Wikipedia:WikiProject Pharmacology/Collaboration of the Quarter

The Pharmacology Collaboration of the Quarter is a project of WikiProject Pharmacology in an effort to improve drug-related articles on Wikipedia. Articles may be selected by the start of each quarter of the year, to be collaborated on by editors. The article may or may not yet exist. The topics should include anything related to Pharmacology; it could either be an article about a specific drug, or an article about a drug process, drug design, or a particular class of drugs. The aim is to have a featured-standard article by the end of the period through widespread cooperative editing.

The articles from the previous project were:
Sildenafil and Barbiturate

The project aims to fill gaps in Wikipedia, to give users a focus and to give us all something to be proud of. Any registered user can nominate and vote on articles (see Voting below). This collaboration uses approval voting. You do not have to be a professional in the field of pharmacology or medicine to participate; the opinion of laypeople is valued both for article suggestions and to help ensure that articles are not too technical. New articles will be selected by the start of each yearly quarter (see the record of previous collaborations). This collaboration is still new; rules may change or be bent as we find our footing.

Voting

Please vote in favor of as many candidates as you like; oppose votes have no effect (approval voting is used). Any registered user may vote for an article, provided that account's first edit occurred before the nomination. You do not have to have any special knowledge of pharmacology or medicine to nominate or vote for an article.

To vote for an article, simply edit the appropriate section by adding # ~~~~, and increment the votes= counter in {{RxCOTW}}.

If you believe that a topic does not fall within the scope of this project, please mention your objections in the "Comments" section. Every first of January, April, July, and October, the article currently with the most votes will be selected to be the new collaboration.

Collaborations may be extended from time to time (for instance, during featured article candidacy). If a new article is chosen, these articles will remain on this page to be worked on as runners up.

In the case of a tie, the article nominated first will be selected. Runners up articles may also be selected to be improved upon. Each must gain at least 5 votes. There is no minimum number of votes required for the primary selected article. There is no deadline. If no article gets selected for the next term, the current articles are still in effect. The new articles may get voted in after the article's first run to become the current article, and remain until the end of the next quarter. You may wish to see the archive of successful nominations.

Nominations

Nominations may be made at any time. Nominators must be registered users. To make a nomination, follow the following steps:

I	Add nomination Copy and paste the following template to the bottom of the list of nominations on this page and fill it out. ===[[Article]]=== {{RxCOTW|start=October 19, 2024|votes=1}} ; Support: # ~~~~ ; Comments: * (put your reason for nomination) ~~~~ ---- Under "comments" please describe needed work.
II	Notify After submitting the new nomination, go to the nominated article and put {{RxCOTWnom}}{{to do}} on the top of the article's talk page. (skip {{to do}} if it's already present on the articles talk page)

The next RxCOTM will be chosen anytime from now until the next term.

Project terms last from January thru March, April thru June, July through September, and October through December.

Participants

Any participant of WikiProject Pharmacology is welcome to participate. Additionally, we welcome other contributors who may have an interest in the topic being collaborated on. Please add your name to the list on the main WikiProject Pharmacology page.