Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/December 2023

The following event is now closed. Please do not modify this page, unless you are a participant adding your final statistics within 24 hours of the closure. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate talk page.

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 10 December 2023, at 00:00 (UTC) and ended on 16 December 2023, at 23:59 (UTC).

The themes of this blitz were:

The articles from our backlog: September, October, and November 2022
- New Wikipedia copy editors (welcome!) are advised to focus their efforts on these backlog articles.
All requests; GANs and FACs should be copyedited by experienced editors.
- 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 could 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 was 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 Dhtwiki (talk), who is assisted by Miniapolis (talk) and Zippybonzo (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 edit

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 edit

Progress Chart
Date	Sep–Nov 2022 backlog	Change since previous day	Change since beginning
December 9, 2023	94	—	—
December 10, 2023	94	0	0
December 11, 2023	87	7	7
December 12, 2023	85	2	9
December 13, 2023	83	2	11
December 14, 2023	82	1	12
December 15, 2023	81	1	13
December 16, 2023	76	5	18

Reviewing edit

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 edit

Signing up edit

This blitz has now concluded and is no longer open to sign-up.
Rollover totals from the previous blitz can be found here.

Totals edit

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:

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Completed Dark chocolate (yummy!) (1,234)

Miniapolis (talk) edit

Article list
Completed Federation of International Polo (1,875)

Total articles: 1
Total words: 1,875
Rollover words: 442

Jonesey95 (talk) edit

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Completed Stephanie Thomas (445) Completed [[]] ()

Total articles: 1
Total words: 445
Rollover words: 448

Dhtwiki (talk) edit

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Completed Campbell's Soup Cans (5621)

Total articles: 1
Total words: 5,621
Rollover words: 3,433

Mox Eden (talk) edit

Article list
Completed Circeo massacre (2453) Completed Canute (Vinland Saga) (2095) Completed Death Steps in the Dark (899) Completed Nuclear power in Germany (2990) Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 4
Total words: 8437
Rollover words: 2,984

That Tired Tarantula (talk) edit

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Completed [[]] () Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 0
Total words: 0

Reidgreg (talk) edit

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Completed Reserve Bank of Fiji (755) Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 1
Total words: 755
Rollover words: 1223

Mgp28 (talk) edit

Article list
Completed Estrogen receptor test (1199) Working Greater spotted eagle (12002)

Total articles: 1
Total words: 1199

Baffle gab1978 (talk) edit

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Completed Mel Carnahan (3,315) R Completed* Alphington Paper Mill (517) R Completed* Nazran uprising (1,634) R Completed* Chakh Akhriev (1,245) *R

Total articles: 4
Total words: 6,711
Rollover words: 1,217

JacobTheRox (talk) edit

Article list
Completed Christopher William Hill (302) Completed Irving Azoff (837) Completed Pettaikaali (TV series) (213) Completed Ag Apolloni (1874) Completed Thinkalkalamaan (1175)

Total articles: 5
Total words: 4401

Jonathanischoice (talk) edit

Article list
Completed Problematic smartphone use (4981) Completed Islamic Philosophy from its Origin to the Present (710) Completed El Tiempo Es Oro (album) (847) Completed Geology of the Kimberley (Western Australia) (2178) Completed Douglas Cairns (719) Completed Whangārei Girls' High School (only an inline paragraph in §History) (40) Completed Glyceroneogenesis (1911)

Total articles: 7
Total words: 11386

Vghfr (talk) edit

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Completed [[]] () Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 0
Total words: 0

Frostly (talk) edit

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Completed [[]] () Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 0
Total words: 0

Rublamb (talk) edit

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Completed Aaron Marsh (1302) Completed Sujatha Vidyalaya (950) Working

Total articles: 2
Total words: 2,252
Rollover words: 542

Grungaloo (talk) edit

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Completed Ne damo Crnu Goru (1172)

Total articles: 1
Total words: 1,172
Rollover words: 1,095

Urban Versis 32 (talk) edit

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Completed Kurakhove Power Station (232)

Total articles: 1
Total words: 232

180.75.97.236 (talk) edit

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Completed [[]] () Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 0
Total words: 0

Twosixtyseven (talk) edit

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Completed 2017 Summer Universiade (1192) Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 1
Total words: 1192

Nsbfrank (talk) edit

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Completed [[]] () Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 0
Total words: 0