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Backlog status as of the end of the drive
Backlog status as of the end of the drive

This Copy Editing Backlog Elimination Drive was 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 {{awkward}}, {{copy edit section}}, {{copy edit inline}}, and {{spacing}}) or listed on the GOCE Requests page. It began on 1 May 2017, 00:00 (UTC) and ended on 31 May 2017, 23:59 (UTC). The goals of this drive were:

  • to reduce the backlog by as many articles as possible, with a focus on the earliest-tagged articles (those tagged in July, August and September 2016);
  • to complete all requests on the GOCE Requests page from March 2017.

Drive participants could earn barnstar awards based on the number of articles—and the word counts of the articles—they copy edit. Articles from the Requests page count towards your total; these are generally higher-quality articles 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 July, August and September 2016, and for articles listed on the Requests page. Awards will be given out once the drive has finished.

The drive was 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 Miniapolis (talk), who is assisted by Jonesey95 (talk), Corinne (talk) and Tdslk (talk). If you have any questions, leave a message on the drive's talk page.

For brief instructions on how to record 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[edit]

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[edit]

(Please update your own figures)

Leaderboard[edit]

  • Gold Star Award Leaderboard
1 2 3 4 5
Total
Articles 		Twofingered Typist (46) Reidgreg (40) Miniapolis (19) Leschnei (13) WikiMasterGhibif (12)
Total
Words[n 1] 		Twofingered Typist (86,500) Reidgreg (70,900) Miniapolis (41,403) BroVic (23,005) Leschnei (22,876)
5k+
Articles[n 2] 		Reidgreg (6) Twofingered Typist (4) Miniapolis (3)
BroVic (3) 		– Tdslk (1)
Leschnei (1)
Oldest
Articles[n 3] 		Twofingered Typist (39)
Reidgreg (39) 		– Miniapolis (19) Leschnei (12) Dhtwiki (9)
Longest
Article[n 1][n 4] 		Twofingered Typist (19,728) BroVic (14,412) Reidgreg (13,100) Miniapolis (7,247) Leschnei (7,171)
  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 July, August and September 2016.
  4. ^ The number of words in the longest article you copy edited. Only one entry for any editor.

Progress chart[edit]

Progress Chart
Date
  • Old articles
  • July, August and September 2016
  • Outstanding
  • tags
  • Change since
  • previous day
[N 1]
  • Change since
  • beginning
[N 1]
30 April 2017 286 1,871 — —
1 May 2017 282 1,878 Negative increase  7 Negative increase  7
2 May 2017 279 1,887 Negative increase  9 Negative increase  16
3 May 2017 278 1,878 Positive decrease  9 Negative increase  7
4 May 2017 276 1,880 Negative increase  2 Negative increase  9
5 May 2017 270 1,867 Positive decrease 13 Positive decrease  4
6 May 2017 263 1,851 Positive decrease 16 Positive decrease 20
7 May 2017 254 1,842 Positive decrease  9 Positive decrease 29
8 May 2017 249 1,825 Positive decrease 17 Positive decrease 46
9 May 2017 239 1,793 Positive decrease 32 Positive decrease 78
10 May 2017 233 1,762 Positive decrease 31 Positive decrease 109
11 May 2017 230 1,736 Positive decrease 26 Positive decrease 135
12 May 2017 224 1,721 Positive decrease 15 Positive decrease 150
13 May 2017 219 1,727 Negative increase  6 Positive decrease 144
14 May 2017 212 1,689 Positive decrease 38 Positive decrease 182
15 May 2017 209 1,687 Positive decrease  2 Positive decrease 184
16 May 2017 204 1,643 Positive decrease 44 Positive decrease 228
17 May 2017 200 1,647 Negative increase  4 Positive decrease 224
18 May 2017 198 1,640 Positive decrease  7 Positive decrease 231
19 May 2017 188 1,622 Positive decrease 18 Positive decrease 249
20 May 2017 180 1,620 Positive decrease  2 Positive decrease 251
21 May 2017 170 1,593 Positive decrease 27 Positive decrease 278
22 May 2017 163 1,581 Positive decrease 12 Positive decrease 290
23 May 2017 161 1,574 Positive decrease  7 Positive decrease 297
24 May 2017 151 1,551 Positive decrease 23 Positive decrease 320
25 May 2017 149 1,543 Positive decrease  8 Positive decrease 328
26 May 2017 138 1,527 Positive decrease 16 Positive decrease 344
27 May 2017 135 1,521 Positive decrease  6 Positive decrease 350
28 May 2017 133 1,506 Positive decrease 15 Positive decrease 365
29 May 2017 128 1,488 Positive decrease 18 Positive decrease 383
30 May 2017 119 1,453 Positive decrease 35 Positive decrease 418
31 May 2017 114 1,388 Positive decrease 65 Positive decrease 483
  1. ^ a b Change refers only to outstanding tags.

Reviewing[edit]

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[edit]

Signing up[edit]

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

Totals[edit]

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.
    • 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.
  • Place the article you are editing on the {{Working}} line. 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 July, August and September 2016, 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 it on the drive talk page.

Properly completed records look like this in the edit window:

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

and like this on the rendered page:

1.  Completed Dark chocolate (yummy!) (1,234) *O

Miniapolis (talk)[edit]

Article list
  1.  Completed Theater in Honduras (979) *O
  2.  Completed Peta Toppano (1,421) *O
  3.  Completed Radio Canada International (809) *O
  4.  Completed Paul Bernardo (5,463) *O
  5.  Completed Afghans in Pakistan (4,280) *O
  6.  Completed Solar power in India (5,266) *O
  7.  Completed History of iPhone (493) *O
  8.  Completed Executive branch of the government of Honduras (1,120) *O
  9.  Completed Capitol Steps (2,016) *O
  10.  Completed North and South (Gaskell novel) (7,247) *O
  11.  Completed Ramal Talca-Constitución (1,432) *O
  12.  Completed Avaya (987) *O
  13.  Completed Niat Qabool Hayat Kakakhel (620) *O
  14.  Completed François Lesage (2,836) *O
  15.  Completed Guduvancheri (3,708) *O
  16.  Completed Rajura (319) *O
  17.  Completed Maracanã Village (892) *O
  18.  Completed Sonia Theodoridou (364) *O
  19.  Completed M. A. Muqtedar Khan (1,151) *O
  • Total articles: 19
  • Total words: 41,403
  • Rollover words: 19,055

Jonesey95 (talk)[edit]

Article list
  1.  Completed Udaan (2014 TV series) (1189) *O
  2.  Completed Os Under-Undergrounds (508)
  3.  Completed Peak (novel) (1,113)
  4.  Completed Ford Bronco (3,682) *O
  5.  Completed [[]] ()
  6.  Completed [[]] ()
  7.  Completed [[]] ()
  8.  Completed [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 4
  • Total words: 6,492
  • Rollover words: 749

gwendy (talk)[edit]

Article list
  1.  Completed Marusya Bociurkiw (1362) *O
  2.  Completed Heyri Art Valley Such a fascinating place! (483) *O
  3.  Completed Orange County Great Park (1194) *O
  4.  Working Renewable energy in the Philippines (3313) *O
  • Total articles: 3
  • Total words: 3039
  • Rollover words: 1833

Noah Kastin (talk)[edit]

Article list
  1.  Completed History of iPhone (2083note) *O
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 2083
  • Rollover words: 304.5

Yashovardhan (talk)[edit]

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

Tdslk (talk)[edit]

Article list
  1.  Completed Carlo Riveri (158)
  2.  Completed Scioto Greenway Trail (152)
  3.  Completed Republic of Ragusa (6407) *O
  4.  Completed Battle of Machias (1777) (1205) *O
  5.  Completed West Coast Trail (1591) *O
  6.  Completed Josie Long (1272)
  7.  Completed North Kanto Serial Young Girl Kidnapping and Murder Case (829)
  8.  Completed Wulfram of Sens (1216) *O
  9.  Completed Battle of St. Louis (1476) *O
  10.  Completed Nishijin-ori (687) *O
  11.  Completed [[]] ()
  12.  Completed [[]] ()
  13.  Completed [[]] ()
  14.  Completed [[]] ()
  15.  Completed [[]] ()
  16.  Completed [[]] ()
  17.  Completed [[]] ()
  18.  Completed [[]] ()
  19.  Completed [[]] ()
  20.  Completed [[]] ()
  21.  Completed [[]] ()
  22.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 10
  • Total words: 14,993
  • Rollover words: 66

Twofingered Typist (talk)[edit]

Article list
  1.  Completed David M. Friedman (1,447) *R
  2.  Completed Exercise TROPEX (1,456) *R
  3.  Completed List of Fairy Tale characters (used MSWord count)(19,728) *R
  4.  Completed "All in My Head (Flex) (1,490) *R
  5.  Completed Glory (1989 film) (2,191) *R
  6.  Completed Clube Atlético Mineiro in international club football (4,053) *R
  7.  Completed "Diamond Crowned Queen" (partial count) (500) *R
  8.  Completed Wayne's World (film) (1,342) *O
  9.  Completed Family International (2,379) *O
  10.  Completed Sadia Dehlvi (640) *O
  11.  Completed Rex Kodippili (used MSWord count) (565) *O
  12.  Completed Vestiarium Scoticum (partial count) (1,000) *O
  13.  Completed Yankee Sullivan (1,330) *O
  14.  Completed Jackie Vautour (1,092) *O
  15.  Completed Tryon's raid (1,040) *O
  16.  Completed Ray Wilson (English footballer) (1,159) *O
  17.  Completed Robert O. Peters (463) *O
  18.  Completed Made V.I.P Tour (461) *O
  19.  Completed "The Adventures of Tintin" (TV series) (partial MSWord count) 3,000 *O
  20.  Completed Riverland (1,399) *O
  21.  Completed Jorehaut Provincial Railway (993) *O
  22.  Completed AG Fronzoni (928) *O
  23.  Completed Shahdadpur (326) *O
  24.  Completed The Inner Circle (dating site) (267) *O
  25.  Completed Lordship of Batiscan (1,743) *O
  26.  Completed J. Wells (587) *O
  27.  Completed Wamba (king) (2,184) *O
  28.  Completed Amphibalus (1,483) *O
  29.  Completed Couto Misto (1,063) *O
  30.  Completed Diary of a Madman Tour (1,756) *O
  31.  Completed Djay Adx (613) *O
  32.  Completed Dry rot treatment (partial count) (2,000) *O
  33.  Completed Early political career of Habib Bourguiba (3,284) *O
  34.  Completed European Free Trade Association (partial count) (1,500) *O
  35.  Completed USS Trumbull (1776) (partial count) (335) *O
  36.  Completed Cristiana Oliveira (440) *O
  37.  Completed Moodring (2,196) *O
  38.  Completed Harken Energy scandal (1,165) *O
  39.  Completed Kingdom of the Lombards (6,611) *O
  40.  Completed Casshern Sins (used MSWord count) 2,203 *O
  41.  Completed Mitchell Torok (1,312) *O
  42.  Completed Ezema Nru (413) *O CheckedReidgreg (talk) 12:15, 31 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  43.  Completed Reinout Oerlemans (894) *O
  44.  Completed Milli Vanilli (1,714) *O
  45.  Completed Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad (partial count) (573) *O
  46.  Completed Penobscot Expedition (3,182) *O
  47.  Working
  • Total articles: 46
  • Total words: 86,500
  • Rollover words: 562,068

Sahilyoyo (talk)[edit]

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

CallieJ1988 (talk)[edit]

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

Reidgreg (talk)[edit]

Article list
  1.  Completed History of Sierra Leone (13,100) *O
  2.  Completed Loop optimization (§Common loop transformations) (600) *O
  3.  Completed Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (§Plot) (600) *O
  4.  Completed The Solitude of Prime Numbers (novel) (§Secondary characters) (500) *O
  5.  Completed Take Your Pick! (§Box numbers and the prizes) (200) *O
  6.  Completed Specialist Firearms Command (§Current role) (1500) *O
  7.  Completed Mungaru Male (§Box office) (200) *O
  8.  Completed Questionnaire construction (2100) *O
  9.  Completed Tacoma, Washington (§History) (1700) *O
  10.  Completed List of major power outages (§2016) (300) *O
  11.  Completed Miriam Defensor Santiago (§Senator) (900) *O
  12.  Completed Animation Kobe (600) *O
  13.  Completed Bianca Umali (200) *O
  14.  Completed Walls del Arrabal (translation, layout) (700) *O
  15.  Completed Enrique Peña Nieto (layout) (9000) *O
  16.  Completed Karthik Subbaraj (300) *O
  17.  Completed Pavlo Moroz (400) *O
  18.  Completed Siege of Savannah (1700) *O
  19.  Completed History of anime (5400) *O
  20.  Completed Theo Wanne (400) *O
  21.  Completed Asif Sinan (400) *O
  22.  Completed Patrick Nwamu (puffery) (700) *O
  23.  Completed Rentap (multiple-issue overhaul) (8200) *O
  24.  Completed Kulgam district (1100) *O
  25.  Completed Ban'ei (horse racing) (1000) *O
  26.  Completed Tanjung Pinang (partial count – share with Matterington) (450) *O
  27.  Completed Apaseo el Grande (translation) (6500) *O
  28.  Completed List of After War Gundam X episodes (1650) *O
  29.  Completed Timeline of airliner bombing attacks (1600) *O
  30.  Completed Perušić (translation) (600) *O
  31.  Completed Tashan-e-Ishq (1100) *O
  32.  Completed A. S. P. Liyanage (200) *O
  33.  Completed Kako, Bihar (450) *O
  34.  Completed Mega Man Zero 4 (1650) *O
  35.  Completed Marvel: Contest of Champions (1500) *O
  36.  Completed List of Alex & Co. episodes (800) *O
  37.  Completed Lilith in popular culture (2000) *O
  38.  Completed AN21 (DJ) (200) *O
  39.  Completed Two X (100) *O
  40.  Completed St Peter's College, Gampaha (300)
  • Total articles: 40
  • Total words: 70,900
  • Rollover words: 221,100

Dthomsen8 (talk)[edit]

Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working Bhrigu Ballia (149)
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0

Dhtwiki (talk)[edit]

Article list
  1.  Completed USS Stoddard (DD-566) (2257) *O
  2.  Completed 2nd Battalion, 377th Field Artillery Regiment (336) *O
  3.  Completed Kolowrat family (820) *O
  4.  Completed Inline assembler (415) *O
  5.  Completed Concurrent engineering (1069) *O
  6.  Completed Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre (688) *O
  7.  Completed Kanda, Uttarakhand (303) *O
  8.  Completed George White (merchant) (1261) *O
  9.  Completed Wacken Open Air (2670) *O
  • Total articles: 9
  • Total words: 9819
  • Rollover words: 10979.5

Xevus11 (talk)[edit]

Article list
  1.  Completed Seeduwa (640) *O
  2.  Completed Goh Kun (181)
  3.  Completed [[]] ()
  4.  Completed [[]] ()
  5.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 821
  • Rollover words: 1144

WikiMasterGhibif (talk)[edit]

Article list
  1.  Completed Brain injury (1070) Green tickY Miniapolis 22:07, 5 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  2.  Completed 5 ft 6 in gauge railway (789)
  3.  Completed Isomorph (gene) (52)
  4.  Completed 2016 Movida Bar grenade attack (944)
  5.  Completed Gear bearing (446) Green tickY Miniapolis 22:10, 5 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  6.  Completed Mural Arts Program (586)
  7.  Completed Horse slaughter (2705) *O
  8.  Completed Hang Dong Canyon (170)
  9.  Completed Visigothic Code (705) *O Green tickY I'll remove the {{Copy edit}} tag. Miniapolis 22:12, 5 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  10.  Completed War of the Outlaws was finished by another editor so I will not add to my counts (705)
  11.  Completed Action potential pulse (526)
  12.  Completed Eyelash extensions (1066) *O
  13.  Completed Energy in the Philippines (581) *O
  • Total articles: 12
  • Total words: 9640

Blbolli (talk)[edit]

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

Lfstevens (talk)[edit]

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

Paradoxasauruser (talk)[edit]

Article list
  1.  Completed Broken Home (Papa Roach song) (973) *R
  2.  Completed Fort Barrington (546) *R
  3.  Completed Boogeyman 2 (2022) *R
  4.  Completed Amendment No. 27 to the Entry Into Israel Law (1033) *R
  5.  Completed Anjaana Anjaani (1825) *R
  6.  Completed Kerbal Space Program (2592) *R
  7.  Completed Microsoft Lumia (2157) *R
  8.  Completed Nokia (3994) *R
  9.  Completed Forced conversions of Muslims in Spain (3535) *R
  10.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 9
  • Total words: 18,677

Laatu (talk)[edit]

Article list
  1.  Completed Sheena Bajaj (actor) (28)
  2.  Completed Daniel Hösli (109)
  3.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 137

Leschnei (talk)[edit]

Article list
  1.  Completed St. Stephen's College, Balla Balla (1408) *O
  2.  Completed Minnesota Youth Symphonies (689) *O CheckedReidgreg (talk) 12:33, 31 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  3.  Completed Battle of Machias (1610) *O
  4.  Completed Antonio Fontán (1071) *O
  5.  Completed Highland and Island Emigration Society (1004) *O
  6.  Completed List of beaches in Sri Lanka (1240) *O
  7.  Completed List of Marvel Comics Golden Age characters (Not too sure on the word count-used MS Word) (4165) *O
  8.  Completed List of Malay Singaporeans (7171) *O
  9.  Completed Frederik Vermehren (1079) *O
  10.  Completed Tahira Syed (316) *O
  11.  Completed July 2016 Turkish military asylum incident in Greece (1496) *O
  12.  Completed Čukur Fountain (1128) *O
  13.  Completed Bulgarian Ambassador to the United States (499)
  • Total articles: 13
  • Total words: 22,876

Stingray Trainer (talk)[edit]

Article list
  1.  Completed Top Gear: Polar Special (2431) *O
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 2431

BroVic (talk)[edit]

Article list
  1.  Completed Stephen III of Moldavia (5814) *R
  2.  Completed Apache Hadoop (2779) *R
  3.  Completed Bangladesh (14412) *R
  • Total articles: 3
  • Total words: 23,105

WeißwurstJon (talk)[edit]

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

Slon02 (talk)[edit]

Article list
  1.  Completed Marshall Islands at the 2016 Summer Olympics (501) *R
  2.  Completed Lithuanian Tartars of the Imperial Guard (713) *O
  3.  Completed Albania–Bulgaria relations (294) *O
  4.  Completed John Darwin disappearance case (1029) *O
  5.  Completed Mr. Krabs (1992) *R
  6.  Completed Boris Skossyreff (625) *O
  7.  Completed Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (560)
  8.  Completed Our Mother of Perpetual Help Cathedral, Astana (190)
  9.  Completed Singareni Thermal Power Plant (413)
  10.  Completed Carcoar, New South Wales (594)
  11.  Completed 2009 Dera Ismail Khan suicide bombing (340)
  12.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 11
  • Total words: 7,251

Duecez (talk)[edit]

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

P.Shiladitya (talk)[edit]

Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working Graceful exit problem (cosmology) ()
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0

Marceltjn (talk)[edit]

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

Grazioso2 (talk)[edit]

Article list
  1.  Completed Stabat Mater (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina) (466) *O
  2.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 466

Themmin (talk)[edit]

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