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*What motivated you to become a member of WikiProject Articles for Creation?

The opportunity to help good new content get into the project. I also enjoy maintenance, clearing out junk, spam and otherwise useless pages to improve the average quality of pages available here.

*There has been discussion about integrating Articles for Creation into the New Pages Patrol. What are your thoughts on this?

The skill set is the same and the qualifications should be fully aligned. The major difference between AfC and NPP is the ___location of the pages. Drafts have been brought into the NPP tool recemtly so NPP reviewers can review Drafts the same way they review in mainspace.

*The Articles for Creation backlog has fallen dramatically recently. How are reviewers keeping the backlog low?

Like most backlogs, it fluctuates mostly because one or a small group of editors changes their activity level. AfC always processes most drafts within the first two days of submission. The long backlog is usually the minority of pages that are harder to assess for some reason. We were able to cut that from 8+ weeks to 3 weeks through some dedicated effort. We also cut the total pending from around 2300 to under 1300. Ideally all submissions would be answered within a few days but that will require more volunteers.

*Have you seen a difference in your workflow following the conclusion of [[WP:ACTRIAL]]?

[[WP:ACREQ]] was a huge success. It cut down the submission of junk into mainspace dramatically. However there was a pretty big uptick in AfC submissions, but not nearly as much as the reduction in problematic mainspace submissions. At AfC we don't have to go through AFD to decline pages, so most of he junk just gets quietly deleted [[WP:G13]] in six months or so. This is much better.

*What are WikiProject Articles for Creation's most pressing needs?

We need some more reviewers. It is an interestimg mix of quality control and encouraging great new content. I learn a lot from reading random submissions, even the spam is interesting as I learn about new companies and ideas.

*How can a new contributor help today?

If you don't feel ready to [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Articles for creation/Participants

|join AfC]] you can learn more about the process and help in several important ways. You can CSD spam/copyvio and MfD other problems in [[:Category:Pending AfC submissions]]. If you prefer content creation or gnoming, please look for good notable topics in the same category and improve the pages. Many submitters are new without the skills to add sources properly, format pages correctly, and other issues. Helping get good pages ready for mainspace and eliminating bad pages makes the AfC reviewer's job much easier.