Wikipedia:WikiProject Birds/Collaboration

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The current WikiProject Birds collaboration article is Common Raven. Last month's winner was: N/A. Feel free to cast your vote for next month's article

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The Bird collaboration is a coordinated effort by WikiProject Birds to improve Wikipedia's bird-related content. However, being a member of WikiProject Birds is not a prerequisite for participation in this collaboration (nor, of course, is participation a requirement for membership in the WikiProject). All Wikipedians, regardless of their level of expertise on the subject, are welcome to contribute.

Aside from the main benefit of creating better bird 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 Bird Collaboration is to get at least one bird or bird-related article featured every couple of months. This is currently a draft to see how well it would work.

Contents 1 Nomination procedure 2 Nominations... 2.1 Peregrine Falcon (3 votes) 2.2 Osprey (3 votes) 2.3 Bird (3 votes) 2.4 Bird migration (3 votes) 2.5 Parrot (3 votes) 2.6 Kea (2 votes) 2.7 Dodo (2 votes) 2.8 Passenger Pigeon (1 vote) 2.9 American Crow (1 vote) 2.10 Kererū (1 vote) 2.11 African Grey Parrot (1 vote) 2.12 Capercaillie (1 vote) 3 Current bird FAs 3.1 Current FA Candidates

[edit] Nomination procedure

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

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

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)

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

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[edit] Nominations...

A list of past collaborations can be viewed here.

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. Articles will remain on the list for 3 months, after which time the list will be blanked/refreshed and voting started anew. For the current collaboration, see the template at the top of the page.

The next Bird collaboration will be chosen on April 23rd.

[edit] Peregrine Falcon (3 votes)

Nominated March 14, 2007;

Support:

1. Casliber | talk | contribs 07:39, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
2. SupportAustralian Raven 21:49, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
3. Maias 01:24, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

• A widely distributed iconic bird so everyone can write about it. Has loads of material so has a good start for a meaty article.Casliber | talk | contribs 07:15, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
• A good topic for a possible future featured article, for the reasons Casliber stated above. Also, I love raptors :) Australian Raven 21:49, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Osprey (3 votes)

Nominated March 14, 2007;

Support:

1. Casliber | talk | contribs 07:15, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
2. Hey jude, don't let me down 19:58, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
3. Maias 01:09, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Comments:

• Global species so everyone can write about it. Has quite a bit of material so has a good start.cheers, Casliber | talk | contribs 07:15, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bird (3 votes)

Nominated March 16, 2007;

Support:

1. Casliber | talk | contribs 22:58, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
2. Luffy487 06:58, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
3. Australian Raven 18:27, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Comments:

• Pros:already a GA and meaty enough to be a good FA. Also is the iconic/parent articleCons: Is BIG and may need quite a bit more work than initially thought... Casliber | talk | contribs 22:58, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
• The name Bird who wouldn't know what it is? Well... what if we are going to put in information which not many people came across before? This is a great oppurtunity to attract attention from the community and promote WikiProject Birds. Haha... Alot work has to be done, but if this is going to be a team work, I believe we can nominate a coordinator and split up the job. Luffy487 06:59, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
• Good idea. This is the main article that encompasses pretty much anything, and we can deal with the size. :) Australian Raven 18:27, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bird migration (3 votes)

Nominated March 28, 2007;

Support:

1. Sabine's Sunbird talk 06:07, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
2. Maias 07:18, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
3. Luffy487 08:50, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Comments:

• A core topic which everyone can contribute to regardless of where you live. Sabine's Sunbird talk 06:07, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

• Nifty. Something from outta left field. I'd vote but it's then nullify one of the ones I'd really wanna do...Maybe in a tiebreaker. cheers, Casliber | talk | contribs 07:03, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

• Good to have an option apart from particular taxa. Maias 07:18, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

• Haha. This topic may seem easy, but it is difficult to edit. Different species have its own migration habits while some species don't migrate at all. Somehow bird migration can be influence by many different factors (internally and externally). Recently I have came across an article regarding climate changes which has influence some species to change their migration habits. Well, I like challenges... haha Luffy487 08:50, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Parrot (3 votes)

Nominated March 15, 2007;

Support:

1. Sabine's Sunbird talk 01:51, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
2. Maias 00:49, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
3. Joelito (talk) 22:40, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Comments:

• Excellent taxonomy and origins section, the rest is pretty much non existant. Nothing or near nothing on behaviour, range, diet, conservation and threats, breeding, etc etc. Sabine's Sunbird talk 01:51, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
• Needs more info and tidying on feral populations, pest species. Huge scope for improvement. Maias 00:49, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Kea (2 votes)

Nominated March 27, 2007;

Support:

1. Casliber | talk | contribs 23:39, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
2. Maias 01:52, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Comments:

• An article with a load of references and quite meaty. Has some nice pics. Well on the way. Fascinating bird. Cons: Too close to Kakapo? Or maybe that's a good thing... Also, many NZ birds have had a bit of work.

[edit] Dodo (2 votes)

Nominated March 16, 2007;

Support:

1. Casliber | talk | contribs 22:58, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
2. Firsfron of Ronchester 06:08, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Comments:

• Pros:has a bunch of cites and may need the least amount of owrk to get to FA. Cons: I get a bit depressed working on exticnt critters all the time.........cheers, Casliber | talk | contribs 22:58, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
• Interesting animal, already has 13 in-line cites, and might help raise awareness of the fact that bird species are disappearing at an alarming rate. Though I don't like to see Cas depressed... Firsfron of Ronchester 06:08, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Passenger Pigeon (1 vote)

Nominated March 14, 2007;

Support:

1. Firsfron of Ronchester 03:35, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Comments:

• I think it's an interesting animal, and the article already has citations. The taxobox looks good, there are some nice illustrations... A little filling out (more refs, etc) and it would make a great article. Firsfron of Ronchester 03:35, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] American Crow (1 vote)

Nominated March 14, 2007;

Support:

1. Casliber | talk | contribs 07:15, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Comments:

• Another corvid so there may be a few enthusiastic about. Also had a peer review at some point?cheers, Casliber | talk | contribs 07:20, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Kererū (1 vote)

Nominated March 27, 2007;

Support:

1.cheers, Casliber | talk | contribs 23:39, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Comments:

• An article with a load of references and quite meaty. Has some nice pics. Well on the way. Cons: Would be our 2nd columbiforme (well, then again maybe that isn't a negative.). Also, many NZ birds have had a bit of work.

[edit] African Grey Parrot (1 vote)

Nominated March 27, 2007;

Support:

1.Casliber | talk | contribs 23:39, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Comments:

• An article with a load of references and quite meaty. Has some nice pics. Needs alot on the easy stuff (natural history) and I'm sure there are quite a few articles on google scholar.

[edit] Capercaillie (1 vote)

Nominated March 28, 2007;

Support:

1.Casliber | talk | contribs 23:39, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Comments:

• A grouse article (sorry, couldn't help myself) with a mass of info. No references however, and we'va already done a lek bird (the Kakapo).

[edit] Current bird FAs

• Albatross (pre-collaboration)
• Archaeopteryx (NB: Not an official collaboration per se)
• Arctic Tern (pre-collaboration)
• Elfin-woods Warbler (pre-collaboration)
• Emu (pre-collaboration)
• Kakapo (pre-collaboration)
• List of Puerto Rican birds (pre-collaboration)
• Mourning Dove (pre-collaboration)
• Procellariidae (pre-collaboration)
• Seabird (pre-collaboration)

[edit] Current FA Candidates