Warcraft Wiki talk:Featured article/Archive03

Overhaul

As may be obvious, I have given the whole Featuring process a bit of an overhaul. You can now nominate for three different features on three talk pages:

• WT:FA/A - Featured Articles (articles)
• WT:FA/M - Featured Media (images and videos)
• WT:FA/C - Featured Critters (the images at the top of the Main Page)

These are set up so that a daily rotation can be used, or perhaps some day in the future, randomised upon page viewing. Only FM is active at the moment, and the FC is set to a Hallow's End event special, and the FA isn't really "final". I went around the wiki looking for extra, good articles that hadn't been nominated at sampled them. Feel free to dispute and nominate others on the FA talk page! Kirkburn  talk  contr 00:03, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Okay, my overhaul is essentially complete. You can nominate anything for removal, replacement or addition on the talk pages - navihate using the links on the right :) I hope the articles I selected are up to scratch, but if not, feel free to suggets replacements on WT:FA/A. Kirkburn  talk  contr 22:02, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Overhaul Mark II

The featured stuff have undergone another overhaul! Now they are randomly selected, which makes it much easier to add and remove articles. More have been added to each rotation, whilst a couple of dubious ones have been removed. Kirkburn  talk  contr 13:51, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

The poll

You can vote multiple times with no restriction. Shouldn't a poll be bound with a cookie / ip?  - Zurgat talk / cont  09:08, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

out-of-date content

Todays article is the Lich King himself. I am not sure where the text comes from as it doesn't match the page but it says "The Lich King will be the main antagonist in the upcoming expansion World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King." which is a bit out of date now. MarkButler (talk) 04:23, October 28, 2009 (UTC)

You are correct. But then again, the whole featured media section desparately needs an overhaul.AMBER^(RΘCK) 08:42, October 28, 2009 (UTC)

I've gone through and updated all articles, and added some Cataclysm related ones. It does need more of an update though. Meanwhile, the featured media part is now much easier to maintain - it's now based on the gallery slideshow tag. Kirkburn  talk  contr 12:25, July 21, 2010 (UTC)

Nominations

Roleplaying age

It'd help alot of roleplayers figuring out there Age, Weight and Height for other Races -- Chaosweaver 12:48, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

• Interesting - but part of the problem would be the fan-aspect of the article. At the moment it is essentially a personal article - for featuring it needs citations and to be less "personal". Kirkburn  talk  contr 22:08, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment There's an age article around here somewhere for the majority of the races... Hmm. --Sky (talk | con | wh) 23:21, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose: Still unsourced, too "fanfic-y". Kirkburn  talk  contr 17:19, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Atiesh, Greatstaff of the Guardian

Very good lore, plus it may become relevant when Naxxramas returns in the upcoming expansion- -- Ose 21:36, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

• Oppose Not good supporting reasons, for one, and two, not really enough to feature it with. --Sky (talk | con | wh) 23:04, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

• Oppose: The way you describe it, you think it will still be there when Naxxramas is moved to Northrend. How do we know this? --Joshmaul 01:50, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

• Comment: the information could probably be improved. It also needs a better "background" style section, plus info regarding the above. Kirkburn  talk  contr 16:56, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment: To expand on the above, the "Information" section is waaay too many unrelated bullet points. Kirkburn  talk  contr 17:20, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Lunar Festival

It's topical. How about it? --Eirik Ratcatcher 17:18, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

• Comment - unfortunately missed the boat this time. Closer to the time next year would be a good plan. Kirkburn  talk  contr 16:20, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

• Support: Features are now on a rotation, so I don't see a problem with including this now. Kirkburn  talk  contr 17:28, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Valiance Keep

WotLK is a hot topic now. Look at all the citation on this page!--SWM2448 00:31, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

• Oppose until we have more info. Great choice when it's filled out :) Kirkburn  talk  contr 16:19, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

PLAYXPERT

Why on earth is this featured? Its barely any tekst, it doesnt look all that great and its about something unreleased! It seems more like paid advertisement then a really featured article, as much as I want it to be released... --Pimmeh (talk) 05:06, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

• Agree Removed from FA rotation. --Pcj (TDrop me a line!•C207,729 contributions and counting) 21:46, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

• Comment: The reason was that Playxpert supports Wikia and WoWWiki (we are a built in default option). Kirkburn  talk  contr 17:23, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Highborne

Just perfect article! Great FA. Large, neutral and informative. -- M1330 (talk) 07:55, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

• Support Very good idea, it has great information and I have often refered to it, well...sometimes... :)--Pimmeh (talk) 08:47, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

• Support: Agreed, it's pretty good. Lots of images, easy to read and not a common topic. Kirkburn  talk  contr 17:30, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Ragefire Chasm

It is one of the first dungeons in Wow for many Horde players co it should be mentioned.

• Weak support: It's fairly short, but it covers everything it needs to. The instance itself is just ugly and boring though :P Kirkburn  talk  contr 17:33, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

• Weak support:Only cause I can't think of a reason not to oppose it.SuperN (talk) 17:36, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Murloc

Everyone's favorite monster to encounter, also Blizzard's mascotte, murlocs deserve a reference on the homepage!

Support I agree that this page should be added to the FA. Also please sign your posts. SuperN (talk) 14:02, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Oppose The article starts with a 'Cleanup' tag. That's never a good sign. Alltat (talk) 13:25, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

• Comment: Good topic, but cleanup tag needs to be dealt with first. Kirkburn  talk  contr 17:34, 12 November 2008 (UTC)