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This Good article nominations backlog elimination drive is a one-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. The co-ordinator for this drive is: Drilnoth. If you have any questions, leave a message in the drive's talk page. This drive runs from February 13, 2009 00:00 UTC and ends on March 13, 2009 23:59 UTC. Articles which were placed on hold before March 13 and have not yet had their reviews finished can still be counted once the review is complete, as long is it is before the end of the month (when prizes are given out).
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Progress[edit]

Date Outstanding
nominations 		Unreviewed
nominations 		Change since
previous day[N 1] 		Change since
beginning[N 1]
12 February 2009 306 221 — —
13 February 2009 292 207 Positive decrease 14 Positive decrease 14
14 February 2009 284 191 Positive decrease 16 Positive decrease 30
15 February 2009 289 187 Positive decrease  4 Positive decrease 34
16 February 2009 280 175 Positive decrease 12 Positive decrease 46
17 February 2009 273 168 Positive decrease  7 Positive decrease 53
18 February 2009 263 154 Positive decrease 14 Positive decrease 67
19 February 2009 256 141 Positive decrease 13 Positive decrease 80
20 February 2009 242 133 Positive decrease  8 Positive decrease 88
21 February 2009 235 130 Positive decrease  3 Positive decrease 91
22 February 2009 227 122 Positive decrease  8 Positive decrease 99
23 February 2009 221 115 Positive decrease  7 Positive decrease 106
24 February 2009 219 121 Negative increase  6 Positive decrease 100
25 February 2009 205 117 Positive decrease  4 Positive decrease 104
26 February 2009 206 115 Positive decrease  2 Positive decrease 106
27 February 2009 201 112 Positive decrease  3 Positive decrease 109
28 February 2009 188 104 Positive decrease  8 Positive decrease 117
1 March 2009 195 108 Negative increase  4 Positive decrease 113
2 March 2009 202 111 Negative increase  3 Positive decrease 110
3 March 2009 204 121 Negative increase  10 Positive decrease 100
4 March 2009 206 131 Negative increase  10 Positive decrease 90
5 March 2009 213 137 Negative increase  6 Positive decrease 84
6 March 2009 215 135 Positive decrease  2 Positive decrease 86
7 March 2009 219 138 Negative increase  3 Positive decrease 83
8 March 2009 221 141 Negative increase  3 Positive decrease 80
9 March 2009 198 113 Positive decrease 28 Positive decrease 108
10 March 2009 194 117 Negative increase  4 Positive decrease 104
11 March 2009 189 110 Positive decrease  7 Positive decrease 111
12 March 2009 180 106 Positive decrease  4 Positive decrease 115
13 March 2009 180 115 Negative increase  9 Positive decrease 106
  1. ^ a b Change only refers to unreviewed nominations.

Awards[edit]

To receive an award, please include your name and the number of reviews you have completed as part of this drive. Please keep a running total next to your name. Awards will be given by the co-ordinator after this drive ends.

This is the scheme for the awards:

  • 5 for The Working Man's Barnstar
  • 10 for The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
  • 20 for GA medal of merit[1]
  • 40 to become a part of The Order of the Superior Scribes of Wikipedia (in other words, a {{superior}} barnstar)[2]

Note that only the highest award will be given out to each participant based on their reviews; a user who reviews 13 Good Articles nominees will just receive The Tireless Contributor Barnstar, not both it and The Working Man's Barnstar.

  1. ^ This was originally announced as requiring 25 reviews; the number has been reduced per talk page discussion.
  2. ^ This was originally announced as requiring 50 reviews; the number has been reduced per talk page discussion.

Running total[edit]

You can still join! Feel free to start at any time.

Only pass/fail will be recognized as completing a review. If necessary, you can put the article on hold if the article needs to be edited further to be passed. Once you have passed or failed the article after putting it on hold, then include your review below. Quick-fails will not be counted. Please state if the article is a pass, fail, or on hold. Make sure you follow up on holds.

  1. Abraham, B.S. (talk · contribs) (7 total; 4 checked): Ennis Whitehead, Second Battle of Passchendaele, Walter Nowotny
  2. Admiral Norton (talk · contribs) (10 total; 5 checked): Shoot 'em up, Dragon kill points, Subtropical cyclone, Legal status of cartoon pornography depicting minors, Lights and Sounds (song)
  3. Arsenikk (talk · contribs) (40): Wooly Willy, LNER Peppercorn Class A1 60163 Tornado, Fensalir, Hlín, Charles Stewart (Canadian politician), Apollo Management, TIRTL, Romania, Zaprešić, Launceston, Tasmania, Randolph, Tennessee, Rampart Dam, Iskandar of Johor, York Park, Port of Constanţa, History of Randolph, Tennessee, Muntz Street, Fulfordgate, 1956 Winter Olympics, Papal election, 1130, Super Metroid, Metroid Fusion, Metroid II: Return of Samus, Blackstone Group, Land value tax, Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss, County Route 72 (Rockland County, New York), FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009, Pakistan International Airlines, Leif Tronstad, Cunard Line, Thomas Forester, SM UB-2, Luis Muñoz Rivera, SM UB-3, SM UB-4, SM UB-5, Geert Wilders, SM UB-6, Norman I. Wengert
  4. Bellhalla (talk · contribs) (8): Frank Hubert McNamara, Braunschweig class battleship, Japanese battleship Haruna, Brazilian battleship Minas Gerais, Junkers Ju 87, Walter Oesau, Doug Ring with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948, Second Test, 1948 Ashes series
  5. CarpetCrawler (talk · contribs) (8): Kirk Cameron, Swede Hanson (wrestler), Houston Rockets, Ninja Gaiden, Papa Don't Preach, Katy Perry, Take on Me, Way of the Five Pecks of Rice
  6. Cyclonebiskit (talk · contribs) (2): Tropical Storm Haishen (2008), Tropical Storm Matmo (2008)
  7. Dana boomer (talk · contribs) (32): SM U-40 (Austria-Hungary), Battle of Tamatave, Eric Borel, Lord Denning, George Madison, John Breathitt, Robert P. Letcher, Mindaugas, Dublin, Hurricane Barry (1983), President of Ukraine, Typhoon Maria (2006), Tropical Storm Wukong (2006), Battle of Saint-Pierre, SM UB-47, Design 1047 battlecruiser, Oliver Hazard Perry Morton, Parents Television Council, Edgar Towner, Siege of Fort St. Jean, Euclidean geometry, Warwickshire, Alan Kotok, Lesbian, Hurricane Fausto (2008), NSB Class 66, Meråker Line, Jim Hensley, Swedish heraldry, Flag of Puerto Rico, Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick, New Netherland
  8. Diderot's dreams (talk · contribs) (5): Lipid bilayer, Lodewijk van den Berg, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Osteitis fibrosa cystica, Betty Roberts
  9. DiverseMentality (talk · contribs) (5): Piracy Funds Terrorism, What Are You Going to Do with Your Life? Lovers in Japan Hello Sunshine West End Girls
  10. Ealdgyth (talk · contribs) (42 total; 6 checked): NSB Class 93 Australian contribution to the Allied Intervention in Russia 1918–1919 Ron Hamence with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948 Lindsay Hassett with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948 Tropical Storm Laura (2008) SM U-31 (Austria-Hungary) SM U-32 (Austria-Hungary) Colin McCool with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948 Theology of Huldrych Zwingli Cyathus Steve Burdick Cultural Revolution Group Typhoon Conson (2004) Jay Cooke & Company Thom Darden Siege of Vicksburg Ba Cut John L. Helm Hurricane Howard (2004) Charles S. Morehead Evergreen (album) Charles Scherf Economy of the Han Dynasty SS Merion Dimitri Marick Żydokomuna Alexios Apokaukos Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals George Brett (military) Ngo Dinh Diem presidential visit to Australia Cyathus olla New Jersey Route 413 Cyathus helenae It Was Written Keith Miller George Bethune Adams
  11. Eustress (talk · contribs) (5 total; 2 checked): New Jersey Route 182, Howard Adelman, Sága and Sökkvabekkr
  12. GaryColemanFan (talk · contribs) (6): Action of 10 November 1808, Centre Square, Jersey Act, Metroid, Our Father (Dexter), Tropical Storm Faxai (2007)
  13. Gary King (talk · contribs) (2): A Fish Called Selma, Norton Internet Security
  14. Hamiltonstone (talk · contribs) (4): Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Council House, Perth United States presidential election, 2008 H.M.S. Pinafore
  15. H1nkles (talk · contribs) (23): Terri Runnels, Solingen arson attack of 1993, 1968 Illinois earthquake, GMB Class 71, Gilbert Foliot, Battle of Appomattox Station, Taboo Tuesday (2005), Neil Harvey with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948, Batavian Republic, Mark Sanchez, Holocaust in Nazi-occupied Lithuania, Schinderhannes bartelsi, Ofotbanen (company), Omagh bombing, 2008 Barack Obama assassination scare in Denver, Wendi Richter, Anyang Halla, Hebron glass, Klaxons, Strensham services, Raja of Panagal, Port Macquarie-Hastings Council dismissal, 2008, Christa McAuliffe
  16. Jason Rees (talk · contribs) (12): 1998 North Indian Ocean cyclone season 1952 Groundhog Day tropical storm Tropical Storm Bernard Cyclone Fanele Cyclone Hondo Cyclone Kamba, High-pressure area, Low-pressure area Typhoon Yagi (2006)] 2005 UEFA Champions League Final Cyclone Urmil (2006) Ice Hockey World Championships
  17. Jezhotwells (talk · contribs) (6): Love Kraft, The Author's Farce, Blond Bombers, Frank Sandford, Mike Mizanin, Ariel Meredith, Jape (band), Chemetco
  18. MacGyverMagic (talk · contribs) (6): Nathan F. Cobb, White Dog, Asinara, Al Aaraaf, The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie, Casper Reel.
  19. MarquisCostello (talk · contribs) (9) : Snooker, Geoffrey, Archbishop of York, Joe Hewitt (RAAF officer), Thomas Metcalfe (US politician), Conclusion of the American Civil War, Operation Sky Monitor, Kenneth Walker, Wolfgang Lüth, German Type UB I submarine
  20. Merpin (talk · contribs) (1): Avatar: The Last Airbender
  21. MPJ-DK (talk · contribs) (6): Rip Hawk, Darren Matthews, Montel Vontavious Porter, Alprazolam, He That Believeth in Me, Son-Rise: A Miracle of Love
  22. Noble Story (talk · contribs) (17): Washington Park Court District Bill Brown with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948 The Grinning Man (Jonathan Creek) Ian Johnson with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948 Dick Pollard Church Administration Building Third Test, 1948 Ashes series First Test, 1948 Ashes series Tokyo Tower Fourth Test, 1948 Ashes series 1948 Ashes series We're Not in Kansas Anymore Peter Holmes Raaz - The Mystery Continues Shane Hurlbut 2008 Mumbai attacks Response to Kauhajoki school shooting Tyson Gay Richard Brodie (footballer) Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata
  23. Nikki311 (talk · contribs) (5): Christmas in the post-War United States, Hamline University, Laura Robson, Ice hockey at the Olympic Games, Shamrock Rovers F.C.
  24. OhanaUnited (talk · contribs) (5): 2008 Chinese Grand Prix, Black Drongo, Food waste in the United Kingdom, Macaroni Penguin , 243 Ida
  25. Pyrotec (talk · contribs) (20): Rhondda, Asker Line, Coquitlam, Monks Brook, Kalimpong, Gillender Building, Tchaikovsky and the Five, Wales Millennium Centre, Strensham services, Ethanol fuel in Brazil, Ferdinandea, Apothecaries' system, History of ethanol fuel in Brazil, Paulinus of York, Hims, Honorius of Canterbury, Brodir and Ospak of Man, Vauxhall Gardens, Randolph, Tennessee, Robert Ford (politician)
  26. Rjanag (talk · contribs) (2): Ottawa language, Gomphus clavatus
  27. Sasata (talk · contribs) (10): Serotonin syndrome, Nitrogen-vacancy center, Tricholoma pardinum, Neurolinguistics, Mantled howler, Tornado myths, Seattle Fault, Avery-MacLeod-McCarty experiment, Science and technology of the Han Dynasty, Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy
  28. TonyTheTiger (talk · contribs) (2): Adrian Monk, Chris Lu
  29. Vantine84 (talk · contribs) (2): Light gun shooter, WarioWare: Smooth Moves
  30. Whitehorse1 (talk · contribs) (10): Ames almanack, Bruce Castle, Dragonlance, Murder of Danielle Jones, Nemesis (Stargate SG-1), Norton Internet Security, Ratatoskr, Sheldon Manor, Texas A&M Singing Cadets, Winnie Winkle
  31. Wizardman (talk · contribs) (15 Total; 5 Checked): 1998 Gator Bowl, James Clark (Kentucky politician), Ron Saggers with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948, Sam Loxton with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948, William Owsley, Darren McFadden, Richard Montgomery, Chuck Fleetwood-Smith, , Rowland Egerton-Warburton, Ernie Toshack with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948
  32. Xymmax (talk · contribs) (5): Reckoning (R.E.M. album), James Whale, Jeita Grotto, SuccessTech Academy shooting, Korean Air Lines Flight 007
  33. YellowMonkey (talk · contribs) (4) : Jim Baxter, 2009 Qatar ExxonMobil Open, Acting Sheriff, Kansas City Chiefs, Rescue of Jews by Poles during the Holocaust‎, JF-17 Thunder
  34. Yellowweasel (talk · contribs) (4): Fast inverse square root, Tantalum, Crystallographic defects in diamond, Norton Internet Security
  35. Yllosubmarine (talk · contribs) (10): Diane Lane, David Schwimmer, Sí se puede, Schindler's List, William Warelwast, Aubrey Gibson, The Go-Getter (film), James Cagney, Jon Hamm, Maya Angelou

Total reviews: 330

Review[edit]

To ensure that all GA reviews were appropriately ended, I (Drilnoth) will be going through all reviews listed here which are not currently on hold to quickly scan them and make sure that there's no obvious problems, and if there are I'll list them for reassessment. I want to do this to ensure the continued quality of Wikipedia's GAs, and since this is a little bit of a contest I think it is important to double check everything. If anyone could take a brief look at the ones I reviewed, that would be great. Thanks. –Drilnoth (T • C) 21:37, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thus far, every review has been well-done. So as to not use up anyone else's time unnecessarily, I'm just going to go ahead and give out the awards. Wikipedians are a trustworthy lot; I don't think we need to worry too much about this. :) –Drilnoth (T • C) 21:11, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Checked reviews (OK)[edit]

  1. Abraham, B.S. (talk · contribs) (4/7 checked): SM U-30 (Austria-Hungary), 1964 Brinks Hotel bombing, SM U-17 (Austria-Hungary), Action of 22 January 1809
  2. Admiral Norton (talk · contribs) (5/10 checked): New Jersey Route 48, Return to Sender (Dexter), $pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling), New Jersey Route 53, Rhyolite, Nevada
  3. Drilnoth (talk · contribs) (7/7 checked): Braid (video game), Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day!, Final Fantasy (video game), Metroid: Zero Mission, Shadow the Hedgehog (video game), Star Trek: Voyager – Elite Force, Washington Park Subdivision
  4. Ealdgyth (talk · contribs) (6/42 checked): New England Quarter, Diocletianic Persecution, Humphrey Stafford, 1st Earl of Devon, Trey Parker, Keith Bostic (American football), Capella (star)
  5. Eustress (talk · contribs) (2/5 checked): University of Dayton Ghetto, New Jersey Route 161
  6. Hunter Kahn (talk · contribs) (40/40 checked): The Rocketeer (film), It's Alive! (Dexter), The Last Temptation of Homer, Amy Adams, Beyond the Sea (film), Pal (dog actor), Treehouse of Horror IV, Homer Loves Flanders, The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular, Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song, Bart the Mother, The Last One (Friends), Street newspaper, Traffic (2000 film), Thorbjørn Jagland, Hungry Like the Wolf, Dexter (episode), Ethan Hawke, Wanted (2008 film), Left 4 Dead, Luke Smith (writer), Barack Obama "Hope" poster, Cindy McCain, Alt.tv.simpsons, Spider-Man: One More Day, Joan Crawford, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Valkyrie (film), Treehouse of Horror VI, Billie Jean, Ice Ice Baby, The Daily Mash, Friday the 13th (2009 film), Indiana Governor's Residence, Nancy Cartwright, Julie Kavner, What's Cooking? with Jamie Oliver, Boy-Scoutz n the Hood, Lady Bouvier's Lover, HIStory/Ghosts
  7. Punkmorten (talk · contribs) (1/1 checked): Rory Delap
  8. Wasted Time R (talk · contribs) (5/5 checked): To the Stars: The Autobiography of George Takei, Hue chemical attacks, Controversy over the discovery of Haumea, Wayne L. Morse United States Courthouse, Slinky
  9. Wizardman (talk · contribs) (5/15 checked): Hurricane Darby (1992), Typhoon Soulik (2006), John of Tours, Cyclone Arthur (2007), Cyclone Innis (2009)
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