Harry Potter Wiki:Featured Article guidelines

This is a proposal for a formal guide for the Featured Article section. It covers what type of articles should be considered, the criteria they should be judged by, the nomination/promotion/rejection procedure, and updating of the main page.

I invite my fellow admins to comment on the talk page about this proposal.

Articles
Articles nominated for Featured Article status should adhere to the following criteria:


 * Articles should be of a reasonable length.
 * Be comprehensive and in-depth.
 * Have quotes and images where available and appropriate.
 * Follow the layout guide in terms of style.

Nomination
Articles should be nominated on Harry Potter Wiki talk:Featured Articles. Each nomination will have a seven day period from the date of nomination to be either promoted or rejected.

Promotion/ rejection
After seven days, articles must be promoted or rejected depending on their vote total. Either way, a record of the nomination must be entered on the Harry Potter Wiki talk:Featured articles/Former Nominations page.

Promoted articles will then be listed on the Harry Potter Wiki:Featured articles page.

Frequency
At the present time, featured articles should be changed once a month since we do not have enough to justify a more frequent change. Once articles start to accumulate, frequency should be brought down to bi-weekly, then weekly.

Featured Article queue
The queue should be listed in order of promotion to Featured Article on the Harry Potter Wiki:Featured articles page. Each article listed should have a start date listed next to it.

Example (monthly)

Featured Article, July 2007
 * Albus Dumbledore

Featured Article, August 2007
 * Ginny Weasley

Featured Article, September 2007
 * Cedric Diggory

At the start of each month, the Featured Article template should be updated for each new FA.