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GA Sweeps update

Thanks to everyone's efforts to the GA Sweeps process, we are currently over 90% done with only 226 articles remain to be swept! With over 50 members participating in Sweeps, that averages out to about 4 articles per person! We are open to any new members who would like to help us complete the remaining articles, so if you're interested in helping, please see the main page. If each member reviews an article once a week this month (or several!), we'll be completely finished. At that point, awards will be handed out to reviewers. As an added incentive, if we complete over 100 articles reviewed this month, I will donate $100 to Wikipedia Forever on behalf of all GA Sweeps participants. I hope that this incentive will help to increase our motivation for completing Sweeps while supporting Wikipedia in the process. When Sweeps is completed, more reviewers will be able to spend time in reviewing GANs to assist with the backlog. If you have any questions about reviews or Sweeps let me know and I'll be happy to get back to you. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 00:24, 2 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sweep review

I've undertaken a GAR under the sweeps process, at Provisional Legislature of Oregon, which resulted in it passing. The steps in the process at Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force/Sweeps say "If the article passes review, in {{ArticleHistory}}, add an entry and classify the action as GAR kept." In all my years here, i've never edited an articlehistory, and do not actually know how to do this. It is a semi-automated task at all? Can someone assist? hamiltonstone (talk) 23:39, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's usually handled by a bot, but the documentation is rather thorough. If you can't figure it out, drop a note here and I'll give it a stab. Regards, Skomorokh 23:41, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, Skomorokh, when you say "it's usually handled by a bot", do you mean if I just leave the thing alone a bot will update it, or do you mean that in other circumstances a bot would do it, but in this case it will have to be done manually? hamiltonstone (talk) 00:10, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The latter is my (vague, unfounded) understanding; sorry for the lack of clarity. I know at FAC they will snort loudly at you for deigning to update manually, but at GAR we make do with scanter means :) Skomorokh 00:17, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's not automatic, and I've had a similar problem in the past, for which I got a mild wrist-slapping. I'll update the article history. --Malleus Fatuorum 00:19, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Slapped your wrist, eh? I'll bet that worked :-) Thanks Malleus. I'll look at what you do there, and then emulate it at two others i'm passing under the sweeps. Ta. hamiltonstone (talk) 00:31, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Be fair Hamiltonstone, it takes a brave editor to even try and get near my wrist, lest they feel the wrath of the Great God Malleus. Well, in my dreams anyway. --Malleus Fatuorum 00:42, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Malleus, on that update, you put it as "listed", but should it be "kept"? Aboutmovies (talk) 00:58, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That sounds right, and i'm fixing that, thanks. hamiltonstone (talk) 01:09, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It should have been kept, you're quite right. I'm obviously not as smart as I thnk I am. --Malleus Fatuorum 02:25, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Deep biasness from an editor

The conversation is transcluded from WP talk:GAN. I want the help of my fellow editors and reviewers here to stop this biased madness. Please help.

Just yesterday I nominated the article "Paparazzi (Lady Gaga song)" under music for GA. However, an editor who was involved in a previous dispute of the article, User:Piano non troppo suddenly chimed in and started reviewing the article. His main intention is to fail the article and hence is claiming in short that "the article is a pile load of shit". I request my fellow GA reviewrs here to request him to step down from his biased review and let a reviewer not associated with the article come and review it. He should be warned against actions like this. --Legolas ^(talk2me) 03:38, 7 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have placed notes about this on the review page and the other editor's talk page and I am prepared to undertake the review if they step down. Otherwise, it may be appropriate to take to WP:GAR if there is a dispute about the review. Jezhotwells (talk) 03:49, 7 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Piano non troppo is vehemently being aggressive regarding this article and it totally shows from the comments on his talk page that he is reviewing the article with the intention of failing it. And whether the dispute was regarding the external links or not, he was involved in editing the aricle and he should not review it. As the nominater of the article I frankly refuse to accept a review by such a biased and aggressive editor who doesnot carry any good faith. I call for a community evaluation and will raise a request at GAR. --Legolas ^(talk2me) 06:04, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please complete Megalon GAR

In summer 2009 I found the GA review for Megalon was faulty and raised a GAR, and LeGenD has a lot of work to improve the article. In late December 2009 I had an operation, and am not fit to continue as the reviewer. We'd both be grateful if an other reviewer could complete the review. --Philcha (talk) 11:58, 10 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Actually the intended referred article is Megalodon. Here is the talk page for details. This article has been vastly improved from its previous GA review state to resolve new issues pointed out by member Philcha. --LeGenD (talk) 05:36, 10 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Another GA Sweeps update

Thanks to everyone's efforts to the GA Sweeps process, we are currently over 95% done with around 130 articles left to be swept! Currently there are over 50 members participating in Sweeps, that averages out to about 3 articles per person! We are open to any new members who would like to help us complete the remaining articles, so if you're interested in helping, please see the main page. If each member reviews an article once a week this month (or several!), we'll be completely finished. At that point, awards will be handed out to reviewers. Per my message last month, although we did not review 100 articles last month, I still made a donation of $90 (we had 90 reviews completed/initiated) to Wikipedia Forever on behalf of all GA Sweeps reviewers. I would like to thank everyone's efforts for last month, and ask for additional effort this month so we can be finished. I know you guys have to be sick of seeing these updates by now. Again, when Sweeps is completed, more reviewers will be able to spend time in reviewing GANs to assist with the backlog. If you have any questions about reviews or Sweeps let me know and I'll be happy to get back to you. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 02:22, 7 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Mandatory notification

I've made a proposal that notifications for good article reassessment be made mandatory here. Lambanog (talk) 03:50, 14 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

help

I do not know how to do this but could someone nominate American civil war? That article has many problems as underlined on the talkpage. It is incomplete and doesn't show the full scope and impacts/causes of it, only major battles. 198.188.150.134 (talk) 20:35, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]