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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. Additionally, some large bird articles may burn out individual editors before they reach Featured status. The ultimate goal of the Bird Collaboration is to get at least one bird or bird-related article featured every couple of months.

Contents 1 Nomination procedure 2 Nominations... 2.1 Procellariiformes 2.2 Chicken 3 Standing list of substantial articles which may be potential FAs or GAs

[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 August 27th.

[edit] Procellariiformes

Nominated August 18, 2009;

Support:

1. Casliber (talk · contribs) 14:23, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
2. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 15:12, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Comments:

• (1) part of a Featured Topic potentially (2) an order (nice to get a higher taxon to FA)

[edit] Chicken

Nominated September 1, 2009;

Support:

1. --Kurt Shaped Box (talk) 10:09, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Comments:

• The most-viewed article under the scope of this project, according to Wikipedia:WikiProject_Birds/Popular_pages for period: 2009-08-01 — 2009-08-31 and currently at B-class. Seems like an obvious choice to work on and improve. --Kurt Shaped Box (talk) 10:09, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Standing list of substantial articles which may be potential FAs or GAs

Here is a list of substantial articles which could be worked up to GA or FA standard. Generally the content is good with the main focus on formatting and copyediting. These may require not as much work as others and may be useful to try and meet the milestone of 50 FAs and GAs by the end of 2008.

• Ara (genus)
• Atlantic Puffin
• Bird vision
• Black-bellied Whistling Duck
• Blue-billed Duck
• Capercaillie
• Cormorant
• Crowned Eagle
• Golden Eagle
• Gray Jay
• Great Auk
• Great Frigatebird
• Jackdaw
• Kea
• King Penguin
• Ostrich
• Parrot
• Passenger Pigeon
• Penguin - Longer than most bird FAs, but needs a lot of work referencing and copyediting
• Red-winged Blackbird
• Swainson's Hawk
• White-tailed Eagle