Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/October 2020

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This Copy Editing Project Blitz was 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 began on 18 October 2020, at 00:01 (UTC) and ended on 24 October 2020, at 23:59 (UTC).

The themes of this blitz were:

Articles tagged for copy-edit in July and August 2020, and
All Requests
- Please note: it is very important that articles listed on the Request page are skillfully and fully copy-edited; many of these will be reviewed for Good Article or Featured Article status. If you have any questions or comments about the article you're copy-editing, please ask on the blitz's talk page.

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 Baffle gab1978 (talk), Puddleglum2.0 (talk), Tdslk (talk) and Twofingered Typist (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

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.

Progress chart

Progress Chart
Date	Outstanding blitz articles	Change since previous day	Change since beginning
October 17, 2020	153	—	—
October 18, 2020	155	2	2
October 19, 2020	150	5	3
October 20, 2020	153	3	0
October 21, 2020	150	3	3
October 22, 2020	151	1	2
October 23, 2020	153	2	0
October 24, 2020	147	6	6

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 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

Twofingered Typist (talk) 14:47, 17 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Signing up

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

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. These brackets should not contain anything other than this number.
Place the article you are editing on the {{Working}} line. Only work on one article at a time. 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 this 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)

SurenGrig07 (talk)

Article list
Completed Golden Age of Finnish Art (315) Twofingered Typist (talk) 15:31, 23 October 2020 (UTC)[reply] Working Human spaceflight (6286)

Total articles: 1
Total words: 315

Wilhelmina Will (talk)

Article list
Completed Albert Reichmann (230) Completed William John Virgin (300)

Total articles: 2
Total words: 530
Rollover words: 1,355

Miniapolis (talk)

Article list
Completed Economy of Baku (1,617) Completed Bundang (1,311)

Total articles: 2
Total words: 2,928
Rollover words: 777

Tdslk (talk)

Article list
Completed Temple of Saint Anthony of Padua (356) Completed Yasmani Acosta (255) Completed Scrap Book (diary) (336)

Total articles: 3
Total words: 947
Rollover words: 78

Jonesey95 (talk)

Article list
Completed Jacob Earl Fickel (935) Completed [[]] () Completed [[]] ()

Total articles: 1
Total words: 935
Rollover words: 890

Twofingered Typist (talk)

Article list

Completed Sri Santhana Venugopala Swamy Temple Thettu *O (348)
Completed Paul McLoone *O (1,444)

Completed Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness (album) *R (2,465)
Completed 55th (West Lancashire) Division *R (7,851) *R
Completed Beaver *R (5,082)
Completed Steel Guitar *R *3,276

Total articles: 6
Total words: 20,466
Rollover words: 726

Dhtwiki (talk)

Article list
Completed Codex Athous Lavrensis (1920)

Total articles: 1
Total words: 1,920
Rollover words: 145

Tacyarg (talk)

Article list
Completed Dejan Stanković (football manager) (523) Twofingered Typist (talk) 12:07, 23 October 2020 (UTC)[reply] Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 1
Total words: 523

Baffle gab1978 (talk)

Article list
Completed Heraclitus (7,819) R Working* [[]] ()

Total articles: 1
Total words: 7,819

Voxinsocks (talk)

Article list
Completed Dulhan Ganga Paar Ke (Remaining issues regarding notability and confusing text) (451) Twofingered Typist (talk) 14:04, 24 October 2020 (UTC)[reply] Completed Transurethral resection of the prostate ("Risks" section) (481)

Total articles: 2
Total words: 932