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This is an archive of past nominations for Featured Articles.

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[edit] Tamriel:Black_Marsh

Nomination
One of the more detailed Tamriel pages, full of interesting information with some well-chosen pictures. --RpehTalk 06:41, 31 July 2007 (EDT)
  • Support : Well written article, excellent background information, good placement of pictures. I support this nomination. Stormscape 00:08, 24 January 2008 (EST)
  • I believe the article needs to be wikified before it can be good FA material. For example, use the cite template for all the references and add more cross-links to other wiki articles. If someone wanted to undertake that cleanup, then I'd be willing to vote for it. Until then, I really can't see highlighting it on our main page. --NepheleTalk 00:49, 24 January 2008 (EST)
  • Support: This is a very detailed and informative article, with information covering the entire series and references to the Black Marsh. My full support is given, but Nephele has a valid point. Linking this page to a further extent would raise its appeal even more. --HMSVictory 12:10, 25 January 2008 (EST)
  • Temporary Oppose: Wow. Opposing my own nomination. Nephele's right. Since I proposed this, the site has moved on. We can do better. Now the cite extension is in place we can get better links to other information (there are several references that aren't used in the text), plus there are several immersion-breaking references to articles outside the game that probably should come out. I've WIPped this to myself for the moment as I've already done most of the internal citations - I just need to work on the external ones. This article will be back for re-nomination but it's not right yet. If I can't get this fixed in a week I'll pass it on to somebody else because it is basically a good article. –Rpeh•T•C•E• 18:37, 25 January 2008 (EST)
Decision
  • Nomination withdrawn by nominee; should be reinstated once it is ready for nomination again. --NepheleTalk 23:48, 3 May 2008 (EDT)

[edit] Oblivion:Making Money

Nomination
I have recently completed a complete rewrite of this page to address all the issues presented in its clean-up tag and believe it is now worthy of featured status. (Compare and contrast the previous version with the current version, if you wish.) Worst case scenario is I get all opposed votes and suggestions to further improve my skills and the page. --Enterprise2001 15:24, 13 April 2008 (EDT)
  • Support - This seems like a good page for new visitors to the site, as they need good ways to make money. This page helped me when I first came here, so I vote for this. --RynoIV 20:08, 23 April, 2008 (Central Time)
  • Oppose - Although the article is a basically good article, it seems to me that it has too little real substance to qualify as a featured article. Most of the article contents are covered in more detail elsewhere. The one section of the article that is unique (on the value ratio) is somewhat self-evident; although I'm sure there are readers who appreciate having the formula spelled out, it doesn't quite add up to featured-article-quality information. Finally, the article's only images don't really contribute to the article (see my other comments). Without those images, the article's appearance would be somewhat bland. --NepheleTalk 02:01, 24 April 2008 (EDT)
  • Oppose - This article has little informative merit, and is in many ways akin to the Roleplaying articles (which are just too hideous to even contemplate discussing here). Visitors will come here looking for accurate guides, informative descriptions and little-known or interesting lore. What's more is that many of the points made in the article are subject to opinion or personal playing style; any competent player would have no need of this article in the first place. --HMSVictoryTalk 14:20, 24 April 2008 (EDT)
  • Oppose - This article has merit as a guide for new players and provides an overview for others. It does well under Hints, yet falls short content-wise as a Featured Article. The massive white-spaces have improved, yet still are bothersome. Not sure a half-page, written article wouldn't serve the same function, but it is pretty. --Benould•T•C 20:34, 25 April 2008 (EDT)
  • Oppose: While the article notes a few useful ways to Make Money, I feel it repeats alot of information already covered by other articles, especially the Dungeons sections. It also suffers from the use of self invented concepts and bold statements that are actually writer opinions. --Timenn < talk > 10:44, 28 April 2008 (EDT)
Decision
  • Nomination deleted: not supported. --NepheleTalk 23:44, 3 May 2008 (EDT)

[edit] Oblivion:Traps

Nomination
I should have nominated this one long ago. This page looks good, with a clean layout and some excellent images, but more importantly it is full of well-researched information and details about all the traps in the game. –Rpeh•T•C•E• 01:28, 3 April 2008 (EDT)
  • Oppose: Good information, well organized, BUT the near perfect uniform sentence structures (especially towards the upper half of the article) gives the article a dull, monotonous, and nearly unbearable (IMO) drone. The second half of the article isn't as bad, either that part has been edited and/or the writer was becoming more skilled with practice, BUT again, it could still benefit from some copy-editing to achieve the brief and concise prose worthy of featured article status. --Enterprise2001 12:16, 3 April 2008 (EDT)
  • Support: Very well designed page with comprehensive information and detailed accompanying images. This would be an excellent article to be greeted with whenever accessing the Main Page. --HMSVictory 14:03, 8 April 2008 (EDT)

* Temporary Oppose: I agree with Enterprise, the table gives it that "boring" look. My suggestion would be that instead of having a standard, brown/grey wikitable, we try and make the table more suited to the page. For example: The tables for the houses on Oblivion:Houses are nice and friendly looking. If and after the top of the article is made to look less monotone, I will change my vote to support. - Game LordTalk|Contribs 16:22, 8 April 2008 (EDT)

  • Support After the top of the page being formatted to be more pleasing to the eye (i.e. not a huge lump of text), I'd be happy to support this page's nomination. - Game LordTalk|Contribs 12:29, 28 April 2008 (EDT)
Good point Game Lord, the page isn't very pleasing to the eye, but I didn't get past the words to consider their presentation. Though, personally, I'm not exactly clear what you mean with the tables. I think less use of the horizontal rule would be an improvement—it doesn't need divided up that much... --Enterprise2001 00:17, 9 April 2008 (EDT)
  • Support: I think the article is well-researched, well-illustrated, and well-linked to other wiki articles. I just tried to tweak the contents table somewhat. Perhaps some copy-editing would further improve the article, but I don't see that the specifics of writing preferences are a major obstacle. We all have different writing styles so I doubt that it's possible to have an article that everyone feels is "perfectly" written. What's most important is that the writing meets the Style Guide. --NepheleTalk 01:46, 24 April 2008 (EDT)
  • Support: This page has potential, as it is generally well written and informative. I replaced the hideous table with a TOCright, see if that looks better. I did copy-edit it one pass, a second set of eyes would be helpful to be check for repeated phrases and clarity and even spelling. As it stands, it is a Temporary Oppose that will be a Strong Support, now that Timenn has changed the perspective of the article to a consistent "you" instead of "the player, the addition of an "Operating Mode" has helped as well. --Updated Benould•T•C 18:45, 24 April 2008 (EDT)
  • Support: :-) I know I'm biased, but I like how a large collection of information, that was gathered by player experience and testing, still fits into a organized article. --Timenn < talk > 10:44, 28 April 2008 (EDT)

Isn't it time to conclude the process and bless this page? Looks like all concerns were addressed...--Benould•T•C 17:33, 3 May 2008 (EDT)

I'd been hoping to get feedback on whether all those who originally opposed the article agree that the concerns were addressed... but maybe that's asking too much ;) --NepheleTalk 23:38, 3 May 2008 (EDT)
Decision
  • Selected as Featured Article on May 3, 2008

[edit] Oblivion:Classes

Comments
Very good-looking page (IMHO) with some good introductory information. --RpehTalk 06:24, 13 August 2007 (EDT)
  • Full Vote --Eshe 13:29, 9 September 2007 (EDT)
  • Full Vote --Hargrimm 19:30, 26 September 2007 (EDT)
Decision
  • Selected as Featured Article on October 14, 2007

[edit] Tamriel:Daedric Alphabet

A new detailed article showing off the Daedric template, with several good pictures

  • Full Vote --Aristeo 01:21, 3 November 2006 (EST)
  • Full Vote --Timmeh 23:54, 3 November 2006 (EST)
  • Full Vote --Hoggwild5 14:12, 8 November 2006 (EST)
  • Full Vote Verin Sedai 19:05, 13 November 2006 (EST)
Comments
I like the page. I like the link to download the cool Daedric font and its set up well. --Timmeh 23:54, 3 November 2006 (EST)
That would be really cool, a font on a computer titled "Daedric. Oooh. Verin Sedai 19:05, 13 November 2006 (EST)
Decision
  • Selected as Featured Article on November 14, 2006

[edit] General:Fishy Stick

Very well written article, I nominate it as the next featured article. Of course, I'm a little biased ;). What do you all think? --Aristeo 12:17, 20 July 2006 (EDT)

I would vote for it, but there are no bread crumbs at the top :-p --Lorenz03Tx 22 July 06
The fishy stick article is a miscellaneous page; no bread crumbs needed. --Aristeo 20:56, 22 July 2006 (EDT)
I enjoyed reading it, having never known what the deal was with fishy sticks before. And it is more colorful than the current feature.--Nephele 19:54, 22 July 2006 (EDT)
Decision
Good enough for me. I promoted this article to featured status, and removed the other article since we now have an article that we all agreed upon. --Aristeo 22:25, 22 July 2006 (EDT)

[edit] Early Discussions

Nominate and vote for articles for featured status, or vote to have the featured status removed.

I'd like to see a few more pages as featured, perhaps a couple in each namespace. I'll keep my eyes open for good ones but suggestions definitely welcome. -- DaveH 13:08, 13 August 2006 (EDT)
I would like to propose that the following be considered as additions to "Featured Articles" status...
  • General:Bethesda - Relatively complete, and soon to acquire the addition of an employee roster (see the articles talk page for the current roster and news of such), this article is both clean, easy to navigate, and chock-full of pertinent and valuable information.
  • Tamriel:Khajiit - A complete look at the Khajiit as a species (insofar as currently released lore allows), the article is quite new (posted yesterday), but well-researched (yes, I wrote it, so take my word for it...) and informative. While it needs some cleaning up, I would be remiss were I to say it is anything other than the most complete Tamrielic race page...at least, for the moment.
  • Arena:Buying and Selling Guide - The article could use some cleaning up (namely for style), however, apart from such, it is well-written and quite helpful.
Admittedly, I did pen - in greater part - two of the articles I am proposing, and thus, am slightly biased in my opinion of their quality, however, when you come right down to it, each article is in need of some work (aren't they all?) but still superb examples. -- Booyah boy 06:13, 28 August 2006 (EDT)
You have my support for General:Bethesda and Tamriel:Khajiit, but the last of the three still needs to be cleaned up a bit. --Aristeo 12:52, 2 September 2006 (EDT)
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