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==How to request that an article be featured==
==How to request that an article be featured==
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==Proposed featured articles==
==Proposed featured articles==
===[[Super Smash Bros. Slamfest '99]]===
A sparsely-remembered yet unique event from the early days of ''Smash''. Lots of detail and citations to back them up. --[[User:CanvasK|CanvasK]] ([[User talk:CanvasK|talk]]) 11:15, June 25, 2023 (EDT)
:This has my approval. <span style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; font-size:12pt">[[User:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Omega</span>]] [[User talk:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Tyrant</span>]]</span> [[File: TyranitarMS.png ]] 05:33, June 26, 2023 (EDT)
::I actually had thought of suggesting this as well so definitely '''supporting'''. [[File:Ness EB Sprite.png|20px]] '''[[User:Ultimate Toad|<font color="blue">Ultimate Toad,</font>]] [[User talk:Ultimate Toad|<font color="gold">the Ness main.</font>]] [[Special:Contributions/Ultimate Toad|<font color="red">(Fuzzy pickles!)</font>]]''' 07:20, June 26, 2023 (EDT)
:::I'm also '''supporting''', as an avid enjoyer of lost media. [[User:Aidanzapunk|<span style="color: black;">'''Aidan'''</span>]] [[User talk:Aidanzapunk|<span style="color: grey;">'''the</span> <span style="color: white; text-shadow: 0 0 2px black;">Ace</span> <span style="color: purple;">Gamer'''</span>]] 13:55, June 26, 2023 (EDT)
===Anniversaries===
===Anniversaries===
The title is intentionally vague because it encompasses more than just one article, but stay with me on this one.
The title is intentionally vague because it encompasses more than just one article, but stay with me on this one.
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:How would characters/universes without specific anniversaries like Pac-Man, Bomberman and Virtua Fighter be handled? And in cases such as Mario and Donkey Kong, does that mean that we'll need to feature four articles? Pokémon alone would need a whopping eight articles featured, depending on how you count the Trainer's Pokémon. That will get overwhelming very quickly if they'll be featured as prominently as regular featured articles. [[File:NokiiSig.png|link=User_talk:Nokii]] '''[[User:Nokii|<span style="color:#89F">Nokii</span>]] ·''' 14:58, June 26, 2023 (EDT)
:How would characters/universes without specific anniversaries like Pac-Man, Bomberman and Virtua Fighter be handled? And in cases such as Mario and Donkey Kong, does that mean that we'll need to feature four articles? Pokémon alone would need a whopping eight articles featured, depending on how you count the Trainer's Pokémon. That will get overwhelming very quickly if they'll be featured as prominently as regular featured articles. [[File:NokiiSig.png|link=User_talk:Nokii]] '''[[User:Nokii|<span style="color:#89F">Nokii</span>]] ·''' 14:58, June 26, 2023 (EDT)
::Note how I used the word "or" ("Sonic the Hedgehog '''''or''''' the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' universe", "Ryu, Ken, '''''or''''' the ''Street Fighter'' universe", "Cloud Strife '''''or''''' Sephiroth")—it would only be one page as the featured article at a time, cycling through a predetermined pattern. For stuff like Pac-Man, Bomberman, and Virtua Fighter, I want to say that Sakurai has posted on Twitter for those anniversaries in the past, and we could use those dates as a basis—if not, we could use the first of the month that they debuted in (and if it came down to only knowing a year, then we could reach some agreement on how to handle that). I'd be more than happy to compile information surrounding my above suggestion to make sure everyone knew what was associated with which date. [[User:Aidanzapunk|<span style="color: yellow;">'''Aidan'''</span>]] [[User talk:Aidanzapunk|<span style="color: white; text-shadow: 0 0 2px black;">'''the</span> <span style="color: purple;">Nonbinary</span> <span style="color: black;">Gamer'''</span>]] 14:19, June 27, 2023 (EDT)
::Note how I used the word "or" ("Sonic the Hedgehog '''''or''''' the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' universe", "Ryu, Ken, '''''or''''' the ''Street Fighter'' universe", "Cloud Strife '''''or''''' Sephiroth")—it would only be one page as the featured article at a time, cycling through a predetermined pattern. For stuff like Pac-Man, Bomberman, and Virtua Fighter, I want to say that Sakurai has posted on Twitter for those anniversaries in the past, and we could use those dates as a basis—if not, we could use the first of the month that they debuted in (and if it came down to only knowing a year, then we could reach some agreement on how to handle that). I'd be more than happy to compile information surrounding my above suggestion to make sure everyone knew what was associated with which date. [[User:Aidanzapunk|<span style="color: yellow;">'''Aidan'''</span>]] [[User talk:Aidanzapunk|<span style="color: white; text-shadow: 0 0 2px black;">'''the</span> <span style="color: purple;">Nonbinary</span> <span style="color: black;">Gamer'''</span>]] 14:19, June 27, 2023 (EDT)
===[[Kazuya (SSBU)]]===
This article looks very well written for an [[Downloadable content (SSBU)|''Ultimate'' DLC character]] to me, especially considering the amount of technical data articles we at SmashWiki had to create for Kazuya's 38 moves. It must've taken a lot of willing contributors and/or massive effort to bring the article to its near-complete if not complete status we have today, including the articles detailing his [[command-input move]]s, special moves, [[Crouch Dash]], technical data for each move (except for [[Heaven's Door]] and [[Final Blaster]], which do not have technical articles yet), etc. Deserves featured article status to me. [[User:Jordan P.|Jordan P.,]] [[User talk:Jordan P.|the Sora main]] [[File:SoraHeadSSBUWebsite.png|15px]] 00:17, June 28, 2023 (EDT)
:Right away I notice the bloated gallery and trivia sections, I'm not even going to bother reviewing the rest of the article as long as these two glaring problems have not been addressed yet, which are two things directly stated as needing cleaning up in our [[SW:Project|projects page]]. <span style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; font-size:12pt">[[User:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Omega</span>]] [[User talk:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Tyrant</span>]]</span> [[File: TyranitarMS.png ]] 06:26, June 28, 2023 (EDT)
::I know how these sections are usually laid out, because I've seen a lot of SSBU's character articles, if not all. It displays from left to right the newcomer splash art, the amiibo, the unlock notice, promotional screenshots, and screenshots from Sakurai's Pic of the Day series on Twitter. Additionally, like other articles, the trivia section states miscellaneous facts. What could we clean up to me? For me, that's inconsistent. [[User:Jordan P.|Jordan P.,]] [[User talk:Jordan P.|the Sora main]] [[File:SoraHeadSSBUWebsite.png|15px]] 00:18, June 30, 2023 (EDT)
:::Read the projects page, and a bunch of other character articles being like that does not make it ok, the fact so many of them have bloated trivia and gallery sections '''''is why''''' it's a wiki project. <span style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; font-size:12pt">[[User:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Omega</span>]] [[User talk:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Tyrant</span>]]</span> [[File: TyranitarMS.png ]] 06:29, June 30, 2023 (EDT)
===[[King K. Rool (SSBU)]]===
A very well written page with numerous images, as well as a great summary on his weaknesses and strengths. All of K. Rool's moves have technical data and their own weaknesses and strengths. I believe the only issue with this page is the missing announcer calls, which is a very small things. I think this article should be featured for these reasons, this page is the greatest of them all. [[User:EpicMagicBoi6|EpicMagicBoi6]] ([[User talk:EpicMagicBoi6|talk]]) 21:47, July 2, 2023 (EDT)
:This article has bloated trivia that needs to be fixed, and the gallery isn't as bad as some others I seen but there are clearly a few images that are only there because "this image has K. Rool in it" rather than serving a distinct informative purpose. Like I said with Kazuya, these need to be addressed before reviewing the page farther to consider if it's feature-worthy. <span style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; font-size:12pt">[[User:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Omega</span>]] [[User talk:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Tyrant</span>]]</span> [[File: TyranitarMS.png ]] 12:10, July 3, 2023 (EDT)