Talk:Main Page/featured article

Link Titles

Could someone with editing permission link the actual titles of this and future featured articles?

Charr

not

Charr

Seems the sensible thing to do for a featured article. Thank you. – josəph 21:15, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Charr is hotlinked as the 5th word in the description text. It's close enough to the top imo. --JonTheMon 21:32, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Also I tried linking the page already before and it looked bad that's why I kept it the way it is now. poke | talk 21:42, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

@JonTheMon: I disagree (see Wikipedia's featured article section on it's main page, for example) and think that the link should be the title, not within the text. But that's my personal preference/opinion. @poke: I see, thanks for clearing that up. Shame really. – josəph 00:14, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

There is also the read more link at the end of it. -- Wyn 00:42, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

IMO, only the read more link is really needed for links to the article page. The link in the first sentence to Charr, in my opinion, isn't really necessary. But either way, not complaining, just stating my opinion. ^_^ -- Azazel The Assassin\talk 07:28, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

See that first link as a simple plus then :P poke | talk 18:51, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

(Reset indent) I've linked the title of the most recent one in such a manner that the visual display is unaffected. I think it's a decent compromise. (Aiiane - talk - contribs) 21:00, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

It´s been a week...

so I think somewhere today we should move to featuring the next article. We've got Profession ready on the Accepted pages list. :) — Why 12:38, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Do you really think we should cycle each week? I fear that we soon won't have enough pages then to feature, and repeating isn't that good is it? Maybe each 2 weeks would be better. poke | talk 13:37, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Sounds reasonable. — Why 14:56, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Was interested in how the Profession page would look. But 2 weeks does sound more reasonable, for now at least. Only way to prevent running out of featured articles is to constantly improve articles. I'm willing to expand the lore parts of articles that are wanted to be featured, if there are any, but eventually we will run out, that fact is inevitable. Eventually we should repeat, but that should only be in like, two years from now (I hope), if not longer *and in the same order as well*. I think, of those we have nominated, we need to pick an article for after Professions and fix that article up, instead of being as strict as some of the people have been and saying no to most of those because it doesn't hold all it could. -- Azazel The Assassin\talk 02:51, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Is the layout for the Profession page done? Image has been chosen and all that? -- Wyn 02:56, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

I did this to give an idea. These should be done in advance of swapping them out. -- Wyn 03:05, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Looks good, but could we pick other lines from the page, or perhaps sum it up better ourselves? --Antioch 03:13, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Normally you directly quote the page, and the opening paragraph of the page would be there, but since the opening line of the Profession page is so short, it really doesn't fill the area very well, so I just kept going. This is exactly why this part should be done before you start talking about swapping them out though. -- Wyn 03:32, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

In my opinion we shouldn't limit it just to the opening paragraphs, we should rather focus on those paragraphs that could make the reader interested to read on; and for opening paragraphs that are quite short (like this), I don't think it is a good idea to choose it. poke | talk 11:54, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

By the way, why do we end mid-sentence? -- Brains12 \ talk 16:08, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

so you have to click "read more" to finish the sen- ~PheNaxKian Talk 16:10, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

So change the content the way you would like to see it, that's why I set up this page, so the next featured article box could be made the way everyone wants it. I simply set it up the way most ticklers are done. Change the picture too if you wish. -- Wyn 19:46, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

snowball jump

anyone object to jumping the snowball article to the front page for wintersday in july? --VVong|BA 01:43, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Dwayna Vs Grenth? Make sure you write a good text then. poke | talk 07:09, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

i've updated the copy/edit text for the featured article. i'll be traveling today however, so i won't be able to make any changes if some are suggested. it'd be great if we can get this featured when the mini-event starts. --VVong|BA 12:29, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Typo

It says "The Luxon armada dwell" whereas the article has "The Luxon armada dwells". Ɲoɕʈɋɽɕɧ 23:04, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Fixed. Not my fault though :P poke | talk 23:09, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Oversight?

Seeing how the Main Page is a big target for vandalism, shouldn't the image of the featured article be protected, until it changes? ThrainFile:User Thrain Sig.pngcontribs 02:45, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Done. — Why 02:55, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

dragon arena

someone plz update the featured article. this change should have been made on the 8th. --VVong|BA 21:46, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

bump. --VVong|BA 03:58, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

oops, sorry. poke | talk 19:08, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

This page needs major clean-up

Put the articles in a table, don't just stack them up. --Sageofprofession 22:47, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

For what reason, if I may ask? poke | talk 22:56, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

Eventually it'll get big, but since only one article shows at a time, and people don't actually go to this page (often), there's little need to, imo. Though a yearly archive wouldn't be bad (2009 featured articles, 2010 featured articles, etc.). -- Konig/talk 01:12, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

If I had access to editing, then I would fit all the stuff into a table, but for now, it just looks plain messy --Sageofprofession 19:11, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

You know that a design should actually bring a tabular layout with it to explain the use of a table? So maybe you can explain, what exactly you want it to look like that explains why a table would make it better. Because just using a table doesn't change the actual appearance of the page. poke | talk 19:37, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Sorta like this:

Picture 1	Article 1
Picture 2	Article 2
Picture 3	Article 3

I'm more than willing to edit this myself if I could. It's just that I can be a bit of a neat freak from time to time. --Sageofprofession 19:48, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Well, the reason it is displayed like it is currently is because it is the way it is displayed on the Main Page. And the image size and text length was optimized to that frame size. poke | talk 19:56, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Mursaat featured article typo

Currently says "fen-like wings growing from their backs." First of all, fen is completely wrong (typo, most likely), and second this. Please correct. Rose Of Kali 23:04, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

thanks for noting, done — Why 11:51, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

miniatures

time to update the featured article? --61.33.33.84 00:18, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

Why? News isn't the purpose of the featured article, and minis is hardly news, anyway. Rose Of Kali 01:06, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

it was suggested when it was accepted to be featured during the birthday festivities b/c it's thematically relevant. past features have been timed to hit on the date of the festival as well. costume brawl for halloween, snowball for wintersday, and dragon arena for canthan new year. obviously minis aren't news. but that wasn't the point of the person who originally suggested it to be a timed feature in the first place. --VVong|BA 00:59, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

War in Kryta would be more fitting, as it was obviously timed to be "the" birthday content update. And at this point it would be pretty hard to find a GWW user who hasn't typed "mini" into search yet, it's the fifth year, after all. Rose Of Kali 20:04, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

We don't feature articles based on how unknown they are, or based on the popularity in-game. We feature articles because those articles have reached a high standard are just good pages on the wiki. And if an article was accepted to be featured and we have an event soon where featuring that article makes a bit sense (like Snowball arena during Wintersday, or Miniatures during birthday), then we try to do that.

Featuring War in Kryta would be fine too, but that article was not even proposed to be featured, and I don't believe it is even complete enough (given that the war is not over) to be ready for being featured. poke | talk 11:20, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

WTF? o_O

Uh... why are we "featuring" an image of a dead Gwen mini? Is that a sick joke or something? Rose Of Kali 16:02, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Hehe, was wondering the same thing. Reaper of Scythes** 16:05, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Changed the image.. poke | talk 19:13, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

FYI.i prefer the dead gwen.--Neil2250 , Render Lord 19:14, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

I set it up for the dead gwen mini because it was the most clear image on the miniature page and showed a humorous fixed bug. It wasn't meant to be "sick" or anything (and I honestly don't see why one would think that, I guess the sickness is lost on me - maybe I'm not perverted enough). -- Konig/talk 19:25, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

¡¡¡¡⅄∀⅄ --Neil2250 , Render Lord 19:29, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Well, the "sick" part was that a picture of a dead little girl was a featured image. It's fine in a regular article where it actually explains the bug, but not as the first thing you see when you click the main page... Rose Of Kali 19:47, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

I was going to say "come on it's a game" but then realized you are probably right. — Why 08:56, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

I don't have any problems with some pixels representing a featured dead gwen or an alife one, but I stumbled over the picture for a different reason: The picture should show miniatures as they normally behave, not a very rare exception. The new one is a lot better. --Xeeron 11:04, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Changed the next article

I changed the next article from "Guide to PvE" to "guide to hard mode" as guide to pve was moved from accepted to nominated as it was still being discussed and changed. secondly, does anyone know how to make it so the bullet points arn't hidden behind the image? I tryed doing ** to indent the bullet points, but that didn't seem to help. --San Darkwood 10:26, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Is it possible to change the second bullet point to "Monsters have a 33 to 50 percent shorter casting duration for skills greater than or equal to 2 seconds, faster movement and faster attack speed." as it has been changed because of the mesmer update. (bad timing much?) --San Darkwood 16:43, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Why was the article already featured? I actually wanted to change the text once more because I believe a bullet list is actually a very bad thing to quote from an article. Plus the quoted text only describes changes in hard mode whereas the article is actually a guide on how to proceed in hard mode, so we should focus on the latter.. poke | talk 18:00, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

I said I'd feature it on the project talk page and nobody objected, so I featured it. Feel free to change the text though. — Why 18:02, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Quick call for comments, please :) poke | talk 18:09, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

That looks good. It has my approval. --San Darkwood 18:35, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Yup, nice, even though I'm late. — Why 19:09, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Typo in this week's summary

Please change avaliable to available. -- FreedomBound 16:59, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

dhuum can we old off on him

can we hold off on him? it would be nice to feature him during Halloween- Zesbeer 22:30, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Check Thoroughly For Errors Before Featuring...

Might I suggest that people (and not just one, but several) actually check an article for errors in spelling and/or grammar before and during the nomination for featuring? The name of the city of Fahranur was misspelled when it was featured, and now that text is locked in, uncorrectable except by those with rights to do so, even as the article itself is now correct. The incorrect "Fahrahnur" is nowhere else on this wiki except for the featured article text. Abased Fear 16:07, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

The text that is used is open for editing about two weeks, and there is a longer discussion in the beginning where an article is evaluated. You might want to participate there to prevent such a thing from happening again. poke | talk 16:12, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

We do check, but as we're not perfect, we miss things. -- Konig/talk 16:46, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

also feel free to join us. and make the edits your self.- Zesbeer 11:15, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

Suggestions for future articles

← moved to Guild Wars Wiki talk:Projects/Featured pages#Suggestions for future articles

text length

i think we can trow a bit more text up there now that the Latest in-game activities section on the main page is so large.- Zesbeer 01:30, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

While that white gap is... undesirable, the amount of paragraph text in recent features has been... Well, there's not enough to have some on the main page and some not on the main page. In the current one, there is literally only 2 sentences left outside of the quotation. -- Konig/talk 02:30, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

I think the current text amount is actually pretty well chosen. And it's quite sad that the featured article has that less text xD poke | talk 21:34, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Alphabetize (or include date)

Now that the list of previously featured articles is a healthy size, could we resort it to be in alphabetical order (making it easier to browse) or list the date in the section header (so it's clear why there's no obvious rhyme/reason behind the current order)? Thanks. — Tennessee Ernie Ford (TEF) 18:01, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

two reasons i think that the list is by date first its easier to keep track the old order, and second there are some articles that we would prefer to be featured during events- Zesbeer 19:51, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

Why is it important to keep track of the old order? And how does the current order help you find event-related articles? (FYI either of those things could be more easily accomplished by adding a sortable table listing the articles with a column by date, whether event-related, and even one pointing to the featured article intro text, which probably ought to go in a subpage of the original article.) — Tennessee Ernie Ford (TEF) 20:00, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

so articles don't repeat too soon. if you want to make a table and put in the effort go for it but i believe the master plan we agreed to on the project page was to go thew and edit the summery s so that they don't need to be updated i would wait for konig's response before doing anything.- Zesbeer 20:11, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

It's best to keep track of it in the old order, because of how the pages were accepted via discussions and what pages were decided on the events, etc. Kaisha 21:20, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

Humorously enough I wrote something but it didn't seem to go through. Interesting. Anyways, except for the first two (charr/profession) the order is simple: Oldest first, and this alone wouldn't need changing. And Zesbeer's reason ("so articles don't repeat too soon") is correct - as one could note by the fact there are two "Profession" entries. It doesn't, however, help with event ones... Eventually, my hope is to create a cycle/ist with no repeats and no event features and just have that cycled through. When that happens, the order of the list would be the order of featuring - there would be no clear means of ordering, nor would one be needed as regular folks won't be viewing this page often (nor will they ever be able to edit it). Konig/talk 01:37, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

Since it is more appropriate in another location, I'd like to point out that I began a discussion on (what) the order of the previously featured articles (should be) over here. Konig/talk 07:18, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

thorn

had a spat, not a spout 24.130.140.36 00:28, 3 November 2011 (UTC)