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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.


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The Featured Bio Contest recognizes three types of featured articles: '''Featured Bios''', '''Featured Nominees''', and '''Featured Bio Contest Team Members'''.
The Featured Bio Contest recognizes three types of featured articles: '''Featured Bios''', '''Featured Nominees''', and '''Featured Bio Contest Team Members'''.
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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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::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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The second place nominee in the final vote count by the Featured Bio Contest Team.
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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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==Rules and Judging Criteria==
==Rules and Judging Criteria==
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{{FBCWinner|Cadfael|Peters|MONTH = August 2015
{{FBCWinner|Roshanara Rahman|MONTH = September 2017
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|PICTURE = Rahman3.jpg
|BLURB = Hailing from Shrewsbury, England, on Earth, Cadfael Peters isn't one for formal dress parties though he enjoys a good drink or two. Peters kept to himself at Starfleet Academy and hasn't shared much of his background with anyone since he's been in the fleet. He did get to know a future colleague Ayiana Sevo through the Cadet Cultural Exchange Subspace Friend program, but it wasn't until they were both assigned to the USS Victory that he met her.  
|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.


Peters suffered ear trauma and hearing loss early on in his career, and he has since been treated with the EARS implant, a medical device analogous to the VISOR that restored his hearing. An engineer through and through, he worked his way up to the chief's position on the Victory before being assigned to the USS Darwin-A and his current posting aboard StarBase 118 Ops.
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:''' {{n|Maxwell|Traenor}}
'''Featured Nominee:''' [[Irina Pavlova]]
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{{FBCWinner|Rendal|Rennyn|MONTH = July 2015
|PICTURE = Lt Ren Rennyn.jpg
|BLURB = Easy-going, kind, efficient, curious, all are terms that could be used to describe Lieutenant Commander {{n|Rendal|Rennyn}} of the {{USS|Darwin|A}}.


After growing up on a prosperous family farm on the Trill home world, events that transpired towards the end of the Dominion War and a strong desire to contribute to the peace cause compelled Ren to enroll in Starfleet. After the Academy, Ren was assigned to the USS Atlantis as the Helm Officer where he served valiantly before being transferred to the Darwin. What does the future aboard the Darwin hold for Ren? Only time will tell.
{{FBCWinner|Lael Rosek|MONTH = July 2017
|PICTURE = Lael Rosek4.png
|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.
 
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:''' {{n|Talia|Kaji}}
'''Featured Nominee:''' [[Ayiana Sevo]]
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{{FBCWinner|Theo|Whittaker|MONTH = June 2015
|PICTURE = TheoWhittaker1.png
|BLURB = Driven, and focused with a history of rebelliousness. All three terms could be used to describe Lieutenant Junior Grade {{n|Theo|Whittaker}}. After spending the majority of his childhood under the care of his father while his mother served in Starfleet, Theo made the difficult decision to defy his father’s intentions and join Starfleet.


After graduating from the Academy, Theo was assigned to the USS Columbia where he was immediately thrown into action. First there was an AI that had taken partial control of the command systems, then there was the discovery of a deadly weapons delivery system that had to be deal with. What does the future hold for Theo Whittaker? Only time will tell.
 
{{FBCWinner|Randal Shayne|MONTH = May 2017
|PICTURE = Shayne, Randal.png
|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.
 
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:''' {{n|Cory|Stoyer}}
'''Featured Nominee:''' [[Oddas Aria]]
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{{FBCWinner|Renos|MONTH = May 2015
|PICTURE = RenosRed.png
|BLURB = Deviant. Criminal. These were the words that [[Renos]] was branded with on the J'Naii homeworld when ne began to present both male and female behaviours during different situations on a genderless world. Left with no other option, ne fled, leaving behind nir family and friends to begin a new life.


Mercifully, that new life took the form of a very successful career in Starfleet. Excelling as both a counsellor and medic, [[Renos]] served aboard Starbase 118 before transferring to the {{USS|Apollo|A}} and eventually moving into a command role aboard the {{USS|Darwin|A}}. With a new ship and a new crew to command, nir days as a deviant fugitive are behind nem... or are they?
{{FBCWinner|Aitas|MONTH = March 2017
|PICTURE = AitasSB118.png
|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.
 
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:''' [[Brell]]
'''Featured Nominee:''' [[Jocelyn Marshall]]
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}}
{{FBCWinner|Anen|Sonbef|MONTH = April 2015
|PICTURE = Anen-Nav.png
|BLURB = Born to royalty yet convinced he would amount to great things, {{n|Anen|Sonbef}} of the {{USS|Excalibur|A}} entered into University of Maahes upon reaching adulthood to begin his studies as a medical doctor. The university turned into a hotbed of revolutionary activity, and nearly brought the government down atop of him. Sonbef and his family were able to escape the turmoil of his home planet and took refuge in the Federation. His service record prior to his tour on the Excalibur includes time at Starfleet Medical Academy, Starbase 118, the USS ''Mandela'', and the USS ''Halcyon''.
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'''Featured Nominee:''' {{n|Maxwell|Traenor}}
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{{FBCWinner|Liani|MONTH = March 2015
|PICTURE = Liani.png
|BLURB = As her bio makes abundantly clear,  Liani h'Rhendria lyr'Theel'zhiin (or as her friends know her, {{n|Liani}} ) may be many things, but engineer, HCO, and tribble whisperer are not among them. Instead, this science officer of the {{USS|Apollo-A}} previously served as a medical officer aboard the USS Atlantis, working with fellow Andorian Dr. Shar'Wyn Foster. Proud of her accomplishment of having become a Starfleet officer, Liani's personal goal is to help save her subset of the Andorian species from extinction.


Always dressed with footwear of impeccable taste, Liani loves being around people and enjoys social games of chance and learning new musical styles and instruments in addition to her scientific and medical interests. She also enjoys cooking and experimenting with mixing different cultural culinary traditions (for science!). All in all, she's quite the motivated officer. Heaven help us if she gets her hands on the controls of that Defiant class she covets.
{{FBCWinner|Jalana Rajel|MONTH = January 2017
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|PICTURE = JalanaRajel.jpg
'''Featured Nominee:''' {{n|Udas}}
|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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{{FBCWinner|Kael|Thomas|MONTH = February 2015
|PICTURE = KaelThomas.jpg
|BLURB = {{n|Kael|Thomas}}’s professional career spans back twelve years, when he graduated from Starfleet’s advanced engineering division in 238010.12. He was first posted as an engineer on the {{USS|Victory}} and also served as Acting Chief Engineer and Security Officer. Over the course of his Starfleet career, he has served on eight different vessels and one space station, holding five different titles.


Kael has a wide range of experience, which entailed holding the positions of Chief of Operations, Security Officer, Engineer, Chief Engineer, and First Officer. When not on duty, he often spends time in the holodeck or in the gym to stay physically active. In addition to past times such as white water rafting, the engineer also enjoys playing the piano.
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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'''Featured Nominee:''' {{n|Tyler|Kelly}}
'''Featured Nominee:''' [[Aitas]]
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{{FBCWinner|Raj|Blueheart|MONTH = January 2015
|PICTURE = Capt_Raj_Blueheart1.png
|BLURB = Born in Malaysia, Earth, {{n|Raj|Blueheart}} was a voracious reader from a young age, and he dived into his studies during his childhood on Earth and later Luna, in part to escape the bullying of his fellow classmates. He attended medical school and worked as a physician with the Earth government as well as participated in various volunteer missions to refugee colonies and war-torn areas before entering Starfleet in 2382.


Since his graduation from the Academy in 2386, Raj served first as a doctor before then taking on the role of counselor and executive officer, all while aboard the {{USS|Discovery|B}} and her successor the {{USS|Discovery|C}}. After his commanding officer Captain {{n|Tyr|Waltas}} retired in 2391, Raj assumed command of the ''Discovery'' briefly before being assigned as commanding officer of the {{USS|Atlantis}}. A man of eclectic tastes, the ''Atlantis's'' captain enjoys everything from Klingon opera to 1980s Earth pop-rock and "big hair" bands.
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'''Featured Nominee:''' {{n|Rendal|Rennyn}}
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[[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.]]
[[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.
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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.


Edit this Nav Leadership Roster
Teams StarBase 118 Academy: Training Team
UFOP: SB118 Group Elements: Publicity Team · Newsies Team · Newsletter Team · Calendar Team · Wiki Administrators · Chat Team · Poll of the Week Team · The (Image) Collective · Department of Veterans Affairs · Federation News Service Team · Community History Team · Advanced Starship Design Bureau · Department of Temporal Records
Contests & Challenges: Halloween Avatar Contest · Writing Challenge
Retired: Timeline Project · The Reporter · SB118 Development Team · Species Development Team · Web Development Team · Graphics Contest · Top Sims Contest · Featured Bio Contest · Podcasts Team
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