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Each week, Wikipedians nominate an article to become the collaboration of the week. The aim is to produce featured-standard articles, through widespread cooperative editing. This project aims to fill holes in Wikipedia, so only non-existent articles, or stubs may be nominated.


The current collaboration of the week is 1556 Shaanxi earthquake (see nomination).
Last week's collaboration was Military history of Germany (see improvements).


Collaborations

Weekly:

Fortnightly:

Monthly:


The next collaboration will be selected at 18:00 on Sunday November 13, UTC (the current time is 01:43, November 9, 2005).

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Selection process

The collaborations are selected by approval voting. This is done by clicking the edit button to the right of the article's nomination, and adding the text # ~~~~.

  • Only registered users may vote, and their first edit must have been before the article was nominated.
  • Only support votes and comments should be added, as the articles are chosen by approval voting.
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Nominating articles

To nominate an article:

  • At the bottom of the list of nominees on this page enter the text {{Wikipedia:Collaborations of the Week/article name}}, replacing the text "article name" appropriately. Do not use the "edit" link of the last heading.
  • Follow the new red link, and enter the text {{subst:newcotw|article name|~~~~~|date in seven days|your reason for nominating|~~~~}}. changing the text accordingly (for example, add: {{subst:newcotw|Dog hair|~~~~~|[[12 July]]|This is really important for all dog-lovers.|~~~~}}).
  • If the article you are nominating already exists, please add {{COTW}} to the top of its talk page.
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Considerations

  • Please only nominate stubs (articles of two short paragraphs or less).
  • Giving good reasons will help others in supporting your nomination.
  • Articles should interest a wide number of people, so many can contribute to the article's improvement.
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Nominees

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Instinct

Nominated on 08:11, 19 September 2005 (UTC); needs 6 votes by 3 October, 2005.

Just check out the article for a reason for nomination.

Support:

  1. - Cobra Ky (talk, contribs) 08:11, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
  2. --Yodakii 13:58, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
  3. Rentafor let? 23:50, 25 September 2005 (UTC)
  4. --Zxcvbnm 21:36, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
  5. --Mark J 13:54, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
  6. --SoothingR 10:06, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
  7. — Ливай | ☺ 01:36, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
  8. HereToHelp (talk) 01:58, 25 October 2005 (UTC) There are a bunch of articles that need it; this is one of them. For sure.
  9. Tom 18:10, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
  10. Shinoko 02:28, 31 October 2005 (UTC) This could get a bit theoretical, but now it's pathetic.
  11. Dmn € Դմն 23:48, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
  12. – Quadell (talk) (bounties) 14:18, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
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Armenian literature

Nominated on 16:20, 12 October 2005 (UTC); needs 3 votes by October 19.

Nothing at all. Not even a Category:Armenian literature. One of the few blanks left at Literature#Literature by country, language, or cultural group. I'll try to add a short stub, but this definitely needs something more to it.

Support:

  1. BRIAN0918 • 2005-10-12 16:20
  2. Gareth Hughes 14:15, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
  3. GhostGirl 01:53, 15 October 2005 (UTC)
  4. --Revolución (talk) 20:18, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
  5. -- Rune Welsh | ταλκ | Esperanza 20:36, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
  6. Darwinek 17:06, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
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Global Internet access

Nominated on 01:01, 13 October 2005 (UTC); needs 9 votes by 3 November.

This is really important in relation to the activity of various language versions of Wikipedia.

Support:

  1. Djbaniel 01:01, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
  2. I've changed th name and tidied it a bit, but this is an important article. --Gareth Hughes 14:33, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
  3. Waltwe 16:42, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
  4. AnyFile 20:24, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
  5. Dragondrow 17:56, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
  6. HereToHelp (talk) 01:55, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
  7. Tobb 07:08, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
  8. on2see I've got to agree, it's not very informational, just has... numbers... A little more information on the topic? 6:37 PM, 7 November 2005 (EST)
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Cozumel

Nominated on October 23; needs 3 votes by October 30.

This could use some expansion.

Support:

  1. --Revolución (talk) 23:49, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
  2. -- Nanahuatzin 00:33, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
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Languages of Sudan

Nominated on October 24; needs 9 votes by November 14

Surely 40,187,486 people must communicate somehow.

Support:

  1. 142 languages, 0 bytes. BRIAN0918 • 2005-10-24 15:45
  2. --Revolución (talk) 20:17, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
  3. Great topic, and embarrassing that we don't even have a stub there.Dvyost 04:52, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
    • Well, there's no Culture of Sudan either. I guess if they can't communicate, they can't spread ideas. — BRIAN0918 • 2005-10-25 05:39
  4. Darwinek 17:07, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
  5. – Quadell (talk) (bounties) 14:20, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
  6. Now here's a worthy topic. I'll try to help out. — mark ✎ 15:13, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
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Sarawak chamber

Nominated on 23:35, 26 October 2005 (UTC); needs 3 votes by 3 November 2005.

This article is on the largest underground chamber in the world! It deserves a better article, but my expertise in the subject is limited & I cannot complete what some people have requested of the article...

Support:

  1. Spawn Man 23:35, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
  2. Lady BlahDeBlah 23:05, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

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Military history of Sudan

Nominated on 20:05, 1 November 2005 (UTC); needs 6 votes by November 15.

Military histories seem to be COTW's strong point. How about this red link? — BRIAN0918 • 2005-11-1 20:05

Support:

  1. BRIAN0918 • 2005-11-1 20:05
  2. – Quadell (talk) (bounties) 14:21, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
  3. I can contribute some on modern events. - BanyanTree 15:54, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
  4. Smmurphy 18:18, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
  5. Gringo300 07:43, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
  6. Svest 08:01, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
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Gender equality

Nominated on 15:29, 2 November 2005 (UTC); needs 3 votes by 9 November.

Wikipedia does not have an article on Gender Equality. I spotted this on redirects for deletion. This article has so much scope, it could talk about feminism and the woman's right to vote, the Fathers 4 Justice campaign, and even transgender rights. But not having an article on Gender equality is shocking.

Support:

  1. Hahnchen 15:29, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
  2. Sum0 22:59, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
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Bag

Nominated on 17:44, 4 November 2005 (UTC); needs 3 votes by 11 November.

Small

Support:

  1. Wonderfool t(c) 17:44, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
  2. More bags! --Yodakii 15:54, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

).

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Population

Nominated on 15:37, 30 September 2005 (UTC); needs 3 votes by 7 October.
Renominated 09:02, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

I was nominating this because it's the site's most wanted stub, with 7808 pages linking to it as of Oct 29, and I noticed it had been previously nominated. -- Beland 09:02, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

Support:

  1. Beland 09:02, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

Original comments:

This is really important geographic thing

Support:

  1. Dangherous 15:37, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
  2. Subramanian talk 10:54, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
  3. Habibkoite 20:31, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
  4. Carabinieri 15:13, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
  5. – Quadell (talk) (bounties) 14:24, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
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Internet governance

Nominated on 18:53, 7 November 2005 (UTC); needs 3 votes by November 14, 2005.

This is an increasingly important topic, especially as the international debate over internet governance heats up. Many countries are challenging ICANN's U.S. government-designated control over Internet governance. There is a good article at Foreign Affairs about a bit of the history, and Zonk over at Slashdot has posted a number of articles about the issue. Searching Google News will also lead to a trove of source material. It should be quite easy to pull together a comprehensive well-referenced article on Internet governance history and the current issues.

Support:

  1. —thames 18:53, 7 November 2005 (UTC)


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Manual labour

Nominated on 20:59, 7 November 2005 (UTC); needs 3 votes by November 14, 2005.

This is a huge topic, covering many different types of professions. It could include the history of manual labor, the psychology associated with it, sociology, etc. But it's a puny stub right now.

Support:

  1. – Quadell (talk) (bounties) 20:59, 7 November 2005 (UTC)


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Sports in the United States

Nominated on 12:49, 8 November 2005 (UTC); needs 3 votes by 8 November.

could be much longer, and not just about team sports

Support:

  1. Astrokey44 12:49, 8 November 2005 (UTC)


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Satellite town

Nominated on 21:28, 7 November 2005 (UTC); needs 3 votes by 14 November.

Important geographic theme, and many people live in satellite towns, such as suburbs, but it is a puny stub, not updated in monthes.

Support:

  1. Weirdperson11 21:28, 7 November 2005 (UTC)


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