Wikivoyage:Previous collaborations/2007

This page lists previous collaborations for 2007.

26 December - 1 January

 * Suzhou
 * One of China's top tourist destinations.
 * We have plenty of text but it could be better organised.
 * Much missing, phone numbers for hotels, etc.
 * Needs MoS work and some de-touting. (WT-en) Pashley 10:07, 17 December 2007 (EST)

19 December - 25 December
129.177.169.78 12:50, 4 December 2007 (EST)
 * Bergen. The article has a lot of information, and is on its way to become a star. It represents an area (Northern Europe) of which only one destination has been the destination of the month (Helsinki, back in 2005). Bergen is regarded as "the gateway to the fjords", and thus very important for most tourists visiting Norway. It is also the south terminus for Hurtigruten, a popular voyage following the Norwegian coastline. Furthermore, Bergen is the center of music in Norway, the home or residence of artists and composers like Sondre Lerche, Röyksopp, Magnet, Kurt Nilsen, Datarock, Ralph Myerz & The Jack Herren Band, Kings of Convenience, Edvard Grieg and Harald Sæverud. A Spanish translation is in progress. There is a list of things to do on the article discussion page. To sum up, the article needs:
 * A map (the city is well covered on Open Street Map, so those with the necessary technical knowledge should be able to help out without knowing the city)
 * A thorough spell check and language cleanup (native English speakers, help out!)
 * More listings under most sections (check out the discussion page for ideas - much information can be found through Google)
 * A bit reorganizing
 * More/different pictures (there is a lot to be found on Flickr)

12 December - 18 December

 * Salem (Oregon)
 * Needs listings to be mos'd... currently looks like a phone book. Some pictures would be nice too – (WT-en) cacahuate  talk 22:14, 30 October 2007 (EDT)

5 December - 11 December
-- (WT-en) Tim (writeme!) 06:17, 8 August 2007 (EDT)
 * Delhi - a lot of info and a lot of good photos, and... a map! I'd love to see this as a DotM sometime soon
 * Needs a bit of an MoS tidy up
 * Having said that about the map, we need to put the main attractions etc on it now
 * Could do with putting the see/buy/eat into listings to get them uniform.

27 November - 4 December
-- (WT-en) Tim (writeme!) 09:13, 18 August 2007 (EDT)
 * Asmara - a lot of information on a relatively obscure destination.
 * Needs some photos.
 * Need to go through and convert (where appropriate) large blocks of text to listings.
 * Needs contact details for hotels/restaurants/sights
 * Needs a bit of MoS work
 * Needs actual local destinations in the get out rather than just advice and information

20 November - 26 November

 * Salzburg (city) -- -- (WT-en) Tim (writeme!) 14:54, 1 July 2007 (EDT)
 * One of 8 host cities for Euro 2008 in June/July 2008 - need to get into tip top shape by then.
 * Need to convert to listings to sort out MoS issues
 * Needs more detail in get in and get around.
 * Listings need contact details (phone numbers, addresses, websites)
 * Sleep listings need more info, in some cases there is none.
 * Get out doesn't link to Wikivoyage guides... :S
 * More photos and a map required.

31 October - 6 November
(WT-en) Cupcakecommander 04:28, 11 June 2007 (EDT)
 * Lankaran city - a great deal of information, nice history section, and a expansive transportation section but:
 * The page need. s a MoS clean up.
 * Hiking and more national park information need to be included from the surrounding area e.g. Isti Su, Hirkan National Park, etc
 * The get out section should have more ideas for possible options post-Lankaran (e.g. going to Iran, enjoying the hot springs in the south, sanatoriums, etc.)
 * The page would benefit from the expansion, revision, and creation of foreign language pages
 * More information on Lankaran and Talish culture should be included
 * Needs more photos
 * Lots of links but no good information
 * Fill out the Talish area in Azerbaijan!
 * Proof the new Japanese page

1 edit by 1 author Usable to Usable

24 October - 30 October 2007

 * Freetown - one of our more indepth articles in Western Africa and a good future Off the Beaten Path candidate
 * Needs a bit of MoS tweaking
 * Contact details required for hotels/eateries in Sleep/Do
 * Needs a few pictures of the sights and maybe a picture of the city itself.
 * Needs a bit of work on the wording
 * Needs some get out destinations

10 edits by 1 author, Usable to Usable

16 October - 23 October 2007

 * Dublin - Lots of info, potentially a star if we can sort the following out.
 * Needs more photos and a map. +
 * Get around needs breaking up into modes of transport +
 * See/do need contact details, more info, MoS +
 * Drink/Eat needs MoS +
 * Sleep needs MoS, contact details in some cases and more description +
 * Get out could do with being a bit more MoS

14 edits by 5 authors, Guide to Guide

9 October - 15 October 2007
13 edits by 2 authors (not counting edits to district articles), Usable to Usable
 * Manchester
 * Manchester - the districts have been recently redone, and need trimming and weeding
 * District articles need converting to listings
 * Find photos for each of the districts
 * Fix links on Manchester so that they point to the correct new district guide (See Talk:Manchester to see which old districts are covered in which new district.

01 October- 7 October

 * Hong Kong

Why
Used to be gorgeous, but is now nearly unreadable thanks to obsessive Wikipedian spoo, and districting is in tatters. (WT-en) Jpatokal 12:02, 5 June 2007 (EDT)

Result
3 edits by 2 authors, Guide to Guide

1 September - 7 September

 * Saint Petersburg (Russia) - huge tourist destination and the largest city in northeastern Europe by far, which is way too light on information, but easy to research --(WT-en) Peterfitzgerald Talk 23:14, 4 June 2007 (EDT)
 * Lots of MoS clean up
 * Lots of famous and less famous sights missing
 * Copy-edit as much of its content was written by non-native speakers
 * Do section is empty, but easy to research&mdash;the city has a world-class performing arts scene
 * As a city of 5 million, it might be a good idea to come up with a way to split the city into districts
 * Eat section needs a lot of work&mdash;there is a lot of good eating in this city
 * Understand section is very underdeveloped
 * It may be hard to acquire source material compatible with the copyleft, but a city map would be great; a hermitage map would be a big plus as well. If anyone could find suitable source material, I would be glad to do the map myself
 * Here is the official web city guide, with lots of info to mine

25 August - 31 August

 * Reno - lots of good info here but needs some cleanup and expanding --(WT-en) NJR_ZA 16:02, 4 June 2007 (EDT)
 * Needs a map
 * Should be upgraded to big city template. Work, Contact and Cope sections will be really useful.
 * General MoS clean up
 * HTML markup used should be removed
 * Information under Reno belongs in Reno
 * Calendar of events and festivals should be checked to ensure that all events listed under Reno is included there
 * Information under Reno needs contact details
 * Reno section is very small for a city of this size

0 edits by 0 authors, Usable to Usable.

18 August - 24 August

 * Alexandria - needs to be brought in line with our manual of style – (WT-en) cacahuate  talk 03:28, 23 May 2007 (EDT)

31 edits by 11 authors, Usable to Usable.

11 August - 17 August

 * Vienna -- -- (WT-en) Tim (writeme!) 14:54, 1 July 2007 (EDT)
 * One of 8 host cities for Euro 2008 in June/July 2008 - need to get into tip top shape by then.
 * I've mooted the possibility of breaking this up into districts here, and that's going to take a lot of ground work so a CotW would help with the copying and pasting into any district articles.
 * The whole thing could do with being converted to listings.
 * Contact details are needed for a lot of attractions.
 * Some of the information on listings might need to be trimmed, there could be too much description on some. Conversely, some do listings need more info.
 * Could do with info for the Contact and Cope sections.
 * Vienna Metro map is in French, needs to be converted to English.
 * A map would be great, and maybe a few more photos?

38 edits by 4 authors, Guide to Usable. (Note:Original guide rating was debatable)

4 August - 10 August 2007

 * Sheki rayonu and city

Why
- lots of info but:
 * The page needs a MoS clean up.
 * More hiking and historical sites need to be included from the surrounding area e.g. Marxal, Orta Zayzit, the Labyrinth etc.
 * The get out section should have more ideas for possible options post-Sheki
 * The page would benefit from the expansion, revision, and creation of the Japanese, and German pages.
 * The transportation guide needs to have updated prices
 * All of the marshrut routes are not listed
 * Needs more photos
 * Lots of links with no information -- (WT-en) Cupcakecommander 01:42, 10 May 2007 (EDT)
 * Combine with the Sheki page or expand the Kish page

Result
24 edits by 7 authors, Usable to Usable.

8 July - 3 August 2007

 * Puerto Vallarta

Why

 * needs a little work to conform to the Manual of style
 * Research phone #'s, websites, etc for a lot of the listings
 * organize or rewrite "Understand" section into a more digestible amount of info
 * reduce the bloated Stay safe section - doesn't need to be so sub-divided
 * "See" section is blank - surely there are some attractions to see here? – (WT-en) cacahuate  talk 13:38, 18 May 2007 (EDT)

Result
4 edits by 2 authors, Usable to Usable.

18 July - 24 July 2007

 * Geneva

Why
(WT-en) Tim (writeme!) 14:54, 1 July 2007 (EDT)
 * One of 8 host cities for Euro 2008 in June/July 2008 - need to get into tip top shape by then.
 * Need to convert to listings, which will fix the MoS problems on the guide.
 * There are 5 destinations in get out with no info about them. Need a sentence or two to explain why they would make good days out or places to move on to.
 * There are only two photos on the page, and the main one is pretty grainy... We need to get more and find a suitable replacement for the main one that is of higher quality.
 * There are a couple of listings without contact details/addresses, which need to be found and put into the guide.
 * A map would be useful.

Result
16 edits by 3 authors, Guide to Guide

11 July - 17 July 2007

 * Marrakech

Why
good but:
 * many sections need rewriting for more fluid prose.
 * some info needs to be moved into the main Morocco article
 * more photos would be nice - shouldn't be hard to find some that show the main square and the souqs – (WT-en) cacahuate  talk 03:06, 7 May 2007 (EDT)
 * contact details needed for some of the listings in see. -- (WT-en) Tim (writeme!) 05:51, 8 July 2007 (EDT)

Result
17 edits by 3 authors, outline to usable.

4 July - 10 July 2007

 * UNESCO World Heritage List - lots of red links - we should link to the nearest place where possible and be a bit more consistent on how we link. -- (WT-en) DanielC 16:52, 18 April 2007 (EDT)


 * In other words, determine for each listing if it qualifies for its own article as per Project:What is an article, and if not, then list it as Name of attraction in Name of nearest city – (WT-en) cacahuate  talk 03:30, 21 May 2007 (EDT)

Results
51 edits by 8 users (plus an unknown number on guides for UNESCO World Heritage sites.

26 June - 2 July 2007

 * Cincinnati

Why
Currently a star nomination, in case anyone other than Gorilla Jones hasn't noticed. I'd like to fix things that I'm missing, including:
 * Reformatting the hours to conform with MoS.
 * Checking grammar and making the guide a little more enjoyable to read
 * Pointing out any other issues on Project:Star nominations -- (WT-en) Sapphire • (Talk) • 21:22, 22 June 2007 (EDT)

Results
103 edits by 7 users, Guide to Guide

12 June - 25 June 2007

 * Seattle

Why
good article with lots of info, but could use some tlc:
 * Districts need to be further hashed out - is this the best way to divide them? If the map is a good base to go on, then make the list and the district articles match it exactly.
 * MoS / template the listings, and then move to appropriate district articles.
 * Write brief overviews of what's to be found in the city for the sleep, eat and drink sections once listings are moved.
 * Needs a street map.
 * MoS / template the listings in the district articles – (WT-en) cacahuate  talk 02:18, 2 April 2007 (EDT)

Result
15 edits by 10 authors, Guide to Guide

4 June 2007 - 10 June 2007

 * San Diego

Why
An extremely popular tourist destination, but the article is lacking a lot. Five things I suggest:
 * Grammar and Manual of Style cleanup,
 * See listings should really be expanded,
 * District articles need a lot of work,
 * Eat/Sleep sections could use a lot of work,
 * More descriptions of vital things, like more on how to Get Around. There is also nothing in the Cope section. (WT-en) PerryPlanet 22:18, 13 February 2007 (EST)

Results
6 edits by 5 authors, Usable to Usable

28 May 2007 - 3 June 2007

 * Baku

Why
-- Would be the first place in the Caucasus to be a CotW -- (WT-en) Cupcakecommander 06:20, 6 February 2007 (EST)
 * Eat/drink/buy sections need more work.
 * The page needs a MoS clean up.
 * A great deal of the attractions are missing.
 * A new city map (like the ones in fountain square).
 * The page would benefit from the expansion and creation of the Japanese, English, and German pages.
 * Transportation guide
 * Needs more photos

Results
49 edits by 4 editors Usable to Guide

21 May 2007 - 27 May 2007

 * Austin

Why
Eat/drink/sleep sections need MoS, contact details... Needs more photos/map -- (WT-en) Tim 13:36, 28 January 2007 (EST)

Results
27 edits by 5 authors, Usable to Usable

14 May 2007 - 20 May 2007

 * Hyderabad

Why
Needs MoS, contact details, remove some photos (?), sort out huge list in "do" to become useful information rather than just a list... -- (WT-en) Tim 13:36, 28 January 2007 (EST)


 * Research info for listings that are now just a list of names
 * Get it into shape so (WT-en) Ravikiran has something to use when he gets to town! – (WT-en) cacahuate  talk 02:38, 7 May 2007 (EDT)

Result
131 edits by 6 authors, Usable to Usable

7 May - 13 May 2007

 * Prague

Why
Has a lot of information and there's a lot of scope for doing small easy edits. Article needs MoSing. Also needs splitting into districts. A lot of listings have no information or contact details. Could do with a few more photos/map. -- (WT-en) Tim 13:36, 28 January 2007 (EST)

Result
8 edits by 5 authors, Usable to Usable

26 April - 2 May 2007

 * Mauritius

Why

 * Lots of good info, needs to be moved into regions and cities. General MoSing (WT-en) Maj 22:16, 21 December 2006 (EST)
 * The ja: page for Mauritius (a former DOTM) has lots of nice pictures that could also be integrated. (WT-en) Jpatokal 22:43, 21 December 2006 (EST)

Result
26 edits by 9 authors, Outline to Outline

18 April - 25 April 2007
Puerto Rico and regions/cities.

Why
Wikivoyagers will be spending part of the time here for the Wikivoyage Collaboration Confabulation. -- (WT-en) Sapphire 03:11, 10 April 2007 (EDT)

Result
17 edits by 7 authors, Usable to Usable

10 April - 16 April 2007

 * Beaches in Goa and Goa

Why
needs to be re-organized along geographical lines. --(WT-en) Evan 07:38, 15 December 2006 (EST)

Results
Goa: 6 edits by 4 authors, Outline to Outline.

Beaches in Goa: 0 edits by 0 authors, Outline to "Merge into Goa" suggestion.

2 April - 9 April 2007
Paris/4th arrondissement

Why
This article was declared a star before the current star nomination process was implemented, and when our standards for a star article were more relaxed... it's needs several things to get it up to par, including the following:
 * Get In is simply a list of subway stations
 * Get Around is sparse
 * Listings need to be templatized (drink and sleep sections are only ones left to do)
 * The last two sleep listings have no prices mentioned
 * The eat/drink sections need opening hours and meal prices, and all listings should have descriptions
 * The closest Metro station should be mentioned for every listing, in a city like Paris you can never be more than 400m away from a station.
 * Punctuation is a bit lousy at places.
 * Buy - should be expanded and descriptions, hours, etc for all listings
 * The "Do" section needs informative descriptions for the things listed

Let's get this article in shape so that we can renominate it for Star status, it's not that far off! – (WT-en) cacahuate  talk 00:13, 31 March 2007 (EDT)

Result
3 edits by 1 author, Guide to Guide

26 March - 1 April 2007

 * Munnar

Why
Another page with lots of info that's way off of our MoS. --(WT-en) Evan 09:45, 5 December 2006 (EST)

Results
6 edits by 2 authors, Outline to Outline

18 March - 24 March 2007

 * Cambridge (England)

Why
Content is very good and there's a lot of it. Needs a lot of MoS work though. Potential star/DotM. -- (WT-en) Tim 07:31, 26 November 2006 (EST)

Result
10 edits by 4 authors, Guide to Guide

8 March - 14 March 2007

 * Fort Lauderdale

Why
Needs some content and MoSing. Needs photos and maps. Food/Hotels/nightlife needs to be broken down with more detail. Maybe combine with Miami for South Florida? (WT-en) GatorFTL 5:51, 22 November 2006
 * Sleep section needs to be organized into budget/mid-range/splurge... looks like the yellow pages at the moment.
 * All listings could be templatized
 * A lot of the attractions and listings in eat and drink need more contact info, descriptions
 * Do we need such a huge list of radio stations?
 * Eat listings should be organized by budget/mid-range/splurge rather than by area (WT-en) - Cacahuate 13:38, 18 February 2007 (EST)

Result
18 edits by 6 authors, Usable to Usable

26 February 2007 - 4 March 2007

 * Birmingham (England)

Why
Good content. Needs MoS work, more get out. Potential DotM/star contentwise. -- (WT-en) Tim 07:28, 26 November 2006 (EST)

Result
5 edits by 4 authors, Guide to Guide

19 February 2007 - 25 February 2007

 * Maui

Why
Needs all the listings shifted to correct city pages. (WT-en) Maj 17:21, 11 December 2006 (EST)

Result
2 edits by 1 author, Usable to Usable

12 February 2007 - 18 February 2007

 * Valencia (city)

Why
In reasonable shape in most regards, but needs MoS work, entries for "Buy," and many more "Sleep" options. As with most articles, maps and illustrations (which shouldn't be too hard to find) are also needed. The goal is to get this into DotM shape in time for the 2007 America's Cup. -- (WT-en) Bill-on-the-Hill 21:11, 22 November 2006 (EST)

Result
31 edits by 4 authors, Outline to Usable

2 February 2007 - 11 February 2007

 * Caracas

Why
Needs content and MoS editting, especially more hotels and nightlife 84.178.179.131 03:23, 14 November 2006 (EST)
 * Contact details are needed for hotels, restuarants and bars. Addresses/locations are needed for most of the attractions. Contact and cope needs filling. -- (WT-en) Tim 13:13, 28 January 2007 (EST)

Result
12 edits by 4 authors, Outline to Usable

26 January 2007 - 1 February 2007

 * Bangor (Wales)

Why
Listings need MoSing, few more pictures, some sections need rewriting. Plus, I don't think we've had any Welsh CotWs so far... (WT-en) Tim 19:03, 25 October 2006 (EDT)

Result
28 edits by 5 authors, Usable to Usable

19 January 2007 - 25 January 2007

 * Rome

Why
A lot of content, needs to be broken into districts. Someone who knows the town might need to oversee and organise this. (WT-en) Tim 08:31, 25 October 2006 (EDT)
 * Various listings need to be MoS'd. Certain listings need addresses/phone numbers/websites. Drink section needs list of good bars/pubs/clubs. Needs more pictures and a map. Eat section needs a description of "In Rome you can ask for" - what are you asking for?!! Needs more shop/market listings in Buy. See/Do needs sorting out and contact details. -- (WT-en) Tim 11:33, 17 January 2007 (EST)
 * Seems to have been broken into a number of districts, perhaps even too many? Can any of these be combined into groups that make sense to the traveler, or is each actually worthy of it's own article?
 * Listings could be templatized to better conform to the Manual of style.
 * A district map (if not a full city map!) would be useful in understanding how the city is broken down. (WT-en) Cacahuate 02:22, 19 January 2007 (EST)

Result
10 edits by 3 authors, Usable to Usable

2 very minor edits to 1 of the district articles by 1 author.

12 January 2007 - 18 January 2007

 * Madrid

Why
Alot of content, but needs MoS editting, more contact details. I find it surprising that a city of Madrid's size doesn't have a better article. (WT-en) Tim 23:19, 17 August 2006 (EDT)

Result
9 edits by 3 authors, Usable to Usable

2 January 2007 - 11 January 2007

 * Pune

Why
Lots of info, but in desperate need of reorganizing and editing. (WT-en) WindHorse 06:57, 4 December 2006 (EST) Support for CoW. The info is excellent, and the article is v. informative. With a little editing, this can easily become a star. Besides, Pune is a great city, with a laid-back yet vibrant atmosphere. The ideal place to relax after touring the big metros. History, atmosphere, art, culture, it's all there. Virtual Pune and Pune Diary are both good sources of info. Pune City is the official website. (WT-en) Upamanyuwikivoyage 09:17, 11 December 2006 (EST)
 * The Do section can be edited. Not enough info.
 * The Get Around section needs more info on Hiring cars, motorbikes and cycles.
 * In desperate need of good pics. Map also req.
 * Cope sec required
 * Listings req tel nos, price, opening hours etc.

Results
14 edits by 5 authors, Star nomination to Guide