Randomisation?
Perhaps randomise the past featured articles so that we can have some variety in the Main Page? — subtank 07:56, 1 May 2011 (EDT)
- I'm not sure how we could do that but I'll look into it when I get time. - File:Major.png Nìcmávr (Tálk) 14:28, 9 May 2011 (EDT)
Change?
Should we change the featured article now. There has been an article nominated.--Spartacus Talk • Contribs
Addition to nomination requirements
I feel there should be a time limit on how long an article nomination should last (one week, two weeks, etc.?). It would certainly move things along a lot faster. Any thoughts on this?--Spartacus Talk • Contribs 00:54, 21 October 2013 (EDT)
- Sure, but only as long as someone on the staff makes sure it is known to every user on the wiki. --Xamikaze330 [Transmission|Commencing] 02:14, 21 October 2013 (EDT)Xamikaze330
The limit used to be a month, but judging from the page history, one-two weeks appears to be the amount of time it takes for a nomination to be featured, though partially because those get nominated at the end of the month. As articles are featured based on quality, I see no problem with having more than one featured article each month, as it would mean more articles are at their fullest potential. Plus, we don't have that many featured articles anyway. Tuckerscreator(stalk) 03:17, 21 October 2013 (EDT)
- So, along the lines of "A nomination will only be open for two weeks. If a consensus has not been reached, the nomination will be closed. Following this closure, the nominated article can only be submitted after four weeks after the date of the previous nomination"? I added that last sentence to avoid clogging, just in case. — subtank 14:25, 22 October 2013 (EDT)
- Sounds reasonable, I'll add a bit to the requirements.--Spartacus Talk • Contribs 12:55, 2 November 2013 (EDT)
I'd like to propose a change to the time limit. Currently the pattern is that an article gets nominated, another one gets nominated sometime later, it gets a few votes the following day, and then it basically sits for two weeks waiting for the nomination period to end. The winning articles need time to be featured and not be immediately replaced, but the nominated articles that are quickly agreed upon should get better than gathering dust for weeks. So I suggest this change to the rules: after an article is featured, there's a one week waiting period before another article can be nominated. Then that nomination gets one week before approval, unless there is no consensus in which case it gets a second week before closing. This way, new FAs still get at least two weeks to shine, but the nomination moves faster. Does that sound better, or should we stick by the current rules? Tuckerscreator(stalk) 18:26, 10 August 2015 (EDT)
Featured article nomination template
Should we create a template that tells users when an article is nominated? If an article is nominated to be a featured article, we place the template at the top of the "nominee's" page that alerts users that the article is being nominated and provides them a link to vote. A template like that would inform users when an article is nominated in case they don't look at the "Recent changes" page or regularly check the featured article page. - NightHammer (talk) 15:03, 22 November 2014 (EST)
- I've made a rough draft of a possible template here on my Sandbox. Any thoughts? - NightHammer (talk) 11:33, 23 November 2014 (EST)
