Wikipedia:Good article mentorship

= Current requests =

LeónGonsalvesofGoa
As part of this competition (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:2024_Developing_Countries_WikiContest/Eligible_reviews), I'd like to review this article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Tamil_culture/GA1). As this is my first review, would someone be willing to offer me advice as I get started?

LeónGonsalvesofGoa (talk) 03:17, 15 July 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi, thanks for signing up for the contest and volunteering to review a Good Article Nominee. You've bitten off quite a big bite with this first one! Tamil culture is an immensely complicated topic, and as a first review it will certainly be a challenge. I am sure that myself and the other GAN Mentors would be happy to help you, but I just wanted to make sure you understand the requirements of the Good article criteria, and have perhaps looked at some other reviews of similarly complex topics before you dive into this one. Fritzmann (message me) 16:23, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
 * The topic is of interest to me, so I'm willing to put in the time to do a proper job. I reviewed the six Good Article criteria and recent reviews (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Good_articles/recent) and had a few questions.
 * 1 To identify plagiarism, do I need to check that all cited content matches the reference?
 * 2 How can I add this template (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Karl_Freiherr_Haus_von_Hausen/GA1)? I think it will help me ensure I don't overlook anything.
 * 3 Can multiple people review an article simultaneously? What if they disagree? LeónGonsalvesofGoa (talk) 17:48, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Not necessarily. I use Earwig as a first sweep. Then, I usually "spotcheck" several carefully, looking for plagiarism or close paraphrasing. For this article, I would check at least 5-10. If you don't find anything major, it should be fine. If you find no issues, then that is sufficient. If you do find any plagiarism or have other concerns, then doing a larger number of reference checks is probably warranted.
 * See Good article nominations/templates for a bunch of different ones like that. Pick your favorite one, and then copy/paste into your review.
 * Typically one person reviews a GAN at a time. Reviewers can request second opinions, or mentors can help guide the process. However, the burden of the review largely falls on one person. If someone passes a review, and another editor comes in and disagrees with that pass, it usually airs on the side of not promoting an article. It is a lot less work to re-nominate a failed article than it is to GAR a passed article that does not meet the criteria.
 * Hope that clears some things up, Fritzmann (message me) 22:28, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Also keep in mind that Earwig can have false positives, so if it warns about a copyright violation, take a look to make sure it's not flagging something that should be the same like names or quotes. The big ugly alien  ( talk ) 22:40, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

TheNuggeteer
Hi! My second time asking for a GA membership, (My first request got archived without any answer.) I would like to learn GA reviewing, so that I could help the ever-growing backlog. Thanks, 11:10, 17 July 2024 (UTC)