Pikipedia:Featured article
This page contains instructions on how to make and use features.
Creating a new feature
- Create a page and entitle it Template:FEATURE_Your_Article_Name_Here'
- To create a page, go here and replace "Your_Article_Name_Here" with your article's name
- Write your article on this page. Articles should...
- ...be a brief summary of the topic you are writing about
- ...contain a few relevant points of interest
- ...contain several links, relevant to the subject
- ...contain an image, relevant to the subject
- ...not cover existing articles information (IE : We don't need an article for every single grubdog in the game)
- Once you have written your article, add the following to the bottom...
- <noinclude>[[Category:Featured Articles|Your Article Name]]</noinclude>
- Finally, preview your article, check for mistakes (typos, broken links and coding etc) and fix any you find. Once you are satisfied with the article, click "Save Page"
- Your article will be looked over when an administrator gets a chance, and if it is front page material, added to the upcoming rotation.
Writing an Article
Featured articles should be articles that are complete in content, well written, and are interesting enough to be put on the front page. Within this page, create a brief (2, 3, 4 short paragraphs) summary of the featured article. Cutting and pasting from the main article is acceptable, but keep the summary reasonably sized. This summary should contain an image.
Ideally, featured articles will rotate, possibly from top to bottom. As more articles are added to the list, the variety will grow, and the front page will become a more interesting place to be.
Weekly Rotation
There is one template which holds the data for which articles show for each day of the week. In order to rotate the articles edit the template below. Articles should be rotated weekly. All existing features are in Category:Featured Articles.