The January 2025 GAN Backlog Drive is a one-month-long effort to reduce the backlog of Good article nominations. Please ensure that you familiarise yourself with the Good Article review process before starting to review an article, and that you are familiar with the GA criteria and the Manual of Style. Also, it is recommended that you read the essays What the Good article criteria are not and Reviewing good articles. The co-ordinators for this drive are DoctorWhoFan91, IntentionallyDense and Ganesha811. If you have any questions, leave a message on this drive's talk page. The drive began on 1 January 2025 at 00:00:00 (UTC) and will end on 31 January 2025 at 23:59:59 (UTC). You can still sign up below.

The ultimate goal of this backlog elimination drive is to cut the number of outstanding GANs, especially those over 90 days old. Awards will be given out to those individuals who do the most work in helping reduce the size of the backlog and reach milestones related to the number, age, and size, of articles reviewed. The drive is intended to promote a faster rate of decreasing backlog while maintaining quality reviews. Reviews not completed by the end of the month are counted, as long as it had substantially been started in January.

This is the first of three GAN backlog drives for the year; we will be glad if you return for the other two, in May and September, as well. Some similar groups and competitions include Women in Green, with an emphasis on women, and the WikiCup, which rewards all kinds of high-standard content. Consider signing for them too. Happy reviewing!

1. Log completed GANs here. If you complete a GAN for an article, don't forget to list it here so that you can get credit for the review.
2. No rubber-stamping GANs. Good Article nominations tend to result in even better improvements if a reasonable amount of issues are brought up in a review. This can be especially useful when approaching Featured Article standing. Quick-fails are allowed if the article is in exceptionally poor shape or per the GA criteria page. Reviews and articles will be checked by the co-ordinators to ensure that rubber-stamping does not happen. If a participant is found rapidly rubber-stamping GANs that do not meet the criteria, they may be disqualified and possibly reported to the administrators' noticeboard for disruptive editing.
3. Minimum quality. Only reviews of a sufficient quality will be counted. This is subjective, and coordinators reserve the right to credit or discredit individual reviews. Reviews that are shorter than 1000 bytes are unlikely to be counted.
4. Provide constructive criticism. If you see a problem or problems in a certain article you're reviewing, don't be afraid to point that out and indicate to the nominator what's wrong. However, be sure to guide the nominator to possible ways of fixing those problems. Similarly, if the article is not of Good Article quality yet, don't be afraid to fail, but make sure you provide guidance as to how to get the article up to GA quality.
5. Stick with it. An article isn't improved if it remains on hold for months. Instead, make the smaller corrections, make sure the primary writer is actively editing, and make the pass/fail judgement if concerns are/are not addressed in a timely manner.
6. Have fun. We're here to help bring these articles up to their fullest potential and hence improving the overall quality of the encyclopedia. If you do not enjoy doing that, then there is no motivation to improve these articles and the encyclopedia as a whole.

Numbers of all GANs and of old GANs are reported as described here and here.

Date	Outstanding nominations	Unreviewed nominations	Change since previous day[N 1]	Change since beginning[N 1]
1 January 2025	727	653	—	—
2 January 2025	721	620	33 (5.1%)	33 (5.1%)
3 January 2025	702	575	45 (7.3%)	78 (11.9%)
4 January 2025	691	559	16 (2.8%)	94 (14.4%)
5 January 2025	687	549	10 (1.8%)	104 (15.9%)
6 January 2025	680	535	14 (2.6%)	118 (18.1%)
7 January 2025	671	517	18 (3.4%)	136 (20.8%)
8 January 2025	668	493	24 (4.6%)	160 (24.5%)
9 January 2025	650	487	6 (1.2%)	166 (25.4%)
10 January 2025	632	464	23 (4.7%)	189 (28.9%)
11 January 2025	619	451	13 (2.8%)	202 (30.9%)
12 January 2025	610	441	10 (2.2%)	212 (32.5%)
13 January 2025	608	447	6 (1.4%)	206 (31.5%)
14 January 2025	610	454	7 (1.6%)	199 (30.5%)
15 January 2025	601	449	5 (1.1%)	204 (31.2%)
16 January 2025	600	453	4 (0.9%)	200 (30.6%)
17 January 2025	598	449	4 (0.9%)	204 (31.2%)
18 January 2025	595	447	2 (0.4%)	206 (31.5%)
19 January 2025	590	445	2 (0.4%)	208 (31.9%)
20 January 2025	594	453	8 (1.8%)	200 (30.6%)
21 January 2025	595	454	1 (0.2%)	199 (30.5%)
22 January 2025	600	471	17 (3.7%)	182 (27.9%)
23 January 2025	606	476	5 (1.1%)	177 (27.1%)
24 January 2025	602	479	3 (0.6%)	174 (26.6%)
25 January 2025	605	474	5 (1%)	179 (27.4%)

Date	Outstanding old nominations	Unreviewed old nominations	Change since previous day[N 2]	Change since beginning[N 2]
1 January 2025	213	178	—	—
2 January 2025	207	155	23 (12.9%)	23 (12.9%)
3 January 2025	192	124	31 (20%)	54 (30.3%)
4 January 2025	184	112	12 (9.7%)	66 (37.1%)
5 January 2025	179	110	2 (1.8%)	68 (38.2%)
6 January 2025	170	102	8 (7.3%)	76 (42.7%)
7 January 2025	167	99	3 (2.9%)	79 (44.4%)
8 January 2025	160	89	10 (10.1%)	89 (50%)
9 January 2025	150	81	8 (9%)	97 (54.5%)
10 January 2025	146	76	5 (6.2%)	102 (57.3%)
11 January 2025	140	68	8 (10.5%)	110 (61.8%)
12 January 2025	132	64	4 (5.9%)	114 (64%)
13 January 2025	127	62	2 (3.1%)	116 (65.2%)
14 January 2025	124	61	1 (1.6%)	117 (65.7%)
15 January 2025	118	58	3 (4.9%)	120 (67.4%)
16 January 2025	116	57	1 (1.7%)	121 (68%)
17 January 2025	114	58	1 (1.8%)	120 (67.4%)
18 January 2025	110	55	3 (5.2%)	123 (69.1%)
19 January 2025	105	55	0 (0%)	123 (69.1%)
20 January 2025	97	53	2 (3.6%)	125 (70.2%)
21 January 2025	94	52	1 (1.9%)	126 (70.8%)
22 January 2025	98	58	6 (11.5%)	120 (67.4%)
23 January 2025	102	62	4 (6.9%)	116 (65.2%)
24 January 2025	98	61	1 (1.6%)	117 (65.7%)

• After week 1 (8 January 00:00 UTC), the number of unreviewed nominations had gone down by 160 nominations (24.5%), with the number of unreviewed old nominations down by 89 nominations (50%). Out of the old nominations we started with on day 1, 104 of them have been taken, a reduction of 58.4%.
• After week 2 (15 January 00:00 UTC), the number of unreviewed nominations had gone down by 204 nominations (31.2%) (with a maximum reduction of 212 nominations (32.5%) on 12 January), with the number of unreviewed old nominations down by 120 nominations (67.4%). Out of the old nominations we started with on day 1, 140 of them have been taken, a reduction of 78.6%.
• After week 3 (22 January 00:00 UTC), the number of unreviewed nominations had gone down by 182 nominations (27.9%) (with a maximum reduction of 208 nominations (31.9%) on 19 January), with the number of unreviewed old nominations down by 120 nominations (67.4%) (with a maximum reduction of 126 nominations (70.8%) on 21 January). Out of the old nominations we started with on day 1, 149 of them have been taken, a reduction of 83.7%.

To receive an award, please include your name and the number of reviews you have completed as part of this drive. The co-ordinators will award you points based on those reviews. Awards will be given by the co-ordinators after this drive ends.

This is the scheme for the awards:

At least 3 points: The Minor Barnstar

At least 7 points: The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar

At least 12 points: The Reviewer Barnstar

At least 20 points: The Premium Reviewer Barnstar

At least 30 points: The Multiple Good Article Reviewer Barnstar

At least 40 points: The WikiProject Good Articles Medal of Merit

At least 60 points: The Order of the Superior Scribe of Wikipedia

In addition, the person who accumulates the most points during the backlog elimination drive will receive the Content Review Medal of Merit

The backlog drive works on a points system, to help incentivize quality reviews and focus on articles that may be neglected.

• One point is awarded for every article reviewed.
  • For each 90 days an article has been in the backlog, an additional half-point is awarded (so a 90-day-old nomination receives 1.5 points, a 180-day-old nomination 2 points, etc). This is measured by the UTC date at which the review begins, and not the exact time interval.

Days ago	Points	Timestamp
90	1.5	27 October 2024 (UTC)
180	2	29 July 2024 (UTC)
270	2.5	30 April 2024 (UTC)

• Since reviews of long articles tend to be more work than reviews of short ones, participants will also receive an overall bonus of one point per 2500 total reviewed words. Please round the wordcount to the nearest 500, for the sake of the co-ordinators' sanity. For quickfails and insubstantial reviews, only the review point might be rewarded (at co-ordinators' discretion), and no bonus points.

A list has been added (and will be updated throughout the drive), containing all nominations over 90+ days old. Nominations 180+ days old will be bolded, and nominations 270+ days old in bold italics. This list is manually updated as additional nominations reach eligibility, and automatically formats nominations that age into the 180+ and 270+ sections.

• After starting a review of one of these articles, please remove it from the list.
• Note that it is the list of old articles, not all articles. The review of any GAN is eligible for points in this backlog drive.

NOTE: To participate in the drive, add your username, as mentioned in the instructions below, and update your reviews as they come through.

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Coordinators will update the totals for you as they check reviews. Best of luck to all participants!

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Word count total (bonus points): 9000 words (3 points)
Running points total: 7.5

Articles reviewed: 1
Old nominations reviewed: 1
Word count total (bonus points): 4500 words (1 point)
Running points total: 2.5

Articles reviewed: 6
Old nominations reviewed: 5
Word count total (bonus points): 6000 words (2 points)
Running points total: 12.5

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Articles reviewed: 9
Old nominations reviewed: 7
Word count total (bonus points): 22500 words (9 points)
Running points total: 22

Articles reviewed: 1
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Articles reviewed: 1
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Old nominations reviewed: 5
Word count total (bonus points): 22,500 words (9 points)
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Articles reviewed: 1
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Articles reviewed: 4
Old nominations reviewed: 4
Word count total (bonus points): 9500 words (3 points)
Running points total: 9.5

Articles reviewed: 2
Old nominations reviewed: 1
Word count total (bonus points): 1500 words
Running points total: 2.5

Articles reviewed: 5
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Old nominations reviewed: 3
Word count total (bonus points): 11000 words (4 points)
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Articles reviewed: 3
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Word count total (bonus points): 12500 words (5 points)
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Old nominations reviewed: 1.5
Word count total (bonus points): 4000 words (+1 point)
Running points total: 2.5

Articles reviewed: 8
Old nominations reviewed: 8
Word count total (bonus points): 21,000 words (8 points)
Running points total: 22.5

Articles reviewed: 9
Old nominations reviewed: 4
Word count total (bonus points): 26000 (10 points)
Running points total: 21.5

Articles reviewed: 3
Old nominations reviewed: 2
Word count total (bonus points): 5000 (2 points)
Running points total: 6

Articles reviewed: 3
Old nominations reviewed: 3
Word count total (bonus points): 10000 words (4 points)
Running points total: 9.5

Articles reviewed: 10
Old nominations reviewed: 6
Word count total (bonus points): 21,500 words (8 points)
Running points total: 21.5 points

Articles reviewed: 3
Old nominations reviewed: 1
Word count total (bonus points): 8500 words (3 points)
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Articles reviewed: 9
Old nominations reviewed: 7
Word count total (bonus points): 36000 words (14 points)
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Articles reviewed: 4
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Old nominations reviewed: 1
Word count total (bonus points): 9000 words (3 points)
Running points total: 5.5

Articles reviewed: 2
Old nominations reviewed: 2
Word count total (bonus points): 2000
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Old nominations reviewed: 4
Word count total (bonus points): 13000 words (5 points)
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Old nominations reviewed: 30
Word count total (bonus points): 72,000 words (28 points)
Running points total: 87

Articles reviewed: 11
Old nominations reviewed: 5
Word count total (bonus points): 38,500 words (15 points)
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Word count total (bonus points): 11000 words (4 points)
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Word count total (bonus points): 4500 words (1 point)
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Word count total (bonus points): 3,500 (1 point)
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1. Doxycycline (3500 words)

Articles reviewed: 1
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Running points total: 1

Articles reviewed: 2
Old nominations reviewed: 1
Word count total (bonus points): 9000 (3 points)
Running points total: 5.5

Articles reviewed: 2
Old nominations reviewed: 2
Word count total (bonus points): 1500
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Articles reviewed: 1
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Word count total (bonus points): 19,000 words (7 points)
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