Left 4 Dead Wiki:Featured articles

Featured articles of Left 4 Dead Wiki are articles that represent the best articles Left 4 Dead Wiki has to offer. For articles to be featured on the Main Page, see /Queue.

Criteria
So just what makes a featured article? Well, we've prepared a list just in case someone should ask that, and it is as follows.

An article must...


 * 1) ...be well written and detailed
 * 2) ...be unbiased and have a neutral point of view
 * 3) ...be factual and not incorporate theory presented as fact
 * 4) ...be properly sourced if controversial information is entered into it
 * 5) ...not be tagged with any sort of improvement tags (i.e. cleanup, expand, etc.)
 * 6) ...have a succinct proper lead that can be used for the front page featured box
 * 7) ...have a complete, detailed biography if it is a character article
 * 8) ...not be the subject of any ongoing edit wars

See here for a list of current featured articles on Left 4 Dead Wiki. For more information on what makes a featured article, see Wikipedia's treatise on featured articles.

How to nominate an article

 * 1) First, nominate an article you find is worthy of featured status, putting it at the bottom of the list below; see criteria above. Also, add the nomination template to the top of the article you nominate.
 * 2) Certain users may object to the nomination if they disagree that the article is good enough; they must then supply reasons for doing so, and ways to improve the article (errors, style, organization, images, notability, sources). If no reason is supplied, their vote will not be counted until they do this.
 * 3) Supporters adjust the article until the objectors (with reasonable objections) are satisfied.
 * 4) The article is placed on the featured article list and added to the front page queue.

How to vote

 * 1) Before doing anything, be sure to read the article completely, keeping a sharp eye out for mistakes. Edit and fix these if you have time.
 * 2) Afterwards, compare the article to the criteria listed above, and then either support or object the article's nomination. (If you object, please supply concrete reasons for doing so, and how it can be improved.)
 * 3) As stated above, any objections will be looked upon by the nominator, supporters, and anyone willing to improve the article, and action will be taken to please the objectors.
 * 4) Once all objectors' complaints have been solved (or the article has 4 supports and no objections after at least a week), the article will be added to the queue and be officially known as a "featured article".

Eventually, the next article in the queue will be highlighted on the main page as featured, marked with the  template and removed from the list of nominations.

Voting templates
= Featured article nominations =

Achievements
This is a very nice article, it's very neatly organized, and gives plenty of information along with the facts about the achievements, along with tips. — Baltro [  talk  ·  edits  ] 21:19, 25 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Since this is the first nominated article, I'll put in a sample vote, so people can see how it works. — Baltro [  talk  ·  edits  ] 21:19, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * It's about time for a c-c-c-combo breaker from the campaign articles being our only featured articles. - §tigma-231 ♠  o  ƒ  gr  eed { τalk }{¢ont } 21:31, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * A damn fine job here. Damn fine. A change from the campaigns would be refreshing, so I'm behind it all the way. -- Five Dog ( Talk ){ Updates } 21:34, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Chock full of good info on how to achieve the achievable in Left 4 Achievements...I mean Dead. Left 4 Dead. Gives us more to shoot for than just beating the game. Our own virtual status symbol that means nothing. :D Jo the Marten  00:35, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

The Survivors
Hate to be blunt, but this is better than the previously featured campaign articles, and likely one of the best articles we have available. Plenty of information, plenty of pictures; it looks great and is quite the eye candy. — Baltro [  talk  ·  edits  ] 22:44, 25 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Providing it stays nice and neat, with adequate spacing for the pictures so that the text doesn't "run together", it is worth featuring. -- Five Dog ( Talk ){ Updates } 23:02, 25 August 2009 (UTC)