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Subject sweep?
editWould there be interest in getting a few people together to systematically clear out one subject area of nominations? I'm looking at WP:GAN#REC for example where there are eight open nominations, and they're all very short and easy by the looks of it. If four people expressed interest, each could take two reviews and get the whole section done (and more people would be even better!). Just to be clear, this is not a proposal for a formal backlog drive, just something that could be done when there are enough interested people for a given subject. Seeing this sort of quick progress in clearing out an entire section could be motivating, and if there's a lot of interest, then it could be applied to some of the medium-sized subjects as well. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 🛸 00:57, 16 August 2025 (UTC)
- Yesss I would do this IAWW (talk) 01:18, 16 August 2025 (UTC)
- I could do one of these. History6042😊 (Contact me) 01:32, 16 August 2025 (UTC)
- Me too! DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 02:17, 16 August 2025 (UTC)
- Alright, @DaniloDaysOfOurLives, @It is a wonderful world, and @Thebiguglyalien, if we all do two we can clear the section. I will start my reviews now. History6042😊 (Contact me) 02:32, 16 August 2025 (UTC)
- And just like that every one is under review IAWW (talk) 09:03, 16 August 2025 (UTC)
- It looks like Buddy breathing is still untaken. 😉 Bgsu98 (Talk) 09:12, 16 August 2025 (UTC)
- I started the review, it's just taking some time for ChristieBot to update IAWW (talk) 09:24, 16 August 2025 (UTC)
- I stand corrected. 😃 Bgsu98 (Talk) 12:21, 16 August 2025 (UTC)
- I started the review, it's just taking some time for ChristieBot to update IAWW (talk) 09:24, 16 August 2025 (UTC)
- Amazing! Nice work everyone and thanks to TBUA for getting this rolling. Perhaps next we could do Education (6 open nominations since January), Places (6 since February), Royalty, nobility and heraldry (7 since January), Economics and business (8 since February) or Magazines and print journalism (8 since January)? Grnrchst (talk) 13:06, 16 August 2025 (UTC)
- We should pick another once most of the recreation reviews are on hold or completed. If a few more people express interest, we could go for a larger one. WP:GAN#CULTURE has good variety if we could get at least 10 people for 20 nominations. Otherwise magazines and print journalism looks like an easy one for 4–8 people to tackle. Ideally I'd like to avoid ones where it's dominated by one person (don't want to overwhelm them and would prefer to let several nominators have reviewers), and others like royalty are also being maintained and are mostly reviewed already. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 🛸 18:34, 16 August 2025 (UTC)
- I have snagged one of the Education articles. Bgsu98 (Talk) 11:30, 17 August 2025 (UTC)
- I've been trying to clear that section since I started reviewing almost a year ago. I've got it down to one article twice but never zero. IAWW (talk) 23:48, 17 August 2025 (UTC)
- There's one more unclaimed nomination at education for History of education in Brunei (nom) if anyone wants the bragging rights for taking the final open nomination in a section. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 🛸 02:59, 23 August 2025 (UTC)
- I'll take it, interesting topic. CMD (talk) 05:15, 23 August 2025 (UTC)
- There's one more unclaimed nomination at education for History of education in Brunei (nom) if anyone wants the bragging rights for taking the final open nomination in a section. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 🛸 02:59, 23 August 2025 (UTC)
- I've been trying to clear that section since I started reviewing almost a year ago. I've got it down to one article twice but never zero. IAWW (talk) 23:48, 17 August 2025 (UTC)
- It looks like Buddy breathing is still untaken. 😉 Bgsu98 (Talk) 09:12, 16 August 2025 (UTC)
- Mathematics and mathematicians is a subject area that only has two unreviewed articles (as of writing this):
- If we could get two reviews from WP:WPM that would help clear it! Gramix13 (talk) 01:16, 17 August 2025 (UTC)
- I'll do the Pythagorean addition; if somebody else takes the graph theory one the Mathematics section will be empty. —Kusma (talk) 10:24, 23 August 2025 (UTC)
- It's my nomination so I can't help with the reviewing, but I'm at least holding off on additional nominations in that section for now as a way to improve the chances that this happens. And thanks to all the reviewers including Kusma and Gramix13 who have brought it so close to being cleaned out! —David Eppstein (talk) 18:50, 25 August 2025 (UTC)
- I'll do the Pythagorean addition; if somebody else takes the graph theory one the Mathematics section will be empty. —Kusma (talk) 10:24, 23 August 2025 (UTC)
- As we're moving toward completion on the Recreation and Education sections, are there at least four people (including myself) interested in tackling the eight nominations in WP:GAN#PRINT next? Thebiguglyalien (talk) 🛸 20:23, 23 August 2025 (UTC)
- I grabbed one article from the Places category listed above. Bgsu98 (Talk) 20:50, 23 August 2025 (UTC)
- That sounds good to me. I'm grabbing one now, and one is from an inactive nominator, so that leaves Lyon Village, Virginia (start) and Kikwit (start). In the meantime, if anyone wants to start pledging to do two each from Culture, we could optimistically have a list of at least ten people ready to go by the time we're done with the current projects. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 🛸 21:29, 23 August 2025 (UTC)
- Gdańsk is such a large article, I’m hesitant to take on any more until I’ve worked my way through what I’ve already committed to. Bgsu98 (Talk) 11:17, 24 August 2025 (UTC)
- That sounds good to me. I'm grabbing one now, and one is from an inactive nominator, so that leaves Lyon Village, Virginia (start) and Kikwit (start). In the meantime, if anyone wants to start pledging to do two each from Culture, we could optimistically have a list of at least ten people ready to go by the time we're done with the current projects. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 🛸 21:29, 23 August 2025 (UTC)
- There's a couple print media nominations that interest me. I'll see about reviewing them once I'm done with my own open nomination. --Grnrchst (talk) 09:07, 24 August 2025 (UTC)
- Opened reviews for two of the print media nominations. --Grnrchst (talk) 16:12, 25 August 2025 (UTC)
- I could do the Chinese one and perhaps one of the shorter ones. —Kusma (talk) 08:36, 25 August 2025 (UTC)
- Whoops! Swiped that one from you, sorry. I found it too interesting not to review. --Grnrchst (talk) 16:13, 25 August 2025 (UTC)
- I grabbed one article from the Places category listed above. Bgsu98 (Talk) 20:50, 23 August 2025 (UTC)
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- HM Treasury | start review) – Ministerial department of the UK Government – (0 reviews, 0 GAs) LunaExplorer (talk) 07:00, 16 August 2025 (UTC)
To: Removed
I'd like to withdraw the nomation as I don't have the time to respond currently. LunaExplorer (talk) 10:42, 17 August 2025 (UTC)
Done Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 11:15, 17 August 2025 (UTC)
False titles: add guidance to Manual of Style?
editIn case anyone is interested in false titles, there is a discussion at MOS about whether to add guidance covering false ttiles. Noleander (talk) 03:07, 20 August 2025 (UTC)
Chenab Rail Bridge
editChenab Rail Bridge was nominated for a GAR in February 2025. While the user Theeverywhereperson indicated an intention to review on 4 August 2025, he/she had not started the review as of date, and has reverted with a might/might not answer when queried on the same. So request to restore the article to the original date as per the list, so that someone else can take it up. Thanks! Magentic Manifestations (talk) 12:47, 25 August 2025 (UTC)
- In the past we have waited a month, although Theeverywhereperson has indicated on the review that they are not free. Have you asked them if they want to withdraw as a reviewer? They can nominate the page for deletion and then all that is needed is to make a small reset to the nomination template. CMD (talk) 13:42, 25 August 2025 (UTC)
No theme for October?
editI'd suggest, given the state of the backlog, that the October backlog drive have no theme. The themes are interesting but they complexify the process and may intimidate some reviewers. The focus for October should simplify be on incentivizing as many high quality reviews as possible. —Ganesha811 (talk) 12:25, 26 August 2025 (UTC)
- Agree IAWW (talk) 13:05, 26 August 2025 (UTC)