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The '''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:Collaborations of the week|Collaboration of the week]]'''.)


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.
:[[/History]] - For past winners.
:[[/Removed]] - For removed nominations.
:[[/Maintenance]] - AID upkeep.


== Collaboration of the Day ==
{{IDRIVEtopic}}
{{ACIDcur}}


== Collaboration of the Month nominations ==
{{COTWs}}
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==Introduction==
* [[/2010|2010]]
To vote or nominate you have to be a '''registered user with at least one contribution that is not a vote'''. Any and all articles may be nominated except:
* [[/2011|2011]]
}}
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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'''Nominator's rationale:''' Your reasons here. ~~~~
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===How to nominate===
Here is template for nominations:
<pre>
===[[ARTICLE]] (1 vote, stays until [[DATE ONE WEEK LATER]])===
:''Nominated [[MONTH DAY]], [[YEAR]]; needs at least 4 votes by [[DATE ONE WEEK LATER]], [[YEAR]]''


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; Support:
# (sign with four tildes)


== See also ==
; Comments:
* [[Template:CotM]]
* (put your reason for nomination, sign again)
* [[Wikipedia:Articles for creation]]
* [[Wikipedia:Requested articles]]
* [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion]]
* [[Wikipedia:Good articles]]
* [[Wikipedia:Featured articles]]
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles]]
* [[Wikipedia:Community portal]]
* [[:Category:WikiProjects]]


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</pre>
# Copy and paste the template to the bottom of the list of nominations on this page and fill it out. It is important to use UTC time; the current time and date now is '''{{CURRENTDATE}}'''.
# Under "comments" section put explanation of what work is needed.
# After submitting the new nomination, go to the nominated article and both {{tl|AIDnom}} and {{tl|to do}} on the top of the article's talk page.


[[Category:Wikipedia collaborations]]
===How to vote===
Sign with "<nowiki># ~~~~</nowiki>" on the end of the list of the article you want to vote for and then update the vote count in the subhead. '''Opposing votes are not counted'''; see [[approval voting]]. You can vote for as many articles as you like. If the vote count equaled the "''needs at least xx votes by''", then add 4 to "''needs at least xx votes''" and add a week to date in vote count and "''needs at least xx votes by''" notice.


[[fa:ویکی‌پدیا:همکاری هفته]]
Example. You encounter this situation and decide to vote:

<nowiki>===[[History of the world]] (23 votes, stays until [[February 7]], [[2006]])===</nowiki><br />
<nowiki>:''Nominated [[December 8]], [[2005]]; needs at least 24 votes by [[February 7]], [[2006]]''</nowiki>

First you put "<nowiki># ~~~~</nowiki>" on the end of the list of people who voted for that article and then change the vote count and date in following manner:

<nowiki>===[[History of the world]] (</nowiki>'''24'''<nowiki> votes, stays until [[</nowiki>'''February 14'''<nowiki>]], [[2006]])===</nowiki><br />
<nowiki>:''Nominated [[December 8]], [[2005]]; needs at least </nowiki>'''28'''<nowiki> votes by [[</nowiki>'''February 14'''<nowiki>]], [[2006]]''</nowiki>

===How the article is elected===
Article with most votes on each [[Sunday]] in 00:00 [[GMT]] is elected as "The current Article Improvement Drive article". If two articles have same number of votes, the older nominee wins.

<div id="{{{id}}}" style="border:4px solid #DB7093; padding:3px; color:5959AB; margin: 0 10%;background-color:#FFE4E1;">
:'''The next project article is to be selected on Sunday [[May 14]], [[2006]].''' 00:00 [[GMT]] '''({{DAYSTOSUNDAY}})'''
</div>

===How an article is removed from the list===
Articles need four votes per week to stay on the list. If current date ([[{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}]] [[{{CURRENTYEAR}}]]) exceeds "stays until" date of particular article, that article entry is removed from this page and moved to [[/Removed|page for removed nominations]].

==Nominations==

===[[Tectonic plate]] (49 votes, stays until [[May 21]])===
:''Nominated [[February 5]], [[2006]]; needs at least 52 votes by [[May 21]], [[2006]]''

;Support:
# [[User:APower|APower]] 03:05, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
# '''<font color="green">[[User:TestPilot|TestPilot]]</font>''' 11:34, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Gflores|Gflores]] <sup>[[User Talk:Gflores|Talk]]</sup> 16:18, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Samsara|Samsara]] <sub><span style="text-decoration:none">[[Special:Contributions/Samsara|contrib]]</span></sub> <sup><span style="position: relative; left: -36px; margin-right: -36px; text-decoration:none;">[[User talk:Samsara|talk]]</span></sup> 20:45, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:TachyonP|TachyonP]] 01:00, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Joy Stovall|Joyous]] | [[User talk:Joy Stovall|Talk]] 01:03, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Aerobird|Aerobird]] 18:02, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:SpacemanAfrica|SpacemanAfrica]] 18:16, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:DanielCD|DanielCD]] 03:27, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Durova|Durova]] 17:55, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:ZeWrestler|<span style="color:green">ZeWrestler</span>]] [[user talk:ZeWrestler|<sup><span style="color:green">Talk</span></sup>]] 23:42, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Newguineafan|Newguineafan]] 22:43, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Lbbzman|Lbbzman]] 16:55, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Titoxd|Tito]][[Wikipedia:Esperanza|<span style="color:#008000;">xd</span>]]<sup>([[User_talk:Titoxd|?!?]] - [[Wikipedia:WikiProject edit counters/Flcelloguy's Tool|help us]])</sup> 01:47, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Tcie|Tcie]] 15:14, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
#--[[User:Revolución|Revolución]] <small><font color="green"><u>'''[[User talk:Revolución|hablar]]'''</u></font></small> <small><font color="green">'''[[Special:Contributions/Revolución|ver]]'''</font></small> 17:05, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:RJHall|RJH]] 18:42, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Ugur Basak|Ugur Basak]] 00:22, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Jazriel|Jazriel]] 12:34, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Daniel Collins|Daniel Collins]] 17:17, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Kumarhk|Kumar]] 10:13, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
# [[Image:Flag of Montenegro.svg|25px]] [[User:CrnaGora|CrnaGora]] ([[User talk:CrnaGora|Talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/CrnaGora|Contribs]] | [[Special:Emailuser/CrnaGora|E-mail]]) 20:20, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Tarret|Tarret]] 21:23, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
# --[[User:HolyRomanEmperor|HolyRomanEmperor]] 14:33, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:PDXblazers|PDXblazers]] 01:14, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
#--[[User:Alik007|Alik007]] 12:48, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[Image:Flag_of_the_United_States.svg|17px]] [[User:Mac Davis|<span style="font-family:Times;color:navy;cursor:crosshair;"><em><font color=#006600>Mac Davis</font></em></span>]]] ⌇☢ [[User talk:Mac Davis|&#xE0D;&#x19B;.]] 04:43, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Marianocecowski|Mariano]]<small>([[User talk:Marianocecowski|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Marianocecowski|c]])</small> 07:10, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:J. Finkelstein|J. Finkelstein]] 20:44, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[WP:EA|'''''(^'-')^''''']] [[User:Covington|Covington]] 07:26, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Col tom|Colonel Tom]] 13:27, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Skaterblo|Skaterblo]] 14:24, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:CP\M|CP/M]] 03:17, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Ante Perkovic|Ante Perkovic]] 16:38, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:JosephRJustice|JosephRJustice]] 21:34, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Thefourdotelipsis|Thefourdotelipsis]] 08:26, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Nicki Mennekens|Nick Mks]] 20:08, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Kingfisherswift|Kingfisherswift]] 15:58, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:MikeMorley|MikeMorley]] 09:25, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:The Man13|Vint]] 03:56, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Jakiša Tomić|Jakiša Tomić]] 23:37, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:General Eisenhower|General Eisenhower]] 00:40, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:BioTube|BioTube]] 20:00, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Dryman|Dryman]] 20:29, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Flymeoutofhere|Flymeoutofhere]] 13:10, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Gadha|gadha]] 01:52, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Dan1113|Daniel]] 00:33, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Vanguard|Vanguard]] 17:24, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
# <font style="color: green">[[User:Weatherman1126|Weatherman1126]]</font> (<font style="color: orange">[[User_talk:Weatherman1126|talk]]</font>) 17:18, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

;Removed Votes:
# [[User:216.56.60.211|216.56.60.211]] by [[User:Fireswordfight|Steven]] on 01:52, 8 April 2006 (UTC).
# [[User:Silence|Silence]] 23:19, 16 February 2006 (UTC) (''confused with page for [[plate tectonics]]'')
# [[User:Fireswordfight|Steven]] 02:42, 13 February 2006 (UTC) (per above, I rather support a merge)
# [[User:Hughitt1|Keith]] 01:16, 11 May 2006 (UTC) (agree with merge proposal- how about something else related?)
;Comments:
*Tectonic plates are a primary study in the field of geology. However, there is only a small article on them. The article could easily be a featured article.
:*I have recently completed studies on Tectonic Plates, and it is center to the theory of [[plate tectonics]] and [[continental drift]]. I agree, let's get this article fixed up.
*This should be an easy fix, once you get a bunch of people looking at it. [[User:J. Finkelstein|J. Finkelstein]] 20:44, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
*[[Plate tectonics]] is already a [[WP:FA | featured article]]. Perhaps [[tectonic plate]] should simply be merged into (and redirect to) [[plate tectonics]]. -[[User:Scottwiki|Scottwiki]] 01:06, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
**I would support such a merge. The two subjects are too closely-linked, and the number of votes here demonstrates very well how many people this subtle distinction can mislead into thinking that there's no comprehensive article on the subject. However, I do not ''strongly'' support the merge, because if this article was expanded another page or two it would be a worthy daughter article of [[plate tectonics]]. Until then, though, it ''is'' kind of stubesque. -[[User:Silence|Silence]] 04:59, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
***I don't think it should be merged with plate tectonics for the simple reason that the plates can be better explained in their own article rather than as a section of another(the current article is already a little long to merge). [[User:BioTube|BioTube]] 20:00, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
*Tectonic movement is a fascinating and large subject, it would be easy to enlarge wiki's tiny article on them into a full feature. [[User:Skaterblo|Skaterblo]] 14:24, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
**As mentioned just above, it already is. '''[[Plate tectonics]]''' is a featured article.
*Currently, there are two deadlines listed for this article: April 30 and May 7. Which is correct? -[[User:Scottwiki|Scottwiki]] 06:08, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
*I agree with the merge proposal. <sub>└</sub>&nbsp;<sup>'''[[User:VodkaJazz|VodkaJazz]]'''</sup>&nbsp;/&nbsp;<sub>''[[User Talk:VodkaJazz|talk]]''</sub>&nbsp;<sup>┐</sup> 02:25, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
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===[[Ancient Egypt]] (53 votes, stays until [[June 2]])===
:''Nominated [[February 17]], [[2006]]; needs at least 56 votes by [[June 2]], [[2006]]''

; Support:
#[[User:Pjamescowie|Paul James Cowie]] 07:37, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Lukobe|Lukobe]] 08:06, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Fireswordfight|Steven]] 23:21, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
#&ndash; [[User:Quadell|Quadell]] <sup>([[User_talk:Quadell|talk]]) ([[Wikipedia:Bounty board|bounties]])</sup> 19:11, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
#--[[User:PedroPVZ|Pedro]] 13:01, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Spawn Man|Spawn Man]] 01:52, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Mido ar|Mido]] 17:46, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Hippalus|Hippalus]] 14:28, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Variable|siafu]] 15:51, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
#--[[User:Revolución|Revolución]] <small><font color="green"><u>'''[[User talk:Revolución|hablar]]'''</u></font></small> <small><font color="green">'''[[Special:Contributions/Revolución|ver]]'''</font></small> 17:19, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Mkaycomputer|Mkaycomputer]] 16:48, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Vir|Vir]] 19:26, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Ugur Basak|Ugur Basak]] 00:26, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Jazriel|Jazriel]] 12:24, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Phileas|Phileas]] 05:52, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:PDXblazers|PDXblazers]] 06:14, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Sicilianmandolin|Sicilianmandolin]] 14:57, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
# [[Image:Flag of Montenegro.svg|25px]] [[User:CrnaGora|CrnaGora]] ([[User talk:CrnaGora|Talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/CrnaGora|Contribs]] | [[Special:Emailuser/CrnaGora|E-mail]]) 20:28, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Passdoubt|Passdoubt]] | [[User_talk:Passdoubt|Talk]] 08:37, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Psiphim6|Psiphim6]] 13:59, 27 March 2006
# [[User:Nicholassayshi]] 14:44, 29 March 2006
# [[User:Igiffin|Iggle]]
#[[User:Gflores|Gflor]][[User:Gflores/Esperanza|<font color="green">e</font>]][[User:Gflores|s]]<sup><small>[[User Talk:Gflores|Talk]]</small></sup> 22:48, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Underneath-it-All|Underneath-it-All]] 15:29, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Lakinekaki|Lakinekaki]] 18:06, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User: Jklin|Joe]] <small>[[User talk: Jklin|Jklin]] </small> 02:44, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Silence|Silence]] 04:54, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Connection|Connection]] 23:34, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Col tom|Colonel Tom]] 13:39, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Argon233|Argon233]]&ensp;<font face="Arial"><font size="2pt"><sup style="margin-right:-27pt"><b><font color="darkred">[[User_talk:Argon233|T]]</font>&ensp;<font color="darkblue">[[Special:Contributions/Argon233|C]]</font>&ensp;<font color="darkgreen">[[User:Argon233#User_boxes|U]]</font></b></sup>&nbsp;<sub><sub><b><font color="red">[[Special:Emailuser/Argon233|@]]</font>&ensp;<font color="teal">[[User:Argon233/sandbox|&para;]]</font>&ensp;<font color="#00Ff00">[[Special:Randompage|&ang;]]</font></b></sub></sub></font></font>&ensp; 22:57, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:RexNL|RexNL]] 12:34, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:SunDog|SunDog]] 17:44, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Forthright|Forthright]] 13:34, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Archola|Grigory Deepdelver of Brockenboring]]<sup><small><font color="green">[[User_talk:Archola|Talk]]</font></small></sup><font color="#404040">[[User:Archola/The_Centrist_Fellowship|TCF]]</font> 14:17, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
# --[[User:HolyRomanEmperor|HolyRomanEmperor]] 15:15, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Andrew m plamondon|Andrew m plamondon]] 02:52, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
#&#150;[[User:Tutmosis|<font color="black" face="Times New Roman">Tutm&oslash;sis</font>]]<small> &#183; ([[User talk:Tutmosis|<font color="blue">Msg Me</font>]])</small> 18:11, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Ante Perkovic|Ante Perkovic]] 05:56, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Thefourdotelipsis|Thefourdotelipsis]] 08:28, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Francisco Valverde|Francisco Valverde]] 17:01, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Chemica|chemica]] 03:25, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Snailwalker|<font color="green">'''Snailwalker |''' </font>]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Snailwalker '''talk'''] 19:13, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:General Eisenhower|General Eisenhower]] 00:40, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Hemmingsen|Hemmingsen]] 06:09, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
# ''[[User:AndyZ|AndyZ]]''&nbsp;<sub>[[User talk:AndyZ|t]]</sub> 13:08, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
# Indeed, havin this article improved would be nice. --'''[[User:tone|Ton]][[User:Tone/Esperanza|<font color="green">e</font>]]''' 23:45, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Felixboy|Felixboy]] 18:04, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Casey14|Casey14]] 01:04, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Dijan|Dijan]] 12:29, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Vanguard|Vanguard]] 17:25, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
# <span style="font-size:90%;">—'''<font color="olivedrab">[[User:Cuivienen|Cuivi]]</font><font color="darkolivegreen">[[Wikipedia:Esperanza|é]]</font><font color="steelblue">[[User:Cuivienen|nen]]</font>''' <span style="font-size:95%">(<font color="sandybrown">[[User talk:Cuivienen|talk]]</font>•<font color="cornflowerblue">[[Special:Contributions/Cuivienen|contribs]]</font>)</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;">, [[Saturday]], [[13 May]] [[2006]] @ 02:02 [[UTC]]</span>'''
# [[User:Maurreen|Maurreen]] 20:22, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
#--[[User:Bhadani|Bhadani]] 14:36, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
; Removed votes:
# I've removed an anon vote by [[User:69.120.246.50|69.120.246.50]] --[[User:Mido ar|Mido]] 06:06, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:M.Karpov|M.Karpov]] 19:54, 11 April 2006 (UTC) by [[User:Fireswordfight|Steven]] on 22:19, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

; Comments:
*There could be few articles more deserving or needing an Article Improvement Drive from the Wikipedia community. And this for one of the most important topics from the ancient world. (Take a look yourself - it's appalling!) This SHOULD be a Featured Article, comprehensively referenced and scientifically-written, and yet it seems to attract all manner of marginal ideas and poor quality contributions. [[User:Pjamescowie|Paul James Cowie]] 07:37, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
*'''Important Question''': I've asked this question hundreds of times over the last few months on Wikipedia, and have never gotten a satisfactory, authoritative, or consistent answer on the matter: when it's not used at the start of a sentence or article title, do we properly call it "ancient Egypt", or "Ancient Egypt"? Which is it? Most (though certainly not all) of the [[ancient Rome]] articles treat ancient as an ordinary adjective, rather than part of a proper noun describing a time period, but most of the [[Ancient Egypt]] articles use the capitalized form (though plenty also use "ancient Egypt"). So which is it?! -[[User:Silence|Silence]] 19:07, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
:*From what I have been able to find (Googled site:.edu "ancient Egypt"), "ancient Egypt" is the correct form (or at least most common among scholars), though "Ancient Egypt" seems to be common as well. [[User:SG|♠ SG]] [[User talk:SG|→Talk]] 16:42, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
::'ancient Egypt' is the preferred form, IMHO. [[User:Col tom|Colonel Tom]] 13:41, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
*A very important and fascinating ancient civilisation. -[[User:PedroPVZ|Pedro]] 13:01, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
*Important before tourism high season. ;) --[[User:Connection|Connection]] 23:34, 10 April 2006 (UTC)


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===[[Recycling]] (44 votes, stays until [[May 28]])===
:''Nominated [[February 26]], [[2006]]; needs at least 48 votes by [[May 28]], [[2006]]''

; Support:
# [[User:PDXblazers|PDXblazers]] 07:12, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Silence|Silence]] 07:26, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Aerobird|Aerobird]] 15:21, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Joy Stovall|Joyous]] | [[User talk:Joy Stovall|Talk]] 16:42, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Terenceong1992|Ter]][[Wikipedia:Esperanza|<font color="green">e]]</font>[[User:Terenceong1992|nc]][[User talk:Terenceong1992|e Ong]] 10:05, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Hurdygurdyman1234|Hurdygurdyman1234]] 22:35, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:DanielCD|DanielCD]] 16:44, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
#--[[User:Revolución|Revolución]] <small><font color="green"><u>'''[[User talk:Revolución|hablar]]'''</u></font></small> <small><font color="green">'''[[Special:Contributions/Revolución|ver]]'''</font></small> 03:44, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Matatigre36|Matatigre36]] 02:46, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Ugur Basak|Ugur Basak]] 00:34, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Gflores|Gflores]] <sup><small>[[User Talk:Gflores|Talk]]</small></sup> 06:47, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Jazriel|Jazriel]] 12:09, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
# &#2384; <small><i><strong><font color="orange">[[User:Metta Bubble|Metta Bubble]]</font></strong> <sup><font color="red">[[User Talk:Metta Bubble|puff]]</font></sup></i></small> 12:27, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Hestemand|Hestemand]] 20:02, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
# [[Image:Flag of Montenegro.svg|25px]] [[User:CrnaGora|CrnaGora]] ([[User talk:CrnaGora|Talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/CrnaGora|Contribs]] | [[Special:Emailuser/CrnaGora|E-mail]]) 04:49, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Un sogno modesto|Un sogno modesto]] 22:31, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Tarret|Tarret]] 21:23, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Covington|Covington]] 05:10, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Sicilianmandolin|Sicilianmandolin]] 09:07, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Mkaycomputer|Mkaycomputer]] 21:35, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Kajerm|Kajerm]] 08:19, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Lakinekaki|Lakinekaki]] 18:08, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:GoAround|GoAround]] 19:58, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Col tom|Colonel Tom]] 13:43, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
# --[[User:LWV Roadrunner|LWV Roadrunner]] 16:56, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Jdcooper|Jdcooper]] 01:39, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:IronChris|'''IronChris''']] | [[User talk:IronChris|(talk)]] 17:42, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Mazzy|Mazzy]] 15:17, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Romarin|Romarin]] 17:57, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:JosephRJustice|JosephRJustice]] 21:42, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Thefourdotelipsis|Thefourdotelipsis]] 08:30, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
#--[[User:Lostart|Lostart]] 19:59, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Bertilvidet|Bertilvidet]] 15:32, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Vashti|Vashti]] 20:25, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Alvin6226|Alvin6226]] 03:53, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
#-[[User:Reuvenk|Reuvenk]]<sub>[[User_talk:Reuvenk|[T]]][[Special:Contributions/Reuvenk|[C]]]</sub> 20:32, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:General Eisenhower|General Eisenhower]] 00:40, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:TreveX|TreveX]]<sup>[[User talk:TreveX|talk]]</sup> 16:11, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:M Heli|<b><font color="orange">heli</font></b>]][[User talk:M Heli|<b><font color="red"><sup>x</sup></font></b>]] 16:14, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:LdyDragonfly|LdyDragonfly]] 07:19, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Pruneau|Pruneau]] 16:33, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Hughitt1|Keith]] 01:18, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Skaterblo|Skaterblo]] 21:05, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
# --[[User:Richman271|Richman271]] 01:23, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

; Removed votes:
# <b><font color="orange">• The Giant Puffin •</font></b> 12:55, 13 April 2006 (UTC) on [[User:Fireswordfight|Steven]] by 00:44, 14 April 2006 (UTC), no link to user.

; Comments:
* [[User:Silence|Silence]] says this article needs to be expanded more than paper recycling. I say lets fix 'em both. [[User:PDXblazers|PDXblazers]] 07:12, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
* Sounds like a fantastic idea. No reason we can't work on [[paper recycling]] too if this gets nominated, as a major sub-article also in need of work. -[[User:Silence|Silence]] 07:26, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
* It'd be nice to go into greater depth about the types, methods, and complications. And, at the expense of stirring things up (and Wikipedia doesn't always stir well), maybe a little on "controversy"? Some have suggested (not that I would cite ''Penn and Teller's Bullshit!'' as an authoritative source) that recycling everything but aluminum (and maybe glass) costs more than it saves and pollutes more than it prevents. At any rate, this could be an absolutely first-class article if we gave it a little wikipedia love. [[User:Kajerm|Kajerm]] 08:19, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
:'Controversy' sounds like a good idea. A non US-centric approach would also benefit this article; there are many different approaches taken globally. [[User:Col tom|Colonel Tom]] 13:46, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

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===[[Mathematics]] (54 votes, stays until [[June 15]])===
:''Nominated [[March 9]], [[2006]]; needs at least 56 votes by [[June 15]], [[2006]]''

; Support:
# [[User:Durova|Durova]] 15:24, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:The Tom|The Tom]] 23:00, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Mkaycomputer|Mkaycomputer]] 23:32, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Vir|Vir]] 01:50, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:RexNL|RexNL]] 18:28, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Silence|Silence]] 18:30, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:PDXblazers|PDXblazers]] 00:59, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Skinnyweed|Skinnyweed]] 00:35, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Ugur Basak|Ugur Basak]] 00:46, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Fireswordfight|Steven]] 22:35, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Un sogno modesto|Un sogno modesto]] 23:26, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Hgilbert|Hgilbert]] 01:49, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
#--[[User:Jaranda|Jaranda]] [[User_talk:Jaranda|<sup>wat's sup</sup>]] 04:35, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
#--[[User:Darkliight|<font color="#000">d</font><font color="#333">a</font><font color="#555">r</font><font color="#777">k</font><font color="#999">li</font><font color="#777">i</font><font color="#555">g</font><font color="#333">h</font><font color="#000">t</font>]]<sup>[[User_talk:Darkliight|talk]]</sup> 19:53, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
#-[[User:MarSch|MarSch]] 12:47, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:CloudNine|CloudNine]] 14:53, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
#--[[User:Hippalus|Hippalus]] 10:35, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
# [[Image:Flag of Montenegro.svg|25px]] [[User:CrnaGora|CrnaGora]] ([[User talk:CrnaGora|Talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/CrnaGora|Contribs]] | [[Special:Emailuser/CrnaGora|E-mail]]) 00:04, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Agentsoo|Soo]] 22:30, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Carabinieri|Carabinieri]] 16:11, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Pointlessness|Pointlessness]] 17:03, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:VegaDark|VegaDark]] 07:31, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Covington|Covington]] 18:42, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Gflores|Gflor]][[User:Gflores/Esperanza|<font color="green">e</font>]][[User:Gflores|s]]<sup><small>[[User Talk:Gflores|Talk]]</small></sup> 18:46, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Cedar-Guardian|CG]] 15:03, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
# --[[User:Rgclegg|Richard Clegg]] 10:14, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
# <b><font color="AE1C28">[[User:Xxxxxxxx|Xxxxxxxx]]</font></b> 16:09, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Sicilianmandolin|Sicilianmandolin]] 03:33, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Tkevin1|K-UNIT]] 03:37, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Nach0king|Nach0king]] 21:14, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Knuckles sonic8|Knuckles sonic8]] 22:21, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Feezo|Feezo]] <FONT SIZE="-2">[[User_talk:Feezo|(Talk)]]</FONT> 09:01, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
# --[[User:HolyRomanEmperor|HolyRomanEmperor]] 21:06, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Archola|Grigory Deepdelver of Brockenboring]]<sup><small><font color="green">[[User_talk:Archola|Talk]]</font></small></sup><font color="#404040">[[User:Archola/The_Centrist_Fellowship|TCF]]</font> 14:09, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Mhernandez|Mhernandez]] 16:20, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Salix alba|Salix alba]] ([[User talk:Salix alba|talk]]) 12:07, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Jahiegel|Joe]] 05:55, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Estavisti|estavisti]] 14:37, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Getcrunk|<FONT COLOR="#FF0000">getcrunk</FONT>]][[User_talk:Getcrunk|<span style="cursor: help"><FONT COLOR="#0066FF">juice</FONT></span>]][[Special:Contributions/Getcrunk|<sup><font face="Tahoma" color="#000033"><span style="background-color: #FFFF00"><span style="cursor: ne-resize">contribs</span></span></font></sup>]] 20:50, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Percy Snoodle|Percy Snoodle]] 14:52, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Sharpdust|<span style="color:orange">sharpdust</span>]] 15:13, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:JosephRJustice|JosephRJustice]] 21:44, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Nicki Mennekens|Nick Mks]] 20:09, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Amalas|Amalas]] 20:10, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Badpazzword|badpazzword]] 12:13, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Ante Perkovic|Ante Perkovic]] 07:25, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Osbus|Osbus]] 20:55, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Mostssa|Mostssa]] 02:25, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Jakiša Tomić|Jakiša Tomić]] 23:35, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Titoxd|Tito]][[Wikipedia:Esperanza|<span style="color:#008000;">xd</span>]]<sup>([[User_talk:Titoxd|?!?]] - [[Wikipedia:WikiProject edit counters/Flcelloguy's Tool|help us]])</sup> 18:30, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:M Heli|<b><font color="orange">heli</font></b>]][[User talk:M Heli|<b><font color="red"><sup>x</sup></font></b>]] 16:15, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Foxjwill|Foxjwill]] 02:26, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User: Snailwalker|<font color="green">'''Snailwalker |''' </font>]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Snailwalker '''talk'''] 19:23, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Jersey Devil|Jersey Devil]] 18:55, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

; Removed votes:
# Removed anon vote by 24.20.158.96 - [[User:Jazriel|Jazriel]] 08:37, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:150.250.84.214|150.250.84.214]] 18:43, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:150.250.43.239|150.250.43.239]] 22:09, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:General Eisenhower|General Eisenhower]] 00:40, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Bormalagurski|<font color="#003399">'''serbiana'''</font>]] [[Yugoslavia|'''-''']] [[User_talk:Bormalagurski|<font color="#A61022">'''talk'''</font>]] 03:36, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Okinawadude|Okinawadude]] 16:13, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
; Comments:
* According to [[Wikipedia:Most visited articles]] this is #5 among Wikipedia's most visited pages, yet it isn't a [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured article]], nor is it an FA in any of the other 81 language versions of Wikipedia where it appears. As of this writing the talk page has been quiet for a month. It's already at [[Wikipedia:Good articles|good article]] status. Good organization, great image use. Needs a better introduction and citations. Suffers from single sentence paragraphs. This is really a cornerstone of any encyclopedia. Let's prioritize it. [[User:Durova|Durova]] 15:24, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

* Agreed, very close to being a featured article - and is one of the most important pages of any encyclopedia [[User:CloudNine|CloudNine]] 14:53, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

*This must be an FA. [[User:Agentsoo|Soo]] 11:29, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

*Strongly suggest any intended improvements to [[Mathematics]] are first proposed on its talk page or at [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Mathematics]]. There is a historical controversy behind just about every sentence of this article, and large parts of the article are fragile compromise statements which have emerged out of long discussion. [[User:Gandalf61|Gandalf61]] 10:58, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
**I second this comment. --[[User:Salix alba|Salix alba]] ([[User talk:Salix alba|talk]]) 12:07, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
**I second it also. Further, the reasons for nominating this article for AID no longer apply: it no longer suffers has many single sentence paragraphs, the introduction has been improved, and there are more citations. In fact, I think it shoudl be nominated for a featured article. [[User:Tompw|Tompw]] 20:24, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
***Actually, most of the later sections consist completely of a single sentence and a picture. Additionally, it is more aestetically pleasing to include pictures scattered throughout the article. [[User:Foxjwill|Foxjwill]] 02:26, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

* So nominate it. However, the biggest thing keeping this from FA status is that there is only one reference and no inline citations. [[User:67.171.247.182|67.171.247.182]] 05:03, 22 April 2006 (UTC)



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===[[Italy]] (35 votes, stays until [[May 17]])===
:''Nominated [[March 15]], [[2006]]; needs at least 36 votes by [[May 17]], [[2006]]''

; Support:
# [[User:Sicilianmandolin|Sicilianmandolin]] 11:36, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:PDXblazers|PDXblazers]] 03:29, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Caponer|Caponer]] 23:47, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Un sogno modesto|Un sogno modesto]] 01:18, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Salvo46|Salvo]] [[User_talk:Salvo46|(talk)]] 20:26, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
# [[Image:Flag of Montenegro.svg|25px]] [[User:CrnaGora|CrnaGora]] ([[User talk:CrnaGora|Talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/CrnaGora|Contribs]] | [[Special:Emailuser/CrnaGora|E-mail]]) 20:34, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Scottwiki|Scottwiki]] 02:03, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
# --<font color="orange"><strike>''[[User:Rory096|Rory]]''<font color="green">[[WP:EA|0]]</font>'''[[User talk:Rory096|96]]'''</strike></font> 02:52, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Gennaro Prota|Gennaro Prota]] 00:01, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Rikimaru|Rikimaru]] 12:17, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:physicistjedi|þħɥʂıɕıʄʈ<sup>ʝɘɖı</sup>]] 03:34, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:CloudNine|CloudNine]] 13:57, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Ghepeu|GhePeU]] 11:56, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Maurreen|Maurreen]] 08:16, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Wikiragazzo|Wikiragazzo]] 02:16, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Cvene64|Cvene64]] 08:06, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:tatonzolo|tatonzolo]] 10:41, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Frozen solid|iceman]] 13:34, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Toomontrangle|Chol X]] 03:22, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:JR98664|JR98664]] 03:44, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Neoneo13|Neoneo13]] 21:12, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:JosephRJustice|JosephRJustice]] 21:53, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:JustUser|JustUser]] 22:36, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Badpazzword|badpazzword]] 20:07, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
# --[[User:Urby2004|SγωΩηΣ]] <sup>[[Discussioni utente:Urby2004|<font color="blue">t&alpha;lk</font>]]</sup> 18:29, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:General Eisenhower|General Eisenhower]] 00:26, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Pippotro|Pippotro]] 15:21, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Ham|H<small>AM</small>]] [[Image:Icons-flag-wales.png]] 22:41, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
# --[[User:Manwe|Manwe]] 12:25, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Matterbug|Matterbug]] 03:02, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Casey14|Casey14]] 01:03, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Mimmo46|mimmo46]] 20:57, 11 may 2006 (UYC)
# [[User:Ledzeppelin321295|Ledzeppelin321295]] 18:41, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Teodorico|Teodorico]] 23:49, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Bormalagurski|<font color="#003399">'''serbiana'''</font>]] [[Yugoslavia|'''-''']] [[User_talk:Bormalagurski|<font color="#A61022">'''talk'''</font>]] 01:31, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
; Removed votes:
# [[User:84.68.86.23|84.68.86.23]] 15:55, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:58.170.77.140|58.170.77.140]] 04:42, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

; Comments:
* This article is in desperate need of AID. Italy has been one of the most important and influential countries in the world and there's so much more that can be written about her than this, and as one of the most referenced country articles in Wikipedia, I don't see why there shouldn't be. [[User:Sicilianmandolin|Sicilianmandolin]] 11:36, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
* Agree. Country articles hold some of Wikipedia's greatest potential as a legitimate research tool. Important country articles should be among Wikipedia's best. [[User:PDXblazers|PDXblazers]] 03:29, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
* I absolutely support this. [[User:Un sogno modesto|Un sogno modesto]] 01:18, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
* If / when work starts on this article, please leave me a message! I can help with translations between Italian and English for any sources and interwiki references. <sub>└</sub><sup>'''[[User:VodkaJazz| VodkaJazz]]'''</sup>/<sub>''[[User Talk:VodkaJazz|talk]]''</sub><sup>┐</sup> 23:11, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
* Surely a vivid country as Italy deserves a better article than it currently has now. Italy has a distinct culture with beautiful cities and landscapes, and with a bella language to boot:D [[User:Wikiragazzo| Wikiragazzo]]
*Just thought I should mention, if this does suceed it may also be worth spending a little time on [[Military of Italy]], which considering the size and influence of their army, its really in rather sad condition. Some of the sub-articles are too bad but it needs improvement. [[User:Falphin|Falphin]] 22:01, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
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===[[Epic of Gilgamesh]] (31 votes, stays until [[May 22]])===
:''Nominated [[March 27]], [[2006]]; needs at least 32 votes by [[May 22]], [[2006]]''

; Support:
# [[User:Silence|Silence]] 21:07, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Un sogno modesto|Un sogno modesto]] 22:33, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:BorgQueen|BorgQueen]] 23:19, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Pjamescowie|Paul James Cowie]] 13:32, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Sicilianmandolin|Sicilianmandolin]] 18:04, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Playstationman|Playstationman]] 22:22, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Jazriel|Jazriel]] 10:06, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Ugur Basak|Ugur Basak]] 02:03, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:QuixoticKate|QuixoticKate]] 19:09, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:CloudNine|CloudNine]] 17:28, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Cedar-Guardian|CG]] 05:02, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Biccamera|Biccamera]] 14:35, 4 April 2006
# [[User:J. Finkelstein|J. Finkelstein]] 00:22, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Mhernandez|Mhernandez]] 18:07, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Keenan Pepper|Keenan Pepper]] 04:52, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
# '''''×'''''[[User:Meegs|Meegs]] 05:37, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:SpeedyGonsales|SpeedyGonsales]] 17:44, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Argon233|Argon233]]&ensp;<font face="Arial"><font size="2pt"><sup style="margin-right:-27pt"><b><font color="darkred">[[User_talk:Argon233|T]]</font>&ensp;<font color="darkblue">[[Special:Contributions/Argon233|C]]</font>&ensp;<font color="darkgreen">[[User:Argon233#User_boxes|U]]</font></b></sup>&nbsp;<sub><sub><b><font color="red">[[Special:Emailuser/Argon233|@]]</font>&ensp;<font color="teal">[[User:Argon233/sandbox|&para;]]</font>&ensp;<font color="#00Ff00">[[Special:Randompage|&ang;]]</font></b></sub></sub></font></font>&ensp; 22:53, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Archola|Grigory Deepdelver of Brockenboring]]<sup><small><font color="green">[[User_talk:Archola|Talk]]</font></small></sup><font color="#404040">[[User:Archola/The_Centrist_Fellowship|TCF]]</font> 10:37, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Yadin twelve|Yadin twelve]] 21:30, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Clinkophonist|Clinkophonist]] 17:31, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
#--[[User:Mir Harven|Mir Harven]] 12:15, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:JosephRJustice|JosephRJustice]] 22:16, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Fireswordfight|Steven]] 22:31, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Sannya|Sannya]] 15:49, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
# --[[User:Millosh|millosh]] ([[:sr:Разговор са корисником:Милош|talk (sr:)]]) 04:13, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:DavidMcCabe|David McCabe]] 06:41, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:General Eisenhower|General Eisenhower]] 00:40, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
# --[[User:Asterion|Asterion]] <sup>[[User talk:Asterion|<font color="Green">talk to me</font>]]</sup> 07:07, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Dijan|Dijan]] 12:31, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
#--[[User:Bhadani|Bhadani]] 14:37, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
; Removed Votes:
#[[User:Lstep|Lstep]] 14:45, 5 April 2006 (UTC) by [[User:Fireswordfight|Steven]] on 22:31, 18 April 2006 (UTC)(only 1 contribution)

; Comments:
* The oldest surviving story in existence, a work of epic poetry nearly unparalleled in importance and influence in human history, and its article is barely more than a ''stub''?! (And the article on its central character, [[Gilgamesh]], is in even worse shape.) Compare this to the much, much more expansive articles on similarly important works like [[Iliad]], [[The Book of One Thousand and One Nights]], and [[Bible]]; it's embarrassing and a disservice to Wikipedia readers. ''So'' much work can, and needs, be done. -[[User:Silence|Silence]] 21:07, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
*I'd like to echo these sentiments and observations.... Andrew George's latest, definitive edition of Gilgamesh did not even appear in the Further Reading! (I plan to rectify this!) [[User:Pjamescowie|Paul James Cowie]] 13:32, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
*Although not bad, the article should be better: immmortality is not so easily written off. [[User:Mir Harven|Mir Harven]] 12:15, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
*It is official. It is one. It has 28 votes. [[User:General Eisenhower|General Eisenhower]] 00:40, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
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===[[Dungeons & Dragons]] (25 votes, stays until [[May 22]])===
:''Nominated [[April 3]], [[2006]]; needs at least 28 votes by [[May 22]], [[2006]]''

; Support:
# [[User:Covington|Covington]] 08:12, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[user:Lewiscrouch|<font color="#339900">Lewis</font>]] 08:50, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Cazcaz|Cazcaz]] 14:32, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Sherool|Sherool]] <span style="font-size:75%">[[User talk:Sherool|(talk)]]</span> 07:27, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:InShaneee|InShaneee]] 22:58, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Spenser|Spenser]] 23:10, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:SorryGuy|SorryGuy]] 04:27, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Col tom|Colonel Tom]] 13:35, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:SWTrilman|SWTrilman]] 20:11, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Fairsing|Fairsing]] 05:36, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:George Le Chat|George Le Chat]] 10:57, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Wackymacs|Wackymacs]] 11:34, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Genesis|Genesis]] 08:10, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Percy Snoodle|Percy Snoodle]] 14:51, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:JosephRJustice|JosephRJustice]] 23:50, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Mad cat 42|mad_cat_42]] 23:34, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
# --[[User:Lord_Eru|<font color= "red">Хајдук Еру</font>]] ( [[User_talk:Lord Eru|<font color="blue">Talk</font>]] || [[Special:Contributions/Lord_Eru|<font color="gray">Contributions</font>]]) 06:32, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Seahen|Seahen]] 21:58, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Jonas Karlsson|Jonas Karlsson]] 22:46, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
#02:59, 27 April 2006 (UTC) -- {{unsigned|CrnaGora}} . --<small>[[User:Sasa Stefanovic|<font color="red">Sasa</font>]][[User_talk:Sasa Stefanovic|<font color="blue">Stefa</font><font color="lightgray">novic</font>]] &bull; </small> 16:29, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Captainktainer|Captainktainer]] * [[User talk:Captainktainer|Talk]] 11:59, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Caf3623|Caf3623]] 02:11, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Foxjwill|Foxjwill]] 02:19, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Robbstrd|Robbstrd]] 18:04, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:BOZ|BOZ]]

; Removed Invalid Votes:
# [[User:129.21.113.162|129.21.113.162]] 23:47, 12 April 2006 (UTC) <-- <i>Thank you for your interest. Unfortunately, the rules state that one must be a registered user to vote. If you could register and re-vote, that would be great. [[WP:EA|'''''(^'-')^''''']] [[User:Covington|Covington]]</i>

; Comments:
* Great start for a game that was the precursor to many video- and role-playing games in use today. A very popular game in its own right. Needs 1) general cleanup, 2) fix criticism - organize, reference, and add a section about criticism within the DnD community i.e. "powergaming", and 3) breaking down (or not, please discuss). With a more work, we can make this a featured article. [[User:Covington|Covington]] 08:12, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
* <sings> "Gary Gygax was my mentor, now I could teach him tricks; I've an armour class of over +10 and a mental age of 6" - kidding, of course. The article's not bad, but it would be nice to see it as a featured article. [[User:Col tom|Colonel Tom]] 13:37, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

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===[[Gagauzia]] (55 votes, stays until [[July 13]])===
:''Nominated [[April 6]], [[2006]]; needs at least 56 votes by [[July 13]], [[2006]]''

; Support:
# [[User:Luka Jačov|Luka Jačov]] 17:11, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
# --[[User:Estavisti|estavisti]] 23:31, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Caponer|Caponer]] 01:32, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Clayrocks369|Clay]] 04:02, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Bormalagurski|<font color="#003399">'''ςerbiana'''</font>]] [[User_talk:Bormalagurski|<font color="#A61022">'''♫'''</font>]] 19:17, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
# --[[User:GTubio|GTubio]] 09:48, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
# --[[User:Millosh|millosh]] ([[:sr:Разговор са корисником:Милош|talk (sr:)]]) 10:04, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:MatriX|MatriX]] 17:38, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:SpeedyGonsales|SpeedyGonsales]] 16:52, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
# --<font color="blue">'''[[User:Dungodung|Filip]]'''</font> (<font color="blue">'''''[[User_talk:Dungodung|§]]'''''</font>) 17:36, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Milena Popovic|Milena]] 00:48, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:PANONIAN|<font color="purple">'''PANONIAN'''</font>]] [[User talk:PANONIAN|<font color="red">'''(talk)'''</font>]] 15:08, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
#--[[User:Emijrp|Emijrp]] 16:57, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
#--[[User:Djordjes|Djordjes]] [[User_talk:Djordjes|(talk)]] 20:41, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
#--[[User:VKokielov|VKokielov]] 20:55, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
#&mdash; <small>[[User:Sasa Stefanovic|<b><font color=red>Sasa</font></b>]][[User_talk:Sasa Stefanovic|<font color=blue>Stefa<font color=lightgray>novic</font>]] &bull; 22:47 13-04-2006</small>
#--[[User:Sufitul|Sufitul]] 23:58 13 April 2006 (UTC)
#--[[User:Hurricane Angel|Hurricane Angel]] 18:39, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
#--[[User:Elephantus|Elephantus]] 22:26, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
# --[[User:Jovanvb|Jovanvb]] 22:28, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
#-- [[User:Obradovic Goran|Obradovi&#263; Goran ]] [[User talk:Obradovic Goran|(<font color="red">t</font><font color="blue">a<sup>l</sup></font><font color="gray">k</font>]] 13:52, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
#--[[User:Gangleri|Gangleri]] · [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Gangleri&action=history Th] · [[User_talk:Gangleri|T]] 21:31, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
#-- [[User:FrancisTyers|FrancisTyers]] 00:04, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
#--[[User:BraneJ|Branislav Jovanovic]] 14:11, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Avala|Avala]] 18:37, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Fred chessplayer|Fred]]-[[User_talk:Fred chessplayer|Chess]] 19:33, 17 April 2006 (UTC) yea sure.
# [[Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg|20px]] [[User:TodorBozhinov|→ Тодор Божинов / Todor Bozhinov]] [[User_talk:TodorBozhinov|→]] 19:39, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
#--[[User:Injinera|Injinera]] 19:54, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Pokrajac|Pockey]] 21:35, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
# --[[User:XJamRastafire|xJaM]] 13:42, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
# --[[User:Misos|Misos]] 22:22, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
# --[[User:DCLXVI|DCLXVI]] 18:38, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Zfr|Zfr]] 21:17, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
# - [[User:Tembelejderha|tembelejderha]] 21:17, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
#--[[User:Ugur Basak|Ugur Basak]] 13:38, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Fcn|Fcn]] 18:55, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
#--[[User:Valodzka|Valodzka]] 18:38, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
# --[[User:Alhen|Alhen]] [[User Talk:Alhen|&#x2650;...]] 14:10, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
#--[[User:RocketMaster|RocketMaster]] 13:38, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Oscar|Oscar]]
#--[[User:Nihan|Nihan]] 22:47, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
#--[[User:Asterion|Asterion]] <sup>[[User talk:Asterion|<font color="Green">talk to me</font>]]</sup> 07:08, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
# -[[User:William Mauco|Mauco]] 12:11, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
# --[[User:BloodIce|BloodIce]] 14:01, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:FAR|FAR]] 14:20, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
# &mdash;[[User:Khoikhoi|Khoikhoi]] 01:45, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Dzoni|Dzoni]] 12:46, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[:wikt:pl:User:Pietras1988|Pietras1988]] [[User:Pietras1988|Pietras1988]] 16:41, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
# Geographical articles are always good to be expanded. --'''[[User:tone|Ton]][[User:Tone/Esperanza|<font color="green">e</font>]]''' 23:40, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
# --[[User:Drivera90|Drivera90]] 20:34, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User talk:Zocky|Zocky]] | [[User:Zocky/Picture Popups|picture popups]] 23:16, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Realek|Realek]] 23:23, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:CrnaGora|CrnaGora]] 21:45, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Okinawadude|Okinawadude]] 16:15, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
# --[[User:Bora Nesic|Bora Nesic]] 15:09, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

; Removed votes:
#--[[User:toratoraman|Toraman]] 22:50, 1 May 2006 (UTC) by [[User:Fireswordfight|Steven]] on 20:49, 11 May 2006 (UTC) (no other contributions)

; Comments:

* Needs expansion
::Indeed [[User:General Eisenhower|General Eisenhower]] 00:40, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

; Removed vote:
#<font color="red">o</font><font color="orange">s</font><font color="yellow">c</font><font color="green">a</font><font color="blue">r</font> 22:23, 1 May 2006 (UTC) (no link to User page -[[User:Scottwiki|Scottwiki]] 08:52, 2 May 2006 (UTC))</strike>
But he voted, look: (cur) (last) 23:23, 1 May 2006 Oscar (→Gagauzia (39 votes, stays until June 15) - 40)
:We should not have to search through the AID history in order to determine whether someone is a qualified voter. But since you have done so, and since [[User:Oscar|Oscar]] is a qualified voter, I'm content with the restoration of his vote. -[[User:Scottwiki|Scottwiki]] 19:24, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
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===[[New York City]] (25 votes, stays until [[May 27]])===
:''Nominated [[April 8]], [[2006]]; needs at least 28 votes by [[May 27]], [[2006]]''

; Support:
# --[[User:Whoshiwoo|Whoshiwoo]] 14:10, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Estavisti|estavisti]] 17:50, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Fireswordfight|Steven]] 17:55, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Un sogno modesto|Un sogno modesto]] 21:54, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Howrealisreal|Howrealisreal]] 17:13, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:PDXblazers|PDXblazers]] 05:11, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
#--[[User:Manwe|Manwe]] 08:44, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:CloudNine|CloudNine]] 12:34, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Jdcooper|Jdcooper]] 01:39, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
#<span style="font-size:95%;">—'''<font color="olivedrab">[[User:Cuivienen|Cuivi]]</font><font color="darkolivegreen">[[Wikipedia:Esperanza|é]]</font><font color="steelblue">[[User talk:Cuivienen|nen]]</font></span><span style="font-size:85%;">, [[Wednesday]], [[19 April]] [[2006]] @ 01:45 [[UTC]]</span>'''
#[[User:Descent|Descent]] 17:45, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Fantom|Fantom]] 14:08, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Mkaycomputer|Mkaycomputer]] 19:29, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Alexandrewb|Alexandrewb]] 15:33, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:1652186|1652186]] 19:31, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Duran|Duran]] 01:08, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:CrnaGora|CrnaGora]] 03:04, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
# <sub>└</sub>&nbsp;<sup>'''[[User:VodkaJazz|VodkaJazz]]'''</sup>&nbsp;/&nbsp;<sub> 02:28, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Captainktainer|Captainktainer]] * [[User talk:Captainktainer|Talk]] 12:02, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Flymeoutofhere|Flymeoutofhere]] 13:07, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:John R Murray|John R Murray]] 22:45, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Yauhin|Yauhin]] 21:28, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Vanguard|Vanguard]] 17:26, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Osbus|Osbus]] 16:48, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Caponer|Caponer]] 01:04, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

;Removed votes:
#[[User:Richard the Lion-Hearted|Richard the Lion-Hearted]] 4:08, 3 May 2006 (UTC) by [[User:Fireswordfight|Steven]] on 20:50, 11 May 2006 (UTC) (no such user)

; Comments:
* The largest city in the English-speaking world.But in French Wikipedia and German Wikipedia it's more particular than in English Wikipedia.In French and German Wikipedia [[New York City]] is featured article, but in English Wikipedia it's not.Is it possble?We MUST improve it!
** Agreed --[[User:Manwe|Manwe]] 08:44, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
*Greatest city ever - needs to be the Greatest article ever! --[[User:Descent|Descent]]
**I concur with this. [[User:Alexandrewb|Alexandrewb]] 15:33, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
*I think NYC could easily be judged as a good article already, in which case it would go to the other listing. <sub>└</sub>&nbsp;<sup>'''[[User:VodkaJazz|VodkaJazz]]'''</sup>&nbsp;/&nbsp;<sub>''[[User Talk:VodkaJazz|talk]]''</sub>&nbsp;<sup>┐</sup> 02:28, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
* I may be biased, but New York City is one of the most important topics, and one of the easiest to draw a lot of loving attention to.
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===[[William Shakespeare]] (43 votes, stays until [[June 24]])===
:''Nominated [[April 8]], [[2006]]; needs at least 44 votes by [[June 24]], [[2006]]''

; Support:
# ([[User:PDXblazers|PDXblazers]] 18:59, 8 April 2006 (UTC))
# [[User:Estavisti|estavisti]] 20:23, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Sicilianmandolin|Sicilianmandolin]] 00:32, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Daniel Collins|Daniel Collins]] 01:47, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Dr.alf|dr.alf]] 02:19, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:CloudNine|CloudNine]] 09:23, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:MyNameIsNotBob|MyNameIsNotBob]] 10:59, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Ham|H<small>AM</small>]] [[Image:Icons-flag-wales.png]] 21:34, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Feezo|Feezo]] <FONT SIZE="-2">[[User_talk:Feezo|(Talk)]]</FONT> 09:05, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Alabamaboy|Alabamaboy]] 17:00, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:The Singing Badger|The Singing Badger]] 20:07, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Sxeraverx|Sxeraverx]] 02:03, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Mzk|M.Z.]] 11:51, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Argon233|Argon233]]&ensp;<font face="Arial"><font size="2pt"><sup style="margin-right:-27pt"><b><font color="darkred">[[User_talk:Argon233|T]]</font>&ensp;<font color="darkblue">[[Special:Contributions/Argon233|C]]</font>&ensp;<font color="darkgreen">[[User:Argon233#User_boxes|U]]</font></b></sup>&nbsp;<sub><sub><b><font color="red">[[Special:Emailuser/Argon233|@]]</font>&ensp;<font color="teal">[[User:Argon233/sandbox|&para;]]</font>&ensp;<font color="#00Ff00">[[Special:Randompage|&ang;]]</font></b></sub></sub></font></font>&ensp; 22:49, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Caponer|Caponer]] 01:56, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
# <span style="font-variant: small-caps">[[User:Fotinakis|Fotinakis]]</span>[[User talk:Fotinakis|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 19:33, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
# --[[User:HolyRomanEmperor|HolyRomanEmperor]] 15:02, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:The Man13|Vint]] 16:33, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
#--[[User:G Clark|G Clark]] | [[User talk:G Clark|Talk]] 01:15, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Estavisti|estavisti]] 21:43, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Thefourdotelipsis|Thefourdotelipsis]] 09:47, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
# --[[User:Darkliight|<font color="#000">darkliight</font>]]<sup>[[User_talk:Darkliight|[&pi;alk]]]</sup> 10:44, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
# --[[User:Mir Harven|Mir Harven]] 12:08, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:SpeedyGonsales|SpeedyGonsales]] 12:13, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Ildkugle|Ildkugle]] 20:43, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Archola|Grigory Deepdelver of Brockenboring]]<sup><small><font color="green">[[User_talk:Archola|Talk]]</font></small></sup><font color="#404040">[[User:Archola/The_Centrist_Fellowship|TCF]]</font> 19:57, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Amalas|Amalas]] 20:12, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Chemica|chemica]] 03:23, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Snillet|Snillet]] 06:33, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Ksong12|Ksong12]] 01:41, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Genesis|Genesis]] 15:20, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
# --[[User:Manwe|Manwe]] 09:27, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:CrnaGora|CrnaGora]] 03:12, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:DavidMcCabe|David McCabe]] 06:40, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:VegaDark|VegaDark]] 00:40, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
# --[[User:RockyMM|RockyMM]] 15:44, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
#-[[User:Reuvenk|Reuvenk]]<sub>[[User_talk:Reuvenk|[T]]][[Special:Contributions/Reuvenk|[C]]]</sub> 20:29, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Bigbluefish|BigBlueFish]] 10:46, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:JONJONAUG|JONJONAUG]] 20:54, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Maartenvdbent|Maartenvdbent]] 17:26, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Jazriel|Jazriel]] 11:10, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:M A Mason|M A Mason]] 13:48, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:FrancisTyers|FrancisTyers]] 01:37, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

; Removed Votes:
# [[User:EdmondDantes|EdmondDantes]] 16:26, 13 April 2006 (UTC) by [[User:Fireswordfight|Steven]] on 23:44, 18 April 2006 (UTC) (No such users)
# [[User:RainyDay17|RainyDay17]] 13:24, 21 April 2006 (PST) by [[User:Fireswordfight|Steven]] on 21:09, 21 April 2006 (UTC) (no other contribution)
# [[User:Iivmcmxci|Iivmcmxci]] 23:50, 30 April 2006 (UTC) by [[User:Fireswordfight|Steven]] on 20:42, 11 May 2006 (UTC) (no other contributions)

; Comments:
* Arguably the most important author in the history of the English-speaking world. This '''must''' be FA, and with a little work and reorganization, I think we can get it there. [[User:PDXblazers|PDXblazers]] 18:59, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
*Agreed. This article is close and with a little work would be there.--[[User:Alabamaboy|Alabamaboy]] 17:18, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
*This page is ''so'' close... please help! [[User:The Singing Badger|The Singing Badger]] 20:07, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
*So near and yet so far... the ''Style'' section is what's letting this article down. It fails to give a sense of what makes Shakespeare Shakespeare, instead giving us some rather irrelevant info about the medieval morality plays. I just hope that putting this article on the AID encourages some perceptive user to include something about the hallmarks of Shakespearean style – we really don't need anything more on the subject of his homosexuality/Catholicism/being Francis Bacon. [[User:Ham|H<small>AM</small>]] [[Image:Icons-flag-wales.png]] 10:03, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
*You know what, I think I can help with the style section, but it may take some time. I can bring in a more technical analysis of Shakespeare's style including things like meter, syllabic count, and various other things which have to do with "quantification". I just finished a third year course in university which centers on examining Shakespeare's works from a variety of ways (historical, thematic, psychological with an emphasis on critical reading. If any of you think I should go forward with this, I'd really like to hear it. Or perhaps anything else me or anyone else can help to make the Shakespeare section even better. [[User:EdmondDantes|EdmonDantes]] 01:24, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
:Go for it! If you feel that your knowledge can contribute positively to the article, definitely do it. Just don't surprised when your writing gets "edited mercilessly" by others. ;) — <span style="font-variant: small-caps">[[User:Fotinakis|Fotinakis]]</span>[[User talk:Fotinakis|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 19:33, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
:::Yes, please go for it. The info about morality plays and all was merely intended to be a starting point providing initial context for a large section on his style but nothing has happened to the section in months. The irritating thing about the article is that the "trendy" sections on religion and sexuality get the most edits (and have to be kept from growing too large) while the more substantive sections wither away from lack of editorial imput. So pleas, edit away! --[[User:Alabamaboy|Alabamaboy]] 11:59, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

The article is of a limited scope: not bad in gossip and trivia, but sadly lacking in what is most important in Shakespeare: the creation of dynamic & "larger than life" personalities, essentially modern treatment of all the life's central themes: jealousy, sex, ambition, will-to-power, parental love, ....[[User:Mir Harven|Mir Harven]] 12:08, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
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===[[Jesus]] (23 votes, stays until [[May 25]])===
:''Nominated [[April 13]], [[2006]]; needs at least 24 votes by [[May 25]], [[2006]]''

; Support:
# [[User:Archola|Grigory Deepdelver of Brockenboring]]<sup><small><font color="green">[[User_talk:Archola|Talk]]</font></small></sup><font color="#404040">[[User:Archola/The_Centrist_Fellowship|TCF]]</font> 09:02, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:rossnixon|<sup><font color="green">''ross''</font></sup>]][[User talk:rossnixon|<sup><font color="blue">''nixon''</font></sup>]] 11:41, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
#Gilraen of Dorthonion AKA [[User:SOPHIA|Sophia]]<sup><small><font color="purple">[[User_talk:SOPHIA|Talk]]</font></small></sup><font color="#404040">[[User:Archola/The_Centrist_Fellowship|TCF]]</font> 17:06, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
# --[[User:CTSWyneken|CTSWyneken]] 17:37, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
#--[[User:Jaranda|Jaranda]] [[User_talk:Jaranda|<sup>wat's sup</sup>]] 21:44, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
# --[[User:HolyRomanEmperor|HolyRomanEmperor]] 15:02, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
# —[[User:Brandmeister|Brand]] 15:57, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Evman2010|Evman2010]] 22:13, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Avala|Avala]] 22:24, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Homestarmy|Homestarmy]] 03:36, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
# --[[User:MonkeeSage|MonkeeSage]] 16:08, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Un sogno modesto|Un sogno modesto]] 22:25, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Caponer|Caponer]] 00:42, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Caf3623|Caf3623]] 02:05, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Eshcorp|Eshcorp]] 11:14, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:CrnaGora|CrnaGora]] 03:03, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:General Eisenhower|General Eisenhower]] 00:40, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:American Patriot 1776|American Patriot 1776]] 01:50, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Lord_Eru|<font color= "red">Хајдук Еру</font>]] ([[User_talk:Lord Eru|<font color="blue">Talk</font>]] || [[Special:Contributions/Lord_Eru|<font color="gray">Contributions</font>]]) 20:52, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Petrichor|Petrichor]] 17:43, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:John R Murray|John R Murray]] 22:46, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:1652186|1652186]] 19:41, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
#--[[User:Asterion|Asterion]] <sup>[[User talk:Asterion|<font color="Green">talk to me</font>]]</sup> 22:40, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

; Removed:
# [[User:24.218.72.42|24.218.72.42]] 02:04, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

:; Oppose:
:# [[User:Rick Norwood|Rick Norwood]] 21:37, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
:# '''<font color="green">[[User:TestPilot|TestPilot]]</font>''' 21:41, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
:::There is no such thing as an "Oppose" in approval voting, as used at AID. <span style="font-size:90%;">—'''<font color="sandybrown">[[User:Cuivienen|Cuivi]]</font><font color="green">[[User:Cuivienen/Esperanza|é]]</font><font color="cornflowerblue">[[User:Cuivienen|nen]]</font>'''</span><sup><font color="olivedrab">[[User talk:Cuivienen|T]]</font>|<font color="steelblue">[[Special:Contributions/Cuivienen|C]]</font></sup><span style="font-size:85%;">, [[Sunday]], [[14 May]] [[2006]] @ 16:40 [[UTC]]</span>'''

; Comments:
* We're currently working on improving the historicity section, including the second paragraph of the introduction, which is related. We may need more about the viewpoints of the Apocalyptic Prophet Model a la Albert Schweitzer, the Jesus Seminar, and the cultural and historical background of Roman-Era Israel.

* The chronology, Life and Teachings, and Pauline Christian views sections could also use some feedback.

* Any other recommendations for improvement would also be useful.

* The article is a good article, but failed to reach featured article status last December. [[User:Archola|Grigory Deepdelver of Brockenboring]]<sup><small><font color="green">[[User_talk:Archola|Talk]]</font></small></sup><font
color="#404040">[[User:Archola/The_Centrist_Fellowship|TCF]]</font> 09:05, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

*Article improvement drive should be for articles that are not getting sufficient attention. The Jesus article is getting more attention than is easily handled already. [[User:Rick Norwood|Rick Norwood]] 21:37, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

:*I agree. This is one of the most heavily-edited articles on Wikipedia; AID should be used efficiently to help give attention to neglected articles. If you need help from the community at large resolving a certain dispute, then just file an RfC, but [[Jesus]] clearly is already getting plenty of attention relative to its importance. However, keep in mind that this is a support-only vote; an "oppose" section won't be counted. -[[User:Silence|Silence]] 09:11, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

::*There were disputes back in February but now, not so much. If the article were still under dispute, I would not have nominated it for the AID. We are asking for additional attention with the goal of '''driving improvement of the article.''' After all, isn't driving improvement of an article the point of the Article Improvement Drive? [[User:Archola|Grigory Deepdelver of Brockenboring]]<sup><small><font color="green">[[User_talk:Archola|Talk]]</font></small></sup><font color="#404040">[[User:Archola/The_Centrist_Fellowship|TCF]]</font> 10:06, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

:::*Yes, and as I just said, we have to choose articles that receive insufficient attention, not ones that already get plenty of editing and improvement. Our objection has absolutely nothing to do with whether there are content disputes, it has to do with the fact that there are only 52 weeks in a year and there are waaaay too many articles that are even more important than Jesus, in much, much worse shape than Jesus, and receive infinitely less editorial attention than Jesus. So, while I don't object to its being nominated here, and may even contribute to the article a bit if it's AID is successful, I don't feel that it merits or requires AIDing at this point, even though I agree that it, like most articles, has a lot of deficiencies. -[[User:Silence|Silence]] 10:16, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

::::*There are related articles that don't receive as much attention as the main Jesus article and may require more work. I may nominate them in the future, but I thought I'd start at the top. As for the non-related articles that need more attention, well, we can wait for our turn like all the other nominations in the queue. [[User:Archola|Grigory Deepdelver of Brockenboring]]<sup><small><font color="green">[[User_talk:Archola|Talk]]</font></small></sup><font color="#404040">[[User:Archola/The_Centrist_Fellowship|TCF]]</font> 10:21, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

:::::*But you ''didn't'' start at the top. Starting at the top would be starting with '''[[Christianity]]''', the largest religion in the world and one of the most important ones in modern society, yet, unlike [[Bahá'í Faith]] and [[Hinduism]] (and formerly [[Buddhism]]), not a Featured Article (and receiving much less attention than Jesus regularly does). Heck, Christianity isn't even a "Good Article" yet, unlike the [[Judaism]] and [[Islam]]! ''That's'' an article I'd support, even though it too is a very heavily-visited article. -[[User:Silence|Silence]] 03:35, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

::::::If someone were to nominate [[Christianity]], than I would vote for it. You'd have a point about starting at the top if I had nominated [[Christian views of Jesus]]. I didn't, though. I nominated [[Jesus]]. This article isn't just about Christianity. It's also about the historical views, the Muslim Isa, those Hindus who see Jesus as a guru or an incarnation of Vishnu, the new age A Course in Miracles program, &c, &c, &c and a variety of other perspectives. It isn't just about Christianity. [[User:Archola|Grigory Deepdelver of Brockenboring]]<sup><small><font color="green">[[User_talk:Archola|Talk]]</font></small></sup><font color="#404040">[[User:Archola/The_Centrist_Fellowship|TCF]]</font> 12:26, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

:::::::That's true, the article isn't just about the Christian Jesus. But lets not be coy about this: obviously Jesus' main objective claim to fame is as the founder (of sorts) of Christianity. If someone nominated [[Gautama Buddha]] when [[Buddhism]] was in much worse shape and I pointed out that Buddhism might be a better place to start from, would the nominator be justified in pointing out that Siddhartha has had an enormous amount of influence outside of Buddhism, and that he also plays a role in other religions, such as Hinduism? Sort of, but it would be missing the point on a technicality of sorts; obviously you nominated Jesus primarily because of his importance to the largest religion in the world today, Christianity. [[User:Archola|Your own user page]] indicates that you are a devout Christian. So, let's be real here. :) -[[User:Silence|Silence]] 16:20, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

::::::::Fair enough. Yes, I am a Christian (Lutheran, to be precise). However, I have not been involved in the Christianity article, and I wouldn't know where to begin to create a to do list for that article. [[User:Archola|Grigory Deepdelver of Brockenboring]]<sup><small><font color="green">[[User_talk:Archola|Talk]]</font></small></sup><font color="#404040">[[User:Archola/The_Centrist_Fellowship|TCF]]</font> 17:54, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

:::::::::Fair enough. In any case, though I don't think this is the best choice for AID, I'll at least concede that it's better than most nominees. Good luck with the article, whichever way it goes. -[[User:Silence|Silence]] 08:15, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

*This is such a broad subject that a lot of participation from different editors is needed to make sure it is properly NPOV and balanced. Gilraen of Dorthonion AKA [[User:SOPHIA|Sophia]]<sup><small><font color="purple">[[User_talk:SOPHIA|Talk]]</font></small></sup><font color="#404040">[[User:Archola/The_Centrist_Fellowship|TCF]]</font> 22:04, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
:*I agree with SOPHIA. In particular, we've done significant work on the "Life and Teachings" and "Religious views" sections (although we should check these for redundancies), but we haven't done as much for the historicity section. More attention has been paid to the second paragraph of the intro, which is meant to summarize the historicity section, than has been paid to the historicity section itself. Thus I'm '''driving''' to '''improve''' the historicity section of the '''article.''' We should also ask for additional attention to the overall balance of the article (some have said that it leans too far towards religious perspectives). I think that's appropriate for an AID drive. [[User:Archola|Grigory Deepdelver of Brockenboring]]<sup><small><font color="green">[[User_talk:Archola|Talk]]</font></small></sup><font color="#404040">[[User:Archola/The_Centrist_Fellowship|TCF]]</font> 08:52, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

*With the news of the Gospel of Judas coming out earlier this week, some attention should be devoted to alternate views of the life of Jesus. Perhaps some extra time should be spent on alternate gospels. Furthermore, a lot of literature has recently come out on historical interpretations of the life of Jesus. The book "The Dynasty of Jesus" is one such example that discusses possible explanations for why Jesus ate bread on Passover (it was the day beforehand), what the transformation of the early church did to Jesus' ideas, and an alternative view of historical documents on the virgin birth that point to a father named Partena. An interesting addition might also be the recent CNN article about the cold conditions that might have frosted over Galilee for Jesus to walk on ice instead of water, though it is not too convincing. {{unsigned}}

:I think the gospel of Judas would go in a "Gnostic views" section since, you know, im pretty sure they were the ones who wrote it (In addition to several other works, they really were churning out stuff fast to discredit Jesus to my knowladge), don't we already mention the gnostics? :/ [[User:Homestarmy|Homestarmy]] 03:35, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

::Gnostic section, maybe also a mention in the historicity of the texts section. GOJ has been in the news, and people will be looking for it. [[User:Archola|Grigory Deepdelver of Brockenboring]]<sup><small><font color="green">[[User_talk:Archola|Talk]]</font></small></sup><font color="#404040">[[User:Archola/The_Centrist_Fellowship|TCF]]</font> 12:26, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
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===[[Jimi Hendrix]] (16 votes, stays until [[May 20]])===
:''Nominated [[April 15]], [[2006]]; needs at least 20 votes by [[May 20]], [[2006]]''

; Support:
# [[User:RomeoVoid|RomeoVoid]] 18:26, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
#--[[User:Jaranda|Jaranda]] [[User_talk:Jaranda|<sup>wat's sup</sup>]] 19:16, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Thefourdotelipsis|Thefourdotelipsis]] 09:45, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Benbread|-Benbread]] 11:57, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Kingfisherswift|Kingfisherswift]] 15:57, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Rentastrawberry|<font face="stop" color="#C41E3A"><b><i>RENTA</b></i></font>]][[Image:FraiseFruitPhoto.jpg|25px]][[User talk:Rentastrawberry|<small><b><sup><font face="goudy old style" color="#C41E3A"><i>FOR LET?</i></font></sup></b></small>]] 02:26, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
# --[[User:Manwe|Manwe]] 09:30, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:CrnaGora|CrnaGora]] 03:06, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Silence|Silence]] 15:09, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:PDXblazers|PDXblazers]] 18:17, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:The Man13|Vint]] 03:13, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Osbus|Osbus]] 22:52, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:LearningKnight|LearningKnight]] 16:47, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:TheFountainhead|TheFountainhead]] 20:50, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:ASimplePlan|ASimplePlan]] 15:51, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Carolaman|Carolaman]] 23:55, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

; Comments:
* "In his brief four-year reign as a superstar, Jimi Hendrix expanded the vocabulary of the electric rock guitar more than anyone before or since." Hendrix is one of the most important and highly regarded musician of all time, and needs to have a featured article. [[User:RomeoVoid|RomeoVoid]] 07:29, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
* Silence supported this article in a earlier nomination. [[User:RomeoVoid|RomeoVoid]] 16:54, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

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===[[Željko Ražnatović]] (9 votes, stays until [[May 18]])===
:''Nominated [[April 27]], [[2006]]; needs at least 12 votes by [[May 18]], [[2006]]''

; Support:
# [[User:Gail Wynand|Gail Wynand]] 23:46, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Scottwiki|Scottwiki]] 05:14, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:General Eisenhower|General Eisenhower]] 00:40, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Lord_Eru|<font color= "red">Хајдук Еру</font>]] ( [[User_talk:Lord Eru|<font color="blue">Talk</font>]] || [[Special:Contributions/Lord_Eru|<font color="gray">Contributions</font>]]) 00:39, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Estavisti|estavisti]] 11:45, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Caponer|Caponer]] 21:45, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Bormalagurski|<font color="#003399">'''serbiana'''</font>]] [[Yugoslavia|'''-''']] [[User_talk:Bormalagurski|<font color="#A61022">'''talk'''</font>]] 03:36, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:CrnaGora|CrnaGora]] 21:42, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Themightyquill|TheMightyQuill]] 10:17, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
; Comments:
* The subject of this article, better known as Arkan, was a major figure in the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s. Yet the article is in incredibly bad shape. There is plenty of information, but very little is verifiable, and the structure is completely disorganized. Stylistically and grammatically, it's also in need of a great deal of improvement, much of it having likely been written by non-native English speakers. This is a very interesting historical figure who still inspires a lot of interest today and this could easily become a great FA despite the controversial subject.

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===[[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] (12 votes, stays until [[May 28]])===
:''Nominated [[April 30]], [[2006]]; needs at least 16 votes by [[May 28]], [[2006]]''

; Support:
# [[User:Pjamescowie|Paul James Cowie]] 17:09, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Estavisti|estavisti]] 05:25, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:M Heli|<b><font color="orange">heli</font></b>]][[User talk:M Heli|<b><font color="red"><sup>x</sup></font></b>]] 16:21, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Funper|Funper]] 20:55, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Noetica|Noetica]] 07:18, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Nkayesmith|nkayesmith]] 23:24, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:M A Mason|M A Mason]] 14:59, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:SG|♠ SG]] [[User talk:SG|→Talk]] 16:23, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:CrnaGora|CrnaGora]] 21:49, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Shawnc|Shawnc]] 10:01, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Melaen|Melaen]] 16:18, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:King of Hearts|King of]] [[User:King of Hearts|<font color="red">&hearts;</font>]] [[User talk:King of Hearts|<font color="red">&diams;</font>]] [[Special:Contributions/King of Hearts|<font color="black">&clubs;</font>]] [[Special:Emailuser/King of Hearts|<font color="black">&spades;</font>]] 04:47, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

; Removed votes:
# [[User:ColtsMelloBR|ColtsMelloBR]] 04:51, 5 May 2006 (UTC) by [[User:Fireswordfight|Steven]] on 16:45, 7 May 2006 (UTC) (no other contributions)

; Comments:
*Surely, in the 250th anniversary of the great man's birth, the article for Mozart should be elevated to Featured status. [[User:Pjamescowie|Paul James Cowie]] 17:09, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
**Apparently this article was '''once''' a Featured Article, but fell by the wayside..... Let's get it back to where it belongs! [[User:Pjamescowie|Paul James Cowie]] 17:13, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
**250 years, and widely regarded was one of the best composers of all time. It has my vote. [[User:SG|♠ SG]] [[User talk:SG|→Talk]] 16:23, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
*The article is now in pretty good shape, being regularly maintained and polished by several competent editors. It is quite comprehensive, and well furnished with appropriate links and references; its comparative level of accuracy is certainly quite high, now. [[User:Noetica|Noetica]] 07:18, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
**"fell by the wayside....." What do you mean? How can a Featured article degrade? Doesn't Wikipedia ensure that articles don't deteriorate instead of improve? [[User:Mandel|Mandel]] 20:24, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
***No, the article hasn't degraded, but it was promoted to a featured article long ago, under a previous set of less stringent criteria, and it was felt that it no longer quite matched up to the featured article current criteria. --[[User:RobertG|RobertG]] &#9836; [[User talk:RobertG|talk]] 10:50, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

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===[[Computer Hardware]] (10 votes, stays until [[May 21]])===
:''Nominated [[April 30]], [[2006]]; needs at least 12 votes by [[May 21]], [[2006]]''

; Support:
# [[User:Foxjwill|Foxjwill]] 17:58, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Smintsaredelicious|SmintsAreDelicious]] 18:02, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:JONJONAUG|JONJONAUG]] 18:06, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
# [[WP:EA|'''''(^'-')^''''']] [[User:Covington|Covington]] 07:30, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:RJHall|RJH]] 21:37, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:BorgQueen|BorgQueen]] 17:16, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Fireswordfight|Steven]] 22:58, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:CrnaGora|CrnaGora]] 21:48, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Ace of Risk|Ace of Risk]] 16:56, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Lord_Eru|<font color= "red">Хајдук Еру</font>]] ([[User_talk:Lord Eru|<font color="blue">Talk</font>]] || [[Special:Contributions/Lord_Eru|<font color="gray">Contributions</font>]]) 23:49, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

; Comments:
* This article, being the core article for computer hardware, needs to have some bulk and organization which, at the moment, it lacks almost completely. It consists almost entirely of links and has very little text. It ''definitely'' needs work. [[User:Foxjwill|Foxjwill]] 17:58, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

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===[[Black Death]] (8 votes, stays until [[May 22]])===
:''Nominated [[May 1]], [[2006]]; needs at least 12 votes by [[May 22]], [[2006]]''

; Support:
#[[User:Pjamescowie|Paul James Cowie]] 06:35, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
# --[[User:Asterion|Asterion]] <sup>[[User talk:Asterion|<font color="Green">talk to me</font>]]</sup> 01:06, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Jaranda|Jaranda]] [[User_talk:Jaranda|<sup>wat's sup</sup>]] 22:54, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Fireswordfight|Steven]] 22:58, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Stbalbach|Stbalbach]] 14:38, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
#'''<font color="green">[[User:TestPilot|TestPilot]]</font>''' 21:42, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Okinawadude|Okinawadude]] 16:15, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Teodorico|Teodorico]] 08:53, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
; Comments:
*Killed one third of humanity in the [[Old World]] at least... In these days of worry over [[bird flu]] and other potential [[pandemics]], it could be worthwhile upgrading this article to Featured status.... (It's already been judged to be a '''Good''' article, so it shouldn't require too much effort!) [[User:Pjamescowie|Paul James Cowie]] 06:35, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
*Note: the [[Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Black_Death|failed FA review]] has information regarding the improvements needed. &mdash; [[User:RJHall|RJH]] 18:23, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

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===[[Nikola Tesla]] (12 votes, stays until [[May 29]])===
:''Nominated [[May 1]], [[2006]]; needs at least 16 votes by [[May 29]], [[2006]]''

; Support:
# [[WP:EA|'''''(^'-')^''''']] [[User:Covington|Covington]] 07:29, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Estavisti|estavisti]] 11:46, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Lord_Eru|<font color= "red">Хајдук Еру</font>]] ([[User_talk:Lord Eru|<font color="blue">Talk</font>]] || [[Special:Contributions/Lord_Eru|<font color="gray">Contributions</font>]]) 15:34, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Kris12|Kris12]] 21:21, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
# Over-long, full of goo and dribble, probably suffers from a residue of Reddi-isation and Tesla-philia. Badly in need of improvement [[User:William M. Connolley|William M. Connolley]] 19:54, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
# --[[User:Asterion|Asterion]] <sup>[[User talk:Asterion|<font color="Green">talk to me</font>]]</sup> 01:05, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Fireswordfight|Steven]] 22:59, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:BabaRera|BabaRera]] 07:39, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Ante Perkovic|Ante Perkovic]] 13:17, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
# --[[User:Aleksandar Šušnjar|Aleksandar Šušnjar]] 21:43, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
# --[[User:Krytan|Krytan]] 21:38, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:CrnaGora|CrnaGora]] 21:42, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
; Comments:
* This entry on one of the best modern scientists was a [[Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Nikola_Tesla|a former featured article]]. Let's get it back to featured status. [[WP:EA|'''''(^'-')^''''']] [[User:Covington|Covington]] 07:29, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

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===[[Aeronautics]] (5 votes, stays until [[May 16]])===
:''Nominated [[May 2]], [[2006]]; needs at least 8 votes by [[May 16]], [[2006]]''

; Support:
# [[User:RJHall|RJH]] 21:33, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:BorgQueen|BorgQueen]] 17:18, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Fireswordfight|Steven]] 22:54, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:PDXblazers|PDXblazers]] 05:21, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:CrnaGora|CrnaGora]] 21:51, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

; Comments:
* Important and interesting subject that deserves more development. Thanks.

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===[[Stock exchange]] (6 votes, stays until [[May 17]])===
:''Nominated [[May 3]], [[2006]]; needs at least 8 votes by [[May 17]], [[2006]]''

; Support:
# [[User:Felixboy|Felixboy]] 15:26, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:BorgQueen|BorgQueen]] 17:11, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Page Up|Page Up]] 13:39, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Typelighter|Typelighter]] 22:39, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Fireswordfight|Steven]] 22:54, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Okinawadude|Okinawadude]] 16:54, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
; Comments: This article has a good template but needs so much more to be complete and informative. [[User:Felixboy|Felixboy]] 15:26, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
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===[[Nile River]] (6 votes, stays until [[May 18]])===
:''Nominated [[May 4]], [[2006]]; needs at least 8 votes by [[May 18]], [[2006]]''

; Support:
# [[User:Pjamescowie|Paul James Cowie]] 08:50, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:PDXblazers|PDXblazers]] 05:21, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Ezeu|Ezeu]] 00:37, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Vanguard|Vanguard]] 17:27, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:CrnaGora|CrnaGora]] 21:54, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Okinawadude|Okinawadude]] 16:17, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

; Comments:

*Surely deserving of Featured Status on Wikipedia, as both the '''longest''' river and one of the most '''influential''' rivers in human history - to the present day. [[User:Pjamescowie|Paul James Cowie]] 08:50, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
**Suggest that a move to [[Nile River]] as the title of the article should be implemented, in keeping with the vast majority of other major world rivers. What do others think on this score? [[User:Pjamescowie|Paul James Cowie]] 08:50, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

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===[[October Revolution]] (7 votes, stays until [[May 19]])===
:''Nominated [[May 5]], [[2006]]; needs at least 8 votes by [[May 19]], [[2006]]''

; Support:
# [[User:Jersey Devil|Jersey Devil]] 05:06, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Pjamescowie|Paul James Cowie]] 08:59, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Lord_Eru|<font color= "red">Хајдук Еру</font>]] ([[User_talk:Lord Eru|<font color="blue">Talk</font>]] || [[Special:Contributions/Lord_Eru|<font color="gray">Contributions</font>]]) 16:11, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User talk:Zocky|Zocky]] | [[User:Zocky/Picture Popups|picture popups]] 02:41, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:CrnaGora|CrnaGora]] 21:57, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Asterion|Asterion]] <sup>[[User talk:Asterion|<font color="Green">talk to me</font>]]</sup> 12:56, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Casey14|Casey14]] 23:12, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

; Comments:
*I couldn't believe the state this article was in when I saw it. This is definately an article that needs to be featured material but instead is very short and undescriptive.--[[User:Jersey Devil|Jersey Devil]] 05:06, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

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===[[Franz Liszt]] (6 votes, stays until [[May 21]])===
:''Nominated [[May 7]], [[2006]]; needs at least 8 votes by [[May 21]], [[2006]]''

; Support:
# [[User:Funper|Funper]] 18:33, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:M A Mason|M A Mason]] 13:40, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:James Barlow|James Barlow]] 18:45, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Makemi|Mak]] <font color="green">[[User_talk:Makemi|(talk)]]</font> 22:29, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Shawnc|Shawnc]] 10:26, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:RexNL|RexNL]] 09:44, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

; Comments:
* This man is the father of romantic music, such as Liebesträume No 3 and Hungarian Rhapsody No 2. There are houndreds of hundreds biographies of Liszt and over thousand letters written by Liszt, but despite this, his article is only 3 pages long.
* Certainly one of the most underrated composers, about whom many myths and preconceptions dating back even as far as the 1830s still exist. It's only recently that these are being challenged and the importance of Liszt and his place in music history is being fully recognised. The article goes some way to showing just why so many people are so passionate about the man and his music, and why he deserves to be recognised and not just a footnote in other articles; the many contributors have done a great job so far, and yet it needs that extra push to make it the featured article it ought to be. I urge you all to at least glance at the article and come to some kind of decision. Thanks, [[User:M A Mason|M A Mason]] 12:15, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

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===[[Ethanol fuel]] (9 votes, stays until [[May 29]])===
:''Nominated [[May 8]], [[2006]]; needs at least 12 votes by [[May 29]], [[2006]]''

; Support:
# [[User:Scottwiki|Scottwiki]] 03:04, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Un sogno modesto|Un sogno modesto]] 09:41, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Dan1113|Daniel]] 23:16, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:BorgQueen|BorgQueen]] 05:27, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Fireswordfight|Steven]] 21:08, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:CrnaGora|CrnaGora]] 21:43, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Okinawadude|Okinawadude]] 16:16, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Asterion|Asterion]] <sup>[[User talk:Asterion|<font color="Green">talk to me</font>]]</sup> 12:57, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Earth|__earth]] <sup>([[User talk:Earth|Talk]])</sup> 17:26, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

; Comments:
* Ethanol fuel was a subject of 60 Minutes[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/05/04/60minutes/main1588659.shtml] ''and'' Dateline NBC[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12676374/] on May 7 in the US -- rising gasoline prices make this a hot topic. The article needs significant improvement, as suggested by the [[WP:TC|cleanup tags]] currently at the top of it. (I haven't co-nominated [[Ethanol fuel in the US]] only because it is a more limited topic; but it certainly needs work too. [[E85]], while better, is also far from ideal.) -[[User:Scottwiki|Scottwiki]] 03:04, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

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===[[Guy Fawkes Night]] (1 vote, stays until [[May 16]])===
:''Nominated [[May 9]], [[2006]]; needs at least 4 votes by [[May 16]], [[2006]]''

; Support:
#[[User:Pjamescowie|Paul James Cowie]] 14:33, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

; Comments:
*Highly scant treatment for this annual event, redolent with historical and religious associations, and still popular in many parts of the Englsih-speaking world. Needs a careful balanced treatment. [[User:Pjamescowie|Paul James Cowie]] 07:08, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
**Much of your comment may be valid. However, I feel that "highly scant" overstates your case. The article is far from a stub. How much longer should it be? -[[User:Scottwiki|Scottwiki]] 06:17, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

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===[[John Wayne]] (2 votes, stays until [[May 16]])===
:''Nominated [[May 9]], [[2006]]; needs at least 4 votes by [[May 16]], [[2006]]''

; Support:
# [[User:Stevage|Stevage]] 11:12, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Scottwiki|Scottwiki]] 23:57, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

; Comments:
* His fame and impact on Hollywood history is virtually unstated, lacks real lead, lacks photos, structure, references. [[User Talk:Stevage|Stevage]] 11:12, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

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===[[New Left]] (3 votes, stays until [[May 16]])===
:''Nominated [[May 9]], [[2006]]; needs at least 4 votes by [[May 16]], [[2006]]''

; Support:
# [[User:Harris0|Harris0]] 19:58, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Jersey Devil|Jersey Devil]] 03:09, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Osbus|Osbus]] 16:46, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
; Comments:

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===[[Louvre]] (8 votes, stays until [[May 30]])===
:''Nominated [[May 9]], [[2006]]; needs at least 12 votes by [[May 30]], [[2006]]''

; Support:
# [[User:Ham|H<small>AM</small>]] [[Image:Icons-flag-wales.png]] 22:44, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:PDXblazers|PDXblazers]] 23:43, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Pjamescowie|Paul James Cowie]] 05:26, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Felixboy|Felixboy]] 20:09, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Fireswordfight|Steven]] 21:08, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:CrnaGora|CrnaGora]] 21:59, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Okinawadude|Okinawadude]] 16:18, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:RexNL|RexNL]] 22:37, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

; Comments:
* As one of the most famous art museums today and historically speaking probably one of the most influential, this is one article I would very much like to see attain FA status. [[User:Ham|H<small>AM</small>]] [[Image:Icons-flag-wales.png]] 22:44, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

* Absolutely! The biggest museum in the world with some of the most important works of art in the history of man! Also, with the Da Vinci Code movie coming out soon, this page could see more hits. [[User:PDXblazers|PDXblazers]] 23:43, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

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===[[University of Coimbra]] (4 votes, stays until [[May 24]])===
:''Nominated [[May 10]], [[2006]]; needs at least 8 votes by [[May 24]], [[2006]]''

; Support:
# [[User:Page Up|Page Up]] 12:57, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Joaopais|Gameiro]] 13:01, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Teodorico|Teodorico]] 23:53, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
#--[[User:Asterion|Asterion]] <sup>[[User talk:Asterion|<font color="Green">talk to me</font>]]</sup> 22:57, 14 May 2006 (UTC), maybe a matter of translating from the Portuguese wiki
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* It is one of the oldest universities in Europe (the oldest in Portugal) and one of Portugal's most important higher education and research institutions. The current article is already a reasonable effort, but should be improved. [[User:Page Up|Page Up]] 12:57, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

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===[[Flanders]] (2 vote, stays until [[May 17]])===
:''Nominated [[May 10]], [[2006]]; needs at least 4 votes by [[May 17]], [[2006]]''

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# [[User:1652186|1652186]] 19:38, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Felixboy|Felixboy]] 20:07, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
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* As most countries and states have good or even featured articles, I think it's time for the Flemish minded contributors here to do the same for their article. [[User:1652186|1652186]] 19:38, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

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===[[Women's rights]] (5 votes, stays until [[May 25]])===
:''Nominated [[May 11]], [[2006]]; needs at least 8 votes by [[May 25]], [[2006]]''

; Support:
# [[User:Felixboy|Felixboy]] 17:49, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:M A Mason|M A Mason]] 17:53, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:KillerChihuahua|KillerChihuahua]]<sup>[[User talk:KillerChihuahua|?!?]]</sup> 18:12, 11 May 2006 (UTC) Yes please!
# [[User:Okinawadude|Okinawadude]] 16:19, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[WP:EA|'''''(^'-')^''''']] [[User:Covington|Covington]] 00:07, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

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* This affects everybody in the world so it deserves more than this. [[User:Felixboy|Felixboy]] 17:49, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
* Definately, with a bit of work this could be an excellent article. [[User:M A Mason|M A Mason]] 17:53, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
* A very important subject with limited info! [[User:Okinawadude|Okinawadude]] 16:19, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
* Per above. Let's make this into a featured article. [[WP:EA|'''''(^'-')^''''']] [[User:Covington|Covington]] 00:07, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
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===[[Asia]] (3 vote, stays until [[May 19]])===
:''Nominated [[May 12]], [[2006]]; needs at least 4 votes by [[May 19]], [[2006]]''

; Support:
# [[User:Maurreen|Maurreen]] 03:19, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Fireswordfight|Steven]] 23:21, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Earth|__earth]] <sup>([[User talk:Earth|Talk]])</sup> 17:04, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

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* Mainly needs history. [[User:Maurreen|Maurreen]] 03:19, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
* see also [[History of Southeast Asia]]. [[User:Earth|__earth]] <sup>([[User talk:Earth|Talk]])</sup> 17:04, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
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===[[David Ben-Gurion]] (5 votes, stays until [[May 28]])===
:''Nominated [[May 14]], [[2006]]; needs at least 8 votes by [[May 28]], [[2006]]''

; Support:
#[[User:Pjamescowie|Paul James Cowie]] 20:31, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
#--[[User:Asterion|Asterion]] <sup>[[User talk:Asterion|<font color="Green">talk to me</font>]]</sup> 20:33, 14 May 2006 (UTC), as long as NPOV is carefully watched.
#[[User:Gail Wynand|Gail Wynand]] 22:54, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Bormalagurski|<font color="#003399">'''serbiana'''</font>]] [[Yugoslavia|'''-''']] [[User_talk:Bormalagurski|<font color="#A61022">'''talk'''</font>]] 22:54, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Jersey Devil|Jersey Devil]] 05:21, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

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*Hugely influential as the first Prime Minister of [[Israel]], serving two terms and playing a major role in the Independence and early development of the Jewish State.... Ben-Gurion definitely deserves to be elevated to Featured Article status. [[User:Pjamescowie|Paul James Cowie]] 20:31, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

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===[[History of Southeast Asia]] (3 vote, stays until [[May 22]])===
:''Nominated [[May 15]], [[2006]]; needs at least 4 votes by [[May 22]], [[2006]]''

; Support:
# [[User:Earth|__earth]] <sup>([[User talk:Earth|Talk]])</sup> 17:12, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Casey14|Casey14]] 23:13, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[WP:EA|'''''(^'-')^''''']] [[User:Covington|Covington]] 00:05, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

; Comments:
* Southeast Asia as a region is rich in history, from prehistory to great mediaeval kingdoms to modern time characterized as "economic miracle". Unfortunately, contributors so far are only interested in contributing to individual countries of the region and in a way, are ignoring the big picture. This does not describe how countries of Southeast Asia are interconnected with one another, especially with growing regionalism second only to of the [[European Union]]. An improvement drive will correct that the neglect of the "big picture". [[User:Earth|__earth]] <sup>([[User talk:Earth|Talk]])</sup> 17:12, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
* As a Southeast Asian American myself I would especially like to see some improvement in this article. Also, in the United States, Southeast Asian history (other than the Vietnam War) is virtually ignored. At Wikipedia, this article could benefit from the help of many more interested people. Let's fix this up. [[WP:EA|'''''(^'-')^''''']] [[User:Covington|Covington]] 00:05, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

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===[[Marxism]] (2 votes, stays until [[May 22]])===
:''Nominated [[May 15]], [[2006]]; needs at least 4 votes by [[May 22]], [[2006]]''

; Support:
# [[User:Harris0|Harris0]] 21:41, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Lord_Eru|<font color= "red">Хајдук Еру</font>]] ([[User_talk:Lord Eru|<font color="blue">Talk</font>]] || [[Special:Contributions/Lord_Eru|<font color="gray">Contributions</font>]]) 23:48, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

; Comments:
*Very important topic.

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===[[1968 Democratic National Convention]] (2 votes, stays until [[22 May]])===
:''Nominated [[15 May]] [[2006]]; needs at least 4 votes by [[22 May]] [[2006]]''

; Support:
# [[User:Sarge Baldy|Sarge Baldy]] 21:47, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Lord_Eru|<font color= "red">Хајдук Еру</font>]] ([[User_talk:Lord Eru|<font color="blue">Talk</font>]] || [[Special:Contributions/Lord_Eru|<font color="gray">Contributions</font>]]) 01:25, 16 May 2006 (UTC)\
# 01:42, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

; Comments:
* This is pretty embarassing. One of the most important demonstrations of the 1960s is practically summed up in two paragraphs, with very little detail. It doesn't give a good sense of what happened there at all, and [[Pigasus (politics)|Pigasus]] isn't even mentioned. [[User:Sarge Baldy|Sarge Baldy]] 21:47, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

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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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