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: --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)
Object - One section has "coming soon", which means this article isn't complete. I also think a couple more images are needed in the last half of the article to break up all the text--Halcyon 18:23, 22 November 2008 (MST)
Weak Support I think the article is now complete, but the section "The Final Mark" is a story. Try to refrain from stories (i.e. dialogue and tons of descriptions) and make it more of an informational article. --RevengeX Palpatine 14:18, 24 December 2008 (MST)
Nominated By: Arador 20:35, 21 November 2008 (MST)
Support - The article is defenitly well written and clearly relates Arador's history without droning on and on. The wording and grammar are choppy in some parts, but it doesn't occur often. Other than that, it's really good. Talos Annedu 19:58, 26 November 2008 (MST)
Support - I think it is a well-written article with good images and some supporting info. It's on the shorter side for a featured article, but the history and personality sections are very well written, above average for a character article. I, personally, would like to see a sort of trivia section, but I know that is a controversial section for character pages, and are often better placed on userpages. Anyways, I support the nomination. ~ Legz 10:03, 27 November 2008 (MST)
Weak Support - --Aabs 16:16, 17 December 2008 (MST)
Object - This page is solid, but it is pretty short - it could benefit from an expansion and more detail. --Kir Katarn 21:43, 26 December 2008 (MST)
Support - A quick suggestion: replace the SW wiki and Dossier with the new quicklinks. Other than that, it's a fine page. I wouldn't say it is too short for a Guardian. Not all of us have been here for a hundred years, Kir :P --Shadow Taldrya 01:27, 27 December 2008 (MST)
Object - I agree with Kir on the length and detail of the page; I realize that a Guardian may not have a whole lot of character history, but a little bit more detail could be added to the page to make it slightly longer and bring up the quality a bit. Also, I'd like to see the new quicklinks added to the page, to also improve it's quality. Other then those two things, the page seems good to me. --Anubis 20:25, 28 December 2008 (MST)
Nominated by: --Archangel 17:37, 31 January 2008 (CET)
Support - Looks good from my point of view. --Anubis 09:20, 1 January 2009 (MST)
Nominated by: -- Vladet Xavier 18:46, 1 January 2009 (MST)