Talk:Ancient Rome/AID vote archive

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[edit] Ancient Rome (24 votes, stays until December 26, 2005)

Nominated October 31, 2005; needs at least 27 votes by January 2, 2006
Support:
  1. ZeWrestler Talk 16:21, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
  2. Spawn Man 01:50, 3 November 2005 (UTC)
  3. --R.D.H. (Ghost In The Machine) 21:17, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
  4. Paul James Cowie 11:22, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
  5. – Quadell (talk) (bounties) 14:15, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
  6. King of Hearts 01:40, 11 December 2005 (UTC)#--Chino 06:07, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
  7. Behun 17:38, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
  8. JDH Owens talk | Esperanza 19:30, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
  9. 卫weizhe哲Talk to me! 23:03, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
  10. TrafficBenBoy 01:49, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
  11. —Simetrical (talk) 04:47, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
  12. --File Éireann 23:32, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
  13. Brazil4Linux 13:25, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
  14. ddlamb 01:30, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
  15. Jkelly 23:25, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
  16. TBC 03:03, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
  17. Thunderforge 04:43, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
  18. Pylon 14:48, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
  19. Lifeling 11:48, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
  20. User:Zachjones4 6:14, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
  21. Pyro19 06:50, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
  22. --Ironchef8000 02:34, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
  23. Calbration 22:41, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
  24. LordAmeth 18:58, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
Abstain:
  1. LesleyW 01:18, 7 December 2005 (UTC)


Comments:
  • Former and very popular Wikipedia:Collaboration of the week from May 12th this year.article changes. The article has come along very well, but still has several section stubs, and is in need of references to back up information in the article. I believe that this article should be brought up to FA status, but first, it needs the help from here. --ZeWrestler Talk 16:21, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
    • I believe this was nominated for AID once before and fell through due to lack of support. Nominating things more than once doesn't seem to work, which is why I keep nominating American Motors to no avail. History of the Balkans, which went through a long time ago came close for a second shot through the system... but failed again anyway. -155.42.20.250 18:25, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
      • You're correct, it did fail once. I nominated it last time as well. Its been a little while since i've nominated it, so I figured I'd give it one more shot. I'm hoping to gain some more support than last time. --ZeWrestler Talk 19:28, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
  • I think most of its problems could be solved by someone inserting a fragment from all those main article links into the page. I suspect the reason it failed here last time will have been that it's not a stub and, if it's already received a lot of attention, one wonders why much more need be heaped on it. Perhaps this article is more of a contender for Wikipedia:Peer review. --bodnotbod 17:09, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
    • AID is not for stubs.--ZeWrestler Talk 00:21, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
      • Ah, you're right. It's easy to get confused with all the collaborations if you've only started keeping an eye on them all. --bodnotbod 15:46, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Ancient Rome is definitely an important topic, laying down the foundations of upon which much of the Western Civilization is laid. The article itself has definitely improved a lot from the sorry stage it was before the Collaboration of the Week. However, there is still a lot of work to be done.
  • The article does need to be extended, as many of the article's sub-categories (such as that of culture and technology) are still stubbs and relatively short.--TBC 03:03, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
  • I am contemplating building an Ancient Rome portal, but will need input from people who know the subject matter better that me. I'm not sure how this nomination affects my project or vice versa. --LesleyW 01:18, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
  • "Hey how do I vote? It doesnt clearly say what sort of qualifications you must have to vote."--Zachjones4
    • No qualifications necessary, anyone can vote. --LesleyW 02:02, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
      • Any one who is registered with the site. Votes from Annon users tend to be disqualified. All you have to do is sign the list with 4 "~~~~" That'll have it sign your name and timestamp --ZeWrestler Talk 05:51, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
    • I think this article would be really good for improvement. It seems like all the information is already on Wikipedia, just divided between many smaller and more detailed articles. The important question to ask is: how long should each of the stub articles be? Should they be breif summaries of their Main articles? Or should they be completly rewritten with new sources. I think before we make any radical changes to the article, we need to investigate what we already have to work with in other articles, Roman Republic or Roman Kingdom for example. Finally, I think a "Roman History in Popular Culture" section should be added. Recently, new TV shows, HBO's ROME for example, and similar video games have been released and I believe that mentioning how Roman history is still around in the modern world is a good idea to add to the article. --Ironchef8000 02:43, 10 December 2005 (UTC)