Wikipedia:Backlog drive schedule
This is a centralized place to list upcoming backlog drives, serving two purposes:
- It allows editors to find what drives are going on in the current month
- It helps those scheduling backlog drives to minimize overlap, which will hopefully increase participation and decrease burnout
The "shortcut drive" is the drive with the month's shortcut (such as WP:JUN25). Generally, this goes to the first drive to claim it.
If you are scheduling overlapping backlog drives, give special consideration to the editors likely to participate in each drive. Overlapping new page patrol and articles for creation drives is a bad idea; simultaneous new page patrol and Guild of Copy Editors drives would not be the end of the world.
| Month | Shortcut drive | Other drives |
|---|---|---|
| January | WP:JAN25 (New page patrol) | Guild of Copy Editors |
| February | WP:FEB25 | |
| March | WP:MAR25 | Guild of Copy Editors |
| April | WP:APR25 | |
| May | WP:MAY25 (New page patrol) | Guild of Copy Editors |
| June | WP:JUN25 (Unreferenced articles) | Articles for creation
World Destubathon (from Jun 16) |
| July | WP:JUL25 | Guild of Copy Editors
World Destubathon (until Jul 13) |
| August | WP:AUG25 | |
| September | WP:SEP25 | Guild of Copy Editors
New page patrol |
| October | WP:OCT25 | Good article reviews |
| November | WP:NOV25 | Guild of Copy Editors |
| December | WP:DEC25 |
| Month | Shortcut drive | Other drives |
|---|---|---|
| January | WP:JAN26 | Guild of Copy Editors
New page patrol |
| February | WP:FEB26 | Good article reviews (the big one) |
| March | WP:MAR26 | Guild of Copy Editors |
| April | WP:APR26 | |
| May | WP:MAY26 | Guild of Copy Editors
New page patrol |
| June | WP:JUN26 | Good article reviews (newbie-focused) |
| July | WP:JUL26 | Guild of Copy Editors |
| August | WP:AUG26 | |
| September | WP:SEP26 | Guild of Copy Editors
New page patrol |
| October | WP:OCT26 | Good article reviews (theme TBA) |
| November | WP:NOV26 | Guild of Copy Editors |
| December | WP:DEC26 |