Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Requests

Wanted: new Guild coordinators! Nominations for candidates in the mid-year Election of Coordinators is now open. We welcome self-nominations.

Our May backlog-reduction drive has ended, and barnstars have been distributed. Thanks to all who participated!

Archives

Shortcuts

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

May 2018

Digimon Fusion

Tried to clean up this article. Needs some copyedit.Tintor2 (talk) 00:46, 22 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Working Ignus3 (talk) 07:16, 12 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Philip I Philadelphus

Hello, this article is ready to go to FA, but, considering my humble grammar abilities, will need the touches of the guild. Thanks in advance. Attar-Aram syria (talk) 23:36, 22 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Working Biblio (talk) 17:15, 4 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Rise of the Tomb Raider

The article is in desperate need of in-depth copyediting. Help from members of the Guild would be greatly appreciated!. AdrianGamer (talk) 14:36, 23 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Working Miniapolis 22:49, 13 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Fifth Harmony (album)

This article definitely needs help. A very fine copy-editing would be appreciated and very helpful. UrbanJE (talk) 14:55, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Working - Cheers, Baffle gab1978 03:02, 17 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2018 World Snooker Championship

Recent tournament that was also WP:ITN. Needs a good copy-edit however. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 15:51, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

NH10

Needs a copy-edit for a future GAN. Yashthepunisher (talk) 09:45, 31 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

June 2018

Seleucus VI Epiphanes

Hello, this article is ready to go to FA, but, considering my humble grammar abilities, will need the touches of the guild. Thanks in advance. Attar-Aram syria (talk) 01:53, 1 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Working Gog the Mild (talk) 14:54, 15 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Kazuya Mishima

An article I recently expanded. Might need some copyedit.Tintor2 (talk) 16:18, 1 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Saving Light

Requesting copy editing to fix the articles prose. Micro (Talk) 03:50, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Ludvig Fabritius

Would appreciate a copy-edit. Thanks in advance! - LouisAragon (talk) 11:19, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Super Bowl LI halftime show

I am requesting a copy edit for this article which has been nominated for Good status. Thanks! --Another Believer _(Talk) 17:20, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Trying to take this to FA, and I think I have most of the content done. A copyedit here from someone who has been uninvolved with the writing up to this point would be very helpful. TonyBallioni (talk) 18:22, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Stephen Hillenburg

This article's prose might need some copy edit — Mediran [talk] 02:33, 3 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Washington State Convention Center

Currently a GAN, but I plan to take it to FAC after it passes the former. The history section is rather long, but was compiled continuously and with great care. Sounder Bruce 06:19, 4 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Alpha Gamma Delta

I've been working on this article on a sorority for a few weeks and apparently the text I've written is 60% of the current article, even with two others fixing typos and wording... so it'd be great to get some feedback! I'm just trying to bring this up from C-class to B-class. Thanks! originalmess^{how u doin that busta rhyme?} 07:35, 4 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Staten Island Ferry

I think this article could be re-nominated for Featured Article status, having become a Good Article a few months ago. A good copy edit of this article would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. epicgenius (talk) 14:01, 4 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Working Dhtwiki (talk) 04:14, 17 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The Rolling Stones

Could an experienced copyeditor please assist in giving this article a thorough copyedit in preparation for a future featured article candidacy? Thank you for your time and I apologize for adding to the queue. TheSandDoctor ^Talk 13:07, 6 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

-: Working Twofingered Typist (talk) 19:17, 16 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hedgewar Smruti Mandir

Need copy-editing for my dyk nomination. It is a small, new article. Gian ❯❯ Talk 01:41, 7 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Exo (band)

I'm in the process of trying to get this article to GA status, having recently nominated it and finished adding content to it. It is quite a long article with quiet a high number of page views. I would very much appreciate an experienced copy edit please, thank you! NicklausAU (talk) 08:56, 7 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Monster (R.E.M. album)

Currently a good article nominee, would appreciate a look-through of its prose before review. dannymusiceditor ^oops 16:45, 7 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Mullum Malarum

I intend to take it to FAC, so it will need great polishing. Kailash29792 (talk) 10:16, 8 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Mirror (Lil Wayne song)

I'm requesting a copy edit of this article, a song by Lil Wayne and Bruno Mars, which I have recently edited. I would like a pair of "fresh eyes" to look at the article before I submit it for a GA nomination. Here you will be looking mainly for spelling and grammar mistakes and some phrasing. If anything is needed please don't hesitate to contact me.

Kind regards, MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 18:15, 8 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Pure Heroine

The article was just promoted to GA-status. However, I do feel that a copy-edit would help enrich the article with stronger cohesion. De88 (talk) 16:34, 9 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56

The wish for copy-editing came up during FAC. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:57, 9 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Tegetthoff-class battleship

Hi there. I’m submitting this article for editing for a few reasons. 1) I’ve recently come back from a very long wiki break and I’d like to use this experience to get back into the swing of things. 2) I’ve worked very hard on this article over the past month. It’s probably doubled or even tripled in size thanks to the work I’ve put into it and I think I’m getting close to being able to submit it for an A-class review and then an FAC down the road. And 3) I’d like to get input from other editors about the article’s writing style since the overwhelming majority of the text was written by me. Thank you! White Shadows ^{New and improved!} 23:32, 9 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Working Reidgreg (talk) 00:02, 17 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Vikram Vedha

I plan to take the article to GA status. Therefore, the article would require a thorough c/e. Thank you. — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 09:20, 11 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

David Macaulay

I recently added a lot of citations for uncited material in the article, as you can see in the edit history. I'd like help copy editing it for grammar, readability and structure. occono (talk) 19:05, 11 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

William Lincoln Garver

I'm the creator and only editor. The article could use a second set of eyes. Grey Wanderer (talk) 23:37, 11 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Visa requirements for Emirati citizens

One particular phrase could be improved and clarified. --BushelCandle (talk) 11:16, 12 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Chroma (album)

I am certain Yeepsi or I will send this to GAN one day. So let's plan for the future. dannymusiceditor ^oops 22:49, 12 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I Need You (Paris Hilton song)

I would greatly appreciate a thorough copy-edit of this article, as I am considering putting it through the FAC process sometime in the future. Thank you in advance! Aoba47 (talk) 01:32, 13 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Battle of Kerlés

The article is about a battle of major significance in Central European history, because it put an end to nomadic raids in the Carpathian Basin for more than a centuries. The article needs a comprehensive and bold copyedit before its GAN. Thank you for your time. Borsoka (talk) 02:51, 13 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Jonesey95: I can’t move it, since I’m not autoconfirmed. You can move my user page if you would like and do copyediting to it. —AbuHuzaifaEditor (talk) 06:09, 17 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]