Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/August 2019

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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 August 2019, at 00:00 (UTC) and ended on 24 August 2019, at 23:59 (UTC).

The theme(s) of this blitz were:

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 lead coordinator is Reidgreg (talk), who is assisted by Baffle gab1978 (talk), Miniapolis (talk), Tdslk (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

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 Requests and March backlog articles	Change since previous day	Change since beginning	Daily articles edited
August 17, 2019	102	—	—	—
August 18, 2019	98	4	4	4
August 19, 2019	91	7	11	7
August 20, 2019	81	10	21	10
August 21, 2019	70	11	32	11
August 22, 2019	72	2	30	1
August 23, 2019	68	4	34	4
August 24, 2019	69	1	33	–

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

To sign up for the blitz, click the button below. This will create a subsection in the Totals section for you to record your copy edits. Rollover totals from the previous blitz can be found here.

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)

Twofingered Typist (talk)

Article list
Completed West Bengal R (8439) Completed* In My Head (Ariana Grande song) R (2004) Completed* Taylor Swift R (8840) Completed* Leaving Through the Window R (2232) Completed* Rebecca Malope (905} *O

Total articles: 5
Total words: 22,420
Rollover words: 7,233

Gog the Mild (talk)

Article list
Completed Battle of Karbala (6539)

Total articles: 1
Total words: 6539
Rollover words: 1488

Miniapolis (talk)

Article list
Completed Kanpur City Transport Services Limited (567) Completed Tashkent State Institute of Oriental Studies (1,166) Completed Regional Committee of Communists in Macedonia (1,151) Completed Political-Social Brigade (1,330)

Total articles: 4
Total words: 4,214
Rollover words: 1,360

Bobbychan193 (talk)

Article list

Completed Sanjay Dutt filmography (750) *R
Completed Bum Bum (696) *R
Completed Kang Woo-kyu (1016) *R
Completed Speakerphone (song) (960) *R
Completed 2019 Veldhoven Open (1449) *R
Completed Maria Grapini (528) *R
Completed Mad Love (Mabel song) (1478) *R
Completed Problematic social media use (1705) *R
Completed Hyperinflation in Venezuela (4502) *R
Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 9
Total words: 13,084

Reidgreg (talk)

Article list
Completed Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple (2337) R Working* [[]] ()

Total articles: 1
Total words: 2337
Rollover words: 2011

Geordie (talk)

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

Total articles: 0
Total words: 0

FiveFaintFootprints (talk)

Article list
Completed [[]] () Completed Districts of Cartagena, Spain (4753) Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 1
Total words: 4753
Rollover words: 170

Dhtwiki (talk)

Article list
Completed Atsushi Nakajima (Bungo Stray Dogs) (2787)

Total articles: 1
Total words: 2,787
Rollover words: 978

Tdslk (talk)

Article list
Completed Global warming (7063) Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 1
Total words: 7063

AnUnnamedUser (talk)

Article list
Completed Relationship marketing (3190) *O

Total articles: 1
Total words: 3190

Aarre (talk)

Article list
Completed Substitute good (4,632) Reidgreg (talk) 20:37, 24 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Total articles: 1
Total words: 4,632

Jonesey95 (talk)

Article list
Completed Kilis 7 Aralık University (957)

Total articles: 1
Total words: 957
Rollover words: 626

Wingedserif

Article list
Completed [[]] () Completed AP International English Language (1705)

Total articles: 1
Total words: 0