Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/September 2014 backlog reduction drive

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The Military history WikiProject's September–October 2014 backlog reduction drive has now closed. Thanks to all who contributed!

About the drive

The backlog reduction drive is a six-week effort to reduce the backlog of military history articles needing attention and military history articles with incomplete B-Class checklists. These articles have been flagged as needing particular types of improvement to achieve B-Class status; by reducing the backlog, the drive will simultaneously help the project achieve its 10% B-Class milestone target. The drive starts at 00:01 UTC on 1 September and runs through 23:59 UTC on 15 October.

A brief explanation of the B-Class criteria is available here, and more detailed information on meeting the criteria is available in this FAQ.

Scoring

You will receive points for each article you improve, based on the category in which it is listed. If an article is listed in more than one category, you can submit it multiple times, once for each category of improvement you make. You will receive points for each category so long as it is assessed as meeting the B-class criteria for that category following your improvements. As such, once you have improved an article, it should be listed at WP:MHA for independent assessment. Please do not self assess articles you have improved.

Serial	Category	Points
1	Military history articles needing attention to coverage and accuracy	25 points per article
2	Military history articles needing expert attention	15 points per article
3	Military history articles needing attention to referencing and citation	15 points per article
4	Military history articles needing attention to grammar	10 points per article
5	Wikipedia requested photographs of military history	10 points per article
6	Military history articles needing attention to structure	5 points per article
7	Military history articles needing attention to supporting materials	5 points per article
8	Military history articles with incomplete B-Class checklists	5 points per article
9	Assessing articles listed at WP:MHA	5 points per article
10	Unassessed military history articles	5 points per article

To qualify for the points detailed above for the first seven categories, you must have contributed to the article content within the scoring period (i.e. made edits to the article that resulted in it being removed from the appropriate category). Points are also offered for articles that are removed from the eighth category by assessment action only (i.e. you complete an incomplete B class checklist) and the ninth category if you assess an article listed at WP:MHA (if an article meets both of these criteria, you may list it twice). Points are also offered if you assess an article in the tenth category (i.e. an article that had not previously been assessed at all). In this regard, 5 points are offered per article you assess against the B-class criteria during the drive. Articles that are not in these categories, for instance, those already classified as stubs at the start of the contest, do not qualify.

Awards

As a token of our appreciation for your efforts, the coordinators will be presenting service awards and barnstars based on the number of articles you improve. The awards will not be cumulative, rather each participant will qualify for a single award based on the total number of points you accumulate.

• 
  One Stripe
  (5 points)
• 
  Two Stripes
  (50 points)
• 
  Three Stripes
  (100 points)
• 
  WikiChevrons
  (500 points)

• 
  Tireless Contributor Barnstar
  (1,000 points)
• 
  Working Man's Barnstar
  (2,000 points)
• 
  Barnstar of Diligence
  (3,000 points)
• 
  WikiProject Barnstar
  (5,000 points)

To add a bit of friendly competition, the three editors who earn the most points by 15 October 2014 will be awarded bronze, silver and gold wikis.

• 
  Third place overall
• 
  Second place overall
• 
  First place overall

The coordinators will post awards to your talk page within a few days of the end of the drive. If you'd like yours earlier, please ask one of the coordinators.

Starting statistics

Articles that need...	Starting count
...work on coverage and accuracy	42,667
...only work on coverage and accuracy	3,234
...expert attention	68
...work on referencing and citation	56,391
...only work on referencing and citation	14,298
...work on grammar	4,295
...only work on grammar	31
...needs photographs	1,058
...work on structure	13,091
...only work on structure	168
...work on supporting materials	12,766
...only work on supporting materials	592
...incomplete B-class checklist	279
...assessment	280

Progress

−12,240.8% complete Backlog: Military history articles needing attention to coverage and accuracy Goal: 42,000 articles Current: 124,313 articles Initial: 42,667 articles

216.7% complete Backlog: Military history articles needing expert attention Goal: 50 articles Current: 29 articles Initial: 68 articles

−6,652.6% complete Backlog: Military history articles needing attention to referencing and citation Goal: 55,000 articles Current: 148,928 articles Initial: 56,391 articles

−808.1% complete Backlog: Military history articles needing attention to grammar Goal: 3,800 articles Current: 8,295 articles Initial: 4,295 articles

669.6% complete Backlog: Wikipedia requested photographs of military history Goal: 900 articles Current: 0 articles Initial: 1,058 articles

−905.1% complete Backlog: Military history articles needing attention to structure Goal: 11,000 articles Current: 32,017 articles Initial: 13,091 articles

−1,149.8% complete Backlog: Military history articles needing attention to supporting materials Goal: 11,000 articles Current: 33,072 articles Initial: 12,766 articles

55.6% complete Backlog: Military history articles with incomplete B-Class checklists Goal: 0 articles Current: 124 articles Initial: 279 articles

40% complete Backlog: Unassessed military history articles Goal: 0 articles Current: 168 articles Initial: 280 articles

How to participate

To take part in the drive, please add your name to the list of participants; the exact syntax will be displayed when you edit the section.

Then, in alphabetical order, please create a new worklist section for yourself; as before, the exact syntax will be displayed when you edit the page.

Now you can begin working on articles in the categories listed above. For each article:

1. Fix the listed problem by editing the article or update the assessment checklist in the {{WPMILHIST}} tag on the article's talk page;
2. If you have improved the content of the article, request assessment at WP:MHA once you have completed your improvements (not required for minor technical fixes such as adding a photograph or removal of a maintenance tag - in this regard, just remove the photo request from the talkpage or the tag yourself); and
3. List the article under the appropriate category in your worklist section.

If you fix an article that's listed in multiple categories, please list it separately under each applicable category.

Participants

• Anotherclown (worklist)
• AustralianRupert (worklist)
• Lineagegeek (worklist)
• Peacemaker67 (worklist)
• Tomobe03 (worklist)
• Chris Troutman (worklist)
• Zawed (worklist)
• Dumelow (worklist)
• Molestash (worklist)
• Cuprum17 (worklist)
• TeriEmbrey (worklist)
• Ian Rose (worklist)
• Gavbadger (worklist)