Constellation program goal: make great articles. Once a main article is chosen, it won't be switched until it reaches the set goal. However, participants are encouraged to improve other side articles related to the topic. Currently, the scope of the program is improving spaceflight articles, though this may change in the future.
A note: There have been similar programs like this that has failed or haven't achieved expectations; they contain valuable lessons that must be learned in order for the Constellation program to succeed. Keep in mind that these program aren't necessary terrible, the Constellation program would also have its shortcomings, but hopefully it would achieve what others haven't. Here are a list of a few:
Wikipedia:Esperanza: over-bureaucracy and eliteness among members → no leaders here, decisions must be made on-wiki by informal consensus, no excessive sub-pages, and the program is open to come and leave by all, just like Wikiprojects
Wikipedia:Articles for improvement: articles are almost not improved and maintained after the drive → set a concrete goal to achieve instead of a time-frame, introduce a narrow scope to capture interest from some editors rather than just merely pleasing to everyone
WP:OWNING: conversely, articles may be assumed authorship by the people here → encourage editors to just move on and discourage those who bite
Wikipedia:WikiCup: Most effective of all, but has been complained for lack of quality control on reviewing GAs, lack of vital articles improvements → avoid using numbers that attach to an editor's accomplishment
Wikipedia:Discord/Team-B-Vital: Addresses the vital article problem but the collaboration team is very small to be sustainable long-term → recruit more members, not just those who use Discord
This is a WikiProject, an area for focused collaboration among Wikipedians. New participants are welcome; please feel free to participate!
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