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Wikipedia Guild of Copy Editors backlog status at 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}}, {{ inappropriate person}}, {{ cleanup tense}}, and their redirects) and those listed on the GOCE Requests page. It began on 1 September 2021, 00:00 (UTC) and ended on 30 September 2021, 23:59 (UTC). The goals of this drive are:

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

Drive participants could 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 April, May, and June 2021, 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 (28) Twofingered Typist (25) Pax85 (22) Miniapolis (12) Reidgreg (8)
Total
Words [n 1] 		Twofingered Typist (95,170) Tenryuu (79,542) Miniapolis (45,749) Pax85 (41,513) Reidgreg (29,826)
5k+
Articles [n 2] 		Twofingered Typist (7) Tenryuu (5)
Miniapolis (5) 		Dhtwiki (4) Reidgreg (3) Pax85 (2)
Oldest
Articles [n 3] 		Tenryuu (28) Pax85 (16) Miniapolis (12) Reidgreg (8) Dhtwiki (3)
Longest
Article [n 1] [n 4] 		Tenryuu (18,910) Dhtwiki (12,381) Reidgreg (11,724) Miniapolis (11,586) Twofingered Typist (8,484)
  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 April, May, and June 2021.
  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
  • April, May, and June 2021
  • Outstanding
  • tags
  • Change since
  • previous day
[N 1]
  • Change since
  • beginning
[N 1]
31 August 2021 299 931 — —
1 September 2021 293 941 Negative increase  10 Negative increase  10
2 September 2021 288 924 Positive decrease 17 Positive decrease  7
3 September 2021 287 910 Positive decrease 14 Positive decrease 21
4 September 2021 284 906 Positive decrease  4 Positive decrease 25
5 September 2021 279 897 Positive decrease  9 Positive decrease 34
6 September 2021 273 897 Steady  0 Positive decrease 34
7 September 2021 272 901 Negative increase  4 Positive decrease 30
8 September 2021 269 904 Negative increase  3 Positive decrease 27
9 September 2021 264 899 Positive decrease  5 Positive decrease 32
10 September 2021 259 897 Positive decrease  2 Positive decrease 34
11 September 2021 255 895 Positive decrease  2 Positive decrease 36
12 September 2021 253 895 Steady  0 Positive decrease 36
13 September 2021 249 905 Negative increase  10 Positive decrease 26
14 September 2021 246 910 Negative increase  5 Positive decrease 21
15 September 2021 237 910 Steady  0 Positive decrease 21
16 September 2021 236 911 Negative increase  1 Positive decrease 20
17 September 2021 233 915 Negative increase  4 Positive decrease 16
18 September 2021 229 913 Positive decrease  2 Positive decrease 18
19 September 2021 226 911 Positive decrease  2 Positive decrease 20
20 September 2021 222 910 Positive decrease  1 Positive decrease 21
21 September 2021 217 909 Positive decrease  1 Positive decrease 22
22 September 2021 216 921 Negative increase  12 Positive decrease 10
23 September 2021 210 918 Positive decrease  3 Positive decrease 13
24 September 2021 208 926 Negative increase  8 Positive decrease  5
25 September 2021 207 930 Negative increase  4 Positive decrease  1
26 September 2021 202 932 Negative increase  2 Negative increase  1
27 September 2021 187 922 Positive decrease 10 Positive decrease  9
28 September 2021 180 903 Positive decrease 19 Positive decrease 28
29 September 2021 176 900 Positive decrease  3 Positive decrease 31
30 September 2021 168 878 Positive decrease 22 Positive decrease 53
  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 April, May, and June 2021, 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

Jonesey95 ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Jobbik (section) (2,014) *O
  2.  Completed [[]] ()
  3.  Completed [[]] ()
  4.  Completed [[]] ()
  5.  Completed [[]] ()
  6.  Completed [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 2,014
  • Rollover words: 3,234

Lfstevens ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Light field camera (1150)
  2.  Completed Antisymmetry (3418)
  3.  Completed Tasker (application) (722)
  4.  Completed Web compatibility issues in South Korea (1480)
  5.  Completed Escargot (662)
  • Total articles: 5
  • Total words: 7432

Tenryuu ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Jacobite Syrian Christian Church (3458) *O
  2.  Completed Nityananda (748) *O
  3.  Completed Kunchitiga (1441) *O
  4.  Completed Sexual dysfunction (4287) *O
  5.  Completed Kannadathi (TV series) (1072) *O
  6.  Completed List of Hanebado! episodes (2620) *O
  7.  Completed Zhang Yudrakpa Tsöndru Drakpa (1043) *O
  8.  Completed Yeh Hai Aashiqui (1120) *O
  9.  Completed Muvattupuzha (3561) *O
  10.  Completed 1985–86 in English football (9235) *O
  11.  Completed List of Dragon Ball characters (18910) *O
  12.  Completed Thodupuzha (3258) *O
  13.  Completed Sergey Kovalev (boxer) (6001) *O
  14.  Completed Molkki (1642) *O
  15.  Completed Tiruchendur (788) *O
  16.  Completed Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (4386) *O
  17.  Completed Bezoar (724) *O
  18.  Completed Tan Sitong (1574) *O
  19.  Completed Kothamangalam (623) *O
  20.  Completed Mundkur (2447) Completely unsourced, removed the majority of its contents *O
  21.  Completed Brodie family (2383) *O
  22.  Completed OFK Kikinda (1156) *O
  23.  Completed Maksym Timchenko (714) *O
  24.  Completed Brundtland Commission (1995) *O
  25.  Completed Sampath Amaratunge (1585) *O
  26.  Completed Prem Dhoj Pradhan (1577) Primarily composed of copyvio material *O
  27.  Completed Ashish Khetan (1258) Removed lots of content due to being written biasedly by subject himself *O
  28.  Completed La Movida Madrileña (1163) *O
  29.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 28
  • Total words: 79542
  • Rollover words: 739,810.5

Dhtwiki ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Russian Empire (10883) *O
  2.  Completed Kingdom of Jeypore (1309) *O
  3.  Completed Next Generation EU (12381) *O
  • Total articles: 3
  • Total words: 24,573
  • Rollover words: 2,160.5

Slon02 ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Saint Paul's Well (151)
  2.  Completed The Health Museum (Istanbul) (377)
  3.  Completed Progress of the Fatherland Party (512)
  4.  Completed Firefly Studios (550)
  5.  Working Russneft ()
  • Total articles: 4
  • Total words: 1590

Tamptonato ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Saankal (718)
  2.  Completed 2020 Korean YouTube backdoor advertising controversy (1524) *O
  3.  Completed Mahmood Madani (1373) *O
  4.  Working Stratsin–Kumanovo operation (2322) *O
  • Total articles: 3
  • Total words: 3615

Miniapolis ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed History of Kentucky (11,586) *O
  2.  Completed Mestizos in Mexico (3,514) *O
  3.  Completed Military Engineer Services (India) (1,912) *O
  4.  Completed Prem Bandhan (TV series) (2,245) *O
  5.  Completed Coat of arms of Moravia (2,173) *O
  6.  Completed Retailing in South Korea (2,625) *O
  7.  Completed Roko Tui Bau (1,419) *O
  8.  Completed Political families of India (10,318) *O
  9.  Completed Skyway (Metro Manila) (3,178) *O
  10.  Completed Brussels Agreement (2013) (958) *O
  11.  Completed Scandinavian Venezuelans (807) *O
  12.  Completed 1971 JVP insurrection (5,014) *O
  • Total articles: 12
  • Total words: 45,749
  • Rollover words: 15,387

Double Plus Ungood ( talk)

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

Pax85 ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed LGBT adoption in the United States (3884) *O
  2.  Completed La Carreta Mexican Restaurant (769) *R
  3.  Completed Wood production (430)
  4.  Completed Pox party (570)
  5.  Completed California Basic Educational Skills Test - Note: Word count was found using wordcounter.net, then subtracting 200 words for good measure. A number of items in the article were not readable by the prosesize script. - (2076) *O
  6.  Completed Gode (743) *O
  7.  Completed May Declaration (1376) *R
  8.  Completed Yahoo! Japan (1769) *O
  9.  Completed Sino-Russian relations since 1991 (6977) *O
  10.  Completed Notional amount (780) *O
  11.  Completed Daisy (advertisement) (2107) *R
  12.  Completed Steamboats of the Mississippi - Note: wordcounter.net, minus 200 for good measure. - (7372) *O
  13.  Completed Ye Ting (1874) *O
  14.  Completed Life Is Strange 2 (3711) *R
  15.  Completed Martin Allen (numismatist) - Note: wordcounter.net, minus 200 for good measure. (1027) *O
  16.  Completed Internet censorship in Iran (2518) *O
  17.  Completed Kalyani (raga) - Note: Section only (676) *O
  18.  Completed Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy (441) *O
  19.  Completed Kunal Ghosh (289) *O
  20.  Completed Fort Bonifacio boundary dispute (1040) *O
  21.  Completed Kentucky - Note: Section only (389) *O
  22.  Completed Thirunalloor Karunakaran (695) *O
  • Total articles: 22
  • Total words: 41513

Twofingered Typist ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Arjun (tank) (3,211)*R
  2.  Completed A Voyage Round the World (6,414)*R
  3.  Completed Parshvanatha basadi, Shravanabelgola (239) *R
  4.  Completed Ayn Rand (6,630) *R
  5.  Completed Corruption in Mauritius (8,484) *R
  6.  Completed Polymer degradation (2,273) *R
  7.  Completed The Good Will Out (2,689) *R
  8.  Completed Six Flags AstroWorld (3,941) *R
  9.  Completed Dick in a Box (5,723) *R
  10.  Completed Marion Davies (4,945) *R
  11.  Completed Harmanjot Khabra (2,640) *R
  12.  Completed 2021 Pakistan Super League (3,223) *R
  13.  Completed Fine Brothers Entertainment (2,481) *R
  14.  Completed North Kosovo crisis (2,900) *R
  15.  Completed Walter Donaldson (snooker player) (2,755) *R
  16.  Completed List of songs recorded by Chuck Mosley (372) *R
  17.  Completed Yugoslavism (9,346) *R
  18.  Completed William of Villehardouin (4,463) *R
  19.  Completed Sharifa Vijaliwala (850) *R
  20.  Completed Stuart Bingham (2,386) *R
  21.  Completed Low (David Bowie album) (7,680) *R
  22.  Completed Paul Hunter (1,758) *R
  23.  Completed Masia (restaurant) (892) *R
  24.  Completed Giraffe (7,870) *R
  25.  Completed Earley Women's Institute (1,005)
  • Total articles: 25
  • Total words: 95,170
  • Rollover words: 290,085.5

Prairie Astronomer ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Argentine Antarctica (2654) *O
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 2654

BlueMoonset ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed C. S. Rao (261)
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 261
  • Rollover words: 3081

Aerin17 ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Konstantin Mekhonoshin (783) *O
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 783
  • Rollover words: 3,241.5

Tdslk ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Thirumalai nagar (55)
  2.  Completed Salindh (127)
  3.  Completed Sasoli (302)
  4.  Completed Gabriel Marin (musician) (119)
  5.  Completed [[]] ()
  6.  Completed [[]] ()
  7.  Completed [[]] ()
  8.  Completed [[]] ()
  9.  Completed [[]] ()
  10.  Completed [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 4
  • Total words: 604
  • Rollover words: 7,911.5

DomesticatedCryptid ( talk)

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

Reidgreg ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Kasbah of Marrakesh (3703) *O
  2.  Completed Ukrainians in Russia (11724) *O
  3.  Completed Hero – Gayab Mode On claim fifty percent (6475) *O
  4.  Completed Canadian securities regulation section (567) *O
  5.  Completed Nipple (2338) *O
  6.  Completed United National Party (3055) *O
  7.  Completed Dnipro (magazine) (1127) *O
  8.  Completed Hollycombe Steam Collection (837) *O
  9.  Completed Slaves in Algiers (1600} *O
  10.  Working [[]] ()
  11.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 9
  • Total words: 31,426
  • Rollover words: 1980

Overthrows ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed PicSat (1916)
  2.  Completed Jute industry of Bangladesh (1873)
  3.  Working Tours (3183) *O
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 3789

BroVic ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Misiurewicz point (2458)
  2.  Completed Trusted system (2131)
  3.  Completed Ado-Odo (992)
  4.  Completed Aristotle's wheel paradox (1110)
  5.  Completed Operation Toan Thang II (14103)
  • Total articles: 5
  • Total words: 20,794

Beetricks ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working 2008 attack on Omdurman and Khartoum (1137)
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0

Lenny Marks ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Geography of Somaliland (539) *O
  2.  Completed My Summer Car (1349) *O
  3.  Completed February 2021 Greek cold wave (605)
  4.  Completed Reception and criticism of WhatsApp security and privacy features (2862) *O
  5.  Working [[]] ()
  6.  Completed NOS4A2 (1917) *O
  • Total articles: 5
  • Total words: 7252

Baffle gab1978 ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Tala tank (1,671) *R
  2.  Completed Humanism (6,244) *R
  3.  Completed Gangaajal (2,820) *R
  4.  Completed Cr1TiKaL (1,654) *R
  5.  Completed Nikki Grahame (2,358) *R
  6.  Completed INOLEX (1,183) *R
  7.  Completed Sefine Shipyard (558) *R
  8.  Completed Thalapathi (2,727) *R
  9.  Completed Sanggau Regency (2,137) *R
  • Total articles: 9
  • Total words: 21,352
  • Rollover words: 6,958

Jarmihi ( talk)

Article list

No articles.

  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0

Bogger ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Emma-Rosa Dias (822)
  2.  Completed Siege of Bunratty (2,625) *O
  3.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 3,447

Contrawwftw ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Battle of Bretoncelles (346)
  2.  Completed Slide (TV series) (1971)
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 2317
  • Rollover words: 6,380.5

CactusRoy ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed Brock McGillis (311)
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0

AryKun ( talk)

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

Wilhelmina Will ( talk)

Article list
  1.  Completed The Man Who Laughs (1928 film) (2,992)
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 2,992
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