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{{cquote|''In 2008, an ace editing unit was sent to [[WP:ANI|ANI]] by a [[WP:ROUGE|rogue admin]] for a [[WP:MoS|MoS-violation]] they didn't commit. These editors promptly [[WP:AGF|assumed good faith]] and escaped via [[IRC|the IRC]]. Today, still wanted by [[WP:CABAL|The Cabal]], they survive as [[WP:Wikiholic|champions]] of [[WP:FA|content quality]].''

''If you have a [[WP:OWN|treasured article]], if [[WP:Edit war|no one else can help]], and if you can [[WP:V|find reliable sources]], then maybe you can hire...''

...'''The FA-Team'''.<sup>[''[[The A-Team|citation needed]]'']</sup>}}
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Okay, that was the [[Advertising|draw]], but this team has a serious purpose too: improving an article to FA standard is not easy, and there are plenty of obstacles and not enough support. The purpose of the FA-Team is to link and coordinate editors who want to help overcome the obstacles and provide support to all those who want to write great articles. We also believe that contributing to Wikipedia should be fun, and that is the spirit in which the team has been created.

There are many things the FA-Team can help with. What we ''can't do'', however, is add substantial content or find references: as suggested above, editors who would like FA-Team help need to have access to reliable sources and use them to create and improve article content.

If you have an article you think would make a good FA-team Mission, propose it [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Featured articles/FA-Team/Mission Proposals|here]].

== Team members and specialities ==

* {{User plus|Acer}} — Being the first on the list despite other members shameless attempt to make it to the top.
* {{User plus|BQZip01}} — [[Admiral|General]], [[jerk|all-around pain in the butt]] that will [[scab|pick apart]] [[article|an article]] for [[flaw|every single flaw]] (articles supported by this user have a [[100% (comic book)|100%]] [[Success (song)|success]] [[interest|rate]]); [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/real_life limited time availability], but still available upon request. Grammar chequer (spell check doesn't catch everything!),
* {{User plus|BuddingJournalist}} — References and research (I have the privilege of easy access to one of the largest library systems in the world, so ping away if you need a source!), some MOS, general formatting, some copyediting (although many of those listed here are far more talented than me at this!).
* {{User plus|Casliber}} — anything biological..''(snigger)'', layout, copyediting, greek & latin translation etc.
* {{User plus|Ceranthor}} Formerly Meldshal42 and LordSunday. I'm known for a variety of things in article writing. But my best is either prose or references. <sniffles> I love my preciouses.<ref>Doesn't edit in one large time period due to only being allowed — certain periods of time with straight jacket off</ref>
* {{User plus|Climie.ca}} — Refs n' Prose, highly detailed point-by-point article analysis. Whatever you do, DO NOT ask me about dashes – you won't enjoy the aftermath.
* {{User plus|David Fuchs}} — Good with video game articles in general, and finding print sources; brilliant prose writer, 1st-class.<ref>not guaranteeing it'll be spelling-error-free, but it'll sound brilliant!</ref>
* {{User plus|Dwaipayan}} — reference formatting, some MoS.
* {{User plus|EyeSerene}} — article editing and copyediting (including images and related copyrights,<ref>Well, I know where [[User:Elcobbola|Elcobbola]]'s talk page is...</ref> tables, markup and the Manual of Style); article assessment (particularly [[WP:GA|Good articles]]<ref name=GA>The author is aware of the logical inconsistency involved here, and can probably justify mentioning [[WP:GA|GA]] on the [[WP:FA|FA]]-Team page. He just doesn't feel like doing it now.</ref>)
* {{User plus|Gary King}} — Helping out with whatever needs help
* {{User plus|GamerPro64}} — I do [[WP:GAR|GARs]], [[WP:FAR|FARs]], and when there's a sentence that needs a reference, I do multiple searches for one.<ref>Provided no one has already found one yet.</ref>
* {{User plus|Geometry guy}} — templates, [[WP:LEAD|lead section]], occasional imperfect copy-editing, formatting [[WP:CITE#How to cite sources|citations and references]], image copyright and fair use issues, and even [[WP:MOSDASH|dashes]].<ref>Caveat: as seen above, I like spaced em-dashes; they have style and sophistication — panache even. Unfortunately, as of 3/2/2008 11:59:59 UTC, the [[WP:MoS#Em dashes|manual of style]] barely tolerates them, which means that by this afternoon they could be banned. Or possibly strongly encouraged. Update 21/4/2008: in fact spaced em-dashes have been banned, but what a beautiful array there are on the FA-Team page!</ref>
* {{User plus|Gog the Mild}} Copy editing; MoS; history, especially military history; GAN, ACR and FAC. [[User:Gog the Mild|Gog the Mild]] ([[User talk:Gog the Mild|talk]]) 21:05, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
* {{User plus|GrahamColm}} — Plain English.<ref>Sir Ernest Gowers, ''The Complete Plain Words'', H. M. Stationary Office, UK, 1954. </ref><ref>''Fowler's Modern English Usage'', Second edition, Edited by Sir Ernest Gowers, Oxford University Press, 1968.</ref><ref>''Giant Superman Annual (A Super Collection of Untold Stories and Secret Origins'', DC National Comics, (Approved by the Comics Code Authority), National Periodical Publications,Inc., USA, 1963</ref>
* {{User plus|jbmurray}} — client turned provider ;). Willing to help out generally, above all with articles in the Humanities. Once library fines are paid, may even help with sources. --[[User:Jbmurray|jbmurray]] ([[User talk:Jbmurray|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Jbmurray|contribs]]) 03:07, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
* {{User plus|Juliancolton}} – MoS, copyediting, source checking
* {{User plus|Kakofonous}} — I'll fix any [[WP:DASH|dash]] you could possibly want.
* ([[User:Ling.Nut|Ling.Nut]])<ref>Note: Inactive. Allegedly kidnapped by [[WP:CABAL|The Cabal]] and replaced by a bot that makes random edits to various topics, frequently related to Asia and <s>contiaing</s> containing typos which are corrected in subsequent edits. The bot then resurfaces on random talk pages claiming to be working on a dissertation. No one has yet noticed the difference.</ref>
* ([[User:Marskell|Marskell]])
* {{User plus|Milk's Favorite Cookie}} – Referencing, copyediting, MOS fixes.
* [[User:Mkdw|<span style="font-size: 13px arial; color: #3366FF;">Mkdw</span>]][[User talk:Mkdw|<sup>''talk''</sup>]] — FA nominations, city FA, formatting, and WikiProjects.
* {{User plus|Mm40}} — Well-versed in MoS (the dashes in this section are wrong), source finding (I have access to [[JSTOR]] as well as numerous other databases, and several large libraries), source checking, ref formatting. I'm deeply involved in various review processes, so I can read it/fix it like people at FAC would. But please, no science.
* {{User plus|Nishkid64}} — references, formatting, MoS fixes, copyediting?
* {{User plus|Nousernamesleft}} — Prose, prose, prose. Writing is my thing, MOS and references are not. Ask me about either of the latter and you'll live to regret it.
* {{User plus|OhanaUnited}} — references, [[WP:WEASEL|weasel words]], and [[WP:JARGON|jargon words]].
* {{User plus|RC-0722}} — [[Aviator|pilot]], typo's, layout, copyediting, style.<ref>I may not be available 24-7 due to serving time at a mental hospital.</ref>
* {{User plus|Resident Mario}} — Heya, whya not, it looks lika ita coulda be fun. Ima writer, you know, one a dem writa guys. (Specific areas: Volcanology, by extension mountains too.)<ref>Heya, whya nota have a randum reference? Now Ita can't be a citation needed ;)</ref>
* {{User plus|Ruslik0}} — natural sciences especially physics; access to large amounts of reference material; ref templates.
* {{User plus|Sasquatch}} — All the normal copyedit stuff, science topics and engineering topics, scouring the academic databases for sources, I tend to be bored and have lots of free time on my hands.
* [[User talk:Skomorokh|<span style="font-family:Garamond; color:black;">Skomorokh</span>]] — Philosophy and politics, arcana and emergent phenomena, reference scouring and footnoting.
* {{User plus|Tony1}} — serves Devonshire tea.
* {{User plus|Wrad}} — access to large amounts of reference material; experienced in working with and organizing collaborations of editors.

(Please add/remove your name to/from the alphabetical list, using {{tl|User plus}}, if you do/don't support the goals of the FA-Team. It is also helpful to know how actively you can contribute, and what your areas of expertise are. Editors who support the FA-Team goals, but are unable to be actively involved for now, are welcome to add their username in brackets.)

== Goals ==

* Help anyone, anywhere bring an article successfully to [[WP:FA|Featured article]] standard, by providing [[WP:MoS]]-compliance and copyediting assistance, advice on the [[WP:WIAFA|featured article criteria]], and support through [[WP:FAC|FAC]].

* Work with individual [[Wikipedia:WikiProjects|WikiProjects]] to improve articles towards featured article standard.

== Proposed missions ==
If you have a mission idea you'd like to propose, list it [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Featured articles/FA-Team/Mission Proposals|here]].

== Current missions ==
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Featured articles/FA-Team/Mission 7|'''Mission 7: ''The FAT gets fatter''''']]
*: '''Objective''': Get some high-importance food and drink articles to FA.
*: '''Mission coordinator''': [[User:Mm40|Mm40]]?
*: '''Status''': Work starting on [[coffee]]

== Past missions ==

* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Featured articles/FA-Team/Mission 6|'''Mission 6: ''No Hey Banda — the Biology of Latino Literature''''']]
*: '''Objective''': assist the [[WP:NRG|North of the Rio Grande]] WikiProject and [[WP:WAPB|WikiProject AP Biology 2008]] in improving articles towards featured article status.
*: '''Mission coordinator''': [[User:Geometry guy|Geometry guy]]
*: '''Status''': [[Osteochondritis dissecans]], [[Banker horse]] and [[Phagocyte]] are now featured articles.

* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Featured articles/FA-Team/Mission 5|'''Mission 5: ''Solar solicitude/solidarity''''']]
*: '''Objective''': assist [[Solar energy]] and [[Scattered disc]] (and possibly other solar-related articles) towards FA status, encouraging collaboration across the spectrum.
*: '''Mission coordinator''': [[User:Geometry guy|Geometry guy]]
*: '''Status''': [[Scattered disc]] is a featured article; [[Solar energy]] has been improved, but mostly copyediting.

* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Featured articles/FA-Team/Mission 4|'''Mission 4: ''Vacation in the Everglades''''']]
*: '''Objective''': support multiple Everglades-related articles.
*: '''Mission coordinator''': [[User:Awadewit|Awadewit]]
*: '''Status''': Four featured articles. [[Everglades]] itself is now a GA.

* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Featured articles/FA-Team/Mission 3|'''Mission 3: ''Save Wikipedia from Itself''''']]
*: '''Objective''': assist multiple single articles on their [[He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother|long and winding roads]] towards featured status.
*: '''Mission coordinator''': Multiple
*: '''Status''': [[Félix Houphouët-Boigny]] now a GA.

* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Featured articles/FA-Team/Mission 2|'''Mission 2: ''Return of King Arthur from Avalon''''']]
*: '''Objective''': assist [[WP:KA]] in bringing [[King Arthur]] <s>back to life</s> to featured article status.
*: '''Mission coordinator''': [[User:Wrad|Wrad]].
*: '''Status''': A featured article: see [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/King Arthur|the FAC review]].

* [[/Mission 1|'''Mission 1: ''Murder, madness and mayhem''''']].
*: '''Objective''': assist [[WP:MMM]] in improving twelve articles on Latin American literature towards featured article status.
*: '''Mission coordinator''': [[User:Wrad|Wrad]].
*: '''Status''': Three featured articles, and eight good articles produced during this mission.

== FA-Team Analysis ==

For discussion on how the FA-Team could do an even better job, please comment [[WT:WikiProject Featured articles/FA-Team/Analysis|here]].

== Why the FA-Team is ace ==

We occasionally receive [[WP:WikiProject_Featured_articles/FA-Team/Accolades|accolades]] for our work and we greatly appreciate them, but most of all we judge our success by the articles we help bring to FA, and the editors we encourage to feel the buzz of writing top quality articles.

=== Editors who have caught the FA wave after working with the FA-Team ===
* [[User:Abarratt]] — [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Featured_articles/FA-Team/Mission_1&diff=prev&oldid=204393874 "I think I might be addicted to Wiki for life."]
* [[User:Jbmurray]] — [[User:Jbmurray/Madness|Dive in, Academia!]]
* [[User:Climie.ca|Cam]] — (worked alongside [[User:EyeSerene]] during several assessments of [[Battle of Verrières Ridge]])

=== {{classicon|FA}} Featured articles with FA-Team support ===
* {{classicon|FA}} {{Art1|El Señor Presidente}} [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/El Señor Presidente|FAC]]
* {{classicon|FA}} {{Art1|The General in His Labyrinth}} [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/The General in His Labyrinth|FAC]]
* {{classicon|FA}} {{Art1|Mario Vargas Llosa}} [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Mario Vargas Llosa|FAC]]
* {{classicon|FA}} {{Art1|Indigenous people of the Everglades region}} [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Indigenous people of the Everglades region|FAC]]
* {{classicon|FA}} {{Art1|Draining and development of the Everglades}} [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Draining and development of the Everglades|FAC]]
* {{classicon|FA}} {{Art1|Restoration of the Everglades}} [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Restoration of the Everglades|FAC]]
* {{classicon|FA}} {{Art1|King Arthur}} [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/King Arthur|FAC]]
* {{classicon|FA}} {{Art1|Geography and ecology of the Everglades}} [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Geography and ecology of the Everglades|FAC]]
* {{classicon|FA}} {{Art1|Learned Hand}} [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Learned Hand|FAC]]
* {{classicon|FA}} {{Art1|Scattered disc}} [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Scattered disc|FAC]]
* {{classicon|FA}} {{Art1|Osteochondritis dissecans}} [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Osteochondritis dissecans|FAC]]
* {{classicon|FA}} {{Art1|Banker horse}} [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Banker horse|FAC]]
* {{classicon|FA}} {{Art1|Phagocyte}} [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Phagocyte|FAC]]

=== {{classicon|GA}} Good articles with FA-Team support ===

* {{classicon|GA}} {{Art1|Augusto Roa Bastos}} (April 12, 2008)
* {{classicon|GA}} {{Art1|Dictator novel}} (April 9, 2008)
* {{classicon|GA}} {{Art1|Domingo Faustino Sarmiento}} (April 7, 2008)
* {{classicon|GA}} {{Art1|Everglades}} (July 22, 2008)
* {{classicon|GA}} {{Art1|Facundo}} (April 17, 2008)
* {{classicon|GA}} {{Art1|Gabriel García Márquez}} (March 30, 2008)
* {{classicon|GA}} {{Art1|I, the Supreme}} (April 21, 2008)
* {{classicon|GA}} {{Art1|Latin American Boom}} (April 10, 2008)
* {{classicon|GA}} {{Art1|The Feast of the Goat}} (April 17, 2008)
* {{classicon|GA}} {{Art1|Félix Houphouët-Boigny}} (August 26, 2008)
* {{classicon|GA}} {{Art1|How the García Girls Lost Their Accents}} (November 14, 2008)
* {{classicon|GA}} {{Art1|Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories}} (November 19, 2008)
* {{classicon|GA}} {{Art1|Julia Alvarez}} (December 5, 2008)
* {{classicon|GA}} {{Art1|Sandra Cisneros}} (December 5, 2008)
* {{classicon|GA}} {{Art1|Endomembrane system}} (December 24, 2008)

== Footnotes ==

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