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This page contains a list of articles selected to be today's article for improvement (TAFI). The articles here have been chosen through the nomination process at the nomination page. The articles in this page will go through a "screening process" where experienced editors shall list the various issues with the article and formulate them into a to-do list. Once they are screened, a select number of articles shall be chosen to be TAFI for a particular time period and will be added to the schedule.

These articles here are due to be the TAFI and be displayed on the main page in a few days. This page is to discuss and decide on the potential problems with the article, and possible improvements and additions to the article. All these things to do will then be reflected in a "To-Do list" that will be displayed with the article while it is on the main page.

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• All articles with 3 supports and no opposes on the Nominations page, or those selected by consensus are selected by our clerks and added to this page.
• Please do not add any more supports or opposes. These articles have already been selected.
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Selected Articles for 9 February 2013

Arts - Statue

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

A Statue is a full-length sculpture representing people or animals.

Supports

1. Horai 551 (talk) 11:35, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
2. --Coin945 (talk) 18:13, 15 November 2012 (UTC)
3. --NickPenguin_(contribs) 00:48, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
4. --∴ ZX95 ^[discuss] 07:25, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
5. Wizardman 15:35, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
6. Yes, definitely. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 16:58, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
7. Ushau97 (talk) 10:10, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

Comments

1. (Arts) A start class article with almost all pictures! Needs big help. Horai 551 (talk) 11:35, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

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Society - Tomboy

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

A Tomboy is a girl who dresses and behaves like a boy.

Supports

1. Kaldari (talk) 22:51, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
2. —Tom Morris (talk) 08:52, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
3. --Horai 551 (talk) 12:08, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
4. j⚛e decker^talk 16:52, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
5. Northamerica1000^(talk) 18:31, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Comments

1. Currently barely more than a stub. This article would be great for collaboration because it's mostly a blank slate and there are both academic and popular culture angles to write about. The article currently average 1328 page views per day, which is pretty high. Kaldari (talk) 22:51, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

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Geography - Jungle

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

A moist and usually tropical forest is called a Jungle

Supports

1. Northamerica1000^(talk) 13:14, 29 November 2012 (UTC)
2. --NickPenguin_(contribs) 00:48, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
3. --Coin945 (talk) 12:13, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
4. --j⚛e decker^talk 17:27, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
5. --Horai 551 (talk) 07:36, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
6. Wizardman 20:33, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

Comments

1. (Geography) A partially-developed article that would benefit from expansion. Northamerica1000^(talk) 13:14, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

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Arts - Notability

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

Notability is the property of being worthy of notice, having fame.

Supports

1. St John Chrysostom ^Δόξα_{τω ^Θεώ} 17:42, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
2. The irony is delicious. Cannot think of a better article than this to help newbies get a sense of how to edit and what to include.--Coin945 (talk) 20:11, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
3. j⚛e decker^talk 23:39, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
4. --NickPenguin_(contribs) 07:40, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
5. --Horai 551 (talk) 11:11, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
6.  — Crisco 1492 (talk) 11:13, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
7. Northamerica1000^(talk) 15:14, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
8. Ought to be fun as well for any unemployed, underemployed, and/or recently laid off reporters who want to try and keep their WP:NPOV skills honed. -- ༺།།ༀ་ཨཱཿ་ཧཱུྃ།།འཚེར།།xeltifon།།སར་ཝ་མང་ག་ལམ།།༻  ^{{say it}  {contribs}} 06:43, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
9. Wizardman 23:33, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Comments

1. Here's a very general concept that's very poorly written about and has needed improvement for a very long time. Something for everyone: sociologists, philosophers, psychologists, PR men... St John Chrysostom ^Δόξα_{τω ^Θεώ} 17:41, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

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Science - Salt (chemistry)

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

In Chemistry, any compound of an acid and a base is called a Salt.

Supports

1. Coin945 (talk) 07:44, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
2. Just about undeveloped enough for TAFI to be beneficial. —WFC— _{FL wishlist} 05:46, 26 October 2012 (UTC)
3. --NickPenguin_(contribs) 00:48, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
4. Horai 551 (talk) 02:17, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
5. Nouniquenames 17:06, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
6. Wizardman 23:30, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Comments

1. (Science) Start-class core article. Lots of coverage holes. Coin945 (talk) 07:44, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

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Society - Poaching

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

Illegal taking of wild plants or animals, punishable by law, is called Poaching.

Supports

1. Turn685 (talk) 20:46, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
2. Northamerica1000^(talk) 14:04, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
3. --NickPenguin_(contribs) 00:48, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
4. --Coin945 (talk) 12:13, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
5. Nouniquenames 17:02, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
6. ༺།།ༀ་ཨཱཿ་ཧཱུྃ།།འཚེར།།xeltifon།།སར་ཝ་མང་ག་ལམ།།༻  ^{{say it}  {contribs}} 07:55, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
7. Wizardman 23:36, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Comments

1. (Society) This is an incredibly neglected and empty article for such a huge subject. It doesn't even cover the scope of different types of poaching (like plants or animals), statistics, or global phenomenon and demands. It is a really undeveloped article for a subject that affects many things and needs a lot of attention. Turn685 (talk) 20:46, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

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Applied Sciences and Technology - Energy crop

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

A plant used to make Biofuel or otherwise combusted is called Energy crop.

Supports

1. Northamerica1000^(talk)
   
2. Coin945 (talk)
   
3. NickPenguin_(contribs)
   
4. ༺།།ༀ་ཨཱཿ་ཧཱུྃ།།འཚེར།།xeltifon།།སར་ཝ་མང་ག་ལམ།།༻  ^{{say it}  {contribs}}
   

Comments

1. (Technology) An underdeveloped article that covers several types of energy and renewable energy generated from crops. As of this post, the article has only three citations, and the article is easily expandable due to significant coverage that has occurred and continues to occur about this topic. (the unsigned nomination)
2. Gut feeling: this is a taxpayer subsidized industry's PR buzzword-titled article which needs opposing viewpoints acknowledged in the first place, let alone documented and independently verified, if it is to serve as anything more than a stand-alone informational cul-de-sac masquerading as an WP:NPOV encyclopedia entry aimed at a general audience. There is a spate of current complex controversies surrounding the subject matter of this entry, not a single one of which, at writing, has (to my eyes, anyway) been paid so much as lip service in the article itself. A total of three sources, all from industrial perspectives emphasizing overwhelmingly the "wow" aspect of so-called "clean" technologies with not a single mention of NGO perspectives is at very best a matter of pure, unadulterated WP:POV which strains credulity. Logical counterpart to this article might be something like Agribusiness. Might be extremely interesting to see how these two articles might merge. ༺།།ༀ་ཨཱཿ་ཧཱུྃ།།འཚེར།།xeltifon།།སར་ཝ་མང་ག་ལམ།།༻  ^{{say it}  {contribs}} 08:58, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

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NickPenguin_(contribs) 21:19, 19 January 2013(UTC)

Selected Articles for 16 February 2013

Applied Sciences and Technology - Agribusiness

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

Any business related to agriculture and food production is called Agribusiness.

Supports

1. Northamerica1000^(talk)
   
2. Coin945 (talk)
   
3. NickPenguin_(contribs)
   
4. ༺།།ༀ་ཨཱཿ་ཧཱུྃ།།འཚེར།།xeltifon།།སར་ཝ་མང་ག་ལམ།།༻  ^{{say it}  {contribs}}

Comments

1. (Technology) Another agriculture-related article that would benefit from more sourcing and expansion. As of this post, the entry has only two citations. The topic has received a great deal of coverage, making the article easily-improvable. Northamerica1000^(talk) 22:59, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
2. Flip side of this coin is Energy crop. A paucity of both sources and substance on an NGO activist buzzword-titled article. Energy crop and Agribusiness alike strike me as "preaching to the choir" inside separately soundproofed echo chambers in extremely close proximity. Very little helpful information is actually conveyed here to a general audience. TMI far too compressed comprising mostly buzzword definitions of other buzzwords, reading in the end like an awkwardly constructed dictionary entry in which separate specialist definitions "A" and "B" of the same buzzword "stand in", ineffectively, for actual WP:NPOV delineation of very real current controversies, not one of which is adequately explained within the article itself (although it is quite nicely wikilinked throughout). Ends in a bewilderingly unreadable alphabet soup conveying no sense whatsoever of the subject matter's actual notability, thereby begging the question of general readers not already well-versed in researching whatever subject matter might (or might not, even) be at hand: "why does this even matter?" ༺།།ༀ་ཨཱཿ་ཧཱུྃ།།འཚེར།།xeltifon།།སར་ཝ་མང་ག་ལམ།།༻  ^{{say it}  {contribs}} 09:06, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

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NickPenguin_(contribs) 21:19, 19 January 2013(UTC)

Arts - Writer

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

A Writer is a person who produces and composes writing or literary art for a living.

Supports

1.  — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:02, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
2. Not sure what this article would include exactly, but it certainly can be improved. :)--Coin945 (talk) 12:13, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

   I have a general idea, I could post it on the talk page — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:29, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

   On the talk page for Writer? Sure, go ahead! :)--Coin945 (talk) 12:42, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

   Added there. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:27, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

   Just read it. Nice ideas. :D Sounds good to me.--Coin945 (talk) 15:50, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

3. —017Bluefield (talk) 20:30, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
4. --NickPenguin_(contribs) 07:40, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
5. --Horai 551 (talk) 11:10, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
6. Wizardman 23:31, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
7. Northamerica1000^(talk) 00:09, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

Comments

1. Superstub, very general topic — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:02, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

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List - List of alcoholic beverages

List of alcoholic beverages (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

A List of all drinks containing alcohol or ethanol.

Supports

1. Northamerica1000^(talk) 14:29, 3 November 2012 (UTC)
   
2. --NickPenguin_(contribs) 03:15, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
3. 
   Might have the same detractors, as those who were against my Human body nomination, but to hell with that! Let's all learn more about alcohol!! :D--Coin945 (talk) 09:55, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Comments

1. Following on from the relative success of List of food preparation utensils, I think this is another viable candidate for improvement. A format similar to List of culinary nuts would seem the best way forward, given that most alcoholic beverages fall under sub-categories (such as wines, beers and spirits). —WFC— _{FL wishlist} 08:15, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

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NickPenguin_(contribs) 21:19, 19 January 2013(UTC)

Everyday Life/Technology - Wii (video game series)

Wii (video game series) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

The Wii game series is a series of physical simulation video games by Nintendo.

Supports

1. Looks good. Nice pick. (ignore the edit summary, it was a leg-pulling of this editor who has just opposed my nomination!) Tito Dutta (talk) 18:47, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
   
2. Good find.--Horai 551 (talk) 07:35, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
   
3. Northamerica1000^(talk) 18:48, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
   
4. NickPenguin_(contribs) 03:15, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Comments

1. Too many ELs, See also recommendations, future sub-section.. these issues I have found after first glance. --Tito Dutta (talk) 18:47, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

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NickPenguin_(contribs) 21:19, 19 January 2013(UTC)

Geography/History - Wonders of the World

Wonders of the World (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

The world's most spectacular structures have been compiled in several lists called the Wonders of the World.

Supports

1. Coin945 (talk) 17:17, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
2. NickPenguin_(contribs) 18:34, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
3. The article is rather developed, but there is definitely room for improvement, and the topic seems likely to appeal to a diverse variety of people. Northamerica1000^(talk) 21:40, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
4. Ushau97 (talk) 08:11, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
5. Wizardman 05:36, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Comments

1. High-importance article in a bit of a mess atm.

Just to clarify, this isn't strictly about the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (they have their own article for that). This is about the concept of "Wonders of the World" in general, and discussion the many different applications the term has had throughout history. Right now, it's just a bunch of random lists of world wonders with little to no prose at all.--Coin945 (talk) 09:55, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

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NickPenguin_(contribs) 21:19, 19 January 2013(UTC)

People/History - George M. Dallas

George M. Dallas (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

George M. Dallas (1792–1864) was the 11th Vice President of the US.

Supports

1. Go Phightins! (talk) 01:42, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
2. AutomaticStrikeout 02:31, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
3. Nouniquenames 17:09, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
4. Northamerica1000^(talk) 18:31, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
5. NickPenguin_(contribs) 03:15, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Comments

1. Dallas was the vice president under James Knox Polk in the mid 1840s. For a vice president of the United States, his article is pretty bad. This is great for collaboration because it's a Start-class BLP (check that, general biography) with more coverage out there (if not on the web in reference books, but the web would be a start). Anyway, I think this would be a great candidate for TAFI. Thanks-- Go Phightins! (talk) 01:42, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
2. Obscure topic, only gets about 100 pageviews per day. Kaldari (talk) 20:21, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Have to disagree that a former U.S. VP and Secy. of State is "obscure". Go Phightins! 20:34, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

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NickPenguin_(contribs) 21:19, 19 January 2013(UTC)

Society - Slang

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

Slang is the use of informal words and expressions acceptable in certain social settings.

Supports

1. Northamerica1000^(talk) 21:47, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
2. NickPenguin_(contribs) 09:05, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
3. Coin945 (talk) 09:08, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
4. Horai 551 (talk) 07:38, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
5. ZX95 ^[discuss] 07:42, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

Comments

1. A start-class article with plenty of potential for improvements. The topic seems likely to attract viewers and editors. Northamerica1000^(talk) 21:47, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

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NickPenguin_(contribs) 21:19, 19 January 2013(UTC)

Selected Articles for 23 February 2013

Geography - Micronesia

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

Micronesia is a region comprising thousands of small islands in the western Pacific Ocean.

Support

1. Wizardman 23:53, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
2. Northamerica1000^(talk) 08:24, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
3. --NickPenguin_(contribs) 03:15, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
4. Sounds good. --Coin945 (talk) 09:55, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Comments (Geography) Start-class article. Casual enough that TAFI would vastly improve it. Wizardman 23:53, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

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• Northamerica1000^(talk) 12:36, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

Natural Sciences - Listeria ivanovii

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

Listeria ivanovii is a species of bacterium in the genus Listeria.

Support

1. -- Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 20:37, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
2. Horai 551 (talk) 02:16, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
3. Nouniquenames 17:05, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
4. --NickPenguin_(contribs) 03:15, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Comments (Science) Currently one line stub without references. However, a quick search turned up some very good sources which might be usable to expand the article:

• MicrobeWiki page: contains references which look very good and could perhaps be included in this article and used to expand it
• Human Listeriosis Caused by Listeria ivanovii is a scientific journal article
• Listeria ivanovii is capable of cell-to-cell spread involving actin polymerization. another journal article
• Listeria ivanovii subsp. londoniensis subsp. nov. also a journal article.

Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 20:36, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

1. (Oppose) Too niche.--Coin945 (talk) 12:13, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

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• Northamerica1000^(talk) 13:02, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

Applied Sciences and Technology - Home page

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

The first or main page of a website is called its Home Page.

Article	Nomination date & nominator	Supports	Comments/Opposes
Home page	Horai 551 (talk) 11:19, 9 January 2013 (UTC)	Coin945 (talk) j⚛e deckertalk NickPenguin(contribs)	(Technology) A small stub that could use plenty of help. Horai 551 (talk) 11:19, 9 January 2013 (UTC) (N.B.: I've always been curious to know if the web's"home page" idea derived in part from the HyperCard "home stack") j⚛e deckertalk

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• Northamerica1000^(talk) 12:53, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

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Everyday Life - Hammer

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

A Hammer is a multi-purpose tool usually used for driving nails.

Article	Nomination date & nominator	Supports	Comments/Opposes
Hammer	Coin945 (talk) 17:17, 9 January 2013 (UTC)	--NickPenguin(contribs) 18:34, 9 January 2013 (UTC) Northamerica1000(talk) 19:49, 9 January 2013 (UTC) Wizardman 00:39, 11 January 2013 (UTC)	The article has room for improvement while also being reasonably developed, and may appeal to Wikipedia's diverse readers and editors, because many people are familiar with the topic. Northamerica1000(talk) 19:49, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

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• Northamerica1000^(talk) 13:07, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

Society and Social Sciences - Social experiment

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

A Social experiment is an experiment to find relations between various social behaviors.

Article	Nomination date & nominator	Supports	Comments/Opposes
Social experiment	Coin945 (talk) 09:59, 11 January 2013 (UTC)	--NickPenguin(contribs) 03:15, 15 January 2013 (UTC) Biosthmors (talk) 20:05, 18 January 2013 (UTC) Northamerica1000(talk) 08:36, 20 January 2013 (UTC)	Very important psychology concept. Stubby. Coin945 (talk) 09:59, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

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• Northamerica1000^(talk) 11:56, 23 January 2013 (UTC)