User blog:Derekblue1/New way to vote for the featured article

Greetings, MarioWiki users.You may be unaware that you can support or oppose an article on Featured articles page. There are steps on the page how to vote for an article, each vote must reason out why you support or oppose this article to become a featured article. The results are announced at the end of the month or earlier.

Reading articles
To nominate an article, read the page and keep out for sharp mistakes!

While reading pages, you should note that the article must be well-written and detailed with good grammar. Link the article to different proper pages. Articles must be read in a neutral point of view. Featured articles should not have theories and true facts about the subject, the facts should be sourced if the information is from a website. Articles must not be tagged with improvement templates, but that doesn't mean they should be removed yet! A character article must have a complete biography. Checking page history, there should not be editing wars happening.

Nominating articles
If the article does not need any more improvements, it is a good idea to nominate it by putting at the very top of the page. If four articles or more have been nominated, they will be grouped on the voting page. The first page has already been created here.

Voting articles
Voters should also read the article and edit when they have the time. You can support or oppose an article on the voting page and carefully read the steps. At the end of the month or close to the end, one of the administrators will announce the results. An administrator will update the featured article during the next month. Administrators will try their best to feature it if they have the time, so wait patiently! Also after the vote, the page will be locked since it can be considered archived.

Conclusion
I want to make sure you notice this blog and you carefully understand about editing, nominating and voting articles. Just read Featured articles for better information. You can come and vote too!

See also:

 * Featured articles