Wikipedia:Good article nominations/Future of GAN Backlog Elimination Drives

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GAN Backlog Elimination Drives are a process that has been held since the very foundation of the Good articles Wikiproject. The first drive was held between May and June of 2007 and, since then, the project has had a total nine backlog elimination drives; the most recent one was held between June and July of 2012. This last drive brought several bold questions between the GAN community about the productivity and efficiency of the backlog elimination drives when applied to the GAN process and, as a result, I decided to start this RFC to choose the future of the drives. This Request for comment begun on 1 November 2012 at 00:00 UTC and closed at 05:23, 15 November 2012 (UTC).

Details and funtionality of this RfC
This RfC will run for a minimum of 10 days but no more than 15. Therefore closure should not be made before November 9, 2012 but, not run past November 15, 2012. The first set of questions merely discuss the situation of our current GAN Backlog Elimination Drives. The second set of questions are proposals listed by different users as methods to improving or changing the system. Each proposal will be considered as approved if it received at least 70% of support over the total number of votes.

Note: The discussion of this proposals will be held on the talk page of the RFC and not here.

The Big Question
Should the GAN Backlog Elimination Drives still be held? (This is a majority vote. Proposals with the most consensus for support will be picked below if majority vote is yes.)

Yes

 * 1)  Statυs  ( talk ) 02:23, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) Dom497 (talk) 20:38, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) Homunculus (duihua) 04:05, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 4)  TheSpecialUser  TSU 04:45, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 5) -- JDC808  ♫  04:56, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 6) Mark Arsten (talk) 00:26, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 7) TBrandley 05:51, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 8) Like my singing? Ha-la-la-la-la-la-LA-LAAA!!! (talk) 07:40, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 9) Tea with toast  (話)  01:09, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 10)  Wizardman  04:56, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 11) Batard0 (talk) 16:31, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 12) DivaKnockouts (talk) 07:50, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 13) --Tomcat (7) 10:15, 7 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 14) --TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:27, 7 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 15) Resolute 16:48, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 16) BlueMoonset (talk) 07:05, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

No

 * 1) In my experience, while backlog elimination drives do do some good, they also create huge variability in expectations of time-to-review. If you're planning your GA promotion efforts, you need to plan around backlog elimination drives if you're budgeting your time. Jclemens (talk) 20:12, 3 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) No. Somewhat agree with Jclemens, and the backlog is soon back up to pre-drive levels anyway.
 * 3) My experience is that the backlog drives burns out editors and creates a "twice-a-year" experience for nominators which dries out the project. Arsenikk (talk)  20:51, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 4) Makes little overall difference to the backlog, burns out editors and encourages a lot of poor reviews. Does little to recruit good new reviewers. Jezhotwells (talk) 07:54, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 5) Shouldn't we be thinking more long-term than periodic drives? The more recent ones have done more harm than good, I think, and have required a lot of cleaning up afterwards. Sarastro1 (talk) 22:24, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Proposals
Below are a series of proposals related to the GAN Backlog Elimination Drives. Please support or oppose the proposals as you see fit.

Proposal 1 - Part 1
Introduce a qualifying process: Each user willing to participate selects and article from the Good article nomination list, does the review, and submits it for consideration by the drive coordinators. If, after the submission is revised, coordinators agree that it is of enough quality, the user is allowed to participate.

Support

 * 1) Homunculus (duihua) 04:13, 2 November 2012 (UTC). But tweak to the wording in the proposal: each new reviewer who wishes to participate should do this. Editors who meet the criteria for the proposal below (10+ past reviews) should be exempted from this requirement.
 * You can add it as an additional proposal if you like. — ΛΧΣ 21™ 04:14, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 1) -- JDC808  ♫  04:56, 2 November 2012 (UTC) Agree with Homunculus

Oppose

 * 1)  Statυs  ( talk ) 02:23, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
 * 2)  - this would just limit the amount of people that qualify. Plus, we would all have to agree on a "standard" that would be acceptable if this were to be implemented.--Dom497 (talk) 20:40, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 3)  TheSpecialUser  TSU 04:52, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 4) TBrandley 17:41, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 5) I don't think this would prevent "rubber stamping". Users might make their first review high quality in order to pass the test and then go on to make poor quality reviews. --Tea with toast  (話)  01:14, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 6) Malleus Fatuorum 01:54, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 7) Overly bureaucratic.  Wizardman  04:58, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 8) Lots of work for organizers, may be hard to manage and coordinate. --Batard0 (talk) 16:33, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 9) --Tomcat (7) 10:15, 7 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 10) --TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:28, 7 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 11) Too much DivaKnockouts (talk) 07:54, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Wow, bureaucracy at its worst. Arsenikk (talk)  20:51, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 1) Masive bureaucratic interference. No, no no! Jezhotwells (talk) 07:55, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) Rather condescending, this one. Sarastro1 (talk) 22:24, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Proposal 1 - Part 2
Introduce a qualifying process: Each user willing to participate needs to have made at least 10 reviews prior to the beginning of the drive.

Support

 * 1) Dom497 (talk) 20:40, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) -- JDC808  ♫  04:56, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

Oppose
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 * 1)  Statυs  ( talk ) 02:23, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) Homunculus (duihua) 04:09, 2 November 2012 (UTC) This one I can't support. I've yet to complete a review on my own, but I have written a handful of GAs, with more pending. There are more ways than one to demonstrate a grasp of the GA criteria, and people like me shouldn't be excluded from participation in a backlog elimination drive.
 * 3)  TheSpecialUser  TSU 04:52, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 4) BlueMoonset (talk) 23:20, 3 November 2012 (UTC) Too many people, myself included, who are competent reviewers wouldn't qualify due to this arbitrary number. As long as someone can show they have done suitable reviews (either previously or by taking on a new one), they should be eligible.
 * 5) Not sure this is really needed. Mark Arsten (talk) 00:25, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 6) TBrandley 17:40, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 7) I think this would hinder those new to the GA process from getting involved. --<font color="DarkGreen">Tea with toast  <font color="Sienna">(話)  01:11, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 8) Malleus Fatuorum 01:55, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 9)  Wizardman  04:58, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 10) Doesn't really address quality issues; drive may actually encourage new reviewers who can apply the criteria. --Batard0 (talk) 16:35, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 11) Quality always trumps quantity.--Tomcat (7) 10:16, 7 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 12) --TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:29, 7 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 13) Doesn't address the quality issues while introducing red tape and discourages new reviewers. <strong style="color:green;">Arsenikk  <sup style="color:grey;">(talk)  20:51, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 14) Unnecessary red tape, creates new layers of bureaucracy and a lot of work some people. How will these super judges be elected? Jezhotwells (talk) 07:56, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 15) Sarastro1 (talk) 22:24, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Proposal 2
Review limits: Each participant is bound to a limit of 5 reviews per day (between new and opened reviews). This means that any user cannot have more than 5 opened reviews at the same time. If a user violates this rule, they may be disqualified from the drive. Note that this does not limit the maximum number of reviews that a user can do per day, but the number of opened reviews. Reworded proposal below

Review limits: Each participant is bound to a limit of 5 reviews per day and they cannot have more than 5 opened reviews at the same time (between new and open reviews from the previous day). If a user violates this rule, they may be disqualified from the drive.
 * Reworded on 08:04, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) <font face="Arial" size="2em"> Statυs  ( talk ) 02:23, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) Rschen7754 01:04, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 3)  TheSpecialUser  TSU 04:52, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 4) -- JDC808  ♫  04:56, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 5) Seems a reasonable way to encourage quality by forcing reviewers to limit their focus. The limit isn't inappropriately low, either. Would need to come with consequences, though. --Batard0 (talk) 16:38, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 6) Will discourage driveby reviews.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:30, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

Oppose
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 * 1) BlueMoonset (talk) 23:33, 3 November 2012 (UTC) As worded, this does not make sense. First it says each participant "is bound to a limit of 5 reviews per day (between new and opened reviews)", and then it redefines what it just says "any user cannot have more than 5 opened reviews at the same time" which is not at all the same thing, and finally says "this does not limit the maximum number of reviews that a user can do per day, but the number of opened reviews". If the rule means that a person can't start more than five reviews in a day, it needs to make that clear. If it means that the person cannot have more than five reviews in progress (aka "opened") at any one time, it needs to make that clear. And if it's trying to combine the two: that no more than five may be opened in a day, with a limit of five at any one moment, that needs to be clear as well. I gather than once five are open, at least one must be closed (pass or fail) before a new one may be opened. If this can be adequately explained or reworded, I'll be happy to change my vote. Note: as I read this, a person who starts out with five already open at midnight could conceivably close as many as ten by the end of the day, but be limited to that because of the five new max per day limit. Is that really true?
 * 2) If someone is doing good reviews then why hold them to this number. This could also encourage reviewers to close reviews prematurely so they can move on to the next one. Being productive does not always mean you are a bad reviewer. AIR corn (talk) 23:36, 3 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) This is too funny. Why on earth would you restrict someone from doing more then 5 reviews a day?--Dom497 (talk) 20:21, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 4) per Aircorn and Dom. Plus, I think it is a bit confusing, and it might be difficult to enforce.--<font color="DarkGreen">Tea with toast  <font color="Sienna">(話)  01:17, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 5) Oppose as per the comments above, and the notion of "disqualifying" someone from the drive is very telling. Malleus Fatuorum 01:57, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 6) <font face="Impact">TBrandley 17:42, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 7) Does not make sense.--Tomcat (7) 10:17, 7 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 8) The thrust of this seems to be to prevent reviewers from piling up crappy reviews to prevent them from disrupting the process for a bigger prize/barnstar.  But it won't prevent those bad reviews, and it hampers those with the patience to do many good reviews in a short time frame unnecessarily. Resolute 16:55, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 9) <strong style="color:green;">Arsenikk  <sup style="color:grey;">(talk)  20:51, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 10) Poor proposal shows little knowledge or understanding of the process. Jezhotwells (talk) 07:57, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 11) Sarastro1 (talk) 22:24, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Proposal 3
Disqualifying process: Each user with more than 3 removed reviews may be disqualified from the drive. Disqualifying process: Each user with more than 5 removed reviews may be disqualified from the drive.
 * Reworded on 00:59, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) If a reviewer is damaging the encyclopedia with their reviews, they must be asked to stop reviewing. --Rschen7754 01:03, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) Don't sacrifice quality. Jclemens (talk) 20:13, 3 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) Much better than holding to an arbatiry limit of reviews. If anything three seems too low. AIR corn  (talk) 23:47, 3 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 4) Good idea to have a mechanism like this in place. Mark Arsten (talk) 00:25, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 5) <font face="Impact">TBrandley 17:43, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 6) Now I support.--Dom497 (talk) 20:20, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 7) Strong support. --<font color="DarkGreen">Tea with toast  <font color="Sienna">(話)  01:20, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 8)  Wizardman  04:58, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 9) Can't see any reason to object to this. --Batard0 (talk) 16:40, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 10) --Tomcat (7) 10:17, 7 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 11) --TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:31, 7 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 12) Sure. But if they're doing serious damage, I hope they're stopped sooner. BlueMoonset (talk) 22:39, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 13) Sarastro1 (talk) 22:24, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Oppose
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 * 1) <font face="Arial" size="2em"> Statυs  ( talk ) 02:23, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Dom497 (talk) - 3 reviews? Oppose because that number seems way to low.--Dom497 (talk) 20:43, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 1)  TheSpecialUser  TSU 04:52, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

Proposal 4 - Part 1
Drive duration: Drives will last for 15 days.

Oppose

 * 1) <font face="Arial" size="2em"> Statυs  ( talk ) 02:23, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
 * 2)  TheSpecialUser  TSU 04:52, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) <font face="Impact">TBrandley 01:21, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Proposal 4 - Part 2
Drive duration: Drives will last for one month.

Support

 * 1) <font face="Arial" size="2em"> Statυs  ( talk ) 02:23, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
 * 2)  TheSpecialUser  TSU 04:52, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) -- JDC808  ♫  04:56, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 4) <font face="Impact">TBrandley 17:44, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 5) I need the extra time. 15 days is too short. --<font color="DarkGreen">Tea with toast  <font color="Sienna">(話)  01:22, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 6) --Batard0 (talk) 16:41, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 7) --TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:32, 7 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 8) Seems like an optimal length. <strong style="color:green;">Arsenikk  <sup style="color:grey;">(talk)  20:51, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 9) Sarastro1 (talk) 22:24, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Proposal 4 - Part 3
Drive timespan: Drives will be held each three months. [This means one month on, three months off.]
 * Reworded on 03:01, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) <font face="Arial" size="2em"> Statυs  ( talk ) 02:23, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
 * 2)  TheSpecialUser  TSU 04:52, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) -- JDC808  ♫  04:56, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 4) Like my singing? Ha-la-la-la-la-la-LA-LAAA!!! (talk) 07:41, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 5) <font face="Impact">TBrandley 01:26, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 6) Sensible. --Batard0 (talk) 16:42, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 7) --Tomcat (7) 10:18, 7 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 8) Support the new four-month idea, oppose the original three-month. Wizardman  04:03, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1) Having drives too close together might lead to burn out. I know that how I've gotten with my participation in WP:GOCE drives, sadly. --<font color="DarkGreen">Tea with toast  <font color="Sienna">(話)  01:43, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) Too often.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:33, 7 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) I don't see that this frequency will give a "wow" effect, it will probably just lead to reviews being carried out a third of the time leaving a broken review process two of three months. <strong style="color:green;">Arsenikk  <sup style="color:grey;">(talk)  20:51, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 4) Unnecessary. Jezhotwells (talk) 07:58, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 5) This would mean one month on, two months off. Not enough recovery time in between. BlueMoonset (talk) 22:41, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Well no. This means one month on, three months off. — <font color="#333333">ΛΧΣ <font color="#336699">21™ 03:00, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
 * That isn't what it said. Every three months means they start three months apart, just like every six months means they start six months apart and occur exactly twice a year. If you want to redefine it, that's your business, but you're using a non-standard meaning if you do. (Arsenikk read it the same way I did.) If you're changing it, then I'll note that starting one every four months also seems too frequent to me, so I'm still in the Oppose camp. BlueMoonset (talk) 03:12, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, yes. From the beginning, my promosal was 1 month, 3 months. Maybe I did not write it clear enough. — <font color="#333333">ΛΧΣ <font color="#336699">21™ 04:22, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm afraid you didn't. You'll note that Wizardman, too, thinks the proposal has changed. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:29, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, I've seen I wasn't clear enough and I apologize for it. I hope the reword I did makes it clearer. Regards, — <font color="#333333">ΛΧΣ <font color="#336699">21™ 04:41, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 1) My preference would be to have them when they are needed. Otherwise, where is the incentive for semi-regular reviewers to bother in the intervening three months? Sarastro1 (talk) 22:24, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Proposal 4 - Part 4
Drive timespan: Drives will be held each six months.

Support

 * 1) --<font color="DarkGreen">Tea with toast  <font color="Sienna">(話)  01:43, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) If a set frequency is necessary, this is far better than three months. BlueMoonset (talk) 22:43, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) With the qualification that I don't think a timespan is desirable; where is the incentive to review in between drives if one is coming up soon? Sarastro1 (talk) 22:24, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1) <font face="Arial" size="2em"> Statυs  ( talk ) 02:23, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
 * 2)  TheSpecialUser  TSU 04:52, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) <font face="Impact">TBrandley 01:28, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Proposal 5
Drive scope: Drives will only be aimed to review the oldest nominations. Older nominations are those with more than one-to-two months on the queue. Nominations with less than a month should be excluded from the drive until all older nominations are reviewed.

Support

 * 1) <font face="Arial" size="2em"> Statυs  ( talk ) 02:23, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) The old reviews are the problem with the backlog, not the number waiting for review. Also feel this will reduce many of the problems that the other proposals here are addressing. AIR corn (talk) 01:25, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 3)  TheSpecialUser  TSU 04:52, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 4) -- JDC808  ♫  04:56, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 5) Per Aircorn, this does address my major concern with drives in general. Jclemens (talk) 20:14, 3 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 6) Rschen7754 20:16, 3 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 7) As per the above. Like my singing? Ha-la-la-la-la-la-LA-LAAA!!! (talk) 07:42, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 8) Agree with above statements. The problem is the older GANs, not the backlog in general. MathewTownsend (talk) 17:39, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 9) Mark Arsten (talk) 04:10, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 10) This is important. I'd add the caveat, though, that this should apply only to the broad sections in GAN. In other words, reviews should count within, say, Sports & Recreation even if the oldest in that category is less than two months old but there are other articles in other categories that are older. This would acknowledge that some reviewers may not wish to review, say, science articles because they feel they don't have the expertise or interest. This is a nitpick, really. --Batard0 (talk) 16:48, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
 * We can add the scope of this at each drive's beginning. I mean: before the drive starts, we select the sections that are planned to be worked first and then, after the goal is done, open all nominations for inclusion. Of course, if a user is not interested in reviewing any of those articles, he/she may [of course] be able to pick another review. — <font color="#333333">Ṟ <font color="#336699">Ṉ™ 00:23, 7 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 1) Strong Support on this. Reviewing something that came in 15 minutes ago doesn't help the backlog at all. If anything it makes it worse since the numbers don't go down and those getting quick reviews come to expect them. Wizardman  22:48, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) --Tomcat (7) 10:18, 7 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) --TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:34, 7 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 4) The drives should be aimed at old noms, yes.  But supporting this statement does not necessarily imply that nobody should be reviewing newer noms.  Resolute 16:50, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Exactly. — <font color="#333333">ΛΧΣ <font color="#336699">21™ 17:04, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1) Reviewers should be allowed to review whatever they want, without being forced to review articles that don't like, or are not knowledge in, effecting the quality of reviews even more. For example, I would never review a "history" article, because I don't like the subject, I like television, and review those types of articles. <font face="Impact">TBrandley 17:47, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) Strong Oppose. This would stifle productivity and just lead to a furthering of the backlog for the next month. At the very least, just let the newer articles only count for 1/2 points. And only limit "new articles" to just those nominated in the past week or past 2 days. --<font color="DarkGreen">Tea with toast  <font color="Sienna">(話)  01:51, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) No restrictions should be placed on what articles are reviewed. Jezhotwells (talk) 07:59, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Just in case you did not read well, this is not a restriction but a scope determination. This only means that we will aim drives to match an specific goal, not that we will put a restriction to which articles can be reviewed during the drive. — <font color="#333333">ΛΧΣ <font color="#336699">21™ 19:42, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 1) I don't think such restrictions would be helpful. It's more of a chore if you are limited to older, potentially problematic articles. There is sometimes a reason why no-one has reviewed it. Sarastro1 (talk) 22:24, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
 * It is not a restriction.... — <font color="#333333">ΛΧΣ <font color="#336699">21™ 18:03, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

Proposal 6 - Part 1
Drive and barnstars, Part 1: Barnstars will now be given for users who reviewed 5, 10 and 25 nominations. There will be neither leaderboard or a number-one position race, and disruptive competition for holding the highest number of reviews is discouraged.

Support

 * 1) <font face="Arial" size="2em"> Statυs  ( talk ) 02:23, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) Rschen7754 01:04, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 3)  TheSpecialUser  TSU 04:52, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 4) -- JDC808  ♫  04:56, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 5) Lord Roem (talk) 18:20, 3 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 6) <font face="Impact">TBrandley 17:44, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 7) --TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:36, 7 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 8) Can see the opposition viewpoint, but a 'kudos' goes a long way to making some reviewers feel good about the process, and therefore continuing. Resolute 16:52, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 9) Once, and only once, I gave all inn to get the 40 (I think) review barnstar. Otherwise these are more or less meaningless for those of us that have been around for a while. For new reviewers, perhaps it will result in people reviewing just one or more articles to reach a "magic number". <strong style="color:green;">Arsenikk  <sup style="color:grey;">(talk)  20:51, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 10) Not a huge fan, but without rewards, there isn't really much incentive to take part and it is just like any other month. Sarastro1 (talk) 22:24, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1) Weak oppose; While this will prevent a lot of corner-cut reviewing by users who just want to score #1 in the drive/s, it might also make users feel more laid-back about how many articles they ought to review. Like my singing? Ha-la-la-la-la-la-LA-LAAA!!! (talk) 07:46, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) Weak oppose per the above. I think it is good to drop out the award for "most reviews", but I think adding some higher barnstars (one for 40 or 50?) would be ok. --<font color="DarkGreen">Tea with toast  <font color="Sienna">(話)  01:55, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Hey, how about replacing the "most articles" category with one similar to what WP:GOCE has for most articles with high (5k+) word count. Those are the articles that are most likely to sit for months without a review. Also, the word count would be starting word count so that bloated articles can be appropriately chopped down without affecting qualification. --<font color="DarkGreen">Tea with toast <font color="Sienna">(話)  02:02, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, we can discuss it at the talk page, or you can add it as an additional proposal below, I guess. Although, I didn't understand very well what are you proposing apart from the 5k articles. May you elaborate please? [preferably att he talk page]. — <font color="#333333">ΛΧΣ <font color="#336699">21™ 02:05, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 1) Strange oppose. I actually endorse this, but want to make a counterproposal: that we give barnstars to those who do the most and best reviews, but we do not list articles beyond 25 or have any kind of leaderboard. After the drive is over, we determine who has the most or best among the people who surpassed 25 and award them accordingly. The fact that there will be additional barnstars isn't publicized heavily, but there's a statement saying something like, "Additional barnstars may be awarded at the organizers' discretion for superior performance in the drive." This gets rid of the competitive element while keeping people motivated; it also implies that extra awards won't be given to people who do reviews judged inferior. --Batard0 (talk) 16:55, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) Weak oppose. Support this over status quo, but would prefer no barnstars at all. Wizardman  22:56, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) I am only opposing the barnstars. --Tomcat (7) 10:19, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

Proposal 6 - Part 2
Drive and barnstars, Part 2: Barnstars may be discretionarily given [by coordinators or drive reviewers] to those users who reviewed many old nominations, as well as to those who did high quality reviews. To give these barnstars, a mini-vote may be held by coordinators and reviewers approving or dissaproving the award. [may be held means that such vote is not mandatory but optional.]

Oppose

 * 1) <font face="Arial" size="2em"> Statυs  ( talk ) 02:23, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
 * 2)  TheSpecialUser  TSU 04:52, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) <font face="Impact">TBrandley 17:45, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 4) It is difficult to "review a review" (especially of well-written articles) and this proposals is difficult to predict the outcome of for participants. <strong style="color:green;">Arsenikk  <sup style="color:grey;">(talk)  20:51, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 5) But who decides what a good review looks like? What qualifies the judges? What are the criteria? Are we now getting into reviewing reviews and having "good good article reviews"? Sarastro1 (talk) 22:24, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Proposal 6 - Part 3
Drive and barnstars, Part 3: Each user may submit up to two reviews for consideration to receive a special barnstar which will be awarded to the best three reviews of the drive. A vote may be held with coordinators, drive reviewers and participants voting for their favourite review in order to select the three reviewers who will receive the award [each reviewer may receive only one award].

Support

 * 1) <font face="Arial" size="2em"> Statυs  ( talk ) 02:23, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
 * 2)  TheSpecialUser  TSU 04:52, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) <font face="Impact">TBrandley 01:31, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 4) Good idea. This might inspire some editors to contribute more to the article and improve the quality. --<font color="DarkGreen">Tea with toast  <font color="Sienna">(話)  02:05, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 5) Sounds about right -- I should've read this first, because it's similar to what I suggested above. --Batard0 (talk) 17:46, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1) No barnstar.--Tomcat (7) 10:20, 7 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) But who decides what a good review looks like? What qualifies the judges? What are the criteria? Are we now getting into reviewing reviews and having "good good article reviews"? Sarastro1 (talk) 22:24, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
 * People decides. It is aimed to award users who took their time to make a very comprehensive and dedicated review, and the article promoted is indeed of very high quality [just an example]. All participants of the drive, as well as coordinators are able to vote and choose the best review. I thought about this as a method to encourage good reviews. — <font color="#333333">ΛΧΣ <font color="#336699">21™ 18:07, 11 November 2012 (UTC)