Wikipedia:Tambayan Philippines/Featured articles

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This page is to coordinate Philippine Collaborations with the aim of improving Philippine-related articles to featured article status. The project aims to fill gaps about the Philippines in Wikipedia, to give users a focus and to give us all something to be proud of.

Contents 1 Philippine-related Featured Articles 2 The Nov-Dec 2005 Collaboration 2.1 Selected articles 2.2 Articles-to-improve-to-FA-status nominations 3 Peer review 3.1 Archive 3.2 Current 4 Featured article candidates 4.1 Archive 4.2 Current

[edit] Philippine-related Featured Articles

The following Philippine-related articles have achieved FA status:

• Battle of Leyte Gulf
• Manila Light Rail Transit System
• Manila Metro Rail Transit System
• Mount Pinatubo

[edit] The Nov-Dec 2005 Collaboration

The first Filipino Featured Articles collaboration project will start in mid-November 2005 and end by the new year. Nominations and votes have been cast to select the articles for improvement. By the end of 2005, these selected articles should have Featured Article quality. Go to the talk page to discuss this project. Go to the talk page of the articles themselves to discuss the improvement of those articles.

[edit] Selected articles

Here are the articles that were selected for improvement along with their coordinators.

1. Boracay - 9 votes - Talk:Boracay
   Coordinator: TheCoffee (talk)
2. José Rizal - 8 votes -Talk:José Rizal
   Coordinator: None yet
3. Manila - 6 votes - Talk:Manila
   Coordinator: seav (talk)

[edit] Articles-to-improve-to-FA-status nominations

This is a free-for-all nominations. If you want to nominate more articles, feel free! =) Also indicate which among the nominations you want the Filipino Wikipedian community to concentrate its efforts on. Nominations close on November 15, 2005 (Tue). Voting closes on November 18, 2005 (Fri). Voting is closed; thanks to everyone who participated!

1. Manila - 6 votes - The capital city article is, like the Philippines a natural candidate, but it is less prone to editing than the main country article.
   • Support. --seav 09:51, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
   • Support. Coffee 02:56, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
   • Support. --Chris S. 17:58, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
   • Support. --Akira123323 10:38, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
   • Support. --Saluyot 13:48, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
   • Support. --Matthewprc 12:05, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
2. Cebu - 4 votes - Arbitrary provincial article.
   • Support. --seav 09:51, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
   • Support. Coffee 02:56, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
   • Support. --Chris S. 17:59, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
   • Support. --Saluyot 13:48, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
3. José Rizal - 8 votes - no explanation needed
   • Support. --seav 09:51, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
   • Support.--Jondel 11:17, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
   • Support. Coffee 02:56, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
   • Support. --Migs 15:47, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
   • Support. --bluemask (talk) 16:10, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
   • Support. --Chris S. 17:57, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
   • Support. --Saluyot 13:48, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
   • Support. --Circa 1900 03:43, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
4. Tagalog language - 0 votes - This is the most developed among all the Philippine language articles, plus we have a linguist Filipino Wikipedian among us.
5. La Solidaridad - 5 votes - Arbitrary article from among the non-controversial history articles
   • Support. --seav 09:51, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
   • Support. --Jondel 11:17, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
   • Support. --Migs 15:46, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
   • Support. --Chris S. 17:57, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
   • Support. --Saluyot 13:48, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
6. Sinulog festival - 0 votes - Arbitrary tourism-related article
7. Boracay - 9 votes - Arbitrary tourism-related article
   • Support. --seav 09:51, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
   • Support. --Noypi380 14:41, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
   • Support. Coffee 02:56, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
   • Support. --Migs 15:46, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
   • Support. --bluemask (talk) 16:10, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
   • Support. --Chris S. 17:58, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
   • Support. --Akira123323 10:38, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
   • Support. --Saluyot 13:48, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
   • Support. --Circa 1900 03:43, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
8. One of the National Artist of the Philippines - 1 vote - non-controversial biographies.
   • Support. --Saluyot 13:48, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Peer review

These articles are currently under peer review, or have an archive of peer review. Pls make revisions, comments, criticism, complaints, etc for the improvement of the articles.

[edit] Archive

1. Hello Garci scandal - Peer review page - Coordinator: None yet
2. Manila Light Rail Transit System - Peer review page - Coordinator: None yet
3. National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines) - Peer review page - Coordinator: None yet
4. Manila Metro Rail Transit System - Peer review page - Coordinator: Akira123323

[edit] Current

1. National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines) - Peer review page - Coordinator: Howard the Duck

[edit] Featured article candidates

These articles are currently featured article candidates. Please make any revisions, suggestions, comments, criticisms, complaints and other remarks for the improvement of the candidate articles.

[edit] Archive

1. Manila Light Rail Transit System - Nomination - Coordinator: Akira123323
2. National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines) - Nomination - Coordinator: Circa 1900

[edit] Current

1. Encantadia - Nomination - Coordinator: None yet
2. Manila Metro Rail Transit System - Nomination - Coordinator: Akira123323