Apologies in advance for the silly question. When is it recommended to archive a peer review for inactivity? For clarity, I have a peer review active, but it is still somewhat new. In the past, I've seen notes asking nominators if they'd still like to keep a peer review active after a month of inactivity. Would that be a fair time frame?
I'm primarily asking because in the past I've closed peer reviews rather quickly (and I've been told by other editors that I've done it too quickly) so I do not want to repeat any past mistakes or miss out on potential help. I hope this does not come across as desperate or whiny. I'm just more so curious if there's any advice on this kind of thing. Thank you in advance! Aoba47 (talk) 05:17, 17 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Personally, I'd say not to worry about it too much. It's almost never the case that the closing of a PR is time-sensitive, as opposed to, say, FAC. The only time that closure is recommended by a guideline is when the article in question has been put up as a GAN or FAC. Also, very old reviews are automatically closed by a bot after a certain interval of inactivity. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 06:01, 17 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the response. That makes sense to me. I had a feeling that I was just way over-thinking it. I hope you have a great rest of your weekend! Aoba47 (talk) 17:09, 17 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
List of Johnson solids
Hi. I'm asking question regarding the reviewing of Wikipedia:Peer review/List of Johnson solids/archive1. The reviewer is not active in two weeks. According to the instruction, the reviewing would be closed formally in several weeks, and "if an answered review is inactive for more than one week." Would it be closed and I have to nominate the PR again? Alternatively, should I find another reviewer if one is not active? Many thanks for providing the answers. Dedhert.Jr (talk) 04:35, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hello again, Dedhert.Jr! What I believe the closing instructions meant by "if an answered review is inactive for more than one week" is if a review has been conducted but the nominator is inactive for a week. I've edited the page to clarify that. I'll throw out another ping for Duckmather in case the review has just slipped his mind (it happens), but if no comments are forthcoming, you may want to list the review page in the Unanswered peer reviews sidebar to attract more reviewers. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 04:49, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
See See WP:PRG#Step 4: Closing a review, which includes "If a request is unanswered for more than one month", so the closeure was not exactly "incorrect". I"m not sure that reopening to sit there will help much, if it didn't attract attention for 6 months. You may be better off calling in favors, posting on WikiProject pages, etc. Aza24 (talk) 18:28, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
