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Guild of Copy Editors – June 2026 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2026 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the June 2026 newsletter, a quarterly-ish digest of Guild activities since April. Election news: Nominations for the mid-year coordinator election ends at 23:59 on 15 June. Voting will last from 00:00 on 16 June to 23:59 on 30 June. Results will be announced on the election page. April Blitz: 18 of the 21 editors who signed up for the April 2026 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited 122,993 words in 56 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. May Drive: 34 of the 66 editors who signed up for the May 2026 Backlog Elimination Drive copy edited 543,972 words in 211 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. June Blitz: Our June 2026 Copy Editing Blitz will start on 14 June and finish on 30 June. Barnstars awarded will be posted here. Progress report: As of 22:40, 11 June 2025 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have completed 132 requests since 1 January, and the backlog stands at 1,691 articles. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:57, 11 June 2026 (UTC)

June blitz bling

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
This barnstar is awarded to Dhtwiki for copy edits totaling over 10,000 words (including rollover words) during the GOCE June 2026 Copy Editing Blitz. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! In solidarity, Miniapolis 16:56, 22 June 2026 (UTC)

Thank you

My service as a GOCE coordinator is almost over, and I wanted to thank you for the work that you did in it. I'm sorry that I was not very active, especially towards the end of the term, but I hope I still did good to the organization.

Good luck with your future endeavors.

Wikieditor662 (talk) 16:41, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

@Wikieditor662: Thank you for the notice. It is not usual for coordinators who go missing to drop us a line. Your work, especially your early copy editing and imaginative suggestions, is appreciated. Dhtwiki (talk) 05:41, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

July drive bling

Hello Dhtwiki - Thank you for the excellent bling after the July 2026 drive. It was exciting to participate! As a detail, I edited one article Credit card, which contained 10577 words. Does that editing qualify for a barnstar per this information from the general drive page: "An editor who copy edits an individual article of more than 10,000 words that does not make it to the leaderboard in the 'longest article' category will receive The 10k Copy Edit Barnstar." - Pac Veten Pac Veten (talk) 03:41, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

Good catch. I was thinking that anyone making the leaderboard in any department was ineligible for the 10k award. You will get yours soon as well as any others who are eligible in this drive. Dhtwiki (talk) 03:46, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

July drive stuff

		Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Total Words, 5th Place
This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Dhtwiki for copyediting 32,322 total words during the GOCE July 2026 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! In solidarity, Miniapolis 18:42, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

		Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Long Articles, 4th Place
This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Dhtwiki for copyediting 3 long articles during the GOCE July 2026 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! In solidarity, Miniapolis 18:42, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

		Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Longest Article, 1st Place
This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Dhtwiki for copyediting one of the five longest articles – 15,399 words – during the GOCE July 2026 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! In solidarity, Miniapolis 18:42, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

		The (modern) Guild of Copy Editors Barnstar
This barnstar is awarded to Dhtwiki for copy edits totaling over 40,000 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE July 2026 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! In solidarity, Miniapolis 18:42, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi Dhtwiki. Thanks for the barnstars! And while you're there, can you tell me the difference between Copy Editing and Cleaning Up an article? Thanks. All the best. Dropbear2 (talk) 05:48, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

@Dropbear2: See Wikipedia:Cleanup. The problems listed there are a superset of what copy editors should feel responsible for. Nonetheless, cleanup overlaps considerably with copy editing, especially as copy editors are apt to address such things as flawed layout, inappropriate infobox parameters, faulty referencing, etc. Dhtwiki (talk) 22:28, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification. Dropbear2 (talk) 00:27, 7 August 2026 (UTC)