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This Copy Editing Backlog Elimination Drive is a one-month-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 will begin on 1 May 2015, 00:00 (UTC) and will end on 31 May 2015, 23:59 (UTC). The goals of this drive are:

to reduce the backlog by as many articles as possible, with a focus on the earliest-tagged articles (those tagged in December 2013, January 2014, and February 2014);
to complete all requests on the GOCE Requests page from March 2015.

Drive participants can earn barnstar awards based on the number of articles—and the word counts of the articles—they copy edit. Articles from the Requests page count towards your total; these are generally higher-quality articles than those tagged with {{copy edit}}. You will receive a bonus score of 50% over the article's word count for articles that were tagged with {{copyedit}} in December 2013, January 2014, and February 2014, and for articles listed on the Requests page. Awards will be given out once the drive has finished.

The drive is open to all Wikipedians; 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.

Drives are under the purview of the Guild's coordinators. The drive's lead coordinator is Miniapolis (talk), who is assisted by Philg88 (talk), Jonesey95 (talk) and Biblioworm (talk). If you have any questions, leave a message on the drive's talk page.

For brief instructions on how to record your work, see below. For full instructions, visit the main drive 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 drive can be found on the main drive page. Please read this page carefully before you begin. To sign up, please use the form in the Signing up section below.

Progress

(Please update your own figures)

Leaderboard

**Gold Star Award Leaderboard**
	1	2	3	4	5
Total Articles	Jonesey95 (31)	Baffle gab1978 (14) Miniapolis (14)	–	Laatu (13)	Dhtwiki (11)
Total Words^{[n 1]}	Baffle gab1978 (47,227)	Infernus 780 (40,461)	Miniapolis (39,095)	Dhtwiki (17,609)	Lfstevens (14,431)
5k+ Articles^{[n 2]}	Infernus 780 (5)	Miniapolis (3)	Baffle gab1978 (2) Lfstevens (2) Eman235 (2)	–	–
Oldest Articles^{[n 3]}	Dhtwiki (11)	Miniapolis (10)	Mysterious Gopher (8)	Winner 42 (6)	Jonesey95 (4)
Longest Article^{[n 1]}^{[n 4]}	Infernus 780 (17,063)	Eman235 (13,080)	Miniapolis (10,487)	Lfstevens (10,361)	Baffle gab1978 (9,780)

^ ^a ^b For requests and older articles, please include only the actual word count, without the 50% bonus.
^ Number of articles of 5,000 words or more. An article of 10K+ words counts as 2, of 15K+ as 3, and so on.
^ Oldest articles are those tagged in December 2013, January 2014, and February 2014.
^ The number of words in the longest article you copy edited. Only one entry for any editor.

Progress chart

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Graphs of daily progress

Progress Chart
Date	Old articles Dec 2013, Jan/Feb 2014	Outstanding tags	Change since previous day ^{[N 1]}	Change since beginning ^{[N 1]}
30 April 2015	233	2,627	—	—
1 May 2015	231	2,607	Positive decrease 20	Positive decrease 20
2 May 2015	226	2,566	Positive decrease 41	Positive decrease 61
3 May 2015	224	2,491	Positive decrease 75	Positive decrease 136
4 May 2015	221	2,465	Positive decrease 26	Positive decrease 162
5 May 2015	213	2,434	Positive decrease 31	Positive decrease 193
6 May 2015	207	2,393	Positive decrease 41	Positive decrease 234
7 May 2015	204	2,351	Positive decrease 42	Positive decrease 276
8 May 2015	203	2,328	Positive decrease 23	Positive decrease 299
9 May 2015	203	2,311	Positive decrease 17	Positive decrease 316
10 May 2015	203	2,303	Positive decrease 8	Positive decrease 324
11 May 2015	202	2,283	Positive decrease 20	Positive decrease 344
12 May 2015	198	2,280	Positive decrease 3	Positive decrease 347
13 May 2015	197	2,251	Positive decrease 29	Positive decrease 376
14 May 2015	194	2,256	Negative increase 5	Positive decrease 371
15 May 2015	194	2,247	Positive decrease 9	Positive decrease 380
16 May 2015	193	2,200	Positive decrease 47	Positive decrease 427
17 May 2015	187	2,168	Positive decrease 32	Positive decrease 459
18 May 2015	181	2,154	Positive decrease 14	Positive decrease 473
19 May 2015	178	2,142	Positive decrease 12	Positive decrease 485
20 May 2015	175	2,117	Positive decrease 25	Positive decrease 510
21 May 2015	170	2,097	Positive decrease 20	Positive decrease 530
22 May 2015	166	2,082	Positive decrease 15	Positive decrease 545
23 May 2015	165	2,057	Positive decrease 25	Positive decrease 570
24 May 2015	165	2,055	Positive decrease 2	Positive decrease 572
25 May 2015	156	2,045	Positive decrease 10	Positive decrease 582
26 May 2015	153	2,038	Positive decrease 7	Positive decrease 589
27 May 2015	150	2,022	Positive decrease 16	Positive decrease 605
28 May 2015	149	2,019	Positive decrease 3	Positive decrease 608
29 May 2015	145	2,022	Negative increase 3	Positive decrease 605
30 May 2015	142	2,022	Steady 0	Positive decrease 605
31 May 2015	139	2,022	Steady 0	Positive decrease 605

^ ^a ^b Change refers only to outstanding tags.

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 editor will be deducted a penalty of 1,200 words plus the word count of the reviewed article. 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

To sign up for the drive, click the button below. This will create a subsection in the Totals section for you to record your copy edits. The previous drive's rollover totals are located here, if you need to add them.

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.
Place articles you're working on on the {{Working}} line. When you've finished your copy edit, change {{Working}} to {{Completed}}
If the article is from the GOCE Requests page, place *R after the word count. If it was tagged in December 2013, January 2014, and February 2014, place *O after the word count.
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.
Do not add the 50% bonus for Requests or Oldest articles—a coordinator will apply the bonuses after the drive is over.
If you want your work checked, you can request it on the drive talk page.