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Possible overhaul

As recently highlighted on the discussion page, the featured article project needs help. Currently anyone who feels a page is eligible can simply make a tiny submission under 'it's awesome' or to that extent, without placing the required template on the article's talk page. Additionally, voting on these candidates is sparse and no general discussion is made. In fact the discussion appears to stray from the required 'is it in good form/layout' to 'do we really want people to see this on the front page?', a form of policy which is not even considered in the guidelines.

I therefore propose an overhaul of the current system with the possible implementation of the following:

I feel these are all simple suggestions that require little expenditure from moderators or administrators to upkeep, whilst bringing quality and organisation to the project. --Focusknock 10:33, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Me likey. Shock394 22:54, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
Pictogram plus.png Support Makes sense to me. I do not know if it is currently the case (it may be), but it might be a good idea if one of the bots added the feature article to the Main page automatically, rather than requiring a staff member to "promote" it manually. The bot would simply select the article with the most votes, which would help to automate the system and ensure that, even if only six people out of the entire Wiki voted within the nominated period, the candidate with the most support would be automatically selected. I do not know how feasible this is, but I thought that I would submit it for consideration. Esquilax 23:44, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
Pictogram plus.png Support Not a bad idea at all. Pierow 07:24, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
I believe the following things need further clarification:

Please bear in mind these are only suggestions of my own. If you feel you have a better idea or believe something I have stated is in question, put forward your opinion.--Focusknock 10:41, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Pictogram plus.png Support That's a great idea, because I think that everyone is bored to see the old "backstab" page featured in the main page. And then, after what the people before me said, there's only a problem to care about: What if no page is elected or the votes aren't enough? --Pratolli 20:27, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
Pictogram plus.png Support But we'll want to establish protocol for how many votes a majority needs, what to do if not enough, etc.   Hooper   talk    contribs    email   17:45, 27 June 2011 (PDT)

Featured article: current update?

I Believe that the featured article should be about the current update, And when there hasn't been any updates for a while, It can then be a completely different article. I'm sure this has been brought up before but I'm just putting it out there. Ihasnotomato

Pictogram minus.png Oppose No, we have the Latest updates tab and the Patches page for that. -- Denmax (talk|contributions|sandbox) Item icon Soldier's Stash.png 17:53, 25 July 2011 (PDT)

Project?

Is this a project รก la 3D Models and Weapon Demonstration? Rolandius 05:36, 6 October 2011 (PDT)

Don't think so. 3D model project is recent, and I do believe Featured Articles existed before the Weapon Demos as well. SS2R 05:37, 6 October 2011 (PDT)
About the move... Pictogram minus.png Disagree It's part of all Wikis and it's named as "Featured articles" on all of them.  –  Epic Eric (T | C) 13:45, 6 October 2011 (PDT)
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