Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Requests

Guild of Copy Editors' requests page

On this page, you can request that the Guild of Copy Editors copy-edit specific articles.

Instructions for requesters

To make a request, remove any existing {{copy edit}} tags from the article, then click this button and follow the instructions:

Manual instructions (if the button doesn't work)

To make a request, add your article, using the following format, to the bottom of this page:

===[[Articlename]]===

Your comments ~~~~

Please remove any existing {{copy edit}} tags from the article to avoid edit conflicts during the copy edit.

Please note:

No request by an unregistered editor will be accepted unless the IP has done significant work on the article. Drive-by IP requests already on the list may be declined by any editor.
The average waiting time is two or so months. Please be patient and feel free to improve your requested article while you wait.
If you plan to nominate the article for good article, A-class or featured article status, please wait until the copy edit is complete before nominating it.
Having your article copy edited by our team does not guarantee that the prose will be considered acceptable during any of the above reviews.
You may have up to two open requests at any one time. This is enforced so that every request can have a fair chance of being fulfilled within a reasonable period.

Requests may be declined if the article is:

in the Draft or User namespaces, or is awaiting review at Wikipedia:Articles for creation;
unstable, undergoing rapid development, the venue for an ongoing edit war, or otherwise not yet suitable for copy editing.

Instructions for copy editors

Once you have accepted a request, it may be helpful to add a section to the article's Talk page explaining that you will be copy-editing the article and that other editors are welcome to post questions and comments for you while you are doing so. Remember to add another note when you are done.
Please ensure that you are familiar with the Wikipedia Manual of Style and the expectations for editing for the GOCE outlined in our Step by Step guide. The simplified Manual of Style is here. A number of national varieties of English are present throughout the encyclopedia, and no one variety is preferred. Keep spelling and date formatting consistent within an article.
When you accept a request, place an indented {{Working}} template immediately beneath the request and sign your post with four tildes (~~~~) so other copy editors know not to accept it.
Accept only one request at a time.
Articles that are potential Featured Article candidates should be handled by experienced editors.
If you have accepted a request but cannot fulfill it for any reason, please amend it with either:
- a note of the sections you have completed so someone else can complete the copy edit, or;
- a suitable template: {{Not done}}, {{Partly done}}, or Abandoned (not a template!). Please make a good-faith effort to complete a copyedit; excessive use of the "Partly done" template does little (or nothing) to reduce the backlog.
- If the article is unstable, experiencing rapid development, an ongoing edit war or apparent ownership issues, open a discussion on Requests talk to inform project coordinators.
- Acceptances that appear to have been abandoned will be checked after a reasonable period, usually one week after the timestamp. In cases of complete inactivity we will ask for an update on your talk page. If no response is received within one further week, the {{Working}} template will be removed so other editors may complete the copy edit.
When you have completed a request, add the template {{Done}} below the request and sign your post with four tildes (~~~~) and a bot will archive it in about 24 hours. In limited circumstances (breakdowns etc.), you can add the details of the request to the archive page then remove the request here by blanking the subsection. Do not delete the original request without archiving it.
Please consider adding the templates {{GOCE|user={{subst:REVISIONUSER}}|date={{subst:date}}}} on the talk page of articles you have copy edited and {{GOCEtb|article=Insert article name|sign=~~~~}} to the talk page of the requester.

Instructions for coordinators

Stale requests marked as "Working": Acceptances that appear to have been abandoned should be checked for activity after a reasonable period, usually one week after the timestamp. In cases of complete inactivity, a coordinator should ask for an update on the copy editor's talk page. Write "Asked X for update on talk page" below the "Working" line on the Requests page. If no response is received within one further week, the {{Working}} template should be removed so that other editors may complete the copy edit.
Quality control: Articles from the Requests page that are completed by newer editors should be reviewed for quality by a coordinator, time permitting. The top priority is to review articles that are FA candidates; the second priority, GA and DYK candidates.

Edit this panel

May 2017

Indigenous Environmental Network

Replace "Articlename" above with the title of the article you are requesting. Replace these instructions with your comments. Leave the tildes in place so that your signature is appended to the request. Gmhardesty (talk) 04:29, 3 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Working Vansk007 (talk) 06:04, 12 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Angels with Dirty Faces

I'm looking to get this article up to GA quality before nominating it, so can someone help me with writing the summary at the top before the start of the plot? I'm having trouble summarising it all myself, as the article has been very well detailed by myself. Thank you - Metal121 (talk) 23:14, 18 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Working A lot of good editing can happen in ten years. (talk) 02:15, 18 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

June 2017

Microsoft

Requesting a copy-edit of this article before submitting for good article status. Thanks in advance. Punyaboy (talk) 14:54, 4 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Working Keira 1996 23:59, 4 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Indian Navy

Need for a thorough copy-edit before submitting for GA or FA nomination. Parmar-ajn (talk) 05:56, 7 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

On hold. This article has had 50+ significant edits over the last ten days. It is not stable enough for copy-editing. Check the article's history periodically to see if it has settled down. – Jonesey95 (talk) 02:52, 30 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

For how long? – BroVic (talk) 12:51, 30 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Until it settles down. If it doesn't settle down in the next week or two, we can have a discussion on the Requests talk page about declining this request until the article is stable. See above: Requests may be declined if the article is "unstable, undergoing rapid development, the venue for an ongoing edit war, or otherwise not yet suitable for copy editing." – Jonesey95 (talk) 14:30, 30 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing Personal (All Time Low album)

Planning to take to GA. Yeepsi (talk) 13:22, 7 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Working. ɯɐɔ 💬 05:10, 23 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Sasuke Uchiha

This article became GA years ago and it got a lot of new content. Take your time considering its size. Cheers.Tintor2 (talk) 21:51, 12 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Working Quae legit (talk) 19:58, 1 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

On the Job (2013 film)

Please give this one a brilliant copy edit—improve the prose's flow, word choice, logical quotation style—before I nominate it for GA and later for FA. If possible, please also tweak the grammar of the alts for images. Thanks. Bluesphere 03:37, 17 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Working --Paradoxasauruser (talk) 13:39, 10 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Quantico (TV series)

A thorough copy-editing would be perfect for my future GA/FA nominations.Krish | Talk 15:46, 20 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Norman Osborn

I'm working on making this page a Good Article. Sagecandor said that the writing could use some improvement and I agree as well. Xtremeroller (talk) 01:35, 24 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Working NinjaDuckie (talk) 15:05, 5 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Yodel It!

I wanto bring the article above to FA status in the future, so I would appreciate a copy editing. Best, Cartoon network freak (talk) 21:57, 26 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

July 2017

Mallard

It has become a GA recently, and it would be really helpful if it would undergo a ce process, before taking it to an FA. Thanks in advance!Adityavagarwal (talk) 02:26, 1 July 2017 (UTC) Working – Corinne (talk) 03:03, 5 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Barge of the Dead

I would greatly appreciate a c/e of this article as I would like to bring it to FAC in the future. Thank you in advance! Aoba47 (talk) 15:46, 1 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Fielding H. Yost

Great info but might not have the best organization. Would like to see it reach GA eventually. Thanks. Cake (talk) 16:22, 1 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Drive (2011 film)

Please give this article a brilliant copy edit before I submit it for FAC. On the Filming and cinematography subsection, please reword this clause "As Downtown Los Angeles had changed for the better," as if to imply that the neighborhood has improved in its physical appearance. Thanks. Bluesphere 13:44, 2 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Columbidae

It has become a GA recently, and it would be really helpful if it would undergo a ce process, before taking it to an FA. Thanks in advance! Adityavagarwal (talk) 21:53, 2 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Religion in ancient Rome

B class article with a lot of content. Could use a copyedit. Harizotoh9 (talk) 04:32, 3 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Working Seraphim System ^(talk) 01:10, 8 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Whataboutism

I've done a great amount of research and expanded the article. A copyedit would be helpful, thank you ! Sagecandor (talk) 06:44, 5 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Fascinating article.

Working... GAB^gab 22:46, 5 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Sagecandor: I've gone through a few times, and I think I'm more or less

Done. Thanks, GAB^gab 02:01, 11 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Astronomica (Manilius)

I would like to promote this article to FA, and while I believe it is close to standards, I think it still has a few issues that need to be addressed. Consequently, a copy-edit would really make it shine. (Of note, the article was criticized at a previous FAN for being written in an inappropriate—i.e., overly-academic—register, and if a willing copy-editor could 'take it down a notch', I'd be grateful.)--Gen. Quon (Talk) 18:16, 5 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Quantico (season 1)

A tight copy-editing would be perfect for my future FL nomination.Krish | Talk 11:09, 8 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Humphrey IV of Toron

The article is about a young nobleman who could have been the king of Jerusalem if he had been willing to fight for it against his stepfather. Before its GAN, the article obviously needs a thorough copyedit. Borsoka (talk) 08:48, 9 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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