Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/July–August 2007 Backlog Elimination Drive

AFC Barnstar

There is currently a backlog of a little more than one year of unreviewed articles. There are attempts being made to clear it, but without the participation of everyone, this is going to take a very long time. The drive is loosely based on WikiProject Biography's assessment drive. Depending on the number of articles reviewed, you will receive an award. Of course, just for participating, everyone who actively contributes to the drive will receive a WikiThanks, and maybe a smile. :)

How to help

This category contains all archive pages currently having unreviewed submissions. When you find a submission that has not been reviewed, follow the following steps, as usual.

Verify that the submission is not a copyright violation and meets applicable notability guidelines.

• If the article looks suitable for Wikipedia:
  1. Create the article, crediting the submitter's IP address or username in the initial edit summary for GFDL compliance.
     • Consider adding the new article to categories, and tagging it with appropriate cleanup templates.
     • If the article is a stub, add the {{stub}} template, or the appropriate category-specific stub templates.
     • Add {{WPAFC}} to the talk page of the new article to flag it as part of the AFC WikiProject.
  2. Leave a reply below the submitted text, noting that the article has been created. You can use the template {{subst:afc accept}} to do this quickly. Be sure to sign your reply with ~~~~.
  3. Mark the submission with {{subst:afc top|accept}} just below the headline, and {{subst:afc b}} at the very bottom.
  4. Add {{subst:Afc talk|Article Name}} to the talk of the IP address that submitted the article, to inform them that their submission was successful. Be sure to sign your message with ~~~~.
• If the article does not look suitable for Wikipedia:
  1. Immediately remove any copyright violations, personal attacks, or patent nonsense from the submission.
  2. Write a quick reply explaining why the article is not a good idea. These templates provide quick responses to common problems. Be sure to sign your reply with ~~~~.
  3. Mark the submission with {{subst:afc top}} just below the headline, and {{subst:afc b}} at the very bottom.

Mass Moderation

A new system has been implemented on the Project's talk page to quickly clear all old archives. You can use the system by quickly "skimming" the page, looking for any submissions that would be appropriate. Create the ones that would, as usual. For the requests that you would normally decline, just don't add any explanation as to why you declined it. Enclose any requests you mass moderate in {{subst:afc top|mm}} and {{subst:afc b}} tags. You do not have separately enclose each request - several requests can be included in the same set of tags. Be careful when using the mass moderation method, because you can easily miss some good submissions. When you have fully reviewed a page by mass moderating, add {{afc mass}} to the top of the page, to produce this.

All article submissions on this archive page have been mass moderated, and none of the remaining submissions are suitable for articles on Wikipedia. The page has been mass moderated and can safely be marked as completed.

[[Category:AfC submissions by date/|]]

This system is quite effective, but do not use it unless you understand it fully.

For help contact Flubeca as Groovedog is on vacation from July 15th to July 20th.

Awards

For reviewing X number of articles, you will be awarded:

1 article: Sandwich of Exceptional Excellence

10 articles: {{WikiCookie}}

25 articles: A smile!

50 articles: The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar

100 articles: The AFC Barnstar!

Also the top three participants will receive the following:

• 
  The Golden Wiki Award - 1st place
• 
  The Silver Wiki Award - 2nd place
• 
  The Bronze Wiki Award - 3rd place

Running Total

• Lying about your total makes you disqualified for any prize, because honesty is the best policy!

Invitation

This drive is open to everyone who wants to help shoot down the backlog. The awards mentioned above are OK, but the greatest award will be that of accomplishment. If you know anyone who might want to help, put this template on their talk page: {{subst:WPAFCDrive}}, which will produce this.

Hello WikiProject Articles for creation:

WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive!
The goal of this drive is to reduce the backlog of unreviewed drafts to less than 2 months outstanding reviews from the current 4+ months. Bonus points will be given for reviewing drafts that have been waiting more than 30 days. The drive is running from 1 November 2023 through 30 November 2023.

You may find Category:AfC pending submissions by age or other categories and sorting helpful.

Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive.

There is a backlog of over 1500 pages, so start reviewing drafts. We're looking forward to your help! ~~~~

Thanks for all your participation! The drive will begin on July 15th, and run all the way to August 15th. Let's get the backlog!!