Wikipedia:WikiProject Quality Article Improvement

Welcome to Quality Article Improvement

approved cabal for improvement

Several Wikipedians have formed this collaboration resource and group dedicated to improving the quality of Wikipedia's Quality Articles, namely Good Articles (GA) and Featured articles (FA). This page and its subpages contain suggestions and various resources; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of Wikipedians interested in the topic. If you would like to help, please join the project, inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list below.

As of 29 April 2015, everybody is free to post news and tips related to the improvement of articles on QAIPOST and discuss.

Goals

• Project members deal with Peer reviews, nominations for FA on Featured article candidates and nominations to appear as Today's featured article (TFA) on Today's featured article requests (TFAR). Suggestions for TFA can be placed on the project's talk page.
• Improving and proper use of referencing, infoboxes and other templates are areas of interest to this project. References in separate lists are preferred, for the ease of maintaining both text and references.
• Project members promote Web Content Accessibility Guidelines standards.
• The project keeps track of missed users, hoping to retain quality editors, to write quality articles.
• Project members go for "reformation, for elucidating love and study, for a free project that everybody can edit without petty restrictions, for peace".

Scope

• Good Articles, their nominations, review and maintenance
• Featured article candidates
• Featured articles
• Today's featured article requests
• Infoboxes and navboxes (added 4 August 2013, forgotten when goals were updated. We are merrily unorganized.)
• Translation from and to other languages (added 30 April 2015)

Contributors

Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest. Members may add the category Category:WikiProject Quality articles to their user page.

1. PumpkinSky (talk · contribs)
2.  Br'erRabbit 
3. Ched (talk · contribs) I'm willing to try to help anyone I can; although, I'm not the most proficient technician available. Chedzilla (talk) 11:45, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
4. Gerda Arendt (talk · contribs) I am here for company, and quality has a prize. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 04:55, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
5. Montanabw (talk · contribs) copyediting for flow, fact-checking, etc. Not great with technical stuff, but good at digging up research. 00:24, 1 July 2012 (UTC)
6. Keilana (talk · contribs) I'm working on core science articles. Right now, astronomy. 16:58, 1 July 2012 (UTC)
7. Wehwalt (talk · contribs), doing a lot of stuff.22:21, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
8. Deepon (talk · contribs) Willing to help anyone with an article related to WikiProject electronics.
9. Pigsonthewing (talk · contribs) Technical soundness: templates, standards, accessibility and categories. Ping me if I can help. Also have access to HighBeam & Oxford Dictionary of National Biography for referencing.
10. Uyvsdi (talk · contribs) I've been focused on Indigenous peoples of the Americas articles, but try to clean up neglected stubs that I come across. Am working on improving my own copy editing and writing style, and Wikipedia is a fantastic place to hone skills!
11. John (talk · contribs) Anything and everything. 21:46, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
12. Boson (talk · contribs) Mainly focused on Germany and European Union but willing to help out with copyediting, translating etc. on any topic.
13. RHM22 (talk · contribs) I'm mainly interested in historical topics, but I can help with copyediting and perhaps other requests made on my talk page. 16:02, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
14. Alakzi (talk · contribs) Templates and copyediting, mostly. 20:51, 21 April 2015 (UTC)
15. SusunW (talk · contribs) Research is my forte. Definitely not technical. SusunW (talk) 20:50, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
16. JackTheVicar (talk · contribs) : I can read, write, make paella, and tie my shoes three ways.
17. Yash! (talk · contribs) : I specialise in India, Pakistan, Green Day, medicine and cricket related articles. But I am willing to help with any given topic.

Articles

Projects in progress

Article	Date	Status	Goal	Work needed	Comment	achieved when
Quattro pezzi sacri	11 May	DYK	GA	expand, thinking of Viva-Verda	GA

Long-term plans are listed at the bottom.

Completed 2015

The achievements of 2012 to 2014 are archived.

Article	Date	By	achieved when
St. Martin, Idstein	22 Feb 2015	GA	Y GAN 3 Jun, GA 21 Jun
O heilges Geist- und Wasserbad, BWV 165	12 Jan 2015	GA	Y GAN 22 Feb, GA 24 Feb Y FAC 8 Apr, FA 1 May
Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe, BWV 22	30 Mar 2014	GA	Y FAC 10 Dec 2014, FA 10 Jan

Awards

Core Contest 2012

	Second Prize - Core Contest
	Congratulations for sharing in second prize in the August 2012 incarnation of the Core Contest! Your voucher will be on its way soon.... Casliber (talk · contribs) 15:35, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

This was for PumpkinSky and Gerda Arendt and their work on Franz Kafka PumpkinSky talk 22:47, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

Core Contest 2013

		The Barnstar of National Merit
		I hereby award this Barnstar of National Merit to Diannaa for achieving third prize in the Core Contest in April 2013 for work on Nazi Germany. A Wikimedia UK person will be in contact to send off an Amazon voucher for £55. Well done! Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 06:03, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
		this WikiAward was given to Diannaa by Cas Liber (talk · contribs) on 06:03, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

100 FA

		The Special Barnstar
		One hundred not out! Magnificent – deafening applause for one of Wikipedia's true stars. Tim riley (talk) 19:28, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

To Wehwalt on the occasion of his 100th FA, History of Chincoteague, Virginia

Signpost Interview 11 December 2013

Honourable mention

UK Wikimedian of the Year 2014

Honourable mention: Andy Mabbett

Andy is a dedicated Wikimedian who has among the many things he has done started the Voice Intro Project – a project to make audio recordings in which Wikipedia subjects speak their name and introduce themselves. Associated with that was an event at the BBC which got the corporation to release clips from their archive material under free licenses.[1]

See also: nomination, article creation, images, project

Million Award

Project members received the Million Award for 13 articles: Horse, Statue of Liberty, Richard Nixon, Adolf Hitler, Sean Combs, Franz Kafka, Harry S. Truman, Nazi Germany, Auschwitz concentration camp, Schindler's List, Normandy landings, Josef Mengele, Babe Ruth.

Successful featured articles

In addition to the achievements in 2012 and 2013, project members a featured in the list of successful featured articles, viewed more than 100.000 times on their day on the Main page:

• Franz Kafka on 3 July 2013, his 130th birthday, most viewed TFA ever
• Lynching of Jesse Washington on 25 September 2012
• Hoover Dam on 30 September 2010

TFAR

• Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/pending
• Wikipedia:Today's featured article/recent TFAs
• QAI TFA Archive of 2012 to 2014
• Wikipedia:QAI/TFA - history, some prepared nominations by date

The following table lists article name, date of entry here, date of desired appearance or "any", with a link to the nomination, the current status (pend = pending, prep = prepared old style, nom = nominated, req = requested, sked = scheduled, app = appeared), the author(s) (highlighted if QAI member), area, nominator, notes.

Article	Nom date	TFA date	status	by	where	sugg	notes
Judah P. Benjamin	2014-09-01	2015-08-30	pend	W	US	W	150th anniversary of arrival in UK, completing his escape from US forces
Three-dollar piece	2014-07-23	2015-09-26	pend	W	US	W	107 ann
Cucurbita	2015-02-28	any		HalfGig ++		GA	Thanksgiving?
1975 Australian constitutional crisis	2014-10-21	2015-11-11	pend	W		W	40 years
Benjamin Tillman	2015-03-06	2015-12-04		W	US	W	125th anniversary of his inauguration as governor
Stephen Hawking	2012-12-08	2016-01-08	prep	Fayedizard	UK	GA	req 2012, FAR 2013
Walter Model	2013-01-01	2016-01-24		Hongooi	Germany	DI
Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey	2015-02-27	2016-03		CH	US	GA
Susan B. Anthony dollar	2015-05-17	2016-03-13	later	RHM22 W	US	GA	sked 11 June 2015 but postponed
Jenna Jameson	2013-06-01	2016-04-09	prep	AnonEMouse	US	PS	req, FAR
William H. Seward	2015-02-22	2015-04-14	later	W	US	W	req 2015
Carousel (musical)	2013-02-08	2016-04-19	pend	W		W
The Bartered Bride	2013-04-02	2016-05-30		BB		GA	150 years premiere
Grace Sherwood	2013-09-27	2016-07-10	prep	PS	US	PS	10 July her day, 310 later
Requiem (Reger)	2015-03-14	2016-07-16		GA		GA	100th anniversary of premiere
Finn M. W. Caspersen	2015-02-27	2016-10-27		CH	US	GA
Brownsea Island Scout camp	2013-07-01	2017-08-01		PS	England	PS	110 years
Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria	2013-04-02	2017-05-15	later	BB		GA	composer's birthday
Percy Grainger	2013-04-02	2017-07-08	later	BB		GA	req 2015, 2017 135th bday
Leningrad première of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7	2013-07-14	2017-08-09	prep	Nikkimaria		GA
Panic of 1907	2015-04-15	2017-10 mid		JayHenry		GA
Ian Johnson (cricketer)	2013-11-13	2017-12-08		Mattinbgn		GA	centenary, req 2013-12-08
Falstaff (opera)	2015-05-27	2018-02-09		Tim		GA	135 years
James Russell Lowell	2013-12-11	2019-02-22		Midnightdreary	US	DI	req 2013, born 1819
Samuel Merrill Woodbridge	2015-02-27	2019-04-05		CH	US	GA
Eris (dwarf planet)	2012-10-02	any	prep	Serendipodous		GA
Banker horse	2012-09-20	any		Yohmom	North Carolina	MBW
USS Iowa (BB-61)	2012-09-21	any	prep	TomStar81	US	DI
Denbies	2015-06-27	any		SP EC	UK	GA
United States Bicentennial coinage	2013-04-06	any		W	US	W
Geology Hall	2015-02-27	any		CH	US	GA
Castell Coch	2015-04-27	any	sug	Dr. Blofeld++	UK	GA
Periodic table	2012-11-23	any	prep	StringTheory11			removed from TFAR[2]
London Necropolis Company	2012-10-01	2012-10-31	prep	Iridescent	London	GA	should not appear[3], tried again by others 21 June 2013 for "any"
The Coral Island	2015-06-14	any	req	Drmies EC		GA
SMS Königsberg (1905)	2015-05-29	2015-07-11	sked	Parsecboy BR		GA
United States Bicentennial coinage	2015-06-18	2015-07-04	sked	W	US	BB
Pinniped	2015-05-27	2015-07-03	sked	Littlejerry, Sasata		GA
L'Arianna	2014-12-05	2015-06-24	app	BB		GA
Panama–Pacific commemorative coins	2015-05-15	2015-06-15	app	W	US	W
Psilocybe semilanceata	2015-05-04	2015-06-03	app	Sasata		GA
O heilges Geist- und Wasserbad, BWV 165	2015-04-15	2015-05-31	app	GA		GA
George Headley	2012-10-28	2015-05-30	app	Sarastro1	West Indies	GA
Common starling	2015-04-25	2015-05-28	app	Jimfbleak, Cwmhiraeth		GA
Rodent	2015-04-29	2015-05-22	app	Cwmhiraeth++		GA
The Bread-Winners	2015-04-22	2015-05-20	app	W		W
California Chrome	2014-09-10	2015-05-02	app	MBW	US	MBW
The Tower House	2015-04-07	2015-05-01	app	Dr. Blofeld++	UK	GA
Colton Point State Park	2015-03-30	2015-04-24	app	Gerry D, Ruhrfisch	US	GA
Caelum	2015-02-04	2015-04-23	app	StringTheory11		GA
Seated Liberty dollar	2015-01-03	2015-04-21	app	RHM22 W	US	GA
Andrew Johnson	2014-07-23	2016-04-15	app	W Ssilvers	US	W
Fanny Bullock Workman	2015-03-05	2015-04-08	app	Cuerden ++	UK	GA
I Never Liked You	2015-02-05	2015-04-07	app	Curly Turkey		GA
Invisible rail	2014-05-25	2015-04-01	app	BM Jimfbleak	Indonesia	GA
John Tyler	2015-01-19	2015-03-29	app	Designate W	US	W
Isabeau of Bavaria	2015-02-28	2015-03-24	app	Victoria	EU	GA
Margaret Bondfield	2015-02-10	2015-03-18	app	BB	UK	GA
Peru national football team	2015-01-06	2015-03-15	app	MarshalN20	Peru	GA
Three-cent nickel	2014-07-23	2015-03-03	app	W	US	W
Operation Hardboiled	2015-01-27	2015-02-27	app	ErrantX		GA
Afonso, Prince Imperial of Brazil	2014-12-19	2015-02-23	app	Lecen, Astynax	Brazil	GA
Clarence 13X		2015-02-22	app	MA		Cr
SMS Bayern		2015-02-17	app	Parsecboy BR		Cr
Tintin in the Congo	2015-01-03	2015-02-16	app	Prhartcom, Midnightblueowl		GA
Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe, BWV 22	2014-12-10	2015-02-07	app	GA		GA
Marcus Ward Lyon, Jr.	2014-12-17	2015-02-05	app	Maky		GA
William Robinson Brown	2014-12-30	2015-01-17	app	MBW	US	BB
Holkham National Nature Reserve	2014-12-17	2015-01-14	app	Jim	UK	GA
John A. Macdonald	2014-07-23	2015-01-11	app	W	US	W
Oliver Bosbyshell	2014-10-14	2015-01-03	app	W	US	W
Michael Tippett	2013-11-11	2015-01-02	app	BB	UK	GA

Article plans in the future

Plans

Article	Date	Status	Goal	Work needed	Comment	achieved when
Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir, BWV 29	2 Mar 2015	DYK	FA	expand	GA	Y GAN 7 Mar Y GA 10 Mar
Requiem (Reger)	30 Mar 2014	DYK	GA	expand	FA	Y GAN 13 Mar Y GA 18 Mar
St John Passion structure	5 Jan 2014		FA	expand movements, refs	GA, thinking of GFHandel	Y GA 17 Oct 2014
Traum durch die Dämmerung	16 Jun 2014	DYK	FA	expand	GA	Y GA 7 Sep 2014
Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes, BWV 76	17 Jan 2013	GA	FA	expand, refs	GA, thinking of BarkingMoon
Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 91	30 Mar 2014	DYK	FA	expand	GA
Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot, BWV 39	30 Mar 2014	GA	FA	expand	GA
Mass in B minor structure	15 Mar 2013	PR	FA	expand	GA, the promised article	Y 15 Nov 2014
St Matthew Passion structure	29 Mar 2013		FA	expand	GA, the passionate article
Jahrhundertring	25 Oct 2013		GA	expand, refs	GA, thinking of RexxS	Y DYK 7 Nov 2013
Graham Waterhouse	23 Nov 2012	DYK	GA	expand, refs	GA
Membra Jesu Nostri	22 Feb 2015		GA	expand, lead	GA
Messiah (Handel)	7 Dec 2012	TFA	refs		GA	Y TFA 23 Mar 2013

Requests

• William Hanna: Featured article; needs updates to references -- Dianna (talk) 16:09, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
• Joseph Barbera: Featured article; needs updates to references -- Dianna (talk) 19:12, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
• Wehrmacht and National Socialism -- Mentioned on Jack's talk page in July by Kierzek -- Dianna (talk) 19:12, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
• Nazism-- Mentioned on Jack's talk page in July by Kierzek -- Dianna (talk) 19:12, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
• Nazi Party-- Mentioned on Jack's talk page in July by Kierzek -- Dianna (talk) 19:12, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
• Pryor Mountains Wild Horse Range See my talk page of Sept 12-17, 2013 for details and discussion. Montanabw^(talk) 01:44, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
• Uthman Ahendra (talk) 05:38, 15 February 2015 (UTC)
• Cattle TheMagikCow (talk) 16:25, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

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• Today's articles for improvement