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This Copy Editing Project Blitz is a one-week-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 21 August 2016, at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on 27 August 2016, at 23:59 (UTC).

This month's theme: We are making like Rio de Janeiro and cleaning up following the Olympics! That's right, this blitz will focus on sports-related articles. (See article list below.)

Blitz participants can earn barnstar awards based on the number of articles—and the word counts of the articles—they copy edit. Awards will be given out once the blitz has finished.

The blitz is open to all; 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.

Blitzes are under the purview of the Guild's coordinators. The blitz's lead coordinator is Jonesey95, who is assisted by Tdslk and Corinne. If you have any questions, leave a message on the blitz's talk page.

For brief instructions on how to record your work, see below. For full instructions, visit the main blitz page.

Full instructions, tips, and awards

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

Article list

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When you have chosen an article for copy editing and are ready to edit it, please add {{working}} (displays as  Working) and sign your name (~~~) next to the article's listing in the table below. Please mark an item as "working" only when you are immediately going to begin editing it, so that we can avoid articles being stuck in limbo.

When you are done copy-editing the article, please add {{y}} (displays as Green tickY) and sign your name (~~~) next to the article's listing below, then record it in your article list below.

Article list for the blitz

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Click "show" to expand the list of articles.

Article list
0. fake article to show what an in-progress article looks like  WorkingJonesey95 (talk)
00. fake article to show what a completed article looks like Green tickYJonesey95 (talk)
  1. Tai chi
  2. Williams Grand Prix Engineering
  3. Stanisława Walasiewicz  Done--Leschnei (talk) 11:40, 23 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Double play
  5. José Luis Chilavert  DoneJonesey95 (talk)
  6. The Oval
  7. Bulgaria national football team
  8. Santos Laguna
  9. Zamalek SC
  10. Ray Wilson (English footballer)
  11. Ghana Football Association
  12. Rodolphe Seeldrayers
  13. Robin Singh (cricketer)
  14. Andrew Davies (footballer)  Working MediaKill13 (talk)
  15. Tyrone GAA
  16. A.C. Reggiana 1919
  17. Amoranto Sports Complex  Done --Dthomsen8 (talk) 01:23, 22 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  18. Deportivo Táchira
  19. Ukrainian Cup
  20. Piyapong Pue-on
  21. Yankee Sullivan
  22. United States Pony Clubs
  23. Tewfik Abdullah
  24. Travis Kauffman
  25. Orges Shehi
  26. Karate World Championships
  27. Kilrossanty GAA
  28. Standup paddleboarding  Working -Pax Verbum 02:35, 22 August 2016 (UTC)  Not done I am afraid that I must pass this one on to someone else (see the note in my section below). -Pax Verbum 17:08, 27 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  29. Northwich Victoria F.C.
  30. Ceylonese Rugby & Football Club
  31. Muhammad Waseem
  32. Heena Sidhu
  33. P. L. Munasinghe
  34. Laredo Lemurs
  35. Quentin Israel
  36. Marko Livaja
  37. Ministry of Sport (Russia) Green tickY Double Plus Ungood (talk) 01:13, 25 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  38. Greater Ottawa Kingfish Swim Club
  39. Mathias Gallo Cassarino
  40. Central nervous system fatigue  Done--Chickadee46 talk 23:37, 27 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  41. Karan Wahi
  42. Duda Yankovich
  43. Rey Manaj
  44. Chaza  Done--Dthomsen8 (talk) 02:04, 22 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  45. Arthur Canario
  46. Transgender people in sports  Done--Leschnei (talk) 15:24, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  47. Club Nacional de Football's 1927 tour of North America
  48. Shaquell Moore
  49. Maxim Lemire
  50. Nadya Vasina
  51. Battle Line Rivalry
  52. Ben Kerner
  53. Shandur Polo Festival
  54. Robert-Poirier Stadium
  55. Roland Reid
  56. Ivan Daniliants
  57. Khǒr Royal Cup
  58. Antonio Puesan
  59. Maria Lambrou  Done--Leschnei (talk) 02:40, 26 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  60. Basketball in Honduras --Deleted----Dthomsen8 (talk) 15:48, 22 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  61. Lisbon Navigators
  62. Tegucigalpa Olympic Village
  63. Alyssa Fleming  Done--Leschnei (talk) 13:30, 22 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  64. Andrey Starostin
  65. 2002–03 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team
  66. Kelantan FA President & Youth
  67. Rahal-Hogan RH-001
  68. Patrick Nwamu
  69. Parveen Rana
  70. Lucas Torreira  Done Tdslk (talk) 00:47, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  71. 2016 Australian National Handball Championship season
  72. Sofya Fyodorova
  73. Sang Chul Lee (taekwondo)
  74. Magnus Futsal
  75. Rudi Ying
  76. 2015–16 Montenegrin Cup (women)  Done Tdslk (talk) 02:27, 25 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Progress chart

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Progress Chart
Date
  • Outstanding
  • Sports articles
  • Change since
  • previous day
  • Change since
  • beginning
August 20, 2016 76
August 21, 2016 76 Steady  0 Steady  0
August 22, 2016 74 Positive decrease  2 Positive decrease  2
August 23, 2016 72 Positive decrease  2 Positive decrease  4
August 24, 2016 71 Positive decrease  1 Positive decrease  5
August 25, 2016 69 Positive decrease  2 Positive decrease  7
August 26, 2016 65 Positive decrease  4 Positive decrease 11
August 27, 2016 64 Positive decrease  1 Positive decrease 12

Reviewing

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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 word count of the reviewed article will be deducted from the editor's total. 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

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Signing up

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To sign up for the blitz, click the button below. This will create a subsection in the Totals section for you to record your copy edits. Rollover totals from the previous blitz can be found here.


Totals

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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.
  • Place articles you're working on on the {{Working}} line. When you've finished your copy edit, change {{Working}} to {{Completed}}
  • 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.
  • If you want your work checked, you can request it on the blitz talk page.

Properly completed records look like this in the edit window:

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

and like this on the rendered page:

1.  Completed Dark chocolate (yummy!) (1,234)
Article list
  1.  Completed José Luis Chilavert (2195)
  2.  Completed [[]] ()
  3.  Completed [[]] ()
  4.  Completed [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 2,195
  • Rollover words: 1,073
Article list
  1.  Completed Amoranto Sports Complex (163)
  2.  Completed Chaza (323)
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 486
  • Rollover words: 638
Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
Article list
  1.  Completed Alyssa Fleming (267)
  2.  Completed Stanisława Walasiewicz (1233)
  3.  Completed Transgender people in sports (962)
  4.  Completed Maria Lambrou (294)
  • Total articles: 4
  • Total words: 2,756
  • Rollover words: 1,054
Article list
  1.  Completed Lucas Torreira (221)
  2.  Completed 2015–16 Montenegrin Cup (women) (76)
  3.  Completed [[]] ()
  4.  Completed [[]] ()
  5.  Completed [[]] ()
  6.  Completed [[]] ()
  7.  Completed [[]] ()
  8.  Completed [[]] ()
  9.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 297
Article list
  1.  Working Standup paddleboarding (1571)  Not done I am afraid the timing for this Blitz wasn't right for me. This week I am in the middle of moving back to the US after three months in Mexico, and Wiki stuff has taken a back burner. It's a short article, but has a few issues. I think someone should be able to go through it pretty quickly before the deadline. Perdóname! -Pax Verbum 17:11, 27 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
Article list
  1.  Completed Central nervous system fatigue (1443)
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 1443
  • Rollover words: 798
Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working Andrew Davies (footballer) (2189)
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0