Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May 2018

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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 2018, 00:00 (UTC) and ended on 31 May 2018, 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 September, October and November 2017);
to complete all requests on the GOCE Requests page from April 2018.

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 September, October and November 2017, 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 Jonesey95 (talk), who is assisted by Miniapolis (talk), Reidgreg (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

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

(Please update your own figures)

Leaderboard

More information Total Articles, Total Words ...

**Gold Star Award Leaderboard**
	1	2	3	4	5
Total Articles	Twofingered Typist (51)	Reidgreg (34)	Miniapolis (19)	Gog the Mild (13)	Dhtwiki (11)
Total Words^{[n 1]}	Twofingered Typist (72,194)	Reidgreg (54,315)	Miniapolis (42,163)	Gog the Mild (37,492)	Dhtwiki (21,835)
5k+ Articles^{[n 2]}	Reidgreg (4) Gog the Mild (4)	–	Twofingered Typist (3)	Dhtwiki (2)	Miniapolis (1)
Oldest Articles^{[n 3]}	Twofingered Typist (29) Reidgreg (29)	–	Miniapolis (19)	Dhtwiki (11)	Jonesey95 (6)
Longest Article^{[n 1]}^{[n 4]}	Reidgreg (15,524)	Dhtwiki (11,133)	Gog the Mild (8,196)	Twofingered Typist (7,305)	Miniapolis (6,613)

[1]
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 September, October and November 2017.
[4]
The number of words in the longest article you copy edited. Only one entry for any editor.

Progress chart

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More information Date ...

Progress Chart
Date	Old articles Sep/Oct/Nov 2017	Outstanding tags	Change since previous day ^{[N 1]}	Change since beginning ^{[N 1]}
30 April 2018	271	1,449	—	—
1 May 2018	264	1,415	34	34
2 May 2018	258	1,344	71	105
3 May 2018	256	1,300	44	149
4 May 2018	255	1,279	21	170
5 May 2018	249	1,236	43	213
6 May 2018	246	1,198	38	251
7 May 2018	244	1,171	27	278
8 May 2018	243	1,138	33	311
9 May 2018	223	1,102	36	347
10 May 2018	221	1,053	49	396
11 May 2018	217	1,022	31	427
12 May 2018	210	996	26	453
13 May 2018	203	962	34	487
14 May 2018	201	980	18	469
15 May 2018	195	956	24	493
16 May 2018	192	941	15	508
17 May 2018	189	929	12	520
18 May 2018	181	917	12	532
19 May 2018	173	882	35	567
20 May 2018	170	870	12	579
21 May 2018	169	878	8	571
22 May 2018	165	861	17	588
23 May 2018	163	851	10	598
24 May 2018	156	825	26	624
25 May 2018	151	819	6	630
26 May 2018	139	802	17	647
27 May 2018	134	798	4	651
28 May 2018	133	789	9	660
29 May 2018	129	780	9	669
30 May 2018	115	745	35	704
31 May 2018	104	716	29	733

[1]
Change refers only to outstanding tags.

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 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

Signing up

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

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.
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 September, October and November 2017, 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: