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Head[edit]

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A very basic article with barely any structure or introductory information that could use some attention. --Tom (LT) (talk) 03:17, 29 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

  1. Support - Qwertyxp2000 (talk) 01:07, 7 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support --CSJJ104 (talk) 20:19, 28 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support Joseph2302 (talk) 20:00, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

{{approved}} Qwertyxp2000 (talk) 20:36, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

History of religions[edit]

History of religions – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)

  1. Support. North America1000 07:24, 13 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support --CSJJ104 (talk) 20:17, 28 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support Rubbish computer 00:21, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

{{approved}} --CSJJ104 (talk) 16:35, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Buzzword[edit]

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  • Stub class, high importance article --CSJJ104 (talk) 21:27, 31 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - I would like to support, unfortunately, it is already nominated into the Holding Area at the moment. It is no. 252 on the Holding Area. Qwertyxp2000 (talk) 22:14, 31 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for pointing out my mistake. Please feel free to remove this nomination if you feel that's appropriate. --CSJJ104 (talk) 10:56, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

{{unapproved}} (nomination). Has already been approved checkY and is presently in the project's Holding area. North America1000 02:20, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Organ (anatomy)[edit]

Organ (anatomy) – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 450-650 daily hits

  • Currently just a list. Would benefit readers by being fleshed out, edited so lay readers can understand it, and increasing the depth of the coverage (ie making it from a list into a discursive format). --Tom (LT) (talk) 01:58, 21 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Support - Qwertyxp2000 (talk) 01:08, 7 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support --CSJJ104 (talk) 20:18, 28 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support Rubbish computer 00:24, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

{{approved}} --CSJJ104 (talk) 16:35, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Religious community[edit]

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  • Stub in need of formatting, and expansion. --CSJJ104 (talk) 20:35, 28 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Comment There's a PROD up on it at the moment as it hasn't been updated in over 7 years. Might not be notable enough to keep. --☣Anarchyte☣ 09:49, 30 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Where is the deletion discussion page please? I can't find it at CAT:AFD --CSJJ104 (talk) 21:39, 31 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@CSJJ104: Someone used a PROD, which has been contested. Was PROD not AFD. Joseph2302 (talk) 21:42, 31 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Support – I have added some sources demonstrating notability to the article. A most notable topic and great contender for improvements. North America1000 22:30, 31 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support No idea why this was PRODed, important article that can definitely be massively improved. Joseph2302 (talk) 22:34, 31 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support An extremely important article concerning society in general. Rubbish computer 00:20, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Support Needs a major update. --Anarchyte 10:24, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

{{approved}} --CSJJ104 (talk) 16:36, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Cultural arts[edit]

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  • Just came across this, such a broad topic, but current article is just a stub. Joseph2302 (talk) 21:55, 29 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Support - may be potentially useful if expanded. Qwertyxp2000 (talk) 09:41, 30 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support - Unreferenced and should be easy to expand --CSJJ104 (talk) 21:13, 31 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Oppose - A very basic article that doesn't really need to exist. It would be better if it was in the "Culture" article with its own section. --Anarchyte 11:45, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Support-appears to be a broad topic relative to its size. Rubbish computer 19:06, 4 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Approved. North America1000 20:04, 4 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Proportion (architecture)[edit]

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  1. Support - Qwertyxp2000 (talk) 01:12, 7 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support - EoRdE6(Come Talk to Me!) 06:57, 21 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support - Needs a huuuge update, been like this for years according to the history. --Anarchyte 11:32, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Approved --Anarchyte 11:32, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ancient Egyptian architecture[edit]

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  1. Support - Qwertyxp2000 (talk) 01:12, 7 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support --CSJJ104 (talk) 20:06, 28 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support Top importance article. --Anarchyte 11:27, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Approved --Anarchyte 11:27, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Music venue[edit]

The annual Dance Valley dance music festival in the Netherlands. Such music festivals typically include a large temporary stage, are held outdoors, and include other attractions such as food, performance art and other social activities.

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  1. Support - Qwertyxp2000 (talk) 01:12, 7 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support. North America1000 07:13, 13 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support seems more like a list than an article. --Anarchyte 11:46, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Approved --Anarchyte 11:46, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Handicraft[edit]

Handicrafts in Isfahan-Iran

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  1. Support - Qwertyxp2000 (talk) 01:12, 7 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support. North America1000 11:36, 12 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

no Not approved No discussion in 3 weeks --CSJJ104 (talk) 23:42, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Underground restaurant[edit]

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  1. Support Little more than a list at present --CSJJ104 (talk) 20:12, 28 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support This needs so much updating. I'll try cleaning up some bias now. --Anarchyte 10:07, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support Currently half the references are about 1 restaurant. Joseph2302 (talk) 23:20, 4 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Approved --Anarchyte 06:44, 5 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Latvia[edit]

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  • A Level 4 vital article in Geography and an article on a sovereign state which still needs a large number of references adding as well as general improvement from C-class. Rubbish computer 14:24, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Support So many citation needed and other tags on it. Joseph2302 (talk) 14:55, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support So many citations needed signs. --Anarchyte 11:53, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support - countries need improvement. Qwertyxp2000 (talk) 04:41, 5 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Approved Qwertyxp2000 (talk) 04:41, 5 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Nvidia Shadowplay[edit]

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  • Could be massively improved from the corresponding article in other languages. --Anarchyte 07:59, 4 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Support-It hasn't been given an importance rating but in addition to Anarchyte's points it has no references, is advert like, needs a total rewrite, needs expert attention... and has over 4000 views in the past 30 days. Rubbish computer 22:25, 5 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support For reasons above --CSJJ104 (talk) 16:22, 6 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support As above. Joseph2302 (talk) 16:25, 6 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

{{Approved}}. North America1000 22:35, 6 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Traffic enforcement camera[edit]

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  • Rated at B-class despite two sections tagged as needing more sources and several citation needed templates in the article. North America1000 07:19, 13 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Support Many existing citations are also dead links or need more info --CSJJ104 (talk) 20:09, 28 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Oppose Already a B-class, only needs a bit of work. Joseph2302 (talk) 22:41, 31 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Oppose From what I can see, all that needs updating is the references in a few sections. --Anarchyte 11:22, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Oppose This does not appear to be sufficiently important or rubbish enough. Rubbish computer 22:21, 5 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

{{unapproved}} 3 Oppose votes --Anarchyte 01:04, 6 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Any which way, I would have voted oppose for this one, although the rules here say about 3 net opposing votes. Qwertyxp2000 (talk) 07:02, 6 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Photodetector[edit]

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  1. Support --CSJJ104 (talk) 19:49, 28 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support-Level 4 Vital in Technology, also Mid importance in Physics, can easily be expanded, over 200 hits per day. Rubbish computer 18:20, 5 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support - because I find it potentially useful. Qwertyxp2000 (talk) 07:04, 6 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

{{approved}}. North America1000 09:56, 6 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Edible[edit]

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  • Currently a disambiguation page that could and should be expanded into an actual article. --Anarchyte 11:42, 7 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Support Such pages have been successful on TAFI in the past --CSJJ104 (talk) 12:59, 7 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support For above reasons. Rubbish computer 15:18, 7 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support - we can digest this knowledge. Qwertyxp2000 (talk - contributions) 04:27, 8 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

{{approved}} Qwertyxp2000 (talk - contributions) 04:31, 8 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hemispheres of the Earth[edit]

Hemispheres of the Earth – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - ~49 daily hits

  • Basic article in need of expansion --CSJJ104 (talk) 21:49, 31 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Support --Anarchyte 11:53, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support-Top importance in WikiProject Geography, over 2000 page views in past 30 days. Rubbish computer 17:06, 5 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support - Agreed as above. Qwertyxp2000 (talk - contributions) 05:01, 8 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

{{approved}} Qwertyxp2000 (talk - contributions) 05:01, 8 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Geographer[edit]

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  • Basic article in need of expansion --CSJJ104 (talk) 21:55, 31 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Support --Anarchyte 11:53, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support-Far too short, Top importance, over 3,000 views in past 30 days, only a stub and just 1 reference. Rubbish computer 17:34, 5 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support - Agreed. Qwertyxp2000 (talk - contributions) 05:01, 8 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

{{approved}} Qwertyxp2000 (talk - contributions) 05:01, 8 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

History of South Africa[edit]

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  • Level 4 Vital importance article. Was once rated Good Article but became badly neglected & fell into disrepair. Substantial interest: 3746 hits in 1st week June. Been extensively reworked over past few weeks but still plenty of room for improvement -- esp. consistent citation style, etc. 41.162.131.130 (talk) 18:28, 7 June 2015 (UTC) 41.162.131.130 (talk) 11:35, 8 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Support-- Rubbish computer 00:33, 9 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support Important article. Joseph2302 (talk) 21:39, 9 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support - As of all of above. Qwertyxp2000 (talk - contributions) 11:37, 11 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

{{approved}} Qwertyxp2000 (talk - contributions) 11:37, 11 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

History of video games[edit]

Part of a series on the
History of video games
Early history
Consoles
Arcade video games
Personal computer
Mobile games
Virtual reality
Cloud gaming
Other platforms
Genres
Lists

History of video games – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)

  • Receives significant page views. Some room for expansion, and would benefit from organization, copy editing, images, layout, more sources and updating (2010s section). It's the main article for a series of articles about the history of video games (see box at right). North America1000 02:25, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Support 1800ish views a day, and so much original research/unsourced content. Joseph2302 (talk) 23:41, 4 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support-Page views, Top importance in Wikiprojects Computing and Video games and High importance in WikiProject Japan, only C-class, original research. Rubbish computer 17:10, 5 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support --Anarchyte 01:07, 6 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

{{approved}} --Anarchyte 01:07, 6 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Murdrum[edit]

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Needs a major update. --Anarchyte 07:36, 4 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

  1. Oppose Only 10 page views a day, don't think it's a very important article. Joseph2302 (talk) 17:36, 5 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Oppose-This shows there are over 2000 mid-importance law articles like this one- from random clicking it appears more than one tenth of these are stubs. Not important enough. Rubbish computer 17:40, 5 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Oppose - agreed with above. Qwertyxp2000 (talk) 07:00, 6 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

{{not approved}} There are 3 net opposing votes. Note that some of those nominations had 1 support vs 3 oppose. That made only 2 net opposing votes. This has 3 opposing votes. Qwertyxp2000 (talk) 07:00, 6 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Footage[edit]

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  • Needs to "kick" the standards higher, I mean, this article needs more improvement, especially because it has a good potential of improving. Qwertyxp2000 (talk) 09:45, 6 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Support It seems too important for its quality and it's got over 4,000 page views in the past 30 days. Rubbish computer 12:24, 6 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support --CSJJ104 (talk) 16:24, 6 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support High views, stub article, has been a DYK before. Joseph2302 (talk) 11:50, 7 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

{{approved}}. North America1000 20:56, 7 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Darts[edit]

Darts

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  • For starters, most of the sections in the article's Games section consist of very short paragraphs. North America1000 02:10, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Support Most of the games section is short and unreferenced, the rest can be improved too. Joseph2302 (talk) 11:15, 4 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support A Level 4 Vital article in Life, 15,224 page views in the past 30 days, only C class, general lack of sourcing. Rubbish computer 23:32, 4 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support --Anarchyte 01:05, 6 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

{{approved}} --Anarchyte 01:05, 6 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. It has over 200 daily views. Qwertyxp2000 (talk) 07:07, 6 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Coolest Cooler[edit]

Coolest Cooler – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)

  1. Oppose Unimportant company/cooler thing. Joseph2302 (talk) 20:52, 16 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Oppose [Same reason] Rubbish computer 00:09, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Oppose: Just barely meets WP:NPRODUCT. Esquivalience t 18:02, 19 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

{{Unapproved}}. North America1000 05:06, 20 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Bridge to Terabithia[edit]

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  • Disambiguation pages are always extremely easy to expand. This would-be article is about the media franchise which includes a novel and two films, among other things.Coin945 (talk) 18:10, 8 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - but I don't tend to favour this article because I don't get this worldwide influence feeling, not even of a specific location. Qwertyxp2000 (talk | contribs) 07:56, 9 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Support - Oh yes, that could be expandable. Sorry for not being open. Qwertyxp2000 (talk | contribs) 07:57, 9 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support - expansion possible.--BabbaQ (talk) 08:23, 15 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support per above points. --Rubbish computer 00:38, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

{{Approved}}. North America1000 04:58, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Molecule[edit]

Molecule – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 686 daily hits

  1. Support - although the lead is good, the body could do with expansion. Qwertyxp2000 (talk | contribs) 07:58, 9 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support per above and page views. --Rubbish computer 15:53, 10 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support possibility of expansions.--BabbaQ (talk) 08:20, 15 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

{{Approved}}. North America1000 20:56, 15 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sun deck[edit]

Sun deck – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 7.1 daily hits

  1. Support - is a simple case of an article needing expansion.--BabbaQ (talk) 21:53, 3 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support- It doesn't even define what it is! Rubbish computer 04:20, 4 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support - Yes, just needs expansion. Bananasoldier (talk) 19:39, 10 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

{{Approved}}. North America1000 01:58, 12 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Interstate 81[edit]

Interstate 81 – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - ~120 daily hits

  • Relatively undeveloped article on an Interstate highway. Esquivalience t 04:46, 4 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Support: Only Start class, High importance on WP:WikiProject roads, over 3,000 views in the past 30 days.--Rubbish computer 04:50, 4 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support per Rubbish computer. - Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 16:55, 4 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support - definitely an article that can be expanded and c/e...--BabbaQ (talk) 19:40, 4 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

{{Approved}}. Esquivalience t 02:27, 9 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Christopher Wilder[edit]

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  • Article in need of help bascially. Formatting, possible small expansions on different parts of the mans life of crime. Crimes that spans from USA to Australia. --BabbaQ (talk) 08:48, 4 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support:Per page view stats, along with being C class. Rubbish computer 14:12, 5 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support: needs help with citations, and agree with nom re: expansions. Onel5969 TT me 18:05, 11 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support: Seems to need a little more organization and stronger references. --GouramiWatcher(?) 02:55, 12 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

{{Approved}}. North America1000 20:59, 15 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

George Lazenby[edit]

George Lazenby – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 884.9 daily hits

  • An Australian actor who played James Bond and the only not British Actor.Vinegarymass911 (talk) 07:26, 27 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Support: Also only C class and over 25,000 views in the past 30 days at the time of writing. Rubbish computer 09:24, 30 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support: per rubbish computer reasoning above.--BabbaQ (talk) 21:43, 3 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support: as per both editors above. Onel5969 TT me 18:06, 11 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

{{Approved}}. North America1000 02:00, 12 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Television ratings[edit]

Television ratings – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 54.4 daily hits

  • Disambiguation pages are always extremely easy to expand. This would-be article talks about the concept in general.Coin945 (talk) 18:10, 8 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Support - What would a TV rating even be? Qwertyxp2000 (talk | contribs) 08:01, 9 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support per nom. --Rubbish computer 11:54, 10 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support' because disambigs make it easy for us to achieve DYK. Bananasoldier (talk) 19:40, 10 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

{{Approved}}. North America1000 02:03, 12 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Tax return[edit]

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  • Disambiguation pages are always extremely easy to expand. This would-be article explores the concept in general rather than talking about a specific country.Coin945 (talk) 18:10, 8 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Support - I would like this article to expand. Qwertyxp2000 (talk | contribs) 08:00, 9 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support because disambigs make it easy for us to achieve DYK. Bananasoldier (talk) 05:33, 10 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support per nom. --Rubbish computer 11:53, 10 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

{{Approved}}. North America1000 02:04, 12 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Survival[edit]

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  • Disambiguation pages are always extremely easy to expand. This would-be article would explore the concept of survival beyond what the current self-preservation covers.Coin945 (talk) 18:10, 8 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Support - as per nom. Qwertyxp2000 (talk | contribs) 09:16, 9 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support because disambigs make it easy for us to achieve DYK. Bananasoldier (talk) 05:35, 10 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support per above reasons and over 1,800 page views in past 30 days. --Rubbish computer 11:53, 10 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

{{Approved}}. North America1000 02:06, 12 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Person of the Year[edit]

Person of the Year – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)

  • Disambiguation pages are always extremely easy to expand. This would-be article is about the actual concept of "person of the year" and how it has been realised in various contexts.Coin945 (talk) 18:10, 8 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Support - as per nom. Qwertyxp2000 (talk | contribs) 09:15, 9 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support because disambigs make it easy for us to achieve DYK. Bananasoldier (talk) 05:35, 10 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support per nom. --Rubbish computer 11:50, 10 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

{{Approved}}. North America1000 02:07, 12 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

European people[edit]

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  • Disambiguation pages are always extremely easy to expand. This would-be article is just as broad and all-encompassing as Asian people.Coin945 (talk) 18:10, 8 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Support - as per nom. Qwertyxp2000 (talk | contribs) 09:16, 9 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support per nom. --Rubbish computer 13:58, 9 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support because disambigs make it easy for us to achieve DYK. Bananasoldier (talk) 05:36, 10 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

{{Approved}}. North America1000 02:08, 12 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Extinct birds[edit]

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  • Disambiguation pages are always extremely easy to expand. This would-be article is about extinct birds.Coin945 (talk) 18:10, 8 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Support - as per nom. Qwertyxp2000 (talk | contribs) 09:16, 9 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support because disambigs make it easy for us to achieve DYK. Bananasoldier (talk) 05:36, 10 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support per nom and 758 page views in past 30 days at time of writing. --Rubbish computer 11:48, 10 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

{{Approved}}. North America1000 02:08, 12 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Captain[edit]

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  • Disambiguation pages are always extremely easy to expand. This would-be article groups all leader-related uses together and explains how the term "captain" is used across various fields in this capacity, while all unrelated items (like movies called Captain) are moved to Captain (disambiguation).Coin945 (talk) 18:10, 8 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Support - as per nom. Qwertyxp2000 (talk | contribs) 09:16, 9 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support because disambigs make it easy for us to achieve DYK. Bananasoldier (talk) 05:36, 10 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support per nom. --Rubbish computer 11:44, 10 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

{{Approved}}. North America1000 02:08, 12 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

High diving[edit]

High diving

High diving – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 165.2 daily hits

  • A sport that is starting to become popular in many places worldwide. It is a sport broadcast on Eurosport. It needs expansion. --BabbaQ (talk) 23:20, 3 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Support per over 3,000 page views in the past 30 days, only Start class. Rubbish computer 04:27, 4 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support - very popular sport. Looking at Google Books there is over 5,000 books. Would be easy to get references. Out of the 1000 pictures in commons, there should be an interesting picture that can be picked for the article. = picked one!--Doug Coldwell (talk) 11:54, 5 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support - page views say them all. All we need is someone to approve because I am not good at approving things. Qwertyxp2000 (talk | contribs) 09:33, 9 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

{{Approved}}. North America1000 21:36, 9 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Silk Road[edit]

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  1. Support - Qwertyxp2000 (talk) 01:11, 7 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Oppose – Already very well developed; unlikely to realize much improvement from this project. North America1000 10:01, 23 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Oppose Already a decent article, not a huge amount this project could do. Joseph2302 (talk) 11:54, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Oppose It's fine as is. Maybe very minor updates could be done, that's it though. --Anarchyte 11:58, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

no Not approved. Three oppose votes. North America1000 12:22, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Islamic Golden Age[edit]

Islamic Golden Age – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)

  1. Support - Qwertyxp2000 (talk) 01:11, 7 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Oppose - There's really nothing wrong with it. Everything seems to be in order. Anarchyte (talk) 11:41, 12 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support Multiple suggestions for improvement on talk page. Also may be oversourced in places. --CSJJ104 (talk) 20:04, 28 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Support- Rubbish computer 17:23, 5 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Approved. North America1000 17:25, 5 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Decolonization[edit]

Decolonization – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 561 daily hits

  1. Oppose - Referenced well, correct formatting. Only 3 minor sections need updating. Anarchyte (talk) 11:34, 12 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support High traffic. Large sections without citations. --CSJJ104 (talk) 20:15, 28 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support As is Level 4 vital article, appears poorly cited. Rubbish computer 23:38, 4 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Support High traffic, and so few sources. Joseph2302 (talk) 17:38, 5 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Approved. North America1000 18:45, 5 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Synchrony and diachrony[edit]

Synchrony and diachrony – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - ~73 daily hits

  • Stub class, high importance article --CSJJ104 (talk) 21:30, 31 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Support - --Anarchyte 06:49, 5 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support- I got completely wrong statistics and opposed this as a result, either because I was tired and clicked on the wrong thing or because my computer was playing up. Sorry for any confusion I may have caused. Support because it's a high importance stub and it's got over 2,000 page views in the past 30 days. Rubbish computer 17:30, 5 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support [1] says 2675 views in 30 days, which is about 85/day. High importance article with basically no content. Joseph2302 (talk) 17:33, 5 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Approved. North America1000 18:46, 5 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Mathematics[edit]

Mathematics – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)

The article has bad referencing in some parts, a few {{who}} and {{citation needed}} tags. --Anarchyte 07:26, 4 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

  1. Support-Level 1 vital article, over 90,000 page views in the past 30 days (more than 100 times as many as this page!), about something so everyday, should at least be a Good article. Rubbish computer 19:14, 4 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support Was thinking of nominating this the other day. Joseph2302 (talk) 19:22, 4 June 2015 (UTC) (readding since it got deleted by an edit conflict)[reply]
  3. Support - Yeh. Qwertyxp2000 (talk) 20:35, 4 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Approved Qwertyxp2000 (talk) 04:41, 5 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Coleco Gemini[edit]

A Coleco Gemini video game console. The Gemini was an Atari 2600 clone.

Coleco Gemini – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)

  1. Support Quite often viewed article rated stub class --CSJJ104 (talk) 19:44, 28 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support --☣Anarchyte☣ 09:50, 30 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support-For same reason stated by CSJJ104. Rubbish computer 17:18, 5 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Approved. North America1000 17:26, 5 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Judge[edit]

Judge – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 500 daily hits

  • Turn the enormous list of forms of address into a table and the rest of the article turns out to be alarmingly short. TBP25 (talk) 12:16, 30 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Support. Rated at B-class, but is weak in sourcing. Good candidate for expansion too. North America1000 07:33, 13 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support --Anarchyte 11:54, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support. Absolutely rubbish referencing, about a basic subject, ranked as top importance in Wikiproject law and a Level 4 vital article in society. Rubbish computer 19:17, 4 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Approved. North America1000 20:10, 4 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Schoolwork[edit]

Schoolwork – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)

  • High class article still in stub after over 7 years of existence. --Anarchyte 09:58, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Support High-class article stub. Joseph2302 (talk) 17:17, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support --CSJJ104 (talk) 23:46, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support - by the way, changed style of the support. Qwertyxp2000 (talk) 08:25, 4 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Approved Qwertyxp2000 (talk) 08:25, 4 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Skurfing (sport)[edit]

A person water skurfing on a surfboard

Skurfing (sport) – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)

  • For starters, presently has zero sources/inline citations, with just one external link. North America1000 10:56, 23 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Support --CSJJ104 (talk) 20:21, 28 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Comment Is this actually a serious thing? Because I've never heard of it before, and I'm usually quite knowledgeable about sport. Joseph2302 (talk) 20:02, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Joseph2302: Yep, see below for starters. North America1000 02:11, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
  1. Support --Anarchyte 11:20, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support I guess it is a thing, in which case it needs work. This is the third support vote. Joseph2302 (talk) 11:41, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Approved --Anarchyte 11:49, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Wheel and axle[edit]

The windlass is a well-known application of the wheel and axle.

Wheel and axle – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)

  1. Support - Qwertyxp2000 (talk) 01:10, 7 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Oppose - Seems to cover all points fairly accurately. Well referenced, lots of pictures, etc. Anarchyte (talk) 11:30, 12 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support. North America1000 11:18, 23 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Oppose - As per Anarchyte, it covers all the points, is well referenced and has good pictures, what needs drastically improving on it? Joseph2302 (talk) 01:06, 25 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Oppose - A satisfactory article (see reasons above.) Rubbish computer 17:16, 6 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

no Not approved. North America1000 00:39, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Beast (Trojan horse)[edit]

Beast (Trojan horse) – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)

  • No references, old article and needs updating. Seems like an advert as well. Anarchyte (talk) 11:30, 12 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Oppose - this is an old type of Trojan horse that does not affect today's society. It did prior to 2005 or so, as it had affected XP's. The virus was discontinued on late 2004 and would have its viral issues solved by most antiviruses. Qwertyxp2000 (talk) 06:42, 13 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Oppose As above, it's not relevant nowadays, and therefore its improvement is less important than other articles. Joseph2302 (talk) 22:57, 22 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support Definitely can be improved, and has reasonable high page view stats, 1300 in 30 days. In reply to concerns mentioned above, no it is not relevant today, but neither are the historical articles we improve. --CSJJ104 (talk) 19:54, 28 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Oppose No longer seems sufficiently important due to its irrelevance. Rubbish computer 11:31, 7 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

(removed unapproved template previously in place here) North America1000 00:31, 8 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Northamerica1000: Why has this been marked as unapproved? It seems to meet neither the criteria of 21 days with no discussion, last comment was 7 June, and does not have three net opposed votes, as indicated at the top of this page is necessary. --CSJJ104 (talk) 10:29, 8 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@CSJJ104: The way things have been done here in the past, unless I'm missing something, is that after three opposes, unless there are also three supports, entries are not approved. At the top of the page, it states, "Unsuccessful nominations can be archived after 21 days of no discussion or after 3 net opposing votes." North America1000 16:47, 8 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – I get it now. Since there's a support above, the total net opposing votes total 2. As such, I have removed the unapproved template above. North America1000 00:57, 9 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

no Not approved. North America1000 00:39, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Evergreen Park, Illinois[edit]

Evergreen Park, Illinois – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)

  • Bad referencing in some sections, needs an overall cleanup. --Anarchyte 11:39, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Who nominated this? You need to sign it. Rubbish computer 22:20, 5 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

  • I put ~~~~~ instead of ~~~~ on the page, sorry. --Anarchyte 01:01, 6 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Support Mid importance on both its projects, over 2000 page views in the past 30 days, plenty of work left to do. Rubbish computer 00:21, 6 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Oppose Decent enough article already. Joseph2302 (talk) 18:11, 6 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

no Not approved. North America1000 00:40, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Schauenburg Castle[edit]

Schauenburg Castle – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)

  • Very basic article that could be expanded on via the versions in other languages. Anarchyte (talk) 05:06, 12 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Support In need of copyedit of language used. --CSJJ104 (talk) 19:48, 28 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Oppose Low importance on WikiProjects Switzerland and History, there are 2031 articles needing copy edit as I write this, some of them many times longer than this. Rubbish computer 00:18, 6 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Oppose Low-importance article, only 8 views in last 30 days. Joseph2302 (talk) 18:11, 6 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: @Joseph2302: I'm afraid that is incorrect, there are 207 views in the last 30 days at the time of writing this. Rubbish computer 15:20, 7 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

no Not approved. North America1000 00:40, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Riemann zeta function[edit]

Riemann zeta function – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 600+ daily hits

  • High-importance article, huge number of hits, but some completely unreferenced sections- think B class is a bit generous. Joseph2302 (talk) 00:13, 8 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Oppose - you don't simply ask for citations in this WikiProject. This WikiProject seems better suited for improving the articles' content, not really so much the citations. Qwertyxp2000 (talk - contributions) 04:57, 8 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

no Not approved. North America1000 00:41, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Colonial Spanish Horse[edit]

Banker horses are a well-known Colonial Spanish Horse breed

Colonial Spanish Horse – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)

Comment: Actually 834 views in 30 days. Once again, either I was falling asleep or my computer was. Sorry. Rubbish computer 22:28, 5 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

  1. Oppose I've switched to oppose because of its ranking as Low importance and modest page views. Rubbish computer 12:21, 6 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Oppose If the proposer doesn't think it's worthy any more, there's no hope of it being approve. Also, low-importance. Joseph2302 (talk) 11:49, 7 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: @Joseph2302: I did vote Support before but Northamerica1000 was the proposer. Sorry to point out mistakes.Rubbish computer 15:22, 7 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

no Not approved. North America1000 00:41, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Corazon Aquino[edit]

Corazon Aquino – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - 444 daily hits

  • A Level 4 vital article in People, an article on a President of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992, appears to be seriously lacking references in places, should be easy to improve. Emphasising the article's importance, a Did You Know...? fact from it has been featured on the main page 6 years in a row and a news item related to the article was on the main page in 2009 verify.Rubbish computer 12:58, 6 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Support It hasn't had a DYK every year, it's had an "On this day" which is for selected anniversaries. Definitely still shows its importance though, and article needs some improving. Joseph2302 (talk) 11:48, 7 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

no Not approved. North America1000 00:42, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Patron saints of occupations and activities[edit]

Patron saints of occupations and activities – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - just under 200 daily hits

  • The refimprove template doesn't do it justice; there are easily 200 unsourced statements in this article, they just don't have cn tags. This article has also been marked as needing immediate attention. Rubbish computer 23:28, 4 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Oppose All it needs is 200 citations,and if you look at the articles of the saints, most of them will probably have citations you can use. Joseph2302 (talk) 23:33, 4 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

no Not approved. North America1000 00:42, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Aristotelian Society[edit]

Aristotelian Society – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - ~37 daily hits

In need of formatting, and expansion. --CSJJ104 (talk) 20:28, 28 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

  1. Support --Anarchyte 07:27, 4 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support-Rated as stub yet has Top importance in Philosophy. Rubbish computer 19:19, 4 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

no Not approved. North America1000 00:42, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Criminal transmission of HIV[edit]

Criminal transmission of HIV – (page view stats • edit • talk • history) - just under 168 daily hits

  • Neutrality problems since May 2014, viewed often, poor referencing. While there are many articles with neutrality problems this one seems important regardless of how it is ranked; it is something I imagine some people have heard of but few have in-depth knowledge of. If Wikipedia had a good article on this it would improve public knowledge. Rubbish computer 12:42, 6 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

no Not approved. North America1000 00:42, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Bolo palma[edit]

The tiro for bolo palma

Bolo palma – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)

  1. Support. Rubbish computer 17:17, 5 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Oppose In my opinion, this article should just be added as a section of Bowls#Variations of play instead- it quite clearly defines itself as a variation of bowls. Joseph2302 (talk) 11:43, 7 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

no Not approved. North America1000 00:43, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Civil ceremony[edit]

Civil ceremony – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)

  • Old article, most of it is copypasted from a CC-BY website. Multiple issues. Anarchyte (talk) 05:15, 12 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Support. North America1000 22:29, 31 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support-What a rubbish article it is at the moment. Rubbish computer 17:32, 5 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support - Could do with some asking for being merged? Qwertyxp2000 (talk | contribs) 10:02, 23 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Approved. North America1000 17:59, 23 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Geography of ice cream[edit]

An ice cream stand in Yokohama, Japan

Geography of ice cream – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)

  • Plenty of potential for expansion in the various country sections, several sections have no sources, and some would benefit from more. North America1000 20:16, 4 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Support Rubbish computer 17:05, 5 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

no Not approved. North America1000 00:50, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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