Wikipedia:Good Article Collaboration of the week/History

This page is the vote archives for past collaborations which is organized by month most recently nominated. A small FA star like this one is an article (that this collaboration worked on} which has been promoted to FA status.

January 2007

Stock car (rail)

Nominated January 5, 2007.

Support

1. Tarret 03:14, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
2. Slambo (Speak) 11:34, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
3. Homestarmy 13:36, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Comments

• A very good article but lacks citations as it is one of the older GAs. Tarret 03:14, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Genetic code

Nominated January 10, 2007.

Support

1. Tarret 23:41, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
2. Homestarmy 15:14, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
3. loulou 13:48, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
4. M&NCenarius 05:13, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Comments

• This is an important article in its field and can be greatly expanded. Tarret 23:41, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

William Shakespeare

Nominated January 13, 2007.

Support

1. loulou 13:48, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Comments

• Shakespeare was a highly important author, therefore his article should be as important. It just needs a few tweaks. loulou 13:48, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Crime

Nominated January 16, 2007.

Support

1. Evan^{(Salad dressing is the milk of the infidel!)} 17:50, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Comments

• How much more real life does it get? It's a core topic, and sadly lacking. Not to mention in-line citations are missing. Evan^{(Salad dressing is the milk of the infidel!)} 17:50, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

February 2007

F-Zero GX

Nominated February 9, 2007.

Support

1. FMF|contact 00:58, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Comments

• Needs this type of push to start its path to FA status since there is no other collaboration for this type of article. FMF|contact 00:58, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Earth

Nominated February 11, 2007.

Support

1. Atomic1609 22:35, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
2. —Randy Johnston (‽) 23:08, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Comments

This is one of the most important articles on Wikipedia, yet only a Good Article. Atomic1609 22:35, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Dean Smith

Nominated February 19, 2007.

Support

1. Remember 14:50, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Comments

One of the biggest legends in basketball history. The article is close to featured status and if it gets more work done through the GACW, I think it could make it. Remember 14:50, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

March 2007

Pokémon

Nominated March 2, 2007.

Support

1. Funpika 23:08, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
2. ~e.o.t.d~ (蜻蛉の目•話す•貢献) 00:41, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
3. Tarret 00:47, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
4. Daniel5127 | Talk 04:47, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Comments

Pokémon is the second most successful Video Game franchise in the world. It is very close to reaching featured status. It has already be an ACID winner. But hopefully succeeding to be the Good article Collaboration of the Week will help it to finally reach Featured Article status. Funpika 23:08, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Coupling (railway)

Nominated March 3, 2007.

Support

1. Tarret 00:47, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
2. Funpika 10:24, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Comments

This is another very important railway article and all it lacks is adequate citations. Tarret 00:47, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Homer Simpson

Nominated March 4, 2007.

Support

1. Scorpion 18:31, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
2. W3stfa11/^{Talk to me} 03:46, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
3. Themcman1 17:18, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
4. Gran² 16:43, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
5. Maitch 16:58, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Comments

Very important television character whose article has been a GA for a while, but the article has fallen into neglect and could use some touching up. -- Scorpion 18:31, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

April 2007

Battle of Marathon

Nominated April 3, 2007.

Support

1. Remember 15:31, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Comments

The battle of marathon is an important battle in history that deserves the best write-up possible. Remember 15:31, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Georgia Institute of Technology

Nominated April 15, 2007.

Support

1. —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 00:02, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Saturn

Nominated April 21, 2007. Support

1. — Pious7_Talk^Contribs 02:14, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
2. - Remember 10:13, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Comments

• Of the major planets that are good articles (excluding current FAC Earth), Saturn probably is the most likely to be searched for. I think that the featured topic of the Solar System should be strengthened because (besides maybe the Star Wars featured topic), it is the featured topic that is on the most recognizable topic. — Pious7_Talk^Contribs 02:14, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Singapore

Nominated April 30, 2007.

Support

1. Felixboy 15:45, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
2. VK35 20:32, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Comments

• Truthfully, because there are no nominations right now. Felixboy 15:45, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
• Good article because there are many links to other articles about Singapore, such as Laws of Singapore, most of which are well written. There are also negative aspects written about Singapore so that the reader doesn't regard the article as an advert for Singapore.VK35 20:32, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Conditional Support

1. ArcayneArcayne (^{cast a spell})

Comment:

• I am a little concerned that Jews are listed as an ethnicity in the section of the same name, instead of under the religion section. Jews come in all shapes, sizes and ethnicities. If they are referring to Caucasians, they should say so. Arcayne (^{cast a spell}) 15:49, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Mongol invasion of Central Asia

Nominated April 30, 2007.

Support

1. Felixboy 15:49, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
2. Funpika 23:00, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Comments

• The campaign that basically began the Mongols conquest of much of the then-known world. Felixboy 15:49, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

May 2007

Money

Nominated May 3, 2007.

Support

1. LaraLove^Talk/_Contribs 04:29, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
2. PrinceGloria 05:45, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
3. Random ^{Say it here!} 22:24, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
4. *Cremepuff222* 23:34, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Comments

• It is a vital article and one of the core set of articles that every encyclopedia should have. In its current state, it isn't passable, but I believe it is important that it be brought up to standard. LaraLove^Talk/_Contribs 04:29, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

• When are nominations chosen? It's been over a week. --LaraLove^Talk/_Contribs 06:25, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

• Well, above it is stated that Saturn was a COTW until April 29, so technically there is no COTW atm - I guess this process is not that developed yet, so, given all the support for money, we can just declare it the next COTW effective Monday, if there would be no objections. I would also notify relevant WikiProjects and improvement drives, such as WP Finance, WP Business & Economics, Core Topics, Pushing Towards 1.0 etc. to get as much input as possible. Cheers, PrinceGloria 09:18, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
  PS. On consideration, perhaps we might want to wait until more people vote, just to make sure there is enough interest in it. Notifying other WikiProjects and all parties potentially interested wouldn't hurt, though.

Money (2nd nom)

Nominated May 14, 2007.

Support

1. PrinceGloria 05:12, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
2. LaraLove^T/_C 05:18, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
3. Random ^{Say it here!} 20:08, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Comments

• Current GACo, which was improved during the last week, but still needs more effort, perhaps by a wider community of editors. As it is one of the most important and core articles of Wikipedia, I would recommend leaving it for another week and advertising the fact that it is a GACo more widely PrinceGloria 05:12, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Nominated May 14, 2007.

Support

1. LaraLove^T/_C 04:24, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
2. Homestarmy 13:18, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
3. Psychless ^{Type words or read things!} 01:28, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Comments

• Current Good Article of an Incumbent (which I feel makes it important) that is up for delist review. Pretty well written but inclusion of apparent OR disqualifies it along with a couple other issues. I think it has great potential to become FA eventually, but it needs to be brought back up to GA first. LaraLove^T/_C 04:24, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• On a cursory overview, I think this could easily be improved to GA status. Homestarmy 13:18, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
• Well why shouldn't the "Governator" be nominated! It could be brought up to FA easily with a collaboration. Just needs polishing in my opinion. Psychless ^{Type words or read things!} 01:28, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Great Barrier Reef

Nominated May 31, 2007.

Support

1. Malkinann 13:50, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
2. LaraLove^T/_C 03:37, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Comments

The largest coral reef system in the world. A vital article that's got quite a few references, but in places lacks focus. I'm having some trouble using some references effectively, especially in the Species section. Has been a GA and A-class article for just under a year, and recently failed a FAC. Malkinann 13:50, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

August 2007

Home Information Pack

Nominated August 3rd 2007

Support

1. --HughCharlesParker (talk - contribs) 20:02, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
2. --Lara♥Love 03:22, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Comments

I did some work on this article recently. I think with a little work on the prose and with help finding sources for some {{citation needed}} tags, this could get to GA status. --HughCharlesParker (talk - contribs) 20:02, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Elvis Presley

Nominated August 16, 2007.

Support

1. Lara♥Love 04:52, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Comments

• Elvis is iconic. A huge part of American culture. I believe this is an important article. It was reviewed as part of the Wikiproject Good articles backlog elimination drive and listed despite failing to meet several criteria. I think this article would greatly benefit from this. Lara♥Love 04:52, 16 August 2007 (UTC)