Difference between revisions of "Conservapedia talk:Featured articles"

Revision as of 11:40, July 24, 2011

Need some help

We need some help cleaing up the mainspace here. Then we can get to organizing a committee. Rob Smith 23:34, 16 July 2011 (EDT)

Good idea. --Joaquín Martínez 09:12, 17 July 2011 (EDT)

I think it would be great if this could be implemented again, so that Conservapedia can feature decent, educational, informative articles created by members of the project, instead of the semi-coherent ramblings of somebody who for all intents and purposes appears to be trying to harm Conservapedia's image. I mean, to go from some of the great articles listed here, to dribble about walruses and dancing girls... the mind boggles. TracyS 11:20, 17 July 2011 (EDT)

Somebody want to begin archiving the past nominations in mainspace. Meanwhile I'm sure we'll get more signing up. Rob Smith 12:35, 17 July 2011 (EDT)

Does one need to be an administrator to apply?--JamesWilson 12:45, 17 July 2011 (EDT)

@JW: my understanding is that this is open to "civilians". @Tracy: Unfortunately, these are two different issues. Recommending the "official" featured articles, and stopping people from using their administrative authority to circumvent the decisions, are very different things. SamHB 13:48, 17 July 2011 (EDT)

No, there's been no objection. We need to get the ball moving on this. Rob Smith 13:57, 17 July 2011 (EDT)

Excellent, Rob. Now, is there a rubric of some sort for featured articles?--JamesWilson 13:59, 17 July 2011 (EDT)

Let's clean up the mainspace and take some nominations. I'm only helping out in these organizational phases. You guys vet the articles and make sure they're presentable. They probably should relate to some current, timely theme of interest to MainPage readers. It will take a sysop to place it at Template:Mainpageleft, and we have one on the committee. So an appropriate review process is in place for the Committee's recomendations. Rob Smith 14:21, 17 July 2011 (EDT)

Previous work could give an idea of what is desirable; see history here. --Joaquín Martínez 17:49, 17 July 2011 (EDT)

Sign up for Featured article committee

Volunteers please mark with an asterisk and sign below.

• TracyS 12:17, 17 July 2011 (EDT)
• Joaquín Martínez 12:23, 17 July 2011 (EDT)
• SamHB 13:48, 17 July 2011 (EDT)
• JamesWilson 13:50, 17 July 2011 (EDT)
• JanW 21:27, 18 July 2011 (EDT)

Libyan War 2011

There appears to be a consensus majority to accept the first nomination, although other committee members should be heard pro/con/neutral or whatever before the article is posted on the MPL. Meanwhile, we can begin proofreading and bringing the article up to quality standards for placement on the Main Page (formating footnotes, templates if necessary, etc.) Good luck, Committee! Rob Smith 15:43, 19 July 2011 (EDT)

Is the article ready? Sunday nights are probably beswt for posting new Features of the Week. Since Jaquin isn't avalable, I'll see if I can clear it for posting.

Also, Aug 2 is the debt ceiling deadline, and I'm presuming the Committee wants that article ready for next week, if it's been selected. How's it coming? Rob Smith 21:55, 23 July 2011 (EDT)

I've made a few changes and put stuff back as per the talk page. I think it's ready to roll. TracyS 07:40, 24 July 2011 (EDT)