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=Past Nominations=
==Successful==
===[[Rat Tactics]]===

Developed independently of the similarly themed, if more well known, [[HIPS|Hiding in Plain Sight]] page. Rat Tactics predates that -- just barely. These are the tactics that helped us survive, even sometimes almost thrive, during the March of the Dead. And anyone who says it was because of Kevan boosting syringe rates just wasn't there, ''surviving''... rat style. --[[User:WanYao|WanYao]] 20:08, 30 April 2009 (BST)

====Yes====
''Place votes of support here with reasons''
#c.f. my nomination, above --[[User:WanYao|WanYao]] 20:08, 30 April 2009 (BST)
#Yar. -- {{User:Krazy_Monkey/sig}} 14:48, 2 May 2009 (BST)
#This is a great article.  I remember reading about and using these tactics.  Very helpful.  A fun, interesting style of writing.  Nuabreed knows his stuff. --[[User:Giles Sednik|Giles Sednik]] <sup>[[CAPD]][[SWA]]</sup> 06:02, 8 May 2009 (BST)
# Yes. -- --[[User:Athur birling|Athur birling]] 08:56, 8 May 2009 (BST)
# Yes. --[[User:Le bourreau|Le bourreau]] 11:53, 8 May 2009 (BST)

====No====
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*'''Successful''' - The plebs have spoken. -- {{User:Krazy_Monkey/sig}} 10:53, 8 May 2009 (BST)
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===[[User:Grim s/Grims guide to staying alive]]===
Controversial, influential ''and'' mostly dead on the money -- if a bit, uh, overly cynical and at times quite over the top. Kinda like good ole Grim himself.... --[[User:WanYao|WanYao]] 20:08, 30 April 2009 (BST)

====Yes====
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#I nominated the gorram thing --[[User:WanYao|WanYao]] 19:58, 30 April 2009 (BST)
#I was never a huge fan of Grim but this amused me. -- {{User:Krazy_Monkey/sig}} 14:48, 2 May 2009 (BST)
#A great piece of work. --{{User:Pestolence/Sig}} 23:38, 3 May 2009 (BST)
#Influenced my later guide (which is in need of a rewrite,) and a good guide for newer players, if it is a bit aggressive. Very nice piece of work. {{User:Linkthewindow/Sig}} 12:42, 7 May 2009 (BST)

====No====
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*'''Successful''' - While Grim may be gone, his sense of humour will live on. -- {{User:Krazy_Monkey/sig}} 10:53, 8 May 2009 (BST)
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===[[First Siege of Caiger Mall]]===
Pretty well written article, it's got plenty of information in it and it's pretty interesting to read. Particularly since Caiger has a lot of history and this was the first major siege that occurred in front of it. -- {{User:Krazy_Monkey/sig}} 19:53, 29 April 2009 (BST)

====Yes====
''Place votes of support here with reasons''
#As per reasoning above. -- {{User:Krazy_Monkey/sig}} 19:53, 29 April 2009 (BST)
#Although can we not replace those pesky red links with simple bolded text? --{{User:Rosslessness/Sig}} 20:03, 29 April 2009 (BST)
#This is arguably the most important allusion to UD's past, and a very popular one. I agree with Rosslessness- if this does get chosen, we should simply bold the dead links. --{{User:Lorddragonfang/sig}} 00:04, 30 April 2009 (BST)
#'''Yes''' - but kill those red links with bolded text or undelete the pages. Also - as above. {{User:Linkthewindow/Sig}} 09:51, 30 April 2009 (BST)
#Yuh. Some history is dead, but we can still record it ;) --[[User:WanYao|WanYao]] 19:53, 30 April 2009 (BST)
#I like this page, I suggested this on [[UDWiki_talk:Featured_Articles]]. {{User:DanceDanceRevolution/sig}} 03:18, 1 May 2009 (BST)
#As all above, but I'm going to remove the red links as Ross suggested. Really annoying. --{{User:Pestolence/Sig}} 23:52, 3 May 2009 (BST)

====No====
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*'''Successful''' - Red links aside, this wins. =) -- {{User:Krazy_Monkey/sig}} 10:53, 8 May 2009 (BST)
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===[[NecroWatch]]===
Main page for the NecroWatch project which is ''a good mix of fluff, encourages survivors to take risks and be proactive, and in its mission tries to get more people to contribute to the Wiki.'' <small>Quote from [[User:extropymine|extropymine]] during original discussion about Featured Articles</small>. -- {{User:Krazy_Monkey/sig}} 19:53, 29 April 2009 (BST)

====Yes====
''Place votes of support here with reasons''
#As per reasoning above. -- {{User:Krazy_Monkey/sig}} 19:53, 29 April 2009 (BST)
#One day I will get the cake. I always like A.L.I.C.E. --{{User:Rosslessness/Sig}} 20:08, 29 April 2009 (BST)
# *coughthecakeisaliecough* Excellently written, creative, well formatted, and useful to boot. Certainly seems like feature material to me. -{{User:Lorddragonfang/NWsig}} 00:11, 30 April 2009 (BST)
#I love the Necrowatch stuff. I am not only saying this because A.L.I.C.E. will open to the doors to the NecroTech facility in which my character is sleeping if I don't. --[[User:Cpl Adrian Shephard|Cpl Adrian Shephard]] 00:56, 30 April 2009 (BST)
#Very useful service, and should be plugged at every change. Like now. {{User:Linkthewindow/Sig}} 09:51, 30 April 2009 (BST)
#The cake is very hard to get down...there's no milk! Other than that, I absolutely agree--[[User:Dr Mycroft Chris|Dr Mycroft Chris]] 14:22, 30 April 2009 (BST)
#I heartily endorse this nomination. {{User:The_Rooster/Sig}} 17:32, 30 April 2009 (BST)
#Who the hell is ALICE?? ;) --[[User:WanYao|WanYao]] 19:53, 30 April 2009 (BST)
#For the cause! {{User:VI/S}} 23:14, 30 April 2009 (BST)
#For great justice! --[[User:N00bert|<span style="color: Purple">N00bert</span>]] <sup>[[FOXHOUND|<span style="color: Orange">foxhound</span>]]</sup> <sup>[[Dulston Alliance|<span style="color: Cyan">DA</span>]]</sup> <sup>[[NecroWatch|<span style="color: DarkMagenta">NW</span>]]</sup> 01:38, 1 May 2009 (BST)
#Good stuff. I gots to get backs to dat. --{{User:A Helpful Little Gnome/Sig}} 05:55, 1 May 2009 (BST)
#As above. --{{User:Pestolence/Sig}} 22:34, 4 May 2009 (BST)

====No====
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*'''Successful''' - Pretty much unanimous. =) -- {{User:Krazy_Monkey/sig}} 10:53, 8 May 2009 (BST)
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==Unsuccessful==
===[[New user template]]===
This page provides helpful information for new users that can allow them to easily customize their own user page. All of the info they need it right in front of them, in a copy-pastable format. All they need to do is decide where to put it and fill in the gaps. --{{User:The_shoemaker/Sig}} 01:47, 1 May 2009 (BST)
====Yes====

I support the page because I believe it could really help all of the new users that come in all day every day. With customized pages, they can feel free to then get active within the wiki without worrying about their page all the time. Besides, I don't really see, to no one's offense, any pages that actually try to help people on the nominee list right now anyways. --{{User:The_shoemaker/Sig}} 01:50, 1 May 2009 (BST)

====No====
# I don't support teaching newbies with HTML. This is a wiki. It also has ''no'' formatting, hence why it is difficult to read. {{User:DanceDanceRevolution/sig}} 03:20, 1 May 2009 (BST)
# <small>-- [[User:Boxy|<span style="color: Red">boxy</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:Boxy|<span style="color: Red">talk</span>]] • [[The Rules|teh rulz]]</sup> 04:03 1 May 2009 (BST)</small>
#:Reason please, Boxy.{{unsigned|The shoemaker|00:35, 3 May 2009}}
#::It's title isn't descriptive, and the content is confusing and badly formatted. It's mostly a duplicate of content already in the [[Help:Editing|help section]], and what isn't could be covered with a few lines being added to [[Help:Basic Formatting|the basic formatting]] page <small>-- [[User:Boxy|<span style="color: Red">boxy</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:Boxy|<span style="color: Red">talk</span>]] • [[The Rules|teh rulz]]</sup> 08:08 4 May 2009 (BST)</small>
#The page needs ''a lot'' of work to be considered even passable. -<small>[[User:Karek#K|Karek]]<sup><font face="Monotype Corsiva">[[User:Karek/ProjDev/OmegaMap|maps?!]]</font></sup></small> 10:09, 7 May 2009 (BST)

*'''Unsuccessful''' - Page is deemed unsuitable in its present form and needs a lot of work to bring it up to scratch. -- {{User:Krazy_Monkey/sig}} 16:33, 8 May 2009 (BST)
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===[[RNG]]===
Pretty interesting and gives background on something that is at the core of our Urban Dead experience. -- {{User:Krazy_Monkey/sig}} 19:53, 29 April 2009 (BST)

====Yes====
''Place votes of support here with reasons''
#As per reasoning above. -- {{User:Krazy_Monkey/sig}} 19:53, 29 April 2009 (BST)
#Although I preferred my old testament RNG. {{User:Linkthewindow/Sig}} 09:51, 30 April 2009 (BST)
#I suggested this on [[UDWiki_talk:Featured_Articles]]. {{User:DanceDanceRevolution/sig}} 03:18, 1 May 2009 (BST)
#This is a great article.  Very thorough and useful.  The info applies to everyone.--[[User:Giles Sednik|Giles Sednik]] <sup>[[CAPD]][[SWA]]</sup> 20:43, 4 May 2009 (BST)

====No====
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#I'm not a fan of this article, and I wrote most of it's current content. Apart from that fact it could very well be wrong in some parts due to my limited knowledge of such functions, the main thing is that I think it reads a bit poorly in some places. Doesn't flow right. A second set of eyes could probably improve it a lot just with some restructure and reordering. {{User:The_Rooster/Sig}} 17:39, 30 April 2009 (BST)
# Meh --[[User:WanYao|WanYao]] 19:51, 30 April 2009 (BST) To elaborate, it just doesn't excite me. <_< --[[User:WanYao|WanYao]] 20:00, 30 April 2009 (BST)
# As Wan. --{{User:Pestolence/Sig}} 22:08, 2 May 2009 (BST)

*'''Unsuccessful''' - Several negative points raised and needs some fixing. -- {{User:Krazy_Monkey/sig}} 10:53, 8 May 2009 (BST)
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===[[Trenchcoater]]===
Need I say more? This page is very funny to read and is overall awesome. -- {{User:Krazy_Monkey/sig}} 19:53, 29 April 2009 (BST)

====Yes====
''Place votes of support here with reasons''
#As per reasoning above. -- {{User:Krazy_Monkey/sig}} 19:53, 29 April 2009 (BST)
#Does anyone need to say more? --{{User:Lorddragonfang/sig}} 00:09, 30 April 2009 (BST)
#GLORY TO THE TRENCHCOAT! --{{User:OrangeGaf/Sig}} 00:30, 30 April 2009 (BST)
#I'll need guns. Lots of guns. --[[User:WanYao|WanYao]] 19:55, 30 April 2009 (BST)
#:<s>'''Weak Yes''' - It's a hilarious page as it is, but it definitely could be improved, as Link said in the No section. It deserves to be featured, but maybe cleaned up a little first. --{{User:Pestolence/Sig}} 20:21, 30 April 2009 (BST)</s> <sub>Changing my vote. --{{User:Pestolence/Sig}} 16:53, 3 May 2009 (BST)</sub>
#I like this page, I suggested this on [[UDWiki_talk:Featured_Articles]]. {{User:DanceDanceRevolution/sig}} 03:18, 1 May 2009 (BST)

====No====
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#But reluctantly. It's funny, but it's little more then a piss-take at trenchcoaters, without examining common trenchie mistakes, etc. The current page (which is mostly quotes) should be moved off to a subpage and a new page built in it's ashes. {{User:Linkthewindow/Sig}} 12:17, 30 April 2009 (BST)
#Not in it's current place. It's not a good example of a [[:Category:Glossary|glossary]] page. Move it to somewhere like [[Trenchcoater Folklore]], and place an actual glossary article (including a link to this page) at [[Trenchcoater]], and then I'd change my vote <small>-- [[User:Boxy|<span style="color: Red">boxy</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:Boxy|<span style="color: Red">talk</span>]] • [[The Rules|teh rulz]]</sup> 04:02 1 May 2009 (BST)</small>
#As Boxy. --{{User:Pestolence/Sig}} 16:53, 3 May 2009 (BST)

*'''Unsuccessful''' - Needs re-writing to correct the points raised in discussion. -- {{User:Krazy_Monkey/sig}} 10:53, 8 May 2009 (BST)
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