The Sims Wiki talk:Featured Editor

Inactive nominations
I think there's something like... defect in the nomination rules. A user who notably contributed in a particular time, such as on March, will be nominated as a Featured Editor. They however might remain in the nomination table if they're not featured, and might eventually until December. Between that time, that user might no longer be very active, like on June, but they're still nominated for no apparent reason on December. It, like, doesn't make any sense that they're featured on December when they might have been "forgotten". How do you think if we change some rules in this kind of situation? Currently, I'm questioning about Vss2eip's nomination since he is no longer active.  Nikel  Talk  05:19, May 25, 2012 (UTC)
 * Interesting...I'd say that a user who hasn't been active for say 3 months(-ish) would be somewhat ineligible to be nominated/featured. It's kind of silly for someone to be featured and that they never find out about it. 08:12, May 25, 2012 (UTC)
 * I think 2 months is enough if the user never appear ever again. Users who don't regularly edit, but are still active and appear on some occasions (I can note The Black Scorpion for example) are still valid for nominations. That's what I think.  Nikel  Talk  08:18, May 25, 2012 (UTC)

Nikel Featured Editor form August - October
I was just wondering why is Nikel still featured editor even if its past August- Why has no one changed it? 109.151.67.5 (talk) 14:42, October 12, 2012 (UTC)

Featured Editor?
Is there still a Featured Editor? Haven't seen one since May for ThomasWikia. Joey.eyeball (talk) 04:48, December 26, 2013 (UTC)
 * Please read more about it here.  Nikel  Talk  –  Vote!  07:33, December 26, 2013 (UTC)


 * Indefinite hiatus? Someone should bring up the discussion again. Joey.eyeball (talk) 08:26, December 26, 2013 (UTC)
 * I doubt it would bring enough attention, especially if there isn't a real solution to resolve the problem.  Nikel  Talk  –  Vote!  16:35, December 28, 2013 (UTC)

Featured User Fake
What would happen if a non-featured user added the featured user tab to their userpage without being nominated or having their nomination approved first? --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 06:17, March 16, 2014 (UTC)


 * Probably an administrator or bureaucrat will remove it and they will get a warning. Joey.eyeball (talk) 18:32, March 20, 2014 (UTC)

Old nominations
Well, I'm glad that this featured content was made alive again... sort of, but are some of the nominees still valid? I mean, The Black Scorpion made pretty great contributions way back then, but that's the problem. The featured editor is supposed to award the nominee for the current month. It's strange to award someone when they are barely even in the wiki anymore.  Nikel  Talk  –  Vote!  14:10, June 30, 2014 (UTC)

Two featured editors in a month
I always think this every month since I've joined the wiki. But... it will never happen, yet let coincidence take its act. But if two editors had been featured in a month, will the choice be by first-letter-username or high edits, by an admin, or by put them both as featured editors?  .ThePeculiarMe  |  (talk to me)  |  (my mistakes)  09:19, October 25, 2014 (UTC)


 * I'm sure that eventually the admin who takes care of this will have to decide. Consider there's a tie and the admin hasn't made a vote yet. The nominee that becomes the featured editor means that the admin puts his/her vote on that nominee, basically.  Nikel  Talk  –  Vote!  16:17, October 27, 2014 (UTC)

Updating the Featured Editor
To anyone who clears out the votes to pick the current Featured Editor, always remember to update Featured Editor as well. Please don't just declare the Featured Editor while neglecting this template.  Nikel  Talk  –  Vote!  12:05, November 6, 2014 (UTC)

Keeping Nominations made by users that are now blocked
I'm just wondering if a user could still be nominated to be a featured editor if the user that nominated them got placed under an indefinite block? For example, if a user was a disruptive user and they randomly nominated a user, and then the nominating user got blocked for whatever reason. Would the user that was nominated still stay on the list of candidates, or would the nomination made by the indefinitely blocked user need to be removed. I'm pretty sure it's no big deal, but I was just wondering all the same. --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 06:57, May 26, 2015 (UTC)
 * I think this would be something that we can discuss here, since to my knowledge this has not occurred before. Based on my reading of the page, there is no rule that says a blocked user's nominations or votes are discarded. Specifically, the rules say, "[a] nominated user will remain on the list of nominees until they either become ineligible, or are selected as a Featured Editor." But, if we want to have it so that indefinitely blocked users have their nominations and/or votes disregarded, we can decide that here and now. --  LostInRiverview talk • blog  •  contribs 13:31, May 26, 2015 (UTC)
 * This was somewhat decided (unofficially) on my RfB, with: the user that requested this nomination has been blocked from editing The Sims Wiki. Therefore, I am inclined to say that this nomination is null-and-void . --I am  k6ka  Talk to me!   See what I have done  13:47, May 26, 2015 (UTC)
 * I believe that the nominations/votes of indefinitely blocked users should not be discarded, as they are technically not bad-faith edits. Even if the nominator/voter is permanently blocked from the wiki, their nomination/vote should remain because the nominee is another user who probably has not been blocked and so legitimately deserves to become featured editor if the community at large agrees. Unless, of course, the blocked nominator has nominated themselves or the nominee also happens to be blocked, in which case the nomination should be removed. &#8213; The  Tim   Man  (Infinite Histories • Galactic Crucibles • The Sims Wiki • AltHistory • Contribs ) 13:48, May 26, 2015 (UTC)
 * I feel like Tim has a good point. A nominee can't (or at least shouldn't) win based only on the nomination or vote of a blocked member; a nomination needs support from others to win. Taken along with the way that K6ka's bureaucrat nomination was handled, I think that maybe the best solution is to disregard an indefinitely blocked user's nomination, but keep the nomination as valid if another user is willing to "adopt" the nomination as their own. I don't know if that RfB sets an actual precedent or not, so I think the matter is still undecided. But I do agree with Tim's sentiment regarding keeping good-faith actions. -  LostInRiverview talk • blog  •  contribs 14:27, May 26, 2015 (UTC)
 * I agree with what has been said in the above two comments, and whether or not I agree with what K6ka has said, really depends on the user that has been nominated in question. --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 02:34, May 27, 2015 (UTC)
 * This is a very good question. I agree with Tim that a user has no control who decides to nominate them. Or rather they shouldn't as that is part of the rules, I think I know because I just checked and it says "Users cannot nominate themselves for Featured Editor, and they cannot ask or encourage another user to make a nomination on their behalf". And it also makes sense that a user should need the community vote to win. I can see that happening with RfB and like nominations because it seems that there are several people who will join in those discussions. But those nomination have an expiration date where these nominations don't. That means that if there were to be a time when there is only one nomination left (and no one adds any new ones) that the nominatee could easily win by default. Or is that not possible? I admit that I don't really participate in Featured Editors because I don't really interact with many other editors except for a few times here and there, so I don't feel that I know them well enough to vote, much less nominate. -- Icemandeaf (talk) 03:01, May 27, 2015 (UTC)
 * It's been over a month since anyone commented on this, but K6ka has just removed the nomination made by a user with questionable history. While I do see several valid points mentioned above, I can't really blame K6ka for removing the nomination. ―  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 04:01, July 4, 2015 (UTC)
 * Oh my. I totally forgot about this discussion when I removed it. --I am  k6ka  Talk to me!   See what I have done  04:53, July 4, 2015 (UTC)

Timer expired, but who wins?
The Timer expired. But it ends as a draw. Who wins? Or are we both featured editor? Sims   Player  (talk) (mistakes) 05:29, September 1, 2015 (UTC)