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Subtotals
June 20233
July 202346
August 202397
September 2023101
October 2023159
November 2023105
December 2023125
January 2024138
February 202499
March 2024140
April 2024245
May 2024180
June 2024142
July 2024199
August 2024179
September 2024175
October 2024181
November 2024170
Undated articles0
All articles
2,484

This Copy Editing Backlog Elimination Drive is 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 {{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 November 2024, 00:00 (UTC) and will end on 30 November 2024, 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 June, July, and August 2023);
  • to complete all requests on the GOCE Requests page dating from July, August, and September 2024.

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 June, July, and August 2023, and for articles listed on the Requests page. Awards will be given out once the drive has finished.

The drive is 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 Dhtwiki (talk), who is assisted by Miniapolis (talk), Mox Eden (talk), Wracking (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

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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 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

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(Please update your own figures)

Leaderboard

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  • Gold Star Award Leaderboard
1 2 3 4 5
Total
Articles 		TNM101 (16) KjjjKjjj (10)
Lfstevens (10) 		Saturniapavonia (9) Dhtwiki (7) SilkPyjamas (6)
Total
Words[n 1] 		Lfstevens (60,210) TNM101 (39,988) SilkPyjamas (26,497) Dhtwiki (18,367) EricXXue (13,679)
5k+
Articles[n 2] 		Lfstevens (5) SilkPyjamas (3) EricXXue (1)
Saturniapavonia (1)
TNM101(1)
Oldest
Articles[n 3] 		TNM101(14) Dhtwiki (7) Jwrivera (4)
Saturniapavonia (4)
 Tenryuu (3)
Miniapolis (3)
KjjjKjjj (3)
EricXXue (3)
Lfstevens(3) 		GreenRedFlag (1)
GraziePrego (1)
Longest
Article[n 1][n 4] 		Lfstevens (20,857) SilkPyjamas (13,475) TNM101 (8,499) EricXXue (7,835) Saturniapavonia (7,775)
  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 June, July, and August 2023.
  4. ^ The number of words in the longest article you copy edited. Only one entry for any editor.

Progress chart

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Progress Chart
Date
  • Old articles
  • Jun – Aug 2023
  • Outstanding
  • tags
  • Change since
  • previous day
[N 1]
  • Change since
  • beginning
[N 1]
31 October 2024 222 2,626 — —
1 November 2024 216 2,621    5    5
2 November 2024 213 2,593   28   33
3 November 2024 211 2,571   22   55
4 November 2024 207 2,558   13   68
5 November 2024 199 2,541   17   85
6 November 2024 194 2,537    4   89
7 November 2024 188 2,531    6   95
8 November 2024 184 2,523    8   103
9 November 2024 181 2,514    9   112
10 November 2024 177 2,521    7   105
11 November 2024 173 2,514    7   112
12 November 2024 171 2,519    5   107
13 November 2024 165 2,522    3   104
14 November 2024 164 2,521    1   105
15 November 2024 164 2,525    4   101
16 November 2024 162 2,510   15   116
17 November 2024 157 2,495   15   131
18 November 2024 154 2,493    2   133
19 November 2024 151 2,492    1   134
20 November 2024 147 2,490    2   136
  1. ^ a b Change refers only to outstanding tags.

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 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

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Signing up

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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

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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 June, July, and August 2023, 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

Miniapolis (talk)

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  1.   Completed Wonder.land (2,942) *O
  2.   Completed History of Guinea-Bissau (3,748) *O
  3.   Completed Donbas Battalion (4,361) *O
  4.   Working Starry Love (3,781) *O
  • Total articles: 3
  • Total words: 11,051
  • Rollover words: 1,639

Dhtwiki (talk)

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  1.   Completed Horayot (4125) *O
  2.   Completed Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (1397) *O
  3.   Completed Chinese Cultural Renaissance (3747) *O
  4.   Completed Russian 126th Coastal Defence Brigade (1023) *O
  5.   Completed Povestea cu măr moramăr și păsărica a ciută (2473) *O
  6.   Completed Ren Zhengfei (2545) *O
  7.   Completed Prva Srpska Televizija (3057) *O
  8.   Working BC Žalgiris (7889) *O
  • Total articles: 7
  • Total words: 18,367
  • Rollover words: 10,649

Mox Eden (talk)

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  1.   Completed Infostealer (1557) *R
  2.   Completed Kyo Kusanagi (6527) *R
  3.   Working Owens sucker (1168)
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 8084
  • Rollover words: 2969

GreenRedFlag (talk)

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  1.   Completed Ion Ceban (1,527) *O
  2.   Completed Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (3,612) *O
  3.   Completed Toyota TTC (296) *O
  4.   Completed Griffith R. Harsh (1,124) *O
  5.   Completed Feni Government College Killing field (279) *R
  6.   Completed Disney India (1,864) *O
  7.   Completed Aristobulus I (1,899) *O
  8.   Completed Bengali Muslim wedding (1,207) *O
  9.   Completed C Force (7,387) *O
  10.   Completed Kirkland Hall (2,311) *O
  11.   Working Political marriages in India (3,944) *O
  • Total articles: 10
  • Total words: 21,506

SilkPyjamas (talk)

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  1.   Completed Ivo Frank (1,545) *R
  2.   Completed 2024 Salvadoran general election (13,475) *R
  3.   Completed Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (8,435) *R
  4.   Completed United States presidential elections in Oklahoma (242) *R
  5.   Completed Me at the zoo (756) *R
  6.   Completed Shaparak Khorsandi (2,044) *R
  7.   Completed Exclusive economic zone of Croatia (507) *O
  8.   Completed Come What May (2001 song) (732) *O
  9.   Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 8
  • Total words: 27,736
  • Rollover words: 279

Tenryuu (talk)

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  1.   Completed Oxo-degradation (600) *O
  2.   Completed Passive house (3,685) *O
  3.   Completed Kotliarka (1,199) *O
  4.   Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 3
  • Total words: 5484
  • Rollover words: 5,869.5

EricXXue (talk)

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  1.   Completed Feed-in tariff (7,835) *O   Checked Miniapolis 16:47, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  2.   Completed First Serbian Uprising (3,553) *O
  3.   Completed Act respecting the laicity of the State (2,291) *O
  4.   Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 3
  • Total words: 13,679

GraziePrego (talk)

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  1.   Completed Virarajendra (2337) *O
  2.   Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 2337

Tdslk (talk)

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Article list
  1.   Completed Megu Umezawa (275)
  2.   Completed Edvard Valenta (198)
  3.   Completed [[]] ()
  4.   Completed [[]] ()
  5.   Completed [[]] ()
  6.   Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 473

Readingpro256 (talk)

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Article list
  1.   Completed [[]] ()
  2.   Working SS United States (7811)
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0

Saturniapavonia (talk)

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  1.   Completed Vladimir Zhirinovsky (7,775)
  2.   Completed Low-rise high-density (534)
  3.   Completed Nelson Aluya (647)
  4.   Completed PSA PF3 platform (109)
  5.   Completed Gorontalese cuisine (615)
  6.   Completed Paskuhan Village (1019)
  7.   Completed James Phillips (kickboxer) (103)
  8.   Completed Gupta Brothers (1939)
  9.   Completed Binod Bihari Mahato (879)
  10.   Working Women in music (21037)
  11.   Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 9
  • Total words: 13,620
  • Rollover words: 2,902

SheriffIsInTown (talk)

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Article list
  1.   Completed Arif Nakai (181)
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 181
  • Rollover words: 83352.5

Jwrivera (talk)

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  1.   Completed Battle of Los Yébenes (2468) *O
  2.   Completed Cavite City (4084) *O
  3.   Completed Kampong (1089) *O
  4.   Completed Cilicia (ship) (818) *O
  5.   Completed 18 Warriors of Sui-Tang Period (7007) *O
  6.   Completed Stanisław Kostka Starowieyski (1372) *O
  7.   Working First Russian circumnavigation (19331) *O
  • Total articles: 6
  • Total words: 16,838
  • Rollover words: 3,261.5

TNM101 (talk)

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  1.   Completed Abbas Akbar (408) *O
  2.   Completed Delwar Hossain Sayeedi (1704) *O
  3.   Completed Rallapalli Ananta Krishna Sharma (671) *O
  4.   Completed Erlan Stambekov (1062) *O
  5.   Completed Laljibhai Patel (1309) *O
  6.   Completed Welfare in South Korea (3186) *O   Checked Miniapolis 20:34, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  7.   Completed Vaishnavism in Ancient Tamilakam (4066) *O
  8.   Completed Murder of Muhammad Naufal Zidan (727) *O
  9.   Completed Bargaon, Odisha (564) *O
  10.   Completed Sabyasachi Mishra (471) *O
  11.   Completed Thomas R. Donahue (3102) *O
  12.   Completed Rogue wave (4976) *O
  13.   Completed Hindu American Foundation (3032) *R
  14.   Completed List of major crimes in Singapore (2020–present) (2864) *O
  15.   Completed Diesel exhaust (3077) *R
  16.   Completed List of major crimes in Singapore (2010–2019) (8499) *O
  17.   Working Saudi Fund for Development (1557) *O
  • Total articles: 16
  • Total words: 39,988

Mwwv (talk)

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  1.   Completed O mark (324)
  2.   Completed Sara Hooker (352)
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 676

Reidgreg (talk)

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  1.   Completed [[]] ()
  2.   Working [[]] ()
  3.   Working [[]] ()
  4.   Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
  • Rollover words: 1292

Lfstevens (talk)

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  1.   Completed Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (20,857)
  2.   Completed Portuguese people (16,017) *O
  3.   Completed Dollah Darya Khan (547) *O
  4.   Completed Don Hertzfeldt (6,124)
  5.   Completed Trichonephila (500)
  6.   Completed Philadelphia String Quartet (637)
  7.   Completed Pelee Island Winery (386)
  8.   Completed Nano Ganesh (404)
  9.   Completed Foreign relations of Russia since the Russian invasion of Ukraine (11,542)
  10.   Completed Antisemitism in the British Labour Party (13,236) *O
  11.   Completed Compulsory education in China (3109) *O
  • Total articles: 11
  • Total words: 63,319

Bunnypranav (talk)

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  1.   Completed Samved (284)
  2.   Completed Code review (675)
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 959

That Tired Tarantula (talk)

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  1.   Completed Hrazdan (1251)
  2.   Completed Shivalik Enclave (116)
  3.   Completed Local-loop unbundling (2020)
  4.   Working Einöd (2647)
  • Total articles: 3
  • Total words: 3382

KilimAnnejaro (talk)

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  1.   Completed Economy_of_Ethiopia (3126)
  2.   Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0

CosXZ (talk)

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Article list
  1.   Completed Blainsburg, Pennsylvania (382)
  2.   Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 382
  • Rollover words: 5,261.5

Avienby (talk)

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  1.   Completed [[]] ()
  2.   Working From First to Last ()
  3.   Working GNU General Public License ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0

Frostly (talk)

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

Tvfunhouse (talk)

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  1.   Completed Singapore media mergers of 2004 and 2017 (549)
  2.   Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 549
  • Rollover words: 9,718

Nythar (talk)

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

Nsophiay (talk)

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  1.   Completed Korolenko Chernihiv Regional Universal Scientific Library (1007) *O
  2.   Completed Povel Huitfeldt (1226) *O
  3.   Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 2233

HKRailEnthusiast (talk)

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  1.   Completed [[]] ()
  2.   Working Al-Saqqa House ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0

TheWikipede (talk)

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

Anupamdutta73 (talk)

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  1.   Completed [[]] ()
  2.   Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
  • Rollover words: 5318

TheNuggeteer (talk)

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  1.   Completed Pagalil Pournami (766)
  2.   Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 766

Thx56 (talk)

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

NightWolf1223 (talk)

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

KjjjKjjj (talk)

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  1.   Completed Bekaboo (1,638)*O
  2.   Completed Fifth inauguration of Sheikh Hasina (354)
  3.   Completed Mahamaya Temple, Raipur (573)
  4.   Completed Washington DC Taiwanese School (653)
  5.   Completed Dejan F.C. (470)
  6.   Completed Astro Radio (677)
  7.   Completed Won't Cry (800)*O
  8.   Completed Rosa Lavín (724)*O
  9.   Completed Corinth High School (New York) (98)
  10.   Completed Corso Valley (822)
  11.   Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 10
  • Total words: 6,809
  • Rollover words: 27530

WikiEditor5678910 (talk)

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

PSmith998 (talk)

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  1.   Completed [[]] ()
  2.   Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0
  • Rollover words: 285

PrinceTortoise (talk)

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  1.   Completed William Sangster (857)
  2.   Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 1,703
  • Rollover words: 846

Mathijsvs (talk)

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  1.   Completed Southwestern Istrian (1218 )
  2.   Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 1218

WikiEditor5678910 (talk)

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

SmileySnail (talk)

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  1.   Working Music City Roots (1048) *O
  2.   Completed [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0

BigChrisKenney (talk)

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  1.   Working Image (2408) *O
  2.   Working Political bias (1790) *O
  3.   Completed Traditional Chinese marriage (6204) *O
  4.   Completed Tokugawa Ieyasu (16510)
  5.   Completed Genetically modified brinjal (1916)
  6.   Completed Lyubov Sirota (2668)
  7.   Completed Hiroyuki Matsunami (940)
  • Total articles: 6
  • Total words: 33171

Honeyedmilk (talk)

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  1.   Completed [[]] ()
  2.   Working National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. (1,218)
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0

RINTERNET EXPLORER (talk)

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

Here.it.comes.again (talk)

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  1.   Completed [[]] ()
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  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0

Reader of Information (talk)

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

Moritoriko (talk)

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  1.   Completed Guna Caves rescue (580) *R
  2.   Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 580
  • Rollover words: 2492

Dicynodont (talk)

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

Jayowyn (talk)

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