Featured articles (previously known as Articles of the Month (AOTM)) are articles considered to be the best articles in the RuneScape Wiki, as determined by RuneScape Wiki's editors. Before becoming featured, articles are reviewed for accuracy, neutrality, completeness, and style according to our featured article criteria.

Featured articles are featured on the Main Page. A small gold star icon () on the top right corner of an article's page indicates that the article is featured.

Contents 1 Criteria 1.1 The article 1.2 Voting 2 Nominating an article 2.1 After nomination 3 Nominating a delistment 3.1 After delisting nomination 4 Past featured articles 5 Current nominations 5.1 Zamorak 6 Nominations for delisting 7 Nominations for retagging

CriteriaEdit

The articleEdit

• The article is in the mainspace. It cannot be a project page (RuneScape:), a template (Template:), a category (Category:), a user page (User:), a file (File:), a discussion page (Talk: or User/Template/MediaWiki/RuneScape talk:), or a software page (MediaWiki:). In addition, it cannot be the main page itself. Any invalid nominations will be deleted.
• The article is well written and informative.
• The article follows the style guide.

VotingEdit

• Anyone qualified to vote may nominate an article at any time.
• When consensus has been reached, administrators may close nominations.

Nominating an articleEdit

1. Put {{featured}} on the article you wish to be featured.
2. Create a page called RuneScape:Featured articles/Name of article. On the page, put ===[[Name of article]]===, and put the reason you think the article should be featured under it. Put your signature (~~~~) after your reason.
3. Under the "Current nominations" section of this page, put {{RuneScape:Featured articles/Name of article}}.

After nominationEdit

1. Remove {{featured}} from the article.
2. Near the bottom of the winning article, before the categories and templates, put {{featured article}}.
3. Move the nomination to the current archive.
4. Delete the nomination in the Current nominations section.
5. Administrators - For successful nominations, update the featured article template with the new feature article.

Nominating a delistmentEdit

1. Create a page called RuneScape:Featured articles/Name of article (delist). On the page, put ===[[Name of article]]===, and put the reason you think the article should be delisted under it. Put your signature (~~~~) after your reason.
2. Under the "Nominations for delisting" section of this page, put {{RuneScape:Featured articles/Name of article (delist)}}.
3. Place {{Featured delist}} on the article.

After delisting nominationEdit

1. Move the nomination to the current archive.
2. Remove {{featured article}} and {{Featured delist}} from the article.
3. Add {{Previous Featured article}} to the top of the article's talk page.
4. Remove the article's entry in the featured article template.

Past featured articlesEdit

2006

• August - Fishing
• September - Draynor Manor
• October - Magic
• November - Miscellania and Etceteria
• December - Hunter

2007

• January - Pyramid Plunder
• February - Contact!
• March - Castle Wars
• April - Mining
• May - TzTok-Jad
• June - Desert Treasure
• July - Kalphite Queen
• August - Trouble Brewing
• September - Falador
• October - Lunar Spells
• November - Barrows
• December - Fairy ring

2008

• January - Varrock
• February - Warped terrorbird
• March - God Wars
• April - East Ardougne
• May - Kennith's Concerns
• June - Paterdomus
• July - Mourning's Ends Part II
• August - Keldagrim
• September - Armour
• October - Godsword
• November - Santa hat
• December - History of Varrock

2009

• January - Wise Old Man
• February - Stone Circle
• March - Hazelmere
• April - Members
• May - While Guthix Sleeps
• June - Cape of Accomplishment
• July - Baxtorian
• August - Lucien
• September - Ullek
• October - Lord Drakan
• November - Stone of Jas
• December - Mi-Gor

2010

• January - Fifth Age
• February - Lord Daquarius
• March - Mahjarrat
• April - Elvarg
• May - Lumbridge
• June - General Graardor
• July - God Wars Dungeon
• August - None

New format

• 2011
• 2012
• 2013

Current nominationsEdit

ZamorakEdit

Earlier nomination(s): εἴς, δύο & τρεῖς
Reason: No longer a list of items, but a well-written article with an extensive history section accompanied by some appropriate and soothing images. Also, the list of important followers isn't just a list, but has a short explanation of every individual. Also, it's long. Apparently, that counts. _Spiiiiiiine Fswe1 Lore project • Fun gallery
My quests • Cutscenes 19:52, May 4, 2013 (UTC)

• Support Hair 15:59, May 5, 2013 (UTC)

• Support - Because Ancient Greek is hawt. Haidro ^(talk) 08:17, May 6, 2013 (UTC)

  Wow, what an amazing argument! Oil4burgers ^Talk 15:04, May 7, 2013 (UTC)

  In other words, per Fswe. Haidro ^(talk) 10:30, May 8, 2013 (UTC)

• Comment - What's with the fake "earlier nominations"? It's not funny, it's just confusing for anyone who's going to read this later. Oil4burgers ^Talk 15:04, May 7, 2013 (UTC)

Well... Fswe1 Lore project • Fun gallery
My quests • Cutscenes 15:57, May 7, 2013 (UTC)

I can't believe I just noticed this... That wasn't a "fake". It's linked because fishing was article of the month in August of 2006. MolManFtrd rtcls 21:06, May 15, 2013 (UTC)

• Oppose - The article is boring. Look:

  "While Azzanadra defended Senntisten, the other Zarosians attempted to conquer the Ritual Site. An atrocious monstrosity called Nex, feared by the gods themselves, led these actions. The Saradominist forces managed to lure Nex and her armies into an icy cavern, realising she was unstoppable, where she was magically sealed. The Saradominists then built the Temple of Lost Ancients around it to mark their victory. Soon, other gods began to participate in the war; Armadyl sent forth his Aviantese and Bandos arrived to Gielinor, only to find that most races had already aligned themselves with a god, thus forcing him to steal goblins from Yu'Biusk and win other less intelligent races for himself so that he could fight in the war. Concurrently, the vampyres, led by Drakan, conquered the Hallowland and took over its capital Hallowvale, ending the peaceful reign of the Icyene there. Demon armies began the Kharidian Campaign, turning the lands into a desert while at it. During the Battle of Uzer, Thammaron and his armies destroyed most of the city, but were eventually defeated by the combined forces of the elite golems, the troops of Queen Senliten and Azzanadra. It took another combined effort of Zamorakians and Saradominists to bring Azzanadra to his knees and imprison him in the Jaldraocht Pyramid. Meanwhile, Balfrug Kreeyath's armies advanced to the southern polis of Ullek and sent it straight to oblivion."

  It's written in a "and then this happened and then that happened oh and this and that also happened" style. That's the way 12-year-olds write essays, not the way a proper featured article should be written. Oil4burgers ^Talk 15:08, May 7, 2013 (UTC)

  I didn't think that was boring. Your statement is subjective. Haidro ^(talk) 10:30, May 8, 2013 (UTC)

  As opposed to "the article is well-written" which is 100% objective? Come on, this nomination started with "No longer a list of items," when the above paragraph is clearly a list of items. Oil4burgers ^Talk 17:20, May 8, 2013 (UTC)

  It's one paragraph that (yes) lists a number of atrocious events of the God Wars, which all involved Zamorak, be it directly or indirectly. For example, his attempt to claim the godsword and the outcome of his rewarding of Thammaron are in it. Either way, this is just one paragraph in the entire article, and they are most definitely not all sum-ups. Fswe1 Lore project • Fun gallery
  My quests • Cutscenes 17:46, May 8, 2013 (UTC)

  It's a featured article. We put this on the front page. One shitty paragraph is too many. Oil4burgers ^Talk 21:29, May 8, 2013 (UTC)

  I fail to see how it is 'shitty', sorry. The 'sum up'ish style fits this section in fact, as it gives a feeling of horror to the reader, with the terrible events of the God Wars stacking each other. Fswe1 Lore project • Fun gallery
  My quests • Cutscenes 06:49, May 9, 2013 (UTC)

  It reminds me of High School history. "And then the Germans invaded Poland and then the Soviets invaded Poland and then nothing happened and then Denmark was invaded oh and Norway and then France and Holland and stuff happened..." It's just a list of things that happened. That is not a bad thing in itself - Gielinor pulls it off, but that's because it's written not in a summing-up-style but like an actual history book written by an actual historian and not a bored 60 year old teacher. Oil4burgers ^Talk 19:24, May 16, 2013 (UTC)

• Support- it is well written and detailed Zoli Ben

• Support - For glory of Lord Zamorak. 14:22, May 8, 2013 (UTC)

• Oppose - Too much of the article is just quick-fire facts. Very little of the article is actually that interesting either, and there's even a bit of speculation when the article claims that the Iowerth clan is trying to return him to Gielinor - it's never been mentioned that the Dark Lord is Zamorak. Also,

“	Zamorak's followers remained and, throughout the Fourth and Fifth Ages, would cause quite some chaos around the world.	”
	— Tiny things like this sound a bit odd and just bring the article down.

• -Real Nub 07:42, May 9, 2013 (UTC)

• Support - It is well written, has the key points, and stays on topic. I personally like how it generally reads, but I can see how it's not for everyone. ~Fewfre​Talk​†​20:51, May 15, 2013 (UTC)

  Isn't that the point of a featured article thought? That it is for everyone? Oil4burgers ^Talk 19:24, May 16, 2013 (UTC)

Nominations for delistingEdit

• Archives

If you believe a featured article is no longer up to high quality standards, nominate it for delisting here.

There are no nominations at this time.

Nominations for retaggingEdit

There are no nominations at this time.