Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/December 2014


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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 or listed on the GOCE Requests page. It began on December 14, at 00:00 (UTC) and ended on December 20, at 23:59 (UTC). The theme(s) of this blitz were:


 * Articles tagged with the Category Religion, or one of its subcategories, in recognition of the religious holidays celebrated in much of the English-speaking world during December.

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 was 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, who is assisted by  and. 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 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) Andal  ˘ &#124; ˘ Hwajaetalk • contribs 20:59, 19 December 2014 (UTC)
 * 2) Andrey Kuraev
 * 3) Angela (comics)  – Biggs Pliff (talk)
 * 4) Anna Ivanovna Petrova ❌ - The lists need an extensive rewrite into prose. As the topic is outside my range of knowledge, I have left it for someone else to do - Skamecrazy123 (talk) 12:28, 19 December 2014 (UTC) I removed the c/e tag; copy-edit unnecessary. Baffle gab1978 (talk) 14:53, 19 December 2014 (UTC)
 * 5) Ayurveda
 * 6) Azam Khan (politician)
 * 7) Cessationism  - Djenial (talk) 23:35, 14 December 2014 (UTC)
 * 8) Correllian Nativist Tradition
 * 9) Cult  - Djenial (talk) 14:15, 14 December 2014 (UTC)
 * 10) Dastar bunga
 * 11) Destruction of early Islamic heritage sites in Saudi Arabia
 * 12) Donna Douglas  – Jonesey95 (talk)
 * 13) Eternal Fragrance ✅ Baffle gab1978 (talk) 18:53, 14 December 2014 (UTC)
 * 14) Force field (fiction)  - Djenial (talk) 23:35, 14 December 2014 (UTC)
 * 15) Gandhara  - Djenial (talk) 23:35, 14 December 2014 (UTC)
 * 16) Gawai Dayak
 * 17) IERA
 * 18) Indian classical dance
 * 19) Ingrid Mattson  - Gaff (talk) 01:13, 16 December 2014 (UTC)
 * 20) Intolerance (film) - has been copy edited by someone outside of blitz. Biggs Pliff (talk)
 * 21) Isaiah Gafni ❌ - unreferenced BLP. Baffle gab1978 (talk) 15:01, 19 December 2014 (UTC)
 * 22) Islam in Ukraine  - Slon02 (talk) 17:15, 15 December 2014 (UTC)
 * 23) Jerome, 4th Count de Salis-Soglio ❌ - sent to cleanup. – Jonesey95 (talk)
 * 24) Khalifa of Ahmed Ullah Maizbhanderi
 * 25) Kottiyoor Vysakha Mahotsavam
 * 26) La Pucelle: Tactics
 * 27) Lakshmi Puja ✅ Baffle gab1978 (talk) 22:28, 15 December 2014 (UTC)
 * 28) List of ziyarat locations ❌ - sent to cleanup. Baffle gab1978 (talk) 19:03, 14 December 2014 (UTC)
 * 29) Mahākāla  by User:Learnerktm and Stfg (talk)
 * 30) Mahishasura
 * 31) Marcos Witt
 * 32) Masani amman (now Masani Amman)  Tdslk (talk) 20:54, 14 December 2014 (UTC)
 * 33) Narayan dynasty  – Biggs Pliff (talk)
 * 34) Neon Genesis Evangelion (manga)
 * 35) Ngejot ✅--DThomsen8 (talk) 02:28, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
 * 36) Nijhum Rubina (Awaiting AfD, not about Religion) ❌ - at AFD and mistagged
 * 37) Nirankari
 * 38) Qazi Mazhar Qayyum
 * 39) Recep Tayyip Erdoğan  – Biggs Pliff (talk)
 * 40) Righteous Priest ✅ Baffle gab1978 (talk) 22:21, 16 December 2014 (UTC)
 * 41) S. N. Goenka
 * 42) Savitribai Phule  Gaff (talk)
 * 43) Sayed Ziaul Haq
 * 44) Shia view of Abu Bakr  Biggs Pliff (talk)
 * 45) Shirdi Sai Baba movement
 * 46) Swamp Thing  – Biggs Pliff (talk)
 * 47) Tan Xu
 * 48) The enemy of my enemy is my friend  Gaff (talk)
 * 49) The Fourteen Infallibles
 * 50) The Temptation of St. Anthony by Salvador Dalí  Heading for the 20&#39;s, living in the Wild Wild Wikipedia! (talk) 01:18, 17 December 2014 (UTC)
 * 51) The Third Half  – Jonesey95 (talk)
 * 52) Tongan Kava Ceremony-Taumafa Kava
 * 53) Traita
 * 54) Tridevi
 * 55) Ubaidullah Sindhi
 * 56) Vijayadashami
 * 57) Xian ling ✅ Baffle gab1978 (talk) 01:34, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
 * 58) Yusuf Khan and Sherbano ❌ - sent to cleanup. Gaff (talk)
 * 59) Zauriel - Biggs Pliff (talk)

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 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.

Signing up
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=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: