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The '''Featured Bio Contest''' is an opportunity to recognize our existing members as well as to inspire prospective members to examine our group and join in on the fun. Furthermore, the contest endeavors to encourage current members to explore the SB118 Wiki and learn more about their fellow members and the adventures others have been having across the fleet.
The '''Featured Bio Contest''' was a contest that ran from 2012 to 2017, highlighting excellent character wiki bios. It was an opportunity to recognize our existing members as well as to inspire prospective members to examine our group and join in on the fun. Furthermore, the contest endeavored to encourage current members to explore the SB118 Wiki and learn more about their fellow members and the adventures others have been having across the fleet.


==Overview==
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Each month, the Featured Bio Contest Team reviews nominated character biographical wiki articles and selects those that meet the contest's [[Featured Bio Contest Minimum Selection Criteria|minimum selection criteria]] to be showcased as '''Featured Nominees'''.


At the end of the month, one winning article will be selected from these Featured Nominees to become the '''Featured Bio of StarBase 118''' on both the [[Main Page|SB118 Wiki main page]] and through the Newsies, Reporter, and Publicity Teams. In addition, both Featured Nominees and Featured Bio winners are granted use of special badges that they can then add to their bios.
{{Header|#B2CCE6|Overview}}
Each month, the Featured Bio Contest Team reviews nominated character biographical wiki articles and uses the [[Featured Bio Contest Judging Criteria|judging criteria]] to judge nominees. At the end of the month, one winning article will be selected from the nominees to become the '''Featured Bio of StarBase 118''' on both the [[Main Page|SB118 Wiki main page]] and through the Newsies, Reporter, and Publicity Teams. Featured Bio winners are granted use of special badges that they can then add to their bios. Additionally, a runner up will be chosen as the '''Featured Nominee''' for the month and receive an honourable mention on the forum and news as well as a corresponding badge that can be placed on the page.


==Featured Articles and Badges==
{{Header|#B2CCE6|Featured Articles and Badges}}
The Featured Bio Contest recognizes three types of featured articles. All featured articles must meet the [[Featured Bio Contest Minimum Selection Criteria|minimum selection criteria]] of the contest.
The Featured Bio Contest recognizes three types of featured articles: '''Featured Bios''', '''Featured Nominees''', and '''Featured Bio Contest Team Members'''.
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*'''Featured Bio Contest Team Member''' (Sapphire)
::A biographical article for a character whose writer is a member of the [[Featured Bio Contest Team Members|Featured Bio Contest Team]] and has participated in three rounds of the competition.


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*'''Featured Nominee''' (Silver)
!{{Badge|Featured Bio of StarBase 118|80}}
::A biographical article that has been nominated to the Featured Bio Contest and meets the minimum selection criteria.
|'''Featured Bio of StarBase 118''' (Gold)
 
A nominee that has been selected by the Featured Bio Contest Team to become the Featured Bio of SB118 for one month.
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*'''Featured Bio of StarBase 118''' (Gold)
!{{Badge|Featured Bio Nominee|80}}
::A Featured Nominee that has been selected by the Featured Bio Contest Team to become the Featured Bio of SB118 for one month.
|'''Featured Nominee''' (Silver)
The second place nominee in the final vote count by the Featured Bio Contest Team.
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!{{Badge|Featured Bio Team Member|80}}
|'''Featured Bio Contest Team Member''' (Sapphire)
A biographical article for a character whose writer is a member of the [[Featured Bio Contest Team Members|Featured Bio Contest Team]] and has participated in three rounds of the competition.
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Featured Articles may display special badges designating their status. There are two sets available: the '''wide edition''' (seen above and suitable for display as a header or footer for a character's sidebar) and the '''standard award size edition''' (seen below and suitable for display in an awards rack alongside other [[List of Awards|awards]] and [[Service Ribbons|service ribbons]]).
Featured Articles may display special badges designating their status. Display of the badges is at the discretion of the individual author, although examples of badge placement are available in the [[Featured Bio Contest Tutorials]].
 
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Display of the badges is at the discretion of the individual author, although examples of badge placement are available in the [[Featured Bio Contest Tutorials]].


==Rules and Minimum Selection Criteria==
==Rules and Judging Criteria==
*[[Featured Bio Contest Rules|Contest Rules]]: Outlines how the contest is run.
*[[Featured Bio Contest Rules|Contest Rules]]: Outlines how the contest is run.
*[[Featured Bio Contest Minimum Selection Criteria|Minimum Selection Criteria]]: The minimum selection criteria for Featured Articles (Featured Nominees, Featured Bios, and Team Members).
*[[Featured Bio Contest Judging Criteria|Judging Criteria]]: The judging criteria for Featured Articles (Featured Bios, and Team Members).


==How to Nominate an Article==
{{Header|#B2CCE6|How to Nominate an Article}}
See someone's bio on the wiki that you think deserves to be featured on the main page and through our publicity and news teams? Then simply reply to the current month's nominations thread with a link to the article in the [http://www.starbase118.net/forums/index.php?/forum/467-featured-bio-contest/ Featured Bio Contest forum]! If it's your own article, we'll get in touch with you via private messaging. If you're nominating someone else, let us know their ''forum handle'' so that we can send them a private message to see if they approve of the nomination.
See someone's bio on the wiki that you think deserves to be featured on the main page and through our publicity and news teams? Then simply reply to the current month's nominations thread with a link to the article in the [http://www.starbase118.net/forums/index.php?/forum/467-featured-bio-contest/ Featured Bio Contest forum]!  


Before you nominate an article, please ensure that it meets (to the best of your own judgement), the [[Featured Bio Contest Minimum Selection Criteria|minimum selection criteria]] for the contest. In particular, make sure that your nominated article meets the following rules:
Articles are judged using the [[Featured Bio Contest Judging Criteria|judging criteria]] for the contest. Before you nominate an article, please ensure that it meets the following simple rules:
#Nominated articles must be of a player character played by a '''current''' and '''active''' member.
#Nominated articles must be of a player character played by a '''current''' and '''active''' member.
#Nominated articles must be either a '''primary''' or '''secondary''' player character. PNPCs are ineligible.
#Nominated articles must be either a '''primary''' or '''secondary''' player character. PNPCs are ineligible.
#All information in the article must be '''curent''' as of the submission date.
#All information in the article must be '''current''' as of the submission date.


==List of Featured Articles==
{{Header|#FFCC66|List of Featured Articles}}
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|bgcolor="#FFFFCC" style="border:1px solid #FFCC66; padding:1em; padding-top:0.5em; padding-bottom:0em; color: black;"|'''{{n|Katy|Orman}}'''<br>'''''April 2013'''''
Lieutenant Commander Katy Orman is the Chief of Security on Starbase 118. As winner for this month, her bio will be displayed on the wiki’s front page for the month of April.


A Human/Orion hybrid, Orman started her career on the USS Resolution as an engineering officer and later switched to the security role. She also served on the Eagle as Chief of Security, and the Victory in the same role before moving into her current assignment.
{{FBCWinner|Roshanara Rahman|MONTH = September 2017
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|BLURB =Born on Moselina IV, a busy trade stop located near Krios Prime, the Kriosian homeworld, Roshanara's birth parents gave her up for adoption, and a human couple took her in, named her, and raised her back on Earth in the city of Lahore. Often mistaken for a Trill due to her Kriosian spots, she joined Starfleet because of her interest in starship design and engineering, an interest that has not come without a cost as she was gravely injured early in her career from a major accident that required lengthy rehabilitation.


Katy has a number of unique and interesting skills. She knows a number of meditative disciplines and claims to have been trained since childhood in an unusual martial art form she calls Shiji Gungfu. She has a small undetectable implant in her body which makes telepathic contact with her impossible.
She is a project manager for the Starfleet Corps of Engineers and a Starfleet Academy instructor. She previously served as an engineer aboard the starships Shanghai, Tempest, Pioneer, Mercury, and Garuda, and was chief engineer of the latter two vessels. She served as first officer to Fleet Captain Aron Kells aboard the Garuda and USS Invicta. Captain Rahman is currently the Commanding Officer of the USS Veritas.
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'''Featured Nominee:''' [[Irina Pavlova]]
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{{FBCWinner|Lael Rosek|MONTH = July 2017
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|BLURB =Lael was born two minutes before her twin brother Kellan on Stardate 236610.24 to Adelynn Rosek in Cedar Springs, Michigan. She never met her father and, due to her mother's silence, knew very little about him. From a young age, Lael showed a talent for Mathematics and her curious nature led her to a passion for taking things apart to see how they worked. Though she was bullied in her younger years due to her Al-Leyan heritage, her easy-going and compassionate nature won her many friends. As she grew older, she sought more adventurous pursuits, chief among them being sailing, cliff-diving, water skiing, rock climbing, and swimming in local ponds and lakes.
|bgcolor="#FFFFCC" style="border:1px solid #FFCC66; padding:1em; padding-top:0.5em; padding-bottom:0em; color: black;"|[[File:Diego3.jpg|120px|link=Herrera, Diego]]
|bgcolor="#FFFFCC" style="border:1px solid #FFCC66; padding:1em; padding-top:0.5em; padding-bottom:0em; color: black;"|'''{{n|Diego|Herrera}}'''<br>'''''March 2013'''''
Captain Diego Herrera is the commanding officer of the {{USS|Vigilant}}. He dual majored in medicine and counselling at Starbase 118 Academy, and has served in both capacities throughout his Starfleet career, most notably on the {{USS|Eagle}}, the {{USS|Challenger|A}}, at the Duronis II Embassy and aboard the {{USS|Thunder}}.


Diego’s sister Adana is lucky to be alive and the accident that crippled her is the reason he originally joined StarFleet and pursued a medical career. Interestingly he still plays the dangerous game that she was involved in when the accident happened. His career has given him many unique and unusual circumstances to deal with such as sharing a salt bath with a visiting Mantaran Ambassador in his early days on the USS Eagle. He helped with the psychological recovery of Chief Counsellor Ashely Yael in the wake of torture and sexual assault on Duronis II.
She spent most of her adolescence dreaming of a career as a Starfleet Officer. Following her graduation from high school on Stardate 238505.25, she took the Entrance Exam and began her first day as a cadet on Stardate 238508.07 intending to follow the Command track. She did well academically and was excelling on the Command track until the holovideos and graphic descriptions of torture caused her nightmares and PTSD. She was forced to undergo counseling and drop out of the Command track. Her twin brother convinced her that she would do better in gold than red, and Lael began studying engineering, operations, physics and communications.
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'''Featured Nominee:''' [[Ayiana Sevo]]
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Diego has a laid back and pragmatic attitude and this is reflected in his command style. He played a pivotal role and led his team to victory in preventing the Zakdorn breaking away from the Federation to form a new alliance with the Klingon Empire.


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{{FBCWinner|Randal Shayne|MONTH = May 2017
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|BLURB =Randal Shayne was born in Chicago, Illinois on Earth, however most of his childhood was spent on Starbase 912. Both his parents, Eric and Heidi Shayne, were high ranking Starfleet officers. His mother was the station’s CMO and his father would eventually become its Commanding Officer. Both of his parents made Randal and his brother, Zak, a priority and neither child was left wanting for attention. Randal decided to follow in his parents footsteps and was accepted into Starfleet Academy at age 18 as a medical cadet.
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|bgcolor="#FFFFCC" style="border:1px solid #FFCC66; padding:1em; padding-top:0.5em; padding-bottom:0em; color: black;"|'''{{n|Aribelle|Tagren}}'''<br>'''''February 2013'''''


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Randal was intent on helping people the way his mother had done for her whole career. Unfortunately, the pre-med curriculum proved incomprehensible for him and he was far to squeamish around the injured and sick. After his first year he transferred to the Engineering program. During this time Randal had very few friends and focused on his studies. Randal was on track to become a decent engineer, until an instructor noted his above average reflexes and decisiveness. The instructor suggested that he would better serve a ship behind the helm. This led Randal to reluctantly enroll in the flight team. It was during this time that Randal began to make friends, felt the strong camaraderie among his fellow flight team members and came into his own as an officer. Randal was assigned to the USS Gemini right out of the academy as its helmsman and has made his career behind the helm of a variety of ships.
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'''Featured Nominee:''' [[Oddas Aria]]
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|bgcolor="#FFFFCC" style="border:1px solid #FFCC66; padding:1em; padding-top:0.5em; padding-bottom:0em; color: black;"|[[File:NEW david-whale.jpg|120px|link=Whale, David]]
|BLURB = Aitas was born on Betazed. Her mother, Jissela Igre, was a Betazoid martial arts instructor and her father, Sakon, was a Vulcan xenobiologist. Her parents met when her mother was assigned to Sakon as a guard when he was studying large predatory animals in Betazed’s jungles. Aitas’ childhood was split between time on Betazed with her mother and going with her father on his research expeditions. Her happy childhood came to a quick and abrupt end as the Dominion War approached Betazed. Her mother was killed during the initial attack on Betazed. her father took her and fled Federation space, but were captured by slavers. The slavers separated Aitas from her father and never saw him again.
|bgcolor="#FFFFCC" style="border:1px solid #FFCC66; padding:1em; padding-top:0.5em; padding-bottom:0em; color: black;"|'''{{n|David|Whale}}'''<br>'''''January 2013'''''
 
Aitas was rescued by a travelling El-Aurian author named Jakarn who bought her from the slavers. He brings her back to Federation space and arranges for her to be taken in by her maternal grandparents on Betazed. At age 19, Aitas decides to join Jakam on his travels and assist him. He taught her about diplomacy, espionage and encouraged her curiosity about Starfleet. At 23, Aitas enrolled in Starfleet Academy as an Intelligence major.
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'''Featured Nominee:''' [[Jocelyn Marshall]]
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{{FBCWinner|Jalana Rajel|MONTH = January 2017
|PICTURE = JalanaRajel.jpg
|BLURB = Jalana Laxyn was born in the city of Mak'ala on Trill. Jalana's father was an Ambassador who always wanted Jalana to follow in his footsteps. Her mother, Caline, was a botanist who seemed more intent on letting Jalana choose her own path. Jalana didn't attend formal education institutions as a child, but was instead taught by her father. However, much to the disappointment of her father Jalana enrolled in a Trill Medical School to become a doctor.


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After studying at med school Jalana knew she wanted to do more and enrolled in Starfleet Academy. She would eventually be contacted by the Trill Symbiosis Commission and joined with the Rajel Symbiont.
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|bgcolor="#FFFFCC" style="border:1px solid #FFCC66; padding:1em; padding-top:0.5em; padding-bottom:0em; color: black;"|[[File:AngeloV.jpg|120px|link=Valentino, Michael Angelo]]
|bgcolor="#FFFFCC" style="border:1px solid #FFCC66; padding:1em; padding-top:0.5em; padding-bottom:0em; color: black;"|'''{{n|Michael Angelo|Valentino}}'''<br>'''''December 2012'''''
Marine Captain Michael Angelo Valentino of the Duronis II Embassy trained with the elite Vulcan security ministry known as the V'Shar at the young age of 16. There he excelled thanks to both his eidetic memory and athletic prowess, and he honed both his skills in weaponry and martial arts as well as his tactical cunning. Yet while the Vulcans are renowned for their reserved passion, Valentino hasn't let their philosophy of emotional suppression extend to his romantic aspirations. This charming playboy from Sicily has attained a list of conquests nearly as long as his list of honors and achievements. Still, he's not a cold heartbreaker, and he holds a strong sense of duty and doing what's right... at least what he thinks is right!
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|bgcolor="#FFFFCC" style="border:1px solid #FFCC66; padding:1em; padding-top:0.5em; padding-bottom:0em; color: black;"|[[File:Karynn LtCmdr Red uniform.png|120px|link=Brice, Karynn Ehlanii]]
|bgcolor="#FFFFCC" style="border:1px solid #FFCC66; padding:1em; padding-top:0.5em; padding-bottom:0em; color: black;"|'''{{n|Karynn Ehlanii|Brice}}'''<br>'''''November 2012'''''
Karynn Ehlanii Brice originally intended on becoming a science officer, following an interest first stirred by her grandparents at the age of three, but during her fourth year at the academy, the Haliian discovered her new passion: counseling. Since graduating in 2384, she has served on three vessels, including the famed {{USS|Ronin}} and {{USS|Independence|A}}, where she served under the command of such esteemed officers as Ben Walker and David Cody. It was through Walker's wedding that Karynn met her future husband Ethan Brice, and though the two had been fortunate to serve on the same ships during most of their relationship, they now are continuing their marriage long-distance, with Ethan on the {{USS|Apollo}} and Karynn on the {{USS|Drake}}. Ironically, having worked her way up to the rank of commander with much of that time spent as a counselor, it is only recently that Karynn has returned to her first love of the sciences, now serving as the ''Drake's'' chief science officer.


Karynn's story is one of perseverance. Whether it was overcoming her disappointment about failing her initial Academy Entrance Exam or gaining the confidence to help lead her shipmates through challenging times, first as their counselor and later as their first officer, Karynn has demonstrated throughout her years in the fleet that officers don't have to sacrifice their compassion or become militaristic, harsh, or overbearing as they move up the ranks. In the words of her previous CO David Cody, Karynn "is familiar to us all. This officer, has always been a bright and shining star and is, at least in my opinion, one of the best officers I've had the pleasure of serving with."
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|bgcolor="#FFFFCC" style="border:1px solid #FFCC66; padding:1em; padding-top:0.5em; padding-bottom:0em; color: black;"|'''[[Velana]]'''<br>'''''October 2012'''''
It's a common misconception that Vulcans lack emotion or passion. In fact, the Vulcans might say it is the intensity of their emotions and passion that have led them to adopt their strict philosophy based on pure logic. Yet, not all Vulcans believe that the best way to live is to temper the Vulcan heart, and these Vulcans are known as the v'tosh ka'tur, or "Vulcans without logic," some of whom were first encountered by Captain Archer and the ''Enterprise'' NX-01. The ''Mercury's'' chief medical officer Dr. Velana is a descendant of the group and soon after her arrival on Earth, she discovered the challenges that came with being a non-traditional Vulcan in Starfleet.


Upon her graduation from the Academy, she was assigned to the {{USS|Independence|A}}, and her first mission took her to the Mirror Universe, where she met her "other" self. She later saved the life of Alleran Tan and moved up the ranks, eventually becoming chief medical officer of the {{USS|Tiger|A}} and {{USS|Mercury}} and continuing her commitment to follow in her father's footsteps as a dutiful ship's physician. That's not to say it's been all work and no play for this fashionable Vulcan who enjoys Gothic literature and jogging on a holodeck simulation of San Francisco's Baker Beach, but for more details, you'll have to check out her bio yourself!
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|bgcolor="#FFFFCC" style="border:1px solid #FFCC66; padding:1em; padding-top:0.5em; padding-bottom:0em; color: black;"|[[File:Kali2012b.jpg|120px|link=Nicholotti, Kali]]
|bgcolor="#FFFFCC" style="border:1px solid #FFCC66; padding:1em; padding-top:0.5em; padding-bottom:0em; color: black;"|'''{{n|Kali|Nicholotti}}'''<br>'''''September 2012'''''
Captain Nicholotti's bio is a beautifully written example of how the 118Wiki can go beyond lists of stats and dates to serve as a comprehensive narrative of a member's time in the Fleet. From her first away mission when she defended a then-Lt. Cmdr. Andrus Jaxx to her assignment as commanding officer of [[StarBase 118 Ops|StarBase 118]], one day after delivering her godchildren, Nicholotti's bio presents the story of an officer descended from a long military legacy who rose to command making pivotal decisions in times of crisis. Through it all, her fierce loyalty to her shipmates remains steadfast.
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|bgcolor="#FFFFCC" style="border:1px solid #FFCC66; padding:1em; padding-top:0.5em; padding-bottom:0em; color: black;"|'''{{n|Della|Vetri}}'''<br>'''''August 2012'''''
Captain of the {{USS|Avandar}} and native of the Trill homeworld's southern continent, Della Vetri's life changed at the age of nineteen when she became the sixth host to the Vetri symbiote. Besides the great honor and sense of achievement such a joining usually entailed, Vetri soon gained previously unsuspected psionic abilities as well. She attended Starfleet Academy to forge a suitable legacy for her symbiote's next host, and served as a counselor on such assignments as the {{USS|Indria|A}} and the {{USS|Constitution|B}} before eventually becoming the latter's first officer. Her first command was the {{USS|Aurora}}, and soon after, she and her crew moved to their new home, the ''Avandar''.
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| [[Image:WINNER.jpg|100px]]||'''Featured Bio'''||'''{{n|Katy|Orman}}'''||'''[[StarBase 118 Ops]]'''||'''April'''||'''2013'''
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| [[Image:WINNER.jpg|100px]]||'''Featured Bio'''||'''{{n|Diego|Herrera}}'''||'''{{USS|Vigilant}}'''||'''March'''||'''2013'''
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| [[Image:WINNER.jpg|100px]]||'''Featured Bio'''||'''{{n|Aribelle|Tagren}}'''||'''{{USS|Tiger|A}}'''||'''February'''||'''2013'''
! {{Badge|Featured Bio of StarBase 118|60|link=Featured Bios 2016}}
! [[Featured Bios 2016|See all the featured articles of 2016]]
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| [[Image:WINNER.jpg|100px]]||'''Featured Bio'''||'''{{n|David|Whale}}'''||'''{{USS|Drake}}'''||'''January'''||'''2013'''
! {{Badge|Featured Bio of StarBase 118|60|link=Featured Bios 2015}}
! [[Featured Bios 2015|See all the featured articles of 2015]]
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| [[Image:WINNER.jpg|100px]]||'''Featured Bio'''||'''{{n|Michael Angelo|Valentino}}'''||'''[[Embassy of Duronis II]]'''||'''December'''||'''2012'''
! {{Badge|Featured Bio of StarBase 118|60|link=Featured Bios 2014}}
! [[Featured Bios 2014|See all the featured articles of 2014]]
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| [[Image:WINNER.jpg|100px]]||'''Featured Bio'''||'''[[Brice, Karynn Ehlanii|Karynn Ehlanii Brice]]'''||'''{{USS|Drake}}'''||'''November'''||'''2012'''
! {{Badge|Featured Bio of StarBase 118|60|link=Featured Bios 2013}}
! [[Featured Bios 2013|See all the featured articles of 2013]]
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| [[Image:WINNER.jpg|100px]]||'''Featured Bio'''||'''[[Velana]]'''||'''{{USS|Mercury}}'''||'''October'''||'''2012'''
! {{Badge|Featured Bio of StarBase 118|60|link=Featured Bios 2012}}
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! [[Featured Bios 2012|See all the featured articles of 2012]]
| [[Image:WINNER.jpg|100px]]||'''Featured Bio'''||[[Nicholotti, Kali|'''Kali Nicholotti''']]||'''[[StarBase 118 Ops]]'''||'''September'''||'''2012'''
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| [[Image:WINNER.jpg|100px]]||'''Featured Bio'''||[[Vetri, Della|'''Della Vetri''']]||'''{{USS|Avandar}}'''||'''August'''||'''2012'''
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| [[Image:NOMINEE.jpg|100px]]||Featured Nominee||{{n|Jorus|Cogud}}||{{USS|Discovery|C}}||March||2013
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| [[Image:NOMINEE.jpg|100px]]||Featured Nominee||[[Nugra]]||[[Embassy of Duronis II]]||February||2013
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| [[Image:NOMINEE.jpg|100px]]||Featured Nominee||{{n|Ethan|Brice}}||{{USS|Apollo}}||February||2013
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| [[Image:NOMINEE.jpg|100px]]||Featured Nominee||{{n|David Scott|Cody}}||[[StarBase 118 Ops]]||February||2013
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| [[Image:NOMINEE.jpg|100px]]||Featured Nominee||{{n|Diego|Herrera}}||{{USS|Vigilant}}||February||2013
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| [[Image:NOMINEE.jpg|100px]]||Featured Nominee||{{n|Katy |Orman}}||[[StarBase 118 Ops]]||February||2013
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| [[Image:NOMINEE.jpg|100px]]||Featured Nominee||{{n|Sidney|Riley}}||{{USS|Tiger|A}}||February||2013
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| [[Image:NOMINEE.jpg|100px]]||Featured Nominee||{{n|Viktor|Lanius}}||{{USS|Apollo}}||January||2013
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| [[Image:NOMINEE.jpg|100px]]||Featured Nominee||{{n|David|Whale}}||{{USS|Drake}}||December||2012
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| [[Image:NOMINEE.jpg|100px]]||Featured Nominee||[[Zinna]]||{{USS|Tiger|A}}||December||2012
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| [[Image:NOMINEE.jpg|100px]]||Featured Nominee||[[Matthews, Alexander|Alexander Matthews]]||{{USS|Mercury}}||November||2012
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| [[Image:NOMINEE.jpg|100px]]||Featured Nominee||[[Valentino, Michael Angelo|Michael Angelo Valentino]]||[[Embassy of Duronis II]]||November||2012
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| [[Image:NOMINEE.jpg|100px]]||Featured Nominee||[[James]]||{{USS|Discovery|C}}||August||2012
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| [[Image:NOMINEE.jpg|100px]]||Featured Nominee||[[Nicholotti, Kali|Kali Nicholotti]]||[[StarBase 118 Ops]]||August||2012
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| [[Image:NOMINEE.jpg|100px]]||Featured Nominee||[[Shagan, Telice|Telice Shagan]]||{{USS|Discovery|C}}||August||2012
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| [[Image:NOMINEE.jpg|100px]]||Featured Nominee||[[Zehn, Kaedyn|Kaedyn Zehn]]||[[StarBase 118 Ops]]||August||2012
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| [[Image:TEAM.jpg|100px]]||Team Member||[[Herrera, Diego|Diego Herrera]]||{{USS|Vigilant}}||April||2013
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| [[Image:TEAM.jpg|100px]]||Team Member||[[West, Ian|Ian West]]||{{USS|Mercury}}||October||2012
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| [[Image:TEAM.jpg|100px]]||Team Member||[[Blake, Sky|Sky Blake]]||[[Embassy of Duronis II]]||July||2012
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| [[Image:TEAM.jpg|100px]]||Team Member||[[Sorani, Luran|Luran Sorani]]||{{USS|Avandar}}||July||2012
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| [[Image:TEAM.jpg|100px]]||Team Member||[[Rahman, Roshanara|Roshanara Rahman]]||{{USS|Mercury}}||July||2012
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==Joining the Featured Bio Contest Team==
 
[[Image:TEAM-WIDE.jpg|thumb|Team members who have actively participated in three rounds of the competition are authorized to display the '''Featured Bio Contest Team Member''' (Sapphire) badge on their characters' pages. A [[:Image:TEAM.jpg|standard award size version]] is also available.]]
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Interested in becoming a member of the [[Featured Bio Contest Team Members|Featured Bio Contest Team]]? We'd love to have you! Send a private message on the forums to the team facilitator. '''The current team facilitator is [[User:Evanna Blackwood|Aims aka Lt. Cmdr. Reinard]]'''.
[[Image:Badge-Featured_Bio_Team_Member.png|thumb|Team members who have actively participated in three rounds of the competition are authorized to display the '''Featured Bio Contest Team Member''' badge on their characters' pages.]]
Interested in becoming a member of the [[Featured Bio Contest Team Members|Featured Bio Contest Team]]? We'd love to have you! Send a private message on the forums to the team facilitator.


Please note, if you wish to join the team you must meet the following requirements:
Please note, if you wish to join the team you must meet the following requirements:


#You must be an active member of SB118 in good standing.
#You must be an active member of SB118 in good standing.
#Your primary character's own biographical article on the wiki must meet the minimum selection criteria of the contest.
#You must be willing to take an active role in not only judging other articles to be featured but also helping other members with constructive feedback on how to improve their articles.
#You must be willing to take an active role in not only judging other articles to be featured but also helping other members with constructive feedback on how to improve their articles.
#You should be reasonably proficient with using and editing the wiki such that you could assist other members who have questions about it.
#You should be reasonably proficient with using and editing the wiki such that you could assist other members who have questions about it.
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Latest revision as of 04:01, 9 October 2020

Featured Bio Contest
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This Month's Winner

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Rahman
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The Featured Bio Contest was a contest that ran from 2012 to 2017, highlighting excellent character wiki bios. It was an opportunity to recognize our existing members as well as to inspire prospective members to examine our group and join in on the fun. Furthermore, the contest endeavored to encourage current members to explore the SB118 Wiki and learn more about their fellow members and the adventures others have been having across the fleet.


Overview

Each month, the Featured Bio Contest Team reviews nominated character biographical wiki articles and uses the judging criteria to judge nominees. At the end of the month, one winning article will be selected from the nominees to become the Featured Bio of StarBase 118 on both the SB118 Wiki main page and through the Newsies, Reporter, and Publicity Teams. Featured Bio winners are granted use of special badges that they can then add to their bios. Additionally, a runner up will be chosen as the Featured Nominee for the month and receive an honourable mention on the forum and news as well as a corresponding badge that can be placed on the page.


Featured Articles and Badges

The Featured Bio Contest recognizes three types of featured articles: Featured Bios, Featured Nominees, and Featured Bio Contest Team Members.

Featured Bio of StarBase 118
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 Featured Bio of StarBase 118 (Gold)

A nominee that has been selected by the Featured Bio Contest Team to become the Featured Bio of SB118 for one month.

Featured Bio Nominee
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 Featured Nominee (Silver)

The second place nominee in the final vote count by the Featured Bio Contest Team.

Featured Bio Team Member
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 Featured Bio Contest Team Member (Sapphire)

A biographical article for a character whose writer is a member of the Featured Bio Contest Team and has participated in three rounds of the competition.

Featured Articles may display special badges designating their status. Display of the badges is at the discretion of the individual author, although examples of badge placement are available in the Featured Bio Contest Tutorials.

Rules and Judging Criteria


How to Nominate an Article

See someone's bio on the wiki that you think deserves to be featured on the main page and through our publicity and news teams? Then simply reply to the current month's nominations thread with a link to the article in the Featured Bio Contest forum!

Articles are judged using the judging criteria for the contest. Before you nominate an article, please ensure that it meets the following simple rules:

  1. Nominated articles must be of a player character played by a current and active member.
  2. Nominated articles must be either a primary or secondary player character. PNPCs are ineligible.
  3. All information in the article must be current as of the submission date.


List of Featured Articles

Rahman3.jpg Roshanara Rahman
September 2017

Born on Moselina IV, a busy trade stop located near Krios Prime, the Kriosian homeworld, Roshanara's birth parents gave her up for adoption, and a human couple took her in, named her, and raised her back on Earth in the city of Lahore. Often mistaken for a Trill due to her Kriosian spots, she joined Starfleet because of her interest in starship design and engineering, an interest that has not come without a cost as she was gravely injured early in her career from a major accident that required lengthy rehabilitation.

She is a project manager for the Starfleet Corps of Engineers and a Starfleet Academy instructor. She previously served as an engineer aboard the starships Shanghai, Tempest, Pioneer, Mercury, and Garuda, and was chief engineer of the latter two vessels. She served as first officer to Fleet Captain Aron Kells aboard the Garuda and USS Invicta. Captain Rahman is currently the Commanding Officer of the USS Veritas.

Featured Nominee: Irina Pavlova

Lael Rosek4.png Lael Rosek
July 2017

Lael was born two minutes before her twin brother Kellan on Stardate 236610.24 to Adelynn Rosek in Cedar Springs, Michigan. She never met her father and, due to her mother's silence, knew very little about him. From a young age, Lael showed a talent for Mathematics and her curious nature led her to a passion for taking things apart to see how they worked. Though she was bullied in her younger years due to her Al-Leyan heritage, her easy-going and compassionate nature won her many friends. As she grew older, she sought more adventurous pursuits, chief among them being sailing, cliff-diving, water skiing, rock climbing, and swimming in local ponds and lakes.

She spent most of her adolescence dreaming of a career as a Starfleet Officer. Following her graduation from high school on Stardate 238505.25, she took the Entrance Exam and began her first day as a cadet on Stardate 238508.07 intending to follow the Command track. She did well academically and was excelling on the Command track until the holovideos and graphic descriptions of torture caused her nightmares and PTSD. She was forced to undergo counseling and drop out of the Command track. Her twin brother convinced her that she would do better in gold than red, and Lael began studying engineering, operations, physics and communications.

Featured Nominee: Ayiana Sevo


Shayne, Randal.png Randal Shayne
May 2017

Randal Shayne was born in Chicago, Illinois on Earth, however most of his childhood was spent on Starbase 912. Both his parents, Eric and Heidi Shayne, were high ranking Starfleet officers. His mother was the station’s CMO and his father would eventually become its Commanding Officer. Both of his parents made Randal and his brother, Zak, a priority and neither child was left wanting for attention. Randal decided to follow in his parents footsteps and was accepted into Starfleet Academy at age 18 as a medical cadet.

Randal was intent on helping people the way his mother had done for her whole career. Unfortunately, the pre-med curriculum proved incomprehensible for him and he was far to squeamish around the injured and sick. After his first year he transferred to the Engineering program. During this time Randal had very few friends and focused on his studies. Randal was on track to become a decent engineer, until an instructor noted his above average reflexes and decisiveness. The instructor suggested that he would better serve a ship behind the helm. This led Randal to reluctantly enroll in the flight team. It was during this time that Randal began to make friends, felt the strong camaraderie among his fellow flight team members and came into his own as an officer. Randal was assigned to the USS Gemini right out of the academy as its helmsman and has made his career behind the helm of a variety of ships.

Featured Nominee: Oddas Aria

AitasSB118.png Aitas
March 2017

Aitas was born on Betazed. Her mother, Jissela Igre, was a Betazoid martial arts instructor and her father, Sakon, was a Vulcan xenobiologist. Her parents met when her mother was assigned to Sakon as a guard when he was studying large predatory animals in Betazed’s jungles. Aitas’ childhood was split between time on Betazed with her mother and going with her father on his research expeditions. Her happy childhood came to a quick and abrupt end as the Dominion War approached Betazed. Her mother was killed during the initial attack on Betazed. her father took her and fled Federation space, but were captured by slavers. The slavers separated Aitas from her father and never saw him again.

Aitas was rescued by a travelling El-Aurian author named Jakarn who bought her from the slavers. He brings her back to Federation space and arranges for her to be taken in by her maternal grandparents on Betazed. At age 19, Aitas decides to join Jakam on his travels and assist him. He taught her about diplomacy, espionage and encouraged her curiosity about Starfleet. At 23, Aitas enrolled in Starfleet Academy as an Intelligence major.

Featured Nominee: Jocelyn Marshall

JalanaRajel.jpg Jalana Rajel
January 2017

Jalana Laxyn was born in the city of Mak'ala on Trill. Jalana's father was an Ambassador who always wanted Jalana to follow in his footsteps. Her mother, Caline, was a botanist who seemed more intent on letting Jalana choose her own path. Jalana didn't attend formal education institutions as a child, but was instead taught by her father. However, much to the disappointment of her father Jalana enrolled in a Trill Medical School to become a doctor.

After studying at med school Jalana knew she wanted to do more and enrolled in Starfleet Academy. She would eventually be contacted by the Trill Symbiosis Commission and joined with the Rajel Symbiont.

Featured Nominee: Aitas


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Joining the Featured Bio Contest Team

Team members who have actively participated in three rounds of the competition are authorized to display the Featured Bio Contest Team Member badge on their characters' pages.

Interested in becoming a member of the Featured Bio Contest Team? We'd love to have you! Send a private message on the forums to the team facilitator.

Please note, if you wish to join the team you must meet the following requirements:

  1. You must be an active member of SB118 in good standing.
  2. You must be willing to take an active role in not only judging other articles to be featured but also helping other members with constructive feedback on how to improve their articles.
  3. You should be reasonably proficient with using and editing the wiki such that you could assist other members who have questions about it.
  4. You must be willing to forego your own character's article from being chosen as a featured article. It will instead be listed as a Featured Bio Contest Team Member (Sapphire) article.


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Contests & Challenges: Halloween Avatar Contest · Writing Challenge
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