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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:

Manual instructions (if the button doesn't work)

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

===[[Articlename]]===

Your comments ~~~~

Please remove any existing {{copy edit}} tags from the article to avoid edit conflicts during the copy edit.

Please note:

Unless the temporary account has done significant work on the article, drive-by requests by unregistered editors may be declined at any time.
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 {{subst: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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May 2026

Bowling

As a member of the guild myself, I have taken action to copyedit it. However I need help! Anyone willing to helo cleanup this mess is appreciated! Speaking of cleanup, WP:Cleanup has also been notified. Robloxguest3 (talk) 20:11, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

Working In solidarity, Miniapolis 14:44, 5 August 2026 (UTC)

Krishna

This is to request copyedit for the article's upcoming candidacy at FA (FAC). The article is about a central god in Hinduism. This request was suggested during PR by a respected admin. Moreover, I also originally intended to request fellows here to look over article. I will be also working parallel, since it's contains lots of special characters and translations, I am always there to help whoever shows interest. PhantomVorteX (Talk) 14:07, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

Working Dhtwiki (talk) 22:57, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

June 2026

Croatian Bloc (coalition)

I would like to submit the Croatian Bloc (coalition) article as a GAN and I believe a copyedit to fix grammar and overall prose flow would be beneficial. Thanks in advance! Cheers Tomobe03 (talk) 10:24, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

Done AGibberishUsername (talk) 18:33, 12 August 2026 (UTC)

Croatian National Youth

I plan to submit the Croatian National Youth article as a GAN and would appreciate a copyedit before that happens. Thanks! Tomobe03 (talk) 10:52, 17 June 2026 (UTC)

Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)

The article has undergone slight changes in both structure and writing, and now requires a copyedit to ensure correct prose and grammar. SarcasticPokerface (talk) 14:46, 20 June 2026 (UTC)

July 2026

Nadia Ferreira

So that it improves and I also have the opportunity to learn. Tobías (talk) 22:57, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

Thomas and the Magic Railroad

Requesting copyedit for potential GA nomination (GAN), I've already done some general copyediting here, but I would like more than one eye to take a look at it. Gavetheman555 (talk) 14:24, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

Diebuster

After the article carried cleanup tags for nearly 16 years, they are finally removed. The article may need a general copy edit. Z. Patterson (talk) 12:24, 17 July 2026 (UTC)

Collaborations (Bruno Mars album)

It is a small article needs a clean up before GA (GAN) submission. Not sure if it can make the cut on GA. MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 18:52, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

Rebecca Chambers

Needs copyediting for GAN. 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 01:22, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

Working 16dvnk (talk) 07:46, 29 July 2026 (UTC)

Tôn Thất Đính

One of the oldest military history biographies that has not made it to the main page and may run TFA for the centenary of his birth (November 20, 1926). It became a FA way back in 2009, and it survived a FA-R in 2019 but it still could use a copy-edit for grammar and formatting to make it tip top shape for the main page. Harizotoh9 (talk) 07:38, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

Subaru Natsuki

While the in-universe information was checked, the one about the creation and reception needs to be revised. Cheers.Tintor2 (talk) 00:53, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

State funeral of Ali Khamenei

This article is tagged and needs copyediting. I would appreciate it if you could clean up this article.GolsaGolsa (talk) 13:14, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

Sam Neill

Subject of the article has died, and editing has died down so it's now stable. Could use a full copy-edit to work on grammar and formatting now that things have died down. Harizotoh9 (talk) 04:30, 26 July 2026 (UTC)

DmC: Devil May Cry

The article is in need of very in-depth copyediting. Thank you.. OceanHok (talk) 16:02, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

Islamic extremism

The sentences use inconsistent British and American spellings. I’ve made a to-do list for this article, and talked to the guild, where Miniapolis suggested me this request page. 2600 etc (talk) 16:28, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

Knowledge cutoff

I might nominate it for GAN sometime next month, and I do think it is too technical to understand. Thank you for processing my request. 16dvnk (talk) 01:42, 29 July 2026 (UTC)

Robert Garcia (Art of Fighting)

Recently created article.Tintor2 (talk) 19:09, 29 July 2026 (UTC)

Hikakin

I would like to submit this article to GAN, so please proofread it. Meganenohito (talk) 02:46, 31 July 2026 (UTC)

Firefly (Honkai: Star Rail)

I am requesting a GOCE editor to do copyediting on the article as part of the FAC process. See the nomination for reference, and feel free to leave a comment there while you're at it. In solidarity, Gommeh ^{(talk 🎮 sign)} 17:15, 31 July 2026 (UTC)

August 2026

Erwin Panofsky

The article just got tag of fan POV. Can someone help me to copy edit the article?. Agus Damanik (talk) 08:07, 1 August 2026 (UTC)

Toluca FC

Football club, would love to take to FA (FAC) some day. Major work on the article is done but would love an extra pair of eyes since no one has really edited beyond the Players section since the major updates were made. If anyone has experience helping with Tables and MOS:DTAB that would be great too. Thank you, Morogris (✉ • ✎) 04:54, 2 August 2026 (UTC)

1936 Liechtenstein general election

I am considering nominating this article for GA/FA (GAN / FAC) in the near future, but first things first I would like to be confident that the prose is of sufficient quality. A relatively short article, it should not be too difficult, so I would appreciate anyone who could help me plug some gaps or give suggestions. Thanks. TheBritinator (talk) 20:56, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

English whisky

The full article requires WP:COPYEDIT (BCR).ChefBear01 (talk) 21:02, 5 August 2026 (UTC)

Aim to get article to B Class and then GA Class (GAN), there is also a peer review (PR) open on the talk page to meet the above tasks.ChefBear01 (talk) 21:22, 9 August 2026 (UTC)

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