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Contents 1 Featured article nominations 1.1 A Simpleton Plan 1.1.1 Support (2) 1.1.2 Neutral (1) 1.1.3 Oppose (0) 1.1.4 Comments 1.2 The Longest Daycare 1.2.1 Support (0) 1.2.2 Neutral (0) 1.2.3 Oppose (0) 1.2.4 Comments 1.3 Tab Spangler 1.3.1 Support (2) 1.3.2 Neutral (0) 1.3.3 Oppose (0) 1.3.4 Comments

The featured articles of the wiki are articles that represent the best Wikisimpsons has to offer.

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...

1. ...be well written and detailed
2. ...be unbiased, from a neutral point of view
3. ...be sourced with all available sources and appearances
4. ...follow the Manual of Style
5. ...not be the object of any ongoing edit wars
6. ...not be tagged with any sort of improvement tags (i.e. more sources, expand, etc)
7. ...have a succinct proper lead that can be used for the front page featured box
8. ...have a reasonable amount of red links; use common sense
9. ...have a complete, detailed biography if it's a character article

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

How to nominate:

1. First, nominate an article you find is worthy of featured status, putting it at the bottom of the list below; see criteria above.
2. 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).
3. Supporters adjust the article until the objectors (with reasonable objections) are satisfied.
4. The article is placed on the featured article list and added to the front page queue.
5. Also, if, at least a week after the article's nomination, that article has 5 supports and no objections, it will be added to the queue, and will be officially known as a "featured article".

How to vote:

1. Before doing anything, be sure to read the article completely, keeping a sharp eye out for mistakes.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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".
5. A user can only nominate one article a month.
6. All nominations must be put at the bottom of the page.

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

Featured article nominations

A Simpleton Plan

Ignoring the missing image, it has a full, non-Engrish plot and all the tabs are complete. It should get an image soon. | | Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 06:44, 5 May 2012 (EDT)

It has an image, now. | | Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 08:24, 5 May 2012 (EDT)

Support (2)

1. It's high time we featured a comic story, and this article is pretty good. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mythigator (talk • contribs) 09:13, 5 May 2012‎
2. Agreeing with Mythigator. --Nick97 ^{(talk ~ contribs)} 18:52, 9 May 2012 (EDT)

Neutral (1)

1. We have featured comic story now. WebkinzMania 16:06, 31 May 2012 (EDT)

Featuring a comic article on the main page might help draw more visitor attention to our comic content, particularly if we include a line saying something like "For more information about comics in the Simpsons universe, click here" and have it link to the Comics main page. -- Mythigator 08:46, 12 October 2012 (EDT) This needs to be a comment, not a vote. Oops. -- Mythigator 09:08, 12 October 2012 (EDT)

Oppose (0)

Comments

• Are those really all the appearances? Kinda suprises me, usually there are more background characters. Anyway, is their anything in the story that's particularily... Non-canon? Because if there isn't anything too out of the ordinary, then I don't think it needs the non-canon template. --Nick97 ^{(talk ~ contribs)} 12:44, 5 May 2012 (EDT)
  • Blinky grows a fourth eye at the end. And yes, those are the appearances. I was a bit suprised as well. | | Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 12:50, 5 May 2012 (EDT)
    • That's not really that unbeleivable. You could easily make the case that there's more than one Blinky (Marge cooked him in "Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish" for example) or that he just mutated back. --Nick97 ^{(talk ~ contribs)} 10:03, 7 May 2012 (EDT)
      • Okay. | | Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 10:06, 7 May 2012 (EDT)
• What do we do with this now that we have the Comics main page and featured comic story? ☆The Solar Dragon☆ 18:04, 27 July 2012 (EDT)
  • See "Neutral" comment #2. (I didn't see your question until after I posted it.) -- Mythigator 08:48, 12 October 2012 (EDT) Never mind, it belongs here, not under Neutral, so here it is: Featuring a comic article on the main page might help draw more visitor attention to our comic content, particularly if we include a line saying something like "For more information about comics in the Simpsons universe, click here" and have it link to the Comics main page. -- Mythigator 09:08, 12 October 2012 (EDT)