Editing KHWiki:Votes for featured articles

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Featured articles, for the time being, are currently nominated and voted on by staff members.  However, if you would like to assist us in improving nominated or discussed articles, any editor is certainly welcome give us a hand in our wiki's continuing improvement.  Thanks!

So far, we have:
*6 articles featuring ''Kingdom Hearts'' exclusive characters ([[Sora]], [[Kairi]], [[Riku]], [[Naminé]], [[Roxas]], & [[Larxene]]).
*2 articles featuring a Heartless enemy ([[Guard Armor]] and [[Shadow]]).
*2 articles featuring a World ([[Traverse Town]] and [[Awakening]]).
*2 articles focusing on gameplay elements ([[Sleight]] and [[Master Form]]).
*2 articles featuring a Nobody enemy ([[Berserker]] and Larxene again).
*2 article featuring mini-games ([[Puzzle]] and [[Gummi Ship]]).
*2 articles featuring a Disney-based character ([[White Rabbit]] and [[Jiminy Cricket]]).
*1 article featuring a ''Final Fantasy''-based character ([[Leon]]).
*1 article featuring a weapon ([[Oathkeeper]]).
*1 miscellaneous article ([[Kingdom Hearts]]).

==September '10 Nominees==
{{BebopKate|time=06:33, August 1, 2010 (UTC)|text=*dusts off the page*  Whew!  Been a while since we were in here.  *opens wikiwindows to let in fresh wikiair, uses her wikibroom to clean away the wikicobwebs, and then trips over a wikiottoman as karmic justice for blatent abuse of the prefix "wiki"*.

Let's see...where were we...ah yes...}}

{{DTN|time=03:42, August 1, 2010 (UTC)|text=[[Gummi Ship]] was indeed the selection for August, my only issue was finding an appropriate image of reasonable quality. Hopefully we will receive blueprint images of the Gummi Ships soon.

It has been a while since we have featured a world article, I think the last one was Traverse Town. I'm still not too sure about featuring a world from ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'', due to our spoiler policy, but perhaps a world the former games would suffice, maybe even something that could tie into ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'' without being spoilerific. Any suggestions?}}

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{{Xion4ever|time=12:42, August 5, 2010 (UTC)|text=Regarding world ideas...
{{Spoiler}}
Castle Oblivion- Aqua creating Castle Oblivion from the darkened Land of Depature.

Radiant Garden- Meh, it's in KH II and BBS.

Olympus Coliseum- Same reasoning as Radiant Garden.
{{Spoilerend}}

If it's worlds not pertaining to BBS in anyway, I'm up for anything. The Inexistent proposed the [[Land of Dragons]] previously..}}
{{BebopKate|time=18:17, August 15, 2010 (UTC)|text=I think the Land of Dragons is the most complete of those suggested at this point.  

Part of the problem with using the BBS worlds is that they're technically not finished until we get the release here, since I'm sure bits will change, and, as Xion mentioned, the spoiler issues.  Besides, Land of Dragons is a nice example of an article for a world that has so far appeared in a single game.}}
{{DTN|time=03:47, August 30, 2010 (UTC)|text=Hola, señors y señoritas. I have a bit of news for us that might change our plans. Even though we all know that Room Core should have been the Featured Media for September, it looks like we are going to be putting up some art of the Land of Departure. I'm still hoping that everyone spontaneously changes their vote to the much superior Room Core, but in the event that doesn't happen, we may want to reconsider putting Land of Departure up as the Featured Article. Personally, I'm not sure how good or non-rigged it would look to have our Featured Media and Featured Article correspond with each other. At the same time, it might be nice, since ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'' is just around the corner. Hooray!

Anyway, I did a long, drastic cleanup of [[100 Acre Wood]] yesterday that should make it a model article. Plus, it's whimsical. If we find that we need to change our decision for Featured Article, I think this would be the way to go.

Hasta luego, ciao.}}

==Sub-Discussion: Back to General Voting?==
{{BebopKate|time=18:33, August 15, 2010 (UTC)|text=Well, we, as a wiki, like to vote.  The [[Kingdom Hearts Wiki:Mirage Arena|Mirage Arena]] is a great example of that, and I have to say [[Kingdom Hearts Wiki:Votes for Featured Media|Featured Media]] has exceeded everyone's expectations, methinks.

We've improved in quality overall since we stopped Featured Articles, and even more so since we've re-added them as staff only.  I think we have a lot more wiki members who know what quality means and are willing to help and polish something so it's at its best.

Therefore, I would like to propose, in December, (for the January article, natch), we return Featured Articles to the hands of all the editors.  I do think we should use the same system as Featured Media (restrained categories), as that has worked very well in producing a wide range of winners, and perhaps borrow and modify a couple of guidelines from FF Wiki's procedures, such as so many nominees before voting starts.  If need be, we can re-tool things as we go along to make it work more smoothly, but I think this is a step we should take.

What say you, fellow staffers?  ''Viva la editors''! (Don't hit me, TroisNyx. ^_^)}}
{{Maggosh|nathan=No one commented? For two weeks? @_@ Well, as a newly appointed moderator, I'd like to say bringing voting back in December sounds like a good idea.}}
{{TNE|time=15:00, September 1, 2010 (UTC)|happytext=''Allons, allons, je ne vais pas te frapper'' :P

And what do we do for this month's FA, then ?}}
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-[[KHWiki:Featured articles|Featured articles]] can be nominated by any user as long as they pass all required quota in the rules section below.
+Featured articles, for the time being, are currently nominated and voted on by staff members.  However, if you would like to assist us in improving nominated or discussed articles, any editor is certainly welcome give us a hand in our wiki's continuing improvement.  Thanks!
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 So far, we have:
-*11 articles featuring ''Kingdom Hearts'' exclusive characters ([[Sora]], [[Kairi]], [[Riku]], [[Naminé]], [[Roxas]], [[Larxene]], [[Ansem, Seeker of Darkness]], [[Xion]], [[Xemnas]],  [[Xehanort]], and [[Ansem the Wise]]).
+*6 articles featuring ''Kingdom Hearts'' exclusive characters ([[Sora]], [[Kairi]], [[Riku]], [[Naminé]], [[Roxas]], & [[Larxene]]).
-*5 articles featuring a Heartless enemy ([[Guard Armor]], [[Shadow]], [[Grim Reaper]], [[Leechgrave]] and [[Kurt Zisa]]).
+*2 articles featuring a Heartless enemy ([[Guard Armor]] and [[Shadow]]).
-*10 articles featuring a World ([[Traverse Town]], [[Awakening]], [[100 Acre Wood]], [[End of the World]], [[Land of Departure]], [[Space Paranoids]], [[Atlantica]], [[Port Royal]], [[Pride Lands]], and [[Symphony of Sorcery]]).
+*2 articles featuring a World ([[Traverse Town]] and [[Awakening]]).
-*3 articles featuring a sub-world ([[Christmas Town]], [[Cavern of Remembrance]], and [[Simulated Twilight Town]]).
+*2 articles focusing on gameplay elements ([[Sleight]] and [[Master Form]]).
-*10 articles focusing on gameplay elements ([[Sleight]], [[Master Form]], [[Treasure Chest]], [[Avatar Menu]], [[Aero]], [[Santa Form]],  [[Keyhole]], [[AntiForm]], [[Jiminy's Journal]], and [[Save Point]]).
+*2 articles featuring a Nobody enemy ([[Berserker]] and Larxene again).
-*2 articles featuring a Nobody enemy ([[Berserker]] and [[Dragoon]]).
+*2 article featuring mini-games ([[Puzzle]] and [[Gummi Ship]]).
-*4 articles featuring mini-games ([[Puzzle]], [[Gummi Ship]], [[Titan Cup]], and [[Under the Sea]]).
+*2 articles featuring a Disney-based character ([[White Rabbit]] and [[Jiminy Cricket]]).
-*7 articles featuring a Disney-based character ([[White Rabbit]], [[Jiminy Cricket]], [[Maleficent]], [[Tron]], [[Wendy]], [[Genie]], [[Santa Claus]], and [[Yen Sid]]).
+*1 article featuring a ''Final Fantasy''-based character ([[Leon]]).
-*4 articles featuring a ''Final Fantasy''-based character ([[Leon]], [[Moogle]], [[Gullwings]] and [[Cloud]]).
+*1 article featuring a weapon ([[Oathkeeper]]).
-*6 articles featuring a weapon ([[Oathkeeper]], [[Ultima Weapon]], [[Arpeggio]], [[Kingdom Key]], [[Mage's Staff]], and [[Young Xehanort's Keyblade]]).
+*1 miscellaneous article ([[Kingdom Hearts]]).
-*3 articles on a main game in the series (''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep]]'', ''[[Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX]]'', and ''[[Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance]]'').
-*5 miscellaneous articles ([[Kingdom Hearts (series)]], [[Another side, Another story...]], [[Removed content]], [[Mission Mode]], and [[Birth by sleep (video)]]).
+==September '10 Nominees==
-*1 article on ''Kingdom Hearts'' series merchandise ([[Kingdom Hearts Trading Card Game]]).
+{{BebopKate|time=06:33, August 1, 2010 (UTC)|text=*dusts off the page*  Whew!  Been a while since we were in here.  *opens wikiwindows to let in fresh wikiair, uses her wikibroom to clean away the wikicobwebs, and then trips over a wikiottoman as karmic justice for blatent abuse of the prefix "wiki"*.
-*1 article featuring a ''Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days'' mission ([[Mission 93: Believe]]).
-*1 article featuring a ''Kingdom Hearts'' Olympus Coliseum cup ([[Titan Cup]]).
+Let's see...where were we...ah yes...}}
-*2 articles featuring an in-game Story event ([[Battle of the 1000 Heartless]] and [[Keyblade War]]).
-*3 articles featuring a song or collection of music (''[[Piano Collections Kingdom Hearts Field & Battle]]'', "[[The Other Promise]]", and "[[Under the Sea]]").
+{{DTN|time=03:42, August 1, 2010 (UTC)|text=[[Gummi Ship]] was indeed the selection for August, my only issue was finding an appropriate image of reasonable quality. Hopefully we will receive blueprint images of the Gummi Ships soon.
-*1 article featuring a type of enemy ([[Dream Eater]]).
-*2 articles featuring an Unversed enemy ([[Symphony Master]] and [[Mad Treant]])
+It has been a while since we have featured a world article, I think the last one was Traverse Town. I'm still not too sure about featuring a world from ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'', due to our spoiler policy, but perhaps a world the former games would suffice, maybe even something that could tie into ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'' without being spoilerific. Any suggestions?}}
-*3 articles featuring an item ([[Struggle Trophy]], [[Wayfinder]], and [[Sea-salt ice cream]])
-*1 article featuring a manga chapter ([[Calling]])
+<!--{{The Inexistent|text='''I would say [[The Land of Dragons]].  Not at all related to BbS, and still full of interesting facts.'''}}
+-->
+<!--{{Chitalian8|time=02:51, August 3, 2010 (UTC)|text= How about a summon character? It could be from any game, so long as they didn't appear in BBS, so no Stitch or Peter Pan.}}-->
+{{Xion4ever|time=12:42, August 5, 2010 (UTC)|text=Regarding world ideas...
+{{Spoiler}}
+Castle Oblivion- Aqua creating Castle Oblivion from the darkened Land of Depature.
+Radiant Garden- Meh, it's in KH II and BBS.
+Olympus Coliseum- Same reasoning as Radiant Garden.
+{{Spoilerend}}
+If it's worlds not pertaining to BBS in anyway, I'm up for anything. The Inexistent proposed the [[Land of Dragons]] previously..}}
+{{BebopKate|time=18:17, August 15, 2010 (UTC)|text=I think the Land of Dragons is the most complete of those suggested at this point.
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+Part of the problem with using the BBS worlds is that they're technically not finished until we get the release here, since I'm sure bits will change, and, as Xion mentioned, the spoiler issues.  Besides, Land of Dragons is a nice example of an article for a world that has so far appeared in a single game.}}
-The rules for user nomination are as follows:
+{{DTN|time=03:47, August 30, 2010 (UTC)|text=Hola, señors y señoritas. I have a bit of news for us that might change our plans. Even though we all know that Room Core should have been the Featured Media for September, it looks like we are going to be putting up some art of the Land of Departure. I'm still hoping that everyone spontaneously changes their vote to the much superior Room Core, but in the event that doesn't happen, we may want to reconsider putting Land of Departure up as the Featured Article. Personally, I'm not sure how good or non-rigged it would look to have our Featured Media and Featured Article correspond with each other. At the same time, it might be nice, since ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'' is just around the corner. Hooray!
-*<big>All voters must have '''200 total edits''' (check [[Special:Editcount|here]]).</big>
-*After a primary category of article has an article chosen to be the featured article, any other articles within this category cannot be nominated again for two months.
+Anyway, I did a long, drastic cleanup of [[100 Acre Wood]] yesterday that should make it a model article. Plus, it's whimsical. If we find that we need to change our decision for Featured Article, I think this would be the way to go.
-*To accurately select an article that editors can review for detail to the very last word, phrasing, and format.
-*Articles can never be renominated after being chosen.
+Hasta luego, ciao.}}
-*In the event of a tie, the former nominated article shall be featured first, and the latter nominated article shall be featured the following month. All voting restrictions for that month will roll over to the following month.
-*On the final day of the month, a staff member will close the voting, and voting for the next month shall begin.
+==Sub-Discussion: Back to General Voting?==
-*Please provide reasoning as to why you think an article is fit to be featured--remember, by featuring an article, you are presenting an article that represents the best work of its category. Whatever is nominated should be a model article for others that are similar to it.
+{{BebopKate|time=18:33, August 15, 2010 (UTC)|text=Well, we, as a wiki, like to vote.  The [[Kingdom Hearts Wiki:Mirage Arena|Mirage Arena]] is a great example of that, and I have to say [[Kingdom Hearts Wiki:Votes for Featured Media|Featured Media]] has exceeded everyone's expectations, methinks.
-**Also try to provide variety in your nomination--our goal is to balance out the "demographic" of articles above, not add more character articles.
-==Nominations==
+We've improved in quality overall since we stopped Featured Articles, and even more so since we've re-added them as staff only.  I think we have a lot more wiki members who know what quality means and are willing to help and polish something so it's at its best.
-===January 2018===
+Therefore, I would like to propose, in December, (for the January article, natch), we return Featured Articles to the hands of all the editors.  I do think we should use the same system as Featured Media (restrained categories), as that has worked very well in producing a wide range of winners, and perhaps borrow and modify a couple of guidelines from FF Wiki's procedures, such as so many nominees before voting starts.  If need be, we can re-tool things as we go along to make it work more smoothly, but I think this is a step we should take.
-*[[Yen Sid]] - Well, it's already January 2, and we're nowhere on this. It's a pretty well-done article, so I think it's good to be featured. {{KeybladeSpyMaster/Sig}} 04:08, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
-#Go for it. Wish they'd give us more of ''his'' backstory. {{User:Xion4ever/Sig}} 23:41, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
-'''Yen Sid''' wins! {{KeybladeSpyMaster/Sig}} 05:36, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
-===December 2017===
+What say you, fellow staffers?  ''Viva la editors''! (Don't hit me, TroisNyx. ^_^)}}
-*[[Santa Claus]] - Man, it's been a while. Anyways, this would be a perfect way to get this going again! {{KeybladeSpyMaster/Sig}} 07:36, 24 November 2017 (UTC)
+{{Maggosh|nathan=No one commented? For two weeks? @_@ Well, as a newly appointed moderator, I'd like to say bringing voting back in December sounds like a good idea.}}
-#Ditto. I was thinking having Santa Claus for the featured article would be good fit for the Christmas theme KSM is putting together for the wiki, too. :)--{{User:NinjaSheik/Sig}} 20:54, 24 November 2017 (UTC)
+{{TNE|time=15:00, September 1, 2010 (UTC)|happytext=''Allons, allons, je ne vais pas te frapper'' :P
-'''Santa Claus''' wins! {{KeybladeSpyMaster/Sig}} 17:48, 1 December 2017 (UTC)
-===Q2 2016 (May)===
+And what do we do for this month's FA, then ?}}
-*[[Chirithy]] - If we can get this darn stub off the page, I think Chirithy (the Navi of your experience in KHUX) or a KH/U/χ article would be a great way to hit off the supposedly "North American" release with a bang!  {{User:ANX219/Sig}} 23:58, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
+[[Category:Kingdom Hearts Wiki|F]]
-===Q1 2016 (January)===
-[[Category:Kingdom Hearts Wiki]]