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Featured Topics in Wikipedia A featured topic is a collection of inter-related articles that are of a good quality (though are not necessarily featured articles). This page is for the nomination of potential featured topics. Here we determine which topics are featured on Featured topics. A featured topic should exemplify Wikipedia's very best work. See "what is a featured topic?" for criteria. If you would like to ask any questions about your topic and the featured topic process before submitting it, visit Wikipedia talk:Featured topic candidates. If you nominate a topic, you will be expected to make a good-faith effort to address objections that are raised. If you nominate something you have worked on, note it as a self-nomination. You may wish to receive feedback before nominating a topic by listing it at Peer review. Consensus must be reached for a group to be promoted to featured topic status. If enough time passes without objections being resolved, nominations will be removed from the candidates topic and archived. Purge the cache to refresh this page	Shortcut: WP:FTC Featured content: Featured articles Featured pictures Featured lists Featured portals Featured topics ← Featured sounds Featured topic tools: Featured topic criteria Featured topic candidates Featured topic removal candidates Nomination procedure Featured topic log Former featured topics
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Contents 1 Nominations 1.1 Solar System (supplementary nomination) 1.2 The Orange Box 2 Removal candidates 2.1 Devil May Cry

[edit] Nominations

Please add new nominations to the top.

[edit] Solar System (supplementary nomination)

This topic is already featured. It is being re-nominated to add additional items. See Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Solar System for the archived discussion of the topic's successful nomination. The additional items are:

1. Formation and evolution of the Solar System

Main page	Articles
Solar System	Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Moon, Mars, Ceres, Asteroid belt, Jupiter, Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, Saturn, Titan, Uranus, Neptune, Triton, Pluto, Kuiper belt, Eris, Scattered disc, Oort cloud, Formation and evolution of the Solar System

This article is as vital to the Solar System topic as Solar System itself. It is, if you like, the 4D image of the Solar System with the main article as the 3D image. I have wanted to get this article included in the Solar System FT since I first got involved, and now that it is FA class, I think it is ready. Serendi^podous 07:01, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

• Support and kudos on all your work on these articles. dihydrogen monoxide (H₂O) 09:56, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

• Support No problem with me. Zginder 2008-05-19T14:02Z (UTC)

• Support as substantial contributor to formation and evolution. However, Solar System uses Template:Solar System table for the footer, while most of the others in the topic use Template:Solar System, which seems a bit odd. ASHill (talk | contribs) 15:10, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Note also that Mercury is undergoing a FAR. ASHill (talk | contribs) 15:13, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
• Support Brilliance - what have you got planned next? rst20xx (talk) 00:27, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Depends what happens to Mercury. :-) Serendi^podous 05:57, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The Orange Box

Main page	Articles
The Orange Box	Half-Life 2 · Half-Life 2: Episode One · Half-Life 2: Episode Two · Portal (video game) · Team Fortress 2

This is a clearly defined group of articles that are part of the The Orange Box bundle. No games are missing, and all games included belong in the bundle. Gary King (talk) 16:14, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

• Support This looks good. The Orange Box is currently up as a FAC, so hopefully that goes through. ~ UBeR (talk) 16:51, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
• Oppose for the immediate moment Comment: Per Wikipedia:Featured topic criteria (and as the guy who originally suggested this) this nomination should be withdrawn as both EP1 and The Orange Box are currently featured article candidates. It should be renominated once both have finished their FACs, regardless of which way they end. -- Sabre (talk) 17:15, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
  • That's just a recommendation, not an actual criterion. ~ UBeR (talk) 17:55, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
  • It's still a recommendation I would suscribe to, as it is a valid point. We've got two FA's underway, its overkill to try to work on a FT at the same time. Once the FA's are done - whether they remain GA's or become FA's - then it should be renominated. I can't imagine that's going to be that long a time, both FA's have been active for a while. -- Sabre (talk) 18:29, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
    • I would say the Episode One nomination will be up for about three more weeks. Gary King (talk) 18:38, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
      • I added that recommendation because topics did not meet the criteria and were being nominated with the hope that they will sometime in the future. This topic status with the criteria will not change with these FACs. Zginder 2008-05-14T20:46Z (UTC)
  • In that case, I'll withdraw the oppose. I can't reasonably put in a support, as I'm a major contributor to two of the articles. -- Sabre (talk) 20:58, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
• Support — Zginder 2008-05-14T20:46Z (UTC)
• Support - Meets the criteria, so no "work" needs to be done to get this to standard.Judgesurreal777 (talk) 20:52, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
• Support -- meets criteria, regardless of the outcome of content review. Another query, What is the proposed free image for use on the FT page? Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^(talk) 21:09, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
  • We don't really have one. I shoved this onto the Orange Box talk page as a placeholder, it should do unless anyone comes up with something more suitable. I can make that image orange, but beyond that my ability to manipulate graphics like this is shockingly bad. -- Sabre (talk) 21:13, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

• • • That's the image I had in mind from the start. Gary King (talk) 21:19, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
      • I did a quick mockup of a possibility as per Sabre's request; if you want to suggest changes, do so (the bottom of the box is a little rough, I know.) Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^(talk) 21:38, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
      • ...and here's what it would look like in place. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^(talk) 21:40, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
        • It's sexy. I think it would get unanimous support, at least until something newer, better, and shinier comes along. Gary King (talk) 21:44, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
        • Fine by me. I fixed the bottom and added some subtle shading, do with it as you will. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^(talk) 22:05, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Excellent, that will do perfectly! Thanks David! -- Sabre (talk) 11:44, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
    • Image not acceptable. Needs glare off box and lens flare. clicketyclick_yaketyyak 18:10, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
• Support and good luck with the FACs - rst20xx (talk) 01:04, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Removal candidates

[edit] Devil May Cry

Topic discussion 6 articles Devil May Cry series
Devil May Cry Devil May Cry 2 Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening Dante Characters in Devil May Cry

Unfortunately, this topic no longer meets the featured topic criterion 1.d. ("obvious gap") since Devil May Cry 4 was released on January 31, 2008 and hasn't been added to the FT yet, due to its failure to reach GA status. The grace period of three months has passed, so it is time for this topic to be demoted. Kariteh (talk) 13:15, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Comment Has the editors involved, the Wikiproject and featured talk page, been notified of this? Zginder 2008-05-17T13:23Z (UTC)

Judgesurreal777 left a note on the featured talk page on April 18, and another one on the Wikiproject talk page on May 5. Kariteh (talk) 13:30, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Lovely, evidently no one noticed that I already began placing footnote templates in the article, and did so with a note saying: "begining FA push", with the rest of the project either inactive or not editing the page it will take a while but the article should be at GAC in around two weeks after Puerto Rican Amazon is nominated, thanks a lot for not leaving a message on the article's or my talk page before opening a FTR. - Caribbean~H.Q. 13:40, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Mmh, no need to give ironic thanks, I could thank you in the same way for not replying on the two talk pages links I mentioned above. The topic no longer meets the criteria, and thus it should have been nominated for removal on April 30 or May 1 (three months after the game's release date). If Devil May Cry will be at GAC in two weeks from now (May 31) and will pass, then the topic will be re-nominated at FTC and will pass again, that's all. The problem is that the topic can't and shouldn't be left in an unproper status for an entire month (from May 1 to May 31), especially since there are a lot of people currently criticizing the quality of the video game articles. It's just a question of credibility: featured topics are supposed to be "Wikipedia's best work". Kariteh (talk) 14:00, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

It takes a minimum of a fortnight to demote. If you can get it to be a GAC by the n I do not think it will be demoted unless if fails. Zginder 2008-05-17T16:26Z (UTC)

• Hold — I'd recommend a hold until June 1. That would give editors a fortnight to build up the needed article to GA quality (and please contact me if you need a reviewer -- I hate to see FTs cast away). JKBrooks85 (talk) 07:53, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

...So one more day than we would have held otherwise? Judgesurreal777 (talk) 16:22, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Exactly! :P JKBrooks85 (talk) 03:13, 22 May 2008 (UTC)