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The Cambrian explosion task force is a group of editors aiming to improve Wikipedia's coverage of the Cambrian explosion.
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[edit] Goals
The Cambrian explosion article was reviewed by the scientific journal Nature on December 14, 2005, and found to be heavily error-laden. It has since undergone substantial reworking, but successive editors have struggled to find a compromise between scientific accuracy and easy accessibility.
This task force aims to resolve this trade-off, bring the article first to a "Good Article" standard, and ultimately to a "Featured Article" status worthy of inclusion on Wikipedia's main page.
Hopefully, the task force will create many "good articles" on smaller aspects of the explosion as "colateral damage".
[edit] Approach
The article must present the subject in a way that is easy for a complete newcomer to understand, while retaining informative content to engage the more advanced reader. This will be accomplished by creating a streamlined main article, with links to in-depth "main articles" addressing the key aspects of the explosion. It is hoped that by providing this "two-tier" approach to the article, a balance between readability and scientific accuracy can be achieved.
Work will take place in two stage: first, the articles to which the main page will link must be created, expanded, and brought up to a standard where they can act to support the main article. Once these pages are in good shape, content can be removed from the main article, which can be restructured as time goes on.
[edit] Task list
We are currently in stage one of the construction. Using the information available in the main article, and further material as necessary, we hope to create and expand articles pertaining to all key aspects of the Cambrian explosion.
Please check the table below for an article which interests you or which you could improve. You are also welcome to add to and update the table as needs be.
| Article | Currently | Target | Priority | Needs expansion | Needs copyediting | Expert attention required | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | B | High | Yes | No | No | ||
| Start | B | Low | No | No | No | ||
| Stub | B | Mid | No | No | No | ||
| Start | B | Mid | No | No | No | ||
| Start |  GA |
Top | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| Start | GA |
High | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| ??? | B | High | Yes | No | No | ||
| ??? | GA |
High | No | No | No | ||
| ??? | B | High | No | No | No | ||
| ??? | B | High | No | No | No | ||
| ??? | B | Mid | No | No | No | ||
| ??? | B | Mid | No | No | No | ||
| ??? | B | Mid | No | No | No | ||
| Start | GA |
Mid | No | No | No | In GA review process | |
| ??? | B | Mid | No | No | No | ||
| ??? | B | Low | No | No | No | ||
| ??? | GA |
Low | Yes | No | No | Most common organism in burgess shale | |
| ??? | B | High | No | No | No | ||
| ??? | B | Low | No | No | No | ||
| ??? | B | Low | No | No | No | ||
| ??? | B | High | No | No | No | ||
| ??? | B | Mid | No | No | No | ||
| ??? | B | High | Yes | No | No | Should discuss the nature of phyla | |
| ??? | B | Low | No | No | No | ||
| ??? | B | Mid | Yes | No | No | ||
| ??? | GA |
Mid | Yes | No | No | Should provide clear details of its limitations and weakensses re. the C. Ex | |
| ??? | B | Low | Yes | No | No | Include commments on its evolution: see Butterfield 2008 in J. of P. | |
| ??? | B | Low | No | No | No | ||
| Stub | GA |
Top | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Start | B | Low | No | Yes | No | ||
| Stub | B | Mid | Yes | No | No | Needs polishing into better discussion | |
| B | B | Low | No | Yes | No | "Evolution" section needs some polish, information could be integrated from elsewhere | |
| Stub | GA |
High | Yes | No | Yes | Both viewpoints should be discussed at greater length | |
| ??? | GA |
High | Yes | No | Yes | A fossil at the root of the "how high was diversity" debate. |
[edit] Completed articles
- Move articles to this list when they reach the required standard, and contain the necessary explosion-related information.
| Article | Status |
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| GA |
[edit] Main article
Our attention is currently focussed on creating "peripheral" articles. Your ideas on the evolution of the main article would be appreciated on its talk page.
[edit] Participation
Everybody is encouraged to help out with the tasks listed above, as they wish! You may also wish to add this page to your watchlist to keep an eye on developments.
Anyone wishing to formally indicate their membership of the project is encouraged to add their signature to the list below:
