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Shortcuts WP:GOCER WP:GOCE/REQ 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

Wanted to improve the writing for this article before it gets re-nominated into the Good Article Nomination (GAN). This article was nominated before but did not pass due to errors in grammar and wording that were not well written at that time. I finished fixing those issues brought up by the reviewer, but I still believe some prose and grammar checks need to be made. Rephrasing is done well and accurately. HereIGoAgain (talk) 09:57, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Partly done I have only done until before the "Music and lyrics" section. Mox Eden (talk) 11:53, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Working. – Jonesey95 (talk) 17:13, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jonesey95, are you still working on this article? You have not edited it since 16 November. Mox Eden (talk) 16:25, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it's on my list for this weekend. Thanks for asking. – Jonesey95 (talk) 20:15, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Should be fairly straightforward. Seems like most of the article is just a copied edit summary. Copyedit will involve deleting most of the plot summary. Catalyzzt (talk) 13:12, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The article went through a major cleanup & restructuring after its 4th AfD (I participated in the article rewrite). It then failed as a GAN with the only reviewer saying: The article needs a pretty major copyedit to be written readable for someone not already completely familiar with the game. Any help would be appreciated! Sariel Xilo (talk) 16:52, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The article is in need of in-depth copyediting. Thank you! OceanHok (talk) 15:02, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(DYK) I nominated Kanifing for a DYK, and the reviewer noted that the article may have issues with close paraphrasing. The reviewer suggested I take it here so others can help fix these issues. (Pinging the reviewer, Chipmunkdavis.) — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 16:20, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 On hold; hi @Vigilantcosmicpenguin:, copyright problems should be dealt with before a copy-edit takes place. If only part of the article is closely paraphrased, please identify the (sub-)section(s) using {{Close paraphrasing}} so a copy-editor knows where to work. If text is close enough to the original to be a copyright violation, it should be removed and the revisions deleted via {{Copyvio-revdel}}. Discuss at REQ talk. Baffle☿gab 20:20, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging Chipmunkdavis again since they are the one who alerted me of the close paraphrasing issues. CMD, could you add the tags in the relevant sections? I want to make sure the article is tagged accurately. — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 21:47, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your note, Vigilantcosmicpenguin, my concerns have now been dealt with and I've removed my hold notice. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 03:57, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(←)  Working Baffle☿gab 22:26, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Baffle☿gab 00:45, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Short article. Potential for GA (GAN).Tintor2 (talk) 22:27, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Potential GA (GAN). Fix grammar. DareshMohan (talk) 09:57, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Failed GAN working to get this up to GA. I was particualrly hoping for some attention on the episode list which is what sunk the GAN. The reviewer felt that it was written for people who are familure with the series which I was hoping could be fixed. Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 03:36, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This article needs copy-edit for sentence structure and concision as per talk page outcome. Thanks Rahim231 (talk) 12:10, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Working ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 15:31, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Rahim231 I have done everything apart from aftermath section. Please check. ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 16:14, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Never mind, everything is done ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 16:22, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I made an edit, please have a look whether the lead problem is fixed and the tag should be removed. @Bunnypranav Rahim231 (talk) 17:05, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done and tag removed! ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 04:10, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

For a GAN.--TeenAngels1234 (talk) 12:05, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Newly-created article about a street. A short article, needs copyedit. Mehedi Abedin 13:53, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

•  Partly done. I did a copyedit pass, but I had trouble understanding what the author(s) were trying to say in some spots. I left comments inline in the text in those spots. Speaking in a more general, less-copyedit-focused sense, this article is rather meandering and I had trouble understanding its general points, as well as its language. I would recommend workshopping this directly between a) someone who understands the topic well and b) someone who writes English well. Fluffernutter (talk) 16:22, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

For GAN. MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 15:38, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Old FA undergoes a lot of changes, so It might need to be carefully copyedited I think. 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 06:09, 12 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(PR) Hi! I'm requesting a copyedit for the page 1918–1920 New York City rent strikes to cleanup any grammar I missed, fix tone and create a more cohesive piece overall. Its somewhat of a weak point for me. As the main editor of the page I'm more then happy to answer any questions about the history to clarify any ambiguity in the article or general questions of any kind. Thanks so much! LoomCreek (talk) 19:03, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Pennsylvania Turnpike has gotten massively bloated with excessive info. It also has a lot of one-sentence paragraphs and sections where several sentences in a row begin with "In (year)...". Article was recently delisted from GA due to these concerns. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 18:47, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The article was recently updated with a copyedit and expansion. Would someone please take the time for a professional copyedit, please and thanks. Cltjames (talk) 00:12, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Going to try for another go at FAC soon, but I just added or changed a lot of content to Composition and Critical reception, respectively. mftp dan ^oops 02:44, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Went to FAC, but I still want it to be improved further and copyedited. 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 04:35, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A coffee shop article from which I'm trying to fix (not for any reason or anything). I also went here a few times. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 11:42, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I would like to get this article to GA status. My first GAN was failed and the reviewer recommended that I submit the article for copy editing, thanks. Actuall7 (talk) 03:04, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I plan to make Land reform in interwar Yugoslavia a GAN and I believe the article would benefit from a copyedit. Thanks!--Tomobe03 (talk) 15:17, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This article is in dire need of a copyedit to remove fancruft and to present it in a much more neutral note. Greatly appreciate your help! Karst (talk) 14:41, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Copy edit needed as this page is being considered to be on the GA nominee (GAN). Anything helps! HereIGoAgain (talk) 12:04, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Please help me to fix this article because i want to nominate this on Featured Article (FAC). Royiswariii (talk) 05:51, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Note: The requester has been blocked for account sharing. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 03:25, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for noting this, @Tenryuu:. That user has requested an unblock, saying they were joking about sharing the account. I think we can agf for now but if the block is upheld, please put the request on hold and post at REQ talk. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 07:21, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Update: The requester's account has now been unblocked. AGF and carry on. Baffle☿gab 08:38, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A New Zealand article I'm involved in that could see some copyediting help. Alexeyevitch^(talk) 09:26, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Article tone is very promotional any all the Indie film content is unsourced. DareshMohan (talk) 07:24, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

For a future GAN.--TeenAngels1234 (talk) 21:59, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Highly unsourced. DareshMohan (talk) 06:20, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Another GA article I made. Tried my best to de-fluff it but I think copy-editors do it the best. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 12:22, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I want to submit the article for a GAN and a copyedit would improve the article, as said in peer review. Thanks! Rahim231 (talk) 06:07, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The article is in need of in-depth copyediting. Thank you!. OceanHok (talk) 10:07, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

For FAC. Lazman321 (talk) 19:28, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Second request. For GAN. Thanks Amir Ghandi (talk) 10:52, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

To advance towards FA status (FAC). Thanks!!! Sam S (talk) 03:40, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

For a GAN. 💽 LunaEclipse 💽 🌹 ⚧ ^{(CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST)} 14:17, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requesting a copy edit of Good article nominee (GAN) Coraline's Curious Cat Trail. Thanks! --Another Believer _(Talk) 01:12, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I plan to make the Temporary National Representation article a GAN, but I believe the article would benefit from a copyedit to improve its prose. Cheers. --Tomobe03 (talk) 15:48, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm working towards a FA nomination (FAC) for veiqia (tattooing practice in Fiji) and have just competed a copy edit myself, but I would be really grateful if another editor has time and interest to look for things I may have missed Lajmmoore (talk) 11:51, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Partly done. Worked on this for style, punctuation, smooth English reading and general cleanup. Consider it good and ready to be blessed by a more senior copy editor of the GOCE. Here.it.comes.again (talk) 04:18, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Would like some copyediting done to fix any unclearness or poor wording in the prose. For a future renomination for GA (GAN). Thanks. Flemmish Nietzsche (talk) 14:45, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Small article with potential for a GAN.Tintor2 (talk) 01:30, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Current GA which I plan to take to FAC in the new year. Would appreciate any and all notes as I have no experience in the FAC process. Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 21:07, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Currently under GA review (GAN) (on hold), this article needs a comprehensive copyedit to improve the prose. Nourerrahmane (talk) 21:28, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Looking MOS and coverage, and if possible any comments if this article would be able to withstand a GAN in its current state since it won't be "done" until something like 2033. PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 22:42, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am not a native English speaker, would you be so kind as to reread this article to improve its language level. GMoulard (talk) 14:08, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I took this to FAC where it ended up failing. Although most reviewers agreed the article did have what it took to become FA at some point, there were one too many small issues that just kept piling up. Besides the usual work being done during the process of copyediting an article, some specific areas that need improvement is ensuring that sentences are straight to the point and wordiness is avoided. Related to that, using the active voice as often as possible. Other things that need fixing is the removal of scare quotes and the use of false titles. I could try doing it myself, but I'm too close to the article to have the objectivity necessary for such a task. Lastly, I want to make it clear that after this copyedit, I plan on nominating this article for FA status again. PanagiotisZois (talk) 18:39, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

FA from 2008 that hasn't run on the main page (TFA) and could use a strong copy-edit. Harizotoh9 (talk) 05:31, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

FA from 2009 that has also not run on the main page. Appears quite stable but it would be nice if the article has a copy-edit before running on the main page (TFA). Harizotoh9 (talk) 05:31, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]