Wikipedia talk:Good articles/GAN Backlog Drives/February 2026: Difference between revisions

Hi @Crystalite13, Bgsu98, and Vestrian24Bio:. I hope you are doing well. If any users starts the majority of reviews outside this drive period, Can we count that in February drive? Fade258 (talk) 13:47, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

You mean before 1 February..? Vestrian24Bio 13:48, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Vestrian24Bio. Yes. Fade258 (talk) 13:54, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

You disallowed that the last time if the bulk of the review was completed prior to the first of the month. Bgsu98 (Talk) 14:36, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Bgsu98. Yes. Thank you for stepping in. This time also I am going to remove the articles whose majority of review was done before the drive but I am willing to hear from you all. Fade258 (talk) 14:53, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

If you only chose the article and didn’t review it before, there should be no problem at all. MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 14:59, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

That is correct. Bgsu98 (Talk) 15:00, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@MarioSoulTruthFan and @Bgsu98. If I am correct then, As per you, I think it should be included. Is it? Fade258 (talk) 15:06, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

If I chose the article on January 30 but didn’t review it, only said soon should be no problem. Now if you started the review…don’t include, if you chose the article January 1 (that’s pushing it) MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 15:09, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I don’t think it should be counted, but vice versa, if a small part of the review was done before the drive (e.g just the review page creation), I would say it’s fair, no? Crystalite13 (talk) 16:01, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The review page is created automatically as you select the article. If there was no review before it started, its fair to include. MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 16:13, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Bgsu98, @Crystalite13, @Vestrian24Bio and @MarioSoulTruthFan. I am not going to include those articles whose majority of review was done before the drive but If there is only page created before the drive lacking substantial review then I will include it but the reviewer date should be changed to February. Is there any objections on my comments? Please let me know. Thank You! Fade258 (talk) 02:44, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for including me, but I’m not a co-ordinator of the drive. I just gave my two cents. However, no objections. MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 15:27, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Can someone give me a simplified set of instructions for this? I’d like to do it too, but I’m a little lost as to how it works…
Skip (talk) 🙈🙉🙊 15:29, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

If you’re new to reviewing, I’d recommended to familiarize yourself with several helpful guides, like Wikipedia:Good article criteria, Wikipedia:Reviewing good articles and Wikipedia:What the Good article criteria are not. All of these guides, and more instructions, can be found at Wikipedia:Good_article_instructions#Reviewing. Crystalite13 (talk) 16:00, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, will do, thanks!
Skip (talk) 🙈🙉🙊 16:06, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, so I read the guidelines and GA criteria, I now have a pretty good idea what to do and I’d like to participate. So one can pick any available article on the list? Skip (talk) 🙈🙉🙊 16:24, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. Bgsu98 (Talk) 16:31, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Skip (talk) 🙈🙉🙊 16:35, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

So far, I’ve got everything, the only thing I have left to ask (for now) is how do you calculate the number of words in an article? Skip (talk) 🙈🙉🙊 18:52, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Use the Wikipedia:Prosesize tool. Crystalite13 (talk) 18:55, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Got it! Thank you! 🙂 Skip (talk) 🙈🙉🙊 18:58, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

So, are we still doing this and if so; shouldn’t it be mentioned in the drive page, so participants would know about it.. Vestrian24Bio 16:50, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I don’t know? There didn’t seem to be a lot of enthusiasm for the idea. Bgsu98 (Talk) 16:52, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Crystalite13: since you’ve added category reviews to WP:GAD [1], your thoughts?? Vestrian24Bio 12:43, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The article History of the United Arab Emirates was nominated by an user that uses their own source (a book) so many times in the article that I didn’t even bother to count; this is obviously undisclosed COI editing. Is this grounds for quick-failing? If not, what’s the procedure? Thanks. The Blue Rider 21:45, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

No, ask the user to provide the name of the book and find that info online. MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 22:42, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I don’t need any special permissions, do I? Signed, Cooldood5555 🩷 (talk) 03:18, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

No. Bgsu98 (Talk) 03:19, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]