Pikipedia talk:Featured article

Instructions

To update the featured article, you must:

1. Update the previous featured article to have the end date in the "featured" template, in the form {{featured|start date|end date}}. Move this to the bottom of the page, but keep it above any footer.
2. Add the Featured template to the top of the main article of the new feature, including the date, in the form {{featured|date}} (read the template documentation for more details).
3. Update the previous featured articles list.
4. Move the nomination on the nominations page to the archive.
5. Update Template:Feature. Copy a few of the introductory paragraphs from the article and an image, if at all possible.
6. Tweet about the new featured article.
7. Post on Facebook about the new featured article and poll, and the old poll's results.

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Comment

Very helpful article. Hopefully, we get some users to submit some cool featured Pikmin articles if possible.

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Okay, since we're now not using a rotation, should this be changed? Should we set up a system whereby articles can be nominated to be featured? We would just set up a page for people to edit with their nominations, and change the article to a new popular one when it's getting old (maybe at Pikmin: Featured articles/nominations). Also, I'd like to have a record of what's been featured here, something like:

Perplexing Pool

30th March 2008 - 18th April 2008

[[8-day run]]

18th April 2008 -

Hm? Also, is there any possible appropriate image for the current feature? It needs one. GP 08:48, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

I'm on it. And a "yes" to all the other stuff.--Prezintenden

Okay, seeing as featured articles now just use the introductory paragraph or so from the main article, there's no point in creating a page for them; just have it at template:feature and change that text. I'm going to set that up now; what I want to know is the opinion on what should be done with the other featured articles and the rotation page. GP 18:18, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Right, I've made a few changes. There's the featured article header template at template:featured, the current featured article is always at template:feature, and this page has changed; and I created Pikmin:Featured articles/nominations. GP 19:40, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

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Okay, I think it's time to choose a new feature from the four on the nominations page. Might be easier if people actually opposed those they won't support rather than being nice. GP 18:15, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

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Should I change the featured article to Smokey Progg soon? ~~ Edit: Oops. Vol (Talk)

I could swear it was featured previously. Guess not. Well, go for it. Also, you only... used two tildes... no matter. {Espyo^T} 08:18, 12 April 2011 (EDT)

Should Pikmin 3 be in this list?

I noticed that Pikmin 3 was in the featured article category and had the {{Feature}} template, but wasn't in the list of featured articles on this page. I looked through a bunch of page histories, and worked out that the list here follows the featured article progression on Pikipedia, while the Pikmin 3 article was featured on the Wikia wiki. The Wikia wiki had a different progression of featured articles during the split period, as shown on their revision history for Template:Feature. Should the list here reflect this, or should it only contain the Pikipedia list? And if so, should Pikmin 3 be removed from the featured article category? — Botanist_(talk) 05:49, July 13, 2021 (EDT)

Hmm... I think only Pikipedia's should remain, otherwise things will get too confusing and conflicting. Cases from the Wikia days can be wiped out. — {Espyo^T} 13:55, July 13, 2021 (EDT)