Wikipedia:WikiProject Football/Ireland task force/Article improvement drive

This fortnight's football improvement drive is part of the Irish football task force and is a weekly collaboration to improve football (soccer) articles to featured article status. Past collaborations are found on the history page, while removed nominations may be found on the removed nominations page. Previous winners that have gone on to become featured articles can be found at Featured collaborations.

Nomination and voting

Articles to be improved can be nominated by registered users in the "nominations" section below, with an explanation of what work is needed. To nominate an article, you can copy the template that you will below. Please do not nominate articles involved in edit wars. Every second Sunday, the article with the most support votes is chosen. Opposing votes are not counted, the nomination is an approval voting. In case of a tie, the candidate that was nominated first wins. Articles need three votes per week to stay on the list. You can vote for as many articles as you like. As with any other vote on Wikipedia, sockpuppets are banned.

Renominating

An article that is removed from the nominations list for failing to receive the required number of votes by the stipulated date cannot be renominated till one month after the date it is moved to the current removed nominations page.

Considerations for nominators and voters

Giving reasons as to why an article should become the Irish football AID may convince others to cast their vote.
Can the wider football community easily contribute to the article? Or is it something only a small number of people will know about?
Is the article one which you are prepared to work on?

Nominations[edit]

The next project article is to be selected on Sunday May 20.

Please add new nominations at the bottom of this section.

Finn Harps F.C.[edit]

Nominated May 18 2007; needs at least 3 votes by June 1 2007
Reason:

Page needs restructuring and more specific details added. Make sure that there is a comprehensive squad.

Support:

Ryannus 20:25, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Danny Invincible^Talk|Edits 14:06, 19 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
JayC90 13:04, 20 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comments:

The article is in desperate need of references. The honours section can be expanded. The squad list needs to be properly formatted. Also, the club has had more than one crest I am aware of in the past. Images of these might be worth including. Danny Invincible^Talk|Edits 14:15, 19 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There should also be more information on the stadium and perhaps a photo.Ryannus 18:57, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

We could possibly include a comprehensive list of past managers. Ryannus 19:17, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Richard Dunne[edit]

Nominated June 28 2008; needs at least 3 votes by July 12 2008
Reason:

Needs a lot of work and he has been captain of the national team

Support:

Paul Bradbury 14:10, 28 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments:

Westport United[edit]

Nominated September 4 2008; needs at least 3 votes by September 18 2008
Reason:

Just look at it. An absolute mess. It was even worse when I found it. Here is the place for it.

Support:

Candlewicke (Talk) 23:33, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments:

Derry City F.C. records[edit]

Nominated November 3, 2009; needs at least 3 votes by November 17 2009
Reason:

Seriously needs to be updated and extra info needed too.

Support:

ShedEnd1984 (talk) 13:50, 3 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
SligoRovers (talk) 16:56, 3 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Umberside (talk) 21:41, 3 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comments:

How to nominate an article[edit]

Note to contributors:

To add a new nomination, please:

(1) Copy the template below

(2) Paste it at the bottom of the list of nominations

(3) Replace "day" with the correct date and "day + 14" with the date, plus 14 days.

(4) Sign your user name with the directions in the template and add a comment for why the article should be nominated.

(5) Please preview your addition to make it sure all information is properly filled in and the links are working.

(6) Save your nomination

(7) After nominating an article please place {{IrishFootballIDRIVE}} on the article's talk page.

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Templates[edit]

Code	Where to use
{{IrishFootballIDRIVE}}	On discussion pages of nominated articles.
{{IrishFootballIDRIVECurrent}}	On discussion pages of the current collaboration.