Q:

Allow direct linking to a filtered /review queue

I'm really missing the ability to give folks an easily-digestible chunk of the close review to chew on by simply handing them a link to the pending review items in their favorite tag. This was possible before last year's redesign, but it got dropped when the UI changed. 
As I recall, the hope at the time was that the backlog would drop low enough to where filtering wasn't really necessary or effective... That didn't happen. 
In addition, there was some concern that, because filter preferences are "sticky", it would cause confusion by changing folks' preferences without them realizing it.
That's a legitimate concern. However, it's also an issue with linking to filtered question views (which is possible today) and frankly I think the benefits outweigh the concerns. 
Please let me hand folks a link such as https://stackoverflow.com/review/close?filter-tags=winapi or https://stackoverflow.com/review/close?filter-type=off-topic and have it actually apply that filter to the items they then see for review. 

A:

Good news, everybody! This works!
By close reason:

Duplicate
Off Topic
Unclear
Too Broad
Opinion Based

By tag:

recursion
objective-c
google
jquery-mobile
cryptography
javascript

By reason AND tag:
php + duplicate
By tag OR tag:
winapi or pywin32

There's no real UI for this right now, but this enables both ad-hoc UIs based on data.se queries and potential UI enhancements on the site itself going forward.
Oh - and these have no effect on your saved ("sticky") preferences; they only take effect when the querystring is part of the URL. The review queue navigation will preserve the querystring once it exists, but if you navigate back into a queue normally you'll be back to your default or saved preferences.

A:

Great Idea! Two suggestions to make it even easier to find a filtered queue.
Add it to your favorite tags list on the front page

But make it look a bit nicer, please
Show only to 3k plus users who are committed enough to a tag to have them in their favorites. People are more committed to cleaning up their bedroom than their house, their house than their neighborhood, and their neighborhood than their town (etc.).
Feel free to exclude php and javascript if they make people cry about high numbers.
Add a direct link in the Review Queue

When someone sees that a filter is already there just for them, and how many pending items there are, they are more likely to dive in and clear something out, and it will also give them a running tally of something they care about and can (hopefully) put a dent in.

