This Copy Editing Backlog Elimination Drive was a one-month-long effort of the Guild of Copy Editors to reduce the backlog of articles that require copy editing, signified by the {{ copyedit }} tag or by a listing on the GOCE Requests page . Please make sure that you know how to copy edit and that you are familiar with the Wikipedia Manual of Style before you begin copy editing—these are specially important for articles listed on the Requests page. The drives are under the purview of the Guild's coordinators . The lead coordinator is Torchiest (talk ), and he is assisted by BDD (talk ) and Miniapolis (talk ). If you have any questions, leave a message on the drive's talk page. This drive began on March 1, 2013, 00:00 UTC and will end on March 31, 2013, 23:59 UTC.
Status of "articles needing copy edit" category as of the end of the drive
The goals of this backlog elimination drive were to reduce the overall backlog by as many articles as possible, with a focus on those that have been in the queue for the longest (February, March and April 2012) and to complete all requests made on the GOCE Requests page before March 2013. Articles from the Requests page count towards your total whether they have a copy edit tag on them or not, so please feel free to select from there when you are in the mood for a better-quality article to edit. Articles tagged {{ copyedit }} in February, March and April 2012, and all requests, will receive a bonus score of 50% over and above the article's word count. Awards will be given out to those individuals who help reduce the size of the backlog.
The backlog elimination drive is open to all, and you do not need to be a member of the Guild of Copy Editors to participate. However, you may want to consider joining, as membership has its benefits. For example, you can place a special "page in use" tag when you are copy editing, and another tag on the talk page when you finish. See the Templates page.
Please visit the Guild or the main drive page for a complete explanation of how to participate.
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.
Gold Star Award Leaderboard (update your own numbers)
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Total Articles
FoCuSandLeArN (129)
Tdslk (100)
Aichik (86)
Jonesey95 (31)
Buster40004 (27)
Total Words[ n 1]
FoCuSandLeArN (65,407)
Tdslk (62,238)
Miniapolis (53,128)
Buster40004 (47,364)
Jonesey95 (39,411)
5k+ Articles[ n 2]
Miniapolis (4) Tdslk (4)
Buster40004 (3)
Montykillies (2) Jonesey95 (2) Tucoxn (2)
BDD (1) FoCuSandLeArN (1) AGK (1) Richard asr (1)
Oldest Articles[ n 3]
FoCuSandLeArN (37)
Buster40004 (27)
Jonesey95 (25)
Tdslk (24)
BDD (20)
Longest Article[ n 1] [ n 4]
Miniapolis (14,465)
Tucoxn (10,658)
Tdslk (10,583)
FoCuSandLeArN (10,351)
Lfstevens (10,119)
^ a b For requests and older articles, please include only the actual word count, without the 50% bonus.
^ Number of articles of 5000 words or more. An article of 10K+ words counts as 2, of 15K+ as 3, and so on.
^ Oldest articles are those tagged in February, March, or April 2012.
^ The number of words in the longest article you copy edited. Only one entry for any editor.
Target articles (L) / total articles (R)
Progress Chart
Date
Feb/Mar/Apr 2012 articles remaining
[ N 1]
[ N 1]
28 February 2013
239
3,124
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1 March 2013
219
3,088
36
36
2 March 2013
209
3,086
2
38
3 March 2013
195
3,076
10
48
4 March 2013
188
3,071
5
53
5 March 2013
177
3,035
36
89
6 March 2013
167
3,027
8
97
7 March 2013
157
3,029
2
95
8 March 2013
151
3,030
1
94
9 March 2013
141
3,008
22
116
10 March 2013
134
2,999
9
125
11 March 2013
122
2,992
7
132
12 March 2013
113
2,986
6
138
13 March 2013
101
2,993
7
131
14 March 2013
99
2,992
1
132
15 March 2013
89
3,001
9
123
16 March 2013
81
2,991
10
133
17 March 2013
74
2,985
6
139
18 March 2013
66
2,975
10
149
19 March 2013
59
2,961
14
163
20 March 2013
54
2,948
13
176
21 March 2013
50
2,934
14
190
22 March 2013
48
2,919
15
205
23 March 2013
47
2,906
13
218
24 March 2013
45
2,904
2
220
25 March 2013
40
2,889
15
235
26 March 2013
35
2,876
13
248
27 March 2013
32
2,866
10
258
28 March 2013
27
2,857
9
267
29 March 2013
19
2,832
25
292
30 March 2013
14
2,826
6
298
31 March 2013
13
2,835
9
289
^ a b Change only refers to outstanding tags.
GOCE coordinators and other experienced members of the Guild will carry out random checks to ensure that copy edits are of a satisfactory standard. If you are willing to help with this, please sign up below.
10% of a participant's copy edits from the backlog should be inspected. All copy edits from the Requests page should be reviewed, time permitting. Please choose articles at random, and do not inspect articles you have copy edited yourself. After checking an article, place a {{ checked }} mark after the article on the listing and sign your username (just ~~~). If a rough consensus finds a copy edit is not of an acceptable standard, the tag will be re-added and the editor will be assessed a penalty of 1,200 words plus the length of the article reviewed. The reviewer may also give advice on how the edit could have been better, without penalizing the editor. Please raise any questions on the Coordinators' talk page .
This drive has now concluded and is no longer open to sign-up.
When recording articles completed, please remember to remove any {{ copyedit }} tag from that article—if you want it checked, you can request it on the drive talk page and someone will be along to do it. Do not list articles on which you have placed {{ GOCEreviewed }} instead of copy editing them, or which needed no copy editing; they don't count. Please provide the full title, not an abbreviated version, and place any comments after the article title but before the word count. If the article is from the GOCE Requests page, place *R after the word count, or if it was tagged in February–April 2012, place *O after the word count. Please do not add the 50% bonus in these cases—we will apply the bonuses after the drive is over. Here is an example of a well-completed line:
# {{Completed}} [[Dark chocolate]] (yummy!) (1234) *O
Completed Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (1,122)
Completed Treatment of slaves in the United States (sections) (4,333) *O
Completed Sexism (8,591) *O
Completed Kanigiri (lists) (1,484)
Completed Bade Achhe Lagte Hain (2,057) *R
Completed Garlin case (1,410) *R
Completed Rudolf Bahro (3,226) *O
Completed Drama Queen (Ivy Queen album) (3,039) *R
Completed Big Brother (TV series) (lists) (14,465) *O
Completed Priyanka Chopra (5,632) *R
Completed Fresh Pretty Cure! (lists) (3,342) *O
Completed Kellie Loder (1,876) *R
Completed Kuki Christian Church (2,551) *O
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Total words: 53,128
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Completed Freedom of Expression (McLeod book) (1256) *R
Completed Rangzieb Ahmed (594) *O
Completed Doodhipora killing, 2006 (745) *O
Completed Shaista Khan (998) *O
Completed Jevpur (84)
Completed Gymnarrhena micrantha (63)
Completed King Mānadeva (49)
Completed Belin, Myanmar (135)
Completed Mahamanina Falls (50)
Completed Anees Salim (42)
Completed ECS Bridge over Big Goose Creek (114)
Completed Curry House (Fort Adams, Mississippi) (37)
Completed Tabaghat Aa'lam Al-Shia (73)
Completed John Foley (Monsignor) (144)
Completed Project Puffin (294)
Completed Bāṇabhaṭṭa (284)
Completed Aamgonder (360)
Completed Clive Day (122)
Completed Mathania (667) *O
Completed Ray Martínez (530) *O
Completed Zulia (913) *O
Completed Duchy of Swabia (1236) *O
Completed Balta, Ukraine (531)
Completed Santa Catarina Island (384) *O
Completed Riordan array (26)
Completed Rangwasa (164)
Completed Benthic comb jelly (265)
Completed Bangladeshi hip hop (178)
Completed Shallcross (Anchorage, Kentucky) (47)
Completed The Campaign to Remind Shiites about Imam Naghi (93)
Completed Mahmood Ahmed Ghazi (104)
Completed Jesús Aceves (207)
Completed Polski Senovets (121) Y BDD (talk )
Completed Limi (257)
Completed Hot-hand fallacy (2558) *O
Completed Suster Keramas (144)
Completed Huang Yan (1274) *O
Completed Abbaye de Créteil (351)
Completed Kuda Bux (432)
Completed Kōki Hirota (873) *O
Completed Vénera Kastrati (454) *O
Completed In re Ah Yup (730)
Completed Glen Echo (Franklin, Tennessee) (151)
Completed Vidosav Stevanović (2268) *O
Completed Battle of Mogadishu (1767) (28)
Completed Battle of Mogadishu (1729) (34)
Completed Battle of Mogadishu (1755) (44)
Completed Battle of Mogadishu (1775) (20)
Completed Battle of Tsavo (48)
Completed Siege of Anapa (1791) (21)
Completed Modesty guard (237)
Completed Ghevar (40)
Completed Nilavizhi (20)
Completed Brätte (340)
Completed Adhesion procedure (72)
Completed Albert H. Bumstead (258)
Completed Berdakh (342)
Completed Mal Majra (103)
Completed Paola Dionisotti (81)
Completed Swiftgate (169)
Completed Hopper (particulate collection container) (254)
Completed Kathari (122)
Completed Pakistan Library Association (260)
Completed Bankura Forest (366)
Completed Rewa, Madhya Pradesh (524) *O
Completed R-12 Dvina (1488) *O
Completed Amol Palekar (612) *O
Completed Superland (78) Y --Bddmagic (talk ) 14:58, 26 March 2013 (UTC) [ reply ]
Completed Sudhindra Rao (53)
Completed Kyzyl-Kiya Airport (127)
Completed Branko Ostojić (60)
Completed Salvador Sulçe (84)
Completed Isfana Airport (141)
Completed Logovardi Airport (139)
Completed Safai Airport (33)
Completed Kazarman Airport (139)
Completed 2002 Los Angeles Airport shooting (305)
Completed Donetsk International Airport (section) (157)
Completed Hindawi affair (section) (577)
Completed Chopda (858) *O
Completed Sonipat (2718) *O
Completed Kleophon Painter (2660) *O
Completed Condor (Argentine missile) (306)
Completed Alpinia nigra (502)
Completed Maifest (54)
Completed Ibrahim Eissa (1542) *O
Completed Chernobyl disaster effects (section) (630)
Completed Waco siege (10,583)
Completed Chittlancherry (667) *O
Completed Forbidden Love (Syrian series) (552) *O
Completed Chassidei Ashkenaz (2184) *O
Completed Kęstutis Bulota (59)
Completed Kutti Puli (43)
Completed Genii (magazine) (163)
Completed Irreconcilable differences (176)
Completed Beatová síň slávy (61)
Completed The Quilts of Gees Bend (285)
Completed List of DC Multiverse worlds (10,255) *O
Completed Saint Petersburg Commodity and Stock Exchange (103)
Completed Shergar Cup (99)
Total articles: 100
Total words: 62,238
Rollover words: 8279
Completed Arena of Thyatis (438) Y —Torchiest talk edits
Completed Ankush Hazra (420) Y —Torchiest talk edits
Completed Agora É Tarde (315) Y —Torchiest talk edits
Completed Bajrang Bahadur Singh (180) Y —Torchiest talk edits
Completed Configuration factor (136) Y —Torchiest talk edits
Completed Frank cooper III (592) Y —Torchiest talk edits
Completed Dantherm (561) Y —Torchiest talk edits
Completed Eden Garden Boarding School (181) Y —Torchiest talk edits
Completed Abdel Messih El-Makari (239) Y —Torchiest talk edits
Completed Swami Abhayananda (541) *O N —Torchiest talk edits
Completed MSLGROUP (142) *O Y —Torchiest talk edits
Completed Devrek (292) *O Y —Torchiest talk edits
Completed Mahbubnagar (389) *O Y --Stfg (talk ) 12:53, 2 April 2013 (UTC) [ reply ]
Completed Jacques Villiers (575) *O Y --Stfg (talk ) 13:12, 2 April 2013 (UTC) [ reply ]
Completed Injimedu (671) *O N —Torchiest talk edits
Completed Rahul Singh (actor) (416) *O Y —Torchiest talk edits
Completed Sas Carey (722) *O Y —Torchiest talk edits
Completed 1953 Lahore riots (685) *O Y —Torchiest talk edits
Completed De Havilland Marine (758) *O Y —Torchiest talk edits
Completed Cobra (2012 film) (590) Y —Torchiest talk edits
Completed Alfredo González Flores (409) Y --Stfg (talk ) 13:30, 2 April 2013 (UTC) [ reply ]
Completed Girija Oak (142) Y —Torchiest talk edits
Completed Dhule Riots (180) Y —Torchiest talk edits
Completed Ibsley Circuit (597) Y —Torchiest talk edits
Completed Pierre Goldman (956) Y —Torchiest talk edits
Completed Ghostzilla (290) *O Y —Torchiest talk edits
Completed NordBEC (441) *O Y —Torchiest talk edits
Completed Bhimjee Parikh (660) *O Y —Torchiest talk edits
Completed Anocha Panjoy (602) *O Y —Torchiest talk edits
Completed Shigeru Nakanishi (238) *O Y —Torchiest talk edits
Completed J.B. Bernstein (256) Y --Stfg (talk ) 13:35, 2 April 2013 (UTC) [ reply ]
Completed Ruqayyah Boyer (192) Y —Torchiest talk edits
Completed Mark Bittman (464) Y —Torchiest talk edits
Completed Embassy of Bulgaria, Kiev (53) Y —Torchiest talk edits
Completed Max Blumenthal (944) *O Y —Torchiest talk edits
Completed Counteraction principle (343) Y —Torchiest talk edits
Completed Cowboy Bebop (4665) Y BDD (talk )
Completed Michel Colombier (94) Y —Torchiest talk edits
Completed Commodore OS (208) Y —Torchiest talk edits
Completed Henri Chabot (146) Y —Torchiest talk edits
Completed Dahala Khagrabari (249) Y —Torchiest talk edits
Completed Dahod (571) Y —Torchiest talk edits
Completed Amita Chapra (208) Y —Torchiest talk edits
Completed Davide Dileo (57) Y —Torchiest talk edits
Completed Barhalganj (521) *O
Completed Pakistan Navy School (343) *O
Completed Sambhaji Pathare (51) *O
Completed Karimnagar district (366) *O
Completed Rai Bahadur Amba Prasad (515) *O
Completed Baba Mardoukh Rohanee (171)
Completed Cartoon Network (Latin America) (487) *O
Completed Princess Tōchi (221)
Completed Mumtazabad (363) *O
Completed Mead & Conway revolution (578) *O
Completed Safety Response Service (392)
Completed Lucien Bulathsinhala (62)
Completed Noor Bukhari (135)
Completed Church of St. James the Greater, Sokolniki (113)
Completed Talib Chakwali (322)
Completed Champlin Architecture (196)
Completed Cruis'n (500)
Completed Vidyasagar (music director) (424) *O
Completed Nag Panchami (585) *O
Completed Yasser Al-Habib (742) *O
Completed Zon (band) (535) *O
Completed Godabarish Mishra (637) *O
Completed Niksar (943) *O
Completed Fountain University (51)
Completed Augustine Lonergan (1027)
Completed Karel Loprais (445)
Completed Alice Garg (558)
Completed Third Siege of Gerona (433)
Completed Radial Road 7, Metro Manila (726) *O
Completed Shivalli Smarta Brahmins (922) *O
Completed Stanisa Stano Radonjic (162) *O
Completed Maren Niemeyer (746) *O
Completed Salts Healthcare Ltd (720) *O
Completed St. Aloysius High School, Ranchi (842) *O
Completed St. Francis School, Harmu (722) *O
Completed Donald C. Dobbins (153)
Completed Doctor Love (film) (215)
Completed 2007 Copa Aerosur (186)
Completed Conlon v Ozolins (266)
Completed De todas maneras rosa (162)
Completed DRDO Abhyas (464)
Completed Dok2 (372)
Completed Darkspore (601)
Completed Condor (Argentine missile) (306)
Completed Fendry Ekel (421)
Completed Joseph Victor Ejercito (290)
Completed Dragon and Tiger Pagodas (282)
Completed Dreadout (242)
Completed Embryonated (668)
Completed Iskander Galiev (358)
Completed Daniel P. Gordon (459)
Completed Lali Gonzalez (312)
Completed Goo Goo Gai Pan (647)
Completed Captain Calvin Henry Hale (455)
Completed Benoît Haller (110)
Completed Roger Hamby (365) N not really acceptable --Stfg (talk ) 11:36, 7 April 2013 (UTC) [ reply ]
Completed Joachim Grzega (189) Y --Stfg (talk ) 11:36, 7 April 2013 (UTC) [ reply ]
Completed Ivica Hiršl (317) Y --Stfg (talk ) 12:48, 7 April 2013 (UTC) [ reply ]
Completed Linda Kaye Henning (490) Y Just OK, but please remember to italicize the names of TV series. --Stfg (talk ) 12:48, 7 April 2013 (UTC) [ reply ]
Completed James L. Hetland Jr. (355) Y --Stfg (talk ) 13:23, 7 April 2013 (UTC) [ reply ]
Completed HAYTAP (549) N Too many errors left in. --Stfg (talk ) 13:23, 7 April 2013 (UTC) [ reply ]
Completed Herman Hill riot (772) Y --Stfg (talk ) 15:47, 7 April 2013 (UTC) [ reply ]
Completed Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Togo (185) Y --Stfg (talk ) 15:47, 7 April 2013 (UTC) [ reply ]
Completed Andrés Formento (116) Y --Stfg (talk ) 15:47, 7 April 2013 (UTC) [ reply ]
Completed Farhat Hached High School (151) Y --Stfg (talk ) 15:47, 7 April 2013 (UTC) [ reply ]
Completed Cally Harper Ewing (494) Y --Stfg (talk ) 13:25, 8 April 2013 (UTC) [ reply ]
Completed Forum de Mundo Imperial (210)
Completed Mary Frampton (465)
Completed Alina Eremia (79)
Completed Jerry Finkelstein (393)
Completed Josef Gassler (294)
Completed Jangareddygudem (278)
Completed JY Pillay (153)
Completed Gültekin KAAN (93)
Completed Lisa Robin Kelly (358)
Completed Jill Kelley (708)
Completed Gabriel Keller (448)
Completed Brian Keenan (Independent Musician) (232)
Completed Japanese design law (191)
Completed Kaagan (314)
Completed Wayne Jarrett (718)
Completed Müşfik Kenter (149)
Completed Illescas, Toledo (298)
Completed Gilad Kahana (359)
Completed Kathmandu (10351)
Completed Jozef Kapustka (328)
Completed Haley King (110)
Completed Dušan Kolarević (278)
Completed Kazbech Tuguzhoko (261)
Completed Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly (189)
Completed Kingsville, Texas (538)
Total articles: 135
Total words: 67111
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The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.