Wikipedia:WikiProject Mammals/Collaboration

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The current WikiProject Mammals collaboration article is Primate. Last month's winner was: Tiger. Feel free to cast your vote for next month's article

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The monthly Mammal collaboration is a coordinated effort by WikiProject Mammals to improve Wikipedia's mammal-related content. Being a member of WikiProject Mammals is not a prerequisite for participation in this collaboration (nor, conversely, is participation here a requirement for membership in the WikiProject). All Wikipedians, regardless of their level of expertise in the subject area, are welcome to contribute. There are several mammals in particular that have very large articles because of their popularity and the volume of research devoted to them. These may be better worked on in a collaborative manner, rather than by a single editor, in attempting to reach Featured status.

Aside from the main benefit of creating better mammal articles on Wikipedia, it is hoped that a successful 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 Mammal Collaboration is to get at least one mammal or mammal-related article featured every couple of months. This is currently a draft to see how well it can work.

[edit] Nomination procedure

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

• Be about any mammal or directly mammal-related topic (including prehistoric ones).
• 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:

# (sign with four tildes)

Comments:

* (put your reason for nomination, sign again)

For Voters:
Please use the following code when voting to support an article. Note that you are allowed to vote for more than one, though it will dilute your vote if you feel very strongly about one candidate. Finally, if you feel inclined, noting what material should be included or gotten rid of to satisfy comprehensiveness may be very valuable on the article's talk page.

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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 Mammal collaboration will be chosen on June 15th.

[edit] Marsupial (1 vote)

Nominated April 16, 2008;

Support:

1. StroboX (talk) 13:44, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Comments:

• An article on an important group of mammals, which could stand a healthy dose of expansion and reference cleanup. StroboX (talk) 13:44, 16 April 2008 (UTC)