Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Contest/GAN backlog elimination/October 2010

The good article nominations backlog elimination drive is a month-long effort organized by the Military history WikiProject to reduce the backlog of good article nominations. This drive runs from 1 October 2010 00:00 UTC and ends on 31 October 2010 23:59 UTC.

The goal of this backlog elimination drive is to eliminate the number of outstanding military history good article nominations in the queue. Awards will be given out to those individuals who do the most work in helping reduce the size of the backlog. All articles within the scope of the Military history WikiProject will count for this contest. Reviews already begun before the contest starts are ineligible.

The coordinator for this drive is Sturmvogel_66. If you have any questions, please contact him directly or leave a message on the drive's talk page.

Basic guidelines

Please make sure that you read the whole good article review process before starting to review an article. The majority of the backlog can be found here, but all military history articles are eligible no matter where they're located.

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.

Reviews will be spot-checked for quality control reasons. If a GAN is found not to be of an acceptable standard, it will be reassessed against the criteria.

For new reviewers

The October 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

87 articles have been reviewed or been placed on hold so far. JonCatalan is in the lead with 39, with Skinny87 dropping behind in second with 29. WikiCopter (radio • sorties • images • shot down) 22:22, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Awards

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

At least 2 GANs reviewed: The Working Man's Barnstar.

At least 5 GANs reviewed: The Tireless Contributor Barnstar.

At least 10 GANs reviewed: The WikiProject Good Articles Medal of Merit.

At least 20 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.

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}}

Keristrasza

1. Russian battleship Evstafi
2. Russian battleship Ioann Zlatoust

WikiCopter

1. Russian battleship Ekaterina II
2. Russian battleship Georgii Pobedonosets
3. Russian battleship Poltava (1911)
4. HMS Repulse (1916)
5. Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow
6. 766th Independent Infantry Regiment (North Korea)
7. First Siege of Krujë (1450)

JonCatalán

1. Battle of Alton (review)
2. Albanian–Venetian War (1447–1448) (review)
3. Siege of Trsat (review)
4. Jane McCrea (review)
5. Otto Kittel (review)
6. Russian battleship Chesma (1886) (review)
7. Battle of Sacile (review)
8. Erzherzog Karl class battleship (review)
9. Tegetthoff class battleship (review)
10. French battleship Courbet (1911) (review)
11. French battleship Jean Bart (1911) (review)
12. Russian battleship Gangut (1911) (review)
13. Siege of Fort William Henry (review)
14. Scorpion class ironclad (review)
15. French battleship Paris (review)
16. Russian battleship Gangut (1911) (review)
17. Sack of Amorium (review)
18. SMS Erzherzog Karl (review)
19. HNoMS Mjølner (1868) (review)
20. Russian battleship Imperator Nikolai I (1916) (review)
21. Kenneth Strong (review)
22. Russian battleship Sevastopol (1911) (review)
23. Leslie Groves (review)
24. SMS Erzherzog Friedrich (review)
25. SMS Erzherzog Ferdinand Max (review)
26. HMS Thordön (review)
27. Courbet class battleship (review)
28. French ironclad Suffren (review)
29. French ironclad Reine Blanche (review)
30. USS Texas (1892) (review)
31. HMS John Ericsson (review)
32. La Galissonnière class ironclad (review)
33. Second Siege of Svetigrad (1449) (review)
34. Monarch class battleship (review)
35. Military career of Benedict Arnold, 1781 (review)
36. Action of 6 April 1776 (review)
37. Chaplain-Medic massacre (review)
38. Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573) (review)
39. HMS Tirfing (1866) (review)
40. Battle of Groton Heights (review)
41. French ironclad Belliqueuse (review)
42. 827th Tank Destroyer Battalion (review)

Skinny87

1. Battle of Cooch's Bridge (review)
2. No. 4 Commando (review)
3. Venezuela Crisis of 1902–1903 (review)
4. Alma class ironclad (review)
5. Brazilian ironclad Tamandaré (review)
6. Hudson Bay expedition (review)
7. John Ericsson class monitor (review)
8. French ironclad Atalante (review)
9. French ironclad Triomphante (review)
10. Brazilian monitor Rio Grande (review)
11. 27th Battalion (Australia) (review)
12. French ironclad Océan (review)
13. Brazilian monitor Santa Catharina (review)
14. French ironclad Marengo (review)
15. French ironclad Victorieuse (review)
16. HMS Defence (1861) (review)
17. French ironclad Jeanne d'Arc (review)
18. Etna class protected cruiser (review)
19. French ironclad Thétis (review)
20. French ironclad Montcalm (review)
21. French ironclad La Galissonnière (review)
22. Brazilian monitor Pará (review)
23. Océan class ironclad (review)
24. Brazilian monitor Alagoas (review)
25. HMS Minotaur (1863) (review)
26. HMS Hector (1862) (review)
27. HMS Cyclops (1871) (review)
28. HMS Loke (1869) (review)
29. Marietta class monitor (review)

AustralianRupert

1. Russian battleship Petropavlovsk (1911) (review)
2. HMS Valiant (1863) (review)
3. SMS Grosser Kurfürst (1913) (review)
4. Battle of Suoi Chau Pha (review)

Jim Sweeney

1. HMS Agamemnon (1906) (review)
2. Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō (review)
3. French battleship France (review)
4. Adolf Galland (review)
5. French ironclad Friedland (review)
6. Brazilian monitor Ceará (review)
7. Russian battleship Sevastopol (1895) (review)
8. Bismarck class battleship (review)
9. 64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot (review)

Cam

1. 2nd Canadian Regiment (review)

Ed!

1. HMS Lowestoffe (1761)
2. HMS Concorde (1783)

Sturmvogel_66

1. Burning of Norfolk
2. HMS Romney (1762)
3. Battle of the Chesapeake
4. Battle of Kings Mountain
5. HMS Adamant (1780)
6. HMS Canopus (1798)
7. Battle of White Marsh
8. Battle of Bound Brook
9. Charles McKnight
10. Caleb V. Haynes
11. Battle of St. Louis