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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:

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To make a request, add your article, using the following format, to the bottom of this page:

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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.

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September 2025

Ico

Very ancient FA, and may need some work with formatting, structuring, and flow. Harizotoh9 (talk) 15:55, 20 September 2025 (UTC)

Working Rosaece ♡ talk ♡ contribs 12:42, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Hello, thought I'd give a quick update. Apologies for taking so long on this article; I'm still working on it, I've just been super busy lately. I picked this up for this month's GOCE drive but I don't think I'll be able to finish it in time ;-;

On a more positive note, I'm almost done with the article body! I'm currently working on the release section so I have just a couple more sections after that. Rosaece ♡ talk ♡ contribs 10:10, 27 November 2025 (UTC)

Yes, there's no rush on this. If this is to run for TFA, it would run in late 2026 nearly a year from now. Thank you for your work on this. Harizotoh9 (talk) 22:39, 29 November 2025 (UTC)

You're very welcome :) Rosaece ♡ talk ♡ contribs 10:15, 30 November 2025 (UTC)

October 2025

Special effects of Batman Returns

New and large article, needs a copyedit with fresh eyes before a view towards GA (GAN) please. Darkwarriorblake (talk) 15:42, 31 October 2025 (UTC)

November 2025

Silk Sonic

For GA (GAN), might need to be trimmed down on the Beginnings and breakthrough section. MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 23:43, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

Levels (Avicii song)

For potential FAC. Lazman321 (talk) 06:28, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

Working Mox Eden (talk) 06:34, 16 December 2025 (UTC)

Aligned, Multiple-transient Events in the First Palomar Sky Survey

A copyedit would be appreciated in preparation for GA nominating (GAN) this at some point in the uncertain future. Chetsford (talk) 19:18, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

Kazushige Sanda

Recently made article that might need revisions.Tintor2 (talk) 18:27, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

Aima Baig

Nominating as per Talk:Aima Baig#Women in Green 20-minute assessment, thank you! — M. Billoo 18:00, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

Bat

An FA of mine which I recently made some changes and did a cleanup. LittleJerry (talk) 19:20, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

Cuisine of New York City

This article is disorganized and repetitive. The sectioning is simultaneously highly-specific and overgeneral. Valereee (talk) 11:53, 14 November 2025 (UTC)

On it. Lfstevens (talk) 03:05, 21 November 2025 (UTC)

Qadri Shattari

Requesting copy editing. Thanks Tempdispacc (talk) 09:25, 15 November 2025 (UTC)

John Silvanus Davis

This article is a historical biography of a 19th-century Welsh printer and early Latter-day Saint. The article is stable and mostly complete, but it needs help polishing prose and flow. It's been rated as C-class and I'd like to bring it up to B-class (BCN). JasonRawlins (talk) 19:20, 15 November 2025 (UTC)

Sima de los Huesos hominins

This article is about one of the most productive fossil-human sites in the world, and I'm trying to get it to FA (FAC) for the Four Award. I had nominated it but it didn't get enough reviews. One critique was prose and I have been told my whole life that I don't speak English like a normal person, so I'd appreciate a prose lookthrough. It is in standard American English. Thanks in advance! Dunkleosteus77 (talk) 22:31, 15 November 2025 (UTC)

Roxas (Kingdom Hearts)

An old GA that was almost completely rewrittten during an attempt AFD. Especially the reception.Tintor2 (talk) 00:28, 16 November 2025 (UTC)

Siege of Stettin (1659)

GAN — An article I have helped bring up to B-class and would like to have a copy editor look through and make any changes needed. It isn't a very long article and I have tried my best to polish it up but any help will be greatly appreciated. TheBestEditorInEngland (talk) 03:23, 18 November 2025 (UTC)

Permanent jewellery

Copy edit for encyclopedic tone. Valereee (talk) 18:58, 20 November 2025 (UTC)

Manicule

Working Littenberg (talk) 18:13, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

I've been working to expand the manicule article on the little pointing hand (☞). The plan is to nominate it for a Good Article (GAN) review soon, and possibly as a Featured Article candidate down the line. Any help is appreciated. Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk) 22:13, 22 November 2025 (UTC)

Air pollution in Turkey

This was promoted to GA some years ago and was recently updated. I think that, as usual with my writing, it is suffering from choppiness, lack of flow, and perhaps confusing structure, repetition and sentences in the wrong place. I think the individual sentences are probably not too bad, but if one of you could tell the story more clearly and improve the flow that would be great as this is such a deadly problem for Turkey. Chidgk1 (talk) 09:55, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

Oh. My. Gaga!

Requesting a copy edit in advance of a possible Good article nomination (GAN). Thanks! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 16:59, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

The Kinks

This is the other long forgotten band FA that hasn't run on the main page (TFA). This one is from 2010, and I think it needs some work with flow and grammar. Harizotoh9 (talk) 18:55, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

Squirrel Games

Requesting a copy edit ahead of a possible Good article nomination (GAN). Thanks! --Another Believer _(Talk) 16:30, 27 November 2025 (UTC)

Astrotourism in India

Would be good to have an experienced editor work on this very short article. Purpose: CCN Kingsacrificer (talk) 16:53, 28 November 2025 (UTC)

Aṣa (album)

I'd appreciate a copyedit to this article. I'll submit it to GAN once the copyedit is complete. Versace1608 ^{Wanna Talk?} 21:53, 28 November 2025 (UTC)

December 2025

Vatican City at the 2022 Mediterranean Games

Possibly an interesting topic at hand, the Vatican City competing at an international sporting competition with some reasonable coverage. Currently a GA and is currently at peer review, was requested to take it here to hopefully simplify its prose. Also working on it towards a possible FAC! :) Arconning (talk) 13:00, 4 December 2025 (UTC)

Die with a Smile

Three different editors have been working non-stop on this, including myself. Needs prose tighten and maybe some clean-up. Let's get it ready for FAR. MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 16:49, 5 December 2025 (UTC)

Electoral history of Kamala Harris

Would like to have this CEd before I send it to (FLC) Olliefant (she/her) 03:59, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

Analytic philosophy

Recently expanded significantly then cut the fat back down again to get under 9,000 words. It could use a second set of eyes, and any further fat trimming. It might also need some introductions before invocations of names, and other things previously avoided for space. Try to be delicate and not change explanations and so forth too much, as it is a field with its own jargon and examples. Cake (talk) 21:38, 8 December 2025 (UTC)

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