Wikipedia:WikiProject League of Copyeditors

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The League of Copyeditors is a group of 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.

Contents 1 Tasks 2 Copyedit requests 3 Objectives 4 Current to-do list 5 Template instructions 5.1 If you are copyediting an article 5.2 If you have finished copyediting an article 5.3 If you proofread a copyedited article 6 Announcements 6.1 February participation drive 6.2 Changes to template instructions 7 Useful links 8 Members 9 Progress

[edit] Tasks

Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject League of Copyeditors/proofreading for proofreading status and a list of tasks.

[edit] Copyedit requests

Please follow these instructions to ensure we see your copyediting request:

• General requests: Please add the article to the bottom of the "Requests for Assistance" section of our proofreading page.

• FAC/FAR requests: If your article is currently in the FAC or FAR process and copyediting/prose is the ONLY remaining objection, please list your article at the bottom of our "Requests for FAC and FAR" section of our proofreading page. NOTE: if there are other objections (references, etc.), please do not list your article until they are resolved.

[edit] Objectives

The League's objectives are to:

• reduce the backlog to a manageable level;
• tag articles in need of copyediting;
• process difficult articles; and
• assure excellence by copyediting, then proofreading, each article in the backlog.

[edit] Current to-do list

1. Patrol the copyedit backlog.

• Copyedit any article on the list.
• Remove the copyedit tag ({{copyedit}}).
• Post the article on Wikipedia:WikiProject League of Copyeditors/proofreading in the "Articles ready for final proofread" section.

2. Recruit new members to assist in tackling 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 "Requests for copy-editing assistance" and "In Progress" sections to see if you can provide additional help.

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 to your user page and solicit your help.

[edit] Template instructions

[edit] If you are copyediting an article

Insert the following template at the top of the article page before making an edit to avoid edit conflicts. Remember to save immediately so that the template shows to all users. Remove the template after you have finished copyediting the article.

{{Template:Inuse}}

The template should display as follows:

This project page is actively undergoing a major edit for a short while. As a courtesy, please do not edit this page while this message is displayed. The person who added this notice will be listed in its edit history or has placed their signature above. If this page has not been edited recently (several hours!), please remove this template (or replace it with {{underconstruction}}). This message is intended to help reduce edit conflicts; please remove it between editing sessions to allow others to improve this page.

If the copyedit is extensive and must continue over more than one session, place the following template at the top of the article discussion page. Remove the template after you have finished copyediting the article.

{{Template:WP:LoCE:In Progress}}

The template should display as follows:

This article is currently being copyedited by the League of Copyeditors. If you have any thoughts or concerns, please post them to the discussion page for review by League members.

[edit] If you have finished copyediting an article

Place the following at the bottom of the article talk page as a new comment. Copy and paste the template code below verbatim; there is no need to substitute the current month name and year, for the code does this automatically.

==Copyedit==
{{WP:LoCE
|{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}
|~~~~
}}

The template should display as follows:

This article, or a portion of it, was copyedited by the League of Copyeditors in February 2007. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks. Copyeditor(s): Your signature and time-stamp

[edit] If you proofread a copyedited article

Edit the comment of the copyeditor on the article discussion page by adding |~~~~ as another parameter.

For example, you would change this:

==Copyedit==
{{WP:LoCE
|February 2007
|[[User:copyeditor|copyeditor]] 04:54, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
}}

to this:

==Copyedit==
{{WP:LoCE
|February 2007
|[[User:copyeditor|copyeditor]] 04:54, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
|~~~~
}}

The new template should display as follows:

This article, or a portion of it, was copyedited by the League of Copyeditors in February 2007. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks. Copyeditor(s): copyeditor 04:54, 8 February 2007 (UTC) Proofreader: Your signature and timestamp

[edit] Announcements

[edit] February participation drive

We've started a participation drive for the remainder of February. Help clear the backlog by adopting the following goals each week:

• Select an article to copy-edit from the backlog. After your copy-edit, list the article in the ready for final proofread section.
• Select a different article to proof from the ready for final proofread section.

[edit] Changes to template instructions

We've recently made changes to Template:WP:LoCE. Please read the new instructions above. Thanks.

[edit] Useful links

• Category:Wikipedia articles needing copy edit articles so tagged
• Wikipedia:Cleanup unsorted requests for copy-editing and other cleanup
• Wikipedia:Typo systematic fixing of mistakes
• Wikipedia:Pages needing attention cleanup requests sorted by topic
• Wikipedia:How to copyedit guide to copyediting Wiki articles

[edit] Members

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

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

1. User:Smith Jones -- copeditor master. Smith Jones 00:07, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
2. Goldenglove
3. Navou ^talk 00:48, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
4. General Eisenhower • (at war or at peace) (at war here (screams in the background)) 12:56, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
5. Trusilver 20:47, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
6. IrisWings 21:53, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
7. Rintrah
8. Jaxhere 16:19, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
9. Little Miss Might Be Wrong 03:43, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
10. EMT1871
11. Pigman (talk • contribs) 01:41, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
12. Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫ 06:14, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
13. Aguerriero (talk) 18:54, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
14. JenLouise 01:22, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
15. wikipeep 494
16. Editor at Large04:33, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
17. SFinside 21:39, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
18. Irateferret 22:18, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
19. SMcCandlish [talk] [contrib] ツ 07:27, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
20. Tohru Honda13^{¿Quíeres hablar?}01:05, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
21. Espoo 11:34, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
22. Evan^{(Salad dressing is the milk of the infidel!)} 16:24, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
23. Zidel33303:12, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
24. Unimaginative Username 17:22, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
25. AndonicO ^{Talk | Sign Here} 16:16, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
26. --BricksFromEurope 20:05, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
27. Sigma 7 02:32, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
28. Leon 02:42, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
29. // PoeticDecay 01:42, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
30. —¡Randfan! 00:42, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
31. — Seadog 00:45, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
32. kathzzzz® 06:20, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
33. Mailer Diablo 07:46, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
34. Shagmaestro 12:03, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
35. A bit iffy 08:57, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
36. Hmains 20:05, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
37. Soojmagooj 18:02, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
38. Galena11 06:38, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
39. Darzinho 00:38, 18 December 2006 (GMT)
40. The Duke of WikiProject League of Copyeditors 02:06, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
41. Jcrook1987 21:03, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
42. skrshawk ( Talk | Contribs ) 20:40, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
43. Brisbane2000 21:17, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
44. Morgan89 00:49, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
45. Gzkn 02:16, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
46. Cedlaod 07:19, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
47. — Deckiller 04:40, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
48. — TKD::Talk 13:51, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
49. Jehochman (^Talk/_Contrib) 17:10, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
50. Randalllin 02:17, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
51. Raymond Arritt 21:12, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
52. Adam 05:58, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
53. Amers4 11:00, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
54. Beverson 22:18, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
55. Paradoxsociety 11:05, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
56. QueenFrstine06 21:44, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
57. --JohanTenge - /spit 23:06, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
58. Nina Odell 17:58, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
59. TheSharpshooter 19:58, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
60. Sups Showmanship is the key 00:38, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
61. Keesiewonder 23:29, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
62. — DustinGC (talk | contribs) 01:21, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
63. szyslak (t, c) 06:01, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
64. --SidiLemine 11:49, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
65. Morrad 18:20, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
66. TimVickers 05:29, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
67. Cometstyles 08:00 11 January 2007
68. --Froglet42 09:00, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
69. — Justin Koser 01:25, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
70. Antgel 02:33, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
71. Rick Cardelli "ricochet" 04:48, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
72. Puddytang 01:32, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
73. BrokenSphere 05:01, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
74. –Outriggr § 05:40, 20 January 2007 (UTC) (subject to probationary period ;)
75. Mr.Z-mantalk 23:46, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
76. --Rocketrye12 00:42, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
77. DGG 01:32, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
78. ParvatiBai 17:34, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
79. Trishm 00:26, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
80. Causesobad --> Talk) 14:00, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
81. BuddingJournalist 05:09, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
82. Gogarburn 16:49, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
83. Henitsirk 03:27, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
84. Cricketgirl 09:34, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
85. Import007 07:56, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
86. Katsuhagi 09:09, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
87. John Pouliot 22:06, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
88. --Missmarple 11:09, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
89. Konczewski 21:17, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
90. Balloonguy 22:57, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
91. Ciaran28 02:01, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
92. Pgan002 02:19, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
93. dposse 15:39, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
94. Dvandersluis 16:44, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
95. Otheus 20:34, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
96. —msikma (user, talk) 22:30, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
97. Ccmushroom 04:54, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
98. --Wehwalt 14:14, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
99. Su 18:26, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
100. Mandelot 18:56, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
101. Echtoran 20:35, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
102. Collegekid2008
103. Greenglen
104. Cori Fournier 18:37, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
105. Ventric 01:46, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
106. Cheesebox 04:13, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
107. kritikos99 16:15, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
108. Brianne.hadley 17:15 14 February 2007 (UTC)
109. Thelma Bowlen^Talk 02:02, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
110. Goyston talk,contribs,play
111. heidbanger
112. Roysee 08:06, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
113. RedPen 02:55, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
114. Otterpops 17:22, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
115. Hillbillygirl 12:00, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
116. PeaceNT 17:22, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
117. The Vortext 01:37, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
118. Charleenmerced ^talk 18:21, 19 February 2007 (UTC)Charleenmerced
119. z ε n  09:27, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
120. Giler S 12:23, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
121. Computernurd22 (talk) 14:45, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
122. Vivalosangeles 21:14, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
123. Supergeo 21:36, 24 February 2007
124. Willie 13:07, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
125. --Wavemaster447 23:59, 6 March 2007 (UTC)User:Wavemaster447
126. --Jayzel 16:27, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
127. abarry^✓ 19:27, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
128. Pigslookfunny 22:49, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
129. Falcon 06:56, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
130. Moralis 07:32, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
131. --Croberts1 18:58, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
132. MajorFreakinEnglish 17:26, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
133. LittleNuccio 02:21, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
134. Cremepuff222 (talk, sign book) 23:04, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
135. Searles2sels (PJ) 03:06, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
136. Scientizzle 05:28, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
137. Bloddyfriday 22:03, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
138. b.joseph17 19:23, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
139. MarkBuckles (talk) 01:21, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
140. MSJapan 21:15, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
141. Henry5107 11:35, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
142. María: (habla ~ cosas) 17:09, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
143. Janepuke 19:23, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
144. +A.0u 17:15, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
145. User:Orthologist
146. Why am I not in this yet? Abeg92contribs 22:43, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
147. Wexcan 22:35, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
148. AffirmationChick 02:25, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
149. Rockdozen 16:53, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
150. Redian(Talk) 00:19, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
151. killing sparrows 06:36, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
152. User:Jollyjoegiant 3:03 4 April, 2007
153. Vinch...Here for Copy Editing !!
154. Zweifel 09:47, 5 April 2007 (UTC) mainly because that's all I seem to do these days.
155. EvokeNZ 10:24, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
156. — superbfc [ talk | cont ] — 19:19, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
157.  ~Steptrip
158. Copywriter000 23:53, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
159. Eilicea 14:05, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
160. Adrian M. H. 20:25, 8 April 2007 (UTC) Will be able to help out occasionally.
161. UnaLaguna 11:42, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Progress