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==Issue with Featured Articles==
I went to update the featured article (belatedly) only to realize that there are no articles that have received any votes on the nomination page. This issue is one we've come across before; when it came up the last time, there was no definitive solution created.
I've decided until the problem of low participation in Featured Articles is resolved, Featured Articles will be returning to once-a-month update status, as opposed to the twice-a-month we've been observing for over a year now.
I do not think this problem will go away on its own. People aren't interested in nominating new articles or in voting on nominees, or are unaware they can do so, or are uncomfortable with doing so. We've tried advertising Featured Articles in the past to no avail. I am pessimistic that additional advertising of the feature will do any good, as it's not even entirely clear that anyone aside from the admins even read the news blogs (we have no way to gauge readership of anything).
I do not believe we've run out of quality articles, I simply think the good articles are not being nominated, for whatever reason. Please weigh in on any way to solve this problem. -- '''[[User:LostInRiverview|<font color="navy">LiR</font>]]<sup> [[User_talk:LostInRiverview|<font color="green">speak</font>]] ~ [[User_blog:LostInRiverview|<font color="green">read</font>]]</sup>''' 04:59, October 18, 2012 (UTC)
:I kinda agree that community awareness is decreasing. Ultimately, the Featured Article might end up with only administrators' decisions to see which is eligible to become "featured". I don't encourage this, because wikia is a collaborative creation and people need to get involved. This, however, might be just in case. When in doubt, well, we could postpone it to one article per month... [[User:Nikel23|'''<span style="color:#007FFF; text-shadow: #ACE5EE 0 4px 4px;">Nikel</span>''']] [[User talk:Nikel23|<span style="color: #30D5C8 ; text-shadow: #00FFEF 0 4px 4px;"><sub>''Talk''</sub></span>]] <sub>–</sub> [[The Sims Wiki:Featured Media/Voting|<span style="color:red ; text-shadow:#E97451 0 4px 4px;"><sub>''Vote!''</sub></span>]] 12:07, October 18, 2012 (UTC)
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