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Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/September 2017

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 September 2017, 00:00 (UTC) and ended on 30 September 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 January, February, and March 2017);
• to complete all requests on the GOCE Requests page from August 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 January, February, and March 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 Corinne (talk), Keira1996 (talk), Miniapolis (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 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.

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Leaderboard[edit]

Progress chart[edit]

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

Progress Chart

Date	Old articles Jan–Mar 2017	Outstanding tags	Change since previous day [N 1]	Change since beginning [N 1]
31 August 2017	306	1,462	—	—
1 September 2017	296	1,461	1	1
2 September 2017	292	1,488	27	26
3 September 2017	292	1,484	4	22
4 September 2017	292	1,486	2	24
5 September 2017	287	1,484	2	22
6 September 2017	287	1,494	10	32
7 September 2017	284	1,498	4	36
8 September 2017	280	1,498	0	36
9 September 2017	275	1,519	21	57
10 September 2017	273	1,541	22	79
11 September 2017	270	1,543	2	81
12 September 2017	267	1,562	19	100
13 September 2017	264	1,576	14	114
14 September 2017	260	1,598	22	136
15 September 2017	256	1,599	1	137
16 September 2017	253	1,593	6	131
17 September 2017	248	1,538	55	76
18 September 2017	239	1,492	46	30
19 September 2017	233	1,481	11	19
20 September 2017	229	1,455	26	7
21 September 2017	226	1,456	1	6
22 September 2017	218	1,455	1	7
23 September 2017	218	1,475	20	13
24 September 2017	213	1,439	36	23
25 September 2017	208	1,442	3	20
26 September 2017	209	1,439	3	23
27 September 2017	206	1,433	6	29
28 September 2017	205	1,433	0	29
29 September 2017	204	1,436	3	26
30 September 2017	198	1,432	4	30

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]

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.

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. 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}}.
• If the article is from the GOCE Requests page, place *R (using plain text) after the word count. If it was tagged in January, February, and March 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]] (yummy!) (1,234) *O

and like this on the rendered page:

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

• Total articles: 1
• Total words: 171
• Rollover words: 1576

• Total articles: 14
• Total words: 7,064
• Rollover words: 3,142

• Total articles: 9
• Total words: 9075
• Rollover words: 2435

• Total articles: 2
• Total words: 8003
• Rollover words: 4,124

• Total articles: 41
• Total words: 107,000
• Rollover words: 281,500

• Total articles: 0
• Total words: 0

• Total articles: 19
• Total words: 40,363
• Rollover words: 17,705

• Total articles: 14
• Total words: 10,321

• Total articles: 1
• Total words: 496

• Total articles: 0
• Total words: 0

• Total articles: 0
• Total words: 0
• Rollover words: 748.5

• Total articles: 1
• Total words: 1,508
• Rollover words: 656,818

• Total articles: 4
• Total words: 3687

• Total articles: 3
• Total words: 5062

• Total articles: 3
• Total words: 46,128

• Total articles: 3
• Total words: 8037
• Rollover words: 578.5

• Total articles: 6
• Total words: 20,311

• Total articles: 0
• Total words: 0

• Total articles: 0
• Total words: 0