DJBWiki:Featured article: Difference between revisions

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The featured articles of the wiki are articles that represent the best DJBWiki has to offer. This is not a way to showcase the articles of your favorite characters, spaceships, or the like.

So just what makes a featured article? Well, we've prepared a list just in case someone should ask that, and it is as follows.

An article must…

…be well written and detailed
…be unbiased, non-point of view
…not be the object of any ongoing edit wars
…not be tagged with any sort of improvement tags (i.e. more sources, expand, etc)
…have a succinct proper lead that can be used for the front page featured box
…have a reasonable amount of red links; use common sense
…have a complete, detailed biography if it's a character article
…not have been previously featured

For more information on what makes a featured article, see Wikipedia:What is a featured article.

How to nominate:

First, nominate an article you find is worthy of featured status, putting it at the bottom of the list below; see criteria above.
Others will object to the nomination if they disagree that the article is good enough; they will then supply reasons for doing so, and ways to improve the article (errors, style, organization, images, notability, sources).
Supporters adjust the article until the objectors (with reasonable objections) are satisfied.
The article is placed on the featured article list and added to the front page queue.
Also, if, at least a week after the article's nomination, that article has 5 supports and no objections, it will be added the queue, and will be officially known as a "featured article".

How to vote:

Before doing anything, be sure to read the article completely, keeping a sharp eye out for mistakes.
Afterwards, compare the article to the criteria listed above, and then either support or object the article's nomination.
1. If you object, please supply concrete reasons for doing so, and how it can be improved.
As stated above, any objections will be looked upon by the nominator, supporters, and anyone willing to improve the article, and action will be taken to please the objectors.
Once all objectors' complaints have been solved (or the article has 5 supports and no objections after at least a week), the article will be added to the queue and be officially known as a "featured article".

Also remember to add {{Nominated}} at the top of the article you are nominating.

Every month the next article in the queue will be highlighted on the Main Page as featured, marked with a Featured icon and removed from the list of nominations. The beginning of the article then appears on the Main Page via the {{Featured article}} template. Nominees that are inactive for a month will be eliminated from the nominations list.

Featured article nominations

List an article and leave your signature (--~~~~) for the nomination(s). Please use the format below for your nominations/showing support or objection.

Nominating:

=== [[Article Name]] ===
[[File:Infobox-Picture.jpg|thumb|left|150px]] '''Nominated by:''' --~~~~

Showing support or objecting:

* '''Strong Support''' - A comment/reasoning behind why you are showing strong support --~~~~
* '''Support''' - A comment/reasoning behind why you are showing support --~~~~
* '''Weak Support''' - A comment/reasoning behind why you are showing weak support --~~~~
* '''Strong Object''' - A comment/reasoning behind why you are strongly objecting --~~~~
* '''Object''' - A comment/reasoning behind why you are objecting --~~~~
* '''Weak Object''' - A comment/reasoning behind why you are weakly objecting --~~~~
{{Clear}}

Atyiru Caesus Entar

File:Atty Headshot-small.jpg

Nominated by: -Selika 08:48, 8 November 2013 (MST)

Object - Story is great, well-written and defined. Problems are with formatting and featured article rules. Too few images, walls of text everywhere. Linking looks good. There are several TBA areas in the page, which implies the page is incomplete. Also, the lead in is not succinct, but very chatty. Other featured articles may be looked at for examples. Lastly, out of character stuff should really be on one's userpage, not their character's article page, no matter how useful it is for others. All in all, a very fine piece of literature, just needs a boost in presentation. Keep up the great work! -Archangel 21:46, 11 November 2013 (MST)
Object - Story is well-written and defined. Could use a few more images for both visual appeal and breaking the walls of text. A small rewriting of the article's introduction would also be a massive boon. Though I don't think that much of the out of character pointers (such as for Run-ons and the music) should be on a character article. The thought is good, but I'd rather see that on the user's own page. Kaz 07:28, 7 January 2014 (MST)

1st AAC "Kota's Fist"

Nominated by: --V'yr Vorsa 23:35, 6 January 2014 (MST)

support Very well written article. Much love for the formatting and the in-depth look at the personnel. Kaz 07:28, 7 January 2014 (MST)
Support - Looks good. Thanks for fixing the formatting. --Shadow Taldrya 23:49, 8 January 2014 (MST)

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 [[File:Kotasfist.jpg|thumb|left|150px]] '''Nominated by:''' --V'yr Vorsa 23:35, 6 January 2014 (MST)
 * '''support''' Very well written article. Much love for the formatting and the in-depth look at the personnel. [[User:Kazmir|Kaz]] 07:28, 7 January 2014 (MST)
-* '''Object''' - I'm sure the article itself is fine, but the formatting needs work. For some reason, whether intentionally or not, the page is filled with preformatted style boxes that don't belong on a wiki page like this, and are often broken by images and the like. Fix the preformatting by changing the spacing before text to bullet points (like your other articles), then I can happily approve this article. --[[User:Shadow Taldrya|Shadow Taldrya]] 19:02, 7 January 2014 (MST)
+* '''Support''' - Looks good. Thanks for fixing the formatting. --[[User:Shadow Taldrya|Shadow Taldrya]] 23:49, 8 January 2014 (MST)
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