Editing SmashWiki talk:Featured content

==Page Name==
Why is this page not named "Featured Articles"? [[User:Zixor|Zixor]] ([[User talk:Zixor|talk]]) 03:12, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
:Many wikis also have featured images/media.  We might as well, so I wouldn't mess with it. [[User:Miles.oppenheimer|<font color="forestgreen"><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">'''Miles''']] <font color="lime">([[User talk:Miles.oppenheimer|<font color="lime">talk]])</font></font></span></font> 03:19, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

==Propositions==
For the suggestions/proposed FC, must we write it out, or can we simply say something such as [[Final Destination (SSBB)]]?'''[[User:Smorekingxg456|<span style="color:#5F9EA0">Smoreking</span>]]<small><sup>[[User Talk:Smorekingxg456#Top|<span style="color:#00FF00">(T)</span>]]</sup></small><small><sub> [[Special:Contributions/Smorekingxg456|(c)]]</sub></small>''' 16:34, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
:Give a detailed explanation for '''''why''''' you think the page is worthy of becoming an FA.  Don't give the snippet for Main Page usage. [[User:Miles.oppenheimer|<font color="forestgreen"><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">'''Miles''']] <font color="lime">([[User talk:Miles.oppenheimer|<font color="lime">talk]])</font></font></span></font> 16:38, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

== Questioning Snake (SSBB) page ==

If Snake's page is considered a featured article, why is there a comment on the page that clean-up of the trivia page is required? Thought featured articles would be clear of any requests like that. --[[User:Aximill|Aximill]] ([[User talk:Aximill|talk]]) 13:46, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
:It was added after the page was featured.  And other than the trivia section, the page is very high-quality. [[User:Miles.oppenheimer|<font color="forestgreen"><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">'''Miles''']] <font color="lime">([[User talk:Miles.oppenheimer|<font color="lime">talk]])</font></font></span></font> 19:32, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
::Oh I agree it is high standard for the remainder portion. Just that on wikipedia itself articles with the star don't have any of those comment boxes.--[[User:Aximill|Aximill]] ([[User talk:Aximill|talk]]) 19:37, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

== Clean Up ==
This page is a mess. Someone really needs to clean it up and make it look better. Maybe start actual votes on articles and set it up to look nice with a section per article. For example:
<pre>
== [[Article Name]] ==
Explain why nominated.

=== Support ===
#Why I support it.

=== Neutral ===
#Why I think it may or may not be featured.

=== Oppose ===
#Why I oppose it.
</pre>
that will look much better than the current standard it is. [[User:Solar Dragon|<font color="red">Solar</font> <font color="blue">Dragon</font>]] ([[User talk:Solar Dragon|<font color="gold">Talk</font>]]) 20:14, September 30, 2009 (UTC)
<br />Also, maybe use the month names as well to split it up even more. e.g. Nominations for October. [[User:Solar Dragon|<font color="red">Solar</font> <font color="blue">Dragon</font>]] ([[User talk:Solar Dragon|<font color="gold">Talk</font>]]) 20:16, September 30, 2009 (UTC)
:i have put an example up on the page if anyone wants to see how effective it is. [[User:Solar Dragon|<font color="red">Solar</font> <font color="blue">Dragon</font>]] ([[User talk:Solar Dragon|<font color="gold">Talk</font>]]) 20:22, September 30, 2009 (UTC)
::I tried to fix this system before, and to no avail.  :/  BTW, Lucario (SSBB) looks pretty good. [[User:Miles.oppenheimer|<font color="dodgerblue"><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">'''Miles''']] <font color="khaki">([[User talk:Miles.oppenheimer|<font color="khaki">talk]])</font></font></span></font> 20:54, September 30, 2009 (UTC)
:::Maybe if we were to make this a forum instead, it will be found more easily. Any more nominations should be changed to that format as well. [[User:Solar Dragon|<font color="red">Solar</font> <font color="blue">Dragon</font>]] ([[User talk:Solar Dragon|<font color="gold">Talk</font>]]) 05:13, October 1, 2009 (UTC)

==Suggestions==
Should there be written standards for featured article? Right now, I don't see any sort of base that we can work on. All we have is "accuracy, completeness, and style", which really needs to be defined. Right now, I don't know what makes an article "accurate" and "complete". Also, what is "style"? It is very vague and I wish these terms are more precise.

Also, would it be a good idea to create an option to remove a previously featured article from the list? Standards can change, so a previously featured article might later be seen as a bad article due to increased standards over time. [[File:GreenMarioBrawlHead.png|15px]][[User:Green Mario|<span style="font-family:Papyrus; color:#32CD32">
Green</span>]] [[User talk:Green Mario|<span style="font-family:Papyrus;color:#FFA500">Mario</span>]] 20:17, 30 October 2012 (EDT)
:Some of the featured articles are indeed bad and shouldn't have been featured in the first place (i.e. [[Ganondorf (SSBB)]]). However, they were featured nonetheless, and we shouldn't be rewriting our history.

:As for standards, we can't really write those. What constitutes a featured article is completely subjective, and is up to us on a case by case basis to determine if an article is something we should feature. <span style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; font-size:12pt">[[User:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Omega</span>]] [[User talk:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Tyrant</span>]]</span> [[Image: TyranitarMS.png ]] 08:04, 31 October 2012 (EDT)

== [[Name Entry glitch]] or [[Master Hand glitch]] ==

I'm going to make one of these featured articles, which should be given the nod? <span style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; font-size:12pt">[[User:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Omega</span>]] [[User talk:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Tyrant</span>]]</span> [[Image: TyranitarMS.png ]] 17:21, 17 July 2013 (EDT)
: I think you should go with the latter page because I think it's very detailed, especially the "What works" section and it's more detailed than the [[Name Entry glitch|Name Entry Page]] ----- [[User:Conanshinichi|Conan]][[User talk:Conanshinichi|shinichi]]  17:34, 17 July 2013 (EDT)
::Obvious bias here, but I say the latter as well. <span style="font-family:Triforce, sans-serif;">'''[[User:Dr. Pain 99|<font color=#008000>D<font color=#008019>o<font color=#008031>c<font color=#008049>t<font color=#008062>o<font color=#008080>rP</font>a</font>i</font>n</font>9</font>9</font>]]'''</span> 17:38, 17 July 2013 (EDT)
:::The latter I guess. Explains what it is, how to do it, an explanation of why it happens, Master Hand's moves and what commands are used to perform them, what it does in certain modes, and even some more notes. [[User:Scr7|<font style="color:#0000FF">S</font><font style="color:#7F7FFF">c</font><font style="color:#00FFFF">r</font>]][[User talk:Scr7|<font style="color:#FF7F00">7</font>]][[File:Wolfsig.png|19px|link=Special:Contributions/Scr7]] 13:11, 18 July 2013 (EDT)

== Featured articles on competitive play ==

We can also propose having competitive play articles and smasher pages such as {{Sm|Mew2King}} too right? [[User:Dots|<font color="red">'''D'''</font><font color="green">'''o'''</font><font color="blue">'''t'''</font><font color="purple">'''s'''</font>]] ([[User talk:Dots|talk]]) [[File:MewtwoMS.png]] The Disc 21:25, 19 December 2013 (EST)
:Any mainspace article can potentially be featured, as long as it's pretty much complete and is of adequate quality. Smasher articles though I'm iffy about. <span style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; font-size:12pt">[[User:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Omega</span>]] [[User talk:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Tyrant</span>]]</span> [[Image: TyranitarMS.png ]] 03:58, 31 December 2013 (EST)

== Revamp ==

I honestly believe that we need to find another, more consistent method of selecting a featured article. We've had three unique ones since the start of last year, and I really feel that we should change the featured article on a more frequent and consistent basis (monthly? bimonthly?). I think that it might be a good idea to create a more formal discussion system. [[User: Nyargleblargle|<span style="color: blue">'''Nyargle'''</span><span style="color: orange">'''blargle'''</span>]] Let's go Mets! ([[User talk:Nyargleblargle|Talk]]<span style="font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;·</span> [[Special:Contributions/Nyargleblargle|Contribs]]) 16:28, 26 October 2015 (EDT)
:Bump, and I totally agree. This is way too underused and, compared to other wikis, it isn't as good at "featuring" articles, which is the goal.
:I've always liked the way MarioWiki does it - have an RfA-like system for requesting featured article status, and then weekly (or monthly or whatever) feature a different article with this status. Worst case scenario, some articles get featured more than once a year, but if we start by claiming all of the previously featured articles as "featurable", then start nominating, it could keep us full for awhile.
:Then you could also vote to remove articles from the featured article rotation if they fall into disrepair.
:What does everyone else think about this system? <small>---Preceding unsigned comment added by [[Special:MyPage|<font color="red">SANTY</font> <font color="green">CLAWS</font>]]! Or maybe [[User:DatNuttyKid|DatNuttyKid]].</small>  20:51, 24 December 2015 (EST)
::That's the system I had in mind. [[File:Nyargleblargle.png|16px]][[User: Nyargleblargle|<span style="color:#090">'''Nyargle</span>]][[User talk:Nyargleblargle|<span style="color: #f00;">'''blargle'''</span>]] ([[Special:Contributions/Nyargleblargle|Contribs]]) 22:14, 24 December 2015 (EST)

Bumping this. Does anyone want to draft up how it would work? <small>---Preceding unsigned comment added by [[Special:MyPage|you]]. Or maybe [[User:DatNuttyKid|DatNuttyKid]].</small>  23:41, 24 January 2016 (EST)

== Soo.... ==

Who's getting tired of ''amiibo''? <span style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva; font-size:12pt">[[User:Serpent King|<span style="color:#083">'''Serpent'''</span>]] [[File:SKSig.png|16px|link=]] [[User talk:Serpent King|<span style="color:#ed0;">'''King'''</span></span>]] 23:01, 1 January 2016 (EST)

Hah, let's do [[Dragon King]] instead. [[User:Smashedpotatoes|<span style="color:maroon;text-shadow:1px 1px 3px orange">'''Smashedpotatoes'''</span>]]  [[User Talk:Smashedpotatoes|<span style="color:cerulean;text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px cyan">'''(Talk)'''</span>]] 23:03, 1 January 2016 (EST)
:...that may not be the best idea, considering the page has been suggested for deletion, then for merge twice. All failed, but still. <span style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva; font-size:12pt">[[User:Serpent King|<span style="color:#083">'''Serpent'''</span>]] [[File:SKSig.png|16px|link=]] [[User talk:Serpent King|<span style="color:#ed0;">'''King'''</span></span>]] 23:06, 1 January 2016 (EST)
::I mean it'd give it good exposure, I presume many Smash fans do not know about it. We could archive the talk page hehehe [[User:Smashedpotatoes|<span style="color:maroon;text-shadow:1px 1px 3px orange">'''Smashedpotatoes'''</span>]]  [[User Talk:Smashedpotatoes|<span style="color:cerulean;text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px cyan">'''(Talk)'''</span>]] 23:13, 1 January 2016 (EST)

Now that Marth isn't protected, would it be fine to make it a featured article? [[File:Nyargleblargle.png|16px]][[User: Nyargleblargle|<span style="color:LawnGreen">'''Nyargle</span>]][[User talk:Nyargleblargle|<span style="color: orange;">'''blargle'''</span>]] ([[Special:Contributions/Nyargleblargle|Contribs]]) 10:20, 23 January 2016 (EST)

:I see no reason not to. [[User:BaconMaster331|<span style="color: Crimson;">'''BaconMaster331'''</span>]] [[User talk:BaconMaster331|''<span style="color: Maroon;"><small>talk</small></span>'']] 11:20, 23 January 2016 (EST)

== Why is "amiibo" still in "Proposed Featured Articles"? ==

It's been a featured article for a long time. So why is it still considered a candidate when it's already resolved? -- [[User:Ethan7|<span style="color:#000f55;font-family:Cursive;font-style:italic">Ethan</span>]][[file:Ethan7sig.png|20px|User:Ethan7]]<small>''([[User talk:Ethan7|<span style="color:Blue">Discussion</span>]])''</small> 22:51, 24 January 2016 (EST)

So now that what I mentioned above is fixed, is there an archive for the old discussions? -- [[User:Ethan7|<span style="color:#000f55;font-family:Cursive;font-style:italic">Ethan</span>]][[file:Ethan7sig.png|20px|User:Ethan7]]<small>''([[User talk:Ethan7|<span style="color:Blue">Discussion</span>]])''</small> 23:44, 24 January 2016 (EST)
:Just wondering that. If not, there should be. <span style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva; font-size:12pt">[[User:Serpent King|<span style="color:#083">'''Serpent'''</span>]] [[File:SKSig.png|16px|link=]] [[User talk:Serpent King|<span style="color:#ed0;">'''King'''</span></span>]] 23:52, 24 January 2016 (EST)
::[[SmashWiki:Featured content/Full|Here]]. [[User:Disaster Flare|<span style="color:Green; text-shadow: 0px 0px 3px green">'''Disaster'''</span> <span style="color:Blue;text-shadow:0px 0px 3px blue">'''Flare'''</span>]] [[File:Disaster Flare signature image.png|20px]] ''[[User talk:Disaster Flare|<span style="color:SkyBlue;text-shadow:0px 0px 3px skyblue">(talk)</span>]]'' 23:55, 24 January 2016 (EST)
:::Nonono, the ''discussions'' not the FAs themselves. <span style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva; font-size:12pt">[[User:Serpent King|<span style="color:#083">'''Serpent'''</span>]] [[File:SKSig.png|16px|link=]] [[User talk:Serpent King|<span style="color:#ed0;">'''King'''</span></span>]] 00:21, 25 January 2016 (EST)

== New FA system ==
Ok so this system we can agree on is most ineffective, so here is my proposition:
*FAs will be chosen quarterly: on the first of January, April, July, and October.
*FAs will be chosen based on vote count alone.
:*The article with the highest vote total (supports being +1, opposes being -1, neutral to support/oppose being half votes) will be chosen.
:*In the event of a tie, an admin picks which article gets used.
*Suggestions expire a year after they are given, should they not be chosen.
*There may be no more than 10 suggestions at any one time.
*All suggestions will be archived when they pass or fail.

Discuss. <span style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva; font-size:12pt">[[User:Serpent King|<span style="color:#083">'''Serpent'''</span>]] [[File:SKSig.png|16px|link=]] [[User talk:Serpent King|<span style="color:#ed0;">'''King'''</span></span>]] 00:37, 25 January 2016 (EST)
===Support===
#'''Support''' I will agree the old version is flawed, and it makes it difficult to figure out a vote that way. This is neat and orderly, so it's much easier to see what everyone's opinions are, and we already use this version for most proposals as it is. [[User:Disaster Flare|<span style="color:Green; text-shadow: 0px 0px 3px green">'''Disaster'''</span> <span style="color:Blue;text-shadow:0px 0px 3px blue">'''Flare'''</span>]] [[File:Disaster Flare signature image.png|20px]] ''[[User talk:Disaster Flare|<span style="color:SkyBlue;text-shadow:0px 0px 3px skyblue">(talk)</span>]]'' 00:50, 25 January 2016 (EST)
#'''Support''', per "Trip". [[User:Ganonmew|<span style="color: green;">'''Ganonmew'''</span>]], [[User talk:Ganonmew|<span style="color:green;">'''The Evil Clone'''</span>]] 08:24, 25 January 2016 (EST)
#'''Support''' Sounds good to me. As long as we change the article every couple months, it'll be better than what we do now. [[User:ScizorSteelix|<span style="color:red">Scizor</span>]][[User_talk:ScizorSteelix|<span style="color:gray">Steelix</span>]] 08:45, 25 January 2016 (EST)
#'''Support''' I think something like every two months would be better, but this is leaps and bounds better than the current system. [[File:Nyargleblargle.png|16px]][[User: Nyargleblargle|<span style="color:LawnGreen">'''Nyargle</span>]][[User talk:Nyargleblargle|<span style="color: orange;">'''blargle'''</span>]] ([[Special:Contributions/Nyargleblargle|Contribs]]) 10:08, 25 January 2016 (EST)
#'''Support'''. I don't see any problem with this at all. [[File:TepigSprite.png]][[User:Tepig|Tepig]] ([[User talk:Tepig|talk]]) 14:02, 25 January 2016 (EST)
#'''Support''' amiibo was on there WAYYY to long [[User:Nintendofan1653|<font color="red">'''Nintendofan1653'''</font>]] ''([[User talk:Nintendofan1653#top|<font color="blue">talk</font>]])'' EZMONEY!! 15:01, 25 January 2016 (EST)
#'''Support''' seems better than how it is now. And FA won't be the same for a long time. -- [[User:Ethan7|<span style="color:#000f55;font-family:Cursive;font-style:italic">Ethan</span>]][[file:Ethan7sig.png|20px|User:Ethan7]]<small>''([[User talk:Ethan7|<span style="color:Blue">Discussion</span>]])''</small> 16:26, 25 January 2016 (EST)
#'''Support''', if not only for all the above listed reasons. --[[User:BaconMaster331|<span style="color: Crimson;">'''BaconMaster331'''</span>]] [[User talk:BaconMaster331|''<span style="color: Maroon;"><small>talk</small></span>'']] 16:27, 25 January 2016 (EST)
#'''Support''' Good deal. [[User:Dots|<font color="red">'''D'''</font><font color="green">'''o'''</font><font color="blue">'''t'''</font><font color="purple">'''s'''</font>]] ([[User talk:Dots|talk]]) [[File:Mega Man X SNES sprite.png|19px]] The Achiever 18:03, 25 January 2016 (EST)
#'''Support''' Not what I was thinking but definitely works. <small>---Preceding unsigned comment added by [[Special:MyPage|you]]. Or maybe [[User:DatNuttyKid|DatNuttyKid]].</small>  13:45, 26 January 2016 (EST)

===Oppose===

===Neutral===

===Comments===
*What if the're constantly 10 candidates so no one can add new candidates? Or have to wait a year just to purpose a new candidate? -- [[User:Ethan7|<span style="color:#000f55;font-family:Cursive;font-style:italic">Ethan</span>]][[file:Ethan7sig.png|20px|User:Ethan7]]<small>''([[User talk:Ethan7|<span style="color:Blue">Discussion</span>]])''</small> 15:55, 25 January 2016 (EST)
::I highly doubt that there will ever be 10 candidates. If there are though, one would have to expire, or you'd have to wait for the next FA to go up. <span style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva; font-size:12pt">[[User:Serpent King|<span style="color:#083">'''Serpent'''</span>]] [[File:SKSig.png|16px|link=]] [[User talk:Serpent King|<span style="color:#ed0;">'''King'''</span></span>]] 16:19, 25 January 2016 (EST)
:::Okay. People could troll and make tons of FAs, but that isn't a problem now so hopefully it shouldn't be a problem. -- [[User:Ethan7|<span style="color:#000f55;font-family:Cursive;font-style:italic">Ethan</span>]][[file:Ethan7sig.png|20px|User:Ethan7]]<small>''([[User talk:Ethan7|<span style="color:Blue">Discussion</span>]])''</small> 16:24, 25 January 2016 (EST)
::::In order to avoid that, we could have a rule that says only one FA per user. [[User:Disaster Flare|<span style="color:Green; text-shadow: 0px 0px 3px green">'''Disaster'''</span> <span style="color:Blue;text-shadow:0px 0px 3px blue">'''Flare'''</span>]] [[File:Disaster Flare signature image.png|20px]] ''[[User talk:Disaster Flare|<span style="color:SkyBlue;text-shadow:0px 0px 3px skyblue">(talk)</span>]]'' 16:26, 25 January 2016 (EST)
:::::What, like...ever? Or per FA period? <span style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva; font-size:12pt">[[User:Serpent King|<span style="color:#083">'''Serpent'''</span>]] [[File:SKSig.png|16px|link=]] [[User talk:Serpent King|<span style="color:#ed0;">'''King'''</span></span>]] 16:30, 25 January 2016 (EST)
::::::Per FA period, like you cannot make another until the one you previously requested is no longer on the list of proposed FAs. [[User:Disaster Flare|<span style="color:Green; text-shadow: 0px 0px 3px green">'''Disaster'''</span> <span style="color:Blue;text-shadow:0px 0px 3px blue">'''Flare'''</span>]] [[File:Disaster Flare signature image.png|20px]] ''[[User talk:Disaster Flare|<span style="color:SkyBlue;text-shadow:0px 0px 3px skyblue">(talk)</span>]]'' 16:32, 25 January 2016 (EST)
:::::::Idk, I don't want to put too many restrictions on suggestions yet, for fear that we may run into the problem of having ''no'' suggestions when it comes time to pick an FA. <span style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva; font-size:12pt">[[User:Serpent King|<span style="color:#083">'''Serpent'''</span>]] [[File:SKSig.png|16px|link=]] [[User talk:Serpent King|<span style="color:#ed0;">'''King'''</span></span>]] 16:34, 25 January 2016 (EST)
::::::::I don't think it should be a problem. If it is we can decide what to do. -- [[User:Ethan7|<span style="color:#000f55;font-family:Cursive;font-style:italic">Ethan</span>]][[file:Ethan7sig.png|20px|User:Ethan7]]<small>''([[User talk:Ethan7|<span style="color:Blue">Discussion</span>]])''</small> 16:39, 25 January 2016 (EST)

So I was thinking, maybe suggestions should only expire after a year if they have a negative vote count? Otherwise, we may be throwing out good suggestions. (I mean 4 per year isn't a ton of movement, a good one could easily miss its opportunity) <span style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva; font-size:12pt">[[User:Serpent King|<span style="color:#083">'''Serpent'''</span>]] [[File:SKSig.png|16px|link=]] [[User talk:Serpent King|<span style="color:#ed0;">'''King'''</span></span>]] 22:55, 27 January 2016 (EST)
:Hmm, yeah, that seems like a good idea. But then even more candidates may rack up. Also, one year seems a little too "long term" in my opinion. -- [[User:Ethan7|<span style="color:#000f55;font-family:Cursive;font-style:italic">Ethan</span>]][[file:Ethan7sig.png|20px|link=User:Ethan7]]<small>''([[User talk:Ethan7|<span style="color:Blue">Discussion</span>]])''</small> 23:48, 27 January 2016 (EST)

== Remove candidates with a score of X. ==

I say we should remove any candidates with a score of X or under after each ''quarter''. I don't see any need to keep candidates that nobody really thinks are good right now. What about positive candidates? -- [[User:Ethan7|<span style="color:#000f55;font-family:Cursive;font-style:italic">Ethan</span>]][[file:Ethan7sig.png|20px|link=User:Ethan7]]<small>''([[User talk:Ethan7|<span style="color:Blue">Discussion</span>]])''</small> 15:00, 27 February 2016 (EST)
:I agree. Maybe make it anything less than 0. <span style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva; font-size:12pt">[[User:Serpent King|<span style="color:#083; text-shadow:0px 0px 3px #0b7">'''Serpent'''</span>]] [[File:SKSig.png|16px|link=]] [[User talk:Serpent King|<span style="color:#ed0; text-shadow:0px 0px 3px #fd0">'''King'''</span></span>]] 15:04, 27 February 2016 (EST)
::Sure, anyone who post it automatically counts as +1, so it would take 2 votes disqualify it. -- [[User:Ethan7|<span style="color:#000f55;font-family:Cursive;font-style:italic">Ethan</span>]][[file:Ethan7sig.png|20px|link=User:Ethan7]]<small>''([[User talk:Ethan7|<span style="color:Blue">Discussion</span>]])''</small> 15:06, 27 February 2016 (EST)

== April 1st... wait a second... ==

The new featured article goes up April 1sy. Wait, no it won't. Because it will be pushed off until April 2nd due to shenanigans. Can't fool me! Anyway, I was wondering if the select by date should be moved to the day following, or perhaps not. Hey, it would be a joke in and of itself now that I think about it. [[User: RobSir_zx|<span style="color:orange">Rob</span><span style="color:blue">'''Sir '''</span>]] [[File:RobSir-sig.jpg|16px|link=http://www.ssbwiki.com/images/8/8d/G%26WTheme.ogg]] [[Special:Contributions/RobSir zx|<span style="color:red">zx</span>]] 08:10, 1 March 2016 (EST)
:<nowiki>:x</nowiki> <span style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva; font-size:12pt">[[User:Serpent King|<span style="color:#083; text-shadow:0px 0px 3px #0b7">'''Serpent'''</span>]] [[File:SKSig.png|16px|link=]] [[User talk:Serpent King|<span style="color:#ed0; text-shadow:0px 0px 3px #fd0">'''King'''</span></span>]] 08:17, 1 March 2016 (EST)

== Suggestion ==

I feel like we should close additional suggestions starting one month before the selection date, then they would open back up as soon as the selection was made. That way we can focus the votes on the current candidates. <small>---Preceding unsigned comment added by [[Special:MyPage|you]]. Or maybe [[User:DatNuttyKid|DatNuttyKid]].</small>  13:06, 1 March 2016 (EST)
:Yeah, I could get behind that. Others could still vote on current ones, though, right? <span style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva; font-size:12pt">[[User:Serpent King|<span style="color:#083; text-shadow:0px 0px 3px #0b7">'''Serpent'''</span>]] [[File:SKSig.png|16px|link=]] [[User talk:Serpent King|<span style="color:#ed0; text-shadow:0px 0px 3px #fd0">'''King'''</span></span>]] 13:15, 1 March 2016 (EST)
::Right. But that would be all they could do. Like the Smash Arena suggestions are right now. <small>---Preceding unsigned comment added by [[Special:MyPage|you]]. Or maybe [[User:DatNuttyKid|DatNuttyKid]].</small>  18:08, 1 March 2016 (EST)
:::Yeah that could work. Let me finish up these cheers and I'll give this some more attention. <span style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva; font-size:12pt">[[User:Serpent King|<span style="color:#083; text-shadow:0px 0px 3px #0b7">'''Serpent'''</span>]] [[File:SKSig.png|16px|link=]] [[User talk:Serpent King|<span style="color:#ed0; text-shadow:0px 0px 3px #fd0">'''King'''</span></span>]] 18:24, 1 March 2016 (EST)

== Don't remove year old candidates ==

Before, [[User:Serpent King]] said we should remove candidates only if they have a negative score. Now that we changed it to remove any candidates with a score below 0 after each cycle, we could remove the part where they get removed a year after regardless of their score. We may lose some good candidates if we have more than 4 good choices at once. -- [[User:Ethan7|<span style="color:#000f55;font-family:Cursive;font-style:italic">Ethan</span>]][[file:Ethan7sig.png|20px|link=User:Ethan7]]<small>''([[User talk:Ethan7|<span style="color:Blue">Discussion</span>]])''</small> 14:39, 7 April 2016 (EDT)

== A "good article" system? ==

So wikipedia does this thing where they mark articles with a green icon that have a strong chance of being feature worthy. I understand this is both smaller than and not wikipedia, but we could have a similar system. For example, Roy gets featured in june, the Fox article could get marked for being about a subject of such notoriety. It was also be a good way of indicating when an article is pretty much complete and would need no major edits in the future. [[User: RobSir_zx|<span style="color:orange">Rob</span><span style="color:blue">'''Sir '''</span>]] [[File:RobSir-sig.jpg|16px|link=http://www.ssbwiki.com/images/8/8d/G%26WTheme.ogg]] [[Special:Contributions/RobSir zx|<span style="color:red">zx</span>]] 00:03, 8 April 2016 (EDT)
:Personally, I think the system we have going now works out well. <span style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva; font-size:12pt">[[User:Serpent King|<span style="color:#083; text-shadow:0px 0px 3px #0b7">'''Serpent'''</span>]] [[File:SKSig.png|16px|link=]] [[User talk:Serpent King|<span style="color:#ed0; text-shadow:0px 0px 3px #fd0">'''King'''</span></span>]] 00:06, 8 April 2016 (EDT)
:Someone talked about my suggestion outside of the main FA page!  Too cool![[File:SwagmanSig1.png|20px]] [[User:Swagman|<span style="color: Green;">'''Swagman'''</span>]], [[User talk:Swagman|<span style="color: Dark blue;">'''the Green Swordsman'''</span>]] [[File:SwagmanSig2.png|20px]] 00:43, 8 April 2016 (EDT)

== An idea ==

Since there's featured articles can we start doing featured images? [[File:AlbumArt-Dixie.png|20px]]  [[User:TabuuandMasterCore|TabuuandMasterCore]] 15:04, 8 July 2016 (EDT)

== Soft protect the current featured article? ==

So after the Roy vandalism that occurred yesterday, I started doing some research on the other featured articles in the past. As I expected, most, if not all of them were larger hot spots for vandalism around the time they were featured. What I'm proposing is that from now on, every featured article in the future gets soft protected so that way only autoconfirmed users can edit it, and once it comes time to make the switch, the protection gets lifted on the previous one and is put on the new one, hopefully combatting most of the vandalism that featured articles do see. Thoughts? [[User:Disaster Flare|<span style="color:Green; text-shadow: 0px 0px 3px green">'''Disaster'''</span> <span style="color:Blue;text-shadow:0px 0px 3px blue">'''Flare'''</span>]] [[File:Disaster Flare signature image.png|20px]] ''[[User talk:Disaster Flare|<span style="color:SkyBlue;text-shadow:0px 0px 3px skyblue">(talk)</span>]]'' 13:13, 27 July 2016 (EDT)

:I support this. Featured articles are smack on the main page, making them quite possibly the most easily accessible page on the wiki, which can also leave them to be the most vulnerable to potential malicious acts. [[User:Aliks-Odev|Aliks-Odev]] ([[User talk:Aliks-Odev|talk]]) 14:04, 27 July 2016 (EDT)
:Seems reasonable to me. Many wikis do this. [[User:Miles of SmashWiki|<font color="dodgerblue"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">'''Miles''']] <font color="silver">([[User talk:Miles of SmashWiki|<font color="silver">talk]])</font></font></span></font> 14:31, 27 July 2016 (EDT)
::Bump. [[User:Disaster Flare|<span style="color:Green; text-shadow: 0px 0px 3px green">'''Disaster'''</span> <span style="color:Blue;text-shadow:0px 0px 3px blue">'''Flare'''</span>]] [[File:Disaster Flare signature image.png|20px]] ''[[User talk:Disaster Flare|<span style="color:SkyBlue;text-shadow:0px 0px 3px skyblue">(talk)</span>]]'' 20:16, 27 July 2016 (EDT)
:::Eh why not? fine with me. <span style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva;font-size:12pt">'''[[User:Serpent King|<span style="color:#083;text-shadow:0px 0px 3px #0b7">Serpent</span>]] [[File:SKSig.png|16px|link=]] [[User talk:Serpent King|<span style="color:#ed0;text-shadow:0px 0px 3px #fd0">King</span>]]'''</span> 20:21, 27 July 2016 (EDT)
:::Isn't this kind of early to bump? Anyways, I'm '''neutral'''. -- [[User:Ethan7|<span style="color:#000f55;font-family:Cursive;font-style:italic">Ethan</span>]][[file:Ethan7sig.png|20px|link=User:Ethan7]]<small>''([[User talk:Ethan7|<span style="color:Blue">Discussion</span>]])''</small> 22:27, 27 July 2016 (EDT)

== Move ==

'''Support'''. Easier to locate the article when it matches up with the official name. [[File:Nyargleblargle.png|16px]][[User: Nyargleblargle|<span style="color:LawnGreen">'''Nyargle</span>]][[User talk:Nyargleblargle|<span style="color: orange;">'''blargle'''</span>]] ([[Special:Contributions/Nyargleblargle|Contribs]]) 20:40, 13 November 2016 (EST)
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 '''Support'''. Easier to locate the article when it matches up with the official name. [[File:Nyargleblargle.png|16px]][[User: Nyargleblargle|<span style="color:LawnGreen">'''Nyargle</span>]][[User talk:Nyargleblargle|<span style="color: orange;">'''blargle'''</span>]] ([[Special:Contributions/Nyargleblargle|Contribs]]) 20:40, 13 November 2016 (EST)
-As the tagger, I personally think this makes the most sense. If we ever do decide to do featured images and such, we can deal with it then. <span style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva;font-size:12pt">'''[[User:Serpent King|<span style="color:#083;text-shadow:0px 0px 3px #0b7">Serpent</span>]] [[File:SKSig.png|16px|link=]] [[User talk:Serpent King|<span style="color:#ed0;text-shadow:0px 0px 3px #fd0">King</span>]]'''</span> 01:14, 14 November 2016 (EST)
-'''Support''' until/unless we ever do featured images. <b>[[User:john3637881|<span style="color: black;">John</span>]]</b> [[File:John3637881 Signature.png|20px]] <b>[[User talk:John3637881|<span style="color: red;">PK SMAAAASH!!</span>]]</b> 09:30, 14 November 2016 (EST)
-'''Don't bother'''; the suggested move target could easily just be a redirect and the open-endedness of this title saves us a hassle later if we want to add types of featured content. It's not like there's anything wrong with the current title. [[User:Miles of SmashWiki|<font color="dodgerblue"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">'''Miles''']] <font color="silver">([[User talk:Miles of SmashWiki|<font color="silver">talk]])</font></font></span></font> 10:03, 14 November 2016 (EST)
-:By that logic we could move [[Mario]] to Jumpman and have it redirect. <span style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva;font-size:12pt">'''[[User:Serpent King|<span style="color:#083;text-shadow:0px 0px 3px #0b7">Serpent</span>]] [[File:SKSig.png|16px|link=]] [[User talk:Serpent King|<span style="color:#ed0;text-shadow:0px 0px 3px #fd0">King</span>]]'''</span> 11:31, 14 November 2016 (EST)
-::...That really does not make any sense at all. Mario is unambiguously the character's name in near-100% of contexts except for the original Donkey Kong, in which his name was retconned. This is talking about something completely different in type: the labeling of an overarching category that right now only has one part of it that's being used. What's the issue with the current title? It's not misleading in the slightest, just more general than is immediately necessary, in a way that's completely harmless. [[User:Miles of SmashWiki|<font color="dodgerblue"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">'''Miles''']] <font color="silver">([[User talk:Miles of SmashWiki|<font color="silver">talk]])</font></font></span></font> 11:52, 14 November 2016 (EST)
-'''Oppose''' per Miles. -[[User:Menshay|Menshay]] ([[User talk:Menshay|talk]]) 13:35, 14 November 2016 (EST)
-'''Support'''. You know. This took a while for someone to notice that the title is not exact. [[User:Dots|<font color="red">'''D'''</font><font color="green">'''o'''</font><font color="blue">'''t'''</font><font color="purple">'''s'''</font>]] ([[User talk:Dots|talk]]) [[File:Mega Man X SNES sprite.png|19px]] The Pizza 19:58, 14 November 2016 (EST)
-== Show each nomination's score ==
-. This would keep track of score better than having to count the score each time.
-. Also, Making featured articles bimonthly or even monthly would help keep the front page for fresh and feature more articles that deserve it.
-. And for this rule: "In the event of a tie, an admin picks which article gets used." Which admin gets to break the tie? Just the first one that notices it?  --[[User:Meester Tweester|Meester Tweester]] ([[User talk:Meester Tweester|talk]]) 23:26, 1 October 2017 (EDT)
-:# Have thought about this before and decided it would be too difficult to constantly keep track of.
-:# We barely are getting the votes necessary to justify getting new articles in every 3 months.
-:# Probably me, but it hasn't happened yet.
-:<span style="font-family:Algerian;font-size:10pt;background:#000;border:outset #083 2px;padding:1px">'''[[User:Serpent King|<span style="color:#083">Serpent</span>]] [[File:SKSig.png|12px|link=]] [[User talk:Serpent King|<span style="color:#ed0">King</span>]]'''</span> 23:29, 1 October 2017 (EDT)
-== A question. ==
-Hasn't the current article been going for more than two years now? When will we get a new featured article?
--[[Pep123]] 14:33, 13 July 2020 (CEST)
-:As of now, it's been almost '''five''' years. On the main page, there's a notice "Due to SmashWiki working on other stuff, featured articles will be on break until further notice." Looking at the main page's history, the notice was officially put in July 2020. What's that "other stuff" mentioned by the notice? --[[User:GarfLarf|<b><font color="#FFA000">G</font><font color="#D06000">a</font><font color="#C09030">r</font><font color="#F000C0">f</font>]][[User talk:GarfLarf|<font color="#0050D0">QC</font></b>]] 16:20, April 29, 2023 (EDT)
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