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This page is for nominating articles to be listed as articles for improvement, from which the weekly collaborations are pulled. Any article or list on Wikipedia can be nominated, although articles that do not meet the suggested criteria are unlikely to gain consensus.


Instructions

Suggested criteria

Though there are no firm criteria, in general, ideal AFI articles are:

  • Highly important topics. Anything that has top or high importance to a WikiProject is likely highly important.
  • Interesting to the general public. This can be evidenced by page views. Nominations with less than 200 views per day rarely succeed.
  • Needing of improvement, with expansion opportunity. Stubs; start-class, and short C-class articles are the most ideal for improvement. Give due consideration before nominating higher-quality articles.
  • Not targets of controversy. Keep in mind that controversial articles (articles that are the subject of heated discussion, edit warring, or questioned notability) can be very difficult to improve within a week.

Review process

  • Any user may vote on the suitability of nominations to be listed at AFI.
  • Please use the code #'''Support''' or #'''Oppose''', add your reasoning, and sign with ~~~~. You may also add comments. Improperly formatted votes may be missed by the bot.
  • MusikBot will mark nominations with at least 3 net support votes (3 more support votes than oppose votes) as approved and those with at least 3 net oppose votes as unapproved. The bot will automatically list successful nominations and archive all closed nominations.
  • Registered members of the project may choose to override the bot at their discretion in instances where straight vote totals do not appear to reflect community consensus.

Nominating an article

  1. Check that the article you want to nominate isn't already listed.
  2. Post the nomination at the top of the list in the appropriate category, using this code: 
    ===(Article title)===
{{AFI nom|article=(Article title)|class=unknown|hits=(Number of daily hits)}}
*(Nomination text) ~~~~
  3. Fill out the parts in parentheses. You can find an article's class on its talk page and its approximate daily hits using this tool.
  4. Please do not support your own nominations.

Nominations

Applied sciences and technology

Role-playing game system

Role-playing game system – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 48 daily hits

  1. Neutral, Even though article doesn't have high hits and is not vital article, it does seem important. SVcode(Talk) 00:13, 9 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Architect

Architect – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 804 daily hits

  1. Support High hits and needs expannsion. Varedev2 (talk) 15:03, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Arts

Laguna Garzón Bridge

Laguna Garzón Bridge – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 153 daily hits

  • This article, though important (this bridge is famous for its unusual circular shape), is a mere stub. Hope that Wikipedians familiar with this topic and have enough time can expand it .--RekishiEJ (talk) 14:28, 11 August 2021 (UTC) Added a parenthesis 16:34, 11 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Neutral. As a stub, it has clear room for improvement, but the hits are extremely low. You might have better luck recruiting someone to work on it at WP:WikiProject Bridges and tunnels. {{u|Sdkb}} talk 21:31, 26 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Oppose, Lower than 200 hits. SVcode(Talk) 18:46, 5 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Neutral Article has room for improvement, but low hits Varedev2 (talk) 15:03, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Oppose Too unimportant and underviewed. — Mcguy15 (talk, contribs) 00:02, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Everyday life

John Oliver Memorial Sewer Plant

John Oliver Memorial Sewer Plant – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 1348 daily hits

  1. Oppose. It's mostly a pop culture topic that'll have plenty of editors without our help. And it's not very enduring—the views will fade over time as the joke wears off. {{u|Sdkb}} talk 01:53, 12 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support needs the help of the project. definitely enough hits.--BabbaQ (talk) 23:06, 17 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Oppose Views faded off, article now holds an average of 46 daily views Varedev2 (talk) 15:03, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Kiddie ride

Kiddie ride – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 45 daily hits

  • The article has had the needs additional citations for verification tag since 2009 and the possibly contains original research tag since 2010. I removed most of the unsourced paragraphs, but the article still needs improvement. Sahaib3005 (talk) 17:38, 6 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Neutral. A meaningful general topic, but the view count is low and the sourcing is about what I'd expect for a start-class page. {{u|Sdkb}} talk 18:54, 6 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Oppose, it has less views and is not a vital article and it has issues that are start-class. SVcode(Talk) 00:27, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Oppose Meaningful topic, but low hits and start-class issues Varedev2 (talk) 15:03, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Family cookbooks

Family cookbooks – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 2 daily hits

  1. Oppose, Article doesn't have enough hits and it is not a vital article. SVcode(Talk) 00:01, 9 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yard (land)

Yard (land) – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 74 daily hits

Geography

History and politics

Partnership for Peace

Partnership for Peace – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 3134 daily hits

  1. Support, needs expansion. SVcode(Talk) 00:39, 23 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Great Fire of Rome

Great Fire of Rome – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 446 daily hits

  1. Support, needs expansion. SVcode(Talk) 23:51, 26 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

State of emergency

State of emergency – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 804 daily hits

  1. Support Article has room for improvement Varedev2 (talk) 15:03, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Circassian Genocide

Circassian genocide – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 470 daily hits

  • The article is written in a tendentious style. fragments concerning the facts of violence should be considered in a separate section of the article, and not cited as general facts. in addition, many points about violence ("Russian generals allow raping 7-year girls", "children were feeding to dogs") are confirmed by incorrect references, where these quotes are missing. The role of the Ottoman Empire is indicated one-sidedly, only the resistance to migration at a later stage is mentioned. at the same time, at the beginning of the process, the Ottoman Empire encouraged the spread of the idea of migration among the Circassian elites. Dimura 1 (talk) 05:10, 27 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
For contentious topics, it's often better to bring them up at the talk page or at WP:NPOVN than here. {{u|Sdkb}} talk 20:46, 28 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Oppose, per nom. SVcode(Talk) 12:18, 26 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Oppose article can be fixed per nom Varedev2 (talk) 15:03, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Barbary States

Barbary States – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 425 daily hits

  1. Oppose. We're not actually missing most of the information here; it's just located in other articles, primarily Maghreb, which is a nice B-class. It's not even fully clear that "Barbary States" ought to be a distinct article, as opposed to just merged into Maghreb, where it's mentioned as a historical name for the region. {{u|Sdkb}} talk 03:26, 30 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support Indeed it needs expansion. And the project will help with that.--BabbaQ (talk) 11:02, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support Lots of potential. Rubbish computer Ping me or leave a message on my talk page 11:24, 22 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Neutral for now, with no prejudice to revisiting after the merge proposal is sorted out. — Godsy (TALKCONT) 21:21, 28 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Neutral Waiting until merge is finished Varedev2 (talk) 15:03, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Support Article needs expansion Aleena98 (talk) 03:25, 18 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hope chest

Hope chest – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 228 daily hits

This is an object that people have made/used for centuries, so I feel like there's a lot of room for potential improvement and that overall, it could be a lot more comprehensive than it is right now. Clovermoss (talk) 17:30, 15 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  1. Support, needs to be updated. SVcode(Talk) 23:51, 26 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Language and literature

Wings of Fire (novel series)

Wings of Fire (novel series) – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 801 daily hits

  • Was nominated for deletion in January 2021. All votes agreed the subject was notable and met GNG, but the article was in a terrible state and needed improvement. A year later, the only thing that was improved was the plot summaries being removed. RanDom 404 (talk) 18:56, 13 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Mathematics and computer science

Browser wars

Browser wars – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 217 daily hits

  1. Oppose. A decent C-class article on a niche topic, and in an area that benefits from systemic bias. {{u|Sdkb}} talk 05:30, 11 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support indeed, could need the help of the project.--BabbaQ (talk) 23:02, 17 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Neutral Article can be improved, but is also niche and can face bias Varedev2 (talk) 15:03, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

3D computer graphics

3D computer graphics – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 528 daily hits

  1. Support Certainly enough importance and pageviews, lacks citations. — Mcguy15 (talk, contribs) 00:03, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Music

Natural sciences

Natural resource

Natural resource – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 1426 average daily hits

  • Article is common for reference and is a popular page. It is about a subject many people want to learn the bare minimum about, so it only makes since to serve them with a quality and encyclopedic article. Fails to meet many quality standards, and sentences are unclear or meandering.Mebigrouxboy (talk) 03:18, 4 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Neutral, it can do with more expansion but I think that about it. SVcode(Talk) 00:13, 9 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Environmental impact of meat production

Environmental impact of meat production – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 138 daily hits

  • Although this article is seemingly detailed, in actuality it is not comprehensive enough, since the "Beneficial environmental effects" section requires expansion, and some statements are currently tagged with "citation needed", "failed verification" and "further explanation needed", meaning this article ought to be an AFI.--RekishiEJ (talk) 17:00, 20 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Neutral, I'm not sure if this should be in AFI because article seems good enough without the "citation needed", "failed verification", etc. SVcode(Talk) 00:31, 23 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support Article can be improved with sources Varedev2 (talk) 15:03, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Intraventricular block

Intraventricular block – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 16 daily hits

  1. Oppose, this article doesn't have enough hits and isn't important. SVcode(Talk) 00:47, 6 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support few hits but that can be improved by the help of the project. expansion possible.--BabbaQ (talk) 23:03, 17 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Oppose Very low hits Varedev2 (talk) 15:03, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Ipomoea alba

Ipomoea alba – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 248 daily hits

  1. Support needs the help of the project.--BabbaQ (talk) 23:04, 17 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support Article can be approved Varedev2 (talk) 15:03, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Defibrillation

Defibrillation – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 1347 daily hits

  1. Support High page views, important article with plenty of room for improvement. Rubbish computer Ping me or leave a message on my talk page 19:33, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support per nom.--BabbaQ (talk) 23:32, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Neutral. I wouldn't say "plenty of room for improvement"—seemingly every instance lacking refs to GA standard has been tagged, and the fact that that hasn't turned the page into a tag-bombed mess is an indicator of how well-developed it is. But it's an important topic; hopefully is this is the AFI of the week, editors will plug some of the remaining gaps. {{u|Sdkb}} talk 17:35, 24 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Oppose - Would likely do better with expert attention due to the scrutiny those working on medical articles often face. — Godsy (TALKCONT) 21:36, 28 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Neutral Article is important, but is decently developed Varedev2 (talk) 15:03, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Manx cat

Manx cat – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)

Revival of the woolly mammoth

Revival of the woolly mammoth – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 128 daily hits

People/Companies and organisations/Products

Facebook Files

Facebook Files – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 595 daily hits

  1. Neutral, has needs to be more expanded but is a recent event and the hits may go down eventually.SVcode(Talk) 00:18, 18 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Neutral Wait to see if views go down Varedev2 (talk) 15:03, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Business

Business – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 1817 daily hits

  1. Support, per above. SVcode(Talk) 00:24, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support Per nom Varedev2 (talk) 15:03, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Philosophy and religion

Philosophy

Philosophy – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 5,409 daily hits

  • Level 1 vital article, rated C-Class.

Highly important topics: Level 1 vital article and Top Importance to WikiProject Philosophy and Top Importance to Wikipedia Version 1.0 Editorial Team / v0.5 / Core.
Interesting to the general public: 5.5K daily pageviews and one of the core concept of society.
Needing of improvement: C-Class, Eastern Philosophy just links to the main article.
Not targets of controversy: Stable edit history and Philosophy itself is not a target of controversy.
So I think this article meets the AFI criteria and should be improved. Lallint⟫⟫⟫Talk 01:18, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  1. Support, could expand more. SVcode(Talk) 21:12, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Society and social sciences

Media literacy

Media literacy – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 597 daily hits

Important topic with a poor lead and overly technical content. {{u|Sdkb}} talk 19:31, 11 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  1. Support, per above. SVcode(Talk) 01:51, 13 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Identity (social science)

Identity (social science) – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 567 daily hits

A level-4 VA with numerous obvious issues. Representative of our very poor coverage of social science topics. {{u|Sdkb}} talk 19:41, 15 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  1. Support, per above. SVcode(Talk) 23:51, 26 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Commerce

Commerce – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 408 daily hits

A level-5 VA article that's incredibly short. A previous proposal to merge it to trade failed, so if we're stuck with it we should try to build it up. {{u|Sdkb}} talk 23:57, 24 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  1. Support, enough hits, needs more expansion. SVcode(Talk) 12:19, 26 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support High views and is important Varedev2 (talk) 15:03, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Godi media

Godi media – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 287 daily hits

  1. Support, higher than 200 hits and needs expansion. SVcode(Talk) 14:05, 5 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support needs the help of the project.--BabbaQ (talk) 23:03, 17 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Neutral Article can definitely be improved but is low-importance Varedev2 (talk) 15:03, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Bois Locker Room

Bois Locker Room – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 1413 daily hits

  1. Support - Indeed. Needs help from us.--BabbaQ (talk) 23:41, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Oppose Seen this before, probably needs taking to AfD. Rubbish computer Ping me or leave a message on my talk page 19:17, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support, this article has high hits and needs improvement. SVcode(Talk) 20:23, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Oppose - Should be made identifiable and comprehendible at least to a basic level so it would truly benefit from the spotlight provided by this project, before consideration here. Rubbish computer may be correct. Honestly, I am surprised this was not draftified. — Godsy (TALKCONT) 21:18, 28 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Oppose Article should be draftified Varedev2 (talk) 15:03, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

United States constitutional law

United States constitutional law – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 48 daily hits

  • An important article, yet requires jurists' attention because the overall organization requires refinement, large parts of this article are quite poorly sourced and seem to contain a significant amount of original research.--RekishiEJ (talk) 14:27, 9 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Support, even though with low hits, this article definitely has more room for improvement. SVcode(Talk) 17:17, 9 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Oppose an important topic for sure, but only to one nation; even then, despite the USA being a first world country the hits here are very low. 92.24.246.11 (talk) 20:42, 14 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    1. Comment this topic is important not just for Americans, since American Supreme Court cases have been studied and used by Taiwanese legal professionals, and Taiwan does not implement common law system at all, unlike America.--RekishiEJ (talk) 08:18, 23 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support - per SVcodes rationale.--BabbaQ (talk) 11:00, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Oppose Tagged as needing expert attention: AFI should be friendly towards new editors. Rubbish computer Ping me or leave a message on my talk page 11:28, 22 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Support Article is used a standard in law and can be improved Varedev2 (talk) 15:03, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Grading in education

Grading in education – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 347 daily hits

Sport

Fast Bowling

Fast Bowling – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 291 daily hits

  1. Support - Could get help from project.--BabbaQ (talk) 10:56, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support Plenty of potential for improvement. Rubbish computer Ping me or leave a message on my talk page 11:29, 22 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Oppose. There are many many areas of Wikipedia without an active editor base that desperately need this project's help. Cricket articles are absolutely not one of them. Can we please try harder to make this project one that reduces Wikipedia's systemic bias rather than reinforcing it? {{u|Sdkb}} talk 21:10, 24 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
We are here to evaluate this article, not the area of the articles scope. Nor the fact that other articles might need our help even more. If you have those concerns, then nominate those articles. A nomination concerns the article, not the scope.BabbaQ (talk) 14:03, 27 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@BabbaQ, there can only be one weekly AFI at a time, and giving it to this article would mean denying it to a different one. So yes, I think it matters if there are other articles that need our help far more. {{u|Sdkb}} talk 17:53, 28 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Oppose, concur with Sdkb. Scope should matter at AFI, some topics are just never suitable. Psiĥedelisto (talk • contribs) please always ping! 10:55, 5 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Neutral Article can be improved but does not have a large scope Varedev2 (talk) 15:03, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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