Tolkien Gateway:Featured articles: Difference between revisions

From Tolkien Gateway
No edit summary
(Massive expansion and updating)
Line 1: Line 1:
'''Featured articles''' on [[Tolkien Gateway]] are reserved for those articles which represent the articles we take pride in.
{{shortcut|TG:FA}}'''Featured articles''' on [[Tolkien Gateway]] are considered to be our very best articles, as [[Tolkien Gateway:Features articles/Nominations|judged by its editors]]. They are the [[:Category:Featured Articles|articles we take especial pride in]], and show an example to the world of our very best work, and as a model to editors for how to write other articles. As such, featured articles are showcased on the [[Main Page]].  


* '''[[Tolkien Gateway:Featured article nominations]]'''
To achieve the status of featured article, candidate articles must meet 10 criteria before being reviewed by editors of accuracy, completeness, referencing, length, and style according to our featured article criteria. Since introducing the nomination format in 2008, Tolkien Gateway has had a total of [[:Category:Featured Articles|{{#expr:{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Featured Articles}}-2}} featured articles]] out of [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] articles, i.e. only {{#expr:{{#expr:{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Featured Articles}}-2}}/{{formatnum:{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}|R}}*100 round2}}% are featured, or one in every {{#expr:{{formatnum:{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}|R}}/{{#expr:{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Featured Articles}}-2}}round0}} articles.
* '''[[Tolkien Gateway:Featured article queue]]'''
* '''[[Tolkien Gateway:Featured article history]]'''


[[Category:Featured Articles]]
==Nomination process==
{{Main|Tolkien Gateway:Featured articles/Nominations}}
All nominations take place at [[Tolkien Gateway:Featured articles/Nomination]]. The nomination process was formalised by [[User:Mith]] in [[2011]]:
 
{{blockquote|Any registered user can nominate an article for '''featured''' status. It should be well-written, complete, illustrated, and referenced and meet these specific criteria:
 
:#''The text is ''entirely'' written by TG editors with correct English spelling, grammar and punctuation;''
:#''There are no outstanding [[:Category:Maintenance templates|maintenance templates]] on the article;''
:#''The article is well-referenced throughout, leaving the reader under no illusions as to where to source information themselves;''
:#''The article conforms to TG's [[Tolkien Gateway:Manual of Style|Standards]], as well as those laid out in the relevant [[Tolkien Gateway:Projects|Project]];''
:#''The text is sprinkled with ''relevant'' [[Help:Images|images]] (including captions) of appropriate size - if necessary, including a gallery;''
:#''Articles are at least 5,000 bytes long;''
:#''Where applicable, contains "History", "Portrayal in Adaptations", "In Other Versions of the Legendarium", "See Also", "Genealogy", "Etymology", "Other Names and Titles" and "Bibliography" sections;''
:#''Where applicable, ''full use'' has been made of relevant templates, e.g.: [[:Category:Disambiguation and redirection templates|disambiguation]], [[Template:Seealso|see also]], [[Template:Main|main]], [[Template:Navigation|navigation]], [[Template:Pronounce|pronounce]], [[Template:Familytree|familytree]], [[Template:Seq|sequence]];''
:#''Where applicable, contains interwiki links;''
:#''Preferably no red-links, but no more than half-a-dozen.''
 
''After nomination, an article should receive five votes with with no objections within a month or so; each user being able to cast one vote.''}}
 
Should a nomination be successful, it is the responsibility of an [[Tolkien Gateway:Administrators|administrators]] to update the [[Main Page]] and move the nomination to the [[Tolkien Gateway:Featured articles/Archive|archive]].
 
==History==
{{Main|Tolkien Gateway:Featured articles/Archive}}
 
Former featured articles remain in [[Category:Featured Articles]] after they have stopped being featured on the [[Main Page]]. The dates below indicate when they were featured on the Main Page.
 
<table class="TGtable" border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tr><th style="background: #F2E6CE;">Article</th><th style="background: #F2E6CE;" colspan="2">Dates featured</th></tr>
<tr><td>'''[[Aragorn]]'''</td><td align="center">1 June 2008</td><td align="center">9 April 2009</td></tr>
<tr><td>'''[[Witch-king]]'''</td><td align="center">9 April 2009</td><td align="center">6 December 2009</td></tr>
<tr><td>'''[[Glamdring]]'''</td><td align="center">6 December 2009</td><td align="center">28 February 2011</td></tr>
<tr><td>'''[[Eriador]]'''</td><td align="center">28 February 2011</td><td align="center">24 June 2011</td></tr>
<tr><td>'''[[Smaug]]'''</td><td align="center">24 June 2011</td><td align="center">23 August 2014</td></tr>
<tr><td style="background:#99FF99">'''[[Radagast]]'''</td><td style="background:#99FF99" align="center">'''23 August 2014'''</td><td style="background:#99FF99" align="center">'''present'''</td></tr>
</table>
 
==See also==
*[[Tolkien Gateway:Featured quotes|Featured quotes]], for a similar process with quotations.
 
[[Category:Featured Articles| ]]

Revision as of 15:48, 23 August 2014

Shortcut:
TG:FA

Featured articles on Tolkien Gateway are considered to be our very best articles, as judged by its editors. They are the articles we take especial pride in, and show an example to the world of our very best work, and as a model to editors for how to write other articles. As such, featured articles are showcased on the Main Page.

To achieve the status of featured article, candidate articles must meet 10 criteria before being reviewed by editors of accuracy, completeness, referencing, length, and style according to our featured article criteria. Since introducing the nomination format in 2008, Tolkien Gateway has had a total of -2 featured articles out of 12,541 articles, i.e. only -0.02% are featured, or one in every -6271 articles.

Nomination process

Main article: Tolkien Gateway:Featured articles/Nominations

All nominations take place at Tolkien Gateway:Featured articles/Nomination. The nomination process was formalised by User:Mith in 2011:

Any registered user can nominate an article for featured status. It should be well-written, complete, illustrated, and referenced and meet these specific criteria:

  1. The text is entirely written by TG editors with correct English spelling, grammar and punctuation;
  2. There are no outstanding maintenance templates on the article;
  3. The article is well-referenced throughout, leaving the reader under no illusions as to where to source information themselves;
  4. The article conforms to TG's Standards, as well as those laid out in the relevant Project;
  5. The text is sprinkled with relevant images (including captions) of appropriate size - if necessary, including a gallery;
  6. Articles are at least 5,000 bytes long;
  7. Where applicable, contains "History", "Portrayal in Adaptations", "In Other Versions of the Legendarium", "See Also", "Genealogy", "Etymology", "Other Names and Titles" and "Bibliography" sections;
  8. Where applicable, full use has been made of relevant templates, e.g.: disambiguation, see also, main, navigation, pronounce, familytree, sequence;
  9. Where applicable, contains interwiki links;
  10. Preferably no red-links, but no more than half-a-dozen.

After nomination, an article should receive five votes with with no objections within a month or so; each user being able to cast one vote.

Should a nomination be successful, it is the responsibility of an administrators to update the Main Page and move the nomination to the archive.

History

Main article: Tolkien Gateway:Featured articles/Archive

Former featured articles remain in after they have stopped being featured on the Main Page. The dates below indicate when they were featured on the Main Page.

ArticleDates featured
Aragorn1 June 20089 April 2009
Witch-king9 April 20096 December 2009
Glamdring6 December 200928 February 2011
Eriador28 February 201124 June 2011
Smaug24 June 201123 August 2014
Radagast23 August 2014present

See also