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This page contains nominations from the main collaboration of the week page which have been removed due to lack of votes or because they're unsuitable nominations. Successful nominations are listed at the history page.

Interpreting (14 votes in 4 weeks)

Nominated August 21; needs 16 votes by September 18 (minimum 4 votes per week)

Support

  1. Farside 09:45, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
  2. TPK 05:50, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
  3. [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 20:08, 2004 Aug 24 (UTC)
  4. Aranel 02:28, 25 Aug 2004 (UTC)
  5. PlasmaDragon 13:25, 25 Aug 2004 (UTC)
  6. CheekyMonkey 11:52, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)
  7. Burgundavia 08:39, Aug 27, 2004 (UTC)
  8. Grammarian 13:50, 2 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  9. Linn
  10. Alarm 15:58, 8 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  11. Jonik 09:17, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  12. Taxman 03:36, Sep 11, 2004 (UTC)
  13. Donar Reiskoffer 08:48, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  14. Weiwensg

Comments:

  • Very important profession and one of the oldest professions in history. --Farside 09:45, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
  • Could cover mistranslations, difficulties in communicating certain concepts, etc. [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 20:08, 2004 Aug 24 (UTC)
  • Mistranslations, difficulties in communicating certain concepts, should perhaps be the subject of a separate article (or perhaps more): Translation problems, Untranslatability, etc. Grammarian 13:54, 2 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  • Not a stub at time of nomination. Should be removed. Davodd 18:19, Sep 18, 2004 (UTC)

Reason for removal:

  • Lack of votes. --Conti|✉ 23:34, Sep 19, 2004 (UTC)

Carson Daly (1 vote in 1 week)

Nominated September 11; needs 5 votes by September 18 (minimum 5 votes per week)

Support:

  1. Ashlee 00:36, 11 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Comments:

  • Lacks a good biography. Ashlee 08:25, 11 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  • Practically unheard of outside of the US. I've only heard of him through spending far too much time on American entertainment forums...Ambi 14:14, 11 Sep 2004 (UTC)
    • I'm a professional American media reporter and he barely registers. Then again, I'm nearly 3 times the age of the nominator. :) Davodd 16:20, Sep 11, 2004 (UTC)
  • Nothing against VJs, but finding enough info about them to fill up a 'featured article' would be challenging. This may be why many wikilinks are still 'red' on the page Video jockey .... -- PFHLai 21:56, 2004 Sep 11 (UTC)
  • Who? -- Graham ☺ | Talk 16:28, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Reason for removal:

  • Lack of votes. --Conti|✉ 23:35, Sep 19, 2004 (UTC)

Sex pilus (1 vote in 1 week)

Nominated September 12; needs 5 votes by September 19 (minimum 5 votes per week)

Support:

  1. Sewer Surfer 20:12, 12 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Comments:

  • It deserves more than 4 sentences. Without it, there would be no bacteria and their benefits. Sewer Surfer 20:49, 12 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  • Not all bacteria are benficial PlasmaDragon 15:56, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Reason for removal:

  • Lack of votes. --Conti|✉ 23:39, Sep 19, 2004 (UTC)

Camera (4 votes in 1 week)

Nominated September 12; needs 5 votes by September 19 (minimum 5 votes per week)

Support:

  1. blankfaze | (беседа!) 23:24, 12 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  2. PedanticallySpeaking 15:49, Sep 13, 2004 (UTC)
  3. PlasmaDragon 15:57, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Comments:

  • Come on, man! This article is SOOOO lacking. blankfaze | (беседа!) 23:24, 12 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  • Not a stub. It could do with work, but so could lots of other articles. CotWs should be stubs at the time of nomination. —Rory ☺ 23:27, Sep 12, 2004 (UTC)

Reason for removal:

  • Lack of votes. --Conti|✉ 23:39, Sep 19, 2004 (UTC)

Politics of Wales (2 votes in 1 week)

Nominated September 13; needs 5 votes by September 20 (minimum 5 votes per week)

Support

  1. [[User:Neutrality|Neutrality (talk)]] 04:53, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  2. zoney ▓   ▒ talk 13:07, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Comments

  • Gigantic hole in coverage. [[User:Neutrality|Neutrality (talk)]] 04:53, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Comment: Thats a bit of an exaggeration; there is already a lot of content about Welsh politics at Politics of the United Kingdom and there are many articles about Welsh political institutions and politicians. Deus Ex 17:12, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  • Yr wyf yn cytuno?n hollol (possibly, "I quite agree"). zoney ▓   ▒ talk 13:07, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC)

John Wayne Bobbitt (1 vote in 1 week)

Nominated September 13; needs 5 votes by September 20 (minimum 5 votes per week)

Support:

  1. Mmm Mmm 05:18, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Comments:

  • It's awfully short and stubby for a person who attained international fame. Mmm Mmm 05:18, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  • Short and stubby *huh-huh* Beavis 05:21, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)

British rock (8 votes in 3 weeks)

Nominated August 31; needs 12 votes by September 21 (minimum 4 votes per week)

Support:

  1. Tuf-Kat 07:01, Aug 31, 2004 (UTC)
  2. PhilHibbs 17:04, 31 Aug 2004 (UTC)
  3. PlasmaDragon 21:09, 31 Aug 2004 (UTC)
  4. violet/riga (t) 18:32, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  5. Ludek9 15:48, 2 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  6. [[User:Dmn|Dmn / Դմն ]] 17:08, 2 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  7. Alarm 16:01, 8 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  8. Suse 21:47, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Comments:

  • Recently split from rock and roll to its own article, missing oodles of info on The Smiths, alternative rock, popular rock in between the 60s and 90s, etc. Tuf-Kat 07:01, Aug 31, 2004 (UTC)
  • Although incomplete, I don't think it was a stub at time of nomination. Davodd 18:14, Sep 5, 2004 (UTC)

Reason for removal:

  • Lack of votes. -- ALoan (Talk) 10:31, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Drama (7 votes after 2 weeks)

Nominated September 7; needs 10 votes by September 21 (minimum 5 votes per week)

Support

  1. Arlechinio 01:45, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  2. PlasmaDragon 18:12, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  3. LUDRAMAN | T 18:16, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  4. zoney ▓   ▒ talk 10:06, 8 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  5. [[User:Bodnotbod|bodnotbod » .....TALKQuietly)]] 01:36, Sep 9, 2004 (UTC)
  6. JamesTeterenko 04:06, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  7. Lexor|Talk 13:32, 18 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Comments:

  • Drama, its just everywhere, TV, in the street its life, and we all need it. Just a stub, needs ENLARGING. Needs defining, and needs to have the debates about education and entertainment fully represented.
  • I listed narrative structure on pages needing attention the other day, it's a disgrace! --[[User:Bodnotbod|bodnotbod » .....TALKQuietly)]] 01:36, Sep 9, 2004 (UTC)
  • 66.167.253.83 01:58, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC) (contributor since May 2003): The article on drama needs a lot of editorial attention. There are blocks of useful comments, but it flows poorly, its organization is not systematic, the contributions don't share a consistent style, it is overly dependent upon a separate "see also" list, and it has a number of misspellings and punctation mistakes. As a start, one of the collaborators should review everyone's contributions and refactor. In particular, write an introductory paragraph so that the reader isn't confronted at the beginning with a TOC, particularly a TOC whose first item is "The problem with the term drama"... To reduce the "see also" list, look for ways to cleanly embed those topics into your exposition; the main article is hardly wikified and resorts to parenthetical "see ______" comments in the few cases where cross-references are made.
  • Removing support - not a stub at time of nomiation - should be removed from list. Davodd 18:12, Sep 18, 2004 (UTC)

Reason for removal:

  • Lack of votes. -- ALoan (Talk) 10:31, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Pony keg (1 vote in 1 week)

Nominated September 14; needs 5 votes by September 21 (minimum 5 votes per week)

Support:

  1. Shard 04:58, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Comments:

  • Quite short for a very common item. Shard 04:58, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Reason for removal:

  • Lack of votes. -- ALoan (Talk) 10:31, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)

It's a Royal Knockout (4 votes in 1 week)

Nominated September 14; needs 5 votes by September 21 (minimum 5 votes per week)

Support:

  1. [[User:Dmn|Dmn / Դմն ]] 08:43, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  2. Ta bu shi da yu 11:53, 16 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  3. [[User:Sverdrup|User:Sverdrup]] 14:23, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  4. Cabalamat 12:27, 19 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Comments:

  • I'm sorry, but is this a joke? TPK 15:17, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC) Talk
    • Just because it's a laughably pathetic joke, doesn't mean it didn't really happen, although those involved surely wish it hadn't. Still referred to in the UK media as an example of what is wrong with the minor royals Average Earthman 10:28, 16 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  • There isn't even an article on the TV show on which this is based, It's a Knockout. I think we should concentrate on an article for It's a Knockout and mention It's a Royal Knockout as one of its special episodes.
    • Okay, I agree with that, but I still think a TV show like this isn't worth COTWing, given the other topics that can/need to be covered. TPK 17:34, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC) Talk
  • What the? I want to know more! - Ta bu shi da yu 11:53, 16 Sep 2004 (UTC)
    • a sign that most people don't know about it, making it an unsuitable cotw? --Jiang 05:43, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)
    • Trust me you don't. -- Graham ☺ | Talk 11:41, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Reason for removal:

  • Lack of votes. -- ALoan (Talk) 10:31, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Environmental basis for sexual orientation (11 votes in 3 weeks)

Nominated August 31; needs 12 votes by September 21 (minimum 4 votes per week)
(originally nominated as "Environmental basis for homosexuality")

Support:

  1. [[User:OldakQuill|Oldak Quill]] 10:47, 31 Aug 2004 (UTC)
  2. [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 05:06, 2004 Sep 1 (UTC)
  3. PlasmaDragon 18:22, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  4. FZ 21:38, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC) (but only if someone fixes the name)
  5. Beland 05:23, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  6. Conti|✉ 12:39, Sep 4, 2004 (UTC)
  7. [[User:Dmn|Dmn / Դմն ]] 03:15, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  8. Davodd 15:06, Sep 5, 2004 (UTC)
  9. Graham ☺ | Talk 16:44, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC) (following name fix only)
  10. [[User:Neutrality|Neutrality (talk)]] 05:17, 8 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  11. J3ff 07:29, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Comments:

  • A fascinating area. Article Genetic basis for homosexuality has already been written - there is alot to cover.
  • Would be an interesting article to write with a small number of collaborators, but dozens is just begging for a revert war. Normally I'm not evasive of controversial topics, but within the context of mass collaboration, I am. :-( • Benc • 20:06, 31 Aug 2004 (UTC)
    Could be an interesting test of Wikipedia and it's users. ;-)--[[User:OldakQuill|Oldak Quill]] 23:28, 31 Aug 2004 (UTC)
    Support on that basis. [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 05:06, 2004 Sep 1 (UTC)
  • No support under current name - topic too myopic. Articles should be Genetic basis for sexual orientation and Environmental basis for sexual orientation to be more inclusive of bisexuality, transgenderism and heterosexuality. Davodd 17:31, Sep 3, 2004 (UTC)
  • I'm fixing links to "Genetic basis" and "Environmental basis" articles to end in "sexual orientation", and I changed the title of this section to reflect that. "Genetic basis for homosexuality" has also been moved to Genetic basis for sexual orientation. -- Beland 05:23, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Reason for removal:

  • Lack of votes. -- Davodd 01:43, Sep 22, 2004 (UTC)

forensics/forensic evidence (3 votes in 1 week)

Nominated September 14; needs 5 votes by September 21 (minimum 5 votes per week)

Support:

  1. [[User:Bodnotbod|bodnotbod » .....TALKQuietly)]] 18:44, Sep 14, 2004 (UTC)
  2. TPK 20:56, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC) Talk
  3. Norm 10:08, 15 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Comments:

  • Sorry to double nominate, but I think for the layman the two are hard to distinguish. Both articles are very small - particularly when you think these areas are both graduate degree courses lasting 3 years in the UK and, I'm sure, the US now. If anyone reading this is a student and knows someone on such a course, please try and recruit them to contribute. --[[User:Bodnotbod|bodnotbod » .....TALKQuietly)]] 18:44, Sep 14, 2004 (UTC)
  • I'd be inclined to merge the two. TPK 20:56, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC) Talk
  • I would say merge them first and then nominate them. -- Graham ☺ | Talk 00:12, 16 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  • There's quite a lot of stuff divided between smaller articles, Computer forensics, Forensic anthropology, Ballistics etc etc. --Farside 10:24, 16 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  • Should be called Criminalistics - "Forensics" is a common term for all forms of structured arguement, therefore should probably be a disambig page. Davodd 02:38, Sep 19, 2004 (UTC)

Reason for removal:

  • Lack of votes. -- Davodd 01:45, Sep 22, 2004 (UTC)

Buffet (7 votes in 2 weeks)

Nominated September 8; needs 10 votes by September 22 (minimum 5 votes per week)

Support:

  1. PFHLai 09:04, 2004 Sep 8 (UTC)
  2. zoney ▓   ▒ talk 10:14, 8 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  3. Theresa Knott (Nate the Stork) 13:31, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  4. PlasmaDragon 18:12, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  5. [[User:Neutrality|Neutrality (talk)]] 21:43, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  6. [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 21:50, Sep 10, 2004 (UTC)
  7. Jpittman 00:16, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Comments:

  • The absence of Buffet in Wikipedia makes me very hungry ... -- PFHLai 09:04, 2004 Sep 8 (UTC)
    • Buffet was created after the nomination here, but the stub was quickly tagged for VfD. Then, it was greatly expanded while on VfD (2 days) as if it were the chosen COTW there ! So, it's no longer a stub .... -- PFHLai 22:11, 2004 Sep 11 (UTC)
  • Needs photo badly. Also word etymology, famous buffets, the distinction between buffets and banquets, famous quotes about buffets, etc. [[User:Neutrality|Neutrality (talk)]] 21:43, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  • This sounds good. I'm looking forward to a candidate I can really sink my teeth in to. --Jpittman 00:16, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Obstetric ultrasonography (2 votes in 1 week)

Nominated September 17; needs 5 votes by September 24 (minimum 5 votes per week)

Support:

  1. violet/riga (t) 10:37, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  2. Filiocht 09:16, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Comments:

  • A stub with very little detail - "parent" article medical ultrasonography could be massively expanded too.. violet/riga (t) 10:37, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  • It doesn't strike me as a subject that the vast majority of the community will be able to contribute to. -- Graham ☺ | Talk 11:39, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)
    • Perhaps not, but it's a very interesting one that people may well like to research. violet/riga (t) 14:58, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  • Just me then! violet/riga (t) 08:18, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)
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