Wikisimpsons:Featured article

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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.

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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

Lyle Lanley

I have a hard time believing this one hasn't gotten any cover page recognition. Even though Lanley was a one-off character, he did play a crucial role in the episode in which he appeared, so I think his article should be considered for featured status. -- Mythigator (talk) 01:00, March 13, 2014 (EDT)

Support (3)

1. Support T-Mac (talk) 21:10, April 15, 2014 (EDT)
2. Well we need a featured article for Sept., I guess this is good enough for it. | | Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 12:30, August 26, 2014 (EDT)
3. Agree with Randomno, we need one featured article for next month which starts next week. / Loco87 ^{(TALK / Contribs)} 13:01, August 27, 2014 (EDT)

Comments

I'm not sure, this seems more comprehensive winner to me. | | Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 01:30, August 16, 2014 (EDT)

Zombies

Now, I'm going to save this for October but with the latest appearance of zombies, this article is definitely long and detailed enough to be featured. The Solar Dragon 16:59, April 14, 2014 (EDT)

The Simpsons Game

Is a very good long article. All the tabs are full and lengthy. No idea why it wasn't featured before. The Solar Dragon 13:45, May 1, 2014 (EDT)

Oppose (1)

1. Appearances tab has some subsections without galleries. Some orphaned pages are supposed to be added (can't personally add them, since I don't have the game). Once those are cleared, it'll be good. -- Webkinz ManiaTalkContributionsEditcount 08:09, May 27, 2014 (EDT)