Wikipedia:Featured and good topic candidates/Featured log/April 2007

Hurricane Isabel

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Hurricane Isabel

Effects of Hurricane Isabel in Canada - Effects of Hurricane Isabel in Delaware - Effects of Hurricane Isabel in Maryland and Washington, D.C. - Effects of Hurricane Isabel in New York and New England - Effects of Hurricane Isabel in New Jersey - Effects of Hurricane Isabel in North Carolina - Effects of Hurricane Isabel in Pennsylvania - Effects of Hurricane Isabel in Virginia - Effects of Hurricane Isabel in West Virginia

The lead article, Hurricane Isabel, is a great featured article. Other featured articles include the effects in Delaware, Maryland and Washington, D.C., and North Carolina. All others are good articles, with the exception of Virginia, which is a current GA nominee likely to pass. All great work by Hurricanehink. The FT box will look as such. PhoenixTwo 03:27, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

• Support as nominator. PhoenixTwo 03:27, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
• I would have rather waited and nominated myself until the effects in Virginia passed its GA nomination, due to the fact the topic is very personal in that I literally did 99% of the work in the entire topic. Support, nonetheless. Hurricanehink (talk) 04:02, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Update: Isabel effects in Virginia is a GA now. Hurricanehink (talk) 04:59, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

My apologies for the early nomination; I was waiting simply for the creation of the Virginia article. I didn't think its status would be a determining factor in the final result here. Once again, my apologies. PhoenixTwo 06:25, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

• Support here as well, any idea if any of the others are close to FA status? Hurricanehink, do you still plan on imporving these to FA? Dalf | Talk 09:57, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
  • I plan on getting Isabel in Virginia to FA eventually, but other than that I don't plan on getting the others to FA status. They're all rather short, and though length is not a requirement in FA's, I know some people would get annoyed by having so many short tropical cyclone articles on FAC. Hurricanehink (talk) 15:09, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
    • Meh. We need all the ones we can get. Support, by the way. Titoxd^{(?!? - cool stuff)} 01:22, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
• Support Hurricanehink seems to vomit GAs and these are obviously connected with no gap in the topic. Jay32183 20:16, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
• Support, Hurricanehink is way too good at writing storm articles... --PresN 03:08, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
• Support - This even covers the optional criteria for FTs of having the same layout between articles, well done. --Arctic Gnome (talk • contribs) 03:10, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
• Support — wow. — Deckiller 05:24, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
• Oppose since this appears to be part of Wikipedia's pro-hurricane agenda. (If it isn't obvious, support.) ShadowHalo 22:58, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
• Promoted by Tompw 15:44, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Final Fantasy VIII

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Final Fantasy VIII	Characters of Final Fantasy VIII - Squall Leonhart - Rinoa Heartilly - Music of Final Fantasy VIII

I haven't played this game yet, but somehow not only the main article is featured, but all the others involved are GA, without a gap like in the removed FFX/X-2. Also, Characters of Final Fantasy VIII is currently a FAC. igordebraga ≠ 17:43, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

• • Comment - Chars of FF8 passed, bringing the topic to 2 FAs and 3 GAs. --PresN 05:52, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
• Comment How important is Chocobo World to this topic? It's not listed here.--Rmky87 18:28, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Not very much at all; it is more significant to the Chocobo series.
    • Good to know. There have been too many noms with gaps.--Rmky87 22:18, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
      • The only thing really close to a topic gap is a setting article, but the basics are summed up in the main article. If and when the setting article is finished and added, it will only enhance coverage slightly. — Deckiller 23:42, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
• Co-nom and Support — I've been beaten to the nom! :) Note: there is a chance that a World of Final Fantasy VIII article might come up within a few weeks, but it's up in the air and already covered succinctly in the main article. — Deckiller 00:46, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
• Support Great set of articles, no qualms here. Darthgriz⁹⁸ 00:51, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
• Co-nom and support as well. This time, I wasn't even beaten by Deck. Very full and high-quality set of articles. Axem Titanium 02:17, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
• Support- 2 FAs, 3 GAs. Excellent! Also, yes, Chocobo World, though in the template, is not significant enough to the topic to be in it- it's a separate game, unrelated to FF8, the only connection it had was that you could take items you found in that game and transfer them into FF8, if you happened to have the rare gameplayer that ran it. It would need to be in a Chocobo topic, but not an FF8 one. --PresN 05:51, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
• Support, good work. PhoenixTwo 03:12, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
• I noticed that this topic is a lot smaller than the former FFX topic. Are the two characters with their own articles the only ones developed enough to do so? What about the setting of the game, is it too basic to have its own article? --Arctic Gnome (talk • contribs) 17:25, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Most of the FFX characters are going to be merged into the general article to follow this formula. With so little out of universe information available for each invidual character, we've been merging a lot of characters into articles that cover the entire cast. FFX will follow suit pretty soon (also, X and X-2 are two games, which is why there are double character articles and a large setting article). As for the setting article for this game, the backstory is relatively brief, and the main article covers the main points enough that a lack of a setting article is not a major gap. — Deckiller 17:34, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
• Comment Why isn't Triple Triad listed? Kariteh 14:09, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
  • As a minigame, it doesn't have its own article. Sort of like why Gunblade is not included, because it's part of a general article on weapons and armor. — Deckiller 16:07, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
• Support - It would be nice to see the setting, plot, or gameplay become their own articles, but the main article does an adequate job of covering those topics so that a gap is not created. All articles are referenced, well written, and linked together. I see no reason not to promote this. --Arctic Gnome (talk • contribs) 17:16, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
• Support No gaps, more than one FA, nothing lower than GA, and all articles deserving of their rating by current standards. Jay32183 20:14, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
• Support nice. Hurricanehink (talk) 20:43, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
• Support: Definitely one of the best series of video game articles. Well done everyone who worked on them. --Teggles 01:03, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
• Comment — Chocobo World is now a GA, so if anyone feels or felt that it belonged more in the FF8 topic than the Chocobo topic, perhaps we can add it. — Deckiller 04:52, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

• WTF? That should NOT be a GA. Somehow the standards are just getting lower and lower... --Teggles 04:59, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

• Don't shoot the messenger; I'm surprised as well. But then again, it's better sourced than some of the early GAs, heh. I think it's a relative matter; in some projects, Chocobo World might be GA-worthy. — Deckiller 05:03, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

• Please don't add Chocobo World to the FF8 topic. If Chocobo World didn't belong in the topic as a normal article, there's no reason for it to be in the topic as a GA now. Kariteh 10:47, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
• Ditto. --PresN 17:06, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

• Support: One of the best video games ever made accompanied by a very good article. Definitely a shoe-in. Also agree with Teggles on the congratulations to the users who created the article- a job well done, just like the other Final Fantasy articles on Wikipedia. Well done again. Totalinarian 18:19, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
• Promoted --Arctic Gnome (talk • contribs) 23:25, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Supplementary nominations

1. Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Final Fantasy VIII/addition1
2. Wikipedia:Featured and good topic candidates/Final Fantasy VIII/addition2