Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Requests: Difference between revisions

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.

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February 2016

Lech Wałęsa

If you have some time, would you like to go through this GA article, as about three hundred new edits have been made there in the last few days? Thank you. Daniel (talk) 21:03, 23 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

On hold; the article is undergoing rapid development by the requester and is currently unstable. Potorochin has said he will post here or on REQ Talk when it's stable again; see REQ talk and discuss there. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 05:12, 26 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Article now seems to have settled; last edit as of my timestamp, 10:15, 3 March 2016‎ (UTC). Accepting editors should check the article's history and inform the requester with {{GOCEstartce}}, or similar notice, on their talk page. A brief note on the article's talk page might also be worthwhile. Baffle gab1978 (talk) 06:50, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Working Baffle gab1978 (talk) 02:18, 15 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

March 2016

Madeline 1st and 2nd Grade Math

I would greatly appreciate a thorough c/e of this article about an educational video game related to Madeline franchise. I have recently expanded this page from a stub and it could use a review for spelling, grammar, and flow. Thanks for your consideration. Aoba47 (talk) 06:05, 1 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Glenn Scobey Warner

A figure who looms large, and whose article was recently expanded, though with many minor mistakes. Cake (talk) 16:25, 2 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Vespertine

I've recently expanded this article and would like for it to eventually reach B-Class. English is not my first language so there might be errors in cohesion. A copy edit would be much appreciated. Regards, Bleff (talk) 04:38, 3 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The Marble Index (album)

Requesting a copy edit of this article, any help would be appreciated. Thank you, Bleff (talk) 09:12, 3 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Mouna Ragam

Needs great c/e before a potential FAC. Kailash29792 (talk) 17:55, 3 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Dover Corporation

Article just had a major addition/rewrite requesting some editors to copy edit i did some but i want a glance over Ⓩⓟⓟⓘⓧ (talk) 19:48, 3 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Black Coffee (All Saints song)

Good morning copy editors. A thorough copy-edit of this article will be really appreciated. I would like to take the article to GA at some point. Thank you. Marshmallow Honey (talk) 09:23, 4 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Iran and Red and Black Colonization

The article has copy editing tag.Saff V. (talk) 06:45, 5 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: this article has also been nominated for DYK, and the review has stalled due to prose issues. BlueMoonset (talk) 19:40, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Peruchazhi

It recently failed GAN due to some minor problems. Before renominating, it needs a thorough copy edit in the production section and release section. Charles Turing (talk) 18:58, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Águas de São Pedro

Greetings! I recently edited this article and I am requesting a copy edit. As English is not my first language, I would like that you look for grammatical errors, punctuation, meaningless sentences, etc. Thanks for your consideration. Agente Rolf (talk) 23:20, 8 March 2016 (UTC) Working – Corinne (talk) 02:48, 9 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Konsert Satu Suara, Vol. 2

I've done a great deal of copyedits, but it still needs more in order for it to pass its DYK nomination. Any thorough check up is greatly appreciated. Thank you. SyFuel^Ignite_Burned 23:54, 9 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

New Wave of British Heavy Metal

The article has been just promoted to GA status, but it needs an accurate copyedit to improve syntax and flow. The final goal is to try achieving FA status. Thank you. Lewismaster (talk) 21:06, 10 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Insular Chile

This article Insular Chile seems to be a rough translation of the Spanish article into Spanglish. Correcting it into good English would suit someone with some knowledge of the Spanish language. -- Marek.69 ^talk 19:42, 11 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Uthman ibn Sa’id al-Asadi

Hello! Please copy edit this article. I nominated that for DYK so must be copy edit . Homiho (talk) 13:11, 12 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Spec Ops: The Line

The article needs some thorough copyediting, especially with the the article's flow and wordiness. I would like to push this to GAN. Help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! AdrianGamer (talk) 14:58, 12 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental

Requesting a copy edit for this relatively short article, which has already been promoted to GA status. Should be a very quick review, but I appreciate knowing someone from GOCE has taken a look. Thanks for your consideration. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 18:00, 12 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Grammy Award for Best Hawaiian Music Album

Requesting a copy edit for this Good article. Thank you in advance for your assistance. --Another Believer _(Talk) 22:42, 12 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Meat ant

I have returned from the grave after being semi-active for a short while, and now I plan on promoting more ant articles to GA shortly. The first is the meat ant, but a very thorough and advanced copyedit is needed. No doubt there will be a lot of mistakes, so anyone who can deal with a large article and can handle a lot of (potentially) choppy sentences is highly needed. I have done some edits to remove any obvious or embarrassing mistakes, but no doubt another editor will need to go through this. Cheers, Burklemore1 (talk) 12:12, 13 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Working It's rather long, so it might take me a few days. Vanamonde93 (talk) 02:10, 14 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

That's fine, thanks for willing to do the copyediting. Burklemore1 (talk) 06:09, 14 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Grammy Award for Best Male Rap Solo Performance

Requesting a copy edit for this relatively short article, which has already been promoted to GA status. Should be a very quick review, but I appreciate knowing someone from GOCE has taken a look. Thanks for your consideration. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 17:07, 13 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Olivia

I would appreciate a c/e of this article that I have recently expanded. Thank you in advance for any help. Aoba47 (talk) 19:29, 13 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Cheshire, Connecticut, home invasion murders

Article needs a complete check for c/e. And also possible structure work. Thanks.--BabbaQ (talk) 19:50, 14 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Kashf al-Asrar

This article nominated for DYK and according to reviewer's idea need copy edit on the subject of grammar. Saff V. (talk) 05:52, 15 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Going to Tehran

This article nominated for DYK and according to reviewer's idea need copy edit on the subject of grammar.Saff V. (talk) 05:54, 15 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The nationalization of the Iran oil industry movement

The article nominated for OTD of 17 March. Howcheng stated that: "this article needs to be edited by a native English speaker before being added to OTD." Please copy edit this article as soon as possible.Saff V. (talk) 08:30, 15 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Outbreak (film)

Requesting copyedit on Dustin Hoffman and Rene Russo's disaster drama film Outbreak. Thanks NeoBatfreak (talk) 19:53, 15 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Almendra (Almendra album)

I created this article at the beginning of the year and I would like for it to eventually reach B-class. A copyedit will be immensely appreciated. Regards, Bleff (talk) 22:59, 15 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sphecomyrma

Just finished expanding the article so I can get it to GA level. It's not exactly big but it's not small, there are approx 3,000 words. This one should be straightforward though. Burklemore1 (talk) 06:45, 16 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Bintulu

The article is currently a Good article nominee. BlueMoonset had done a brief review on the article and he/she opined that the prose and grammatical mistakes in the article should be corrected by the Guild of Copy Editors before it is eligible as a good article. Any help is very much appreciated, thank you.Cerevisae (talk) 03:43, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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 Just finished expanding the article so I can get it to GA level. It's not exactly big but it's not small, there are approx 3,000 words. This one should be straightforward though. [[User:Burklemore1|Burklemore1]] ([[User talk:Burklemore1|talk]]) 06:45, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
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-The article needs some c/e. Thanks.--[[User:BabbaQ|BabbaQ]] ([[User talk:BabbaQ|talk]]) 19:19, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
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