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May 202361
June 2023120
July 2023105
August 2023144
September 2023121
October 2023187
November 2023125
December 2023159
January 2024178
February 2024143
March 2024169
April 2024352
May 2024268
June 2024248
July 2024326
August 2024256
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2,962

This Copy Editing Backlog Elimination Drive is a one-month-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 1 March 2016, 00:00 (UTC) and will end on 31 March 2016, 23:59 (UTC). The goals of this drive are:

  • to reduce the backlog by as many articles as possible, with a focus on the earliest-tagged articles (those tagged in December 2014, January 2015, and February 2015);
  • to complete all requests on the GOCE Requests page from January and February 2016.

Drive participants can earn barnstar awards based on the number of articles—and the word counts of the articles—they copy edit. Articles from the Requests page count towards your total; these are generally higher-quality articles than those tagged with {{copy edit}}. You will receive a bonus score of 50% over the article's word count for articles that were tagged with {{copyedit}} in December 2014, January 2015, and February 2015, and for articles listed on the Requests page. Awards will be given out once the drive has finished.

The drive is open to all Wikipedians; 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.

Drives are under the purview of the Guild's coordinators. The drive's lead coordinator is Jonesey95 (talk), who is assisted by Baffle gab1978 (talk) and Miniapolis (talk). If you have any questions, leave a message on the drive's talk page.

For brief instructions on how to record your work, see below. For full instructions, visit the main drive 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 drive can be found on the main drive page. Please read this page carefully before you begin. To sign up, please use the form in the Signing up section below.

Progress

(Please update your own figures)

Leaderboard

  • Gold Star Award Leaderboard
1 2 3 4 5
Total
Articles 		Lfstevens (41) Twofingered Typist (34) DubitoErgoCogito (21) Miniapolis (16) Tdslk (11)
Total
Words[n 1] 		DubitoErgoCogito (82,643) Twofingered Typist (66,020) Lfstevens (50,301) Miniapolis (26,623) Tdslk (6,209)
5k+
Articles[n 2] 		DubitoErgoCogito (7) Twofingered Typist (2) Lfstevens (1)
Oldest
Articles[n 3] 		Lfstevens (38) Twofingered Typist (31) DubitoErgoCogito (18) Miniapolis (13) JourneySarah (6)
Longest
Article[n 1][n 4] 		Twofingered Typist (16,054) DubitoErgoCogito (11,792) Lfstevens (7,310) Vanamonde93 (4,972) Miniapolis (4,473)
  1. ^ a b For requests and older articles, please include only the actual word count, without the 50% bonus.
  2. ^ Number of articles of 5,000 words or more. An article of 10K+ words counts as 2, of 15K+ as 3, and so on.
  3. ^ Oldest articles are those tagged in December 2014, January 2015, and February 2015.
  4. ^ The number of words in the longest article you copy edited. Only one entry for any editor.

Progress chart

Progress Chart
Date
  • Old articles
  • Dec 2014/Jan 2015/Feb 2015
  • Outstanding
  • tags
  • Change since
  • previous day
[N 1]
  • Change since
  • beginning
[N 1]
29 February 2016 216 1,981 — —
1 March 2016 214 1,975 Positive decrease  6 Positive decrease  6
2 March 2016 204 1,972 Positive decrease  3 Positive decrease  9
3 March 2016 197 1,983 Negative increase  11 Negative increase  2
4 March 2016 191 1,969 Positive decrease 14 Positive decrease 12
5 March 2016 189 1,967 Positive decrease  2 Positive decrease 14
6 March 2016 169 1,961 Positive decrease  6 Positive decrease 20
7 March 2016 156 1,961 Steady  0 Positive decrease 20
8 March 2016 144 1,956 Positive decrease  5 Positive decrease 25
9 March 2016 134 1,954 Positive decrease  2 Positive decrease 27
10 March 2016 123 1,940 Positive decrease 14 Positive decrease 41
11 March 2016 117 1,943 Negative increase  3 Positive decrease 38
12 March 2016 110 1,932 Positive decrease 11 Positive decrease 49
13 March 2016 103 1,926 Positive decrease  6 Positive decrease 55
14 March 2016 93 1,919 Positive decrease  7 Positive decrease 62
  1. ^ a b Change refers only to outstanding tags.

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 editor will be deducted a penalty of 1,200 words plus the word count of the reviewed article. 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

Signing up

To sign up for the drive, click the button below. This will create a subsection in the Totals section for you to record your copy edits. The previous drive's rollover totals are located here, if you need to add them.


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.
  • Place articles you're working on on the {{Working}} line. When you've finished your copy edit, change {{Working}} to {{Completed}}
  • If the article is from the GOCE Requests page, place *R after the word count. If it was tagged in December 2014, January 2015, and February 2015, place *O after the word count.
  • 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.
  • Do not add the 50% bonus for Requests or Oldest articles—a coordinator will apply the bonuses after the drive is over.
  • If you want your work checked, you can request it on the drive talk page.

Properly completed records look like this in the edit window:

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

and like this on the rendered page:

1.  Completed Dark chocolate (yummy!) (1,234) *O

DThomsen8 (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Philadelphia City Paper (781)
  2.  Completed List of colleges and universities in Brahmanbaria (35)
  3.  Completed Devanahalli pomelo (970) Request
  4.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 3
  • Total words: 1786

Twofingered Typist (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Captain Corelli's Mandolin (film) (Jan. - added additional information and citations)(745) *O
  2.  Completed Braid (Dec. - added one citation) (1,203) *O
  3.  Completed Gandhara (Dec.) (4,876) *O
  4.  Completed The Delphian Orchestra (Dec. - added citations) (753) *O
  5.  Completed Clegg Hoyt (Jan. - added first role and citation) (543) *O
  6.  Completed Eric Nenno (Jan. - rewrote article) (1,332) *O
  7.  Completed Un gars, une fille (Feb.) (2,438) *O
  8.  Completed Bravo (UK TV channel) (Feb.) (931) *O
  9.  Completed Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Dec.) (11,109) *O
  10.  Completed Kilnwick (Dec.) (1,650) *O
  11.  Completed Ma Bufang (Dec.) (4,090) *O
  12.  Completed Star Channel (Dec.) (760) *O
  13.  Completed Blackmoor (supplement) (Jan. - minor fixes - partial count) (200)
  14.  Completed Soundtracker (music streaming) (Dec.) (760) *O
  15.  Completed Walchensee Hydroelectric Power Station (Feb.) (799) *O
  16.  Completed Aidan James (Feb.) (1,241) *O
  17.  Completed South of Market, San Francisco (Feb.) (2,070) *O
  18.  Completed Slasher film (Dec.) (16,054) *O
  19.  Completed Dragons of Desolation (Jan. - minor fixes - partial count) (446) *O
  20.  Completed Dragons of Flame (module) (Jan. - minor fixes - partial count) (500) *O
  21.  Completed Dragons of Glory (Jan. - minor fixes - partial count) (200) *O
  22.  Completed Dragons of Hope (Jan. - minor fixes - partial count) (200) *O
  23.  Completed Dungeons & Dragons Companion Set (Jan. - minor fixes - partial count) (200) *O
  24.  Completed Dungeons & Dragons Immortals Rules (Jan. - minor fixes - partial count) (200) *O
  25.  Completed Randall Park Mall (Jan.) (1100) *O
  26.  Completed WLW (Jan.) (2,000)
  27.  Completed Falcon 4.0 (Feb.) (1,570) *O
  28.  Completed Truly Strong Universities (Jan.) *O (680)
  29.  Completed Continuationism (Jan.) *O (2,000)
  30.  Completed León de Castillo (Jan.) *O (1,100)
  31.  Completed The Mask (Jan. - added numerous citations) *O (4270)
  32.  Working
  • Total articles: 34/31
  • Total words: 66,020
  • Rollover words: 39,047

Tdslk (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Beaker culture in Sardinia (489)
  2.  Completed Luis Fernández de Córdoba Portocarrero (73)
  3.  Completed Fouad Kamal Hussein (208)
  4.  Completed Recceswinth (267)
  5.  Completed Uzda (150)
  6.  Completed Siddharaj Jaisinh (2801)
  7.  Completed Tudwal (122)
  8.  Completed Taaneti Mwamwau (88)
  9.  Completed Pinki Rani (108)
  10.  Completed Plectrude (396)
  11.  Completed Salmaan Taseer (1507)
  12.  Completed Dianjiang County (182)
  13.  Completed Atripliceae (167)
  14.  Completed [[]] ()
  15.  Completed [[]] ()
  16.  Completed [[]] ()
  17.  Completed [[]] ()
  18.  Completed [[]] ()
  19.  Completed [[]] ()
  20.  Completed [[]] ()
  21.  Completed [[]] ()
  22.  Completed [[]] ()
  23.  Completed [[]] ()
  24.  Completed [[]] ()
  25.  Completed [[]] ()
  26.  Completed [[]] ()
  27.  Completed [[]] ()
  28.  Completed [[]] ()
  29.  Completed [[]] ()
  30.  Completed [[]] ()
  31.  Completed [[]] ()
  32.  Completed [[]] ()
  33.  Completed [[]] ()
  34.  Completed [[]] ()
  35.  Completed [[]] ()
  36.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 13
  • Total words: 6558
  • Rollover words: 1900

DubitoErgoCogitoErgoSum.

Article list
  1.  Completed Conquest dynasty (1,064) *O
  2.  Completed Susumu Hirasawa (3,180) *O
  3.  Completed Ali al-Ridha (2,680) *O
  4.  Completed Otomat (3,284) *O
  5.  Completed Rojos del Águila de Veracruz (3,482) *O
  6.  Completed History of Ferizaj (Partial count, see edit comments) (1,613) *O
  7.  Completed Peninsula Banjo Band (3,894) *O
  8.  Completed University of Oregon Rowing Team (7,754) *O
  9.  Completed Alevism (5,487) *O
  10.  Completed Alternate history (7,169)
  11.  Completed Operation Achse (11,792)
  12.  Completed Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1,107) *O
  13.  Completed Undefined Fantastic Object (1,527) *O
  14.  Completed Jai Ho (film) (1,467) *O
  15.  Completed Super Dimension Century Orguss (945) *O
  16.  Completed Shabak people (994) *O
  17.  Completed Jericho (comics) (2,408) *O
  18.  Completed Rules of go (8,078) *O
  19.  Completed Astro Boy (1980 TV series) (2,292) *O
  20.  Completed Doctor Strange (3,248) *O
  21.  Completed The Amazing Spider-Man (2012 film) (9,178)
  • Total articles: 21/18
  • Total words: 82,643

vicyushtalk

Article list
  1.  Working Slasher film (16402) *O
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
  • Rollover words: 2531.5

Learnerktm (talk)

Article list
  1.  Working

Lfstevens (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Digital artifact (76)
  2.  Completed Sossina M. Haile (616)
  3.  Completed Linguistic relativity (7,310)
  4.  Completed Bioenergetic systems (1219) *O
  5.  Completed Protein production (biotechnology) (1237) *O
  6.  Completed Japanese haunted towns (1051) *O
  7.  Completed Democracy and Totalitarianism (1995) *O
  8.  Completed Economy of Cuba (4642) *O
  9.  Completed Semiotics of social networking (597) *O
  10.  Completed Maximum (film) (927) *O
  11.  Completed Open channel spillway (990) *O
  12.  Completed Robert Lawrence Kuhn (1570) *O
  13.  Completed Great Fire of New York (917) *O
  14.  Completed ALAS (missile) (987) *O
  15.  Completed Amstrad Mega PC (608) *O
  16.  Completed Audio Advice, Inc. (1969) *O
  17.  Completed Lyn Beazley (589) *O
  18.  Completed Stinger (767) *O
  19.  Completed Minneapolis hardcore (1548) *O
  20.  Completed Archaeology of trade (1833) *O
  21.  Completed The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (film) (485) *O
  22.  Completed Health web science (450) *O
  23.  Completed Seven Iron Brothers (1243) *O
  24.  Completed Sandhole (33) *O
  25.  Completed James Saunders (composer) (444) *O
  26.  Completed Ćići (1902) *O
  27.  Completed Kyoyasai (496) *O
  28.  Completed Jiang Meng (1228) *O
  29.  Completed Shahabad Markanda (1238) *O
  30.  Completed Samarth Ramdas (3227) *O
  31.  Completed Start – Socialist Internationalist Organisation (970) *O
  32.  Completed Michael Venus (tennis) (456) *O
  33.  Completed Ultimate Marvel (466) *O
  34.  Completed Russia Day (828) *O
  35.  Completed Kawarga (91) *O
  36.  Completed Baffa (822) *O
  37.  Completed World Summit on Evolution (859) *O
  38.  Completed What Is it Like to Be a Bat? (760) *O
  39.  Completed Justice League: Throne of Atlantis (1993) *O
  40.  Completed Željko Pavličević (615) *O
  41.  Completed The Nobel Peace Prize for Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution (639) *O
  42.  Completed John Brown's Body (band) (1736) *O
  43.  Completed Muhammad al-Jawad (1212) *O
  44.  Completed Imamate (Twelver doctrine) (5,492) *O
  45.  Completed Alberto Fortes (339) *O
  1.  Completed Sompal Kami (624) *O
  • Total articles: 47/44
  • Total words: 59,704

Miniapolis (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed British Rail (494) *O
  2.  Completed Veterinary education (1,802) *O
  3.  Completed 2008–09 S.L. Benfica season (4,473) *R
  4.  Completed Thuggee (1,996) *O
  5.  Completed Telugu language policy (1,614) *O
  6.  Completed Shandong cuisine (751) *O
  7.  Completed Swiss Social Archives (628) *O
  8.  Completed Church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción (Meco) (1,289) *O
  9.  Completed Tamil Nadu Civil Service (539) *O
  10.  Completed Kishida Prize for Drama (1,382) *O
  11.  Completed Muhammad al-Baqir (1,687) *O
  12.  Completed Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera (968) *O
  13.  Completed El Hed (544) *O
  14.  Completed Shripad Shri Vallabha (2,014) *O
  15.  Completed Voting at the Eurovision Song Contest (2,077) *R
  16.  Completed 1921 Vanderbilt Commodores football team (4,365) *R
  17.  Completed Flower girl (807) *O
  18.  Working History of Kazakhstan (4,067) *O
  • Total articles: 17
  • Total words: 27,430
  • Rollover words: 18,335

Dhtwiki (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working Capacitor plague (word total includes bulleted lists) (3968) *O
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
  • Rollover words: 1398.5

Arkoutdoors (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working Abolitionism in the United States ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0

GaryColemanFan (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Asia's Singing Superstar (104)
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 104

Jarmihi (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed K-pop fans (402) *O
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 402
  • Rollover words: 1,641

JourneySarah (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Baath mac Magog (266)
  2.  Completed Theater law (717)*O
  3.  Completed Vishnuvardhana (film) (501)*O
  4.  Completed First professional degree (1728)*O
  5.  Completed Mammoth Mammoth (816)*O
  6.  Completed Ben 10 (4129)*O
  7.  Completed North Tarrant Express (910)*O
  • Total articles: 7
  • Total words: 9067

Jonesey95 (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Inder Bawra (58)
  2.  Completed Cooperative sugar factories in maharashtrara (265)
  3.  Completed Fertility factor (demography) (2,930) *R
  4.  Completed Kylee (440) *O
  5.  Completed Beulah Quo (944) *O
  6.  Completed [[]] ()
  7.  Completed [[]] ()
  8.  Completed [[]] ()
  9.  Completed [[]] ()
  10.  Completed [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 5
  • Total words: 4,637
  • Rollover words: 1,922

The Great Bearded One (talk)

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

Laatu (talk)

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

Calebjbaker (talk)

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

Vanamonde93 (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Moro conflict (4972) *O
  2.  Completed Långholmens spinnhus (976) *R
  3.  Working Meat ant (8698) *R
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 5948
  • Rollover words: 2890

Galobtter (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed A Dusk of Demons (827) *O
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 827

Ian Waithaka (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working North Korea–Russia relations (2628)
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0

Hampton11235 (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Graham Whettam (490) *O
  2.  Completed Willy Heeks (123) *O
  3.  Completed John Alvin Anderson (457) *R
  4.  Completed Colossus of Ostermunzel (399) *R
  • Total articles: 4
  • Total words: 1469

Jlarkin469 (talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working Tomy (972)
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
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