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[edit] Favour?
When you get the chance, could you possibly do a GA review for Hoodoo Gurus - now occupying the top of the GAN music queue. That's normally where I look first, but I nominated, so I come to my partner in crime. :) Cheers, dihydrogen monoxide (H20) 08:28, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] SFU peer review
Thank you for your comments! I will keep those suggestions in mind when I next edit the page. Dark Executioner (talk) 19:03, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
Hey, I've joined WP:SLAYER. I also ot a really good start on Slayer discography. I don't know as much about the band as you do, so could you write a brief bio of the band in the lead? I'm not sure if you are familiar with discographies but you can look at the ones listed on WP:HMM if you need help. Cheers, —Burningclean [Speak the truth!] 11:17, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
- I've got almost all of the charts done but I have a problem: I can't find the music videos and their directors. Do you know them? If so could you add the along with the bio in the lead? Thanks, —Burningclean [Speak the truth!] 21:58, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
- I'll take a look later, aside from "Eyes of the Insane" i have no idea about the directors. M3tal H3ad (talk) 04:12, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
- Cool, thanks. You aren't on very much anymore, how come? —Burningclean [Speak the truth!] 19:00, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
- I got a bio done. That would be great if you could copyedit it and add anything that is needed. After a copyedit it will be ready for FLC. Thanks, —Burningclean [Speak the truth!] 21:53, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
- Thank you very much for the barnstar. :D —Burningclean [Speak the truth!] 21:07, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
- I have a question: do you and LuciferMorgan know each other personally? Also, Your talk page archiver has been deleted. —Burningclean [Speak the truth!] 02:10, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
- I'm not sure. I have a couple of articles that I'd like for GA (Mastodon (band), Municipal Waste (band)) in mind and maby sometime Chevelle for FA, but other than that I'm not sure what to do. I think you and I took care of all the good bands! What about you? Maby we should collaberate on something. I'm tempted to rewrite Trivium (band), despite hating them, just to swipe the wikiproject off its feet. I also want United Abominations for FA. It's at GAN right now. —Burningclean [Speak the truth!] 02:16, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
- I'm kind of board on wiki right now. I'm back to doing tedious stuff. Discographies are really easy though. The thing I don't like, yet at the same time like, about them is that they are an easy way to get something featured. Trivium would't be too bad. Their music is great but I can't stand Heavy, his vocals and lyrics suck. Do you want to colaberate on that? I'm on spring break right now so I will probably have some time on my hands. —Burningclean [Speak the truth!] 02:27, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
- I began working on the "Rise to Fame" section in my sandbox. Would you mind checking out Slayer discography and commenting at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Slayer discography? —Burningclean [Speak the truth!] 02:42, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
- That's okay. They are really easy. I should be able to work on Trivium during this week. —Burningclean [Speak the truth!] 02:29, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi mate, I hope all is well. Since the above is likely to pass FLC, can you amend the classification parameters at WP:SLAYER? It isn't an article, so isn't an FAC. If it passes FLC though, there's currently no parameters for FLs. LuciferMorgan (talk) 08:09, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
- It's now been promoted, so can you rectify it? The discography is in no shape or form an FA, so shouldn't be tagged as one. There should be parameters for FL. If I knew how to do it, I would. LuciferMorgan (talk) 10:20, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Hoodoo Gurus GA review part 1
Hoodoo Gurus Lead has been re-written in accordance with your comments at Talk:Hoodoo Gurus. More refs inserted. Formation re: who plays what added; quote incorporated into prose with ref; last.fm ref deleted. I believe major issues raised in your part 1 review have been addressed.Shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 04:12, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] part 2
I think I've covered the majority of part 2 (except "My Girl" video & significance of the dog). Greater detail at Talk:Hoodoo Gurus.Shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 07:24, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
- I got work in 20 minutes so I'll review it tomorrow. M3tal H3ad (talk) 07:29, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] part 3
I think Dan Arndt and I have covered nearly every point you raised in Part 3. Some small fiddling with refs might still be needed if you're not happy with the new ones supplied. If so, could the hold status (due to run out March 16?) be extended to allow us to find more suitable ones. Speaking for myself, I am unlikely to do any more work on the Hoodoo Gurus article over the weekend.Shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 04:57, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
- I believe that we have addressed all of the various points - any other comments? Dan arndt (talk) 04:37, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks for the review, I thought I knew about editing an article but I see that I've learnt a great deal more by being reviewed.Shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 05:09, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
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[edit] Re: Dave Lombardo
Yeah, it'd be great to get Lombardo to FA. I'll keep my eye on the FAC, and help where possible. Having said that, it'd be better to concentrate on one FA at a time. I heard A7X and Atreyu don't see eye to eye, and as for BFMV... well, they're from Bridgend - an hour on the bus from my location. Oddly enough, didn't even notice your message. LuciferMorgan (talk) 09:23, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] "Irreplaceable"
Im here again. The peer review on this was already closed. I've seeked help from other users and, fortunately, LuciferMorgan did a review and copyedited the article. Is it up for FAC now or any problems? --Efe (talk) 08:00, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
- I left some comments. Please check. --Efe (talk) 09:01, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
Just passed the article. Comments/Supports/Opposes are welcomed. --Efe (talk) 07:10, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi! Would you look at the Strapping Young Lad article, it's currently at peer review, if you happen to have some free time? And, of course, interested in bringing this up to FA level. Thanks. Gocsa (talk) 21:53, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
- Sure, give me a day or two and I'll take a look. M3tal H3ad (talk) 03:48, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] DevilDriver
Hi mate. Just thought I'd pop in and say that the article needs a minor cleanup, more specifically two recently added items of news in one section. LuciferMorgan (talk) 22:47, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
- Must of missed it when they added it, thanks. M3tal H3ad (talk) 03:30, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Well all the dead links have been fixed or replaced - all the points raised in your last review (part 3) I believe have been addressed - so hopefully we have an article that meets the grade - appreciate all the work you've done to date in giving a good critical review. If you think there is anything else left to do - let us know. Dan arndt (talk) 00:02, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Trivium
Hey dude, I got most of Trivium done. The first section is in need of a rewrite as well as the lead. I'll leave you and J Milburn to do a little work, otherwise it isn't a collaberation. Cheers, —Burningclean [Speak the truth!] 00:58, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
- Comparisons to Metallica? I usually only incorporate one review. Sorry, I didn't realize it wasn't ready. I'll try adding some more stuff. Burningclean [speak] 20:47, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Barnstar
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| Congrats on getting number eight. I knew you would be the first to get this new barnstar. Keep it up dude. \m/ —Burningclean [Speak the truth!] 01:46, 19 March 2008 (UTC) |
- It is doing well. There is a lot of debate though. I hope i can get just a couple more supports, that would seel the deal. Did you see Trivium? I'll be off for a bit, my brother wants to use the computor. —Burningclean [Speak the truth!] 02:03, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
- I'm back. What else should we do to Trivium? —Burningclean [Speak the truth!] 03:02, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] In Need Of Wiki-Help
Hey, it's Dark Executioner. I'm sure you know that I'm trying to get SFU up to GA. It's coming along slowly but surely. However, I'm afraid that I've ran into a situation that I don't know quite what to do. Burningclean helped me put an image onto the page, but he seems unable to help me with music samples.
I want to put a clip of "Doomsday" in the article, but I have no idea how to do that. I have the song saved in my Windows Media Player, can I get it from there?
Dogpile is another source of getting song clips, and I have two cover songs of SFU saved onto my documents. Please help me out with this! Dark Executioner (talk) 23:16, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
Yes, Skeletor2112 explained to me how to do it, but when I tried the websites he listed for myself, it just didn't work. I typed in Six Feet Under in the search option, and no results were found. I only got music clips from the HBO program and weird techno remixes to SFU songs (huh?!). A few other sites had some songs, but I got uber-confused on how to Wiki-fy them. The format confused me. Just like I did when I tried to upload images.
...which is why I'm leaving it up to you guys, the pros, to do all this technical stuff. I can help with sourcing, infobox repairing and finding new information on bands, but beyond that I'm pretty limited with what I can do here. Dark Executioner (talk) 13:33, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Oh yeah, and I also can't use sites that you have to pay for the MP3 clips. My parents won't let me buy anything offline. So that's a major limiting factor as well. Dark Executioner (talk) 13:35, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Hey dude, there is something wrong with the header of User:M3tal H3ad/Slayer. I don't know what's up with it and I don't want to screw it up. Slayer discography is FL. I'm glad to be a part of the project now. —Burningclean [Speak the truth!] 19:59, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
- What would you think of starting a portal for Slayer. With all of the featured things the project has, we could easily make one. —Burningclean [Speak the truth!] 01:18, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Favour
Hi mate, got a favour to ask. Currently, I'm working on an article here. However, one of the citations I've made (to an interview at Rockeyez.com) seems to have something wrong with it. I cannot find what's wrong, so could you take a look? Thanks. LuciferMorgan (talk) 12:24, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks, much appreciated. LuciferMorgan (talk) 07:50, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
Hey, would you mind reviewing at Wikipedia:Peer review/United Abominations/archive2? I wan't it for FA. Thanks, Burningclean [speak] 01:06, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Irreplaceable
The article is now featured. Thanks for the help and leave me a message if you have more concerns. --Efe (talk) 01:44, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Take care!
Hi, I am posting here on Wikipedia for the last time today as this user. I have had fun editing pages here, and have met some cool people, but I'm afraid that if I didn't retire from Wikipedia today, then I'd be doing it either on or near June 26th, 2008. Why? Because I am leaving for boot camp on that day to join the U.S. Navy.
Do not feel abandoned if you are someone that I have gotten to know a little here. I'm not doing this to be a dick, only because I have to. I really don't have much time to edit here anymore, since I'm so busy getting prepared physically and taking care of the month and a half of schoolwork that I have left.
If I ever get the chance to resume editing here someday... then I will.
Until then, this is Dark Executioner's last stand. Dark Executioner (talk) 19:07, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] April GA Newsletter
The April issue of the WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter is now available. Dr. Cash (talk) 03:57, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
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- Project News
- There are currently 3,868 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.
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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:
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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.
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[edit] Slayer
Has Announced The new tour dates on their myspace page.. Just a tip. Also their new album could come out soon. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sam22ss (talk • contribs) 00:10, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi! Just wanted to let you know that Strapping Young Lad is a featured article candidate, so feel free to comment! Gocsa (talk) 14:25, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Aliens
Just an FYI: I did a big copyedit to Aliens (film). The biggest change was I restructured the reviews section so that the reviews are presented in chronological order, and changed the references to direct links to the full reviews instead of just the rotten tomatoes review page. I feel that makes them more transparent, and also it helped me find the dates the reviews were published. I feel like it's probably ready for a FA review, if you want to nominate it. Have a good day! --IllaZilla (talk) 07:01, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] So tell me old friend...
Why are you not an admin? Eight FA's and twenty GA's. RfA voting is overflowing with "oppose" voters who are against "vandal hunters" getting the mop. The "new way" is that "true editors", article writers, FA builders, etc are the ones most fit for the full toolbox. I can think of no one better. Anger22 (Talk 2 22) 23:00, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Black Sabbath peer review
Hey dude, I finally finished my first draft of the Black Sabbath page, and stuck it up for peer review. I'd apreciate if you could take a look at the article, its long as hell, but so is their career! Thanks \m/ Skeletor2112 (talk) 11:23, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
The May Newsletter for WikiProject Good Articles has now been published. Dr. Cash (talk) 22:16, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
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- There are currently 4,050 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.
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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!
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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.
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.
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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 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.
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[edit] Happy birthday fellow Metalhead!
- Cheers from Halifax! ;-) -- RobNS 01:32, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
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[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Alice Extinction.jpg
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[edit] Bullet for My Valentine
Just a reminder, removing tags without resolving the issue is not good editing practice. In future is you can resolve the issue feel free to remove the tags. --neonwhite user page talk 13:50, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
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- As i didn't add any of the sources for this article it's immpossible to know what info they all contain. So using the tags help someone who did to rectify the problem. --neonwhite user page talk 13:53, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Jumanji656
Despite your warning to this editor, they are still adding chunks of quotes to articles - take a look at Tomb of the Mutilated for example. If you were to follow through and make a report as regards this editor, I would support any measures preventing Jumanji656 from continuing to do this. Hope you're well. LuciferMorgan (talk) 21:24, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
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[edit] Slayer Project
I intend to purchase the McIver book next month, and eventually get some of the other articles to at least GA or FA. Do you intend to nominate Lombardo for FA, and possibly Haunting the Chapel? LuciferMorgan (talk) 09:17, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] WikiProject Good articles newsletter
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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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Delivered by the automated Giggabot (stop!) 01:52, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
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