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Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force/Sweeps

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The integrity of Wikipedia's Good articles requires that all articles tagged and listed as Good articles meet the criteria. The aim of this project is to "sweep" through the current good articles to check that they meet the criteria. To participate, pick a sub-category at WP:GA and review the articles; take appropriate action, as described below, and mark the sweeps list when reviews of the sub-category have been completed. Editor's contributions can be recorded here.
WikiProject Good Articles: Open Tasks
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Process

For this initial sweep, all Good articles listed before 26 August 2007 need to be reviewed against the GA criteria.

  1. Choose a sub-category on the sweeps list that is not taken by another editor (unless every category is full).
  2. Tag the subcategory with {{UnderReview}}.
  3. Review the articles against the criteria as you would an article listed at WP:GAN or WP:GAR.
    • If an article fails to meet the criteria, delist the article in accordance with the delisting guidelines: create a permanent review subpage and give article editors a chance to respond (a couple of days should be enough).
      • In the case of a clear failure to meet the criteria, remove the article from WP:GA and leave a message on the review subpage, using {{subst:GASweepsDelist}} with a detailed list of issues below it. (If you update {{articlehistory}}, please scroll to the bottom of the talk page to see if the red error category is lit when you finish.)
      • In the case of minor issues, or issues which can be easily addressed, try to fix as many problems as you can, list any remaining issues on the review subpage, then allow editors seven days to address them, as you would with "on hold" at GAN (but don't tag the article with an "on hold" template). You may find it helpful to use {{subst:GASweepsHold}}. Be sure to keep track of the article.
    • If you are unsure whether the article meets the criteria, or you are not comfortable delisting it, nominate it for community review at Good article reassessment.
    • If the article passes review, update to the current oldid with an edit summary of Updating oldid per [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force]].
  4. Once you've completed a subcategory, update the Last article quality sweep field on the sweep list with your signature.

Participation

Participants list and progress found here.

Considering the entire point of this task force is to improve and uphold the quality of Good articles, only experienced reviewers who are established (trusted) within the project should participate in this initial sweep. It is key that clearly substandard articles be removed from the GA list, while those that are almost there are brought up to current GA standards. The point is to target articles that have "fallen through the cracks", so we can't have any fall through the cracks a second time during this sweep.

If you are interested in helping, please leave a message on OhanaUnited's talk page. Keep in mind that we're looking for those individuals that have a very strong understanding of good article criteria and all GA processes. We thank everyone for their interest, but only selected individuals will be invited to participate in the sweeps.

Awards

Quality is the goal here. For that reason, awards will be given out based on the quality of reviews, not solely on quantity. What awards will be given out will not be known until the sweep is completed. Reviews should be done for the betterment of the project and the encyclopedia, not for a star... But you'll still get a star (maybe something better) if you make a significant impact during the sweeps.

Running total

Keep track of your reviews here.

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