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The following are nominations to become a today's article for improvement (TAFI) entry. Please do not nominate an article unless you are fairly certain that it meets Wikipedia's notability guidelines. Any nomination of an article that does not meet this criteria may be removed. Any user may nominate and support or oppose an article below, however only members of this project may close nominations as successful or unsuccessful.
Successful nominations have few or no objections and at least 3 supports. They are then moved to the holding area and from there into the schedule. Unsuccessful nominations can be archived after 10 days of no discussion.
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Arts
Ode to Joy – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 635 daily hits
- One of the most famous Odes of all time, this article could use some work. Horai 551 08:09, 27 April 2013 (UTC)
Rewind YouTube Style 2012 – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 129 daily hits
- A popular Youtube video, we could easily easily rxpand and improve this article. Horai 551 08:09, 27 April 2013 (UTC)
Tug of War (Carly Rae Jepsen album) – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
- First album of artist who became famous for a 2012 single could have it's wikipedia article be more board and improved. EditorE (talk) 02:35, 27 April 2013 (UTC)
Adolf Hyła – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
- Adolf Hyła has been famous for his painting relating to the Chaplet to Divine Mercy, and I feel that this article has some incompleteness and need's improvement. EditorE (talk) 02:35, 27 April 2013 (UTC)
Europop (album) – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
- This article on a famous, well-charting album by a group known for their song, "Blue (Da Ba Dee)", really needs some improvement. EditorE (talk) 20:56, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
Ketama – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
- This article and other articles related to this topic, which is on a famous group in Spanish countries, needs look of work and citations. EditorE (talk) 11:47, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
Horrible Histories – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 200 daily hits
- Article on the highly successful history-themed franchise, including a book series, tv series, video games, and more. In a bad shape.--Coin945 (talk) 10:57, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
Stand-up comedy – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 1500 daily hits
- These articles need all the help they can get. [1] might be a nice place to start.--Coin945 (talk) 01:31, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
Comedy – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 1500 daily hits
- These articles need all the help they can get. [2] might be a nice place to start.--Coin945 (talk) 01:31, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
Humour – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 1500 daily hits
- These articles need all the help they can get. [3] might be a nice place to start.--Coin945 (talk) 01:31, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
Cantopop – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 350 daily hits
Although it's graded "B-class", this article needs more improvements and research. In fact, there is a lot of unreferenced information. Cantopop is a prominent genre for those who are into Cantonese language songs. --George Ho (talk) 17:31, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
Purple Naked Ladies – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
- Lot of errors and citation format issues need to be fixed, and the critical reviews are not being used to describe the album's music, sound, composition and lyrics, and much opinions the critical reviews need to be put here. EditorE (talk) 01:59, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
Head over Heels (2001 film) – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
EditorE (talk) 01:55, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
Ann Lee (singer) – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
- I searched on Google and I've found a few interviews on sites like Eruodance Encyclopedia, where there's also a bio on there, Digital Spy, reportnet, and Weird Music that can be cited, used, and have added info with here in the article. That's really the issue her. Only the chart positions of Lee's songs are cited here.
And Then There Were None (band) – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
EditorE (talk) 20:38, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
Bruce Woolley – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
- Sure, maybe the article's not a stub anymore, but of lot of citations are needed here. EditorE (talk) 19:12, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
The Oprah Winfrey Show – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 1000 daily hits
- Rated a B but very disjointed and listy. This, the highest-rated talk show in American television history, could be a GA or FA so easily.--Coin945 (talk) 17:28, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
Toy Story (franchise) – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
- There's some more info on the Russian Wikipedia, which is a featured article there, that we could use here. EditorE (talk) 23:16, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
- Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 03:30, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
- Support --Horai 551 08:09, 27 April 2013 (UTC)
Baauer – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
EditorE (talk) 18:13, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
- Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 03:30, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
- Support after the recent popularity of Harlem Shake I'm sure this article could be easily improved by new editors. Yaneshü (talk) 11:47, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
Brian Nankervis – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
EditorE (talk) 14:13, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
Papa Winnie – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
EditorE (talk) 12:19, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
Caress of Steel – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 300 daily hits
Shoes (Kelly song) – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 25 daily hits
J. Dash – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - ? daily hits
PowerSource (musical group) – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
- This group is famous for their song "Dear Mr. Jesus", and I've seen sources with info about Sharon Batts and the song not included here that should be, such as this one: [4].
EditorE (talk) 23:59, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
- In fact, from what I've found on Google News, the song and Sharon Batts received a lot of media coverage. EditorE (talk) 01:23, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
Jasmine Villegas – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 757 daily hits
- This article was nominated for deletion before because the nominator thought the article was not notable. That's not true. The subject is notable. It's just the article needs a lot of work. (EditorE (talk) 00:52, 18 April 2013 (UTC))
Bono – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 3000 daily hits
- This article for nomination. Miss Bono (zootalk) 16:05, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
- Oppose. We should probably focus on stub, start, and C class articles for TAFI. Revolution1221 (talk · email · contributions) 00:18, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
- Oppose. B-Class articles don't leave a lot of wiggle room. It'd be constrained to more experienced editors, and TAFI wants to encourage new ones right now. Braden 12:13, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
Artist's interpretation – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 0 daily hits
- This article does not exist. I know. I'm as shocked as you are. Approximately 50 articles contain the well-known phrase, yet no article exists on Wikipedia. We do have the woeful Aesthetic interpretation, but artist's interpretation does not redirect there, and I'm not certain they are the same thing. In any case, an article on this very notable topic must be made. When we don't know what something actually looks like (for examples things that are very big or very small or very old or in the future), what do we use to have some sort of visual guideline to build off of? An artist's interpretations, that's what.--Coin945 (talk) 15:30, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
Michael Larson – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 214 daily hits
- This article, according to the tags, has some formatting issues and maybe there could be some bits of info that are being left out. There were also some unneeded and useless info that I had to remove from "the game" section. I'm hoping that this article can get to a GA or FA status. EditorE (talk) 02:06, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
- Oppose. We should probably focus on stub, start, and C class articles for TAFI, and Larson doesn't seem that notable in the scheme of things. Revolution1221 (talk · email · contributions) 00:18, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
- Oppose. TAFI should focus on lower-class articles. Braden 12:13, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
- Comment I probably should have to have to say this. Yes, maybe it's better for the TAFI project to focus on article with lower-than-B classes, but there's still lot of things that can be improved here. There's also 2 news articles that have coverage on Michael Larson (a November 1994 article from the Los Angeles Times and another March 2003 one from the Associated Press), though I've haven't been able to read them. If anyone could find those sources, please try to use whether info from those sources you can use in the Wikipedia article and cite them. I've also added info from the Dayton Daily News article about Larson working at a local Wal-mart, so I wouldn't say Larson isn't notable to not have GA status. (EditorE (talk) 14:20, 20 April 2013 (UTC))
Billy Elliot – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 1600 daily hits
- Popular British comedy from 2000. --NickPenguin(contribs) 01:19, 14 April 2013 (UTC)
- Comment It's a drama, not a comedy! MChesterMC (talk) 15:38, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
- Support Moswento talky 09:17, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
- Support Surprising to see something so well-known with such a short article. Yaneshü (talk) 10:16, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
Applied Sciences and Technology
Buggy (automobile) – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 35 daily hits
- A very short stub article about a type of vehicle. Northamerica1000(talk) 10:16, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
- Support --Horai 551 08:09, 27 April 2013 (UTC)
NML Cygni – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 1500 daily hits
- The article about the largest known star could surely be improved. Yaneshü (talk) 10:39, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
Popular science – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 459 daily hits
- Lots of room for contributory improvements here. Northamerica1000(talk) 14:28, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
- Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 03:30, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
List of Apollo astronauts – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 370 daily hits
- Former featured list candidate, needs a little bit of polish and consistent structure, can easily be made into a featured list. --NickPenguin(contribs) 01:19, 14 April 2013 (UTC)
Everyday Life
Hot dog – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 2500 daily hits
- Though it seems to have quite a few citations, this is one messy "C", no real lead, and reads more like a list than an article.Neonblak talk - 06:55, 27 April 2013 (UTC)
Chocolate gravy – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 30 daily hits
- Small article with a good amount of info that could be added. Yaneshü (talk) 10:28, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
- Support --Horai 551 08:09, 27 April 2013 (UTC)
Auto mechanic – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 554 daily hits
- Currently unsourced; the topic is known globally. This article has significant potential for improvements. Northamerica1000(talk) 08:45, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
- Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 03:30, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
Dessert – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 2500 daily hits
- Nom. --NickPenguin(contribs) 14:59, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
- I laughed way harder than was justified at that pun. Sven Manguard Wha? 16:11, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
- Support Moswento talky 09:18, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
- Support. Yaneshü (talk) 11:49, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
Buffet – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 1000 daily hits
Cut-off – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 180 daily hits
- Significant outfit in biker, metal and punk culture. --NickPenguin(contribs) 18:34, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
Geography
Yadkin-Pee Dee River Basin – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 15 daily hits
- An important region in hydrology, yet still only C-class. Of potential interest to a very large amount of people in the area. Gilderien Chat|List of good deeds 19:57, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
- Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 03:30, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 800 daily hits
- Fourth largest metropolitan area in the United States, but its barely a start-class article. Awardgive. Help out with Project Fillmore County 00:19, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
- Support Braden 20:13, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
Nature park – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 30 daily hits
- Support. Revolution1221 (talk · email · contributions) 00:18, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
Low Countries – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 600 daily hits
- Regional name for Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg. --NickPenguin(contribs) 15:08, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
- Support'Sadads (talk) 15:41, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
History and Politics
History of geography – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 193 daily hits
- Support - AgneCheese/Wine 22:38, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
Hammer and sickle – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 730 daily hits
- An extremely iconic symbol of a certain political ideology. The article is in desperate need for expansion on information and more citations; this shouldn't be too hard since there are a lot of reliable sources on the topic. Secret Saturdays (talk to me)what's new? 15:51, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
- Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 03:30, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
Mansion – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 995 daily hits
- An historic topic; the article could easily be improved as many reliable sources are available. Northamerica1000(talk) 14:05, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
- Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 15:47, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
- Support. Yaneshü (talk) 10:42, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
Austria-Hungary – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 2245 daily hits
- The former empire played a significant role in starting World War I, shaped the history and society of several central and eastern European nations, and is currently ranked as a "High-importance" article for several WikiProjects. And yet the article is in need of some serious reformatting, contains a lot of "citation needed" tags, and needs more information in several sections. Secret Saturdays (talk to me)what's new? 02:51, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
- Support - AgneCheese/Wine 22:38, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
- Support. Yaneshü (talk) 10:42, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
Star of the South – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 25 daily hits
Language and Literature
Citation – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 2000 daily hits
I thought about Wikipedia in terms of who would be using it most, and what sorts of articles they commonly look up. I then thought about which of those articles would have been overlooked or otherwise not developed very well...perhaps due to being too obvious or too broad. I landed on the article on "citation", a common area of confusion and annoyance for high school and university students, and low and behold, the article is a listy mess. We have the tools to turn this into a comprehensive, easily navigatable work to make this convoluted concept more approachable to all. I say we go for it. :)--Coin945 (talk) 15:22, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
The Sword of Truth – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 1200 daily hits
- Fairly important series of fantasy novels. Pretty bare C class article, with the exception of plot summary. No impact, critical reception, no sections about characters or themes, awards ect. --NickPenguin(contribs) 15:08, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
Mathematics and Computer Science
Saunders Mac Lane – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 50 daily hits
- Cofounder of category theory, did some work in making math more easily accessible to younger students. --NickPenguin(contribs) 01:19, 14 April 2013 (UTC)
Natural Sciences
Germ layer – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 597 daily hits
- A very important concept in developmental biology, but a very short article. You know, endoderm, mesoderm and ectoderm. Abductive (reasoning) 00:50, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
Blue Tit – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - April 2013: 403-597 daily hits
- Very popular bird, featured equivalents in German and Swedish. Marianian(talk) 22:17, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
- Oppose - We are ideally looking for C class or lower articles for TAFI. B or higher class articles can hardly be modified at all. TheOriginalSoni (talk) 22:23, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
- Oppose - TAFI shouldn't be focusing its energy on B-Class articles. Braden 12:08, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
- Oppose per above. New, inexpericenced users are honestly more likely to do damage to a page than help it when it has such a high class already. Yaneshü (talk) 10:46, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
Meteoritics – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 8 daily hits
- The science of meteorites and other extraterrestrial materials. Northamerica1000(talk) 10:11, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
- Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 15:47, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
Phidippus audax – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 265 daily hits
- There's a good amount of coverage on this spider species around the Internet, but the article is pretty small. Could be easily improved. Yaneshü (talk) 10:21, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
- Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 03:30, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
People/Organisations/Products
Debi Austin – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
- Smoking advocate famous for staring in a smoking campaign back in the 1990s could have some more info and be more broad in coverage on it's wikipedia article. EditorE (talk) 17:39, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
Richard M. Karp – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 40 daily hits
- Award winning computer scientist. --NickPenguin(contribs) 19:06, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
- Support. Northamerica1000(talk) 12:41, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
- Support. Yaneshü (talk) 10:32, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
Parrhasius (painter) – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 22 daily hits
- Stub vital article, could easily be expanded with sources. Revolution1221 (talk · email · contributions) 21:36, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
- Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 03:30, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
Torin Thatcher – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 70 daily hits
- Article about an actor that could be well improved. Yaneshü (talk) 10:32, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
Philosophy and Religion
21st century – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 2,813 daily hits
- This article is quite long but very listy. Horai 551 06:19, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
- Oppose I don't think there's any point working on this article as we're only 13 years in and in another 50 years or so everything's going to be undue weight. To a certain degree, I think this one suffers from current event syndrome or maybe even crystal ballism. Perhaps we should go for a century that's already fully happened. :)--Coin945 (talk) 06:59, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
Yom Ha'atzmaut – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 10000 (today) daily hits
- Major Israeli holiday. Can't believe it's such a bare article. Not much better in the Hebrew version.--Coin945 (talk) 16:08, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
- Support Moswento talky 09:22, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
Timaeus (dialogue) – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 260 daily hits
- One of Plato's later works, one of the only works translated into Latin, making it a large influence on philosophy in the Middle Ages. Largely a 'plot' summary with a tiny section on influence. --NickPenguin(contribs) 01:19, 14 April 2013 (UTC)
- Support Moswento talky 09:22, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
Ethics of technology – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 100 daily hits
- Self explanatory title, would greatly benefit from completing the merge, and cleaning up the content currently at technoethics. --NickPenguin(contribs) 01:19, 14 April 2013 (UTC)
- Support - Very relevant for today. AgneCheese/Wine 22:40, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
Calendar of saints – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 450 daily hits
- Traditional organization of saint's days, or feast days. --NickPenguin(contribs) 01:19, 14 April 2013 (UTC)
- Support - AgneCheese/Wine 22:40, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
- Support Moswento talky 09:22, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
Omnibenevolence – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 280 daily hits
- Significant issue in the problem of evil, major attribute of the holy trinity. --NickPenguin(contribs) 18:34, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
- Support. Northamerica1000(talk) 12:45, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
- Support. Braden 20:20, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
Society and Social Sciences
Silent Spring – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 1199 daily hits
- It is a highly influential book that pretty much single handedly launched the modern-day Environmentalist movement in the United States, along with the banning of DDT there. Unfortunately the article is in need of some expansion, restructuring, and the weeding out of weasel words. Secret Saturdays (talk to me)what's new? 19:56, 27 April 2013 (UTC)
Liberal arts education – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 1653 daily hits
- This start-class rated article has much room for improvement. Liberal arts education is prevalent in many university curriculums for students to earn Bachelor's degrees. Northamerica1000(talk) 09:01, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
- Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 03:30, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
Boom and bust – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 64 daily hits
- This article about an important economic term has many different issues. Horai 551 11:36, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
- Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 03:30, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
List of phobias – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 2208 daily hits
- This list could use more refs and items. Horai 551 11:36, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
- Support - Very surprised to see such a high number of daily hits. AgneCheese/Wine 22:48, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
¥ – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 802 daily hits
- This article is a start, while articles such as $ are in a lot better shape.Horai 551 06:09, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
- Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 03:30, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
Gym – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 1250 daily hits
- Comment I'm reluctant to support this one. In many respects this is one of the strongest candidates on this page: very basic with a solid daily hit count. But I fear that a large proportion of editors would attempt to add information about health clubs, and am worried that the handling of such edits might drive those editors away. —WFC— FL wishlist 01:21, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
- Support --Horai 551 06:09, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
- Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 03:30, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
420 (cannabis culture) – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 27597 daily hits
- As April 20 approaches, this article is receiving many more page hits. Lots of sources available about this topic. Northamerica1000(talk) 14:21, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
- Support - I'm actually surprised that the Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries crew has allowed this article to be featured on the main page every April 20th with it being so short on content (though it is well referenced). I also would have thought WikiProject Cannabis would have been more active in bumping this article up to at least B class. If this does pass I would hope that it gets featured on TAFI in March so we can take advantage of the increased page visitors and get it up to a better shape by the time next April 20th gets around. AgneCheese/Wine 22:48, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
- Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 03:30, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
- Support - Given how important this is to the Cannabis culture, I'm too am suprised at how short the article is. Could definitely use some expansion. --Secret Saturdays (talk to me)what's new? 19:56, 27 April 2013 (UTC)
Conspiracy theory – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 2660 daily hits
- Support - Another one with a high level of daily hits, AgneCheese/Wine 22:48, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
Club drug – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 150 daily hits
- Support Hardly even a start-class article, this could probably be raised up to good article status. Braden 12:06, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
- Support - Massive room for improvement. Carrite (talk) 17:55, 27 April 2013 (UTC)