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Copy-edit requests for FAC and FAR articles

Articles should be thoroughly copyedited before being nominated at WP:FAC. If a nomination has progressed to the point that the only outstanding objection is copyedit issues, the article may be listed here. If an article placed at WP:FAR has improved to the point that its only outstanding issue is copyedit concerns, it may also be listed here.

Improving the LoCE Workflow
A discussion is taking pace on the project talk page about an "organizational overhaul". Please take some time to look at the recent threads and comment. Thank you. --Otheus 06:51, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
  1. Mackinac Island Current FAC. Minor prose and organization issues are the only objections so far. Mr.Z-mantalk¢Review! 23:24, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
    I've done about all I can do for it. I wrote most of the content so I am at a bit of a disadvantage for copy-editing. Mr.Z-mantalk¢ 06:49, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
    I've been reading over and over for mistakes, and I have to be honest, I haven't found anything drastically wrong (in grammar at least). Seems fine to me, but I would ask someone else to proofread again, just to make sure. Sorry if I wasn't much of a help. The Hippie 18:57, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
    All structural issues have been addressed; copyedit would help. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 23:19, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
    The only significant problem left is the "Description" section, mainly it does not transition smoothly from topic to topic. Mr.Z-mantalk¢ 17:10, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
  2. Birchington-on-Sea — Current FAC. No objections so far but I feel the article needs proofreading. Epbr123 20:49, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
  3. Melodifestivalen — A current FA candidate, with one prose-related objection. I don't have complete confidence in my own ability to copyedit it myself (I wrote most of it), so a copyedit from an experienced user would be very welcome. Cheers. Chwech | hum-dee-hum-hum 22:17, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
  4. LaVeyan Satanism-Its been nominated for FA status, but there are several criteria still not being met, namely as far as references are concerned. However one of the complaints was about the wording and it was advised that the article be recommended here. 64.5.145.74 13:57, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
  5. William Shakespeare Greetings! Please have a look at William Shakespeare#Chronology and William Shakespeare#Performance history. The prose in both these section needs sharpening. The article is in the top 50 most viewed articles in wikipedia, for which reason we must promote it! I know — the irony of copyediting William Shakespeare is not lost on me. RedRabbit1983 11:20, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
  6. Minneapolis, Minnesota. We received three comments that transitions and readability need some work. Two of those people thought the prose reads like lists, apart from the sections that are necessarily lists. So today numbers have been changed to words which might have helped some. I am willing to help, too (but am not a writer). Thank you. -Susanlesch 18:39, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Copy-edit requests for other articles

Place new requests at the bottom of this section. Explain the nature of the help needed; use the talk page if it can't be expressed in less than a few sentences.

Improving the LoCE Workflow
A discussion is taking pace on the project talk page about an "organizational overhaul". Please take some time to look at the recent threads and comment. Thank you. --Otheus 06:51, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
  1. Murree I'm not familiar enough with the subject matter and there's only so far someone like me could go, maybe some other folks have a better angle on it. --BrokenSphere 04:18, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
    • i'm brave; i'll see what i can do. Imfa11ingup 16:57, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
    • Did a pass, Description section needs more work. The sentence describing the church seems awkward. --Sigma 7 01:48, 2 June 2007 (UTC) Right now, we can remove the general copyedit tag and replace it for individual sections, but this page still needs work from someone familiar with the subject. --Sigma 7 04:10, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
  2. Cúcuta: It is a great article, but my English grammar is not good. Could you please help me? --Ricardocolombia 22:20, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
  3. Polish cochineal - article written by a non-native English speaker. Copy-edit has been recommended during peer review. Kpalion 19:28, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
  4. Cooch Behar- I am trying to get this article to a standard level to at least GA, specially with grammar, spellings, POV, etc. Amartyabag 11:57, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
  5. Queen (band) (former good article) - I have been referred here by a peer reviewer who said "the tone sometimes reads a bit unencyclopaedic." Any help would be great.— miketm - Queen WikiProject - 02:07, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
  6. Persian literature: the section on "contemporary Persian literature" needs copyeditting. This section has been added after the article was promoted to GA status. The contemporary section has a lower quality than the rest of the article. Obviously the article is very important part of world literature and particularly Asian literature. Many thanks. Sangak 16:02, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
  7. Henri Toivonen — The article is entirely written by a non-native English speaker. As the peer review went through without non-bot suggestions, I have no idea how bad the prose is. I'm hoping to see this promoted to at least GA. Prolog 14:15, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
  8. Science and technology in Iran: I have built up this article from scratch over the last two years. It is now very comprehensive. However it needs copyediting for neutrality, style and also grammar. Any helps will be very much appreciated. Thanks. Sangak 16:49, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
  9. Bart King: (From Talk Page): Greetings! I'm trying to get this article up to FA status. The main problem right now is that the prose is not quite up to snuff. Is there anyone in the league that can help copyedit this article to make the prose more compelling/brilliant? Thanks so much for any help you can give.--Eva 22:33, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
    • i'll take a look at it, sure thing. Although FA status is usually a matter of content and organization, and less of copy edits. BUt regardless, I'll help out.--rocketrye12 18:54, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
  10. Armenian Revolutionary Federation: I and another editor have built up this article from scratch over the last few months. It is now very well researched and cited and i'm thinking of nominating it for FA in the near future. However, since I am not a native speaker of English, I believe it needs help on copyediting for grammar and possibly neutrality. Any help will be very much appreciated. Thanks. - Fedayee 22:36, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
  11. Dreamgirls (film) is a current GA. They made a request for a peer review before they submit it as a FAC, and a suggestion was made that the article be copyedited. It's quite long. ♥Tohru Honda13♥ 01:20, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
    I'll help as soon as I can. Cheers! ♥Tohru Honda13♥ 23:39, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
  12. Empire Earth: The Art of Conquest: This is in a peer review right now, with the intention of soon going for GA Update: Reached GA, but could still use some proofreading. It could use some spiffing up of the prose, since I've essentially done this one my own, and no expansion pack has ever reached GA before.--Clyde (talk) 00:00, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
  13. Eugenio Espejo: This article is currently on peer review, with the intent of changing its status from B-class article to Good Article. It has lots of grammar mistakes. Any comments about it are welcome. Dalobuca 01:20, 13 March 2007 (UTC) No longer on peer review; might still need copy editing. Dalobuca 02:06, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
  14. Sino-Vietnamese War an important topic to have a copy-edit tag, hopefully you guys can take a look. Will need prose check more than spelling. SGGH 16:44, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
  15. Lethbridge Collegiate Institute: currently a GA; since I wrote nearly the entire article, it's sometimes hard to spot my errors in writing. Still looking for hard references for a possible future FAC nomination. PhoenixTwo 19:44, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
  16. Shareef Abdur-Rahim: recently turned GA, just want to ensure everything is tight enough to sustain the GA status, thanks. Chensiyuan 22:53, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
  17. Johann Pachelbel According to a peer review, this article has "A lot of the prepositions and prepositional phrases in the article are not quite right. There are also missing articles and a few awkwardly placed clauses." SkipperClipper 00:51, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
  18. Mayan languages: Currently in FAC and one reviewer suggested we should put a shout out to you guys, though there is also another outstanding issue (citation, particularly in the history section). See the nomination here, also in-progress review comments at Talk:Mayan languages/Comments. Thanks. --Homunq 00:55, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
    No longer at FAC. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 13:12, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
  19. Love. Angel. Music. Baby.: At its FAC, several editors have stated that it needs to be looked over for POV, and one editor stated that it's "overridden with semicolon junctions and repetitions of initial adverbial phrases" and needs "greater sentence variation and syntactic easing". ShadowHalo 00:43, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
    No longer at FAC. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 13:12, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
  20. Verbascum thapsus Suggested by reviewer that fresh eyes have a good look at it.Circeus 22:26, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
  21. Dynasty Warriors 4 This is currently an FAC but there are still a couple of other problems with it. The major problem is that it needs a copy-edit. Thanks. Crimsonfox 11:02, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
  22. Great Barrier Reef#Environmental threats This section has recently been spun out into its own page and I'd like some help summarising what's in the main Great Barrier Reef article. -Malkinann 03:33, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
  23. Agriculture in Canada have been working on lead paragraph, and article. Have had some excellent advise so far for guidelines. What next? It was nominated for GA, what should I do next to try to get it there? Thank you for any help. SriMesh|talk Julia 03:41, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
  24. Geography of Saskatchewan have also been tweaking this article and lead paragraph. It was a previous B-Class and high rating. Is it still? How to move to A-class in writing and information? Thanks. SriMesh|talk Julia 03:41, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
  25. Tenacious D: This GA article needs some slight tweaks to become FA class. Tenacious D Fans (talk) 07:02, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
    • Reply from the editors: If the FAC is any indication, I'm the only one who still has really serious gripes with the article, whether be it the organization of information in several sections (which I'm not sure I have the energy to rework myself) or the citing, so I'd really appreciate if someone could still give it a look. Circeus 20:51, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
  26. Song Dynasty: this Chinese history article is a FA candidate, but the only remaining objection so far seems to be that it needs professional copyediting and proofreading, hence help from the League of Copyeditors/proofreaders. Thanks, --PericlesofAthens 08:05, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
    All structural issues have been addressed; copyedit would help. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 23:19, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
    Article moved to this section as it is no longer an FAC. Epbr123 16:27, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
  27. Shuttle-Mir Program Currently a FAC, some objections were raised to the article, with most being solved by myself leaving only prose issues for completion. As I have pretty much rewritten the entire article from scratch, a fresh set of eyes would probably make a better job of sorting it than mine, and, as such, a copyedit would be very much appreciated in order to jump this final hurdle. Colds7ream 21:58, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
    Article moved to this section as it is no longer an FAC. Epbr123 16:27, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
  28. S.H.E Currently at FAC. Copyedit request was posted on April 3, but received no feedback. - Pandacomics 04:28, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
    Article moved to this section as it is no longer an FAC. Epbr123 16:27, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
  29. Boy Scouting (Boy Scouts of America), being readied for FAC, rated A-class by the Scouting Project. Rlevse 13:58, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
  30. Banat Bulgarians, being prepared for GA and possibly FA status. Todor→Bozhinov 16:37, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
  31. Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal Currently under going a peer review and it has been recommneded that it gets a copyedit. It is currently GA-class and will soon be put in for FAC. Crimsonfox 10:26, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
  32. Ganesha, now in peer review as a preliminary step prior to FAC. The article is in pretty good shape but could use an outside reader. Suggestion to enlist someone from the League of Copyeditors was made during peer review. Buddhipriya 22:11, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
  33. Kaziranga National Park, now in peer review as a preliminary step prior to FAC. The article is in pretty good shape with no major issues left to answer, except copyedit. Suggestion is made to enlist it to the League of Copyeditors during peer review. Currently in GAC.Immediate attention needed. Maximum parts done, required better prose in some parts.Amartyabag 10:15, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
  34. Backgammon; has been on FAC for about two months and the only remaining objections appear to be that it needs a copy edit. Any help would be appreciated. —ptk✰fgs 20:15, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
    Article moved to this section as it is no longer an FAC. --Epbr123 16:28, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
  35. Persian women's movement This article needs a lot of work. From looking at the talk page the article appears to have been translated word for word by a non-native English speaker,leaving all sorts of very obvious grammatical errors. While I have already done a bit of work on this article, more help is needed. --Oneworld25 02:37, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
  36. Ralph Bakshi — Trying to get this article to FA quality. Please take a look at it, and work on the copyediting. If anyone has any specific questions or comments about the article as it is, feel free to bring them up on the talk page, and we'll discuss it. (Ibaranoff24 03:46, 24 April 2007 (UTC))
  37. Battle of Arras (1917) — A general proofreading/copyedit is requested - I have been focusing on compiling information, and the prose is probably atrocious. No rush, though. Prose problems have been cited in by several other editors as a major impediment to further advancement, so this is perhaps a little more pressing than I had first thought. Carom 18:48, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
  38. Ramón Emeterio Betances - I nominated this for GA, and there are users who think that it might even be past that stage by now... except for a few of its references and its proofreading in English. The references are almost fixed; OTOH Awadewit suggested raising the article to your collective attention. Chris the speller took a good look at it and fixed most typos, and claims the article is pretty decent by now. I'm no native English speaker, but IMNSHO it is almost done. I might be wrong... so please help me by taking a look and fixing any blatant grammar mistakes... please... Demf 13:22, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
  39. Mike Tyson I recently passed this as a GA. The main contributor would like to make it an FA, needs some work on the prose. Quadzilla99 13:44, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
  40. 2006 Falk Corporation explosion needs a good copyedit for neutrality. I originally intended to do it myself, but the task is quite daunting as I'm not a natural copyeditor. And yes, I know it needs updated; I can do that after it's been worked on. Blood Red Sandman 16:25, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
  41. University of Oklahoma - This article is a GA and has had one failed FA nomination. There were a couple issues outside the general lack of "brilliant prose" so thats why I'm not listing it in the FAC section below. The other issue is fixing the History section which I plan on tackling in the future. I would appreciate any effort in removing weasel works and academic boosterism and a general, thorough copyedit. It has had several copyedits but maybe an outside eye would be beneficial.↔NMajdan•talk 20:49, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
  42. Turkish language. Article is currently FAC. Article has since made it into FA. A copy edit would still be appreciated. Free smyrnan 21:14, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
    Article moved to this section as it is no longer an FAC. Epbr123 16:37, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
  43. Samuil of Bulgaria — GA/FA hopeful, but written by a non-native speaker and copyedited by non-native speakers only. It certainly needs a thorough and in-depth copyedit by a native speaker of English, preferably more than one (after all, we're eventually going for FA status). Todor→Bozhinov 19:45, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
  44. Styracosaurus Current GA candidate which may need copyedits. Firsfron of Ronchester 03:45, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
  45. First Command Financial Planning, Inc. grammar and spelling are not my strong suit. Would like to get this to a point where it could be nominated for FA without having to worry about grammar/spelling.Balloonman 15:46, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
    I just received some important sources, so I'm going to be making a fairly big edit on this pageBalloonman 14:37, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
    I saw this yesterday and intended to edit today. Thanks for the notice. When do you anticipate finishing the re-write? Unimaginative Username 17:51, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
  46. Shen Kuo, this article on the 11th century Chinese scientist has been given Good Article status, but recently failed Featured Article status because it has many awkward sentences that need to be reworded. I will renominate it for FA status once it is copyedited by League members.--PericlesofAthens 12:57, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
  47. Frank Zappa — The article has failed four GA nominations and featured article candidacy. Please take a look at it and fix up the copyediting. (Ibaranoff24 22:31, 8 May 2007 (UTC))
  48. Muiscas, this article about a Pre Columbian culture from Colombia related to the legend of El Dorado needs some copyediting help, it was translated in part from the Spanish wiki.--I am greener than you! 02:43, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
  49. Zile, this article is about a Turkish city in north central Turkey. It will be nominated for a GA review very soon and people advised it to be copyedited for syntax, grammar and flow.Ugur Olgun 16:22, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
  50. Miranda Otto: This article about the Australian actress has been greatly expanded and I would like to nominate it for FA status soon, but would like it to go through a copy edit before it nominate it. Thanks!
  51. Colorado Avalanche: Per suggestion on peer review. The article needs copy editing in "MANY places" and English is not my first language. Thanks for all your efforts on Misplaced Pages.--Serte 17:52, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
  52. Rock Springs Massacre - prior to its March GA nomination this article went through LoCE, since then it has undergone a major overhaul in FAC. Copy editing is essentially the only task left, my eyes have seen a lot of this page and I'm apt to overlook even glaring errors. The template is already on the talk page from March so you can add your sig to it. IvoShandor 12:03, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
  53. I Not Stupid Too - I have spent two months rewriting this article, and would appreciate some help in improving the prose (I Not Stupid's GA nomination failed due to choppy prose). --J.L.W.S. The Special One 11:39, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
  54. Toronto Raptors FAC that has prose issues. Editors involved are working hard to address MoS issues, so prose will soon be the only issue that remains.Quadzilla99 18:55, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
    All structural issues have been addressed; copyedit would help. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 23:19, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
    As above, only pressing issue left is copyediting. Thank you! Chensiyuan 10:51, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
    I'm moving this here as the article passed FAC but still needs some copyediting. Quadzilla99 15:38, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
  55. The Simpsons — FAR. The remaining objection is that the article Llcks compelling prose. --Maitch 07:14, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
    I'm moving this here as FAR is over and its FA status was removed. Quadzilla99 07:48, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
  56. Bill Lipschutz Has prose issues, copyediting help needed. Trade2tradewell 12:54, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
  57. Amy Diamond Written by a non-native English speaker and failed a GA nomination due to the language. It has been worked on since, but may still need attention. Moorvis 05:58, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
  58. Consumers' cooperative We are in desperate need of a good copyeditor at this page. Knowledge of cooperatives would be helpful. Gobonobo 03:15, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
  59. United Kingdom corporation tax — Currently in Has passed FAR. User:Tony1 has stated it needs copyediting. No non-copyediting objections since the last ones were dealt with a few days ago, so I believe/hope they're all gone. Winklethorpe (talk) 19:47, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
  60. GoldenEye - Currently an FAC. Some general copy-editing has already occurred, although more in-depth copy-editing is needed. Mostly prose that needs work - • The Giant Puffin • 08:28, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
    No longer an FAC. Epbr123 13:48, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
  61. Shen Kuo - Current FAC, already very well written and meets all of the FA criterion (no objections, two supporters), but needs a somewhat 'fine tooth comb' run-through by an experienced copy editor who can make some fashionable edits here and there. After that, 'it's all gravy, baby'.--PericlesofAthens 02:26, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
    Has now passed FAR, but in need of prose improvement as per the closing comments, so I'm moving it down here. Winklethorpe (talk) 19:39, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
  62. Raëlian Church - It's going to fail FAC soon, so I decided to put it here. It appears now that the main objection is the prose. I would like the help of someone who can write better English, enough to make it FA when it goes through another FAC round.Kmarinas86 20:53, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
  63. Capital punishment in Belarus. I am a native speaker of English, but folks seem to think I have a major problem with my own language. Anyways, this is mostly a good article candidate, so there is no hurry. User:Zscout370 02:56, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
  64. African American culture. I got some pointers from peer review but nothing involving prose and grammar. Thanks for your help. CJ 13:40, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
  65. Black church. Apparently this article is like the plague. No one wants to touch it and I don't think it's because the article is really good. Any help you can offer would be great. CJ 13:40, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
  66. Lahore. This article has numerous spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and grammatical errors. I am doing all I can to copy-edit it, but I need all the help I can get. Thanks! --Stallions2010 18:55, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
  67. Karmichael Hunt Very good article, though needs a good copy edit. SpecialWindler 04:59, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
  68. Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi - FAC has been halted because of issues explained at Talk:Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi#FAC. This article needs a thorough copyedit, among other issues. Sjones23 22:21, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
    I just completed a pretty lengthy copy edit, which included extensive cleanup of wiklinks, some style standardization, lots of edits for clarity, and a few factual corrections. I think it needs to be gone over again before being given a final proofread. —beverson 07:30, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
  69. Consolidation of Sweden -- it is a short article but a couple of sentences are confusing and would need a helping hand. I'm not that skilled in copyediting English myself, and am hoping someone here would be sufficiently interested in the subject. / Fred-J 21:12, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
  70. Katie Hopkins as recommended here. Dalejenkins 11:08, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
  71. Final Fantasy IX - Future FAC. Need copyedit and then, go for FAC. Sjones23 15:34, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
  72. Goldfrapp - I recently finished rewriting this article and hope to bring it to FA status in the near future. I don't have confidence in my copyediting abilities, so a copyedit from an experienced user would be wonderful. Thanks! -- Underneath-it-All 00:43, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
  73. Metroid Prime - Future FAC. Need to check on prose before going for the FA candidacy. igordebraga ≠ 19:47, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
  74. Neo-Nazism#Croatia - Multiple grammar and formatting problems in this section. Whenever I correct them, two editors (one anonymous IP, the other previously banned for personal attacks against me) re-add the mistakes and falsely accuse me of vandalism. The errors include: terrible grammar, formatting mistakes (specifically with footnotes), strange POV-based comment in sentence about a massacre, the year of a specific event not listed in one sentence (even though the date can be found in the reference), and events not positioned in the order that they happened. Spylab 14:38, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
  75. U2 - GA article, hoping to go for FAC. Factually very good quality and comprehensive. Compotent fresh eyes would be great though. Merbabu 15:17, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
  76. Troy McClure - My copyediting skills are pretty rubbish, and being English I use English spellings, which don't help in articles about American subjects. The article is a GA, and I aiming for an FAC soon. Gran 16:03, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
  77. Ante Starčević - Full of grammar, spelling and formatting errors; as well as blatant POV-pushing. I have corrected a few mistakes, but those corrections will likely be destroyed as soon as they are discovered by certain hostile editors who unjustifiably describe necessary copy editing as "vandalism" (see edit history of Neo-Nazism#Croatia). Spylab 14:36, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Backlog status

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In progress

List articles here you have partially copyedited. Note how far they have been copyedited (e.g., up to Section X) and update as necessary. Consider placing the {{WP:LoCE:In Progress}} template on the article's discussion page. Move completed articles to Ready for final proofread.

  1. Bathinda: up to Climate (done intro). Rintrah 05:12, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
  2. Birote is an article which seems to be in constant development that I had been trying to keep cleaned up but my personal circumstances make it difficult for me to stay on top of this. If someone else would like to pitch in, that would be great. --JAXHERE | Talk 13:49, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
    • (Moved article here)It appears as though the development flurry has stopped on this, and it definitely needs a copyedit. However, it is a very long article and probably should be tackled in chunks, so I moved it here. Galena11 14:37, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
  3. Abbas Kiarostami Up to the 1980s. Rintrah 09:36, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
  4. Matvey Kazakov Up to Shadow of Bazhenov. "Neoclassical architect" sounds better to my ears than "Neoclassicist architect". Is this correct? BuddingJournalist 08:38, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
  5. Hakeem Olajuwon I don't know if there is any real crisis here. I'm just trying to help improve this article. It's a GA and I want to help make it the best it can possibly be, so if someone can come along and improve it any way that would be great. Quadzilla99 02:23, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
  6. List of references to Superman in popular music This one isn't marked for copy-editing explicitly, just cleanup. However, I think it could benefit from it anyways. The original article was just a mish-mash of random facts, and I've started to reorganize it into a proper, sorted list, but could use some help if anyone's interested. The items that I have not yet sorted are under the "Other references" heading, and the last one I did was the matchbox twenty item. –Dvandersluis 16:19, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
  7. Supreme Commander In desperate need of copyedit. So far, I've done the lead and the infobox. —Daniel Vandersluis 17:23, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
  8. Plymouth Colony: Two reviewers have noted that the article is in need of copyediting. One said that it needed checking for "clunky phrases that could do with some rewording" and another asked for fixing "redundant wording and fuzzy expression" All reviewers have noted that the article meets all other criteria. I have spent 30-40 hours working on this, and thus probably need some help from other editors to bring a fresh perspective to the prose on this one. I would appreciate any help you could give on getting this one fixed up. The FAC nomination and comments can be found at: Misplaced Pages:Featured article candidates/Plymouth Colony Thanks in advance for your help! --Jayron32|talk|contribs 16:37, 7 April 2007 (UTC). Working; up to "First Winter". --Otheus 23:12, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Ready for final proofread

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Improving the LoCE Workflow
A discussion is taking pace on the project talk page about an "organizational overhaul". Please take some time to look at the recent threads and comment. Thank you. --Otheus 06:51, 16 April 2007 (UTC)


  1. Eskimo shamanism obscure topic, did the best i could Jollyjoegiant 04:09, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
    Proofread & made a few tweaks. Removed the tag, but some of the tenses may still need work! EyeSerene 12:13, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
  2. Continuation War I think this is ready for proof. Navou 04:43, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
  3. Anaximander: Since I helped a lot in writing the French article (a featured article), I thought I'd give a hand with its English counterpart. I think my English is fine, however I need someone to check the article for syntax, grammar, style conventions, or any typo that might have remained. (Didyaknow, after 2 zillions hours spent on a page, it totally disappears???) Any help in providing secondary references is also welcome. Thanks. — Robin des Bois ♘ ➳ ✉ 06:25, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
  4. Michael Schumacher -- 83k size article (including references). Needs proofreading. See my notes on talk page below the LoCE banner. --Otheus 14:03, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
  5. Oklahoma City bombing: (Copied from talk page) I would like to request that a member or two here please review the article. It is currently in GAC and I just want somebody to look through some of my sentence structure, grammar, and the lead section. I believe the lead intro section could use some work (I put details out of order as it is in the article, don't know if that is acceptable). Even if you tell me how to fix any mistakes, that would be fine. If anyone here would be able to assist, I'd appreciate it greatly. --Nehrams2020 09:02, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
    Taking a look. Otheus 12:51, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
    Not too many technical problems, but overall, the lead is too big and filled with detail. I've cut it down a bit. I believe the order of the lead is the most important order; the organization of the article should generally follow it, but definitely not the other way around. (IMNSHO) --Otheus 13:18, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
    Re-worked the lead and first two sections. Otheus 14:23, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
    (modified to include c/e history, now ready for proof) --Otheus 14:18, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
  6. Miss Elizabeth --Otheus 14:20, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
  7. Ancash Region --Otheus 14:21, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
  8. Alan Haskvitz --Otheus 14:25, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
  9. 1971 Bangladesh atrocities --Otheus 14:32, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
  10. Humanistic sociology --Otheus 14:41, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
  11. Xinghua Campaign, Way too overlinked (for example communist was an internal link throughout the entire article). I did the best I could. Cremepuff222 (talk, sign book) 00:04, 11 March 2007 (UTC). Round 2 I did some to it, removing a lot of redundant verbage and eliminating POV ("the enemy"), and normalizing capitalization. Note: BRITISH SPELLING. --Otheus 14:42, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
  12. Jeff Hanneman Not very long, lead, style and influence, and personal life sections need some attention, Thanks. M3tal H3ad 08:10, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
    • I did a once-over and fixed some grammar issues, but greater attention to word-choice and sentence structure might be required. The article relies heavily on quotations, which I didn't pull up... -- Scientizzle 22:52, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
  13. Derby Lunatic Fringe I'm not sure how to approach this article about football hooligans. It might be a fun read, though, if you enjoy reading about the flower of England's imbeciles. Rintrah 20:08, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
  14. Dirty Duck (film) is currently a GA nominee. Would like some help making sure it's up to GA quality. (Ibaranoff24 20:54, 19 April 2007 (UTC))
    a pretty light copy-ed. Cricketgirl 22:18, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
  15. Burghausen, Altötting I copyedited this from {{cleanup-translation}} and think it is now ready for proviso-free inclusion in English Misplaced Pages. Cricketgirl 12:35, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
  16. Counts of Manderscheid Was a rough translation, hopefully better now. Cricketgirl 14:27, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
  17. American History X— Preceding unsigned comment added by Balloonguy (talk • contribs)
  18. 100 Grand Bar - Copyedited the Cultural references section. Ready for proofreading --Edsmaffs 17:11, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
  19. Activism at Ohio Wesleyan University I would like to get some help to improve the grammar and prose of the article. LaSaltarella 05:10, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
    1. Few recent edits and tag was removed. Ready to proof. --Sigma 7 05:06, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
  20. Kammerlader, Krag-Petersson, Jarmann M1884 and Krag-Jørgensen; all written mostly by myself, and would probaly benefit if someone with a better grasp of English than myself. Thanks! WegianWarrior 20:45, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
    1. All four have no quickly visible problems or tags. --Sigma 7 05:16, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
  21. Hakata ningyo - A short article, but my biggest edit so far. Noticed that there was lots of plagiarism, which I fixed at the same time. Clockwork 04:40, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
  22. Multi-scale fingerboard Did the best I could with this. Probably could use a look from someone more familiar with the subject Vgranucci 02:43, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
  23. Ayyavazhi a long article needs a copy-edit. I also individually requested some users from this project. Please someone help and copy edit it. - Д=|Θ|=Д Paul| 19:16, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
  24. Leonard Orban, European Commissioner for Multilingualism. - I have written the article almost by myself and I am not a native speaker of English. --Michkalas 22:26, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
  25. Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi - A copyedit has been made for FAC and this discussion is at Talk:Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi#FAC. Greg Jones II 21:58, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
  26. DR Class 250 - this had a rough translation tag, I've had a look at it. I commented out a sentence about "cannibalistic trains" in the History section - see the talk page. Not very long. Cricketgirl 10:45, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

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  1. Synoptic Gospels --Otheus 14:15, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
     Done Made some clarifications, esp. to sentence fluency in regards to comma use. beverson 03:38, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
  2. Sümerbank - I had NO idea what this article was trying to say. Did the best that I could. The Hippie 22:01, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
     Done nothing to change. Cricketgirl 21:10, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
  3. Lenny McLean I worked extensively on this one today and just would like somebody else to give it a once-over and make sure I didn't miss anything. At this point I've been staring at it for so long I don't think I would see a mistake if it was right in front of me. Trusilver 05:18, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
     Done only a few tiny changes, also called for citations. Cricketgirl 21:10, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
  4. Cressy, Victoria - Copyedited. There was only minor typos and I reworked some grammar. --Edsmaffs 07:25, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
     Done some rearrangement. Cricketgirl 21:36, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
  5. Touch the Clouds - A very short article, but it was extremely confusing to me. Forgive me if I missed some mistakes. I did not know what the article was trying to say. The Hippie 01:55, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
     Done did a few more little edits, but now fine. Cricketgirl 21:36, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
  6. My Wife and Kids --Otheus 11:56, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
     Done Cricketgirl 21:36, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

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  1. Mozambican War of Independence FAC review, copy edit for prose, punctuation and sentence structure is the only main object remaining. An independent copyedit was suggested on the FAC review page, so I came to you! SGGH 09:00, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
    I struck the object, since Zleitzen (a capable writer) went through it. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 13:59, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
     Not done Moved here since there is no longer a need for c/e, according to SandyGeorgia. Galena11 18:07, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
  2. Albert Einstein Caution: there seems to be small community of heavily invested people living on and around this article. Between 2/28 and 3/13 I got the size way down and some kind of organization going, also checked and standardized the references that were there. The article was so active I couldn't tighten up the language very much - almost any change prompted a reversion or else sentences were added/moved around. It may help to tell them you're a physicist.~ Otterpops 14:22, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
     Not done Moving here because there doesn't seem much use in burning calories on it, due to its very active and proprietary editors. Galena11 18:18, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
  3. Marriage - could do with a copyedit, with focus especially on prose style, there are some very strange turns of phrase... Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 21:59, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
    • I added some comments about issues in the prose and I left the POV tag; check the talk page under "Assessments of article quality and progress" to see if the editors agree that it can be removed. Galena11 22:26, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
      •  Not done I'm removing this from the list, because this article is hotly contested and has had over 500 changes to the lead alone in the last few months. Its possible that few or none of my original edits are even there, so this is a lost cause until the editors arrive at agreement. Galena11 21:47, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
  4. Gwoyeu Romatzyh (mentioned more fully here). For aficionados of Chinese, linguistics & writing systems: a fresh pair of eyes would be most useful. --NigelG (or Ndsg) | Talk 11:27, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
    Promoted FA on 3 April 2007. Many thanks. --NigelG (or Ndsg) | Talk 11:09, 30 April 2007 (UTC)