Good article mentors provide assistance and feedback to editors who are new to reviewing. If you are interested in reviewing but are not sure where to start, requesting a mentor can make the process easier. To request a mentor, press the button below and follow the instructions.

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Mentors can:

Help find an article suitable for a new reviewer to review
Explain any of the good article criteria and how to assess them
Check a review to make sure it was done correctly
Answer any other questions about how to review a good article nomination

Mentors are not expected to complete any part of the review. Mentorship is optional, and you do not have to request a mentor to begin reviewing.

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This is a list of users who have volunteered to be good article mentors. If you wish to choose a specific mentor, you can leave a message on one of their talk pages. Remember that not all of them might be active or be able to help at any given time.

If you're an experienced reviewer, you can add your name! You do not need to be on this list to answer a request for mentorship. Mentors are encouraged to add the mentorship page to their watchlist.

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Current requests

EllaMinnowPea371

Hello! I'm a new Wikipedia editor (barely 150 edits), but Wikipedia has been my hobby for a long time and I'm interested in helping with the GAN backlog, so I'm hoping I can still contribute despite being a WikiChild. My main interests are languages, linguistics, and ethnography, but I can research anything. Thank you for your time :)

EllaMinnowPea371 (talk) 00:21, 2 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @EllaMinnowPea371, I'm sure you can. Your growth mindset is key. Feel free to pick an article to review and ping me there, and I'll help guide you through the process. IAWW (talk) 08:34, 2 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!! EllaMinnowPea371 (talk) 19:32, 2 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@It is a wonderful world: Hi again, thanks for all your help so far on Talk:Mizo_people/GA1. I did a spot check of the article and it failed, as you predicted (some of my comments are currently at the top of my sandbox). My plan right now is to fail the article, but I wanted to check in with you and confirm that that's the right thing to do. EllaMinnowPea371 (talk) 02:54, 5 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes I would fail. In terms of TSI, this is near the worst you will generally find in a GAN. Make sure you put the spot check on the GAN page, so any future reviewers can see it when/if it is renominated. I would highly recommend writing an encouraging message to the newer nominator before failing, as although the article is far from GA, they have made significant improvements to it. You can also encourage further collaboration on the article talk page if you are comfortable with that. The article Washington University in St. Louis had almost identical problems when it first went to GA, but the nominator improved the article outside of the GA process, and it passed on it's second attempt.

Nice work! You reduced the backlog by one :) I suggest we take on another article which is more likely to pass, so you can get experience evaluating all the criteria. Feel free to pick another if you would like, bearing in mind that nominations by nominators with lots of GAs are more likely to pass. IAWW (talk) 10:43, 5 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]