Star Wars Fanon:Featured articles/Nominations

The featured articles of the wiki are articles that represent the best the Star Wars Fanon Wiki has to offer.

What makes a featured article or what article should you nominate to feature? To answer that, we've prepared a list just in case someone should ask that, and it is as follows.

An article must&hellip;


 * 1) &hellip;be a Good article.
 * 2) &hellip;be well written and detailed.
 * 3) &hellip;be unbiased, non-point of view.
 * 4) &hellip;all images must be captioned.
 * 5) &hellip;be sourced with all available appearances (if articles that involve said article subject are on this wiki).
 * 6) &hellip;be correctly categorized.
 * 7) &hellip;not be tagged with improvement tags at the time of nomination
 * 8) &hellip;have a sufficiently detailed lead that can be used for the front page featured box
 * 9) &hellip;have a minimal amount of red links; use common sense (no more then ten)
 * 10) &hellip;have a complete, detailed "History" section, and a "Post mortem" section if the article is about a character that has died.
 * 11) &hellip;have a "Charateristics" section if it is about a vehicle, class of vehicle etc.

For more information on what makes a featured article, see What is a featured article?.

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, organization, 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 or more supports than any other article and no objections, it will be added the queue, and will be officially known as a "featured article".

How to vote:


 * 1) Before doing anything, be sure to read the article completely, keeping a sharp eye out for mistakes.
 * 2) Voters can check the articles prosperective Decreton Lords review for any additional information on the article.
 * 3) Afterwards, compare the article to the criteria listed above, and then either support or object the article's nomination.
 * 4) If you object, please supply concrete reasons for doing so, and how it can be improved.
 * 5) 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.
 * 6) Once all objectors' complaints have been solved (or the article has 5 supports and no objections after at least a week), the article will be added to the queue and be officially known as a "featured article".

Also remember to add nominated at the top of the article you are nominating.

In addition, put the number sign, #, next to your name so the votes can be counted. Please sign your posts as well!!

Every Sunday the next article in the queue will be highlighted on the Main Page as featured, marked with the featured template and removed from the list of nominations. The beginning of the article then appears on the Main Page via the featured article template. Nominees that are inactive for a month will be eliminated from the nominations list.

Current Standings
These standings are determined by who has the most votes. This may, however, not be the way the winner is determined. Also, oppositions will lower the amount of votes you have, as long as they're for a good reason. Neutral does nothing.


 * 1) Ryan Vex (6)
 * 2) Darth Faust (5)
 * 3) Roviik Antrell, E.C.H.O. Visor, Xander Vos (4)
 * 4) Darth Tyler (-2)

=Nominations=

Support

 * 1) Great concept, good character, nicely made pics. Good overall. Meets all the requirements as well.
 * 2) I spent a good deal of my time working on this article. I hope everyone likes it as much as I do.
 * 3)  N@M3Le$ I know how to talk! Journal [[Image:Namelesennius.jpg|30px]] Namelesennius(Mysteries of a Distant System: Exile) 11:29, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
 * 4) You know, I am not sure if Lah D'ar will ever be featured because IMO every article thats nominated right now is worthy of FA status [[Image:pinky.gif|50px]] Talk 17:21, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
 * 5) Strange name for a Sith Lord, but it's a great article. - Brandon Rhea 21:26, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
 * 6) Not really. Faust is close to fast, and fast is close to famish. Famish fits a Sith Lord, right? I'd think so. Malak described himself with it, too (I think). Anyway, support,
 * 7) I don't enjoy being ganged up on, but if you so desperately require it, I'll vote for it. Aeods 23:42, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Oppose
It doesn't matter Aeods, those are issues that the article must meet before being nominated, and mine passed the Decreton Lords exam.
 * 1) I think the pictures are a little weird, but besides that, it seems a little short for a featured article, and doesn't have many links to other fanon articles. Aeods 06:46, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * This is a counter to Aeods. I apologize if my pics are "weird", I'm not a master of photoshop, and I like to make my own.  And as far as it's length,  How about Darth Hiljo?  And Battle of Vuur (Dar'yaim War).  Also, on links, I feel a writer doesn't need assistance from other sources.  It helps, but it is not needed to tell a good story.  It also is not one of the requirements set forth by the Decreton Lords.  I hope this negates your opposition, or at least makes you rethink and withdrawl it.  Because those are all things that are reviewed by the Decreton Lords, and the article passed, so, I hope that opposition doesn't stand.  I don't mean to sound whiny, but I do feel that those are mere trivialities that were already reviewed by the lords.
 * As I said, my opposition wasn't for the pictures, I was just commenting on it. I also opposed Hiljo and Vuur, if that makes you feel any better. Aeods 23:25, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * No, you supported the battle of Vuur. [[Image:SVsig.jpg]] (Talk)
 * Only after you expanded it due to my opposition. Aeods 23:35, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Exactlty; I countered your opposition. And still, doesn't change the fact that you supported it. [[Image:SVsig.jpg]] (Talk)
 * Yes, you increased the length, and I voted for it. Aeods 23:41, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually, an article doesn't need to meet any guidelines to be nominated, only to become a FA. Aeods 23:41, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Comments
He [CurrentBigThing] explains why he named him Darth Faust in the Behind the scenes section.
 * Never said he didn't. I was simply saying that I thought the name 'Faust', not the meaning behind the name, was a bit odd, in my opinion. - Brandon Rhea 03:26, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * No offense Rhea, but I was talking to Shadowphobia.
 * I feel so unloved. - Brandon Rhea 04:01, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Ah. I see. I still think my idea was good...  Black  (kills)  Assassin

Support

 * 1) I've worked hard and long on it to complete Narod's son's story (this article), and I believe it meets all requirements.
 * 2) Vic's articles are always enjoyable. Plus I felt honorerd when he included a power I made up.
 * 3) As I promised, support!  N@M3Le$ I know how to talk! Journal [[Image:Namelesennius.jpg|30px]] Namelesennius(Mysteries of a Distant System: Exile) 11:29, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
 * 4) Definately. - Brandon Rhea 21:27, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) I'm nominating this again. I still really like this one. [[Image:XEPE.JPG|150px]] Say it like it is... Or it was. 13:03, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) Really good article. I like it.--Darth Tyler Talk to Palpy Palpy is awesome[[Image:Sidsaber.jpg|25px]] 14:36, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) Definately. I think it's a great, original article. - Brandon Rhea 21:25, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
 * 4) I'll vote this. I love tech stuff. Nice.

Support

 * 1) I have fixed several of the problems stated, but not the idea of the overall article, as I am not going to completely rewrite the article into a different character.--Darth Tyler Talk to Palpy Palpy is awesome[[Image:Sidsaber.jpg|25px]] 14:34, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) I support this. There was actually nothing really wrong with it, even in the DLs first review. [[Image:XEPE.JPG|150px]] Say it like it is... Or it was. 15:19, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) Troyb 17:32, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1) I'm sorry, but I find the idea of a force-sensitive Battle Droid to be silly. -MPK 17:58, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) Still no, for the reasons I mentioned last time. - Brandon Rhea 21:24, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) Too many external links...
 * 4) Per above.
 * 5) If you aren't going to change the sole major concern with this article, then it shall never be an FA. At the very, very least, have it as a Grievous/Vader-like droid, that was once an organic and has a remaining trace of organics within it, allowing it to use the Force. Otherwise its a no, once again, from me. Aeods 06:42, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Comments
This is troyb,why is it that everyone think's that a battle droid with power's of the force is so weird!This is SW fanon where anything can happen. Troyb 18:03, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Of course, but we still have a right not to like it. However, let's not turn this into a debate again. Our reasons have been given and that should be enough. - Brandon Rhea 21:25, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
 * just wondering, is having too many external links a valid reason to oppose? I would assume that he means links to Wookieepedia, and although some users do not seem to like Wookieepedia, it says opposers must give a valid reason and I am not sure if that is one. [[Image:pinky.gif|50px]] Talk
 * I would agree with you there. - Brandon Rhea 04:02, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * The reason a force-sensitive droid is wierd is because the force doesn't work like that. How did the droid get force-sensitive in the first place? How can it use lightning without shorting itself out? The whole idea of force-sensitive droids is rediculous. One of the guidelines that I use in my fanon is "if it's impossible in canon, don't make it in fanon". I don't mean events, I mean how things work. Such as the force. I know that you can make it that way in fanon if you want to, but that doesn't mean that it should be that way. -MPK 16:13, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * And like I said,This is SW fanon anything is possible and who know's,maybe droid's can use the force.Just because you have never seen a droid use the force dosen't mean it's not possible.Also please do not call it rediculous,Tyler put alot of hard work and thought into that article and that may hert his feeling's.Troyb 18:33, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * If it might hurt his feelings, then perhaps he shouldn't be nominating something for FA status where critiscm is welcome AND encouraged. And, like we've said, you can make your fanon articles any way you want, and that's what's great about this place. However, we do not have to like the premise of the article simply because it's fanon. - Brandon Rhea 18:50, 23 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Well MPK should still use a better word then rediculous,and I said it might hert his felling's but I'll have to hear from him. Troyb 18:55, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * The words are spelled "Ridiculous" and "hurt" BTW.
 * Even though its non canon, how about you guys take a look at this and tell me what you think.--Darth Tyler Talk to Palpy Palpy is awesome[[Image:Sidsaber.jpg|25px]] 20:02, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * You're not going to change my opinion on this matter, and the article you have just showed us is intended to be comical! Secondly, everyone needs to chill the hell out. Are we seriously insulting people by correcting their grammar now? - Brandon Rhea 20:04, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorryy, its just that I don't think criticism on my article should be on the subject of the article, just on the grammar, spelling, punctuation, usage, and the way its written.--Darth Tyler Talk to Palpy Palpy is awesome[[Image:Sidsaber.jpg|25px]] 20:06, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * That's why it's tagged with the non-cannon template. And also, I don't mean to insult anyone.  I just find it hard to take them seriously when they spell words incorrectly.
 * So, if I fix the external links, will you'll change your vote?--Darth Tyler Talk to Palpy Palpy is awesome[[Image:Sidsaber.jpg|25px]] 21:24, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * PLEASE take this to individual talk pages. It's getting rediculous here. - Brandon Rhea 22:30, 23 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Sorry for the misspell,I was half asleep at that moment. Troyb 18:55, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) Great article.
 * 2) Yes. Just be sure to add an era icon on top. - Brandon Rhea 21:28, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) I still like this one. Especially that Saber-Scythe :) [[Image:XEPE.JPG|150px]] Say it like it is... Or it was. 01:40, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * 4) --Darth Tyler Talk to Palpy Palpy is awesome[[Image:Sidsaber.jpg|25px]] 11:29, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * 5)  N@M3Le$ I know how to talk! Journal [[Image:Namelesennius.jpg|30px]] Namelesennius(Mysteries of a Distant System: Exile) 15:43, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * 1)  N@M3Le$ I know how to talk! Journal [[Image:Namelesennius.jpg|30px]] Namelesennius(Mysteries of a Distant System: Exile) 15:43, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Comments

 * Let's try it this week! -- [[Image:JM76Sig.gif]] Talk to an Admin Mind Trick Jedi Library [[Image:Sabersmilyjm76.jpg]]

Support

 * 1) Aeods 07:49, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) [[Image:XEPE.JPG|150px]] Say it like it is... Or it was. 13:29, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * 3)  N@M3Le$ I know how to talk! Journal [[Image:Namelesennius.jpg|30px]] Namelesennius(Mysteries of a Distant System: Exile) 15:39, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * 4) Darth Matas 20:07, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * 5) "Make me your friend, I got your back. Make me your enemy, and the world aint big enough for you to hide in." - Curtis Jackson AKA 50 Cent
 * 6) I think this is cool, and everyone here is just being too fusy over small things. Danny NZ

Oppose

 * 1) Darth Dude? Nah. [[Image:SVsig.jpg]] (Talk)
 * 2) At the end, this article refers to itself as "Canon". While I understand it is part of a roleplay, Fanon cannot be part of Canon.  Also, there are many names that make it feel out of universe, such as "Obi-Tyler",  "Darth Saber", and I saw "George".  It just doesn't feel like a FA.  It needs more creativity and thought put into it.

Comments
Which is why I voted against it. It feels OOU.
 * Only, ONLY because someone asked me to, who doesn't have enough contributions to nominate it himself, I'm nominating this again. If it were up to me I would have let it simmer for a while, but whatever. Added a bit more to his backstory before leaving Tatooine, and added a Succession Box. Aeods 07:49, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * For those who commented on the names: those are the names of members of two RPing forums. As I agree with the canon thing being fixed, I don't agree with changing the names because he didn't make those names up. Would someone ever use those names for an FA article? I don't think so. I know they're very, very mediocre but the people who created them just are either a) too lazy to make a name or b) not enough imagination to create a name or c) I don't know the reason. I know all those people and what I said is one hundred percent true. Kessam Prun 22:43, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Then Aeods could change them; he doesn't have to keep them exact. (the names) [[Image:SVsig.jpg]] (Talk)

Those names all came from the site. Darth Dude and Darth Chick were both names of characters previously thought up that I can't change with a click of my fingers. George is an in-universe name just like Luke and Tom are. I've also seen Jons in Star Wars, and Jons in real life. Obi-Tyler, again, was an already exisiting character, and what's wrong with it? Its mentioned in the books that Obi is a prefix, meaning it can be attached to other names. I can't just change them to suit this wikia, they have been in use for over a year and a half. Darth Dude was made in jest of Darth Chick, who herself had had that name for three years prior to the boards being created. Obi-Tyler made his name because Tyler is his real name. One of my kids, Tyler Vos, is named after him, so I can't change it. These names are all ingrained in our canon (I'll get into that later) so they can't just be changed, without seriously affecting nearly everything else. Now, canon. By canon, and non canon, I mean, Forum Canon, and Forum Non-Canon. I'll gladly add the extra word if it helps. I'd also like to note, that when I first made the page for Darth Dude, someone else was already making a Darth Dude of his own, and that had nothing to do with our Darth Dude. So, if two completely different people can come up with the name for the character, it should be ok. In the Star Wars universe, the word Dude doesn't seem to exist, so for them it wouldn't have any ulterior meaning, like any other Sith name. There was a blog on starwars.com a while back, congratulating authors for using standard names, like Luke, Tom, Jon, etc. instead of Yyrazzz or some such name. I merely continued the tradition of what, apparently, a good Star Wars writer would do. Aeods 23:08, 24 April 2007 (UTC) And if you read my oppose section. I PERFECTLY countered your argument. I will gladly take back my oppose if you take yours back and vote for mine, and i will vote yours. Anything outside of Lucas' approval is NON CANON! Something very immature seems to be at work here... An "I'll scratch your back if you scratch mine" idea, where people are only voting for people if they'll vote for them. I took back my opposition, and now he will take back his for mine. Also, Squishy, as has been said, this is Fanon, where names and such can exist that aren't in the Canon Universe. Now, if your vote is because of my vote against Tyler's, then that's just plain immature. The Force cannot manifest itself in droids. Names, however, can exist in a fanon universe. See the slight, oh ever so slight, difference? One is the fabric of the concept of Star Wars being manipulated, and the other is names. Dude is a Xargressian, so who's to say that Dood, or some other phoenetic of the word doesn't originate from his native language? Aeods 23:47, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Now you know how it feels to be opposed by what you think is BS huh Aeods?
 * If all this was just meant as revenge for something I did to you (I remember now, its because of your article above. Being too short is a fair justification for an opposition. Silly names isn't.) that doesn't justify opposition votes. As the guidelines say, your votes have to have proper justification. Now, I have correctly justified each and every one of your concerns, and fixed the canon/non-canon issue, so now there is no reason for your votes to remain in the negative. Aeods 23:24, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * No it isn't- length NO WAY constitutes whether an article is FA or not. And Dude is part of the SW Universe. here. And simply because someone called themselves "Darth Dude" doesn't make it a good Sith moniker. [[Image:SVsig.jpg]] (Talk)
 * An Ewoks cartoon from the very early SW does not exactly qualify that dude is a common, or even uncommon expression around the Galaxy. It only suggests that that one creature uses it. So if an article was five lines long, but met every other qualification, it could be an FA? Of course not. I never said Dude was a good Sith moniker, just that it is one, and is near impossible to change. Aeods 23:34, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, its Star Wars Canon, so it does exist. And besides, that little article about Dude is much more credible than ANY fanon article, including yours, because its canon. And it isn't impossible to change. Either way, my vote will not change because my opposition is valid- I don't like the content of the article, just like you and many others dont like the content of the Darth Tyler article. [[Image:SVsig.jpg]] (Talk)
 * He didn't think up those names, they're names of the characters people thought up on the RP forum. If he changed them, it wouldn't be fair for the people who made those characters and by canon, he means canon to the In Character history of the forum and the fanon articles made here are expected to be seen by people of the forum so he put canon there so they would know that that is canon to the site. Darth Matas 23:36, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * He changed it to canon for the forum. AND NO NEED TO CAPITALIZEDarth Matas 23:42, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Alright, let's all be done arguing. This is getting out of hand and is unnecessary; closing statement: Aeods's article has potential and such, however the opposition will not change its vote as long as the thing we oppose still remain. That is all, and I'm sorry Aeods. [[Image:SVsig.jpg]] (Talk)
 * First: You are participating in that immature "scratch blah blah" idea; second, my opposition is valid because who's to say that a droid can't manifest the force? You? Me? Nah. George Lucas, and perhaps Leland Chee. But, however, you don't like the idea that a droid can manifest the force. I don't like the idea that there are character's named "Darth Dude, Darth Chick" (slang) and "Obi-Tyler" (unoriginal- who cares if its a prefix, come up with your own name). [[Image:SVsig.jpg]] (Talk)
 * Actually, I'm not. I changed my vote on his before seeing his comment. I changed it for the reason I said, that the two of you were ganging up on me. And yet you don't mind a droid named Darth Tyler which is near identical to Obi-Tyler? Darth Chick and Darth Dude are both parts of species that are near human (Chick, raised by Kroprulans, who have a native language, Chik, or Shick, or something like it could mean in their language "She who shall rule" or some such thing) and Dude, as I said above, is a Xargrsssian who SPOKE a different language, and as such would asociate himself with a word from his language. Aeods 23:52, 24 April 2007 (UTC)


 * "You scratch my back and i'll scratch yours" is the way the world works man. I'm sorry if that wasnt what you thought.  In this world you must do whatever it takes.
 * But the "You don't like my friend, so I won't like you." attitude isn't needed.
 * I only "gang up" on you because ever since your article did not become an FA, you started complaining, instead of putting it up for nomination again. Which is very possible. ANd I do not oppose Darth Tyler because why should I? I don't have to oppose every article that everyone else opposes. I oppose yours because I do not like it, but I won't oppose Tylers just because you dont. [[Image:SVsig.jpg]] (Talk)
 * You're either not paying attention to what I write, or being deliberately annoying. You said that "Tyler" in a name is unoriginal, (Obi-Tyler, being that even though Obi is a prefix, Tyler is unoriginal) is Darth Tyler even less original? Also, on the topic of the Force, Lucas himself pretty much says droids can't use the Force. In TPM Qui-Gon and Anakin discuss midichlorians in the BLOOD being the receptors for the Force. Droids don't have blood. The comment that the Force binds all living things together is also contrary to droids being able to use it. The LIVING Force, as one of the two "Forces" is also contrary to it. Skippy the Droid being un-canon is also against it. Aeods 00:00, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I understood perfectly what you meant. I should oppose Darth Tyler because I oppose you correct? Wrong. I have no quarrel with Darth Tyler's article, as unoriginal as it may be. I never said Tyler was unoriginal, I stated the prefix was unoriginal (Obi). And I am being annoying? Perhaps. But you have annoyed me ever since your article did not make FA, simply because you think you should be praised and win at everything. Get over it, it takes time to become a leader, a good writer and have your work admired. [[Image:SVsig.jpg]] (Talk)
 * The prefix Obi is not unoriginal, it is used quite a bit in Star Wars, both as a nick-name and character names. So unoriginality is not an issue that you find with articles? So what is the issue with mine? The difference, my friend, is that you are a leader of this site, and carry its image and reputation with you, I do not. When I make negative, or "whingy" comments, I'm merely a user. When you do, it results directly in the reputation of the Decreton Lords. My comments to you were raising a concern that I had met all standards but had not been made an FA. I was not "whinging" or being annoying, but raising a valid concern. I understand that being a leader and becoming a good writer takes time. I have been writing for ten years, and I am a leader in a great many things, so I understand that. Having you whinge at me because you were having a bad day when I raised my valid concerns, however, is not needed. Aeods 00:09, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Wrong. We all represent Star Wars Fanon, no one is above any other, except perhaps the admins. And are you trying to say you can do whatever you want and it won't matter, only what I do will? That's not true. As I said before, we all have an image on here as the representatives of Star Wars Fanon. And for the record, I am not one who cares much about "image" of myself. I do what I can for our community, not for myself. [[Image:SVsig.jpg]] (Talk)
 * We certainly do. But there are those above others. For instance, the Decreton Lords can choose not to make an article FA, and I have noticed that most articles becoming FA are articles written by, or closely linked to the DL. I'm not saying that, I'm just saying that your actions have more consequence than mine. I can tell you don't care about your image, but other DL may. Aeods 00:16, 25 April 2007 (UTC)