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Company Name

Company Contact

Page Type

This page is about a company.

Potential Featured Pages

Wiki Pages Nominated to be Featured

This page is for the community to discuss potential featured wiki pages. Pages can be pretty much anything in the AboutUs universe -- articles about domains, people, portals, help topics. For more information on how to Nominated a page to be featured, see FeatureMeNominated.

Notes from the community should be constructive with the ultimate goal of not necessarily creating a site that is going to be Featured, but the goal of creating a dynamite page with great value to the community.

Nominated Pages

NOTE: Since these discussion are included on the actual wiki pages that have been nominated, they are placed here as transcluded template. Just click the "Edit/Add to this Discussion" link.

New Candidates

These are WikiPages that have recently been nominated. Some of them might even still be needing initial comments. Please feel free to take a look and provide insight for improvements. Airborne-Sys.com/FeatureDiscussion

Bluelarix.com featured discussion

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  • First nominated on 02:26, 24 January 2008 (PST)
  • Here are some things you can add to this page that i find missing. Contact info to get in touch with you. A bit about the studio itself as well in its own section, about what you do, how you work, your design approaches etc. You can also add here any awards that you have won or any tradeshows/beurs you have participated in. Just some thoughts. I moved the logo all the way up to give this page an identity of your studio. --Sa'ad talk•email•chat 04:21, 14 March 2008 (PDT)

ChaosCafeAndParlor.com/FeatureDiscussion CiteHealth.com/FeatureDiscussion

DisneyMovieClub.com featured discussion

DomainsAtRetail.com featured discussion

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  • First nominated on 16:16, 17 January 2008 (PST)
  • This page is rather empty with links only. Consider adding some service details and enhance the page with usage of images. You can also add interface/control panel screenshots that the admin gets to have when they sign up for your services. --Sa'ad talk•email•chat 05:23, 14 March 2008 (PDT)

Fat-Family.com featured discussion

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  • First nominated on 02:14, 27 January 2008 (PST)
  • This page needs a description, including maybe a storyline or history of the series and characters. Images would be great as would video and basics like a logo would help complete the page. I am happy to help if you have any questions. Kasey 12:21, 8 February 2008 (PST)

MichaelPaigeWorld.com featured discussion

Musik1.net featured discussion

Polr.co.uk featured discussion

PoolhallReport.com featured discussion

RumblingLankan.com featured discussion

SiteHoppin.com featured discussion

Snaptease.com featured discussion

unexplained.webng.com featured discussion

Under Discussion

WikiPages that have been nominated, with comments made which are awaiting action. Generally, these need a little bit more work before they can be considered Strong Candidates.

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Affordable-Web-Solutions.com featured discussion

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  • First nominated on 07:01, 18 June 2007 (PDT)
  • This is a pretty strong WikiPage with good use of graphics to help with the fact it seems a little text heavy. I'm wondering if there are any customer testimonials that can be added to take this page to the next level? -- TakCaricatureSm.jpg TakKendrick | Talk
  • Emailed the webmaster today to see if there is still interest in working on this page. TedErnst | talk 21:13, 17 September 2007 (PDT)
  • I have to agree this is a very great wiki page! I still think that it could outline a few more areas, however, as it stands I do believe it is a contender for a coming featured page. I will try and drop a line or 2 to your user page or email to see what we can do to take it over the top! Bryan Daugherty
  • This article might be a contender for featured, but as it stands it is just too wordy, not attractive enough, and does not lure the reader into wanting to read it. More pictures, and less words will make it so much better. Remember, we are creating a teaser to lure readers to click on links that take us to the original page. We are not duplicating the original page. It is this factor that can create a good featured, when the reader wants to read the page, and then wants to click on the links to find out more. Patty42 20:27, 28 November 2007 (PST)
  • Moving to FeatureMeNominated:LastChance If you are still interested in working on this page, feel free to let me know. --Sa'ad : msg me : email : 05:26, 13 February 2008 (PST)

Anime-Me.com featured discussion

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  • First nominated on 16:22, 27 November 2007 (PST)
  • Shameless begging for donations... well, nothing wrong with asking for donations, but I don't think it should be on your AboutUs page... do you think I would even consider visiting your site with that in mind? Thumbs down on this one. WillyP | talk 17:13, 18 December 2007 (PST)
  • I'm not quite understanding the section headings. Yes, I just make the dates into 3rd-level headings because that seems to make sense, but the "description" heading doesn't make sense to me. Are these "updates"? Maybe make that clear somehow? TedErnst (talk) 19:02, 18 December 2007 (PST)
  • Add a bit more to the wiki page common things like address, logo, what you are about, say a but more about your community. For ideas see the pages that have already been featured. --Sa'ad : msg me : email : 05:21, 13 February 2008 (PST)
  • Moving to LastChance today after no work on the page in quite some time. Please edit this discussion and/or the page to make the nomination active again. Asad | *~talk~* 02:10, 29 February 2008 (PST)

AskLingo.com featured discussion

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  • Nomination processed on 26 Sept. 2007 (after a nomination from a few weeks ago that had slipped through the cracks).
  • Hi Mustafasa - this WikiPage is off to a great start! My few comments would be to a) break free from our original structure, go ahead and make the title what it is and get rid of title! :-) (and description). Also, in a few places you have Asklingo and it seems that the site is AskLingo, just a minor thing really. One thing about your site, it seems, is that you are multilingual! Yea! I would go ahead and list that as text and maybe have direct links from each flag to the language on your site for ease of visitors to this page. Fabulous start! Let me know if I can help in any way. Best, MarkDilley
  • Wow, amazing, especially the language factor! I thing this is a strong potential but could use just a few finishing touches. Perhaps we could work together in polishing this up and preping it to be a featured page. For starters, lets break out of the common mold of section headers.. I will be contact you to share a fw more ideas. --Bryan 16:53, 9 October 2007 (PDT)
  • A contact or support section is missing. I had a brief visit to your site. Liked what i saw. You know you can add media right into the wikipage? So if you want to setup an example of how a word may be pronounced, just upload the .mp3 file for it and write a bit about it. --Sa'ad : msg me : email : 05:16, 13 February 2008 (PST)
  • Moving to LastChance today after no work on the page in quite some time. Please edit this discussion and/or the page to make the nomination active again. Asad | *~talk~* 02:10, 29 February 2008 (PST)

Baxter.com featured discussion

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  • First nominated on 14:33, 11 December 2007 (PST)
  • Good content, but it is a bit heavy on the eyes. It can be broken up by adding images and breaking some into subheadings/paragraphs. --Sa'ad : msg me : email : 05:06, 13 February 2008 (PST)
  • Moving to LastChance today after no work on the page in quite some time. Please edit this discussion and/or the page to make the nomination active again. Asad | *~talk~* 02:10, 29 February 2008 (PST)

Bin95.com featured discussion

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  • First nominated on 07:10, 9 July 2007 (PDT)
  • A phone number and address would be helpful, maybe a list of ciites you serve and list of current offerings. Kasey 10:29, 12 July 2007 (PDT)
  • Webmaster was emailed today to see if they're interested in working more on this page. TedErnst | talk 23:40, 18 September 2007 (PDT)
  • Another strong candidate, I hope for the chance to speak with you on how we can make it stronger. Ill be dropping a note to your email shortly. Feel free to contact e through my user talk page! --Bryan 16:56, 9 October 2007 (PDT) Bryan Daugherty
  • Just some small tweaks: You can move the logo all the way up. Give address its own heading. Any external links into WikiLinks. If you make something a wikilink and nothing exists for it, perhaps elaborate on it a bit. --Sa'ad : msg me : email : 04:50, 13 February 2008 (PST)
  • Moving to LastChance today after no work on the page in quite some time. Please edit this discussion and/or the page to make the nomination active again. Asad | *~talk~* 02:10, 29 February 2008 (PST)
  • " I would like to make the nomination active again. I have done more to comply with above recomendations than most others, in editing this page. Today added a video, which was a nice addition. Please consider making this nomination active again. Thanksemail"

Bla.st featured discussion

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  • First nominated on 15:46, 20 May 2007 (PDT)
  • Pretty cool idea and website. The WikiPage itself is fairly nice and has a lot of potential as featured candidate. I think maybe a better description about how their process works might be nice, but it's still a strong WikiPage as is. -- TakCaricatureSm.jpg TakKendrick | Talk
  • Cool idea; a great looking site! Wasim Sajid | :::talk:::
  • Thanks for the feedback, I've added a bit more info about the site -- Bla.st
  • If contact information exists, it should be up there. Otherwise, the page looks ready to go. User:Bla.st has been messaged regarding discussion inactivity. Umair Tamim 23:05, 19 September 2007 (PDT)
  • I like the site and the idea of bla.st. What I'm missing on this page in addition to the above comments is also some categories. --Sa'ad : msg me : email : 04:42, 13 February 2008 (PST)
  • Moving to LastChance today after no work on the page in quite some time. Please edit this discussion and/or the page to make the nomination active again. Asad | *~talk~* 02:10, 29 February 2008 (PST)

BoredGames.co.uk/FeatureDiscussion

Booking-Bulgaria.com featured discussion

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  • First nominated on 11:00, 7 June 2007 (PDT)
  • There's been a lot of good work done on this page! An image or two more, and perhaps another paragraph of description and this page will definitely be front page worthy! ChrisBabson ChrisBabsonCaricature.jpg
  • Lovely logo! Absolutely brilliant! :) Wasim Sajid | :::talk:::
  • I updated this site with the new URL today. As for the page itself, I'd like to see more WikiLinks, in place of, or in addition to the external links here that don't point to Booking-Bulgaria.com. TedErnst | talk 00:10, 28 September 2007 (PDT)
  • Moving to FeatureMeNominated:LastChance. If you are still interested in working on this page, feel free to let me know. --Sa'ad : msg me : email : 04:17, 13 February 2008 (PST)

Bvssolitaire.com featured discussion

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  • Nomination processed on 2-Oct-2007.
  • Wow, this makes solitaire look fun to me! :) Very nice page. The first thought I had when looking would be that it would be cool to add some articles relating to solitaire strategy (probably for my own benefit though since I am not very good.) But this probably wouldnt help much to become featured. I am not sure what could be added to make this much better. good job! --DaughertyBw 20:53, 5 October 2007 (PDT)
  • Nice page. You could add small descriptions with thumbnails of all the games that are part of this package. You have won some awards, those can be added to this wikipage as well. Your partner sites can be added into the Related Domains or even in a separate heading. --Sa'ad : msg me : email : 04:14, 13 February 2008 (PST)
  • Moving to LastChance today after no work on the page in quite some time. Please edit this discussion and/or the page to make the nomination active again. Asad | *~talk~* 02:10, 29 February 2008 (PST)

ChristChurchWarren.org featured discussion

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  • First nominated on 18:13, 20 June 2007 (PDT)
  • Awesome WikiPage. I really like the inclusion of the upcoming events and service schedule. The description seems a little light and could maybe use a little bit more, but there's some really great info here, so it's a pretty strong featured candidate. One other thought I had to maybe spice the page up is that we'd love to see some "community reviews" or "testimonials" here; perhaps if members of the congregation would like to come to AboutUs and tell their experiences both with the church and the rector, that could make this a pretty special WikiPage. -- TakKendrick | Talk
  • I agree with Tak, the events schedule is a good idea. I might be neat to have pictures from the more significant or annual events, maybe more information about how to participate, the history of the event. Kasey 10:26, 19 September 2007 (PDT)
  • This page is definately off to a great strat, a little more info could be used, but I am sure with a little editing this could be one nice featured page... I cannot wait to see some more constructive edits - Ill keep checking back to see what ideas you come up with! --DaughertyBw 12:09, 19 September 2007 (PDT)
  • Moving to FeatureMeNominated:LastChance. If you are still interested in working on this page, feel free to let me know. --Sa'ad : msg me : email : 04:06, 13 February 2008 (PST)

Classic-Apartments.com featured discussion

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  • Nominated on 00:20, 1 January 2008 (PST)
  • This page seems to be coming along nicely. Good use of gallery and images. Not sure however, why thumbnail has been removed. Asad | *~talk~* 00:20, 1 January 2008 (PST)
  • I think all of those external links should be internal instead. Maybe with a statement about their connection to this website? Competitor? Partner? Etc. TedErnst (talk) 19:14, 4 January 2008 (PST)
  • I just added the {{RealEstateMember}} badge to the page. Click on it to see the new Real Estate Area of AboutUs. The badge itself adds you to that area and helps others know what you're up to. And I think the badge looks better when it's inside the domainbox. So, I suggest you add this code to the top of the page, in place of the existing badge:
{{ Domain_Page |
 thumbnail = <thumbnail>Classic-Apartments.com</thumbnail> |
 map = <map section="Address"></map> |
 badges = {{RealEstateMember}}
}}
Please let me know if you have any questions. TedErnst (talk) 12:10, 4 February 2008 (PST)
  • The real estate portal logo detracts from the overall appearance of the page, in addition it serves no purpose as there is already a link at the bottom.--Alibermudez 05:48, 8 February 2008 (PST)
    • Alexander, I agree, the temporary logo is awful, we do plan to have a better one designed soon. As far as the DomainPage template, would you consider adding it to the bottom of the page? It is not mandatory but nearly all of the DomainPages we have here, have the template, so it is good for consistency. But it really is a collaborative page we are working on here. Best, MarkDilley
    • Alex would you share your thoughts on restoring the domain toolbox as Mark has stated above so i can process your page for nomination. Other than that this page is ready to be featured. --Sa'ad talk•email•chat 03:19, 17 March 2008 (PDT)

CrownDesigners.com featured discussion

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  • First nominated on 22:14, 31 October 2007 (PDT)
  • I think your use page can use a gallery of your products. Some description/history about your company would be nice. You featured product 'Cambridge Lover's Knot tiara' leaves a big impression, perhaps you would like to write a bit about that on the wiki page. --Sa'ad : msg me : email : 03:35, 13 February 2008 (PST)
  • Moving to LastChance today after no work on the page in quite some time. Please edit this discussion and/or the page to make the nomination active again. Asad | *~talk~* 02:10, 29 February 2008 (PST)

CrownGroup.co.uk featured discussion

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  • First nominated on 11:45, 22 May 2007 (PDT)
  • Great looking page! The task-bar is nicely done. -- Posted by Blake Hinckley 11:45, 22 May 2007 (PDT)
  • Thanks for the nomination but please do not put it up yet!!! i have am not anywhere near completing the whole group of companies yet...so PLEASE wait if you are going to put it up there! thanks, Andy
  • Andy, no problem. Why don't you leave a note on my Talk page when you got these finished. I think we might want to feature the whole group (either the hospitality group, or all of Oriel Group -- depending on your inclination). Keep up the great work! -- TakCaricatureSm.jpg TakKendrick | Talk
  • Hey Andy, if this isn't the 'finished' article, I'll keep my eyes peeled for when you actually do complete it. This is one of the 'best-looking' pages I have seen on about us. Period! Way to go mate! Wasim Sajid | :::talk:::
  • I'm "switching" this nomination from KudosHospitality.co.uk to CrownGroup.co.uk, since this is the parent company and the feature will no doubt cover all the pages in the group, all of which and being built out nicely. I'm also leaving a note for Andy to check-in, 'cause it does look like these are now almost all built out. -- TakCaricatureSm.jpg TakKendrick | Talk 17:10, 20 July 2007 (PDT)
  • The page looks ready to me. Testimonials are there, images are all aligned and the index is a distinguishing feature. A message has been sent to User:Andrew Cahill to let us know if he would like the page to be featured now. - Umair Tamim 22:54, 19 September 2007 (PDT)
  • Left you a comment on your talk page. --Sa'ad : msg me : email : 03:29, 13 February 2008 (PST)
  • Moving to LastChance today after no work on the page in quite some time. Please edit this discussion and/or the page to make the nomination active again. Asad | *~talk~* 02:08, 29 February 2008 (PST)

DiaperCakewalk.com/FeatureDiscussion

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Faves.com featured discussion

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  • First nominated on 10:31, 11 December 2007 (PST)
  • This page has a lot of potential but still needs work to get to the same quality as the previous domain page BlueDot.us. Obed Suhail 23:08, 7 January 2008 (PST)
  • Moving to LastChance today after no work on the page in quite some time. Please edit this discussion and/or the page to make the nomination active again. Asad | *~talk~* 02:27, 29 February 2008 (PST)

FightTimes.com featured discussion

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  • First nominated on 11:29, 18 May 2007 (PDT)
  • Sweet page! ChrisBabsonChrisBabsonCaricature.jpg
  • I like this page, and I'd like to see more. The page has good visuals, but seems thin on actual information. Could you add more? TedErnst | talk 22:46, 19 September 2007 (PDT)
  • FYI - webmaster hasn't been back since May 2007, so deletion removed in Oct 2007, then restored when webmaster returned, Oct 2007
  • I just wanted to leave a note thanking User:FightTimes for updating with the latest cover. I agree with Ted's thoughts above -- maybe adding some extra "meat" to the descriptions could really help this nomination. In terms of recommendations, I'm not entirely sure, but maybe subscription, submission information, and WikiLinks to some of the sponsors and suppliers listed on the website's front page. Again, thanks to User:FightTimes for coming back and it's good to see this returned to the Featured nomination pool. TakCaricatureSm.jpg TakKendrick | Talk 22:31, 25 October 2007 (PDT)
  • Hey, User:FightTimes, any interest in beefing up this page? Or should I move it to LastChance? TedErnst (talk) 21:59, 19 February 2008 (PST)
  • Moving to LastChance today after no work on the page in quite some time. Please edit this discussion and/or the page to make the nomination active again. Asad | *~talk~* 02:27, 29 February 2008 (PST)

FortWiki.com featured discussion

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  • First nominated on 11:07, 5 October 2007 (PDT)
  • This is a really great page! The only thing that seems missing to me is InternalLinks. Don't we have any related content already on AboutUs that could be linked? TedErnst | talk 08:35, 6 October 2007 (PDT)
    • Alternatively, what about doing Interwiki links for all of these? I've set up FortWiki in our interwiki database. Even though I know the people at Fort Wiki already know how to do it (since John's the one who taught me), let me give an example for any community member wanting to learn: [[FortWiki:Fort]] goes to the [[Fort]] page on www.fortwiki.com. Naturally, you can magic pipe if you like so that [[FortWiki:Fort|fort]] just shows the word "fort" and the link. -- TakCaricatureSm.jpg TakKendrick | Talk 10:55, 9 October 2007 (PDT)
      • Great idea. And, I'd still like to know what else related already lives on AboutUs.org. So maybe both? TedErnst | talk 11:28, 9 October 2007 (PDT)
  • Moving to LastChance today after no work on the page in quite some time. Please edit this discussion and/or the page to make the nomination active again. TedErnst (talk) 16:47, 26 February 2008 (PST)

GoneTooSoon.co.uk featured discussion

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  • First nominated on 02:36, 25 November 2007 (PST)
  • This page could be stronger with some internal linking and a few testimonials. Obed Suhail 23:31, 26 December 2007 (PST)
  • I'd love to see more images and/or video on this page. TedErnst (talk) 22:07, 19 February 2008 (PST)
  • Moving to LastChance today after no work on the page in quite some time. Please edit this discussion and/or the page to make the nomination active again. Asad | *~talk~* 02:27, 29 February 2008 (PST)

HopeForAnotherDay.org/FeatureDiscussion

IceVote.com featured discussion

  • Contact info added
  • I think the text on this page is great. It really explains why the site exists and how it works and why someone would want to participate. What I think is missing is visuals (still or video) and testimonials. Could you get "keith" to come here and make an InfluenceUs comment? TedErnst (talk) 22:22, 19 February 2008 (PST)
  • Moving to LastChance today after no work on the page in quite some time. Please edit this discussion and/or the page to make the nomination active again. Asad | *~talk~* 02:27, 29 February 2008 (PST)

ISVsurvival.com featured discussion

  • First nominated on 05:51, 7 January 2008 (PST)

LanorexieSeSoigne.com featured discussion

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  • First nominated on 15:37, 1 October 2007 (PDT)
  • Translated AboutUS pages are some of my favorite. However, there needs to be a little more info posted on this wiki page. I think the opportunity to add some informative youtube videos exists for this page and could really help! also try moving the logo up towards the top. You could try and edit the section names and give the page a little more individuality. I do love the fact that there are no red links! However, having empty sections such as "Additional Information" does not help! Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help make this a featured page as well as bring more attention to this disturbing disorder. Bryan Daugherty My Talk Page
  • It's been pointed out that this is a page associated with LanorexieSeSoigne.com. The following are comments from that page's FeatureDiscussion related to this relationship.
  • I wonder if these two pages shouldn't be considered together, as one nomination. What do you think? TedErnst | talk 05:10, 9 October 2007 (PDT)
    • I agree, since they're sister sites. In the past the way I've done it was to leave a note on one of the pages in the discussion saying something like:
==Discussion==
===Featured Page Nomination===
{{PAGENAMEE}} has been nominated as a potential [[featured]] page. A sister 
website at <FILL IN THE URL> has also been nominated. We are going to treat 
these nominations as being linked (so that any feature would mention both pages).
Please see the discussion for <FILL IN THE URL> for tips on improving both pages.
And then I make a reference in the featured discussion about the linked nominations. Anyone want to do this? -- TakCaricatureSm.jpg TakKendrick | Talk 12:26, 9 October 2007 (PDT)
  • What I'd really like to see here (on both pages) is some sort of self-referencing navigation that links the pages (more than just the "Related WikiPages", see AnyStandard.net or LightGroup.com as two WikiPages we've featured in the past that do this in very different ways. For the purposes of slimming the nomination list down, I don't have a problem with treating both as one nomination. -- TakKendrick
  • Moving to LastChance today after no work on the page in quite some time. Please edit this discussion and/or the page to make the nomination active again. TedErnst (talk) 16:47, 26 February 2008 (PST)

LeBurnOutSeSoigne.com featured discussion

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  • Nominated on 1-Oct-2007
  • I see that this is a page associated with LanorexieSeSoigne.com, I think my comments carry over to this page as well. --DaughertyBw 21:23, 5 October 2007 (PDT)
  • I wonder if these two pages shouldn't be considered together, as one nomination. What do you think? TedErnst | talk 05:10, 9 October 2007 (PDT)
    • I agree, since they're sister sites. In the past the way I've done it was to leave a note on one of the pages in the discussion saying something like:
==Discussion==
===Featured Page Nomination===
{{PAGENAMEE}} has been nominated as a potential [[featured]] page. A sister 
website at <FILL IN THE URL> has also been nominated. We are going to treat 
these nominations as being linked (so that any feature would mention both pages).
Please see the discussion for <FILL IN THE URL> for tips on improving both pages.
And then I make a reference in the featured discussion about the linked nominations. Anyone want to do this? -- TakCaricatureSm.jpg TakKendrick | Talk 12:26, 9 October 2007 (PDT)
  • What I'd really like to see here (on both pages) is some sort of self-referencing navigation that links the pages (more than just the "Related WikiPages", see AnyStandard.net or LightGroup.com as two WikiPages we've featured in the past that do this in very different ways. For the purposes of slimming the nomination list down, I don't have a problem with treating both as one nomination. -- TakKendrick
  • Moving to LastChance today after no work on the page in quite some time. Please edit this discussion and/or the page to make the nomination active again. TedErnst (talk) 16:47, 26 February 2008 (PST)

LegalFish.com featured discussion

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  • First nominated on 10:51, 9 June 2007 (PDT)
  • Good start on your wikipage! You still need to add some additional information to the site. Instead of linking to how LegalFish works, there could be a section describing it on the wikipage with a link for additional information at the end. Good luck -- Blake Hinckley 14:58, 28 June 2007 (PDT)
  • Sounds like an interesting service. The category section could use some editing as could the related domains. A decription of how it works would engage reader more than a link. Kasey 16:26, 12 July 2007 (PDT)
  • It looks like Blake's suggestions have been taken into consideration. Kasey's suggestions about categories and related domains still seem relevant, however. Which of the related domains are actually related? Could the rest be removed? Same question about categories. TedErnst | talk 23:16, 27 September 2007 (PDT)
  • Related domains now look great. What about categories? This last big edit today adding a bunch of content also seems good, to have more information, but some of it seems to duplicate, and the format seems a bit inaccessible. Drop by LiveChat to get some help? TedErnst (talk) 21:00, 28 November 2007 (PST)
  • Moving to LastChance today after no work on the page in quite some time. Please edit this discussion and/or the page to make the nomination active again. Asad | *~talk~* 02:27, 29 February 2008 (PST)
  • Moving page back to "under discussion" section as it has been nominated again. Obed Suhail 22:15, 16 March 2008 (PDT)

LoveEng.com featured discussion

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  • First nominated on 13:14, 12 December 2007 (PST)
  • This page doesn't have much more information than a standard bot scrape. Would you like to add more text to tell us what's really unique about LoveEng.com? What about it's history? How it works? TedErnst (talk) 22:27, 19 February 2008 (PST)
  • Moving to LastChance today after no work on the page in quite some time. Please edit this discussion and/or the page to make the nomination active again. Asad | *~talk~* 02:27, 29 February 2008 (PST)

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MedicTag.com featured discussion

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  • First nominated on 14:09, 7 December 2007 (PST)
  • This is a great start, lots of information. Contact information would be useful. Kasey 14:11, 7 December 2007 (PST)
  • Looks great so far, thats a great idea.PensFans4Ever
  • Too long... requires scrolling. Too much info, does not encourage people to surf to your site. Links to AboutUs pages that don't exist should be removed. Less is more when you are trying to entice people to your site. WillyP | talk 16:35, 18 December 2007 (PST)
  • AboutUs features always require scrolling, FYI. TedErnst (talk) 18:47, 18 December 2007 (PST)
  • Moving to LastChance today after no work on the page in quite some time. Please edit this discussion and/or the page to make the nomination active again. Asad | *~talk~* 02:34, 29 February 2008 (PST)

Mobile-Hacks.co.uk featured discussion

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  • First nominated on 19:35, 7 October 2007 (PDT)
  • I think the nomination should be placed on the actual domain page Mobile-Hacks.co.uk, or even nominating the user page itself to be a Featured Wikipage is ok. As far as I think, the user meant to nominate the domain page of Mobile-Hacks.co.uk instead. He/she has been messaged regarding this. With regards to the outlook, both pages (user and domain) would look better with descriptions, testimonials and images. - Umair
  • Moving discussion from user page to relevant page. --Sa'ad : talk : email : contribs : 22:56, 7 January 2008 (PST)
  • Not ready to be featured. There is really no informaton here, what does this company do? See:WikiTour. Kasey 11:06, 8 January 2008 (PST)
  • No edits in quite some time so moving to LastChance today. TedErnst (talk) 16:56, 26 February 2008 (PST)

motofanatics.com featured discussion

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  • First nominated on 10:47, 21 July 2007 (PDT)
  • Upon visitng the web page, it seems that adding a few photos from the online store would definately liven up the page! Have you seen the Map feature? This could prove helpful to add on the page as well! Great Start!--DaughertyBw 07:27, 17 September 2007 (PDT)
  • Thanks DaughertyBW, We are still developing the page and hope to have it fully functional soon!
  • Motofanatics -- wow you really added a bunch of great stuff over the weekend! Awesome! BTW: I made a few quick edits, for some reason the image of the store you were linking to was giving Firefox an error. For some reason it was coming across as a really small image (like around 2") but with a very high resolution and the system didn't seem to know how to draw it. I went ahead and uploaded a corrected version to AboutUs (with a more standard resolution and much bigger), but thought I'd let you know about it. The actual image (on AboutUs) can be found at Image:MotoFanatics.png. You can also view my edits to the motofanatics.com page in the history for the page as well. Keep up the great work! Best, TakKendrick
  • No edits in quite some time so moving to LastChance today. TedErnst (talk) 16:56, 26 February 2008 (PST)

Muslimpribadi.net featured discussion

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  • First nominated on 06:11, 26 November 2007 (PST)
  • Tried to access the website but got the 509 Bandwidth Limit Exceeded error. The page would look better with some more images and information. Obed Suhail 23:47, 26 December 2007 (PST)
  • I also got the 509 error. TedErnst (talk) 21:17, 27 December 2007 (PST)
  • 509 error is gone and I can get to the site now. TedErnst (talk) 07:25, 8 January 2008 (PST)
  • Since this is a personal website, and mainly in Indonesian language, I am not really sure if it should be featured or not. But if this page turns out to be a great wiki page, I think it can be featured. Right now, however, it needs a lot of improvement. There should be more content on this page, and some images if possible. Basically, this page needs to convince the community members that there is something unique about it that makes it feature worthy. You might want to look at these examples of great wiki pages. Obed Suhail 21:17, 8 January 2008 (PST)
  • Moving to LastChance today after no work on the page in quite some time. Please edit this discussion and/or the page to make the nomination active again. Asad | *~talk~* 02:34, 29 February 2008 (PST)

MyMovieNetwork.com featured discussion

  • First nominated on 08:05, 17 October 2007 (PDT)
  • No edits in quite some time so moving to LastChance today. TedErnst (talk) 16:56, 26 February 2008 (PST)

NeverForget911.org/FeatureDiscussion

Nflow.co.uk featured discussion

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  • Added to nomination process on 7 June 2007, from an old nomination that hadn't been processed.
  • Awesome page! ChrisBabsonCaricature.jpg ChrisBabson
  • I agree. This has quite a bit of information. It'd be a slightly better featured candidate with some improved visuals. Anyone have suggestion for this? -- TakKendrick
  • Hello! I took the liberty of adding a couple of thumbnails to the page; I hope you find that useful. Best of luck! Wasim Sajid | :::talk:::
  • process note: editor User:Brack-29 hasn't been to AboutUs.org since May, and hasn't responded to any comments, so moving this to Last Chance for now. TedErnst | talk 13:22, 2 October 2007 (PDT)
  • This user came back yesterday and added some fabulous work (a YouTube.com video about the site. I think this is pretty close now, what do others think. I'm going to move this out of the "Last Chance" for now, to give others in the community a chance to weigh in. -- TakCaricatureSm.jpg TakKendrick | Talk 12:58, 5 October 2007 (PDT)
  • All this page needs now is a few images. Why is the map not working on this page? Asad | *~talk~* 03:43, 9 January 2008 (PST)
  • Moving to LastChance today after no work on the page in quite some time. Please edit this discussion and/or the page to make the nomination active again. Asad | *~talk~* 02:34, 29 February 2008 (PST)

OfAllTheDays.com featured discussion

  • Uploading a logo/image instead of using an external image will allow the logo to be formated into the title space. Sounds pretty interesting, I'd like to hear more about how this website brings together communities around the world and add more useful entries in the category section. Kasey
    • Thank you for your tips! I just registered and will spend some time polishing up this page. Orien Wu
  • I'm a pretty active member of ofallthedays and I find the concept behind the idea very appealing. Peoples' days really do tell a lot about themselves and as more people from around the world join, you'll get to read about what other people around the world experience in their daily lives. In my opinion, the idea behind ofallthedays is very intelligent and yet, very simple. I've found my membership there to be very exciting. - Megan
  • I just saw this on Google and wanted to chime in as well. As Megan already mentioned, ofallthedays does a great job of allowing people from around the world to make posts about their day (the website shows the latest 5). The forum also includes sub-forums for various areas around the world for people to discuss specific things relevant only to their area. It'd be interesting if ofallthedays is featured, as I'd love for more people around the world to join up. - Mike
  • No edits in quite some time so moving to LastChance today. TedErnst (talk) 16:57, 26 February 2008 (PST)
  • This is a really great site. I just wish it'd get some more attention. Tom
  • I love the new design of the website. Good job! -Charles

OneBuckWiki.com featured discussion

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  • First nominated on 21:29, 12 November 2007 (PST)
  • This page has got lots of potential and would look better with a little formatting and some more information. Obed Suhail 23:41, 26 December 2007 (PST)
  • Moving to LastChance today after no work on the page in quite some time. Please edit this discussion and/or the page to make the nomination active again. Asad | *~talk~* 02:34, 29 February 2008 (PST)

Pdxlinux.org/FeatureDiscussion

ProCareSoftware.com featured discussion

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  • First nominated on 14:32, 11 December 2007 (PST)
  • This page would look stronger with some images and internal linking. Obed Suhail 22:39, 7 January 2008 (PST)
  • No edits in quite some time so moving to LastChance today. TedErnst (talk) 16:57, 26 February 2008 (PST)
  • We've added some images and a few more internal links and would like to be considered again for a featured page. Sorry to have missed the opportunity the first time around. Phil | talk 17:20, 16 April 2008 (PDT)

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RateStar.com.au featured discussion

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  • Nomination processed on 26 Sept. 2007 (after a nomination from a few weeks ago that had slipped through the cracks).
  • very decent page. I would like to see some small product pictures if you have any available or at least some type of pictures to liven up the page. The information and links you have provided are extensive, which is good as long as you have something to keep the left brain occupied too! Do you have any videos? or would you be interested in adding a map? If you need any assistance or ideas, just leave me a message on my talk page. Bryan Daugherty, Talk Page
  • Pictures would definitely add to this page! Furthermore, I'd like to see things organized more concisely - I too am intimidated by all the links. ChrisBabson | talk
  • No edits for a long time, so moved to LastChance. TedErnst (talk) 22:51, 24 February 2008 (PST)

RecyclingForCharities.com featured discussion

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  • First nominated on 09:38, 22 September 2007 (PDT)
  • I for one am quite excited about this nomination, because I get the sense that this organization is doing a great job in helping to take consumer waste (old cell phones, ink cartridges) and finding a way to have these benefit other charities. That said, there's probably some work to be done to really polish up the WikiPage before it's "Feature worthy". Some basic thoughts:
    • More information about the Recycling for Charities organization
    • Information on the charities this organization helps (and by donating an old cell phone, can I choose specifically which charity, or does my support go towards a general pool)
    • This could lead to some basic "frequently asked questions" about the organization, the charities and how the process works
    • Maybe a testimonial from a charity that's been helped by this organization...
Just some of my quick thoughts. I hope they help, as I said I'm very interested in helping to nurture this as a "featured" candidate and helping to build out a great resource on this organization right here on AboutUs. -- TakCaricatureSm.jpg TakKendrick | Talk 17:00, 3 October 2007 (PDT)
  • No edits for a long time, so moved to LastChance. TedErnst (talk) 22:52, 24 February 2008 (PST)

RedBlackSoftware.co.uk featured discussion

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  • Nomination processed on 26 Sept. 2007 (after a nomination from a few weeks ago that had slipped through the cracks).
  • This is a decent start, and there ARE some positive things going on, however, there isnt much to discuss.. I think it may help you to check out the past featured pages so that you can gain some insight on what it means to be featured here at AboutUS. Please do not miscontrue these comments as negative, they just mean that it takes something special to be featured and it is entirely possible that this page will be in the future with some constructive editing. If you would like some help, or need some more ideas, please leave me a message on my talk page.. I look forward to checking back in the future and seeing something pop out! Bryan Daugherty, Talk Page
  • This page looks very good to me! The only remaining issue I see is just filling it out more. If it were twice as long that would be the appropriate level of depth and we'd be in business. ChrisBabson | talk
  • No edits for a long time, so moved to LastChance. TedErnst (talk) 22:51, 24 February 2008 (PST)

ReplacementCounters.com featured discussion

  • A ton of great information and a thoughtfully put together wiki page. Minor tweaks I suggest are add images and eeds some formatting, but the page has great bones. Great work. Kasey 11:26, 3 December 2007 (PST)
  • No edits in quite some time, moving to LastChance today. TedErnst (talk) 17:00, 26 February 2008 (PST)

SamsBiz.com featured discussion

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  • Nomination process on 2-Oct-2007.
  • I think we need to provide more details to the readers about SamsBiz.com. Right now the page contains very little useful information about this business.
  • The page will look better with some images, logo and other relevant stuff. See examples of previously featured pages here.

Asad | *~talk~* 20:09, 10 October 2007 (PDT)

Sendyoo.com featured discussion

  • First nominated on 07:28, 26 December 2007 (PST)
  • No edits in quite some time, moving to LastChance today. TedErnst (talk) 17:00, 26 February 2008 (PST)

ShelaghWatkins.co.uk featured discussion

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  • First nominated on 14:47, 3 December 2007 (PST)
  • This page has a lot of potential. It could use some formatting/layout tweaks and internal linking. Also, the contact information could be added along with a clear description of the website. Obed Suhail 23:56, 26 December 2007 (PST)
  • No edits in quite some time, moving to LastChance today. TedErnst (talk) 17:00, 26 February 2008 (PST)

SocialDeviancy.com featured discussion

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  • Added to nomination process on 5 June 2007, from an old nomination that hadn't been processed.
  • I for one, love that this page was nominated, in part because of the question it raises. Although the website is not pornographic in nature, it does carry and "adult" warning due to content, and I wonder whether it's appropriate to spotlight this kind of website given that AboutUs is a resource for some younger people as well as those who might be more conservative that this website might offend. While I don't personally have a problem with this stuff (and am pleased that such issues are address on the internet), is this something the AboutUs community feels should be spotlighted? -- TakCaricatureSm.jpg TakKendrick | Talk
    • Was this question ever resolved, Tak? It seems like an unusual amount of site for a nomination to sit idle without any resolution at all. Did the submission happen to slip through the cracks again? =( - Vaelor 23:29, 12 July 2007 (PDT)
      • Hi Vaelor. Perhaps the purpose of my message last month here wasn't clear. This is the place for the discussion to take place on this. I'd been waiting for people from the community to come and discuss this here. I know that several AboutUs community members have looked at the nominees list, although no one has made a comment on this nomination or issue. And no, a month isn't an unusual amount of time on these, depending on buy-in from the community. Generally after two or three months, the discussion on featured nominations are "closed" to keep the nominees list paired down (although the option is always available to renominate pages that have been worked on).
I'm sorry if this has been confusing, with as many nominations as we get, once we've left a message with concerns or suggested actions to take the ball really is in the court of the WikiPage builder and community. I've been watching this page (both the main SocialDeviancy.com and the Feature Discussion) for several month and waiting for action or comment.
If you'd like to see a good example of the kind of community discussion that can promote a page (with similar concerns), see: RFSHQ.com. -- TakKendrick | Talk 12:11, 13 July 2007 (PDT)
  • Thanks for your prompt reply Tak. Obviously the community just isn't paying any attention to the nomination, or have decided it has not enough merit to even warrant a brief response. I guess it's out of my hands either way, but thanks for your consideration anyhow. - Vaelor 19:45, 13 July 2007 (PDT)
I understand that Tak's concerns about this site's being appropriate or not to get featured are quite realistic, and also feel that some people might find it offensive. Personally however, I'd love to have it featured. Asad | *~talk~* 02:21, 24 October 2007 (PDT)

SoftPress.com featured discussion

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  • First nominated on 11:05, 4 January 2008 (PST)
  • Redirected Article to its relevant domain page.
  • I'd been in contact via email with Ian Schray (who created this page) over the past week or so. Some of the thoughts for improvement I mentioned to him are:
* This a pretty decent page about the products, but doesn't really say much about the company. I like to think that the "AboutUs" page should include some info about the company, even if it's just a quick paragraph: "Founded in BLAH-BLAH-BLAH, Softpress has offices in YADA-YADA." (Maybe something on Intaglio too. Are there other products Softpress offers?)

* Fuller product descriptions, probably including pricing, and a link to the respective product pages for more info. 

* Maybe in addition to the Pro v. Express list (which is a good start), there can be some sort of paragraph explaining which version suits what type of people or needs. The price difference between the two is so huge, I for one as a potential customer think for $90 download I might take a chance on the Express ('cause I really hate GoLive and have never fallen in love with Dreamweaver), but if that one feature I need is going to cost me $250 for the Pro, I'm more likely to want to play with Dreamweaver for the price, just because it's got the street cred.

* On that note, maybe even a "why this is better than the competition" section wouldn't be a bad thing. Somewhere on the Softpress website I read one advantage was the "clean code" generation over other WYSIWYG editors that keep the old code. That was a serious sales point for me (although now I can't find where I read that).

* Customer testimonials (if you have them). Even just a link to them on an external site goes a long ways.
These were just my thoughts, but figured I'd let everyone see what I'd been thinking/mentioned to him as suggested edits. -- TakKendrick | talk Comment_green.gif 16:40, 8 January 2008 (PST)
  • Moving to LastChance today after no work on the page in quite some time. Please edit this discussion and/or the page to make the nomination active again. Asad | *~talk~* 04:17, 29 February 2008 (PST)

southglengarry.com/lancasterfiredepartment.htm featured discussion

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  • Nomination processed on 26 Sept. 2007 (after a nomination from a few weeks ago that had slipped through the cracks).
  • Alright, You are doing a great job and I like some of the things you have added such as the youtube video, which I feel could be used much more in featues sites. Also, the header is really cool! However, heres a few things I noticed that make the page not ready in my opinion, -the red links.. only link something internally if it has a corresponding article (unless you plan to go back and add those articles in the future. Also, the content section could be expanded or condensed depending on how you approach it. There is also the ability to remove or slide over the "toc" (table of contents). This will make room for more pictures as well.. If you need any help, just leave me a message on my talk page. Bryan Daugherty, Bryan's Talk Page
  • No edits in quite some time, moving to LastChance today. TedErnst (talk) 17:00, 26 February 2008 (PST)

SuttleMusicOnline.com featured discussion

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  • First nominated on 14:37, 27 October 2007 (PDT)
  • This page looks good and will become a stronger candidate with some contact information and an address. Obed Suhail 02:47, 10 November 2007 (PST)
  • Seems as if someone added contact information and email address. I like this article I think it is almost ready to be Featured. but it needs further editing, the writing above is just too overpowering and repititious. Repeating the Suttle name is annoying and takes away from the article itself. also no need to have the history of the Suttle person. A click on the link will bring all that to life. I am going to copyedit this tomorrow.Patty42 20:11, 28 November 2007 (PST)
  • I did a full copyedit and removed excess picture. Article is now ready to be featured. Done done Patty42 08:13, 29 November 2007 (PST)
  • One thing I really loved is the "Suttle's Music" section, with the music samples. That really makes the difference on this page. And I think the page is ready to rock and roll ;) Cle Silva 14:16, 20 February 2008 (PST)
  • Did some page formatting. Removed another picture that was confusing. --Sa'ad : msg me : email : 21:48, 20 February 2008 (PST)

Tanzanite-Gemstone.com featured discussion

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  • Added to nomination process on 6 June 2007, from an old nomination that hadn't been processed.
  • This certainly is coming along nicely. A lot of information. I wonder about how to maybe infuse some graphical elements into the WikiPage though. Pictures of the gemstones perhaps? Or just the website logo? I just think a few images would polish this up nicely. -- TakKendrick 15:43, 6 June 2007 (PDT)
  • The page looks nice but it still needs some graphical elements, as Tak mentioned above. Right now there doesn't seem to be much activity going on there. Asad | *~talk~* 20:29, 10 October 2007 (PDT)
  • I liked this page - good, detailed information provided here on Tanzanite which is very useful. I also found http://www.lapigems.com and Tanzanite.com to be good sources.
  • More work was done on this page in November and it looks pretty good now. I'm moving it from Last Chance to Under Discussion section for now. Obed Suhail 06:00, 27 December 2007 (PST)
  • Moving to LastChance today after no work on the page in quite some time. Please edit this discussion and/or the page to make the nomination active again. Asad | *~talk~* 04:17, 29 February 2008 (PST)

TazStar.com featured discussion

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  • Nomination process on 2-Oct-2007, after being nominated a few weeks ago.
  • The page looks great but there are a couple of things that might be done to improve it further. The first thing that strikes me here is that there is no contact information on this page. Also, it will be great, if we can have an image or two of the product itself on this page. Asad | *~talk~* 06:00, 16 October 2007 (PDT)
  • Good to see the product images added to this page. It's much further along now, but there's still no contact information or address on this page. The related domains section could be worked on too. Asad | *~talk~* 21:05, 21 November 2007 (PST)
  • I agree with Asad. Great page. With contact info, I think it's good to go. TedErnst (talk) 16:39, 19 February 2008 (PST)
  • I edited some sections and replaced a (not much attractive) picture by a better one (in my opinion). Just revert the changes if you don't like it. Also, I agree that since it's a commercial page, it needs at least a phone number for contact. I felt very tempted to place the toll free number they have on their site, but I was affraid they wouldn't agree with that. I liked the image gallery, however the images are lacking some description. Cle Silva 02:34, 21 February 2008 (PST)
  • After Cle's comments, I now see how much better this page could be with just a little more work one product descriptions (and even links to the pages for those products on your site?), plus the contact info, of course. TedErnst (talk) 08:27, 21 February 2008 (PST)

ThaiDye.com featured discussion

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  • First nominated on 01:38, 8 June 2007 (PDT)
  • Good use of images to bring your page to life! The jacket looks great. I would consider adding a gallery of images. For more information on how to do this, contact us on IRC chat or see recent featured pages. Adding customer testimonials and community reviews can also really improve the quality of a page. I think the Description section could also use some more information: how are the clothes made? where are they primarily sold? where are they made? You're off to a great start. Keep up the good work. -- Blake Hinckley 14:56, 28 June 2007 (PDT)
  • Webmaster was emailed today to see if they're interested in working more on this page. Obed Suhail 23:21, 27 September 2007 (PDT)
  • Thank your for that email - was glad to oblige and added info on mudmee tie-dye.
  • Sorry for responding so late. Would you still be interested in working on this page? I think it would be great to have a product gallery on this page, and maybe a testimonials section, and some layout tweaks. The images on this page right now are great but maybe they can be a bit smaller? Asad | *~talk~* 03:12, 9 January 2008 (PST)
  • Moving to LastChance today after no work on the page in quite some time. Please edit this discussion and/or the page to make the nomination active again. Asad | *~talk~* 04:17, 29 February 2008 (PST)


trafficwave.net featured discussion

One area that might make this page better is to help alleviate concerns others might have that this service could be used to create spam. What safeguards do you offer for the email receivers to avoid this. Asad | *~talk~* 23:04, 28 October 2007 (PDT)

    • TrafficWave.net uses a "double opt-in" confirmation which requires any submissions and/or subscription requests to be confirmed before their address can be entered in to the system.

For example, someone filling out a TrafficWave.net subscription form would receive a system confirmation message asking them to confirm that they did, indeed, request the information. They will then click a system-generated link to confirm. If the link is not confirmed, the address is not added to the database.

Brian Rooney TrafficWave.net LLC 29-Jun-2008

      • You might consider moving this information into the article instead of in this discussion secion, Brian. TedErnst (talk) 01:07, 29 June 2008 (PDT)
  • No edits in quite some time, moving to LastChance today. TedErnst (talk) 17:00, 26 February 2008 (PST)

TwiztedTattooSupplies.com featured discussion

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  • Nomination processed on 26 Sept. 2007 (after a nomination from a few weeks ago that had slipped through the cracks).
  • Aarevalo - it seems you should get a sense about what is possible with a WikiPage - check out Featured for some ideas of what to do here and let me know if I can help you with anything. Best, MarkDilley
  • No edits in quite some time, moving to LastChance today. TedErnst (talk) 17:00, 26 February 2008 (PST)

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uvu.channel2.org/ featured discussion


uvu.channel2.org featured discussion

  • First nominated on 10:13, 4 January 2008 (PST)

Vtap.com featured discussion

  • First nominated on 16:27, 14 December 2007 (PST)
  • This page can use some breaks in the text by adding subheadings and some more visual images to. Also the contact box is missing which can be useful if a client or company wants to get in contact with you. --Sa'ad talk•email•chat 01:47, 17 March 2008 (PDT)

WholesalePursesAndJewelry.com featured discussion

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  • First nominated on 20:18, 8 January 2008 (PST)
  • This page needs a full description, contact infomation, address and description of services. Links, relevant categories and images would be help the page be more dynamic. I suggest taking the WikiTour to see how to craft a strong page. If you need help or have questions, you can leave me a message. best, Kasey 15:24, 18 January 2008 (PST)
  • Moving to LastChance today after no work on the page in quite some time. Please edit this discussion and/or the page to make the nomination active again. Asad | *~talk~* 04:25, 29 February 2008 (PST)

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YourMilitary.com featured discussion

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  • First nominated on 13:45, 26 November 2007 (PST)
  • Appears to be some great resources listed on this page. The page is a bit long but that is largely due to the many links given. Could use some style. WillyP | talk 16:54, 18 December 2007 (PST)
  • Great resources listed. Relocating military personnel will find this page helpful. Like to read testimonials. Powerful testimonial listed. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ntbrown (talk • contribs) .

Last Chance

These are WikiPages nominated some months ago, that are about to be taken out of consideration for featuring due to lack of comments or improvements to the page. Please see the individual comments and make more. WikiPages on this list which have improvements made will be moved back into the "Still Under Discussion" section. Pages that have been sitting on the potentials list for a couple of months and haven't had any work done on them. Ideally, pages on this list have had their author(s) contacted (if contact info is available). We'll cull this list down every couple of weeks.

Due to space considerations, these pages now live on FeatureMeNominated:LastChance.

Process

This list is generated by AboutUs Staff and CommunityMembers after pages have been nominated by the community. The FeatureMeProcess page has instructions on how to add nominated pages to this list.

Discussion

Please comment on how this mechanism for promoting featured pages is working. Feel free to add any suggestions on how to improve the process.

Using "Add This Here" to nominate a page for featuring

Add This Here

I have created a Demo for how we can use it for Feature Me Process. If you click the Nominate your page to be featured link below, and add a page name, it will automatically add that page to the list. Although it will not solve all the problems, indeed it's only one step forward, but I think it's something to celebrate. Maybe we add this link somewhere on the main page, and on the Portal:AboutUsFeatureMe and wherever else we think it makes sense. We still need to understand, however, how best we can use this tool for this process.
Nominate Your Page to be Featured
Asad | *~talk~* 06:18, 7 February 2008 (PST)
Asad, could you take this one step further and write-up how this could be used instead of the current process? And then if we think it's ready to go, we can replace the current process documentation? TedErnst (talk) 09:27, 12 February 2008 (PST)

Inviting Participation in the FeatureMe process

Problem is, from where I can see, the community (I don't mean the staff, of course) doesn't seem to be much engaged in participate; we have a discussion going on here and no one else (AboutUs users like me, I mean) bothered to leave a comment, at least. So, I don't feel very confortable to point a page or my entire list, since I have no one else to back me up. If I did, I think I could spend 10-20 minutes per day to have a look on several pages and make my list (by placing comments on their respective feature discussion). Cle Silva 14:41, 11 February 2008 (PST)

Cle, I see your point. This is to be expected since we just started to figure out how to do this as a community. First off how do we get the community interested or even seeing this conversation! Let's brainstorm some ideas about how to get that kick started. Sound good? Best, MarkDilley
I think that it should be made clear to everyone that they are being invited to participate. The way it is now, it looks like "Ok, you may pass, but beware the dog!!". Ok, maybe I am exaggerating a bit, but my point is: people have to feel confident to place their comments. Things like "Edit/Add to this discussion" could be more appealing if it were "You are welcome to edit/Add to this discussion".
Also, we need to advertise the FeatureMe area. Let me give a practical example: we need to have more links pointing to the FeatureMePotentials page. For example, the "logged in" page: this one have a big blank area and, in my opinion, this should be used for more links pointing to other interesting areas on AboutUs.
When we log in, we can see a text saying "You are now logged in. You can return to (Page-You-Were-Browsing-Before)" or something like that, I can't remember exactly the text. So, what if we have an additional text and link, saying: "Or else, go to the FeatureMePotentials and give your opinion on the next pages to be featured.", or any other text, just to bring more people here. Cle Silva 02:57, 13 February 2008 (PST)


Previous Process

One staff member managed this whole process and knew which pages were ready for featuring. When he decided to feature something, he did it. Easy peasy. :-)

Current Process

Many people are involved in leaving comment for nominees. The staff have a private list of which pages are ready for featuring. We don't have to agree. If anyone thinks a page is ready, she puts it on the list (at the bottom). If someone else agrees, he puts his name next to the nomination as well, and moves it up the list. The more names, the higher it rises on the list. The entry at the top is the next one to be featured. In practice, we never have had more than two names on any one page, and never had more than 5 ready at a time.

Future Process

I could see us moving two directions. I'd love comments on either as well as other options.

1. We take the current staff "ready" list and make it public, inviting anyone to participate in the same way we're doing it now. Add your name to all that you think are ready. The list is ordered by most names to least, and we feature from the top.

Comments:
That looks like the poll I was suggesting before. Anyway, I think that if we are going to have one more list on this page, this should be splitted in more pages, otherwise it may get more and more complicated and unattractive. If not splitted, there should be a "plus sign" or a "show/hide" link beside the section title ( Example: New candidates (show|hide) ). This way, users can hide what they don't want to see. The point is: people are not interested in long pages, they just give up after a few lines read. Sounds like I am speaking by myself, but it's not that. Cle Silva 02:57, 13 February 2008 (PST)


2. We make a radical change, from this model of an individual editor building a page and the rest of us in the peanut gallery throwing suggestions, to a more community, barnraising model. The way I'm envisioning it, as a community, we choose a page or two (or whatever number we can do at any one time, with the number of people we have participating) that we're working on together, that we're barnraising. When someone new comes, they are welcome to nominate themselves to be the beneficiary of a future barnraising, and then they get to work barnraising the pages we're currently working on. That's how the community gets to know new people, and the ones that are known, will be barnraised, while those that are unknown, that don't participate helping others, will not be barnraised.

Comments:
Well, this is what is expected, but we know we can't count on this. How many people had their pages nominated and came back to give a little help? I have one idea that may be seen as if I were trying to force participation, but think of something on the "Featured Discussion" section, like "While your nomination is being processed, please take some time to review one of our New Candidates" with a link pointing to this page? Of course, this should be shown only on the candidate page, not on this one. Cle Silva 02:57, 13 February 2008 (PST)

Separate page for FeatureMeNotReady idea

Also, I think that this page should have only the pages that are REALLY ready-to-go, so the bot could work on this list. Other pages should be put in a FeatureMeNotReady list or something like that.

I think we could do something like that, maybe just by using sub-sections on this page. In fact, I think that's a great idea. Let's do that as soon as we figure out what to do about the selction process above. TedErnst (talk)

I thought of that FeatureMeNotReady list because in my opinion this page has been growing very large. Soon it may take very long time to load, even being mostly text. I saved this page on my computer just to check the file size, and the HTML file has, while I am writing this, 244 KB. Let's say my text text is 44 KB (I know I write too much), we still have 200 KB to load. Doesn't seem much, but we have to consider people struggling in dial-up connections, people with not so powerful broadband, and if the file size keeps growing, it may be even unreadable and confusing because of the so many items... So I think it should be splitted in at least 2 pages, leaving on this one the nominations that are still on the game. Cle Silva 03:08, 7 February 2008 (PST)

I'm in full support of this, and will work to make it happen. One part that is not so clear is to question of how we decide which pages are on which list. Do you have ideas about that? TedErnst (talk)

No ideas. I'm afraid to suggest something that may be misunderstood. Anyway, what if once in 2 weeks, pages that are on the "New candidates" list were moved to the "Under discussion" list, and then pages that are "Under discussion" were transfered to the other page? Cle Silva 08:49, 7 February 2008 (PST)

I took the first step on this and created FeatureMeNominated:LastChance. What does the size look like now? In order to page back this page further, we need to understand what "ready" means and who decides. More thoughts? TedErnst (talk)

That's an improvement, I liked it, that's the spirit ;) But, what "ready" means and who decides, I just don't know. And frankly, this is something I wouldn't like to dive into. Anyway, I can picture the kind of page that in my opinion is not ready, not even to be listed on the "New Candidates" list:

  • not much information;
  • too much text (blah-blah-blah), and not much information;
  • no images at all;
  • clearly intending to take advantage of the free advertisement provided by AboutUs, by announcing products and putting prices, as if AboutUs were a free ads newspaper;
  • Too much external links;
  • Not following the AboutUs wiki design standards (no wiki formatting, too much visual styles, etc...)

and the list goes on... Cle Silva 02:55, 8 February 2008 (PST)

Well, unless we have a clear idea who decides, and how, it's not going to happen, clearly. Plus, the more I think about it, the more I'm not sure who benefits. I think an easier task would be to move pages from the existing alphabetical lists to Last Chance quicker. That would get them off this page. Pages where work is going on would not have this happen, so what's left would be a cleaner, higher-quality list. What do you think? TedErnst (talk) 10:18, 8 February 2008 (PST)

Yes, that's a good option. I didn't mention that because I thought that was the way things worked: from New candidates to Under discussion (alpha list), then to Last chance. So in the end, no need for big changes. I had some more ideas, but I think they would conflict too much with the current process, so I consider finished my participation on this topic. Thank you for listening! Cle Silva 14:27, 11 February 2008 (PST)

In my opinion, we don't need to worry too much about the current process. If there's a better process and a way to take steps in that direction, we can do it. It's a wiki, so nothing's carved in stone, and we don't need to keep doing things one way just because that's the way we've done them before. TedErnst (talk) 15:12, 11 February 2008 (PST)


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