Wikipedia:Collaboration of the week/Removed/2005/Archive 1

This page contains nominations from the main collaboration of the week page which have been removed due to lack of votes or because they're unsuitable nominations from January 1 to January 15, 2005.

Tumor (3 votes in 1 week)

 * Nominated December 26, 2004; needs 5 votes by January 2, 2005

Support:
 * 1) Snipre 18:13, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 2) LostLeviathan 04:32, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 3) The KoG | Talk 01:58, Dec 29, 2004 (UTC)

Comments:
 * Considering how much of a role in medicinal research a tumor plays, it deserves a much larger article. There's more to a tumor than "Oh he/she has a tumor."  Millions of people die from them every year.  Tumors even attribute to certain forms of cancer, which can be devastating to people's lives. -- Snipre 18:13, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Agreed. The current article is embarrassingly short, though some information on the subject is in the much more extensive cancer article.  --LostLeviathan 04:32, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * That's tumour you heathens! - Ta bu shi da yu 04:40, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * I find your colorful spelling humorous. --brian0918&#153; 05:31, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * "Tumour"? Why do you hate America? -- The KoG | Talk 01:58, Dec 29, 2004 (UTC)
 * "Maybe it's a tumor..." "IT'S NOT A TUMAAHH!"  --brian0918&#153; 02:37, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Reason for removal:
 * Not enough votes - AndyL 18:44, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Balkans Campaign (12 votes in 3 weeks)

 * Nominated December 14, 2004; needs 15 votes by January 4, 2005

Support:
 * 1) The KoG | Talk 21:14, Dec 14, 2004 (UTC)
 * 2) AndyL 13:37, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 3) Oberiko 17:33, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 4) RJH 20:40, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 5) Key45 21:48, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 6) Snipre 00:48, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 7) ExplorerCDT 18:23, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 8) Páll 20:11, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 9) brian0918&#153; 12:49, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 10) AndyL 16:46, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 11) --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 22:26, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * 12) Golbez 18:48, Jan 4, 2005 (UTC)

Comments:
 * There was more to the Balkans in World War II than "Italy invades, gets pants kicked, Germany takes over, eventally loses." We had Hitler invade Hungary in 1944 because the dictator Miklós Horthy was going to defect to the Allied side.  We had the Yugoslav resistance led by Josip Broz Tito which gave the Nazis one headache after another.  And of course, we had the Greek Campaign and the Battle of Crete.  If I haven't made my case to help this lowly article then I'll just try harder. -- The KoG | Talk 21:14, Dec 14, 2004 (UTC)

Reason for removal:
 * Not enough votes -AndyL 23:07, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Democracy in the Middle East (3 votes in 1 week)

 * Nominated December 29, 2004; needs 5 votes by January 5, 2005

Support:
 * 1) Pharos 11:36, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 2) iFaqeer (Talk to me!) 22:12, Dec 30, 2004 (UTC) Though it will be interesting to see how it turns out.
 * 3) RJH 22:52, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Comments:
 * An important, timely, and controversial topic.--Pharos 11:36, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Almost sounds like a science fiction project. KNewman 15:35, Dec 30, 2004 (UTC)
 * Well not if you include Turkey and Israel. Iran could perhaps be termed a "Mockracy", so possibly close enough for a mention? RJH 22:52, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * I see this article as tracing the history and asessing the current state and future prospects of democracy, democratic tendencies, and democratic movements in all countries in the region.--Pharos 07:31, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Reason for removal:
 * Not enough votes -AndyL 23:07, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Hatch Act of 1939 (3 votes in 1 week)

 * Nominated December 29, 2004; needs 5 votes by January 5, 2005

Support:
 * 1) PedanticallySpeaking 18:47, Dec 29, 2004 (UTC)
 * 2) Neutralitytalk 16:29, Dec 31, 2004 (UTC)
 * 3) Golbez 18:48, Jan 4, 2005 (UTC)

Comments:
 * Really inadequate article on an important and off cited law. PedanticallySpeaking 18:47, Dec 29, 2004 (UTC)

Reason for removal:
 * Not enough votes -AndyL 23:07, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Portuguese Inquisition (3 votes in 1 week)

 * Nominated December 29, 2004; needs 5 votes by January 5, 2005

Support:
 * 1) Neutralitytalk 23:43, Dec 29, 2004 (UTC)
 * 2) The KoG | Talk 16:04, Dec 31, 2004 (UTC)
 * 3) brian0918&#153; 07:42, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Comments:
 * Nobody expects the Portuguese Inquisition. Warofdreams 14:02, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Reason for removal:
 * Not enough votes -AndyL 04:33, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Politics of Europe (14 votes in 3 weeks)

 * Nominated December 16 2004; needs 15 votes by January 6 2005

Support:
 * 1) Grunners 20:37, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 2) Pyromonkeykw
 * 3) Rho 06:45, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 4) --Wonderfool 23:56, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 5) The KoG | Talk 00:53, Dec 22, 2004 (UTC)
 * 6) Snipre 00:55, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 7) Warofdreams 12:01, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 8) MikeCapone 17:46, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 9) Páll 20:11, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 10) AndyL 16:44, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 11) sars 12:13, Dec 29, 2004 (UTC)
 * 12) Golbez 18:48, Jan 4, 2005 (UTC)
 * 13) 62.49.5.21 19:28, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * 14) Rosquet 20:27, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Comments:
 * Potential to be a vast article, think the problem is that most users are afraid to begin a project of such size. Grunners 20:37, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * I think an article like this could be very useful and a good lead-in to other more country-specific articles. It's a huge task, though. MikeCapone 17:46, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Reason for removal:
 * Not enough votes -AndyL 13:13, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Dakar (3 votes in 1 week)

 * Nominated December 31, 2004; needs 5 votes by January 7, 2005

Support:
 * 1) Dmcdevit--08:27, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 2) Neutralitytalk 16:38, Dec 31, 2004 (UTC)
 * 3) Burgundavia 00:02, Jan 5, 2005 (UTC)

Comments: This is the capital of a country and a city of 2 million. There has got to be more to be said.

Reason for removal:
 * Not enough votes

Kwanzaa (2 votes in 1 week)

 * Nominated December 31, 2004; needs 5 votes by January 7, 2005

Support:
 * 1) Neutralitytalk 16:38, Dec 31, 2004 (UTC)
 * 2) Burgundavia 00:03, Jan 5, 2005 (UTC)

Comments:

Reason for removal:
 * Not enough votes

Reconquista (Mexico) (3 votes in 1 week)

 * Nominated January 2, 2005; needs 5 votes by January 9, 2005

Support: --Mike3 23:04, 8 Jan 2005 (UTC)--Mike3 23:04, 8 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) KNewman 17:16, Jan 2, 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Spangineer--[[User:Mike3|Mike3 23:04, 8 Jan 2005 (UTC)]] &#8734; 13:13, Jan 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) bernlin2000 &infin; 00:59, Jan 7, 2005 (UTC)

Comments: Not a subject I have know much about but it gets my vote. as a very interesting topic alone.
 * There's still no article on this interesting topic, considering the fact that there are towns in some of the southern states bordering Mexico, where people no longer speak or about to stop speaking English due to influx of "settlers" from Mexico. KNewman 17:16, Jan 2, 2005 (UTC)
 * My vote would be on Reconquista, the article that actually exists (originally titled Reconquista (Mexico)). This one is also in need of editing. Cmon everybody! Don't we want a nice healthy Mexican history ready for this years Cinco de Mayo? bernlin2000 00:59, Jan 7, 2005 (UTC)
 * Dear Bernlin! The Reconquista ideas in today's Mexico was exactly the article I had in mind, not the Reconquista you changed it to. Sorry if I didn't make myself clear. KNewman 13:58, Jan 7, 2005 (UTC)
 * Sorry 'bout that :). Why not a double Collaboration of the week! bernlin2000 &infin; 02:10, Jan 9, 2005 (UTC)

Reason for removal:
 * Not enough votes -AndyL 19:53, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Geography of Asia (14 votes in 3 weeks)

 * Nominated December 20 2004; needs 15 votes by January 10 2005

Support:
 * 1) Warofdreams 17:35, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 2) Jiang 08:09, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 3) The KoG | Talk 00:53, Dec 22, 2004 (UTC)
 * 4) A. D. Hair 02:04, Dec 22, 2004 (UTC)
 * 5) Aqua 08:09, Dec 22, 2004 (UTC)
 * 6) Scottbeck 16:17, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 7) kaal 05:16, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 8) Golbez 03:06, Dec 24, 2004 (UTC)
 * 9) ExplorerCDT 03:25, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 10) 119 01:44, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 11) Páll 20:11, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 12) brian0918&#153; 12:51, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 13) Neutralitytalk 16:41, Dec 31, 2004 (UTC)
 * 14) CunningLinguist 11:07, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Comments:
 * This is a wideranging and important topic. For an example of an similar article done well, see Geography of Africa. Warofdreams 17:35, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * If we cover biomes, ecozones, etc., this article could really be very good. Neutralitytalk 16:41, Dec 31, 2004 (UTC)

Reason for removal:
 * Not enough votes -AndyL 21:15, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Bhairava (2 votes in 1 week)

 * Nominated January 3, 2005; needs 5 votes by January 10, 2005

Support:
 * 1) D AVODD  05:44, Jan 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Jeltz talk  18:38, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Comments:
 * There are hundreds on online sources available to expand this one-sentece stub. And writing about mythology is always fun. D AVODD  05:44, Jan 3, 2005 (UTC)

Reason for removal:
 * Not enough votes -AndyL 23:22, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Album cover art (4 votes in 1 week)

 * Nominated January 3, 2005; needs 5 votes by January 10, 2005

Support:
 * 1) Warofdreams 12:28, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Jeltz talk  21:17, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) WizardOfTheCDrive 21:12, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) -CunningLinguist 04:52, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Comments:
 * No support even from the nominator? Article name was also miscapitalized, fixing. --Golbez 18:48, Jan 4, 2005 (UTC)
 * I'll support it - there are some absolute classics, an analysis of different musical genres would be fun, and a look at recurring themes would be interesting. Warofdreams 12:28, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Reason for removal:
 * Not enough votes -AndyL 23:22, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Zygote (1 vote in 1 week)

 * Nominated January 3, 2005; needs 5 votes by January 10, 2005

Support:
 * 1) Wonderfool 17:24, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Comments:
 * A previous cotw candidate, that could go further

Reason for removal:
 * Not enough votes -AndyL 23:22, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Washington Naval Conference (4 votes in 1 week)

 * Nominated January 3, 2005; needs 5 votes by January 10, 2005

Support:
 * 1) KNewman 19:17, Jan 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) PedanticallySpeaking 19:22, Jan 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 22:28, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Burgundavia 00:00, Jan 5, 2005 (UTC)

Comments:
 * This conference followed the Paris Peace Conference and concluded the re-shaping of the world map. The world was now ready for another devastating war... KNewman 19:17, Jan 3, 2005 (UTC)

Reason for removal:
 * Not enough votes -AndyL 23:22, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Daughters of Liberty (1 vote in 1 week)

 * Nominated January 3, 2005; needs 5 votes by January 10, 2005

Support:
 * 1) 24.251.234.191 23:04, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Comments:

Reason for removal:
 * Not enough votes -AndyL 23:22, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Roman culture (19 votes in 4 weeks)

 * Nominated December 14 2004; needs 20 votes by January 11 2005

Support:
 * 1) McMullen 14:02, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 2) brian0918&#153; 16:23, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 3) Bogdan | Talk 13:47, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 4) ALoan (Talk) 02:00, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 5) AndyL 02:28, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 6) Fredrik | talk 01:41, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 7) Jeltz 13:22, 2004 Dec 21 (UTC)
 * 8) The KoG | Talk 00:53, Dec 22, 2004 (UTC)
 * 9) ExplorerCDT 03:24, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 10) 119 07:46, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 11) I'll add what help I can, though it may not be much. hfool 03:44, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 12) ChristopherWillis 12:25, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC) I'd love to try and help
 * 13) Lockeownzj00 00:13, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC) rome fascinates me.
 * 14) ScribeOfTheNile 15:25, Jan 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * 15) Golbez 18:48, Jan 4, 2005 (UTC)
 * 16) Litefantastic 19:58, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * 17) KneeLess 04:50, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * 18) Sasquatch 05:25, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * 19) CunningLinguist 09:46, 11 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Comments:
 * The culture of the entire Roman Empire is nothing but a list of links. -- McMullen 14:02, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * C'mon people! You did Culture of Greece; now it's time for Rome. :) --brian0918&#153; 16:23, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * So shouldn't this be moved to Culture of Rome, for consistency's sake? Ryan Anderson 22:24, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Question: should this be merged with Romanitas? Fredrik | talk 01:41, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Yes, Romanitas (which is pretty stubbish itself) probably should be merged into and redirected to Roman culture. McMullen 17:33, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Reason for removal:
 * Not enough votes -AndyL 14:45, 11 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Honduras (3 votes in 1 week)

 * Nominated January 3, 2005; needs 5 votes by January 11, 2005

Support:
 * 1) Dmcdevit 04:34, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) kaal 22:00, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) CunningLinguist 11:07, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Comments:
 * Considering that we established with Costa Rica that each country deserves a good article, this one also needs to be greatly expanded.

Reason for removal:
 * Not enough votes -AndyL 14:45, 11 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Russia (not a stub)

 * Nominated January 10, 2005; needs 5 votes by January 17, 2005

Support:
 * 1) Rhobite 20:37, Jan 10, 2005 (UTC)

Comments:
 * Recently nominated for featured status, but in addition to style problems, it has no references and a myopic history section. The article on Russia deserves to be one of our top-quality articles. Rhobite 20:37, Jan 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * From top:
 * Please only nominate articles which don't currently exist or are stubs. (Two paragraphs or less of information or fewer than 1,000 characters)
 * For non-stubs, submitting the article to pages needing attention, cleanup, peer review, or requests for expansion may be more appropriate.


 * Russia very definitely isn't a stub - Estel (talk) 15:03, Jan 11, 2005 (UTC)

Reason for removal:
 * Was 'illegal' submission - Estel (talk) 16:12, Jan 11, 2005 (UTC)

Konbaung Dynasty (1 vote in 1 week)

 * Nominated January 5, 2005; needs 5 votes by January 12, 2005

Support:
 * 1) Confuzion 00:05, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Comments:
 * The Konbaung Dynasty was arguable the most important dynasty in Burma/Myanmar, being the last Burmese dynasty before falling to the British Empire. The leaders' decisions and dynasty's interactions with the British Empire defined the nation's modern boundaries and laid the foundation for Burma's turbulent modern history. The dynasty was quite expansionist, fighting multiple wars and extending Burmese territory to its largest size in history. As the Wikipedia lacks comprehensive information regarding Burma, improving this article would be a great starting point. There's some information in the article History of Myanmar. --Confuzion 00:05, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Reason for removal:
 * Not enough votes -- AndyL 15:13, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)

1931 Huang He flood (4 votes in 1 week)

 * Nominated January 5, 2005; needs 5 votes by January 12, 2005

Support:
 * 1) Warofdreams 13:53, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Jiang 08:36, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) CunningLinguist 09:45, 11 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Jeltz talk  17:20, 11 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Comments:
 * No article for the most deadly natural disaster of recent times - estimates of the number of people killed range from 850,000 to 4,000,000.

Reason for removal:
 * Not enough votes -- AndyL 15:13, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Battle of Bastogne (6 votes in 2 weeks)

 * Nominated January 1, 2005; needs 10 votes by January 15, 2005

Support:
 * 1) Snipre 22:57, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) brian0918&#153; 07:39, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Trevor macinnis 03:36, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Golbez 18:48, Jan 4, 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) The KoG | Talk 02:30, Jan 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) Johntex 21:02, 11 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Comments:
 * To be frank, this article is annoyingly short. This was a crushing victory for Allied forces, pretty much the end of German offensives in the Battle of the Bulge, and the site of my favorite quote by any general - "Nuts!" -- Snipre 22:59, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Indeed. At the very least it should incorporate Battle of the Bulge (from a recent featured article). A fuller discussion of the "Nuts!" quote -- or euphemism, as some allege -- would be appropriate here, as opposed to the longer article. --Dhartung | Talk 22:00, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Reason for removal:
 * Not enough votes -- AndyL 08:55, 16 Jan 2005 (UTC)