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2009-11-02T16:50:14Z

Archiving 2 thread(s) (older than 14d) to Battlestar Wiki talk:Featured articles/Archive1.

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 :::::I don't understand computers at all.  Just scifi shows. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] <sup>([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]])</sup> 16:09, 4 April 2006 (CDT)
-== What should be the Standards? ==
+== Featured Candidate Requirements ==
 I swiped most of the text from the "quality articles" project, and added a few other requirements as a potential springboard for what a featured article might need. Feel free to hack and slash at it, or discuss it on this talk page. There wasn't much activity on this, so I hoped this would help get the ball rolling. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 15:23, 2 May 2006 (CDT)
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 :::::Actually, including the article contents using the brackets is called [[w:Wikipedia:Transclusion|"transclusion"]] in that case. It buys you easy archive displaying (see [http://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Battlestar_Wiki:Featured_articles/Archive2008&curid=19458&diff=166134&oldid=166085 the edit I made to update the 2008 archive]). That said, it is really complicated, easy to screw up (or forget a step), and not user-friendly. We need to either automate that process, or simplify it. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 19:47, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
-==Case Orange==
+== Case Orange ==
 While I like the plan outlined on the page, where a different Chief is in charge of the FA process each month, it looks great on paper and hasn't really been working in reality. For instance, the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] was FA for, oh, most of 2008. I pretty much declared a [[Case Orange]] at the beginning of this month and took the matter into my own hands. We've had very little contributor input (Chiefs or otherwise) in this process of late, or in the quality article process, and I'm wracking my brains on how to rectify that. Anyway, I'm going to keep suggesting FA and QA candidates, hopefully others will get involved, if not I'll just take unilateral action and hopefully I won't get executed by firing squad for it later. :)  [[User:JubalHarshaw|JubalHarshaw]] 18:25, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
 :I can't shoot ya; you've all I've got, soldier! :) Seriously, I think that perhaps we can take advantage of the polling feature of the forums to let its' contributors help decide an FA from selections we have selected. That way we don't beat ourselves up for non-original thinking, maybe. We've also had far fewer admins around on average to make many of the selection tools work. I might remedy that for one user ''ad hoc'' but for now, I'm cool with unilateral stuff, letting others complain (and put the work in to change a choice) if they don't like a selection. How's that? --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 22:09, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Spencerian: /* Case Orange */ - reply on FAs

2009-03-26T22:09:59Z

Case Orange: - reply on FAs

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	While I like the plan outlined on the page, where a different Chief is in charge of the FA process each month, it looks great on paper and hasn't really been working in reality. For instance, the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] was FA for, oh, most of 2008. I pretty much declared a [[Case Orange]] at the beginning of this month and took the matter into my own hands. We've had very little contributor input (Chiefs or otherwise) in this process of late, or in the quality article process, and I'm wracking my brains on how to rectify that. Anyway, I'm going to keep suggesting FA and QA candidates, hopefully others will get involved, if not I'll just take unilateral action and hopefully I won't get executed by firing squad for it later. :) [[User:JubalHarshaw\|JubalHarshaw]] 18:25, 26 March 2009 (UTC)		While I like the plan outlined on the page, where a different Chief is in charge of the FA process each month, it looks great on paper and hasn't really been working in reality. For instance, the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] was FA for, oh, most of 2008. I pretty much declared a [[Case Orange]] at the beginning of this month and took the matter into my own hands. We've had very little contributor input (Chiefs or otherwise) in this process of late, or in the quality article process, and I'm wracking my brains on how to rectify that. Anyway, I'm going to keep suggesting FA and QA candidates, hopefully others will get involved, if not I'll just take unilateral action and hopefully I won't get executed by firing squad for it later. :) [[User:JubalHarshaw\|JubalHarshaw]] 18:25, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
			:I can't shoot ya; you've all I've got, soldier! :) Seriously, I think that perhaps we can take advantage of the polling feature of the forums to let its' contributors help decide an FA from selections we have selected. That way we don't beat ourselves up for non-original thinking, maybe. We've also had far fewer admins around on average to make many of the selection tools work. I might remedy that for one user ''ad hoc'' but for now, I'm cool with unilateral stuff, letting others complain (and put the work in to change a choice) if they don't like a selection. How's that? --[[User:Spencerian\|Spencerian]] 22:09, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

JubalHarshaw: Thoughts about BW:FA, BW:QA, assistance determining quality and featured articles always appreciated!

2009-03-26T18:25:20Z

Thoughts about BW:FA, BW:QA, assistance determining quality and featured articles always appreciated!

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	::::Woo, after messing up first, I remembered it. It's just one step too much. Why create a separate article and then link to that from a template? The article could really just be copied to "Main Page/Featured Article" directly. Anyways, it works now :) -- [[User:Serenity\|Serenity]] 11:41, 23 July 2008 (UTC)		::::Woo, after messing up first, I remembered it. It's just one step too much. Why create a separate article and then link to that from a template? The article could really just be copied to "Main Page/Featured Article" directly. Anyways, it works now :) -- [[User:Serenity\|Serenity]] 11:41, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
	:::::Actually, including the article contents using the brackets is called [[w:Wikipedia:Transclusion\|"transclusion"]] in that case. It buys you easy archive displaying (see [http://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Battlestar_Wiki:Featured_articles/Archive2008&curid=19458&diff=166134&oldid=166085 the edit I made to update the 2008 archive]). That said, it is really complicated, easy to screw up (or forget a step), and not user-friendly. We need to either automate that process, or simplify it. --[[User:Steelviper\|Steelviper]] 19:47, 23 July 2008 (UTC)		:::::Actually, including the article contents using the brackets is called [[w:Wikipedia:Transclusion\|"transclusion"]] in that case. It buys you easy archive displaying (see [http://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Battlestar_Wiki:Featured_articles/Archive2008&curid=19458&diff=166134&oldid=166085 the edit I made to update the 2008 archive]). That said, it is really complicated, easy to screw up (or forget a step), and not user-friendly. We need to either automate that process, or simplify it. --[[User:Steelviper\|Steelviper]] 19:47, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

			==Case Orange==

			While I like the plan outlined on the page, where a different Chief is in charge of the FA process each month, it looks great on paper and hasn't really been working in reality. For instance, the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] was FA for, oh, most of 2008. I pretty much declared a [[Case Orange]] at the beginning of this month and took the matter into my own hands. We've had very little contributor input (Chiefs or otherwise) in this process of late, or in the quality article process, and I'm wracking my brains on how to rectify that. Anyway, I'm going to keep suggesting FA and QA candidates, hopefully others will get involved, if not I'll just take unilateral action and hopefully I won't get executed by firing squad for it later. :) [[User:JubalHarshaw\|JubalHarshaw]] 18:25, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Steelviper: /* FA revamp discussion */ mysteries... revealed?

2008-07-23T19:47:44Z

FA revamp discussion: mysteries... revealed?

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	::::No problem. :) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [[bsp:\|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 00:55, 23 July 2008 (UTC)		::::No problem. :) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [[bsp:\|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 00:55, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
	::::Woo, after messing up first, I remembered it. It's just one step too much. Why create a separate article and then link to that from a template? The article could really just be copied to "Main Page/Featured Article" directly. Anyways, it works now :) -- [[User:Serenity\|Serenity]] 11:41, 23 July 2008 (UTC)		::::Woo, after messing up first, I remembered it. It's just one step too much. Why create a separate article and then link to that from a template? The article could really just be copied to "Main Page/Featured Article" directly. Anyways, it works now :) -- [[User:Serenity\|Serenity]] 11:41, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
			:::::Actually, including the article contents using the brackets is called [[w:Wikipedia:Transclusion\|"transclusion"]] in that case. It buys you easy archive displaying (see [http://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Battlestar_Wiki:Featured_articles/Archive2008&curid=19458&diff=166134&oldid=166085 the edit I made to update the 2008 archive]). That said, it is really complicated, easy to screw up (or forget a step), and not user-friendly. We need to either automate that process, or simplify it. --[[User:Steelviper\|Steelviper]] 19:47, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Serenity: /* FA revamp discussion */

2008-07-23T11:41:08Z

FA revamp discussion

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	:::Ack...this is what I get for missing too many staff meetings. I've created the [[SDS]] page as the FA, but my wiki skillz fail me. It needs to be added to the main page to complete. I think I've cleaned up much of the archive stuff... --[[User:Spencerian\|Spencerian]] 00:25, 23 July 2008 (UTC)		:::Ack...this is what I get for missing too many staff meetings. I've created the [[SDS]] page as the FA, but my wiki skillz fail me. It needs to be added to the main page to complete. I think I've cleaned up much of the archive stuff... --[[User:Spencerian\|Spencerian]] 00:25, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
	::::No problem. :) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [[bsp:\|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 00:55, 23 July 2008 (UTC)		::::No problem. :) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [[bsp:\|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 00:55, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
	::::Ok, I ~~messed~~ it up too :( The ~~way I see it, the page is~~ just ~~put on [[~~Main Page/Featured Article]]. ~~But~~ it~~'s still not showing up on the main page.~~ -- [[User:Serenity\|Serenity]] 11:18, 23 July 2008 (UTC)		::::Woo, after messing up first, I remembered it. It's just one step too much. Why create a separate article and then link to that from a template? The article could really just be copied to "Main Page/Featured Article" directly. Anyways, it works now :) -- [[User:Serenity\|Serenity]] 11:41, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Serenity: /* FA revamp discussion */ failboat is sailing

2008-07-23T11:18:47Z

FA revamp discussion: failboat is sailing

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	:::Ack...this is what I get for missing too many staff meetings. I've created the [[SDS]] page as the FA, but my wiki skillz fail me. It needs to be added to the main page to complete. I think I've cleaned up much of the archive stuff... --[[User:Spencerian\|Spencerian]] 00:25, 23 July 2008 (UTC)		:::Ack...this is what I get for missing too many staff meetings. I've created the [[SDS]] page as the FA, but my wiki skillz fail me. It needs to be added to the main page to complete. I think I've cleaned up much of the archive stuff... --[[User:Spencerian\|Spencerian]] 00:25, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
	::::No problem. :) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [[bsp:\|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 00:55, 23 July 2008 (UTC)		::::No problem. :) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [[bsp:\|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 00:55, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
			::::Ok, I messed it up too :( The way I see it, the page is just put on [[Main Page/Featured Article]]. But it's still not showing up on the main page. -- [[User:Serenity\|Serenity]] 11:18, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Joe Beaudoin Jr.: /* FA revamp discussion */ reply

2008-07-23T00:55:04Z

FA revamp discussion: reply

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	::Shouldn't be that difficult, using the <nowiki>{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}</nowiki> magic word in the template call, the page would automatically update. We'd just need to write all the articles the page would call before hand. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [[bsp:\|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 17:47, 22 July 2008 (UTC)		::Shouldn't be that difficult, using the <nowiki>{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}</nowiki> magic word in the template call, the page would automatically update. We'd just need to write all the articles the page would call before hand. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [[bsp:\|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 17:47, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
	:::Ack...this is what I get for missing too many staff meetings. I've created the [[SDS]] page as the FA, but my wiki skillz fail me. It needs to be added to the main page to complete. I think I've cleaned up much of the archive stuff... --[[User:Spencerian\|Spencerian]] 00:25, 23 July 2008 (UTC)		:::Ack...this is what I get for missing too many staff meetings. I've created the [[SDS]] page as the FA, but my wiki skillz fail me. It needs to be added to the main page to complete. I think I've cleaned up much of the archive stuff... --[[User:Spencerian\|Spencerian]] 00:25, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
			::::No problem. :) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [[bsp:\|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 00:55, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Spencerian: /* FA revamp discussion */ --Note to self: Stay awake in meetings...

2008-07-23T00:25:28Z

FA revamp discussion: --Note to self: Stay awake in meetings...

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	:Sounds good. The only issue then would just be remembering to swap out it out each month. Maybe if we could have a system generated email or other notification to remind us. A lot of time I just flat forget that it's the beginning of the month. --[[User:Steelviper\|Steelviper]] 17:40, 22 July 2008 (UTC)		:Sounds good. The only issue then would just be remembering to swap out it out each month. Maybe if we could have a system generated email or other notification to remind us. A lot of time I just flat forget that it's the beginning of the month. --[[User:Steelviper\|Steelviper]] 17:40, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
	::Shouldn't be that difficult, using the <nowiki>{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}</nowiki> magic word in the template call, the page would automatically update. We'd just need to write all the articles the page would call before hand. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [[bsp:\|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 17:47, 22 July 2008 (UTC)		::Shouldn't be that difficult, using the <nowiki>{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}</nowiki> magic word in the template call, the page would automatically update. We'd just need to write all the articles the page would call before hand. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [[bsp:\|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 17:47, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
			:::Ack...this is what I get for missing too many staff meetings. I've created the [[SDS]] page as the FA, but my wiki skillz fail me. It needs to be added to the main page to complete. I think I've cleaned up much of the archive stuff... --[[User:Spencerian\|Spencerian]] 00:25, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Joe Beaudoin Jr.: /* FA revamp discussion */ tweak

2008-07-22T17:47:29Z

FA revamp discussion: tweak

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	Clearly, Shane's plan isn't working all that well. So, I'm thinking of the following: A small group of people nominate 12 or more articles. We go through those, pick which ones are FA worthy. Then we create a list of 12 per year, and we assign each article to a particular month. When that month comes along, we simply swap it out. Thoughts? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [[bsp:\|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 15:53, 22 July 2008 (UTC)		Clearly, Shane's plan isn't working all that well. So, I'm thinking of the following: A small group of people nominate 12 or more articles. We go through those, pick which ones are FA worthy. Then we create a list of 12 per year, and we assign each article to a particular month. When that month comes along, we simply swap it out. Thoughts? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [[bsp:\|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 15:53, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
	:Sounds good. The only issue then would just be remembering to swap out it out each month. Maybe if we could have a system generated email or other notification to remind us. A lot of time I just flat forget that it's the beginning of the month. --[[User:Steelviper\|Steelviper]] 17:40, 22 July 2008 (UTC)		:Sounds good. The only issue then would just be remembering to swap out it out each month. Maybe if we could have a system generated email or other notification to remind us. A lot of time I just flat forget that it's the beginning of the month. --[[User:Steelviper\|Steelviper]] 17:40, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
	::Shouldn't be that difficult, using the <nowiki>{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}</nowiki> the page would automatically update. We'd just need to write all the articles the page would call before hand. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [[bsp:\|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 17:47, 22 July 2008 (UTC)		::Shouldn't be that difficult, using the <nowiki>{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}</nowiki> magic word in the template call, the page would automatically update. We'd just need to write all the articles the page would call before hand. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [[bsp:\|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 17:47, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Joe Beaudoin Jr.: /* FA revamp discussion */ reply

2008-07-22T17:47:01Z

FA revamp discussion: reply

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	Clearly, Shane's plan isn't working all that well. So, I'm thinking of the following: A small group of people nominate 12 or more articles. We go through those, pick which ones are FA worthy. Then we create a list of 12 per year, and we assign each article to a particular month. When that month comes along, we simply swap it out. Thoughts? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [[bsp:\|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 15:53, 22 July 2008 (UTC)		Clearly, Shane's plan isn't working all that well. So, I'm thinking of the following: A small group of people nominate 12 or more articles. We go through those, pick which ones are FA worthy. Then we create a list of 12 per year, and we assign each article to a particular month. When that month comes along, we simply swap it out. Thoughts? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [[bsp:\|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 15:53, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
	:Sounds good. The only issue then would just be remembering to swap out it out each month. Maybe if we could have a system generated email or other notification to remind us. A lot of time I just flat forget that it's the beginning of the month. --[[User:Steelviper\|Steelviper]] 17:40, 22 July 2008 (UTC)		:Sounds good. The only issue then would just be remembering to swap out it out each month. Maybe if we could have a system generated email or other notification to remind us. A lot of time I just flat forget that it's the beginning of the month. --[[User:Steelviper\|Steelviper]] 17:40, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
			::Shouldn't be that difficult, using the <nowiki>{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}</nowiki> the page would automatically update. We'd just need to write all the articles the page would call before hand. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [[bsp:\|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 17:47, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

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	:::Ack...this is what I get for missing too many staff meetings. I've created the [[SDS]] page as the FA, but my wiki skillz fail me. It needs to be added to the main page to complete. I think I've cleaned up much of the archive stuff... --[[User:Spencerian\|Spencerian]] 00:25, 23 July 2008 (UTC)		:::Ack...this is what I get for missing too many staff meetings. I've created the [[SDS]] page as the FA, but my wiki skillz fail me. It needs to be added to the main page to complete. I think I've cleaned up much of the archive stuff... --[[User:Spencerian\|Spencerian]] 00:25, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
	::::No problem. :) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [[bsp:\|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 00:55, 23 July 2008 (UTC)		::::No problem. :) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [[bsp:\|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 00:55, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
	::::Ok, I ~~messed~~ it up too :( The ~~way I see it, the page is~~ just ~~put on [[~~Main Page/Featured Article]]. ~~But~~ it~~'s still not showing up on the main page.~~ -- [[User:Serenity\|Serenity]] 11:18, 23 July 2008 (UTC)		::::Woo, after messing up first, I remembered it. It's just one step too much. Why create a separate article and then link to that from a template? The article could really just be copied to "Main Page/Featured Article" directly. Anyways, it works now :) -- [[User:Serenity\|Serenity]] 11:41, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

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	:::Ack...this is what I get for missing too many staff meetings. I've created the [[SDS]] page as the FA, but my wiki skillz fail me. It needs to be added to the main page to complete. I think I've cleaned up much of the archive stuff... --[[User:Spencerian\|Spencerian]] 00:25, 23 July 2008 (UTC)		:::Ack...this is what I get for missing too many staff meetings. I've created the [[SDS]] page as the FA, but my wiki skillz fail me. It needs to be added to the main page to complete. I think I've cleaned up much of the archive stuff... --[[User:Spencerian\|Spencerian]] 00:25, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
	::::No problem. :) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [[bsp:\|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 00:55, 23 July 2008 (UTC)		::::No problem. :) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [[bsp:\|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 00:55, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
			::::Ok, I messed it up too :( The way I see it, the page is just put on [[Main Page/Featured Article]]. But it's still not showing up on the main page. -- [[User:Serenity\|Serenity]] 11:18, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

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	::Shouldn't be that difficult, using the <nowiki>{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}</nowiki> magic word in the template call, the page would automatically update. We'd just need to write all the articles the page would call before hand. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [[bsp:\|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 17:47, 22 July 2008 (UTC)		::Shouldn't be that difficult, using the <nowiki>{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}</nowiki> magic word in the template call, the page would automatically update. We'd just need to write all the articles the page would call before hand. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [[bsp:\|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 17:47, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
	:::Ack...this is what I get for missing too many staff meetings. I've created the [[SDS]] page as the FA, but my wiki skillz fail me. It needs to be added to the main page to complete. I think I've cleaned up much of the archive stuff... --[[User:Spencerian\|Spencerian]] 00:25, 23 July 2008 (UTC)		:::Ack...this is what I get for missing too many staff meetings. I've created the [[SDS]] page as the FA, but my wiki skillz fail me. It needs to be added to the main page to complete. I think I've cleaned up much of the archive stuff... --[[User:Spencerian\|Spencerian]] 00:25, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
			::::No problem. :) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [[bsp:\|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 00:55, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

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	:Sounds good. The only issue then would just be remembering to swap out it out each month. Maybe if we could have a system generated email or other notification to remind us. A lot of time I just flat forget that it's the beginning of the month. --[[User:Steelviper\|Steelviper]] 17:40, 22 July 2008 (UTC)		:Sounds good. The only issue then would just be remembering to swap out it out each month. Maybe if we could have a system generated email or other notification to remind us. A lot of time I just flat forget that it's the beginning of the month. --[[User:Steelviper\|Steelviper]] 17:40, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
	::Shouldn't be that difficult, using the <nowiki>{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}</nowiki> magic word in the template call, the page would automatically update. We'd just need to write all the articles the page would call before hand. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [[bsp:\|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 17:47, 22 July 2008 (UTC)		::Shouldn't be that difficult, using the <nowiki>{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}</nowiki> magic word in the template call, the page would automatically update. We'd just need to write all the articles the page would call before hand. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [[bsp:\|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 17:47, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
			:::Ack...this is what I get for missing too many staff meetings. I've created the [[SDS]] page as the FA, but my wiki skillz fail me. It needs to be added to the main page to complete. I think I've cleaned up much of the archive stuff... --[[User:Spencerian\|Spencerian]] 00:25, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

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	Clearly, Shane's plan isn't working all that well. So, I'm thinking of the following: A small group of people nominate 12 or more articles. We go through those, pick which ones are FA worthy. Then we create a list of 12 per year, and we assign each article to a particular month. When that month comes along, we simply swap it out. Thoughts? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [[bsp:\|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 15:53, 22 July 2008 (UTC)		Clearly, Shane's plan isn't working all that well. So, I'm thinking of the following: A small group of people nominate 12 or more articles. We go through those, pick which ones are FA worthy. Then we create a list of 12 per year, and we assign each article to a particular month. When that month comes along, we simply swap it out. Thoughts? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [[bsp:\|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 15:53, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
	:Sounds good. The only issue then would just be remembering to swap out it out each month. Maybe if we could have a system generated email or other notification to remind us. A lot of time I just flat forget that it's the beginning of the month. --[[User:Steelviper\|Steelviper]] 17:40, 22 July 2008 (UTC)		:Sounds good. The only issue then would just be remembering to swap out it out each month. Maybe if we could have a system generated email or other notification to remind us. A lot of time I just flat forget that it's the beginning of the month. --[[User:Steelviper\|Steelviper]] 17:40, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
	::Shouldn't be that difficult, using the <nowiki>{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}</nowiki> the page would automatically update. We'd just need to write all the articles the page would call before hand. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [[bsp:\|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 17:47, 22 July 2008 (UTC)		::Shouldn't be that difficult, using the <nowiki>{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}</nowiki> magic word in the template call, the page would automatically update. We'd just need to write all the articles the page would call before hand. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [[bsp:\|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 17:47, 22 July 2008 (UTC)