HRWiki:Featured Article Selection

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Welcome to featured article selection. Please help us choose and create write-ups for our best, most interesting, or otherwise noteworthy articles to appear on the main page. For ideas, check out the featured article nominations.

Checklist

Checklist for new Featured Article:

Make sure the article is proof-read up to a high standard.
At 0000 UTC Monday, purge the main page cache.
Protect and add {{mprotected}} to the new image; Unprotect and remove {{mprotected}} from old image.
Semi-protect the live FA write-up; Unprotect the old FA write-up.
Add {{featuredarticle}} to FA's talk page.
Update HRWiki:Featured Article Nominations with descriptive edit summary — see history.
Update HRWiki:Featured articles with descriptive edit summary — see history.

Discussion archives

Other Discussion | 2005, Weeks 26-29 | 2005, Weeks 30-39 | 2005, Weeks 40-52

2006, Weeks 1-10 | 2006, Weeks 11-20 | 2006, Weeks 21-30 | 2006, Weeks 31-40 | 2006, Weeks 41-52

2007, Weeks 1-10 | 2007, Weeks 11-20 | 2007, Weeks 21-30 | 2007, Weeks 31-40 | 2007, Weeks 41-52

2008, Weeks 1-10 | 2008, Weeks 11-20 | 2008, Weeks 21-30 | 2008, Weeks 31-40 | 2008, Weeks 41-52

2009, Weeks 1-10 | 2009, Weeks 11-20 | 2009, Weeks 21-30 | 2009, Weeks 31-40 | 2009, Weeks 41-53

Article discussions

HRWiki:Featured article for 2009, week 51 (Dec 14-20)

It's Decemberween again! It's here, it's here! The week before is a minor article. This would be a good time to take care of the only remaining larger piece of Decemberween In July, Decemberween Sweet Cuppin' Cakes. wbwolf (t | ed) 01:39, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

That would work, but I think we should do Peanuts. cash money ^t_c 02:31, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

What about A Holiday Greeting? Although Peanuts would be good, too, since it's been a bit more expanded and would probably make good article fodder. MHarrington 18:41, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

I like the idea of Peanuts since it's heavily referenced for the Decemberween toons, and I don't think we've featured an article that is one of the influences for TBC yet. wbwolf (t | ed) 15:50, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

Not true. We've done articles on Nintendo and Atari 2600. MHarrington 18:38, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

I don't really count the video game articles as an "influence"; stuff like Disney or The Simpsons or Mystery Science Theater 3000, which are more directly related to their style of humor and animation. Video games, while important, are more of a cultural starting point for them. wbwolf (t | ed) 18:47, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

I guess we should do Peanuts then. MHarrington 17:02, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

HRWiki:Featured article for 2009, week 52 (Dec 21-27)

And in time for Decemberween, why don't we feature a toon that has been overlooked, A Decemberween Pageant. I think that is the last of the "older" D'ween toons that hasn't been featured, and it also provides a lot of the mythology of this holiday 55 days after Halloween. wbwolf (t | ed) 01:39, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

I think The Battle of Strong Badia is a great article. Maybe we should feature that one. — MichaelXX2

21:16, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

You don't understand. For Decemberween, we feature a Decemberween article. It's a fine article, but pick another week to do it. wbwolf (t | ed) 22:03, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Oh, I didn't notice that that was around Christmas. All right, A Decemberween Pageant sounds just fine. — MichaelXX2

22:08, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

HRWiki:Featured article for 2009, week 53 (Dec 28-Jan 3)

The Field. A place that appears in probably half the cartoons on the site. Jc iindyysgvxc 05:06, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

We're getting too far ahead again. I'll keep this one up, but please stay within 10 weeks in the future. Heimstern Läufer

05:08, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

And it's far too short, still. MHarrington 15:46, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

I wonder if it might be expandable. It most certainly is too short (prose-wise) at this point, but it's also certainly an important place. It's something to consider, at least. Heimstern Läufer

01:54, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

I think that if we can't get the prose we want from the field, then we should try doing the Dangeresque dailies this week. As mentioned before. Espemon333 00:40, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

I don't think we should do another set of dailies so soon after the ones we did last week (as of post time). Heimstern Läufer

04:24, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

I would like to do another set very soon, though. MHarrington 16:12, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Well there IS a 12 week difference... up to concensus though... Espemon333 22:04, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Well If concensus says no to the dailies and the field, we could do the Battle of Strong Badia. Espemon333 22:16, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

HRWiki:Featured article for 2010, week 1 (Jan 4-10)

It's been a while since we've featured a Sweet Cuppin' Cakes character, so this week I vote that we feature an article that I hold very near and dear to me, and my new sunglasses. The Wheelchair! The Wheelchair 23:06, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

Sure, I guess we can do The Wheelchair. MHarrington 06:44, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Since this week is the 6th anniversary of Stinkoman and 20X6, how about something from that universe this week? japanese cartoon, Stinkoman and 1-Up have already been featured. How about the email trading cards in which they are featured for this week instead? It'll be a while since we've done an email, and Trading Cards are an interesting running gag on the site, to boot. wbwolf (t | ed) 16:47, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

It's actually the 7th anniversary, not the 6th. And Pan Pan, Under Construction and Twenty THANXty Six were featured (at least that last one will be this Thanksgiving), too, though. It's just too bad that they have still not yet completed Stinkoman 20X6 or we could do that, too. Anyway, how about doing Cheatball? That article is long enough, I would think. MHarrington 00:51, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I guess Cheatball could work instead. I wasn't sure at first if it'd be long enough. Another possibility could be 20X6 vs. 1936. Either one would be fine. wbwolf (t | ed) 17:04, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

I don't think it should be one where Stinkoman loses, I defiantly, I mean, Definitely vote Cheatball The McArby! 02:13, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

HRWiki:Featured article for 2010, week 2 (Jan 11-17)

This week would be Trogdor's birthday, so let's do something like that. I'm thinking The S is for Sucks Dragon. MHarrington 06:57, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

I agree that it should be Trogdor related, I'd suggest Wormdingler, if we had more to go on, but Wormdingler has showed up only twice, and was only named last trogday, so Ima have to agree on The S is for sucks dragon. although we could take in a bit of a different direction... like maybe Stinkoman related. The McArby! 17:34, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Yo man, I'm down. I mean, I totally support S Is For Sucks. wbwolf (t | ed) 16:50, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

HRWiki:Featured article for 2010, week 3 (Jan 18-24)

Looking Old. Not only is it that email's anniversary, but featuring it this week is a reference to a line from that email. Plus, we haven't yet done any emails from 2005 or 2007, yet we've done at least two emails from every other year. Jc iindyysgvxc 10:00, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

I've been thinking that while we should do emails from 2007, I think we should wait until they do the winter Olympics in February. I got an idea in mind for a set of dailies that follow a common theme. In the meantime, how about doing one of a live person for an article. I'm thinking Jackie Chapman. MHarrington 16:59, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Would you care to elaborate on your masterdly plan for Olympic emails? As it stands, we don't know why you're not keen on looking old for this week, and of course we all know it's important to explain why you're not going with someone else's suggestion. Heimstern Läufer

00:23, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

Well, in terms of looking old, I was just thinking that we need to do something from 2005 before anything else, and it's been a while since we've done an article on a live person. Besides, what is the reference to the email's line, anyway? As for the Olympics plan, I was thinking of a full week of the references to DNA evidence running gag. I was thinking of doing the six emails (165-170) that reference it and close out the week with the Big Toon. MHarrington 01:13, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

I dunno, I think the big toon would easily be worth an entire week, not just a day, and I think the same could be said of some of those emails (in particular, strong badathlon would be a good feature during the Olympics, though it would fit the Summer Olympics a lot better than the Winter). I don't really think they should be dailies. Heimstern Läufer

06:38, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

HRWiki:Featured article for 2010, week 4 (Jan 25-31)

For this week, how about the Strong Bad Email geddup noise? I kinda picked something from 2005, and a bit out of left field, too. MHarrington 17:34, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

HRWiki:Featured article for 2010, week 5 (Feb 1-7)

I'm very surprised that Characters, Toons, and Games haven't been done yet. Maybe we could do one of them? Jc iindyysgvxc 11:34, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

Not one of those currently has a prose intro that is long enough to be a proper featured article, so far as I can see. Also, we're getting out too far once again. The latest week we discuss should be, at most, ten weeks in advance of the current week, and this is eleven weeks out. Heimstern Läufer

11:59, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

Yes! Once and for all, let's keep this below ten articles before we add any new ones, please? MHarrington 05:27, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

How about one that has been suggested but passed up: the Taranchula Black Metal Detector? MHarrington 17:27, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

HRWiki:Featured article for 2010, week 6 (Feb 8-14)

For this week, how about Sickly Sam's Big Outing? MHarrington 02:19, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

General discussion

Daily Featured Blocks (On Occasion)

In order to make daily featured articles for one week, create pages like:

[[HRWiki:Featured article for 2005, week 50, day 1]]
[[HRWiki:Featured article for 2005, week 50, day 2]]
[[HRWiki:Featured article for 2005, week 50, day 3]]
[[HRWiki:Featured article for 2005, week 50, day 4]]
[[HRWiki:Featured article for 2005, week 50, day 5]]
[[HRWiki:Featured article for 2005, week 50, day 6]]
[[HRWiki:Featured article for 2005, week 50, day 0]] (redirect day 7 to this)

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 ==Article discussions==
-===[[HRWiki:Featured article for 2009, week 50]] (Dec 7-13)===
-For this week, we should do another [[Cheat Commandos]] character. I'm thinking [[Silent Rip]]. [[User:MHarrington|MHarrington]] 16:44, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
-I myself was thinking that the [[Taranchula Black Metal Detector]] would work. {{User:The Wheelchair/sig}} 00:09, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
-:First off, I think we are getting WAY too far ahead of ourselves, and second, any particular reason why? {{User:Espemon333/sig}} 01:07, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
-:Well, it looks like both articles are good, but we haven't done anything Cheat Commandos since I joined the wiki (far as I know) and we did Words I probably said like 2 weeks ago. Silent Rip works for me. {{User:Espemon333/sig}} 01:11, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
-::I think it might be better to have [[homestarrunner.com]] or [[Timeline of Homestar Runner]] as the FA for this week, since the 6th is the 10 year anniversary of the site.  I do wonder, given TBC's tendencies to make [[Strongest Man In The World|10th]] [[Where My Hat Is At? (toon)|anniversary toons]], if they will do something themselves to note the occasion. {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 04:21, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
-:::But the 6th is last week... {{User:Espemon333/sig}} 22:33, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
-::::And I think that the evolution of the website is too list-like to be articled. [[User:MHarrington|MHarrington]] 06:54, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
-:::::Since we couldn't agree on anything for the tenth anniversary, for legitimate reasons, I think we should just go back to Silent Rip. As for the Taranchula Black Metal Detector, that one can be done later. That one has some decent text on there. [[User:MHarrington|MHarrington]] 16:21, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
 ===[[HRWiki:Featured article for 2009, week 51]] (Dec 14-20)===
 It's [[Decemberween]] again! It's here, it's here!  The week before is a minor article.  This would be a good time to take care of the only remaining larger piece of [[Decemberween In July]], [[Decemberween Sweet Cuppin' Cakes]]. {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 01:39, 12 October 2009 (UTC)