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*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 recemtlyrecently 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 to three 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 so overall it was a big win. At AfC we don'tcan havedecline topage gorather throughthan AFDalways toseeking declinedeletion pages,like in NPP so most of he junk just gets quietly deleted [[WP:G13]] in six months or so. This is a much better use of volunteer time overall.

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

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*How can a new contributor help today?

|joinThere AfCis a PERM like process to access the reviewing script at [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Articles for creation/Participants]]. If you are not ready for that, there are interesting ways to still help while you can learn more about the process and helpbuild up confidence. We are in severalthe importantbusiness waysof sorting out the junk and promoting the good. 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.

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.