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The good article nominations backlog elimination drive is a month-long effort organized by the Military history WikiProject to reduce the backlog of good article nominations. This drive runs from 1 October 2010 00:00 UTC and ends on 31 October 2010 23:59 UTC.

The goal of this backlog elimination drive is to eliminate the number of outstanding military history good article nominations in the queue. Awards will be given out to those individuals who do the most work in helping reduce the size of the backlog. All articles within the scope of the Military history WikiProject will count for this contest. Reviews already begun before the contest starts are ineligible.

The coordinator for this drive is Sturmvogel_66. If you have any questions, please contact him directly or leave a message on the drive's talk page.

Please make sure that you read the whole good article review process before starting to review an article. The majority of the backlog can be found here, but all military history articles are eligible no matter where they're located.

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.

Reviews will be spot-checked for quality control reasons. If a GAN is found not to be of an acceptable standard, it will be reassessed against the criteria.

The October 2010 elimination drive welcomes 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.

87 articles have been reviewed or been placed on hold so far. JonCatalan is in the lead with 39, with Skinny87 dropping behind in second with 29. WikiCopter (radio • sorties • images • shot down) 22:22, 14 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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

At least 2 GANs reviewed: The Working Man's Barnstar.

At least 5 GANs reviewed: The Tireless Contributor Barnstar.

At least 10 GANs reviewed: The WikiProject Good Articles Medal of Merit.

At least 20 GANs reviewed: The Order of the Superior Scribe of Wikipedia.

In addition, the person who reviews the most Good Article nominations during the backlog elimination drive will receive the Content Review Medal of Merit.

And remember, the ultimate winner here is Wikipedia.

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, 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|]]
((Div col|cols=3)) 
#((icon|GA)) [[John Doe]]
#((icon|NoGA)) [[Jane Doe]]
#((icon|GAH)) [[John Smith]]
((Div col end))

Keristrasza

WikiCopter

JonCatalán

Skinny87

AustralianRupert

Jim Sweeney

Cam

Ed!

Sturmvogel_66