Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/August 2016


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This Copy Editing Project Blitz is 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 or listed on the GOCE Requests page. It will begin on 21 August 2016, at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on 27 August 2016, at 23:59 (UTC).

This month's theme: '''We are making like Rio de Janeiro and cleaning up following the Olympics! That's right, this blitz will focus on sports-related articles.''' (See article list below.)

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

The blitz is open to all; 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.

Blitzes are under the purview of the Guild's coordinators. The blitz's lead coordinator is Jonesey95, who is assisted by Tdslk and Corinne. 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
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.

Article list
When you have chosen an article for copy editing and are ready to edit it, please add working (displays as ) and sign your name  next to the article's listing in the table below. Please mark an item as "working" only when you are immediately going to begin editing it, so that we can avoid articles being stuck in limbo.

When you are done copy-editing the article, please add y (displays as ) and sign your name  next to the article's listing below, then record it in your article list below.

Article list for the blitz
Click "show" to expand the list of articles.


 * 0. fake article to show what an in-progress article looks like – Jonesey95 (talk)
 * 00. fake article to show what a completed article looks like  – Jonesey95 (talk)


 * 1) Tai chi
 * 2) Williams Grand Prix Engineering
 * 3) Stanisława Walasiewicz ✅--Leschnei (talk) 11:40, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
 * 4) Double play
 * 5) José Luis Chilavert ✅ – Jonesey95 (talk)
 * 6) The Oval
 * 7) Bulgaria national football team
 * 8) Santos Laguna
 * 9) Zamalek SC
 * 10) Ray Wilson (English footballer)
 * 11) Ghana Football Association
 * 12) Rodolphe Seeldrayers
 * 13) Robin Singh (cricketer)
 * 14) Andrew Davies (footballer)    MediaKill13   (  talk  )  
 * 15) Tyrone GAA
 * 16) A.C. Reggiana 1919
 * 17) Amoranto Sports Complex ✅ --Dthomsen8 (talk) 01:23, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
 * 18) Deportivo Táchira
 * 19) Ukrainian Cup
 * 20) Piyapong Pue-on
 * 21) Yankee Sullivan
 * 22) United States Pony Clubs
 * 23) Tewfik Abdullah
 * 24) Travis Kauffman
 * 25) Orges Shehi
 * 26) Karate World Championships
 * 27) Kilrossanty GAA
 * 28) Standup paddleboarding -  Pax   Verbum  02:35, 22 August 2016 (UTC) ❌ I am afraid that I must pass this one on to someone else (see the note in my section below). - Pax   Verbum  17:08, 27 August 2016 (UTC)
 * 29) Northwich Victoria F.C.
 * 30) Ceylonese Rugby & Football Club
 * 31) Muhammad Waseem
 * 32) Heena Sidhu
 * 33) P. L. Munasinghe
 * 34) Laredo Lemurs
 * 35) Quentin Israel
 * 36) Marko Livaja
 * 37) Ministry of Sport (Russia) Double Plus Ungood (talk) 01:13, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
 * 38) Greater Ottawa Kingfish Swim Club
 * 39) Mathias Gallo Cassarino
 * 40) Central nervous system fatigue ✅-- Chickadee46  talk  23:37, 27 August 2016 (UTC)
 * 41) Karan Wahi
 * 42) Duda Yankovich
 * 43) Rey Manaj
 * 44) Chaza ✅--Dthomsen8 (talk) 02:04, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
 * 45) Arthur Canario
 * 46) Transgender people in sports ✅--Leschnei (talk) 15:24, 24 August 2016 (UTC)
 * 47) Club Nacional de Football's 1927 tour of North America
 * 48) Shaquell Moore
 * 49) Maxim Lemire
 * 50) Nadya Vasina
 * 51) Battle Line Rivalry
 * 52) Ben Kerner
 * 53) Shandur Polo Festival
 * 54) Robert-Poirier Stadium
 * 55) Roland Reid
 * 56) Ivan Daniliants
 * 57) Khǒr Royal Cup
 * 58) Antonio Puesan
 * 59) Maria Lambrou ✅--Leschnei (talk) 02:40, 26 August 2016 (UTC)
 * 60) Basketball in Honduras --DeletedDthomsen8 (talk) 15:48, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
 * 61) Lisbon Navigators
 * 62) Tegucigalpa Olympic Village
 * 63) Alyssa Fleming ✅--Leschnei (talk) 13:30, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
 * 64) Andrey Starostin
 * 65) 2002–03 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team
 * 66) Kelantan FA President & Youth
 * 67) Rahal-Hogan RH-001
 * 68) Patrick Nwamu
 * 69) Parveen Rana
 * 70) Lucas Torreira ✅ Tdslk (talk) 00:47, 24 August 2016 (UTC)
 * 71) 2016 Australian National Handball Championship season
 * 72) Sofya Fyodorova
 * 73) Sang Chul Lee (taekwondo)
 * 74) Magnus Futsal
 * 75) Rudi Ying
 * 76) 2015–16 Montenegrin Cup (women) ✅ Tdslk (talk) 02:27, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

Reviewing
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

 * 1) --Dthomsen8 (talk)
 * 2) Pax85 (talk)

Signing up
To sign up for the blitz, click the button below. This will create a subsection in the Totals section for you to record your copy edits. Rollover totals from the previous blitz can be found here.

Totals
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 and :
 * 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.
 * Place articles you're working on on the Working line. 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 it on the blitz talk page.

Properly completed records look like this in the edit window:

and like this on the rendered page: