ESB:Proposals/Article of the Month

	Proposal Archive The following proposal has been discussed and is now marked as resolved. The page has been protected and now serves as an archive. Do not edit this page. Date Resolved: June 2, 2014 Result: Proposal passes.

Introduction

With the main page redesign discussion to end tommorrow, there is inclusion of both a "User of the Month" and "Article of the Month" to be inserted on the main page. The following proposal is similar to the User of the Month proposal, except that this one covers the policies and procedures for the Article of the Month.

Proposal

The proposal is as follows:

A new section in the policies called "Article of the Month" will include the following:

• A. Article of the Month

• 1. This section outlines the process by which an article become featured on the home page for each month.
• 2. Procedures

• a. These clauses outline the process of the Article of the Month award.
• b. Eligibility

• i. The article must follow all relevant guidelines.
• ii. The article must be free of spelling/grammar issues.
• iii. The article must be at least 3,000 bytes (see history to find the size).
• iv. The article must be free of any editing controversy.
• v. The article must be of the highest quality.
• vi. The article must contain at least one image.

• c. Nomination process

• i. The nominator will create a nomination page and list reasons why the article is good enough to be featured.
• ii. Everyone can contribute to the discussion and show their support or oppose for the nomination.
• iii. Nomination discussions expire after (3) months. After this, an article can be renominated.
• iv. On the last day of each month the next month's Article of the Month will be determined based on the following formula: (Number of Supports)-(Number of Opposed)=Nomination Rating. The current article with the highest nomination rating at the time will become the "Article of the Month" for the following month.

Also note, if this proposal passes:

• Article of the Month will be implemented starting July 1, 2014
• A nomination page and form will be created

This discussion will end on Monday, June 2, 2014 at 1 AM eastern time. — AMK152 (Wall • Contrib) 04:15, May 26, 2014 (UTC)

Discussion

Support

• Support - SpongeyTube ^{Message Wall} My Contributions  4:27,5/26/14 

• Support - --JθξeρhΗαωκ ^{talk • contribs • global contribs • log}
• Support - --Spongebob456 ^talk 14:49, May 26, 2014 (UTC)
• Support -  AW10  Talk  Contribs  E-Mail  23:47,5/29/2014 
• Support - ZeoSpark  Talk  Contribs  Edits  23:12,5/31/2014 

Oppose

Neutral

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