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Contents 1 Candidates 1.1 Ranged 1.2 Slayer 1.3 Agility 1.4 Trouble Brewing 1.5 Mining 2 Fake image 3 User:Vimescarrot 3.1 Cold War 4 Entrana 5 Thieving 6 Tai Bwo Wannai Cleanup

Candidates

Ranged

it's well formatted with pictures of the weapons, level requirments, and even how to utilize the weapons. it is the best ranged guide i have used, better than all the other fan sites i use and i use a lot. good job whoever made itHartra34 19:19, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Oppose in comparison to the magic guide which has been a featured article, it is bland and uncolourful, not all the information is included, e.g. tzhaar weapons, and it lacks pictures of range in practice. Bob2006ty^{_{(RUNESTORM333)}talk} Oppose per Bob2006ty

Slayer

A truly inspired page on Slayer. It is short and still one of the best guides on the skill. Especially, since it carries some solid advice on how the various ways to train this difficult skill. Training suggestions are hard to put in a neutral and objective fashion, but this page really stands out in this respect. Recommend it as page of the month for January --Miw 13:54, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, I wrote the "Advanced" section though I really can't claim to be too advanced at 81 slayer. Support though it could do with a bit of work (quite why i recommended an obby maul as 3rd best weapon i have no idea, etc) -- Eucarya ^Talk 01:21, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Support a truly magnificent guide. (Will probs be AoTM for April) --Whiplash 18:34, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Support really brilliant content, used to get 55 slayer, but I think it is a little dissapointing image-wise with only a very large picture of vannaka. Bob2006ty^{_{(RUNESTORM333)}talk}

Oppose. There's no pictures! User page "Katshuma" Talk page 16:15, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Agility

Except for the redlinks in some places, I think this is pretty good! It needs a few pictures, but the whole article (especially the Shortcut table) looks like featured article-calibur to me. The redlinks will have to be made into actual links soon, though, but that can't be too hard. Stinkowing _{(WHAT'S IN IT?)} 14:39, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Weak support: Could do with some improvement -- Eucarya ^Talk 01:21, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

half hearted support A good guide but needs improvement. Bob2006ty^{_{(RUNESTORM333)}talk}

Trouble Brewing

One of the two minigame articles I think deserve more attention. Very well writen also. --Whiplash 20:29, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Yes this is excellent - support -- Eucarya ^Talk 01:21, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Heh. One of mine. Worked hard on it, despite it being a less-played minigame. ^^ Of course I support it. Avian Maid 21:00, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

support Great article, there are even pictures after everything it describes. One of the best descriptions and guides to anything ive seen yet. Uldivad9 22:16, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Support with a capital s, great content lots of images and details here. Bob2006ty^{_{(RUNESTORM333)}talk} Support Great guide, and it's nice to see an obscure part of Runescape become a featured article.

Mining

Our mining page is well written and has a good layout, needless to say it is brilliant.--Hyrule Link 16:28, 2 March

2007 (UTC) 

Support-excellently written Anyuan753 00:04, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Support- Looks Good And Good Detail. Imperic 20:45, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Support a good article Bob2006ty^{_{(RUNESTORM333)}talk}

Support really like the powermining section with the times per level. Mathwhiz90601 21:21, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Oppose - Sorry, the article lacks information on limestone (& others?) as a part of construction and is almost completely lacking information on members mines. (Yes I will update when I get a chance, but have no time now). What's there -is- good just the article is incomplete as it stands. - ChrisWar666 16:24, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Support. I fixed it a bit. User page "Katshuma" Talk page 16:06, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

SupportI already know alot about mining, but it still gave good strategies for miners. It is also big and has enough information for anything you need to know.--Shotoku64 22:54, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Weak Oppose I'm not sure the training section is very good. --Whiplash 10:32, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

SUPPORT! Really great article Derial^{(Boywithbrain)}

Support Good article. Chaoticar 09:28, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Mining is April's featured article -- Eucarya ^Talk 09:54, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Fake image

This article is well-written, descriptive, and helpful. It taps into a previously untouched sector of Runescape: media. Kang227 15:52, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

I agree this article is also very funny and desperately needs more attention

I believe it should be made a bit longer, and maybe recognized but not for long, as it is not directly linked to runescape.

Article of the month. That means it lasts for a month, no more, no less. JalYt-Xil-Vimescarrot 16:45, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

I don't think this should be a featured article because it's not exactly part of RuneScape. Sure, it's a fun thing many people do (myself included from time to time) but I don't think it should represent an enitre Wiki. Cool Spy0 19:44, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Actually, that's exactly the reason I'm inclinced to support this. (That's not a support, it's an "inclined to".) It shows our wiki is not purely about those aspects of the game that Jagex do, but about more...I haven't read the article, so I couldn't really comment on it in terms of content, but the idea of having an AotM that's not part of RuneScape itself sounds highly appealing (sp?) to me. JalYt-Xil-Vimescarrot 21:17, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

I support (if I need to add a reason, add a note to my talk —Ebany of the Fakes 20:05, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

The fake image article is great. It has detailed instructions on how to make a fake, and even has a font helper at the bottom. I support this article.Gambler 10 23:49, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Problem is the finding out how to get the fonts out of the font helper. Lol. I know how... just no good programs right now. But I support this. It is a nice article. I believe it deserves to be on the front page. And it isn't DIRECTLY related to Runescape.. But it is still about it. _Malestro ^Talk_c0ntr1bs

support very helpful and descriptive I think it deserves to be featured. Bob2006ty^{_{(RUNESTORM333)}talk}

SUPPORT! This is a truly good article, no matter how silly it is. I think there should be more of this floating about on the web. - Smarternu

Strong Support After looking through this, I feel that this would be an excellent article to feature. Though it doesn't directly deal with RuneScape, it still technically is related to that general topic. Very well-written and humorous, all articles should definitely resemble this one's quality. Thunderbird346 14:36, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Strong Oppose fake images can be done to any MMORPG, including that this article has nothing that strongly says wow when you first look at it. --Whiplash 14:37, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Strong Oppose I feel this article really has nothing to do with the gameplay of runescape specifically. Maybe this should be a featured article on MMORPG wiki, but not on Runescape wiki. Woc93 16:40, 6 April 2007

6 Supports and 1 Oppose. Whup-de-do. Whiplash, you are a very cynical person. Just throwing that out there.--Kang227 14:07, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

User:Vimescarrot

User pages are a distinctive feature of the runescape wiki (or indeed of every wiki). Many user pages contain interesting information. The Vimescarrot user page is a great example. Particularly the part of the Tzhaar translations is both informative and entertaining. The main reason to advertize a user page on the front page is to drive home this unique aspect of the wiki.

Really? I'm honoured. I'm never normally particularly involved in Featured Articles and suchlike. But you have my blessing to do with my userpage as you will... JalYt-Xil-Vimescarrot 15:30, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

...: :D --Whiplash 23:09, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

It occurs to me that some of my subpages are actualy a bit rubbish, especially the price guide bit... ^.^ JalYt-Xil-Vimescarrot 08:51, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Support...(?) -- This is kind of strange... Your user page is a great example, but... errr... I thought this was a joke when I first saw it on your page. Still, it is a great example, not too long, yet not too short, very interesting, no nonsense in it (you said your sub pages were!), and it isn't really boring, like mine ^_^, it is an example of boring! Ilyas Talk Contribs18:31, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Even if it is a joke...hey maybe we can have it up on April 1^st. JalYt-Xil-Vimescarrot 19:40, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Like I said over on the fake image page, I don't feel that an article about something actually not in RuneScape should represent a RuneScape wiki. It'd be strange for new people to come to the Wiki looking for RuneScape stuff and instead see an article about Vimescarrot. No offense or anything. Cool Spy0 19:48, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Oppose...My userpage is not about RuneScape. That doesn't mean that I've withdrawn my permission, though. JalYt-Xil-Vimescarrot 21:19, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

The main reason for putting a user page forward is that the concept of user pages is something unique for the wiki. No other fan site has such a concept. If there is another way to draw attention to this unique selling point, it would have my strong support. As a feature article should point to a exemplary bit of RS information, my recommendation is perhaps not justifiable. —Miw (talk • contribs) forgot to sign this comment.

Half-hearted Oppose. Yes, the user pages may be a "selling" point of the wiki, but making this featured when it can change so much probably isn't a good idea (also, the owner of a user page should have full control over it). Having an article featured increases the number of eyeballs that see it, and some of those will improve that and related articles. I'm sure Vimes will hand over some of his good stuff at some point (eg TzHaar stuff) and maybe we can feature that. -- Eucarya ^Talk 09:33, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Changed to Oppose'. It is true that Wikis are unique, but it should have something related to RuneScape. If new users saw this, they would think this is some kind of blog site for RuneScpae, which it isn't. So I have changed my vote from a "yay" to a "nay". Ilyas Talk Contribs16:07, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Oppose. We shouldn't feature a user page when we have so many great guides that have never been featured. While I do appreciate the unique quality of the Wiki: that all contributors has their own pages to represent themselves and their own talk pages to discuss matters important to them, I don't think that user pages should be our main feature. I do believe it would be a good idea to display one of the best user pages we could find in order to encourage readers to join the wiki. This user page should be excellently put together, with cool user boxes and templates, showing off everything that this Wiki has to offer. We do have a unique editing and processing system that is copyrighted by Wikipedia.org and the Wikimedia Foundation. Let's display our best user page and show readers why this Wiki is the best RuneScape guide site. By the way, my user page definitely doesn't qualify. Anyone have a great user page or know someone who does? It can't have any templates like 'noob hater' or something similar. We need to make this a discussion page... --Gangsterls 21:37, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Oh, also, as you can see, I'm in favor of featuring a user page, just not Vimescarrot's (sorry lol). It doesn't look as dynamic or professional as a featured article should. If Vimescarrot shaped it up a bit, we could feature it for sure. --Gangsterls 21:39, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Not a chance, my userpage is for personal use...lol :) JalYt-Xil-Vimescarrot 22:04, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

If someone really likes you, they could nominate you on RuneScape:Requested Featured Users. --Whiplash 23:49, 26

February 2007 (UTC) I am against making a user page "Page of the month" because it isn't really a proper page. I shall admit that his page is truely a masterpiece although I don't think it can be called officialy page of the month. Though this has gave me an idea, who thinks that we should have a "User Page of the month"???--Hyrule Link 16:32, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Oppose This is a user page, it's not specifically about Runescape, although Vimes has a great page, I don't think it should be on the front page, or any other user for that matter. Unless they are ... !!!! wait a second I have had a great idea!!! (rare event) why don't we have a user of the month award! and have user of the month on the homepage! it could be judged by all top active users (eg megalodon llyas eucarya hyneaste vimescarrot dreadnought etc etc) (or just all the users?) (or judged by the administrators) and you have to be nominated by another person, (can't nominate yourself) Bob2006ty^{_{(RUNESTORM333)}talk} 18:25, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Umm... you know this is over? Ilyas Talk Contribs18:25, 4 March 2007 (UTC) Hw was I supposed to know that????????? Bob2006ty^{_{(RUNESTORM333)}talk}

There already is a requested featured user. See. Ilyas Talk Contribs20:12, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

And Dreadnought is not active! Ilyas Talk Contribs20:14, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Cold War

Great trivia section, great pics, great guide. Nominating for featured article -- Eucarya ^Talk 17:30, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Weak oppose. I didn't like the article. It's made like that there's only text. Some lists or tables should make it easier to read and pictures are too small. It was boring to read the whole article. User page "Katshuma" Talk page 13:35, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Entrana

A good and comprehensive guide for this humble little island, nominating for featured article. -- Eucarya ^Talk 16:53, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Just scanning the article i spotted a few missing info. (e.g. picture does not show balloon teleport spot, no section on the law altar, some red links, no mention of seaweed respawns). These are not major issues, but such omissions should not exist in a feature article. --Miw 21:56, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

weak support these details have now been added to the article, I think it's a good easy to read article. Bob2006ty^{_{(RUNESTORM333)}talk}

Support. it's an important island that features in many quests.--Atlantima 11:19, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Thieving

A very well written guide lots of good info and pictures. --Whiplash 20:19, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Support. This is a pretty good article, maybe needs a section on training through the levels...--Kang227 15:35, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Oppose-while it IS written nicely, the part about Blackjacking (or any part of the Mini-game references in the Thieving article) is crap. That,and there's too many redlinks. Just my opinion. Stinkowing _{(WHAT'S IN IT?)}

Support. I recently eliminated most of the redlinks by creating the basic articles. My fellow users are busy filling these new articles in. --DavidOwnz 04:09, 9 March 2007 (UTC) Oppose It isn't quite ready to be featured yet, it is only three quarters finished. Bob2006ty^{_{(RUNESTORM333)}talk}

Hi I am I major miner of world ten and I think this page helps all miners (member or not) in finding a good spot weather it be for smelting or selling. There is all a player needs so I say make this the featured page! --Hyrule Link 16:08, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Um...no. It may help, but, uh...are nominating this page? I can't read this... Stinkowing _{(WHAT'S IN IT?)}

Tai Bwo Wannai Cleanup

I don't think there's something in this minigame, which is not listed here. User page "Katshuma" Talk page 19:13, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

SupportI think it is an article with lots of inormation in it.

I Support this, although this doesn't look as good as the magic article or have as many images it still has good content. Bob2006ty^{_{(RUNESTORM333)}talk} 15 March 2007 13:14 (UTC)