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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.
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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.

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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.

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December 2013

Premiership of Gordon Brown

Needs a copyedit. I took this article through GAN in April 2010, but several editors have made additions and tweaks since then, and it's starting to look a little frayed. This is the version that passed GA if that helps with the process. Thanks in advance, Paul MacDermott (talk) 13:01, 16 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Working - Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 02:17, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Malang (song)

Listing it for a C/e before I nominate it for a GA. By the time it gets C/e'd it would have seen a lot of expansion. Soham 17:57, 17 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

@Soham: Done, mostly. There were parts where the prose was so tangled that I couldn't make sense of what you were trying to say - I marked these with {{clarify}} tags. Besides the prose copyediting, I also noted some serious ref-bombing issues (no simple statement should need to cite 5 or 10 different sources to support it; all this does is make it difficult to track where you got what information) and a few instances of text that appeared to have been basically copy-and-pasted from sources (most of which I've now removed or turned into quotes). Please be careful of these things. A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 19:29, 30 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

PINK de Thierry

Copyediting, so that the article can be renominated for GA status. Epicgenius (talk) 00:18, 20 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Plastic Brit

I would like this article to be copyedited to assist with a future GA nomination. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 09:47, 20 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I really can't find any major errors, let alone any... Acalycine ^talk 09:00, 21 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I can; redundancies and WP:SAID are there. Other problems may appear upon closer examination. Baffle gab1978 (talk) 22:53, 26 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Legal education in Alaska

I would like to receive your copy-editing services on the article I wrote, Legal education in Alaska. Please post a note on my talk page to let me that you have copy-edited the article. Thanks! -- Jreferee (talk) 20:53, 21 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Working— Preceding unsigned comment added by Skeletonl234 (talk • contribs) 20:55, 22 January 2014 (UTC). Unsigned comment signed by Baffle gab1978 (talk) 14:48, 23 January 2014 (UTC).[reply]

I've requested an update from Skeleton1234 about this copy-edit request on his/her talk page. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 00:05, 30 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Teresa Lewis

I would like copy-editing help on this article that I created. Edits has slowed down and it is time to tightening the articles prose. Planning for a FA nomination. --BabbaQ (talk) 21:08, 21 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

SpaceX reusable launch system development program

Hi. I'd like to respectfully request a copyedit of the article SpaceX reusable launch system development program by a copy editor as I would like to get the article to Good article status by the time of the very first attempt to bring an orbital launch vehicle booster back to the launch site for future reuse. In the past—during the first sixty years of the space age—orbital booster rockets, including the Shuttle external tank, have just been dumped in the ocean. The flight on which the booster return will be attempted and make a vertical-landing back at the launch site is currently scheduled for February 2014. Rationale for the article improvement drive: if successful, that test flight will be a notable achievement in the History of human technological advances, and will likely be of interest to a much larger group of Wikipedia readers around the time of that flight. N2e (talk) 03:38, 23 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Guilty Gear Isuka

Failed the last GA due to prose issues. A copy edit would be appreciated. Thanks, Gabriel Yuji (talk) 20:34, 23 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Voices of a Distant Star

I have nominated the article for GA. The GAN review has not yet started. I would like a copy edit of this article before the GAN review finishes. Extremepro (talk) 02:13, 25 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sakis Rouvas

Article in desperate need of a full copy-edit and overall check by an experienced reviewer. Also removal of unnecessary and excessive information would be needed I think.--BabbaQ (talk) 17:43, 25 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Johor Darul Takzim F.C.

This article related with Malaysian league team.I hope you make whole article to GA requirements.1 more if you tired with editing or have done with it please copy the whole article code because i know after lock expired many vandalism on that article.Farhan • talk • contribs 01:27, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory the Musical

Article need copyediting in particular the synopsis section which is currently too long and overly detailed.Blethering Scot 22:01, 31 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

January 2014

Chandralekha (1948 film)

The plot section alone needs CE for a possible FA review (the entire article can also do if it looks shabby). Kailash29792 (talk) 04:13, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Czech cuisine

I have spent no short time re-working the prose but issues with the article remain, detailed in the cleanup tag at the top of the article. Thanks, C 679 19:38, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Trouble (Natalia Kills album)

Hoping to make it FA-class eventually. prism △ 20:23, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker

Requesting copy edit on direct-to-video animated film Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker. Article's plot summary is excessively detailed, grammar errors, and too many original research overall, thus needing attention. Thank you.--NeoBatfreak (talk) 21:40, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Solomon of Hungary

A child king of Hungary who was cursed by his own mother and dethroned by his cousin. The article needs a bold copyediting before GAN. Thank for your time in advance. Borsoka (talk) 02:40, 5 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ense3

Requesting copy edit on Ense3, an engineering school in school. I do appreciate every help in making the article pass verification and get upper grades. Thanks in advance Emekadavid (talk) 19:40, 6 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

House of Lancaster

This article on a cadet branch of the medieval Plantagenet dynasty in England is up for FAC. It has largely been cleaned up but the general view is that it needs a good copy edit please Norfolkbigfish (talk) 10:32, 8 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Siege of Dubrovnik

I would like to take this article to A-class review and would like to request a copyedit to improve its prose. Thanks Tomobe03 (talk) 11:57, 8 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Carolina Gynning

A article that I have expanded extensivly from a unsourced and badly formatted article previously. Could need copyediting to improve the prose.--BabbaQ (talk) 21:30, 10 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Prince Marko

Needs a good copy-edit ahead of a shot at ACR. Thanks in advance. 23 editor (talk) 22:48, 11 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2000 UEFA Cup Final riots

I am hoping to take this to FA eventually and I know this will need a copyedit before it does. Feel free to use the last peer review as a starting point. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 13:17, 12 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Plitvice Lakes incident

I'd like to take this article to A-class review and would appreciate a copyedit to improve its prose. Thanks. Tomobe03 (talk) 13:30, 12 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yoko Ono

I would like to submit this for GAN and would appreciate a copyedit. Was GA at one point. Thanks!--Aichik (talk) 16:42, 12 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Saint Young Men

My prose isn't good after all; a copyedit will be necessary to future GA. Gabriel Yuji (talk) 18:23, 12 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

JC's Girls

I intend to nominate this article for good article status, and I think that it would be better prepared if it first received an independent copyedit. Neelix (talk) 22:45, 13 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ghost (Swedish band)

The whole thing needs copy-editing, but I'm particularly looking for help with putting what info in which section. Due to the band members' anonymity, costumes and "theme/fictional backstory" it makes it kind of unique from other band articles. Xfansd (talk) 06:01, 15 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Rhythm Nation

There are too many quotes. Also, the article may be too long to edit. George Ho (talk) 21:59, 15 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Vampire (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Request copy edits from an editor who is familiar with the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-offs, on article Vampire (Buffy the Vampire Slayer).--NeoBatfreak (talk) 23:12, 16 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Out of Mind, Out of Sight

Request copy edits from an editor who is familiar with the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-offs, on article of its episode "Out of Mind, Out of Sight".--NeoBatfreak (talk) 00:06, 17 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

House of Plantagenet

This failed FAC is under peer review before resubmission. As part of that review it has been suggested that a thorough copy edit will help, please Norfolkbigfish (talk) 09:50, 17 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Kalidas (film)

Hoping to take it to GA, and eventually FA status. Kailash29792 (talk) 10:34, 17 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Chennai Express

User:Ethically Yours wants to take it to GA. The article needs some good deal of copy-editing. Thanks, --Jionpedia ✉ 15:58, 17 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Bomis

Currently a nominee at WP:GAN as a candidate for Good Article quality, I'd appreciate a copy edit to help further along the quality improvement process. — Cirt (talk) 06:53, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Djan Madruga

Needs copyediting. Janperson (talk) 15:46, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Kira Yamato

Needs some copyedit before GA nomination. Regards. Tintor2 (talk) 16:21, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Bruno Soares

Needs copyediting. Janperson (talk) 17:47, 20 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Marcelo Melo

Needs copyediting. Janperson (talk) 15:38, 22 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Chicago Options Associates

Currently a nominee at WP:GAN as a candidate for Good Article quality, I'd appreciate a copy edit to help further along the quality improvement process. — Cirt (talk) 08:19, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2000 UEFA Cup semi-final violence

Requires copyediting before a potential GA nomination. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 12:14, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Maalavika Manoj

Need to change all quoted material into normal text. Kailash29792 (talk) 05:00, 24 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Gravity (film)

Hoping to take it to GA some time later, so requesting for copyediting. Thanks, --Jionpedia ✉ 13:24, 24 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Saving Mr. Banks

Hoping to take it to GA some time later, so requesting for copyediting. Thanks, --Jionpedia ✉ 13:24, 24 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Siege of Steenwijk (1580–1581)

This article is in process of a GA Review but has been recommended to be copy-edited, hope someone can help here. Thanks. ChrisWet (talk) 22:01, 24 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Battle of Flores (1592)

This article is in process of a GA Review but has been recommended to be copy-edited, hope someone can help here aslo. Thanks.ChrisWet (talk) 11:35, 27 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Babrak Karmal

Awkward wording. --TIAYN (talk) 11:46, 25 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Miss America

The entire article needs work. I have placed tags throughout and a note on the talk page.-Classicfilms (talk) 20:03, 26 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Justifiable homicide

Strange wording. OccultZone (talk) 22:50, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ivan Aivazovsky

I just expanded this article, but since English isn't my first language it didn't come out as good. Please do a general grammar check and improve the wording without making major changes to the content. Երևանցի ^talk 03:54, 29 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Roseland Theater

Hoping to nominate this article for Good status in the near future. Thank you for any assistance. --Another Believer _(Talk) 17:39, 29 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Orchestral Works by Tomas Svoboda

Here is another classical music album recorded by the Oregon Symphony, adding to the others I have created over the past year or so. Following a copy edit, I plan to nominated this article for Good status. Thank you. --Another Believer _(Talk) 23:45, 29 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Battle of the Miljevci Plateau

I'd like to take this article (a GA right now) to A-class review. I'd really appreciate a copyedit to improve article prose before the review begins. Thanks!--Tomobe03 (talk) 18:28, 30 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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