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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 16 April 2017, at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on 22 April 2017, 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 Miniapolis (talk), who is assisted by Corinne (talk), Jonesey95 (talk) and Tdslk (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.

Progress chart

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Progress Chart
Date
  • Outstanding
  • Requests articles
  • Change since
  • previous day
  • Change since
  • beginning
  • Daily articles
  • edited or declined
April 15, 2017 84
April 16, 2017 84 Steady  0 Steady  0 4
April 17, 2017 68 Positive decrease 16 Positive decrease 16 8
April 18, 2017 80 Negative increase  12 Positive decrease  4 2
April 19, 2017 78 Positive decrease  2 Positive decrease  6 10
April 20, 2017 68 Positive decrease 10 Positive decrease 16 10
April 21, 2017 62 Positive decrease  6 Positive decrease 22 6
April 22, 2017 67 Negative increase  5 Positive decrease 17 3

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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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)
Article list
  1.  Completed Lake Manix (2416)
  2.  Completed Yu Kanda (3242)
  3.  Completed [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 5658
  • Rollover words: 494
Article list
  1.  Completed Count of the Székelys (1869)
  2.  Completed Still Breathing (Green Day song) (946)
  3.  Completed Tvrtko I of Bosnia (4753)
  • Total articles: 3
  • Total words: 7,568
  • Rollover words: 1,703
Article list
  1.  Completed British Army (5,588)
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 5,588
  • Rollover words: 2,971
Article list
  1.  Completed Pilot (The Flash) (366) note
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 366
Article list
  1.  Completed 2014 Bahrain Grand Prix (4,826)
  2.  Completed American Pekin (partial count) (174)
  3.  Completed Vat Purnima (964)
  4.  Completed "Mother's Day" (Rugrats) (2,092)
  5.  Completed Amarte Es un Placer (3,263)
  6.  Completed New Again (3,525)
  7.  Completed "Bang Bang" (Green Day Song) (1,150)
  8.  Completed Third Eye Shoppe (partial count) (200)
  9.  Completed Heroes Join Forces (2,746)
  10.  Completed Not My Presidents Day (3,226)
  11.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 10
  • Total words: 22,166
  • Rollover words: 5,442
Article list
  1.  Completed Tormented (Staind album) (1200)
  2.  Completed Nights: Journey of Dreams (§Gameplay, Plot, Reception) (1600)
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 2,800
  • Rollover words: 4,400
Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
Article list
  1.  Completed New Again (3561) Checked Reviewed, copy edits minimal, did not edit the whole article. – Jonesey95 (talk)
  2.  Completed Macedonia (ancient kingdom) (13,832) Checked Reviewed, copy edits to lead only, did not edit the whole article. – Jonesey95 (talk)
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 17,393
Article list
  1.  Completed Teri Meri Kahaani (3352)
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 3352
Article list
  1.  Completed The House of Hades (1600)
  2.  Completed Bengalis (2043)
  3.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 3643
Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
Article list
  1.  Completed Lake Manly (5652) Very nice work. – Jonesey95 (talk) 21:27, 21 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  2.  Completed Tahitian Dog (1414)
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 7066
Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
Article list
  1.  Completed Viking raid on Seville (844) (959) Checked Reidgreg (talk) 15:30, 20 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 959
Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working Schadenfreude (11,070)
  3.  Working Mrs. Puff (2,206)
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0