MarioWiki:Featured articles
The featured articles of the wiki are articles that represent the best the Super Mario Wiki has to offer. This is not a way to showcase the articles of your favorite characters, items, or the like.
Featured Article Standards
An article must…
- …be well-written and detailed.
- …be unbiased, non-point of view.
- …be sourced with all available sources and appearances.
- …follow the Manual of Style, and all other policies on the Super Mario Wiki.
- …not be tagged with any sort of improvement tags (i.e. {{rewrite}}, {{expand}}, etc).
- …have a proper lead that gives a good summary of the topic and can be used for the front page featured box.
- …have a reasonable amount of redlinks.
- …have significant information from all sources and appearances, especially a biography for character articles.
- …not have been previously featured on the Main Page. Otherwise, it can only be restored to featured status.
- …include a reasonable number of images of good quality if said images are available.
- …be notable and have significant content – some complete articles like Spiny Shroopa do not have enough information to become FAs.
The Overall Process
First, nominate an article you find is worthy of featured status, putting it at the bottom of the list below; see criteria above. Note that a previously featured article cannot be featured on the Main Page again; however, it can be restored to featured status if there are no other featured articles in queue. 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 five supports and no objections, it will be added to the queue, and will be officially known as a "featured article".
How to Nominate
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. Please cite which rule your objection falls under. Failure to do so will result in your objection being considered invalid. 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 five 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 {{FASTAT}} at the top of the article you are nominating.
Every Sunday 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 articles template. Nominees that are inactive for a month will be eliminated from the nominations list.
Nominated Articles
Doopliss
Support
- Support Go Doopliss Luigibros2 17:00, 4 September 2007 (EDT)
Oppose
- Oppose – Too short for Featured Article - Cobold (talk · contribs) 17:05, 4 September 2007 (EDT)
- Oppose Too Short.
XzelionETC BTW is this th way we're suppose to do this? - Oppose Too Short. sorry buddy too short. Master Crash
- Oppose TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SHORT. Mr. Guy the Guy
Talk! - Oppose Way too short. My Bloody Valentine
- Oppose Too short.--
Aipom 
-- - Oppose Sorry, but Doopliss' article is way too short. There just isn't enough information about him. ~ Zantok
Comments
Status
- Doopliss was nominated at 21:00, September 4, 2007.
King K. Rool
Support
- Support King K. Rool is probably one of our best work here, along with Yoshi.--Glowsquid
- Support King K. Rool is really good, I say it should be an FA ~Uniju(T-C-E)
- Support Agreed, it is filled with good information. My Bloody Valentine
- Support Not the longest, but one of the best Mr. Guy the Guy Talk!
- Support Fair amount of info, good enough for FA quality.-- Aipom --
- Support It's a good article and, besides having a few to many images, IMO, deserves to be the new FA. Max2 (talk)
- Strong Support A very well written article. It covers a huge amount of information about King K. Rool and his various alter egos. ~ Zantok
Oppose
Comments
Xterra, if you want to oppose it, give a reason. What is "Not too good" in the article? Your vote don't help us in any way. Glowsquid
So, basically, unless he fixes that opposition, it's the next Fwatured Article? Max2 (talk)
Status
- King K. Rool was nominated at 21:14, September 4, 2007.
- King K. Rool met FA status requirements at 23:09, September 4, 2007. If reasons are not given for its only opposition, King K. Rool will become a featured article at 23:09, September 11, 2007, as supporters do not know what to change.
Hammer Brother
Support
Oppose
Comments
Status
- Hammer Bro. was nominated at 00:10, September 5, 2007.
Wario
Support
Oppose
Comments
Status
- Wario was nominated at 00:16, 5 September 2007
Super Mario 64 DS
Support
Oppose
Comments
Status
- Super Mario 64 DS was nominated at 00:16, 5 September 2007
Diddy Kong Racing DS
Support
Oppose
Comments
Status
- Diddy Kong Racing DS was nominated at 00:16, 5 September 2007
Bowser Jr.
Support
- Strong Support It is a very well thought out article. It is very detailed, and covers the many roles that he has had in the games he has been in. ~ Zantok
Oppose
Comments
Status
- Bowser Jr. was nominated at 00:29, September 5, 2007.
Yoshi
Support
Oppose
Comments
It's very well written, contains useful information, and well-describes Yoshi's appearance in evey one of his games. HERE YE HERE YE! Dodo
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