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Any main namespace article (also including user pages and journal pages if they are thought to fulfil the above criteria) can be nominated for good article status. The nomination will be discussed and if there are no major issues raised at the end of 7 days, the article is promoted to Good status and will be added to the Featured Article Pool for the coming week.  
Any main namespace article (also including user pages and journal pages if they are thought to fulfil the above criteria) can be nominated for good article status. The nomination will be discussed and if there are no major issues raised at the end of 7 days, the article is promoted to Good status and will be added to the Featured Article Pool for the coming week.  


Articles that are deemed "good" will be placed in the [[:Category:Good Articles|Good Article Category]] for easy findage.
Articles that are deemed "good" will be placed in the [[:Category:Good Articles|Good Article Category]] for easy findage. The page will also have the <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:GA|GA]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki> template placed onto it. If a nomination is declined by the page owner then the nomination should be cycled without the page being added to the Good Article Category.


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#'''Yes''' - Much better than all the other candidates. --[[Example page|BetterMuch Ralph]] 20:29, 3 April 2009 (BST)
#'''Yes''' - Much better than all the other candidates. --[[Example page|BetterMuch Ralph]] 20:29, 3 April 2009 (BST)
#'''Yes''' - I like this part [[Example page|here]]. --[[Example page|Specific Jen]] 20:29, 3 April 2009 (BST)
#'''Yes''' - I like this part [[Example page|here]]. --[[Example page|Specific Jen]] 20:29, 3 April 2009 (BST)
====No====
#'''No''' - I don't like it. --[[Example page|Unspecific Sam]] 07:00, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
#'''No''' - This issue [[Example page|here]] needs to be addressed. --[[Example page|Issue Lue]] 07:00, 8 December 2010 (UTC)


Please add {{[[Template:GoodArticleNom|GoodArticleNom]]}} to any page that has been nominated.
Please add {{[[Template:GoodArticleNom|GoodArticleNom]]}} to any page that has been nominated.


==New Nominations==
==New Nominations==
''Place new Nominations under this header.''
===[[Amusing Locations in Malton]]===
 
Seriously.
===[[User:A Helpful Little Gnome]]===
It's plain awesomeness and the fact that he's got very damn close to an exact replica of a UD screen. -- {{User:Krazy_Monkey/sig}} 14:48, 2 May 2009 (BST)
 
====Yes====
====Yes====
''Place votes of support here with reasons''
*'''Yes''' - Cause in retrospect the images alone deserve showcasing. {{User:DanceDanceRevolution/sig}} 08:09, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
#As per above. -- {{User:Krazy_Monkey/sig}} 14:48, 2 May 2009 (BST)
*'''Humourous Suggestion''' - This shouldn't be on the main space.  Oh wait, this isn't the suggestions page. :P --{{User:Axe Hack/Sig}} 12:57, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
#As Cheese. {{User:Linkthewindow/Sig}} 14:56, 2 May 2009 (BST)
*Seriously one of the best articles on the wiki. ~[[Image:Vsig.png|link=User:Vapor]] <sub>01:20, 20 March 2012 (UTC)</sub>
*'''Yes''' - Excellent article. --[[User:The Hierophant|Papa Moloch]] 05:08, 20 March 2012 (UTC)


====No====
====No====
''Place votes against here with reasons ''
*clearly there are no standards for this anymore apparently. Nothing has changed since it failed it's last votwe and it's never been what could be considered a quality contribution to the wiki or an example of exemplary content. It's a bunch of snickering at unfortionate naming conventions for locations. Hell, a large part of why it exists is to explicitly violate three of the four criteria listed here. --<small>[[User:Karek#K|Karek]]<sup><font face="Monotype Corsiva">[[User:Karek/ProjDev#Buildings_Update_Danger_Maps|maps 2.0?!]]</font></sup></small> 05:58, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
*:Of course there are no standards for this anymore, no one is making any decent articles and we still need articles to cycle onto featured articles. I say we do our best to promote rewards for decent articles. {{User:DanceDanceRevolution/sig}} 10:56, 10 April 2012 (BST)


==Recent Nominations==
''Older nominations can be found in the [[UDWiki:Featured Articles/Good Articles/Archive|archive]].''


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[[Category:Good Article Nominees]]
 
===[[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)
 
====No====
''Place votes against here with reasons ''
 
===[[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====
''Place votes of support here with reasons''
#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)
 
====No====
''Place votes against here with reasons ''
 
===[[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)
 
====No====
''Place votes against here with reasons''
 
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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)
 
====No====
''Place votes against here with reasons''
#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)
 
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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)
 
====No====
''Place votes against here with reasons''
 
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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)
#'''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)
#I like this page, I suggested this on [[UDWiki_talk:Featured_Articles]]. {{User:DanceDanceRevolution/sig}} 03:18, 1 May 2009 (BST)
 
 
====No====
''Place votes against here with reasons''
#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>
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===[[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. --{{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>
 
==Recent Nominations==
''Nomination discussion that have concluded in the past 7 days should be placed here. For older nominations, see the [[UDWiki:Featured Articles/Good Articles/Archive|Archive]].''

Latest revision as of 20:42, 8 August 2012

Please note that the Good Article procedure is no longer in use. Please see UDWiki:Featured Articles.


Good Article Voting
Here, we determine which articles are deemed to be "Good" Articles. These are seen as some of the best the wiki has to offer and can include virtually any page on the wiki.

Articles which have been given good article status, become eligible to become Featured Articles with a new Good Article being voted to receive that honour every week.

Criteria

  • NPOV - The article must be from a neutral point of view and not show significant bias. Possible exceptions may be made, depending on the article and community opinion.
  • Complete - It neglects no major facts or details and places the subject in context.
  • Well Written - The article uses good English, such as proper grammar and spelling and is written in a clear and highly readable style.
  • Generally Awesome - Here at the wiki, we're after stuff that's awesome.

Any main namespace article (also including user pages and journal pages if they are thought to fulfil the above criteria) can be nominated for good article status. The nomination will be discussed and if there are no major issues raised at the end of 7 days, the article is promoted to Good status and will be added to the Featured Article Pool for the coming week.

Articles that are deemed "good" will be placed in the Good Article Category for easy findage. The page will also have the {{GA}} template placed onto it. If a nomination is declined by the page owner then the nomination should be cycled without the page being added to the Good Article Category.

Example

Good Article candidate

Good Article candidate has recently undergone a lot of improvement from various editors. It's NPOV, it's concise and informative. I also believe it to be generally awesome, just take a look at the talk page discussion, people love it! --GA Suggester 20:29, 3 April 2009 (BST)

Yes

  1. Yes - I see only a few minor issues, but those seem to be fixed readily. Otherwise it's good. --OptimistBob 20:29, 3 April 2009 (BST)
  2. Love it! --Few Words Joe 20:29, 3 April 2009 (BST)
  3. Yes - Maintains good article balance, strong intro, accurate information, good grammar and spelling. Well wikified. --Overly Technical Jim 20:29, 3 April 2009 (BST)
  4. Yes - Much better than all the other candidates. --BetterMuch Ralph 20:29, 3 April 2009 (BST)
  5. Yes - I like this part here. --Specific Jen 20:29, 3 April 2009 (BST)

No

  1. No - I don't like it. --Unspecific Sam 07:00, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
  2. No - This issue here needs to be addressed. --Issue Lue 07:00, 8 December 2010 (UTC)


Please add {{GoodArticleNom}} to any page that has been nominated.

New Nominations

Amusing Locations in Malton

Seriously.

Yes

  • Yes - Cause in retrospect the images alone deserve showcasing. DANCEDANCEREVOLUTION (TALK | CONTRIBS) 08:09, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
  • Humourous Suggestion - This shouldn't be on the main space. Oh wait, this isn't the suggestions page. :P --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ #nerftemplatedsigs 12:57, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
  • Seriously one of the best articles on the wiki. ~Vsig.png 01:20, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
  • Yes - Excellent article. --Papa Moloch 05:08, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

No

  • clearly there are no standards for this anymore apparently. Nothing has changed since it failed it's last votwe and it's never been what could be considered a quality contribution to the wiki or an example of exemplary content. It's a bunch of snickering at unfortionate naming conventions for locations. Hell, a large part of why it exists is to explicitly violate three of the four criteria listed here. --Karekmaps 2.0?! 05:58, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
    Of course there are no standards for this anymore, no one is making any decent articles and we still need articles to cycle onto featured articles. I say we do our best to promote rewards for decent articles. DANCEDANCEREVOLUTION (TALK | CONTRIBS) 10:56, 10 April 2012 (BST)

Recent Nominations

Older nominations can be found in the archive.