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.
- 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 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.
Nominated by: RevengeX Palpatine 15:59, 27 August 2008 (MDT)
Support - Well written, interesting read. Looks good. --Ashura 23:10, 27 August 2008 (GMT)
Support - Over all good to read,put together well,. --Cethgus 00:31, 28 August 2008 (GMT)
Weak Support - It looks good and is a good read but I think it could do with a personality and abilities section. --Kalak 09:39, 28 August 2008 (GMT)
Support - Good read, interesting facts, an overall excellent article. It has my vote! -- Talos Annedu (aka Galen Marek d'Tana)
Weak Object - Not quite as fully detailed as other character articles that have been previously featured. Perhaps a little more attention to expanding the character's history or delving a bit more into it's personality/traits will help.--Halcyon 16:34, 31 August 2008 (MDT)
Weak Object - I'll agree with Halc. History could be expanded more, a bunch of two sentence sections looks bad. There also isn't much other than history. --Aabs 01:07, 1 September 2008 (MDT)
Weak Support - I agree with Kalak, it could use a personality and abilities section. The history could need a bit more beefing up. Timbal 17:37, 13 September 2008 (MDT)
Weak Object - I agree with Halc and Aabs on this one. A bunch of two sentence sections looks kind of bad for the page. Three or four would be more reasonable. As for the history, I think that it can be expanded more to beef it up. From what I've seen, featured articles usually come with a larger history. Other then those two issues, looks good.--Anubis 14:09, 6 October 2008 (MDT)
Support - The two sentence sections are a bit of a downside but overall it is a well laid out article with excellent graphics. Korvyn 15:54, 16 November 2008 (MST)
Nominated by: Derev 00:59, 14 September 2008 (MDT)
Weak Support - Thus far this is a great article. It needs a bit more work, but only in the areas of Physical Appearance and Personality. You could update your Position Chart, do some reasearch into who took over in a position after you moved on. All in all, nice work.Alaris 13:51, 16 September 2008 (EST)
Weak Object Overall, the article is great, but it is minimal. I'd like to see more information about the character's personality/abilities, and a few more images wouldn't hurt.
Nominated by: --Anubis 20:19, 9 November 2008 (MST)
Support - Good article. My only possible objection would be that it seems a little cluttered and in-your-face, but that's a stylistic difference more than anything. Good pictures and detail, no real problems I can identify. ~ Legorii 20:26, 9 November 2008 (MST)
Weak Object - I dunno, something's missing in my opinion. The images could use work along with formatting. Content is good though. ~ Macron 12:33, 11 November 2008 (EST)
Nominated by: --Ethran Sayre Isradia 18:24, 13 November 2008 (EST)
Object - I think it is close to being a good article, but the image formatting is terrible. Also, there is a whole section that "cannot be disclosed at this time", and that won't fly for a featured article. Another thing I don't really like is the way the personality section is written, the bullet points seem to throw the overall quality off a bit. I think it has some potential, but needs a bit of work first. ~ Legorii 17:13, 13 November 2008 (MST)
Object - I'll agree with everything said above, and add in a bit. The Interesting Facts section doesn't contain any information that couldn't be expressed within the content of the article itself. I know that wiki's generally discourage "trivia" sections, and the DJBWiki should be no different. Some things, OOC items and tid bits for example, that don't belong in the article proper should go there. Things that belong within the text, however, should be there and not bullet pointed out in a trivia section. Solus Gar 17:38, 16 November 2008 (MST)
Nominated By: Talos Annedu 16:05, 17 November 2008 (MST)