Harry Potter Wiki:Featured articles nominations

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Nominations

Ariana Dumbledore (8 votes for, 0 againist)

• Support: Excellent article for such a minor character! --- Hellabore
• Support: It's a great article. I think it deserves to be a featured article. Quidditch Lover ^{(My talk)}

(contribs) 19:58, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

• Support: Well written, plenty of quotes, pictures, and it is completely sourced and categorized.--Matoro183 ^(Talk) 20:00, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
• Support: Per Matoro. Oread ^(talk) 16:20, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
• Support: Good article, as Matoro183 said. --ÈnŔîčö^{(Send me an Owl)} 05:10, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
• Support: Awesome article, well-written, interesting character...- Aragog the Acromantula^{(Talk / Contributions)} 11:51, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
• Support: Comprehensive and nicely organized article. ★ Starstuff ^{(Owl me!)} 12:40, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

*Support This article has so much information on such a small character. It has squeezed out every little bit of information from the times that she was mentioned. I don't think that that will ever be able to be edited because it has all of the information. I have read book 7 at least ten times and I only remembered less than half of the things that were in there. 72.211.193.224 19:45, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

• Support Very well written and informative. ShirleyA 00:27, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
• Support: Amazing article. —Excelsior, The Flash - ^{(Talk to me, talk to me, talk to me bay-bay!)} 02:37, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

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Newton Scamander (7 votes for, 1 against)

• Support: Been a while since I nominated an article. - Cavalier One^{(Wizarding Wireless Network)} 18:28, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
• Support: Excellent biography and images. Contains lots of well-written information and all of the information contains its references... Furthermore, we just found out that Scamander was a Headmaster of Hogwarts! -- Seth Cooper ^{Owl Post} 23:55, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
• Support: Nice and interesting character. --ÈnŔîčö^{(Send me an Owl)} 05:08, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
• support: Short article, but good.--Rodolphus 11:44, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
• Support: Well written and plenty of pictures.- Aragog the Acromantula^{(Talk / Contributions)} 11:51, 31 March 2009 (UTC)'
• Support: Short, but well-written and detailed. --Cubs Fan2007 ^{(Message me)} 02:50, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
• Support ditto with cubs fan2007 comment. --KristiannaEl 05:13, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
• Opposition: Although this article is very well sourced, I feel it still needs a bit of cleaning up. In the "Professional life" section, it talks of Newt's wife and son (which is his personal life), so I feel it needs to be better titled. Also, I feel subtitling the latter section a little more would be beneficial, as it is a bit heavy to try and read and understand it all at once. Margiechocoholic 06:14, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

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Narcissa Malfoy (7 votes for, 0 against)

• Support: Well-written and comprehensive. I'm surprised no one's nominated this yet. ★ Starstuff ^{(Owl me!)} 15:59, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
• Support: Per Starstuff. Oread ^(talk) 02:45, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
• Support: Very well written. --Cubs Fan2007 ^{(Message me)} 02:50, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
• Support: I have nothing to say. --ÈnŔîčö^{(Send me an Owl)} 09:36, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
• Support: I think ist's a great article. Quidditch Lover ^{(My talk)}

(contribs) 01:31, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

• Support: not much to say but love how jk describes chracter Darth Vader601 15:13, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
• Support This article has loads of information-Enough to be a featured article. ShirleyA 00:27, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

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First Year (3 votes for, 2 against)

• Support: Added quotes, cleaned up, added images, and new sections --- Hellabore ^{(Send me an Owl)(contribs)}
• Support: Great article, but it focuses a little too much on Harry, Ron, and Hermione, and not the subject of first years. But that's my only complaint.- Aragog the Acromantula^{(Talk / Contributions)} 19:14, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
• Support: ----ÈnŔîčö ^{(Send me an Owl)} 15:48, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
  • Provisional Oppose: It has a lot of potential, but, as mentioned above, it focuses more on Harry than on first-years in general. Also, the events of Harry's first year are described in present tense. There are also a fair amount of grammatical errors, excessive linking, and no references. It isn't ready for featured status at present. Oread ^(talk) 14:45, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
• Oppose: None of the problems I mentioned above have been fixed, and the intro is much too short. Oread ^(talk) 18:22, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
• Oppose: Poorly written, not sourced. The entire section Harry's first year should not exist, except for maybe a paragraph or two of info, as it belongs in his article. Without this section, there really is nothing to merit anything close to an FA.--Matoro183 ^(Talk) 00:08, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1 vote for, 2 against)

• Support: Looks like a good article to me. Quidditch Lover ^{(My talk)}

(contribs) 01:36, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

• Against: The chapter summaries are very poorly written.--Matoro183 ^(Talk) 12:56, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
• Against: Not ACTUALLY a cannon article since it's about the book itself rather than the events/people. --KristiannaEl 05:16, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

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King (Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump) (8 votes for, 0 against)

• Support:Great article,I just made it today, part of our Wizard Tales project -- Hellabore ^{(Quick-Quotes Quill)}
• Support: Great article! ----ÈnŔîčö ^{(Send me an Owl)} 11:30, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
• Support: Needs to be sourced, but everything else looks great!--Matoro183 ^(Talk) 14:50, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
• Support: The intro could use some expansion, but other than that it looks good. --Cubs Fan2007 ^{(Message me)} 18:23, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
• Support: I think it's a good article, although the intro could do with a little more info. Quidditch Lover ^{(My talk)}

(contribs) 01:01, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

• Support: Considering how very little information we're actually given on this character, I think this article rocks. Margiechocoholic 10:27, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
• Support: -- Seth Cooper ^{(Owl Post)} 13:47, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
• Support: I agree with Quidditch Lover that the intro needs to be fleshed out. But otherwise, this is a great article, and I'm pleasantly surprised to see that something this comprehensive and well-written has been created on such a minor character. ★ Starstuff ^{(Owl me!)} 23:02, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

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Antonin Dolohov (5 votes for, 0 against)

• Support: I think it's a pretty good article.... Quidditch Lover ^{(My talk)}

(contribs) 01:47, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

• Support: It couldn't get any more detailed for such a minor character. Oread ^(talk) 14:10, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
• Support: ----ÈnŔîčö ^{(Send me an Owl)} 15:48, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
• Support: This is a very detailed and well-written article. The only disadvantage is the overall lack of images, but that is nothing major, because the character appears in only one film, and then only in a minor part. ★ Starstuff ^{(Owl me!)} 23:11, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
• Support Above reasons. Toon Ganondorf (t c) 23:59, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

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Dean Thomas (5 votes for, 0 against)

• Support: Wonderful article. Well written, plenty of quotes, images, and completely sourced and categorized.--Matoro183 ^(Talk) 13:27, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
• Support: Per Matoro. ★ Starstuff ^{(Owl me!)} 22:49, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
• Support: Nicely done. --ÈnŔîčö ^{(Send me an Owl!)} 03:18, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
• Support Again. Toon Ganondorf (t c) 23:59, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
• Support It's a good length, concise article. ShirleyA 00:27, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

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Lavender Brown (5 votes for, 0 against)

• Support: Well-written, nicely organized, with lots of quotes and pictures in appropriate sections. ★ Starstuff ^{(Owl me!)} 22:44, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
• Support: Nice character.., interesting. --ÈnŔîčö ^{(Send me an Owl!)} 03:17, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
• Support I've always been fond of this character. Toon Ganondorf (t c) 23:59, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
• Support it follows all the guidelines for a perfect article, and it's a great one to have up especially since the new HP movie is coming out soon. --KristiannaEl 05:11, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
• Support: It looks like an excellent article. Quidditch Lover ^{(My talk)}

(contribs) 02:16, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

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Frank Bryce (2 votes for, 0 against)

• Support: Made a major rewrite recently. I think it's pretty good now. -- Seth Cooper ^{(Owl Post)} 12:19, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
• Support: It has quotes, pictures, referencing, and any possible detail you could think of on the character. I don't think there's any more we can do to this, so it definitely deserves FA status. --Margiechocoholic 08:01, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

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Quidditch pitch (2 votes for, 2 against)

• Support: It is a great article that has loads of quotes and details -- Madam Hooch^{(Which Broomstick)}
• Support: This article has everything it needs to be features (quotes, pictures, referencing etc...) but I also think it would be nice to have an article like this as featured- it's not a character article - but Quidditch is still an important part of the series. --Margiechocoholic 07:58, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

• Against: No where near ready. Were trying to clamp down on featured articles, so that only the very best are featured. This just doesnt qualify at the moment. Jayce Carver ^Talk 08:09, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

• Provisional oppose: I'm with Jayce on this one. I think there are a number of areas in the article that are in need of attention. The order in which information and pictures are presented doesn't strike me as entirely logical. For instance, there is a picture of the German stadium in the section on the Hogwarts pitch, and a picture of the Hogwarts pitch in the section on the Quidditch World Cup. It is also confusing to mention that Hogwarts has its own pitch in the "Usage" section after describing said pitch in the "Decoration" section. There should probably be a single, comprehensive section on the Hogwarts pitch, which describes its location, appearance, and use. A great way to expand the article a little more would be to add descriptions of all the stadiums from the Quidditch World Cup game to the "Known Quidditch Pitches" section. Also, the Quidditch World Cup game and the Potter novels shouldn't be mentioned in "International Pitches," as all sections except "Behind the scenes" should be written from an in-universe perspective. The introduction also needs to be expanded and should summarize information from throughout the entire article; information on the dimensions and layout of a typical pitch should probably be moved to a new section with a title like "Description." ★ Starstuff ^{(Owl me!)} 10:05, 1 May 2009 (UTC)