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Guild of Copy Editors' requests page 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. Edit this panel

January 2026

United States of America v. Nicolás Maduro

Would like to copyedit this article because this is a significant importance related to the 2026 United States strikes in Venezuela and considering to nominate to DYK in a matter of days once its ready. cyrfaw (talk) 10:21, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

@Cyfraw The article is undergoing rapid development right now, which probably makes it unsuitable for copyediting (since the copyedited prose would be quickly overwritten anyway). It might be best to wait until the content is stable. Crestfalling (talk/contribs) 23:53, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

Comment: The article has had 25 edits in the last 24 hours. We usually put unstable article requests like this on hold to see if they settle down before they reach the top of the queue, or decline them without prejudice to a future copy-editing request when the article stabilizes. – Jonesey95 (talk) 17:13, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

(←) On hold per above; discuss at REQ talk. 🅑🅐🅖 ☿ 🅴🅻🅵🅵🅰🅱 18:51, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

Looks like the edits have slowed down now. Kingsacrificer (talk) 13:56, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

(←) Declined per talk page discussion – this article is still unstable (though yes, slightly less so); it's still an active news story and still has several maintenance templates, so a copy-edit now would probably be quickly wiped out. Discuss this at REQ talk. Cheers, 🅑🅰🅖 ☿ 🅴🅻🅵🅵🅐🅱 04:12, 3 February 2026 (UTC)

Magellan (film)

I'm planning to submit this to BCN or GAN, though I'm struggling with organizing the reception properly, given its current form. I considered starting from scratch, but I'm afraid it would take some time for me. A basic copy-edit (organizing review sentences into paragraphs) would do, I can continue doing WP:CRS as I find more sources published just after the US theatrical release.RFNirmala (talk) 13:02, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

University of Texas at San Antonio

Been working on this for a bit, but I'd appreciate some PR. If you like promotional removal, this one is for you! Haha. Thanks, BrotherGunk (talk) 00:44, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

Garou: Mark of the Wolves

An old game article expanded some years ago.Tintor2 (talk) 19:14, 15 January 2026 (UTC)

Stefan Lazarević

One of the most important and fascinating figures of the Serbian Middle Ages, Lazarević was both a great warrior, knight and a poet. Soon after his demise, the country fell under Ottoman rule for the next 350 years. Regarding the issues found in the article, to quote another editor: “It’s too descriptive, and the English vocabulary isn’t very precise throughout the whole article, leading to some inaccurate conclusions.” Thanks. — Sadko (words are wind) 22:19, 17 January 2026 (UTC)

working Crystalite13 (talk) 06:02, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

Pilot (Legends of Tomorrow)

For an GAN Olliefant (she/her) 02:47, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

Full Nelson (Peacemaker)

For an GAN Olliefant (she/her) 02:47, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

Control (video game)

The article is in need of very in-depth copyediting. Thank you. OceanHok (talk) 16:32, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

 Working Crystalite13 (talk) 18:06, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

did some work, not much needed Crystalite13 (talk) 05:44, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

House of Balloons

Did copy-editing myself before submitting to GAN, but I fear my CE is not good enough for the standards of the FA Criteria. Much help would be appreciated :) 𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘭'𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘺, 09:51, 29 January 2026 (UTC)

Diablo, Washington

Still just looking to do a GAN but a new section has been added since the last copyedit so I want to make sure everything is up to snuff. Also, second opinions can never hurt. Thanks, feedmepaperr (talk) 14:55, 29 January 2026 (UTC)

February 2026

Pied butcherbird

2017 FA and may run TFA in April. Has issues with flow and grammar and could use a copyedit by an outside group. Harizotoh9 (talk) 13:47, 1 February 2026 (UTC)

Protagonist of Nier

An old character article I created some years ago. A fellow user expanded it some time later but I believed it needs a copyedit before any nomination.Tintor2 (talk) 22:50, 1 February 2026 (UTC)

Can't Stop the Feeling!

Going to submit this as a GAN, needs some copyediting before it can be nominated. RedShellMomentum 23:44, 1 February 2026 (UTC)

Clash Royale

Might need some copyedits. 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 23:54, 1 February 2026 (UTC)

Peanuts

There are plans to make this page a GA (via a GAN) or an FA (via an FAC) at some point in the future. sjones23 (talk - contributions) 04:26, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

No Depression (album)

Old FA, may run at TFA. Positively ancient and needs a copyedit. Harizotoh9 (talk) 19:41, 2 February 2026 (UTC)