Forum:Featured articles

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Nomination process

• Only autoconfirmed users can submit, vote on, and comment on nominations.
• When a nomination is made, users have two weeks to cast their votes and comments, ending at midnight UTC. If a nomination starts on 3 October 2026 at 12:46 UTC, then it ends on 17 October 2026 at 23:59 UTC.
• If a nomination has at least four supporting votes and the majority of votes are supporting for two days (48 hours) straight, it passes.
• If a nomination has at least four opposing votes, it fails regardless of the number of supporting votes.
• If a nomination does not pass after two weeks, it fails.
• Administrators reserve the right to cancel a nomination at any time if it is poorly justified.
• If a nomination is accepted, it cannot be overturned by another nomination for the same article until at least two weeks (336 hours) have passed.

Featured article guidelines

To be worthy of being featured on the main page, an article must:

• Have reasonably good writing and few to no spelling or grammar mistakes. The writing needs to follow the style guide and any other relevant guidelines (such as the strategy guidelines for strategy articles/sections).
• Not have any obvious gaps in information. A featured article is expected to cover the subject as thoroughly as possible.
  • Some leniency is permitted for information that is difficult or impossible to find due to the passage of time, such as past events or updates to older games.
• Be of decent length, even without information transcluded from other pages (using Cargo or LST), to show that the article has enough original work put into it. The absolute bare minimum is 5,000 bytes.
  • While not factored into the size requirement, transcluded sections are still expected to adhere to relevant writing and formatting guidelines.
• Not have any notice templates ({{stub}}, {{future}}, {{screenshot needed}}, etc).
• Have an appropriate amount of images to illustrate the subject. Depending on the article, the appropriate amount can range from one (for levels, items, etc) to dozens (for characters, game mechanics, etc).
  • Files are expected to adhere to the file guidelines and screenshot guidelines, particularly regarding crowding galleries with redundant screenshots.
• Have few, if any, red links.
• Have properly cited sources for information that is difficult or time-consuming to verify independently.
• Have appropriately formatted navigation boxes and categories.

Note that because of these qualifications, not every article has the potential to be featured. Some articles are naturally going to be too short to be featured, even if they are complete.

Voting guidelines

You can add a vote to a nomination by adding a line under its heading beginning with #, followed by your reasoning, then your signature (without the timestamp). An example of this in wikitext looks like:

# Per proposal. ~~~

# formats your vote as part of a numbered list. When the page is saved, ~~~ is automatically replaced with your signature.

• All votes must give a clear reason for why you agree or disagree with a proposal option. You can also say "per proposal" or "per <user>" to agree with an existing reason.
• If a proposal has more than two options, users may vote for more than one option. Voting for all options is not allowed and your votes will be removed if you do so.
• The creator of a proposal can vote on their own proposals and doesn't need to give a reason for their vote (assuming the proposal body adequately explains why the proposer is making the proposal in the first place).