Wikipedia:Good article help

This page is currently inactive and is retained for historical reference.
Requests for help can be posted at Wikipedia talk:Good article nominations.

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Welcome to the Good Article Help Desk
Shortcut WP:GAHELP This page is for asking questions relating to a Good article you have nominated or are reviewing. For suggestions relating to the Good article process ask at the nominations talk page. For suggestions relating to changes or additions to the Good article criteria ask at the criteria talk page.
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This Wikipedia page has been superseded by Wikipedia:Good article mentorship/Mentors and is retained primarily for historical reference.

Mentors

The following is a list of users who have volunteered to act as mentors to Good article reviewers. New reviewers are strongly encouraged to contact one of the editors below on their user talk page for assistance and advice on using the Good article nominations process, applying the Good article criteria, and producing a good review. All reviewers are welcome to contact mentors for advice on individual issues.

Mentor list

Mentors often specialize in reviewing articles within a particular area. They also may have expertise in a particular aspect of the Good article process. This is indicated after their user names below. If you wish to mentor new reviewers please add your name to the list. Add name

bibliomaniac15 (talk · contribs) – Mostly experienced with CVG and organism GAs, but I'm pretty sure I can handle image, citation, and general questions about GAN.
Juliancolton (talk · contribs) – I can help with pretty much anything related to the GA process.
OhanaUnited (talk · contribs) – Sweeps, references, weasel words, and jargon words
Ceranthor (talk · contribs) – Open to helping with anything.
Nikkimaria (talk · contribs) – anything not pop culture or sports is probably fair game for me.
Aircorn (talk · contribs) Willing to help out in most topics.
Ritchie333 (talk · contribs) - I've improved over 100 articles to Good article status and reviewed nearly 150. I'm particularly keen on music, albums and places/geography articles.
MarioSoulTruthFan (talk · contribs) - I have around 60 reviews done so far. I tend to review music related articles. Happy to mentor anyone.
FunkMonk (talk · contribs) — I mainly work on zoology articles, but have an interest in art (broadly speaking) and history as well.
Iazyges (talk · contribs) — I mainly work with history, but happy to help out where needed.
Gog the Mild (talk · contribs). I have nominated 80 GAs, mostly on military history. I have reviewed 180, and would be happy to mentor on anything outside popular culture and sport.
Kingsif (talk · contribs) – Happy to help with prompts for applying criteria to articles. And will take on pop culture and sport. (GA reviews)
Buidhe (talk · contribs) — happy to help with most topics.
Eddie891 (talk · contribs) – History-related topics, literature, willing to take a stab at others not music or sports
Kavyansh.Singh (talk · contribs) – I mainly work on American politics and history. Willing to give general for with any topic. (GA reviews)
Trainsandotherthings (talk · contribs) — My expertise is mostly in rail transport, but I'm willing to help with just about anything.
Goldsztajn (talk · contribs) — Happy to help in general, experience (expertise?) in 20th/21st Century history, politics, economics, sociology, law, gender, film, development studies, industrial relations. Strong interest in global south related issues.

Guides

Before reviewing your first Good article you should familiarise yourself with the Good article criteria. You may also wish to read the reviewing Good articles guideline and an essay on what the Good article criteria are not.

Reviewing guides from individual editors

Different reviewers have slightly different approaches when conducting reviews and some have outlined theirs below. If you have experience with reviewing and wish to write your own guideline feel free to add it. Add review

Archives

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I was going to start reviewing the article, nominated by User:LLcentury in May, but noticed his user page says he has retired. What happens to the nomination? Amitchell125 (talk) 16:06, 15 September 2019 (UTC

Should we close this help desk?

Hi all, this relates to the post above. There was a brief discussion at WT:GA where there seemed to be some interest in further consolidating GA-related discussion pages. While this page was clearly set up with an interesting and distinct scope, it seems like good article help requests are mostly going to Wikipedia talk:Good article nominations (for many examples, see its most recent archive). So my question: should we close this help desk? "Closing" would probably mean marking this page as historical, removing the tab from the GA-pages header, moving the resources to the GA instructions page, and linking the archives to one of the more highly trafficked talk pages (as at the top of WT:GA). Thoughts? Ajpolino (talk) 20:45, 13 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done based on the feedback at the previous discussion and here, I've gone ahead and marked this page as historical with a note redirecting discussion to Wikipedia talk:Good article nominations. I'll make sure the resources at the top of this page are linked elsewhere and that the archives are linked elsewhere, and then I'll de-link this page from the GA-pages header. Just noting changes here so that it's easy to undo in the future if this page get re-opened for business. Cheers. Ajpolino (talk) 00:36, 22 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer norms or guidelines

Are there any norms or guidelines around whether nominee and reviewers can review one another's work?

I had an article, Edith Hern Fossett, that went through the GA process and it was reviewed by SusunW. She has now nominated an article, Marie Rennotte, that I would like to review. Is there an issue with that? Thanks so much!–CaroleHenson (talk) 05:57, 22 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ajpolino, I just noticed that this page is inactive. Can you help me with the question or let me know where I could ask the question? Thanks so much!–CaroleHenson (talk) 06:00, 22 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@CaroleHenson:, there's no issue with that. As long as you feel you can review the article impartially, you're free to do so. In the future if you have questions about the GA process (however small) feel free to ask at Wikipedia talk:Good article nominations. More folks watch that page so you're likely to get a quicker response. Happy reviewing! There's a pretty substantial backlog of unreviewed articles now, so every thorough review helps! Ajpolino (talk) 00:41, 23 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ajpolino, Excellent, thank you! I am definitely a thorough reviewer.–CaroleHenson (talk) 02:47, 23 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]