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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 which fit the theme and those listed on the GOCE Requests page. It began on 13 February 2022, at 00:00 (UTC) and ended on 19 February 2022, at 23:59 (UTC).

The themes of this blitz were:

  • Requests and
  • Africa and African diaspora history

Blitz participants earned barnstar awards based on the number of articles—and the word counts of the articles—they copy edited. Awards will be given out once the blitz has finished.

The blitz was open to all; you didn't have to be a member of the Guild of Copy Editors to participate. You must, however, have been competent in your use of English grammar, spelling and punctuation. We strongly advised you to read Wikipedia's guide to basic copy editing before you began working. If you were 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), Dhtwiki (talk), Miniapolis (talk) and Tenryuu (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

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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

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Progress Chart
Date
  • Outstanding
  • Africa
    and African diaspora
    history articles
  • Change since
  • previous day
  • Change since
  • beginning
February 12, 2022 34 — —
February 13, 2022 31 Positive decrease  3 Positive decrease  3
February 14, 2022 30 Positive decrease  1 Positive decrease  4
February 15, 2022 29 Positive decrease  1 Positive decrease  5
February 16, 2022 29 Steady  0 Positive decrease  5
February 17, 2022 29 Steady  0 Positive decrease  5
February 18, 2022 26 Positive decrease  3 Positive decrease  8
February 19, 2022 15 Positive decrease 11 Positive decrease 19

Reviewing

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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

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Signing up

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

Totals

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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)

Article list

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0. fake article to show what an in-progress article looks like  Working – Reidgreg (talk) 01:37, 9 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
00. fake article to show what a completed article looks like  Done – Reidgreg (talk) 01:37, 9 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
African and African diaspora history articles
  1. 1967 Detroit riot  Done Miniapolis 15:21, 13 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  2. 1992 Los Angeles riots  Done Miniapolis 17:10, 13 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  3. 2019–2022 Sudanese protests  Done Miniapolis 02:24, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  4. 2021 Boyo killings  Done Reidgreg (talk) 23:20, 13 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  5. 2022 Costa Rican general election
  6. 678 (film)  Done Reidgreg (talk) 06:12, 14 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Ademola Rasaq Seriki
  8. Ahmed Balafrej
  9. Alex A. Y. Kyerematen  Done Reidgreg (talk) 23:17, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Amerado (musician)  Done Reidgreg (talk) 04:42, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  11. Belizean Creole  Done Dhtwiki (talk) 23:35, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  12. Beryl Gilroy
  13. Buffalo Souljah
  14. Chefchaouen  Done Reidgreg (talk) 22:35, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  15. Chinhoyi
  16. Constitution of Nigeria
  17. Denis Sassou Nguesso
  18. Egyptian invasion of Hararghe  Done Miniapolis 21:18, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  19. Eugene Francois Magloire
  20. Fatima Lolo  Done Baffle☿gab 03:43, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  21. Fawziya Mahran
  22. Gender roles in Islam
  23. Hamman Bello  Done – Jonesey95 (talk)
  24. Idania Martínez Grandales  Done Baffle☿gab 23:31, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  25. Jacob Zuma
  26. Kagera (region)  Done Baffle☿gab 02:45, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  27. Karim Hirji  Done Baffle☿gab 03:28, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  28. Nagos  Done Baffle☿gab 06:49, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  29. Obafemi Awolowo University  Done Baffle☿gab 07:50, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  30. Oromo conflict  Done by @Elinruby: Baffle☿gab 03:44, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  31. Republican Rally for Democracy in Rwanda
  32. Somali calendar c/e  Not done; cleaned up copyvios and marked for rev-del. Baffle☿gab 03:24, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  33. Ubadah ibn al-Samit
  34. W.Z. Fenyang

Miniapolis (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed 1967 Detroit riot (section) (423)
  2.  Completed 1992 Los Angeles riots (sections) (359)
  3.  Completed 2019–2022 Sudanese protests (8,471)
  4.  Completed Egyptian invasion of Hararghe (2,803)
  • Total articles: 4
  • Total words: 12,056
  • Rollover words: 527

Dhtwiki (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed Dura-Europos (25 (2/13–17 edits) / 69 (total edits, since 2/5) * 7362 (total word count)) (2668)
  2.  Completed Belizean Creole (3658)
  • Total articles: 2
  • Total words: 6,326
  • Rollover words: 1,728

2402:800:63AD:9C71:FC9F:9B9A:E5F:AAB8 (talk)

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

Birdn4t0r (talk)

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

Reidgreg (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed 2021 Boyo killings (551)
  2.  Completed 678 (film) (1955)
  3.  Completed Amerado (musician) (421)
  4.  Completed Chefchaouen (4999)
  5.  Completed Alex A. Y. Kyerematen (490)
  6.  Working [[]] ()
  7.  Working [[]] ()
  8.  Working [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 5
  • Total words: 8416
  • Rollover words: 2019

Tdslk (talk)

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

Jonesey95 (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed Hamman Bello (661)
  2.  Completed [[]] ()
  3.  Completed [[]] ()
  4.  Completed [[]] ()
  5.  Completed [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 661
  • Rollover words: 75

MarteeDave (talk)

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

Baffle gab1978 (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed James Rumsey Monument (3,307) *R
  2.  Completed Pakeezah (6,629) *R
  3.  Completed Obafemi Awolowo University (3,267)
  4.  Completed Kagera (region) (953)
  5.  Completed Karim Hirji (124)
  6.  Completed Fatima Lolo (133)
  7.  Completed Nagos (931)
  8.  Completed Idania Martínez Grandales (669)
  9.  Completed [[]] ()
  • Total articles: 8
  • Total words: 16,013
  • Rollover words: 3,077

Rublov (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed Survivor: The Australian Outback (5,281 words — had to compute manually as Wikipedia:Prosesize didn't count the episode table, which made up the bulk of the article) *R Checked left notes on editor's talk page Reidgreg (talk) 03:07, 21 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Total articles: 1
  • Total words: 5,281

P3achiee (talk)

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Article list
  1.  Completed [[]] ()
  2.  Working Pastel QAnon (738)
  • Total articles: 0
  • Total words: 0

BalaM314 (talk)

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