Wikipedia:Good articles/GAN Backlog Drives/October 2024
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See past drives at Wikipedia:Good articles/GAN Backlog Drives.
The October 2024 GAN Backlog Drive is a one-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 that you read the essays What the Good article criteria are not and Reviewing good articles. The co-ordinators for this drive are asilvering, Ganesha811, and Vacant0. If you have any questions, leave a message on the talk page. The drive began on 1 October 2024 at 00:00:00 (UTC).
The ultimate goal of this backlog elimination drive is to completely eliminate the number of outstanding GANs by new nominators. Awards will be given out to those individuals who do the most work in helping reduce the size of the backlog. The drive is intended to promote a faster rate of decreasing backlog while maintaining quality reviews. If you are new to reviewing, and you would like an experienced reviewer to look over your review or answer any questions you may have, consider requesting a mentor at WP:GAMENTOR.
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. Reviews and articles will be checked by the co-ordinators to ensure that rubber-stamping does not happen. If a participant is found rapidly rubber-stamping GANs that do not meet the criteria, they may be disqualified and possibly reported to the administrators' noticeboard for disruptive editing.
- Minimum quality. Only reviews of a sufficient quality will be counted. This is subjective, and coordinators reserve the right to credit or discredit individual reviews. Reviews that are shorter than 1000 bytes are unlikely to be counted.
- 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. However, be sure to 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 manner.
- 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.
Awards
[edit]To receive an award, please include your name and the number of reviews you have completed as part of this drive. The co-ordinators will award you points based on those reviews. Awards will be given by the co-ordinators after this drive ends.
This is the scheme for the awards:
At least 3 points: The Minor Barnstar
At least 7 points: The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
At least 12 points: The Reviewer Barnstar
At least 20 points: The Premium Reviewer Barnstar
At least 30 points: The Multiple Good Article Reviewer Barnstar
At least 40 points: The WikiProject Good Articles Medal of Merit
At least 60 points: The Order of the Superior Scribe of Wikipedia
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In addition, the person who accumulates the most points during the backlog elimination drive will receive the Content Review Medal of Merit |
Scoring
[edit]Scoring for the October 2024 drive is simple: one point per review. Since reviews of long articles tend to be more work than reviews of short ones, participants will also receive one point per 2500 reviewed words. Please round the wordcount to the nearest 500, for the sake of the co-ordinators' sanity.
Target articles
[edit]Only articles listed on one of the following lists are eligible for this backlog drive. Please do not add any articles to these lists. If an article is under review, please remove it from the list.
The aim for this month is to completely eliminate the backlog in the first list: we want all nominations submitted before 1 October 2024 by editors who are relatively new to GA to be out of the queue by 31 October. If you're an editor with fewer than 10 GAs, get those nominations in before October begins! As a stretch goal, we're also going to try to eliminate the backlog of GANs by all nominators who have reviewed more articles than they've nominated. This is a total of 271 articles (414 with stretch goal). Let's see how fast we can wipe out these backlogs! Good luck, everyone!
- By the end of 8 October, we were down to 197 articles in list 1, which means we've cleared 27% of that backlog, and we're right on track!
- By the end of 15 October, we were down to 139 articles in list 1, which means we've cleared 49% of that backlog - we're right on track, since October has 31 days!
Participants and reviews tracker
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Keep track of the articles you review in the Participants section below by creating a list below. 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. Each of your reviews should be included in your list. Article reviews started before 31 October but completed after that date can be included, but aim to be prompt to avoid leaving nominators hanging. Only articles that were listed under the "Target articles" section are eligible for this drive. You are welcome to review any other GANs as you please - but don't submit them here! Please state if the article is a pass, fail, or on hold. Make sure you follow up on reviews that you have started or placed on hold. A sample review section is below; all sections start with a fourth-level header containing the editor's username and the {{Div col}} and {{Div col end}} templates. Between those templates, each article reviewed is given its own line. Use the "GA" icon line for an article that passes, the "FGAN" icon line for an article that fails, the "GAH" icon line for an article where the initial review is complete and has been placed on hold, and the "GAN" icon line for an article where the review has started but has not yet been placed on hold. (Change "GAN" and "GAH" to "GA" or "FGAN" when the article passes or fails.) After the article name is a parenthetical for the number of words in the article. Please round the wordcount to the nearest 500. Participants who make repeated rounding errors will be hit with a wet trout. Following the {{Div col end}} template are three lines to tabulate each participant's total number of articles reviewed, approximate reviewed word count, and running points total. ====[[User talk:Username|Username]]====
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#{{icon|FGAN}} [[Talk:Articlename/GAn|Articlename]] (# words)
#{{icon|GAH}} [[Talk:Articlename/GAn|Articlename]] (# words)
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Participants (alphabetical order)
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Prinzip Hoffnung (# words)- Sack of Delhi (1757) (# words)
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Victor N. J. Jones (500 words) 
Done asilvering (talk) 00:39, 11 October 2024 (UTC)- Torristas and Molinistas (1500 words) Done asilvering (talk) 00:39, 11 October 2024 (UTC)
Boyd Exell (1000 words) Done 1 point —Ganesha811 (talk) 13:12, 13 October 2024 (UTC)- Izhorian Museum (500 words) Done 1 point —Ganesha811 (talk) 13:12, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
Pell v The Queen (2000 words)- Death of Milton King (3000 words)
- Henry C. Berghoff (4000 words)
Articles reviewed: 4
Approximate total reviewed wordcount: 3500 (+1 point)
Running points total: 5
- Kenji Tanigaki (2500 words) Done 1 point Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 17:35, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
- Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 33 (1500 words) Done 1 point Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 17:35, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
Articles reviewed: 2
Approximate total reviewed wordcount: 4,000 (+1 point)
Running points total: 3
- Mating of yeast (2500 words)
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- Chinese Garden MRT station (1000 words) Done 0.5 points —Ganesha811 (talk) 13:32, 12 October 2024 (UTC)
Articles reviewed: 1
Approximate total reviewed wordcount: 1000
Running points total: 0.5 points
- The Name of the Doctor (2000 words) Done 1 point —Ganesha811 (talk) 13:33, 12 October 2024 (UTC)
- Power Broker (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) (3000 words) Done 1 point Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 15:40, 15 October 2024 (UTC)
Articles reviewed: 2
Approximate total reviewed wordcount: 5,000 (+2 points)
Running points total: 4
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- Opawa (1500 words) Done 1 point —Ganesha811 (talk) 13:34, 12 October 2024 (UTC)
Articles reviewed: 1
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Running points total: 1
- Rose O'Neill (Irish noblewoman) (1000 words) Done 1 point —Ganesha811 (talk) 18:49, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
- 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans (7500 words) Done 1 point Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 17:33, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
- Rabbit (6000 words) Done asilvering (talk) 00:42, 11 October 2024 (UTC)
- Pikachu (4500 words) Done 1 point Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 17:33, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
- 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix (1500 words) Done 1 point —Ganesha811 (talk) 21:43, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
- George Knight (EastEnders) (3500 words) Done 1 point —Ganesha811 (talk) 13:12, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
- Taketoyo Line (1000 words)
- Articulation (painting) (1000 words)
- KTSF (2500 words)
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Articles reviewed: 6
Approximate total reviewed wordcount: 24,000 (+9 points)
Running points total: 15
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- Ottoman minelayer Intibah (1000 words) Done 1 point —Ganesha811 (talk) 20:25, 6 October 2024 (UTC)
- All-American Bitch (2500 words) Done asilvering (talk) 00:43, 11 October 2024 (UTC)
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Articles reviewed: 2
Approximate total reviewed wordcount: 3500
Running points total: 3
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- Texas and Pacific 610 (4000 words) Done 1 point Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 17:16, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
- Šipan (1000 words) Done 1 point Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 15:39, 15 October 2024 (UTC)
- Schism of the Russian Church (2500 words)
- Jesse Puljujärvi (2000 words)
- Priscilla Chan (singer) (5000 words)
Articles reviewed: 2
Approximate total reviewed wordcount: 5,000 (+2 points)
Running points total: 4
- Abortion in Liberia (1,000 words) Done 1 point Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 17:15, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
- Jex Blackmore (1,500 words)
- Who the Hell Is Edgar? (1,500 words) Done 1 point —Ganesha811 (talk) 13:09, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
Articles reviewed: 2
Approximate total reviewed wordcount: 2500 (+1 point)
Running points total: 3
- Patrick J. Ryan (chaplain) (879 words)
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- Disappearance of Joshua Guimond (2000 words) Done 1 point —Ganesha811 (talk) 18:53, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
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Roswell incident (6000 words) Done 1 point —Ganesha811 (talk) 18:53, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
- Gubir shootdown (1000 words) Done 1 point —Ganesha811 (talk) 18:53, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
- 1997 Saint-Casimir mass suicide (5000 words) Done 1 point Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 19:22, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
- Holzwarth gas turbine (1000 words) Done 1 point —Ganesha811 (talk) 18:53, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
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Frederick Perceval, 11th Earl of Egmont (500 words) Done 1 point Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 19:22, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
- Andreas Vogt (500 words) Done 1 point Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 19:22, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
- Lalita Tademy (1500 words) Done 1 point Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 19:22, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
- James Davis (escaped convict) (1500 words) Done 1 point Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 11:29, 7 October 2024 (UTC)
- Rahlfs 1219 (1000 words) Done 1 point Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 11:35, 7 October 2024 (UTC)
- Forest Building (1500 words) Done 1 point Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 17:13, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
- George Webster (presenter) (1000 words) Done 1 point Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 11:01, 9 October 2024 (UTC)
- Dennis Law (American football) (500 words) Done 1 point Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 21:38, 9 October 2024 (UTC)
- Michael S. Harrison (500 words) Done 1 point Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 21:38, 9 October 2024 (UTC)
- 2021 Naperville–Woodridge tornado (1000 words) Done 1 point —Ganesha811 (talk) 13:35, 12 October 2024 (UTC)
- Jarrett Robertson (1000 words) Done 1 point Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 17:31, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
- The First Fallen (1000 words) Done 1 point Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 17:31, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
- William Perry French Morris (1000 words) Done 1 point Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 17:31, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
- Daud Shah Bahmani (500 words) Done 1 point Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 17:31, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
- Andrew T. Wood (1000 words) Done 1 point Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 17:31, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
- Francis L. Sampson (1000 words) Done 1 point —Ganesha811 (talk) 14:30, 15 October 2024 (UTC)
- The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs (1000 words) Done 1 point —Ganesha811 (talk) 14:30, 15 October 2024 (UTC)
- 2015 Garland tornado (1500 words)
- Saybrook Colony (1000 words)
- Margaret Booth (1500 words)
- Owen O'Shiel (500 words)
- Fukushima nuclear accident (9500 words)
- Rajarsi Janakananda (1000 words)
- Lead Exposure Elimination Project (500 words)
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Articles reviewed: 22
Approximate total reviewed wordcount: 31,000 (+12 points)
Running points total: 33
- Diaspora Revolt (4000 words) Done 1 point —Ganesha811 (talk) 18:55, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
- Eleanor of Castile (7000 words) Done 1 point —Ganesha811 (talk) 13:08, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
- Roccellaceae (3500 words) Done 1 point —Ganesha811 (talk) 13:37, 12 October 2024 (UTC)
- Mind (7500 words) Done asilvering (talk) 00:49, 9 October 2024 (UTC)
- Jørgensen's law (1000 words) Done 1 point —Ganesha811 (talk) 18:55, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
- Palaeotherium (10500 words)
- Phintella parva
- Bushy Park (New Zealand) (2000 words) Done 1 point —Ganesha811 (talk) 21:45, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
- Owha (1000 words) Done 1 point Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 17:26, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
- Radium (5000 words)
- Institutes (Gaius) (2000 words)
- Papiermark (1000 words) Done 1 point —Ganesha811 (talk) 14:32, 15 October 2024 (UTC)
- Gerard Krefft
- Monster of Aramberri (3000 words)
Articles reviewed: 8
Approximate total reviewed wordcount: 27,000 (+10 points)
Running points total: 18
- Atari Calculator (1000 words)
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- Pétur Guðmundsson (basketball) (2000 words) Done asilvering (talk) 00:44, 11 October 2024 (UTC)
- Giosue Gallucci (3000 words)
- Simone Murphy (1500 words) Done 1 point Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 17:25, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
- Es Pontàs (climb) (1000 words) Done 1 point —Ganesha811 (talk) 14:32, 15 October 2024 (UTC)
- Mino Raiola (1500 words)
- Liberty 5-3000 (2000 words)
Articles reviewed: 3
Approximate total reviewed wordcount: 4500 (+1 point)
Running points total: 4
- Pocket Casts (1500 words) Done 1 point Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 19:39, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
- StoneToss (1000 words)
- Face to Face (Daft Punk song) (1500 words) Done 1 point —Ganesha811 (talk) 14:33, 15 October 2024 (UTC)
Articles reviewed: 2
Approximate total reviewed wordcount: 3000 (+1 point)
Running points total: 3
- Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (1500 words) Done 1 point Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 12:42, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
- Kitab-ı Bahriye (2500 words)
Articles reviewed: 1
Approximate total reviewed wordcount: 1,500
Running points total: 1
- Green Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church (1,000 words) Done (this only looks drive-by imho, there's lots of hands-on in the article itself) asilvering (talk) 00:52, 9 October 2024 (UTC)
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Articles reviewed: 1
Approximate total reviewed wordcount: 1000
Running points total: 1
- Electriquette (1000 words) Done 1 point —Ganesha811 (talk) 13:06, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
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- The Click (album) (3000 words) Done 1 point —Ganesha811 (talk) 14:34, 15 October 2024 (UTC)
- Mario Party: Island Tour (2000 words)
- Bring Me to Life (2500 words)
Articles reviewed: 1
Approximate total reviewed wordcount: 3000 (+1 point)
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- Doctor Who series 2 (3500 words)
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- Susanne Craig (1000 words)
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- Bistro Agnes (500 words) Done 1 point —Ganesha811 (talk) 18:57, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
- Ianto's Shrine (500 words)
Articles reviewed: 1
Approximate total reviewed wordcount: 500
Running points total: 1
- The Code (Nemo song) (2500 words) Done 1 point Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 19:36, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
- Manifesto (2015 film) (1500 words) Done 1 point Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 21:36, 9 October 2024 (UTC)
- Riley Gale (1500 words) Done asilvering (talk) 00:45, 11 October 2024 (UTC)
- Basket of deplorables (1500 words)
- Jayden Daniels (1500 words) Done 1 point —Ganesha811 (talk) 13:06, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
- Typhoon Ewiniar (2024) (2000 words)
Articles reviewed: 4
Approximate total reviewed wordcount: 7000 (+2 points)
Running points total: 6
- Copper Fire (1500 words) Done 1 point —Ganesha811 (talk) 18:56, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
- Charles Keating IV (1500 words) Done 1 point Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 17:23, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
- Async Corp. (1000 words) Done 1 point Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 10:59, 9 October 2024 (UTC)
- Hay Amores (1000 words)
- 1969 Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick leadership election (2000 words)
- Indian Face (1000 words) Done 1 point Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 17:23, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
- 2018 Batman by-election (1500 words)
- Adrar Stadium (1500 words) Done 1 point —Ganesha811 (talk) 13:05, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
Articles reviewed: 5
Approximate total reviewed wordcount: 6,500 (+2 points)
Running points total: 7
- Rocket Lab (4,000 words)
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- Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District (6500 words) Done 1 point Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 17:22, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
- Terbium (3000 words) Done 1 point Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 12:27, 6 October 2024 (UTC)
Articles reviewed: 2
Approximate total reviewed wordcount: 9,500 (+3 points)
Running points total: 5
- Afonso Henriques Theatre (1000 words)
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- Eunus (1,000 words) Done asilvering (talk) 00:53, 9 October 2024 (UTC)
- Tipalti (500 words) Done 1 point Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 12:33, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
Articles reviewed: 2
Approximate total reviewed wordcount: 1500
Running points total: 2
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- Fredy Clue (1,000 words)
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- Talk:Southshore, New Zealand/GA1 (2500 words) Done 1 point Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 12:25, 6 October 2024 (UTC)
- Battle of Thorgo (1500 words) Done 1 point Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 11:21, 7 October 2024 (UTC)
- Néo-Phare (4000 words)
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Articles reviewed: 2
Approximate total reviewed wordcount: 4,000 (+1 point)
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