Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/April 2025

The following event is now closed. Please do not modify this page, unless you are a participant adding your final statistics within 24 hours of the closure. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate talk page.

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 13 April 2025, at 00:00 (UTC) and ended on 19 April 2025, at 23:59 (UTC).

The themes of this blitz were:

The articles from our backlog: September 2023 and October 2023
- New Wikipedia copy editors (welcome!) are advised to focus their efforts on these backlog articles.
All requests; GANs and FACs should be copyedited by experienced editors.
- Please note: it is very important that articles listed on the Request page are skillfully and fully copy-edited; many of these will be reviewed for Good Article or Featured Article status. If you have any questions or comments about the article you're copy-editing, please ask on the blitz's talk page.

Blitz participants could 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 Dhtwiki (talk), who is assisted by IQR (talk), Miniapolis (talk), Mox Eden (talk), and WikiEditor5678910 (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.

Progress chart

Progress Chart
Date	Backlog: Sep – Oct 2023 All requests	Change since previous day	Change since beginning
April 12, 2025	107	—	—
April 13, 2025	104	3	3
April 14, 2025	100	4	7
April 15, 2025	96	4	11
April 16, 2025	95	1	12
April 17, 2025	90	5	17
April 18, 2025	90	0	17
April 19, 2025	84	6	23

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

Signing up

This blitz has now concluded and is no longer open to sign-up.

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 # {{Working}} [[]] () and # {{Completed}} [[]] ():
- 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:

# {{Completed}} [[Dark chocolate]] (yummy!) (1,234)

and like this on the rendered page:

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Completed Dark chocolate (yummy!) (1,234)

EricXXue (talk)

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Completed Crusading movement (8,418)

Total articles: 1
Total words: 8,418
Rollover words: 619

Dhtwiki (talk)

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Completed Beebo the God of War (1740) Completed Death of Igor Stachowiak (2511) Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 2
Total words: 4,251
Rollover words: 1,349

GreenRedFlag (talk)

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Completed Angelo Dawkins (4,162) O Working* [[]] ()

Total articles: 1
Total words: 4,162

Mox Eden (talk)

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Completed Einar (Vinland Saga) (1828) Completed Gene Hackman (3811) Completed Horrified (2863) Completed Kurapika (2343) Completed Khaleda Zia (4996) Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 5
Total words: 15841
Rollover words: 154

Miniapolis (talk)

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Completed Chickamauga Cherokee (3,014) Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 1
Total words: 3,014
Rollover words: 1,276

Protobowladdict (talk)

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Completed Jandiala (removed poorly written unsourced content) (2052) Completed St. Joan of Arc Catholic Academy (947) Completed Socorro Bayanihan Services (1752) Completed Club Jaiba Brava (2259) Completed Ocean City, Maryland (2953) Completed Talbot County, Maryland (4177) Completed Roorkee (1695)

Total articles: 6
Total words: 15835

Blue Clouds (talk)

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Working Justice (4025)

Total articles: 0
Total words: 0

Grumpylawnchair (talk)

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Completed [[]] () Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 0
Total words: 0

Urban Versis 32 (talk)

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Completed [[]] ()

Total articles: 0
Total words: 0

Tvfunhouse (talk)

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Completed [[]] () Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 0
Total words: 0

TheYearbookTeacher (talk)

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Completed [[]] () Working List of people from New Jersey ()

Total articles: 0
Total words: 0

LightlySeared (talk)

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Completed Tercio (3250) Completed Dispensation (Catholic canon law) (removed a bit of material, still needs update) (4732) Completed Names of China (7433) Completed Acts of the Martyrs (2652) Completed Christianity in Pakistan (3075) Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 5
Total words: 21142
Rollover words: 9

Easternsahara (talk)

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Completed [[]] () Working List of Sri Lankan mobsters ()

Total articles: 1
Total words: 0

Reidgreg (talk)

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Completed 1955 Pakistani Constituent Assembly election (675) R Working* [[]] ()

Total articles: 1
Total words: 675
Rollover words: 1672

AndrewTeal (talk)

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Completed Keatley Creek archaeological site (... but more work to do! "GOCEinuse" tag retained) (3449) Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 1
Total words: 3000
Rollover words: 1000

Cremastra (talk)

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Completed Cathartiformes (829) Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 1
Total words: 829

Local Internet User (talk)

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Completed [[]] () Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 0
Total words: 0

Nyancat5249 (talk)

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Completed Shrinathji Temple (1657) Completed Jitiya (1087) Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 2
Total words: 2744

SilkPyjamas (talk)

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Completed [[]] () Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 0
Total words: 0

Peachixro (talk)

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Completed [[]] () Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 0
Total words: 0

Pac Veten (talk)

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Completed Global regionalization (1546) Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 1
Total words: 1546

Calmkelp (talk)

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Completed [[]] () Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 0
Total words: 0

To8zljghvru (talk)

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Completed [[]] () Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 0
Total words: 0

Referentis (talk)

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Completed Circular flow of income (2,894) Completed Conflict of interest (7,320) Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 2
Total words: 10,214

Jonesey95 (talk)

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Completed Fearsome Five (1098) Working [[]] ()

Total articles: 1
Total words: 1098
Rollover words: 1174