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 | This page in a nutshell: Spotlight is meant to highlight an article for one week, and attempt to improve it via live discussion in our IRC channel. |
Spotlight was a process by which a number of editors collaborated online and concentrated on improving a single article through IRC. The project's history can be observed through its newsletter.
The article currently under the Spotlight is at Suggested articles.
Please add your name to the participants here, and suggest articles here.
Spotlight articles[edit]
| Page name | Start Date | End Date | Edits | Before | After | Diff |
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| Trauma (medicine) | September 10, 2010 | September 25, 2010 | 107 | Before 
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| Aengus Finucane | October 10, 2009 | October 15, 2009 | 35 | N/A | After  
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| Oil | September 19, 2009 | October 10, 2009 | 54 | Before
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| Battle of the Nobles | August 24, 2009 | September 19, 2009 | 21 | Before
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| Monkey | August 13, 2009 | August 20, 2009 | 22 | Before
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| USS Massachusetts (BB-59) | August 1, 2009 | August 13, 2009 | 111 | Before
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| Dry ice | July 24, 2009 | August 1, 2009 | 333 | Before
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| Marco Polo sheep | July 16, 2009 | July 24, 2009 | 249 | Before 
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| Marco Polo | July 5, 2009 | July 16, 2009 | 634 | Before
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| Richard Montgomery | September 3, 2008 | October 15, 2008 | 185 | Before | After | Diff |
| Academy Award | August 26, 2008 | September 2, 2008 | 55 | Before | After | Diff |
| John Jay | August 19, 2008 | August 26, 2008 | 224 | Before | After | Diff |
| Biafra | August 15, 2008 | August 19, 2008 | 180 | Before | After | Diff |
| Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette | August 11, 2008 | August 15, 2008 | 566 | Before | After
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| Recording studio | August 7, 2008 | August 11, 2008 | 19 | Before | After | Diff |
| Play_(theatre) | June 14, 2008 | August 7, 2008 | 45 | Before | After | Diff |
| Michelangelo | June 9, 2008 | June 16, 2008 | 27 | Before | After | Diff |
| Artificial sunlight | May 31, 2008 | June 9, 2008 | 68 | Before | After | Diff |
| Thirty Years' War | May 22, 2008 | May 31, 2008 | 166 | Before | After | Diff |
| Kristallnacht | May 17, 2008 | May 22, 2008 | 180 | Before | After
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| Dam | August 14, 2007 | 161 | Before | After | Diff | |
| Mao Zedong | August 1, 2007 | 50 | Before | After | Diff | |
| Gang | July 31, 2007 | 64 | Before | After | Diff | |
| Oil spill | July 29, 2007 | 21 | Before | After | Diff | |
| Underground Railroad | July 29, 2007 | 18 | Before | After | Diff | |
| History of Russia | July 25, 2007 | 337 | Before | After | Diff | |
| Third World | July 20, 2007 | 56 | Before | After | Diff | |
| First Lady | July 19, 2007 | 65 | Before | After | Diff | |
| William I of England | July 19, 2007 | 71 | Before | After | Diff | |
| Environmentally friendly | July 15, 2007 | 60 | Before | After | Diff | |
| Casino | July 09, 2007 | 18 | Before | After | Diff | |
| Balloon | May 11, 2007 | 71 | Before | After | Diff | |
| Legume | April 28, 2007 | 7 | Before | After | Diff | |
| Farm | April 22, 2007 | 74 | Before | After | Diff | |
| Shogun | April 18, 2007 | 69 | Before | After | Diff | |
| Poor Richard's Almanack | April 17, 2007 | 112 | Before | After | Diff | |
| Icelanders | April 16, 2007 | 241 | Before | After
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| John Gow | April 16, 2007 | 96 | Before | After | Diff | |
| Coloring book | April 15, 2007 | 78 | Before | After | Diff | |
| Aelbert Cuyp | April 15, 2007 | 24 | Before | After | Diff | |
| Christopher Columbus | October 10, 2006 | 118 | Before | After | Diff | |
| Polar exploration | September 20, 2006 | 23 | Before | After | Diff | |
Templates[edit]
- You'll know if your page is being looked at by Spotlight by the template on the top of the talk page, and the page will have the Wikipedia Spotlight category.
- The current article will be tagged with
((Spotlight))on the talk page. That template auto-detects which namespace it is in, and adds the appropriate text. - After completion,
((Spotlighted|date))will be placed on the talk page. - When working on the article, please put ((Spotlight working|~~~~~)) within the section that you are working on.
Userbox
There is a userbox that participants can add to their user pages. Adding this will place your name in the Wikipedia Spotlight contributors category.
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((User Spotlight))
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Barnstar
Anyone may award the Spotlight barnstar to contributors, by placing ((Spotlight Barnstar|put your comment here ~~~~)) on the talk page of the user to whom you wish to award it