (2,414) *O
  2.  Completed Mouth assessment (723) *O
  3.  Completed Ceylonese Rugby & Football Club (564) *O
  4.  Completed List of Princess Sarah episodes (12,089) *O
  5.  Completed Lascar Row (1,072) *O
  6.  Completed Leyla ile Mecnun (2,779) *O
  7.  Working Madhyamakālaṃkāra (2,129) *O
  • Total articles: 6
  • Total words: 19,641
  • Rollover words: 5,791

Greatpopcorn (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Anvaya (organization) (822) *O
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 822

Leschnei (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Kostanay (466) O
  2.  Completed Thiruchendur (1279) O
  3.  Completed Laren School (957) O
  • Total articles: 4
  • Total words: 3275
  • Rollover words: 9490

Dhtwiki (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working House of Lubomirski (5052) *O
  3.  Working [[]] ()
  4.  Working [[]] ()
  5.  Working [[]] ()
  6.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
  • Rollover words: 2834

Lfstevens (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (2531) *O
  2.  Completed Forces Goal 2030 (1693) *O
  3.  Completed appserver.io (509) *O
  4.  Completed Standup paddleboarding (1354) *O
  5.  Completed Software bug (3022) *O
  6.  Completed UHF television broadcasting (3255) *O
  7.  Completed Perion Network (358) *O
  8.  Completed The Center for Arts Education (959) *O
  9.  Completed S-300 (missile) 100 *O
  10.  Completed Shelley Duvall (1483) *O
  11.  Completed Low-noise amplifier (1065) *O
  12.  Completed Hybrid vehicle drivetrain (6,294) *O
  1.  Completed Synthetic setae (0) *O
  • Total articles: 13
  • Total words: 22,623

Pax85 (Talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
  • Rollover words: 560

Baslsk (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed William_Boyd_Carpenter#Ancestry (411) *O
  2.  Completed Santiago#Internal_transport (614) *O
  3.  Completed Kharchi puja (320)
  4.  Completed Ajna (1,252) *O
  5.  Completed A Little Bit of Irish (soundtrack) (1,002) *O
  6.  Completed Cyberforce (903) *O
  7.  Completed Marko Livaja (1,224) *O
  8.  Completed West Midland Safari Park#History (306) *O
  9.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 8
  • Total words: 6,032

Avgr8 (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed City Palace, Udaipur (5685)
  2.  Completed Kapil Sharma (comedian) (726)*O
  3.  Completed H1 antagonist (865)*O
  4.  Completed Karan Wahi (1469)
  5.  Completed Election Commission of India (1324)*O
  6.  Working Uttar Pradesh Lokayukta (1431)
  7.  Working Drishadvati river (949)*O
  • Total articles: 5
  • Total words: 10,069

Yellow Dingo (talk)

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

Prof. Squirrel (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Carousel memory (269)
  2.  Completed 7 Mages (330)
  3.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 599

Gluons12 (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Arash (sniper rifle) (41)
  2.  Working Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan (1059) *O
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 41

Payton Walton (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working Healthcare in Belgium (1513)
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 1513

GaryColemanFan (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed 76th World Science Fiction Convention (34)
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 34

Petebutt (talk)

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

—azuki (talk · contribs · email)

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

˘ | ˘ Hwajaetalk • contribs

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