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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 removed 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. 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

( 1 person, needs 3 )

nominated April 20: Expires May 12
Editor requires 3 people to begin work.
Join in
  1. Zipperfly 15:12, 20 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • This article has all the basic framework it just needs a lot of expansion on all of the sections. For example, even though the university was founded in 1841 there is only one paragraph in the history section. There are even relevant sections that don't even have any information. That is why I nominated it. Zipperfly 15:12, 20 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

( 1 person, needs 3 )

nominated April 9: Expires May 1
Editor requires 3 people to begin work.
Join in
  1. Lenilucho 18:01, 9 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comments



( 2 people, needs 3 )

nominated March 12: Expires April 2
Editor requires 3 people to begin work.
Join in
  1. Perle 08:39, 12 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Caponer 00:00, 17 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • Shetland is a beautiful, unusual place, with a lot of political and agricultural history, as well as unique customs, and this article is pretty weak.



( 2.5 people, needs 3 )

nominated March 3, 2006: Expires March 24, 2006
Editor requires 3 people to begin work.
Join in
  1. Gflores Talk 06:25, 3 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  2. I'm semi-active. Banana04131
  3. --Someoneinmyheadbutit'snotme 22:51, 4 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
Was a stub when Join in began. --Banana04131 03:29, 4 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

( 2 people, needs 3 )

nominated March 2, 2006: Expires March 23, 2006
Editor requires 3 people to begin work.
Join in
  1. Samsara contrib talk 19:03, 2 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  2. I'm a New Zealander, but don't know tonnes about the tuatara. On here nearly everyday rotting my brain, so what I lack in knowledge I make up for in availability.... Spawn Man 04:31, 17 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • I discovered this article recently and have put a lot of work into it since. It has recently had a Peer review, and all it needs to become Featured is a bit of improving flow in the Anatomy section, some additional information about heart and brain, and most importantly, lots of references. If I had two helpers with access to a decent library (one with journal articles or books about the tuatara), it would be a snap. - Samsara contrib talk 19:03, 2 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

( 1 person, needs 3 )

nominated April 30: Expires May 21
Editor requires 3 people to begin work.
Join in
  1. .... 02:18, 30 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comments



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