Wikipedia:WikiProject Food and drink/Beverages Task Force/work area

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The WikiProject Work Area is for drink and related drink ware articles undergoing major renovation or nominated for deletion prior to integration or tran-swiki processing.

This Work Area is a good place to develop new articles or work on major re-writes of articles that require a lot of non-linear editing, without having to worry about other editors interfering with your edits while you are working (either because they do not see the big picture and think your changes do not make sense, or because they are simply ignorant of that which you are trying to accomplish).

This Work Area can also serve as a temporary archive to prevent loss of useful information from articles Project Participants are actively attempting to improve while the articles are being considered for deletion. The Beverages Task Force has requested that all Project-related articles not be deleted until the Cleanup Project is completed on or before February 28, 2007. However, some editors ignore that request and nominate Project-related articles early.

This archive is not a sandbox nor is it permanent storage for deleted articles. As a general rule, no deleted article should remain in here longer than two weeks after the AfD discussion is completed. Articles being developed from scratch are given more leniency as far as time frames go, but ongoing progress should be apparent. Use the talk pages to keep other Project members updated on the status of the work. If you need more time and you are making progress, no worries. It just is important that this area does not become a holding cell for banished articles. Instead, think of it as a nursery where little articles can grow up quickly before returning to the real world.

Important! Wikipedia is not a static place. While articles are here in the archive, the real articles will probably receive ongoing edits, even during AfD proceedings. It is very important that before merging articles from the Work Area back into the live Wikipedia, that you check to see what edits have taken place in the article's history since you started editing. Incorporate into the new article all edits from the main article that remain relevant in the new one. It is a very bad practice, with penalties in some cases, to blindly overwrite other people's efforts because you are too lazy to be careful in your editing. Newly developed articles should be checked prior to moving into the mainspace to be certain nobody else created an article with the same name while developing yours.

Important #2 Any article that was deleted through the AfD process must be significantly improved before it will be permitted back into the Wikipedia. It is critical that you clearly emphasize the notability and widespread popularity of the article's topic. Widespread popularity is not critical, but without it the notability is more difficult to prove. Likewise, popularity without much notability is probably not worthy of an encyclopedia article. For cocktails, the recipe and preparation techniques are the most commonly documented facts about the drinks, and the least useful, since Wikipedia is not a recipe book. If that is all you have, consider adding it to Wikibooks instead of back into Wikipedia. Focus on the cultural significance, the history of the drink and its name, influential figures who regularly drank or commented on the drink. Provide lots of documentation by linking to articles in respected magazines, newspapers, and journals. Back up every claim with a reference, or do not bother making the claim. Do not use weasel words in an attempt to avoid documenting a claim. It really is simple: If you cannot bring a deleted article up to Wikipedia's standards, it deserves to remain deleted. This really holds true for all the articles, but formerly deleted articles will be extensively scrutinized for sticking to the standards. Remember, once an article has been successfully deleted, an administrator can delete a substantially similar article on the same topic on sight. If you cannot bring the article up to standards, do not waste your time. There are plenty of other articles (see Category:Mixed drink stubs) that need help before they get the axe.