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WikiProject Biography Summer 2007 Assessment Drive is a three-month long effort to reduce the backlog of unassessed biography articles from 113,385 as of June 1, 2007 to 0 articles by September 1, 2007. It may seem like a long journey but with the right amount of help it can be done! We would love to have your help and you will be generously rewarded for your efforts!

This will be the second assessment drive this project has had. The Spring 2007 Assessment Drive was a month-long drive and reduced the number of unassessed articles from 135,345 to 91,021. The goal of this drive is to eliminate the backlog of unassessed articles. If you have any questions or comments please direct them to the talk page.

The number of unassessed articles will decrease as a result of this drive, but may increase as a result of articles being tagged with the {{WPBiography}} project banner with the class parameter not filled in. However, the number of assessed articles will increase as values are entered into the class parameters. The number of articles assessed during this drive is the total number of articles assessed on the statistic date minus the number of assessed articles on the previous statistic date as indicated by the Biography articles by quality statistics. The bot that updates this runs every other day, more or less. If you see that this table needs updating be bold and update it yourself. If you want to run the bot, go here. It is very slow though and the server will likely cut you off since the job takes so long.

Have you ever assessed an article? If not go to Wikipedia:WikiProject_Biography/Assessment and read up on how to assess an article for this project. If you would like to save yourself a lot of time and easily keep track of how many articles you've assessed you should consider getting Outriggr's script. It has instructions on using it and getting it set up. To keep your counter of articles assessed accurate make sure you don't click the grade you want to give an article more than once, since the script counts how many times you've clicked one of the grade links. Also don't click the count of articles you have assessed. It will reset the counter back to zero. While doing this make sure you give every article the grade it deserves. If you're ready to start assessing articles, put your name down and list what section(s) you're going to do. Good Luck!

Note: Please remember that assessing any article above B-Class (that is GA, A, and FA class) must first receive nomination and pass the criteria of its relative class before they can achieve that status. You can find the nomination and review in its talk page (or its archives).

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If you are unhappy with a particular assessment please go to the assessor's talk page and ask them to review their assessment again.

List Class? Don't use this class. Our template doesn't really accept it and we've decided to just assess lists as normal articles.

Here you can sign your name and list what section(s) you are working on.

• Psychless During the drive I have been assessing almost exclusively in the J section. Four thousand articles later and I'm not even done with the Ja section. I work on the unassessed articles in the politics and government and actors workgroup when they get out of hand, sometimes.
• Ozgod I will focus on sections X / Y / Z - T / U / V initially and branch out once those are completed. I will also keep an eye on new articles created.
• Carom Currently working on military and politics categories.
• Cam I'll just work on whatever needs working on. I'll likely stick to A/B/C, since that will take enough time as it is.
• KingPenguin Wherever I feel like at the time.
• Mattl2001 talk | contribs I'll work on L / M / N and move on from there.
• OhanaUnited I haven't decided to work on which section
• Awadewit - Arts and Entertainment and Politics and Government; W; V; S
• Lini - Will continue to assess A&E and S&A articles on a small scale as I encounter them.
• • The Giant Puffin • - Wherever I can help
• Errabee - mainly Russian and Dutch biographies
• FeanorStar7 starting with the alpha list at A; also will look at talk pages as I am cleaning up birth and death categories on my own
• Ludahai I will do any and all, but since I am into history and political science, look for me to do politicians, government related articles, and historical figures.
• Bernstein2291 I am going through the Unassesed categorys.
• Cattus I only assess articles I've read, so I'll probably only assess short ones
• Kimon^talk - I'll start from K and work my way from there.
• Thereen 18:23, 2 June 2007 (UTC) - I'll be starting on T[reply]
• Wizardman- Anything and Everything! I'll concentrate mainly on sports, but nothing's off-limits for me.--Wizardman 02:36, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Natsubee - Wherever I feel like at the time.
• Avi - Where I can.
• Miraculousrandomness Any random article
• CloudNine. Anything really.
• Patricknoddy^{TALK (reply here)|HISTORY} Same as CloudNine
• ZOUAVMAN LE ZOUAVE - I'm simply gonna go in alphabetical order. :)
• themcman1 _Talk 15:25, 3 June 2007 (UTC) any! im up for a barnstar.[reply]
• John Carter 16:53, 3 June 2007 (UTC) - Currently reviewing assessments of all extant articles in the Category:Saints.[reply]
• Flubeca (t) 20:20, 3 June 2007 (UTC) - I will just assess random articles. I won a Silver Wiki award in the spring assessement drive.[reply]
• CaseKid 22:01, 3 June 2007 (UTC) Prepare to feel my assessment wrath you unassessed heathens![reply]
• LuciferMorgan 00:39, 4 June 2007 (UTC) I'll work on random asessments. LuciferMorgan 00:39, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Miranda 07:39, 4 June 2007 (UTC) - Random.[reply]
• Aboutmovies - Assessed over 2000 last month for WP:ORE so will continue that as WPBIO comes up in that context. When WP:ORE assessment drive ends I'll continue to work on backlog here.
• KGV (Talk) -Starting from A to the end —KGV (Talk) 10:35, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Brendandh 13:35, 4 June 2007 (UTC) will assess as I come across them[reply]
• Greycap 13:58, 4 June 2007 (UTC) Anything and everything.[reply]
• Heidijane 14:33, 4 June 2007 (UTC) Will assess mainly from H onwards[reply]
• María (habla conmigo) 16:00, 4 June 2007 (UTC) Will assess mostly individuals in the arts and entertainment (including filmmakers and actors)[reply]
• -- (Cocoaguy ここがいい _contribs^talk) 22:46, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• WilliamH 23:54, 4 June 2007 (UTC) Wherever and whenever, as many as I can :)[reply]
• Jreferee - OK, this time, we're starting with the right tools. I'll jump in with both feet. -- Jreferee 04:49, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• ssepp^(talk) 17:50, 5 June 2007 (UTC) I'll have to see where.[reply]
• Lankiveil 09:08, 6 June 2007 (UTC). J for the win.[reply]
• Green451 16:38, 6 June 2007 (UTC) Film-related articles, anything goes after that.[reply]
• PC78 10:32, 7 June 2007 (UTC) Don't know how much time I'll have for this, but I'll try and do at least enough for a cookie! Random articles.[reply]
• Belovedfreak 17:54, 7 June 2007 (UTC) - wherever I can help, mostly L[reply]
• Bluap 23:49, 7 June 2007 (UTC) – I'm starting on people with a middle initial in "J"[reply]
• ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 01:41, 8 June 2007 (UTC) Will start working through T[reply]
• lordevilvenom 11 June 2007 (UTC) -I'm starting with K.
• Wikipeep 494 04:25, 18 June 2007 (UTC) I'm going down the whole list.[reply]
• - Zeibura^(talk) 02:31, 19 June 2007 (UTC) C[reply]
• Mudforce 15:39, 19 June 2007 (UTC) All and sundry[reply]
• Tovojolo 22:13, 19 June 2007 (UTC) Any[reply]
• Mahanga^Talk 01:05, 20 June 2007 (UTC) - starting at A[reply]
• Kevinwong913 Whatever I happen to come across.
• User:GDonato- P, and others. GDonato (talk) 21:15, 22 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Captain panda 18:06, 23 June 2007 (UTC) I'll probably go around A, but maybe not[reply]
• Yamara 08:03, 24 June 2007 (UTC) ...I haven't really stopped assessing since March's Drive...[reply]
• JHoltzman I guess I will just do some random articles as I please.
• BrokenSphere 17:51, 28 June 2007 (UTC) Most likely random articles.[reply]
• Bencherlite 22:53, 29 June 2007 (UTC) in particular dual-purpose assessments with WP:WALES[reply]
• RHB (plus RHB(AWB)) Anything that comes up, though especially biography articles with no template.
• -- Thesocialistesq/M.Lesocialiste 18:37, 2 July 2007 (UTC) I'll take R. And anything else that looks fun...[reply]
• Geraldk 20:44, 9 July 2007 (UTC) Wherever I can.[reply]
• Anything and everything LordHarris 12:20, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• KenWalker | Talk 01:13, 16 July 2007 (UTC) Have been assessing random articles[reply]
• I will good willingly attempt to work on some Rabbinical biographies. רח"ק | Talk | Contribs 05:46, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• CarrotMan 09:59, 30 July 2007 (UTC) I'll probably just work my way through the unfinished sections.[reply]
• Lara♥Love - Royalty articles.
• plange 03:06, 23 August 2007 (UTC) using AWB and kinboyk's plugin to assess politicians[reply]
• Luksuh I'll work on Q and R. ^_^
• --Hirohisat ^Kiwi 01:47, 29 August 2007 (UTC) - Totally random.[reply]

For participating in this drive significantly, you will be awarded one or more awards by: Psychless, Ozgod, OhanaUnited, and Miranda.

For assessing X articles, you will receive:

• 200 articles for WikiThanks
• 500 articles for WikiCookie
• 1000 articles for Original Barnstar
• 2000 articles for The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
• 3000 articles for The Working Man's Barnstar
• 4000 articles for The Barnstar of Diligence
• 5000 articles for The Biography Barnstar

There will also be a "race" to see who can assess the most articles.
There will be special awards for the First, Second, and Third Place winners. These are:

1. The Golden Wiki Award
2. The Silver Wiki Award
3. The Bronze Wiki Award

Please note that the awards handed out at the end may be different from the current one posted. For the most updated version, please go to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Biography/Assessment/Assessment Drive#Awards.

To receive an award, please include your name and the number of biographies you have assessed as part of this drive. Please keep a running total next to your name. Awards will be given by the drive's awards committee after this drive ends. The awards committee will award awards by the instructions in the awards section. However, any editor may award another editor an award, so if you see actions taken during this drive that merit an award, please feel free to show your appreciation.

1. Ludahai (talk · contribs · count) 10,440
2. Wizardman (talk · contribs · count) 9000
3. Captain panda (talk · contribs · count) 7000
4. The Giant Puffin (talk · contribs · count) 6400
5. BrokenSphere (talk · contribs · count) 5050
6. Psychless (talk · contribs · count) 4770
7. Mudforce (talk · contribs · count) 3779
8. Belovedfreak (talk · contribs · count) 3220
9. Bernstein2291 (talk · contribs · count) 3075
10. Zouavman Le Zouave (talk · contribs · count) 2001
11. Awadewit (talk · contribs · count) 2000
12. Warlordjohncarter (talk · contribs · count) 1654
13. KenWalker (talk · contribs · count) 1500
14. Yamara (talk · contribs · count) 1461
15. Heidijane (talk · contribs · count) 1355
16. FeanorStar7 (talk · contribs · count) 1270
17. PC78 (talk · contribs · count) 1112
18. S_Sepp (talk · contribs · count) 1016
19. OhanaUnited (talk · contribs · count) 1005
20. Kimon (talk · contribs · count) 631
21. Yllosubmarine (talk · contribs · count) 570
22. Natsubee (talk · contribs · count) 555
23. Zeibura (talk · contribs · count) 536
24. Mahanga (talk · contribs · count) 515
25. KGV (talk · contribs · count) 509
26. LordHarris (talk · contribs · count) 501
27. Climie.ca (talk · contribs · count) 383
28. lordevilvenom (talk · contribs · count)359
29. Jreferee (talk · contribs · count) 350
30. Carom (talk · contribs · count) 345
31. Thereen (talk · contribs · count) 334
32. oneworld25 (talk · contribs · count) 291
33. Espresso Addict (talk · contribs · count) 270
34. JHoltzman (talk · contribs · count) 230
35. Bencherlite (talk · contribs · count), Bencherlite (AWB) (talk · contribs · count) 220
36. CarrotMan (talk · contribs · count) 200
37. Hirohisat (talk · contribs · count) and/or Reviewisat (talk · contribs · count) 200
38. Mattl2001 (talk · contribs · count) 155
39. Crzycheetah (talk · contribs · count) 155
40. Geraldk (talk · contribs · count) 125
41. Miraculousrandomness (talk · contribs · count) 124
42. Themcman1 (talk · contribs · count) 108
43. LaraLove (talk · contribs · count) 106
44. Thesocialistesq (talk · contribs · count) 101
45. RHB (talk · contribs · count) ~100
46. Luksuh (talk · contribs · count) 99
47. CaseKid (talk · contribs · count) 87
48. Rachack (talk · contribs · count) 80
49. Lankiveil (talk · contribs · count) 79
50. Flubeca (talk · contribs · count) 73
51. Plange (talk · contribs · count) 67
52. Real96 (talk · contribs · count) 63
53. Errabee (talk · contribs · count) 62
54. Cattus (talk · contribs · count) 54
55. Judgesurreal777 (talk · contribs · count) 38
56. GDonato (talk · contribs · count) 37
57. KingPenguin (talk · contribs · count) 34
58. Geo.plrd (talk · contribs · count) 20
59. Rmrfstar (talk · contribs · count) 19
60. LiniShu (talk · contribs · count) 11
61. CloudNine (talk · contribs · count) 1
62. Wai Hong (talk · contribs · count) 1

The following is a list of sections, showing whether or not they have been completed. A section is considered completed if it has been reduced to zero articles at some point during the assessment drive, and has therefore become a simple maintenance task for WikiProject Biography. When a section has been completed cross it out and put Complete by it. Just because a section has been considered complete doesn't mean it is complete. These should be the sections you should check up on often to make sure they stay near 0. If a section is getting out of hand again then remove the "Complete", or, better yet, clean up that section yourself.

• Actors and Filmmakers Complete
• Arts and Entertainment
• Baronets Complete
• Military Complete
• Musicians
• Peerage Complete
• Politics and Government Complete
• Royalty Complete
• Science and Academia
• Sports and Games Complete