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The 2020 October GAN Backlog Drive is a one-month-long effort to reduce the backlog of Good Article nominations. Please ensure that you familiarise yourself with the Good Article review process before starting to review an article, and that you are familiar with the GA criteria and the Manual of Style. Also, it is recommended reading the essays What the Good article criteria are not and Reviewing good articles. The co-ordinators for this drive are Harrias, Eddie891 and Lee Vilenski. If you have any questions, leave a message on this drive's talk page. The drive begins on 1 October 2020 at 00:00:01 (UTC) and ends on 31 October 2020 at 23:59:59 (UTC).

The ultimate goal of this backlog elimination drive is to cut the number of outstanding GANs and in particular those which have been in the queue 90 days or more. Awards will be given out to those individuals who do the most work in helping reduce the size of the backlog and reach milestones, such as reviewing 15 GANs, vice versa. This backlog drive is modelled on the September 2019 drive; as a result, no additional points will be awarded based on how long a review is. This is to ensure a faster rate of decreasing backlog whilst maintaining quality reviews. Consequently, "quick-fails" are allowed, only if the article is in exceptionally bad shape. If a participant is found rapidly rubber-stamping GANs that do not meet the criteria, they may be disqualified. Each review will be checked by a co-ordinator to ensure that this does not happen.

1. Give preference to older nominations. While any review counts for the drive, please give extra consideration to nominations which have been in the queue 90 days or more.
2. 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.
3. No rubber-stamping GANs. Good Article nominations tend to result in even better improvements if a reasonable amount of issues are brought up in a review. This can be especially useful when approaching Featured Article standing. Quick-fails are allowed if the article is in exceptionally poor shape or per the GA criteria page. Each review and its article will be checked by the co-ordinator to ensure that rubber-stamping does not happen.
4. Minimum quality Only reviews of a sufficient quality will be counted; quick fails and very short reviews may not be given credit. As a rough guide, no review shorter than 1,000 bytes will be considered, though the judges reserve the right to remove other short reviews. This is not to say that such short reviews are not worthwhile, it is merely to say that they will not be recognised in this competition.
5. 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.
6. 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 judgement if concerns are/are not addressed in a timely matter. Generally, it is standard for a GA review to be on hold for seven days, however the reviewer may close their review when they see fit.
7. Have fun. We're here to help bring these articles up to their fullest potential and hence improving the overall quality of the encyclopaedia. If you do not enjoy doing that, then there is no motivation to improve these articles and the encyclopaedia as a whole.

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Date	Outstanding nominations	Unreviewed nominations	Change since previous day[N 1]	Change since beginning[N 1]
1 October 2020	606	552	—	—
2 October 2020	598	508	👁 Positive decrease  44 (8%)	👁 Positive decrease  44 (8%)
3 October 2020	582	485	👁 Positive decrease  23 (4.5%)	👁 Positive decrease  67 (12.1%)
4 October 2020	578	473	👁 Positive decrease  12 (2.5%)	👁 Positive decrease  79 (14.3%)
5 October 2020	560	450	👁 Positive decrease  23 (4.9%)	👁 Positive decrease  102 (18.5%)
6 October 2020	555	438	👁 Positive decrease  12 (2.7%)	👁 Positive decrease  114 (20.7%)
7 October 2020	548	427	👁 Positive decrease  11 (2.5%)	👁 Positive decrease  125 (22.6%)
8 October 2020	540	415	👁 Positive decrease  12 (2.8%)	👁 Positive decrease  137 (24.8%)
9 October 2020	531	404	👁 Positive decrease  11 (2.7%)	👁 Positive decrease  148 (26.8%)
10 October 2020	530	399	👁 Positive decrease   5 (1.2%)	👁 Positive decrease  153 (27.7%)
11 October 2020	518	394	👁 Positive decrease   5 (1.3%)	👁 Positive decrease  158 (28.6%)
12 October 2020	510	386	👁 Positive decrease   8 (2%)	👁 Positive decrease  166 (30.1%)
13 October 2020	506	383	👁 Positive decrease   3 (0.8%)	👁 Positive decrease  169 (30.6%)
14 October 2020	500	367	👁 Positive decrease  16 (4.2%)	👁 Positive decrease  185 (33.5%)
15 October 2020	493	350	👁 Positive decrease  17 (4.6%)	👁 Positive decrease  202 (36.6%)
16 October 2020	477	356	👁 Negative increase   6 (1.7%)	👁 Positive decrease  196 (35.5%)
17 October 2020	473	348	👁 Positive decrease   8 (2.2%)	👁 Positive decrease  204 (37%)
18 October 2020	467	342	👁 Positive decrease   6 (1.7%)	👁 Positive decrease  210 (38%)
19 October 2020	462	341	👁 Positive decrease   1 (0.3%)	👁 Positive decrease  211 (38.2%)
20 October 2020	453	340	👁 Positive decrease   1 (0.3%)	👁 Positive decrease  212 (38.4%)
21 October 2020	440	335	👁 Positive decrease   5 (1.5%)	👁 Positive decrease  217 (39.3%)
22 October 2020	439	335	👁 Steady   0 (0%)	👁 Positive decrease  217 (39.3%)
23 October 2020	432	338	👁 Negative increase   3 (0.9%)	👁 Positive decrease  214 (38.8%)
24 October 2020	424	328	👁 Positive decrease  10 (3%)	👁 Positive decrease  224 (40.6%)
25 October 2020	417	322	👁 Positive decrease   6 (1.8%)	👁 Positive decrease  230 (41.7%)
26 October 2020	413	316	👁 Positive decrease   6 (1.9%)	👁 Positive decrease  236 (42.8%)
27 October 2020	413	318	👁 Negative increase   2 (0.6%)	👁 Positive decrease  234 (42.4%)
28 October 2020	412	308	👁 Positive decrease  10 (3.1%)	👁 Positive decrease  244 (44.2%)
29 October 2020	394	292	👁 Positive decrease  16 (5.2%)	👁 Positive decrease  260 (47.1%)
30 October 2020	373	287	👁 Positive decrease   5 (1.7%)	👁 Positive decrease  265 (48%)
31 October 2020	370	286	👁 Positive decrease   1 (0.3%)	👁 Positive decrease  266 (48.2%)
1 November 2020	361	285	👁 Positive decrease   1 (0.3%)	👁 Positive decrease  267 (48.4%)

To receive an award, please include your name and the number of reviews you have completed as part of this drive. Please keep next to your name. Awards will be given by the co-ordinator after this drive ends.

This is the scheme for the awards:

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At least GANs reviewed: The Invisible Barnstar

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At least GANs reviewed: The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar

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At least GANs reviewed: The Tireless Contributor Barnstar

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At least GANs reviewed: The Reviewer Barnstar

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At least GANs reviewed: The Multiple Good Article Reviewer Barnstar

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

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

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

Keep a running total of your reviewing in the Participants section below by creating your own list. Only passes and fails will be recognised as completing a review. If necessary, you can put the article on hold if the article needs to be edited further to be passed. Each of your reviews should be included in your list. Article reviews started before 31 October but completed after 31 October can be included in the running total - however should be completed as quickly as possible to avoid being too late. Reviews started before 1 October do not count. Please state if the article is a pass, fail, or on hold. Make sure you follow up on reviews that you have started or placed on hold.

A sample review section is below; all sections start with a fourth-level header containing the editor's username and the {{Div col}} template, and end with the {{Div col end}} template. Between those templates, each article reviewed is given its own line. Use the "GA" icon line for an article that passes, the "DA" icon line for an article that fails, the "GAH" icon line for an article where the initial review is complete and has been placed on hold, and the "GAN" icon line for an article where the review has started but has not yet been placed on hold. (Change "GAN" and "GAH" to "GA" or "DA" when the article passes or fails.)

====[[User:Username|Username]]====
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#{{icon|GA}} [[Talk:Articlename/GAn|Articlename]]
#{{icon|DA}} [[Talk:Articlename/GAn|Articlename]]
#{{icon|GAH}} [[Talk:Articlename/GAn|Articlename]]
#{{icon|GAN}} [[Talk:Articlename/GAn|Articlename]]
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