The following event is closed. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. Copy-editors, please make your final updates within the next 24-36 hours.
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}}, and {{
spacing}}) or listed on the
GOCE Requests page. It began on 1 May 2019, 00:00 (UTC) and ended on 31 May 2019, 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 November and December 2018 and January 2019);
to complete all requests on the
GOCE Requests page dating from April 2019.
Drive participants could earn barnstar awards based on the number of articles—and the word counts of the articles—they copy edited. Articles listed on the Requests page counted towards your total; these articles are generally higher in quality than those tagged with {{
copy edit}}. You would have received a bonus score of 50% over the article's word count for articles that were tagged with {{
copy edit}} in November and December 2018, and for articles listed on the Requests page. Awards were given out once the drive has finished.
The drive was open to all Wikipedians; you didn't have to be a member of the
Guild of Copy Editors to participate. You must, however, have been competent in your use of English grammar, spelling and punctuation. We strongly advised you to read Wikipedia's
guide to basic copy editing before you began working. If you were unsure about spelling, grammar or punctuation, consult the
Wikipedia Manual of Style. Skilled use of English was especially important for articles listed on the Requests 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.
^Added January backlog to "Old articles" count on 22 May.
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.
To sign up for the drive, click the button below. This will create a subsection in the
Totals section where you will record your copy edits. Rollover totals from the previous drive are located
here.
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 November and December 2018, 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:
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