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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

December 2012

Dishonored

Another one pushing to GA; moderately long but interesting read. Darkwarriorblake (talk) 23:24, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

 Working It's quite a recent release, so there's still potential for a lot of information to be added, but I added it to my watchlist and I'll take a look at it as soon as I can ;) Mathijsvs (talk) 05:32, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Galyna Zubchenko

New article on a 20th century Ukrainian artist. Editor is Russian so translation from the corresponding article at ru.wikipedia is rather stilted and it needs a good review of the English. NtheP (talk) 21:48, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

 Working. It'll take some time because a) the article isn't stable and b) large chunks of it are fairly incomprehensible and most of the sources are in Russian and Ukrainian. Cheers, --CocoLacoste talk 05:13, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

 On hold I sent an email to the main contributor a week or so ago. Waiting for his reply to pick up the copy-edit. Cheers, --CocoLacoste talk 02:56, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

January 2013

The Man with the Iron Fists

In need of copy edit so can be sent for GA. Darkwarriorblake (talk) 22:34, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Working - Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 04:17, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

Venom (comic book)

Longer article, in need of copy edit for GA push. Darkwarriorblake (talk) 22:34, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Naroda Patiya massacre

I'm planning to get this to FA and I need help. — Yash ^[talk] 08:42, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

List of Deccan Chargers cricketers

It had failed a FL nomination due to lack of inactivity and the prose needs few tweaks so just need little push for FL. — Yash ^[talk] 08:42, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Sulu Archipelago

Needs basic copy editing and some links to related articles. Jonesey95 (talk) 19:50, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

Superman: Earth One Volume Two

Hi, can anyone copy edit Superman: Earth One Volume Two? Thanks.--NeoBatfreak (talk) 22:46, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

Millennium Force

Working on getting it to FA. I'd appreciate a copy edit. Thanks,--Astros4477 (talk) 01:48, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

In My City

The article needs some serious copy edit as because it has too much details in it. Some details are not needed as all the info are regarding the album not the song. I want to take it to GA. It needs a nice copy/edit. —PKS:1142 · ^(TALK) 03:54, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Lesser Antillean Macaw

Future FAC. FunkMonk (talk) 06:06, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Rodrigues Rail

Same as above. FunkMonk (talk) 10:22, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Leviathan (roller coaster)

Looking at submitting a FAC for the article after the copy-edit is complete. Thanks in advance!--Dom497 (talk) 03:08, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Hyderabad, India

This has received GOCE attention twice in the past year, but its latest FAC review failed and another copy edit is requested. This needs to be someone very experienced at WP FAC-level copy edits who writes to a professional standard, please, so that we can get this one to bed. --Stfg (talk) 15:53, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

 On hold pending the addition of some further content. Shouldn't take long. --Stfg (talk) 18:36, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

Sirkazhi

As a part of GA review. Ssriram mt (talk) 13:19, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Imran Khan (actor)

Working on getting it to GA. Thanks! GleekVampire | talk! 14:50, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Randeep Hooda

Working on getting it to GA. Thanks! GleekVampire | talk! 15:17, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Ottoman–Hungarian Wars

A nice history article which needs more improvement to its form and its English, before it can reach GA. Thanks in advance! --Codrin.B (talk) 15:47, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Toil

I want to bring this up to a GA but I need someone to look over my grammar. Guerillero | My Talk 22:33, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Tirunelveli

This is to bring the article up for a GA nom. Ssriram mt (talk) 04:47, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region

Needs a good copyedit. --TIAYN (talk) 13:12, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region

Needs a good copyedit. --TIAYN (talk) 13:12, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Ba'ath Party (Iraqi-dominated faction)

Needs a good copyedit. --TIAYN (talk) 13:12, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Vlachs

This article is a good collection of relevant content but needs a better form and structure, as well as more copy editing to comply with the Wikipedia style. The topic is quite interesting and would be great to get professional help, ideally to help the article reach GA. Thank you in advance to the brave copyeditor! --Codrin.B (talk) 15:21, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Origin of the Romanians

This article underwent a lot of rewrites and restructuring, mainly due to its very nature and controversies around it. It is quite an interesting topic which needs help to get a clear, neutral structure and layout. The end goal is to reach GA. Thank you! --Codrin.B (talk) 15:31, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Music for a Time of War

I have been working on this article for some time now. It has received a peer review and has yet to be completed. However, at this stage, a copyedit would still be very beneficial and much appreciated. My goal is to promote the article (once expanded fully) to Good article status, then Featured status. Thank you. --Another Believer _(Talk) 16:31, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

Siddhachakra

Newly created article. General copyediting needed. --Nizil (talk) 18:49, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

 Working Aeris Tiberius (talk) 19:33, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

Swayamvaram

Current state of the article is GA. Planning to take it to FA in the near future. A good copy editing will surely help. - Vivvt • (Talk) 15:16, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Rodrigo Bueno

I recently expanded the article, with intentions to nominate it to GA. Probably some good copy-editing is needed.--Rod840 (talk) 15:42, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Elaine Didier

I created this article in connection with the 250,000+ images that are now being donated by the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum to Wikimedia Commons. Please copy edit. Thanks. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 06:16, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Ford assassination attempt in Sacramento

I created this article in connection with the 250,000+ images that are now being donated by the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum to Wikimedia Commons. Please copy edit. Thanks. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 06:16, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Sandra Eisert

I created this article in connection with the 250,000+ images that are now being donated by the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum to Wikimedia Commons. Please copy edit. Thanks. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 06:16, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

HNLMS Koningin Regentes

Hi, I nominated two articles for DYK one of the reviewers send me here because the articles are in need of a copy-editing from a native English speaker. See below. So can somebody of you help me out? See Template:Did you know nominations/Koningin Regentes and De Ruyter Thx in advance, Pindanl (talk) 17:13, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

HNLMS De Ruyter (1901)

Hi, I nominated two articles for DYK one of the reviewers send me here because the articles are in need of a copy-editing from a native English speaker. See below. So can somebody of you help me out? See Template:Did you know nominations/Koningin Regentes and De Ruyter Thx in advance, Pindanl (talk) 17:13, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

International Crimes Tribunal (Bangladesh)

Hoping to nominate for GA staus so requires a good scrub beforehand, help much appreciated. Darkness Shines (talk) 14:27, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

Lobatus gigas

I'm preparing this article for a FAC. Needs an extensive review, specially MoS. Daniel Cavallari (talk) 16:33, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

Elephant

This article is currently at the bottom of FAC, but SandyGeorgia still thinks theres some problems with flow. I would appreciate it if someone would copyedit any remaining problems. LittleJerry (talk) 00:46, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

Jailhouse Rock (film)

The article needs to be copy-edited prior to being nominated for WP:FAC. Plant's Strider (talk) 15:52, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

Townsend F. Dodd

The article is in heavy need of a copy-edit and check on the MOS. Tartarus ^talk 22:17, 20 January 2013 (UTC)

Cheers (season 1)

Help me trim down details that are irrelevant to casual readers. --George Ho (talk) 04:18, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

Sam and Diane

I think I've written down too many details. Help me trim down parts that are too irrelevant to general readers, please. --George Ho (talk) 04:18, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

Bade Achhe Lagte Hain

I want to promote this article to GA and this article has too many problems. Please help me. --Tamravidhir (২০১২) 16:27, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

Garlin case

This article reads more like an indictment than an encyclopedia article. Could someone please help with the tone? -- Mesconsing (talk) 20:41, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

Ed, Edd n Eddy (season 1)

Would really appreciate a copy-edit, especially for the "Episode" list, before taking it to the next level; FAC. :) Cheers, --Khanassassin ☪ 08:40, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

Split Agreement

I'd appreciate a copyedit of the article before it becomes a GAN. Thanks! Tomobe03 (talk) 13:13, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

Percy Jackson

Although it received a copyedit before, the article needs a lot of work. I think it's mainly general copyediting. I would do it myself, but I'm very busy nowadays and might not be here for a while. I tried editing it myself, but it is definitely a lot of work. I have a headache from looking at it. Thank you in advance! § WiHkibew (talk) § 00:59, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

Pan Am (TV series)

This article's episode list needs condensation for general readers' comfort. --George Ho (talk) 07:36, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

Magnum XL-200

Future FAC, I'd appreciate a copy edit. Thanks,-- Astros4477 (Talk) 03:11, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

Drama Queen (Ivy Queen album)

Nominating for FA in the future. I would appreciate if someone could copy edit. The article was copy edited not to ago in early January before the article was promoted to GA status, so much work is necessary. I don't believe it will be a lot. — DivaKnockouts (talk) 04:05, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

Barfi!

Wants to take it to GA. A good copy edit would help it in enhancing the article.Prashant  Conversation  06:59, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

Scream & Shout

The article has over 4,000 views every day and futurely this article will be nominated for GA. It was copy edited by few users, but it needs a good copy edit, specially the Reception subsection in Music video and the Critical reception, which are a bit WP:QUOTEFARM. Saulo ^{Talk to Me} 04:02, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

King Island Emu

Cute, tiny emu, which could become an FA afterwards. FunkMonk (talk) 16:16, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

Parineeti Chopra

Wants to take the article to GA. Seeing its current position will be difficult. Needs a good copy/edit.Prashant  Conversation  03:09, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

Kellie Loder

I'd like to submit the article for featured status, but I think it would be better prepared if it received an independent copyedit first. Neelix (talk) 21:08, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

February 2013

Beyond the First Amendment

WP:GA quality article, could use a copyedit, no rush, just before going for further quality improvements along the process. — Cirt (talk) 17:51, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

Cyber Rights

This one is a WP:GA quality article, has already had a peer review but could use some further copyediting before proceeding along the quality improvement process. — Cirt (talk) 17:52, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

Freedom of Expression (McLeod book)

Here's a WP:GA quality article that could use some copyediting before a future potential peer review. — Cirt (talk) 17:53, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

Little Richard

This article is well referenced but it is too long and I think it could become a WP:GA article with a copyedit and a less biased view of its subject. BrothaTimothy (talk · contribs) 00:54, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

I support this request. The article is indeed over-long, and needs to be pruned as well as copy-edited with a view to improving its neutrality and readability. Ghmyrtle (talk) 22:04, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Roza Shanina

After some recent expansion I'm seeking a prose upgrade (including smoother text flow in some places) of this GA to help it achieve an A-class and subsequent FA status. Many thanks in advance. Brandmeister^talk 01:25, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Military history of Asian Americans

Was failed at GAR by another editor. That editor suggested that it be reviewed again, prior to next GAN attempt.--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 17:55, 4 February 2013 (UTC)