Jump to content

Wikipedia:Collaboration of the week/Archive

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
< Wikipedia:Collaboration of the week

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by BrokenSegue (talk | contribs) at 00:08, 22 November 2004 (→[[Knesset]]: vote). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Shortcut

Each week a Collaboration of the Week will be picked using this page. This is a specific topic which either has no article or a basic stub page, the aim being to have a featured-standard article by the end of the week, from widespread cooperative editing.

The project aims to fill gaps in Wikipedia, to give users a focus and to give us all something to be proud of. Anyone can nominate an article and can vote for the nominated articles. Every Sunday, the votes are tallied, and the winner will be promoted for a week to potential contributors.

Collaborations
Articles
Science and technology
Miscellaneous

The next winner will be selected on Sunday, November 21, 18:00 (UTC).
Previous winners can be found at /History.
Removed nominations can be found at /Removed.

Selecting the next Collaboration of the Week

  • Voting
    • Please vote for as many of the following candidates as you like.
    • Only registered users should vote.
    • To enter your votes, simply edit the appropriate sections by just inserting a new line with "# ~~~~". This will add your username and a time stamp in a new numbered list item.
    • A vote will be taken to include a pledge that the voter will contribute to the article if it is selected.
    • Please add only support votes. Opposing votes will not affect the result, as the winner is simply the one with the most support votes (see Approval voting).
  • Tie-breakers
    • In case of a tie, voting will be extended for 24 hours. If there is still a tie, the candidate that was nominated first wins.
  • Nominations
    • New nominations can be made at any time and should be added at the end of this page. Please use the template at the bottom of this page.
    • If the page you are nominating already exists, please add {{COTW}} to the top of its talk page. This expands to:

Template:COTW

  • Considerations for nominations
    • Please only nominate articles which don't currently exist or are stubs. (Two paragraphs or less of information or fewer than 1,000 characters)
    • For non-stubs, submitting the article to pages needing attention, cleanup, peer review, or requests for expansion may be more appropriate.
    • Giving reasons as to why an article should become the COTW may assist others in casting their vote.
    • Can the wider community easily contribute to the article? Or is it something only a small number of people will know about?
  • Pruning
    • The nomination will be moved to /Removed if it has not received 5 votes after 7 days on the list, 10 votes after 14 days, 15 votes after 21 days, and so on.

Candidates for next week

Indian reservation

Nominated October 12 2004; needs 35 votes by November 30 2004

Support:

  1. Ce garcon 08:44, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  2. Tuf-Kat 18:42, Oct 12, 2004 (UTC)
  3. SimonP 18:47, Oct 12, 2004 (UTC)
  4. Shorne 21:10, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)
  5. Maurreen 02:29, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)
  6. Conti|✉ 12:47, Oct 13, 2004 (UTC)
  7. jengod 20:07, Oct 13, 2004 (UTC)
  8. Rmhermen 15:10, Oct 18, 2004 (UTC)
  9. KNewman 20:18, Oct 19, 2004 (UTC)
  10. Golbez 21:40, Oct 19, 2004 (UTC)
  11. NeoJustin 02:05 Oct 22, 2004 (UTC)
  12. Metahacker 02:49, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)
  13. Bearcat 04:44, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)
  14. GuloGuloGulo 20:34, Oct 23, 2004 (UTC)
  15. PedanticallySpeaking 16:06, Oct 28, 2004 (UTC)
  16. older≠wiser 15:59, Oct 29, 2004 (UTC)
  17. Sam [Spade] 21:52, 29 Oct 2004 (UTC)
  18. Rmhermen 13:08, Oct 30, 2004 (UTC)
  19. Jmabel | Talk 18:48, Oct 30, 2004 (UTC)
  20. Aramգուտանգ 23:36, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  21. AndyL 05:45, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  22. Ornil 04:47, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  23. llywrch 19:03, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  24. john k 23:31, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  25. Joyous 23:51, Nov 15, 2004 (UTC)
  26. Amgine 23:53, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  27. The Anome 23:56, Nov 15, 2004 (UTC)
  28. [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 01:39, Nov 17, 2004 (UTC)
  29. Felix Wan 22:10, 2004 Nov 19 (UTC)
  30. The KoG | (talk) 02:02, Nov 20, 2004 (UTC)

Comments:

  • There seems to be a separate article on Canadian Indian reserves which is much better. This article is rather terrible, and could use much more on what makes reservations legally special, the history of the institution, etc. Tuf-Kat 18:42, Oct 12, 2004 (UTC)
  • I thought Native American reservation was the generally accepted term these days? Not being from the USA I went into the article expecting it to be about India. -- Graham ☺ | Talk 23:13, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)
    • It's funny...Native American has replaced Indian in many ways, but many "Indians" refer to themselves as just that, and the term remains in place in phrases like "Indian summer" and institutions like Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian casino.
    • The parts of South Dakota where the Native American people live are generally refered to as "Indian Country", apparently even by Native Americans. Morris 01:28, Nov 18, 2004 (UTC)

jengod 23:25, Oct 13, 2004 (UTC)

  • I don't think I have ever heard the term Native American reservation. They are called Indian Reservations and this article needs some help. NeoJustin 02:07 Oct 22, 2004
  • Oh, dear. That article definitely needs to be a lot longer and more detailed than it is. Bearcat 04:44, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)
    • Also watch the german article --Napa 15:21, 29 Oct 2004 (UTC)
  • Note I have nominated this for US Collaboration of the Week as well. Tuf-Kat
  • We should also try to work on getting articles in place on individual reservations, no? john k 23:31, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • Only a timely self-reversion by a supporter prevented this registered user (with little or no history of editing related articles) from at least agonizing out loud here about wanting to vote against this article in response to being spammed by that supporter. Hmm, maybe that agonizing out loud wasn't prevented. Sorry, never' a COTW reader and wrong time to start.

Partition of India

Nominated October 18 2004; needs 30 votes by November 29 2004

Support:

  1. jengod 00:54, Oct 18, 2004 (UTC)
  2. Shorne 09:55, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)
  3. Rmhermen 15:10, Oct 18, 2004 (UTC)
  4. ALoan (Talk) 00:12, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)
  5. Jmabel | Talk 01:23, Oct 19, 2004 (UTC)
  6. Sarge Baldy 02:01, Oct 19, 2004 (UTC)
  7. Golbez 21:40, Oct 19, 2004 (UTC)
  8. J3ff 23:50, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)
  9. KNewman 16:46, Oct 22, 2004 (UTC)
  10. Alarm 17:08, 24 Oct 2004 (UTC)
  11. gadfium 04:49, 26 Oct 2004 (UTC)
  12. [[User:Neutrality|Neutrality (hopefully!)]] 04:06, Oct 27, 2004 (UTC)
  13. PedanticallySpeaking 16:07, Oct 28, 2004 (UTC)
  14. AndyL 18:20, 29 Oct 2004 (UTC)
  15. Martin Wisse 18:12, 30 Oct 2004 (UTC)
  16. Burgundavia 03:07, Nov 5, 2004 (UTC)
  17. Confuzion 14:02, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  18. Glaurung 09:05, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  19. Joe D (t) 00:48, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  20. Rj 20:57, Nov 9, 2004 (UTC)
  21. McMullen 21:36, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  22. Comrade Tassadar 03:18, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  23. Joyous 23:55, Nov 15, 2004 (UTC)
  24. enceladus 01:51, Nov 16, 2004 (UTC)
  25. FrankP 11:20, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  26. Florescentbulb 02:40, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  27. Ravn 02:39, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  28. The Anome 13:26, Nov 21, 2004 (UTC)

Comments:

  • A major subject that needs attention. --Golbez 21:40, Oct 19, 2004 (UTC)
  • Major historical event affecting hundreds of millions of people. AndyL 18:20, 29 Oct 2004 (UTC)
  • Absolutely, and that still has geopolitical relevance today. A must-have. FrankP 11:20, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)

African art

Nominated October 31 2004; needs 20 votes by November 28 2004

Support:

  1. Shorne 13:49, 31 Oct 2004 (UTC)
  2. PlasmaDragon 18:35, 31 Oct 2004 (UTC)
  3. gadfium 21:45, 31 Oct 2004 (UTC)
  4. KNewman 15:00, Nov 1, 2004 (UTC)
  5. [[User:Neutrality|Neutrality (hopefully!)]] 17:11, Nov 1, 2004 (UTC)
  6. Warofdreams 17:25, 1 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  7. GuloGuloGulo 00:25, Nov 2, 2004 (UTC)
  8. J3ff 00:31, 2 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  9. Burgundavia 02:59, Nov 5, 2004 (UTC)
  10. ✏ Sverdrup
  11. Falsifian 04:25, 2004 Nov 6 (UTC)
  12. Xed 21:13, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  13. Ashiibaka tlk 06:38, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  14. AndyL 01:41, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  15. Felix Wan 22:08, 2004 Nov 19 (UTC)
  16. [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 18:06, Nov 21, 2004 (UTC)

Comments:

  • The current "article" is no more than a definition. Shorne 13:49, 31 Oct 2004 (UTC)
  • This is prime for that "making articles about things that are really important and getting rid of fancruft" user strategy which I forget the name of. Ashiibaka tlk 06:38, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Victorian era

Nominated November 1 2004; needs 20 votes by November 29 2004

Support:

  1. [[User:Neutrality|Neutrality (hopefully!)]] 21:37, Nov 1, 2004 (UTC)
  2. NeoJustin 23:51 Nov 1, 2004 (UTC)
  3. KNewman 15:26, Nov 4, 2004 (UTC)
  4. ✏ Sverdrup 15:44, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  5. Falsifian 06:59, 2004 Nov 7 (UTC)
  6. gadfium 21:49, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  7. RJH 23:04, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  8. Joe D (t) 00:47, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  9. Djnjwd 01:16, 10 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  10. Martewa 16:26, 10 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  11. PedanticallySpeaking 16:52, Nov 10, 2004 (UTC)
  12. Estel 19:41, Nov 11, 2004 (UTC)
  13. Ornil 04:48, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  14. Paul-L 12:01, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  15. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 23:20, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  16. ALoan (Talk) 14:23, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  17. Graham ☺ | Talk 16:59, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  18. The KoG | (talk) 22:37, Nov 19, 2004 (UTC)

Comments:

Furniture

Nominated November 9; needs 10 votes by November 23

Support:

  1. Donar Reiskoffer 10:25, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  2. Warofdreams 12:45, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  3. Tuf-Kat 03:25, Nov 10, 2004 (UTC)
  4. ALoan (Talk) 10:15, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  5. Joyous 23:52, Nov 15, 2004 (UTC)
  6. Burgundavia 04:29, Nov 18, 2004 (UTC)

Comments:

Soviet military fronts (WWII)

Nominated November 10; needs 10 votes by November 24

Support:

  1. KNewman 18:39, Nov 10, 2004 (UTC)
  2. AndyL 13:55, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  3. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 23:53, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  4. NeoJustin 01:23, Nov 14 2004 (UTC)
  5. Ornil 04:50, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  6. enceladus 05:37, Nov 14, 2004 (UTC)
  7. --Martin Wisse 11:38, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Comments:

  • Wouldn't that article be Eastern Front (WWII)? AndyL 02:37, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC)
    • Actually, the Eastern Front article has only a few references to the Soviet military fronts, and all of the links are in red. KNewman 04:03, Nov 11, 2004 (UTC)
Mikkalai 04:39, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • Yes, I was talking about 1st Belorussian, 2nd Belorussian, 1st Ukrainian and other fronts. Mikkalai got me right. KNewman 12:22, Nov 11, 2004 (UTC)


Underground Railroad

Nominated November 11; needs 15 votes by December 2

Support:

  1. [[User:Neutrality|Neutrality (hopefully!)]] 22:19, Nov 11, 2004 (UTC)
  2. J3ff 22:25, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  3. [[User:Aranel|Aranel ("Sarah")]] 18:12, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  4. AndyL 08:44, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  5. Shorne 10:12, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  6. Rj 17:16, Nov 13, 2004 (UTC)
  7. Sarge Baldy 02:16, Nov 16, 2004 (UTC)
  8. ALoan (Talk) 14:34, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  9. Burgundavia 04:23, Nov 18, 2004 (UTC)
  10. AnyFile 14:42, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  11. McMullen 15:06, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  12. The KoG | (talk) 22:11, Nov 19, 2004 (UTC)
  13. [[User:Mxn|Minh Nguyễn (talk, blog)]] 03:23, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Comments:

  • An important and inspiring movement that deserves a more detailed account. Harriet Tubman was also a brilliant and courageous leader, and the article on her could be expanded. Shorne 10:12, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)----

Culture of England

Nominated November 16, needs 5 votes by November 23

Support:

  1. Wonderfool 11:56, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  2. McMullen 13:51, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  3. ALoan (Talk) 14:34, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  4. Graham ☺ | Talk 16:59, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Comments:

  • Culture of England? Sounds almost oxymoronic. Shorne 03:54, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Knesset

Nominated November 16; needs 5 votes by November 23

Support:

  1. Penta 22:19, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  2. ALoan (Talk) 14:34, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  3. [[User:Neutrality|Neutrality (hopefully!)]] 04:28, Nov 18, 2004 (UTC)
  4. ⇒ whkoh [talk] 00:24, Nov 21, 2004 (UTC)
  5. [[User:BrokenSegue|BrokenSegue]] 00:08, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Comments:

  • This article could and probably should be expanded. The Knesset has a double-role that's still important, and usually missed. --Penta 22:19, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • It perhaps should be expanded and should be listed on Wikipedia:Requests for expansion but it's too long to be a COTW candidate. Please see the notice on the top of this page under "Considerations for nominations": Please only nominate articles which don't currently exist or are stubs. (Two paragraphs or less of information or fewer than 1,000 characters)AndyL 22:27, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • AndyL is right. Delete this. Shorne 03:55, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • The article about Underground Railroad was just a bit shorter than this one when it was nominated. And it was OK. KNewman 12:08, Nov 17, 2004 (UTC)
  • I'm stating my reasons for not voting for this article and if you check the archives you'll see I've made similar comments about other COTW nominations. If other editors disagree with me that's fine. AndyL 13:52, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
    • AndyL has been consistent. I agree with him: this is far too long for a COTW. Shorne 00:28, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • While on the long side, Knesset is hardly in the same league as Erwin Rommel (the most recent candidate to be removed as "not a stub"). COTW is hardly pushed for space at the moment: unless people have strong views otherwise (in which case they can Be Bold), I would let this one have its chance. -- ALoan (Talk) 14:16, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)

First Indochina War

Nominated November 19; needs 10 votes by December 3

Support:

  1. The KoG | (talk) 21:05, Nov 19, 2004 (UTC)
  2. Litefantastic 21:07, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  3. AndyL 21:36, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  4. Jiang 22:12, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  5. Shorne 00:32, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  6. MisterSheik 00:43, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  7. KNewman 04:10, Nov 21, 2004 (UTC)
  8. J3ff 20:27, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  9. NeoJustin 22:02, Nov 21, 2004 (UTC)
  10. gadfium 23:46, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Comments:

  • I'm surprised that an event with such major implications on the world is so lacking in information. The war broke the back of the French empire; it gave rise to Ngo Dinh Diem and Ho Chi Minh, the two most loved-hated men on the planet at the time; perhaps most importantly, it's conclusion laid the groundwork for the Second Indochina War, more popularly known as the Vietnam War. It deserves more attention. -- The KoG | (talk) 21:05, Nov 19, 2004 (UTC)
  • I'll contribute if I can, although I'm not sure how much I could help. -Litefantastic 21:07, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • This article is pitifully short. We certainly need far more information about the glorious efforts of the Vietnamese comrades (such as Bác Hồ) to drive out the French colonialists before they so splendidly kicked the asses of the Yankee imperialists not too many years later. Shorne 00:32, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • This was one the first things I looked for information about on Wikipedia. I am very interested in reading what people write about this. MisterSheik 00:43, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Dance

Nominated November 19; needs 5 votes by November 26

Though there seems to be some support for reforming the CotW process, only one person has commented (in support) in favor of my suggestion on the talk page. So, I am boldly nominating the subject of dance as a Collaboration of the Week. I am proposing that one be allowed to either submit a single stub article as a nominee, or choose a subject with a number of articles, resources and tasks. Feel free to note one's support for the idea though not the topic of dance. Tuf-Kat 21:29, Nov 19, 2004 (UTC)

Links:

Support:

Oppose:

Comments:

  • I have been led to believe that the German, Dutch and Japanese 'pedias do something akin to this, but I don't speak any of those languages. I think the benefits are obvious:
  1. it takes a bit more to nominate a subject, so the list of nominees will be shorter, meaning less of a wait time before nomination and collaboration
  2. allowing both options (either a single stub article or an entire subject) greatly expands the suitable subjects for collaboration
  3. the inclusion of a number of articles on broad subjects, with useful resources attached will make it easier for contributors to choose an area to help out in


Economy of Europe

Nominated November 20; needs 10 votes by December 4

Support:

  1. Grunners 19:59, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  2. Jerryseinfeld 00:46, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  3. [[User:Dmn|Dmn / Դմն ]] 01:20, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  4. The Anome 13:25, Nov 21, 2004 (UTC)
  5. [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 18:06, Nov 21, 2004 (UTC)
  6. CGorman 19:25, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  7. SimonP 20:06, Nov 21, 2004 (UTC)
  8. NeoJustin 21:59, Nov 21, 2004 (UTC)

Comments:

  • Began this article a few days ago, as it was something sorely lacking. It is based on the Economy of Africa article, but with slight adaptations. An article such as this is obviously a huge project, many parts of which require quite specific knowledge, and this could be gained by promotion as CotW. Many sections are currently just headings, or have a brief sentence, it is also a highly linked too page. Grunners 19:59, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • Oppose. Article needs work, but is not a stub. [[User:Davodd|DAVODD «TALK»]] 22:54, Nov 20, 2004 (UTC)
not a stub, but far, far short of what it should be. A complete article would dwarf what is currently there, which is ultimatly a template with some brief sections. Grunners 00:48, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)

To nominate an article, please click on "Edit" on the right.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Collaboration_of_the_week/Archive&oldid=7734608"