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Revision as of 17:15, 21 August 2007

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The Article Collaboration and Improvement Drive is a fortnightly collaboration to improve articles to featured article status.

/History - For past collaborations.
/Removed - For removed nominations.
/Maintenance - ACID upkeep.

Collaborations
Articles
Science and technology
Miscellaneous

Introduction

To vote or nominate you have to be a registered user with at least one contribution that is not a vote. Anyone who does so is encouraged to make at least one edit per vote or nomination to the currently chosen article, Günter Weitling (random unreferenced BLP of the day for 28 Jun 2024 - provided by User:AnomieBOT/RandomPage via WP:RANDUNREF). Any and all articles may be nominated except:

How to nominate

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Add nomination

Copy and paste the following template to the bottom of the list of nominations on this page and fill it out.
Please be sure to spell the article correctly, THE NAME IS CASE-SENSITIVE! 

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Under "comments" section put explanation of what work is needed.

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Notify

After submitting the new nomination, go to the nominated article's talk page and put this at the top: 

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How to vote

Sign with "# ~~~~" on the end of the list of the article you want to vote for and then update the vote count in the subhead. Opposing votes are not counted; see approval voting. You can vote for as many articles as you like. Additionally you can give a comment in the comment section; use terms such as appalling and shocking sparingly, remember that every editor that has ever edited a nominated article probably did so to the best of his of her ability.

How the article is selected

Article with the most votes every two weeks or so is selected as "The current Article Improvement Drive article". If two articles have same number of votes, the nominee with the higher number of hits per day over the previous month wins. The following template:

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is placed atop the article talk page.

How an article is removed from the list

Nominated articles remain on this page for three "selections", after which that article entry is removed from and moved to the page for removed nominations.

Notes


New nominations go *AT THE BOTTOM* :-)

Nominations

English language (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

29 votes, Nominated July 11, 2007; needs at least 32 votes by September 5, 2007 Overdue
Support
  1. BorgQueen 18:24, 11 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  2. SpLoT // 13:25, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Hydrogen Iodide 05:07, 13 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Universe=atomTalk•Contributions 12:34, 15 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Bearian 20:09, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Mcattell 18:23, 19 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  7. (Kevinwong913 is now) Perfect Proposal Speak out loud! 00:29, 20 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Kaldari 00:56, 22 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Vitall 04:44, 22 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  10. ffm 15:37, 23 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  11. Bifgis 17:03, 23 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  12. WS 23:44, 26 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  13. ♠TomasBat 02:14, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  14. Sportsjam3 04:22, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  15. Carewolf 12:35, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  16. M&NCenarius 17:50, 29 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  17. Timrollpickering 22:37, 2 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  18. -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 10:44, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  19. Kurykh 01:17, 5 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  20. Cloachland 13:55, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  21. Shruti14 ( talk • contribs ) 15:52, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  22. Boy1jhn 20:36, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  23. Freiberg, Let's talk!, contribs 20:05, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  24. LaleenaTalk to me Contributions to Wikipedia 22:24, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  25. Think outside the box 11:24, 15 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  26. Zginder
  27. Caponer 03:24, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  28. Ninetywazup?Review meMy ToDosign here! 18:48, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  29. mirageinred 04:07, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comments

Passport (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

13 votes, Nominated July 26, 2007; needs at least 16 votes by August 23, 2007 Overdue
Support
  1. Universe=atomTalk•Contributions 09:19, 26 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Giggy UCP
  3. ♠TomasBat 02:16, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Sportsjam3 04:25, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Astrowob 22:25, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  6. BigrTex 15:40, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  7. -FlubecaTalk 18:37, 2 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Timrollpickering 22:37, 2 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Hydrogen Iodide 22:41, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Seaaron 16:21, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  11. Boy1jhn 20:36, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  12. Melsaran 13:15, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  13. Zginder 17:13, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comments

Atom (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

14 votes, Nominated July 31, 2007; needs at least 16 votes by August 28, 2007 Overdue
Support
  1. -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 09:57, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  2. ♠TomasBat 14:50, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Iotha 08:51, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  4. BigrTex 15:40, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Cloachland 13:59, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Hydrogen Iodide 22:40, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Alvin6226 talk 21:14, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Boy1jhn 20:36, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  9. --Freiberg, Let's talk!, contribs 20:02, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Universe=atomTalk•Contributions 15:36, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  11. Think outside the box 11:25, 15 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  12. Zginder 12:58, 15 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  13. Separa 20:01, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  14. User:Supershow Showmanship is the key 22:24, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • I really haven't had much to do with this article (I might have reverted vandalism on it once or twice ;)), but I feel that such an import subject matter as the atom deserves improvement from the shape this article is in at the moment. I hope others share my view. Cheers -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 09:57, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Netherlands (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

10 votes, Nominated August 1, 2007; needs at least 12 votes by August 22, 2007 Overdue
Support
  1. JACOPLANE • 2007-08-1 20:38
  2. -FlubecaTalk 18:32, 2 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Dweller 10:20, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Hydrogen Iodide 22:42, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  5. ♠TomasBat 00:51, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Seaaron 16:19, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Boy1jhn 20:36, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Melsaran 13:15, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Ilse@ 14:31, 17 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Caponer 03:25, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • Article is woefully missing sources, and is poorly organized. It's a very long way from GA standard. JACOPLANE • 2007-08-1 20:38
    • I don't agree with either of those comments. It is organised in a pretty standard way, and the overall level of sourcing is fine. Some Wikipedia articles have too many sources. There is no need to source things that are common knowledge. Cloachland 13:58, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Compare the sourcing of this article with that of Turkey to see how the article should be referenced. I don't see how you could possibly claim that "the overall level of sourcing is fine". JACOPLANE • 2007-08-6 14:01

Manitoba (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

4 votes, Nominated August 5, 2007; needs at least 8 votes by August 19, 2007 Overdue
Support
  1. GrooveDog (talk) 23:55, 5 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Hydrogen Iodide 22:43, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Dl2000 02:56, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Seaaron 16:22, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • I nominated Manitoba because it needs work, a lot of work, to bring it up to featured class. It would be the first of the Canadian Provinces to be a featured article, I believe, and is a valuable Geography Topic. GrooveDog (talk) 23:55, 5 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Estuary (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

5 votes, Nominated August 6, 2007; needs at least 8 votes by August 20, 2007 Overdue
Support
  1. 82.71.48.158 19:30, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Seaaron 16:18, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Boy1jhn 20:36, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Shrewpelt 19:44, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Hydrogen Iodide 05:19, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comments

River delta (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

7 votes, Nominated August 6, 2007; needs at least 8 votes by August 20, 2007 Overdue
Support
  1. 82.71.48.158 19:30, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Seaaron 16:19, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Boy1jhn 20:36, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Shrewpelt 19:49, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Hydrogen Iodide 05:20, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Baridiah 22:01, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Jeltz talk 11:54, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Freiberg, Let's talk!, contribs 01:34, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • Short article (six paragraphs and a listy section). Important environmental, freshwater/marine biology, fishery topic. Lots of people live in river deltas. I'm guessing around 500 million worldwide (for instance, about 60 million in Vietnam and between 115 and 143 million in the Ganges delta), sometimes to ill effect. 82.71.48.158 19:30, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • This seems like an important environmental article. I'm surprised it's so short for such a large topic. Shrewpelt 19:49, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Future (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

6 votes, Nominated August 11, 2007; needs at least 8 votes by August 25, 2007 Overdue
Support
  1. Freiberg, Let's talk!, contribs 18:12, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  2. ♠TomasBat 18:27, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Universe=atomTalk•Contributions 15:35, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Bifgis 06:40, 17 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Hydrogen Iodide 05:21, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Jeltz talk 11:53, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comments

Martyrdom in Islam (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

3 votes, Nominated August 12, 2007; needs at least 4 votes by August 19, 2007 Overdue
Support
  1. S.dedalus 00:53, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  2. ♠TomasBat 20:10, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Baridiah 22:00, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • A subject that that is seen frequently in the news these days, and is quite controversial given the (often unfounded) fear of terrorism. This article needs lots of work and some expansion too. Possible some POV problems. -- S.dedalus 00:53, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Evangelize China Fellowship (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

1 vote, Nominated August 12, 2007; needs at least 4 votes by August 19, 2007 Overdue
Support
  1. LaleenaTalk to me Contributions to Wikipedia 22:23, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comments

James Brown (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

6 votes, Nominated August 13, 2007; needs at least 8 votes by August 27, 2007 Overdue
Support
  1. Pascal.Tesson 05:12, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  2. →Lwalt ♦ talk 11:17, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  3. BrothaTimothy 02:30, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  4. InnocuousPseudonym 04:19, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  5. MaJic 16:39, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  6. User:Supershow Showmanship is the key 22:26, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comments:

  • The article could easily be improved to GA quality and perhaps even FA quality. There's a very decent start with a number of solid references. There's still plenty to do: an extensive copyedit, an "in popular culture" section that needs to be cleaned up, a more thorough discussion of his legacy, etc. In any case, it's the kind of article where editors with various skills and interests could find something worthwhile to do. The article falls in the scope of a number of projects so it should be easy to gather a good number of competent editors to help out. Of course, James Brown is a key figure in popular music and I just think it would be really nice to have the article featured by the first year of his death (December 25th). Pascal.Tesson 05:12, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comments by →Lwalt ♦ talk

GA-Class quality? Didn't realized the quality of the article has slipped that far. The JB article was rated as B-Class, then A-Class quality earlier this year (also noted on the article's talk page) for the Biography and Georgia portals (this article is also rated as "top-importance" for the Georgia Portal). Also, the article was featured on the Music Portal during February 2007. Here's the content of the article at the last edit on February 1 and the last edit on February 28. Since I don't where to find the archives for past featured articles on portals, I don't know which version of the article appeared on the Music Portal during February 2007, especially since the article was also vandalized frequently at that time.

After I spent some time editing the article, I stepped back to take another look at what needs to be done for the article's improvement. Here are my comments for what I think is still needed to improve the article: '→Lwalt ♦ talk

comments moved to the James Brown talk page to avoid clogging the ACID page.Pascal.Tesson 17:24, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Egyptian hieroglyphs (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

7 votes, Nominated August 13, 2007; needs at least 8 votes by August 27, 2007 Overdue
Support
  1. --Birdman1 talk/contribs 15:32, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  2. ♠TomasBat 20:09, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  3. --Freiberg, Let's talk!, contribs 01:28, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Hydrogen Iodide 05:22, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Baridiah 22:02, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  6. — Zerida 03:26, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Switchercat talkcont 17:38, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • The authors have made a good effort, but this article is redundant and is not comprehensive. It covers few aspects of grammar and discusses the language's relation to other Egyptian languages to only a small extent. The article needs a detailed example section, and yet "Simple examples" only repeats several of the concepts stated earlier. In addition, this article contains only seven inline citations. A peer review held last year produced only an automated review; a much more detailed, specialized analysis of the article is needed. Hopefully, those who are not Egypt enthusiasts will understand the rationale for this nomination. --Birdman1 talk/contribs 15:32, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Edit: Another problem with this article is that it does not sufficiently discuss the evolution of the language. --Birdman1 talk/contribs 16:26, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Unfortunately, Egyptian language deals only with Middle Egyptian grammar. Even if Egyptian hieroglyphs deals only with the writing system, it is redundant and is not comprehensive. I think there needs to be some discussion at Talk:Egyptian language. --Birdman1 talk/contribs 16:06, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with the latter part, though I think this article should remain focused on the script, like hieratic and demotic. There are separate articles for the different phases of the language itself, for example, Old, Middle and Late Egyptian, but they are stubs. I think Egyptian language should eventually contain comprehensive information about the language's history/grammar from the Old to the Coptic phases, and the Middle Egyptian grammar can go in its own article. — Zerida 20:02, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Smoking (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

4 votes, Nominated August 13, 2007; needs at least 8 votes by August 27, 2007 Overdue
Support
  1. John Carter 20:54, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  2. ♠TomasBat 21:48, 15 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Hydrogen Iodide 05:24, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Freiberg, Let's talk!, contribs 01:31, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • Only a Start-class article. Say what you want to about smoking, but it is an extremely important subject and it deserves a better article than it currently has. John Carter 20:54, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • The start-class label was a bit outdated so I upgraded to B-class, since it's 44 k without template, table or list-cruft. It has noticable info gaps in sociology, medicine, physiology, public health effects and modern history, but has a far superior overall coverage when compared to, for example, tobacco smoking. Peter Isotalo 11:44, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Geography of New Jersey (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

6 votes, Nominated August 17, 2007; needs at least 8 votes by August 31, 2007 Overdue
Support
  1. ZeWrestler Talk 03:23, 17 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  2. ChrisRuvolo (t) 11:57, 17 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Zginder 13:02, 17 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Hydrogen Iodide 05:24, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Alansohn 22:08, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  6. NHRHS2010 Talk 22:16, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comments

Rifle (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

6 votes, Nominated August 17, 2007; needs at least 8 votes by August 31, 2007 Overdue
Support
  1. Kotare 07:05, 17 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  2. themcman1 talk 15:31, 17 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Freiberg, Let's talk!, contribs 20:25, 17 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  4. ♠TomasBat 20:50, 17 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  5. ZeWrestler Talk 12:30, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Jeltz talk 11:52, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • This article is desperately in need of attention; A military invention which has shaped the course of history ever since, this article doesn't have even one inline citation and could do with major expansions with regards to the history of use of this weapon.

The Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

2 votes, Nominated August 18, 2007; needs at least 4 votes by August 25, 2007 Overdue
Support
  1. Ninetywazup?Review meMy ToDosign here! 18:37, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  2. S.dedalus 01:46, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comments

Cataloochee (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

1 vote, Nominated August 18, 2007; needs at least 4 votes by August 25, 2007 Overdue
Support
  1. Ninetywazup?Review meMy ToDosign here! 19:04, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comments

Jihad (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

2 votes, Nominated August 20, 2007; needs at least 4 votes by August 27, 2007 Overdue
Support
  1. S.dedalus 21:28, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  2. mirageinred 04:07, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • Another one of those pervasive terms that is seen frequently in the news these days, and is quite controversial. This article needs lots of work and has been tag for cleanup since February! The article also possible has some POV problems. Thanks for your help! --S.dedalus 21:28, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A Series of Unfortunate Events (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

2 votes, Nominated August 21, 2007; needs at least 4 votes by August 28, 2007 Overdue
Support
  1. Shrewpelt 13:18, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Freiberg, Let's talk!, contribs 14:46, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
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