Wikipedia:Articles for improvement/Google Doodle task force

Google is the most widely-used search engine, and subjects featured on Google's main page as Google Doodles gain worldwide attention. Very often, the first resource that people consult is the subject's Wikipedia article. Our goal is to make these articles a valuable and inspiring resource for readers by improving and maintaining articles on Google Doodles, with an emphasis on ones that are currently live.

The official scope of the project is defined by the articles listed on the lists of Google Doodles. We emphasize articles on the subjects of current Google Doodles, and {{tlx|Google Doodle}} may be placed on these articles for the duration it is featured on the Google home page. The goal of a collaboration is to use widespread collaborative editing to thoroughly inform our readers on these influential subjects. Although the template should be removed from the article when the Google Doodle is no longer active, collaborations should last two days.

Most doodles do not have a worldwide reach. To find out the reach of a Doodle, go to http://google.com/doodles.

• For doodles targeted at 1-4 countries, then there should be no collaboration, unless it is featured in the United States (where most of Google's traffic comes from); or, for events, it is celebrated in more than four countries. If this applies, treat it like a doodle targeted at 5-50 countries.
• For doodles targeted at 5-50 countries, then there should be a collaboration, but do not send notices to members of the project unless they opt in at #Frequent notifications, and do not place the template.
• For doodles targeted at 51 countries or more, notices should be sent to all members on the notifications list and the {{tlx|Google Doodle}} template should be placed.

If there are multiple qualifying Google Doodles in a day, the doodle with the widest reach is the collaboration.

To set the article and its corresponding image if there is a Google Doodle for the day, adjust /article and /image with the bare title of the article and image. In the rare case that a Google Doodle conflicts with a TAFI selection, the template should not be placed; however, the article and the title should still be filled in. It is also common for Google Doodle articles to be semi-protected for the whole duration for a collaboration. This is not a reason to abandon the collaboration; the template will automatically encourage the newest editors to submit an edit request if they wish to edit.

Here is a list of the project's previous collaborations in chronological order. Use the {{tlx|Icon}} template to mark the before and after assessment of a collaboration.

1. February 29: 29 February 2016 (268,000 page views) and 1 March 2016. {{Icon|C}} to {{Icon|C}}; 8.9kb to 10.2kb prose. 98 edits were made on the 29th (1 edit per 2,734 page views), 31 on the 1st, for a total of 129 edits. Note: Compare this with 101 (1 edit per 2,743 page views) and 15 edits made during the same period in 2012 for a total of 116.

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1. Esquivalience ^t 01:16, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
2. Vinegarymass911 (talk) 01:46, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
3. - Buster Seven Talk 02:58, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
4. MusikAnimal ^talk 03:00, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
5. ChamithN (talk) 03:26, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
6. –Davey2010^Talk 03:30, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
7. {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 05:12, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
8. Qwertyxp2000 (talk | contribs) 06:19, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
9. Penny Richards (talk) 06:40, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
10. —M@sssly^✉ 10:11, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
11. Kharkiv07 (T) 14:30, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
12. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 15:47, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
13. Donnie Park (talk) 20:02, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
14. CAPTAIN RAJU ^(✉) 21:14, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
15. Nvvchar. 02:00, 3 February 2016 (UTC)
16. Corinne (talk) 23:39, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
17. Ryan115 (talk) 12:24, 10 February 2016 (UTC)
18. Fatlard360 (talk) 01:24, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
19. Omni Flames ^{let's talk about it} 07:07, 14 April 2016 (UTC)
20. Aryan ( है?) 11:47, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
21. AuthorAuthor (talk) 19:56, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

Because Google Doodles are more frequently featured than TAFI articles are rotated, members will only be notified on their talk page on doodles that reach at least 51 countries.

1. {{#target:User talk:Esquivalience}}
2. {{#target:User talk:Fanoflionking}}

• WikiProject Cleanup
• WikiProject Editor Retention - talks editors off the "ledge of retirement" and dispenses an Editor of the Week Award
• WikiProject Intertranswiki – has a monthly stub creation focus and also highlights select articles for improvement in a given month, usually related to Latin American women.
• Rescue list{{spaced ndash}} hosted at WikiProject Article rescue squadron
• WikiProject Quality Article Improvement
• Wikipedia Vital articles
• Articles for Improvement (inactive)
• Wikipedia Spotlight (defunct)

{{Hatnote|See also: Wikipedia:Tools}}

• [https://tools.wmflabs.org/refill/ reFill]{{spaced ndash}} Edits bare url references: adds title, dates, publisher, etc.
• [http://dispenser.homenet.org/~dispenser/view/Reflinks Reflinks]{{spaced ndash}} Edits bare references: adds title/dates etc. to bare references
• [http://dispenser.homenet.org/~dispenser/view/Checklinks Checklinks]{{spaced ndash}} Edit and repair external links
• [http://dispenser.homenet.org/~dispenser/view/Dab_solver Dab solver]{{spaced ndash}} Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
• [http://dispenser.homenet.org/~dispenser/view/Peer_reviewer Peer reviewer]{{spaced ndash}} Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.
• [https://tools.wmflabs.org/xtools-articleinfo/index.php? X!'s tools]{{spaced ndash}} Checks grammar and spelling (provided by LanguageTool) plus wikidata - displays page views and edit history

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