Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/July 2010#Running totals

1. Note the article's wordcount before you copyedit it. You will need it to get credit for the copyedit. There is an automated word counting script available at User talk:Dr_pda/prosesize.js. It is VERY easy to install and you don't need a shred of technical ability! If you can follow a recipe for making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, you can install this script. Instructions are below. If you get anxious, ask ɳorɑfʈ ^Talk! for help.

:*If, even with this script, you forget to click the 'Page size' tool before beginning your copyedit session, you may still be able to retrieve the correct initial page size information (in Firefox, anyway), by right clicking the tab you are editing and selecting 'open a duplicate tab' from the drop-down menu, and then on the duplicated page, click your 'Back' button as many times as needed to flip the duplicate back to its unedited version. From there, you can click the 'Page size' tool, copy that word count number, and edit your 'working' line here (below). Then, close that tab, and continue copyediting on the original tab, right where you left off. Yay! Problem solved. If you've already saved copyedits when you realize your gaff, you may be able to do the same thing from a diff of the article as it existed immediately prior to your edits; so still, probably no problem.

1. Log completed copyedits in the Running Totals section. If you complete a copyedit for an article, don't forget to list it so that you can get credit for the edit. Also don't forget to remove the {{copyedit}} tag from the article itself.
2. No rubber-stamping of articles. Be thorough and complete in your copyedits, and make sure all the i's are dotted and the t's crossed. The prose in copyedited articles should comply with the Manual of Style and be free of grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors.
3. Don't create extra work. Participants should not copyedit any article they themselves added a {{copyedit}} tag to during the months of June or July.
4. Have fun. We're here to help bring these articles up to their fullest potential and hence improving the overall quality of the encyclopedia. If you do not enjoy doing that, then there is no motivation to improve these articles and the encyclopedia as a whole.

{{quotation|To add the script that calculates page size:All credit for these instructions go to TheTito ^Discuss

1. If you have JavaScript enabled, go here to access your skin's .js file.
2. *If you do not have JavaScript enabled and either do not wish to or cannot, go to Special:Preferences and click on the Appearance tab. In the very first section, Skin, locate the skin that is selected and click on the Custom JS next to your selected skin.
3. Click Edit on the page that opened.
4. Add the following code to the page and save it: {{subst:js|User:Dr pda/prosesize.js}}All credit for the script goes to User:Dr pda at User talk:Dr pda/prosesize.js
5. Reload the cache.
6. *If you are using Internet Explorer, press Ctrl-F5
7. *If you are using Firefox/Safari for Windows, hold down Shift while clicking Reload (or press Ctrl-Shift-R); for Mac, press Command-R.
8. *If you are using Opera/Konqueror, press F5.
9. To test it out go to any random article. If you look under the Toolbox menu on the far left of the screen there will be a link for Page size. The backlog elimination drive uses the number of words listed under Prose size (text only).
10. Go copy edit!}}

Some copyeditors enjoy taking a random dip in :Category:All articles needing copy edit and learning about something completely new along the way. Others prefer editing articles in a field they already know about. Such articles can be found using categories:Basically ripped from here; original tip from #Jubilee♫clipman

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1. Go to the whimsically named [http://toolserver.org/~magnus/catscan_rewrite.php CatScan].
2. Don't be intimidated! It's easy to use.
3. Set the Depth to 5.
4. Write or paste Wikipedia articles needing copy edit in the box labelled "Categories".
5. Write the name of a category of interest on a separate line in the same box, eg Books.
6. Scroll down and click the button labelled "Do it!"
7. Be patient... For big categories the results might take a little while.}}

This example will find articles tagged with {{tl|copyedit}} in :Category:Books, as well as its sub-categories, sub-sub-categories, and so on down to sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-categories.

• You can also crossreference to a wikiproject talk page banner. [http://toolserver.org/~magnus/catscan_rewrite.php?depth=5&categories=Wikipedia+articles+needing+copy+edit&ns%5B0%5D=1&ns%5B1%5D=1&templates_any=WP+Pakistan&templates_use_talk_any=1&doit=1 Click here to see the completed form for this example].

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1. Set Depth to 5.
2. Place Wikipedia articles needing copy edit in the Category box.
3. Tick off both Article and Talk in the Namespaces boxes.
4. Place the template of the wikiproject in the Templates field and tick off "Use talk pages instead."
5. Click "Do it!"
6. Wow! The example search found 77 articles on Pakistan that need copy edits and took 5 seconds to execute.}}

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The July 2010 elimination drive welcomes and encourages those who have not yet tried their hand at copyediting, or those who haven't done so in some time, to join the drive, even if only to copyedit one or two articles. If you want someone to check over your edit and make sure that it's good, the drive coordinator ɳorɑfʈ ^Talk! will gladly assist.

While we try as far as possible to copy edit articles, this is not always achievable where the text is confusing or in need of content expertise. We are then forced to use a tag to attract such help for the article. Some useful tags are:

{{tl|off-topic}} ~ {{tl|Expand}} ~ {{tl|Expert-verify}} ~ {{tl|Expert-subject}} ~ {{tl|contradict}} ~ {{tl|confusing}} ~ {{tl|refimprove}} ~ {{tl|nofootnotes}} ~ {{tl|notability}} ~ {{tl|original research}} ~ {{tl|crystal}} ~ {{tl|POV}} ~ {{tl|unreferenced}}

See WP:TC for a full list of cleanup template messages.

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Awards will be given out at the conclusion of the backlog elimination drive as follows:

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100px At least 4,000 words: The Modest Barnstar.

100px At least 8,000 words: The Working Man's Barnstar.

100px At least 12,000 words: The Cleanup Barnstar.

100px At least 20,000 words: The Tireless Contributor Barnstar.

100px At least 30,000 words: The (old school) League of Copyeditors Barnstar.

100px At least 40,000 words: The (modern) Guild of Copy Editors Barnstar.

100px At least 60,000 words: The Barnstar of Diligence.

100px At least 80,000 words: The Order of the Superior Scribe of Wikipedia.

100px At least 100,000 words: A special, VERY exclusive award created just for these few, these happy few, this band of brothers: the Most Excellent Order of the Caretaker's Star.

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100px The prestigious Guild of Copy Editors' Gold Star Award will be awarded to the copy editor with the highest total article count, the copyeditor with the highest total word count, and the copyeditor with the most articles of more than 5,000 words.

A special leaderboard award will be presented to all editors who make the top 5 leaderboard in each category.

Unfortunately, because of financial limitations, we are not able to give away Segways at this time.

And remember, the ultimate winner here is Wikipedia.

100px Anyone that copy edits at least one individual article of more than 10,000 words will receive The 10k Copyedit Barnstar.

100px The person who edits the most articles on the first day of the drive will win an Original Barnstar.

100px There will be an award for the largest single article that is copy edited.

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You can still join! Feel free to put your name down at any time. Read the directions, and then add your name in Totals below.

Returning Editors: If you edited in the May 2010 GOCE Backlog Elimination Drive, your word totals are cumulative for barnstars (not the leaderboard). Add your May 2010 totals as shown below. If you use {{working}} or {{doing}}, it is expected that you begin copyediting immediately after "claiming" the article. Articles may not be "saved for later."

Please log entries in the following format:

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1. {{completed}} John Doe (765)
2. {{completed}} Example (440)
3. {{completed}} Jane Doe (2,330)
4. {{working}} Example B (673)

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• Total articles: 3
• Total words: 3,535
• May 2010 words (if you participated): 10,906

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The numbers in parentheses are the word counts of the articles before copyediting. Do not include the May 2010 words line if you did not edit in the May 2010 drive.

Will look like:

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1. {{completed}} John Doe (765)
2. {{completed}} Example (440)
3. {{completed}} Jane Doe (2,330)
4. {{working}} Example B (673)

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• Total articles: 3
• Total words: 3,535
• May 2010 words: 10,906

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