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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 13 December 2015, at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on 19 December 2015, at 23:59 (UTC).

The theme(s) of this blitz is/are:

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 (talk), who is assisted by Miniapolis (talk), Baffle gab1978 (talk), KieranTribe (talk) and Pax85 (talk). 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 and date (~~~~) 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 and date (~~~~) next to the article's listing below, then record it in your article list below.

Food and drink 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  Working – Jonesey95 (talk) 22:13, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
00. fake article to show what a completed article looks like Green tickY – Jonesey95 (talk) 22:13, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Acme Markets Green tickY Twofingered Typist (talk) 14:27, 18 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Alcohol powder Green tickY User:Fuhvah (talk) 17:18, 16 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Bakewell pudding Green tickY – Jonesey95 (talk) 15:29, 13 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Barbecue Green tickY—Baffle gab1978 (talk) 03:45, 17 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Barbecue grill Green tickY Twofingered Typist (talk) 22:25, 16 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Barbecue in Texas Green tickY User:Fuhvah (talk) 21:50, 15 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Booker Group Green tickY Twofingered Typist (talk) 15:23, 13 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Cadbury Snack Green tickY Miniapolis 01:58, 13 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Carlsberg Group Green tickY Twofingered Typist (talk) 18:45, 14 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Circassian cuisine Green tickY Miniapolis 16:29, 13 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  11. Delicatessen Green tickY Miniapolis 21:04, 14 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  12. Functional beverage Green tickY User:Fuhvah (talk) 15:24, 16 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  13. Ground beef Green tickY Baffle gab1978 (talk) 22:02, 16 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  14. Itsu Green tickY User:Fuhvah (talk) 17:25, 15 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  15. Madhur Canteen Green tickY Avgr8 (talk) 16:02, 17 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  16. Meat-free days Green tickY Miniapolis 00:35, 13 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  17. Milka Green tickY Miniapolis 20:20, 15 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  18. Mondelēz International Green tickY Miniapolis 00:31, 17 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  19. Old HB Green tickY Miniapolis 00:15, 16 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  20. Regional variations of barbecue Green tickY Twofingered Typist (talk) 13:44, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  21. Soju Green tickY Twofingered Typist (talk) 15:59, 15 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  22. Special K Green tickY Twofingered Typist (talk) 22:04, 13 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  23. Sri Lankan cuisine Green tickY User:Fuhvah (talk) 20:44, 15 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  24. Terry's Green tickY Baffle gab1978 (talk) 09:26, 14 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  25. Traditional Rice of Sri Lanka Green tickY User:Fuhvah (talk) 21:24, 15 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  26. V (drink) Green tickY 2macia22 (talk) 22:07, 14 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  27. Warner elevator row Green tickY Miniapolis 21:16, 13 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Progress chart

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Progress Chart
Date
  • Change since
  • previous day
  • Change since
  • beginning
  • Daily articles
  • edited
December 12, 2015 27 — — —
December 13, 2015 21 Positive decrease  6 Positive decrease  6 6
December 14, 2015 16 Positive decrease  5 Positive decrease 11 5
December 15, 2015 12 Positive decrease  4 Positive decrease 15 4
December 16, 2015 7 Positive decrease  5 Positive decrease 20 5
December 17, 2015 3 Positive decrease  4 Positive decrease 24 4
December 18, 2015 1 Positive decrease  2 Positive decrease 26 2
December 19, 2015 0 Positive decrease  1 Positive decrease 27 1

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. The previous blitz's rollover totals are located here.

This blitz has now concluded and is no longer open to sign-up.

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)

Jonesey95 (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed Bakewell pudding (209)
  2.  Completed [[]] ()
  3.  Completed [[]] ()
  4.  Completed [[]] ()
  5.  Completed [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 209
  • Rollover words: 551

Miniapolis (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed Meat-free days (278)
  2.  Completed Cadbury Snack (238)
  3.  Completed Circassian cuisine (380)
  4.  Completed Warner elevator row (1,644)
  5.  Completed Delicatessen (1,021)
  6.  Completed Milka (1,245)
  7.  Completed Old HB (2,672)
  8.  Completed Mondelēz International (4,171)
  • Total articles: 8
  • Total words: 11,873
  • Rollover words: 1,105

Twofingered Typist (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed Booker Group (added additional information & citations) (957)
  2.  Completed Special K (added additional information & citations) (1474)
  3.  Completed Carlsberg Group (updated & added additional information & multiple citations) (2980)
  4.  Completed Soju (updated & added additional information & citations) (1416)
  5.  Completed Barbecue grill (minor c/e work - partial word count) (2000)
  6.  Completed Acme Markets (minor c/e work mostly trimming excessive detail) (73)
  7.  Completed Regional variations of barbecue (5000)
  • Total articles: 7
  • Total words: 13,900

Hampton11235 (talk)

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

Qwerty11235 (talk)

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

Coffplex (talk)

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

DoogyPoog (talk)

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

Baffle gab1978 (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed Terry's (783)
  2.  Completed Ground beef (818)
  3.  Completed Barbecue (2,161)
  • Total articles: 3
  • Total words: 3,762
  • Rollover words: 1,752

2macia22 (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed V (drink) (802)
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 802
  • Rollover words: 1,538

Satkara (talk)

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

Fuhvah (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed Itsu (1217)
  2.  Completed Sri Lankan cuisine (504)
  3.  Completed Traditional Rice of Sri Lanka (1556)
  4.  Completed Barbecue in Texas (197)
  5.  Completed Functional beverage (402)
  6.  Completed Alcohol powder (8841)
  7.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 6
  • Total words: 12717

Avgr8 (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed Madhur Canteen (517)
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 517
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