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thing to consider is that articles should not be on hold for longer than about one week. Although there is no hard and fast time limit for this, most editors would probably agree that five to seven days is enough time to address any GA-related issues with the article to get it to pass. Some editors have extended this a few days in the past, due to other extenuating circumstances, such as an article's primary editor being very busy with school or work, so they have asked for extra time. But as a general rule, a GA nominee that is placed on hold should meet enough of the criteria to be able to be passed within five to seven days. Some examples of articles that might be placed on hold would be:

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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.

7367:. 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have worked on the article for months or even years, and at worst the article may have been abandoned and its authors no longer active.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 ( 12572: 12276: 12081: 10694: 10385: 10147: 9841: 8232: 8021: 7826: 6517: 6315: 6002: 5765: 4323: 4109: 3902: 2295: 2100: 1877: 9361: 13870:. In addition, for every member that reviews 100 articles or has a significant impact on the process, s/he will get an award when they reach that threshold. If only 14 editors achieve this feat starting now, we would be done with Sweeps! Of course, having more people reviewing less articles would be better for all involved, so please consider asking others to help out. Feel free to stop by and only review a few articles, something's better than nothing! Take a look at the 9385: 13949: 13903: 13790: 12003: 9779: 7764: 5703: 3840: 1585: 426: 12881: 10900: 8483: 6753: 4683: 2558: 508: 9355: 9397: 10936: 8519: 6789: 4719: 2594: 544: 12904: 10924: 9403: 8507: 6777: 4707: 2582: 532: 9391: 68: 1243:, so I'll be contributing more to Knowledge again in the new year. Thanks to OhanaUnited for putting together much of the content for this newsletter! He's been working hard with the Sweeps, and the 'Did You Know' section is also a great idea, so I think that will become a regular feature now! I also figured out how to have a collapsible newsletter, so that will change our delivery options a bit. Cheers! 1636: 9367: 13047: 11087: 8627: 6962: 4861: 2745: 768: 9373: 1148:. You can even leave additional comments as well (e.g. "#:{{GAReview}} I will finish my review in the next 24 hours. ~~~~"). Reviewers marking articles with this template should also observe some common etiquette; please don't mark more than 1-3 articles as being under review at a time, and please try and finish your review within 3-5 days of marking the article. 13850:. Sweeps helps to ensure that the oldest GAs still meet the criteria, and improve the quality of GAs overall. Unfortunately, last month only two articles were reviewed. This is definitely a low point after our peak at the beginning of the process when 163 articles were reviewed in September 2007. After nearly two years, the 7374:

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

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template was modified to direct new reviews initiated on an article to begin on a subpage of article talkspace (e.g. ], 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

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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

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If the answer to each of these questions is "yes", then the article probably meets the guideline. If not, you may be able to fix it yourself by summarizing the article. If you can't, then it suggests that there are not only problems with the lead, but also the rest of the article. That is the beauty

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So how to you know when an article fails outright, or fails initially, but meets "enough" of the criteria to be placed on hold? The answer to this question probably varies by about the same amount as there are reviewers of Good Articles! Everybody treats this slightly differently. The most important

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With more than twenty editors reviewing the articles, progress is currently a third of the way done. At this rate, it will take another two years to complete the Sweeps, and active involvement is imperative to completing on time. We are always looking for new reviewers, and if you are interested in

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is written with all this in mind, and describes two different roles for the lead: first, it should introduce the topic; second it should summarize the article. This is not always as easy as it seems; indeed, it is almost impossible to write a good lead if the article itself does not cover the topic

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This is reflected in the terminology: "lead" is a word taken from journalism, where it recognized that many readers will only read the beginning of a newspaper article, and so it is important to convey the key points first, before going into detail. Note that "lead", in this sense, is pronounced as

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on the number and thoroughness of the reviews made by individual reviewers each week. Blnguyen is from South Australia and has been editing Knowledge since 2005. He was also the reviewer for the month of December 2007, so this marks the second time that he has been GAN's Top Reviewer for the Month.

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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

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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.

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I understand that you didn't ban me. Neither can I blame the admin who supposed that I was someone else. I could have verified my identity to anyone if only they had asked for it before banning me. In any case, my block log is permanently damaged and I can't edit after being "permanently blocked"

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At this moment, participation in the sweeps project is by invitation only, as we desire experienced reviewers who have a thorough and extensive knowledge of the criteria. This is to ensure that articles that have "fallen through the cracks" would be found and removed, and that additional articles

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However, just because an article is marked, shouldn't preclude another editor from contributing to the review. If you'd like to review it, go ahead; simply collect your comments and write them down on the article's talk page – but don't pass or fail the article – leave that to the other reviewer.

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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

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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,

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The top five categories with the largest backlogs are: Sports and recreation (39 articles), Theatre, film, and drama (34 articles), Transport (23 articles), Music (21 articles), Politics and government (18 articles), Culture and society (13 articles), Places (13 articles), and World history (12

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Hi there. I'm the checkuser who ran the check which implicated your account. Due to the rules on privacy, I cannot discuss much on-wiki about the check done, your IP address, etc, but if you'd like to email me and provide further information, I'll see what I can do here. It might be possible to

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Finally, there isn't universal agreement on whether the lead should contain inline citations. As long as the material in the lead is developed and cited elsewhere in the article, then inline citation is not required. There are exceptions, the most significant being quotations and controversial

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article. They may only read the first paragraph, or even the first sentence. On the other hand, one of the joys of Knowledge is the way that it embodies the endlessly branching tree of knowledge; if a lead is well written, it may encourage even such a reader to read on and learn something new.

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The lead section is particularly important, because for many readers, it is the only part of the article which they will read. For instance, they may have come to the article by following a wikilink in another article simply to obtain a quick overview before they continue reading the original

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template. The purpose of this template is essentially to prevent two editors from reviewing the same article at the same time, so it's essentially a common courtesy notice to other editors so that they don't pass or fail an article while you're in the midst of collecting and writing comments.

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So, how can reviewers help to improve this? One approach is to read the rest of the article, and not the lead, first. Make a note of the significant points discussed in the article. There is usually at least one important issue in each section. Then, go back to the lead and ask the following

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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.

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The top five categories with the largest backlogs are: Sports and recreation (57 articles), Theatre film and drama (34 articles), Music (19 articles), Transport (17 articles), Politics and government (16 articles), World history (13 articles), and Meteorology and atmospheric sciences (13

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I don't believe this editor is a sock puppet. I encourage him to return to editing, do whatever emailing is necessary to accomplish that, and not to worry about his block log once he returns. I miss him. The projects we were working together on miss him also. Sincerely,

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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.

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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.

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on the number and thoroughness of the reviews made by individual reviewers each week. ThinkBlue had a whopping 49 reviews during the month of July! ThinkBlue was also one of our two reviewers of the month from June, and has been editing Knowledge since

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The GA Sweeps process has recently reached its first year anniversary. If you are unaware of what GA Sweeps is, it is a process put in place to help ensure the integrity of the ever-growing number of GAs, by determining if the articles still meet the

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has been created, detailing which articles are left to review. All exempt and previously reviewed articles have already been removed from the list. Instead of reviewing by topic, you can consider picking and choosing whichever articles interest you.

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I thought failing an FA nomination was depressing but if wikipedia policies do not understand that different people may be using one PC and my contributions are different from any blocked user than I guess its not worth the effort to stay.

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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

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I did not create those accounts. Someone should have asked for clarification before doing this. I tried to do everything right and do what was asked of me and one day I log in after the new year to see this. This is not right.

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Second Opinion – Similar to the on hold option, except an editor is either inexperienced or not knowledgeable enough about a given topic and asks another reviewer to offer another opinion before passing or failing; add

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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.

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Happy New Year, everyone! I'm just filling in for Dr. Cash as he's busy (or away) in real life. This explains why I wasn't prepared for a full-length article on GA process, and instead I resort to a tiny DYK for GA.

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once since other editors would take me to be a Knowledge troll, a designation I'm not comfortable with. My best wishes and thanks for your message. At least this place gave me a chance to write a few good articles.

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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.

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Currently, there are 16 members working on the project, and we have reviewed 74 articles in December 2007. Of those that are swept, 275 articles are kept as GA, 126 articles are delisted, and 5 promoted to FA.

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During February, 66 Good Articles were reviewed. Including those articles that were under GAR or on hold, 33 were kept as GA, 21 delisted, 17 currently on hold or at GAR, and 1 was exempted as they are now

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who helped me, taught me how this place works, and how to edit. I hope that you understand that I'm not a sockpuppet of anyone but just another person whose PC was shared by by his batch mates and juniors.

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During January, 57 Good Articles were reviewed. Including those articles that were under GAR or on hold, 35 were kept as GA, 20 delisted, 9 currently on hold or at GAR, and 3 were exempted as they are now

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The categories with the largest backlogs are: Theatre, film, and drama (28 articles), Sports and recreation (27 articles), Music (22 articles), Transport (18 articles), and War and military (13 articles).

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well. It has a side benefit that an article which satisfies this guideline is probably also broad: if the lead is both a good introduction and a summary, then the article probably covers the main points.

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on the number and thoroughness of the reviews made by individual reviewers each week. Ealdgyth, known in real life as Victoria Short, hails from Central Illinois, and has been editing Knowledge since

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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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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

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in "leading question" and is sometimes spelled as "lede" by journalists to distinguish it from lead, the metal, which was once very important in typesetting. Knowledge supports both spellings.

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may not meet it. A common fault is that the lead is purely an introduction, while the rest of the article contains other information, which should be summarized in the lead, but isn't.

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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.

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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

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Happy New Year as well! I'm still here, and haven't totally disappeared. I had to cut back on editing and reviewing during the month of December as I made the transition from

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Is the lead a suitable length for the article? The lead guideline recommends 2–4 paragraphs depending on the article length, but judgment is more important than counting.

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Hello, I hope you are doing well. I am sending you this message since you are a member of the GA WikiProject. I would like to invite you to consider helping with the

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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

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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

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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

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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

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business, and owns three horses. She likes to read science fiction, history, and geneology books. Congratulations to our GAN Reviewer of the Month for January!

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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: -->

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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

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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

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Well, this is somewhat GA-related but at the same time not totally GA-related. However, I think this is important. Thanks to everyone who supported me at my

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We are always looking for new members to assist with the remaining articles, so if you are interested or know of anybody that can assist, please visit the

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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.

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After openly requesting the community for more participants into the Sweeps, we have 3 more members on the board. They are (in no particular order)

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was used to determine what articles needed to be reviewed (since any future GAs would be passed according to the most recent GA criteria).

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If you have something specific to discuss with me, or you just feel like you want to type something, then feel free to leave me a message.

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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

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milestone, the project continues to grow and to gain respect in the Knowledge community. Nevertheless, we continue to have a large

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This, in fact, provides a good starting point for the delisting process. Approach the article as though it has been nominated for

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To use this template yourself, simply write "#:{{GAReview}} ~~~~" on the line immediately following the article's nomination at

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There are now 185 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to the 9 new members that joined during the month of February:

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There are now 176 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to the 15 new members that joined during the month of January:

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There are now 166 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to the 7 new members that joined during the month of December:

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I'll try to give a reply for most appropriate topics, either on my talk page or to your talk page, depending on the situation.

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There are now 212 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to the 17 new members that joined during the month of April:

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There are now 195 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to the 13 new members that joined during the month of March:

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There are now 216 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to the 6 new members that joined during the month of April:

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There are now 223 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to the 7 new members that joined during the month of July:

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The good article process is often the first place in which an article is judged against this criterion, yet many current

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When a reviewer initiates a review of an article, all that needs to be done is to read the template on the article's

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of the number and thoroughness of the reviews made by individual reviewers each week. Dihydrogen Monoxide hails from

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has just passed the 50% mark. In order to expediate the reviewing, several changes have been made to the process. A

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is missing several topic categories, or there are several sections which are very short (1-3 sentences per section).

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Well, my being wikibonked has just come to an end and now I'm simply fed up and convinced that Wiki is not for me.

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on the article talk page. Explain where and why the article no longer meets the criteria, and suggest remedies.

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has been having a few issues lately. Here is the august issue of the WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter!

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on the number and thoroughness of the reviews made by individual reviewers each week. Noble Story joined

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Wales' relationship, breakup with journalist Rachel Marsden raises questions about possible improprieties

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On Hold – The article meets most of the criteria, but might fall short in a few areas; keep it listed at

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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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there's really nothing different to do in the process, although reviewers are encouraged to utilize the

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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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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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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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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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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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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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In case you haven't noticed, we initiated a new process for GA Reviews at the end of last month. The

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is the 11th topic, only it shouldn't be there. Articles that do not have a topic parameter in either

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I had a good time and would like to thank everyone who helped me learn the ropes. My best wishes to

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would review just one article each day during the month of April, the backlog would be eliminated!

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contains numerous sections which are just lists of information, as opposed to written out as prose.

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helping in speeding up the Sweeps process and improving your reviewing skills, please contact

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on adding a small green dot to the top right corner of all Good Articles that pass the

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could review just one article in the next week, the backlog would be almost eliminated!

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could review just one article in the next week, the backlog would be almost eliminated!

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could review just one article in the next week, the backlog would be almost eliminated!

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has recently exploded to 236 unreviewed articles! Out of 264 total nominations, 17 are

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to that effect, and I will restore your name, and keep you on the list indefinitely.

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on the number and thoroughness of the reviews made by individual reviewers each week.

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This month, I thought I'd focus on a less technical and more of a procedural issue at

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to article talk page, many reviewers tend to forget to add the topic parameter in

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Does the first sentence of the lead define the topic, as described in the article?

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WikiWorld comic: "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo"

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is the GAN Reviewer of the Month for February, based on the assessments made by

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below the article's listing and add {{GA2ndoptalk}} to the article's talk page.

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Originally, I wasn't planning to do "Did you know" other than as a fill-in for

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there's entire sections of text that have no references, or there are a lot of

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is the GAN Reviewer of the Month for January, based on the assessments made by

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is the GAN Reviewer of the Month of December, based on the assessments made by

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Failing it – it does not meet the criteria; remove the article's listing from

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The February 2008 issue of the WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter is ready!

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template, linking to the GA review subpage with the 'action#link' parameter.

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is the GAN Reviewer of the Month for March, based on the assessments made by

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the article is mostly complete, but might be missing one topic (subcategory).

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Other outstanding reviewers recognized during the month of December include:

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Happy New Year! Here is the latest edition of the WikiProject GA Newsletter!

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Other outstanding reviewers recognized during the month of January include:

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Other outstanding reviewers recognized during the month of January include:

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The March 2008 issue of the WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter is ready!

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Are each of the significant topics that you noted mentioned in the lead?

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So you’ve found an article that, on the face of it, does not merit its

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News and notes: Wikimania security, German print Knowledge, milestones

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Vatican claims out-of-context Knowledge quote was used to attack Pope

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a couple of images need to be tagged with appropriate copyright tags.

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that can offer assistance or a second opinion in reviewing articles?

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News and notes: Estonian Knowledge, Picture of the Year, milestones

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Interview with the team behind one of the 2,000th featured articles

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News and notes: New bureaucrat, Wikimania bids narrowed, milestones

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Is the most important information mentioned in the first paragraph?

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