This issue covers featured content promoted between Sunday, 6 November 2011 and Saturday, 12 November 2011.
HMS Eagle in the 1930s, from the new featured article of the same name. The article's creator gives some suggestions for writing featured content below
To give our readers a "sporting" chance at writing featured content, here are some suggestions from Sturmvogel 66, who has written or co-written 16 pieces of featured content and 28 A-class articles, including this week's HMS Eagle (below), since becoming a Wikipedian in 2007.
Make friends with a really good copyeditor; he or she will save you endless aggravation regarding your prose.
Before nominating, participate in several FACs to get a feel for the process and to learn what most of the reviewers look for. Then carefully dissect all the comments and try to figure out why they were made.
Be prepared to grow a thick skin; just because you can't see the value of a reviewer's comment doesn't mean that it doesn't have one. If you don't understand a comment, ask for clarification, but be prepared to address the issue. I found this one of the hardest things to do when I first began going through the process, as many of the requested changes seemed pointless.
Don't sweat stupid little mistakes being discovered at FAC; no reviewer is sniggering to himself about what a moron you are for x and y mistakes. They're embarrassing, but get over it as those sorts of things are sometimes the hardest things to catch.
Learn to value consistency; that's one of the first things that reviewers will notice about your citation style, bibliography, or whatever. You'll save yourself a lot of time and effort if you do it, whatever it is, consistently as you're writing.
Learn the basics about image licensing; just because it's on Commons doesn't mean that it has a valid license or is out of copyright.
Let someone else look at your article before you submit it to FAC.
Submit your article to a Good Article nomination or, if your project has them, an A-class review; they're unlikely to catch everything, but they should be able to identify major problems.
Featured articles
Medieval graffiti at St Nicholas, Blakeney, a new featured article. Graffiti such as this led to the article's creation and development
St Nicholas, Blakeney (nom), which was created after nominator Jimfbleak read about medieval graffiti located there (example pictured on right). It is the nominator's first non-avian FA. The current church, located in Blakeney, Norfolk, UK, was built in the 15th century over an existing 13th-century structure, having been partially destroyed during the English Reformation and later renovated during the Victorian restoration. The church is a Grade I listed building for "exceptional architectural interest".
Knowle West, Bristol (nom), developed and nominated by the Bristol native Jezhotwells. The neighbourhood, located in Bristol, UK and inhabited as early as the British Iron Age, covers an area of 1.26 square miles (3.3 km2) and has been home to The Eagles, musician Tricky, and boxer Dixie Brown. The area is one of the most economically deprived in Bristol and has relatively high indices of crime and drug use.
HMS Eagle (nom), nominated by Sturmvogel 66 after a successful A-Class Review. The aircraft carrier, initially meant to be a battleship for Chile, took at least 10 years to construct. After a time stationed in the Mediterranean and China, in World War II the Eagle spent two years supporting British war efforts in the Indian Ocean and South Atlantic before being sunk by the German submarine U-73.
Chaplain–Medic massacre (nom), created and developed by Ed!. After heavy fighting during the Battle of Taejon in the the Korean War, 30 unarmed and wounded soldiers, as well as a chaplain, were killed by Korean People's Army troops. A medic, who managed to escape, was the only survivor. The massacre was one of several incidents which led the US Army to investigate war crimes; North Korean commanders also instigated stricter guidelines for the handling of enemy captives following the incident and the Hill 303 massacre that followed.
Featured pictures
No featured pictures were promoted this week. Readers interested in participating are invited to acquaint themselves with the featured picture criteria and join the discussion at the candidates page.
Featured lists
This week was a good week for sports fans everywhere. Of the nine featured lists promoted this week, eight were sports-related, involving college football, association football, county cricket, and Major League Baseball. The sole non-sports list promoted this week, however, really took root in the brains of the the Featured List reviewers.
Robinson Tejeda, one of 88 Philadelphia Phillies players in the new featured list
List of 50/80cc Motorcycle World Champions (nom), created and developed by NapHit. The list follows the winners of the Grand Prix, the premier championship of motorcycle road racing, in the 50/80cc class from its inception in 1962 to its disbanding in 1989. Ángel Nieto won the most championships, with six between 1969 and 1977.
I just thought that it was worth mentioning that FPC is not a dying project, and remains active (it's certainly ahead of featured sounds and featured portals, and probably featured topics). It's just that a lot of nominations get shot down pretty quickly. 14 images have been nominated in the last week, and I suspect at least five will pass. That said, more reviewers and nominators couldn't hurt! J Milburn (talk) 22:58, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
That is exactly how Featured Sounds was before its demise, however, you are correct. FP will not die due to the abundance of free images on Commons, whereas free sound files are in the few by comparison. The project died due to disinterest and lack of activity, I hope that FP won't go down that road. —James(Talk • Contribs) • 4:41pm •06:41, 15 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I hope nobody read the blurb about FP and assumed I meant the project was dying. During my perusing of the page, I noticed that perhaps 4 people vote regularly. As an image needs 5 votes minimum to pass, I figured having interested reviewers would be useful. Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:37, 20 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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