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Each week a Collaboration of the Week will be picked using this page. This is a specific topic which either has no article or a basic stub page, the aim being to have a featured-standard article by the end of the week, from widespread cooperative editing.

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The project aims to fill gaps in Wikipedia, to give users a focus and to give us all something to be proud of. Anyone can nominate an article and can vote for the nominated articles. Every Sunday, the votes are tallied, and the winner will be promoted for a week to potential contributors.

Collaborations
Articles
Science and technology
Miscellaneous

The next winner will be selected on Sunday, January 16, 18:00 (UTC).
Previous winners can be found at /History.
Removed nominations can be found at /Removed.

Selecting the next Collaboration of the Week

  • Voting
    • Please vote for as many of the following candidates as you like.
    • Only registered users should vote.
    • To enter your votes, simply edit the appropriate sections by just inserting a new line with "# ~~~~". This will add your username and a time stamp in a new numbered list item.
    • A vote will be taken to include a pledge that the voter will contribute to the article if it is selected.
    • Please add only support votes. Opposing votes will not affect the result, as the winner is simply the one with the most support votes (see Approval voting).
  • Tie-breakers
    • In case of a tie, voting will be extended for 24 hours. If there is still a tie, the candidate that was nominated first wins.
The path to a featured article
  • Nominations
    • New nominations can be made at any time and should be added at the end of this page. Please use the template at the bottom of this page.
    • If the page you are nominating already exists, please add {{COTW}} to the top of its talk page. This expands to:

Template:COTW

  • Considerations for nominations
    • Please only nominate articles which don't currently exist or are stubs. (Two paragraphs or less of information or fewer than 1,000 characters)
    • For non-stubs, submitting the article to pages needing attention, cleanup, peer review, or requests for expansion may be more appropriate.
    • Giving reasons as to why an article should become the COTW may assist others in casting their vote.
    • Can the wider community easily contribute to the article? Or is it something only a small number of people will know about?
  • Pruning
    • The nomination will be moved to /Removed if it has not received 5 votes after 7 days on the list, 10 votes after 14 days, 15 votes after 21 days, and so on.

Candidates for next week

Roman culture

Nominated December 14 2004; needs 20 votes by January 11 2005

Support:

  1. McMullen 14:02, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  2. brian0918&#153; 16:23, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  3. Bogdan | Talk 13:47, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  4. ALoan (Talk) 02:00, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  5. AndyL 02:28, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  6. Fredrik | talk 01:41, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  7. Jeltz 13:22, 2004 Dec 21 (UTC)
  8. The KoG | Talk 00:53, Dec 22, 2004 (UTC)
  9. ExplorerCDT 03:24, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  10. 119 07:46, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  11. I'll add what help I can, though it may not be much. hfool 03:44, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  12. ChristopherWillis 12:25, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC) I'd love to try and help
  13. Lockeownzj00 00:13, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC) rome fascinates me.
  14. ScribeOfTheNile 15:25, Jan 1, 2005 (UTC)
  15. Golbez 18:48, Jan 4, 2005 (UTC)
  16. Litefantastic 19:58, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  17. KneeLess 04:50, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  18. Sasquatch 05:25, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Comments:


Geography of Asia

Nominated December 20 2004; needs 15 votes by January 10 2005

Support:

  1. Warofdreams 17:35, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  2. Jiang 08:09, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  3. The KoG | Talk 00:53, Dec 22, 2004 (UTC)
  4. A. D. Hair 02:04, Dec 22, 2004 (UTC)
  5. Aqua 08:09, Dec 22, 2004 (UTC)
  6. Scottbeck 16:17, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  7. kaal 05:16, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  8. Golbez 03:06, Dec 24, 2004 (UTC)
  9. ExplorerCDT 03:25, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  10. 119 01:44, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  11. Páll 20:11, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  12. brian0918&#153; 12:51, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  13. Neutralitytalk 16:41, Dec 31, 2004 (UTC)
  14. CunningLinguist 11:07, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Comments:

Tangshan earthquake

Nominated December 27, 2004; needs 15 votes by January 17, 2004

Support:

  1. violet/riga (t) 19:39, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  2. DAVODD 21:13, Dec 27, 2004 (UTC)
  3. --Wonderfool 23:24, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC) voting is loads easier than writing
  4. Jiang 07:24, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  5. The KoG | Talk 00:17, Jan 3, 2005 (UTC)
  6. Smoddy | Talk 11:03, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  7. Golbez 18:48, Jan 4, 2005 (UTC)
  8. Shimmin 19:10, Jan 4, 2005 (UTC)
  9. Etaonish 00:06, Jan 5, 2005 (UTC)
  10. kaal 22:01, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  11. CunningLinguist 11:11, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Comments:

  • Fueled by the recent major earthquake I looked for the biggest natural disaster of modern times and found our coverage quite lacking. This earthquake killed 250,000 people (officially) but with 655,000 estimated and our coverage was a couple of sentences at the Tangshan article. violet/riga (t) 19:39, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • Having further investigated, this disaster seems to be quite significant in the history of earthquake prediction. violet/riga (t) 23:42, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Military history of the Soviet Union

Nominated December 28, 2004; needs 15 votes by January 18, 2005

Support:

  1. AndyL 01:57, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  2. KNewman 02:54, Dec 28, 2004 (UTC)
  3. brian0918&#153; 05:32, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  4. The KoG | Talk 19:04, Dec 28, 2004 (UTC)
  5. Pyromonkeykw
  6. McMullen 01:33, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  7. Ryan Anderson 22:19, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  8. Golbez 18:48, Jan 4, 2005 (UTC)
  9. Mikkalai 08:43, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  10. CunningLinguist 11:07, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  11. WizardOfTheCDrive 21:04, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  12. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 23:01, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Comments:

  • Ah the Russian Civil War, Soviet-Polish War, Invasion of Finland, Great Patriotic War, Invastion of Hungary, Invasion of Czechoslovakia, Cold War, Invasion of Afghanistan...AndyL 01:57, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • I decided to vote for this one, but I'm afraid that it will simply end up as a compiliation of references and links to other articles. KNewman 02:54, Dec 28, 2004 (UTC)
    • One way to avoid the "list of links" approach would be an overall discussion of historical Soviet military strategy. See Edward Luttwak's The Grand Strategy of the Soviet Union for one example. --McMullen 01:33, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)
    • Compilation would be great as well. Soviet military strategy, if one could write it, would be great in itself. Mikkalai 08:42, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Just noticed that the History of the Soviet Union article does not mention Polish-Soviet War at all. Yep. this needs help. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 23:01, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Paris Peace Conference, 1919

Nominated December 29, 2004; needs 10 votes by January 12, 2005

Support:

  1. AndyL 23:18, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  2. RoboAction 05:39, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  3. brian0918&#153; 05:59, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  4. Smoddy | Talk 18:12, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  5. Trevor macinnis 03:37, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  6. KNewman 14:01, Jan 3, 2005 (UTC)
  7. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 22:30, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  8. Joolz 01:52, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  9. Pmeisel 16:23, 8 Jan 2005 (UTC)


Comments:

  • There's been a major award winning book on the conference, Paris 1919 by Margaret Macmillian but we have barely a paragraph.
  • Absolutely; needs a lot of work, but this is an important event of our recent histoy.
  • Is especially relevant with reference to the current collabortation, the League of Nations. Smoddy | Talk 18:12, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • I've added some stuff in the article and also invite you to vote for the Washington Naval Conference on the bottom of this page. KNewman 19:09, Jan 3, 2005 (UTC)

1970 Bhola cyclone

Nominated December 31, 2004; needs 10 votes by January 14, 2005

Support:

  1. Tom- 23:30, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  2. Bogdan | Talk 16:19, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  3. Although I've already expanded a little and linked from 2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake which may attract attention sooner. -- Solipsist 18:10, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  4. brian0918&#153; 07:40, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  5. --Jiang 09:09, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  6. Golbez 18:48, Jan 4, 2005 (UTC)
  7. Sarge Baldy 06:17, Jan 6, 2005 (UTC)
  8. CunningLinguist 11:07, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Comments:

  • Most deadly cyclone ever, killed 200,000 - 500,000 Bangladesh in 1970... and has 2 lines with 36 words written about it. Tom- 23:30, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • You might also want to look at the 1991 cyclone in the same region which killed 134,000, but seems to have no article at all. -- Solipsist 18:10, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Battle of Bastogne

Nominated January 1, 2005; needs 10 votes by January 15, 2005

Support:

  1. Snipre 22:57, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  2. brian0918&#153; 07:39, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  3. Trevor macinnis 03:36, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  4. Golbez 18:48, Jan 4, 2005 (UTC)
  5. The KoG | Talk 02:30, Jan 5, 2005 (UTC)

Comments:

  • To be frank, this article is annoyingly short. This was a crushing victory for Allied forces, pretty much the end of German offensives in the Battle of the Bulge, and the site of my favorite quote by any general - "Nuts!" -- Snipre 22:59, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)



Bhairava

Nominated January 3, 2005; needs 5 votes by January 10, 2005

Support:

  1. DAVODD 05:44, Jan 3, 2005 (UTC)
  2. Jeltz talk 18:38, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Comments:

  • There are hundreds on online sources available to expand this one-sentece stub. And writing about mythology is always fun. DAVODD 05:44, Jan 3, 2005 (UTC)

Album cover art

Nominated January 3, 2005; needs 5 votes by January 10, 2005

Support:

  1. Warofdreams 12:28, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  2. Jeltz talk 21:17, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  3. WizardOfTheCDrive 21:12, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Comments:

  • No support even from the nominator? Article name was also miscapitalized, fixing. --Golbez 18:48, Jan 4, 2005 (UTC)
    • I'll support it - there are some absolute classics, an analysis of different musical genres would be fun, and a look at recurring themes would be interesting. Warofdreams 12:28, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Zygote

Nominated January 3, 2005; needs 5 votes by January 10, 2005

Support:

  1. Wonderfool 17:24, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Comments:

  • A previous cotw candidate, that could go further

Washington Naval Conference

Nominated January 3, 2005; needs 5 votes by January 10, 2005

Support:

  1. KNewman 19:17, Jan 3, 2005 (UTC)
  2. PedanticallySpeaking 19:22, Jan 3, 2005 (UTC)
  3. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 22:28, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  4. Burgundavia 00:00, Jan 5, 2005 (UTC)

Comments:

  • This conference followed the Paris Peace Conference and concluded the re-shaping of the world map. The world was now ready for another devastating war... KNewman 19:17, Jan 3, 2005 (UTC)

Daughters of Liberty

Nominated January 3, 2005; needs 5 votes by January 10, 2005

Support:

  1. 24.251.234.191 23:04, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Comments:

Honduras

Nominated January 3, 2005; needs 5 votes by January 11, 2005

Support:

  1. Dmcdevit 04:34, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  2. kaal 22:00, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  3. CunningLinguist 11:07, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Comments:

  • Considering that we established with Costa Rica that each country deserves a good article, this one also needs to be greatly expanded.

Wild West

Nominated January 4, 2005; needs 5 votes by January 11, 2005

Support:

  1. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 15:19, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  2. Golbez 18:48, Jan 4, 2005 (UTC)
  3. [jon] 19:25, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  4. WizardOfTheCDrive 01:25, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  5. CunningLinguist 11:07, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Comments:

  • I was actually looking for articles about Wanted posters from that era and the term Weird West. Not only I found none of those (btw, I'd appreciate at least a stubs on them, tnx), but I am shocked that the 'Wild West' article is in fact just a redirect to a tiny American Old West article. Such an interesting period in history (and fiction), and one that I'd expect to find well developed on Wiki... and all we have is one screen-worth of material, barely escaping the stub tag! Many related articles are poor as well, only Western movie seems to be decent. This period needs a lot of help.

Konbaung Dynasty

Nominated January 5, 2005; needs 5 votes by January 12, 2005

Support:

  1. Confuzion 00:05, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Comments:

  • The Konbaung Dynasty was arguable the most important dynasty in Burma/Myanmar, being the last Burmese dynasty before falling to the British Empire. The leaders' decisions and dynasty's interactions with the British Empire defined the nation's modern boundaries and laid the foundation for Burma's turbulent modern history. The dynasty was quite expansionist, fighting multiple wars and extending Burmese territory to its largest size in history. As the Wikipedia lacks comprehensive information regarding Burma, improving this article would be a great starting point. There's some information in the article History of Myanmar. --Confuzion 00:05, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)

1931 Huang He floods

Nominated January 5, 2005; needs 5 votes by January 12, 2005

Support:

  1. Warofdreams 13:53, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  2. Jiang 08:36, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Comments:

  • No article for the most deadly natural disaster of recent times - estimates of the number of people killed range from 850,000 to 4,000,000.

Partitions of Poland

Nominated January 5, 2005; needs 10 votes by January 19, 2005

Support:

  1. KNewman 02:14, Jan 6, 2005 (UTC)
  2. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 13:39, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  3. Bogdan | Talk 13:57, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  4. Kpjas 23:04, 8 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  5. Halibutt 23:14, Jan 8, 2005 (UTC)
  6. AndyL 23:29, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Comments:

  • Wow, this one is in a really bad shape. Don't be fooled by some text in the beginning. ALmost each section of the article has a huge TODO sign. We have to get down to work. KNewman 02:14, Jan 6, 2005 (UTC)
  • The article describing how the once glorious Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (now a FA, I invite you to take a look) was erased from history. Definetly needs attention. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 13:39, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Ok, I can do a map of all the partitions based on my map of the PLC. Please direct any ideas or comments to my talk page. Halibutt

Culture of Egypt

Nominated January 6, 2005; needs 15 votes by January 27, 2005

Support:

  1. Sarge Baldy 06:12, Jan 6, 2005 (UTC)
  2. Spangineer ∞ 13:15, Jan 6, 2005 (UTC)
  3. KNewman 14:05, Jan 6, 2005 (UTC)
  4. Jeltz talk 21:30, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  5. Bevo 23:15, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  6. LostLeviathan 18:51, 8 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  7. Jaberwocky6669 18:56, Jan 9, 2005 (UTC)
  8. Estel (talk) 19:07, Jan 9, 2005 (UTC)
  9. WizardOfTheCDrive 21:15, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  10. kaal 00:30, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Comments:

  • I realize there's been a lot of culture nominations, but this article makes me want to cry. Egypt has a very rich culture dating back more than 6000 years and all that's here is an embarassing stub :( Sarge Baldy 06:12, Jan 6, 2005 (UTC)
  • This one is even worse than Roman culture. - Jeltz talk 21:30, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Definitely could improve dramatically as a CotW. --LostLeviathan 18:51, 8 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Bob Matsui

Nominated January 9, 2005; needs 5 votes by January 16, 2005

Support:

  1. AllyUnion (talk) 06:17, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  2. CunningLinguist 11:07, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  3. WizardOfTheCDrive 21:09, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Comments:

  • A kind hearted representative from California who's entry should be expanded a bit more. -- AllyUnion (talk) 06:17, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Amen. What, should I say more? --WizardOfTheCDrive 21:09, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Music history

Nominated January 9, 2005; needs 5 votes by January 16, 2005

Support:

  1. Estel (talk) 16:30, Jan 9, 2005 (UTC)
  2. --Blondel 17:16, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  3. WizardOfTheCDrive 21:02, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Comments:

Rip Torn

Nominated January 9, 2005; needs 5 votes by January 16, 2005

Support:

  1. WizardOfTheCDrive 20:56, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Comments:

  • Actor Rip Torn should have more than a few sentances on a movie or two he did. He has a life, you know, and has been in more than MIB.

History of painting

Nominated January 10, 2005; needs 5 votes by January 17, 2005

Support:

  1. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 23:19, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Comments:

  • I am not the biggest fan of painting art, but honestly, the current *list* is pathetic - it is not even complete! Entire ancient and medieval sections are blank. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 23:19, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)


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