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Welcome to Quality Article Improvement

Several Wikipedians have formed this collaboration resource and group dedicated to improving the quality of Misplaced Pages's Quality Articles, namely Good Articles (GA) and Featured articles (FA). This page and its subpages contain suggestions and various resources; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of Wikipedians interested in the topic. If you would like to help, please join the project, inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list below.

Goals

Scope

Contributors

Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest. Members may add the category Category:WikiProject Quality articles to their user page.

  1. PumpkinSky (talk · contribs)
  2.  Br'erRabbit 
  3. Ched (talk · contribs) I'm willing to try to help anyone I can; although, I'm not the most proficient technician available. Chedzilla (talk) 11:45, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
  4. Gerda Arendt (talk · contribs) I am here for company, and quality has a prize. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 04:55, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
  5. Montanabw (talk · contribs) copyediting for flow, fact-checking, etc. Not great with technical stuff, but good at digging up research. 00:24, 1 July 2012 (UTC)
  6. Keilana (talk · contribs) I'm working on core science articles. Right now, astronomy. 16:58, 1 July 2012 (UTC)
  7. Wehwalt (talk · contribs), doing a lot of stuff.22:21, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
  8. Deepon (talk · contribs) Willing to help anyone with an article related to Wikiproject electronics.
  9. Pigsonthewing (talk · contribs) Technical soundness: templates, standards, accessibility and categories. Ping me if I can help. Also have access to HighBeam & Oxford Dictionary of National Biography for referencing.

Articles

Projects in progress

Article Date Status Goal Work needed Comment achieved when
Graham Waterhouse 23 Nov 2012 DYK GA expand, refs GA
Messiah (Handel) 7 Dec 2012 TFA refs GA Green tickY TFA 23 Mar
Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes, BWV 76 17 Jan 2013 GA FA expand, refs GA
Mass in B minor structure 15 Mar 2013 PR FA expand the promised article GA Green tickY DYK 23 May
Green tickY GAN 17 Sep, GA 6 Oct
Green tickY PR 15 Oct – 15 Nov
St Matthew Passion structure 29 Mar 2013 GA expand the passionate article GA
Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten! BWV 172 2 May 2013 DYK GA expand, refs GA Green tickY GAN 16 Nov
Jahrhundertring 25 Oct 2013 GA expand, refs GA Green tickY DYK 7 Nov
Patrice Chéreau 7 Nov 2013 DYK GA expand, refs GA Green tickY GAN 7 Nov

Requests

Completed 2013

Article Date Status Translation Goal Work done by achieved when
Prosperity theology 13 Sep 2012 FA TFA MA Green tickY TFA 4 Jan
Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes, BWV 40 22 Dec 2012 DYK GA GA Green tickY GA 12 Jan
Little Moreton Hall 17 Jan 2013 TFA to de, SG de GA translation GA Green tickY 17 Jan article de
Green tickY 19 Feb SG
William Robinson Brown 28 Jan 2013 FA TFA Maintenance MBW Green tickY FA 9 March
Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe, BWV 22 6 Feb 2013 DYK GA expand, refs GA Green tickY 12 Mar GA
Ihr werdet weinen und heulen, BWV 103 22 Apr 2013 DYK GA expand, refs GA Green tickY 14 Jun GA
Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot, BWV 39 2 Jun 2013 DYK GA expand, refs GA Green tickY 22 Jun GA
Franz Kafka works 15 Mar 2013 expand and merge with bibliography GA Green tickY DYK 3 Jul
Horse Protection Act of 1970 N/A FA MTBW Green tickY FA 7 July
Oxbow (horse) N/A TFA MTBW Green tickY FA 14 Jul 2013

The achievements of 2012 are archived.

Awards

Core Contest 2012

Second Prize - Core Contest
Congratulations for sharing in second prize in the August 2012 incarnation of the Core Contest! Your voucher will be on its way soon.... Casliber (talk · contribs) 15:35, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
This was for PumpkinSky and Gerda Arendt and their work on Franz Kafka PumpkinSky talk 22:47, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

Core Contest 2013

The Barnstar of National Merit
I hereby award this Barnstar of National Merit to Diannaa for achieving third prize in the Core Contest in April 2013 for work on Nazi Germany. A wikimedia UK person will be in contact to send off an Amazon voucher for £55. Well done! Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 06:03, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
this WikiAward was given to Diannaa by Cas Liber (talk · contribs) on 06:03, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

Achievements

In addition to the achievements in 2012 and 2013, project members a featured in the list of successful featured articles, viewed more than 100.000 times on their day on the Main page:

TFAR

Article Nom Date TFA Date status by where sugg comment
Stephen Hawking 2012-12-08 2014-01-08 prep Fayedizard UK GA req 2012
Walter Model 2013-01-01 2014-01-24 Acdixon Germany DI
Douglas MacArthur 2013-01-01 2014-01-26 prep Hawkeye7 USA DI req 2013
Carousel (musical) 2013-02-08 20xx-04-19 W W
Joel Brand 2012-10-05 2014-04-25 prep SlimVirgin Germany GA sked 27 Jan, unsked, pend 25 Apr, rm
Oxbow (horse) 2013-07-17 2014-05-14 MBW US MBW 2014 Preakness Stakes
Frederick Delius 2012-10-05 2014-06-10 BB UK GA BB date
John Y. Brown (1835–1904) 2012-10-02 2014-06-28 prep Acdixon Kentucky GA req 2013
Pierre Monteux 2012-10-30 2014-07-01 Tim Cg2p0B0u8m BB France GA 50th death
Brownsea Island Scout camp 2013-07-01 2014-08-01 PS England PS
Leningrad première of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 2013-07-14 2014-08-09 prep Nikkimaria GA or 2017
Isabeau of Bavaria 2013-08-24 2014-09-24 prep Victoria, Ceoil GA
Peter Warlock 2012-10-30 2014-10-30 BB UK GA 120th death
Grace Sherwood 2013-09-27 2014-10-31 prep PS US PS Halloween
Peter Warlock 2012-10-30 2014-10-30 BB UK GA 120th death
George Headley 2012-10-28 2014-11-30 Sarastro1 West Indies GA
Carsten Borchgrevink 2012-11-11 2014-12-01 BB UK GA 150th birthday
Michael Tippett 2013-11-11 2015-01-02 BB UK GA 110th birthday
Charles Inglis (engineer) 2013-07-11 2015-07-31 Dumelow England GA bday 1875
Ian Johnson (cricketer) 2013-11-13 2017-12-08 req 2013-12-08 Mattinbgn GA centenary
Horse Protection Act of 1970 2013-07-17 late August MBW US MBW
Today (The Smashing Pumpkins song) 2013-08-06 any prep Brandt Luke Zorn GA later
Eris (dwarf planet) 2012-10-02 any prep Serendipodous GA
Banker horse any any Yohmom North Carolina MTBW
The Bartered Bride 2013-04-02 any BB GA
L'incoronazione di Poppea 2013-04-02 any BB GA
Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria 2013-04-02 any BB GA
Percy Grainger 2013-04-02 any BB GA
1975 Australian constitutional crisis 2012-10-02 funeral prep W Australia GA
USS Iowa (BB-61) 2012-09-21 any prep TomStar81 US DI
United States Bicentennial coinage 2013-04-06 any W US W
Jenna Jameson 2013-06-01 any AnonEMouse US PS
Dresden Triptych 2013-08-19 any req Victoria, Ceoil GA Mary and child, later
Periodic table 2012-11-23 any prep StringTheory11 removed from TFAR
London Necropolis Company 2012-10-01 2012-10-31 prep Iridescent London GA should not appear, tried again by others 21 June 2013 for "any"
Joseph Grimaldi 2013-10-17 2013-12-18 req 2013-12-18 Cassianto UK GA
Joseph Desha 2012-10-05 2013-12-09 sked 2013-12-09 Acdixon Kentucky GA
William Burges 2012-11-20 2013-12-02 sked 2013-12-02 KJP1 UK GA
Charles-Valentin Alkan 2012-10-28 2013-11-30 sked 2013-11-30 Smerus GA
Benjamin Britten 2012-11-30 2013-11-22 app 2013-11-22 Tim BB UK GA
Heidi Game 2013-06-20 2013-11-17 app 2013-11-17 W US W
Walter de Coutances 2012-10-16 2013-11-16 app 2013-11-16 Ealdgyth France GA
Jefferson nickel 2013-10-16 2013-11-15 app 2013-11-15 W US W
A Child of our Time 2013-10-05 2013-11-09 app 2013-11-09 BB France GA
George Went Hensley 2013-10-08 app 2013-10-27 MA Astynax US MA
Georges Bizet 2013-08-26 2013-10-25 app 2013-10-25 BB F GA
American Cream Draft 2013-10-06 any app 2013-10-23 Dana boomer US PS
Ramaria botrytis 2013-09-13 any app 2013-10-01 Sasata GA
Les pêcheurs de perles 2013-03-09 2013-09-30 app 2013-09-30 BB France GA
Rise of Neville Chamberlain 2013-06-03 2013-09-29 app 2013-09-29 W US W
Elizabeth Canning 2013-07-23 2013-09-17 app 2013-09-17 Parrot of Doom UK GA
Harry McNish 2013-07-23 2013-09-11 app 2013-09-11 Yomangani GA
Williamette River 2013-08-25 any app 2013-09-01 Jsayre64 US PS
Albert Bridge, London 2012-09-21 any app 2013-08-23 Iridescent London GA
Auriga (constellation) 2012-12-07 any app 2013-08-17 Kei GA
Koala 2013-08-08 any app 2013-08-16 LittleJerry, Sasata Australia PS
Lactarius indigo 2013-07-21 any app 2013-08-08 Sasata PS
Common House Martin 2013-07-17 any app 2013-08-05 Jimfbleak GA
Geography and ecology of the Everglades 2013-07-12 any app 2013-08-01 Moni3 US GA
Postman's Park 2013-06-30 2013-07-30 app 2013-07-30 Iridescent London PS
Barber coinage 2013-07-12 any app 2013-07-29 W US W
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and The Five 2012-09-13 any app 2013-07-24 Jonyungk Russia GA
Manhattan Project 2013-06-15 2013-07-16 app 2013-07-16 Hawkeye7 USA DI
Pipe Dream (musical) 2013-03-26 any app 2013-07-09 W W
Operation Charnwood 2013-06-08 2013-07-08 app 2013-07-08 EnigmaMcmxc France DI
Hanged, drawn and quartered 2012-10-01 any app 2013-07-07 Parrot of Doom England PS
Franz Kafka 2013-08-22 2013-07-03 app 2013-07-03 PS GA Czech/German PS
Golden-crowned sifaka 2012-09-22 any app 2013-06-30 Maky Madagascar GA
United States Senate election in Ohio, 1898 2012-11-27 any app 2013-06-26 W US W
Hiram Wesley Evans 2013-06-11 app 2013-06-24 MA Crisco US MA
Plunketts Creek Bridge No. 3 2013-05-20 2013-06-22 app 2013-06-22 Ruhrfisch Pennsylvania PS
Ezra Meeker 2013-05-02 2013-06-21 app 2013-06-21 W US W
Isabella quarter 2013-06-02 2013-06-13 app 2013-06-13 W US W
James Garrard 2012-12-15 2013-06-07 app 2013-06-07 Acdixon US PS
Stephen Crane 2012-10-05 2013-06-05 app 2013-06-05 Yllosubmarine US GA
Tichborne case 2013-04-02 any app 2013-06-01 BB GA
The Rite of Spring 2012-10-05 2013-05-29 app 2013-05-29 BB France GA
Richard Wagner 2013-02-14 2013-05-22 app 2013-05-22 Smerus Germany GA
Rachel Chiesley, Lady Grange 2013-09-23 2013-05-12 app 2013-05-12 Ben MacDui Scotland GA
Phallus indusiatus 2012-09-24 any app 2013-05-10 Sasata GA
Kenneth Widmerpool 2013-04-02 any app 2013-04-23 BB GA
Reginald Heber 2012-10-05 2013-04-21 app 2013-04-21 BB UK GA
SMS Blücher 2013-01-01 2013-04-11 app 2013-04-11 Parsecboy BR Germany BR
Canis Minor app 2013-04-07 Kei GA
Carmen app 2013-04-06 BB F
Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine 2013-04-05 2013-04-05 app 2013-04-05 DrKiernan Germany GA
Neville Cardus 2013-01-17 2013-04-03 app 2013-04-03 BB Tim UK GA
Joseph B. Foraker 2013-03-15 any app 2013-03-30 W US W
Messiah (Handel) 2012-10-05 2013-03-23 app 2013-03-23 BB Tim GA UK GA
Icelandic Phallological Museum 2013-01-14 Feb 2013 app 2013-03-16 Prioryman Iceland BR
James G. Blaine 2012-10-05 2013-03-07 app 2013-03-07 Coemgenus Maine USA GA
Nickel (United States coin) 2013-02-08 2013-03-04 app 2013-03-04 W US W
Grand Teton National Park 2013-02-01 2013-02-26 app 2013-02-26 MONGO Wyoming PS
Alexis Bachelot 2012-10-05 2013-02-22 app 2013-02-22 MA, Livitup Sandwich I. GA
Turban Head eagle app 2013-02-19 W US
United States Assay Commission 2012-11-27 2013-02-13 app 2013-02-13 W US
Dreadnought 2013-02-17 any app 2013-01-29 The Land US DI
Reception history of Jane Austen 2012-10-01 2013-01-28 app 2013-01-28 Wadewitz, Simmaren UK GA
Hudson Valley Rail Trail 2012-12-01 any app 2013-01-15 Gyrobo NY PS
Little Moreton Hall app 2013-01-12 George Ponderevo UK B
Richard Nixon 2012-11-27 2013-01-09 app 2013-01-09 W US
Prosperity theology app 2013-01-04 ItsZippy MA

Articles that appeared in 2012 are archived.

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