Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators

I have started a new drive page, with December 2023 to February 2024 as the backlog months, and June to July 2025 as the requests months, as Miniapolis suggested above. Dhtwiki (talk) 10:04, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

Hi all,

A quick note on progress tracking. It is possible, via Module:Tabular data, to have the same data source (a .tab file) for the graphs and table. I just want to note that this is a possibility—I think there would be positives and negatives to this approach. If it's something people are interested in considering, I could fiddle around with formatting and logistics. If not, we can leave it.

This is the bare-bones invocation of that module:

{{#invoke:Tabular data|wikitable
|WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/September 2025.tab}}

Also, I would be happy to write up a short documentation page to explain the workflow of starting and updating Data files, if that would be helpful. The general documentation for tabular data and the new chart extension is kind of scattered.

(pinging User:LightlySeared who might not be watching this page but was involved in putting the new graphs together in July) Wracking ^talk! 03:25, 4 September 2025 (UTC)

From the standpoint of updating the table, it is slightly more convenient to be able to do that in one place, although the alternative is not much harder. What are the negatives? It is also helpful at initial setup, as was done for this month, to create blank entries for all the future updates in any month.

Documenting the process of setting up the charts on Commons, and linking to a particular drive or blitz page, would be very helpful. It wasn't too hard for me to merely copy July's drive page markup to the September page and change the month. However, when I looked to set up complementary pages at Commons, I did not see how it should be done.

Thank you for yours and LightlySeared's efforts in getting this done. Dhtwiki (talk) 06:09, 4 September 2025 (UTC) (edited 06:01, 5 September 2025 (UTC))

Thank you for your feedback! I wanted to be cautious here and not implement these changes unilaterally. I do think the negatives are outweighed by the positives. As for the negatives, I see it primarily as related to the newness and unfamiliarity of the interface (Module:Tabular data is technically still in beta), as well as some possible limitations in display (e.g., I'm not sure if we could get the little ticker symbols to display). Wracking ^talk! 07:35, 4 September 2025 (UTC)

The ticker symbols definitely don't work, by my testing and my understanding of the documentation. Basically the only options are characters in Unicode. Which would leave ↑ and ↓, I think, as the closest things that do work, by formatting the change as a string.

However, that would break the charts. LightlySeared (talk) 21:22, 12 October 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for the ping. I actually haven't played around with charts much since, and not all with the tables themselves, as I have been kinda busy off-wiki. And I am waiting on proper formatting options, as well as the transforms to be implemented properly. As far as I understand the current documentation, it then should be possible to extract the yearly progress chart from the monthly one.

If you need assistance in writing documentation, I'd be more than happy to help. LightlySeared (talk) 10:29, 4 September 2025 (UTC)

I've gone ahead and started writing some documentation in my sandbox. It will be fleshed out a bit more over the coming week. Ideas on where to put the manual afterwards? LightlySeared (talk) 09:18, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

I think the first attempt at writing the documentation is ready for use. I've currently set it up so that it would be split into one short intro page and two sub-pages, but that's up for debate. At the moment the question is usability as a guide to the new system. LightlySeared (talk) 17:28, 4 October 2025 (UTC)

@LightlySeared Thank you for your work! This looks great. I apologize for going a bit MIA—I took a look just now and added some links to related pages. Of course feel free to revise/revert. Wracking ^talk! 23:37, 4 October 2025 (UTC)

No need to apologize. Looks good. The phabricator task I didn't know about. Well, one more thing to throw on the pile of "not yet finished things in charts and tables". LightlySeared (talk) 07:49, 5 October 2025 (UTC)

Sorry to dredge up this topic again, but I have cleared my sandbox for future use by BOLDly moving the tutorials to Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/Tables and charts and two sub-pages (Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/Tables and charts/Detailed Tutorials and Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/Tables and charts/Prepared Templates), in case anyone needs to reference them in the future.

In general, creating the necessary pages should hopefully work fine with these guides, I've just done so for the January drive. LightlySeared (talk) 19:47, 31 December 2025 (UTC)

@LightlySeared: Thank you for doing this. It looks quite comprehensive. Give me some time to set something up. If I can't, then I may come back here for help. Dhtwiki (talk) 23:45, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

I was a bit bored but not quite awake enough for copyediting, so there's a new version available, if you don't want to box yourself through the entire .chart ecosystem, using ChartDirect. Simpler to set up and way less of a hassle, but not quite as powerful. This comes close to how the old charts were made. LightlySeared (talk) 21:57, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

I see that you have made edits recently to the various tutorials but then backed them out with "wrong page" in the edit summary. Could you link to the "new version". Thank you for continuing to set up the charts at the beginning of drive months. Some day I will get around to mastering the process myself. Dhtwiki (talk) 21:50, 31 January 2026 (UTC)

That was me putting the prepared templates for using ChartDirect in the detailed tutorial, where they are not supposed to be. That page is basically a short intro to the details of the extension, but not needed if using the prepared pages.

I moved them into the prepared templates, which is where they were supposed to go in the first place.

I could have been clearer in my summaries, but alas I was a bit tired yesterday, sorry. LightlySeared (talk) 21:59, 31 January 2026 (UTC)

I have set up a new drive page. It takes six months to give a total of 246 articles as the bonus backlog. Wow. There are only 27 articles, two months' worth, on the requests page. Again, wow. Take a look and see if anything needs changing. Dhtwiki (talk) 11:03, 27 December 2025 (UTC)

A drive-by tagger has tagged 100+ articles about TV stations with the copy edit tag. It has swelled the ranks of the December 2025 backlog category but left us with a bunch of short articles in the backlog that might not need a lot of editing.

Here's a query for the 100 shortest (in KB) articles in the backlog. – Jonesey95 (talk) 21:19, 28 December 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for pinging them, Jonesey. Since they can't configure preferences to prompt an edit summary as a TA, I left them a welcome encouraging them to register. Happy New Year and all the best, Miniapolis 23:30, 28 December 2025 (UTC)

The account is now blocked, for "tagbombing", among other things. How do we mass revert the copy editing tags? Dhtwiki (talk) 03:59, 30 December 2025 (UTC)

It appears that the tagging has been reverted. The shortest article query is back to normal, with #100 at around 8,000 KB. – Jonesey95 (talk) 15:20, 30 December 2025 (UTC)

I've copyedited dozens of those. I hate tagbombers. The only thing worse is people who request copyedits on stubs that are completely uncited. Those should be deleted. Grrr. Lfstevens (talk) 01:33, 7 February 2026 (UTC)

(Note: I've moved this conversation from the "Next newsletter" thread above and re-threaded; it was starting to overwhelm the section and making it difficult to follow; revert if necessary. 🅑🅐🅖 ☿ 🅴🅻🅵🅵🅰🅱 10:41, 9 January 2026 (UTC))

Re the annual report: Copy and paste the 2024 report to the 2025 report, and then update it. It helps to replace known invalid values and dates with text like TKTKTK ("to come" in publishing jargon) so that old values don't get carried forward in error. There are links at Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Newsletters. – Jonesey95 (talk) 00:07, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

Done, you can see it here: Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Membership/News/2025 Annual Report Wikieditor662 (talk) 01:51, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

Wow, looking at all this, it looks like a lot... did you see what I asked about whether we can get bots to help us? It might help us quite a bit. Wikieditor662 (talk) 01:55, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

The part that seems the hardest to me, and the part that I have only attempted to accomplish or watched others accomplish, is summarizing the requests activity: e.g. numbers of requesters and copy editors and mean days between request and copy edit end, which I think are probably accomplished by moving data onto spreadsheets and applying appropriate tools. Dhtwiki (talk) 04:30, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

Other parts are mostly a matter of merely copying data, that is already calculated, from other pages, such as drive and blitz barnstar pages. Dhtwiki (talk) 04:34, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

I'm happy to help with the Annual Report; I'll strip out the old data and update where I can. 🅑🅐🅖 ☿ 🅴🅻🅵🅵🅰🅱 01:26, 8 January 2026 (UTC)

Old data are now stripped out and replaced with placeholders (xxx); I've added a bit about the category cleanup too. @Wikieditor662:, I'm here if you need help adding or compiling data. I don't want to tread on any toes so do let me know if my 'help' is unwelcome. Cheers, 🅑🅐🅖 ☿ 🅴🅻🅵🅵🅰🅱 05:24, 8 January 2026 (UTC)

Your help is appreciated. I thought that I might be able to figure out how to do the requests statistics, but it's getting to mid-January, when the report has gone out in the past, and I have barely been successful in attempting such spreadsheet legerdemain. I can most likely copy over drive and blitz statistics to those relevant tables and do other brushup. Dhtwiki (talk) 08:04, 8 January 2026 (UTC)

Thank you, as Dhtwiki said, your help is greatly appreciated! Wikieditor662 (talk) 17:09, 8 January 2026 (UTC)

Thank you both; I'll get to work collating the Requests data; I do work in spreadsheets and I'm happy to email them to you both if you want them. Cheers, 🅑🅐🅖 ☿ 🅴🅻🅵🅵🅰🅱 02:19, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

Thanks, and I suggest you apply to become a coordinator in the next election! Wikieditor662 (talk) 02:44, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

Thank you, as well. I would like to have your spreadsheet when it's done, plus some information on how you move data from the requests page onto it in order to do the work, as I don't think that it's obvious. Dhtwiki (talk) 05:58, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

No problem, Dhtwiki – the uncompleted December requests still need collating. Writing a crib sheet shouldn't be too difficult. P.S., are you gonna tell Wikieditor662 about my past here or shall I? ;-) Cheers, 🅑🅐🅖 ☿ 🅴🅻🅵🅵🅰🅱 10:53, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

I did not want to take away from the possibility that they were being intentionally ironic. It is wonderful to have such a full slate of active nominal coordinators backed up by a shadow coordinating team, as well as quite an active copy editing crew. Dhtwiki (talk) 03:50, 10 January 2026 (UTC)

Sorry for the late reply, I haven't seen this until now.

I wasn't being ironic; but now that you bring it up, I'm genuinely curious. @Baffle gab1978 what happened?

Wikieditor662 (talk) 06:51, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

You invited Baffle to become a coordinator. See the drop-down list under "What is our history?" at the project page. You will see that Baffle has a long history of being a coordinator, as have others whose activity is currently reduced and thus whom you may mistake for newcomers when they are actually experienced coordinators and prolific copy editors of long standing. Dhtwiki (talk) 23:12, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

I see; they're actually longstanding here. But why did they stop? Or is that a secret? Wikieditor662 (talk) 20:16, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

(←) Hi @Wikieditor662:, there's no secret; I just thought it was about time someone else had a chance to be a coordinator, and there was probably a bit of burnout if I'm honest. I took a long break in early-to-mid-2025 so you may not have seen me around when you joined the Guild. Being an emeritus gives me an excuse to stay around though. I appreciate the sentiment of your suggestion; never say never, as they say. :-) You may find a leisurely trawl through our archives useful, idk. Cheers, 🅑🅰🅖 ☿ 🅴🅻🅵🅵🅐🅱 22:40, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

Well if you're already serving as one, why not come back officially? Wikieditor662 (talk) 01:56, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

A new blitz page, for February, is here. The 15th to the 21st seems the likeliest time. What about theme? I've penciled in the backlog from July–August 2024, and all requests. However, some, especially User:Jonesey95, were thinking of addressing shortest articles as a blitz theme. Dhtwiki (talk) 23:07, 6 February 2026 (UTC)

Short articles might be fun for the shortest month. – Jonesey95 (talk) 23:23, 6 February 2026 (UTC)

Could you to do a pet scan, as you did above, under "Drive-by tagging of many TV station articles", for shortest articles needing copy edit and set up a list on the blitz page? Looking at the pet scan parameters, I don't see how you narrowed the output to only those articles needing copy edit, although it's obvious from its URL. Dhtwiki (talk) 05:11, 7 February 2026 (UTC)

I was hoping for some help setting up the list. I will go ahead and announce the focus of the blitz to be on oldest articles and requests, as it is getting very late to do so. Dhtwiki (talk) 22:58, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

Agree with Dhtwiki. We can only do the possible, and the perfect shouldn't be the enemy of the good. Miniapolis 23:39, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

Sorry, I missed this request. The petscan list is a live query of the 100 shortest articles tagged for copy editing. – Jonesey95 (talk) 02:05, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

Jonesey95, do you have a link to the Petscan list? Miniapolis 21:06, 12 February 2026 (UTC) I don't have the hang of PetScan yet :-). Miniapolis 21:08, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

I was thinking of using the petscan list, up-to-date or no, but the added rigamarole is not something I have done before, and time was getting on. Although shortest articles during the shortest month is a cute concept, we can undertake such a theme during any blitz. Dhtwiki (talk) 06:32, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

Here's the petscan list. If you want something that is easy to process, go to the Output tab, choose "Plain text" at the top of the screen, and click "Do it!" – Jonesey95 (talk) 21:44, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

Not to insist, but if collaborations are still on the table, we could do something where we choose the topic of another Wikiproject, and in return they give us a shoutout (or something similar to this). Might help us gain more members. Wikieditor662 (talk) 06:43, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

Collaborations might be helpful, but they are probably hard to arrange. As far as gaining more members, we have around 850, according to the mailing list. The goal might better be to have their involvement in copy editing entire backlog articles and removing their c/e tags, but without joining drives or blitzes, as that would place an increased burden on coordinators' doing the bookkeeping. Dhtwiki (talk) 23:02, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

How would we get people to want to copy edit backlog articles without drives or blitzes? What would incentivize them to do this? Wikieditor662 (talk) 19:58, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

That's the trick. However, they have shown enough interest in copy editing to sign up. In my case, it was a matter of knowing that I could be of help, my knowledge of proper written English being good enough for that. Of course, I didn't mind earning some marks of appreciation along the way, but I was correcting mistakes before I got involved in drives and blitzes. Dhtwiki (talk) 22:59, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

So would it be a good idea to reach out to other wikiprojects, and propose to them, that we'll encourage our members to copyedit articles from their subject, and in return, they'll promote articles that they'll ask people to copyedit? Also, do most wikiprojects have leaders like this one does, and if not, how else could we reach out? Wikieditor662 (talk) 20:01, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

You seem to have a good idea about how collaborations should work. However, we must not have done many of them for a reason: one reason probably is that such collaborations require more administrative work (e.g. setting up of a table of articles to focus on); another might be that they have not produced much in the way of enhanced interest in pure copy editing. Each wiki project most likely has coordinators. If not, then they almost certainly have a project talk page where their members can be reached. Dhtwiki (talk) 06:49, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

So, just to be sure that we're on the same page here, are you okay with me reaching out to other groups to offer collaboration per the terms you suggested? It doesn't have to be all at once; it can be slowly over time. Wikieditor662 (talk) 00:59, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

I don't want to throw cold water on you enthusiasm, but I am not eager to see you spend a lot of time on this. I don't remember having seen you do much in terms of ordinary coordinator chores—reviewing, policing the requests page, answering questions, etc–where you might be of help. You have done a splendid amount of copy editing for the drives (a caretaker star in November 2025; wow!), but you haven't participated in recent blitzes (I see you started a 10K article on the 20th of this month; so, you haven't been completely absent). You could still be thinking about your proposal. You might eventually come up with a plan that we would like, especially if you seemed ready to handle the extra administrative work that it would probably involve. Dhtwiki (talk) 07:18, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

I was planning on finishing the 10K article for the blitz, but it was interrupted by an editor who was initially against copyediting the article due to its FA status; after some debate they eventually relented, however, by the time this happened the blitz had already finished.

For the other things, such as people asking questions, many of the other coordinators here are quite fast and manage to get a hold of answering these before I get a chance to. Do you have advice on things I could do that wouldn't be already done by the others?

Wikieditor662 (talk) 18:22, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

How did you come to edit Genghis Khan? I didn't see a copy edit template before you started and I didn't see it on requests.

As far as coordinator tasks, I don't think that we do enough reviewing of newcomers articles. We could leave you more to do in other areas. You could probably try your hand at announcing the next drive or blitz, as we're not always terribly prompt in doing so (the March drive is off to a somewhat late start, although I think that all necessary tasks have been completed; but further checking that it's been done right wouldn't hurt). Would you like to be involved in calculating barnstars and handing out such awards (not all at once; we tend to divide up those responsibilities for any particular event, as those tasks can be quite onerous)? You can probably get to doing such things before others get around to it. You just have to watch for your chance. Or, request the right to do it for the next event. Dhtwiki (talk) 06:06, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

For the template added to Genghis Khan, look here . The edits were reverted per the discussion I showed you.

Would you like to be involved in calculating barnstars and handing out such awards (not all at once; we tend to divide up those responsibilities for any particular event, as those tasks can be quite onerous)? I thought these were already completed by Romean and Jonesey? And isn't the March drive already announced? Also, when you talk about reviewing newcomer articles, is that for blitzes/drives or in other areas? Wikieditor662 (talk) 21:01, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

But where was the need for the Ghengis Khan article requested? I'm talking about there being either a {{copy edit}} template (not {{GOCEinuse}}) or an entry on the requests page.

GoldRomean and Jones passed out the February blitz barnstars, but there is the March drive to contend with. While the drive is ongoing there are apt to be malformed entries on the signup page to correct and articles by newer editors to be reviewed. At the end, the signup page should be closed, edited for the math adding up (especially with the leaderboard matching the individual entries), the barnstars calculated (Miniapolis usually does that, with the script that they are almost sole masters of, but, if your programming skills are up to it, you might try your hand at that), and distributed (which I often try to do but am willing to share that considerable duty with you). Dhtwiki (talk) 05:44, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

But where was the need for the Ghengis Khan article requested? I'm talking about there being either a {{copy edit}} template (not {{GOCEinuse}}) or an entry on the requests page. I thought that it was also non-requested articles that could be copyedited, just that requested/old ones got 50% bonus points?

While the drive is ongoing there are apt to be malformed entries on the signup page to correct Could you explain what you mean by that?

articles by newer editors to be reviewed meaning reviewing articles they've submitted as copyediting to make sure they've done it correctly?

Wikieditor662 (talk) 18:31, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

(←) @Wikieditor662: malformed entries are those that break the wikicode, do not conform to the standard layout, such as an editor recording all of their copy-edits in a single line, rather than as a bulletted list format. Also, edits that break the wikicode formatting (a missing '|', '[[' or '{' for example), custom signatures on the page, etc. And someone may mess up the leaderboard or other page furniture. meaning reviewing articles they've submitted as copyediting to make sure they've done it correctly? Yes that's correct, a few checks to ensure an appropriate c/e has been done, not just typo fixes. Editors occasionally claim articles they haven't really worked on. Hope that's clearer. Cheers, 🅑🅰🅖 ☿ 🅴🅻🅵🅵🅐🅱 22:28, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

(←) The only articles that should count towards blitz or drive credit are ones where copy edit is requested in one form or another. The 50% bonus is given only at the end of drives, for copy editing the oldest articles and (usually all) requests, but only the articles with more recent c/e templates should be included for credit, without the editor receiving the bonus. This should have been made clear in the blitz and drive instructions. If not then let us know where ambiguity exists. Dhtwiki (talk) 09:54, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

But told me here after I asked about this specifically: We ask that newer copy editors work with articles on the backlog (i.e. those tagged with a copy edit template), and only work on articles on the requests page when they have gained some experience. Other than that, there are no restrictions., doesn't that contradict what you're saying now? Wikieditor662 (talk) 22:23, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

That is a contradiction. However, I'm having a hard time searching the record of this talk page for when I said it. Would you point to where I said it. The "We ask that newer copy editors..." sounds like an instruction, but it's possible that I was using an editorial "we". In any case, it's now obvious that what was said was too broad a statement and, if an instruction, needs to be changed. Dhtwiki (talk) 04:47, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Would you point to where I said it the "here" from my previous message is linked to that page; I made the link longer so you can see it better. Wikieditor662 (talk) 04:51, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

I see it now. However, "We ask that newer copy editors work with articles on the backlog..." should have limited the scope of "Other than that, there are no restrictions." Your article was not part of the backlog. Dhtwiki (talk) 05:46, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Sorry, it was a little confusing, I don't believe at the time I realized the requests page was different from the backlog. Anyhow, by this point, I'm not sure if I'm new anymore, and I also think that we ask doesn't seem to indicate that it's required. Wikieditor662 (talk) 21:57, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Taken by itself, that sentence might be confusing; but, taken with the drive and blitz instructions, it should be clear that the backlog and requests are different and that barnstar awards are given for work on articles already tagged. Perhaps "newer" could be "new". "We ask" is a polite way of saying it, where "we require", or some such, sounds too demanding. If you see how our instructions could be more clearly worded, then you could suggest changes. Dhtwiki (talk) 22:55, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

So is it required that an article be requested to be copyedited (either in the requests page or with the tag)? I would advise against doing that, because many other articles could also use improvement. Wikieditor662 (talk) 02:15, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

You can copy edit any article that you want to edit. Only articles tagged with {{copy edit}} and its sibling tags, along with pages posted on the Requests page, can be counted for our blitzes and drives. I hope that is clear. If you have suggestions on better wording for our drive pages, please offer it here. This is the first time in my 13 years with the GOCE that I have encountered this confusion. – Jonesey95 (talk) 01:31, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

The wording itself came from a personal reply from Dhtwiki (which he later clarified), not from the drive page. And even if it was, if you haven't had a problem with this in 13 years, then it probably doesn't need changing anyway. Wikieditor662 (talk) 02:05, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

In addition, if you come across a featured article, or one that is a candidate for such status, that article is less likely to need copy editing, and certainly putting the {{GOCEinuse}} template out, claiming exclusivity of editing, should not be done, especially if you see recent editing activity. One time that it's advisable to at least tune in and follow along with a featured article candidacy, is when you yourself has done the preliminary copy editing, usually through the requests page. Then, you will see how your work has been received, and you may be able to help with further copy editing, having come to know the concepts and language involved well, if you've done your work conscientiously. In general, as Jonesey has implied, this project is here to put aright those articles in more dire need of copy editing, sometimes in order just to make them intelligible. That's what the barnstars are for. Dhtwiki (talk) 23:40, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

Jonesey has started the drive page. I have added December to the backlog; otherwise, we would offer fewer old articles than were copy edited in January 2026. Dhtwiki (talk) 07:48, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for tidying up my first draft. I wanted to get at least a placeholder published. February is short! – Jonesey95 (talk) 02:31, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for being so watchful. I see that you updated the Wikipedia:Community bulletin board announcement as well. I have put in a request for the watchlist message to run from February 27 to March 5. I have been putting the end date plus 1, which seems necessary to get the message up for the full seven days (the maximum usually allowed). However, I haven't been good at checking that the message is up for that long. So, please be on the lookout. Dhtwiki (talk) 06:23, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

The barnstar page is up, thanks to my spouse and after much wailing and gnashing of teeth (long story). All the best, Miniapolis 20:35, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

Thank you. GoldRomean seems to be handing out the barnstars. BTW, the watchlist message did run the full seven days, which means that end-date-plus-1 is necessary. Dhtwiki (talk) 23:36, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

+1 to the thanks. Barnstars have been distributed :). GoldRomean (talk) 23:54, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

...all distributed except yours, and now that's been done. I wasn't sure whether you had taken care of yourself. When giving out barnstars, I usually qualify my "I'm finished" phrase with "except for mine", or WTTE. Dhtwiki (talk) 23:25, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

Gotcha, will keep that in mind. And thanks :). GoldRomean (talk) 15:34, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

I'm getting a bad taste in my mouth lately from the Wikilawyering in certain areas of editing, so my inclination is not to sign up for the Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/March 2026. I might still do some copy editing, but I don't want to be nitpicked again and again. It's why I don't do new pages review, category sorting, pop-culture AfDs, etc., etc. Thank you for understanding. Bearian (talk) 21:40, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

Please see the April blitz page that I have set up. It's set to run from the 12th to the 18th, but that can be changed. September and October 2024 backlog articles, and all requests, are penciled in as themes. Should that be changed? Dhtwiki (talk) 10:25, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

Sounds good. Thanks and all the best, Miniapolis 17:53, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

I have, barely, started setting up the April 2026 newsletter page. Much work remains, but it should go out in time for the start of the April blitz. Dhtwiki (talk) 10:41, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

I have completed adding all the statistical information. So, the newsletter can go out soon. Please check for any errors or omissions. Dhtwiki (talk) 00:21, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

Thanks as always! LGTM; I made some minor edits. GoldRomean (talk) 00:37, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for correcting the omission from the list of re-elected coordinators; not so minor an omission. And for the added links. I will try to send the newsletter out soon, by the end of today or early tomorrow. Dhtwiki (talk) 21:01, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

Previously, I used to see a comment in the 'Articles needing copy edit' category pages which said something like the articles have been checked for appropriate placing of copy edit tags. These days, I do not see it, so is this not being done or has it been stopped permanently? Thanks, TNM101 (chat) 16:30, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

This has probably stopped entirely, although we probably could use with a culling of articles tagged by over-eager editors. We had quite an increase of total articles during the March drive, and that can be dispiriting to those who are actually doing the copy editing. I've noticed that there are particular editors who place a lot of tags (and without explaining exactly why). I also suspect that new articles are somewhat automatically being tagged, although I could be wrong. Dhtwiki (talk) 21:31, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

I have created a page for the May 2026 drive (May starts a week from Friday). I have listed October to December 2024, and January to February 2025, as the oldest months (234 articles in total), as well as all requests (29 articles as of now). Dhtwiki (talk) 22:40, 23 April 2026 (UTC) (edited 22:42, 23 April 2026 (UTC))

Hello, I copyedited this article Benin City, which was listed from April 2024. Not sure how this one was left behind, but does it count in the oldest tagged articles? TNM101 (chat) 16:24, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

I saw that that article had popped up on the backlog. The April 2024 tag reappeared when someone reverted all the edits going back to November 2024. Because I didn't see that it actually had been copy edited, I didn't remove the template, while adding back the copy edited version, or give the template the current date. So, I think it counts as "old" and you can score it as such. Dhtwiki (talk) 00:53, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Great, thank you! TNM101 (chat) 09:54, 10 May 2026 (UTC)