Team Fortress Wiki:Featured articles

Featured articles

Featured articles exemplify some of the best written and most informational articles on Team Fortress Wiki. Featured articles must adhere to the featured article criteria below. Featured articles are determined and rotated by the current featured article lead: Firestorm Criteria A featured article is— informative: it should contain both helpful and useful information; comprehensive: it should be complete, without omission of major facts or details; and accurate: it should be factually accurate, and sourced where appropriate. It should also be— well-written: the prose of the article is engaging, and of a professional standard; properly styled: the article should follow all conventions in the style guide; stable: the article should not be currently undergoing any major revisions or edit wars; and of appropriate length: the article should stay focused on the main topic without going into unnecessary detail. Its use of media should be— referential: images should be used as a source of reference; to clarify: images should be used to help illustrate a point; and informational: images should be used to display additional information. Media used on a featured article must be appropriately licensed and include source information on the file description page. A featured article must also be— well-connected: by— linking to all relevant articles; and linking to reliable outside sources where appropriate.

Current featured articles Administrator Ambushing Backstab Buff Banner Cloak Crafting Critical Hit Dalokohs Bar Dispenser Dynamite pack Engineer Eyelander Gang Garrison 2 Gibs Hadouken Hats Heavy Hydro Jarate Ludmila List of game modes Medic RED Saxton Hale Sentry Gun Sniper Spy Taunts Team Fortress Classic Nomination procedure To nominate an article— Ensure that the article meets the criteria; Add a new section to the Current nominations section below, and include a link to the article and a statement from you about it; then Add {{Featured article candidate}} to the talk page of the article. Anyone is free to nominate any article they consider to meet the featured criteria.

Current nominations

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Game Modes

Informative with a lot of pictures and a good layout. Also explains a lot to any new players checking out this Wiki. --Firestorm   20:06, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

 Support It is indeed informative, and it would definitely help newer users to get used to the game modes, and help them understand how things are done and played. Renaman 14:00, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

 Support Sounds perfectly good for a featured article. Mortis 17:53, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

 Support Very well written. --SandeProElite 10:38, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

 Support Well written, excellent supporting images, important subject matter. — Ten19 [T|C] 06:50, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

(talk | contribs) 09:46, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

Hydro

i nominate tc_hydro a well written article explaining to the best of it's ability what this mode is about using video pictures and well organized sections on top of that the map's unique well thought out game mode needs to be recognizedAres5566 02:51, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

 Support I also feel it is a substantial and well written articles. It has plenty of pictures and videos, and it is intricate without being hard to read.Kevschow 02:25, 8 December 2010 (UTC)(I'd swear i had the tildes. Sorry)

 Support I've always liked the map, and it would be good to help users to find new things to try out. Also, to the user above, please mark your posts with four tildes before posting. Renaman 14:02, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

 Support One of the best maps in the game. High quality, and definitely deserves to be featured. Mortis 14:09, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

 Support Very nice -- Firestorm 19:19, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

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Walkway

I'd like to bring tr_walkway to the light. I think it would be a nice article to feature on the front page to users who are curious about TF2. It could use some more information, but it's a consideration. TechnetiumG 23:20, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

 Oppose: The article itself doesn't really offer any interesting information that deserves to be highlighted. This is probably because there really isn't a whole lot to Walkway, other than it being a community-made training map. I think that the official blog highlight was enough. --Ten19 05:44, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

 Nope: It's too short. SandeProElite 09:14, 7 July 2011 (PDT)

Headless Horseless Horseman

I nominate the HHH as it is informitive, interesting, and goes by the required set of rules for a featured article. --The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sandvich Heavinski (talk) • (contribs) 23:32, 14 January 2011

Probably not the best idea since it is quite cluttered and in need of a cleanup.--Focusknock 23:42, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Wrangler

I nominate the Wrangler page, because it's awesome.

Hilarious Pill 11:40, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

 Support - Informative, well detailed, and in a correct layout. Everything you need to know, really.--Focusknock 19:36, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

 Support Simply a great article. I approve.  –  Epic Eric (T | C) 19:12, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

 Support FEATURE THIS BAD BOY! --Stevoisiak 18:09, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

 Support Well-formatted, I like it -- Firestorm 19:19, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

 Neutral I see nothing wrong with it, but nothing really exceptional either. Still, I don't mind giving Engie love at all.

 Support I like the weapon. Nothing bad about it and the page seems to be well formatted and in order. Impoxdragon 22:02, 14 August 2011 (PDT)

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Team Fortress Classic

Considering that the majority of TF2 players haven't even heard of Team Fortress Classic, why not feature it? While the article IS a little short, it is an interesting read. --Stevoisiak 21:28, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Yeah i agree with Stevosiak because Tfc is just an amazing game, without it there would be no tf2. THE3STOOGES 21:50, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

 Support I was going to nominate the Main Page (Classic) when the entire classic became a little more complete. But, I suppose that TFC would make a great page also, to show where the TF2 empire came from. K-Mac (Talk | Contrib) 18:21, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

 Support Put This In! THE3STOOGES 00:16, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

 Support It's always good to know the origin of a game you know and enjoy. Not only that but I found it a really informative article about Team Fortress and what it was like. - Lexar - talk 08:27, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

 Support I also agree, it would be nice to see the page about the game that gave us TF fans many hours of enjoyment (and still does) back before the Source engine started to take shape. BaconIsTasty 9:34, June 16 2011 (UTC)

Disguise

Seems like a very informative article to me, and is easy to read. Should it be featured? SnowCanary 21:59, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

 Support Seems good -- Firestorm 19:19, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

 Disagree It's surely well written, but shouldn't we give the Spy a little break? The Backstab article was featured 'bout a month ago... Deveen [T][C] 18:49, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

 Comment Just because this has seen support and has been nominated, does not mean that it will be featured next, just that it is added to the list of articles that may be featured in the future -- Firestorm 19:20, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Team Fortress 2: Brotherhood of Arms

It's a pretty informative article that shows people what TF2 could of been. Just a Gigolo - (talk) 08:02, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

 Disagree Not really applicable at all -- Firestorm 19:19, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

 Disagree Very low quality. Must be impoved to get even "not bad" status. SiPlus 10:52, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

 Comment Also some info in the article is related to Valve's Team Fortress, not to Brotherhood of Arms. SiPlus 11:27, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

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2fort

Informative, well-written and such a good map.  –  Ohyeahcrucz [T][C] 23:35, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

 Support I don't see why not. The 2Fort article is nicely written, and as probably the most iconic map in the game I think it deserves a spot on the main page. — Xenak (Talk|Contribs) 00:02, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

I'm conflicted. On one side, it's 2fort, but on the other, it's a well written article. It's hard to measure out the good from the bad in this. Just a Gigolo - (talk) 00:04, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

 Comment It's not a matter of being iconic or a good map; it's a matter of being a greatly-written article. For instance, we have Dynamite Pack, a rather "hidden" article, and it became featured.  –  Epic Eric (T | C) 00:08, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

 Support Well formatted, looks good -- Firestorm 19:19, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

 Maybe This seems to be a good article, as well as being a good map. However, at the time I am unsure of it's relevancy. TheTimesAndQueriesOfMyAss 03:49, 7 July 2011 (PDT)

 Support Just came in from the article to nominate it here myself. It's a really darn good one. --SilverHammer 11:39, 8 August 2011 (PDT)

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Saxton Hale

 SUPPORT think we should have saxton hale as the featured article because its well laid out,complete and just looks nice.Plus Who doesn't like Saxton Hale? THE3STOOGES 00:13, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

It's already been featured.  –  Ohyeahcrucz [T][C] 00:14, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

 Nope This has been featured already. Locked.  –  Epic Eric (T | C) 00:17, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

Critical hits

This article is informative, includes images and charts, examples, links, adequate trivia, correct information, among other qualities. It certainly deserves to be featured.  –  Epic Eric (T | C) 00:23, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

I agree. The information on how crits work is enough to get it in alone. Just a Gigolo - (talk) 00:26, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

 Support. It's a cool article and meets the criteria.  –  Ohyeahcrucz [T][C] 00:27, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

 YES! Yeah Criticals hit page looks great,Put it in. THE3STOOGES 00:34, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

 Support Yep, lookin' good! -- Firestorm 19:19, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

 Support That Special Cases section looks like a box packed with all kinds of information until you stop and read it. I think this is pretty much the only issue, and it's not actually a problem. IMO the whole article is brilliant. And there are graphics - you can always trust those graphics! =] Deveen [T][C] 19:06, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

 Done Critical hits is now featured!  –  Epic Eric (T | C) 17:29, 4 July 2011 (PDT)

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Valve's Team Fortress

Just nominating. SiPlus 16:13, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

 Disagree Not really relevant -- Firestorm 15:46, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Companies

It's a bit short, and offers little more than a gallery of pretty pictures at the moment, but it's really one of my favorite articles. Links off to several weapons, maps, and classes. There's also a link to the posters article, which has those calenders on it. You know the ones. SilverHammer 20:02, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

 Disagree While nice, it really doesn't have much relevance. - Firestorm 15:46, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Bonk! Atomic Punch

The Bonk! Atomic Punch page is pretty full. I did a bit of sprucing up on it this morning, and it doesn't look half bad, I think. Not to say it looked bad before, it was just a good before! But now it's like, super good. It's got trivia for the nerds and bugs for people to mack fun of, too! And get a load of that thick, juicy update history. Don't even get me started on crafting! This article is pretty much, in my opinion, the weapon article. SilverHammer 23:05, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

 Support While it's not the most relevant of articles at this time, I must admit that it is a very good written article. I would fully support it being a Featured Article. TheTimesAndQueriesOfMyAss 20:52, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

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Medic

On top of being a well filled-out article, it's also currently relevant. Community's a-buzz with talk of a Medic update. Whether it comes or not, people will still be interested. It's odd how many people you come across who don't know that Medic's from Stuttgart. SilverHammer 07:24, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

 Support Will probably feature this if/when Meet the Medic comes out, if that sounds good to everyone else! -- Firestorm 15:46, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

 Support Running off what Firestorm said, I totally agree. So just a prediction, this will probably be Featured Article by the 21st. TheTimesAndQueriesOfMyAss 07:38, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

 Update Medic is now our featured article!
— minip 03:10, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

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Item quality

It's informative and well written, and it's also relevant. I don't see why not.  –  Ohyeahcrucz [T][C] 21:50, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

 Support A good article to feature in the future -- Firestorm 14:47, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

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Taunts

Informative and well written. --Picard ^talk 21:40, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

 Support Agreed -- Firestorm 14:47, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

 Support Definitely, an article thats interesting, informative, well written and up to date. - Lexar - talk 10:10, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

 Support Agreed, very good article and informative.  –  Ohyeahcrucz [T][C] 20:54, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

Nice! --SilverHammer 22:07, 4 August 2011 (PDT)

 Featured!  –  Epic Eric (T | C) 10:11, 5 August 2011 (PDT)

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Meet the Team

I would like to nominate the Meet the Team page. Why? Because it can kick your ass; I know it kicked mine. That's just how good it is. So why waste time listening to a mortal such as myself explain it? Check it out yourself. TheTimesAndQueriesOfMyAss 03:48, 7 July 2011 (PDT)

 Support While your methods of nominating this article are.. questionable. It is a nice page to show off -- Firestorm 14:47, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

 Support It is indeed a good page.  –  Ohyeahcrucz [T][C] 00:11, 23 June 2011 (PDT)

 Neutral Er. --SilverHammer 22:12, 1 August 2011 (PDT)

 Support Good page with a lot of great media. --_Sp3c^Talk 21:10, 7 August 2011 (PDT)

Sandvich

I nominate the Sandvich because it is well written, informative and would look great on the main page! Cloventt (Talk) (Contribs) 22:50, 27 June 2011 (PDT)

 Support Good article.  –  Ohyeahcrucz [T][C] 15:56, 28 June 2011 (PDT)

 Support Very well written and has a lot of good information. SandeProElite 09:13, 7 July 2011 (PDT)

 Nom That means yes. --SilverHammer 22:12, 1 August 2011 (PDT)

Comics

Honestly surprised this wasn't already here. I was about to leave a note on the discussion page about how BEAUTIFUL it is. Whoever put it together... the Saxton in the quote, the "cover" links... It's just a beautiful article. Deserves to be seen. SilverHammer 01:32, 5 July 2011 (PDT)

Definately agreed. I believe we have Aperture AI to thank for the design -- Firestorm 09:07, 7 July 2011 (PDT)

Dr. Grordbort's Victory Pack

I Believe that the featured article should be about the current update, And when there hasn't been any updates for a while, It can then be a completely different article. I'm sure this has been brought up before but I'm just putting it out there. Ihasnotomato

 Disagree It's too recent (hence the recent addition template) and too small. Also, sign your posts with ~~~~ instead of manually entering a link to your userpage.  –  Epic Eric (T | C) 05:05, 22 July 2011 (PDT)

 Disagree Too short. Notice that the TF2 blog post is actually longer than the explanatory text itself. EuphoriA 22:10, 1 August 2011 (PDT)

Medieval_Mode

I am nominating the Medieval Mode page as it is well written, contains a good amount of informative information, and last but not least, is very funny in my opinion. --Sp3ctr3 23:42, 24 July 2011 (PDT)

 Support Good article, very well written and informative. PhantomLimb 18:06, 27 July 2011 (PDT)

 Support A surprisingly well done article. The number of chat replacements is simply priceless -- Firestorm 08:13, 9 August 2011 (PDT)

Trading

Trading has become a major aspect of TF2, and remains a mechanic that a lot of players, especially Free to Play players, don't really understand. This article is well written, concise, and contains a lot of useful and relevant information. I think it would be a fantastic featured article. EuphoriA 22:03, 1 August 2011 (PDT)

 Support It could use a little cleaning, but I generally agree with what you said. --SilverHammer 22:12, 1 August 2011 (PDT)

 Support Agreed, could be helpful to new users -- Firestorm 08:13, 9 August 2011 (PDT)

 Disagree I don't think it's good enough for featuring, yet.  –  Cructo [T][C] 14:41, 16 August 2011 (PDT)

 Disagree In light of recent vents, I am inclined to redact my original agree until the article is in better condition. --SilverHammer 22:21, 16 August 2011 (PDT)

Holiday cards

It's small, there's very little information, very few links, but damned if it won't be a cute article to have on the front page in December. Getting it in the system early c: --SilverHammer 22:07, 4 August 2011 (PDT)

 Disagree Too small, too few info, not relevant enough; these may change if some dedicates part of their time to improve it, but not good enough to be featured yet.  –  Epic Eric (T | C) 10:13, 5 August 2011 (PDT)

 Disagree There's not much information on the page, and it's not timely, if it were November, it might be different, but it's August. --_Sp3c^Talk 21:09, 7 August 2011 (PDT)

Did you read what I wrote, Sp3c? Specifically, "but damned if it won't be a cute article to have on the front page in December. Getting it in the system early"? --SilverHammer 11:41, 8 August 2011 (PDT)

 Comment Could use a bit of work, it's quite simple right now. Not sure what else could go on it though. -- Firestorm 08:13, 9 August 2011 (PDT)

First Annual Saxxy Awards

I think that this is worthy of being nominated for a Featured Article because:
- It is formatted well.
- It is informative on the categories and who won each of them.
- Gives new users insight into the Team Fortress 2 Community.
- The links are correct.

Edit: it is now signed :)

--What Up? 12:56, 8 August 2011 (PDT)

 Support  –  Cructo [T][C] 17:55, 8 August 2011 (PDT)

 Support Looks good, very nice to have all the links to the videos -- Firestorm 08:13, 9 August 2011 (PDT)

Patches

I think this article should be nominated for Featured Article because:

1. It is informative and well-formatted, helping both new and old players access patch and update information.

2. Compared with the TF2 Blog, this page gives a more direct way to access information.

--What Up? 12:56, 8 August 2011 (PDT)

 Support A fun little insight into TF2 history with the patches. I like it. -- Firestorm 08:13, 9 August 2011 (PDT)

Über Update

For being a damn fine page and update in itself.  –  Cructo [T][C] 17:54, 8 August 2011 (PDT)

 Neutral It's a little too recent, but I wouldn't complain. --SilverHammer 17:57, 8 August 2011 (PDT)

 Comment Nice, but not terribly exciting. Will consider for future Feature -- Firestorm 08:13, 9 August 2011 (PDT)

Cow Mangler 5000

It disintegrates players, even their gibs! It fires lazers, first soldier weapon to directly cause mini-crits. Has the disabling affects of a sapper(without the obvious destruction). Has moar ammo in a clip than any weapon, and the most ammo, being indefinitely usable. Is moderately easy to craft. Ummmm..... Thats about it please nominate this lol.... — The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bunnydav1d (talk) • (contribs)

 Comment Articles should be nominated based on the article itself, not on the weapon. -- Firestorm 08:13, 9 August 2011 (PDT)

ÜberCharge

A well written article, referring to the variants, functions, and methods of using an ÜberCharge, including strategies on how to preserve or rapidly obtain an Über, which makes it not only informative, but undeniably useful for new players wanting to play the Medic class. I believe that this article, while smaller than most, is incredibly well done, and deserves to be featured. Apologies for the run on sentence.

Edit: Signed it.Triscuitable 02:09, 13 August 2011 (PDT)

 Neutral Will agree as soon as a better picture is added to the article. That is literally my only issue with it, but it's a big enough issue for me that I can't agree until then. Nonetheless, it's a well-written article and you bring up many, many good points in that single sentence.--SilverHammer 02:21, 13 August 2011 (PDT)