Fanlore:Featured Article Nominations/Archive (2023)

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This page lists Featured Article nominations that were posted on the Fanlore main page in 2023 or that were rejected during 2023 due to insufficient yes votes. For current nominations, visit Fanlore: Featured Article Nominations.

Approved nominations

The Weight Collected

Nominated by SecurityBreach on December 15, 2022. As of this writing, the page has a good intro and no content flags.

Yes: it would be nice to have a few more fan reactions, but I know that can be difficult to get sometimes for zines -- Kingstoken (talk) 10:46, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
Yes (but): Love the page. I've reoganized the images at the top into a gallery b/c it looks a lot nicer to me this way, but if other people disagree then this is the edit to revert. The (but) is because there's inconsistency in how the component stories' titles are formatted (are we putting them in quotes, italics, or leaving them plaintext) and I'd like to fix that but I don't know which format people would prefer. Any opinions? -- Quaelegit (talk) 02:05, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
I'd prefer quotes around individual story titles for consistency, even though "The Weight" is more than long enough to be a novel on its own. It was never published as a standalone story. However, if they're only mentioned once, I never mind if they're plaintext with a wikilink instead of getting quotes or italics. Elf (talk) 20:56, 8 January 2023 (UTC)
I'm moving the page to 'approved' and would like to suggest we continue the discussion on the talk page. SecurityBreach (talk) 21:28, 8 January 2023 (UTC)
Yes: -- OfMonstersAndWerewolves (talk) 17:33, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
Yes: MPH 20:29, 8 January 2023 (UTC)
Yes I've added a link to The Weight itself (which wasn't there before), link to the AO3 collection, and a few other internal links. - Elf (talk) 20:56, 8 January 2023 (UTC)
Yes" This was fascinating. --Shiningpaperclip (talk) 21:01, 8 January 2023 (UTC)
Nomination approved.

The Gossamer Project

Nominated by SecurityBreach on January 12, 2023. As of this writing, the page has a good intro and no content flags. SecurityBreach (talk) 19:09, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

Yes: although when I tried the link to the site it wouldn't go through, is this site still active? -- Kingstoken (talk) 21:33, 12 January 2023 (UTC)
Thank you very much for pointing this out! I poked around a bit and found the following url: http://fluky.gossamer.org/ I also found a huge Wikipedia page which I think isn't linked yet (Wikipedia also uses the other, 'slow' link). I'll go and fix it :D SecurityBreach (talk) 02:23, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
Yes -- OfMonstersAndWerewolves (talk) 22:02, 12 January 2023 (UTC)
Yes-- What an awesome project! Patchlamb (talk) 17:02, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
Yes -- interesting article! SCG (talk) 22:33, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
Yes -- fascinating! I am curious, though, about this bit in the intro: "In the mid to late 1990s, the Gossamer Archives/Project was one of the "big three" single media fandom-focused archives on the Internet, [...]."
What were these "big three"? As there's no link, I gather this isn't a glossary term. It might be a good idea, though, to have a footnote listing them with links to the articles on the other two. At any rate, that's the only question I have; and I had it as soon as I hit the phrase, i.e. at the very top of the page! Greer Watson (talk) 23:11, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
Thank you very much for asking! I did some reseach and think I found the source of the information. The archives in question might be Trekiverse and the Due South Archive. I added my reseach to the discussion that was recently started on Talk:The Gossamer Project. I agree the statement might need to be reviewed and I'd be happy if you joined the conversation (that is, if you like). SecurityBreach (talk) 03:44, 14 January 2023 (UTC)
Nomination approved.

Do Not Interact

Nominated by Patchlamb on Jan 13, 2023. As of this writing, the page has a good intro and is reasonably comprehensive, with no content flags. A multiplatform practice starting in the mid 2010s that could be interesting to feature.

Yes: -- Kingstoken (talk) 18:49, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
Yes: -- SecurityBreach (talk) 20:15, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
Yes: -- SCG (talk) 22:06, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
Yes: -- Greer Watson (talk) 23:40, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
Nomination approved.

B7 Complex

Nominated by OMAW on January 12, 2023. As of this writing, the page has a good intro and no content flags.

'Hesitant Yes: I am not a fan of how the wording of the intro paragraph. I think about it and see if I can make some improvements. Other than that, it is an interesting article -- Kingstoken (talk) 23:26, 12 January 2023 (UTC)
Yes: I agree the intro could use a little rephrasing but overall, it's a great article I'd like to see featured. SecurityBreach (talk) 20:18, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
Some more revision of the intro. Does this help? Greer Watson (talk) 23:35, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
Yes, I think so. Thank you very much! SecurityBreach (talk) 02:56, 14 January 2023 (UTC)
Yes: I think the revised intro is great, and the article is a very interesting read. Amazing to read about the technical hurdles that fans had to go through to get hold of the media back then - we're so lucky now! --enchantedsleeper (talk) 22:58, 22 January 2023 (UTC)
Yes MPH 23:30, 22 January 2023 (UTC)
Yes Greer Watson (talk) 01:30, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
Nomination approved.

All The Young Dudes

Nominated by Kingstoken on January 23, 2023. As of this writing it has a good intro and no content flags. Probably the most influential Wolfstar fic ever, and spawned it's own fandom.

Yes - A fanfic that spawned its own fandom? Of course I'm interested. Also, I think the article is well written and contains a lot of information worth knowing. SecurityBreach (talk) 17:05, 24 January 2023 (UTC)
Yes - It'd be lovely to feature a recent fic where the fandom grew out of TikTok. I'm just curious about the comment on legality and wonder if we could add some context to that comment. --Auntags (talk) 00:10, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
I think it is referring fans either fanbinding or paying to have prefect bound book style imprints of the fic. When I was looking for fanworks on tumblr and other places it was not at all unusual to come across posts that were like "look what just came back from the printers!" and it was a printed book of ATYD -- Kingstoken (talk) 00:51, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
Yes: OfMonstersAndWerewolves (talk) 20:11, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
  • Yes. The article looks great and I'm obsessed with this fic! There's definitely been a recent resurgence in the marauders fandom so it's a great time to feature the article. --Elishevabee (talk) 11:32, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
Nomination approved.

Murder on San Carmelitas

Nominated by Kingstoken on January 14, 2023. As of this writing it has a good intro and no content flags. An influential Starsky & Hutch zine.

Yes Actually, I'm impressed by the sheer amount of information collected on the page and the long history of fannish support of the zine. Enjoyed the read! SecurityBreach (talk) 06:38, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
Yes - though I'd like to completely revamp the intro 1) move all that dry info on different editions to a separate section, 2) a more interesting intro that describes the story itself a bit more, as well as a sentence summing up fan comments. Are folks okay with that? MPH 13:58, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
Yes: OfMonstersAndWerewolves (talk) 20:11, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
Yes - SCG (talk) 17:27, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
Nomination approved.

Duncan/Methos

Nominated by Kingstoken on January 23, 2023. As of this writing it has a good intro and no content flags. I'm not sure if we have ever featured anything from the Highlander fandom, but this migh be a nice place to start.

Almost: I think the intro could be longer, but the page itself looks good -- OfMonstersAndWerewolves (talk) 20:11, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
Changed vote to Yes due to improvements made -- OfMonstersAndWerewolves (talk) 19:42, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
Yes: I updated the intro to try and summarize the page a little better and I think it would be an interesting article to feature! - flyingthesky (talk) 00:21, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
Yes SecurityBreach (talk) 08:15, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
Yes: An interesting page --Auntags (talk) 17:03, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
Nomination approved.

The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical

Nominated by flyingthesky on 1 February 2023. As of this writing, the page has a good intro and is reasonably comprehensive, with no content flags. Also I promise I'll make stubs for the creators later so the red links in the intro go away.

Yes: I've never heard of this fanwork before, and it won a Grammmy!! This is also a fascinating recent example of a fanwork running into legal issues because of commercialization. --Auntags (talk) 17:09, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
Yes: interessting, a pity that are still so many redlinks in the article especially in the intro. -- WhatAreFrogs? (talk) 20:47, 5 February 2023 (UTC)
Yes: Like Auntags, I've never heard of this. (Not very familiar with Bridgerton.) The page does seem both comprehensive and interesting. Greer Watson (talk) 06:53, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
Yes -- Kingstoken (talk) 11:33, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
Nomination approved.

TARDIS (Doctor Who)

Nominated by Kingstoken on December 27, 2022. As of this writing, the page has a really good intro, it does have one citation needed flag, but it is fairly minor. I thought this one might be a fun one to feature, considering how ubiquitous it is even outside Doctor Who fandom.

Not Yet: I've started doing a bit of work on the page: I moved some of the intro stuff elsewhere and swapped it for other stuff. But I feel like there's still a fair bit missing, especially regarding the TARDIS in the various DWEU sections of the fandom. I'll try and add some stuff when I can. -- OfMonstersAndWerewolves (talk) 23:29, 31 December 2022 (UTC)
OfMonstersAndWerewolves when you get a chance can you take a look at the changes made to the article? And see if it has been improved enough -- Kingstoken (talk) 22:48, 5 February 2023 (UTC)
Changing vote to Yes -- OfMonstersAndWerewolves (talk) 20:16, 8 February 2023 (UTC)
Yes: Did some work on the external links to help the page. SecurityBreach (talk) 17:05, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
Yes: I added fanworks last week and then completely forgot to vote xD --Auntags (talk) 17:12, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
Yes: Quite extensive. Looks good -- WhatAreFrogs? (talk) 20:47, 5 February 2023 (UTC)
Nomination approved.

The Beatles

Nominated by SecurityBreach on 2 February 2023. As of this writing, the page has a good intro and is reasonably comprehensive, with no content flags. SecurityBreach (talk) 11:50, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

Not yet The Fanart section stil has a "Expansiion needed" tag.... Besides the rest looks great. -- WhatAreFrogs? (talk) 20:47, 5 February 2023 (UTC)
Uppps, sorry! I must have overlooked it because of my enthusiasm for the article. I'll look into it. Thank you so much for pointing this out :D SecurityBreach (talk) 07:43, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
The issue has been worked on by Flyingthesky on February 6. SecurityBreach (talk) 16:23, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
Yes: Added some examples to the fanart section and removed the flag. Love how comprehensive and fandom-focused the page is. - flyingthesky (talk) 03:58, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
Thank you so much, this looks great :D SecurityBreach (talk) 07:47, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
Yes: -- OfMonstersAndWerewolves (talk) 21:48, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
Yes: -- Kingstoken (talk) 23:05, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
Yes: -- SCG (talk) 20:44, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
Nomination approved.

Manip

Nominated by Kingstoken on December 18, 2022. As of this writing, the page has a good intro and no content flags. I thought it might be neat to feature more art related stuff.

Yes: --SecurityBreach (talk) 09:46, 23 December 2022 (UTC)
Not Yet: The history section only talks about the early 90's. I see there's some fandom comments from later years in later sections of the page, though, perhaps the page could do with re-organizing? (Also, unrelated, but any objections i go find some more recent examples to add to the gallery? Right now it kind of gives the impression that manips are mostly a thing of the past, but afaik they're still quite popular.) -- Quaelegit (talk) 01:39, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
(Reply to myself, hope that's not confusing) -- i think the last quote (from 2016) would be good to move up to the History section. Alternatively, we could just rename the history section as something like "Origins" or "Initial Popularity"? -- Quaelegit (talk) 01:52, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
Yes: I think naming history to origins would make more sense, but otherwise I think it's decently filled out and has lots of examples. Patchlamb (talk) 16:53, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
Yes: I added a sectron for links to example archives and websites that feature(d) a lot of manips. Feel free to expand further -- WhatAreFrogs? (talk) 20:47, 5 February 2023 (UTC)
Yes: -- OfMonstersAndWerewolves (talk) 23:34, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
Nomination approved.

House of Cards (BTS story)

Nominated by Kingstoken on February 9, 2023. As of this writing, the page has a good intro and no content flags. I don't think we have featured anything from BTS fandom before, but I thought this might be a good place to start.

Yes: -- OfMonstersAndWerewolves (talk) 13:12, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
Yes: -- SCG (talk) 20:45, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
Yes: I did reorganize the page a little, because I found it confusing it have the bulk of the information about the fic itself under all of the reviews and reactions, but I think it's a really cool page! - flyingthesky (talk) 13:29, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
Yes -- SecurityBreach (talk) 14:46, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
Nomination approved.

Ahadi

Nominated by OMAW on February 13, 2023. As of this writing, the page has a good intro and no content flags. There's a couple of things that still need refining, but otherwise I need some fresh pairs of eyes not in the fandom to say if there's anything more that needs clarifying or worded differently.

Yes: I cleaned up the page slightly, but I think it would be a very interesting page to feature! - flyingthesky (talk) 13:29, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
Yes: Good read! - SecurityBreach (talk) 14:42, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
Yes: Very interesting, always amazing when fandom fleshes out minor characters -- Kingstoken (talk) 15:27, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
Yes: Interesting page and a cool glimpse into a fandom I'm not too familiar with. One thing I can't help but be curious about is how Ahadi came to be "jossed" as the intro states, since it isn't mentioned? Is there a cite we can add (or maybe it belongs in the canon section?). But I don't really consider it a dealbreaker. --enchantedsleeper (talk) 01:56, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
Nomination approved.

BuzzFeed Unsolved

Nominated by OMAW on February 9, 2023. As of this writing, the page has a good intro and no content flags.

Maybe: the intro bothers me because it is just a canon overview and tells me nothing about the fandom except that it was popular, even a couple of lines about the fandom would be helpful. The rest of the article seems well filled out -- Kingstoken (talk) 22:04, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
I'm not in the fandom myself, but if anyone is and wants to try and change the intro to something more fannish related, that would be good. Otherwise I might look myself when I get the chance, see if I can add anything based on what the fandom section says. -- OfMonstersAndWerewolves (talk) 13:12, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
Yes: Changing my vote with the changes made to the intro -- Kingstoken (talk) 15:14, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
Yes: If anyone wants to fix the redlinks in the intro, feel free but otherwise I cleaned up the page and I think it's good. - flyingthesky (talk) 01:00, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
Yes: The intro is looking good now! I'm also not overly bothered by the redlinks, and I think the page is well-fleshed-out and interesting. --enchantedsleeper (talk) 01:50, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
Yes -- SecurityBreach (talk) 03:37, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
Nomination approved.

Tobi x Deidara

Nominated by Alpha on January 20, 2023. As of this writing, the page has a good amount of info and no content flags. I have been told it would be good to have more ship pages as Featured Articles so I wanted to nominate this one I've been working on. It is not one of the main ships of the franchise, but due to all the radical changes the ship went through as more canon information was released about Obito's true identity, it makes an interesting case. Alpha (talk) 14:04, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

Yes -- Kingstoken (talk) 15:06, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
Not yet -- The content is good. I've tried reworking the "Covid-19 Lockdowns and Tobidei Fandom" section; but I suspect a bit of polishing is probably still needed elsewhere as well. Greer Watson (talk) 08:41, 31 January 2023 (UTC)
Yes -- WhatAreFrogs? (talk) 20:47, 5 February 2023 (UTC)
Yes -- OfMonstersAndWerewolves (talk) 21:54, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
Yes -- SecurityBreach (talk) 07:09, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
Nomination approved.

BNHA Aro & Ace Week

Nominated by OMAW on February 16, 2023. As of this writing, the page has a good intro and no content flags. Don't think we've had an aspec focused page as Featured Article yet, and thought this looked quite interesting.

Yes: Love how comprehensive this page is for a challenge and it's always good to feature aspec stuff. - flyingthesky (talk) 10:58, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
Yes: Looks good to me! - SCG (talk) 21:48, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
Yes: I say Go! -- WhatAreFrogs? (talk) 20:48, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
Yes: -- Kingstoken (talk) 20:50, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
Nomination approved.

Wham, Bam, Thank You, Sam!

Nominated by Kingstoken on February 22, 2023. As of this writing, the page has a good intro and no content flags. I don't think we've featured something from Quantum Leap fandom before, but I thought this might be a good place to start.

Yes: Looks good. The more fandoms, the merrier :-) -- WhatAreFrogs? (talk) 20:48, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
Hesitant Yes: Only because I think the intro could maybe do with being slightly longer. But at the same time, it's not too bad, and I'm not quite sure if there's much else that could be added. -- OfMonstersAndWerewolves (talk) 11:42, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
Yes: There's some information that I would have liked to see included but I wasn't able to turn it up myself, and they're more "nice-to-have"s. Callmesalticidae (talk) 05:52, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
Yes -- SecurityBreach (talk) 20:14, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
Yes. Looks good to me! --Travvymybeloved (talk) 16:34, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
Nomination approved.

Rejected nominations

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