Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors
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Welcome to the home page of the WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors (GOCE). This WikiProject is dedicated to improving the quality of writing in articles on the English Wikipedia. The Guild welcomes new and experienced editors alike to join our project, participate in its activities, and copy edit Wikipedia articles to make them clear, correct, concise, comprehensible, and consistent; to make them say what they mean and mean what they say. What we doThe Guild of Copy Editors aims to improve Wikipedia by:
Current focusThe Guild's members are currently working:
Joining the GuildMembership of the Guild of Copy Editors is informal and is not monitored. To be considered a member you can:
Because of the nature of our project, members who copy edit articles listed on our Requests page should have a high level of skill with English spelling, grammar and punctuation. Requests are often being prepared for promotion to Good Article, A-class or Featured Article status, all of which require prose that is clear, concise, and error-free. Good judgment is often required when deciphering the meaning of confusing passages of text and considering how to best clarify it without altering its meaning. If you're not as confident about your skills, you can gain some copy editing experience by working on articles from the backlog of articles needing copy edit. New copy editors
How you can helpThere are 2,944 articles currently in the backlog. You can:
EventsThe Guild organizes regular monthly events to help us achieve our goals. These are:
Drives occur in odd-numbered months, and Blitzes are held during even-numbered months. RequestsThe Guild maintains a Copy Edit Requests Page, where editors can request copy edits on articles they are working to develop and improve, or want to nominate for Good Article, A-class or Featured Article status. We try to complete requests quickly, but waiting times are variable. We do not guarantee that articles we copy edit will be accepted at review.
Who coordinates Guild activities?GOCE's project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining the Guild's internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. Progress
Useful linksHere are some links to pages we think you'll find useful for copy editing:
Tools
Off-wiki sites of interest
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Date | Number of articles |
Change from previous year |
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December 31, 2009 | 8,002 | – |
December 31, 2010 | 5,151 | −2,851 |
December 31, 2011 | 4,152 | −999 |
December 31, 2012 | 3,005 | −1,147 |
December 31, 2013 | 2,922 | −83 |
December 31, 2014 | 2,198 | −724 |
December 31, 2015 | 2,019 | −179 |
December 31, 2016 | 1,626 | −393 |
December 31, 2017 | 1,194 | −432 |
December 31, 2018 | 1,112 | −82 |
December 31, 2019 | 638 | −474 |
December 31, 2020 | 311 | −327 |
December 31, 2021 | 1,177 | +866 |
December 31, 2022 | 1,923 | +746 |
December 31, 2023 | 2,419 | +496 |
Date | Number of articles |
Change from previous month |
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December 31, 2009 | 8,002 | +156 |
January 31, 2010 | 8,036 | +34 |
February 28, 2010 | 8,025 | −9 |
March 31, 2010 | 8,111 | +86 |
April 30, 2010 | 8,323 | +212 |
May 31, 2010 | 7,563 | −760 |
June 30, 2010 | 7,582 | +19 |
July 31, 2010 | 6,293 | −1289 |
August 31, 2010 | 6,300 | +7 |
September 30, 2010 | 5,575 | −725 |
October 31, 2010 | 5,601 | +26 |
November 30, 2010 | 4,974 | −627 |
December 31, 2010 | 5,151 | +177 |
January 31, 2011 | 4,518 | −633 |
February 28, 2011 | 4,672 | +154 |
March 31, 2011 | 3,850 | −822 |
April 30, 2011 | 4,158 | +308 |
May 31, 2011 | 3,737 | −421 |
June 30, 2011 | 3,953 | +216 |
July 31, 2011 | 3,615 | −338 |
August 31, 2011 | 3,947 | +332 |
September 30, 2011 | 3,801 | −146 |
October 31, 2011 | 4,054 | +253 |
November 30, 2011 | 3,822 | −232 |
December 31, 2011 | 4,152 | +330 |
January 31, 2012 | 3,983 | −169 |
February 29, 2012 | 4,167 | +184 |
March 31, 2012 | 3,667 | −500 |
April 30, 2012 | 3,793 | +126 |
May 31, 2012 | 2,627 | −1166 |
June 30, 2012 | 2,805 | +178 |
July 31, 2012 | 2,306 | −499 |
August 31, 2012 | 2,653 | +347 |
September 30, 2012 | 2,341 | −312 |
October 31, 2012 | 2,791 | +450 |
November 30, 2012 | 2,690 | −101 |
December 31, 2012 | 3,005 | +315 |
January 31, 2013 | 2,894 | −111 |
February 28, 2013 | 3,124 | +230 |
March 31, 2013 | 2,835 | −289 |
April 30, 2013 | 3,061 | +226 |
May 31, 2013 | 2,484 | −577 |
June 30, 2013 | 2,723 | +239 |
July 31, 2013 | 2,817 | +94 |
August 31, 2013 | 3,186 | +369 |
September 30, 2013 | 3,152 | −34 |
October 31, 2013 | 3,104 | −48 |
November 30, 2013 | 2,631 | −473 |
December 31, 2013 | 2,922 | +291 |
January 31, 2014 | 2,777 | −145 |
February 28, 2014 | 2,915 | +138 |
March 31, 2014 | 2,902 | −13 |
April 30, 2014 | 2,987 | +85 |
May 31, 2014 | 2,236 | −751 |
June 30, 2014 | 2,400 | +164 |
July 31, 2014 | 2,199 | −201 |
August 31, 2014 | 2,411 (est.) | +212 |
September 30, 2014 | 2,384 | −27 |
October 31, 2014 | 2,483 | +99 |
November 30, 2014 | 1,974 | −509 |
December 31, 2014 | 2,198 | +224 |
January 31, 2015 | 2,186 | −12 |
February 28, 2015 | 2,432 | +246 |
March 31, 2015 | 2,423 | −9 |
April 30, 2015 | 2,627 | +204 |
May 31, 2015 | 2,022 | −605 |
June 30, 2015 | 2,216 | +194 |
July 31, 2015 | 2,188 | −28 |
August 31, 2015 | 2,322 | +134 |
September 30, 2015 | 2,336 | +14 |
October 31, 2015 | 2,557 | +221 |
November 30, 2015 | 1,849 | −708 |
December 31, 2015 | 2,019 | +170 |
January 31, 2016 | 1,774 | −245 |
February 29, 2016 | 1,981 | +207 |
March 31, 2016 | 1,967 | −14 |
April 30, 2016 | 2,223 | +256 |
May 31, 2016 | 1,496 | −727 |
June 30, 2016 | 1,713 | +217 |
July 31, 2016 | 1,656 | −57 |
August 31, 2016 | 1,886 | +230 |
September 30, 2016 | 1,789 | −97 |
October 31, 2016 | 1,937 | +148 |
November 30, 2016 | 1,414 | −523 |
December 31, 2016 | 1,626 | +212 |
January 31, 2017 | 1,465 | −161 |
February 28, 2017 | 1,718 | +253 |
March 31, 2017 | 1,647 | −71 |
April 30, 2017 | 1,871 | +234 |
May 31, 2017 | 1,388 | −483 |
June 30, 2017 | 1,600 | +212 |
July 31, 2017 | 1,363 | −237 |
August 31, 2017 | 1,462 | +99 |
September 30, 2017 | 1,432 | −30 |
October 31, 2017 | 1,575 | +143 |
November 30, 2017 | 997 | −578 |
December 31, 2017 | 1,194 | +197 |
January 31, 2018 | 1,141 | −53 |
February 28, 2018 | 1,325 | +184 |
March 31, 2018 | 1,239 | −86 |
April 30, 2018 | 1,449 | +210 |
May 31, 2018 | 716 | −733 |
June 30, 2018 | 1,024 | +308 |
July 31, 2018 | 937 | −87 |
August 31, 2018 | 1,031 | +94 |
September 30, 2018 | 969 | −62 |
October 31, 2018 | 1,244 | +275 |
November 30, 2018 | 825 | −419 |
December 31, 2018 | 1,112 | +287 |
January 31, 2019 | 842 | −270 |
February 28, 2019 | 1,039 | +197 |
March 31, 2019 | 811 | −228 |
April 30, 2019 | 1,011 | +200 |
May 31, 2019 | 598 | −413 |
June 30, 2019 | 897 | +299 |
July 31, 2019 | 585 | −312 |
August 31, 2019 | 814 | +229 |
September 30, 2019 | 519 | −295 |
October 31, 2019 | 684 | +165 |
November 30, 2019 | 479 | −205 |
December 31, 2019 | 638 | +159 |
Date | Number of articles |
Change from previous month |
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January 31, 2020 | 323 | −315 |
February 29, 2020 | 477 | +154 |
March 31, 2020 | 118 | −359 |
April 30, 2020 | 365 | +247 |
May 31, 2020 | 156 | −209 |
June 30, 2020 | 534 | +378 |
July 31, 2020 | 255 | −279 |
August 31, 2020 | 438 | +183 |
September 30, 2020 | 371 | −67 |
October 31, 2020 | 548 | +117 |
November 30, 2020 | 481 | −67 |
December 31, 2020 | 311 | −170 |
January 31, 2021 | 52 | −259 |
February 28, 2021 | 290 | +238 |
March 31, 2021 | 171 | −119 |
April 30, 2021 | 537 | +366 |
May 31, 2021 | 329 | −208 |
June 30, 2021 | 875 | +546 |
July 31, 2021 | 598 | −277 |
August 31, 2021 | 931 | +333 |
September 30, 2021 | 878 | −53 |
October 31, 2021 | 1,134 | +256 |
November 30, 2021 | 946 | −188 |
December 31, 2021 | 1,177 | +231 |
January 31, 2022 | 966 | −211 |
February 28, 2022 | 1,133 | +167 |
March 31, 2022 | 1,022 | −111 |
April 30, 2022 | 1,304 | +282 |
May 31, 2022 | 1,276 | −28 |
June 30, 2022 | 1,506 | +230 |
July 31, 2022 | 1,432 | −74 |
August 31, 2022 | 1,774 | +342 |
September 30, 2022 | 1,580 | −194 |
October 31, 2022 | 1,936 | +356 |
November 30, 2022 | 1,697 | −239 |
December 31, 2022 | 1,923 | +226 |
January 31, 2023 | 1,861 | −62 |
February 28, 2023 | 1,952 | +91 |
March 31, 2023 | 1,751 | −201 |
April 30, 2023 | 2,024 | +273 |
May 31, 2023 | 1,820 | −204 |
June 30, 2023 | 2,113 | +293 |
July 31, 2023 | 1,926 | −187 |
August 31, 2023 | 2,146 | +220 |
September 30, 2023 | 1,935 | −211 |
October 31, 2023 | 2,243 | +308 |
November 30, 2023 | 2,072 | −171 |
December 31, 2023 | 2,419 | +347 |
January 31, 2024 | 2,280 | −139 |
February 29, 2024 | 2,509 | +229 |
March 31, 2024 | 2,312 | −197 |
April 30, 2024 | 2,843 | +531 |
May 31, 2024 | 2,766 | −77 |
June 30, 2024 | 2,930 | +164 |
July 31, 2024 | 2,918 | −12 |