This page details circumstances in which reviews may be closed. Peer review (PR) resources are limited and, in order to try and provide all peer review requests with a response, some limits have to be placed on requests as well. Requests exceeding these limits can be removed. Requests that are removed can be relisted when they no longer exceed these limits.
Note: These limits are based on this discussion and this discussion. Every editor is invited to close inactive discussions. Please only do so with the following kinds of requests:
Sometimes an editor wants to know if an article is suitable to be nominated to be a good article or featured article. If this is the case, and a reviewer who is familiar with the good article review criteria or featured article criteria thinks that an article stands a reasonable chance of passing, then they may close your review and suggest a direct nomination. This can save months of waiting, and also the time and resources of the limited number of active peer reviewers. When an article that is suitable as a direct nomination, the review should be closed. To do this, close the review the normal way and copy to the review page:
Reviewers -- please be careful that the review is not asking for feedback to improve the article in general; and that you genuinely believe an article to have a reasonable chance of meeting the above criteria |
This page details circumstances in which reviews may be closed. Peer review (PR) resources are limited and, in order to try and provide all peer review requests with a response, some limits have to be placed on requests as well. Requests exceeding these limits can be removed. Requests that are removed can be relisted when they no longer exceed these limits.
Note: These limits are based on this discussion and this discussion. Every editor is invited to close inactive discussions. Please only do so with the following kinds of requests:
Sometimes an editor wants to know if an article is suitable to be nominated to be a good article or featured article. If this is the case, and a reviewer who is familiar with the good article review criteria or featured article criteria thinks that an article stands a reasonable chance of passing, then they may close your review and suggest a direct nomination. This can save months of waiting, and also the time and resources of the limited number of active peer reviewers. When an article that is suitable as a direct nomination, the review should be closed. To do this, close the review the normal way and copy to the review page:
Reviewers -- please be careful that the review is not asking for feedback to improve the article in general; and that you genuinely believe an article to have a reasonable chance of meeting the above criteria |