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Please do not manually archive requests. YiFeiBot_2 is running trial edits for automatic archiving, which is expected to conclude by 27 October 2019. For more information, please see the bot request page. – Reidgreg (talk)

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

October 2019

Judgment (video game)

Recently expanded article.Tintor2 (talk) 20:59, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

 Working Miniapolis 23:07, 25 October 2019 (UTC)

Video game addiction

I'd like this to be copyedited and then I will try to improve it paying attention to WP:MEDRS and then aim for GA status. [E.3][chat2][me] 14:09, 13 October 2019 (UTC)

 Working Twofingered Typist (talk) 13:10, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

Arthur de Gobineau

This was an extremely long (163,000 bytes) and overly detailed article with poor organization. There is a lot of good material here, but it is buried in superfluous detail. I have done a large trim myself, reducing its size to 120,000 bytes and breaking up some massive paragraphs, but the article could use continued attention. My re-organization is better, but far from what it could be. I'd appreciate some help from the Guild on this one! Thank you. Ganesha811 (talk) 16:39, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

Parachute Jump

This article is already a GA. I am planning on nominating this article for FAC, and I would appreciate a copy-edit for any things I may have missed. epicgenius (talk) 15:53, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

Coney Island Cyclone

This article is already a GA. I am planning on nominating this article for FAC, and I would appreciate a copy-edit for any things I may have missed. epicgenius (talk) 15:53, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

Obito Uchiha

Recently created article. Needs some clean up.Tintor2 (talk) 16:07, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

Ultralight Beam

Brought this to GA a few years back but in that time has been expanded by multiple editors. Thinking about a FAC run and would like to make sure the writing styles and grammar are consistent. Thanks very much. :-) – zmbro _(talk) 00:25, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

Outside (Burna Boy album)

Can someone please perform a copyedit to this article when you get the chance. I nominated it for GA not too long ago.  Versace1608  ^{Wanna Talk?} 05:30, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

Nischal Basnet

Film director from Nepal.___CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk (We are the champions, my friends) 12:02, 19 October 2019 (UTC)

Strait of Magellan

I've substantially added to the article. It is this week's "Article for Improvement." Needs editing so we can get it to a GA. Thanks. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 13:29, 20 October 2019 (UTC)

Lover (Taylor Swift song)

Already decent article which I plan on nominating for FAC in the future. It could use some combing through.—NØ 09:19, 21 October 2019 (UTC)

One-Punch Man

For GAN. Thanks in advance. Bobbychan193 (talk) 04:16, 22 October 2019 (UTC)

Ross School of Business

Did a major expansion and partial rewrite recently, and now I don't feel like looking at the rest of the article. Would appreciate a copy edit, especially to remove fluff and neutrality issues, for a future GAN push. Bobbychan193 (talk) 10:42, 22 October 2019 (UTC)

 Working - Baffle☿gab 18:06, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

USS Tucker (DD-374)

I expect to nominate this article for an ACR - a general copy edit would be helpful. Thank you. Pendright (talk) 06:04, 23 October 2019 (UTC)

Indian Military Academy

Recently a lot of changes have been made to the article and it is now stabilizing. I nominated this for a GA recently and it has been advised by an admin that I request for a c/e. I request someone to please do a copy-edit. Thank you. DiplomatTesterMan (talk) 09:24, 23 October 2019 (UTC)

Chief Keef

This is a GA, which I find troublesome: the prose is just awful, and especially awfully verbose. GA requires "reasonably well-written"; I do not think that it is. I made a few edits but do not have the time to go through the whole thing: maybe one of you likes drill music and are willing to spend some time on it. Thank you in advance. Drmies (talk) 17:41, 24 October 2019 (UTC)

Perak

Soon to be submitted for GA nomination, need a copy-edit before putting it there. Many thanks to those who can help. Molecule Extraction (talk) 06:46, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

Homophobia in ethnic minority communities

I am seeking a copy edit for this article, which has a couple tags and has been the work on a few educational assignments. I don't expect reviewers to work to address the tag specifically, but I'm hoping GOCE can improve the article nonetheless. I've also started a talk page discussion about the "term paper" tag. Huge thanks in advance! --Another Believer _(Talk) 15:16, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

Bad Idea (Ariana Grande song)

Requesting a copy edit for this article, which may be nominated for Good status soon. --Another Believer _(Talk) 18:54, 26 October 2019 (UTC)