Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors

Creation of page

Hi all! Glad you have made your way to this project. *smiles* I have been considering starting a Wikiproject or task force for some time that would focus solely on maintaining and reducing the backlog of articles needing copy edit; this idea came about because I realised that there is currently no Wikiproject dealing with this (after WP:LOCE died due to non-fulfillment of copy editing requests, probably among other reasons).

The Wikiprojects closest in intention are WP:Grammar and WP:PR, but these don't deal with the backlog. I have contacted several people over the past weeks who are or may be interested in the project, and will send out a more general call for interested people, especially to members of WP:LOCE, WP:Grammar, and perhaps WP:PR. We'll see how things go. Meanwhile, feel free to start copy editing, discussing project details, and what have you.

The next thing we should do for the project is to create images and templates for our logo, usebox, article-in-use tags, and etc. I have some skill with PhotoShop so I'll be working on this if I have the time, but feel free to try too :)

Cheers! -Samuel Tan 01:40, 22 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Stuff to do!

Tools: Wikiproject guide, Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide/WikiProject, nav templates

Create the project page, which should include, if humanly possible,
- Pretty pictures for the Wikiproject and to, well, embellish the page (*grin*)
- Statements of the project's goals and scope Done
- To do lists Done
- Progress chart with links fixed
- Requests for help/collaboration Done
- List of useful templates Done
- Copy editing guidelines (ref. "How to copy edit") Done
- Links to lists of articles needing copy edit sorted by various categories (not sure if possible)
- List of members Done
- Guides to GA / FA nomination Done
- Guides to deletion / translation processes Done
- Links to the MoS and other Wikipedia guides Done
Notify previous members of WP:LOCE and current members of WP:Grammar and WP:PR
List on WP:COUNCIL/P Done
Create own page if >5 members Done
Create project userbox and article-in-use template

-Samuel Tan 01:44, 22 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Getting the word out

I've contacted a good-sized bunch of possibly interested Wikipedians. We should eventually create a project banner to help people get to know us, but let's see how many people respond to the calls so far. Once we get a sizable amount of people in the project, we can start discussing the details (if any issues pop up). -Samuel Tan 04:29, 22 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Signing up

So, err, I'm interested in joining, but I'm not sure exactly how the code for the signup table works (the code for copying seems to have vanished, assuming it's meant to be within the comment). Plus the table on the project page doesn't seem to have updated with any of the members except the first two. Adacore (talk) 05:43, 23 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah there was a coding error... I had mistakenly linked it to an old version of the page on my userspace. It's fixed now; want me to help you sign up? :) -Samuel Tan 07:02, 23 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've done it now - easy enough when the template is there to copy. I could probably have signed up earlier, but I wanted to make sure it was working ok first (which, it seems, it wasn't)! Adacore (talk) 07:58, 23 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

welcome to the land of little blue shiney spheres *grin* -Samuel Tan 08:15, 23 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Project direction?

I conceived this project as happy and relaxed, where everyone can work on the articles at their own pace (because I imagine that imposing deadlines on copy editing can really burn people out).

But what do you guys think? Should we create some short-term goals for ourselves? Is everyone ok with the "goals and scope" stuff we currently have on the front page?

(and nice that we're getting bigger *smile*)Samuel Tan 11:30, 23 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Samuel. Thanks for the invitation to join, which I have done. I think the 'happy and relaxed' approach is good, even though that means articles probably won't get edited quickly; however, less pressure means we're more likely to edit out of our own volition and should do that with enthusiasm :) MP ^{(talk•contribs)} 17:21, 23 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Project logo, banner, userbox

Hey guys, I just created those stuff. The banner is hosted as a subpage of the project, and the usebox is on the template space. Feel free to change them if you have better ideas :) -Samuel Tan 12:53, 24 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]