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Main page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives
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 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: those carrying the {{ copy edit}} tag (also {{ awkward}}, {{ copy edit section}}, {{ copy edit inline}}, {{ inappropriate person}}, {{ cleanup tense}}, and their redirects) and those listed on the GOCE Requests page. It began on 1 July 2021, 00:00 (UTC) and ended on 31 July 2021, 23:59 (UTC). The goals of this drive were:

  • to reduce the backlog by as many articles as possible, especially the earliest-tagged articles (those tagged in May 2021 and earlier);
  • to complete all requests on the GOCE Requests page dating from May and June 2021.

Drive participants can earn barnstar awards based on the number of articles—and the word counts of the articles—they copy edit. Articles listed on the Requests page count towards your total; these articles are generally higher in quality 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 {{ copy edit}} in May 2021 and earlier, and for articles listed on the Requests page. Awards will be given out once the drive has finished.

The drive was 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 Dhtwiki ( talk), Miniapolis ( talk), and Tenryuu ( talk). If you have any questions, leave a message on the drive's talk page.

For brief instructions on recording your work, see below. For full instructions, visit the main drive page. Further details can be found on the drive FAQ 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 		Tenryuu (65) Twofingered Typist (36) Tdslk (17)
Contrawwftw (17) 		Miniapolis (14)
Total
Words [n 1] 		Tenryuu (205,935) Twofingered Typist (134,874) Miniapolis (57,006) Contrawwftw (50,341) Lfstevens (33,161)
5k+
Articles [n 2] 		Tenryuu (20) Twofingered Typist (16) Miniapolis (8) Contrawwftw (5) Lfstevens (2)
Oldest
Articles [n 3] 		Tenryuu (65) Miniapolis (14) Tdslk (12) Twofingered Typist (11) Contrawwftw (10)
Longest
Article [n 1] [n 4] 		Miniapolis (32,668) Tenryuu (24,601) Twofingered Typist (15,029) Contrawwftw (12,262) Lfstevens (9,633)
  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 May 2021 and earlier.
  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
  • May 2021 and earlier
  • Outstanding
  • tags
  • Change since
  • previous day
[N 1]
  • Change since
  • beginning
[N 1]
30 June 2021 430 875 — —
1 July 2021 408 851 Positive decrease 24 Positive decrease 24
2 July 2021 398 831 Positive decrease 20 Positive decrease 44
3 July 2021 393 832 Negative increase  1 Positive decrease 43
4 July 2021 380 820 Positive decrease 12 Positive decrease 55
5 July 2021 360 795 Positive decrease 25 Positive decrease 80
6 July 2021 342 769 Positive decrease 26 Positive decrease 106
7 July 2021 323 757 Positive decrease 12 Positive decrease 118
8 July 2021 312 738 Positive decrease 19 Positive decrease 137
9 July 2021 297 747 Negative increase  9 Positive decrease 128
10 July 2021 297 747 Steady  0 Positive decrease 128
11 July 2021 280 736 Positive decrease 11 Positive decrease 139
12 July 2021 269 707 Positive decrease 29 Positive decrease 168
13 July 2021 260 704 Positive decrease  3 Positive decrease 171
14 July 2021 247 699 Positive decrease  5 Positive decrease 176
15 July 2021 237 683 Positive decrease 16 Positive decrease 192
16 July 2021 227 670 Positive decrease 13 Positive decrease 205
17 July 2021 220 662 Positive decrease  8 Positive decrease 213
18 July 2021 207 640 Positive decrease 22 Positive decrease 235
19 July 2021 201 634 Positive decrease  6 Positive decrease 241
20 July 2021 193 615 Positive decrease 19 Positive decrease 260
21 July 2021 187 618 Negative increase  3 Positive decrease 257
22 July 2021 185 623 Negative increase  5 Positive decrease 252
23 July 2021 179 617 Positive decrease  6 Positive decrease 258
24 July 2021 163 597 Positive decrease 20 Positive decrease 278
25 July 2021 156 597 Steady  0 Positive decrease 278
26 July 2021 151 594 Positive decrease  3 Positive decrease 281
27 July 2021 149 600 Negative increase  6 Positive decrease 275
28 July 2021 144 601 Negative increase  1 Positive decrease 274
29 July 2021 141 604 Negative increase  3 Positive decrease 271
30 July 2021 137 599 Positive decrease  5 Positive decrease 276
31 July 2021 132 598 Positive decrease  1 Positive decrease 277
  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 penalized 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

This drive has now concluded and is no longer open to sign-up.

Totals

How to record articles you have copy edited:

  • Remove any extant {{ copy edit}} 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) and avoid piped links, quotation marks and italics.
    • 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; do not use additional brackets for comments. Avoid long calculation strings (more than one line) in your word total.
  • 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}}.
  • If the article is from the GOCE Requests page, place *R (using plain text) after the word count. If it was tagged in May 2021 and earlier, place *O (using plain text) 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 this on the drive talk page.

Properly completed records look like this in the edit window:

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

and like this on the rendered page:

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

Lfstevens ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Vijaya College, Matale (441)
  2.  Completed Dark Reign (comics) (2340) *O
  3.  Completed Abacus (3743)
  4.  Completed Traditional Hawaiian games (995)
  5.  Completed Elizabeth Kolbert (237)
  6.  Completed Cultured meat (9,633)
  7.  Completed Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (2526)
  8.  Completed Light field camera (1267)
  9.  Completed Spatial network analysis software (1632)
  10.  Completed Machine learning in bioinformatics (6,950)
  11.  Completed Affective neuroscience (3397)
  • Total articles: 11
  • Total words: 33,161

Jonesey95 ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Austin Reed (Days of Our Lives) (1634) *O
  2.  Completed BMW i8 (3589) *O
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 5,223
  • Rollover words: 3400

Miniapolis ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Friendship (2008 film) (687) *O
  2.  Completed Timeline of the 2013 Pacific typhoon season (375) *O
  3.  Completed 2008 Colorado Amendment 59 (823) *O
  4.  Completed Lockwood v. American Airlines, Inc. (328) *O
  5.  Completed Eighth Doctor (2,174) *O
  6.  Completed École nationale de l'aviation civile (5,158) *O
  7.  Completed UEFA Europa League (463) *O
  8.  Completed List of Emberverse characters (6,820) *O
  9.  Completed Geuzen medals (3,272) *O
  10.  Completed Vladimir Vakhmistrov (718) *O
  11.  Completed Candyman (character) (1,253) *O
  12.  Completed Annie Oakley (TV series) (267) *O
  13.  Completed List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (1945–1949) (32,668) *O
  14.  Completed Monetary reform in the Soviet Union, 1922–24 (2,000) *O
  • Total articles: 14
  • Total words: 57,006
  • Rollover words: 9,878

Dhtwiki ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Fabian Cortez (1935) *O
  2.  Completed FIA GT1 World Championship (821) *O
  3.  Completed Grieg's music in popular culture (2391) *O
  4.  Completed El Escorial (5015) *O
  • Total articles: 4
  • Total words: 10,162
  • Rollover words: 6,917.5

Twofingered Typist ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Mahmut Bozteke (261) *R
  2.  Completed Cry Macho (film) (943) *R
  3.  Completed Be Here Now (album) (4,750) *R
  4.  Completed The Holocaust in Greece (5,184) *R
  5.  Completed Elvis on Tour (3,201) *R
  6.  Completed Leeteuk (4,427) *R
  7.  Completed Inter-Services Intelligence (7,800) *R
  8.  Completed Gold(III) chloride (595) *R
  9.  Completed Virginia Mae Brown (585) *R
  10.  Completed Nikki Fried (1,994) *R
  11.  Completed Boris Johnson (15,029) *R (3)
  12.  Completed British Pakistanis (10,191) *R
  13.  Completed American Pre-Raphaelites (716) *R
  14.  Completed Meet the Woo 2 (2,233) *R
  15.  Completed Sustainable energy (6,383) *R
  16.  Completed Palace of the Soviets (7,098) *R
  17.  Completed Manon Melis (5,052) *R
  18.  Completed Harry S. Truman 1948 presidential campaign *R (5,856)
  19.  Completed The Liquor Store (1,466) *R
  20.  Completed Plastic recycling (4,337) *R
  21.  Completed Islam (13,106) *R
  22.  Completed Stutter (album) (2,187) *R
  23.  Completed Abu Mansur Wahsudan (924) *R
  24.  Completed Light Years (Kylie Minogue album) (5,230) *R
  25.  Completed My Father's Place (Portland, Oregon) (1,819) *R
  26.  Completed Comet Queen (682) *O
  27.  Completed Shawn Brady (787) *O
  28.  Completed Celeste Perrault (550) *O
  29.  Completed Wilbur Braithwaite (431) *O
  30.  Completed Philippines–Soviet Union relations (738) *O
  31.  Completed List of fictional presidents of the United States (G–H) (9,598) *O
  32.  Completed List of fictional presidents of the United States (N–R) (7,899) *O
  33.  Completed The Fashion Show (American TV series) (375) *O
  34.  Completed Ilusión World Tour (179) *O
  35.  Completed Psycho Village (376) *O
  36.  Completed Shawn-Douglas Brady (1,892) *O
  • Total articles: 36
  • Total words: 134,874
  • Rollover words: 187,774.5

Baffle gab1978 ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Villainy Inc. (1,411) *O
  2.  Completed Frankie Brady (1,729) *O
  3.  Completed Hawkman (Carter Hall) (5,971) *O
  4.  Completed Bids for the 2014 Winter Olympics (1,681) *O
  5.  Completed Revenant (video game) (669) *O
  6.  Completed Spawn (character) (section) (4,458) *O
  7.  Completed East London line extension (section) (1,342) *O
  8.  Completed Tiffany Brar (partial) (1,089) *O
  9.  Completed Mysore City Corporation (1,705) *O
  10.  Completed Nachinola (1,068) *O
  • Total articles: 10
  • Total words: 21,123
  • Rollover words: 5,273.5

Tdslk ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed 2016 M.A.M.A. awards (40) *O
  2.  Completed Gaillard IV de Durfort (495) *O
  3.  Completed STS-87 (2805) *O
  4.  Completed Richard Elizalde (151) *O
  5.  Completed Aljafería (5839) *O
  6.  Completed Waconzy (403) *O
  7.  Completed 2007 Tour of California (372) *O
  8.  Completed Lhotshampa (908) *O
  9.  Completed Roman Catholic Diocese of Perpignan-Elne (100) *O
  10.  Completed Marble (toy) (100) *O (section)
  11.  Completed Dotted wavy line and wavy line pottery (772)
  12.  Completed 2009 Beemapally police shooting (52)
  13.  Completed Isabelle Balkany (135)
  14.  Completed Liberation War Memorial Sculpture, Durgapur (48)
  15.  Completed Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn (1995) (204)
  16.  Completed El Zapotal (293) *O
  17.  Completed Crow Indian Reservation (961) *O
  18.  Completed [[]] ()
  19.  Completed [[]] ()
  20.  Completed [[]] ()
  21.  Completed [[]] ()
  22.  Completed [[]] ()
  23.  Completed [[]] ()
  24.  Completed [[]] ()
  25.  Completed [[]] ()
  26.  Completed [[]] ()
  27.  Completed [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 17
  • Total words: 13,678

Tenryuu ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Sonar (comics) (2180) *O
  2.  Completed Pearl Forrester (794) *O
  3.  Completed Darkstar (Marvel Comics) (1126) *O
  4.  Completed Infinity, Inc. (2601) *O
  5.  Completed Drew Donovan (211) *O
  6.  Completed Curtis Reed (Days of Our Lives) (368) *O
  7.  Completed Piledriver (character) (1002) *O
  8.  Completed Siryn (3786) *O
  9.  Completed List of fictional presidents of the United States (A–B) (9962) *O
  10.  Completed List of fictional presidents of the United States (C–D) (9213) *O
  11.  Completed List of fictional presidents of the United States (E–F) (3381) *O
  12.  Completed List of fictional presidents of the United States (I–J) (1045) *O
  13.  Completed List of fictional presidents of the United States (K–M) (14951) Partly worked on by Lfstevens *O
  14.  Completed Armand (The Vampire Chronicles) (1033) *O
  15.  Completed Salem's Seven (888) *O
  16.  Completed Hazard mitigation in the Outer Banks (3653) *O
  17.  Completed Alex Udinov (2754) *O
  18.  Completed Bogaert v. Land (740) *O
  19.  Completed Mitchell family (3095) *O
  20.  Completed Petpet Park (630) *O
  21.  Completed Al-Thager Model School (704) *O
  22.  Completed List of Bad Girls characters (10528) *O
  23.  Completed Hannibal King (1605) *O
  24.  Completed The Block NZ (season 3) (2283) *O
  25.  Completed Licensing Act 2003 (2372) *O
  26.  Completed Philippines' Next Top Model (741) *O
  27.  Completed Modification of the Brazilian Forest Code (100) Merged to Brazilian Forest Code *O
  28.  Completed Sales taxes in British Columbia (1671) *O
  29.  Completed SCU: Serious Crash Unit (991) *O
  30.  Completed Dasun Madushan (202) *O
  31.  Completed List of Doctor Who items (2067) *O
  32.  Completed Minne-Ha-Ha II (1112) *O
  33.  Completed List of Goodnight Sweetheart characters (2483) *O
  34.  Completed Thomas W. Hill (556) *O
  35.  Completed Fateful Harvest (2067) *O
  36.  Completed Jimmy Corkhill (1861) *O
  37.  Completed List of Coronation Street characters (2016) (10594) *O
  38.  Completed Hewlett-Packard (7840) *O
  39.  Completed 2019 North Korea–United States Hanoi Summit (5606) *O
  40.  Completed List of bombings during the Troubles (6965) *O
  41.  Completed Anchieta Palace (Espírito Santo) (950) *O
  42.  Completed Humanitarian response to the 2015 Nepal earthquake (9895) *O
  43.  Completed Radeon X1000 series (2169) *O
  44.  Completed Internet bot (1265) *O
  45.  Completed Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the video game industry (5200) *O
  46.  Completed The Ghost Bride (926) *O
  47.  Completed Sláine (comics) (3392) *O
  48.  Completed 2006 Colorado Referendum J (467) *O
  49.  Completed List of Family Affairs characters (15968) *O
  50.  Completed List of Assassin's Creed characters (24601) *O
  51.  Completed Frank Mayborn (1038) *O
  52.  Completed Porism (1514) *O
  53.  Completed Danqing (870) *O
  54.  Completed Bodh'aktan (319) *O
  55.  Completed Leonid Golikov (564) *O
  56.  Completed Tariq Jamil (472) *O
  57.  Completed Naxalbari (web series) (295) *O
  58.  Completed Madison Clark (3055) *O
  59.  Completed Sharon Daniel (635) *O
  60.  Completed Mochizuki Chiyome (647) *O
  61.  Completed Dvach (2054) *O
  62.  Completed Heather Small (1272) *O
  63.  Completed Triumph Speed Triple (1719) *O
  64.  Completed Dallas McKennon (587) *O
  65.  Completed TAPR Open Hardware License (300) Notability is suspect *O
  66.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 65
  • Total words: 205935
  • Rollover words: 530,908

ChickpeaTic ( talk)

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

Mcguy15 ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Rei II (2740) *R
  2.  Completed Beatmania IIDX (video game) (687) *R
  3.  Completed [[]] ()
  4.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 3427
  • Rollover words: 1952

CodeMyGame Wiki ( talk)

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


Reidgreg ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Mutiny on Lurongyu 2682 (1983) *O
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 1983
  • Rollover words: 7006

BlueMoonset ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Alan Goldsher (145)
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 145
  • Rollover words: 2936

Thnidu ( talk)

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

Dudhhr ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Bids for the 2014 Winter Olympics (1069) *O
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 1069
  • Rollover words: 5723

Contrawwftw ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Horohoro, New Zealand (186)
  2.  Completed List of fictional presidents of the United States (S–T) temporarily hindered by fictional fictional president (only section not fixed because I think it's fake), word count calculated in word because it's one long list (9003) *O
  3.  Completed Dark Reign (comics) in collaboration with Lfstevens, word count is from the sections I worked on (1464) *O
  4.  Completed Minori Chihara (1106) *O
  5.  Completed 1997 Thredbo landslide (1432)
  6.  Completed List of Internet phenomena word count generated in word bc it's a list article, why do i keep picking these big ones? (12262)
  7.  Completed Blue Mountains tree frog (305)
  8.  Completed Remember Me (1985 film) just the plot section, also copy edited other sections but didn't count them because the template was only on the plot section and i didn't want to break the rules (558)
  9.  Completed Compost (2869)
  10.  Completed Howard Griffiths (scientist) (379) *O
  11.  Completed Sea Toll Program (1301) *O
  12.  Completed Lesbian vampire origins section (650)
  13.  Completed The Master (Doctor Who) (11310) *O
  14.  Completed Mangrove one paragraph with the awkward tag (47) *O
  15.  Completed Slavery at American colleges and universities (2573) *O
  16.  Completed Ursinus College wc calculated from script plus word count of list (2458) *O
  17.  Completed Tulse Hill School (2438) *O
  • Total articles: 17
  • Total words: 50341

Akrasia25 ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed William B. Jordan (4124 words)
  2.  Completed Serengeti National Park (1914 words)
  3.  Completed Al-Kunduri (1476 words)
  • Total articles: 3
  • Total words: 4124+1476+1914=7514

Bradster763 ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
  • Rollover words: 3993

TheSandDoctor ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed 2021 Kenyan constitutional referendum (243)
  2.  Completed The Crimson Armada (198) *O
  3.  Completed 65th Venice International Film Festival (417) *O
  4.  Completed Jade Garden (70) *O
  5.  Completed Dil Chahta Hai (2689)
  • Total articles: 5
  • Total words: 3617

SpiffingUK ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Foreign relations of Mauritania (2727) *O (had to write on talk page asking for expert to check some specific sections)
  2.  Completed Manuel Lanzini (2176) *O
  3.  Completed Hotel des Indes (The Hague) (1704) *O
  4.  Completed 2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election (3038) *O
  • Total articles: 4
  • Total words: 9645

Rubbish computer ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Seria ()
  2.  Working Bois Locker Room ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0

Beetricks ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working Kris Wu sex scandal (472)
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0

DukeLondon ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Timothy Chooi (472)*O
  2.  Completed giffgaff (1376)*O
  3.  Completed Political ethics (1379)*O
  4.  Completed Coffeehouse effect (957)*O
  5.  Completed Korean beauty standards (1811)*O
  6.  Completed Sergey Kovalev (boxer) (5983)*O
  7.  Completed Rangpur District (882)*O
  8.  Completed Tom Devine (683)*O
  9.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 8
  • Total words: 13543

Aerin17 ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Temnodontosaurus (2105) *O
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 2105
  • Rollover words: 84
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