User:Novem Linguae/Essays/Backlog drive checklist

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Pros and cons of backlog drives[edit]

Pros[edit]

The goal of a backlog drive is to do this
  • Decreased backlog
  • Feels amazing to hit zero backlog
  • Feels good to receive barnstars, recognition, a top place on the leaderboard
  • Increase WikiProject morale and sense of community

Cons[edit]

  • Burnout (the top people may be burned out for months afterward)
  • Gamification may encourage sloppy editing/reviewing/whatever the drive is rewarding (but this con is often exaggerated, and can be mitigated with a re-review system)

Deciding the backlog drive essentials[edit]

  • Pick a duration (week, two weeks, month)
  • Find a backlog drive coordinator
  • Find a backlog drive bot operator. (A bot is needed to convert actions into points and update the leaderboard daily. If a re-review system is being used, the bot can also assist with creating re-review pages, which are pages containing all the user's diffs/actions during the drive.)

Once you have a backlog drive coordinator[edit]

Pre drive[edit]

During the drive[edit]

  • Answer questions on the backlog drive talk page
  • Be the decision maker for anything that comes up

After the drive[edit]

  • Supervise the tallying of points
  • Award barnstars

Example pages[edit]

Why reinvent the wheel? Use these pages as templates if you want. If copy/pasting, please provide edit summary attribution.

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