Wikipedia:Join in

This is a new alternative to the traditions of WP:AID and WP:COTW. It is meant to be more relaxed and informal, so while it would be nice to get articles up to featured status, its main goal is to allow people to join in, knowing that there will be other editors active on the same article, which makes editing much more effective and fun!

/History - For completed collaborations.

/Removed - For failed nominations.

How it works

1. Nominate an article, stub or even red link that you would like to work on, saying why it is important to cover that topic, and how many fellow editors you would like to attract. Attach {{JI}} to the talk page of the article in question.
2. Anyone else interested can sign their name to show support.
3. Everyone signed up will be notified when the requested threshold number is reached, and you can all work on the article together. Attach {{JInow}} to the talk page of the article. The collaboration entry will be listed in /Active until the collaboration slows down. The entry will then be archived.
4. An article will also be removed from the list if the nomination is three weeks old. (You should consider adjusting the threshold for this.)

This is designed to ensure that each article gets its fair amount of editors without focusing too much on any one article, and allows a rapid turnover of new articles to keep things fresh.

Beautifully simple. Here is a template for nominations:

===[[ARTICLE]]===
====( 1 person, needs # )====
:''nominated'' [[DATE]]: Expires [[Date three weeks from now]]
::''Editor requires # people to begin work.

; Join in
# (sign with four tildes)

; Comments:
* (put your reason for nomination, sign again)


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New nominations go at the top of the section below.

Nominated

Group of Eleven

( 1 person, needs 4 )

nominated 26 September: Expires 10 October

Editor requires 4 people to begin work.

Join in

1. Eshcorp 15:19, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Comments

• I have just recently created this article, but it is a very important one about a very important forum that will aid eleven developing countries. Eshcorp 15:19, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

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Kiddy Grade

( 1 person, needs 3 )

nominated 24 June: Expires 14 August

Editor requires 3 people to begin work.

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• --Crampy20 17:20, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

1. (sign with four tildes)

Comments

• All textual information is copied from external sites.
• Most textual information is copyright.
• All if not most text is only understood by those who have watched the show, there is no real coherence.
• Insufficient information.
• Major information missing.

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Play to the Angel

nominated August 21: Expires September 11

1 person, needs 2 people to begin

Join in

Comments

• This novel, written by Maureen F. Dahlberg, has a fantasic plot and twist on the Holocaust, all told in a teens eyes, in Austria, not Germany, which was pretty different to read.
• I feel that it needs to be added as an article so all Holocaust novels added on this site wont be based in Germany, Italy or a usual country, it needs to be told from a different setting not always mentioned when you think of the Holocaust.

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Iowa

( 1 person, needs 4 )

nominated September 6: Expires September 27

Editor requires 4 people to begin work.

Join in

1. Arch O. La ^{Grigory Deepdelver} 05:45, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Comments

• A great place to live, setting for the Bridges of Madison county and location of Maharishi University (fairfield, Iowa). First project for Wikipedia:WikiProject Iowa. Arch O. La ^{Grigory Deepdelver} 05:45, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Active

These articles have the required number of people needed to begin work. The collaboration will be listed under here until work on the article slows down. Feel free to still join in!

Examples of successful collaborations

• The Illuminatus! Trilogy
• Oregon State University