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Wikipedia:WikiProject League of Copyeditors

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The League of Copyeditors is a group of talented copyeditors who target the substantial backlog of articles requiring copyediting. The League edits these articles to improve style (including grammar, punctuation and diction) and formatting (including capitalization and wikification).

The following tag indicates that an article requires copyediting:

The League aims to improve all such articles to a standard meriting the removal of the tag.

Objectives

The League's objectives are as follows:

  • Reduce the backlog to a manageable level.
  • Tag articles in need of copyediting.
  • Process difficult articles.
  • Assure excellence by copyediting, then proofreading, each article in the backlog.

Current to-do list

1. Patrol the copyedit backlog

  • Copyedit any article on the list.
  • Remove the copyedit tag ({{copyedit}}).
  • Post the article below in the "articles ready for final proofread" section.

2. Recruit new members so that we can better tackle the ever growing number of articles in need of copyediting.

3. Ensure accuracy by proofreading each article after it receives a copyedit from a League member (particularly when the article is lengthy or difficult).

4. Lend your expertise to the group by searching through the "articles requiring assistance from other editors" list to see if you can provide help on the current difficulty being experienced with that copyedit.

5. Optional: If you feel comfortable doing so, please add an "areas of interest/expertise" heading to your user page and list those areas. League members who need assistance editing a particular topic may refer your user page and solicit your help.

If you are in the process of copyediting an article

Please insert the following template at the top of the discussion page after you have finished copyediting an article, if you need to do so in stages, or cannot complete the copyedit.

{{WP:LoCE:In Progress}}

The template should display as follows: Wikipedia:LoCE:In Progress

If you are the proofreader of a copyedited article

Please insert the following template at the top of the discussion page after you complete an article's proofread. NOTE: You don't need to insert the month and year—the template does it "automatically."

{{WP:LoCE|{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}}}

The template should display as follows:

Guild homeHow to copy editTemplatesBarnstarsParticipantsCoordinators
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Wikipedia:WikiProject League of Copyeditors/Top

Wikipedia:WikiProject League of Copyeditors/Ombox

Proofreading status

Articles requiring assistance from other editors

Explain the nature of the help needed; use the talk page if it can't be expressed in one sentence.

I have worked on this several times, but the Air Force section is defiant. Should this be made into paragraphs? Hmains 22:00, 17 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know. Perhaps we should delete chunks of it, since it mostly consists of randoms facts. Perhaps we should group related facts together. I don't know...
  • Not exactly done yet. I've cleaned up the lead and bio section. I think, however, we should have a History section.
I've given-up on this article.SFinside 04:02, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Articles in urgent need of a quick look

List articles here that need another copyeditor's opinion on only a few but important issues or to end uninformed, unnecessary disputes etc. (By instilling respect for WP policies and reference works and other reputable sources, we can exponentially reduce the amount of copyediting necessary on WP and help to drastically reduce the amount of time wasted on WP in unnecessary disputes.)

  • Whittaker Chambers - an editor has assumed ownership of this article and reverts attempts to copyedit it. Problems include missing commas, use of contractions, placing 'of' between month and year (ie. January of 1944), and finally removing the 'copyedit' tag I added to the article after his reversions. Thanks Hmains 05:09, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Unless you want to report him, I'm not sure there's much we can do. He's been blocked for violating 3RR before...
I've tagged it again and have attempted to plead our case for copyedit on the talk page. IrisWings 07:37, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Status? Is it still in need of a copy-edit? Gzkn 02:47, 30 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Copyedit requests for Featured Article Candidates and Featured Article Reviews

Articles ready for final proofread

1. Select any article that you did not copyedit and is either: a) of interest to you; or b) near or at the top of the "Ready for Proofread" section (i.e., the oldest edits). Edit as necessary.

2. Remove the copyedit template, if it hasn't been removed already (this will take the article off of the "Articles Needing Copyedit" backlog).

3. Put "proofread complete" and note what changed (e.g., punc.; grammar) in the edit summary.

4. Add the League template ( {{WP:LoCE|{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}}} ) at the top of the discussion page. Note: you don't have to enter the month and year.

5. Come back to the League page and move the article listing to bottom of the "Articles Proofread" section.

6. Strike out the article title, make any appropriate notes, and sign the entry with four tildes (~~~~).

I made a few touch ups. There doesn't appear to be anything wrong with the terminology. (I come from a country where cricket is popular, although I don't watch the game much). Thanks for doing what I was too tired and unwell to do. Rintrah 07:56, 29 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I did a run-though, but it still needs a lot of work. — Deckiller 22:09, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Articles proofread

Move articles here when completed. Move any articles with a final proofread date that is more than two weeks old to the archive.

  • Additionally, this is my first attempt knocking off an article from the proofread list; please make additional changes as necessary, and please contact me (my talk page, etc.) with any feedback. Thanks. —beverson

Rintrah 14:34, 18 December 2006 (UTC) | Well, it's improved...— Deckiller 21:51, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Members

You may wish to add the following userbox to your userspace: {{User WPLoC}}

 This user was a member of the inactive League of Copyeditors.


To join the project, please add your name to the list below.

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  2. Trusilver 20:47, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  3. IrisWings 21:53, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Rintrah
  5. Jaxhere 16:19, 17 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Little Miss Might Be Wrong 03:43, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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  8. Pigman (talk • contribs) 01:41, 19 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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  13. Editor at Large04:33, 22 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  14. SFinside 21:39, 22 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  15. Irateferret 22:18, 22 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  16. SMcCandlish [talk] [contrib] ツ 07:27, 23 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  17. Tohru Honda13¿Quíeres hablar?01:05, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  18. Espoo 11:34, 25 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  19. Evan(Salad dressing is the milk of the infidel!) 16:24, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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  33. Hmains 20:05, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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  35. Galena11 06:38, 17 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  36. Darzinho 00:38, 18 December 2006 (GMT)
  37. The Duke of WikiProject League of Copyeditors 02:06, 19 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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  39. skrshawk ( Talk | Contribs ) 20:40, 26 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  40. Brisbane2000 21:17, 26 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  41. Morgan89 00:49, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  42. Gzkn 02:16, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  43. Cedlaod 07:19, 28 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  44. — Deckiller 04:40, 29 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  45. — TKD::Talk 13:51, 29 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  46. Jehochman (Talk/Contrib) 17:10, 29 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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  50. Adam 05:58, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  51. Amers4 11:00, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  52. Beverson 22:18, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  53. Paradoxsociety 11:05, 1 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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