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This Copy Editing Backlog Elimination Drive was a one-month-long effort of the
The goal of this backlog elimination drive was to reduce the overall backlog by 10% (nearly 400 articles). There will not be a bonus for copy editing articles from the Requests page for this drive, but those articles count towards your total whether they have a copy edit tag on them or not, so please feel free to select from there when you are in the mood for a better-quality article to edit. Awards will be given out to those individuals who help reduce the size of the backlog.
The backlog elimination drive is open to all, and you do not need to be a member of the
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.
Progress

Articles | Words | 5k+ Articles | |
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1. | Wikid77 (138) | Clarityfiend (86,598 - 88,364) | Wikid77 (10) |
2. | Dianna (72) | Sesamehoneytart (66,406) |
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3. | Lagrange613 (46) | Lagrange613 (60,146) |
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4. | Clarityfiend (36) | Dac04 (47,122) |
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5. | Sesamehoneytart (35) | Miniapolis (43,831) |
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31 August 2011 | 1509 | 3,947 | — | — |
1 September 2011 | 1503 | 3,931 | ![]() |
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2 September 2011 | 1499 | 3,921 | ![]() |
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3 September 2011 | 1488 | 3,900 | ![]() |
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4 September 2011 | 1476 | 3,887 | ![]() |
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5 September 2011 | 1459 | 3,860 | ![]() |
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6 September 2011 | 1453 | 3,857 | ![]() |
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7 September 2011 | 1432 | 3,856 | ![]() |
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8 September 2011 | 1423 | 3,862 | ![]() |
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9 September 2011 | 1406 | 3,836 | ![]() |
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10 September 2011 | 1396 | 3,827 | ![]() |
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11 September 2011 | 1383 | 3,823 | ![]() |
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12 September 2011 | 1368 | 3,818 | ![]() |
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13 September 2011 | 1353 | 3,800 | ![]() |
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14 September 2011 | 1346 | 3,802 | ![]() |
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15 September 2011 | 1335 | 3,797 | ![]() |
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16 September 2011 | 1319 | 3,841 | ![]() |
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17 September 2011 | 1312 | 3,831 | ![]() |
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18 September 2011 | 1289 | 3,806 | ![]() |
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19 September 2011 | 1283 | 3,880 | ![]() |
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20 September 2011 | 1274 | 3,872 | ![]() |
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21 September 2011 | 1265 | 3,865 | ![]() |
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22 September 2011 | 1250 | 3,853 | ![]() |
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23 September 2011 | 1245 | 3,862 | ![]() |
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24 September 2011 | 1237 | 3,843 | ![]() |
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25 September 2011 | 1220 | 3,843 | ![]() |
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26 September 2011 | 1203 | 3,831 | ![]() |
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27 September 2011 | 1189 | 3,833 | ![]() |
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28 September 2011 | 1181 | 3,835 | ![]() |
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29 September 2011 | 1167 | 3,826 | ![]() |
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30 September 2011 | 1150 | 3,801 | ![]() |
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Running total
Feel free to put your name down at any time. Read the directions, and then add your name:
- in the Totals directly below.
- to the Participants list at the bottom of the page.
Directions
Copy and paste the following into the Totals sections below, placing your entry alphabetically, and filling in your rollover words, if applicable.
=====~~~=====
{{GOCE Article list
|articles =
# {{Completed}} [[]] ()
# {{Working}} [[]] ()
|total-articles = 0
|total-words = 0
|rollover-words = 0
}}
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Rollover: To calculate your rollover, we take your July word count, subtract the award words from it, and enter the difference in the "rollover-words" field. For example, if a user copy edited 14,503 words in July, they would have received the Cleanup Barnstar (12,000 words). Thus, we subtract 12,000 from 14,503, which yields 2,503—the rollover number. Please do not add rollover into the "total-words" field. We'll do the calculating for you. You can obtain your current rollover word count from this document.
Totals
![]() | Participants, please add your name to the totals section and to the participants section below. |
A
Article list
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- Total articles: 11
- Total words: 12,387
- Rollover words: 3,724
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- Total articles: 2
- Total words: 1,634
- Rollover words: 2,631
B
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- Total articles: 3
- Total words: 11964
C
Article list
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- Total articles: 5
- Total words: 1,775
- Rollover words: 57,481
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- Total articles: 36
- Total words: 86,598 - 88,364
- Rollover words: 14,158
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- Total articles: 24
- Total words: 16816
D
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- Total articles: 22
- Total words: 47122
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- Total articles: 7
- Total words: 1238
- Rollover words: 992
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- Total articles: 2
- Total words: 3486
talk)
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- Total articles: 2
- Total words: 9994
- Rollover words: 148
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- Total articles: 1
- Total words: 280
- Rollover words: do I get any from March?
Article list
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- Total articles: 71
- Total words: 34,005
- Rollover words: 34,729
E
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Peter and the Starcatchers
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- Total articles: 2
- Total words: 3196
F
YWA
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- Total articles: 1
- Total words: 3784
- Rollover words: 7182
G
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- Total articles: 17
- Total words: 1312
- Rollover words: 546
H
I
J
:Jay8g WPIM
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- Total articles: 8
- Total words: 6847
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- Total articles: 6
- Total words: 3,363
- Rollover words: 2,102
Article list
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- Total articles: 0
- Total words: 0
- Rollover words: 273
K
Article list
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- Total articles: 10
- Total words: 4,390
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- Total articles: 18
- Total words: 41 757
L
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- Total articles: 46
- Total words: 60,146
- Total articles: 29
- Total words: 40,681
M
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- Total articles: 4
- Total words: 2080
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- Total articles: 30
- Total words: 43,831
- Rollover words: 6,878
N
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- Total articles: 4
- Total words: 11671
O
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- Total articles: 2
- Total words: 2142
P
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- Total articles: 2
- Total words: 1,306
☢ ☢
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- Total articles: 6
- Total words: 8523
Q
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- Total articles: 0
- Total words: 0
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- Total articles: 2
- Total words: 4,588
R
S
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- Total articles: 34
- Total words: 66,406
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- Total articles: 5
- Total words: 7730
- Rollover words: 1786
Article list
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- Total articles: 7
- Total words: 1,305
- Rollover words: 3,535
Article list
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- Total articles: 10
- Total words: 27097
Article list
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- Total articles: 13
- Total words: 24600
- Rollover words: 5514
T
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- Total articles: 2
- Total words: 1768
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- Total articles: 17
- Total words: 4506
- Rollover words: 1090
Article list
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- Total articles: 2
- Total words: 407
- Rollover words: 3123
Article list
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- Total articles: 5
- Total words: 4,414
- Rollover words: 990
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- Total articles: 1
- Total words: 302
- Rollover words: 506
U
V
W
- I am not participating in the total-words contest, as I just edited large articles to empty old categories, only noting huge articles > 5,000 words, and some articles were deleted, merged, edit-warred, or retagged {copyedit} after done. -Wikid77 20:16, 30 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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- Total articles: 138
- Total words: not participating in total-words
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- Total articles: 22
- Total words: 9,222
- Rollover words: 3,329
X
Y
Z
Participants
- The UtahraptorTalk/Contribs
- Chaosdruid (talk)
- Dianna (talk)
- SMasters (talk)
- Slon02 (talk)
- Itiscertain (talk)
- Ktlynch (talk)
- AshLin (talk)
- Jaguar (talk)
- Keidax (talk)
- Miniapolis (talk)
- DThomsen8 (talk)
- Katarighe (talk)
- Talk·Contribs
- Clarityfiend (talk)
- YWA
- —Torchiest talkedits
- R10623 (talk)
- Crysb (talk)
- Aboudaqn (talk)
- Spock of Vulcan (talk)
- Johnson487682 (talk)
- Wikid77 (talk)
- Broletto (talk)
- Wilhelmina Will (talk)
- Ohconfucius ¡digame!
- Quae legit (talk)
- Diadema812 (talk)
- Tdslk (talk)
- DThomsen8 (talk)
- Plesiosaur in Paris
- Cwmhiraeth (talk)
- Sesamehoneytart
- Danger (talk)
- Xavexgoem (talk)
- —Darkwind (talk)
- ☢ ☢
- A. Parrot (talk)
- LeonidasSpartan (talk)
- Queenmomcat (talk)
- MathMaven (talk)
- Lagrange613 (talk)
- Rumiton (talk)
- Cecilialw (talk)
- Paul M. Nguyen (chat|blame)
- --talk)
- Dac04 (talk)
- Tea with toast (話)
- Bddmagic (talk)
- jjron (talk)
- John (talk)
- Stfg (talk)
- Taylornate (talk)
- Noleander (talk)
- Anaxial (talk)
Reviewing
Dianna (Talk) will chair this group. The committee will inspect articles at random for quality control purposes. If you are interested in participating, please sign up below.
Procedure
10% of a participant's copy edits should be inspected. Please choose articles at random, and do not inspect articles you have copy edited yourself. After checking an article, place a {{checked}} mark after the article on the listing and sign your username. If a rough consensus finds a copy edit is not of an acceptable standard, the tag will be re-added and the editor will be assessed a penalty of 1,200 words plus the length of the article reviewed. The reviewer may also give advice on how the edit could have been better, without penalizing the editor. Please direct any questions to Dianna (Talk).