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The following event is now closed. Please do not modify this page, unless you are a participant adding your final statistics within 48 hours of the closure. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate talk page.

This Copy Editing Project Blitz was a one-week-long effort of the Guild of Copy Editors to reduce the backlog of articles that require copy editing; those carrying the {{copyedit}} tag or listed on the GOCE Requests page. It began on 18 April 2021, at 00:00 (UTC) and ended on 24 April 2021, at 23:59 (UTC).

The theme(s) of this blitz were:

  • The articles from our backlog: February and March 2021. New Wikipedia copy editors (welcome!) are advised to focus their efforts on these backlog articles.
  • All requests; GANs and FACs should be copyedited by experienced editors.
    • Please note: it is very important that articles listed on the Request page are skillfully and fully copy-edited; many of these will be reviewed for Good Article or Featured Article status. If you have any questions or comments about the article you're copy-editing, please ask on the blitz's talk page.

Blitz participants could earn barnstar awards based on the number of articles—and the word counts of the articles—they copy edited. Awards will be given out once the blitz has finished.

The blitz was open to all; 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.

Blitzes are under the purview of the Guild's coordinators. The blitz's lead coordinator is Jonesey95 (talk), who is assisted by Dhtwiki (talk), Miniapolis (talk), Tenryuu (talk), and Twofingered Typist (talk). If you have any questions, leave a message on the blitz's talk page.

For brief instructions on how to record your work, see below. For full instructions, visit the main blitz page.

Full instructions, tips, and awards

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Full instructions for participants, tips, help for new copy editors, useful tags, and details of the many barnstars available for the blitz can be found on the main blitz page. Please read this page carefully before you begin. To sign up, please use the form in the Signing up section below.

Progress chart

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Progress Chart
Date
  • Outstanding
  • Feb/Mar 2021 articles
    and Requests
  • Change since
  • previous day
  • Change since
  • beginning
April 17, 2021 205
April 18, 2021 199 Positive decrease  6 Positive decrease  6
April 19, 2021 193 Positive decrease  6 Positive decrease 12
April 20, 2021 190 Positive decrease  3 Positive decrease 15
April 21, 2021 188 Positive decrease  2 Positive decrease 17
April 22, 2021 191 Negative increase  3 Positive decrease 14
April 23, 2021 187 Positive decrease  4 Positive decrease 18
April 24, 2021 182 Positive decrease  5 Positive decrease 23

Reviewing

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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 word count of the reviewed article will be deducted from the editor's total. 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

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Signing up

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

Totals

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How to record articles you have copy edited:

  • Remove any extant {{copyedit}} 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}}.
  • 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.
  • If you want your work checked, you can request this on the blitz talk page.

Properly completed records look like this in the edit window:

# {{Completed}} [[Dark chocolate]] (yummy!) (1,234)

and like this on the rendered page:

1.  Completed Dark chocolate (yummy!) (1,234)
Article list
  1.  Completed Burton Snowboards (1380)
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 1,380
  • Rollover words: 597
Article list
  1.  Completed HU-308 (1615) *O
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  3.  Working [[]] ()
  4.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 1615
  • Rollover words: 1400
Article list
  1.  Completed Culture of Serbia (4,643)
  2.  Completed Atari 800 (8,503) *R
  3.  Completed South African cricket team in Australia in 1993–94 (2,530) *R
  4.  Completed Rivalry between Cologne and Düsseldorf (6,084) *R
  • Total articles: 4
  • Total words: 21,760
  • Rollover words: 2,508
Article list
  1.  Completed Fuller's Coffee Shop (1,336)
  2.  Completed [[]] ()
  3.  Completed [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 1,336
  • Rollover words: 1,348
Article list
  1.  Completed Marriage (card game) (2,163)
  2.  Completed St Brigid's GAA (Dublin) (1,172)
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 3,335
  • Rollover words: 1,261
Article list
  1.  Completed Elevations RTC (1,449)
  2.  Completed Zawiyet Sidi Amar Cherif (749)
  3.  Completed Henry Fitz (1,461)
  • Total articles: 3
  • Total words: 3,659
Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
Article list
  1.  Completed Hoa people (11304)
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 11304
Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
Article list
  1.  Completed COVID-19 pandemic in Delhi (2475)
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 2475
Article list
  1.  Completed Indonesian regional development bank (324)
  2.  Working Posuka Demizu (238)
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 324
Article list
  1.  Completed United States–China talks in Alaska (999)
  2.  Completed Spit (card game) (893)
  3.  Completed Pan Island Expressway (1031) (Request)
  4.  Completed Roberto Ransom (532)
  • Total articles: 4
  • Total words: 3455
Article list
  1.  Completed Gaighat, Ghazipur (233)
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 233
Article list
  1.  Completed Gela (1,136) *R
  2.  Completed Hamilton Love (939) *R
  3.  Completed The Uninvited (1944 film) (3,623) *R
  • Total articles: 3
  • Total words: 5,698
  • Rollover words: 1,833