Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/August 2022

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 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 14 August 2022 at 00:00 (UTC) and ended on 20 August 2022 at 23:59 (UTC).

The theme(s) of this blitz were:

The October and November backlogs and May, June and July requests.

Blitz participants can earn barnstar awards based on the number of articles—and the word counts of the articles—they copy edit. 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 coordinators are Baffle gab1978 (talk), Dhtwiki (talk), Miniapolis (talk), Reidgreg (talk), Tenryuu (talk) and Zippybonzo (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

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

Progress Chart
Date	Outstanding Oct and Nov articles	Change since previous day	Change since beginning
August 13, 2022	85	—	—
August 14, 2022	84	1	1
August 15, 2022	79	5	6
August 16, 2022	77	2	8
August 17, 2022	77	0	8
August 18, 2022	72	5	13
August 19, 2022	72	0	13
August 20, 2022	72	0	13

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 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

Signing up

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

Totals

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)

Zippybonzo | Talk

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Completed [[]] () Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 0
Total words: 0

Miniapolis (talk)

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Completed Raju Narayanaswamy (1,423) Completed Lookism (manhwa) (3,995) Completed Khulna (2,158)

Total articles: 3
Total words: 7,576
Rollover words: 970

Dhtwiki (talk)

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Completed Ai-Khanoum (4934)

Total articles: 1
Total words: 4,934
Rollover words: 731

Tdslk (talk)

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Completed [[]] () Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 0
Total words: 0

Baffle gab1978 (talk)

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Completed Seattle SuperSonics (6,332) *R

Total articles: 1
Total words: 6,332
Rollover words: 3,542

BroVic (talk)

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Completed Public-domain software (1705)

Total articles: 1
Total words: 1,705

Perfect4th (talk)

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Completed Kim zəngin olmaq istəyir? Milyonların Şousu (309 – bulleted list as well) Completed Tri Counties Bank (528) Completed Tiruvottiyur (742) Completed Richard Darbois (522)

Total articles: 4
Total words: 2101

Data.kindnet (talk)

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Completed Special_Forces_Command_(Turkey) (841) Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 1
Total words: 841

JML1148 (talk)

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Completed Lords of the Night (Venice) (238) Completed Elinor (song) (224) Completed New Market Square, Bydgoszcz (2177)

Total articles: 3
Total words: 2639
Rollover words: 270

Asparagusus (talk)

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Completed Ranglong language (3421) Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 1
Total words: 3421

Reidgreg (talk)

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Completed Obsessive–compulsive disorder (7140) Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 1
Total words: 7140

Gamergirlyt9 (talk)

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Completed [[]] () Working 1990s ()

Total articles: 0
Total words: 0

Jonesey95 (talk)

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Completed Marriage Italian Style (813)

Total articles: 1
Total words: 813
Rollover words: 294

Fredlesaltique (talk)

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Completed [[]] () Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 0
Total words: 0

Chris troutman (talk)

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Completed Chelsfield (803) Completed Orang Asli (12769)

Total articles: 2
Total words: 13572