BlueMoonset, in the next day or so I'm going to add a list of nominations that are 90+ days old. Would it be possible to add a third line to the chart, showing the number of such nominations, and would there be a straightforward and consistent way of charting the progress? From what I can tell, it should be fairly simple—look at the daily report of "Old nominations," look at the number of 90+ day old nominations, manually subtract those that are on review/hold/2nd opinion, and then perhaps adjust for the fact that the report is at 1 a.m. rather than midnight. But please let me know if this would be more complicated than it sounds. -- Usernameunique ( talk) 18:42, 28 June 2021 (UTC)
Adding BlueMoonset's excellent sandbox graph that includes a line for old nominations, in order to keep everything in one place. -- Usernameunique ( talk) 09:14, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
![]() | Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Usernameunique, did we get a mass message out at least to people who participated in former GAN drives? Last year I had to send out manual messages which was a pain. ( t · c) buidhe 01:52, 29 June 2021 (UTC)
May anyone just enter their name in the participants list? Are there any particularly recommended requirements for a prospective reviewer to fulfill?
Asking because a few of these look like slam dunks, and I wouldn't mind getting a slice of the action. Horsesizedduck ( talk) 22:36, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
A quite serious question: how can we know if some of these are comprehensive? For instance, Arab Christians is an absolute whopper of an article - how does someone even begin to know if it covers all the bases? - Aussie Article Writer ( talk) 16:42, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
To be clear, is the number of words that we are supposed to put next to the reviews that we've done the number of words that we wrote in our review, or the number of words in the article? Also, is there an easy built-in word count tool that I am able to use, or do I have to copy-paste into a word counter? — Mikehawk10 ( talk) 04:58, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
I looked at the top of the participants list, and noticed a problem: @ Akrasia25: has listed Talk:Charles A. Cheever/GA1 instead of Talk:Charles A. Cheever/GA2, and @ Buidhe: appears to not have noticed. I think the latter is still ongoing, in fact. Might be best to take a look at that. Horsesizedduck ( talk) 22:29, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
There are currently 7 unreviewed nominations that are 90+ days old, down from 76 when the drive began. If and when all nominations that are 90+ days old are placed on review, then unreviewed nominations that are 80+ days old will becomes eligible for the .5 point bonus. The same principle will hold true going forward—if and when all unreviewed nominations that are 80+ days old are placed on review then 70+-day-old nominations will be come eligible, and so on. More discussion here. -- Usernameunique ( talk) 21:42, 9 July 2021 (UTC)
Can a review be listed here if it's done as a reassessment? Colin M ( talk) 23:13, 12 July 2021 (UTC)
Hi all and sorry to bother you,
I'm not familiar with the nomination procedures in this wiki. Do I need to nominate this article again or is it still in the backlog? I am aware that the entire course of events (exotic topic, long time without reviewer, then lengthy process of rewriting the article, then withdrawal of the reviewer) was rather unlucky and I am not going to blame anyone for this mess. But I'd love to know where we stand ;-) Thanks, → «« Man77 »» 19:13, 14 July 2021 (UTC)
Where does the number "4,000" come from when awarding an extra point? Why not keep it simple with "5,000"? Some Dude From North Carolina ( talk) 15:15, 17 July 2021 (UTC)
Friendly reminder to all participants to please ensure all articles you are reviewing are listed on the backlog drive page by the end of the drive tomorrow. And if anyone is still looking to participate or qualify for a higher barnstar, feel free to grab another article; any review started before the drive ends will count, even if it is finished afterwards. Pings: A. C. Santacruz, Akrasia25, Amitchell125, ArnabSaha, Artem.G, AryKun, Aza24, BennyOnTheLoose, Casliber, Chipmunkdavis, Citing, Colin M, Damien Linnane, DocFreeman24, Etriusus, Epicgenius, Extraordinary Writ, Ganesha811, GeneralPoxter, Gerald Waldo Luis, Gog the Mild, Goldsztajn, Haleth, Harper J. Cole, HawkAussie, HickoryOughtShirt?4, Hog Farm, Horsesizedduck, -ink&fables, Jburlinson, JPxG, GhostRiver, Kyle Peake, Lazman321, Lee Vilenski, Marshelec, Mikehawk10, Modussiccandi, MrLinkinPark333, MSG17, Muboshgu, MWright96, Npthura, Paul W, Peacemaker67, Pickersgill-Cunliffe, REDMAN 2019, Rotideypoc41352, Reidgreg, RunningTiger123, S Marshall, Sammi Brie, simongraham, Some Dude From North Carolina, SSSB, Steelkamp, Tayi Arajakate, Teratix, The Most Comfortable Chair, The Rambling Man, Tomobe03, Urve, Vaticidalprophet, VersaceSpace, Wasted Time R, Wetrorave, Willbb234, Wizardman, Z1720. -- Usernameunique ( talk) 19:03, 30 July 2021 (UTC)
Sorry I've been kinda MIA here the last week, but I hope to get around to validating more reviews later today. ( t · c) buidhe 23:52, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
Buidhe & Lee Vilenski, I've finished calculating the points. If you agree, I'll hand out the barnstars. As an aside, I've avoided officially calculating the points for myself; I believe them to be 20, but if one of you would like to sign off, please feel free. -- Usernameunique ( talk) 02:35, 14 September 2021 (UTC)
BlueMoonset, in the next day or so I'm going to add a list of nominations that are 90+ days old. Would it be possible to add a third line to the chart, showing the number of such nominations, and would there be a straightforward and consistent way of charting the progress? From what I can tell, it should be fairly simple—look at the daily report of "Old nominations," look at the number of 90+ day old nominations, manually subtract those that are on review/hold/2nd opinion, and then perhaps adjust for the fact that the report is at 1 a.m. rather than midnight. But please let me know if this would be more complicated than it sounds. -- Usernameunique ( talk) 18:42, 28 June 2021 (UTC)
Adding BlueMoonset's excellent sandbox graph that includes a line for old nominations, in order to keep everything in one place. -- Usernameunique ( talk) 09:14, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
![]() | Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Usernameunique, did we get a mass message out at least to people who participated in former GAN drives? Last year I had to send out manual messages which was a pain. ( t · c) buidhe 01:52, 29 June 2021 (UTC)
May anyone just enter their name in the participants list? Are there any particularly recommended requirements for a prospective reviewer to fulfill?
Asking because a few of these look like slam dunks, and I wouldn't mind getting a slice of the action. Horsesizedduck ( talk) 22:36, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
A quite serious question: how can we know if some of these are comprehensive? For instance, Arab Christians is an absolute whopper of an article - how does someone even begin to know if it covers all the bases? - Aussie Article Writer ( talk) 16:42, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
To be clear, is the number of words that we are supposed to put next to the reviews that we've done the number of words that we wrote in our review, or the number of words in the article? Also, is there an easy built-in word count tool that I am able to use, or do I have to copy-paste into a word counter? — Mikehawk10 ( talk) 04:58, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
I looked at the top of the participants list, and noticed a problem: @ Akrasia25: has listed Talk:Charles A. Cheever/GA1 instead of Talk:Charles A. Cheever/GA2, and @ Buidhe: appears to not have noticed. I think the latter is still ongoing, in fact. Might be best to take a look at that. Horsesizedduck ( talk) 22:29, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
There are currently 7 unreviewed nominations that are 90+ days old, down from 76 when the drive began. If and when all nominations that are 90+ days old are placed on review, then unreviewed nominations that are 80+ days old will becomes eligible for the .5 point bonus. The same principle will hold true going forward—if and when all unreviewed nominations that are 80+ days old are placed on review then 70+-day-old nominations will be come eligible, and so on. More discussion here. -- Usernameunique ( talk) 21:42, 9 July 2021 (UTC)
Can a review be listed here if it's done as a reassessment? Colin M ( talk) 23:13, 12 July 2021 (UTC)
Hi all and sorry to bother you,
I'm not familiar with the nomination procedures in this wiki. Do I need to nominate this article again or is it still in the backlog? I am aware that the entire course of events (exotic topic, long time without reviewer, then lengthy process of rewriting the article, then withdrawal of the reviewer) was rather unlucky and I am not going to blame anyone for this mess. But I'd love to know where we stand ;-) Thanks, → «« Man77 »» 19:13, 14 July 2021 (UTC)
Where does the number "4,000" come from when awarding an extra point? Why not keep it simple with "5,000"? Some Dude From North Carolina ( talk) 15:15, 17 July 2021 (UTC)
Friendly reminder to all participants to please ensure all articles you are reviewing are listed on the backlog drive page by the end of the drive tomorrow. And if anyone is still looking to participate or qualify for a higher barnstar, feel free to grab another article; any review started before the drive ends will count, even if it is finished afterwards. Pings: A. C. Santacruz, Akrasia25, Amitchell125, ArnabSaha, Artem.G, AryKun, Aza24, BennyOnTheLoose, Casliber, Chipmunkdavis, Citing, Colin M, Damien Linnane, DocFreeman24, Etriusus, Epicgenius, Extraordinary Writ, Ganesha811, GeneralPoxter, Gerald Waldo Luis, Gog the Mild, Goldsztajn, Haleth, Harper J. Cole, HawkAussie, HickoryOughtShirt?4, Hog Farm, Horsesizedduck, -ink&fables, Jburlinson, JPxG, GhostRiver, Kyle Peake, Lazman321, Lee Vilenski, Marshelec, Mikehawk10, Modussiccandi, MrLinkinPark333, MSG17, Muboshgu, MWright96, Npthura, Paul W, Peacemaker67, Pickersgill-Cunliffe, REDMAN 2019, Rotideypoc41352, Reidgreg, RunningTiger123, S Marshall, Sammi Brie, simongraham, Some Dude From North Carolina, SSSB, Steelkamp, Tayi Arajakate, Teratix, The Most Comfortable Chair, The Rambling Man, Tomobe03, Urve, Vaticidalprophet, VersaceSpace, Wasted Time R, Wetrorave, Willbb234, Wizardman, Z1720. -- Usernameunique ( talk) 19:03, 30 July 2021 (UTC)
Sorry I've been kinda MIA here the last week, but I hope to get around to validating more reviews later today. ( t · c) buidhe 23:52, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
Buidhe & Lee Vilenski, I've finished calculating the points. If you agree, I'll hand out the barnstars. As an aside, I've avoided officially calculating the points for myself; I believe them to be 20, but if one of you would like to sign off, please feel free. -- Usernameunique ( talk) 02:35, 14 September 2021 (UTC)