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Contents 1 Dorgesh-Kaan Thieving and Firemaking 2 Lumbridge 3 Slayer 4 Baxtorian

Dorgesh-Kaan Thieving and Firemaking

I think that this is a very detailed guide for a very underutilized method of training two skills (primarily Firemaking, but also Thieving). The person who wrote this (User:Jrrast) obviously put a lot of time and effort into making this article, even making a map of Dorgesh-Kaan for people who learn better visually to understand this method of training. I think this article should have a lot more recognition (I think I'll link to it on the firemaking training page now), and I think it is definitely AOTM material. FTWinston! ^talk 20:38, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Current votes:

• Support: 1
• Neutral: 0
• Oppose: 1

Comment - You need to add the current votes count and support your own article o.0. How come you didn't? I added the current votes for you. Zezzima ^{Talk • Edit # • Skills} 23:49, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Well, sorry! I'm completely new to AOTM. FTWinston! ^talk 01:56, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

S'port - as nominator. FTWinston! ^talk 02:01, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Oppose - Sorry, but this is too incomplete and lacks images. Plus, it's just a set of steps about how to train firemaking and thieving. Zezzima ^{Talk • Edit # • Skills} 02:28, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Lumbridge

I think this is a very well-written, detailed article about a well-known town. Lumbridge is the first town that all new players see, and most begin their training here by killing men, goblins, chickens, and cows. Aside from the outside monsters, Lumbridge contains some small shops/facilities such as the altar and furnace. The castle is the default respawn point for all free players and some members, as well as home to important figures, and many quests take place here, like Recipe for Disaster and The Lost Tribe. Most players take advantage of the castle's resources such as the two banks, spinning wheel, and more. All this makes Lumbridge one of the most important cities in RuneScape. Along with its importance and the quality of its article, Lumbridge would be a great featured article. Zezzima ^{Talk • Edit # • Skills} 23:44, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Current votes:

• Support: 3
• Neutral: 0
• Oppose: 0

Support - As nominator. Zezzima ^{Talk • Edit # • Skills} 23:44, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Support - Great article, way better than the other crap articles. Per zezzima and everything else he said. Try Combat 00:48, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Support - Per Zezzima. Noob4lyfe 17:35, 5 June 2009 (UTC) Due to meat puppetry--

Azaz129 ^{Talk Edits Contribs}

23:29, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

I'm kinda... confused? Is that the word I'm looking for? ...maybe suspicious. Two accounts, one (Try Combat) with no previous edits, the other with one, to ss... odd, to say the least...  Gaz Lloyd ^Calcs!_Awesome 17:42, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Yes, something certainly smells fishy. We should get someone to run a checkuser. C.Chiam^{TalkShoutout!} 14:08, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Support I was nominating Lumbridge Castle for months but this article will do just fine. It has history and is related to the castle. It is also interesting and has good quality. Hess36^talk 18:23, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

I just lost respect... Hess36^talk 22:54, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Support This article is very well-written.. Chessmaster _Talk ^{Sign here, Zamorak!} 10:34, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Support per nom. --Quarenon  _{T | C | S} 10:43, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Slayer

I think slayer should be out next featured article. It has been ranked 13 in the most visited page on Runescape wikia source. It has very fun activites and many high level players use it. Even the lowest levels find it enjoyable. Many say its well fun, good money and xp as you are training 3 (5 if on shared) skills at once. One good article that deserves to be featured. Mo 55 55 ^Talk|Sign 14:01, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Support - 3
Neutral - 0
Oppose - 2

Support as nominator. Mo 55 55 ^Talk|Sign 15:48, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Support iiCaptainGas ^talk 12:58, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Reason?  Gaz Lloyd ^Calcs!_Awesome 16:39, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Oppose - Slayer isn't a well-known skill. So what if it's ranked most visited?? It's just the act of killing monsters for slayer experience. The skill itself is really boring. If you wanna nominate anything good, nominate wc. —Noob4lyfe (talk • contribs) forgot to sign this comment on 17:40, June 5, 2009.

By your reasoning, woodcutting is also really boring - cutting down trees for money/experience. By extension, all skills, nay, all of RuneScape is too - doing stuff for experience points or for coins.

AOTM is judged by the quality of the article, not the quality of the thing that the article is about.  Gaz Lloyd ^Calcs!_Awesome 17:46, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Support- I support this, becuase alyer is a great way to get total xp, and level. I personally enjoy slayer because it allows me to relax. —Mybff (talk • contribs) forgot to sign this comment on 15:52, 2 June 2009 (UTC).

Oppose Sorry, but that article just doesn not cut it. Informative but just too...boring. No style.--Degenret01 04:04, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Baxtorian

I was amazed when I first stumbled upon this article how high quality it was. It is very well written, a nice size, has a good spattering of pictures and is on a not well known NPC that I feel deserves more credit. I feel that the article justifies itself.

Current votes:

• Support: 13
• Neutral: 0
• Oppose: 2

Support - Per the reasons I said above _{Evil Yanks} ^talk

Neutral - It is a great article, but I support my Lumbridge as nominator. Shouldn't articles be on well-known NPC's? The Wise Old Man article was a good one, and so is this, but I can't support it too. Zezzima ^{Talk • Edit # • Skills} 02:30, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

STRONG Oppose - Sorry, but this article is too short and useless. There's only 2 images in the whole article! Not even a PICTURE of Baxtorian! Zezzima ^{Talk • Edit # • Skills} 22:34, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

I thought that the point of Article of the month was to show off the high quality articles that exist on the wiki. Length and quantity don't make much of an impact on quality. It would be kind of hard to get a picture of him though since he does not appear in the game. _{Evil Yanks} ^talk

Support - It's a very informative article. Not no Hazelmere, but it's good. 13:56, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Support - Very well written and brief enough to hold the attention of the reader.-- 23:32, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Oppose: I did waterfall quest and to be honest, baxtorian isn't that important in that quest. Maybe you should nominate baxtorian falls; that place is more important. Noob4lyfe 17:35, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Strong support - Per all, this would be a great AOTM. 21:39, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Comment - Lumbridge has way more pictures and information, and you just support this because you hate me. It's prejudice. Zezzima ^{Talk • Edit # • Skills} 23:46, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Support - We should have more articles like this featured. I don't come on the Wiki to read about Skillcapes, I come on for the history of RuneScape. I think this would be a good idea. Asparagoose 16:26, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Comment - Zezzima, I do not hate you, it seems you hate me. (Look at Noob4lyfe's talk page). 05:20, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Support Interesting! Hess36^talk 22:57, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Comment - FAIL FAIL!!! You TRAITOR!!! How is this better than Lumbridge?!! It has only 2 images! Zezzima ^{Talk • Edit # • Skills} 17:35, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Comment - Dude, you need to chillax. The same thing happened last month. You decided to oppose articles for non-genuine reasons and you overreact. Lvl 3 skils3 ^{Talk~Holiday Signup~Hiscores‎} 04:01, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Support - Wonderful - it's better to have history of Runescape up for feature, not skillcapes ._.' Requie_m ^{Gone until another rainy day}

Support - Well written article for a guy who doesn't even have a picture.-- 07:29, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Support - A great article. Well-written, with enough images (I don't like articles full of images). Oli4burggraa ^Talk 17:53, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Support - Per above. Lvl 3 skils3 ^{Talk~Holiday Signup~Hiscores‎} 04:01, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Support - I actually worked on the article a while ago, and I'm glad to see it's shaped up pretty fully. I think it's a perfect example of how something not even seen in-game can really be interesting and worth reading about. Morian Smith 19:30, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Support - Quite an interesting article about a very little known, but important member of gielinor's history. Gr33nday345 19:35, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Oppose This article has no pictures of Baxtorian, Baxtorian is not an important NPC, he just doesn't need to be featured. I support the article Lumbridge Ajihad282^{Teh talk - U wants 2 borrow?} 13:50, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Comment It doesn't have pictures of Baxtorian because Baxtorian is dead. -_- Asparagoose 13:53, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Comment 1: He is dead, so how can there be pictures of him?? 2: Baxtorian's clan was essential in the development of the human and gnome empires during the majority of the fourth age when the elves sought to expand their teritory. Gr33nday345 14:24, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Support - It is very well written, and documents the history of the person well enough to be featured. Muzzy34 14:25, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Comment - Can everyone stop saying: 'There's No Picture of Baxtorian'. It's very very hard to get a picture of someone who does not exist in game. Requie_m ^{Gone until another rainy day}