Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Backlog drives/January 2024

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The January 2024 New Page Patrol Article Backlog Drive was a one-month-long effort to reduce the backlog of the new pages patrol articles feed. The coordinators for this drive were Hey man im josh, DreamRimmer, and Illusion Flame. If you have any questions, please leave a message on this drive's talk page. The drive started on January 1, 2024, at 00:00 UTC, and concluded on February 1, 2024, at 00:00 UTC. The ultimate goal of this backlog elimination drive was to reduce the number of articles awaiting patrol, whilst maintaining quality reviews. Awards were given out to participants who did the most work in helping reduce the size of the backlog.

1. Points: Points were calculated based on the 31-day total according to the leaderboard. It was updated by TolBot Task 8, which counted patrol, draftification, and deletion nomination, but could only detect deletion nominations when performed with the Page Curation tool. We also accepted CSD logs made by Twinkle, which were added to the leaderboard at the end of the drive, based on the principle of good faith. Participants had 7 days (until February 8, 2024, at 00:00 UTC) to submit these logs on the drive's talk page after the drive had ended.
2. Re-reviewing: As usual, rather than speed, quality and depth of patrolling and the use of correct CSD criteria were essential to good reviewing. To ensure quality reviews, credit was also given to re-reviews. To find articles to re-review, participants visited the leaderboard section and checked any reviewer's log. They made sure that the article was not a redirect or already listed as a re-review to avoid duplication. Participants were allowed to submit re-reviews for 7 days following the completion of the drive. All re-reviews had to be submitted by February 8, 2024, at 00:00 UTC.

Awards will be given by the coordinators after this drive ends. You can earn one point either by reviewing an article or re-reviewing an article.

This is the scheme for the awards:

Image	Minimum	Template
	5 points	The Invisible Barnstar
	10 points	The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
	25 points	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	50 points	The Reviewer Barnstar
	100 points	The New Page Patroller's Barnstar
	200 points	The Special Edition New Page Patroller's Barnstar
	500 points	The Order of the Superior Scribe of Wikipedia
	Re-reviewing 25 articles	The Teamwork Barnstar
	In addition, the person who accumulates the most points during the backlog elimination drive, will receive the Content Review Medal of Merit

For the streak awards, the weeks will be defined as follows:

• Week 1: Day 1 – Day 7
• Week 2: Day 8 – Day 14
• Week 3: Day 15 – Day 21
• Week 4: Day 22 – Month end

Image	Minimum Streak	Name
	7 points per week	Worm Gear
	15 points per week	Rack and pinion
	25 points per week	Geneva mechanism
	50 points per week	Asymmetric Epicyclic Gears
	100 points per week	Planetary Gear
	150 points per week	Unnecessarily complicated Gears

Participants may complete re-reviews for up to 7 days after the drive has concluded (February 8, 2024, at 00:00 UTC).

To re-review articles, list your name at Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Backlog drives/January 2024/Re-reviews followed by a numbered list of the articles you have re-reviewed. To find articles to re-review, go to Wikipedia:Database reports/Top new article reviewers, pick any editor, and visit the log to find articles that they have reviewed since the start of the drive. Make sure to note the original reviewer and determine whether the original review was correct. If you found problems with the original review, please discuss it with the original reviewer on the backlog drive talk page.