The Sims Wiki:Featured Article/Voting

Each month on The Sims Wiki, we feature an article on the main page. Pages featured in this way should be the very best that The Sims Wiki has to offer. All pages nominated for Featured Article status undergo review.

Nomination Guidelines
This page exists for formal nominations for Featured Article. Before any voting can take place on an article, an administrator or bureaucrat must review the article being nominated and determine whether the page is worthy of Featured Article. Pages deemed to be too short or too long, poorly-written, lacking photos or images, or pages which are deemed to be in need of improvement may be denied nomination for Featured Article.

Process of voting and nominations
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Initial nominations
'''Anyone may nominate any article they wish, as long as the article has not already been featured or already nominated. Please follow this process:'''
 * 1) Start a new section below with a link to the article being nominated. 
 * 2) In the nomination, explain why a page is being nominated and how it fits Featured Article criteria. 
 * 3) Sign the nomination using four tildes .

Administrator review
Once an article has been properly nominated, an administrator will open the nomination up to comments while they review the article to see whether it is fit for Featured Article. After review of the article, an Administrator will perform one of these options:
 * 1) Approve the article and open up a new sub-section for votes
 * 2) Postpone approving the article for a set length of time (using the Countdown template) so that users can make improvements to minor article issues
 * 3) Deny the nomination, while citing what reason(s) the nomination was denied.

If option two is used, the article will be reviewed again at the end of the countdown, then will either proceed to vote or will be denied based on whether the highlighted issues were improved.

If an article nomination is denied, it cannot be remade for three (3) months.

Note: If an administrator nominated an article, it must be reviewed by a different administrator.

Voting
Once option one is used, the article will be available to be voted on. 'Anyone may vote for as many articles as they choose''. Please do the following when voting:'''
 * 1) Explain why you are voting for an article - be sure to focus on the quality of the article, over the content of the article itself.
 * 2) If voting against an article, explain why you are voting against it - be specific and clear.
 * 3) Sign all votes, and do not vote for the same article more than once.
 * 4) When nominating an article, the nominee cannot vote for it.

Selection

 * At the beginning of each new month, an administrator will determine the nominated article with the most votes - each vote will count as +1 or -1 towards the total votes for the article. The article with the highest vote total may be selected as the Featured Article.
 * If, at the beginning of any month, an article has more votes against it than votes for it, it will be immediately re-reviewed by an administrator, who may choose to stop voting on the article and deny or postpone the nomination, or may choose to allow voting to continue.
 * All article nominations expire three months after the last vote for the nomination. If a nomination expires, it may be immediately re-nominated by any user, and will proceed through the process outlined above.
 * Administrator override - An administrator may override the votes for a featured article for a particular month for one of three reasons:
 * 1) The article, since its nomination, has declined in quality to a point where it is no longer Featured Article quality
 * 2) The article received many votes which did not refer to the quality of the article, but instead showed favor towards the content of the article only
 * 3) There is an article on the wiki which is relevant to a current event or current/recent release, such as an article about a recently-released expansion pack.

Other information
All votes that were present on the page as of the changeover to the new system have been removed. Any of those articles are open for re-nomination, but must go through the review process.
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Votes and Nominations
''Place your nominations or votes below the article(s) you would like to see featured. Nominations and votes should be based on the article quality, not the content of the article. Please justify all nominations and votes, and sign them using four tildes .''

Dina Caliente
The article is well-written and is favorite Sim to players of the Sims 2 and Sims 3. --Watch Yo Face 20:08, February 10, 2012 (UTC)
 * Approved  Nikel  Talk  16:23, February 13, 2012 (UTC)
 * Postponed - Based on votes against nomination, voting on this article is postponed for . After this time expires, it will be up for re-review by an administrator --  LostInRiverview talk · blog 05:00, March 1, 2012 (UTC)

Votes Against

 * 1) I realize I'm the one who approved it, but I also believe that this article still can be improved more before becoming a Featured Article. Still, other people have the chance to vote for this.  Nikel   Talk  16:23, February 13, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) Really needs to be improved... :( 93.142.211.87 (talk) 09:05, February 25, 2012 (UTC)

Champs Les Sims
Good detail, neatly organised, and informative.
 * Approved Well-written, with no serious problems --  LostInRiverview talk · blog 05:00, March 1, 2012 (UTC)

Votes Against

 * 1) Need to be improved alot. --Watch Yo Face 20:32, March 22, 2012 (UTC)

Bridgeport
Lots of information, surprised that it hasn't been featured yet.
 * Approved Well-written, with no serious problems --  LostInRiverview talk · blog 05:00, March 1, 2012 (UTC)

Votes For

 * 1) I like Bridgeport! :)  ♦♦♦OnlyPlayTheSimsGames♦♦♦  19:58, March 18, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) This is such a good article! It should win! Well written and with lots of informations. Timonix 12:19, March 23, 2012 (UTC)

PlantSim
PlantSim is the most elaborated article of all life states so far, I can say. The articles about how to be a PlantSim, the issues, and the problem about the spraying are very detailed, along with their references. Not to mention the biology section, which IMO uses above-average language.  Nikel  Talk  13:05, March 16, 2012 (UTC)
 * Approved - This article has no problems noticed upon inspection. --  LostInRiverview talk · blog 20:40, March 22, 2012 (UTC)

Sim
Being the central of the universe of The Sims series, I guess the Simself is eligible to meet the standards of Featured Article. It's quite elaborated. 'Nuff said.  Nikel  Talk  13:05, March 16, 2012 (UTC)
 * Approved - This article has no problems noticed upon inspection. --  LostInRiverview talk · blog 20:40, March 22, 2012 (UTC)

Landgraab family
The Landgraabs is one of the most famous family in The Sims series. They appear in almost every game; PC, console, handhelds, downloadable 'hoods, and so on. They also take big part of roles in every Sims game in the storyline, and have always been influential.  Nikel  Talk  16:09, March 16, 2012 (UTC)
 * Approved - There are a couple minor issues on the page, including a redlinked template and a statement that requires confirmation. Fixing them before the article becomes featured would be preferable, but they are not so bad as to limit the article's eligibility. --  LostInRiverview talk · blog 20:40, March 22, 2012 (UTC)

Votes For

 * 1) Nice! Timonix 18:08, March 25, 2012 (UTC)

Gunther Goth
Lots of information, neatly presented, and we need more nominations for sim pages..
 * Approved - The article is an example of excellence on the wiki, I did also some improving to the wording usage. -- RoseGui [[File:Thanks rose.png]] ( talk here ) 11:10, March 24, 2012 (UTC)