Wikipedia:Article Collaboration and Improvement Drive
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.
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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, Dan Lim (random unreferenced BLP of the day for 6 Sep 2024 - provided by User:AnomieBOT/RandomPage via WP:RANDUNREF). Any and all articles may be nominated except:
- Articles that are currently at featured status
- Articles in edit wars
How to nominate
I | Add nomination
Copy and paste the following template to the bottom of the list of nominations on this page and fill it out. ==={{la|Article}}===
{{acid|start=September 6, 2024|votes=1}}
<!-- Remember to update the vote counter when you place your vote! -->
; Support:
# ~~~~
; Comments:
* (put your reason for nomination) --~~~~
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Under "comments" section put explanation of what work is needed. |
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II | Notify
After submitting the new nomination, go to the nominated article's talk page and put this at the top: {{ACIDnom}} |
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:
{{Template:ACIDcur}}
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 nominiations go *AT THE BOTTOM* :-)
Nominations
Pluto (36 votes, stays until October 20)
- Nominated August 25, 2006; needs at least 36 votes by October 27, 2006
- Support
- Davodd 02:02, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
- Jeff321 04:09, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
- Shane (talk/contrib) 09:37, 25 August 2006 (UTC) - Get up to FA Status now that it's not a planet anymore..
- --M@rēino 15:41, 25 August 2006 (UTC) we should also improve the related articles, like Clearing the neighbourhood.
- ClockworkSoul 21:32, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
- JQF 18:08, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
- Arch O. La Grigory Deepdelver 01:41, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
- GoldenTie 17:03, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- Speedystickd 05:05, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- TransNique 04:51, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- --E Asterion u talking to me? 23:23, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- TestPilot 07:12, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- CG 08:22, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
- Litefantastic 01:11, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
- Amphytrite 00:42, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
- --Tachikoma 16:06, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
- Jeffklib 10:20, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
- Tarret 21:52, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
- Sum1else 14:40, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
- Some P. Erson 00:32, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
- Daniel's page ☎ 02:03, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
- mirageinred 14:33, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
- Titoxd(?!?) 23:27, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
- Pedro 13:37, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
- C-squared 23:50, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
- ZeWrestler Talk 19:59, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
- Ixistant 13:56, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
- Yeti Man5 11:52AM MST, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
- Farquaadhnchmn 22:29, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
- Lukesed 15:26, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
- Gray PorpoisePhocoenidae, not Delphinidae 16:10, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
- Kyoko 19:28, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
- TransNique 04:26, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
- Benbread 12:45, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
- Will.i.am 09:02, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
- User:Nicholassayshi 11:22, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
- Comments
- With the recent hubbub and demotion to "dwarf planet" status, this once-fine article needs to be fixed up by us.
- I spent 6 hours cleaning it up, if it still needs cleaning, vote. Else, unvote! :) Electrawn 01:37, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
- It is a poor and confusing article. I hope this become a neutral, reliable, and clean article. It will be very hard, because we know nothing about it, maybe that it is why most of the article is not about Pluto itself, but its classification (which does not seem balanced BTW). Thus, it seems a 19th century astronomy article. :S But surely there are several scientific papers concerning physical aspects of Pluto, theories, etc... --Pedro 13:37, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
- Does anyone have a better photo? --Farquaadhnchmn 22:29, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
- Of course not! No one's gone that far out with a working camera/ sattelite. Be amazed that we could retrieve that.
- Despite its demotion, Pluto still deserves the best article we can muster! --Gray PorpoisePhocoenidae, not Delphinidae 16:10, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
- Votes removed
- 67.175.85.188 04:08, 25 August 2006 (UTC) Sorry, no anonymous votes Errabee 19:41, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Coffee (27 votes, stays until October 13)
- Nominated August 25, 2006; needs at least 28 votes by October 13, 2006
- Support
- ClockworkSoul 21:50, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
- Iolakana•T 16:51, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
- mirageinred 23:35, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
- RayBirks 15:04, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
- Espresso Addict 21:26, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
- Daniel Collins 19:15, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- Speedystickd 03:02, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- Tjss(Talk) 03:33, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- TransNique 04:51, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- andrew 08:14, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- Durova 15:02, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- warpozio 08:22, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- Okinawadude 16:06, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- Felixboy 19:34, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- Hawkestone 10:53, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
- JoeSmack Talk 17:13, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
- Tarret 21:52, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
- CloudNine 11:09, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
- Pedro 13:40, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
- Manney 17:08, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
- Robinoke 22:04, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
- Daniel5127 (Talk) 02:42, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
- Gay Cdn (talk) (email) (Contr.) 12:10, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
- ZeWrestler Talk 20:00, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
- Samsara (talk • contribs) 14:15, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
- Gray PorpoisePhocoenidae, not Delphinidae 00:33, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
- Kyoko 19:28, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
- Comments
- This is a subject very near and dear to my heart. coffee's peer, tea, is already a featured article. Now that the FA nomination of the previous object of my obsession, caffeine, seems to be coming to a successful conclusion, this article seems like a logical followup. The current status of the article is only barely acceptable in its current form, so it needs quite a bit of work to reach FAS.
- Unfortunately Tea is no longer a Featured Article. It could use some TLC also. -- Paul 17:28, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
- How could anyone not vote for coffee? I've had so much coffee today, I may have to vote several more times. ;)
- Just thinking of this makes my heart race. :) Durova 15:02, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- You might want to take a look at caffeine... it's almost a featured article! – ClockworkSoul 17:41, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- There are few things as close to my heart as coffee. Robinoke 22:04, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
Mark Twain (28 votes, stays until October 25)
- Nominated August 30, 2006; needs at least 32 votes by October 25, 2006
- Support
- Speedystickd 20:52, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- ClockworkSoul 14:34, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
- JQF 21:37, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
- mirageinred 04:58, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
- KingPenguin 14:51, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
- Maurreen 23:26, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
- Vints 19:18, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
- RexNL 23:11, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
- Mitch 07:27, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
- Davodd 20:22, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
- Hawkestone 10:53, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
- JoeSmack Talk 17:14, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
- YankeeDoodle14 20:36, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
- Tavilis 20:19, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
- JayW 20:47, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
- DaveOinSF 07:03, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
- Ehjort 15:19, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
- Paul 19:52, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
- -Gphoto 15:19, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
- C-squared 19:22, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
- Adam Cuerden talk 19:52, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
- Cory Liu 02:18, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
- Matatigre36 03:18, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
- Ixistant 14:52, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
- Robinoke 22:24, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
- Laleena 12:48, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
- Ryubread 12:29, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
- DancingPenguin 23:41, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
- User:Nicholassayshi 11:23, October 10 2006 (UTC)
- Comments
- No offense but this article is in bad shape considering Mark Twain is (arguably) one of the greatest writers in American literature. Speedystickd 20:52, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- Article is very poor considering the the importance of Mark Twain and the amount of material available. --Paul 19:52, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
- Could be a better article, given the amount of history books available that chronicle his life. Mitch 07:27, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
- North America's Shakespeare. - Davodd 20:22, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
- Yeah, this is vital to wikipedia. Robinoke 22:24, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
Environmentalism (22 votes, stays until October 13)
- Nominated September 1, 2006; needs at least 24 votes by October 13, 2006
- Support
- Owen 21:16, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
- Aled Dilwyn Fisher 22.44, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
- mirageinred 21:58, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
- Starghost (talk | contribs) 23:08, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
- --Samweber 23:29, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
- JQF 03:35, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
- Durova 23:55, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
- Some P. Erson 13:44, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
- Un sogno modesto 17:04, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
- JMcD 13:23, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
- --Howrealisreal 20:36, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
- Gray Porpoise 17:06, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
- Solar 15:11, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
- Duran 01:42, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
- User:didimos--didi 02:56, 24 September 2006 (UTC) 01:42, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
- User:Loperco--Loperco 02:56, 27 September 2006 (UTC) 09:03, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
- C-squared 00:43, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
- Thereen 02:03, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
- Benbread 15:06, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
- Seadog.M.S--a.k.a The Dog 00:35, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
- Daniel Collins 04:52, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
- Kyoko 19:28, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
- Comments
- Embarassing. This is hardly better than a stub. Owen 21:16, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
- As an environmentalist, and a believer in the Wikipedia project, I agree totally that this is, simply, an embarassment. It needs serious work and I will try to help as best I can. Aled Dilwyn Fisher 21:47, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
- A three line stub with lists is far too little for such an important topic. Durova 23:55, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
- It has now grown beyond that, but it still needs lots of work. --Gray Porpoise 17:05, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
- I agree that it has major problems and that it's not very comprehensive, but length should not necessarily be a goal. It was longer before, but much, much more embarrassing, misleading, and inaccurate than it is now. --Loperco 02:56, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
- Personally doubt the value of improving articles about such vast and ill-defined subjects. Improving sustainability would add more value to Wikipedia. But then, we all like writing summary sections, don't we? Because it's so easy... - Samsara (talk • contribs) 14:24, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
- Definitly needs help honestly.--The Dog 00:35, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
Internet (12 votes, stays until October 21)
- Nominated September 23, 2006; needs at least 16 votes by October 21, 2006
- Support
- DIDIMOS--didi 07:12, 23 September 2006 (UTC))
- Some P. Erson 21:33, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
- C-squared 17:07, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
- LordHarris 20:00, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
- Pedro 13:49, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
- ZeWrestler Talk 19:59, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
- Wikiwacko 21:32, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
- mirageinred 23:05, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
- Jtrost (T | C | #) 20:56, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
- Gray PorpoisePhocoenidae, not Delphinidae 00:35, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
- Kyoko 19:28, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
- TransNique 04:27, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
- Comments
- I believe this article deserves a better shape than it currently is,we should collaborate for it to be a featured article;please vote! --didi 07:12, 23 September 2006 (UTC))
Space Race (10 votes, stays until October 16)
- Nominated September 25, 2006; needs at least 12 votes by October 16, 2006
- Support
- Davodd 21:14, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
- Durova 01:44, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
- C-squared 17:08, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
- LordHarris 19:59, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
- Cory Liu 00:06, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
- andrewI20Talk 01:31, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
- Duran 19:04, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
- ragesoss 01:58, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
- Wikiwacko 21:32, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
- mirageinred 03:12, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
- Comments
- Former featured article demoted for lack of citing sources. Also a former COTW - was a very fun and popular collaboration a while back. Needs some fact checking and some sourcing of material. Should be a fun and easy-to-accomplish project to regain Featured Article status.
Cactus (9 votes, stays until October 18)
- Nominated September 27, 2006; needs at least 12 votes by October 18, 2006
- Support
- Chino 04:41, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
- Cory Liu 00:05, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
- Pedro 13:45, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
- BorgQueen 12:45, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
- Durova 06:29, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
- Samsara (talk • contribs) 14:28, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
- Daniel Collins 04:51, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
- UFOPOLI 15:19, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
- Hannu 08:05, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
- Comments
- Cactus is a topic which is familiar to a very large majority of the readers of English Wikipedia. The cactii are a fascinating group of plants which provide amble opportunities to demonstrate such phenomenona as evolution, ecophysiology, ecology, invasive species, adaptation to environment etc. They are also important and familiar as house plants, but what most people don't know is that they also provide food, dye and narcotics. Considering all of this, the article is definitely in need of some serious work! --Chino 04:41, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
- It's not in too bad a shape. I think we can do this. - Samsara (talk • contribs) 14:28, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
Nomad (4 votes, stays until October 11)
- Nominated September 27, 2006; needs at least 8 votes by October 11, 2006
- Support
- Yvwv 21:04, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
- mirageinred 23:06, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
- Jeltz talk 17:06, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
- Switchercat talkcont 00:53, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
- Comments
- A basic topic in anthropology, with barely more than one screens of body text.
Esperanto (4 votes, stays until October 15)
- Nominated October 1, 2006; needs at least 8 votes by October 15, 2006
- Support
- Duran 00:07, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
- Gray PorpoisePhocoenidae, not Delphinidae 00:10, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
- CloudNine 15:22, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
- Switchercat talkcont 00:53, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
- Comments
- Pretty largely used constructed international language. Deserves FA status, well, every article does. Duran 00:07, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
Rosetta Stone (2 votes, stays until October 13)
- Nominated October 6, 2006; needs at least 4 votes by October 13, 2006
- Support
- Gray PorpoisePhocoenidae, not Delphinidae 00:27, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
- Switchercat talkcont 00:31, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
- Comments
- How horrifying! An article of this importance has existed since December 2001, and it's only B-class! --Gray PorpoisePhocoenidae, not Delphinidae 00:27, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
Humour (2 votes, stays until October 13)
- Nominated October 6, 2006; needs at least 4 votes by October 13, 2006
- Support
- Switchercat talkcont 01:30, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
- Gray PorpoisePhocoenidae, not Delphinidae 10:51, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
- Comments
- An article about a subject that's this universal, this complex, and this diverse should definitely get more attention and care. Switchercat talkcont 01:30, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
- Let's aim for far better than start class! --Gray PorpoisePhocoenidae, not Delphinidae 10:51, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
- When I saw that title I thought it was going to be about the four humours. What a dissapointment. ;-) — RJH (talk) 21:57, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
Coeur d'Alene Resort (1 vote, stays until October 13)
- Nominated October 6, 2006; needs at least 4 votes by October 13, 2006
- Support
- Comments
- Article very notable among the golfing community, and I think it could really use some improvement. I was created not too long ago, and I think with some exspansion, and some pictures, the article could be very good. --andrewI20Talk 02:34, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
Geography of Manitoba (1 vote, stays until October 14)
- Nominated October 7, 2006; needs at least 4 votes by October 21, 2006
- Support
- Comments
- I think this article can achieve Featured article status one day. Showmanship is the key 16:33, 7 October 2006 (UTC) It does need cleanyup and pics especially.
Kasabian (2 vote, stays until October 14)
- Nominated October 7, 2006; needs at least 4 votes by October 14, 2006
- Support
- Comments
- Ridiculously short, new album out. One of the best bands in Britain today should have a better article. Kingfisherswift 17:01, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
Territorial marking (1 vote, stays until October 16)
- Nominated October 9, 2006; needs at least 4 votes by October 16, 2006
- Support
- Comments
- A very important way of marking territory between animals. Deserves a longer article. •Sean•gorter•(Talk) 03:08, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
Bangkok (1 vote, stays until October 17)
- Nominated October 10, 2006; needs at least 4 votes by October, 2006
- Support
- Comments
- Has a peer review so needed changes are outlined. Needs to be a better article for such a large city. Felixboy 12:33, 10 October 2006 (UTC)