Harry Potter Wiki:Featured articles nominations

 The featured articles of the wiki are articles that represent the best that the Harry Potter Wiki has to offer. This is not a way to showcase the articles of your favorite characters, houses, or the like.


 * Featured article list
 * Featured articles nominations history
 * FA queue checklist

An article must&hellip;


 * 1) Be well-written and detailed.
 * 2) Be unbiased, non-point of view.
 * 3) Be sourced with all available sources and appearances.
 * 4) Follow the Layout Guide and all other policies on the Harry Potter Wiki.
 * 5) Following the review process, be stable, i.e. it does not change significantly from day to day and is not the subject of ongoing edit wars. This does not apply to vandalism and protection or semi-protection as a result of vandalism.
 * 6) Not be tagged with any sort of improvement tags (i.e. more sources, expand, etc).
 * 7) Have a proper lead that gives a good summary of the topic and can be used for the front page featured box.
 * 8) Have significant information from all sources and appearances, especially a biography for character articles.
 * 9) Be completely referenced for all available material and sources.
 * 10) Have all quotes and images sourced.
 * 11) Provide at least one quote on the article. A leading quote at the beginning of the article will be required only if there is quotable dialogue by or about the subject. Although quotes may be placed in the body of the article, a maximum of one quote is allowed at the beginning of each section.
 * 12) Include a "personality and traits" section on all character articles.
 * 13) Include a "magical skills and abilities" section on all relevant character articles, especially for Wizard characters where said powers and/or abilities are stipulated.
 * 14) Include a reasonable number of images of sufficient quality to illustrate the article, if said images are available.
 * 15) Pass review by the Department of Mysteries review panel.

How to nominate:


 * 1) First, nominate an article you find is worthy of featured status, putting it at the bottom of the list below; see criteria above.
 * 2) Others will object to the nomination if they disagree that the article is good enough; they will then supply reasons for doing so, and ways to improve the article (errors, style, organisation, images, notability, sources).
 * 3) Supporters adjust the article until the objectors (with reasonable objections) are satisfied.
 * 4) The article is placed on the featured article list and added to the front page queue.
 * 5) Also, if, at least a week after the article's nomination, that article has 2 Unspeakable supports and no objections (or the objections have been stricken or overridden), it will be added to the queue, and will be officially known as a "featured article."
 * 6) Be sure to place sign in the "Nominated by" line when the nomination is posted for voting.

How to vote:


 * 1) Before doing anything, be sure to read the article completely, keeping a sharp eye out for mistakes.
 * 2) Afterwards, compare the article to the criteria listed above, and then either support or object the article's nomination.
 * 3) If you object, please supply concrete reasons for doing so, and how it can be improved.
 * 4) As stated above, any objections will be looked upon by the nominator, supporters, and anyone willing to improve the article, and action will be taken to please the objectors. Do not strike other users' objections; it is up to the objector to review the changes and strike if they are satisfied.
 * 5) Once an article has a total of five votes, with at least two votes coming from Unspeakables and no outstanding objections after at least a week, the article will be added to the list and be officially known as a "featured article."
 * 6) No nominator may vote for their own nominations.

Also remember to add F.A. Nomination at the top of the article you are nominating.

Every two weeks, the next article in the queue will be highlighted on the Main Page as featured, marked with the FA template and removed from the list of nominations. The beginning of the article then appears on the Main Page via the Featured article template. Nominations that are inactive with outstanding objections for a month will be eliminated from the nominations list by the Unspeakables.

Peter Pettigrew

 * Nominator: Thorning
 * Nomination comments: Very well written

(0 Unspeakables/7 Users/7 Total)
Support
 * 1) --ƃuıuɹoɥʇ (Send me an owl ) 16:46, December 23, 2009 (UTC)
 * 2) -- L.V.K.T.V.J. Hogwarts.jpg( Send an owl! ) 20:29, February 21, 2010 (UTC)
 * 3) --JKoch Ravenclawcrest.jpg(Owl Me! ) 16:58, April 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * 4) --Wizard44 16:49 May 27,2010 (UTC)
 * 5) --Joeworthy 21:02, May 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * 6) --El Profeta Vespertino 22:10, June 20, 2010 (UTC)
 * 7) --Lord David 23:40, June 30, 2010 (UTC)

Object

Comments
 * This needs considerable work. In five minutes I have seen a dozen errors in grammar, poor wording, and british spelling. --Hcoknhoj 08:24, January 29, 2010 (UTC)
 * After making nearly 200 changes, it is at least grammatically correct and has improved continuity and storytelling. --Hcoknhoj 23:53, January 29, 2010 (UTC)
 * Anyone want to look through this one after me? --JKoch Ravenclawcrest.jpg(Owl Me! ) 00:10, February 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * Get rid of the references in the introduction. It is a good article besides that.-- L.V.K.T.V.J. Hogwarts.jpg( Send an owl! ) 00:26, February 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * Reading just the Behind the Scenes section, I feel that this article may violate the Neutral Point of View Policy, e. g. Peter was untalented. McGonagall and Lupin claimed it, but it´s not true, as revealed by reading the books and the Magical abilities section.--Rodolphus 15:42, February 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * You said Behind the Scenes. I'll take a look at it. --JKoch Ravenclawcrest.jpg(Owl Me! ) 15:49, February 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * Nowhere does it say that. Throughout the article it says things such as, "Despite being called ____, he was actually _____." It shows up at least three times in the Article. --JKoch Ravenclawcrest.jpg(Owl Me! ) 15:56, February 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * The last point of BTS says: Wormtail is reciprocal of Severus Snape: Wormtail is a Gryffindor who is cowardly, disloyal, untalented, friend of the Marauders but disrespected by the Voldemort, while Snape is a Slytherin who is brave, loyal, talented, enemy of the Marauders but respected by Voldemort. Also, in their school years, Wormtail took pleasure in bullying Snape, while in their adulthood, Snape bullied Wormtail. Emphasis was added by me. It makes Snape sond like the best man ever. How can we fix it?--Rodolphus 16:21, February 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * We strike it for now. It is an unnecessary comparison as they are already compared above. --JKoch Ravenclawcrest.jpg(Owl Me! ) 17:03, February 23, 2010 (UTC)

Potions master

 * Nominator: Butterfly the rabbit
 * Nomination comments:

(0 Unspeakables/2 Users/2 Total)
Support:


 * 1) --Butterfly the rabbit
 * 2) ƃuıuɹoɥʇ (Send me an owl ) 12:18, May 30, 2010 (UTC)

Object
 * 1) -- L.V.K.T.V.J. Hogwarts.jpg( Send an owl! ) 21:54, February 21, 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) --Wizard44 18:30 May 28,2010 (UTC)

Comments

Second Wizarding War

 * Nominator: Cubs Fan2007
 * Nomination comments: I think it's both well-written and well-referenced, and it has relevant images where appropriate.

(0 Unspeakables/9 User/9 Total)
Support
 * 1) Cubs Fan  <font face="Gisha" color="white">(Talk to me)
 * 2) --Thorning 13:00, January 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * 3) -- L.V.K.T.V.J.' Hogwarts.jpg( Send an owl! ) 02:07, January 30, 2010 (UTC)
 * 4) -- Slexie4eva 21:23, January 30, 2010 (UTC)
 * 5) --Hcoknhoj 01:25, January 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 6) <font face="Papyrus" size=3 color=blue>Scarlet <font color=turquoise font face="Papyrus" size=3>moon <font color=darkblue font face="Papyrus" size=3>579 Ravenclawcrest.jpg<font face="Papyrus" size=3 color=silver>(Talk to me!) 21:14, April 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * 7) --Wizard44 16:51 May 27, 2010 (UTC)
 * 8) philered  15:55, June 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * 9) --Lord David 23:40, June 30, 2010 (UTC)

Object
 * 1) No sources or appearances. Jayden Matthews 11:46, January 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) Grunny:
 * 3) *Everything needs to be sourced, so you need references for everything in the infobox and the article itself (except the intro).
 * 4) * Parts of this article are written in the present tense and per a recent vote, this needs to be changed to past-tense. Grunny  ( Talk ) 09:42, February 7, 2010 (UTC)

Comments


 * 1) --I've reffed the article. I'll try and get some specific chapters soon. I didn't see any tense issues, but if anyone see something I missed, be bold and fix it! -- <font face="Gisha" color="red">Cubs Fan <font face="Gisha" color="white">(Talk to me)   11:12, February 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) Everything has been fully referenced down to the chapter by CubsFan and I. We have improved the storytelling telling and the accuracy. The English has also greatly improved. --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch Ravenclawcrest.jpg(<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 06:08, June 10, 2010 (UTC)

Elder Wand

 * Nominator: Lord Voldemort killed the vampire James
 * Nomination comments: Seems like a good article, perfect for near Deathly Hallows premiere

(1 Unspeakables/6 Users/7 Total)
Support
 * 1) --Lord Voldemort killed the vampire James 01:25, January 12, 2010 (UTC)Lord Voldemort killed the vampire James
 * 2) Philered WAS HERE! PEACE! 21:00, February 10, 2010 (UTC)
 * 3) --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch Ravenclawcrest.jpg(<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 16:58, April 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * 4) --<font face="Papyrus" size=3 color=blue>Scarlet <font color=turquoise font face="Papyrus" size=3>moon <font color=darkblue font face="Papyrus" size=3>579 Ravenclawcrest.jpg<font face="Papyrus" size=3 color=silver>(Talk to me!)
 * 5)  Grunny  ( talk ) 23:18, June 24, 2010 (UTC)
 * 6) --Lord David 23:40, June 30, 2010 (UTC)
 * 7) -- Darth Jadious 09:21, July 1, 2010 (UTC)

Object
 * 1) Preliminaries:
 * 2) * Similar to the above nomination, everything needs to be sourced, so you need references for everything in the infobox and the article itself (except the intro).
 * 3) * Parts of this article are written in the present tense and per a recent vote, this needs to be changed to past-tense. Grunny  ( Talk ) 09:44, February 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * 4) **Fixed both problems.-- L.V.K.T.V.J.' Hogwarts.jpg( Send an owl! ) 21:21, February 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * 5) *** Good work adding some references, but there are still a few missing, for example the second paragraph of the history, and every item in the infobox must be soruced individually. Take a look at some of the Featured articles at Wookieepedia to get a better idea what type of sourcing is expected of quality articles. As for the tense, there are still a few instances of future or present tense in the article, i.e. "the Elder Wand does not ensure the victory of its master in a duel, nor render him or her invincible".
 * 6) * Another point, avoid speculation. Articles are written in-universe, so fan speculation should only be included in the behind the scenes section, and then, only if it is a widely acknowledged fan theory. So for example this really shouldn't be in the article: "(This may not be entirely true, as theoretically all one would have to do is disarm Harry by force as he did to Malfoy)." Grunny  ( Talk ) 23:01, February 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * 7) **I fully referenced everything in the infobox and did everything you mentioned. Say something back if I missed anything.-- L.V.K.T.V.J.' Hogwarts.jpg( Send an owl! ) 23:47, February 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * 8) * For consistency, can you decide whether you're going to reference The Tales of Beedle the Bard (real), The Tale of the Three Brothers, or The Tales of Beedle the Bard? Since you use all three while referencing the same work.
 * 9) *I made various small changes to it while reviewing, let me know if you have any questions or problems with any of them :). Grunny  ( talk ) 05:38, June 24, 2010 (UTC)
 * 10) **I think we need the "Beedle the Bard (real)" reference because of Dumbledore's notes, but if that confused you, I will make it more specific. Also, the changes you made are good. One last thing: I saw that you didn't cross off one of the objections above, so I tidied that up too. Thanks.-- L.V.K.T.V.J. Hogwarts.jpg( Send an owl! ) 14:52, June 24, 2010 (UTC)
 * 11) ***It wasn't confusion, more just the inconsistency of referencing the same book three different ways ;). Good job all round :). Grunny  ( talk ) 23:18, June 24, 2010 (UTC)
 * 12)  Margiechocoholic  Medieval_Broomstick.jpg Owl me! 09:48, February 21, 2010 (UTC) Although a good article, it lacks subtitling and neatness, it seems a bit dense when you take a first glance at it. Could also use some more pictures.
 * 13) *Objection addressed.-- L.V.K.T.V.J. Hogwarts.jpg( Send an owl! ) 23:03, June 20, 2010 (UTC)

Comments
 * We have gone through the History and separated the Myth from the reality and in general cleaned up the article. --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch Ravenclawcrest.jpg(<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 20:59, February 21, 2010 (UTC)

Pomona Sprout

 * Nominator: Butterfly the rabbit
 * Nomination comments: I have recently rewritten the Irma Pince and Filius Flitwick articles and finished rewriting Sprout the other day. I believe it is of sufficient quality of a featured article.

(1 Unspeakable/8 Users/9 Total)
Support


 * 1) --Butterfly the rabbit
 * 2) Looks good.-- L.V.K.T.V.J. Hogwarts.jpg( Send an owl! ) 02:04, May 24, 2010 (UTC)
 * 3) Well done --<font face="Arial Unicode MS" size="4" color="Black" >ƃuıuɹoɥʇ (<font face="High Tower Text" size="1" color="Green">Send me an owl ) 11:56, May 24, 2010 (UTC)
 * 4) -- <font style="color:#333333;"> Seth Cooper <font style="background:#333333;color:white;"> owl post!  01:39, May 25, 2010 (UTC)
 * 5) --Joeworthy 20:58, May 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * 6) --<font face="Papyrus" size=3 color=blue>Scarlet <font color=turquoise font face="Papyrus" size=3>moon <font color=darkblue font face="Papyrus" size=3>579 Ravenclawcrest.jpg<font face="Papyrus" size=3 color=silver>(Talk to me!)
 * 7) <font face="Papyrus" size=3 color=silver>--Wizard44 18:32 May 28,2010 (UTC)
 * 8) <font style="color:#333333;"> El Profeta Vespertino <font style="background:#333333;color:white;"> owl post!  10:11, June 16, 2010 (UTC)
 * 9) --Lord David 23:40, June 30, 2010 (UTC)
 * 10) Raven Darkholme

Object

Comments

Rolanda Hooch

 * Nominator: Butterfly the rabbit
 * Nomination comments: I have recently rewritten the Irma Pince, Pomona Sprout and Filius Flitwick articles and finished rewriting Hooch the other day. I believe it is of sufficient quality of a featured article.

(0 Unspeakables/7 Users/7 Total)
Support
 * 1) --Butterfly the rabbit
 * 2) -- L.V.K.T.V.J. Hogwarts.jpg( Send an owl! ) 20:51, February 20, 2010 (UTC)
 * 3) -<font face="Arial Unicode MS" size="4" color="Black" >ƃuıuɹoɥʇ (<font face="High Tower Text" size="1" color="Green">Send me an owl ) 07:35, March 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * 4) --Joeworthy 20:59, May 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * 5) --Wizard44 14:14 May,29,2010 (UTC)
 * 6) <font style="color:#333333;"> El Profeta Vespertino <font style="background:#333333;color:white;"> owl post!
 * 7) --Lord David 23:40, June 30, 2010 (UTC)

Object
 * 1) Seth Cooper:
 * 2) *References. The article needs to be completely referenced. Furthermore the few references presented in the article are extremely brief and do not convey many information.
 * 3) *Speculation. Some statements on the article are somewhat speculative. Hooch being in Hufflepuff, for instance.
 * 4) *Quality of the quotes. The quotes are filled with links and the explanatory notes (the material between square brackets) shouldn't be italicized. Also, quotes from the narrator should be credited as "Description" and not as if a characted has said it.
 * 5) *Some sentences are extemely unnecessary and seem to be only in the article to make space for more and, (I should add) redundant links. One such example is: "and excelled at her Flying Classes in her first year, which was taught by the Flying Instructor." Seriously? I thought they were taught by the Potions master... -- <font style="color:#333333;"> Seth Cooper <font style="background:#333333;color:white;"> owl post! 16:33, June 16, 2010 (UTC)

Comments

Tom Riddle Sr.

 * Nominator: Lord Voldemort killed the vampire James
 * Nomination comments: I have recently expanded, rewritten and added a bunch of references. I think the article is now featured article worthy.

(1 Unspeakables/8 Users/9 Total)
Support
 * 1) -- L.V.K.T.V.J.' Hogwarts.jpg( Send an owl! ) 23:19, February 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) <font face="Papyrus" size=3 color=blue>Scarlet <font color=turquoise font face="Papyrus" size=3>moon <font color=darkblue font face="Papyrus" size=3>579 Ravenclawcrest.jpg<font face="Papyrus" size=3 color=silver>(Talk to me!) 3:19, February 14, 2010 (UTC)
 * 3) User:Exsiiron (Exsiiron (talk) 19:21, March 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * 4) --Station7 18:08, March 20, 2010 (UTC)
 * 5) Good work.  Grunny  ( talk ) 04:03, April 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * 6) --Wizard44, 16:53 May 27, 2010 (UTC)
 * 7) <font face="Arial Unicode MS" size="4" color="Black" >ƃuıuɹoɥʇ (<font face="High Tower Text" size="1" color="Green">Send me an owl ) 08:05, June 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * 8) --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch Ravenclawcrest.jpg(<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 17:12, June 29, 2010 (UTC)
 * 9) --Lord David 23:40, June 30, 2010 (UTC)

Object
 * 1) Grunny:
 * 2) * To start off, there are two unreferenced items in the infobox that need to be sourced.
 * 3) * Likewise, the second bullet point of the "Behind the scenes" section needs a reference.
 * 4) *Early life section:
 * 5) ** You don't mention his parents in the Biography. Note that there should be nothing in the introduction that isn't covered in the biography.
 * 6) ** "The Ministry of Magic discovered this, among other incidents, and presumably performed a Memory Charm on Tom." "Presumably" is very uncertain wording and suggests that this is original research which shouldn't be included in an article unless it can be backed up by significant evidence from a reliable source. So did they perform a memory charm or not? If so, what source clarifies that they did?
 * 7) *I'll continue reading it once you've handled these few objections. Good work so far, and sorry I took so long to get to this review! Grunny  ( talk ) 04:24, April 13, 2010 (UTC)
 * 8) **I fixed everything you mentioned except the fourth bullet, as I don't see it in the intro, Biography, Personality, or relationships. If you can point it out to me I will gladly fix it. Thanks.-- L.V.K.T.V.J. Hogwarts.jpg( Send an owl! ) 01:09, April 14, 2010 (UTC)
 * 9) ***It's in the Early life section of the biography, second sentence of the second paragraph: "When her brother Morfin noticed her interest, he hexed Tom with hives. The Ministry of Magic discovered this, among other incidents, and presumably performed a Memory Charm on Tom." I'll look over it again soon :-). Grunny  ( talk ) 01:24, April 14, 2010 (UTC)
 * 10) ****✅-- L.V.K.T.V.J. Hogwarts.jpg( Send an owl! ) 01:31, April 14, 2010 (UTC)
 * 11) * Early life – "made her play" is a little colloquial can you find a better way to word this? "While they were gone, Merope made her play for Tom."
 * 12) * The "Personality and traits" section needs to be gone over. It needs to be in past-tense just like the rest of the article, and you need to avoid speculatory wording and state only the facts. Words like "seems" and "likely" suggest original research which is discouraged in encyclopedic articles. Grunny  ( talk ) 23:13, April 27, 2010 (UTC)
 * 13) **I could not think of a proper wording for the first objection, so I replaced it with foreshadowing for the next section. I also did the best I could on the other objecton.-- L.V.K.T.V.J. Hogwarts.jpg( Send an owl! ) 02:06, April 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * 14) ***I reworded this for you. In encyclopedia articles it is important not to make your own assumptions as they will often be different to others. Articles should remain non-point of view and not have original research. So it is better to state facts and let the reader infer what they can from the info. Grunny  ( talk ) 04:03, April 28, 2010 (UTC)

Comments

Campaign to Discredit Albus Dumbledore and Harry Potter

 * Nominator: Hcoknhoj
 * Nomination comments: I think this article is well written and very informative.

(0 Unspeakables/3 Users/3 Total)
Support
 * 1) --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch Ravenclawcrest.jpg(<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 00:03, March 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) --Vengerer 08:01, April 19, 2010 (UTC)
 * 3) <font face="Arial Unicode MS" size="4" color="Black" >ƃuıuɹoɥʇ (<font face="High Tower Text" size="1" color="Green">Send me an owl ) 16:02, May 26, 2010 (UTC)

Object

Comments

Hogwarts Castle

 * Nominator: Wizard44
 * Nomination comments: It looks well written.

(0 Unspeakables/0 Users/0 Total)
Support

Object Comments
 * 1) The article is in flux too often. It changes daily and does not have the consistency needed in a FA. --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch Ravenclawcrest.jpg(<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 22:00, June 7, 2010 (UTC)

Attack at the Hogwarts Lake

 * Nominator: Station7
 * Nomination comments:

(0 Unspeakables/0 Users/0 Total)
Support

Object

Comments I wrote the overwhelming majority of this article, and I do not consider it of FA quality. --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch (<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 11:27, June 16, 2010 (UTC)

Salazar Slytherin's Locket

 * Nominator:User:Hcoknhoj
 * Nomination comments:Like Elder Wand, very well written and informative, perfect for the new movie season.

(0 Unspeakables/1 Users/1 Total)
Support
 * 1) --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch Ravenclawcrest.jpg(<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 02:18, July 8, 2010 (UTC)

Object

Comments
 * I have thoroughly referenced this article. It does need more quotes, if anyone wants to add some. --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch Ravenclawcrest.jpg(<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 02:18, July 8, 2010 (UTC)