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{{Project|Featured Pictures|shortcut=BW:FP | {{Project|Featured Pictures|shortcut=BW:FP}} | ||
== Criteria for a Featured Picture == | == Criteria for a Featured Picture == | ||
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A featured picture should have the following attributes: | A featured picture should have the following attributes: | ||
* Be able to tell the "feeling" of the emotions. | * Be able to tell the "feeling" of the emotions. | ||
The following '''do not''' qualify as Featured Picture candidates: | The following '''do not''' qualify as Featured Picture candidates: | ||
* | * Unfinshed tags, {{tl|no tag}} | ||
* Past, Current, or Future Featured pictures that have been marked. | * Past, Current, or Future Featured pictures that have been marked. | ||
* If the image is | * If the image is currenly in the current featured article, the image is disquilified until the article is not active anymore. | ||
The featured picture should be decided before the 7<sup>th</sup> day of the next month, which on the 7<sup>th</sup> day the featured picture should be changed. All nominations should be posted and narrowed down to ''' | The featured picture should be decided before the 7<sup>th</sup> day of the next month, which on the 7<sup>th</sup> day the featured picture should be changed. All nominations should be posted and narrowed down to '''5 images''', within the first 6 days of the next month. | ||
== Identifying a Potential Featured Picture == | == Identifying a Potential Featured Picture == | ||
Featured Pictures should be identified as such, so that a master list can be created. If you think an article should be a featured article on the front page, submit it first as {{tl|featured | Featured Pictures should be identified as such, so that a master list can be created. If you think an article should be a featured article on the front page, submit it first as {{tl|featured article candidate}}. | ||
Essentially, this would be done in the following way: | Essentially, this would be done in the following way: | ||
# A contributor tags an | # A contributor tags an article page with {{tl|featured article candidate}}, then adds a note to the corresponding article's talk page explaining their reasoning. A list could also be maintained here, either manually updated or as a link to a "feature candidate" category. Only '''5 articles''' for the next month shall be in the process of becoming a feature article. | ||
# Involved members of the community will then discuss the candidate | # Involved members of the community will then discuss the candidate article. Typically, they should be as '''constructively''' critical as possible. | ||
# Once this is done, the | # If the consensus is that the article is potentially of "feature" quality, then the discussion will evolve into modifying the article in such a way as to polish the article so as to achieve full "Featured Article" status. | ||
#Previous featured | # Once this is done, the article will be tagged {{tl|featured article}} and placed on the '''Main page'''. | ||
#Previous featured article candidates will be marked with {{tlp|featured article candidate previous|''Month Year''}} to indicate that they were previously nominated. | |||
== List of | == List of Featured Articles == | ||
*[[ | *[[Gaius Baltar]] - Month of May 2006 {{fa archive|Gaius Baltar - May 2006}} | ||
== List of Featured | == List of Featured Article Candidates for June 2006 == | ||
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== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
*[[Battlestar Wiki:Featured articles]] | *[[Battlestar Wiki:Featured articles]] | ||