Wikipedia:WikiProject United States/Collaboration

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Every two weeks, a United States topic is picked to be the U.S. US Collaboration of the Week. A mob of editors then deskeletonizes it, and the result is announced to wide acclaim.

This is the page to deal with discussion and nominations for the U.S. Collaboration of the Week. Please sign your votes by adding a pound and four tildes (# ~~~~)! IP address votes (unregistered users) will not be counted, please register! You do not have to be from the United States to help out with this collaboration :-).

Nominations

The next USCOTW will be picked on Monday, January 30, by the highest number of votes. Nominations need to be supported by at least two voters per week to stay on the list. Failed nominations can be renominated any time. (Archived nominations)

Please list the nominations below. Add {{USnom}} to the top of its article-page.


Mount Rushmore (6 votes, stays until January 25)

Renominated [December 28, 2005]; needs 8 votes by [January 25, 2006] (minimum 2 votes per week)

Support

  1. Fenice 12:27, 28 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Walter Siegmund (talk) 17:35, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  3. 72.136.49.4 15:28, 2 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  4. MONGO 05:07, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  5.  Durantalk  19:53, 12 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Caponer 19:34, 18 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  7. TwilaStar 01:29, 19 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Jhohenzollern 20:30, 20 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comments


Music of the United States (10 votes, stays until February 8)

Nominated [December 28, 2005]; needs 12 votes by [February 8, 2006] (minimum 2 votes per week)
Nomination originally made by Durova on Talk page

Support:

  1. Nomination originally made by Durova on Talk page
  2. M@$+@ Ju 01:41, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Fenice 06:38, 30 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Cmadler 12:48, 31 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  5. AndyZ 21:15, 3 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  6. I'm No Parking and I approved this message 21:25, 4 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Caponer 02:12, 18 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  8. TwilaStar 05:56, 18 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Jhohenzollern 06:21, 18 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Youngamerican 16:30, 18 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  11. FJR58 15:33, 20 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comments:

  • Some TLC could make this a featured article. Someone put a lot of love into this about six months ago and didn't finish the project. It's heavily referenced but leaves out important genres such as blues and jazz. Durova 07:38, 31 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • It's important to document our culture correctly. While exhibiting an article on Rhode Island or the transportation of New York is very interesting, this article specifically teaches us something about ourselves as a whole. The articles informs Americans about something that Americans have in common, which is quite a feat for a nation that prides itself on diversity. Not everyone can go and look at Mount Rushmore, nor will it be all that different five years from now. Music changes constantly, and it is available to all people, american or not. Catalogue these sorts of things, raise awareness for them, it's important. Currently this country is very divided and this division is a great source of strife amongst our people. I don't think it'd be a bad idea to push such a uniting concept into the foreground of a very featured site.FJR58 15:20, 20 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Rhode Island (10 votes, stays until February 7)

Nominated [January 03]; needs 10 votes by [February 7] (minimum 2 votes per week)

Support:

  1. 64.65.194.71 19:14, 3 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Logophile 01:03, 4 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  3. 152.163.100.204 03:31, 4 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Arthur Wellesley 20:33, 4 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Blackcats 08:59, 5 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Demonesque 10:44, 7 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  7. User:Broc 10:58, 7 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Phantombantam 20:12, 8 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Cmadler 16:27, 11 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Enter@ 13:37, 15 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  11. Mania123 13:34, 15 January 2006 (UTC) - This is Mania123's only edit. Cmadler[reply]
  12. Piranhaex 04:12, 17 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  13. Youngamerican 02:56, 18 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  14. 71.224.12.181 03:10, 18 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  15. Drek528 23:19, 20 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comments:


Transportation in New York City (11 votes, stays until February 27)

Nominated [January 16, 2006]; needs 12 votes by [February 27, 2006] (minimum 2 votes per week)

Support:

  1. Alansohn 01:39, 17 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Quasipalm 03:26, 17 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Amazins490 03:50, 17 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Jleon 13:39, 17 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  5. mfk91 16:22, 17 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Pacific Coast Highway 22:49, 17 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  7. I Am Ri¢h! 01:52, 18 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Pharos 16:33, 18 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  9. wv235 11:49, 18 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  10. MrCalifornia 06:25, 19 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  11. Larry V. 04:48, 20 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comments:

  • As interesting a story as New York City is in its own right, Transportation in new York City tells a fascinating story by itself. From the design of New York City's Street / Avenue grid almost 200 years ago, to its yellow cabs, subways, bridges, highways and even aerial tramway, there's much to learn. The article has gone through some major expansion and improvement on a collaborative basis over the past few weeks and can use the recognition, participation and expansion.
  • this article has been transformed in the last few weeks from an uninteresting list to a compelling and fleshed out piece. It keeps getting better and better. Has lots of momentum & is getting to feature status. Alansohn got it right: this article has a fascinating story to tell. A collective effort could put the final spit and polish on it

Omaha, Nebraska (3 votes, stays until February 1)

Nominated [January 18, 2006]; needs 4 votes by [February 1, 2006] (minimum 2 votes per week)

Support:

  1. Swid 20:48, 18 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Dan | talk 21:05, 18 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  3. PentawingTalk 08:38, 20 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comments:

  • I nominated this article a while back over at the Article Improvment Drive, but it didn't get very far there. As it stands, far too much of the article is composed of bulleted lists and it is in dire need of a wholesale reorganization/expansion. –Swid 20:48, 18 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Got around to cleaning up the formatting, though the content does need some work, especially in verifiability. PentawingTalk 08:38, 20 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]


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