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 =

The Tank
Reasons for this are because it is of Satisfactory Length, has no "Article Management" Templates (From what I could see), and the other Boss Infected, The Witch is a Featured Article. Therefore, the other half of the Boss Infected Category (The Tank) should be considered too. Whatch'all think? 94.195.236.134 22:08, June 19, 2010 (UTC)

"Hasn't been up long enough.." Its a game people :/ Plus they are doing updates on him ingame :DLiamMallon

Wait for a bit. Bill's article hasn't been up that long. TheDesertFox 11:39, June 26, 2010 (UTC)

Well of course wait a bit. Even if it was Voted to be Featured now, Bill's Article would stay up for a while longer before being changed. It was the same with the Witch. The Vote for Bill was passed when the Witch had only been up for a couple days.  94.195.236.134  10:59, June 27, 2010 (UTC)

I don't agree. The tank does have a good article, but it seems to favor it too much. And no Bill nomination Passed after the Witch was up for months. Wizkid5000 04:45, July 7, 2010 (UTC)

What, we're going to say no because Bill's article hasn't been up long enough? Why don't just say "To take effect after *insert satisfactory date here* and get a little ahead on what we're doing. The Witch article was up way too long. And the Tank is a good article. Imperialscouts 01:25, July 9, 2010 (UTC)

^This!  94.195.236.134  11:53, July 23, 2010 (UTC)

i love to read this page. definite support! Tankbusting101 9:53, july 23

Wait a second, why is everyone basing whether to nominate the Tank article mostly because of the length of time Bill's article was featured? Yes, it wasn't that long, but that doesn't mean that the second the Tank is approved, Bill would get taken down. The only reason the Witch was up so long was, most likely, no one had nominated anything. SanDemon Max(talk)

It's about time the Tank has been nominated. It is like the Infected poster child for the series and taking this long to be nominated would be like taking this long to nominate the Survivors. I support this 112%. Burnout9492