Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/July 2011

The following event has concluded. Please do not modify this page. Comments should be made on the talk page.

This Copy Editing Backlog Elimination Drive was a one-month-long effort of the Guild of Copy Editors to reduce the backlog of articles that require copyediting, signified with the {{copyedit}} tag. Please make sure that you know how to copyedit and that you are familiar with the Wikipedia Manual of Style before you begin copy editing. The drives are under the purview of the Guild's coordinators. The lead coordinator is Diannaa, and she is assisted by Chaosdruid, The Utahraptor, Slon02 and SMasters. If you have any questions, leave a message on the drive's talk page. This drive began on July 1, 2011, 00:00 UTC, and ended on July 31, 2011, 23:59 UTC.

The goal of this backlog elimination drive is to reduce the overall backlog by 10% (nearly 400 articles). We also want to make sure the Requests page is dealt with during the drive, so we will award an additional 50% word count for articles from that source. Please mark your Requests page articles with an asterisk (*), and we will look after doing the extra math for you. Articles from the Requests page 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 Guild of Copy Editors to participate. However, you may want to consider joining, as membership has its benefits. For example, you can place a special "page in use" tag when you are copy editing, and another tag on the talk page when you finish. See the Templates page. Please visit the Guild or the main drive page for more information.