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}}

Wardens of Unity

Nominated by: --Shadow Taldrya 21:13, 1 February 2013 (MST)

Strong Support - A very well written and presented article --Tarax Kor 14:11, 5 February 2013 (MST)

Support - Easy to read, detailed, and recent. Plus, no one needs to see that much of Tarax unless absolutely necessary :P --Eiko 14:41, 11 February 2013 (MST)

File:Taraxissosexy.jpg

Nominated By: Windos

Comment - Nothing else has been nominated. Sexy pictures > decent content. --Windos 18:58, 2 December 2012 (MST)
Comment - If nothing else, it'll teach people to nominate things or else. On a completely unrelated note, I've been thinking about making the featured article image take up 100% of the available width. Thoughts? --Benevolent Whiner (talk - dossier) 19:10, 2 December 2012 (MST)
Strong Support - Agree for 100% image width for this article only. --Windos 19:13, 2 December 2012 (MST)
Strong Support - I feel like a piece of meat. --Tarax Kor 19:27, 2 December 2012 (MST)
Strong Support - I heartily endorse this event and/or product. --—Preceding unsigned comment added by User:Yacks
Strong Object - I feel this does not do the job of representing partially naked portraits... especially when numerous members of another unit did so too (See The Arcona Calendar). --Wuntila 15:33, 3 December 2012 (MST)
Comment - I suggest that Wun's objection is biased and should be ignored! Or something to that effect... Feature this article! --Windos 20:22, 3 December 2012 (MST)

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 [[File:WardensLogo1.png|thumb|left|150px]] '''Nominated by:''' --[[User:Shadow Taldrya|Shadow Taldrya]] 21:13, 1 February 2013 (MST)
 '''Strong Support''' - A very well written and presented article --[[User:Tarax Kor|Tarax Kor]] 14:11, 5 February 2013 (MST)
+* '''Support''' - Easy to read, detailed, and recent. Plus, no one needs to see that much of Tarax unless absolutely necessary :P --[[User:Eiko|Eiko]] 14:41, 11 February 2013 (MST)
 {{Clear}}