Wikipedia:WikiProject United States/Collaboration/History
Below listed are the selections for the United States Collaboration of the Month and how they were improved.
- Note: Prior to the reboot in February 2011 it was called the Collaboration of the Week. In 2011 it was changed it to be a monthly collaboration.
Collaboration of the Month
editIn February 2011, WikiProject United States relaunched the United States Wikipedians' Collaboration. Rather than a weekly collaboration it was decided to extend the time period to monthly, allowing more editors to participate and more time to expand the articles.
| Date | Title | Votes | Edits | Improvement | Status | Additional comments |
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| February 2012 | United States Postal Service | 4 | 108,149 to |  to
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| January 2012 | The Star-Spangled Banner | 3 | 35 | 39,732 to 39,870 |  to
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Even though the size of the article didn't change much several significant chanegs were made to clean up the article |
| December 2011 | Hope Diamond | 2 | 3 | 97,283 to 97,308 | to
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Only a few edits to the article. |
| November 2011 | 99 Percent Declaration | 1 | 335 | 9,146 to 8,868 | to
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alternate winner, Hope diamond cursed and COTM not updated for two months |
| October 2011 | Not updated | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| September 1, 2011 | Chicago | 3 | 154 | ~15 kilobytes |  to
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| August 1, 2011 | Space Shuttle program | 5 | 8 | 36,088 to 36, 180 | to
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former GA candidate in 2006 |
| July 1, 2011 | United States dollar | 4 | 32 | 64,119 to 64,355 | to
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Some improvements were done but still needs a lot of work |
| June 1, 2011 | United States Bill of Rights | 4 | 41 | 51,656 to 75,006 | to
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Expanded but still needs a lot of work |
| May 1, 2011 | Wall Street | 4 | 74 | 24,234 to 91,912 | to
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Tomwsulcer did a major rewrite and expansion of the article while it was a nomination. |
| April 1, 2011 | Chesapeake Bay | 8 | 24 | 29,725 to 41,363 | to
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| March 1, 2011 | George Washington | 9 | 60 | 116, 980 to 117, 191 | to (now  )
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Second time as US collaboration; subsequently listed as GA on 7 June 2011. |
| February 1, 2011 | Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution | 8 | 103 | 7,480 to 21,280 | to 
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First collaboration of 2011 reboot |
Collaboration of the Week
editThis section is retained for historical purposes. Below shows the articles that were improved through the United States Collaboration of the week. (Archived Nominations)
| Date | Title | Votes | Edits | Improvement | Status | Additional comments |
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| August 14, 2007 | United States | 1 |  |
5th FAC June 2009 | ||
| July 26, 2007 | United States at the 2007 Pan American Games | 1 | |
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| April 6, 2007 | Junior State of America | 1 | 44 | |
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| March 15, 2007 | Shreveport, Louisiana | 3 | |
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| January 26, 2007 | Muhammad Ali | 6 | |
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| January 11, 2007 | Maine | 3 | |
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| December 19, 2006 | Ohio River flood of 1937 | 6 | 9 | |
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| October 8, 2006 | North Carolina | 7 | 417 | 8,044 to 9,235 words (+14%) | |
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| September 23, 2006 | Mount Rushmore | 2 | 54 | 2,693 to 2,954 words (+9%) | |
FAC April 9 2006, defeatured with little work July 2010 |
| July 3, 2006 | Arlington County, Virginia | 17 | 195 | 4,198 to 4,592 words (+9%) | |
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| June 19, 2006 | Statue of Liberty | 21 | 28 | 4,606 to 4,631 words (+0.5%) |  |
FAC August 2010 |
| June 5, 2006 | Native Americans in the United States | 22 | 45 | 6,541 to 6,859 words (+4.9%) | |
unsuccessful FAC February 2006 |
| May 22, 2006 | George Washington | 17 | 295 | 8,927 to 7,552 words (-15%) | |
Former GA, delisted June 2009. |
| May 8, 2006 | Kentucky Derby | 12 | 36 | 1,485 to 1,537 words (+3.5%) | |
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| April 24, 2006 | Washington, D.C. | 26 | 120 | 8,222 to 8,223 words (0%) | |
Peer reviewed, 2nd FAC promoted 30 July 2008 |
| April 10, 2006 | Denver, Colorado | 21 | 68 | 6,021 to 6,340 words (+5.3%) | |
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| March 27, 2006 | Omaha, Nebraska | 20 | 14 | 3,611 to 3,842 words (+6.4%) | |
FAC unsuccessful December 2008 |
| March 13, 2006 | Mount Rushmore | 17 | 98 | 1,334 to 2,058 words (+54%) | see above | |
| February 27, 2006 | Music of the United States | 20 | 21 | to 10,467 words (+3%) | |
promoted April 14, 2006 |
| February 13, 2006 | Rhode Island | 22 | 37 | 4,516 to 4,425 words (-2%) | |
delisted GA June 2008 |
| January 30, 2006 | Transportation in New York City | 24 | 31 | 4,962 to 5,298 words (+7%) | |
delisted GA 31 January 2010 |
| January 16, 2006 | West Virginia | 11 | 172 | 3,503 words to 6,262 words (+79%) | |
delisted GA January 10 2009 |
| January 2, 2006 | History of New Jersey | 4 | 166 | 7,358 words to 6,592 words (-10%) | |
Featured Article on January 30, 2006, demoted 4 September 2009 |
| November 22, 2005 | 42nd Street (Manhattan) | 3 | 0 | 0% | |
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| November 1, 2005 | Indian reservation | 3 | 4 | +4 words | |