Wikipedia:Spotlight/Suggestions/Archive 1

Archive 1

Norton Safe Web

This feature is a start class article. However, it is an important feature of all Norton products.

Information can be found on the web, the help file, and Symantec website. --Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions) 20:36, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

• Oppose - sources not good enough, and honestly I think it's a too trivial topic. --Aqwis (talk) 20:09, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

• Oppose I don't think that we should act on products  Chzz  ►  04:39, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
• Oppose per Chzz. LouriePieterse 14:44, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

• Oppose Burningview (talk) 01:18, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Core i7

This article have no rating but I'm pretty sure it is an important article because it is about a commercial available Intel chip. --Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions) 21:41, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Reference:

Intel website: http://www.intel.com/products/processor/corei7/index.htm

Custom PC: http://www.custompc.co.uk/news/604611/core_2_is_dead_long_live_core_i7.html

PCWorld Magazine search for Core i7: http://www.pcworld.com/search?qt=core+i7 PCWorld Magazine: http://www.pcworld.com/article/165604/intels_new_core_i7_chips_surface_on_retail_sites.html

PCWorld Magazine: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/165597/retailers_taking_orders_for_laptops_with_core_i7_chips.html

Gizmodo: http://gizmodo.com/5099060/giz-explains-why-intels-core-i7-processor-is-a-beautiful-monster

--Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions) 19:09, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

• Oppose - sources are not-so-good and mostly trivial and topic is less important than Monkey. --Aqwis (talk) 20:09, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

• Oppose Too much of a niche area  Chzz  ►  04:40, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

• Oppose Burningview (talk) 01:26, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Norton LiveUpdate

This piece of software is used by Norton users worldwid to update their product.

--Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions) 19:09, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

• Oppose - see Safe Web above. --Aqwis (talk) 20:09, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

• Oppose per aquis  Chzz  ►  04:40, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
• Oppose per Chzz. LouriePieterse 14:44, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
• Oppose, we shouldn't be working on heavily brand name-oriented products like this one. The Earwig (Talk | Contribs) 15:09, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
• Oppose Burningview (talk) 01:19, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Virgin Pendolion train

This is a British fast train used by Virgin trains. There are many references that can be found on the web.

--Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions) 19:09, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

• Note This is a redirect to British Rail Class 390  Chzz  ►  19:43, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

1. Oppose - this is in reality a C or B class article despite its outdated WikiProject rating. --Aqwis (talk) 20:09, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

USS Massachusetts (BB-59)

One of the United States' South Dakota-class battleships, Massachusetts served during World War II. Put into reserve shortly thereafter, she was given to Battleship Cove to be a museum ship, where she remains today. Massachusetts is one of only five U.S. battleships open to the public, the others being Alabama, New Jersey, Missouri, and the old Texas.

Possible sources include, among others:

• http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/m6/massachusetts-v.htm
• http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-m/bb59.htm
• http://www.nvr.navy.mil/SHIPDETAILS/SHIPSDETAIL_BB_59.HTML
• http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz/ship/show/144862
• http://books.google.com/books?id=RYiqCYTd4BIC
• http://www.battleshipcove.org/bb59-casablanca-complete.htm
• http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/butowsky1/massachusetts.htm
• http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3738/is_199807/ai_n8785638/ (anyone have access?)
• Can anyone find/does anyone have a good reliable source that covers the Casablanca fight with Jean Bart in-depth?

—Ed (Talk • Contribs) 23:18, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Approved. This article will be in the spotlight from 00:01 UTC Saturday 1 August for approx. 1 week.  Chzz  ►  04:29, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Monkey

Monkey is a start class top importance article under Wikipedia:WikiProject Primates. It has a lot of sources and is viewed by millions every day.

Sources

• 2 Page article by world book. pastebin
• 3 Page article in compton's Britannica Pastebin
• Rice, Stanley A. "primates." Encyclopedia of Evolution. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2006. Science Online.
• [1] - about the features of a monkey and it's life
• [2] about the physical characteristics of monkeys
• [3] general info
• [4] a general resource about types of primates (including monkeys)
• The Natural History of Monkeys By William Jardine, William Jardine Sir [5]'
• The Monkey Puzzle: Reshaping the Evolutionary Tree by John R Gribben Details the path of human evolution as viewed by traditional Darwinian theory and by the new radical theory based on recent findings in the field of genetics, with controversial conclusions.
• Ankel-Simons, Friderun. Primate Anatomy. 3rd ed. Academic Pr., 1999. It describes their bio-geographical information and provides crucial data pertaining to their body size, fur coloration external distinguishing features, habitat and basic life strategies
• Nowak, Ronald M., ed. Walker's Primates of the World. Johns Hopkins, 1999. includes scientific and common names, the number and distribution of species, measurements and physical traits, habitat, daily and seasonal activity, population dynamics, home range, social life, reproduction, longevity, and status of threatened species
• Rowe, Noel. The Pictorial Guide to the Living Primates. Pogonias, 1996. guide to the 234 currently recognized primate species with over 500 color photographs and 20 illustrations
• Shumaker, Robert W., and Beck, B. B. Primates in Question: The Smithsonian Answer Book. Smithsonian Institution, 2003. Shumaker and Beck, both of the Smithsonian's National Zoological Park, answer frequently asked questions they receive about primates

Comments

• Support Many sources are listed, easily expandable, high importance.--Diaa abdelmoneim (talk) 00:07, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

• Comment According to the stats on the history page thousands NOT millions view this page every day. RP459 (talk) 13:40, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

• Support - highly important topic, good sources. --Aqwis (talk) 19:03, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
• Support. This is an important topic that could be expanded and better sourced. There's obviously many references out there, and it looks to have a lot of potential for improvement. JamieS93 16:22, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

• Comment We just did a sheep; too similar?  Chzz  ►  04:37, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

• Comment I am not a member of this project but would be very willing to help out (along with other members of WikiProject Primates) should you choose to endorse this article. A very important article with much scope for improvement, a possible FA in future? Cheers, Jack (talk) 16:01, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

• Yes, with a plentiful supply of sources, it's got FA potential (for the future). I don't think this project is capable of producing that, since FA takes rigorous perfecting work, but GA would be our best aim. I've been less active with the Spotlight recently, but this I am quite looking forward to working on. JamieS93 18:50, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

• Support Highly important article, in other words its a well-known animal that I suspect gets numorous page hits daily. Also, seems to have plenty of sources readily available. Burningview (talk) 01:24, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
• Support per "top importance." Good enough for me. Fleetflame 03:58, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
• Supportarticle needs to be better. Lets give it a go.©Geni 15:41, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

Approved –blurpeace ^(talk) 01:48, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Kimberley Process Certification Scheme

The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme is a process that is designed to certify the origin of rough diamonds from sources which are free of conflict fuelled by diamond production. Currently the article is only Start. Many source online available.

Possible sources include, among others:

• http://www.kimberleyprocess.com/
• http://ec.europa.eu/external_relations/blood_diamonds/index_en.htm
• http://athena.mg.co.za/organisation/kimberley-process-certification-scheme
• http://www.state.gov/e/eeb/diamonds/
• http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=21172

LouriePieterse 15:01, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

• Support. Good topic (world government), and good room for improvement. The Earwig (Talk | Contribs) 15:06, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
• Comment well I think Blood diamond would better encompass that subject and is better known in the world...--Diaa abdelmoneim (talk) 23:10, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

• Comment So, Blood diamond is start class, and Kimberley Process Certification Scheme is a subsection of it, using summary style. So, are you proposing [[Blood diamond instead?  Chzz  ►  15:45, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Blood Diamond would have my support.--Diaa abdelmoneim (talk) 16:56, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Scottish Poor Laws

A pretty poor article (excuse the pun) compared with English Poor Laws and the recently expanded Irish Poor Laws. Is this too niche for Spotlight? Francium12 (talk) 15:32, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

• Scottish Archive Network (Looks good  Chzz  ►  16:05, 30 July 2009 (UTC))
• BBC(Looks good  Chzz  ►  16:05, 30 July 2009 (UTC))
• Book review (By historic soc; maybe OK  Chzz  ►  16:05, 30 July 2009 (UTC))
• 1840 book about alteration(Good main source on reforms  Chzz  ►  16:05, 30 July 2009 (UTC))
• Geneology site (Probably not RS; a [[WP:PRIMARY|tertiary source, wiki-like  Chzz  ►  16:05, 30 July 2009 (UTC))
• workhouses.org.uk (List of poorhourses; unpublished private research but looks OK for the llist  Chzz  ►  16:05, 30 July 2009 (UTC))

• Comment I don't think that this is too niche; we could do with a couple of book sources with more detail - of course, online would be best. I think that this is quite an interesting suggestion.  Chzz  ►  16:05, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Docklands Light Railway rolling stock

This article is a neglated article. However many people in the Docklands depend on this rolling stock. Therefore, I think it deserves to be expanded. --Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions) 21:40, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

References: http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=dockland+light+railway+rolling+stock&meta=

See the talk page of the article. More references there. Others are in use already.--Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions) 20:03, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

More sources can be found on the web. --Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions) 04:32, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

• Oppose not enough sources Burningview (talk) 14:11, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Battle of the Nobles

I'm planning to work on this article extensively for the next couple of weeks by myself. Long story short: I recently found this article when I was messing around clicking the random page link. It only had a couple of sentences as the content with no refs. So, I did a web search on it. Came across numourous sources; and think it has great potential. I plan on improving it over the next week or so by myself, regardless. I'd love it if it gets spotlighted of course. :-) Burningview (talk) 03:45, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Here are some sources I have compiled for the article so far:

• God's crucible
• International Encyclopedia of Islamic Dynasties
• Africa from 7th to 11th century
• end of the jihad state
• Legacy of Muslim Spain
• The Moorish Empire
• History of Maghrib
• Poitiers AD 732

Support  Chzz  ►  05:13, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Support Mm40 (talk) 23:59, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

Support--Gordonrox24 | ^Talk 00:48, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Approved.--Gordonrox24 | ^Talk 00:51, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Sausage making

This start-class article has good info and cool videos, but is sadly lacking in refs, etc. As it is surely a very easy topic to source, I feel that it would make a good candidate.  Chzz  ►  05:09, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

• support Finding sources should be fairly easy.©Geni 23:44, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
• Support Great amount of sources. LouriePieterse 07:00, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Tea (Example suggestion)

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Online references to reliable sources include;

• nicecupofteaandasitdown.com
• UK Tea council
• Obama Ousts Vegas In New Tea Drinking Ad
• Boston tea campaign

 Chzz  ►  18:08, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

• Comment I think this is rubbish.  Chzz  ►  18:08, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
• Support, per chzz. –blurpeace ^(talk) 15:42, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

This is an example suggestion only

Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards

A bio might make a change, and this guy is both interesting and "famous".  Chzz  ►  01:03, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

Reichstag building

Start-class high importance Germany article. Lots of history, etc. including numerous particular events. Lots of sources suitable for article as current, like this; I'm sure there is plenty of other material out there for expansion. The building's one of the most famous sites, and sights, in Berlin. The German article has numerous sources listed at the end, albeit in German. Plenty more to say; I'm aware there will be a language barrier or sorts, except there must be books written about it. Another source is here, which is fairly extensive and claims to be official. If done well, the page can also be the base of other German political pages, for example. Palace of Westminster can act as a fair example. It gets up to 1,000 views a day. - Jarry1250 ^{[ In the UK? Sign the petition! ]} 11:16, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

Article needs re-assessment, probably B/C class. —Mikemoral♪♫ 00:57, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Jack Roush

Hey. Jack Roush is an article that I have been looking to fix up for a long time. Right now it is poorly sourced by easily source able . It really does not a lot of work. It is a start class article listed as high importance by the Wikiproject Nascar.--Gordonrox24 | ^Talk 00:04, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Beate Eriksen

Stub article, with enough sources. The subject is not controversial. The article is the 3 millionth on the English Wikipedia, and a link to the article has appeared on the main page. Alex Douglas (talk) 06:37, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Online references to reliable sources include (taken directly from the talk page):

• http://www.akershusteater.no/sider/om/skuespillere/beatee.html
  
• http://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/2001/06/12/263222.html
  
• http://www.dagbladet.no/tekstarkiv/artikkel.php?id=5001000004778
  
• http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article1013669.ece
  
• http://www.vg.no/rampelys/artikkel.php?artid=9937673
  
• http://www.40pluss.no/index.php/kjendis/40-paret-i-skogen
  

Lampman (talk) 04:58, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

• http://www.dn.no/d2/mote/article1554968.ece
  
• http://www.filmfront.no/actor/36075/Beate+Eriksen
  

Lampman (talk) 05:37, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Article is C-class. Alex Douglas (talk) 12:52, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

• C-class is now allowed. —Mikemoral♪♫ 21:49, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

History of Arkansas

This article needs quite a copyedit and needs a hell of a lot of references. It's currently a C-class article, hopefully it can achieve GA status? --Coffee // have a cup // ark // 07:00, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

Article is C-class. Alex Douglas (talk) 10:45, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

• C-class is now allowed. —Mikemoral♪♫ 21:49, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

Nobel Prize

A significant prize, a top importance article both on the swedish and award and prizes wikigroups. There are plenty of sources and good material on the page already. What it needs is more people discussing it and making edits to it. --Esuzu 23:11, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Article is B-class. Alex Douglas (talk) 10:44, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

Trauma (medicine)

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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• Article went under spotlight already. —Mikemoral♪♫ 21:52, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

It is a very important subject in medicine. It should be improved with more topic information as it is just a C class article but rated at high importance. Peter.C • talk 00:32, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Article is C-class. —Mikemoral♪♫ 00:55, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Stricken. —Mikemoral♪♫ 01:00, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

• Support Potential for expansion and GA class. —Mikemoral♪♫ 01:01, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
• 'Support Let's go for it. Triona (talk) 01:02, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
• Support Lets do it --Wolfnix • Talk • 01:10, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Lynx

Top, Start (should be reassesed to C probably). One of the main cats, critically endangered. Lacky sourcing, potential to expand. 725k ghits on "lynx animal or cat", such as general overviews [6], [7], or [8], going into specific breeds, such as, [9]. (I can get a book or two from the library if I'm really bored.) —  HELLKNOWZ  ▎TALK 22:14, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

• Support Seems good, I may have a book lying around, if not, the Internet is vast. —Mikemoral♪♫ 16:58, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
• Support--Banana (talk) 23:21, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

Mesa Distance Learning Program

Ref can be found via google http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=mesa+distance+learning --Tyw7  (☎ Contact me! • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 11:01, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

A very low traffic page. Narrow scope of interest. —  HELLKNOWZ  ▎TALK 11:12, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Everlost (novel)

Many refs could be found as it has won these awards: 2009 ALA Popular Paperback List 2009 Oklahoma Sequoyah Young Adult Award List 2009 Garden State Teen Book Award List 2008 School Library Journal Best Books of the Year, 2008 VOYA - Top Shelf Fiction for Middle School Readers 2008 International Reading Association Young Adult Choice List 2008/2009 Missouri Gateway Award List 2008 New York Public Library “Books for the Teenage.” 2007/2008 Georgia Peach Book Award List 2007 PEN USA Literary Award - Finalist 2007 Children’s Literature Council of Southern California “Fantastic Work of Fiction”

--Tyw7  (☎ Contact me! • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 11:26, 19 January 2011 (UTC)