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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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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

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Nomination procedure

To nominate an article—

  1. Ensure that the article meets the criteria;
  2. 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
  3. 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

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)

Pictogram minus.png 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)
Pictogram nope.png 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)

Pictogram plus.png Support - Informative, well detailed, and in a correct layout. Everything you need to know, really.--Focusknock 19:36, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
Pictogram plus.png Support Simply a great article. I approve.  –  Duel RED.png Epic Eric Duel BLU.png (T | C) 19:12, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
Pictogram plus.png Support FEATURE THIS BAD BOY! --Stevoisiak 18:09, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
Pictogram plus.png Support Well-formatted, I like it --User Firestorm Flame.png Firestorm 19:19, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
Pictogram neutral.png Neutral I see nothing wrong with it, but nothing really exceptional either. Still, I don't mind giving Engie love at all.

2fort

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

Pictogram plus.png 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. Leaderboard class soldier.pngJust a Gigolo - (talk) 00:04, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
Pictogram comment.png 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.  –  Duel RED.png Epic Eric Duel BLU.png (T | C) 00:08, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

Pictogram plus.png Support Well formatted, looks good --User Firestorm Flame.png Firestorm 19:19, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

Pictogram comment.png 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. Killicon splendid screen.pngTheTimesAndQueriesOfMyAss 03:49, 7 July 2011 (PDT)

Valve's Team Fortress

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

Pictogram minus.png Disagree Not really relevant --User Firestorm Flame.png 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)

Pictogram minus.png Disagree While nice, it really doesn't have much relevance. -User Firestorm Flame.png 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)

Pictogram plus.png 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)

Item quality

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

Pictogram plus.png Support A good article to feature in the future --User Firestorm Flame.png Firestorm 14:47, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

Taunts

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

Pictogram plus.png Support Agreed --User Firestorm Flame.png Firestorm 14:47, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
Pictogram plus.png Support Definitely, an article thats interesting, informative, well written and up to date. RED Überneedle.png - Lexar - talk 10:10, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
Pictogram plus.png Support Agreed, very good article and informative.  – User Ohyeahcrucz Sig.png Ohyeahcrucz [T][C] 20:54, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

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. Killicon splendid screen.pngTheTimesAndQueriesOfMyAss 03:48, 7 July 2011 (PDT)

Pictogram plus.png Support While your methods of nominating this article are.. questionable. It is a nice page to show off --User Firestorm Flame.png Firestorm 14:47, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
Pictogram plus.png Support It is indeed a good page.  – User Ohyeahcrucz Sig.png Ohyeahcrucz [T][C] 00:11, 23 June 2011 (PDT)
Pictogram neutral.png Neutral Er. --SilverHammer 22:12, 1 August 2011 (PDT)

Sandvich

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

Pictogram plus.png Support Good article.  – User Ohyeahcrucz Sig.png Ohyeahcrucz [T][C] 15:56, 28 June 2011 (PDT)
Pictogram plus.png Support Very well written and has a lot of good information. SandeProElite 09:13, 7 July 2011 (PDT)
Pictogram comment.png 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 --User Firestorm Flame.png 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

Pictogram minus.png 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.  –  Duel RED.png Epic Eric Duel BLU.png (T | C) 05:05, 22 July 2011 (PDT)
Pictogram minus.png 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)

Pictogram plus.png Support Good article, very well written and informative. PhantomLimb 18:06, 27 July 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)

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