Wikipedia:Good articles/GAN Backlog Drives/August 2016

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The 2016 August GAN Backlog Drive was a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of Good Article nominations. Please ensure that you familiarise yourself with the Good Article review process before starting to review an article, and that you are familiar with the GA criteria and the Manual of Style. Also, it is recommended reading the essays What the Good article criteria are not and Reviewing good articles. The co-ordinator for this drive is Jaguar. If you have any questions, leave a message on this drive's talk page. The drive began on 1 August 2016 at 0:00:01 (BST) and ended on 31 August 2016 at 23:59:59 (BST). This was the first backlog elimination drive to be held in over two years.

The ultimate goal of this backlog elimination drive is to cut the number of outstanding GANs by 50% or 60%. Awards will be given out to those individuals who do the most work in helping reduce the size of the backlog and reach milestones, such as reviewing 15 GANs, vice versa. This backlog drive is modelled on the highly successful April 2010 and December 2011 drives; as a result, points will not be rewarded nor will the reviewer be judged on how long their review is. This is to ensure a faster rate of decreasing backlog whilst maintaining quality reviews. Consequently, 'quick-fails' are allowed, only if the article is in an exceptional bad standing. If a participant is found rapidly rubber-stamping GANs that do not meet the criteria, they may be disqualified. Each review will be checked by the co-ordinator to ensure that this does not happen.

Basic guidelines edit

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 GANs. Good Article nominations tend to result in even better improvements if a reasonable amount of issues are brought up in a review. This can be especially useful when approaching Featured Article standing. Quick-fails are allowed if the article is in exceptionally poor shape or per the GA criteria page. Each review and its article will be checked by the co-ordinator to ensure that rubber-stamping does not happen.
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 judgement if concerns are/are not addressed in a timely matter. Generally, it is standard for a GA review to be on hold for seven days, however the reviewer may close their review when they see fit.
Have fun. We're here to help bring these articles up to their fullest potential and hence improving the overall quality of the encyclopaedia. If you do not enjoy doing that, then there is no motivation to improve these articles and the encyclopaedia as a whole.

Progress edit

Date	Outstanding nominations	Unreviewed nominations	Change since previous day^{[N 1]}	Change since beginning^{[N 1]}
1 August 2016	408	352	—	—
2 August 2016	412	351	1	1
3 August 2016	409	345	6	7
4 August 2016	407	338	7	14
5 August 2016	398	330	8	22
6 August 2016	395	317	13	35
7 August 2016	393	316	1	36
8 August 2016	395	311	5	41
9 August 2016	390	312	1	40
10 August 2016	387	307	5	45
11 August 2016	385	302	5	50
12 August 2016	382	301	1	51
13 August 2016	394	308	7	44
14 August 2016	387	307	1	45
15 August 2016	390	312	5	40
16 August 2016	389	318	6	34
17 August 2016	384	317	1	35
18 August 2016	390	321	4	31
19 August 2016	387	315	6	37
20 August 2016	387	314	1	38
21 August 2016	397	327	13	25
22 August 2016	395	327	0	25
23 August 2016	390	323	4	29
24 August 2016	396	326	3	26
25 August 2016	395	326	0	26
26 August 2016	397	327	1	25
27 August 2016	396	325	2	27
28 August 2016	402	330	5	22
29 August 2016	392	332	2	20
30 August 2016	393	323	9	29
31 August 2016	397	333	10	19

^ ^a ^b Change only refers to unreviewed nominations.

Awards edit

To receive an award, please include your name and the number of reviews you have completed as part of this drive. Please keep a running total next to your name. Awards will be given by the co-ordinator after this drive ends.

This is the scheme for the awards:

At least 2 GANs reviewed: The Invisible Barnstar.

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

At least 10 GANs reviewed: The Tireless Contributor Barnstar.

At least 15 GANs reviewed: The Multiple Good Article Reviewer Barnstar

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

At least 30 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.

Running total edit

Only passes and fails will be recognised 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, then include your review below. Article reviews started before 31 August but completed after 31 August are eligible to be counted into the running total. Reviews started before 1 August do not count. Please state if the article is a pass, fail, or on hold. Make sure you follow up reviews that have been placed on hold.

Please log entries in the following format:

=====[[User:Username|]]=====
{{Div col|cols=3}} 
#{{icon|GA}} [[Talk:Articlename/GAn|Articlename]]
#{{icon|DA}} [[Talk:Articlename/GAn|Articlename]]
#{{icon|GAH}} [[Talk:Articlename/GAn|Articlename]]
{{Div col end}}

Participants edit

Done adamstom97
Done Amgisseman(BYU)
Done Avgr8
Done Famous Hobo
Done Jaguar
Done Jclemens
Done Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
Done Miyagawa
Done Mr rnddude
Done MPJ-DK
Done MWright96
Done Pax85
Done Rachel Helps (BYU)
Done Wizardman
Done Yellow Dingo
Done Zwerg Nase
Done Emir of Wikipedia

Room (2015 film)

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

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Wikipedia:Good articles/GAN Backlog Drives/August 2016

Contents

Basic guidelines edit

Progress edit

Awards edit

Running total edit

Participants edit

adamstom97 edit

Amgisseman edit

Avgr8 edit

Famous Hobo edit

Jaguar edit

Jclemens edit

Krishna Chaitanya Velaga edit

Miyagawa edit

Mr Rnddude edit

MPJ-DK edit

MWright96 edit

Pax85 edit

Rachel Helps (BYU) edit

Wizardman edit

Yellow Dingo edit

Zwerg Nase edit

Emir of Wikipedia edit