User:Ian Rose/Draft2

Reviews 1 July - 30 September 2009: 15 (last: John Kourkouas PR)
Reviews 1 October - 31 December 2009: 5 (last: Iven Giffard Mackay ACR)

December Contest Goals:

Scherger MilHist: A => FA (5) Aviation: GA => A (20) => FA (20)

Lukis MilHist: B => GA (5) WWI: B => GA (14) Aviation: Start => GA (16)

Murphy Aviation: Start => B (6)

Wrigley MilHist: B => GA (5) => A (10) WWI: B => GA (14) => A (5) Aviation: Start => GA (16) => A (20)

Eaton Milhist: None => B (6) => GA (5) WWI: None => B (8) => GA (12) + DYK (5) Aviation: None => B (8) => GA (10) + DYK (5)

Approaching the review process

When I first got seriously involved with Wikipedia, my ambition was to write a Featured Article. It's not everybody's goal, nor should it be particularly, but for those keen on it, the following may be useful:

1. Remember the order and scope
2. Start off easy
3. Learn to love it

Robert A. Heinlein's Rules for Writing:

1. You must write.
2. You must finish what you write.
3. You must refrain from rewriting, except to editorial order.
4. You must put the work on the market.
5. You must keep the work on the market until it is sold.

Ian Rose's Adaptation for GAN/ACR/FAC of Robert A. Heinlein's Rules for Writing:

1. You must write an article.
2. You must finish writing the article.
3. You must refrain from rewriting the article, except to action comments by reviewers.
4. You must put the article up for GAN/ACR/FAC.
5. You must keep the article in the GAN/ACR/FAC process until it is promoted.

From Awadewit: Good article nomination Copy edit Peer review Copy edit Be sure article adheres to WP:MOS Check all image descriptions Proofread Check all citations (page ranges, commas, lost citations, etc.) Check all links to make sure they go to the right articles Read article aloud one last time Nominate for FAC!

Remember the order and scope

You can (and probably should) rate articles you've created as either Stub or Start. You need to get a peer to rate your article B-Class, the normal way being to submit it at Requests for Assessment, where a fellow project member will rate it Stub, Start or B-Class. At that point the usual next step for a rating is ACR or GA. Nothing stopping you going straight to FAC but the reviews along the way inevitably improve things and give you a chance to pick up some awards along the way.

Start off easy

Request for Assessment, then Peer Review.

Learn to love it

Like Greg Norman said about bunkers...