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Backlog status as of the end of the drive
Backlog status as of the end of the drive

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 November 2017, 00:00 (UTC) and ended on 30 November 2017, 23:59 (UTC). The goals of this drive were:

  • to reduce the backlog by as many articles as possible, with a focus on the earliest-tagged articles (those tagged in January–March 2017);
  • to complete all requests on the GOCE Requests page from October 2017.

Drive participants could earn barnstar awards based on the number of articles—and the word counts of the articles—they copy edit. Articles from the Requests page counted towards your total; these are generally higher-quality articles than those tagged with {{ copy edit}}. You received a bonus score of 50% over the article's word count for articles that were tagged with {{ copy edit}} in January–March 2017, 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 Corinne ( talk), Keira1996 ( talk), Miniapolis ( talk), and Tdslk ( talk). If you have any questions, leave a message on the drive's talk page.

For brief instructions on how to record 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 		Twofingered Typist (51) Miniapolis (26) HRouillier (22) Tdslk (13)
Reidgreg (13)
Total
Words [n 1] 		Twofingered Typist (109,954) Miniapolis (52,744) HRouillier (38k) Reidgreg (31,201) Jonesey95 (13,822)
5k+
Articles [n 2] 		Twofingered Typist (5) Miniapolis (3)
HRouillier (3) 		Reidgreg (1)
Jonesey95 (1)
Oldest
Articles [n 3] 		Twofingered Typist (35) Miniapolis (26) HRouillier (19) Reidgreg (13) Jonesey95 (8)
Longest
Article [n 1] [n 4] 		Twofingered Typist (10,260) HRouillier (10,139) Jonesey95 (7,972) Miniapolis (7,308) Reidgreg (7,277)
  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 January–March 2017.
  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
  • January–March 2017
  • Outstanding
  • tags
  • Change since
  • previous day
[N 1]
  • Change since
  • beginning
[N 1]
31 October 2017 174 1,575 — —
1 November 2017 172 1,581 Negative increase  6 Negative increase  6
2 November 2017 170 1,590 Negative increase  9 Negative increase  15
3 November 2017 167 1,568 Positive decrease 22 Positive decrease  7
4 November 2017 162 1,554 Positive decrease 14 Positive decrease 21
5 November 2017 153 1,513 Positive decrease 41 Positive decrease 62
6 November 2017 146 1,477 Positive decrease 36 Positive decrease 98
7 November 2017 142 1,464 Positive decrease 13 Positive decrease 111
8 November 2017 129 1,443 Positive decrease 21 Positive decrease 132
9 November 2017 123 1,440 Positive decrease  3 Positive decrease 135
10 November 2017 110 1,401 Positive decrease 39 Positive decrease 174
11 November 2017 108 1,375 Positive decrease 26 Positive decrease 200
12 November 2017 100 1,338 Positive decrease 37 Positive decrease 237
13 November 2017 92 1,320 Positive decrease 18 Positive decrease 255
14 November 2017 89 1,309 Positive decrease 11 Positive decrease 266
15 November 2017 89 1,293 Positive decrease 16 Positive decrease 282
16 November 2017 82 1,262 Positive decrease 31 Positive decrease 313
17 November 2017 74 1,243 Positive decrease 19 Positive decrease 332
18 November 2017 66 1,235 Positive decrease  8 Positive decrease 340
19 November 2017 57 1,202 Positive decrease 33 Positive decrease 373
20 November 2017 48 1,195 Positive decrease  7 Positive decrease 380
21 November 2017 44 1,180 Positive decrease 15 Positive decrease 395
22 November 2017 39 1,151 Positive decrease 29 Positive decrease 424
23 November 2017 30 1,138 Positive decrease 13 Positive decrease 437
24 November 2017 27 1,099 Positive decrease 39 Positive decrease 476
25 November 2017 24 1,073 Positive decrease 26 Positive decrease 502
26 November 2017 17 1,053 Positive decrease 20 Positive decrease 522
27 November 2017 13 1,054 Negative increase  1 Positive decrease 521
28 November 2017 10 1,033 Positive decrease 21 Positive decrease 542
29 November 2017 3 1,014 Positive decrease 19 Positive decrease 561
30 November 2017 0 997 Positive decrease 17 Positive decrease 578
  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

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.


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.
    • 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}}.
  • If the article is from the GOCE Requests page, place *R (using plain text) after the word count. If it was tagged in January–March 2017, 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]] (yummy!) (1,234) *O

and like this on the rendered page:

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

Jonesey95 ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Archive bit (474)
  2.  Completed Sri Lanka Air Force Special Air Borne Force (554) *O
  3.  Completed Lascar (volcano) (7,972) *R
  4.  Completed Roshan Ranawana (388) *O
  5.  Completed Aldo C. Schellenberg (333) *O
  6.  Completed Xuxa 1 (385) *O
  7.  Completed Adnan Kisa (301)
  8.  Completed The NeverEnding Story III (724)
  9.  Completed Firouz Nosrat-ed-Dowleh III (598) *O
  10.  Completed Tearfund (503) *O
  11.  Completed The Republic of ShKID (film) (845) *O
  12.  Completed Christian Ray (745) *O
  13.  Completed [[]] ()
  14.  Completed [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 12
  • Total words: 13,822
  • Rollover words: 1738

Reidgreg ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Marine Le Pen (7277) *O
  2.  Completed Tearist (184) *O
  3.  Completed Circus of Power (503) *O
  4.  Completed Alignment (role-playing games) (1939) *O
  5.  Completed Extraordinary X-Men (1872) *O
  6.  Completed Human trafficking in South Africa (1481) *O
  7.  Completed Scribe (988) *O
  8.  Completed Chartered accountant (2322) *O
  9.  Completed 1993 Bombay bombings (1973) *O
  10.  Completed Four-dimensional space (3441) *O
  11.  Completed Tara McDonald (2091) *O
  12.  Completed Debipaksha (TV series) (extensive lists) (4200) *O
  13.  Completed Joelma (album) (2930) *O
  14.  Working [[]] () *O
  15.  Working [[]] () *O
  • Total articles: 13
  • Total words: 31,201
  • Rollover words: 342,000

NotTheFakeJTP ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Arkaitz Ruiz (239) *R
  2.  Completed Gerardo Jiménez Reyes (189) *R
  3.  Working [[]]
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 428

Tdslk ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Slave labor on United States military installations (1182)
  2.  Completed Akividu mandal (343)
  3.  Completed Beating of DeAndre Harris (1461)
  4.  Completed Coming of Age in Mississippi (1791) *O
  5.  Completed 2017 Qatif unrest (225)
  6.  Completed Juan de la Cámara (337) *O
  7.  Completed Nganasan language (924)
  8.  Completed Abul Kalam Azad (100)
  9.  Completed Church of God (Seventh-Day) (1585)
  10.  Completed KAKW-DT (50)
  11.  Completed Lychakiv Cemetery (50)
  12.  Completed Lisan ud-Dawat (2825) *O
  13.  Completed Igor Domnikov (925)
  14.  Completed Fatima bint Mubarak Al Ketbi (555) *O
  15.  Completed Prafulla Chandra Sen (1173) *O
  16.  Completed 2016–2017 Cameroonian protests (917)
  17.  Completed Fang Zong-ao (495)
  18.  Completed [[]] ()
  19.  Completed [[]] ()
  20.  Completed [[]] ()
  21.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 17
  • Total words: 14,937
  • Rollover words: 1303.5

Miniapolis ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Individual events (speech) (3,535) *O
  2.  Completed Sunrise (company) (1,646) *O
  3.  Completed Corruption in Bulgaria (693) *O
  4.  Completed Oak Island mystery (5,128) *O
  5.  Completed Female Red Guards of the Finnish Civil War (2,363) *O
  6.  Completed Trabant (3,007) *O
  7.  Completed INS Investigator (600) *O
  8.  Completed Azadi march (7,308) *O
  9.  Completed Gomti River (1,606) *O
  10.  Completed Korean Chinese cuisine (940) *O
  11.  Completed Free and open-source graphics device driver (5,122) *O
  12.  Completed Renewable energy in Iceland (895) *O
  13.  Completed Armenia–Israel relations (1,993) *O
  14.  Completed Multilateral environmental agreement (1,451) *O
  15.  Completed Assyrian–Chaldean–Syriac diaspora (1,582) *O
  16.  Completed History (European TV channel) (868) *O
  17.  Completed Plan of Veracruz (1832) (1,478) *O
  18.  Completed International Mother Language Day (1,164) *O
  19.  Completed Supermale (novel) (2,088) *O
  20.  Completed Rankings of academic publishers (1,053) *O
  21.  Completed Katha (storytelling format) (1,569) *O
  22.  Completed Vadim Rabinovich (952) *O
  23.  Completed East Indians (2,028) *O
  24.  Completed Syrianska FC (1,305) *O
  25.  Completed Vishnu Savara (700) *O
  26.  Completed Bhuma Nagi Reddy (1,670) *O
  • Total articles: 26
  • Total words: 52,744
  • Rollover words: 18,249

BroVic ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Aguleri (466) *O
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 446

Dthomsen8 ( talk)

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

Dhtwiki ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Psychologist (3642) *O
  2.  Completed Virtual power plant (972) *O
  3.  Completed Juan Pascual-Leone (1943) *O
  • Total articles: 3
  • Total words: 6,557
  • Rollover words: 4,128.5

Lfstevens ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Narrative paradigm (1692) *O
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 1692

Esprit15d • talk • contribs

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

MSG17 ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Atavanad (347)
  2.  Completed Ini, Nigeria (666) *O
  3.  Completed Adilabad district (362)
  4.  Completed Juice Crew (1,145) *O
  5.  Completed Muli, Gujarat (326) *O
  6.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 5
  • Total words: 2,846

Galobtter ( talk)

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

Twofingered Typist ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Soundgarden (5,644) *R
  2.  Completed All Souls (TV series) (2,168) *R
  3.  Completed Chains of Love (TV series) (1,659) *R
  4.  Completed Fawad Khan (2,694) *R
  5.  Completed Super Mario World (3,277) *R
  6.  Completed The Unconquered (1940 play) (partial count) (1,020) *R
  7.  Completed Jayne Mansfield (9,824) *R
  8.  Completed John Wayne (song) (1,880) *R
  9.  Completed Sarada Uchiha (2,296) *R
  10.  Completed Thomas of Bosnia (3,991) *R
  11.  Completed Operation Hailstone (2,197) *R
  12.  Completed Alexandra Stan (1,583) *R
  13.  Completed Washington State Route 520 (2,725) *R
  14.  Completed Brihadeeswarar Temple, Gangaikonda Cholapuram (2,164) *R
  15.  Completed Veronica Clare (1,463) *O
  16.  Completed Murder of Joey Fischer (10,260) *R
  17.  Completed Erdmann & Rossi (751) *O
  18.  Completed Mammootty (2,921) *O
  19.  Completed TV Tropes (1,440) *O
  20.  Completed 2017 Selangor FA season (2,427) *O
  21.  Completed Corleone (2,682) *O
  22.  Completed Abdullah ibn Masud (2,057) *O
  23.  Completed List of Martin Mystery episodes (estimate) (3,000) *O
  24.  Completed About a Wife, a Dream and Another... (549) *O
  25.  Completed AOMEI OneKey Recovery (517) *O
  26.  Completed Traian Băsescu (7,345) *O
  27.  Completed Paul Bhagwandas (522) *O
  28.  Completed Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas (1,725) *O
  29.  Completed Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee (1,079) *O
  30.  Completed Kostas Gousgounis (1,081) *O
  31.  Completed Korean regional cuisine (3,939) *O
  32.  Completed narifuri (partial count) (9,200) *O
  33.  Completed ISO 45001 (partial count) (200) *O
  34.  Completed NewSpace (3,849) *O
  35.  Completed Yang Lan (2,394) *O
  36.  Completed Kees Wieringa (449) *O
  37.  Completed Francesco Verso (partial count) (100) *O
  38.  Completed Kumara Vyasa (741) *O
  39.  Completed Tteok-bokki (partial count) (300) *O
  40.  Completed Telugu wedding ceremony (2,272) *O
  41.  Completed Mihira Sirithilaka (410) *O
  42.  Completed Ahlam Tamimi (partial count) (400) *O
  43.  Completed T.Subbulapuram (partial count) (200) *O
  44.  Completed Beanie Sigel (1,499) *O
  45.  Completed Oppression (3,522) *O
  46.  Completed Nikola Nedev (2,431) *O
  47.  Completed Holy Week in Valladolid (576) *O
  48.  Completed Physical theatre (1,052) *O
  49.  Completed Charles Mully (1,145) *O
  50.  Completed Dafna Kaffeman (1,134) *O
  51.  Completed Hotshot (stock character) (partial count) (200) *O
  • Total articles: 51
  • Total words: 109,954
  • Rollover words: 559,080

HRouillier ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed The A.V. Club (839) *R
  2.  Completed Batman: Under the Red Hood (728) *R
  3.  Completed Gongs-general broke this section into the orchestral use section(652) *O
  4.  Completed Qi January 2017 completed(2,719) *O
  5.  Completed Feature-driven development (967) *O
  6.  Completed Richard Koch (1,269) *O
  7.  Completed Siddiq Ismail (353) *O
  8.  Completed Helmz (564) *O
  9.  Completed Nuclear isomer (2,359) *O
  10.  Completed Drama of Exile (1,227) *O
  11.  Completed Smart cosubstrate (328) *O
  12.  Completed Joint Commission (1,799) *O
  13.  Completed Geldersch-Overijsselsche Spoorweg Maatschappij (551) *O
  14.  Completed Hwajeon (331) *O
  15.  Completed MS Sharden (336) *O
  16.  Completed Kis Din Mera Viyah Howay Ga (331) *O
  17.  Completed Kud puklo da puklo (1,130) *O
  18.  Completed North East New Territories New Development Areas Planning (due to improper citation, the word count was wrong so I did it manually) (1,768) *O
  19.  Completed Convergence (comics) (10,137) *O
  20.  Completed The Gifted (film) (705) *O
  21.  Completed NPower (USA) (859) *O
  22.  Completed Plovdiv (8,313) *O
  • Total articles: 22
  • Total words: 38,265

Laatu ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion (164)
  2.  Completed Perilla (457)
  3.  Working Plovdiv (8309)
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 621

Potatornado ( talk)

Article list

1

  1.  Completed First 100 days of Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency (1087)
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 1087

Intelligentai ( talk)

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

Teddy.bear307 ( talk)

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

Educationhousejavert ( talk)

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

NewsGuy ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Box office bomb (1624)
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 1624

Wilhelmina Will ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Bihar Urdu Academy (99)
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 99

Cocohead781 ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working Lay_Association_for_Development (589) (Awaiting review, per request on talk page)
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0

Wpgbrown ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed A6 disappearances (231)
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 231

MarkCangila ( talk)

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

OrangeYoshi99 ( talk)

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