Wikipedia talk:Good article nominations/Report

Yet another reason why the Bot is just great!

From the May 26, 2007 update:

Music and musicians (8): Oldest: Cher

Difference?

What's the difference between Oldest nominations and Old nominations? The former is only 10, but it doesn't list the oldest article according to the latter. Lara Love 13:03, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

AFAIK, Oldest noms includes also noms under review and on hold. Cheers, PrinceGloria 13:28, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I thought that, but when I checked, both include articles under review/on hold and articles still waiting. Lara Love 13:58, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't notice this discussion earlier. The Oldest nominations section lists the ten oldest nominations, in which no activity (placed on hold, marked under review or requested a 2nd opinion) has taken place. The old nominations section in the exceptions report lists all nominations that are 30 days old or older, regardless of any activity that has taken place. I've updated the bot to output a better description for these sections; hope this clears it up! —Daniel Vandersluis^(talk) 07:12, 29 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Another distinction that I forgot to mention: The old nominations section in the exceptions report may be empty (if there are no nominations 30+ days old), but as long as there are any unreviewed nominations, there will be something in the Oldest nominations section. —Daniel Vandersluis^(talk) 08:24, 29 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. That makes sense. Lara❤Love 19:52, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bot issues?

Have these reports stopped running? The last one was Sept 30, and it's now Oct 2. Dr. Cash 18:26, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The bot was running, but someone removed one of the special comments the bot uses to parse the page, so it couldn't do so. I've readded the comments and ran the bot manually. —Daniel Vandersluis^(talk) 19:24, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Number of nominations

It would be really useful to have some idea how many articles are getting nominated. Could StatisticianBot count how many new nominations there are each day, and produce a cumulative? I realise it won't be exact because an article could get nominated and reviewed in 1 day, but over time it would be a good gauge of the demand growth on the GAN process. Geometry guy 18:50, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]