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

Archived July 1st

 * Completely unreferenced. Viewed nearly 55,000 times last month. --86.40.198.135 (talk) 00:31, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
 * 1) Support --Coin945 (talk) 17:26, 15 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Viewed more than 12,000 times last month. --86.40.198.135 (talk) 23:51, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
 * 1) Support --Coin945 (talk) 17:26, 15 June 2013 (UTC)


 * 5 references. Viewed nearly 12,000 times last month. --86.40.198.135 (talk) 23:51, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
 * 1) Support --Coin945 (talk) 17:26, 15 June 2013 (UTC)


 * 3 references. Viewed nearly 14,000 times last month. --86.40.198.135 (talk) 23:51, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
 * 1) Support --Coin945 (talk) 17:26, 15 June 2013 (UTC)


 * One of the world's most popular hobbies. Viewed nearly 20,000 times last month. --86.40.198.135 (talk) 23:51, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
 * 1) Support --Coin945 (talk) 17:26, 15 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Viewed nearly 30,000 times last month. --86.40.198.135 (talk) 23:51, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
 * 1) Support --Coin945 (talk) 17:26, 15 June 2013 (UTC)


 * A common thing, viewed more than 25,000 times last month. 86.40.198.135 (talk) 07:44, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
 * 1) Support --Coin945 (talk) 17:26, 15 June 2013 (UTC)


 * This article is a WP:FFA. It was featured for over 5 years and then delisted at Featured article review/South Side, Chicago/archive1. I could use some help raising its quality.TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 15:23, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
 * 1) Support BOZ (talk) 16:21, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
 * 2) Support  Theopolisme ( talk )  19:54, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
 * 3) Oppose too developed for TAFI.--Coin945 (talk) 17:26, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

Even worse than knight. Viewed nearly 20,000 times last month. --86.40.198.135 (talk) 23:15, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
 * 1) Support --Coin945 (talk) 17:26, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

Very influential novel, "the top-selling novel in Italian history and is considered one of the most important novels in modern Italian literature". Viewed more than 10,000 times last month. --86.40.198.135 (talk) 07:54, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
 * 1) Support --Coin945 (talk) 17:26, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

The best-loved Dutch-language novel. --86.40.198.135 (talk) 07:16, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
 * 1) Support --Coin945 (talk) 17:26, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

"Lermontov is considered the supreme poet of Russian literature alongside Pushkin and the greatest figure in Russian Romanticism. His influence on later Russian literature is still felt in modern times, not only through his poetry, but also through his prose, which founded the tradition of the Russian psychological novel." So he should be better. --86.40.198.135 (talk) 07:05, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
 * 1) Support --Coin945 (talk) 17:26, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

The scariest type of word - the type that gets tossed around a lot these days without anyone really knowing what it means. This article should be the best it can be to quell misconceptions and provide information to those seeking it.--Coin945 (talk) 08:46, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
 * 1) Support. --86.40.198.135 (talk) 22:30, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
 * 2) Support --Coin945 (talk) 17:26, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

Only 4 different references. Interesting topic and title. --86.40.198.135 (talk) 00:15, 15 June 2013 (UTC) (hit count may be somewhat non-applicable in this case, see below.)
 * Comment This seems like a very specific concept for an article. Could its scope not be broadened, perhaps to something like "Western attitudes towards gender stereotypes"?--Coin945 (talk) 17:26, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
 * The content of Biological patent was recently moved to Biological patents in the United States as it contained only U.S.-related information. This has left a stub for the international-level article which needs some serious attention. --LukeSurlt c 19:29, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
 * 1) Support --Coin945 (talk) 17:26, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

Rather fascinating aspect of hip hop culture that I was previously unaware of. The article is a bare unsourced stub, but a quick google search reveals tonnes of great sources such as, , , , , &.
 * dating for bot 19:53, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
 * 1) Support --Coin945 (talk) 17:26, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

This looks like an interesting topic which would have widespread interest. It has no references at all. --86.40.198.135 (talk) 22:33, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
 * 1) Support Needs a title change, but great concept for an article. :)--Coin945 (talk) 17:26, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

Archived July 10th

 * Only 2 references. Viewed more than 60,000 times last month. 86.40.198.135 (talk) 08:09, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
 * 1) Support --Coin945 (talk) 17:26, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
 * 2) Support Jamesmcmahon0 (talk) 17:50, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

A reasonable article on an important topic in both Statistics and Ecology. At the moment it only has a few references and very few in line citations. It barely scratches the surface of the topic. Jamesmcmahon0 (talk) 17:40, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

Inventor of Rubik's Cube. Viewed more than 12,000 times last month. --86.40.198.135 (talk) 23:20, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
 * 1) Support Jamesmcmahon0 (talk) 17:52, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

Very poor. Viewed nearly 70,000 times last month, one of Wikipedia's top 10,000 in traffic. --86.40.198.135 (talk) 00:03, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
 * 1) Support --Coin945 (talk) 17:26, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
 * 2) Support Jamesmcmahon0 (talk) 17:54, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

Archived July 11th
Widely used battery in day-to-day life and has more than 90,000 hits in the last month but clearly needs improvement still. -Ugog Nizdast (talk) 11:13, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

Archived July 15th

 * Nolan is a British film director, screenwriter, and producer, most famous for Memento (2000), The Prestige (2006), The Dark Knight trilogy (2005–2012) and Inception (2010). One of the most revered and popular filmmakers of his time. Please take a look at the article and help improve quality for a future GA/feature approval. Sammyjankis88 (talk) 12:10, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

Archived July 16th

 * Only 6 references. Viewed nearly 15,000 times last month. --86.40.198.135 (talk) 23:51, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
 * 1) Support --Coin945 (talk) 17:26, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
 * 2) Support Northamerica1000(talk) 05:04, 1 July 2013 (UTC)