118Wiki:Featured Articles

A featured article exemplifies our very best work and features high standards of writing and presentation. The content of a featured article should be of a standard where it can be held up as an example for people trying to develop other articles of a similar theme. It should have the following attributes:

1. It is well-written, comprehensive and accurate.
2. It has images and other media where they are appropriate to the subject, with succinct captions.
3. It includes links to other articles where appropriate.
4. It is of appropriate length, staying focused on the main topic without going into unnecessary detail.

Featured Article Candidates

Before posting a nomination here, please tag the candidate page with {{FAC}}

Please place each candidate article title as a linked level 3 header (like ===[[this]]===) below this italicised instruction text. The newest candidate is to be placed nearest the top. Please add Support, Oppose or Comment in bold in front of your first constructive comment in reply to an article name and stamp each comment with 4 tildes ~~~~. If you wish to switch your opinion, strikethrough your previous stance (by surrounding with <s> and </s> like this) and post your new stance before your comment.

Geeva Kalpana

• Support as nominator: Detailed, well written bio, with a few pictures; all of which are relevent and of high quality. Gives many of the characters quirks in good detail. - Lt. Salak^Talk 06:24, 30 May 2008 (EDT)
  • Support: I agree with Salak and, had he not nominated Geeva, I probably would have along the line at some point. Very detailed, fantastic pictures, and well-written. Alana 06:32, 30 May 2008 (EDT)
  • Support: I agree with Salak and Alana. The pictures are excellent and this is incredibly well-written. She has really done a lot of great thinking about her culture and what it means to the character and then written that out in a way that is engaging and entertaining. Very nice job! Karynn Ehlanii 11:39, 30 May 2008 (EDT)

Wood, Daniel

• Support as nominator: Okay I believe with all the changes to the page, that this is now a sophisticated biography for the character Daniel Wood. This page has comprehensive information regarding the history and current roles Daniel has. It also contains the missions Daniel as taken part in and how detail what role Daniel had to play in them.
  • ^{Above nomination made by User:Danielwood7, 16:05 UTC, 14 May 2008}
  • Comment: Just looked to find your security clearance to check if mine seem right in comparison, but I can't find them in your article. Given you're a security officer... - Lt. Salak^Talk 02:05, 24 May 2008 (EDT)
    • Further Comment: Since pointed out to me. I can understand them being in the initial section, but instinct had me looking for it under "Professional History", so you know. - Lt. Salak^Talk 07:47, 29 May 2008 (EDT)
  • Comment: I havnt served on any other ships or had any other codes, so therefore theres no need for them to be in "Professional History". If i move to another ship and these codes become extinct then i'll place them in "Professional History". --Danielwood7 12:32, 29 May 2008 (EDT)
• Slight Support: Some concern about aspects of the actual character (is it me, or is he a superhero?), but here to judge the article, not the character. As an article, it's presentable, quite detailed, we've ironed a lot of the typos out, though it could still do with a proof read by the characters author in parts. Decent article, yes. Featured Article? Maybe. I'm not totally convinced yet though. - Lt. Salak^Talk 08:00, 30 May 2008 (EDT)
  • Slight Oppose: I've worked hard to set aside my distaste for certain aspects of the character and look solely at the quality of the article itself. After reading recently promoted and nominated articles, I don't think "presentable" is good enough for featured article. I'm glad this article had the makeover it did (ironing out typos, grammatically incorrect passages, etc.) and this really is a decent article, but I don't think that it showcases our group's writing the way a Featured Article should. I think the time and effort that he's put into thinking through the character is laudable, but the writing doesn't engage the reader and keep them interested in a way I would expect a Featured Article to. There is lots of detail, which is usually a good thing, but sometimes this leads to redundant passages with significant repeating from section to section. In short, this is a decent article but decent does not equal Featured. Karynn Ehlanii 11:38, 30 May 2008 (EDT)

Featured Article Review

This section is for the re-evalution of existing Featured Articles, in the event that an existing Featured Article is felt to fall below the expected standards. Please use constructive comments to suggest improvements to articles listed here. An article that fails a Review will lose its Featured Status. As retention is preferred to removal, please change your vote if the article has improved sufficiently.

Before posting a nomination here, please tag the candidate page with {{FAR}}

Please place each article title as a linked level 3 header (like ===[[this]]===) below this italicised instruction text. The newest discussion is to be placed nearest the top. Please add Retain, Demote or Comment in bold in front of your first constructive comment in reply to an article name and stamp each comment with 4 tildes ~~~~. If you wish to switch your opinion, strikethrough your previous stance (by surrounding with <s> and </s> like this) and post your new stance before your comment.

As with Featured Article Candidates, A Review listing will be closed after one month if a clear consensus has not been met. Articles nominated for review should not be withdrawn from the process except by an Admin in the event of a consensus.

Salak

• Nominating for demotion: Promoted to get the ball rolling, and only 2-0; I tend to wait for a majority of 3-0 now. Large chunk of top half is a bulleted list, stuby in areas (family). Recently began drafting a second major rewrite which'd involve splitting into various sub-pages. - Lt. Salak^Talk 05:26, 31 May 2008 (EDT)

Featured Articles

Upon promotion of an article to Featured, its discussion will be moved to a subpage of the articles talk page. The star will be added, automatically adding it to the Featured Article category, and it shall be listed here with the date of its promotion to Featured status.

• Karawati - Promoted (3-0) 8th April 2008 by User:Salak
• StarBase 118 - Promoted (2-0) 15th April 2008 by User:Salak
• Salak - Promoted (2-0) 22nd April 2008 by User:Salak
• Kolk, Jackford - Promoted (4-0) 27th April 2008 by User:Salak
• Ventu, Lily - Promoted (4-0) 5th May 2008 by User:Salak
• Betazoid - Promoted (3-0) 20th May 2008 by User:Salak
• Ehlanii, Karynn - Promoted (3-0) 27th May 2008 by User:Salak

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