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Here, we determine which articles are to be featured articles (FAs). The Featured articles of the wiki are articles that represent the best Brickipedia has to offer. This is not a way to showcase the articles of your favourite themes, minifigures, etc. or to get praise for your "hard work" on an article.

A featured article must...

  1. ...follow the Manual of Style in all aspects.
  2. ...have at least one well-written original paragraph describing what the article is about.
  3. ...have a concise lead section that summarizes the topic and prepares the reader for the detail in the subsequent sections.
  4. ...have several relevant section headings and considerable content (continuous text) in the respective sections.
  5. ...be complete in a way so that it does not neglect any major facts or details and constitutes a detailed description/overview/presentation of the subject in question.
  6. ...have its infoboxes filled out completely, or as best as potentially possible.
  7. ...be unbiased and written from a neutral point of view.
  8. ...contain several relevant images, apart from the one in the infobox, that are placed within the text, in addition to pictures in a gallery.
  9. ...not be tagged with improvement messages, since the FA should already comply with the MoS and be both complete and neutral.
  10. ...not be about an as yet unreleased set, minifigure or theme.

How to nominate:

  1. First, nominate an article you find is worthy of featured status, putting it at the bottom of the list below; see criteria above.
  2. 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).
  3. Supporters adjust the article until the objectors (with reasonable objections) are satisfied.
    1. All objections must be specific enough that they can be fixable. Saying "this doesn't stand out to me", "I don't think this should be an FA", or "Not good enough" are invalid objections. Forum where decision was made.
  4. The article is placed on the featured article list and added to the front page queue.
  5. Also, if, at least a week after the article's nomination, that article has 5 supports and no objections (or the objections have been stricken or overridden), it will be added the queue, and will be officially known as a "featured article".
Use the following code for a nomination:

== [[<article>]] ==
*'''Nominated by:''' ~~~~
*'''Nomination comments:'''
===Vote score: ±0, Technical Check: Currently OK===
;Support
;Object
;Technical MoS Check (QCG members only)
;Comments

How to vote:

  1. Before doing anything, be sure to read the article completely, keeping a sharp eye out for mistakes.
  2. Afterwards, compare the article to the criteria listed above, and then either support or object the article's nomination.
    1. 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.
    2. Either way, update the vote count in the section header, add +1 when you support the article, add -1 when you object.
    3. (QCG members only): If you find that this article does not comply with the Manual of Style, list the reasons why under "Technical MoS Check (QCG members only)", and sign your name along with Crown Knights.png ({{RG}}).
  3. 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.
  4. If after one week, if an article has a total of five votes, the ratio of supporting votes to opposing votes is 70%, and if there is nothing listed under the Manual of Style check heading by a QCG member, the nomination is approved. However, if after one month, any of these criteria are not met, the nomination is to be removed. The original nominator may also remove any of his nominations if he/she sees fit.
  5. No nominator may vote for their own nominations.

Also remember to add {{FANom}} at the top of the article you are nominating.

Every month 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 article}} template. Nominees that are inactive for a month will be eliminated from the nominations list.


Nominations

Palpatine

  • Nominated by: User:CzechMate/czech 05:10, May 17, 2012 (UTC)
  • Nomination comments: Very good article, Seems very complete

Vote score: -2, Technical Check: Not OK

Support
Object
  1. Crown Knights.png Good- yes. Featured (for a minifigure article)- not sure if it does it for me. NovaHawk 05:24, May 17, 2012 (UTC)
  2. Crown Knights.png Per NBS. User:SKP4472/sig2 09:36, May 19, 2012 (UTC)
Technical MoS Check (QCG members only)
  • "In the video games" section tagged with {{incomplete}}, and rightly so- no content on LSW3.
  • Years incorrectly formatted in infobox.
  • At a glance, some problems with background- Palpatine/Sidious was a politician long before he killed Damask/Plagueis
    NovaHawk 05:24, May 17, 2012 (UTC)
Comments

10194 Emerald Night

  • Nominated by: BF2 Talk 18:06, May 21, 2012 (UTC)
  • Nomination comments:

Nominating this. I see nothing wrong with the article, infobox is filled, has a lot of pictures, a lot of information, etc. BF2 Talk 18:06, May 21, 2012 (UTC)

Vote score: +5, Technical Check: Currently OK

Support
  1. I see nothing wrong with this page, it looks very good, has most of neccessary information. --User:Makuta Tarkairadan/PSig 21:59, May 21, 2012 (UTC)
  2. User:Evanf/Sig
  3. Yes-Perfectly fine to me. User:Darth henry/Sig 3 23:22, May 21, 2012 (UTC)
  4. K. It looks fine. Good article, and definitely something which we can show off. User:Ajraddatz/sig 23:37, May 21, 2012 (UTC)
  5. Oh, very well. :P User:Cligra/Sig
Object

# It seems really short to be an FA... I'd definitely say Good, but Featured? Not so sure. User:Cligra/Sig

Not seeing how it's short...the requirements for a GA require one paragraph. This has 5 I believe. It's easily more than 7775 Aquabase Invasion and it's not Star Wars or even themed so there's no background section. I can't strike your vote for you on this one but I'd say it's not correct. BF2 Talk 21:50, May 21, 2012 (UTC)]
However, I disagree that 7775 should be featured.... I'm just picky. User:Cligra/Sig

# Per Cligra. --User:CzechMate/czech 23:26, May 21, 2012 (UTC) # Seems much more like a c1 to me NovaHawk 13:31, May 28, 2012 (UTC)

  1. I thought we decided on the forum that you can't oppose for length reasons...? User:Cligra/Sig
    Who said anything about length? I just don't think it has an FA feel to it, not to mention uncaptioned images, and couldn't at least one of those images be moved into the description to break up the text a bit? NovaHawk 23:59, May 28, 2012

(UTC)

  1. Image doesn't need text...the idea is that we don't based on our feelings, but on actual criterion. It's nonsensical to say that an article "doesn't have this feel" - there has to be a "fixable" reason for it to be opposed. BF2 Talk 00:02, May 29, 2012 (UTC)
    Stricken at the moment, the image thing is a personal choice, captions aren't necessary for the most part (unless it's something you can't guess from the image). BF2 Talk 12:57, May 29, 2012 (UTC)
    Great to see the nominator not getting involved :/ I don't see how not captioning images is a personal choice, it's compulsory for in-text images, I guess galleries were never discussed... but whatever. I won't be voting/trying to write articles anymore, so it doesn't really matter. NovaHawk 14:53, May 29, 2012 (UTC)
    I'm getting/have become involved because I had an issue with the unwritten criterion for an FA...anyway, we voted in a Forum. I was aware that in-text images needed captions, added captions to the Gallery. I don't see where it says we shouldn't get involved if we nominate... BF2 Talk 14:57, May 29, 2012 (UTC)
    There's a difference between "getting involved" and "arguing with everyone who opposes until they back down". ;) User:Cligra/Sig
Technical MoS Check (QCG members only)
Comments

6989 Mega Core Magnetizer

  • Nominated by: BF2 Talk 17:33, May 23, 2012 (UTC)
  • Nomination comments: I did this a while back, definitely should be a featured.

Vote score: ±1, Technical Check: Currently OK

Support
  1. Crown Knights.png User:Mr. Minifigure/sig 20:13, May 27, 2012 (UTC)
Object
Technical MoS Check (QCG members only)
Comments
  • I'll check through it for grammars and stuff, even though I'm not QCG. ~ CJC 16:46, May 28, 2012 (UTC)

9468 The Vampyre Castle

  • Nominated by: User:Mr. Minifigure/sig 20:13, May 27, 2012 (UTC)
  • Nomination comments: Complies with current standers

Vote score: ±1, Technical Check: Currently OK

Support
  1. Crown Knights.png I'm very sure it needs a grammar check, but that's all. User:Cligra/Sig
Completed. User:Mr. Minifigure/sig 13:20, May 28, 2012 (UTC)
  1. Yup, one of the best pages here. (I think I did a bit of work on it) --User:CzechMate/czech 00:02, May 29, 2012 (UTC)
Object
Technical MoS Check (QCG members only)
  1. Crown Knights.png I think the red links in the notes section need to be filled out? Anyway, I'm working on it. User:Cligra/Sig
  2. Crown Knights.png According o LEGO.com it is currently out, I think... At any rate, a lot of people currently own it, as testified by the amount of reviews. It even has customer reviews on LEGO.com itself, so I think it counts as being out, now? User:Cligra/Sig
It is now officially out as a LEGO product. User:Mr. Minifigure/sig 13:20, May 28, 2012 (UTC)
Comments