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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

2010, Weeks 1-10 | 2010, Weeks 11-20

Article discussions

HRWiki:Featured article for 2010, week 20 (May 17-23)

Five years since the first featured article! Maybe we should do something special to mark the occasion? RickTommy 07:09, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, I can't really think of anything. MHarrington 05:12, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

I was thinking maybe Index Page, the most imprtant page on the site (not really, but it's often the first page that one looks at on the site), or an early toon like Pom Pom Too, or one of the earliest articles to be suggested as a featured article: Schenactady Crispies, or, as has been mentioned a couple of times not long ago: homestarrunner.com. Rick Tommy (edits) 00:13, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

I don't know. MHarrington 18:58, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

So, the new main page did not appear until May 23, 2005 which was the first day of week 21 on 2005 (see ISO_week_date). I see that this year that date falls on Week 20 (after getting this wrong a couple of times). If it's that important, we can just re-feature Homestar Runner as a one-time retro-feauture with a short and subtle 1-line message saying that we've been doing 5 years of FAs. For some reason I feel it would be nice to do this on week 21 rather than week 20 (and match the week numbers). Otherwise, I think we should really treat this like any other FA week. Looking at the oft-ignored nominations page I see that we have never featured Parsnips A-Plenty and it might be due for a feature. --Stux 18:14, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

I suggest Museum. It just seem fitting for 5 years, I guess it's the title. nova scotia 20:45, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Look before you leap. Museum has been featured already. Strong Awesome

21:19, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

I don't think the anniversary of FAs is significant enough to merit an article celebrating it. Heimstern Läufer

23:32, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Maybe not, but still, can we do any of the ideas that either I or Stux suggested? Rick Tommy (edits) 11:24, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

In preparation of next week's FA and after going through the Nominations page I noticed something old that hasn't been featured yet: How about sisters? --Stux 01:02, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, but it's too soon after we last featured an e-mail. Rick Tommy (edits) 05:29, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Ummm, it's nearly time, so we need more input. And my question above hasn't been answered. Rick Tommy (edits) 01:04, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

IT'S GOING TO BE SOON! CAN WE HAVE SOME MORE FEEDBACK?! Rick Tommy (edits) 10:13, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

That will quite enough panicking and shouting. Doje hapjok. OK. Here are my thoughts: I agree that it's too early to feature another email at this point, though sisters would be a good one for the future. Pom Pom, Too is a fascinating idea in one sense, but I think it may be too short for a decent writeup. I'm thinking going ahead with Parnsips A-Plenty could be our best plan at this point. Heimstern Läufer

11:55, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

I have an idea: why don't we try for Sterrance, which was proposed last week before being bumped in favor of a list of Dangeresque characters? MHarrington 15:54, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

I think Parsnips A-Plenty works for this week. As for Sterrance, why don't we just move him to the next week? There isn't really a discussion right below, so I think it would work. Strong Awesome

19:14, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

These two weeks flew by waaay too quickly! As for the FA, I've tentatively copied the Sterrance text but I'd rather see Parsnips since there isn't much content on the former article. However, I gotta sit down and watch it again before summarizing as it's been a while since I've seen it. I wanted to be sure we had something before the UTC changeover. --Stux 18:30, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Why don't we just go ahead with that for this week and shove Parsnips down to next week, where there's no result yet. Heimstern Läufer

23:43, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

HRWiki:Featured article for 2010, week 21 (May 24-30)

Missy Palmer? RickTommy talk 01:52, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Missy Palmer's important to H*R, but that article's seriously lacking in content. At present, it wouldn't work for a weeklong feature. Heimstern Läufer

07:50, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Lookin at a Thing in a Bag? Po wer Pie

We were talking before about putting Sterrance here if we featured Parsnips-A-Plenty the week before. Since it appears we're doing Sterrance the week before instead, let's move Parsnips-A-Plenty here. Heimstern Läufer 23:45, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Based on last week's and this week's discussion, I've written the feature for Parsnips-A-Plenty. We can feature Lookin at a Thing in a Bag at a later date. --Stux 19:24, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

HRWiki:Featured article for 2010, week 22 (May 31-Jun 6)

How about a Videlectrix game? We have available: Secret Collect, Rhino Feeder, Thy Dungeonman, Population: Tire, Pigs on Head, Thy Dungeonman 2, 50K Racewalker, Duck Guardian One, and Thy Dungeonman 3. RickTommy talk 01:52, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Based on the ones listed here, I would say Population: Tire is probably the best bet. MHarrington 05:10, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

I'd pick one of the Thy Dungeonman games.

Either Pop Tire or a Dungeonman game would probably be good choices. Can't decide which I prefer at this point. Heimstern Läufer

08:06, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

I always thought Retro Gaming Character Variations was an interesting article. But out of the games, I think Thy Dungeonman games have more information. Rondleman!

Stuff I did.Talk. 00:55, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

HRWiki:Featured article for 2010, week 23 (Jun 7-13)

For this week, how about the jibblies? MHarrington 05:16, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

HRWiki:Featured article for 2010, week 24 (Jun 14-20)

For this week, how about Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning? We could have the intro and all the little descriptions after it, sort of like that article on characters lacking certain body parts. MHarrington 18:45, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

HRWiki:Featured article for 2010, week 25 (Jun 21-27)

How about The Reddest Radish? Rick Tommy (edits) 00:20, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

While this is (once again) over the limit of ten, there doesn't seem to be a clear consensus in some of the nominations above. Why not contribute your opinion there first instead of adding more weeks? Strong Awesome

00:53, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

I agree with Strong Awesome in that you should discus other things before bringing up something else. On a more related note, I don't really like the idea of featuring Reddish Raddish, but I don't know what we could replace it with. Po wer Pie

I came up with something: 404'd. Po wer

Pie

Nevermind. That needs expansion. How abut Homestar Ruiner? Po wer

Pie

If we were to do individual SBCG4AP episodes, they should be done in increments at a time. Instead, might I propose something that had been proposed before, but got bumped off by something else: Sterrance, but not Da Huuuuuuuudge, since the former appeared more often than the latter, and it was the one SB claimed to have gotten right. MHarrington 15:39, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Sterrance sounds good. Po wer

Pie

HRWiki:Featured article for 2010, week 26 (Jun 28-Jul 4)

Cardboard Marzipan? Rick Tommy (edits) 10:44, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

What did the man say to you above? --Essence of Ghost Water 12:20, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

At this point, we're exactly 10 weeks out, so he's OK this time. Heimstern Läufer

12:21, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

Oh. Anyhow, Cardboard Mazipan is a good choice. It's certainly better than Cardboard Homestar. --Essence of Ghost Water 12:24, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

While Heim's right and he's ok within the 10-week limit, RickTommy, why don't you give others a chance to make initial suggestions during the new few FA weeks for a change? There is no need to rush the FA process and you should give others a chance to weigh in their suggestions without them feeling rushed or like they need to follow a specific topic. Thanks. --Stux 18:08, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

HRWiki:Featured article for 2010, week 27 (Jul 5-11)

New Paper? Rick Tommy (edits) 02:43, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

HRWiki:Featured article for 2010, week 28 (Jul 12-18)

Li'l Brudder? Rick Tommy (edits) 00:06, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Spotlight hogger. :P That aside, Lil Brudder is a good idea. Po wer Pie

HRWiki:Featured article for 2010, week 29 (Jul 19-25)

We usually feature a Sbemail around this time. How about either rock opera, bottom 10, your friends, death metal, or different town? Rick Tommy (edits) 00:17, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

You know, there's not much consensus on anything else. If you're so eager to get things done, I request you help with the others before you throw something else out.

Yeah, we could do bottom 10. Po wer Pie

And we need to keep this list below ten. And let someone else come up with an idea sometimes, please! MHarrington 15:30, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

HRWiki:Featured article for 2010, week 30 (Jul 26-Aug 2)

It does end on August 2nd, right? Anyways, how about Everybody to the Limit? Po wer Pie

That'd be a good one. MHarrington

Good. Also, I beat RickTommy. :D Po wer

Pie

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)