RuneScape:Featured articles


 * Not to be confused with User of the Month or Requests for adminship.

Featured articles (previously known as Articles of the Month (AOTM)) are articles considered to be the best articles in the RuneScape Wiki, as determined by wiki's editors. Before being listed here, articles are reviewed at featured article candidates for accuracy, neutrality, completeness, and style according to our featured article criteria.

Featured articles are featured on the Main Page. Doing so will cause many people to notice that article, as the Main Page is the first thing people see when they visit the site. A small gold star icon on the top right corner of an article's page indicates that the article is featured. To delist a former Featured Article go to RuneScape:Cleanup Featured articles.

Criteria
Articles must meet certain criteria. If it does not, then it cannot be featured.

The article

 * The article is in the ARTICLE namespace (also known as the mainspace). It cannot be a project page (RuneScape:), a template (Template:), a category (Category:), a user page (User:), a file (File:), a discussion page (Talk: or User/Template/MediaWiki/RuneScape talk:), or a software page (MediaWiki:). It also cannot be the main page itself. Any invalid nominations will be deleted.
 * The article is well written and informative.
 * The article follows the style guide.
 * The article's pictures look nice and are not scarce.
 * Overall, the article looks nice and is easy to read.

Voting

 * Anyone qualified to vote may nominate an article at any time.
 * Voters are required to have been on the RuneScape Wiki for at least two weeks, and must have 50 edits excluding userpage, user talk page, and sandbox edits.
 * Articles will be listed no less than two weeks and no more than one month.
 * Articles need at least seven supporters and a positive consensus to be featured.

How to nominate an article

 * 1) Put  on the page you wish to be featured.
 * 2) Create a page called RuneScape:Featured Article/Name of article. On the page, put === Name of article ===, and put the reason you think the article should be featured under it. Put your signature ( ~ ) after your reason.
 * 3) Under the "Candidates" section of this page, put  .
 * 4) Nominators should write a Featured template blurb and include it with the nomination.

Past featured articles
2006
 * August - Fishing
 * September - Draynor Manor
 * October - Magic
 * November - Miscellania and Etceteria
 * December - Hunter

2007
 * January - Pyramid Plunder
 * February - Contact!
 * March - Castle Wars
 * April - Mining
 * May - TzTok-Jad
 * June - Desert Treasure
 * July - Kalphite Queen
 * August - Trouble Brewing
 * September - Falador
 * October - Lunar Spells
 * November - Barrows
 * December - Fairy ring

2008
 * January - Varrock
 * February - Warped terrorbird
 * March - God Wars
 * April - East Ardougne
 * May - Kennith's Concerns
 * June - Paterdomus
 * July - Mourning's Ends Part II
 * August - Keldagrim
 * September - Armour
 * October - Godsword
 * November - Santa hat
 * December - History of Varrock

2009
 * January - Wise Old Man
 * February - Stone Circle
 * March - Hazelmere
 * April - Members
 * May - While Guthix Sleeps
 * June - Cape of Accomplishment
 * July - Baxtorian
 * August - Lucien
 * September - Ullek
 * October - Lord Drakan
 * November - Stone of Jas
 * December - Mi-Gor

2010
 * January - Fifth Age
 * February - Lord Daquarius
 * March - Mahjarrat
 * April - Elvarg
 * May - Lumbridge
 * June - General Graardor
 * July - God Wars Dungeon
 * August - None

New format
 * Dragon Slayer - Passed
 * Duel Arena - Failed
 * Keldalgrim south-west mine - Passed
 * Familiarisation - Failed
 * Monastery - Failed
 * Misthalin - Not enough votes
 * Nex - Withdrawn

After discussion
After an article's time frame for discussion is expired:
 * 1) Remove featured from the page.
 * 2) Near the bottom of the winning article, before the categories and templates, put featured article.
 * 3) Put archive at the top of the archive, then add  . Then save the page.
 * 4) Add  *Article name - Passed/Failed  to the above section.
 * 5) Delete the nomination in the Candidates section.
 * 6) Administrators - Update the the featured article template with the new feature article.