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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 the {{featured}} template 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 (--Orv Dessrx 06:12, 23 May 2011 (UTC)) 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}}

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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.
-*[[Featured article/History|History]]
+* [[Featured article/History|History]]
-*[[Project:Featured article/Queue|Queue]]
+* [[DJBWiki:Featured article/Queue|Queue]]
 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.
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+<hr>
+<big>''An article must…''</big>
-<big>''An article must&hellip;''</big>
-#&hellip;be well written and detailed
-#&hellip;be unbiased, non-point of view
-#&hellip;not be the object of any ongoing edit wars
-#&hellip;not be tagged with any sort of improvement tags (i.e. more sources, expand, etc)
-#&hellip;have a succinct proper lead that can be used for the front page [[Template:Featured article|featured box]]
-#&hellip;have a reasonable amount of red links; use common sense
-#&hellip;have a complete, detailed biography if it's a character article
-#&hellip;not have been previously featured
+# …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 [[Template:Featured article|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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:What_is_a_featured_article Wikipedia:What is a featured article].
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+<hr>
 <big>''How to nominate:''</big>
-#First, nominate an article you find is worthy of featured status, putting it at the bottom of the list below; see criteria above.
+# 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).
+# 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.
+# 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.
+# 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".
+# 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".
 <big>''How to vote:''</big>
-#Before doing anything, be sure to read the article completely, keeping a sharp eye out for mistakes.
+# 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.
+# Afterwards, compare the article to the criteria listed above, and then either '''support''' or '''object''' the article's nomination.
-##If you object, please supply concrete reasons for doing so, and how it can be improved.
+## 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.
+# 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".
+# 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 <code>{{[[Template:Nominated|nominated]]}}</code> 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 the <code>{{[[Template:Featured|featured]]}}</code> '''template''' and removed from the list of nominations. The beginning of the article then appears on the Main Page via the <code>{{[[Template:Featured article|featured article]]}}</code> '''template'''. Nominees that are inactive for a month will be eliminated from the nominations list.
-Also remember to add <code>{{Tl|nominated}}</code> 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 the <code>{{Tl|featured}}</code> template and removed from the list of nominations. The beginning of the article then appears on the Main Page via the <code>{{Tl|featured article}}</code> 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 (--[[User:Orv Dessrx|Orv Dessrx]] 06:12, 23 May 2011 (UTC)) for the nomination(s). Please use the format below for your nominations/showing support or objection.
+'''Nominating:'''
-==Featured article nominations==
+<pre>=== [[Article Name]] ===
-List an article and leave your signature for the nomination(s) - additional comments beyond '''support''' or '''object''' (unless you have concrete reasons as to why you object) are not required and will be deleted.
+[[File:Infobox-Picture.jpg|thumb|left|150px]] '''Nominated by:''' --~~~~</pre>
+'''Showing support or objecting:'''
-=== [[Tier-Avis Nami]] ===
+<pre>* '''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}}
+</pre>
-[[image:Nami.jpg‎|thumb|left|200px]] '''Nominated by''': [[User:Ronovi Tavisaen|Ronovi]], 17:10 14 November 2009 (PST)
-*'''Support''' --[[User:Windos|Windos]] 03:54, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
-*'''Support''' --[[User:Ji K&#39;awiil|Ji K&#39;awiil]] 08:13, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
-*'''Weak Support''' - You need to expand your summary at the top, since it should summarize the page as a whole. You could also probably get rid of that Warbanner picture. It doesn't serve a real purpose, and would make it one less pic, as right now it is a little clogged towards the bottom. --[[User:Aabsdu|Aabs]] 17:43, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
-{{Clear}}
+<div style="clear:both"></div>
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