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I’m not trying to be rude but I think a lot of people work really hard on their articles and they don’t pass the review process when they should. this is just my opinion can someone please tell me why it is so hard to pass the review process.

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Hey, Thanks for the question. I have an answer for you. Do you mind answering a question before that? Do you like and have you found helpful instructions in the articles here already? Do let me know. Almost every author has been asked to edit, add and work on their articles which were lacking what was required to publish it. You can ask or might have already received guidance about what needs to be done. Their feedback can be based in what the readers expect to learn from article. Look at your article or topic from a readers perspective and try to incorporate all that information (with references) as required. Some topics are pretty demanding.

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for your question yes i think i have helpful instructions in one or two of my articles that i have worked on a lot but my other articles i havn’t spent much time on because i just want to focus on one article right now. and how do i ask for feedback?

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Hey, I couldn’t actually see your comment here as this post went way below other chats. So I’m sorry for the late reply. You have selected some really good topics ( and incredibly difficult in real life, I mean making toddlers eat , share and take them on road trips).:slight_smile:Thanks for answering the question. However it was regarding existing articles on the site made by other authors. No problem though. Two of your articles are already merged/redirected to existing articles (because a similar topic was already present here). That you have such immense knowledge about toddlers, you can make new articles on them or any other after checking similar articles at wikiHow. Just search the title at the search bar. Or you can add helpful information to existing articles. You have received apt feedback on your talkpage about each of your articles.:slight_smile:If you have further doubts you can ask any of us or you may ask Anna (who is a staff at wikiHow) as you prefer. She has already messaged you on your talkpage. Please refer the articles they have linked (in green colour) in their message to you. If you feel nervous or lost, let me tell you I felt it too in the beginning. You may ask all your doubts after reading them.

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Thats true. I feel the same. I think there needs to be some time limit to clear the bulk of unverified articles backlog. This is even more important considering the fact that there are a lot of unanswered requests. It doesn’t make sense to answer request when the article is going to get stuck at the review process. Some call needs to be taken.

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@ ShrUtiable    Articles dont get stuck in the review process, they are either boosted or demoted and that process is quick and straightforward.  Indeed the NAB app rarely has more than one or two articles in the queue for review nor are they in the NAB queue for more than 36 hours at max.   New articles go into the NAB process after about an hour of being submitted and all editors who submit an article get the auto bot message which says :

Congrats on starting your first wikiHow article!

Like all new articles, it will now go through a quality review process to ensure it follows our community guidelines. If your article meets those guidelines, you’ll get a note letting you know that it’s been promoted.

In the meantime you can continue editing to improve your article, or try visiting our Community Dashboard for other ways to help. You might get a kick out of flipping through the Topic Greenhouse to find articles in your area of expertise so you can add your knowledge there, too!

If you have any questions as you go, just reach out to our Help Team for a hand, and someone will get back to you soon :)

You will see that the message clearly says that the editor will receive a note when the article is promoted.

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Kammyisawesome    Boosters want to get as many articles boosted and out there for our readers and do edit the articles to get them viable to publish, in some cases that can take an hour or more of editing time for the Booster.  We dont want articles hanging around unnecessarily.  Articles that are not promoted are either tagged for deletion, redirected to already published articles, tagged for copyediting, formatting etc and in some cases tagged due to copyright violations.

All editors who submit an article will know if their article has been tagged for whatever reason because the article itself has the templates at the top of the page explaining what needs to be done to get the article promoted. 

So simply, there is no backlog of articles waiting for review in NAB.  

You will note also that the auto bot message tells the person who submitted an article that they can contact the Article Review Team and that someone will get back to them.  As one of the editors who uses the ART page I can say that a very small minority of folks actually contact the Review Team for help, for instance maybe less than 10 a week.