HRWiki:Featured Article Selection

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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.

Contents 1 Discussion Archives 2 Weeklies 2.1 HRWiki:Featured article for 2007, week 47 (Nov 19-25) 2.2 HRWiki:Featured article for 2007, week 48 (Nov 26-Dec 2) 2.3 HRWiki:Featured article for 2007, week 49 (Dec 3-9) 2.4 HRWiki:Featured article for 2007, week 50 (Dec 10-16) 2.5 HRWiki:Featured article for 2007, week 51 (Dec 17-23) 2.6 HRWiki:Featured article for 2007, week 52 (Dec 24-30) 2.7 HRWiki:Featured article for 2008, week 1 (Dec 31-Jan 6) 2.8 HRWiki:Featured article for 2008, week 2 (Jan 7-13) 2.9 HRWiki:Featured article for 2008, week 3 (Jan 14-20) 2.10 HRWiki:Featured article for 2008, week 4 (Jan 21-28) 2.11 HRWiki:Featured article for 2008, week 5 (Jan 29-Feb 4) 2.12 HRWiki:Featured article for 2008, week 6 (Feb 5-11) 3 General Discussion 3.1 Daily Featured Blocks (On Occasion)

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

Weeklies

HRWiki:Featured article for 2007, week 47 (Nov 19-25)

Perhaps Strongest Man in The World? Sam the Man 15:31, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

How about we feature Gremlin this day, or if it isn't already featured The Goblin or Nebulon.--~ SlipStream 04:30, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Let us give TANKS! in honor of Thanksgiving. Heimstern Läufer 22:26, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

I like the idea of having T'giving toon for this week. May I suggest an older Thanskgiving toon for this week, though? How about Some Stupid Turkey or colonization. The later would get a really good write up, since it has a lot to do with History According To Strong Bad and eggs. wbwolf (t | ed) 23:04, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Some Stupid Turkey seems a bit short to me, and as for colonization, well, it's possible. I admit I don't like that one and so I'm a bit biased and would prefer Let us give TANKS!, still. Heimstern Läufer 23:21, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

I do like the idea of colonization, but I also like Let us give TANKS! a lot. I'd be okay with either one, though I lean towards the latter. Trey56 00:20, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Oh? Is it going to be Thanksgiving? (It isn't celebrated in Australia, so I wouldn't know.) Then I vote for Let us give TANKS!.--~ SlipStream 02:42, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Okay. I'm creating Let us give TANKS! now. If anybody disagrees, change it. Sam the Man 21:55, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

HRWiki:Featured article for 2007, week 48 (Nov 26-Dec 2)

Thy Dungeonman (character). A very thorough article about a largely unseen, unspeaking character, worth featuring. Heimstern Läufer 02:48, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I'd like to see that article front-pages. Support. — Elcool ^(talk)_(contribs) 02:53, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

I even suggested one of the Dungeonman games! 124.180.48.17 08:32, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Okay. I'm creating the article tomorrow. Stop me if you don't like it. Sam the Man 00:37, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Can we just continue! As far as I know, this has been the shortest of these discussions! 124.176.190.64 22:08, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

HRWiki:Featured article for 2007, week 49 (Dec 3-9)

Computer Room? A very thorough article on a single room, which is probably the most often seen room in the H*R universe. Heimstern Läufer 06:08, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

The Computer Room is overlooked since it is a such a common appearance. Excellent idea to feature it during this week. wbwolf (t | ed) 00:54, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

I support this idea, in large part because of this awesome image. Well, that's not the only reason — it's an important subject. Trey56 07:22, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

HRWiki:Featured article for 2007, week 50 (Dec 10-16)

Homestar Runner and Strong Bad's Relationship. Longest-standing and arguably most important relationship between characters. Article has plenty of good content. Heimstern Läufer 06:13, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

I'll second this article. The whole Relationships hierarchy is pretty new, so it would be good to give them a bit of boost with a Featured Article. Perhaps in the intro write up include a link to other various H*R relationship articles would be good, especially since some of them stubbed and could use some fleshing out. wbwolf (t | ed) 00:56, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

I like this idea too! Should be an interesting idea for a featured article that we haven't tried yet. Trey56 07:22, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

character relationship is a great stream of articles nobody knows about. i agree 100%. Slipknot6477 02:26, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

I say we do Who Said What. That game has been very popular since its change. 124.176.190.64 05:18, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

HRWiki:Featured article for 2007, week 51 (Dec 17-23)

How about retirement? It's the longest sbemail, and I really like that email. Religious Corn   20:49, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Nah. I'd like to see something Christmasy, or Decemberweenish. Either what I want or The Decemberween Tree would be fine. Sam the Man 21:11, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

The Decemberween Tree's prose intro is a bit short for a featured article. what I want would probably work, though. Heimstern Läufer 00:03, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I like the idea of doing what I want too.Religious Corn   20:31, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

There aren't that many pre-Decemberween shorts of any substance (though Decemberween In July might make a good alternate....). I have no problem with what I want for this week. wbwolf (t | ed) 01:00, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

HRWiki:Featured article for 2007, week 52 (Dec 24-30)

A Decemberween toon. How about A Decemberween Pageant? Sam the Man 21:11, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Just to list all the major D'ween toons: A Holiday Greeting (more or less Decemberween), The Best Decemberween Ever, A Decemberween Pageant and Decemberween Short Shorts (I've excluded Homestar Presents: Presents because we featured that last year). Heimstern Läufer 05:41, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Naw. Like I said before, we should do less daily articles. I think The Best Decemberween Ever would be a good enough article, as it introduces the word Decemberween. Homestar-Winner (talk) 10:00, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

I agree, if we keep on having daily articles for holidays, we are going to run out rather quickly, then...bad stuff happens. I think The Best Decemberween Ever is a good article to be featured on this day...week.--~ SlipStream 11:05, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Actually, I just realized that you weren't saying that we should do a week of different toons. I should read these posts more carefully. But still, I think we should feature The Best Decemberween Ever. Homestar-Winner (talk) 11:25, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

I'll just support having The Best D'ween Ever as the featured for this week... wbwolf (t | ed) 14:48, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes, just to clarify: I wasn't suggesting dailies, just setting our what our options are. Heimstern Läufer 17:11, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Oh, and Best D'ween ever sounds fine to me. Heimstern Läufer 17:12, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Sounds good! Religious Corn   20:32, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes, one of the best Decemberween cartoons... ever... I agree! Trey56 07:22, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

HRWiki:Featured article for 2008, week 1 (Dec 31-Jan 6)

Note: Whatever MediaWiki decides to call December 31 (week 53?), it will be redirected here. —BazookaJoe 19:15, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

To start of the year, how about a Peasant's Quest thing. Like Rather Dashing, Peasantry, The Three Keepers of Trogdor or The Trog-Cave? Sam the Man 19:23, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

How about one of the secondary characters? Both Nebulon and The Stick would be worthy for a featured article. wbwolf (t | ed) 19:47, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

I hate you, The Stick. I mean, yeah, let's do The Stick. Homestar-Winner (talk) 22:12, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

The Stick's prose intro is rather short for a weeklong FA, though. Does anyone think they could expand it? Heimstern Läufer 22:13, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Nebulon is a more thorough article, at any rate. I think it would make a better FA. Heimstern Läufer 16:54, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

HRWiki:Featured article for 2008, week 2 (Jan 7-13)

A Short Perhaps? Good shorts: One Two, One Two, Drive-Thru, Looking at a Thing In A Bag? Sam the Man 19:23, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

I'll throw in Strongest Man In The World as another good short for this week. Though Looking at a Thing In A Bag would be an excellent idea. wbwolf (t | ed) 19:48, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

I'm going with the thing in a bag. Slipknot6477 13:45, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

How about dragon because January 13 was when dragon was first released. Though hardly a man is still alive that remembers that fateful day and year. Homestar-Winner (talk) 20:40, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

I'd go with Looking at a Thing In A Bag or dragon. --Trogga 03:21, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Let's give Troggie a happy 5th Trogday feature: dragon. Heimstern Läufer 03:45, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

HRWiki:Featured article for 2008, week 3 (Jan 14-20)

I'm thinking we should do a good article nobody knows about. 'd, maybe? Slipknot6477 02:31, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

I think 'd is a well-known article actually... — Defender1031*Talk 02:32, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

We haven't done something real world in a while. TMBG Concert - 25 Sep 2004? --Trogga 02:04, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Wait, the late night jengajam interview! great interview! Slipknot6477 02:32, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Um, I suppose I could have it finished by then....wbwolf (t | ed) 03:07, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

I think the TBMG concert would probably be fine, and we could let Wbwolf take his time shanking our jengaship and feature it later. Heimstern Läufer 05:08, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

HRWiki:Featured article for 2008, week 4 (Jan 21-28)

How about a daily featured article week with Compy 386 emails. Just some classics: comic, japanese cartoon, dragon, crazy cartoon, personal favorites, monument, video games, your friends, invisibility, time capsule, monster truck. Sam the Man 20:35, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

I think most Compy emails are big enough to be featured for a whole week. Plus, I don't really like having daily articles. Homestar-Winner (talk) 12:13, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

I think this is a good idea to do at some point (I don't think more than a few compy emails are worth a whole week), but I think it's still too soon after our most recent set of dailies. Heimstern Läufer 16:51, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

We featured Cheerleader last year and have never gotten around to featuring any other TGS characters. How about So and So? Heimstern Läufer 16:56, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

So and So would make a great FA. wbwolf (t | ed) 06:12, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. Sam the Man 18:43, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

HRWiki:Featured article for 2008, week 5 (Jan 29-Feb 4)

Another grammar thing! I'd personally like to see Nondescript Nouns, but it's prose is too short. Perhaps we could expand it? Sam the Man 18:43, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

I've always thought Nondescript Nouns's scope was a bit ambiguous, and I don't really think it's our finest work. Perhaps another running gag, such as Crapfully Yours? Heimstern Läufer 03:55, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

HRWiki:Featured article for 2008, week 6 (Feb 5-11)

It's time Minor Characters got their time to shine. Any minor characters you can think of? Sam the Man 18:43, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

How minor is Rumble Red? --Trogga 03:19, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

I don't think we need to feature a minor character. We're talking about featuring one in early January, along with a TGS character a bit later in the month. I'm thinking we might try featuring an item, since we do that somewhat rarely. Perhaps the No Loafing Sign? Heimstern Läufer 03:43, 10 December 2007 (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)