Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/November 2010

The following event has concluded. Please do not modify this page. Comments should be made on the talk page.

This Copy Editing Backlog Elimination Drive was a one-month-long effort of the Guild of Copy Editors to reduce the backlog of articles that require copyediting, signified with the {{copyedit}} tag. Please make sure that you know how to copyedit and that you are familiar with the Wikipedia Manual of Style before you begin copyediting. The coordinator for this drive was Diannaa ^(Talk) and she was assisted by S Masters (talk) and The Utahraptor^{Talk to me}. If you have any questions, leave a message in the drive's talk page. This drive began on 1 November 2010 00:00 UTC and ended on 30 November 2010 23:59 UTC.

The goals of this backlog elimination drive were to eliminate the oldest three months (Jan, Feb March 2009), and the previous three months (Aug, Sept, Oct and Nov 2010); and to reduce the overall backlog by 10%. We also wanted to make sure the Requests page is dealt with during the drive so any articles you selected from that page counted for double word count this drive. Awards will be given out to those individuals who help reduce the size of the backlog.

The backlog elimination drive is open to all, and you do not need to be a member of the Guild of Copy Editors to participate. However, you may want to consider joining as membership has its benefits. For example, you can place a special "page in use" tag when you are copyediting, and another on the talk page when you finish. Please visit the Guild or the main drive page for more information.