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 as 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 .''

Fire
I nominate this because the article is very detail and you can find out a lot of things from it. Vss2eip 08:22, July 13, 2011 (UTC)
 * I've had a look over the article and I see no issues. Approved, and open for votes. ~> ฬ ђ  (tคlк ★  ς๏ภtгเ๒ร) 08:25, July 13, 2011 (UTC)
 * Actually, I noticed that the article is currently in the category Articles needing clarification, meaning there is something within the article that needs to be made more clear or understandable. I'll keep the voting open, but I'd encourage someone to take a look at the article, find out what needs to be clarified, and to fix the problem --  LostInRiverview talk · blog 23:08, July 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * I've clarified the statement, so there shouldn't be any more issues. ~> ฬ ђ  (tคlк ★  ς๏ภtгเ๒ร) 03:17, July 16, 2011 (UTC)

Votes for

 * 1) -- Bleeh (talk) (blog) 20:48, July 13, 2011 (UTC)
 * 2) It's good for beginers and can help you prevent a fire. TheNewMe 09:06, July 16, 2011 (UTC)
 * 3) This article is definitely useful...whether trying to cause mayhem or avoid it! madi23 July 17, 2011
 * 4) I agree with the other voters that this article is very useful to anyone playing Sims. ALIEN KITTY 23:21, July 16, 2011 (UTC)
 * 5) Helpful in many ways like finding great ways to create a fire for a storie. Xxgreenbunnyxx 14:47, August 2, 2011 (UTC)

Comments
Be sure that your votes explain why you've voted for an article, otherwise they may not be counted --  LostInRiverview talk · blog 23:26, July 15, 2011 (UTC)

Betty Newbie
I am nominating this article as it is a detailed article about a Sim who has been in almost every game within The Sims series and there doesn't appear to be any issues with the article. 23:15, July 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * - Approved ~> ฬ ђ  (tคlк ★  ς๏ภtгเ๒ร)  23:24, July 15, 2011 (UTC)

Votes for
1. Betty is one of my favorite sims and the article is very well written. Omri577