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Guild of Copy Editors 2023 Annual Report

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Guild of Copy Editors 2023 Annual Report
 

Our 2023 Annual Report is now ready for review.

Highlights:

  • Introduction
  • Membership news, obituary and election results
  • Summary of Drives, Blitzes and the Requests page
  • Closing words
– Your Guild coordinators: Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Wracking.
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May drive bling

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  Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Long Articles, 5th Place
This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Dhtwiki for copyediting 2 long articles during the GOCE May 2024 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Miniapolis 00:40, 4 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
  Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Old Articles, 5th Place
This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Dhtwiki for copyediting 7 old articles during the GOCE May 2024 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Miniapolis 00:40, 4 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
  The (old school) League of Copy Editors Barnstar
This barnstar is awarded to Dhtwiki for copy edits totaling over 30,000 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE May 2024 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Miniapolis 00:40, 4 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Guild of Copy Editors June 2024 Newsletter

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Guild of Copy Editors June 2024 Newsletter
 

 

Hello and welcome to the June 2024 newsletter, a quarterly-ish digest of Guild activities since April. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

Election news: Wanted: new Guild coordinators! If you value and enjoy the GOCE, why not help out behind the scenes? Nominations for our mid-year coordinator election are now open until 23:59 on 15 June (UTC). Self-nominations are welcome. Voting commences at 00:01 on 16 June and continues until 23:50 on 30 June. Results will be announced at the election page.

Blitz: Nine of the fourteen editors who signed up for the April 2024 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 55,853 words comprising twenty articles. Barnstars awarded are available here.

Drive: 58 editors signed up for our May 2024 Backlog Elimination Drive and 33 of those completed at least one copy edit. 251 articles and 475,952 words were copy edited. Barnstars awarded are here.

Blitz: Our June 2024 Copy Editing Blitz will begin on 16 June and finish on 22 June. Barnstars awarded will be posted here.

Progress report: As of 05:23, 8 June 2024 (UTC) , GOCE copyeditors have completed 161 requests since 1 January and the backlog stands at 2,779 articles.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from Baffle gab1978 and your GOCE coordinators Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Wracking.

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June 2024 GOCE blitz award

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  The Cleanup Barnstar
This barnstar is awarded to Dhtwiki for copy edits totaling over 6,000 words (including rollover words) during the GOCE June 2024 Copy Editing Blitz. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Dhtwiki (talk) 08:22, 25 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

July 2024 Guild of Copy Editors Drive Award

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  The (modern) Guild of Copy Editors Barnstar
This barnstar is awarded to Dhtwiki for copy edits totaling over 40,000 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE July 2024 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! – Jonesey95 (talk) 14:39, 4 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
  Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Total Words, 5th Place
This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Dhtwiki for copyediting 30,068 total words during the GOCE July 2024 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! – Jonesey95 (talk) 14:39, 4 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
  Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Long Articles, 4th Place
This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Dhtwiki for copyediting two long articles during the GOCE July 2024 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! – Jonesey95 (talk) 14:39, 4 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
  Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Old Articles, 3rd Place
This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Dhtwiki for copyediting ten old articles during the GOCE July 2024 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! – Jonesey95 (talk) 14:39, 4 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
  Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Longest Article, 5th Place
This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Dhtwiki for copyediting one of the five longest articles – 7,443 words – during the GOCE July 2024 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! – Jonesey95 (talk) 14:39, 4 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

And thanks for giving out the barnstars! – Jonesey95 (talk) 14:39, 4 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

August blitz bling

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  The (old school) League of Copy Editors Barnstar
This barnstar is awarded to Dhtwiki for copy edits totaling over 15,000 words (including rollover words) during the GOCE August 2024 Copy Editing Blitz. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Miniapolis 13:22, 27 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
  The Copy Editor's 10K Star
This barnstar is awarded to Dhtwiki for copy-editing at least one individual article of more than 10,000 words during the most recent Guild of Copy Editors' Drive or Blitz. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Miniapolis 13:22, 27 August 2024 (UTC)Reply