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Welcome to the Guild of Copy Editors' (GOCE) annual report for 2018, a summary of activity in our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives|Drives]] and [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes|Blitzes]], and the ever-busy [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Requests|Requests]] page. Thank you to everyone who has helped improve the standard of Wikipedia articles by making them "say what they mean and mean what they say". This year, editors working with the Guild helped remove {{formatnum:{{#expr:9+3+21+34+47+65+239+266+133+171+267+242}}}} articles from the {{tlp|copy edit}} backlog and respond to over 660 requests for copy edit.

[[File:Copyeditors progress.png|right|thumb|upright=1.7|Let's keep that backlog count trending downwards!|alt=Line graph showing a diminishing trend]]

We have continued to reduce the backlog of articles tagged for copy editing (see graph to right); albeit with a pronounced see-saw pattern that reflects the alternating schedule of drives and blitzes. Because Wikipedia editors tag about 400 articles for copy editing every month, the backlog count tends to decrease in drive months and increase in non-drive months. 2018 started with 1,194 articles tagged; according to [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Progress|our monthly records]], this count gradually climbed and peaked at 1,449 in April before being halved to an '''all-time low of 716''' in May.  In the subsequent months, the backlog total repeatedly crossed the 1,000 mark before hitting a six-month low of 825 in November and rebounding to 1,112 at year's end. The backlog was also shortened from eight to seven months.

The Requests page grew in both popularity and productivity, with more editors bringing more requests for copy edit which were completed at a quicker pace.  The number of copy editors who remained active with the Guild throughout the year increased. Two editors were inducted into the GOCE Hall of Fame, and four editors were recognized for their long-term collaborations with the Guild.

Thank you all for your hard work throughout 2018; we hope you'll continue to be enthused and inspired to improve the standard of prose in Wikipedia. Happy editing!
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; float:right; margin-left:1em; "
|+ Outstanding tags at the<br />end of each month<!--<br /><small>numbers in {{green|green}}<br />denote new record lows</small>-->
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!
! 2017
! 2018
|-
| January || 1,465 || 1,141 
|-
| February || 1,718 ||1,325
|-
| March || 1,647 ||1,239
|-
| April || 1,871 ||1,449 
|-
| May || {{green|1,388}} ||{{green|'''716'''}}
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| June || 1,600 ||1,024 
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| July || {{green|1,363}} ||937 
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| August || 1,462 ||1,031 
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| September || 1,432 || 969
|-
| October|| 1,575 || 1,244
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| November|| {{green|997}} || 825
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| December || 1,194 || 1,112
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|}<!--green represents an all-time low at that date-->

==In Memoriam==
In March 2018, we were saddened to hear of the death of one of our coordinators; [[User:Corinne|Corinne]], a retired teacher of [[English as a second or foreign language|English as a second language]], had been a Guild member since December&nbsp;2013, and a coordinator since July&nbsp;2016. Her good cheer, courtesy and tact are very much missed. Tributes to Corinne can be found on [[User_talk:Corinne#You_will_be_missed|her talk page]].

==Membership==
GOCE membership is open to all editors in good standing who are interested in copy editing. Please see our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Members|membership page]] for information about signing up, and remember to add your username to our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Mailing List|mailing list]] to receive Guild news. Guild membership is voluntary and informal, and editors do not have to be members of the Guild to participate in its activities. Many editors perform copy editing outside of our organized events, but we have no means of tracking such efforts.

At the end of 2018 there were 1,697 pages populating the [[:Category:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors members|Guild's membership category]], 1,215 names on the Guild's membership list and 575 names on the mailing list. This is a respective growth of {{#expr:1697-1603}}, {{#expr:1215-1164}} and {{#expr:575-540}} from the end of [[../2017_Annual_Report#Membership|2017]].

Of the 84 editors who are listed as joining the Guild in 2018<!--I know this doesn't add up with the above; I assume that some editors removed their names from the membership list during the year-->:

*18 completed a copy edit with a Guild-organized activity during 2018, including:
**11 who participated in one or more Drives<!--EOu-ajb, Gog the Mild, Lilo Rage, Newrunner769, Katariasuman00, Triangleman3, Etzedek24, PinoEire, Csgir, Another Andy, Funny Gamer-->
**9 who completed Requests<!--SshibumXZ, Tenryuu, Gog the Mild, LichWizard, Ignus3, Originalmess, Etzedek24, PinoEire, Clikity-->
**5 who participated in one or more Blitzes<!--Gog the Mild, LichWizard, Triangleman3, Csgir, SamCordes-->
**1 who participated in all three activities

===Coordinators===
The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators|GOCE coordinators]] are responsible for coordinating Guild activities, maintaining our pages, organizing Drives and Blitzes, looking after the Requests page, and performing other maintenance tasks that keep the Guild running smoothly.  They are chosen twice a year through consensus voting.

*[[User:Jonesey95|Jonesey95]] continued as lead coordinator for the first half of 2018, assisted by returning coordinators Corinne, [[User:Miniapolis|Miniapolis]] and [[User:Tdslk|Tdslk]], and first-time coordinator [[User:Reidgreg|Reidgreg]].

*For the second half of 2018, Reidgreg served as lead coordinator, assisted by Jonesey95, Miniapolis, Tdslk, and veteran coordinator [[User:Baffle gab1978|Baffle gab1978]], who returned after a two-year absence.

*In [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Coordinators/2019/1|December 2018 elections]], Miniapolis was chosen as lead coordinator for the first half of 2019, with Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95, Reidgreg, and Tdslk assisting as coordinators.

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
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! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Term
! scope="col" colspan="2" | 2018
! scope="col" | 2019
|-
! scope="col" | January&nbsp;1&nbsp;– June&nbsp;30
! scope="col" | July&nbsp;1&nbsp;– December&nbsp;31
! scope="col" | January&nbsp;1&nbsp;– June&nbsp;30
|-
! scope="row" | Election
|[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Coordinators/2018/1|December 2017]]
|[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Coordinators/2018/2|June 2018]]
|[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Coordinators/2019/1|December 2018]]
|-
! scope="row" | Lead coordinator
| [[User:Jonesey95|Jonesey95]]
| [[User:Reidgreg|Reidgreg]]
| [[User:Miniapolis|Miniapolis]]
|-
! scope="row" | Coordinators
| {{plainlist|
*[[User:Corinne|Corinne]]
*[[User:Miniapolis|Miniapolis]]
*[[User:Reidgreg|Reidgreg]]
*[[User:Tdslk|Tdslk]]
}}
| {{plainlist|
*[[User:Baffle gab1978|Baffle gab1978]]
*[[User:Jonesey95|Jonesey95]]
*[[User:Miniapolis|Miniapolis]]
*[[User:Tdslk|Tdslk]]
}} 
| {{plainlist|
*[[User:Baffle gab1978|Baffle gab1978]]
*[[User:Jonesey95|Jonesey95]]
*[[User:Reidgreg|Reidgreg]]
*[[User:Tdslk|Tdslk]]
}} 
|-
|}

Thanks to everyone who took the time to participate.  Elections are scheduled for June and December each year.  All Wikipedians in good standing are welcome to nominate themselves or others. Please consider helping out if you can.

===Hall of Fame===

The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/GOCE_Hall_of_Fame|GOCE Hall of Fame]] recognizes exceptional editors for unusually fabulous contributions to the Guild and its activities.  In 2018, two editors were inducted into the Hall of Fame:
*Corinne (posthumous) – For exceptional work copyediting requests, working closely with involved editors and fellow copyeditors, and mentoring newer editors.
*[[User:Twofingered Typist|Twofingered Typist]] – For unfailingly enthusiastic participation in all drives and blitzes for several years and outstanding work on the requests page.

Previous inductees to the Hall of Fame are [[User:Lfstevens|Lfstevens]], [[User:Diannaa|Diannaa]], Baffle&nbsp;gab1978, Miniapolis and Jonesey95.

==Requests page==
Requests for copy editing are one of the Guild's main focal points. Our busy [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Requests‎|requests page]] saw an increase in use this year with 12% more editors<!--238/212--> requesting copy edits and 17% more requests being completed<!--669/571-->.{{ref|R1|1}}  The Guild received 692 requests in 2018, 57% of which were for good or featured reviews. Any editor can accept requests, although we prefer those new to or inexperienced with copy editing to gain experience with articles in the backlog before handling requests.

Among the requests received were:{{ref|R2|2}}
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*264 for {{abbr|GAN|good article nominee}}
*4 for {{abbr|GAR|good article reassessment}}
*106 for {{abbr|FAC|featured article candidate}}
*2 for {{abbr|FAR|featured article review}}
*10 for {{abbr|FLC|featured list candidate}}
*7 for {{abbr|PR|peer review}}
*4 for {{abbr|ACN|A-class nomination}}
*2 for {{abbr|ACR|A-class review}}
*4 for {{abbr|BCN|B-class nomination}}
*4 for {{abbr|CCN|C-class nomination}}
*32 for {{abbr|DYK|did you know}}
*2 for {{abbr|TFA|today's featured article}}
*4 for section copyedits
*1 for tone
*13 declined
*8 withdrawn
*231 unspecified
{{div col end}}

;Monthly breakdown
<!--Column 1-->
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{| class="wikitable" <!--style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: none;"-->
|+<!--Table heading goes here -->
|-
! scope="col" | 2018<br>Month
! scope="col" | Requests<br>received{{efn|"Requests received" between 1 January and 31 December 2018, inclusive.}}
! scope="col" | Requests<br>processed{{efn|"Requests processed" includes 13 requests made in 2017 and completed in 2018. Includes withdrawn and declined requests.}}
|-
! scope="row" | January
| 80
| 67
|-
! scope="row" | February
| 77
| 83
|-
! scope="row" | March
| 54
| 44
|-
! scope="row" | April
| 59
| 55
|-
! scope="row" | May
| 41
| 35
|-
! scope="row" | June
| 50
| 58
|-
! scope="row" | July
| 54
| 47
|-
! scope="row" | August
| 54
| 58
|-
! scope="row" | September
| 51
| 43
|-
! scope="row" | October
| 61
| 65
|-
! scope="row" | November
| 43
| 39
|-
! scope="row" | December
| 66
| 67
|-
! scope="row" | Total
| 690
| 668
|}
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Note that because some requests are declined or withdrawn, the overall received requests will always be slightly higher than those completed.

Some analysis and comparison to previous years:
*669 requests were <em>completed</em>{{ref|R3|3}} in 2018 compared to 571 in 2017, 665 in 2016, 537 in 2015 and 486 in 2014.
*692 requests were <em>received</em> in 2018, compared to 588 in 2017, 690 in 2016, 543 in 2015 and 489 in 2014.
*The mean average completion time was 15.36 days (the median and mode were 20 days), the fastest year on record. Previous times were 26 days in 2017, 17 days in 2016, 30 days in 2015 and 41 days in 2013.
*Fewer than 12% of requests completed in 2018 waited for more than 26 days – the average wait time in 2017.  Twenty-nine requests waited longer than 30 days and only one waited longer than 40 days.
*213 requests were completed as part of a blitz or drive, accounting for 31% of the total.

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{{Graph:Chart |width=500 |height=300 <!--Distribution of completion times-->
|legend=Legend
|y1Title=2016
|y2Title=2017
||y3Title=2018
|type=line <!--line for line chart; alternatively area for area chart or rect for bar chart-->
|xAxisTitle=Completion time (days) |yAxisTitle=No. of Requests
|xType=integer |yType=integer
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|x=0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,   10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,   20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,   30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,   40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49, 50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,
63,64,65,70,71,96,101
|y1=8,12,22,9,12,14,12,8,11,11,   24,26,26,22,31,28,32,32,41,32,   32,28,28,21,17,15,16,10,10,8,   4,12,10,4,8,5,7,4,1,2,   0,3,2,1,2,0,1,0,0,0,   0,0,0,0,0,1
|y2=2,12,6,9,8,7,7,6,6,9,   5,3,8,7,14,16,16,13,22,26,   24,17,15,22,30,29,15,19,5,14,   8,7,5,7,8,8,8,12,20,13,   17,11,7,7,8,4,4,1,5,6,   4,1,2,2,2,0,1,3,2,1,
3,2,1,1,1,1
|y3=19,18,22,27,22,24,16,12,12,16,   13,16,22,13,21,20,20,30,30,27,   36,36,27,33,35,21,14,10,8,14,
7,6,8,2,4,4,3,1,0,0,   0,0,0,1 <!--1 not yet completed-->
}}

Distribution of time-to-completion of requests (in days) in 2016 (blue), 2017 (orange), and 2018 (green).
</div>

There were 13 pending requests at the beginning of the year, which quickly grew to the mid-40s by the third week of January.  The February blitz helped bring this into the mid-20s but the number rose into the high 40s in early April. It stayed in the 40s for most of the remainder of the year, with occasional peaks in the mid-50s and dips into the high 30s.  There were 36 pending requests at the end of the year.

692 requests were submitted in 2018, less 21 which were declined or withdrawn.  51 copy editors completed the 671 remaining requests, which were submitted by 238 editors.
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*Top-five request copy editors:
**Twofingered Typist (253 and 2 assists)
**Baffle gab1978 (126 and 6 assists)
**Miniapolis (81 and 3 assists)
**Gog the Mild (46)
**PopularOutcast, Tdslk (19 each)
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*Top-five request submitters:
**Aoba47 (37)
**Tintor2 (28)
**BabbaQ (17)
**Another Believer, LouisAragon (15 each)
**NeoBatfreak (14)
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In recognition of their collaborations with the GOCE and insisting on clear, comprehensible and grammatically correct writing, four editors&nbsp;– Another Believer, BabbaQ, Aoba47 and NeoBatfreak&nbsp;– were awarded Teamwork Barnstars for years of work, each patiently bringing over 100&nbsp;requests for copy edit.

;Notes
{{refbegin}}
:{{note|R1|1}} Figures were arrived at by exporting tables from the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Requests/Archives/2018|2018]], [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Requests/Archives/2017|2017]], [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Requests/Archives/2016|2016]], [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Requests/Archives/2015|2015]], [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Requests/Archives/2014|2014]] and [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Requests/Archives/2013|2013 request archive]]s into a spreadsheet for analysis, particularly for completion periods.
:{{note|R2|2}} Some requests were made for multiple reasons; these were listed in each applicable category.
:{{note|R3|3}} Figures for completed requests discount any requests which were declined or withdrawn. Figures for requests submitted, received or addressed include requests which were ultimately declined or withdrawn.
{{refend}}

A full list of the requests is available at our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Requests/Archives/2018|2018 archive page]].

==Backlog Elimination Drives==
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The Guild's main efforts toward reducing the number of articles tagged with {{tl|copy edit}} were six backlog-elimination drives held in alternating months, starting in January. At the beginning of the year, there were 1,194 articles in the backlog. A low of 713 articles was reached in May before rebounding to 1,112 articles at year's end.{{ref|D1|1}} The backlog was also shortened from eight months to seven.{{ref|D2|2}}

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/January 2018|January Drive]]'''
:In the first month-long Drive of the year, we set out to remove April, May and June 2017 from our backlog and all December 2017 [[WP:GOCER|requests]]. As with previous years, the January drive was an outstanding success with all but 57 of the {{#expr:262+13}}&nbsp;target articles cleared by the end of the month.  Of the 38 who signed up, 21&nbsp;editors removed {{#expr:259-20}} articles from the backlog and completed {{#expr:13+6+1}} requests for a total of 259 copy edits (490,256&nbsp;words).{{ref|D3|3}}

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/March 2018|March Drive]]'''
:The goal was to remove June, July and August 2017 from our backlog and all February 2018 requests—a total of {{#expr:202+17}}&nbsp;articles.  This drive was an outstanding success, and by the end of the month all but 8 articles from August were cleared.  Of the 33 editors who signed up, 19 editors removed {{#expr:277-11}} articles from the backlog and completed 11 requests, recording a total of 277 copy edits (425,758&nbsp;words).

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May 2018|May Drive]]'''
:We set out to remove September, October and November 2017 from our backlog and all April 2018 requests—a total of {{#expr:271+27}}&nbsp;articles.  There was great success this month with the backlog more than halved from 1,449 articles at the beginning of the month to a '''record low of 716 articles'''.  Officially, of the 20 who signed up, 15&nbsp;editors removed {{#expr:151-18}} articles from the backlog and completed 18 requests, for a total of 151 copy edits (248,813&nbsp;words).

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/July 2018|July Drive]]'''
:Of the 17 people who signed up, 13 editors removed {{#expr:194-23}} articles from the backlog, clearing all articles tagged in 2017 and reducing the backlog to seven months.  Participants also completed 23 requests for a total of 194 copy edits (408,117 words).

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/September 2018|September Drive]]'''
:September's drive saw 19 editors remove {{#expr:294-27}} articles from the backlog, clearing the target months of January, February and March 2018, and briefly bringing the backlog to six months<!--check if August requests were cleared-->.  They also completed 27 requests for a total of 294 copy edits (383,676 words).

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/November 2018|November Drive]]'''
:Eighteen editors removed {{#expr:273-31}} articles from the backlog, clearing the oldest target month of April 2018<!--13 left in May, 53 in June--> and helping to bring the backlog to a six-month low of 825 articles.  They also completed 31<!--4+15+6+6--> requests for a total of 273 copy edits (436,549 words).

Drive totals for the year:  48 editors removed {{formatnum:{{#expr:239+266+133+171+267+242}}}} articles from the backlog and {{#expr:20+11+18+23+27+31}} from the Requests page for a total of {{formatnum:{{#expr:259+277+151+194+294+273}}}} copy edits or {{formatnum:{{#expr:490256+425758+248813+408117+383676+436549}}}} words.

17 editors participated in two or more drives, 11 editors participated in three or more drives, and 9 editors participated in all six.  Although 18% fewer editors participated in drives during 2018 than had in 2017, the number who participated in drives throughout the year increased by 50%.

;Notes:
{{refbegin}}
:{{note|D1|1}} About 400 articles are tagged every month, so somewhere around 5,000 articles were removed from the backlog during the year.
:{{note|D2|2}} Month-end backlog totals were taken from the drive pages.  Participation was taken from the blitz and drive pages and their respective barnstar pages.  Numbers for request goals were taken from historical versions of the Requests page.  Some of the tables were exported and merged in a spreadsheet for easier counts and analysis.
:{{note|D3|3}} These figures show articles for which editors took credit on the Drive page. Additional articles are removed during drives by editors who do a quick or minor copy edit and don't record it on the Drive page, remove a copy-edit tag because it is no longer needed, or nominate an article for deletion.
{{refend}}

==Blitzes==
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We ran six one-week Blitzes in 2018, in alternating months with the backlog drives.

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/February 2018|February Blitz]]'''
:This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from February 11 through 17, focusing on requests and the last articles tagged in May 2017.  At the end of the week there were only 14 pending requests, with none older than 20 days.  Of the 11 who signed up, 10&nbsp;editors completed 26 requests and removed 9 articles from the backlog for a total of 35 articles (98,538&nbsp;words).

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/April 2018|April Blitz]]'''
:From April 15 to 21, we targeted requests and the last articles tagged in our oldest backlog month, August 2017. Of the eleven editors who signed up, eight editors completed 19 requests and 3 articles from the backlog (62,412&nbsp;words).

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/June 2018|June Blitz]]'''
:From June 17 to 23, our blitz focused on requests and articles tagged in our oldest backlog month, October 2017. Of the eleven people who signed up, eight editors completed 7 requests and removed 21 articles from the backlog for a total of 28 articles (77,386&nbsp;words), including 3 articles of more than 10,000&nbsp;words.

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/August 2018|August Blitz]]'''
:From August 19 to 25, we focused on our oldest tagged articles, those from January 2018.  Of the 20 editors who signed up, 11 editors copy edited 3 requests and 34 articles from the backlog for a total of 37 articles (71,990&nbsp;words).

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/October 2018|October Blitz]]'''
:This blitz had themes of [[:Category:Geography by first-level administrative country subdivision|geography]], and [[:Category:Food and drink|food and drink]], which together supplied 103 tagged articles. Between October 14 and 20, eleven editors completed {{#expr:61-14}} of these articles plus 14 requests for a total of 61 copy edits (90,313&nbsp;words).

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/December 2018|December Blitz]]'''
:The final blitz of 2018, which ran from December 16 to 22, focused on requests and articles tagged in May and June 2018. Sixteen editors completed 15 requests and 65 tagged articles for a total of 80 copy edits (161,176&nbsp;words).

Blitz totals for the year:  25 editors completed {{#expr:26+19+7+3+14+15}} requests and {{#expr:9+3+21+34+47+65}} articles from the backlog for a total of {{#expr:35+22+28+37+61+80}} copy edits ({{formatnum:{{#expr:98538+62412+77386+71990+90313+161176}}}} words).

13 editors participated in two or more blitzes, 8 editors participated in three or more, and 5 editors participated in all six.

The Guild awarded {{#expr:9+7+10+11+9+15}} barnstars for participation on blitzes in 2018.

==Leaderboard totals==

<!--This is essentially a year-long version of the drive leaderboards, using available data for work done in 2018. Not sure the best way to format this, trying with what's familiar.-->

{| class="wikitable"
|+ {{ubl|'''Annual Leaderboard'''}}
!
! style="background:gold" | 1
! style="background:silver" | 2
! style="background:silver" | 3
! style="background:silver" | 4
! style="background:silver" | 5
|-
! scope="row" | Total<br/>Articles
| Twofingered Typist (497)
| Miniapolis (222.5)
| Gog the Mild (208)
| Reidgreg (205)
| Lfstevens (172)
|-
! scope="row" | Total<br/>Requests{{ref|L1|1}}
| Twofingered Typist (241)
| Baffle gab1978 (124.5)
| Miniapolis (81.5)
| Gog the Mild (44)
| Tdslk (19)
|-
! scope="row" | Blitz and<br/>Drive Totals{{ref|L2|2}}
| Twofingered Typist (358)
| Reidgreg (205)
| Gog the Mild (200)
| Lfstevens (172)
| Miniapolis (152)
|-
! scope="row" | Oldest<br />Articles{{ref|L2|2}}{{ref|L3|,3}}
| Twofingered Typist (228)
| Reidgreg (183)
| Lfstevens (162)
| Miniapolis (141)
| Dhtwiki (47)
|-
! scope="row" | Total<br/>Words{{ref|L2|2}}
| Twofingered Typist (693,555)
| Reidgreg (489,238)
| Miniapolis (389,446)
| Lfstevens (330,536)
| Gog the Mild (306,699)
|-
! scope="row" | 5k+<br />Articles{{ref|L2|2}}{{ref|L4|,4}}
| Reidgreg (42)<br/>Twofingered Typist (42)
| Gog the Mild (28)
| Lfstevens (20)
| Miniapolis (16)
| Dhtwiki (9)
|-
! scope="row" | Longest<br />Article{{ref|L2|2}}
| Lfstevens (26,898)
| Reidgreg (22,305)<!--also 21867, 19597, 15524, 15504-->
| Gog the Mild (15,504)<!--also 15060-->
| Twofingered Typist (14,708)
| Dhtwiki (13,953)
|-
! scope="row" | Leaderboard<br/>Awards
| Reidgreg (30)<br/>Twofingered Typist (30)
| Miniapolis (25)
| Gog the Mild (20)<br/>Lfstevens (20)
| Dhtwiki (10)
| Ben79487 (5)
|-
! scope="row" | Gold<br/>Awards
| Twofingered Typist (14)
| Reidgreg (10)
| Lfstevens (8)
| Gog the Mild (6)
| Dhtwiki (1)<br/>PopularOutcast (1)<br/>Tdslk (1)
|}
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;Notes
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:{{note|L1|1}} Requests completed in 2018, counting a half-point when credit was split.
:{{note|L2|2}} Includes blitzes and drives only. 
:{{note|L3|3}} Articles from the oldest or target backlog month(s) of each blitz and drive.
:{{note|L4|4}} Number of articles of 5,000 words or more. An article of 10k+ words counts as 2, of 15k+ as 3, etc.
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==Plans for 2019==
When I came in, in early 2011, the copyediting backlog was (if I remember correctly) about 8,000 articles. It's ''much'' lower now, which is great; however, what I'm beginning to see is that some of the oldest articles in our current backlog are still under construction (which makes copyediting them sort of a waste of time). A "cushion" of a year or so may be desirable in the backlog, to give new articles a chance to stabilize. It's wonderful to see new, enthusiastic copyeditors pitching in; I was a bit concerned about quantity versus quality, but am not aware of any complaints so it's all good. We have a good relationship with our requesters, and I look forward to another year helping to improve the encyclopedia with the GOCE. I really appreciate the help of my fellow coordinators, which makes being lead coordinator a breeze. You're a great group of editors, of which it's my privilege and pleasure to be a part. Have fun and all the best, [[User:Miniapolis|'''''<span style="color:navy">Mini</span>''''']][[User_talk:Miniapolis|'''''<span style="color:#8B4513">apolis</span>''''']] 02:05, 30 January 2019 (UTC)  
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