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[[Image:Aidlogo.png|right|Article Improvement Drive]]
{{Redirect|WP:AID|the list of declined ArbCom cases ([[WP:A/I/D]])|Wikipedia:Arbitration/Index/Declined requests}}
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'''Article improvement drive''' is a [[Template:COTWs|weekly collaboration]] to improve non-[[Wikipedia:Find or fix a stub|stub]] articles to [[Wikipedia:What is a featured article|featured article status]]. (For stub articles or topics with no articles, see [[Wikipedia:Collaboration of the week|Collaboration of the week]].)


{{WikiProject status|defunct}}
Two collaborations are selected each week by registered users from ten candidates. Nominations are placed under ''Pending nominations'' with an explanation of what work is needed, and held there until they are both seconded and the queue before them is empty. Each Sunday, the two articles with the least support are dropped, the two with the highest become the Article Improvement Drive and the remaining six are dropped to the bottom of the Pending list. Articles in the Pending category may receive votes, but cannot actually become Improvement Drive candidates until they cycle up through to Nominations again. Please place an asterisk next to an article's nomination for each time it enters the 'Nominations' category.


The '''Article Collaboration and Improvement Drive''' was a place for the development of articles toward [[WP:GA|Good]] or [[WP:FA|Featured]] status. It was established in early 2005, with articles selected on a weekly basis.
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Current '''[[Wikipedia:Article improvement drive|Article improvement drive]]''' articles are:<br />
<div style="font-size: 90%;">'''[[Social Justice]]''' and '''[[Choctaw language]]'''</div><br>
<div style="font-size: 85%;">Last week's winners were [[Lake]] and [[Macrophilia]]
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== Collaboration of the Day ==
*[[Template:AID|<nowiki>{{AID}}</nowiki>]], a notice for the talk pages of nominated articles
{{ACIDcur}}
*[[Template:AIDcur|<nowiki>{{AIDcur}}</nowiki>]], a notice for current collaborations


== Collaboration of the Month nominations ==
*[[/History]], for past collaborations
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*[[/Removed]], for past votes
* [[/2010|2010]]
{{COTWs}}
* [[/2011|2011]]
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List new collaborations here. Feel free to comment with regard to the notices and proposals, but this is not a vote.


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=== {{la|Lizzie Velásquez}} ===
: Collaborating projects: {{Projects |Biography|Texas|United States|Austin}}
'''Nominator's rationale:''' Well-referenced and well-linked to other articles, but needs more information about her life and importance and activities which can be sourced to her publications. For example, is there a source to confirm that she graduated college and was conferred her degree?[[Special:Contributions/202.159.138.188|202.159.138.188]] ([[User talk:202.159.138.188|talk]]) 02:01, 25 February 2013 (UTC)


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===[[Civil rights]]**===
'''Nominator's rationale:''' Your reasons here. ~~~~
; '''Reason''' : Nominated on COTW but may be too long to be a stub

; '''Support'''
#[[User:Beland|Beland]] 01:21, 3 May 2005 (UTC)
#[[User:Stancel|Stancel]] 15:38, 4 May 2005 (UTC)
#--[[User:Fenice|Fenice]] 06:54, 8 May 2005 (UTC)
#--[[User:Paladine|Paladine]] 18:08, 16 May 2005 (UTC)
#--[[User:Shredthrashgrind|Shredthrashgrind]] 01:21, 22 May 2005 (UTC)
#[[User:Phoenix2|Phoenix2]] 15:46, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
#[[User:harry491|Dave]] [[User_talk:harry491|(talk)]] 15:59, May 23, 2005 (UTC)
#[[User:Revolución|Revolución]] 00:19, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
# [[User:Falphin|Falphin]] 00:39, 28 May 2005 (UTC)


; '''Comments'''
*Wow,its in desperate need. [[User:Falphin|Falphin]] 00:40, 28 May 2005 (UTC)
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===[[Cinco de Mayo]]**===
; '''Reason''' : Article could be improved, in honor of today the 5th of May! VIVA MEXICO! ;-)

; '''Support'''
#[[User:Stancel|Stancel]] 16:23, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

; '''Comments'''
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===[[Kannur]]**===
; '''Reason''' : The article is slightly verbose and needs some expert editing to become a featured article . I hope wikipedians improve this article.


== See also ==
; '''Support'''
* [[Template:CotM]]
#[[Sumalsn]] 21:33, 6 May 2005
* [[Wikipedia:Articles for creation]]
#[[Sudheeren]] 06:52, 8 May 2005
* [[Wikipedia:Requested articles]]
* [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion]]
* [[Wikipedia:Good articles]]
* [[Wikipedia:Featured articles]]
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles]]
* [[Wikipedia:Community portal]]
* [[:Category:WikiProjects]]


; '''Comments'''
*The article is good and seems throrughly reasearched. needs alittle bit improvement - 06:52, 8 May 2005 Sudheeren
**These are all sock puppets. Please cut it out. -[[User:Litefantastic|Litefantastic]] 16:33, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
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[[Category:Wikipedia collaborations]]
===[[Bumper sticker]]**===
; '''Reason''' : Currently a stub. Could be improved alot, including pictures and examples of bumper stickers. Their history, their political use, etc. Millions of people have some kind of bumper sticker on their car, so I think this article should at least be longer than it is now.

; '''Support'''
#[[User:Stancel|Stancel]] 01:02, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
#[[User:Litefantastic|Litefantastic]] 20:12, 16 May 2005 (UTC)
#[[User:Ike9898|ike9898]] 16:27, May 18, 2005 (UTC)
#[[User:Revolución|Revolución]] 00:19, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
#[[User:Zapateria|Zapateria]] 11:27, May 25, 2005 (UTC)
#[[User:CristianChirita|CristianChirita]] 13:47, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
#[[User:RoceKiller|RoceKiller]] 13:09, 26 May 2005 (UTC)

; '''Comments'''
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; '''Comments'''
* This is in need of a lot of improvement. Vote for this. [[User:Carolaman|Carolaman]] 23:35, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
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===[[Norman Borlaug]]===
; '''Reason''' : Currently tagged as a stub, but probably too long for COTW. Certainly needs expansion though, especially on his work, he is thought to have saved at least a '''billion''' lives and is very well known in developing countries.

; '''Support'''
# --[[User:The wub|the wub ]] [[User_talk:The wub|(talk)]] 10:16, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
# Within the article we can be all NPOV but Borlaug saved the lives of more human beings than any other person in human history, and is a hero of highest magnitude. There should be reams written on this man. And setting my pov that saving hundreds of millions of people from starvation is an amazingly good thing aside, such an action is extrordinarily influential. --[[User:Zantastik|Zantastik]] 09:05, 20 May 2005 (UTC)
# [[Green Revolution]] mentions that Borlaug was instrumental in the [[Cooperative Wheat Research and Production Program]], but Wikipedia won't tell you precisely what that was. The "Green Revolution" page mentions [[Hybrid Strain]]s and Agricultural techniques, and hints in the last paragraph at [[genetic engineering]]. Presumably, the man's science should be handled on other pages like this, with the [[Norman Borlaug]] page concentrating on his biography and specific contributions to the work, personal envolvement in the political controversy, etc. The "Green Revolution" page concentrates primarily on "Criticisms of the Green Revolution", so it appears that NPOV on Wikipedia extends naturally to covering a Nobel Peace Price winner. [[User:Wragge|Wragge]] 18:02, 2005 May 24 (UTC)

; '''Comments'''
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===[[Manx (cat)]]===

; '''Reason''' : This article has been very contentious until recently. There were multiple points of disagreement (the overall vigor of the breed, the effects of inbreeding, the pertinence of pictures, British vs American English, etc) that have finally been smoothed over, at least for a time. See the talk page for details. I proposed to the participants that perhaps some outside eyeballs might help resolve issues and improve what is a pretty fair article but for the conflicts. I believe that the idea intrigued all and may have contributed to a general calming of moods. So now it's time for me to live up to my end of the deal and propose '''Manx (cat)''' as a nominee for the Article Improvement drive. I think it would benefit from having a broader group of editors, especially to smooth over the points of contention.

; '''Support'''
#-- [[User:Catbar|Catbar (Brian Rock)]] 01:24, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
#-- [[User:Maltmomma|maltmomma]] 02:20, May 17, 2005 (UTC)
#[[User:Ike9898|ike9898]] 16:41, May 18, 2005 (UTC)

; '''Comments'''
*I don't think this is suitable for the Article Improvement Drive. The Manx is a tailless breed. Putting this article on the spot might attract vandals.--[[User:Fenice|Fenice]] 06:42, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
**...I don't get the connection. -[[User:Litefantastic|Litefantastic]] 16:31, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
***Because its controversial, I forgot to say.--[[User:Fenice|Fenice]] 05:27, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
***It can be argued that the missing tail is really a deformed spine and that these cats cannot balance as well as other breeds. (Breeders will argue it is short, but sufficient to balance.) Still there are militant acitivsts against cruelty to animals, and if this article goes on the portal page they might discover Wikipedia as a promotional vehicle to spread their views, in a subtle or in a vandalistic way. AID should produce featured articles. We should improve articles that are suitable for that standard. --[[User:Fenice|Fenice]] 05:46, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
****If we only focus on non-controversial articles, we won't have a very useful or interesting encyclopedia. I'm not saying I don't understand your point, because I do, but hey, we have to run these kind of risks. In time, all of the special interests who are awake will discover Wikipedia. Let's be as ready for them as we can be. [[User:Catbar|Catbar (Brian Rock)]] 10:23, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
*****The more users involved in an article, the protection it has against being used as a propaganda piece. I think controverisial topics benefit from the raised profile. [[User:Ike9898|ike9898]] 16:41, May 18, 2005 (UTC)
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===[[League of Nations]]===

; '''Reason''' : It has that whole things-that-went-wrong-after-World War One edge to it, and besides: it matters, but nobody really knows about it that much. -[[User:Litefantastic|Litefantastic]] 16:36, 23 May 2005 (UTC)

; '''Support'''
#[[User:Litefantastic|Litefantastic]] 16:36, 23 May 2005 (UTC)

; '''Comments'''
*Oh blimey: it is a [[Wikipedia:Featured article]] (one that I nominated, as it happens!). Does you really think it needs substantial improvement? -- [[User:ALoan|ALoan]] [[User_talk:ALoan|(Talk)]] 10:20, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
** Also, this was already a Collaboration of the Week. I honestly don't see anything wrong with the article that could require an Article Improvement Drive nomination. [[User:Revolución|Revolución]] 21:25, 28 May 2005 (UTC)
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===[[Inland Sea]]===
; '''Reason''' : Needs more geographical information including water pollution. --[[User:Larus.r|Larus.r]] 21:05, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

; '''Support'''
#

; '''Comments'''
*
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===[[Software engineering]]===
; '''Reason''' : There is a long [[Talk:Software engineering|discussion]] on the article with a lot of topics not cleared up to now. In my opinion, the article is not state of the art. It could be structured better and some sections could be moved to articles of its own. It should be a '''start page''' for all articles concerning with tthe topic and an introductory article for the [[Wikipedia:WikiReader#Software Engineering|WikiReader Software Engineering]]. Simultaneously, I propose a German collaboration ([[:de:Wikipedia:Qualitätsoffensive#Software Engineering|Qualitätsoffensive]]). See '''[[Talk:Software engineering]]'''. --[[User:Hans-AC|Hans-AC]] [[User talk:Hans-AC|<font size="+1">&#9993;</font>]] 15:56, 26 May 2005 (UTC)

; '''Support'''
# --[[User:Hans-AC|Hans-AC]] [[User talk:Hans-AC|<font size="+1">&#9993;</font>]] 14:53, 26 May 2005 (UTC)

; '''Comments'''
*
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==Pending nominations==
===[[John Langley]]===
; '''Reason''' : Needs style edit, and just a general overhaul. --[[User:To0n|To0n]] 6:09, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
; '''Support'''
#

; '''Comments'''
* This one might get more help from {{tl|cleanup}} and {{tl|wikify}}. 10:32, 26 May 2005 (UTC)

===[[Mother Marianne Cope]]===
; '''Reason''' : Needs to be beefed up now that it has a prominent link from the [[Pope Benedict XVI]] article which has high traffic. Mother Marianne Cope of [[Hawaii]] was the first person beatified by this Pope in particular, on the way towards sainthood. She needs an article befitting of that honor. I'm quite sure there is a wealth of information sitting around somewhere about Mother Marianne Cope's work with [[Father Damien]] in [[Molokai]].

; '''Support'''
#--[[User:Gerald Farinas|Gerald Farinas]] 22:01, 27 May 2005 (UTC)

; '''Comments'''
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Latest revision as of 12:52, 6 January 2025

"WP:AID" redirects here. For the list of declined ArbCom cases (WP:A/I/D), see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Index/Declined requests.

The Article Collaboration and Improvement Drive was a place for the development of articles toward Good or Featured status. It was established in early 2005, with articles selected on a weekly basis.

Collaboration of the Day

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Collaboration of the Month nominations

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List new collaborations here. Feel free to comment with regard to the notices and proposals, but this is not a vote.

New entries go at the bottom of the list, just above the interwikis.

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Collaborating projects: Biography, Texas, United States, Austin

Nominator's rationale: Well-referenced and well-linked to other articles, but needs more information about her life and importance and activities which can be sourced to her publications. For example, is there a source to confirm that she graduated college and was conferred her degree?202.159.138.188 (talk) 02:01, 25 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]


See also

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