User:Maralia/MHA07

Below are my workshop comments regarding the 2007 Tag & Assess Drive.

Joining the drive

 * I had just completed a big tagging drive for WPShips when the MilHist drive was announced. At that point, I figured I had already tagged about 3,000 articles for both Ships and MilHist, so more probably wouldn't kill me.

Lists and false positives

 * Obviously, the search need to be refined. I've listed below some to point out problem areas.
 * Changing the bot output to reverse the order in which the article's category tree is listed would put the most relevant info&mdash;the category the article is actually in&mdash;in the most visible spot, right next to the article name.
 * With some finagling, the above change could enable sorting the list by category before breaking it down into worksheets. There are several huge benefits to this:
 * A cursory review before the drive could eliminate vast swaths of systemic false positives due to iffy category trees, making the entire process lightyears more efficient.
 * During the drive, if a reviewer finds a systemic false positive, it will be easy to eliminate any related false positives, as they'll be contiguous in the list.
 * Likewise, when a reviewer has identified a category that's conclusively relevant, this would facilitate quickly tagging those articles.
 * Converting underscores to spaces would make for easier reading.

Instructions and support

 * Do away with strikeout. A simple ✅ per section would be easier and would leave the remaining text more readable.
 * I think we could write a very concise FAQ for next time that would address most scope questions.

Tallies and worksheets

 * The worksheet pages were a memory hog; a smaller size per page would be helpful. My personal preference would be pages of 100, split into 4 subsections.

Timing

 * Anytime is fine for me, but since WPSHIPS and WPMILHIST share so many articles (and members), some coordination when scheduling drives would be helpful.

Pet hates

 * Systemic false positives really peeved me. Per my suggestions above, I'm willing to help engineer the list to avoid this next time.
 * Strikeout was more work than the actual assessments&mdash;I never figured out that you could strikeout a whole block as long as you left the first number out, and somehow missed it until reviewing the talk page just today.

Rewards

 * I am not really keen on the 'barnstar for participating' idea.

Examples of irrelevant subcats
Note:These are not full trees; I have trimmed them down to what I think is the breaking point for each issue.
 * Confederate_states_(1861-1865) to Georgia_(U.S._state) to Geography_of_Georgia_(U.S._state) to Settlements_in_Georgia_(U.S._state) to Cities_in_Georgia_(U.S._state) to Athens,_Georgia to University_of_Georgia to University_of_Georgia_people to University_of_Georgia_faculty,_staff_and_administration to University_of_Georgia_faculty
 * Confederate_states_(1861-1865) to Georgia_(U.S._state) to Sports_in_Georgia_(U.S._state) to Sports_in_Atlanta to 1996_Summer_Olympics to Competitors_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics to Athletes_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics
 * Confederate_states_(1861-1865) to South_Carolina to Transportation_in_South_Carolina to Canals_in_South_Carolina to Intracoastal_Waterway to Chesapeake_Bay to Chesapeake_Bay_Watershed to Susquehanna_River to Susquehanna_Valley to York_County,_Pennsylvania to People_from_York,_Pennsylvania
 * Confederate_states_(1861-1865) to Georgia_(U.S._state) to Politics_of_Georgia_(U.S._state) to Georgia_(U.S._state)_politicians to Georgia_(U.S._state)_politician_stubs
 * Confederate_states_(1861-1865) to Georgia_(U.S._state) to Economy_of_Georgia_(U.S._state) to Companies_based_in_Georgia_(U.S._state) to Panoz to International_Motor_Sports_Association to IMSA_GT_Championship to IMSA_GTP_cars
 * Military_history_of_the_United_States to History_of_United_States_expansionism to Erie_Canal to Rochester,_New_York to Education_in_Rochester,_New_York to University_of_Rochester to University_of_Rochester_alumni
 * Military to Military_decorations to Ordre_de_la_LibÃ©ration to Paris to Squares_in_Paris
 * Military_decorations to Ordre_de_la_LibÃ©ration to Paris to Tourism_in_Paris to Visitor_attractions_in_Paris to Museums_in_Paris to Art_museums_and_galleries_in_Paris
 * Allied_occupation_of_Germany to East_Germany to Football_in_East_Germany to East_German_football_clubs
 * Military_equipment_by_type to Weapons to Chemical_weapons to Incapacitating_agents to Psychedelics to Psychedelic_phenethylamines
 * Ukrainian_Navy to Odessa to People_from_Odessa
 * Lists_of_military_conflicts to Territories_under_military_occupation to Palestinian_territories to Religion_in_Palestine to Rabbis_of_the_Land_of_Israel to Mishnah_rabbis