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The October 2025 GAN Backlog Drive is a one-month-long effort to reduce the backlog of Good article nominations, with a focus on clearing old nominations. The co-ordinators for this drive are It is a wonderful world, Fade258 and Bgsu98. If you have any questions, leave a message on this drive's talk page. The drive began on 1 October 2025 at 00:00:00 (UTC) and will end on 31 October 2025 at 23:59:59 (UTC).

The ultimate goal of this backlog elimination drive is to cut the number of outstanding GANs, especially those over 90 days old. Awards will be given out to those individuals who do the most work in helping reduce the size of the backlog (see scoring system below). The drive is intended to promote a faster rate of decreasing backlog while maintaining quality reviews. Reviews not completed by the end of the month are counted, as long as they were substantially started in October.

Please ensure that you familiarise yourself with the Good Article review process and GA criteria before starting a review. It is also recommended that you read the essays What the Good article criteria are not and Reviewing good articles.

Guidelines

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  1. 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.
  2. 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. Reviews and articles will be checked by the co-ordinators to ensure that rubber-stamping does not happen. If a participant is found rapidly rubber-stamping GANs that do not meet the criteria, they may be disqualified and possibly reported to the administrators' noticeboard for disruptive editing.
  3. Minimum quality. Only reviews of a sufficient quality will be counted. This is subjective, and coordinators reserve the right to credit or discredit individual reviews. Reviews that are shorter than 1000 bytes are unlikely to be counted.
  4. 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. However, be sure to 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Have fun. We're here to help bring these articles up to their fullest potential and hence improving the overall quality of the encyclopedia. If you do not enjoy doing that, then there is no motivation to improve these articles and the encyclopedia as a whole.

Awards

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To receive an award, please include your name and the number of reviews you have completed as part of this drive. The co-ordinators will award you points based on those reviews. Awards will be given by the co-ordinators after this drive ends. Awarding of Barnstars: By 30 November 2025 (targeted)

This is the scheme for the awards:

Image Minimum Template
At least 3 points The Minor Barnstar
At least 7 points The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
At least 12 points The Reviewer Barnstar
At least 20 points The Premium Reviewer Barnstar
At least 30 points The Multiple Good Article Reviewer Barnstar
At least 40 points The WikiProject Good Articles Medal of Merit
At least 60 points The Order of the Superior Scribe of Wikipedia
In addition, the person who accumulates the most points during the backlog elimination drive will receive the Content Review Medal of Merit

Scoring

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The backlog drive works on a points system, to help incentivize quality reviews and focus on articles that may be neglected.

  • One point is awarded for every article reviewed.
  • For each 90 days an article has been in the backlog, an additional half-point is awarded (so a 90-day-old nomination receives 1.5 points, a 180-day-old nomination 2 points, etc). This is measured by the UTC date at which the review begins, and not the exact time interval. (Start dates have been set to the first of the month.)
Days ago Points Timestamp
90 1.5 July (UTC)
180 2 April (UTC)
270 2.5 January (UTC)
  • Since reviews of long articles tend to be more work than reviews of short ones, participants will also receive an overall bonus of one point per 2500 total reviewed words but word bonus points will be awarded only after you have reviewed all of your listed GAN articles at the end of drive. For quickfails and insubstantial reviews, only the review point might be rewarded (at co-ordinators' discretion), and no bonus points.
  • Coordinators may choose at their discretion to award additional points to reviews considered of especially high quality. This is determined on a case-by-case basis.

Progress

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Numbers of all GANs and of old GANs are reported as described here and here.

Date Outstanding
nominations
Unreviewed
nominations
Change since
previous day[N 1]
Change since
beginning[N 1]
1 October 2025 896 791
2 October 2025 904 778 Positive decrease 13 (1.6%) Positive decrease 13 (1.6%)
3 October 2025 900 749 Positive decrease 29 (3.7%) Positive decrease 42 (5.3%)
4 October 2025 897 739 Positive decrease 10 (1.3%) Positive decrease 52 (6.6%)
5 October 2025 894 739 Steady  0 (0%) Positive decrease 52 (6.6%)
6 October 2025 887 730 Positive decrease  9 (1.2%) Positive decrease 61 (7.7%)
7 October 2025 881 727 Positive decrease  3 (0.4%) Positive decrease 64 (8.1%)
8 October 2025 881 718 Positive decrease  9 (1.2%) Positive decrease 73 (9.2%)
9 October 2025 869 705 Positive decrease 13 (1.8%) Positive decrease 86 (10.9%)
10 October 2025 863 701 Positive decrease  4 (0.6%) Positive decrease 90 (11.4%)
11 October 2025 861 691 Positive decrease 10 (1.4%) Positive decrease 100 (12.6%)
12 October 2025 863 701 Negative increase  10 (1.4%) Positive decrease 90 (11.4%)
13 October 2025 852 693 Positive decrease  8 (1.1%) Positive decrease 98 (12.4%)
14 October 2025
15 October 2025
16 October 2025
17 October 2025
18 October 2025
19 October 2025
20 October 2025
21 October 2025
22 October 2025
23 October 2025
24 October 2025
25 October 2025
26 October 2025
27 October 2025
28 October 2025
29 October 2025
30 October 2025
31 October 2025
Date Outstanding old
nominations
Unreviewed old
nominations
Change since
previous day[N 2]
Change since
beginning[N 2]
1 October 2025 792 571
2 October 2025 769 552 Positive decrease 19 (3.3%) Positive decrease 19 (3.3%)
3 October 2025 748 537 Positive decrease 15 (2.7%) Positive decrease 34 (6%)
4 October 2025 738 533 Positive decrease  4 (0.7%) Positive decrease 38 (6.7%)
5 October 2025 739 529 Positive decrease  4 (0.8%) Positive decrease 42 (7.4%)
6 October 2025 730 518 Positive decrease 11 (2.1%) Positive decrease 53 (9.3%)
7 October 2025 727 514 Positive decrease  4 (0.8%) Positive decrease 57 (10%)
8 October 2025 718 508 Positive decrease  6 (1.2%) Positive decrease 63 (11%)
9 October 2025 705 508 Steady  0 (0%) Positive decrease 63 (11%)
10 October 2025 701 514 Negative increase  6 (1.2%) Positive decrease 57 (10%)
11 October 2025 691 507 Positive decrease  7 (1.4%) Positive decrease 64 (11.2%)
12 October 2025 701 508 Negative increase  1 (0.2%) Positive decrease 63 (11%)
13 October 2025 693 503 Positive decrease  5 (1%) Positive decrease 68 (11.9%)
14 October 2025
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  1. ^ a b Change refers only to unreviewed nominations.
  2. ^ a b Change refers only to unreviewed old nominations.
  • After first week (8 January 00:00 UTC), the number of unreviewed nominations had decreased by 73 nominations (9.2%), with the number of unreviewed old nominations decreased by 63 nominations (11%). Overall, review activity during the first week shows a steady improvement.

Participants and reviews tracker

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Keep track of the articles you review in the Participants section below by creating a list below. 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 that date can be included, but aim to be prompt to avoid leaving nominators hanging. Reviews started before 1 October do not count; this includes all reviews for which the nominator created the relevant page pre-1 Oct. Please state if the article is a pass, fail, or 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}} and {{Div col end}} templates. Between those templates, each article reviewed is given its own line. Use the "GA" icon line for an article that passes, the "FGAN" 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 "FGAN" when the article passes or fails.) After the article name is a parenthetical for the number of words in the article.

Following the {{Div col end}} template are three lines to tabulate each participant's total number of articles reviewed, total number of reviews assisted, and running points total. While you should feel free to update the article totals, please do not update the points total yourself – a coordinator will update that number after checking reviews.

====[[User talk:Username|Username]]====
'''Reviews'''
{{Div col}}
#{{icon|GA}} [[Talk:Articlename/GAn|Articlename]] (# words)
#{{icon|FGAN}} [[Talk:Articlename/GAn|Articlename]] (# words)
#{{icon|GAH}} [[Talk:Articlename/GAn|Articlename]] (# words)
#{{icon|GAN}} [[Talk:Articlename/GAn|Articlename]] (# words)
{{Div col end}}
'''Articles reviewed:'''
<br />'''Running words total:'''
<br />'''Running points total:'''

Participants (alphabetical order)

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Articles reviewed: 2
Running words total: 2,045
Running points total: 2.5

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Articles reviewed: 1
Running words total: 1,071
Running points total: 1

Reviews

  1. Beech (1,590 words)  Done – 1 point Fade258 (talk) 16:42, 10 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Cedrus (900 words)  Done – 1 point Fade258 (talk) 00:32, 10 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Sanahin Bridge (1,400 words)
  4. Taxus baccata (3425 words)
  5. University of Chicago (6494 words)

Articles reviewed: 2
Running words total: 2490
Running points total: 2

Reviews

  1. My Time at Sandrock (911 words)  Done – 1 point Fade258 (talk) 11:44, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Usagi Shima (534 words)

Articles reviewed: 1
Running words total: 911
Running points total: 1

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Articles reviewed: 2
Running words total: 8057
Running points total: 3

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  1. Storer House (Los Angeles) (4500 words)  Done – 1.5 points IAWW (talk) 08:05, 10 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Bill Cottrell (1000 words)

Articles reviewed: 2
Running words total: 5500
Running points total: 1.5

Reviews

Articles reviewed: 10
Running words total: 34,000
Running points total: 13.5

Reviews

  1. The Battle of Calverhine (1800 words)  Done – 1 point Fade258 (talk) 13:20, 8 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Carrick Hill (1219 words)
  3. Strawberry Hill House (2314 words)

Articles reviewed: 1
Running words total: 1800
Running points total: 1

Reviews

Articles reviewed: 2
Running words total: 3596
Running points total: 3

Reviews

  1. Eagle Tree (789 words)  Done – 1.5 points Fade258 (talk) 00:54, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Aomori Prefecture (8424 words)

Articles reviewed: 1
Running words total: 789
Running points total: 1.5

Reviews

  1. Zorra (Nebulossa song) (1,760 words)
  2. Abigail Becker (1,766 words)  Done – 1 point Fade258 (talk) 15:44, 10 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Articles reviewed: 1
Running words total: 1766
Running points total: 1

Reviews

  1. Washington Capitals (6193 words)  Not done – unfortunately the bulk of this review was done in September, so it doesn't qualify for the drive. IAWW (talk) 08:16, 10 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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  1. Minasgeraisite-(Y) (895 words)  Done – 1.5 points Bgsu98 (Talk) 08:18, 3 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Ice Peak Formation (1952 words)  Done – 2 points Fade258 (talk) 02:04, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Mess Creek Escarpment (1931 words)

Articles reviewed: 2
Running words total: 2847
Running points total: 3.5

Reviews

Articles reviewed: 4
Running words total: 9885
Running points total: 5

Reviews

Articles reviewed: 1
Running words total: 9,660
Running points total: 2

Reviews

  1. Upogebia hirtifrons (445 words)  Done – 1 point IAWW (talk) 08:25, 10 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Cycad (1423 words)  Done – 1 point Fade258 (talk) 15:50, 13 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Articles reviewed: 2
Running words total: 1868
Running points total: 2

Reviews

  1. Queenstown MRT station (1125 words)  Done – 2 points Bgsu98 (Talk) 23:26, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch (1416 words)  Done – 1.5 points IAWW (talk) 08:23, 10 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Laura Kenny (2913 words)
  4. Matilda Freeman (784 words)

Articles reviewed: 2
Running words total: 2541
Running points total: 3.5

Reviews

  1. Attulus nenilini (1019 words)

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  1. Swaay (1,349 words)  Done – 2 points IAWW (talk) 11:11, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  2. The Click (album) (2,616 words)

Articles reviewed: 1
Running words total: 1349
Running points total: 2

Reviews

Articles reviewed: 1
Running words total: 1500
Running points total: 1.5

Reviews

Articles reviewed: 8
Running words total: 16,500
Running points total: 12.5

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Reviews

Articles reviewed: 0
Running words total: 1633
Running points total: 0

Reviews

  1. Martin Robertson (1500 words)
  2. Marian Days (1000 words)
  3. Dianna Cowern (1000 words)  Done – 2 points Fade258 (talk) 13:55, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Elsa Goveia (1500 words)  Done – 1 point Fade258 (talk) 15:16, 12 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Articles reviewed: 2
Running words total: 2500
Running points total: 3

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  1. Forever Howlong (2024 words)  Done – 1.5 points Fade258 (talk) 16:39, 10 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Black Country, New Road (2,700 words)  Done – 1.5 points Bgsu98 (Talk) 19:26, 3 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Post-rock (2,800 words)  Done – 1.5 points Bgsu98 (Talk) 20:01, 3 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Schlagenheim (2,900 words)  Done – 1 point IAWW (talk) 08:20, 10 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Articles reviewed: 3
Running words total: 10424
Running points total: 5.5

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  1. Sidney Gish (932 words)  Done – 2 points IAWW (talk) 11:13, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Emma Finucane (1291 words)  Done – 1.5 points Fade258 (talk) 13:20, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Whistle (Kylie Minogue and Múm song) (1466 words)  Done – 1.5 points Fade258 (talk) 02:36, 10 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Goetsch–Winckler House (3635 words)  Done – 2 points Bgsu98 (Talk) 22:51, 10 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Susan Close (1735 words)

Articles reviewed: 5
Running words total: 7,324
Running points total: 7

Reviews

Articles reviewed: 1
Running words total: 3459
Running points total: 1.5

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  1. Banshee (collection) (3,000 words)
  2. Brummer-class gunboat (1,500 words)  Done – 1 point Fade258 (talk) 12:41, 11 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Daniela Melchio (1,000 words)

Articles reviewed: 1
Running words total: 1500
Running points total: 1

Reviews

Articles reviewed: 4
Running words total: 11,500
Running points total: 9.5

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Articles reviewed: 4
Running words total: 4809
Running points total: 4

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Articles reviewed: 1
Running words total: 2014
Running points total: 2

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  1. Margin Call (1,671 words)
  2. Howard Lutnick (3,140 words)

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Articles reviewed: 3
Running words total: 8102
Running points total: 4