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These are [[The Infosphere (website)|The Infosphere]]'s '''featured article nominations'''.
These are [[The Infosphere (website)|The Infosphere]]'s '''featured article nominations'''.


Please nominate articles that you think are worthy of being featured on the [[Main Page]] under a level-3 heading (<code><nowiki>=== [[TheArticle'sName]] ===</nowiki></code>) below.
Please nominate articles that you think are worthy of being featured on the [[Main Page]] under a level-3 heading (<code><nowiki>=== [[TheArticle'sName]] ===</nowiki></code>) below. Be aware that any article may be vetoed by an administrator (just as any article may be passed by an administrator).


How do you vote? Edit this page, and put your name under either <code><nowiki>{{Infosphere:Accept}}</nowiki></code> or <code><nowiki>{{Infosphere:Decline}}</nowiki></code> for each article nominated. You can do that with [[Template:Welcome|a sig template]], three tildes (<code><nowiki>~~~</nowiki></code>), or simply <code><nowiki>[[User:YourUsername|YourUsername]]</nowiki></code>.
How do you vote? Edit this page, and put your name under either <code><nowiki>{{Infosphere:Accept}}</nowiki></code> or <code><nowiki>{{Infosphere:Decline}}</nowiki></code> for each article nominated. You can do that with [[Template:Welcome|a sig template]], three tildes (<code><nowiki>~~~</nowiki></code>), or simply <code><nowiki>[[User:YourUsername|YourUsername]]</nowiki></code>. You have to be registered in order to vote.


<big><big>You must ''nominate'' an article ''before'' creating the feature. Seriously.</big></big>
<big><big>You must ''nominate'' an article ''before'' creating the feature. Seriously.</big></big>
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The ''Nominations'' section is for articles that you feel are ready to be featured. If they still need work, add them to [[#Potential candidates|the ''Potential candidates'' section]].
The ''Nominations'' section is for articles that you feel are ready to be featured. If they still need work, add them to [[#Potential candidates|the ''Potential candidates'' section]].
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=== [[Soldier Boys]] ===
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'''''Nominated on 13 December, 2009.'''''
'''''Nominated on 13 December, 2009.'''''
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:I live in Portugal, and they don't sell those here, so I've never touched one either. (I've ''read'' "[[Futurama Returns]]", but I didn't touch it, so...) I still think the ''[[Soldier Boys]]'' article is pretty good, though. (And has a nice image too!) [[User:San Saber|San Saber]] 14:12, 20 December 2010 (CET)
:I live in Portugal, and they don't sell those here, so I've never touched one either. (I've ''read'' "[[Futurama Returns]]", but I didn't touch it, so...) I still think the ''[[Soldier Boys]]'' article is pretty good, though. (And has a nice image too!) [[User:San Saber|San Saber]] 14:12, 20 December 2010 (CET)


=== [[Season 6]] ===
=== [[Flexo]] ===
'''''Nominated on 28 February, 2010.'''''
'''''Nominated on 12 May, 2012.'''''
{{Infosphere:Accept}}
{{Infosphere:Accept}}
*[[User:Aki|Aki]]
*[[User:futuramafan11|futuramafan11]]
*[[User:Teyrn of Highever|Teyrn of Highever]]
*[[User:harq al ada|harq al ada]]  
{{Infosphere:Decline}}
*[[User:Sanfazer|Sanfazer]]
*[[User:Sanfazer|Sanfazer]]
{{Infosphere:End}}
=== [[Leo Wong]] ===
'''''Nominated on 5 June, 2012.'''''
{{Infosphere:Accept}}
*[[User:futuramafan11|futuramafan11]]
{{Infosphere:Decline}}
{{Infosphere:Decline}}
*[[User:Sanfazer|Sanfazer]]
{{Infosphere:End}}
{{Infosphere:End}}


==== Comments ====
=== [[That Darn Katz!]] ===
I find this article to be very decent and highly en par with a good Wikipedia article.  Unfortunately, it has some bad areas here and there, with sentences and information cluttered together over time, so the sentence structure becomes odd or off when read from a fresh start.  I assume that through some tweaking, the article will become even better than good. --'''[[User:Svip|Svip]]'''<sup>[[User talk:Svip|talk]]</sup> 17:57, 28 February 2010 (CET)
'''''Nominated on 13 June, 2012.'''''
:Since our current policies only allow for an article to be featured once, I think we would do this article more favours by waiting till the season have actually hit the airwaves.  We will have more content by then and we will be able to reflect more accurately on the content.  It will no doubt be a much better article when featured if we wait. --'''[[User:Svip|Svip]]'''<sup>[[User talk:Svip|talk]]</sup> 11:14, 14 March 2010 (CET)
{{Infosphere:Accept}}
I'm voting for this, though it should be featured when it has premiered --[[User:Scruffy|I&#39;m Scruffy... the Janitor.]] 00:14, 24 May 2010 (CEST)
*[[User:futuramafan11|futuramafan11]]
:So, how much of the season do we want to have aired? We'll all have 3-4 episodes memorised by fortnight 14. - [[User:Quolnok|Quolnok]] 15:53, 13 June 2010 (CEST)
{{Infosphere:Decline}}
::Seriously, how far will we have to go? I'm really starting to lose interest in the Featured system. [[User:Aki|Aki]] 10:08, 16 August 2010 (CEST)
*[[User:Sanfazer|Sanfazer]]
:::[[Broadcast season 7]] is over. Come on! [[User:San Saber|San Saber]] 14:12, 20 December 2010 (CET)
{{Infosphere:End}}
::::The article could certainly be featured considering how it's halfway through, and it's quite perfect to have it between this hiatus. An idea would be to have the entire article now (January or February) and then have some part of it (production?) expanded and used the fortnight before "[[The Silence of the Clamps]]" airs. However, the article is currently having all too many faults - a featured article should ''never'' have an update template. Fix that, and we're on. [[User:Aki|Aki]] 15:52, 20 December 2010 (CET)
 
:::::Okay, I fixed it up and now it seems more than alright to be a FA. Opinions? [[User:Aki|Aki]] 13:47, 11 March 2011 (CET)
=== [[Nimbus]] ===
::::::The references section could do with a look over. It has a few broken links, but that doesn't affect the quality of the writing, so, why not? [[User:Teyrn of Highever|Teyrn of Highever]] 14:42, 11 March 2011 (CET)
'''''Nominated on 12 July, 2012.'''''
:::::::I totally missed that. Will fix it before FA'ing. [[User:Aki|Aki]] 21:21, 11 March 2011 (CET)
{{Infosphere:Accept}}
::::::::Which picture should be used for the feature? [[User:Sanfazer|Sanfazer]] 01:35, 12 March 2011 (CET)
{{Infosphere:Decline}}
:::::::::I'd say [[:File:Table_reading_of_6ACV12.jpg|this]] or [[:File:David_X._Cohen_%26_Matt_Groening_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg|this]] one. What do you think? [[User:Aki|Aki]] 14:45, 12 March 2011 (CET)
*[[User:Kif|Kif]] ([[User talk:Kif|talk]])
::::::::::I like the table read, myself. [[User:Teyrn of Highever|Teyrn of Highever]] 15:16, 12 March 2011 (CET)
{{Infosphere:End}}
::::::::::So do I. It reminds me of [[:File:Easter egg 22.jpg]], used in 2010. Also, we need you [[Talk:Rough Draft Studios Korea|here]]. [[User:Sanfazer|Sanfazer]] 23:24, 12 March 2011 (CET)


=== [[The Prisoner of Benda]] ===
=== [[Blind Joe]] ===
'''''Nominated on 20 December, 2010.'''''
'''''Nominated on 26 August, 2013.'''''
{{Infosphere:Accept}}
{{Infosphere:Accept}}
*[[User:Aki|Aki]]
*[[User:Futuramafan11|Futuramafan11]] ([[User talk:Futuramafan11|talk]])
*[[User:San Saber|San Saber]]
{{Infosphere:Decline}}
{{Infosphere:Decline}}
*[[User:Sanfazer|Sanfazer]] ([[User talk:Sanfazer|talk]])
{{Infosphere:End}}
{{Infosphere:End}}


==== Comments ====
=== [[Blorgulax]] ===
A big article about an episode that has frequently been called the best one by both staff and fans. [[User:Aki|Aki]] 17:05, 20 December 2010 (CET)
'''''Nominated on 27 August, 2013.'''''
:I agree it's a great choice, but don't you think we'll grow tired of episode articles on the Main Page? [[User:San Saber|San Saber]] 16:43, 27 December 2010 (CET)
{{Infosphere:Accept}}
::The article can be featured later in the year, when we haven't had an episode for quite some time. [[User:Aki|Aki]] 16:54, 27 December 2010 (CET)
*[[User:Futuramafan11|Futuramafan11]] ([[User talk:Futuramafan11|talk]])
:::Good idea. That way I won't start hating it. [[User:San Saber|San Saber]] 17:39, 27 December 2010 (CET)
*[[User:Sanfazer|Sanfazer]] ([[User talk:Sanfazer|talk]])
*[[User:Harq al ada|harq al ada]] ([[User talk:Harq al ada|talk]])
{{Infosphere:Decline}}
{{Infosphere:End}}


=== [[Nine]] ===
=== [[Zindy]] ===
'''''Nominated on 18 March, 2011.'''''
'''''Nominated on 29 August, 2013.'''''
{{Infosphere:Accept}}
{{Infosphere:Accept}}
*[[User:Sanfazer|Sanfazer]]
*[[User:Futuramafan11|Futuramafan11]] ([[User talk:Futuramafan11|talk]])
*[[User:Sanfazer|Sanfazer]] ([[User talk:Sanfazer|talk]])
{{Infosphere:Decline}}
{{Infosphere:Decline}}
{{Infosphere:End}}
{{Infosphere:End}}


==== Comments ====
{{#ifeq:{{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}|23 July|
A very good-looking article on a very special character. [[6ACV05|And]] [[Fry|I]] [http://www.theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Nine&action=historysubmit&diff=78891&oldid=77302 helped]! [[User:Sanfazer|Sanfazer]] 23:12, 18 March 2011 (CET)
=== [[Meanwhile]] ===
:Taking into account the fact that he is a cameo character, it would make sense that his article wouldn't have a lot in the way of a biography or production information. But I dislike the fact that the largest portions of his article are just a section of pictures and a section of quotes. [[User:Teyrn of Highever|Teyrn of Highever]] 23:26, 18 March 2011 (CET)
'''''Nominated on 23 July, 2014.'''''
{{Infosphere:Accept}}
*[[User:Sanfazer|Sanfazer]] ([[User talk:Sanfazer|talk]])
{{Infosphere:Decline}}
{{Infosphere:End}}
|}}


== Potential candidates ==
== Potential candidates ==
The ''Potential candidates'' section is for articles that you feel should be featured, but need a bit more polishing/completeness. If they are probably ready, add them to [[#Nominations|the ''Nominations'' section]]. Feel free also to move articles in this section to ''Nominations'' when you think they're good to go.
The ''Potential candidates'' section is for articles that you feel should be featured, but need a bit more polishing/completeness. If they are probably ready, add them to [[#Nominations|the ''Nominations'' section]]. Feel free also to move articles in this section to ''Nominations'' when you think they're good to go.
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=== [[Bending Units]] ===
'''''Nominated on 26 July, 2009.'''''
==== Comments ====
Maybe if there's more info. If someone thinks it can be a candidate, go ahead. {{User:Chris of the Futurama2/sig}} 03:48, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
=== [[Planet Express]] ===
'''''Nominated on 9 October, 2010.'''''
==== Comments ====
As Aki has stressed before, the ''Update'' template should be gotten rid of in order for an article to be featurable. This one's had it for a long time. [[User:Sanfazer|Sanfazer]] 23:12, 18 March 2011 (CET)


=== [[Cornwood]] ===
=== [[Cornwood]] ===
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::::True. I moved the aforementioned articles. [[User:Aki|Aki]] 12:49, 6 March 2011 (CET)
::::True. I moved the aforementioned articles. [[User:Aki|Aki]] 12:49, 6 March 2011 (CET)
:::::{{s|Mr. Burns|Excellent}}... [[User:Sanfazer|Sanfazer]] 20:31, 7 March 2011 (CET)
:::::{{s|Mr. Burns|Excellent}}... [[User:Sanfazer|Sanfazer]] 20:31, 7 March 2011 (CET)
=== [[Love and Rocket]] ===
'''''Nominated on 18 October, 2012.'''''
{{Infosphere:Accept}}
*[[User:Kif|Kif]] ([[User talk:Kif|talk]])
*[[User:futuramafan11|futuramafan11]] ([[User talk:futuramafan1|talk]])
{{Infosphere:Decline}}
*[[User:Sanfazer|Sanfazer]] ([[User talk:Sanfazer|talk]])
{{Infosphere:End}}


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These are The Infosphere's featured article nominations.

Please nominate articles that you think are worthy of being featured on the Main Page under a level-3 heading (=== [[TheArticle'sName]] ===) below. Be aware that any article may be vetoed by an administrator (just as any article may be passed by an administrator).

How do you vote? Edit this page, and put your name under either {{Infosphere:Accept}} or {{Infosphere:Decline}} for each article nominated. You can do that with a sig template, three tildes (~~~), or simply [[User:YourUsername|YourUsername]]. You have to be registered in order to vote.

You must nominate an article before creating the feature. Seriously.

Guidelines for featured articles

Featured articles should meet the following criteria.

  • Must have at least one image.
  • Must be at least 500 words.
    • This rule may be ignored if they are on something minor and everything known is described.
  • Should not have been featured before.
  • Should not still be on the What's new? section of the Main Page. Nominations of these pages will be accepted, but they won't actually be featured until they leave this listing.
  • Should not be marked with one of the templates in the Wiki Maintenance category.
  • Probably other stuff, too.

Nominations

The Nominations section is for articles that you feel are ready to be featured. If they still need work, add them to the Potential candidates section.

Soldier Boys

Nominated on 13 December, 2009.

Votes to accept: Votes to decline:

Comments

There's a lot non-comic to be featured first, especially since I've never even touched a Futurama comic it's simply not that interesting to me. Aki 10:06, 16 August 2010 (CEST)

I live in Portugal, and they don't sell those here, so I've never touched one either. (I've read "Futurama Returns", but I didn't touch it, so...) I still think the Soldier Boys article is pretty good, though. (And has a nice image too!) San Saber 14:12, 20 December 2010 (CET)

Flexo

Nominated on 12 May, 2012.

Votes to accept: Votes to decline:

Leo Wong

Nominated on 5 June, 2012.

Votes to accept: Votes to decline:

That Darn Katz!

Nominated on 13 June, 2012.

Votes to accept: Votes to decline:

Nimbus

Nominated on 12 July, 2012.

Votes to accept: Votes to decline:

Blind Joe

Nominated on 26 August, 2013.

Votes to accept: Votes to decline:

Blorgulax

Nominated on 27 August, 2013.

Votes to accept: Votes to decline:

Zindy

Nominated on 29 August, 2013.

Votes to accept: Votes to decline:


Potential candidates

The Potential candidates section is for articles that you feel should be featured, but need a bit more polishing/completeness. If they are probably ready, add them to the Nominations section. Feel free also to move articles in this section to Nominations when you think they're good to go.

Cornwood

Nominated on 1 March, 2011.

Comments

The article is relatively thorough but can still be improved. One plus would be an image gallery (many images are already available on the Infosphere but not in that article) and a summary of its history (i. e. the Bender's Game plot). Aki 18:22, 1 March 2011 (CET)

I have to say no. Like you said, it needs a few more pictures and a lot more text. The only developed category is the allusions and it's only tables. There has to be more that can be added. If there isn't, it shouldn't be nominated. Teyrn of Highever 15:25, 2 March 2011 (CET)
I think it should be added to potential candidates instead. Teyrn of Highever 16:32, 2 March 2011 (CET)
My thoughts exactly. Everyone agree Cornwood, Planet Express, and Season 6 should be in the section below? Aki the Nominator, what do you think? Sanfazer 23:47, 2 March 2011 (CET)
True. I moved the aforementioned articles. Aki 12:49, 6 March 2011 (CET)
Excellent... Sanfazer 20:31, 7 March 2011 (CET)

Love and Rocket

Nominated on 18 October, 2012.

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