Wikipedia:Good articles/GAN Backlog Drives/August 2016

{| |} {| style="background-color: #F0FFEC; border-bottom: 4px solid #107020; border-top: 0px solid #107020;border-right: 4px solid #107020; border-left: 4px solid #107020; width:100%" cellpadding="5" 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

 * 1) 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.
 * 2) 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.
 * 3) 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.
 * 4) 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.
 * 5) 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


Awards
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.

Running total
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

 * 1) Articlename
 * 2) Articlename
 * 3) Articlename

Participants

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

adamstom97

 * 1) The Door (Game of Thrones)
 * 2) Oobi (TV series)
 * 3) Mississippi Burning
 * 4) Steve Jobs (film)
 * 5) Strange Days (film)
 * 6) Fargo (season 2)
 * 7) Aurora (Disney character)

Amgisseman

 * 1) University of Kentucky
 * 2) Tarlac State University

Famous Hobo

 * 1) Room (2015 film)

Jaguar

 * 1) No Russian
 * 2) R. Mika
 * 3) Dead Island announcement trailer
 * Taylor Swift
 * Mad Max (2015 video game)
 * Controversies surrounding Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
 * Videoball
 * HMS Bristol (1910)
 * Luscombe Castle
 * Jurassic Coast
 * Sonic R
 * Oopiri
 * Game of Thrones

Jclemens

 * 1) Nadia Kaabi-Linke‎‎
 * 2) Richard Feynman
 * 3) William Lofland Dudley
 * 4) Tessie Reynolds
 * 5) Robert Dirks
 * 6) Heart
 * 7) Fantasia 2000
 * 8) Bean dip
 * 9) Kazi Nazrul Islam
 * 10) R v R
 * 11) Dive profile
 * 12) ReaLemon
 * 13) Iron
 * 14) Edmund Kemper
 * 15) Decompression equipment

Krishna Chaitanya Velaga

 * 1) Member of parliament, Lok Sabha
 * 2) Kamorta-class corvette
 * 3) Leonard Thornton

Miyagawa

 * 1) Shadows (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
 * 2) Italian ironclad Venezia
 * 3) 1988 Football League Cup Final
 * 4) Bhutan at the 2012 Summer Olympics
 * 5) S.L. Benfica in European football
 * 6) 2015–16 York City F.C. season
 * 7) Shannen Says
 * 8) Springbok colours
 * 9) The Dirty Half Dozen
 * 10) HMS Cornwall (56)
 * 11) Grand Street (IND Sixth Avenue Line)
 * 12) Friskies
 * 13) 2016 Bahrain Grand Prix
 * 14) 2016 British Grand Prix
 * 15) Echmarcach mac Ragnaill
 * 16) Fenchurch Street railway station
 * 17) Face My Enemy
 * 18) Roaring Creek (Pennsylvania)
 * 19) 1925 Michigan Wolverines football team
 * 20) NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship
 * 21) Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (season 3)
 * 22) George Luther Kapeau
 * 23) Battle of the Bastards
 * 24) Don Hutson
 * 25) The Winds of Winter (Game of Thrones)
 * 26) Formidabile-class ironclad
 * 27) 1974 FA Charity Shield
 * 28) Jon Snow (character)
 * 29) Commander Keen in Goodbye, Galaxy
 * 30) NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship
 * 31) Spencer Stone
 * 32) 1928 Florida Gators football team
 * 33) Grand Admiral Thrawn
 * 34) Roaring Brook (Lackawanna River)
 * 35) Janeway Lambda one
 * 36) Principe di Carignano-class ironclad
 * 37) Now is Not the End
 * 38) HMS Gloucester (62)
 * 39) 4,722 Hours
 * 40) The Doctor (Doctor Who)
 * 41) Buses in London
 * 42) New London Union Station

Mr Rnddude

 * 1) Olaf Guthfrithson
 * 2) Christopher Báthory
 * 3) Alice of Champagne
 * 4) Marmion Tower
 * 5) Heraclius the Elder
 * 6) Kaga ikki
 * 7) Augustan History
 * 8) May God have mercy upon your soul
 * 9) Alexander Bullock
 * 10) John Albion Andrew
 * 11) Tingey House
 * 12) Penumbra (law)
 * 13) Battle of Kinburn
 * 14) Neal Dow
 * 15) Castellania (Valletta)
 * 16) Milam Building
 * 17) Siege of Syracuse (877-878)

MPJ-DK

 * 1) Panathinaikos B.C.
 * 2) Ronald Poulton

MWright96

 * 1) 2016 Monaco Grand Prix
 * 2) Star Trek: Phase II
 * 3) 2007 Emirates Cup
 * 4) Bow Street
 * 5) Kojo Aidoo
 * 6) Diamante Azul
 * 7) Sam Zoldak
 * 8) Wrexham F.C. 2–1 Arsenal F.C.
 * 9) 2016 Austrian Grand Prix
 * 10) Marcus Adams (Canadian football)
 * 11) Rey Bucanero
 * 12) Daniel Sprong
 * 13) Gomer Hodge
 * 14) Formula One
 * 15) 2015–16 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
 * 16) Mickey Rocco
 * 17) CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship
 * 18) Stéphane Sparagna
 * 19) Rascals (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
 * 20) Catch 21
 * 21) Ted Alford
 * 22) SIS Building
 * 23) Triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's
 * 24) Earl Campbell
 * 25) 1928 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team
 * 26) Derek Dougan
 * 27) CMLL World Lightweight Championship
 * 28) 1920 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team
 * 29) 2014 Indian Super League Final
 * 30) Tour DuPont
 * 31) Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu
 * 32) Trump National Golf Club Westchester
 * 33) Raymond Howard (Wiccan)
 * 34) 1973 Preakness Stakes
 * 35) Mexican National Women's Championship
 * 36) 500 Club (Atlantic City, New Jersey)
 * 37) Der 100. Psalm
 * 38)  Club Harlem
 * 39)  2013 Paris–Nice
 * 40)  Super Mario Galaxy

Pax85

 * 1) Matthew Sands
 * 2) Betula pubescens

Rachel Helps (BYU)

 * 1) Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney − Trials and Tribulations
 * 2) Tomo Miličević

Wizardman

 * 1) Mary Polly Paaaina
 * 2) Per Brinch Hansen
 * 3) NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship
 * 4) Tony Akins (Canadian football)
 * 5) 2006 Banquet 400

Yellow Dingo

 * 1) Countdown (Star Trek: Enterprise)
 * 2) Malvern Water (bottled water)

Zwerg Nase

 * 1) 2010 Turkish Grand Prix
 * 2) 2016 Amstel Gold Race
 * 3) 1912 Giro d'Italia

Emir of Wikipedia

 * 1) Tycho Brahe
 * 2) Macrinus‎
 * 3) Flag of Hong Kong (1959–1997)
 * 4) Jordan
 * 5) Cambridge