Wikipedia:Articles for improvement/Archives/Unsuccessful Nominations/March 2013


This page lists the TAFI nominations that were closed as unsuccessful in March 2013.

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.


Archived March 4th


Ancient woodland – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 110 daily hits
  1. Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 06:03, 7 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Oppose Low readership. In fairly good shape. -—Kvng 19:45, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thermal airship – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 40 daily hits
  1. Support Casliber (talk · contribs) 14:03, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Oppose Weird niche between Blimp and Hot air balloon. Few readers. -—Kvng 19:31, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Archived March 7th


Water Lilies – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 1000 daily hits
  1. Support. Lots of potential. —Theopolisme (talk) 03:55, 23 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Mary Tyler Moore Show – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 1300 daily hits
  1. Oppose article is in good shape. Original report of start class was wrong. I have corrected. -—Kvng 19:11, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

West Coast hip hop – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
  1. Support I did nominate it originally, after all. :)--Coin945 (talk) 18:27, 15 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 00:32, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Cartoon physics – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 125 daily hits
  1. Oppose - Rather technical; unlikely to appeal to many editors/readers. Northamerica1000(talk) 13:50, 15 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Oppose Not enough readers. -—Kvng 19:17, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Pose to pose animation – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
  1. Oppose - Rather technical; unlikely to appeal to many editors/readers. Northamerica1000(talk) 13:51, 15 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Oppose doesn't clearly merit its own article. I have proposed a merge to Animation. -—Kvng 19:11, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Animation – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 5000 daily hits
  1. Support Very popular C class article. -—Kvng 19:20, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Replicas of the Statue of Liberty – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
  1. Support--Coin945 (talk) 19:24, 10 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support --Ushau97 talk contribs 12:44, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Food processor – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 505 daily hits
Radio-controlled car – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 517 daily hits
Timecode – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 160 daily hits
  1. Support --Horai 551 07:29, 24 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support --Coin945 (talk) 11:42, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Fish ball – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 303 daily hits
Stinky tofu – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 358 daily hits
  1. Support Moswento talky 19:04, 23 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Atole – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 250 daily hits
  1. Support. Northamerica1000(talk) 23:46, 24 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Grotto – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 500 daily hits
Great Escarpment, Southern Africa – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
  1. Support--NickPenguin(contribs) 18:30, 14 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support Northamerica1000(talk) 13:35, 15 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Himalayas – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
  1. Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 06:03, 7 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support --Ushau97 talk contribs 12:47, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Rigging – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
Project Pigeon – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 120 daily hits
First Republic of South Korea – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 80 daily hits

Precursor to the current South Korean government, need expansion on formation, what went on during the 12 years it ruled, what happened towards the end. --NickPenguin(contribs) 20:26, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]


Battle of Megiddo (609 BC) – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 50 daily hits
  1. Support Moswento talky 10:06, 22 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ottoman cuisine – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
Palaeography – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
  1. Support--NickPenguin(contribs) 18:30, 14 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support Moswento talky 08:43, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Khanate of Bukhara – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
  1. Support Moswento talky 08:43, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wari culture – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
  1. Support--NickPenguin(contribs) 18:30, 14 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support Moswento talky 08:43, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Clause – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 1325 daily hits
Phrase – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 1130 daily hits
Punctuation – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 2430 daily hits
Phonology – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 1085 daily hits
Syntax – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 3330 daily hits
Morphology (linguistics) – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 1300 daily hits
Semantics – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 4175 daily hits
Phonetics – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 1660 daily hits
Lesbia – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 180 daily hits
Literary forgery – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 45 daily hits
Creative writing – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
  1. Support--Coin945 (talk) 10:45, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 00:32, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Languages of Togo – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
  1. Support Moswento talky 08:43, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 00:32, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Monster – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
  • Goes to show how much we use words without not really knowing what they mean. The definition given ("any creature, usually found in legends or horror fiction, that is often hideous and may produce fear or physical harm by either its appearance or its actions") is so vague and subjective I wonder why 'monster' gets tossed around so much these days..--Coin945 (talk) 07:32, 12 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 00:32, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Arithmetic – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
Random sample – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
  1. Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 00:32, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Pilot experiment – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
Accidental sampling – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
Survey methodology – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
  1. Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 00:32, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Uniform distribution (discrete) – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
Box plot – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
Bar chart – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
  1. Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 00:32, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Range (statistics) – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
Percentile – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
Nonlinear programming – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
Probability – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
Applied mathematics – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
  1. Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 00:32, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Pure mathematics – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
  1. Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 00:32, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Diagonal – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
Square – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
Open set – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
Volume – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
Length – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
Symmetry in mathematics – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 150 daily hits
Reflection symmetry – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 150 daily hits
Point (geometry) – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 550 daily hits
  1. Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 00:32, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Two-dimensional space – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 250 daily hits
Three-dimensional space – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 850 daily hits
Empty set – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 600 daily hits
Differential calculus – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 750 daily hits
Variable (mathematics) – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 750 daily hits
Imaginary number – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 1400 daily hits
Formula – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 650 daily hits
Equation solving – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 150 daily hits
Equation – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 1150 daily hits
  1. Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 00:32, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

1 (number) – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 1100 daily hits
  1. Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 00:32, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Constant (mathematics) – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 90 daily hits
Percentage – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 1900 daily hits
Subtraction – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 700 daily hits
List of works designed with the golden ratio – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 120 daily hits
  1. Support --Ushau97 talk contribs 12:52, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hermann Minkowski – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 160 daily hits
Hugh Chisholm – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 12 daily hits
  1. Support Moswento talky 10:13, 22 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Pensées – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 200 daily hits
  1. Support Moswento talky 10:14, 22 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Kapila – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 120 daily hits
Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 40 daily hits
Free rider problem – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 1100 daily hits

Archived March 14th


Casting couch – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 2086 daily hits
  • We can talk about so much more... ethics, history, prevelance etc. Such an important yet largely [[|public secret|hush hush]] topic. I wouldn't be surprised if most of those daily views were by aspiring performers who have been told this is their only route to success. Sick, really... :/--Coin945 (talk) 18:05, 2 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Director's cut – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
Artistic control – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
  1. Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 14:14, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ink wash painting – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 340 daily hits
  1. Support Moswento talky 19:03, 23 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 14:14, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Tower – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 450 daily hits
  1. Support. Northamerica1000(talk) 05:46, 23 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support.--Coin945 (talk) 20:03, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Media of Nicaragua – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 8 daily hits
  1. Support Northamerica1000(talk) 05:34, 23 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support.--Coin945 (talk) 20:03, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Lasagne – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 1629 daily hits
  1. Support--Horai 551 06:03, 2 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

European cuisine – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 604 daily hits
  1. Support. --NickPenguin(contribs) 18:43, 7 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Cotija cheese – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 222 daily hits
Party – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 1800 daily hits
  • (Nominated by Coin945).

Personal assistant – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 406 daily hits
  1. Support--Coin945 (talk) 09:51, 26 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Career – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 1300 daily hits
  1. Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 14:14, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support --Horai 551 06:03, 2 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Blue-collar worker – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 1600 daily hits
  1. Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 14:14, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Margarita – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 2042 daily hits
  • February 22nd was National Margarita Day in the United States, and the actual hits for this day are 6,404 as of this post. However, I used the page hits from the previous day, because this is more accurate regarding actual page hits the article receives on a daily basis. Northamerica1000(talk) 03:49, 23 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Support--Coin945 (talk) 12:53, 25 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 14:14, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

California roll – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 1043 daily hits
  1. Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 14:14, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Limoncello – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 1258 daily hits
  1. Support--Coin945 (talk) 12:53, 25 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Minerva Reefs – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 60 daily hits
  1. Support --Coin945 (talk) 11:40, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Iron Bridge – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 280 daily hits
  1. Support Moswento talky 10:05, 22 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support --Coin945 (talk) 11:40, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Tripoint – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 90 daily hits
  1. Support --Coin945 (talk) 11:40, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support --Horai 551 10:28, 5 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Road atlas – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
  1. Support Horai 551 07:34, 24 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support --Coin945 (talk) 11:40, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Youth empowerment – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 190 daily hits
  1. Support--Coin945 (talk) 10:07, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

History of the internal combustion engine – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 325 daily hits
Age of Sail – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
  1. Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 14:14, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Talented Mr. Ripley – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 280 daily hits
  1. Support Moswento talky 13:06, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 14:14, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Word – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 1660 daily hits
  1. Support Horai 551 07:38, 24 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 14:14, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Spelling – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 480 daily hits
  1. SupportHorai 551 07:38, 24 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 14:14, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Kadambari – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 70 daily hits
  1. Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 14:14, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Dependent and independent variables – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 7500 daily hits
  1. Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 00:32, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support Northamerica1000(talk) 05:29, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Mr. Darcy – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 1310 daily hits
  1. Support Moswento talky 13:08, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Romeo – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 680 daily hits
  1. Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 14:14, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

List of oldest companies – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 736 daily hits
  1. Support--Coin945 (talk) 11:11, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 14:14, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Peroni Brewery – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 313 daily hits
  1. Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 14:14, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Clorets – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 49 daily hits
  1. Support--Coin945 (talk) 11:11, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 14:14, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Stanley Schachter – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 100 daily hits
  1. Support--Coin945 (talk) 11:11, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 14:14, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Dimitri Nanopoulos – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
  1. Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 14:14, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Natchez Trace – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
  1. Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 14:14, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

My Old Kentucky Home – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
  1. Support Moswento talky 13:10, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 14:14, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

William F. Browne – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
  1. Support Moswento talky 13:10, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Travis Childers – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
Jerry Clower – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
Post-9/11 – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
  1. Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 14:14, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Teddy bear – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
King (chess) – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
United States federal courts – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
Utah House of Representatives – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
  1. Support

Social issue – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 768 daily hits
  1. Support--Coin945 (talk) 12:02, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support --NickPenguin(contribs) 14:14, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Internet safety – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 108 daily hits
  1. Support--Coin945 (talk) 12:02, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Social skills – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 1100 daily hits
  1. Support Moswento talky 10:15, 22 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support--Coin945 (talk) 12:02, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Francophone – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 600 daily hits
  1. Support--Coin945 (talk) 12:02, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The customer is always right – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
  1. Support--NickPenguin(contribs) 18:30, 14 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support--Coin945 (talk) 12:02, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Capital punishment in Greece – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
  • Article currently only covers the topic from August 1972, the date of the last execution in Greece. What about before that? What are Greek attitudes towards capital punishment now? etc. Moswento talky 10:59, 11 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Support--Coin945 (talk) 12:02, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]