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U.S. Southern Collaboration of the Week The current Collaboration of the Week is the History of South Carolina.

This is the page to deal with discussion and nominations for the U.S. Southern Collaboration of the Week. Please sign your votes after contributing; only member votes will be counted. You do not have to be from the South to either submit nominations or vote.

[edit] Nominations

The next USSCOTW will be picked on Sunday, July 17 by which candidate has a higher number of support votes. (the current time is 11:02, December 16, 2006)

Each nomination needs three votes a week. If the nominated article receives three votes, the time period for voting is extended for another week and by another three votes. Two weeks' time for six votes, three weeks for nine, and so on.

Successful and unsuccessful nominations are archived here

Please list the nominations below this line. Remember, when nominating an article, to add {{USSCOTWnom}} to the article's talk page if it exists.

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[edit] King Cotton (July 12)

Nominated on 5 July 2005 16:22 (UTC); needs 6 votes by July 19.

Support:

1. ZeWrestler 5 July 2005 21:23 (UTC)
2. Fenice 7 July 2005 16:45 (UTC)
3. Falphin 23:56, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

Comments

• Important Southern Phrase used pre-American Civil War as a reason to keep slavery. --ZeWrestler 5 July 2005 21:23 (UTC)
• I'll support, although I won't be here to edit it.(I'll be on a cruise and well editing wikipedia is not my kind of vacation. :) ) Falphin 23:56, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] South Carolina Canal and Rail Road (July 20)

Nominated July 6, 2005, needs six votes by July 20, 2005.

Support:

1. --SPUI (talk) 6 July 2005 08:28 (UTC)

Comments

• One of the first railroads in North America, and important in the Civil War. Portions still exist and are used by Norfolk Southern. Went through various names until it was leased in 1899 and merged in 1902 into the Southern Railway. --SPUI (talk) 6 July 2005 08:28 (UTC)