Wikipedia:WikiProject Zoo/Collaboration

The Zoo collaboration department is a coordinated effort by WikiProject Zoo to improve Wikipedia's zoo-related content. All Wikipedians, regardless of their level of expertise on the subject, are welcome to contribute.

Aside from the main benefit of creating better zoo articles on Wikipedia, it is hoped that the successful execution of this initiative will a) Attract new editors to work on the Project; b) Improve the writing skills of existing editors; and c) Demonstrate the value of collaboration on Wikipedia. The ultimate goal of the Zoo Collaboration department is to get at a number of zoo or zoo-related articles featured every six months.

Nomination procedure
Any user may nominate an article to be collaborated upon. Nominees should:


 * Be about any zoo or directly zoo-related topic.
 * Need a significant amount of work in terms of content, organization, prose, etc.
 * Not be in any edit conflict.

If you would like to nominate an article, please add it at the bottom of the list of nominees along with a short note describing why you think it should be chosen.

For Nominators: Please use the following code when nominating an article.

===ARTICLE NAME=== Nominated MONTH DAY, YEAR;

Support:
 * 1) (sign with four tildes)

Comments:
 * (put your reason for nomination, sign again)

For Voters: Please use the following code when voting to support an article.

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Nominations...
''Please list nominees below using the code laid out in the above section. Newer nominees should be placed on the bottom of the list. Feel free to vote for as many nominees as you wish, but only once per nomination. Please only vote to indicate support, do not vote in the negative. If you like, add a comment in the comment's section under nomination, or on the collaboration talk page.''

World Association of Zoos and Aquariums
Nominated November 17, 2009;

Approved and pending collaboration. The Arbiter  ★★★  22:57, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Support:

Comments:
 * 1) .  Zoo Pro  02:03, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
 * 2) Support Yes, will be glad to help.  The Arbiter  ★★★  22:43, 18 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Should be a fantastic Starting Point for a collaberation project, as it is the representation of Zoos around the world. Zoo Pro  02:03, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium
Nominated February 1, 2010.

Support: Comments:
 * 1) Belugaboy535136  contribs 00:20, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) Takinzinnia (talk) 02:17, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) Desperately needs collaboration, will be willing to help. Belugaboy535136  contribs 21:07, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) It's just a list of animals. Takinzinnia (talk) 02:17, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Basically, and a section about beluga whales. History is a start. Belugaboy  Talk to Me! 22:00, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Memphis Zoo
Nominated October 10, 2011.

Approved and pending collaboration. Takinzinnia (talk &bull; contribs) 22:11, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

Support: Comments:
 * 1) Takinzinnia (talk &bull; contribs) 05:17, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
 * 2) Don Lammers (talk) 23:56, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
 * 1) The history section is a bulleted timeline, the overall tone reads a bit like an ad, and it's not particularly well-written. Takinzinnia (talk &bull; contribs) 05:17, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
 * 2) What he says. Also, the image gallery should be eliminated (we have a link to Commons now) and the images in text reviewed. Images should show something about the zoo, not just be pictures of animals that might be in any zoo. Don Lammers (talk) 23:56, 18 October 2011 (UTC)