Wikipedia:Article improvement drive/Removed/1 May 2005

Nominations

Next two project articles to be selected on 30 April. Ten nominations are voted on each week, please put overflow nominations under Pending.

Ganges River*

Reason: One of the most famous and celebrated rivers in the world and it barely gets a page of information. Ganymead 22:29, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Support

Ganymead 22:29, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
McDogm--64.12.116.67 14:42, 1 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Lake*

Reason: Nominated for WP:COTW but unfortunately didn't have enough votes.

Support

Tony Jin | (talk) 01:56, Apr 17, 2005 (UTC)
RJH 19:20, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Ganymead 20:09, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Comments

Culture of Japan*

Reason: This article has great potential, but at the moment it is lacking in finer details. Xaliqen 03:52, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Support

Xaliqen 03:52, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Ganymead 04:19, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC) I added some notes on Japanese Theatre.

Comments

Vaccines and Fetal Tissue*

Reason: There has been a lot of discussion on stem cells based on the recent decision by the State of Massachusetts to invest in further stem cell research for medical advancement. These stems cell tissues are most often *not* from human fetuses, but in some cases, they may be. Thus, a related issue is the use of *fetal* tissue in medical research. But did you know that certain vaccines we use today, including Varivax, the chicken pox vaccine, were derived from fetal tissue lines that are now generations old? This needs further documentation and expansion (as well as research to verify the links of other vaccines to fetal tissue) in the Vaccines and Fetal Tissue page.

Support

Comments

The page is miscapitalized, it should be Vaccines and fetal tissue, but I'd prefer either a section on this issue in vaccine or a renaming to something like [[Use of fetal tissue in vaccines]]. Mgm|^(talk) 10:48, Apr 28, 2005 (UTC)

Unfortunately, that would have to become [[Use of fetal tissue in vaccine production]], to accurately reflect what is in the vaccine and what is not. Heathhunnicutt 20:50, 21 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Zanskar*

Reason: It tells of a place in India near Ladakh, and I'm aiming for improvement. However, in comparison to mine re-written Zanskar/temp, Zanskar was chosen to be the current version which doesn't look very pleasing to the reader to rad in terms of grammar and composition. I tried to improve it, but the original article was so dilapitated that it was hard for me to improve (although there are help now). Making matters worse, User:Mel Etitis blocked me unconditionally without explanation of the blocking policy while I was making a revert, but adding on with improvements and proposing to improve it further before he blocked me. This article critically needs improvement.

Support

Comments

You should probably put your support for this under the above heading. -Litefantastic 16:16, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I've seen you've started discussion on the article's talk page. Please remember this isn't the place to complain about blocks. Also, you forgot to sign your nomination. Mgm|^(talk) 08:02, Apr 22, 2005 (UTC)

El Salvador*

Reason: Trying to read sections of this article has given me a headache. The information presented needs improvement, and the page itself does not comform to the established template for country articles. Da 'Sco Mon
Support

Da 'Sco Mon 02:04, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Ganymead 02:26, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Comments

Magic (illusion)**

Reason: A lot of people are interested in magic. Yet this article fails to give a comprehensive view of the art's history. It also has no real bearing with a whole bunch of unrelated sections in a non-logical order. It needs loads of help. More than I can give on my own.

Support

Mgm|^(talk) 01:35, Mar 26, 2005 (UTC)
Litefantastic 22:34, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Ganymead 04:35, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Comments

Town gas**

Reason

This article covers an extremely important pre 1950s technology. Klonimus 05:49, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Support

Litefantastic 23:12, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Kaszeta 14:52, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Comments

I put some links which may be useful for potential contributors to read in the talk section.

Beginning cooks everywhere could use a good resource to explain the benefits and tradeoffs of the multitude of various pots, pans, and other cooking implements. --Allen3 ^talk 16:00, Apr 9, 2005 (UTC)

Support

Allen3 ^talk 16:00, Apr 9, 2005 (UTC)
Ganymead 17:35, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Litefantastic 19:13, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Comments

Wall Street (Manhattan)*

Reason

It's such an important financial district of New York, with the NYSE and the NASDAQ, yet 350 words is all it gets?

Support

Tony Jin | (talk) 05:02, Apr 9, 2005 (UTC)
Ganymead 08:25, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Litefantastic 22:14, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Linuxbeak 11:03, Apr 28, 2005 (UTC)

Comments

Pending nominations

Macrophilia*

Reason: The article is very much incomplete. Seemingly focused on Giantesses then any other form of giant. Needs expansion and clean-up.

Support

Louisisthebest_007 21:21, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Contaru 21:29, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Tails623 22:47, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Pentalis 20:00, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC - 4:00 (Chile))

Comments

Social justice

Reason: Far from comprehensive, totally unsourced, little depth, possibly biased. Particularly needs information about religious perspectives on social justice (it is a major tenet of many Christian denominations), views around the world, views over time, and interaction with other political philosophies. -- Tetraminoe
Support

Tetraminoe 15:16, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Ganymead 20:08, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Litefantastic 00:18, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Comments

Catch 22

Reason: It has about fifty subpages and a sequel, not to mention being a pivotal work in whatever strange astral plane of derangement it occupies.

Support

Litefantastic 00:18, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Comments

Civil Air Patrol

Reason: This article has a lot of potential. The Civil Air Patrol is one of most underappreciated organizations in the United States, yet they have done a great amount of good in terms of assisting the public in times of emergency as well as educating citizens about aerospace.
Support

Linuxbeak 20:39, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)
Huntster 15:08, Apr 30, 2005 (UTC)
...What's a Civil Air Patrol? - Mark 14:38, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
brian0918  03:39, 1 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Fan fiction*

Reason

The poor man's novel. I really do believe this is a major factor in current pop-culture, or sub-culture, anyway. -Litefantastic 11:42, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Support

Litefantastic 11:42, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Puget Sound 19:50, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Mgm|^(talk) 07:54, Apr 22, 2005 (UTC)

Comments

Tacoma, Washington*

Reason: Why does the second-largest city in Washington have an article that is only a fifth as long as Seattle's?
Support

Puget Sound 19:50, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Ganymead 04:36, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Comments

Actually the third largest city in WA now, I believe, after Spokane, Washington. ;-) — RJH

Alice Walker*

Reason: Very stubbish article about a very influential African-American author. - Stancel 10:58, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Support

Stancel 10:59, 20 Apr 2005
Ganymead 22:45, 1 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Choctaw language*

Reason: Only one sentence in the entire article for a very important Native American language.

Support

Stancel
Ganymead 02:41, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Comments

Maria Lionza*

Reason: Desperately needs "article improvement drive" status.

Support

Stancel 11:06, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Comments

SUPPORT!: This is a topic that requires much research and should be a challenge. Therefore I have concluded this will be the only way to get people to research this very interesting topic. I found out about this while researching Venezuela and I thought this topic would be a good thing to make a Wikipedia article about. Unfortunately, this is something that not many will even notice, so basically I have been the only one contributing to this article. I would love it if this could be improved and be one step closer to becoming a featured article. For research, there is a good resource that I put in the "Sources" section, it's called "A Girardian reading of the myth of Maria Lionza", it has pages and pages of information. If you use a search engine, you should be able to find alot of information in English but there's also alot of information in Spanish so if you know both languages (like me) that is a plus. Please support this article. - Stancel 11:11, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)