Wikipedia:Articles for improvement/Archives/Successful Nominations/January 2013

This page lists the TAFI nominations that were closed as successful in January 2013.

Statue
(Arts) A start class article with almost all pictures! Needs big help. Horai 551 (talk) 11:35, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Support Oppose
 * 1) Horai 551 (talk) 11:35, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) --Coin945 (talk) 18:13, 15 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) -- Nick  Penguin ( contribs ) 00:48, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 4) --&there4; ZX95 [ discuss ] 07:25, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 5)  Wizardman  15:35, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 6) Yes, definitely.  Automatic Strikeout  ( T  •  C ) 16:58, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 7) Ushau97 (talk) 10:10, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

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Tomboy
Currently barely more than a stub. This article would be great for collaboration because it's mostly a blank slate and there are both academic and popular culture angles to write about. The article currently average 1328 page views per day, which is pretty high. Kaldari (talk) 22:51, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

Support
 * 1) Kaldari (talk) 22:51, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) —Tom Morris (talk) 08:52, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) --Horai 551 (talk) 12:08, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 4) j⚛e deckertalk 16:52, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 5) Northamerica1000(talk) 18:31, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

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Jungle
(Geography) A partially-developed article that would benefit from expansion. Northamerica1000(talk) 13:14, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

Support
 * 1) Northamerica1000(talk) 13:14, 29 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) -- Nick  Penguin ( contribs ) 00:48, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 3) --Coin945 (talk) 12:13, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 4) --j⚛e deckertalk 17:27, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 5) --Horai 551 (talk) 07:36, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 6)  Wizardman  20:33, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

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Notability
(Arts) Here's a very general concept that's very poorly written about and has needed improvement for a very long time. Something for everyone: sociologists, philosophers, psychologists, PR men... St John Chrysostom ΔόξατωΘεώ 17:41, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Support
 * 1) St John Chrysostom ΔόξατωΘεώ 17:42, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 2) The irony is delicious. Cannot think of a better article than this to help newbies get a sense of how to edit and what to include.--Coin945 (talk) 20:11, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 3) j⚛e deckertalk 23:39, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 4) -- Nick  Penguin ( contribs ) 07:40, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 5) --Horai 551 (talk) 11:11, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 6) — Crisco 1492 (talk) 11:13, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 7) Northamerica1000(talk) 15:14, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 8) Ought to be fun as well for any unemployed, underemployed, and/or recently laid off reporters who want to try and keep their WP:NPOV skills honed. -- ༺།།ༀ་ཨཱཿ་ཧཱུྃ།།འཚེར།།xeltifon།།སར་ཝ་མང་ག་ལམ།།༻ &#123;say it&#125; &#123;contribs&#125; 06:43, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 9)  Wizardman  23:33, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

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Writer
(switched to 16 February by TheOriginalSoni (talk)) (Arts) Superstub, very general topic — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:02, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Support
 * 1)  — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:02, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 2) Not sure what this article would include exactly, but it certainly can be improved. :)--Coin945 (talk) 12:13, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I have a general idea, I could post it on the talk page — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:29, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
 * On the talk page for Writer? Sure, go ahead! :)--Coin945 (talk) 12:42, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Added there. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:27, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Just read it. Nice ideas. :D Sounds good to me.--Coin945 (talk) 15:50, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 1) —017Bluefield (talk) 20:30, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 2) -- Nick Penguin ( contribs ) 07:40, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 3) --Horai 551 (talk) 11:10, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 4)  Wizardman  23:31, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 5) Northamerica1000(talk) 00:09, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

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Salt (chemistry)
(Science) Start-class core article. Lots of coverage holes. Coin945 (talk) 07:44, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

Support
 * 1) Coin945 (talk) 07:44, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) Just about undeveloped enough for TAFI to be beneficial. —WFC— FL wishlist 05:46, 26 October 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) -- Nick  Penguin ( contribs ) 00:48, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 4) Horai 551 (talk) 02:17, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 5)  No  unique  names  17:06, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 6)  Wizardman  23:30, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

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Poaching
(Society) This is an incredibly neglected and empty article for such a huge subject. It doesn't even cover the scope of different types of poaching (like plants or animals), statistics, or global phenomenon and demands. It is a really undeveloped article for a subject that affects many things and needs a lot of attention. Turn685 (talk) 20:46, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

Support
 * 1) Turn685 (talk) 20:46, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) Northamerica1000(talk) 14:04, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) -- Nick  Penguin ( contribs ) 00:48, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 4) --Coin945 (talk) 12:13, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 5)  No  unique  names  17:02, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 6) ༺།།ༀ་ཨཱཿ་ཧཱུྃ།།འཚེར།།xeltifon།།སར་ཝ་མང་ག་ལམ།།༻ &#123;say it&#125; &#123;contribs&#125; 07:55, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 7)  Wizardman  23:36, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

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Wonders of the World
(Geography/History) High-importance article in a bit of a mess atm. Coin945 (talk) 17:17, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Just to clarify, this isn't strictly about the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (they have their own article for that). This is about the concept of "Wonders of the World" in general, and discussion the many different applications the term has had throughout history. Right now, it's just a bunch of random lists of world wonders with little to no prose at all.--Coin945 (talk) 09:55, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Support
 * 1) Coin945 (talk) 17:17, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 2) -- Nick  Penguin ( contribs ) 18:34, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 3) The article is rather developed, but there is definitely room for improvement, and the topic seems likely to appeal to a diverse variety of people. Northamerica1000(talk) 21:40, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 4) Ushau97 (talk) 08:11, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 5)  Wizardman  05:36, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

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George M. Dallas
Dallas was the vice president under James Knox Polk in the mid 1840s. For a vice president of the United States, his article is pretty bad. This is great for collaboration because it's a Start-class BLP (check that, general biography) with more coverage out there (if not on the web in reference books, but the web would be a start). Anyway, I think this would be a great candidate for TAFI. Thanks-- Go Phightins! (talk) 01:42, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Support
 * 1) Go Phightins! (talk) 01:42, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) Although I must note that this is not a BLP. Dallas died in 1864. AutomaticStrikeout 02:31, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry, meant general biography. He'd be pretty old to still be a BLP. Go Phightins! (talk) 02:33, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
 * 3. No  unique  names  17:09, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 4. Support. Northamerica1000(talk) 18:31, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 5. Nick  Penguin ( contribs ) 03:15, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Oppose
 * 1) Obscure topic, only gets about 100 pageviews per day. Kaldari (talk) 20:21, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Have to disagree that a former U.S. VP and Secy. of State is "obscure". Go   Phightins  !  20:34, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

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Slang
(Society) A start-class article with plenty of potential for improvements. The topic seems likely to attract viewers and editors. Northamerica1000(talk) 21:47, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Support
 * 1) Northamerica1000(talk) 21:47, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 2) -- Nick  Penguin ( contribs ) 09:05, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 3) --Coin945 (talk) 09:08, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 4) --Horai 551 (talk) 07:38, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 5) --&there4; ZX95 [ discuss ] 07:42, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

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