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 .''

The Sims Castaway Stories
It's a great article, well written and full of information about a fantastic game that really featured The Sims in a whole new different world.  Vss2eip talk here  20:01, August 3, 2011 (UTC)
 * - Approved. ~> ฬ ђ  (Ŧlยttєгรђא  ƒтω!) 04:15, August 4, 2011 (UTC)

Votes for

 * 1) i think its great compared to most sims stories pages J A Z (Chat ) 208px-Sims3 Plumbob.png 02:04, August 11, 2011 (UTC)

Vampires
I find it really useful, plus vampires have been both in The Sims 2 and ''The Sims 3. ''I believe the page gets a lot of use, especially after Late Night. --


 * Approved - The article has no issue, well written, and contain complete information about vampires each the sims series. --Wir.wiryawan 09:08, September 26, 2011 (UTC)

SimNation
The SimNation explains many aspects from the nation where Sims live thoroughly. It is very detailed, and the article ranges since The Sims until The Sims 3.  Nikel  Talk  13:34, October 25, 2011 (UTC)
 * Approved - It's very detailed, well-written, and it has illustrative beautiful images. -- RoseGui [[File:Thanks rose.png]] ( talk here ) 12:53, October 31, 2011 (UTC)

Votes For

 * 1) It's my favorite vacation spot ;) Madi23     Talk    20:41, November 3, 2011 (UTC)
 * 2) I like it because it is realistic, informative, and funny. 17:53 December 4, 2011
 * 3) It's very realistic and the most informative than the rest of the articles nominated. I learned a lot from this page! -A_gems 19:43 December 28, 2011

Pet
Pets are the main theme and subject for The Sims: Unleashed, The Sims 2: Pets, and The Sims 3: Pets all at once. Though their impact to the lives of Sims isn't major, they are very good additions and features for the gameplay!  Nikel  Talk  14:14, November 16, 2011 (UTC)
 * Approved - seems to be pretty well written with no major problems. 07:52, December 5, 2011 (UTC)

Votes For

 * 1) I love it because I just love pets! That is all I have to sayRareRascal225 21:50, December 20, 2011 (UTC)RareRascal225

Weather
The Sims 2: Seasons introduced the all-new feature in The Sims Series: Weather (or seasons, others might say)! Each season is beneficial for Sims, and they create environment changes periodically! Also, the unexpected precipitations caused by the changing seasons make the life more realistic. Not to mention the rumors about seasons that might come in upcoming The Sims 3 expansion pack!  Nikel  Talk  14:14, November 16, 2011 (UTC)
 * Approved - generally well written with no major problems. 07:53, December 5, 2011 (UTC)

Votes For

 * 1) Alex9400 | TALK with me. I ♥ ♦³ :-) 09:59, December 5, 2011 (UTC)

Appaloosa Plains
The article is well-written, interesting, and haven't been featured or nominated yet. LolitaG 11:22, November 22, 2011 (UTC)
 * Approved 07:55, December 5, 2011 (UTC)