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[edit] Yu Yu Hakusho

They Yu Yu Hakusho page needs editing by someone who's at least vaguely familiar with the show in order to avoid syntax changes that could alter the meaning. You dig? Good luck... Molinero 03:35, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] FilePile

The article FilePile has been locked because of the crazy people, yet the copyedit tag is still in it. Any sysop around with special powers who can sneak in and remove the tag? -- Elizabeyth 18:59, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

Looks like this article has been deleted, so problem solved. -- Beland 02:50, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Talk pages

Is there ever a reason for talk pages to be on here. I thought we weren't supposed to edit them, atleast not for basic grammer and spelling. Could a more "senior" member clairify? Bigbadbyte 07:38, August 27, 2005 (UTC)

I assume it just means that the associated article page needs copyediting. Some people just put article attention tags at the top of talk pages accidentally, or because they prefer to do it that way. Sometimes tags are added to talk pages accidentally, too, because of syntax errors. (These are OK to fix by adding "nowiki" tags. -- Beland 02:50, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Sub-category

This category seems to have itself as a sub-category?! I don't think it used to. Is it easy to fix? Nick Watts 13:07, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Lords of Dogtown

I think I've cleaned up the article enough that it no longer necessitates the copy-editing tag. Can someone check to confirm? Thanks. --Nevah Entitar 06:17, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Question

What is up with all of these stubs being added to this page?

here are some reasons they should not be added.
  • The article is likely to change in major ways(ie being expanded).
  • There is not much infomation for anyone to copy-edit.
  • The structure of the article will not be the same after someone else adds more (needed) infomation.

Can someone clarify?Eagle (talk) (desk) 18:35, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

In my opinion it is useful having stubs listed here. The copyedit tag often isn't the most appropriate so when visiting the article the most useful contribution can be to do a copyedit on whats there, and then change the tag to expand or something else more suitable, and leave a note on the talk page suggesting the copyedit tag can be replaced when there is enough to work from . Kcordina 09:31, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
I am starting at the top of the list and slowly working my way down it. Each time I come to an article that does not need copy-editing (either because the copy is fine, or because there is basically no copy) I am removing the tag and leaving a note on the talk page. JenLouise 06:54, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] What do I do with an article that has been accidentally plagiarized?

Hi, I'm new here. In the process of editing an article in the copy editing queue, I've discovered that it has been copied from a web site in what is probably a case of accidental plagiarism. What do I do next? Thanks. --Carol Hattrup 19:42, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

There was a short discussion on Wikipedia Talk:WikiProject League of Copyeditors. I personally think the best idea is to reword as you edit, since that fixes both grammatical problems and plagiarism. I just did this exact same thing for Hakata ningyo. This is of course easier if the article is short or needs major rewording to start with. Clockwork 01:16, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My user page listed on Copy Editing

User_talk:Paul Pigman has ended up on the copy-editing page but I don't really know how. It's my talk page. I've scanned the code on my talk page and I don't see the label/code/template there. I have been doing some work on copy-editing but I haven't used or put the template on any pages so far so I don't think I've done it myself. Help? --Pigman (talk • contribs) 18:38, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

And I should mention that it shows up in the list under the "A" listing. --Pigman (talk • contribs) 20:13, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Paul, I would take it as a sign. I think that the WikiGods are telling you that your userpage requires copyediting :)
I've noticed quite a few other userpages like yours that are going through the same problem, I haven't been able to find anything about them that should be directing them here.Trusilver 03:09, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
It's true I don't pay as close attention to my writing on my user page as I should but, really! It's boring. It's much more fun to copyedit strange pages. Still, it would be good to track down the reason for this strangeness. --Pigman (talk • contribs) 04:23, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Now it's happened to my page. --Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫ 21:46, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

OK - Pigman figured out how to fix it. To fix the link, html is needed, not wikification. Don't trust the preview. It looks fine in preview then adds user page to category. --Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫ 21:54, 23 November 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Shortcut

I can never remember the exact name of this page. I suggest making a redirect for it like the one for WP:IFY. It would, however, be a cross-namespace redirect. Anyone object if I make it? delldot | talk 18:50, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Well, apparently no violent opposition, so I'm going to go ahead. See CAT:COPY and CAT:CE. delldot | talk 06:55, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Problem with Marathi Language article

On the Category page, there is a listing for the page Talk:Marathi language. But I cannot find anywhere in the article a reference or template that references this category. Can anyone help figure out what's going on here? --Otheus 20:55, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

  • You may be confusing the "cleanup" tag with the "copy-edit" tag. There was a cleanup tag on the article. -Pgan002 04:12, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "All" articles needing copy edit?

This page confuses me... there are 52 pages listed at the bottom as needing copy edits, but there is a subcategory called "All articles needing copy edit" that lists 200 pages. What is the difference between the two lists? Clockwork 01:20, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Er I should say that the "All articles needing copy edit" contains many more than 200 pages. Clockwork 01:26, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
It's just that the pages down the bottom havne't been tagged correctly according to the system that categorises them. I'm not sure if that makes sense. What I mean is when someone add the {{copyedit}} tag to a page it shows up down the bottom. Then that tag gets replaced with a copy-edit tag that classifies it. If it down the bottom the tag hasn't been updated. Hope that makes some sense! JenLouise 04:01, 6 June 2007 (UTC)


[edit] The graph is wrong

It shows 2100 articles needing copy-editing and then 500 for Jan, 150 for Feb etc, making a total of 4096 to do. But the 2100 is itself the total for all articles ie Jan to now, so we're counting them twice ! (There are only 2100 to do altogether, made up of 500 for Jan, 150 for Feb etc) I think I'm right ! thisisace 23:08, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

  • Agreed, I counted no more than 2233 articles. This is much less demoralizing. I don't know how, but someone please fix the bot that creates the graph! It may encourage people to edit the articles. -Pgan002 03:30, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Just worked out it's not a bot - you give it the numbers and it draws it - so have updated it ! thisisace 23:37, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] February 2007

This might sound lame, but we should really try to fix the last 43 articles for February 07. I would look good to finish at least one month. Mm40 (talk) 01:57, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] HUGE BACKLOG

I say we organize a big effort to reduce this back log to being respectable. I volunteer to lead this. I might be thinking big, but tell me your thoughts on my talk page. Mm40 (talk) 01:33, 10 March 2008 (UTC)