The 2013 December GAN Backlog Drive was a month-long effort (originally organized by the GAN WikiProject and other users) to reduce the backlog of Good Article nominations. Please make sure that you read the whole Good Article review process before starting to review an article, and that you are very familiar with the GA criteria and the WP:Manual of Style. It is strongly recommended reading the essays What the Good article criteria are not and Reviewing good articles. There were no coordinators for this drive. If you have questions, leave a message on the drive's talk page. The drive began on December 1, 2013 at 0:00:01 (UST) and ended on December 31, 2013 at 23:59:59 (UST).
The goal of this backlog drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down as a low as possible while maintaining quality over quantity reviews. All nominations listed at WP:GAN are eligible to be reviewed. Awards will be given out at the end of the drive (please read below for more info).
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Basic Guidelines
{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/GAN Backlog Drives/November-December 2012/Basic}}
Help Guides
{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/GAN backlog elimination drives/November-December 2012/Help}}
Tools
{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/GAN backlog elimination drives/November-December 2012/Tools}}
All reviews will be worth 1 point with the exception of Quick-fails which will not be counted. When you first create your totals list, include how many article you want to review (your goal).
Article reviews started before January 1, 2014 but completed before [or by] February 1, 2014 are eligible to be counted into the running total. Reviews started before December 1, 2013 do not count.
NOTE: Users who are found to have 5 or more insufficient reviews will not receive any awards.
Review Team
In order to ensure that quality is kept over quantity, a reasonable number of reviews from a user will need to be approved as a quality review before any awards are given out. For this to be done in a timely manner, we need as much help as we can.
Users who join the Review Team will receive an additional barnstar.
If you would like to be part of the Review Team, please add your name below.
During the discussion regarding this backlog drive, an idea was mentioned that users could pledge a certain amount of money (per review) that would be donated to the WMF at the end of the drive (more pledges + reviews = donations to WMF). In no way is this saying that you must pledge, however, it is greatly appreciated if you do. If you would like to make a pledge, please add your name below (no matter where you live please write your pledge in US currency).
Anyone who pledges will receive an additional barnstar.
