SmashWiki:Featured content/Archive 1
Marth[edit]
Character description is one of the best I've seen, being near-perfect in length and detail, and describes Marth's Smash Bros appearances very well. Nyargleblargle (Talk · Contribs) 18:10, 29 September 2015 (EDT)
- Bump after Wave 4 DLC. Nyargleblargle (Talk · Contribs) 08:36, 2 October 2015 (EDT)
- Support: Honestly, he's easily one of my favorite characters that was added in Melee. Aidan, Master of Speed and Aura 08:44, 2 October 2015 (EDT)
Another bump. Nyargleblargle (Talk · Contribs) 11:59, 14 October 2015 (EDT)
Oppose: The page is in full protection due to edit warring.Serpent∞King (talk) 12:54, 14 October 2015 (EDT)- Edit wars are not relevant to FAs IMHO. INoMed (Talk • Contribs) 16:14, 16 October 2015 (EDT)
- I think the point is that having the first wiki article new visitors see unable to be edited by them sends the wrong message. Nyargleblargle (Talk · Contribs) 16:15, 16 October 2015 (EDT)
- Agreed; while Marth was one of two personal favorite additions to Melee to me, a protected article makes the point mute. Aidan, Master of Speed and Aura 16:17, 16 October 2015 (EDT)
- I think the point is that having the first wiki article new visitors see unable to be edited by them sends the wrong message. Nyargleblargle (Talk · Contribs) 16:15, 16 October 2015 (EDT)
- Edit wars are not relevant to FAs IMHO. INoMed (Talk • Contribs) 16:14, 16 October 2015 (EDT)
Result: Passed. Serpent King 16:35, 26 January 2016 (EST)
Ness[edit]
Look at this. Just look at this. It explains everything about him without going into too much detail, and it has a decent amount of info and trivia.Qwerty the lord 19:43, 19 May 2014 (EDT)
- Per Qwerty. As long as it isn't "knockback" anymore, I'm fine with it. --Meester Tweester (talk) 19:36, 21 April 2015 (EDT)
- Not flawlessly written, but pretty good. I don't know how it compares to other featured articles, so I'll remain neutral for now. Nyargleblargle (Talk) 19:42, 21 April 2015 (EDT)
Result: Failed by expiry. Serpent King 16:39, 26 January 2016 (EST)
Fireball[edit]
Describes the functions of both Mario and Luigi's fireballs and the origin of the move extremely well. Nyargleblargle (Talk · Contribs) 16:04, 16 October 2015 (EDT)
- Bump. Nyargleblargle (Talk · Contribs) 13:14, 20 October 2015 (EDT)
- support Serpent∞King (talk) 17:02, 26 October 2015 (EDT)
- Support Organized. Penro ...that's all. 15:58, 28 February 2016 (EST)
- support Serpent∞King (talk) 17:02, 26 October 2015 (EDT)
Weak support May honestly be the best special move article along with Blaster and Reflector. However, I don't really think its all that too special. Dots (talk) The Greninja 19:13, 2 March 2016 (EST)
- Support. It's undoubtedly the most well-known special move to newbies. RickTommy 22:46, 2 March 2016 (EST)
- Support. Has a lot of info. -- Ethan(Discussion) 23:21, 2 March 2016 (EST)
Support seeing as it's one of the best special move articles. BaconMasterLuck o' the Irish. 19:57, 3 March 2016 (EST)
- Support I agree, lots of special move articles are either a mess or partially incomplete. This one is nice and notable. RobSir zx 07:45, 4 March 2016 (EST)
Strong Support. I've been a Mario fan, and Fireball should fit the featured article section nicely.(Accidentally misplaced, remind me not to do that again) Pika, Poyo poyo poyo 18:10, 4 March 2016 (EST)
Weak support. This article is fine, and I don't think it's all that great, but I'd rather have this featured than all the rest. MuteSpittah (talk) 18:37, 6 March 2016 (EST)
neutral Poultry(talk) the Pumpkin Pie 14:18, 7 March 2016 (EST)
Strong Support! This is used by Mario & Luigi and I couldn't agree more! Dragonfirebreath25 (talk) 22:58, 7 March 2016 (EST)
Strong Support! There's nothing better, Mario and Luigi has the best special move, the Fireball! TabuuandMasterCore (talk) 12:19, 8 March 2016 (EST)
Support A solid discussion point in general for Smash, very relatable for a wide audience of video game players. 15DollarsWentSouth 19:51, 8 March 2016 (EST)
Strong Support!! Probably the most well known special move, and it's good! I hope this becomes featured. The reasons above are also my reason. It's viability of being featured is the same as SSBB Meta Knight! Swagman, the Green Swordsman 09:48, 11 March 2016 (EST)
Support A strong article, and a well known special move. All the reasons above as well. Paper Boatz (talk) 08:50, 14 March 2016 (EDT)
Neutral There's nothing wrong with the page; it's pretty good actually, but I'm not sure if it's FA-worthy. --Andymii (talk) 20:28, 17 March 2016 (EDT)
Result: Passed. Serpent King 23:10, 1 April 2016 (EDT)
Jigglypuff[edit]
its an oddball player that only this guy respects, come on, give it a chance! btw i support Nintendofan1653 (talk) EZMONEY!! 17:07, 26 January 2016 (EST)
- I think FAs are supposed to be how good the article is, not what the article is about. -- Ethan(Discussion) 13:46, 27 January 2016 (EST)
Not bad for a quite notable character appearing across all four Smash games but there's still a lot more work to be developed for Jigglypuff's character articles. Dots (talk) The Greninja 19:13, 2 March 2016 (EST)
- Support. As much as I dislike Jiggly, it's a good feature for April Fools' Day. RickTommy 22:30, 2 March 2016 (EST)
- Weak oppose. Could have more written about it. -- Ethan(Discussion) 23:21, 2 March 2016 (EST)
- Weak oppose for the same reasons as Ethan. BaconMasterLuck o' the Irish. 19:57, 3 March 2016 (EST)
- Oppose. Kinda weak article. Not very meaty either. Some of the writing isn't very good. MuteSpittah (talk) 23:01, 7 March 2016 (EST)
- Support. i'm all for jigglypuff being featured. its similar to kirby in the sense that its a round pink thing, but i think more people would recognize it if the article was featured. besides, jigglypuff is mega popular
- Weak oppose for the same reasons as Ethan. BaconMasterLuck o' the Irish. 19:57, 3 March 2016 (EST)
Result: Failed by lack of support. Serpent King 23:10, 1 April 2016 (EDT)
Alternate costume (SSB4)[edit]
I believe this is worthy of featured article considering how many characters there are in the game with each one having at least 8 alternate costumes (400+ costumes) with almost each one coming from (or likely referencing) costumes from their respective universes, while being able to accurately inform in great detail where those swaps originate from and filtering out information that is too speculative or just plain false. Also, Brawl's was featured. Unknown the Hedgehog 14:22, 27 January 2016 (EST)
- Weak oppose. Too much debate surrounding it, and tbh if someone actually looked into it I bet you 50% of the costumes listed there are really huge stretches. ---Preceding unsigned comment added by you. Or maybe DatNuttyKid. 22:47, 27 January 2016 (EST)
- Yes, I also have some...concerns with this page. Given that I have went through it...multiple times...to clean out the undesirable descriptions only to find more the next week, I have to oppose. Serpent King 22:50, 27 January 2016 (EST)
- I would say 50% is a huge exaggeration considering it has been gone through multiple times by multiple people since it was made and, from what I could see, I haven't seen a one time removal of mass false information. Which indicates to me that this article has been well kept up on the info being added. Yes, the occasional false info sometimes comes, but nothing major that hasn't been fixed somewhat quickly. Unknown the Hedgehog 23:04, 27 January 2016 (EST)
- Well, yes, I did exaggerate (and purposefully), but I still think that too much of the page is really just garbage comparisons to be a featured article. ---Preceding unsigned comment added by you. Or maybe DatNuttyKid. 14:38, 3 February 2016 (EST)
- What about the main alternate costume page? Aidan, the Wandering Space Warrior 14:43, 3 February 2016 (EST)
- Ehhhh, it's less messy but not as informative. It basically serves as navigation and basic descriptions that if you don't understand already you have a problem. ---Preceding unsigned comment added by you. Or maybe DatNuttyKid. 14:53, 3 February 2016 (EST)
- oppose it has a cleanup tag on it Poultry(talk) the fluffy 16:18, 5 February 2016 (EST)
- Yeah,oppose. Just because it's big doesn't mean it's good. Penro ...that's all. 19:44, 12 February 2016 (EST)
- oppose it has a cleanup tag on it Poultry(talk) the fluffy 16:18, 5 February 2016 (EST)
- Ehhhh, it's less messy but not as informative. It basically serves as navigation and basic descriptions that if you don't understand already you have a problem. ---Preceding unsigned comment added by you. Or maybe DatNuttyKid. 14:53, 3 February 2016 (EST)
- What about the main alternate costume page? Aidan, the Wandering Space Warrior 14:43, 3 February 2016 (EST)
- Well, yes, I did exaggerate (and purposefully), but I still think that too much of the page is really just garbage comparisons to be a featured article. ---Preceding unsigned comment added by you. Or maybe DatNuttyKid. 14:38, 3 February 2016 (EST)
- Oppose. This page get changed too much. Each costume has a description, then it gets removed later without warning. ZeldaStarfoxfan2164 (talk) is made in America 09:27, 1 March 2016 (EST)
- Oppose. On very, very shaky ground in terms of what it does have. Nyargleblargle (Contribs) 18:35, 2 March 2016 (EST)
Oppose. Changes too much to be an outstanding article. -- Ethan(Discussion) 23:21, 2 March 2016 (EST)
Oppose. This page has come a long way, but it's simply unstable - content is constantly being changed, removed, added in, and there are soooo many stretches. MuteSpittah (talk) 18:53, 6 March 2016 (EST)
Oppose The page functions, but is definitely not FA-worthy. There's arguably not too much content; it's mostly a list. --Andymii (talk) 20:30, 17 March 2016 (EDT)
Result: Failed by lack of support. Serpent King 23:10, 1 April 2016 (EDT)
Announcer[edit]
The announcer plays an important part in Smash. From announcing characters to calling matches, I think that this should be good enough to be featured. Dragonfirebreath25 (talk) 16:32, 3 April 2016 (EDT)
- It's about the article, not the subject. This article is nothing special in my opinion. -- Ethan(Discussion) 17:18, 3 April 2016 (EDT)
- Hard oppose: The intro paragraph is far too short, meaning that to actually feature this, we'd have to included text from the other sections, making this a real mess of a feature article. Serpent King 17:23, 3 April 2016 (EDT)
I had this in mind for my potentially good articles list but it looks too underdeveloped. Dots (talk) The Justice 19:31, 3 April 2016 (EDT)
- Oppose, there isn't much to be said about the Announcers in the first place hence the lack of content and underdeveloped nature of the article. MuteSpittah (talk) 22:49, 3 April 2016 (EDT)
Result: Failed by ineligibility. Serpent King 00:00, 8 April 2016 (EDT)
Roy[edit]
Roy is arguably one of the most popular Smash characters (and was one of two most wanted veterans to return to Smash, alongside Mewtwo). Additionally, Marth and Roy both contributed to bringing Fire Emblem to the western audiences, making their inclusion in Melee a very smart decision on Sakurai's part. Honestly, as I think about it, I don't know anyone who DOESN'T know who Roy is. Even some of my non-Smash playing friends know who he is. Disaster Flare (talk) 16:51, 26 January 2016 (EST)
- I think FAs are supposed to be how good the article is, not what the article is about. -- Ethan(Discussion) 13:46, 27 January 2016 (EST)
- Well then in that case, this was pointless. :I Disaster Flare (talk) 13:47, 27 January 2016 (EST)
- If the article is as good as Marth's, than it should be a FA. How does this article stand out, how informative is it, etc. -- Ethan(Discussion) 13:51, 27 January 2016 (EST)
- Despite the fact that its reason for nomination isn't relevant for featured articleship, I do support this. Roy's page is very well written. ---Preceding unsigned comment added by you. Or maybe DatNuttyKid. 14:39, 3 February 2016 (EST)
- weak support Poultry(talk) the fluffy 17:02, 7 February 2016 (EST)
- Same as Poultry Somewhat of an odd an unknown character, but very long and useful, and gives a great impression on people looking to this wiki for info. Penro ...that's all. 15:58, 28 February 2016 (EST)
- Remember, it's about the article, not the subject. But I support. -- Ethan(Discussion) 16:37, 28 February 2016 (EST)
- Same as Poultry Somewhat of an odd an unknown character, but very long and useful, and gives a great impression on people looking to this wiki for info. Penro ...that's all. 15:58, 28 February 2016 (EST)
- weak support Poultry(talk) the fluffy 17:02, 7 February 2016 (EST)
- Despite the fact that its reason for nomination isn't relevant for featured articleship, I do support this. Roy's page is very well written. ---Preceding unsigned comment added by you. Or maybe DatNuttyKid. 14:39, 3 February 2016 (EST)
- If the article is as good as Marth's, than it should be a FA. How does this article stand out, how informative is it, etc. -- Ethan(Discussion) 13:51, 27 January 2016 (EST)
- Well then in that case, this was pointless. :I Disaster Flare (talk) 13:47, 27 January 2016 (EST)
Neutral leaning towards support. Not quite as good as Marth's; it goes into too much detail IMO, but still an excellent article. Nyargleblargle (Contribs) 18:35, 2 March 2016 (EST)
Neutral His popularity status and well developed character articles makes it a good article for FA but Ethan7 said it. Dots (talk) The Greninja 19:13, 2 March 2016 (EST)
- Support. Well, he is one of my Melee mains. RickTommy 22:46, 2 March 2016 (EST)
- Please read the reminder above. Penro ...that's all. 23:04, 3 March 2016 (EST)
Support; It's well written, and flows quite nicely. BaconMasterLuck o' the Irish. 19:57, 3 March 2016 (EST)
Weak oppose In all honesty, we just had Marth so perhaps we put this one on the back burner. We're not Sakurai, we don't love FE that much. RobSir zx 07:45, 4 March 2016 (EST)
- Oppose I can't help but feel like having Roy be a featured article out of all the FE characters would feel very biased to fans, because everyone has a different preference on what character comes to their mind when they think of Fire Emblem in general. 15DollarsWentSouth 15:48, 6 March 2016 (EST)
- In that case we shouldn't have any articles on any Fire Emblem characters. Weak support, it doesn't stand out, just like Fireball doesn't, but it's second-best in comparison to all other nominees. MuteSpittah (talk) 19:08, 6 March 2016 (EST)
- I was more so referring to the reasons given on why he should become a featured article. "I don't know anyone who DOESN'T know who Roy is" sounds heavily biased to me. 15DollarsWentSouth 14:17, 7 March 2016 (EST)
- Oh ok. Well it's more of an assumption than a biased statement. A biased statement is just a statement slanted by personal opinion. MuteSpittah (talk) 22:47, 7 March 2016 (EST)
- SupportI think Roy is a capable fighter for the feature article as he is truly an underrated veteran and smasher. It's also a very good article. cAKE(talk) 8:12 PM, 8 March 2016 (AEST)
- Roy isn't a smasher, he is a fighter. A smasher is someone who plays smash. -- Ethan(Discussion) 11:53, 8 March 2016 (EST)
- SupportI think Roy is a capable fighter for the feature article as he is truly an underrated veteran and smasher. It's also a very good article. cAKE(talk) 8:12 PM, 8 March 2016 (AEST)
- Oh ok. Well it's more of an assumption than a biased statement. A biased statement is just a statement slanted by personal opinion. MuteSpittah (talk) 22:47, 7 March 2016 (EST)
- I was more so referring to the reasons given on why he should become a featured article. "I don't know anyone who DOESN'T know who Roy is" sounds heavily biased to me. 15DollarsWentSouth 14:17, 7 March 2016 (EST)
- In that case we shouldn't have any articles on any Fire Emblem characters. Weak support, it doesn't stand out, just like Fireball doesn't, but it's second-best in comparison to all other nominees. MuteSpittah (talk) 19:08, 6 March 2016 (EST)
Support The page is very well written and thorough. It's good to give a relatively lesser-known character some more publicity. Not that it matters too much, but the page also looks very neat. --Andymii (talk) 20:22, 17 March 2016 (EDT)
Strong Support Roy is possibly the most popular character in Melee. His return in SSB4 was very hyped. Besides, I LOOOOOVE him. One of my favorite characters in SSBM and SSB4. Besides, I agree with Andymii. Swagman, the Green Swordsman 08:15, 29 March 2016 (EDT)
Strong Support One of the best Fire Emblem characters in Smash! Dragonfirebreath25 (talk) 16:32, 3 April 2016 (EDT)
Strong Support My own love for the character aside, this is a very well written page that would do a solid featured article. Ragnarok320, The Toa of Fire (talk) 19:30, 1 June 2016 (EST)
Strong Support Ever since his re-inclusion in SSB4, Roy's fan base has continued to grow Indefinatley. As one of the most popular characters from Melee, I think it's time our red haired Boy continues to hold the spotlight. Maineroadfan (talk) 10:14, 4 June 2016 (EDT)
- You are supposed to vote by the article's quality and not the subject. Anyways, welcome to SmashWiki. -- Ethan(Discussion) 10:42, 4 June 2016 (EDT)
Weak Support The article could be better. TabuuandMasterCore 00:33, 14 June 2016 (EDT)
Result: Passed. Serpent King 22:08, 30 June 2016 (EDT)
Satoru Iwata[edit]
Short, to the point, gives all necessary information without overdoing it. Also a nice sentiment of respect to the former Nintendo president. Serpent King 16:26, 7 February 2016 (EST)
- Support for reasons stated ScizorSteelix 16:36, 7 February 2016 (EST)
- on my business card, i am a CEO, in my brain, i am a game developer, but in my heart, i am a gamer (support)
Poultry(talk) the fluffy 16:58, 7 February 2016 (EST)
- Dat strong support tho. -- The 70's called. They said BeepYou was here :v (talk) 17:29, 7 February 2016 (EST)
- Weak support. It's an okay-written article, but given that it's arguably relevant to Smash (the only things Iwata has over Tatsumi Kimishima is that he was somewhat involved in the creation of Smash Bros. and was featured in the Mii Fighters' trailer), I don't know if it really should be on SmashWiki (not I'm going to suggest deletion, but) much less featured. ---Preceding unsigned comment added by cupid♥. Or maybe DatNuttyKid. 20:32, 7 February 2016 (EST)
- Obligatory Support Iwata definitely was a big part of Nintendo; which means he was directly a part of smash. Terrible puns aside, he did quite a bit of coding for 64 and Melee if I'm not mistaken. One problem I see here is that it might be too little, too late. Perhaps opening scabby emotional wounds of the past isn't such a good idea. RobSir zx 21:55, 7 February 2016 (EST)
- Extremely strong support Let's do it in memory of Iwata. Disaster Flare (talk) 22:46, 7 February 2016 (EST)
- I just wanna say that doing a FA doesn't have anything to do with the subject, so copying quotes he said (Poultry) or saying to do it in honor of him (The D) doesn't seem like a valid point. However, I Support per Serp King's former point. Penro ...that's all. 15:58, 28 February 2016 (EST)
- Extremely strong support Let's do it in memory of Iwata. Disaster Flare (talk) 22:46, 7 February 2016 (EST)
- Obligatory Support Iwata definitely was a big part of Nintendo; which means he was directly a part of smash. Terrible puns aside, he did quite a bit of coding for 64 and Melee if I'm not mistaken. One problem I see here is that it might be too little, too late. Perhaps opening scabby emotional wounds of the past isn't such a good idea. RobSir zx 21:55, 7 February 2016 (EST)
- Weak support. It's an okay-written article, but given that it's arguably relevant to Smash (the only things Iwata has over Tatsumi Kimishima is that he was somewhat involved in the creation of Smash Bros. and was featured in the Mii Fighters' trailer), I don't know if it really should be on SmashWiki (not I'm going to suggest deletion, but) much less featured. ---Preceding unsigned comment added by cupid♥. Or maybe DatNuttyKid. 20:32, 7 February 2016 (EST)
- Dat strong support tho. -- The 70's called. They said BeepYou was here :v (talk) 17:29, 7 February 2016 (EST)
Support per SK. Drill Blaster Mark 2 (talk) 08:27, 1 March 2016 (EST)
- Support echoing SK. Aidan, the Wandering Dragon Warrior 15:48, 1 March 2016 (EST)
- Absolute support per literally everyone. Ganonmew, The Evil Clone 17:28, 1 March 2016 (EST)
Leaning towards oppose; I deeply respect Iwata, but I have to admit the article itself is nothing particularly special. It's also a bit short to recommend as a FA, by my judgment. Miles (talk) 17:39, 1 March 2016 (EST)
- Do you want me to count this as neutral or oppose? Serpent King 18:18, 1 March 2016 (EST)
- Oppose. I respect Iwata a ton as well, but I think the ship has sailed for SW to have given a tribute to him. In addition, the article is pretty basic and short in length, and nothing really stands out to me that leads me to think that it should be a FA. MuteSpittah (talk) 18:58, 1 March 2016 (EST)
- I just want to point out: Since when has it been a bad thing for an article to be short? Serpent King 19:02, 1 March 2016 (EST)
- Nothing. It's just that, and I'm not sure how everyone else feels about this, but if there's going to be a featured article I'd expect it to me meaty. Not particularly long but not particularly short. Long enough to cover the topic, short enough to keep it interesting. There's not enough meat on the bones of the article for it to be something interesting enough to be something featured. That's just my sentiment though. I know it's not a requirement. MuteSpittah (talk) 19:11, 1 March 2016 (EST)
- Except the article does cover its topic, and its interesting in my opinion (of course I could be biased as a wrote the thing, but...) Serpent King 19:18, 1 March 2016 (EST)
- It could be better and more interesting. That's all I'm saying. I didn't mean what I said originally (I was trying to echo Miles), but what I really wanted to say is that, it could be better, have more details, and more interesting stuff. MuteSpittah (talk) 21:08, 1 March 2016 (EST)
- Really the only page on a person that's actually somewhat satisfactory is Sakurai's. Albeit, this is because he is the person most relevant to Smash, so obviously there's gonna have to be more written about him here, and people less relevant to Smash (Miyamoto, Itoi, Sugimori) are gonna have far less written about them and that's that. So Iwata's page can't be all that meaty in comparison to Sakurai's, but it could be far better given his roles in the original Smash game. If I were to use an analogy, I'd say that Sakurai's page is perfectly short skirt quality, while Iwata's page is like a speedo. It could cover more. MuteSpittah (talk) 21:17, 1 March 2016 (EST)
- It could be better and more interesting. That's all I'm saying. I didn't mean what I said originally (I was trying to echo Miles), but what I really wanted to say is that, it could be better, have more details, and more interesting stuff. MuteSpittah (talk) 21:08, 1 March 2016 (EST)
- Except the article does cover its topic, and its interesting in my opinion (of course I could be biased as a wrote the thing, but...) Serpent King 19:18, 1 March 2016 (EST)
- I support SK: it doesn't need to be long to be featured. -- BeepYou, a user with no grammar at all :v (talk) 19:24, 1 March 2016 (EST)
- Oppose. A good article, but it's frankly not on the level of a Featured Article IMO. Nyargleblargle (Contribs) 18:35, 2 March 2016 (EST)
- Oppose as well. I'm going to have to agree with Nyargleblargle and Miles on here. Developer articles are not really important to this wiki. Dots (talk) The Lax 18:58, 2 March 2016 (EST)
- Nothing. It's just that, and I'm not sure how everyone else feels about this, but if there's going to be a featured article I'd expect it to me meaty. Not particularly long but not particularly short. Long enough to cover the topic, short enough to keep it interesting. There's not enough meat on the bones of the article for it to be something interesting enough to be something featured. That's just my sentiment though. I know it's not a requirement. MuteSpittah (talk) 19:11, 1 March 2016 (EST)
- I just want to point out: Since when has it been a bad thing for an article to be short? Serpent King 19:02, 1 March 2016 (EST)
Change to oppose for the reasons given by Nyargle, Miles, and myself. ---Preceding unsigned comment added by you. Or maybe DatNuttyKid. 23:35, 2 March 2016 (EST)
Changing to oppose I said myself it might be too little, too late. RobSir zx 07:45, 4 March 2016 (EST)
Oppose With all due respect, other than its subject, this article isn't all that special. Luke • Talk::: 18:28, 6 March 2016 (EST)
Highest Support! If you are forgetting, he received a special thanks in the first two Smash games. He also was in the mii fighter trailer! And in some Nintendo directs. Swagman, the Green Swordsman 09:52, 11 March 2016 (EST)
- It's about the article, not the subject. I oppose, the article could probably have more information, like the special thanks you talked about. -- Ethan(Discussion) 13:15, 14 March 2016 (EDT)
Oppose As people have said, just because Iwata is an amazing person doesn't mean his page is. The page is pretty run-of-the-mill; there's nothing that makes is outstanding. It's pretty short as well, especially considering everything Iwata did. --Andymii (talk) 20:19, 17 March 2016 (EDT)
- I agree with Serpent King, a short article isn't bad. Besides, he WAS a major developer in every game. Swagman, the Green Swordsman 19:50, 18 March 2016 (EDT)
- It isn't a bad article, it just isn't outstanding. Him being a major developer has nothing to do with the article, but the subject. -- Ethan(Discussion) 19:57, 18 March 2016 (EDT)
Oppose Very good article, but it's not featured enough. Dragonfirebreath25 (talk) 07:19, 4 April 2016 (EDT)
Result: Failed by lack of support. Serpent King 22:08, 30 June 2016 (EDT)
Smasher:ZeRo[edit]
Besides being the best Smash 4 player, it actually is a very good article. It is neutral, has lots of information, and is very accurate. Poultry(talk) the Team Liquid 17:44, 3 April 2016 (EDT)
That deserves a support. This is a good article! Dragonfirebreath25 (talk) 17:49, 3 April 2016 (EDT)
- Weak oppose. The format is incredible and most of it is stellar. The big problem with it is that the history section is too long and harps on specific results. Nyargleblargle (Contribs) 17:58, 3 April 2016 (EDT)
Oppose If we were to do a smasher page as a featured article, sure along with Mew2King but its uncomfortable otherwise (though if we do, I wonder how would ZeRo react on Youtube to us). Dots (talk) The Doc 19:20, 3 April 2016 (EDT)
- Bump. Dots, we every single FA ever was casual, give the competitive scene a chance Poultry(talk) the Team Liquid 07:10, 22 April 2016 (EDT)
- Every featured article isn't related to causal play. Marth and Fireball, for example, could be related to causal and competitive play. And it's not like the competitive scene is in trouble and needs more publicity. -- Ethan(Discussion) 21:29, 22 April 2016 (EDT)
Oppose: seriously not a fan of featuring smasher articles. We are basically picking favorites while we should be staying unbiased. And don't give me the whole "it's the page, not the smasher" BS. If ZeRo wasn't number one, there is no way this would have been suggested. Serpent King 20:25, 26 June 2016 (EDT)
- You could make the same argument for almost anything in a category (characters, modes, games, companies, etc.) Nyargleblargle (Contribs) 12:46, 29 June 2016 (EDT)
Result: Failed by lack of support. Serpent King 22:08, 30 June 2016 (EDT)
Mario (SSB4)[edit]
A good article. Nice wording, good images, and perfectly well done for me! Dragonfirebreath25 (talk) 21:01, 3 April 2016 (EDT)
- Hope you don't mind me doing this. I am changing the title to display the "(SSB4)" so people can know which page you are talking about if they don't click it. -- Ethan(Discussion) 14:54, 14 April 2016 (EDT)
Result: Failed by lack of support. Serpent King 22:08, 30 June 2016 (EDT)
Target Blast[edit]
One of the stadium games in Smash 4. It has a good entry! Dragonfirebreath25 (talk) 10:12, 10 April 2016 (EDT)
- Oppose, nothing special, only decently written. MuteSpittah (talk) 12:53, 10 April 2016 (EDT)
- Oppose It has a similar issue that the Announcer article had, that there's not a whole lot going on for the intro of the article and things will have to be pulled from other sections in order for it to work. Not only that, but I also have to parrot MuteSpittah here. Disaster Flare (talk) 18:42, 12 April 2016 (EDT)
Strong Oppose Not notable, and very short. TabuuandMasterCore 01:24, 14 June 2016 (EDT)
- Weak support The minigame is a good mode that they added in SSB4, though I miss target smash. Kirby's Crazy Appetite ~ 23:18, 14 June 2016 (EDT)
- Again, we do not feature articles based on their subject, but on how well the article itself is written. Nyargleblargle (Contribs) 14:32, 17 June 2016 (EDT)
- OOPS. Kirby's Crazy Appetite ~ 14:39, 17 June 2016 (EDT)
- Again, we do not feature articles based on their subject, but on how well the article itself is written. Nyargleblargle (Contribs) 14:32, 17 June 2016 (EDT)
Result: Failed by lack of support. Serpent King 22:08, 30 June 2016 (EDT)
Distant Planet[edit]
Some minor wording issues, but hits the sweetspot in terms of detail, uses images well, and is almost entirely well-written. Nyargleblargle (Contribs) 17:36, 2 July 2016 (EDT)
- It has already been featured, though. -Menshay (talk) 18:08, 2 July 2016 (EDT)
Oppose I will love to have it again but, I like it when it was here once. Dragonfirebreath25 (talk) 00:11, 3 July 2016 (EDT)
- Oppose per others. BaconMaster 13:30, 7 July 2016 (EDT)
- Oppose. Yeah, why feature this again? We have an FA archive too. Dots (talk) The Blue 21:54, 8 July 2016 (EDT)
Result: Failed by ineligibility. Serpent King 01:19, 26 July 2016 (EDT)
Final Smash[edit]
This is a very good article and it covers the attacks from SSBB and SSB4. Dragonfirebreath25 (talk) 19:18, 25 July 2016 (EDT)
- Oppose. Already featured, and we even have an feature article archive too. Dots (talk) The Planet 21:09, 25 July 2016 (EDT)
- Oppose on the grounds that it's already been featured once before. Disaster Flare (talk) 21:20, 25 July 2016 (EDT)
- LOL. Oppose and remove early since it's already featured. -- Ethan(Discussion) 01:04, 26 July 2016 (EDT)
Result: Failed by ineligibility. Serpent King 01:19, 26 July 2016 (EDT)
Fox (SSBM)[edit]
He is notorious for his waveshine combos. He is also one of the fastest characters in the series. He is also EXTREMELY popular competitively. Swagman, the Green Swordsman 08:42, 2 April 2016 (EDT)
- Look, we do not make pages featured articles because of the thing they are about (the subject, which in this case, is Melee Fox), we make them on the quality of the article (how clean it is, how much info it has, etc.). This article is rather good in my opinion after looking at all the information it has in the introduction, "Attributes" and "In competitive play". It could have more in "Changes from Smash 64 to Melee", though. -- Ethan(Discussion) 11:41, 2 April 2016 (EDT)
- Support 20XX featured article Poultry(talk) the Team Liquid 12:34, 2 April 2016 (EDT)
- Support. Covers everything it needs to in a surprisingly concise manner. Nyargleblargle (Contribs) 17:58, 3 April 2016 (EDT)
- Super Strong Support Very nice article and good details. Dragonfirebreath25 (talk) 18:15, 3 April 2016 (EDT)
- Support. Covers everything it needs to in a surprisingly concise manner. Nyargleblargle (Contribs) 17:58, 3 April 2016 (EDT)
Considering how Fox is Competitive Melee's mascot, this won't be a bad idea although maybe push Fox as a whole. It isn't just Melee that he's beloved, he's a favorite among all smashers and although in my opinion he kinda gets more annoying within sequels (seriously Fox's voice in Smash 4), you have to admit that he's an awesome character to use in any Smash game. Dots (talk) The Justice 19:31, 3 April 2016 (EDT)
Some wording issues here and there but overall good article, would support this or Fox in general. MuteSpittah (talk) 22:52, 3 April 2016 (EDT)
- Support This is the kind of article that needs featured at some point, especially since it only changes every 3 months. To outsiders, this may well define competitive smash. It is well written, gets to the point, and is fairly unbiased, which can't be said about most Brawl character pages. (There are straight up opinions in those articles someone should clean it up lol). RobSir zx 23:49, 7 April 2016 (EDT)
Support This is a very good article indeed! Good enough for me! Dragonfirebreath25 (talk) 07:40, 1 July 2016 (EDT)- Support well-written and well detailed, not to mention the subject matter. BaconMaster 16:27, 1 July 2016 (EDT)
Support, covers possibly the most iconic character in Melee to great detail, would definitely make sense to have him on the front page. Xamad (talk) 23:14, 6 July 2016 (EDT)
- Strong Support well written. —Preceding unsigned comment added by TabuuandMasterCore (talk • contribs) 18:02, 8 July 2016
Weak Oppose. Could have more in "Changes from Smash 64 to Melee" to better explain how he moved from 4th to 1st on current tier lists. Also, having too many character pages as featured articles is supposedly a reason for why this is not worthy to be a featured article. -- Ethan(Discussion) 15:45, 8 July 2016 (EDT)
Support. For the reasons I said above. It may not be the best character article to feature however. Dots (talk) The Blue 21:54, 8 July 2016 (EDT)
Support. It has a lot of features needed for a Melee character page. Also wanted to see the reaction from Melee Hell if they ever saw Fox being featured. ZeldaStarfoxfan2164 (talk) is a never lover boy 01:12, 9 July 2016 (EDT)
Support. Article is well written, packed with information, and there's no shortage of images. Sir Glazington (talk) 22:50, 1 September 2016 (EDT)
Support. It is a very well done article, talking about the most dominant character in Melee and possibly most broken character next to Brawl Meta Knight. So yeah. Pika, Poyo poyo poyo 15:13, 11 September 2016 (EDT)
Support. Other than being the best character in the Melee community and it's tier list, this article seems like it doesn't need anymore images, edits, changes, etc. This article is very well written. The amazing owen (Talk) (Contribs) 20:52, 11 September 2016 (EDT)
Support. Competitive expertise is solid compared to some of the other Melee characters' pages, and all of its sections are well-written. -- Yellow of the Grove 20:55, 11 September 2016 (EDT)
Strongly Oppose. Do we really need to inflate the hot headed Melee players more than they already are? Hell "Fox Only, No Items, Final Destination" Is a meme that people use to mock the smash bros competitive scene and I really don't think the wiki should be advertising it by putting Fox's Melee profile as a featured article.
Ixbran (talk) 22:47, 22 September 2016 (EDT)
Support --My only gripe with it is its moderate amount of red links, but it doesn't detract much from the quality of the article. It's well written and feels very "complete". --HavocReaper48 20:11, 26 September 2016 (EDT)
Result: Passed. Serpent King 22:38, 29 September 2016 (EDT)
Downloadable content[edit]
Aside from being kinda lengthy and list-y, this article is well structured and has nice visuals\images. Covers important info well while being as concise as possible. Since the DLC days are finally over it might be nice to reflect by the time a new FA is needed. It certainly isn't one of the most interesting out there but I think it can warrant a feature. RobSir zx 17:55, 1 July 2016 (EDT)
- Weak oppose. As you said, most of this is lists, and I'd prefer to feature articles with more prose. Nyargleblargle (Contribs) 17:36, 2 July 2016 (EDT)
- Weak Oppose per NB. BaconMaster 13:30, 7 July 2016 (EDT)
- Oppose. I don't really see this as an proper article for feature article. Dots (talk) The Blue 21:54, 8 July 2016 (EDT)
- Oppose Per all. Dragonfirebreath25 (talk) 10:02, 10 July 2016 (EDT)
- Oppose Per Dots. TabuuandMasterCore 14:09, 26 July 2016 (EDT)
Result: Failed by lack of support. Serpent King 22:38, 29 September 2016 (EDT)
Mario[edit]
The star of the Mario franchise and mascot of Nintendo! It is a very good article so, let's-a go! Dragonfirebreath25 (talk) 09:35, 27 July 2016 (EDT)
- Oppose. Goes into unnecessary levels of detail. Nyargleblargle (Contribs) 22:18, 30 July 2016 (EDT)
- Oppose. Being the "#1" guy is not a good reason to have this as a featured article. Dots (talk) The Zerg Rush 19:18, 13 August 2016 (EDT)
Result: Failed by lack of support. Serpent King 22:38, 29 September 2016 (EDT)
Pyrosphere[edit]
Well-written, concise without missing too much detail, and has plenty of images. Nyargleblargle (Contribs) 22:18, 30 July 2016 (EDT)
- Support. Sure. Dots (talk) The Zerg Rush 19:18, 13 August 2016 (EDT)
- Oppose: There's no section that explains why it isn't legal or viable for tournaments. The reasons are obvious, sure, but that's only for people with knowledge on the subject; especially for newcomers, the section should be there. Reversinator (talk) 12:49, 3 September 2016 (EDT)
- Oppose: I will oppose on this one. Dragonfirebreath25 (talk) 11:14, 27 September 2016 (EDT)
Result: Failed by lack of support. Serpent King 22:38, 29 September 2016 (EDT)
Super Smash Bros. 4[edit]
well written, no cleanup in any of the sections. TabuuandMasterCore 17:24, 8 July 2016 (EDT)
- Weak Support Very well-known to the community at large, which is important.
However, I do feel this may seem biased towards the game, as I don't believe any of the other games have been featured.Penro 17:48, 8 July 2016 (EDT)
Ignore that last part, ALL of the other games have been featured. It's now Smash 4's turn. Penro 17:51, 8 July 2016 (EDT)
- Super Smashing Support A well-written page with new modes, new characters, and new stages. This is going to be featured and that's... GAME! Dragonfirebreath25 (talk) 10:00, 10 July 2016 (EDT)
- Support I can definitely get behind this Serpent King 12:14, 31 July 2016 (EDT)
- Support. Oh yes. Dots (talk) The Zerg Rush 19:18, 13 August 2016 (EDT)
- Support. I don't see what makes it any less worth than the other pages. -- Ethan(Discussion) 17:17, 26 August 2016 (EDT)
Weak oppose. Overall, it's an excellent article, but a few sections are overly lengthy IMO. The gameplay changes should probably be summarized and/or made into bullet points, for example. Nyargleblargle (Contribs) 19:28, 30 August 2016 (EDT)
- Oppose. We should probably wait until we know that no more gameplay balances are to be made so we don't end up having to edit a featured article. Destructodon (talk) 14:19, 16 October 2016 (EDT)
- I think at this point, we can be pretty sure that they are done, but I could be wrong. Even still, I don't really see how this is a good reason to not feature it... editing a featured article is not really a big deal. Serpent King 14:28, 16 October 2016 (EDT)
- So are you discounting my oppose because you disagree with it, which is unfair, or does the initial suggestion count as a support? And the reason that i believe my reason is good is that if we have to edit it, it isn't complete, which is one of the criteria.
Support This wiki made lots of dedication to pages about Smash Bros. games. I felt that the Smash 4 page followed the templates for the other games into being well written. ZeldaStarfoxfan2164 (talk) is a never lover boy 20:05, 23 October 2016 (EDT)
- Support Aidan, the Jolly Dragon Warrior 21:28, 20 December 2016
Support Daiki (talk) 08:23, 21 December 2016 (EST)
- Support for having great coverage all around. A51 Trooper 05:36, 26 December 2016 (EST)
- Support It's the best article to represent the wiki and it's the most interesting for both casual and competitive players. Anto99 (talk) 05:24, 30 December 2016 (EST)
Result: Passed. Disaster Flare (talk) 19:20, 1 January 2017 (EST)
Palutena's Guidance[edit]
A fun and detailed page on one of the elements of Smash that really makes it unique. ---Preceding unsigned comment added by you. Or maybe DatNuttyKid. 13:24, 27 January 2016 (EST)
- Support: I don't see why not. Serpent King 22:45, 27 January 2016 (EST)
- weak oppose its a great article, just that it is to minor to be a FA in my opinion Poultry(talk) the fluffy 17:01, 7 February 2016 (EST)
- But like, it's not about the topic of the article? First of all, Palutena's Guidance isn't really minor. Secondly, even if it was, if it's a "great article" it deserves to be featured whether or not it's a major one. ---Preceding unsigned comment added by cupid♥. Or maybe DatNuttyKid. 20:29, 7 February 2016 (EST)
- I would like to hear a response to this, given that it's currently hindering this page's chances of being featured for a reason I believe is false. ---Preceding unsigned comment added by cupid♥. Or maybe DatNuttyKid. 20:54, 13 February 2016 (EST)
- Yes, the major flaw of going by vote count alone...I agree with DNK, though. If you are going to oppose an FA, you should at least have a semi-valid reason for doing so. Serpent King 21:07, 13 February 2016 (EST)
- sorry for this late response but i think that if codec wasnt featured, why should PG be (codec for the win!) plus codec is much more detailed about all the metal gear references Poultry(talk) the Pumpkin Pie 16:49, 28 February 2016 (EST)
- That's... not a better reason. Besides, PG doesn't have nearly as many references as the codec does, so it can't be more detailed. It has all of the relevant information listed. Besides, you can re-nominate Codec if you want. But judging this one based on the fact that an article you liked wasn't seems unfair. ---Preceding unsigned comment added by you. Or maybe DatNuttyKid. 13:04, 1 March 2016 (EST)
- sorry for this late response but i think that if codec wasnt featured, why should PG be (codec for the win!) plus codec is much more detailed about all the metal gear references Poultry(talk) the Pumpkin Pie 16:49, 28 February 2016 (EST)
- But like, it's not about the topic of the article? First of all, Palutena's Guidance isn't really minor. Secondly, even if it was, if it's a "great article" it deserves to be featured whether or not it's a major one. ---Preceding unsigned comment added by cupid♥. Or maybe DatNuttyKid. 20:29, 7 February 2016 (EST)
- Support. I love her Guidance. -- The 70's called. They said BeepYou was here :v (talk) 17:30, 7 February 2016 (EST)
- Weak oppose. Not quite enough prose SmashWiki editors actually wrote. Nyargleblargle (Contribs) 18:35, 2 March 2016 (EST)
- Weak support Honestly pretty interesting subject but somewhat minor. Dots (talk) The Greninja 19:13, 2 March 2016 (EST)
- weak oppose its a great article, just that it is to minor to be a FA in my opinion Poultry(talk) the fluffy 17:01, 7 February 2016 (EST)
- Weak oppose. Doesn't have much written other than quotes. Codec Conversations has more notes even though Brawl has less characters. -- Ethan(Discussion) 23:21, 2 March 2016 (EST)
- Oppose. While it's accurate, complete, and has good style, the majority of it isn't "written" by us, as it is mostly direct quotes from the game. MuteSpittah (talk) 18:53, 6 March 2016 (EST)
- Support: Palutena's Guidance is my favorite Smash Taunt, and my overall favorite taunt. (Luigi's down taunt is a close second.) Green Machine (talk) 11:30, 16 March 2016 (EDT)Green Machine
- Support The taunt is nice in this game so, I will agree! Dragonfirebreath25 (talk) 18:40, 12 April 2016 (EDT)
- Support Because why not? Also, it's a neat article in my opinion and very detailed as well. So yeah. Pika, Poyo poyo poyo 12:32, 12 June 2016 (EDT)
- Weak oppose I have to agree that it's really just a list of quotes ripped directly from SSB4. Not that it's not an interesting article all the same. BaconMaster 16:27, 1 July 2016 (EDT)
- Oppose I don't believe this is actually a good example of SmashWiki's excellence, which is what we are looking for in a featured article, due to the lack of prose. Plus, most of the Support votes aren't really about the article, but the Guidenece itself, which really isn't the point. Penro 13:34, 8 July 2016 (EDT)
- Oppose: The article only occasionally elaborates on some of the detalis brought up in conversations (the Koopalings mystery, Link and Pit being released on the same year, etc.) and not others (the "ninjas that just eats very slowly" comment with Greninja, Falco being the leader of a galactic gang, "DO A BARREL ROLL!" with Fox, etc.). This is especially important since the article links to the characters' playstyle in SSB4 and not the "main" articles that actually have their backstory. Beyond that, some of the existing writing is a bit clunky in places; it's noticeable with the notes for Meta Knight, Samus, Shulk, WFTrainer, Yoshi, and especially Wario, though it wouldn't take much to clean it up. The lack of images doesn't help it much, either. Reversinator (talk) 12:22, 3 September 2016 (EDT)
Strongly Support. Probably one of the most interesting aspects of SSB4, I know nothing of KI but I still love hearing what they have to say regarding the different characters. It gives an in-universe look at how some nintendo characters see each other. Also viridi's comment about "Spending years studying Ganon Canon" made me laugh my butt off. One of the best features in this game.
Ixbran (talk) 22:51, 22 September 2016 (EDT)
Oppose: It's more of a transcription than article. --HavocReaper48 20:11, 26 September 2016 (EDT)
Oppose, A similar yet lesser page than Snake's Codec which has yet to be featuredDestructodon (talk) 19:03, 23 October 2016 (EDT)
Result: Failed by lack of support. Disaster Flare (talk) 19:20, 1 January 2017 (EST)
Wombo Combo[edit]
One of the most famous moments in the history of Smash. Destructodon (talk) 14:14, 16 October 2016 (EDT)
- I take it you didn't read the "things to consider" section. We shouldn't only suggest things based on relevance, we also need to look at the quality and completeness of the article. Disaster Flare (talk) 14:33, 16 October 2016 (EDT)
Well I'll have you know i did read that and i believe the article is a complete, quality article. Destructodon (talk) 15:54, 16 October 2016 (EDT)
- Oppose. I was okay with Fox (SSBM) being featured considering that he is the face of Competitive Melee with an well in-depth article explaining his tournament popularity and success in Melee, and that I agree that competitive articles in general need to be featured more often. However, we do not need to go as far as memes from competitive play regardless of how (in)famous they are. Plus, like Disaster Flare said, an article is featured for quality and completeness.
- (On a personal note, I personally think that while the Wombo Combo is still a classic moment among the Smash community, the meme is honestly getting really old, not helped by the fact that the annoying MLG videos abuse them.) Dots (talk) The Bullet 00:42, 24 October 2016 (EDT)
- Oppose: after thinking about it, I seriously do not think that this article is feature material. The article is 10 mostly short sections that talk very little about the combo itself (not the fault of the writer, there really is little to talk about), then the rest of the article is about its legacy, which is really not the best formatting method. Serpent King 00:53, 24 October 2016 (EDT)
- Comme ci, comme ça It is famous, but the article doesn't really have much in it. Aidan, the Jolly Dragon Warrior 21:28, 20 December 2016 (EST)
- Oppose: after thinking about it, I seriously do not think that this article is feature material. The article is 10 mostly short sections that talk very little about the combo itself (not the fault of the writer, there really is little to talk about), then the rest of the article is about its legacy, which is really not the best formatting method. Serpent King 00:53, 24 October 2016 (EDT)
Result: Failed by lack of support. Disaster Flare (talk) 19:20, 1 January 2017 (EST)