Nookipedia talk:Featured articles

Featured Articles
In the article, it reads "A new featured article will be chosen by a wiki team member each month." We don't currently do this so I think we should remove the information. I just wanted to check around first.  Leem  01  07:57, 3 January 2012 (EST)

The vagueness of "currently"
"An official method of recommending featured articles is currently in development."

Is it even in development "currently"? Like, right at this moment? It's been like that since November 6, 2010‎. Mario Talk to-a me! 02:54, October 9, 2013 (EDT)
 * Nope, the article is outdated. We do need to re-vamp our featured article system, including establishing a way to nominate articles, and reviewing our current articles (which may be out of date). If any editors want to start up a revamp in the sandbox or something, that'd definitely be an overdo project do to :) ~Super Hamster  Talk 21:20, October 9, 2013 (EDT)
 * Yeah, what does need revamping though? I'm wondering. I know the system we have right now is... eh... Also, is there a sandbox anywhere? Mario Sigpic.png Mario Talk to-a me! 01:32, October 10, 2013 (EDT)
 * We do have a sandbox :) It's over at Nookipedia:Sandbox. You can always also make one as a subpage of your userpage.
 * In terms of what needs done, I think the best option for featured article nominations is to have a nominations page, as we do for staff members and featured pictures. We may also want to come with a concrete list of the qualities a featured article needs: full coverage in all games, good images, in-depth, etc. ~Super Hamster  Talk 02:53, October 10, 2013 (EDT)
 * Okay, then. I'll try writing something up soon. Mario Sigpic.png Mario Talk to-a me! 14:25, October 10, 2013 (EDT)
 * Here, check the sandbox again. I wrote something and I'd like you (or somebody else) to review it. I added that articles can be deprived from featured article status, but I haven't written the process for that yet. Mario Sigpic.png Mario Talk to-a me! 15:04, October 10, 2013 (EDT)
 * Sorry for the late reply! Been busy and this slipped my mind. Looks great - nice job! I made a few small adjustments, the major part being about voting. I specified that admins and above are responsible for closing nominations. Also changed the part about users removing other users' votes - it's generally a bad idea to let users remove each others' votes, since that can be abused and cause arguments, etc. It's best to just leave the decision of whether or not to include bad votes to the closing administrator. Let me know what you think :) Thanks again, much appreciated. This part of the site has been neglected for quite a while. ~Super Hamster  Talk 00:46, October 26, 2013 (EDT)

It is indeed a bad idea to let other users remove bad votes. However, I was thinking about voting to remove votes, but since only a handful of users can be active at a time, it may not be our best idea, so yeah, we should leave it to the administrator. The only thing that needs to be adjusted is that template (it says if it's +3, it passes, and if it's -3, it passes; successful featured article nominations should have no objections). Thanks for the feedback! Mario Talk to-a me! 14:33, October 26, 2013 (EDT)
 * By the way, what's going to happen to the featured articles at this moment, the ones that are already featured? Are we going to clean up it and start it from scratch or are we going to remove the badge from those that don't qualify the established standards? Mario Sigpic.png Mario Talk to-a me! 13:58, October 28, 2013 (EDT)
 * IMO, we should just remove the badge from those that don't meet the standards, to keep things simple. What do you think? ~Super Hamster  Talk 14:11, October 28, 2013 (EDT)
 * Okay, then, when do we start? Mario Sigpic.png Mario Talk to-a me! 14:52, October 28, 2013 (EDT)
 * Is okay if I could help out? In terms of when we could start, I think starting it now could work. - mlnintendo 97  18:00, October 28, 2013 (EDT)
 * Sounds cool to me. I think we're ready for the revamp. I'll try to help when I have time (but that isn't now ;P). ~<font color="#07517C">Super <font color="#6FA23B">Hamster  Talk 23:37, October 28, 2013 (EDT)