[b]Copy editing[/b] (also [b]copy-editing[/b] or [b]copyediting[/b], sometimes abbreviated [b]ce[/b]) is the process of reviewing and correcting written material to improve accuracy, readability, and fitness for its purpose, and to ensure that it is free of error, omission, inconsistency, and repetition.
Discovering that pages need basic copyediting may surprise new visitors to the Lexicon, but this is an "encyclopedia that anyone can edit". Articles need simple improvements that you can make without being an expert in the subject. Copyediting involves the "five Cs": making the article clear, correct, concise, comprehensible, and consistent. The following is a guide for new copyeditors.
Discovering that pages need basic copyediting may surprise new visitors to the Lexicon, but this is an "encyclopedia that anyone can edit". Articles need simple improvements that you can make without being an expert in the subject. Copyediting involves the "five Cs": making the article clear, correct, concise, comprehensible, and consistent. The following is a guide for new copyeditors.