UDWiki:Featured Articles/Candidates
| Feature Article Candidates Evaluation for featured article (FA) status takes place here. Any page is eligible to be submitted for evaluation, including group pages and user pages. The only requisite is that the page follows the criteria; it doesn't need to be satisfied absolutely. Ultimately the page should be something the community wants to be placed on the main page, where it's highly visible and assumed to be exemplary; it should fulfil some notion of special. In determining whether or not a page becomes featured, the candidate will be discussed and if there are no major concerns raised at the end of 7 days, the page will achieve featured status. During the 7 days any major concerns can be addressed, either by refuting them or improving the page to fix the problem. If discussion on the candidate goes further than 7 days, participants may continue discussing or altering the page without the submission being automatically closed. Please note this is not a vote. When making a supporting or opposing claim, back up the claim with reasons or evidence. However, there should be at least three users commenting on a submission for the submission process to be considered valid. This is to avoid a page slipping through unnoticed. Be aware that the criteria for different types of candidates—articles, groups, and user pages—changes to reflect different requirements; it does not make sense, for example, to have "neutrality" as a criteria for user pages. Remember these are guidelines only and candidates do not need to follow the criteria to the letter. Articles that achieve featured article status should have the FA star ( If at sometime, after a page has achieved featured status, substantial changes are made that seem to degenerate the page past the level at which it was submitted, then the page can be resubmitted here and be re-evaluated. The same criteria and process follows; if a major concern is raised that cannot be addressed, then the page loses its featured status. |
Articles
These include glossary pages, event pages including historical events, guides and tactics.
Article Criteria
- NPOV - The article must be from a neutral point of view; articles should avoid taking sides (such as emphasizing zombies over humans, or a particular group or opinion). Exceptions may be made, depending on the article and community decision.
- Complete - No major facts or details are neglected; it is finished as can be.
- Well Written - The writing is grammatically correct and clear; it communicates what it's trying to say.
- Generally Awesome - This is a joke criteria, hence it is very serious.
Article Candidates
Submit candidates here.
Group Pages
Any group page or group subpage, whether active, inactive, or historical, can be submitted.
Group Page Criteria
- NPOV - There should be an NPOV lead or introduction, which explains who the group is (e.g. group type, structure, size, creation). Since it's expected that the article is created from the group's perspective, the rest of the page need not be neutral. The NPOV lead only applies to the main group page.
- Presentation - An interesting and original page design, brought about by the code and any images, is a possible way to satisfy this criterion. Writing style and content can also satisfy the criteria.
- Well Written - The writing is grammatically correct and clear; it communicates what it's trying to say.
- Generally Awesome - This is a joke criteria, hence it is very serious.
Group Page Candidates
Submit candidates here.
User Pages
Any user page can be submitted. For example, journals, works of fiction or stories related to zombies or Urban Dead. Note that user pages being submitted should have their own, dedicated page (a subpage).
User Page Criteria
- Presentation - An interesting and original page design, brought about by the code and any images, is a possible way to satisfy this criterion. Writing style and content can also satisfy the criteria. User pages that have content consistent with guides or wiki rantings still need to be accurate and complete, similar to the Article Criteria.
- Well Written - The writing is grammatically correct and clear; it communicates what it's trying to say.
- Generally Awesome - This is a joke criteria, hence it is very serious.
User Page Candidates
Submit candidates here.
Older Submissions
Older submissions can be found in the archive. For even older submissions, when the good article process was used, see that archive.
