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User talk:AndreNatas/Archive 1
[edit] Liberal Democrats
How did you manage to revert so fast? It was as fast as lightning! Kudos. 79.73.45.103 (talk) 19:01, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
Now if you understood late-1980s British politics, well, then, you'd understand. Septics, where would we be without them? Without Obama on our prospective plates, anyway.
Just Google "Margaret Thatcher" and "ex-parrot". Go on. You know you want to. 79.73.45.103 (talk) 19:04, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Thanks...
...for the revert on my talk page. D Justin Eiler (talk) 19:05, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] RfA - Discospinster
Thank you so much for your support in my RfA, which was successful with a final count of 70/1/1! ... discospinster talk 23:54, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
You may have kinda cheated, but here you go:
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I suggest adoption since your kinda new here. If you don't know what it is, feel free to ask at my talkpage.--RyRy5 (talk) 02:34, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
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- Well, if you need any help at all, please just ask me at my talkpage. Good luck editing!--RyRy5 (talk) 20:03, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Reverting users blanking thier talk page
Please don't do this. Established users can blank their talk pages if they want to. Theresa Knott | The otter sank 19:32, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
- Apologies, my mistake. AndreNatas (talk) 19:32, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] User warnings
Hi, I see that you revert vandalism, just to inform you that it's conventional to warn vandals. This is part of the process of cleaning up vandalism. They are four levels of warnings, in case of vandalism after last warning, the user is reported to WP:AIV so he can be blocked. Cenarium (talk) 21:04, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] alright
I'm sorry geez, that seriously wasn't ment as a vandalism and neither is this, I just thought it was pretty funny, but I had my fun and now satisfied King food (talk) 15:30, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Thank you
Thank you for tagging the talk page for 163.153.15.27. The district reports that they have identified the student involved and that they are taking appropriate action. --NERIC-Security (talk) 17:45, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Please refrain from adding comments back
Please refrain from adding back in comments as you have been doing to User_talk:209.169.244.29 I have reverted the page to its previous state.Ripster40 (talk) 22:08, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
I only followed an admin, who was also reverting. AndreNatas (talk) 22:12, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] RFA thanks
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| Thanks for your early support on my request for adminship. It passed 92/2/2, and I hope to remain as helpful, friendly, constructive and useful as you claim I am, particularly with my nifty new set of tools. ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 23:27, 17 March 2008 (UTC) |
[edit] Re: RFA
I'm sorry, but I cannot accept your RFA. I don't think it's quite that time yet. I know a lot of users will be looking for major contributions in my contribution list (which they will have a hard time finding). Maybe next time, though. --EoL talk 22:34, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
- Sorry, slipped my mind. --EoL talk 21:02, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
now once i delete something off my page you do not have the right to revert it back...i dont care who it is from or what is about....anoymous....
Thanks for reverting recent vandalism to KEFW, although further edits have been made that are vandalism. Can you please revert them? Alex Holowczak (talk) 18:10, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
- No problem, and thankyou. :) Alex Holowczak (talk) 18:13, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Thanks for the support
Oh snap, the DEA is an admin
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I would like to thank you for your participation in my recent RfA, which I'm very glad to say was successful at 81/7/0. Some of the very best that Wikipedia has to offer came out to support or oppose me and the kind words from all the editors has really given me confidence to be an admin and I can't wait to start. I will take the advice of the opposes and not jump into any content disputes immediately. As well, I will try to add more content myself. Anyways, in thanks for participating in my RfA, I've made you this French pastry. Enjoy! -- ÐeadΣyeДrrow (Talk - Contribs) 14:16, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
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[edit] What are you talking about?
I don't understand a thing. Either there is a problem in my broser application or Wikipedia has a problem with some users only.116.48.108.40 (talk) 12:13, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
You should know that Grawp has used hundreds of sockpuppets and endless IPs from all over the world. He is a long-term professional vandal. I would welcome your assistance in reverting his edits; he's been targeting the edits of specific editors, including me. If you look at my edits and look for ones that have be undone by an IP or a brand new account, you'll have found Grawp. I'll warn you, though; you'll have your pages vandalized and may earn more of his attention. Cheers, Jack Merridew 13:25, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
- I just left a note for User:Thatcher, a checkuser looking at this case; the other checkuser is User:Alison and you should see
- Cheers, Jack Merridew 13:44, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for you help here; I'm done for today. Cheers, Jack Merridew 15:14, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] User:RachelMarsden
I don't think you should be removing content from there at this time. Just let her have her say and move on... Martinp23 16:34, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
I have just posted that as my reply on ANI. AndreNatas (talk) 16:35, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
Don't tell me what to do because you are nobody. Second, why can't I speak to her? --Damifb (talk) 16:56, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
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- The thing is I've been trying to be blocked and nobody will do it. What I have to do? Kill a user? Plus, I would like to see what seh answers.
--Damifb (talk) 17:00, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
Long time no see. I was just on RC patrol and I decided to stop by. I'm the one who suggested adoption before and gave you my barnstar. I know you didn't want it before but, will you be my 5th adoptee? I improved my signature and my userpage. I have 2200+ edits now (last time I only had about 900).--RyRy5 talk 17:04, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
- You can also participate in my Adoption Program too. It's actually really helpful. Tell me when you have decided.--RyRy5 talk 17:08, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
- It doesn't really matter how long you have been on wikipedia. What matters is your experience. For example, your edit count. I know I have alot more experience than you because your edit count is 1200 edits lower than mine. That's 1 reason why people have been asking me to adopt them.--RyRy5 talk 17:11, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
- Well, really only I can manage my adoption program because I'm teaching my adoptees. Sorry. Well, while I'm still here. Do you have the rollback feature yet, since you think your more experienced than me?--RyRy5 talk 17:18, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
- Well I have the feature too (that didn't solve anything...). So, if you want to help out and not join, what do you plan to do? I have been also nominated for Adminship, twice (how about you?).--RyRy5 talk 17:23, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
- I didn't accept the nominations by the way. Well, I changed my mine on adopting you, but didn't you say you wanted to help out in the program? If you want to help, what would you do?--RyRy5 talk 17:27, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Hired?
If I'm going to hire you, you should take one of my tests. So far, 2 out of 3 have passed the test I may give you. Do you want to try it?--RyRy5 talk 17:32, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
- Before I give you the test, remember that you need at least a B to pass. Oh, and do you know how to organize your messages like how I have been giving you messages?--RyRy5 talk 17:36, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
- Actually, it's using colons in front of your message. Look at the section above and you should see how each message I give you are going in a stair-like picture. Archiving is something else. I'll explain later, anyway, here is your test:
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- Answer each of these questions. You may do researching on wikipedia to help answer these questions. Each question is worth 2 points.
- What is vandalism?- Unwanted disruption, damage of articles. WP:VAND
- What is an adminisrator and how do you become one? A user who has priviledges to block, delete, protect. A user can become an admin at WP:RFA
- What is a rollback and how do you use it? A tool for reverting quickly, used by clicking "rollback" on a diff page next to a recent edit.
- Is it possible to ban someone from editing at wikipedia?- It depends, a ban can be set by the concensus of syops or by the Arbcom, WP:ARB
- What is a subpage and how do you format it to create one? A subpage is a minor page of another page, created by putting a "/" then a title next to the title of the first page.
- What is a template?- A wikipedia "template" is a page which can be placed onto lots of wikipedia pages easily, templates are represented by "}} {{"
- What is a barnstar?- A barnstar is a general picture award for excellence in editing wikipedia.
- Is a secret page a subpage?- Yes
- What is a revert?- A removal or undoing of an edit which could be bad.
- What is the main goal of wikipedia?- to build an encyclopedia of course.
Extra Credit (optional). Worth 6 points.
- What can an adminisrator do that a normal user cannot do. Name 3 examples.
- block
- protect
- delete
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- When you are done, please tell me on my talkpage so I can grade your test.
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--RyRy5 talk 17:42, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
- You Passed! Sorry for me being a little mean during these last few messages.--RyRy5 talk 17:51, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
- Well, 90% plus the extra credit, 120%. Good Job! Now, may I teach you something first? Your not my adoptee, but you have to learn this.--RyRy5 talk 17:57, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Colons
You always have to use this while sending messages. Example:This is what you are doing when sending messages.
- This is example 1 without the colon in front of your message.
- No Colon This is exaple 1
- No Colons This is example
Example:This what you should be doing.
- First message
- 1 colon second message
- 2 colon third message
Eample:This is what it should look like. Hi, I'm RyRy5--RyRy5 talk 18:18, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
- I like baseball--RyRy5 talk 18:18, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
- I also like wikipedia--RyRy5 talk 18:18, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
- Thank you for your kindness--RyRy5 talk 18:18, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
- Do you see how the messages are getting further away from eachother?--RyRy5 talk 18:18, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
- That's it.--RyRy5 talk 18:18, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Blocked
See Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Molag Bal (2).
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This blocked user (block log | autoblocks | rangeblocks | unblock | contribs | deleted contribs) has asked to be unblocked, but an administrator has reviewed and declined this request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy). Do not remove this unblock request while you are blocked.
Request reason: "I deserve to be unblocked, when you transform an article from this [1] to [2] this in over an hour."
Decline reason: "Not when you're a banned user — Chris 12:21, 24 March 2008 (UTC)"
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[edit] April GA Newsletter
The April issue of the WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter is now available. Dr. Cash (talk) 03:44, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
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- Project News
- There are currently 3,868 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.
- The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 195 unreviewed articles. Out of 267 total nominations, 57 are on hold, 13 are under review, and 2 are seeking a second opinion. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article or three as soon as you have a chance!
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- The categories with the largest backlogs are: Theatre, film and drama (27 articles), Sports and recreation (25 articles), Transport (24 articles), Music (19 articles), War and military (19 articles), Politics and government (18 articles), Religion, mysticism and mythology (16 articles), Literature (14 articles), World history (14 articles), and Video and computer games (14 articles).
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- The backlog at Good Article Reassessment currently stands at 12 articles up for re-review.
- GA Sweeps Update
The GA Sweeps process is progressing nicely! During the month of March, a total of 92 articles were reviewed. Of that total, 74 were found to continue to meet the GA criteria, and 18 were delisted. There are currently 14 articles that are still on hold in this process, awaiting revisions. Congratulations to Nehrams2020 (talk · contribs), who sweeped a whopping 51 articles during the month! Jackyd101 (talk · contribs) also deserves congrats for sweeping a total of 26 articles!
- Reviewer of the Month
Dihydrogen monoxide is the GAN Reviewer of the Month for March, based on the assessments made by Dr. Cash on the number and thoroughness of the reviews made by individual reviewers each week. Dihydrogen monoxide hails from Brisbane in Queensland, Australia, and has been editing Wikipedia since April 6, 2007. He has contributed to 8 Featured articles and is an avid reviewer and contributor to the Good articles program. Other reviewers should check out his Noob's Guide to GA Reviewing. Congratulations to Dihydrogen monoxide!
Other outstanding reviewers during the month of March include:
- Member News
There are now 195 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to the 13 new members that joined during the month of March:
This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!
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- To delist or not to delist, that is the question
So you’ve found an article that, on the face of it, does not merit its good article status. What next? Especially where there are many glaring issues that need addressing, it’s tempting to just revoke its GA status and remove it from the list, but although we are encouraged as editors to be bold, this approach (known to some as "bold delisting") is not recommended good practice. There are many reasons why a listed article might not meet the assessment criteria—it’s always possible that it never did, and was passed in error, but more likely the criteria have changed or the article quality has degraded since its original assessment. Either way, we should treat its reassessment with no less tact and patience than we would a fresh nomination.
This, in fact, provides a good starting point for the delisting process. Approach the article as though it has been nominated for GA review. Read it and the GA criteria carefully, and provide a full reassessment on the article talk page. Explain where and why the article no longer meets the criteria, and suggest remedies.
Having explained why the article no longer meets current GA criteria, allow its editors time to fix it! In keeping with the above approach, it may help to treat the article as on hold. There is no need to tag it as such, but give editors a reasonable deadline, and consider helping out with the repair work. Bear in mind that more flexibility may be required than for a normal hold—the editors did not request or expect your reassessment and will probably have other projects taking up their time. They may not have worked on the article for months or even years, and at worst the article may have been abandoned and its authors no longer active. As always, communication is the key. It sometimes helps to post messages to relevant WikiProjects (found at the top of the article talk page), or to contact editors directly (this tool is useful for identifying active editors for any given article).
Only once the above process has run its course, and sufficient improvement has not been forthcoming, is it time to think about delisting the article. Communicate your final decision on the article talk page, even if there was no response to your reassessment and hold, and take the time to fill in the various edit summaries on the article talk and GA list pages to ensure the delisting is transparent and trackable. If you have any doubts about your final decision, you can list the article at Good article reassessment or contact one of the GA mentors, who will be happy to advise.
Article reassessment is perhaps the single most controversial function of our WikiProject, and the one with the most potential to upset and alienate editors. Yet it is one of the most necessary too, since without the ability to revoke an article’s status we would be unable to maintain quality within the project. However, if we approach reassessment sensitively and with the goal of improving articles to the point where sanctions are unnecessary, we will ensure that delisting is the last resort, not the first.
- From the Editors
As we near the 4,000 Good Articles milestone, the project continues to grow and to gain respect in the Wikipedia community. Nevertheless, we continue to have a large backlog. If every member of WikiProject Good Articles would review just one article each day during the month of April, the backlog would be eliminated!
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The May Newsletter for WikiProject Good Articles has now been published. Dr. Cash (talk) 22:16, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
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- Project News
- There are currently 4,050 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.
- The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 195 unreviewed articles. Out of 227 total nominations, 16 are on hold, 14 are under review, and two are seeking a second opinion. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article or three as soon as you have a chance!
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- The categories with the largest backlogs are: Theatre, film and drama (45), Sports and recreation (34), Music (18), Transport (15), World history (14), Politics and government (13), and Places (12).
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- The backlog at Good Article Reassessment currently stands at 17 articles up for re-review.
- GAN Reviewer of the Month
Noble Story (talk · contribs) is the GAN Reviewer of the Month for April, based on the assessments made by Dr. Cash on the number and thoroughness of the reviews made by individual reviewers each week. Noble Story joined Wikipedia on May 16, 2007. He is a big fan of the Houston Rockets, and edits many related articles, as well as articles on basketball in general. Congratulations to Noble Story (talk · contribs) on being April's GAN Reviewer of the Month!
Other outstanding reviewers during the month of April include:
- Member News
There are now 212 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to the 17 new members that joined during the month of April:
This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!
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- GA Topic
Do you know what a GA topic is? If you are not nodding your head, or don't know what I'm talking about, then you should pay attention to this article.
There are ten GA top-level topics (but you will spot the eleventh as this article goes along). These topics are: Arts, Language and literature, Philosophy and religion, Everyday life, Social sciences and society, Geography and places, History, Engineering and technology, Mathematics, and Natural sciences. Each of these topics are further narrowed down to more specific topics. For example, Arts can be narrowed down to Art and architecture, Music, and Theatre, film and drama. But let's not get into sub-topics in this article because of its depth.
Now you will probably ask, "I already knew this, so what is your point?" What I want to illustrate is that some people often forget a step when they promote an article to GA. After they have posted their review in the article talk page, added the article name to the corresponding topic in the good article page, increased the GA count by 1, and added the {{GA}} to article talk page, many reviewers tend to forget to add the topic parameter in {{GA}} or {{ArticleHistory}}. You can browse the topic parameter abbreviations at on this page as well as what each top-level GA topic means, because sometimes it can be chaotic and confusing to pick a topic. For example, should On the Origin of Species be placed under the Natural Science topic (because it's related to evolution), or under the Language and Literature topic (because it is a book)? The correct answer is to place it under Language and literature topic, because its categorization as a proper title supercedes other categories.
Let's go back to the page that shows GA topics; does anyone spot the eleventh topic? Yes, Category:Uncategorized good articles is the 11th topic, only it shouldn't be there. Articles that do not have a topic parameter in either {{GA}} or {{ArticleHistory}} will be placed in this category. The topic "Uncategorized" is not very informative, is it? So if you have time, you can consider cleaning up the articles that are left in this category and move them to the appropriate category by adding a topic parameter.
That's it for this month, I hope you learned a little from it.
- GA Sweeps Update
The GA Sweeps process is progressing nicely! During the month of April, a total of 26 articles were reviewed. Of that total, 15 were found to continue to meet the GA criteria, and two were delisted. There are currently six articles that are still on hold in this process, awaiting revisions. One article was exempted from review because it was promoted to FA. Two articles were exempted from review because they were already delisted by another member in the community.
We are once again recruiting new sweeps participants. Candidates should be very strong and comfortable in reviewing GA and familiar with the GA processes and criteria. If you are interested, please contact OhanaUnited for details.
- Did You Know...
- ...that there are slightly less than twice as many Good Articles as Featured Articles?
- ...that the total number of Good Articles and Featured Articles combined is 6,085?
- ...that different languages have different symbols representing GA? (Alemannic uses
, Bavarian uses , Czech and French use , Estonian, Icelandic, and Swedish use , Esperanto and German use , Polish, Spanish, and Turkish use , Portuguese uses , Russian uses , Ukrainian uses )
Note: Lithuanian and Serbian have their own symbol but only uploaded locally. Other languages not listed above either have the same symbol as english or they don't have GA process.
- From the Editors
There is currently a debate on adding a small green dot to the top right corner of all Good Articles that pass the criteria, similar to the small bronze star that is added to the top right corner of Featured Articles. Members of WikiProject Good Articles are encouraged to participate in the debate on this page.
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- Project News
- There are currently 4,266 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.
- The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 157 unreviewed articles. Out of 215 total nominations, 44 are on hold, 13 are under review, and one is seeking a second opinion. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article or three as soon as you have a chance!
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- The oldest unreviewed articles are: Choctaw, One Night Stand (2007), Justin Tuck, Tristan Tzara, The Stake Out (Seinfeld episode), Impalement arts, Backlash (2007), Adelaide Rams, and Sam Cowan.
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- The categories with the largest backlogs are: Theatre, film and drama (31), Sports and recreation (31), Transport (24), Music (13), and Art and architecture (11)
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- The backlog at Good Article Reassessment currently stands at 4 articles up for re-review.
- GA Sweeps Update
The GA Sweeps process is progressing nicely! During the month of May, a total of 82 articles were reviewed. Of that total, 71 were found to continue to meet the GA criteria, and 11 were delisted. There are currently 15 articles that are still on hold in this process, awaiting revisions.
We are once again recruiting new sweeps participants. Candidates should be very strong and comfortable in reviewing GA and familiar with the GA processes and criteria. If you are interested, please contact OhanaUnited for details.
- GAN Reviewer of the Month
Giggy (talk · contribs) (a.k.a. Dihydrogen Monoxide (talk · contribs)) is the GAN Reviewer of the Month for May, based on the assessments made by Dr. Cash on the number and thoroughness of the reviews made by individual reviewers each week. Giggy had a whopping 45 reviews during the month of May! Congratulations to Giggy (talk · contribs) on being May's GAN Reviewer of the Month!
Other outstanding reviewers during the month of May include:
Also, with 19 nominations, Mitchazenia (talk · contribs) is the nominator of the month, followed by TonyTheTiger (talk · contribs) with 8 nominations submitted.
- Member News
There are now 216 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to the 6 new members that joined during the month of April:
This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!
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- New GA Review Process - Review Subpages
In case you haven't noticed, we initiated a new process for GA Reviews at the end of last month. The {{GA nominee}} template was modified to direct new reviews initiated on an article to begin on a subpage of article talkspace (e.g. [[Talk:Article/GA#]], where '#' is the current number of GA reviews conducted for the article, incremented automatically, starting with 1). The primary reason for this change is to address some concerns made by several Wikipedians that previous GA reviews are not easily accessible in archives, the way that featured article reviews and peer reviews are, since the review is conducted on the article's talkspace, instead of in a subpage of the featured article space or peer review space. The reason we opted to move GA reviews to article talkspace (instead of GA space) is to better maintain the personal relationship between editor(s) and reviewer(s) by keeping reviews done in an area where editors can easily access it. Nonetheless, we still desired to have better archiving and maintenance of past reviews, so that GA ultimately becomes more accountable.
When an article is nominated, the nominator adds the template using a substitution, by adding {{subst:GAN|subtopic=<name of subtopic for article at GAN>}}, as well as lists the article (as usual) at WP:GAN in the appropriate category.
When a reviewer initiates a review of an article, all that needs to be done is to read the template on the article's {{GA nominee}} template on its talk page, and click on the link to start the review. When the reviewer clicks on that link, they will also see some instructions on how to start a review of a GAN. For new reviewers, there's also a link to the Good Article criteria, as well as to the Wikipedia:Reviewing good articles page and the mentors list. Once an article is reviewed, the GA review page should be transcluded onto the main article talk page, by adding {{Talk:Article/GA#}} to the bottom of the talk page. This is to ensure maintain the transparency of the GA process, as well as to make editors of the article in question aware that the review is taking place. When an article is either passed or failed, there's really nothing different to do in the process, although reviewers are encouraged to utilize the {{ArticleHistory}} template, linking to the GA review subpage with the 'action#link' parameter.
- Did You Know...
- ... that there are slightly more than twice as many Good Articles (4,266) as there are Featured Articles?
- ... that Giggy has some really neat and useful tools to assist reviewers in conducting their reviews?
- ... that there are ten experienced reviewers listed on the GA mentors list that can offer assistance or a second opinion in reviewing articles?
- From the Editors
A GA working party has initiated discussion on ways to improve the Good Article project and processes. The goal of the working party is to come up with suggestions for improvement based on recent issues and concerns raised in the past, primarily in the wake of the Great Green Dot Debate of May 2008. The discussion can be found here. Members of the working party include: Dank55 (talk · contribs), Derek.cashman (talk · contribs), EyeSerene (talk · contribs), Giggy (talk · contribs), Gwinva (talk · contribs), LaraLove (talk · contribs), Nehrams2020 (talk · contribs), and OhanaUnited (talk · contribs).
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