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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.

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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.

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

Article discussions

HRWiki:Featured article for 2008, week 33 (Aug 11-17)

How about — Psssshhh! — the Double Deuce! MHarrington 05:30, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

I'm thinking Fonts or Fonts By Toon. Haha. Just kidding. Sadly, those pages'll never make it as a featured article, I'm afraid. Oh, Fonts! I pine for you. <sniff>

OptimisticFool 08:44, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Re: the Double Deuce We look to already be doing a running gag two weeks before, so I'm thinking not such a good idea (but keep it mind for the future). Opti: Hmm, I wish there were a way to feature one of those, and if I ever think of a way, I certainly will suggest it. It's a really great amount of obscure info, but how to make it featurable I don't know. Heimstern Läufer

04:24, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

Well, except the two weeks prior, the running gag is of a different variety than the Double Deuce, so no offense, but they should not be exactly comparable. MHarrington 16:48, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

Sure, they're different types, but I still argue they're too similar in type to occur so close together. Not to mention that I think it's a bad idea how we have running gags divided into several categories, anyway. Heimstern Läufer

18:05, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

If we can't have a running gag, how about Drive-Thru Whale? He's starting to become a fairly prominent pseudocharacter....wbwolf (t | ed) 04:55, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

I think that would be sweet. Heimstern Läufer

18:05, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

Go Drive Thru Whale!

DrPepper42

18:23, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

I just hope we don't run out of pseudocharacters too soon. MHarrington 17:58, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Since it's coming out that day, I propose we do Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People. JCM 18:06, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Actually, that's a wonderful idea. — Defender1031*Talk 18:09, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

It would be very interesting and extremely different from anything we've ever done to feature an article about something completely newly released. I've often wanted to do something like that, and this might be our single best chance, since we actually have content in the article already and it's pretty much something we could feature. One possible disadvantage: if the article is greatly improved after the release, it'd be already featured. Heimstern Läufer

18:36, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

I actually have no problem with re-featuring it in the future if it changes and expands that much. — Defender1031*Talk 18:41, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

I think we should just stick with the Drive-Thru Whale for this week. MHarrington 18:31, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Any more opinions within the next couple of days so we can reach a solid consensus? Heimstern Läufer

18:37, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Well, based on what we've seen here, I think that most people unanimously agree on the Drive-Thru Whale for this week. MHarrington 22:18, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

I would stick with Drive-Thru Whale as well. The SBCG4AP article is pretty well developed, but I think we should hold off, at least for a little bit. My main concern is some of the details currently in there are based on second-hand sources mostly, and it would be nice to clarify points through direct reports. Perhaps when the final episode is released in December...? wbwolf (t | ed) 22:25, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

MHarrington, I was asking for opinions from those who haven't commented yet, hence the "more" in my sentence. Furthermore, no, it is not even close to unanimous in support of the DTW. Unanimity means no disagreement. At the time I made my request, there was no solid consensus (remember, this is not a majority vote), so I requested outside input, which I'd still like before closing this. Heimstern Läufer

22:43, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

I think we should save SBCG4AP until further updates. BBG 00:25, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

I myself actually say we should take this one time to feature an article of a game that hasn't even come out yet. Or, really, has just come out. It would be neat doing something a bit different, and we'll never get to do it again. Homestar-Winner (talk) 00:28, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Looks like everyone has already decided on at least one of those two, but I was thinking because of the Olympics, maybe we could feature the Strong Bad email strong badathlon? Just thrwoing the idea out there. — Acam30 02:59, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Well, maybe we could do that one next Winter Olympics, maybe? MHarrington 14:56, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Well, the DTW is good with me too. Fine that we chose that one. Homestar-Winner (talk) 17:11, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi, all. If it's a narrow call, with no clear consensus, as in this case, please let a sysop make the decision. It just works better that way. Remember that consensus is not the same as a majority vote, so if there's clear disagreement, it's best to leave it to someone whose job is to determine consensus.

In this case, we had no clear consensus, unfortunately. Had I been the one to make this decision, I'd have had to simply count votes, which I hate doing, but which really was the only way to go. So we'd have ended up with the DTW, anyway. So, no harm no foul this time, but please, let's not call close decisions without a sysop in the future (and especially not by someone who's expressed an opinion in the discussion). Heimstern Läufer

20:42, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

I'm sorry if I did anything wrong. I just thought that it was time and this is what everyone wanted, that's all. And I thought there was a consensus. MHarrington 22:29, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

I know you meant well, and the result would have been the same, anyway. But remember that "consensus" is a very strong word. It means there's widespread agreement, and very little substantial disagreement. In this case, there were some strong supports (from DeFender, Hrjcm and HomestarWinner) for something different, so consensus hadn't really materialized. Part of this had to do with the fact that the news about SBCG4AP is recent: it led to a development of new ideas, and when that happens, it's good to give it as much time as possible to see what the reactions to the new ideas are. Like I said, I would have had to go with the DTW myself in the end, so it's OK. It's just one of those things where we need to be careful where there's disagreement, and leaving the decision to those with authority is best. Heimstern Läufer

22:54, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

I also realize now that there's a bit of a discrepancy in what I've said in the past, when I've indicated that I could really use help in making the writeups, yet here I found a problem with that. Perhaps the best solution is for me to make sure all close calls are "called" in advance so we have plenty of time to do the writeup. I welcome further input on this matter, and would suggest that we consider discussing it at this subpage, where I've been working on some guidelines for our procedures here. Heimstern Läufer

00:03, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

HRWiki:Featured article for 2008, week 34 (Aug 18-24)

For this week, my option is the Heavy Load. I mean, Lourde. MHarrington 17:17, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Sure. That's a good one. -Peter

It's a bit on the short side, but I guess it's workable. And it is an interesting object (debuted with Homsar, after all, way back in the early days of sbemail). Heimstern Läufer

23:54, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

I dunno about this one. Most information in the article right now is either speculations or talking about other weights that look like the weight but are not the same one. Homestar-Winner (talk) 23:09, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Maybe it is too much of that. I've removed what I think was the least relevant info. What's left is a bit on the short side. You reckon we could expand it? Heimstern Läufer

02:49, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Still, the Monty Python and bilingual labeling part of the article is still speculation. I don't think there is enough actual facts in the article to make it a FA. How about instead we do something completely different and feature the quite popular toon Where's The Cheat?. It's quite long, and it has every main character in it! Homestar-Winner (talk) 02:40, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

Re:Heavy Lourde: Since no one's stepped in to fix it, I'm going to say maybe not do that one. I do kind of think it'd be nice to do an object, since we haven't featured one in a bit and we feature a lot of toons (in the generic sense; not only including big toons). Any ideas? If not, let's go ahead and do Where's The Cheat (while keeping in mind an object for a future feature). Heimstern Läufer

03:29, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

Hey, I got an idea: if we can't do Heavy Lourde, then let's do another object, like the BMW Lighter. That's an object, too. I simply looked at the list of object running gags and I had the idea. MHarrington 18:30, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Already been featured, I'm afraid. Heimstern Läufer

18:33, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Hmm... okay, how about Interactive Menus? MHarrington 19:12, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

I dunno, that one seems a bit lacking in content. Heimstern Läufer

22:41, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Can we do The Municipality for this week? -Peter

Maybe; seems to have enough content. Heimstern Läufer

15:23, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

But if we do The Municipality, we should also include somewhere down the line the On Point Kings and/or The Homestarmy. MHarrington 17:17, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

The Homestarmy was already featured, but sure, we could do the On Point Kings sometime. -Peter

17:44, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Let's plan on the Municipality for this week; then we can do the On Point Kings another time. Heimstern Läufer

00:40, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Just voice my support for The Municipality for this week. wbwolf (t | ed) 05:00, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

HRWiki:Featured article for 2008, week 35 (Aug 25-31)

Perhaps a game? It's been a while since we last featured one: week 8 of this year was the last time. Heimstern Läufer 06:09, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

How about one of the games that Strong Bad dreamed up in the video games email? Any of those would work. Or we could also do Stinkoman 20X6. MHarrington 19:27, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

We've been delaying featuring 20X6 until level 10 comes out... though even I begin to wonder if that's worth doing anymore. On the one hand, I don't like featuring an incomplete game because the situation is a bit awkward if it ever is finished (do we ever get to showcase the complete game?) Then again, I think it's highly possible the game will never be finished, since TBC seem to have moved on to other things (such as SBCG4AP). Heimstern Läufer

23:29, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Then let's do the StrongBadZone game. It's one of the games that SB has dreamed up in the "video games" email. And it has a decent amount of text to boot. MHarrington 17:00, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

I like that idea. It also begat one of the better-known H*R phrases, "YOUR HEAD A SPLODE". Heimstern Läufer

17:04, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

I'd like to suggest Commandos in the Classroom, as this week is close to the start of school for a lot of people, and would have tons of "OMG! BACK TO SCHOOL FRENZY!" moments. Bluebry 22:46, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Hmm... if we do that, which at this point I'm neutral on, let's see if we can do StrongBadZone not long later, shall we? I can see the value of a back to school article, but we should make sure our heads engsmsplode sometime. Heimstern Läufer

03:52, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

What about Week 37? It's after the next week. {points down} Bluebry 03:56, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Oh, "Commandos In the Classroom" is a good one, too. We hardly have ever featured anything regarding the commandos of the cheating variety. MHarrington 15:52, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

HRWiki:Featured article for 2008, week 36 (Sep 1-7)

This week would be Labor Day, and since we featured Labor Dabor last year, how about doing the "labor day" email this year? I think it fits, if only weakly. MHarrington 17:59, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

That's fine, but I don't think we should be talking about the September featured article in July. JCM 14:16, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Why not? I don't think it's so much what date it's on that counts as how far ahead in terms of numbering thus far it is. MHarrington 14:42, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

I think ten weeks out is OK. More than that is going a bit too far, but ten is OK. Heimstern Läufer

03:51, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Oh, and I suppose labor day should be fine. Heimstern Läufer

23:04, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

HRWiki:Featured article for 2008, week 37 (Sep 8-14)

From the discussion for week 35:

Perhaps a game? It's been a while since we last featured one: week 8 of this year was the last time. Heimstern Läufer 06:09, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
How about one of the games that Strong Bad dreamed up in the video games email? Any of those would work. Or we could also do Stinkoman 20X6. MHarrington 19:27, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
We've been delaying featuring 20X6 until level 10 comes out... though even I begin to wonder if that's worth doing anymore. On the one hand, I don't like featuring an incomplete game because the situation is a bit awkward if it ever is finished (do we ever get to showcase the complete game?) Then again, I think it's highly possible the game will never be finished, since TBC seem to have moved on to other things (such as SBCG4AP). Heimstern Läufer 23:29, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
Then let's do the StrongBadZone game. It's one of the games that SB has dreamed up in the "video games" email. And it has a decent amount of text to boot. MHarrington 17:00, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
I like that idea. It also begat one of the better-known H*R phrases, "YOUR HEAD A SPLODE". Heimstern Läufer 17:04, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Then someone else thought up a more seasonal idea for that week. Therefore, I move that we feature StrongBadZone this week instead. Heimstern Läufer 03:53, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

I'll second the featuring of StrongBadZone for this week. wbwolf (t | ed) 15:00, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Or Stinkoman: 20X6? Considering the fact that it's a great game even though it isn't finished. JCM 20:51, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Which is why we're considering not to do that one until it is finished. So we're doing StrongBadZone instead. MHarrington 22:26, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

HRWiki:Featured article for 2008, week 38 (Sep 15-21)

One of the Thy Dungeonman games. Period. Empaire 13:44, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

I don't think we should do one of Thy Dungeonman games because it looks like we're doing StrongBadZone the week before this one, which is also a game. I suggest we do the toon taken off the site, A Jumping Jack Contest. -Peter

We're getting too far out once again; let's slow down a bit, huh? And A Jumping Jack Contest would be a good one. MHarrington 05:03, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Sure, a little history for the main page never hurt anyone. Not even The Cheat. Heimstern Läufer

00:41, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

What do you mean by that? MHarrington 17:00, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

A little history for the main page = an old, historical toon as a featured article. Heimstern Läufer

17:03, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Oh, I see now. MHarrington 03:39, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

HRWiki:Featured article for 2008, week 39 (Sep 22-28)

I say maybe something related to Dangeresque. Like, the email stunt double, or maybe dangeresque 3. DrPepper42 14:56, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

We're getting to far ahead of ourselves. We're only in July. I think it would be better to just make sure we know what featured articles we will be featuring for the next few weeks right now. Homestar-Winner (talk) 19:11, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Well, technically, we have done the Dangeresque film series already. Might I suggest something entirely different? Like say, Homestar Runner and Marzipan's Relationship? That one has been suggested a long time ago, but no one was willing to do it because it was too close to another relationship article on the one between Homestar and Strong Bad. MHarrington 01:49, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

I guess we can do that one now. It's too bad there aren't more feature-worthy relationship articles, though. This might be our last one, we'll see. Heimstern Läufer

00:42, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Not necessarily. We also have relationship articles between Strongs Bad and Sad and Strong Bad and The Cheat in the nominations section. Mind you, they'd need to be updated somewhat, but I think they're doable. But yes, we should pace ourselves here. MHarrington 18:20, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

I hope you're right. Heimstern Läufer

18:23, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

HRWiki:Featured article for 2008, week 40 (Sep 29-Oct 5)

I think we sorely need to do something related to Puppet Stuff. How about Everybody Knows It? MHarrington 07:28, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Everybody Knows It is a bit on the short side. I'm not sure if a writeup would be long enough or not. If not, I still think featuring something Puppet-related is a good idea. Heimstern Läufer

23:09, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Well, then how about the Biz Cas Fri series? MHarrington 01:05, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Incidentally, because many of the Puppet Stuffs are short, it might be worth considering a week of Puppet Stuff dailies (not necessarily this week). The Biz Cas Fris are probably long enough for a week, though. Heimstern Läufer

02:19, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

That's it! We have NOT done dailies in a LONG time. The ones we could feature are: Everybody Knows It, Puppet Time, Homestar vs. Little Girl, Homestar vs. Little Girl 2, Strong Bad vs. Little Girl!, Homestar vs. Other Little Girl and Marshie vs. Little Girl. How about that? Mind you, it's just a prototype, but it should give an idea. MHarrington 05:04, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

My only problem with this list would be Marshie vs. Little Girl and Homestar vs. Little Girl 2 are both Halloween themed. If we do this, it would be better to move it closer to Halloween (maybe Week 43) and/or substitute some of the Biz Cas Fri shorts... which should get featured anyway. But, I would concede these are all mid-importance articles that work well for dailies. wbwolf (t | ed) 05:12, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

I think Mr. Wolf is exactly right about the Halloween ones. Also, they're quite possibly long and involved enough for a whole week. Another thing we haven't considered are the Puppet Jam sessions, all of which are rather short and unlikely to make a good week-long feature. Heimstern Läufer

05:16, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Well, I'm fine with this. One way or another, though, we need to include something with the puppet stuff. MHarrington 05:20, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Sure, and we have plenty of time to refine the list. Heimstern Läufer

05:21, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

As for the Puppet Jams, we don't have to necessarily feature any of the separate ones; we could do an article on that series as a whole. MHarrington 05:23, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

HRWiki:Featured article for 2008, week 41 (Oct 6-12)

How about some kind of clothing, like Bowler Hats? MHarrington 06:12, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

HRWiki:Featured article for 2008, week 42 (Oct 13-19)

For this week, how about Gunhaver? I sincerely believe that the Cheat Commandos body of work has been too lightly tapped for too long now. MHarrington 15:10, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

HRWiki:Featured article for 2008, week 43 (Oct 20-26)

Well, it's starting to be getting around Halloween once again. Since we've featured two Halloween-themed items per year in the past (one for the week before Halloween; one for the week during Halloween (one of the major Halloween toons)), I think we should do something like that again. However, I have a few possibilities for this particular week: namely, The Goblin and the two Halloween-themed emails, halloweener and ghosts. Do any of those appeal to anyone? MHarrington 15:47, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

I would like to see The Goblin featured. He doesn't get enough recognition sometimes, but it just wouldn't be a Homestar Runner Holloween without him. — Acam30

02:00, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

Does the goblin really have enough content to make a good FA though? — Defender1031*Talk 02:02, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

It's doable, though more content would be great if we could add it. Heimstern Läufer

02:27, 17 August 2008 (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)