Wikipedia:Good articles/GAN Backlog Drives/March 2011

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This Good article nominations backlog elimination drive is a one-month-long effort (originally organized by the GAN WikiProject and other users) to reduce the backlog of Good Article nominations. Please make sure that you read the whole Good article review process before starting to review an article. The coordinators for this drive are MuZemike and Wizardman. If you have any questions, leave a message in the drive's talk page. This drive runs from 1 March 2011 00:00 UTC and ends on 31 March 2011 23:59 UTC.

The goal of this backlog elimination drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations to below 50 (we got below 100 last year). Awards will be given out to those individuals who do the most work in helping reduce the size of the backlog.

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 of GANs. Be thorough and complete in your GANs, and make sure all the i's are dotted and the t's crossed. Generally Good article nominations tend to result in even better improvements to articles and can go a long way especially when approaching Featured Article standing.
 * 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 judgment if concerns are/are not addressed in a timely matter. Watch the talk page and look to see what's being done and if anyone has questions.
 * 5) 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.

For new reviewers
The March 2011 elimination drive welcome and encourages those who have not yet tried their hand at GA reviewing, or those who haven't done so in some time, to join the drive, even if only to review one or two. If you feel like wanting someone to check over your review and making sure that it's good, the drive coordinators will gladly assist.

Progress
There are editors participating in the March 2011 GAN backlog elimination drive, which means the following:


 * If everybody reviewed more''' Good Article NaN nominations, we would completely clear out the GAN queue.
 * If everybody reviewed more''' Good Article NaN nominations, we would completely clear out the GAN queue.





Awards
Awards will be given out at the conclusion of the backlog elimination drive as follows:

At least 5 GANs reviewed: The Working Man's Barnstar.

At least 10 GANs reviewed: The Tireless Contributor Barnstar.

At least 20 GANs reviewed: The WikiProject Good Articles Medal of Merit.

At least 40 GANs reviewed: The Order of the Superior Scribe of Wikipedia.

And remember, the ultimate winner here is Wikipedia.

Running total
You can still join! Feel free to start at any time.

Only pass/fail will be recognized 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. Quick-fails will not be counted. Please state if the article is a pass, fail, or on hold. Make sure you follow up on holds.

Please log entries in the following format:
 * User:Username


 * 12george1


 * Adabow
 * 1)  Northern Lites (Review)
 * 2)  Vicki Leekx (Review)
 * 3)  Breaking News (song) (Review)
 * 4)  (sic)nesses (Review)
 * 5)  Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals (Review)
 * 6)  Shattered Glass (Britney Spears song) (Review)
 * 7)  Butterfly World Tour (Review)
 * 8)  The Words That Maketh Murder (Review)
 * 9)  Dig Out Your Soul (Review)


 * Admrboltz


 * AGK


 * Amadscientist


 * Belovedfreak


 * Bernstein2291


 * BigDom


 * Canadian Paul


 * CrowzRSA


 * Dana Boomer


 * DustFormsWords


 * Edge3


 * Felixboy


 * GamerPro64


 * Grapple X


 * –Grondemar


 * Harrias


 * HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?


 * Hunter Kahn


 * Jezhotwells


 * 1)  Cape Moreton Light (Review)
 * 2)  Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) (Review)
 * 3)  G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (Marvel Comics) (Review)
 * 4)  Hue-Da Nang Campaign (Review)
 * 5)  Saegusa-Ito oxidation (Review)
 * 6)  Siege of Badajoz (1658) (Review)
 * 7)  Battle of Bình Giã (Review)
 * 8)  Sotra Bridge (Review)
 * 9)  Mince pie (Review)
 * 10)  Archaeoastronomy (Review)
 * 11)  Camberwell Public Baths (Review)
 * 12)  Juha Vainio (Review)
 * 13)  Sako Chivitchian (Review)
 * 14)  Petitcodiac River (Review)
 * 15)  Imru' al-Qais (Review)
 * 16)  Junko Sakurada (Review)
 * 17)  Nordhordland Bridge (Review)
 * 18)  Megamaser (Review)
 * 19)  Battle of Lang Vei (Review)
 * 20)  Rutherfordium (Review)
 * 21)  Lympne Airport (Review)
 * 22)  Love Sex Magic (Review)
 * 23)  Body of Lies (film) (Review)
 * 24)  Cultivar (Review)
 * 25)  Emilie Autumn (Review)
 * 26)  My Heart Is Calling (Review)
 * 27)  Vlaams Blok (Review)
 * 28)  Indian Camp (Review)
 * 29)  Iranian targeted subsidy plan (Review)
 * 30)  Norwegian Public Safety Radio (Review)
 * 31)  Santa-Fe (Bob Dylan song) (Review)
 * 32)  Travel Bug (Review)
 * 33)  Lindenwood University (Review)
 * 34)  1969 FA Cup Final (Review)
 * 35)  Reaction Engines Skylon (Review)
 * 36)  Hellenic Nomarchy (Review)
 * 37)  Siege of Szigetvár (Review)
 * 38)  The River Saile (Review)
 * 39)  Freedom Party of Austria (Review)
 * 40)  Ignace Bourget (Review)
 * 41)  Somewhere (film) (Review)
 * 42)  Nazarov cyclization reaction (Review)
 * 43)  Tara (Ramayana) (Review)
 * 44)  Pasty (Review)
 * 45)  Santa Maria de Ovila (Review)
 * 46)  Hellcats (Review)
 * 47)  Battle of Ong Thanh (Review)
 * 48)  2009 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (Review)
 * 49)  Louis Clément Ngwat-Mahop (Review)
 * 50)  American Arts Commemorative Series medallions (Review)
 * 51)  HSR-350x (Review)
 * 52)  Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Homicide: Life on the Street) (Review)
 * 53)  Hillel Slovak (Review)
 * 54)  Joran van der Sloot (Review)
 * 55)  Mir (Review)
 * 56)  Pretty on the Inside (Review)
 * 57)  British rhythm and blues (Review)
 * 58)  Stephen Lynch (politician) (Review)
 * 59)  St Peter's Church, Sudbury (Review)
 * 60)  Juliusz Słowacki (Review)
 * 61)  Boise Towne Square (Review)
 * 62)  2011 Tirreno–Adriatico (Review)
 * 63)  Asher Levi (Review)
 * 64)  Michael Carrick (Review)
 * 65)  Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri (Review)
 * 66)  Abraham Quintanilla Jr (Review)
 * 67)  Kepler-8b (Review)
 * 68)  Birkebeineren Ski Stadium (Review)
 * 69)  Famine in India (Review)
 * 70)  Nuno Mendes (footballer) (Review)
 * 71)  Romeo Void (Review)
 * 72)  Autonomous Province of Korçë (Review)
 * 73)  Roman Catholicism in Greenland (Review)
 * 74)  St Gallgo's Church, Llanallgo (Review)
 * 75)  One Fierce Beer Coaster (Review)
 * 76)  Culture of Malaysia (Review)
 * 77)  Thomas Jefferson Hogg (Review)
 * 78)  Kepler-9d (Review)
 * 79)  Baščaršija (Review)
 * 80)  London Fire Brigade (Review)
 * 81)  Weather ship (Review)
 * 82)  St Caian's Church, Tregaian (Review)
 * 83)  Carmella Cammeniti (Review)
 * 84)  Work It Out (Beyoncé Knowles song) (Review)
 * 85)  Lambert–Eaton myasthenic syndrome (Review)
 * 86)  Saruman (Review)
 * 87)  No Pressure (film) (Review)
 * 88)  The Bad Girls Club (Review)
 * 89)  Mario Balotelli (Review)
 * 90)  Vestgrensa (station) (Review)
 * 91)  Lepidoptera (Review)
 * 92)  Caesar (cocktail) (Review)
 * 93)  2010 Copiapó mining accident (Review)
 * 94)  Scream (Kelis song) (Review)


 * Johnfos


 * JuneGloom07


 * KnowIG


 * Ktlynch


 * Lord Roem


 * Matthew R Dunn


 * Miyagawa


 * MuZemike


 * PeterGriffin9901


 * Pyrotec


 * Pzoxicuvybtnrm


 * Racepacket




 * Redtigerxyz


 * RJaguar3


 * Ruby2010


 * SMasters


 * Staxringold


 * Sturmvogel_66


 * Tea with toast


 * Thurgate (talk)


 * Torchiest


 * WFCforLife


 * WhatamIdoing


 * Wikicopter what i do s + c cup&#124;former


 * Wilhelmina Will


 * Wizardman



Participants

 * 1) Wizardman
 * 2) Lord Roem
 * 3) Grondemar
 * 4) Ironholds (talk)
 * 5) MuZemike
 * 6) Torchiest
 * 7) GamerPro64
 * 8) SMasters
 * 9) Sturmvogel_66
 * 10) DustFormsWords
 * 11) Juliancolton
 * 12) Staxringold
 * 13) Hunter Kahn
 * 14) ENDING-START (talk)
 * 15) Matthewedwards
 * 16) Thurgate
 * 17) Tea with toast
 * 18) Wilhelmina Will (talk)
 * 19) Bernstein2291
 * 20) Canadian Paul
 * 21) Redtigerxyz
 * 22) AGK  [&bull; ]
 * 23) The Bushranger One ping only
 * 24) Jezhotwells
 * 25) AaronY
 * 26) Wikicopter what i do s + c cup&#124;former
 * 27)  •F e l i x• T
 * 28) HJ Mitchell  &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?
 * 29) JuneGloom    Talk
 * 30) WFCforLife (talk)
 * 31) Matthew RD
 * 32) Pyrotec (talk)
 * 33) Admrboltz
 * 34)  Harrias  talk
 * 35) Adabow
 * 36) Diego Grez (talk)
 * 37) Crowz  RSA
 * 38) Belovedfreak
 * 39) User:Racepacket
 * 40) Johnfos
 * 41) Miyagawa
 * 42) User:RJaguar3
 * 43) Amadscientist
 * 44) PeterGriffin9901
 * 45) —just feel it (talk)
 * 46) -- P C  B 
 * 47) WhatamIdoing (talk)
 * 1) PeterGriffin9901
 * 2) —just feel it (talk)
 * 3) -- P C  B 
 * 4) WhatamIdoing (talk)
 * 1) —just feel it (talk)
 * 2) -- P C  B 
 * 3) WhatamIdoing (talk)
 * 1) -- P C  B 
 * 2) WhatamIdoing (talk)

Review
We will spot-check some of the completed GANs for quality control reasons. If a GAN is found not to be of an acceptable standard, it will be reassessed against the criteria.
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