Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/September 2023
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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 24 hours of the closure. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate talk page.
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 September 2023, 00:00 (UTC) and will end on 30 September 2023, 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 August and September 2022);
- to complete all requests on the GOCE Requests page dating from June and July 2023.
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 August and September 2022, and for June and July 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) and Zippybonzo (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
editFull 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
edit(Please update your own figures)
Leaderboard
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
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Total Articles |
Mox Eden (24) | Grungaloo (22) Baffle gab1978 (22) |
Argenti Aertheri (21) | Lfstevens (20) | Jayowyn (18) |
Total Words[n 1] |
voorts (70,086) | Jayowyn (69,619) | Lfstevens (67,317) | Argenti Aertheri (61,086) | Mox Eden (55,511) |
5k+ Articles[n 2] |
voorts (9) | Lfstevens (8) | Jayowyn (7) | Argenti Aertheri (6) | Mox Eden (5) |
Oldest Articles[n 3] |
Jayowyn (17) | Lfstevens (14) | Argenti Aertheri (11) Exobiotic (11) |
TrademarkedTarantula (10) | Miniapolis (7) Wracking (7) Twosixtyseven (7) |
Longest Article[n 1][n 4] |
voorts (19,064) | Argenti Aertheri (16,152) | Jayowyn (15,029) | Fritzmann (14,088) | Lfstevens (12,368) |
- ^ a b For requests and older articles, please include only the actual word count, without the 50% bonus.
- ^ Number of articles of 5,000 words or more. An article of 10K+ words counts as 2, of 15K+ as 3, and so on.
- ^ Oldest articles are those tagged in August and September 2022.
- ^ The number of words in the longest article you copy edited. Only one entry for any editor.
Progress chart
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31 August 2023 | 154 | 2,146 | — | — |
1 September 2023 | 147 | 2,128 | 18 | 18 |
2 September 2023 | 143 | 2,123 | 5 | 23 |
3 September 2023 | 138 | 2,094 | 29 | 52 |
4 September 2023 | 134 | 2,084 | 10 | 62 |
5 September 2023 | 132 | 2,078 | 6 | 68 |
6 September 2023 | 130 | 2,067 | 11 | 79 |
7 September 2023 | 125 | 2,058 | 9 | 88 |
8 September 2023 | 116 | 2,059 | 1 | 87 |
9 September 2023 | 114 | 2,065 | 6 | 81 |
10 September 2023 | 106 | 2,060 | 5 | 86 |
11 September 2023 | 97 | 2,046 | 14 | 100 |
12 September 2023 | 87 | 2,040 | 6 | 106 |
13 September 2023 | 87 | 2,046 | 6 | 100 |
14 September 2023 | 77 | 2,025 | 21 | 121 |
15 September 2023 | 73 | 2,022 | 3 | 124 |
16 September 2023 | 69 | 2,015 | 7 | 131 |
17 September 2023 | 60 | 2,020 | 5 | 126 |
18 September 2023 | 59 | 2,018 | 2 | 128 |
19 September 2023 | 54 | 2,023 | 5 | 123 |
20 September 2023 | 49 | 2,009 | 14 | 137 |
21 September 2023 | 44 | 2,001 | 8 | 145 |
22 September 2023 | 39 | 1,995 | 6 | 151 |
23 September 2023 | 37 | 1,991 | 4 | 155 |
24 September 2023 | 35 | 1,997 | 6 | 149 |
25 September 2023 | 27 | 1,978 | 19 | 168 |
26 September 2023 | 26 | 1,956 | 22 | 190 |
27 September 2023 | 22 | 1,950 | 6 | 196 |
28 September 2023 | 19 | 1,934 | 16 | 212 |
29 September 2023 | 16 | 1,923 | 11 | 223 |
30 September 2023 | 15 | 1,935 | 12 | 211 |
Reviewing
editGOCE 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
editSigning up
editRollover totals from the previous drive are located here.
Totals
editHow 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 August and September 2022, 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
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