Wikipedia:Discord/Team-B-Vital
Team-B-Vital is a collaboration effort by the unofficial Wikimedia Community Discord server. The #team-b-vital channel is an effort towards running collaborative pushes to bring vital articles up to B class if possible, similar to WP:Articles for Improvement. Each effort will run for one or two weeks, ending early if the article in question is either felt to be at B-class or impossible to improve further. Articles are chosen by a quick (usually 24-hour) vote among interested chatters, with the goal of working together on improving various vital articles.
Runs[edit]
The following is a brief record of #team-b-vital's efforts.
2021[edit]
| Article | Change during run | Time range | Notes | Further promotions |
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| Amazon parrot | [    ]
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July 15, 2021 – July 21, 2021 | Chosen for first trial run effort. Article improved from Start to B (diff). Improvements were also made to List of amazon parrots (diff). |  (July 27, 2021)
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| Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area | [ ]
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July 22, 2021 – July 28, 2021 | Chosen for second trial run effort. Article improved from Start to B (diff). Helsham Inquiry was also created from a redlink. | (October 2, 2021)
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| Scimitar | [  ]
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July 29, 2021 – August 4, 2021 | Chosen for third trial run effort. Though improved from Start to C and significantly cleaned up, participants generally felt the topic has proven very broad and difficult to properly source. Most B criteria are met and ORES predicts 80% B assessment, but broadness and completeness is likely still lacking (diff). | |
| Okonomiyaki | [ ]
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August 5, 2021 – August 11, 2021 | Chosen for the fourth and final trial run effort; a final source was added to resolve a citation needed tag the next day after it ended. Article improved from Start to B (diff). | (September 3, 2021)
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| Garden | [ ]
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August 12, 2021 – August 18, 2021 | Chosen for the first non-trial week, another rather broad topic. Low participation, with some minor cosmetic edits, but no major expansions (diff). | |
| News program | [   / ]
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August 19, 2021 – August 25, 2021 | Shortly before the topic was selected, a merger to News broadcast was proposed. The merger was completed mid-way through the effort. News broadcast itself was improved from Start to C (diff). | |
| Waterfall | [ ]
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August 26, 2021 – September 1, 2021 | Reassessed as B class on August 28, 2021, with a few further improvements over the week (diff). | |
| Winnie-the-Pooh (book) | [ ]
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September 2, 2021 – September 8, 2021 | Reassessed as B class on September 7, 2021 (diff). | |
| Kingdom of Georgia | [  ]
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September 9, 2021 – September 15, 2021 | A special request from WP:CCI, the article was rated as a B but was substantially pruned due to copyright cleanup. Some content was recovered, but concerns about the sourcing and suitability of the prior text beyond copyright concerns dropped the article to C (diff). | |
| Match fixing | [ ]
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September 16, 2021 – September 22, 2021 | Some cleanup to the article was achieved and a little sourcing improved, but overall the article is at a C (diff). More sourcing would be needed to raise to B. | |
| Akashi Kaikyo Bridge | [ ]
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September 23, 2021 – September 29, 2021 | Reassessed as B class on September 28, 2021 (diff). | |
| Sargasso Sea | [ ]
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September 30, 2021 – October 6, 2021 | Copy editing, expansion, and cleanup, raising to C (diff). | |
| Maccabean Revolt | [ ]
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October 7, 2021 – October 13, 2021 | Reassessed as B class on October 13, 2021 (diff). | |
| Dolley Madison | [ ]
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October 14, 2021 – October 20, 2021 | Reassessed as B class on October 20, 2021 (diff). | |
| Anne Wojcicki | [ ]
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October 21, 2021 – October 27, 2021 | Some cleanup and copyediting completed (diff). | |
| Loch Ness | [ ]
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October 28, 2021 – November 3, 2021 | Close to a B but participants did not feel it was quite expanded enough for that (diff). | |
| Sherwood Forest | [ ]
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November 4, 2021 – November 10, 2021 | Some light gnoming (diff). | |
| Spring (hydrology) | [ ]
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November 11, 2021 – November 17, 2021 | Lot of work, nearly B class but needs a few more sources (diff). | |
| Aqueduct (water supply) | [ ]
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November 18, 2021 – December 1, 2021 | Two week run; minor cleanup (diff). | |
| Banded bullfrog | [ ]
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December 2, 2021 – December 15, 2021 | Two week run; reassessed as B class on December 15, 2021. Lot of work, low B but in good shape (diff). | (February 25, 2022)
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| Colby cheese | [ ]
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December 16, 2021 – December 22, 2021 | Reassessed as B class on December 22, 2021 (diff). | (January 12, 2022)
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| Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus Ebenezer Scrooge |
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December 23, 2021 – December 29, 2021 | Special Christmas Double Article Run! "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" reassessed as B class on December 26, 2021 (diff); only minor work done on Ebenezer. | Yes, Virginia: (January 1, 2022) (January 3, 2023)
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2022[edit]
| Article | Change during run | Time range | Notes | Further promotions |
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| Ferret | [ ]
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December 30, 2021 – January 12, 2022 | Special server theme pick for New Year's Eve. Reassessed as B (diff). | |
| Moai | [ ]
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January 13, 2022 – January 26, 2022 | Two week run. Lot of work but still C right now (diff). | |
| Passenger train | [ ]
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January 27, 2022 – February 9, 2022 | Re-assessed as C - at the time of this run wrapping, further improvement was possible but (if done) would continue separately (diff). | |
| Video camera | [ ]
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February 10, 2022 – March 2, 2022 | Longer run; some work done but still Start-class (diff). | |
| Drawbridge | [ ]
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March 3, 2022 – March 16, 2022 | Two-week run; some work done but still Start-Class (diff). | |
| Wanderer above the Sea of Fog | [ ]
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March 17, 2022 – March 30, 2022 | Two-week run; reassessed as B-class on March 30, 2022 (diff). | |
| Colosseum | [ ]
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March 31, 2022 – April 13, 2022 | Two-week run; reassessed as B-class after the run on May 2, 2022 (diff). | |
| Michael Eisner | [ ]
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April 16, 2022 – May 12, 2022 | Overran; reassessed as B-class on May 13th, 2022 (diff). | |
| Flywheel | [ ]
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May 13, 2022 – June 2, 2022 | Overran; reassessed as C-class on June 3, 2022 (diff). | |
| American Museum of Natural History | [ ]
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June 3, 2022 – June 15, 2022 | Slightly shorter run; reassessed as B (diff). (Due to external circumstances, there was a small break between the end of this run and the beginning of the next.) | |
| The Death of Socrates | [ ]
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June 30, 2022 – July 13, 2022 | Slightly shorter run; reassessed as B on July 18, 2022 (diff). | |
| Minesweeper (video game) | [ ]
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July 17, 2022 – August 4th, 2022 | Overran; reassessed as B on August 4, 2022 (diff). (Due to external circumstances, there was a short break between the end of this run and the beginning of the next.) | (October 25, 2022)
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| Webcam | [ ]
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August 19, 2022 – August 31, 2022 | Slightly shorter run; left as Start due to sourcing concerns. (diff) | |
| Willis Tower | [ ]
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September 3, 2022 – September 14, 2022 | Slightly shorter run; reassessed as B on October 1, 2022 (diff). | |
| Java (programming language) | [ ]
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September 17, 2022 – September 28, 2022 | Slightly shorter run. Little work done, remained as C-class (diff). | |
| Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum | [ ]
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September 30, 2022 – October 12, 2022 | Slightly shorter run; reassessed as B on October 9, 2022 (diff). | |
| Unix time | [ ]
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October 16, 2022 – October 26, 2022 | Slightly shorter run; reassessed as C on October 25, 2022 (diff). | |
| Web browser | [ ]
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October 30, 2022 – December 6, 2022 | Slightly delayed/longer run. Lots of work done but remained C-class. (diff). | |
| Sagrada Família | [ ]
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December 7, 2022 – December 27, 2022 | Slightly delayed run. Some work done but remained C-class. (diff). |
2023[edit]
| Article | Change during run | Time range | Notes | Further promotions |
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| Lunar eclipse | [ ]
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December 28, 2022 – January 10, 2023 | Slightly delayed run. Some work done but remained Start-class. (diff). | |
| Website | [ ]
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January 11, 2022 – January 24, 2023 | A small amount of work done but remained C-class. (diff). | |
| Gamer | [ ]
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January 25, 2022 – February 7, 2023 | No work done, remained C-class (diff). | |
| Coach (bus) | [ ]
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February 8, 2023 – February 21, 2023 | A small amount of work done but remained Start-class. (diff). | |
| Art museum | [ ]
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February 25, 2023 – March 7, 2023 | Slightly delayed/shortened run. | |
| Take Five | [ ]
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March 10, 2023 – March 21, 2023 | Slightly delayed/shortened run. | |
| Adélie Land | [ ]
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March 23, 2023 – April 5, 2023 | Slightly delayed/shortened run. | |
| Peer-to-peer file sharing | [ ]
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April 9, 2023 – April 25, 2023 | Slightly delayed/extended run. | |
| Grammy Awards | [ ]
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April 26, 2023 – May 9, 2023 | ||
| Elevated railway | [ ]
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May 11, 2023 – May 23, 2023 | Slightly delayed/shortened run. | |
| Tehran Metro | [ ]
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May 26, 2023 – June 6, 2023 | Slightly delayed/shortened run. | |
| Little Women | [ ]
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June 8, 2023 – June 20, 2023 | Slightly delayed/shortened run. | |
| Iridaceae | [ ]
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June 22, 2023 – July 4, 2023 | Slightly delayed/shortened run (diff). | |
| Signal-to-noise ratio | [ ]
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July 7, 2023 – July 18, 2023 | Slightly delayed/shortened run. No edits during run; remained C-class. | |
| Hammerhead shark | [ ]
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August 10, 2023 – August 29, 2023 | Delayed/extended run (diff). | |
| iOS | [ ]
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September 3, 2023 – September 19, 2023 | Delayed/extended run. No work done, remained C-class (diff). | |
| Planck constant Planck units |
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September 20, 2023 – October 3, 2023 | Double run due to the overlap. | |
| Auditory system | [ ]
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October 20, 2023 – October 31, 2023 | Delayed/extended run. | |
| Giant clam | [ ]
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November 17, 2023 – November 28, 2023 | Delayed/shortened run. |
See also[edit]
- Full list of vital articles
- Frequently asked questions about vital articles
- WikiProject Vital Articles, also focused on improving vital articles