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Help select the next USCOTM now! Nominate an article you think needs improvement or vote for one of the candidates here.
This is the page to deal with discussion and nominations for the U.S. Collaboration of the Month (USCOTM), previously U.S. Collaboration of the Week (USCOTW). The USCOTM is a collaborative effort led by participants to improve different United States articles. In its initial incarnation (as USCOTW) from November 2005 until mid 2006, articles were selected every two weeks. From September 2006 until August 2007, articles were chosen on a more sporadic basis (around monthly) and saw a lot lower level of activity. The Collaboration became inactive at that time. As of January 2011, the Collaboration has been reactivated for a trial (after a slew of editors joined the wikiproject), to see if some articles might be improved collaboratively to good articleorfeatured article level.
The idea is that new editors might work alongside more experienced editors and the overall coordination might result in some high profile or large articles being worked up that might have proven too arduous for one editor.
To vote, click on the [edit] link on the right-hand corner beside each of the articles listed below. To vote, please sign your votes by adding a pound and four tildes (# ~~~~) to the bottom of the list of voters for that article, which will generate your name and the current date! If you want to be nice, please update the vote tally in the heading. And yes, voting for more than one nomination is allowed.
If you wish to make a comment underneath about a nomination, please bullet (*) your comment underneath the Comments: , and sign your comment with ~~~~.
Select the United States-related topic that needs work and improvement. Generally, articles that would affect a greater range of editors are recommended over articles with a more regional focus. The article can be nonexistent, a stub, or a good article aiming for featured status. Articles that are ineligible for USCOTM include:
An article that is already featured (note that articles that have been FARCed can still be nominated)
An article that is the subject of content edit wars
Edit this page, and list the nomination at the bottom of the list of nominations, using the following template: {{USCOTMnom|Article name|~~~~~|Date in 1 month|~~~~|a short description explaining why the article should be the U.S. Collaboration of the Month}} Please replace "article name" with the actual name of the article, replace "Date in 1 month" with the actual date in 1 month, and add a rationale for the reason for the nomination.
Please preview the change using the "Show preview" button to double check that all of the required information has been filled in and ensure that no mistakes were accidentally made.
{{subst:USCOTMnom|Example|~~~~~|July 4|~~~~|I believe [[Example]] should become the new USCOTM because it is an article that is important for many Americans. It could use some work in referencing and expansion.}} yields in:
I believe Example should become the new USCOTM because it is an article that is important for many Americans. It could use some work in referencing and expansion. TheNominator15:54, 4 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Consider joining the U.S. collaborative efforts by signing in the participants list below with * ~~~ ,which will generate your name.
{{User USCOTM}} is an userbox that may be placed on user pages.
Add {{UScur|date=July 2024}} to the new one. The old one should have the template left on, as it will automatically indicate it is no longer under the focus of the drive.
Correct the new changing date located above at Nominations. Cut and paste the above nomination and move it to WP:USCOTWN
Update the information on WP:USCOTWHIST, adding the information about the last USCOTM and the date, # of votes, article name, and # of words onto the top of the wikitable.
