Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/October 2018


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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 as part of WikiProject Food and drink or listed on the GOCE Requests page. It began on 14 October 2018 at 00:00 (UTC), and ended on 20 October 2018 at 23:59 (UTC).

The themes of this blitz were:
 * Requests
 * Geography articles tagged for copy edit
 * Food and drink articles tagged for copy edit

Blitz participants could earn barnstar awards based on 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 didn'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 Reidgreg (talk), who is assisted by Baffle gab1978 (talk), Jonesey95 (talk), Miniapolis (talk) and Tdslk (talk). 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
Click "Expand" to reveal the list of themed articles for this Blitz.


 * 0. fake article to show what an in-progress article looks like – Example user 21:36, 12 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 00. fake article to show what a completed article looks like ✅ – Example user 21:36, 12 October 2018 (UTC)

Geography by first-level administrative country subdivision

 * 1) Adezai ✅ Triangleman3 (talk) 23:08, 14 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 2) Akbarpur, Ambedkar Nagar ✅ Dhtwiki (talk) 23:10, 20 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 3) Akkaraipattu ✅  Popular Outcast  talk2me 10:26, 17 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 4) Akot ✅  Baffle gab1978  23:06, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 5) Alor Setar ✅ Reidgreg (talk) 18:26, 20 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 6) Amol
 * 7) Bagholi ✅ Reidgreg (talk) 19:42, 20 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 8) Bhanpura ✅ Suman chowdhury 22 (talk) 08:37, 16 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 9) Bhuban
 * 10) Bohlenplatz
 * 11) Damoh ✅ Reidgreg (talk) 23:00, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 12) Del Mar Fairgrounds ✅ Dhtwiki (talk) 23:24, 16 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 13) Diggewadi ✅ PopularOutcasttalk2me! 01:15, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 14) Ferries in Wellington ✅  Popular Outcast  talk2me 20:45, 16 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 15) Firavitoba ✅ – FiveFaintFootprints 11:07, 20 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 16) Forest of Tronçais ✅ Reidgreg (talk) 20:54, 17 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 17) Jabalpur ✅ Suman chowdhury 22 (talk) 10:07, 18 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 18) Jangaon ✅  Baffle gab1978  01:09, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 19) Jiribam ✅ PopularOutcasttalk2me! 18:40, 18 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 20) Kafanchan
 * 21) Kedrinos Lofos ✅ Tdslk (talk) 06:33, 17 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 22) Khandesh ✅ Reidgreg (talk) 19:42, 20 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 23) Khurai
 * 24) Landi Arbab
 * 25) Lubanglong ✅  Baffle gab1978  01:52, 15 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 26) Magdalena Contreras ✅  Popular Outcast  talk2me 00:12, 15 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 27) Mahammadpur Turi ✅ PopularOutcasttalk2me! 13:35, 20 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 28) Mangaon
 * 29) Mehkar
 * 30) Mount Sikaram ✅  Popular Outcast  talk2me 22:14, 14 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 31) Mundka ✅ Reidgreg (talk) 13:45, 18 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 32) Naga, Camarines Sur
 * 33) Norwich Lanes ✅  Baffle gab1978  02:18, 14 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 34) Onaeme hill
 * 35) Palwal district ✅ Reidgreg (talk) 12:52, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 36) Port of Timișoara ✅ PopularOutcast</b>talk2me! 15:22, 18 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 37) Province of Lecce ✅  Baffle gab1978  01:55, 16 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 38) Royan ✅ – FiveFaintFootprints 19:57, 16 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 39) Saharsa ✅  Baffle gab1978  08:24, 18 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 40) San Javier, Murcia ✅ – FiveFaintFootprints 15:57, 14 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 41) Secunderabad ✅ Suman chowdhury 22 (talk) 18:39, 20 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 42) Shegaon ✅ Reidgreg (talk) 12:52, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 43) Sohag ✅  Baffle gab1978  20:05, 16 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 44) Sulikunte
 * 45) Surisan
 * 46) Thakurnagar
 * 47) Thiruvambady
 * 48) Thiruvananthapuram district  ✅ – FiveFaintFootprints 23:08, 20 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 49) Torre-Pacheco  ✅ – FiveFaintFootprints 17:37, 20 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 50) Universal City, California ❌ - No c/e required. Twofingered Typist (talk) 12:12, 17 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 51) Urjanchai Republic ✅ Reidgreg (talk) 23:06, 17 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 52) Usraon ✅ – Jonesey95 (talk) 11:25, 14 October 2018‎ (UTC)
 * 53) Vijainagar, Ajmer ✅ <b style="color:#008080">Popular</b><b style="color:#8A2BE2">Outcast</b>talk2me! 14:14, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 54) Xilinhot
 * 55) Xinfeng County, Guangdong ❌ No c/e required per Baffle gab1978. Dhtwiki (talk) 02:25, 18 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 56) Yamuna
 * 57) Yangxin County, Hubei ✅  Popular Outcast  talk2me 01:20, 18 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 58) Yaylacılı, Saraydüzü ✅,  Baffle gab1978  02:01, 18 October 2018 (UTC)

Food and drink

 * 1) Colocasia esculenta ✅ Twofingered Typist (talk) 13:07, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 2) Cuisine of Karnataka ❌; not suitable for c/e.  Baffle gab1978  18:32, 17 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 3) Po (food) ✅  Baffle gab1978  21:58, 14 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 4) Yukpo ❌; no c/e needed.  Baffle gab1978  02:02, 16 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 5) History of Brahmin diet ✅ Twofingered Typist (talk) 13:14, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 6) Ground meat ✅ Twofingered Typist (talk) 20:48, 16 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 7) Formula restaurant ✅Reidgreg (talk) 14:47, 16 October 2018 (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.

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. 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.
 * 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 this on the blitz talk page.

Properly completed records look like this in the edit window:

and like this on the rendered page: