English Wikipedia @ Freddythechick:Good articles/GAN Backlog Drives/April 2010

This Good article nominations backlog elimination drive is a one-month-long effort (originally organized by the GAN WikiProject and other users) to reduce the backlog of Good Article nominations. Please make sure that you read the whole Good article review process before starting to review an article. The coordinators for this drive are MuZemike and Wizardman. If you have any questions, leave a message in the drive's talk page. This drive runs from 1 April 2010 00:00 UTC and ends on 30 April 2010 23:59 UTC. The goal of this backlog elimination drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations to below 200 (about half of what it is currently). Awards will be given out to those individuals who do the most work in helping reduce the size of the backlog.

Basic guidelines

Log completed GANs here. If you complete a GAN for an article, don't forget to list it here so that you can get credit for the review.
No rubber-stamping of GANs. Be thorough and complete in your GANs, and make sure all the i's are dotted and the t's crossed. Generally Good article nominations tend to result in even better improvements to articles and can go a long way especially when approaching Featured Article standing.
Provide constructive criticism. If you see a problem or problems in a certain article you're reviewing, don't be afraid to point that out and indicate to the nominator what's wrong. Instead of merely pointing to the problems, guide the nominator to possible ways of fixing those problems. Similarly, if the article is not of Good Article quality yet, don't be afraid to fail, but make sure you provide guidance as to how to get the article up to GA quality.
Stick with it. An article isn't improved if it remains on hold for months. Instead, make the smaller corrections, make sure the primary writer is actively editing, and make the pass/fail judgment if concerns are/are not addressed in a timely matter. Watch the talk page and look to see what's being done and if anyone has questions.
Have fun. We're here to help bring these articles up to their fullest potential and hence improving the overall quality of the encyclopedia. If you do not enjoy doing that, then there is no motivation to improve these articles and the encyclopedia as a whole.

For new reviewers

The April 2010 elimination drive welcomes and encourages those who have not yet tried their hand at GA reviewing, or those who haven't done so in some time, to join the drive, even if only to review one or two. If you feel like wanting someone to check over your review and making sure that it's good, the drive coordinators will gladly assist.

Progress

GAN backlog elimination drives chart up to 1 May

There are {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/GAN backlog elimination drives/March 2011|participants=true}} editors participating the April 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive, which means the following:

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Reports generated from Wikipedia:Good article nominations/Report
Date	Outstanding nominations	Unreviewed nominations	Change since previous day^{[N 1]}	Change since beginning^{[N 1]}
1 April 2010	463	388	—	—
2 April 2010	414	294	94	94
3 April 2010	388	248	46	140
4 April 2010	347	205	43	183
5 April 2010	325	182	23	206
6 April 2010	301	157	25	231
7 April 2010			—	— ^{[N 2]}
8 April 2010			—	— ^{[N 2]}
9 April 2010	258	134	23	254 ^{[N 3]}
10 April 2010	226	83	51	305
11 April 2010	216	67	16	321
12 April 2010	208	78	11	310
13 April 2010	197	71	7	317
14 April 2010	179	55	16	333
15 April 2010	171	50	5	338
16 April 2010	164	45	5	343
17 April 2010	161	49	4	339
18 April 2010	146	34	15	354
19 April 2010	127	17	17	371
20 April 2010	112	15	2	373
21 April 2010	105	12	3	376
22 April 2010	114	24	12	364
23 April 2010	113	19	5	369
24 April 2010	110	19	0	369
25 April 2010	98	20	1	368
26 April 2010	106	28	8	360
27 April 2010	104	32	4	356
28 April 2010	100	32	0	356
29 April 2010	97	38	6	350
30 April 2010	94	43	5	345 ^{[N 3]}
1 May 2010	89	47	4	341

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 Change only refers to unreviewed nominations.
^ ^2.0 ^2.1 Bot broken
^ ^3.0 ^3.1 Manual update

Awards

Awards will be given out at the conclusion of the backlog elimination drive as follows:

At least 5 GANs reviewed: The Working Man's Barnstar.

At least 10 GANs reviewed: The Tireless Contributor Barnstar.

At least 20 GANs reviewed: The WikiProject Good Articles Medal of Merit.

At least 40 GANs reviewed: The Order of the Superior Scribe of Wikipedia.

In addition, the person who reviews the most Good Article nominations during the backlog elimination drive will receive the Content Review Medal of Merit. (Unfortunately, because of financial problems, we are not able to give away automobiles at this time.)

And remember, the ultimate winner here is Wikipedia.

Running total

You can still join! Feel free to start at any time.

Only pass/fail will be recognized as completing a review. If necessary, you can put the article on hold if the article needs to be edited further to be passed. Once you have passed or failed the article after putting it on hold, include your review below. Quick-fails will not be counted. Please state if the article is a pass, fail, or on hold. Make sure you follow up on holds.

Please log entries in the following format:

;[[User:Username|]]
{{Div col|cols=3}} 
#{{icon|GA}} [[John Doe]]
#{{icon|NoGA}} [[Jane Doe]]
#{{icon|GAH}} [[John Smith]]
{{Div col end}}

Aaroncrick ^TALK

Wilf Barber

Airplaneman ✈

Annalise

Arsenikk ^(talk)

Big Dom

Binksternet

Canadian Paul

Casliber

Cavie78

Courcelles

Cptnono

Dana Boomer

ems 2 4

Organization of the Luftwaffe (1933–1945)

Fetchcomms

William Windsor (goat)

GamerPro64

Gary King

–Grondemar

Hadger

Cosmos (book)

Harrias

Hekerui

Unearthed Arcana

H1nkles

Hamtechperson

HJ Mitchell

Hunter Kahn

J Milburn

The Legendary Axe

Jackyd101

Jezhotwells

Jhbuk

Juliancolton

JuneGloom07

Junipers Liege

Kumioko

Lampman

liquidluck

Matthewedwards

Mkativerata

Miller17CU94

Miyagawa

Mm40

MuZemike

/MWOAP|Notify Me\

NativeForeigner

Nikkimaria

ɳorɑfʈ^Talk!

Pyrotec

Redtigerxyz

Sasata

SBC-YPR

Shirik

SMasters

Staxringold

Sturmvogel_66

SuperFlash101

TenPoundHammer

User:ThaddeusB

Theleftorium

How About a Friendly Shrink?

ThinkBlue

Torchiest

Warrior4321

Vildanden (airline)

weebiloobil

Wizardman

YellowMonkey

Yllosubmarine

Footnotes

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Joint review; make sure this isn't counted twice
^ GAH -> GA, 3/5/2010.
^ Joint with JuneGloom07
^ ^4.0 ^4.1 Joint with Courcelles
^ ^5.0 ^5.1 Nomination withdrawn after review posted
^ Review posted, but nominator has been indefinitely blocked
^ GAH -> NoGA, 1/5/2010.
^ GAH -> NoGA, 2/5/2010.
^ GAH -> NoGA, 8/5/2010.
^ GAH -> GA, 3/5/2010.
^ GAN was started by User:Annalise but was abandoned.
^ GAH -> NoGA, 11/5/2010.
^ ^13.0 ^13.1 GAH -> GA, 1/5/2010.
^ Later re-listed at GAN and re-failed by BelovedFreak
^ Review was started by Esprit15d, who abandoned it

Participants

Review

We will spot-check some of the completed GANs for quality control reasons. If a GAN is found not to be of an acceptable standard, it will be reassessed against the criteria.

[change-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Change only refers to unreviewed nominations.

[bot-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Bot broken

[Man-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Manual update

[smb-4] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Joint review; make sure this isn't counted twice

[5] GAH -> GA, 3/5/2010.

[6] Joint with JuneGloom07

[B-7] 4.0 ^4.1 Joint with Courcelles

[withdrawn-8] 5.0 ^5.1 Nomination withdrawn after review posted

[blocked-9] Review posted, but nominator has been indefinitely blocked

[lateNoGA-10] GAH -> NoGA, 1/5/2010.

[lateNoGA2-11] GAH -> NoGA, 2/5/2010.

[lateNoGA4-12] GAH -> NoGA, 8/5/2010.

[lateNoGA3-13] GAH -> GA, 3/5/2010.

[14] GAN was started by User:Annalise but was abandoned.

[later-15] GAH -> NoGA, 11/5/2010.

[late-16] 13.0 ^13.1 GAH -> GA, 1/5/2010.

[17] Later re-listed at GAN and re-failed by BelovedFreak

[18] Review was started by Esprit15d, who abandoned it

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