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Good articles are considered to be the best articles on MicroWiki as determined by MicroWiki's editors. Before being listed as a good article, articles must be nominated and voted upon for accuracy, neutrality, comprehensiveness, structure and style. This project is designed to help improve article quality on MicroWiki and reward good article editing and creation. At present, there are 133 good articles out of a total of 39,768 articles on MicroWiki, meaning roughly 0.334% have achieved good article status. A small blue symbol (This symbol symbolizes good content on MicroWiki.) on the top right corner of an article's page indicates that the article is of good quality.

Users that wish to be notified about new Good Article submissions are welcome to add Template:Userbox GA notifications to their userpage, to receive automated notifications periodically.

Criteria

A good article is one that is:

  1. Well-written: its prose is engaging, coherent, clear and concise, and the spelling and grammar are correct. There should be a minimal number of red links.
  2. Comprehensive: it neglects no major facts or details, is of substantial length but does not go into unnecessary detail, remaining focused on the main topic.
  3. Accurate: it is well-researched and its claims are verifiable and not in dispute.
  4. Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without bias.
  5. Illustrated: it should, where possible, be illustrated with appropriate images with succinct captions.
  6. Well-structured: it should have a concise introduction that summarises the topic and a system of hierarchical section headings with a substantial but not overwhelming table of contents.

Process

Before nominating an article, nominators may wish to receive feedback by asking an administrator. Nominators must be sufficiently familiar with the subject matter to deal with objections during the GA process. Nominators who are not significant contributors to the article should consult the author and/or regular editors of the article prior to a nomination. Nominators are expected to respond positively to constructive criticism and to make an effort to address objections promptly.

If a nominator feels that an article satisfies all the criteria, the article can be nominated by any user on the nomination page making sure that they provide the title of the article, a link to it and the signature of the nominating user. A user should only nominate one article each month. The article will then be reviewed by the community and voted on over a period of seven days after being nominated, with nominators and authors of the article being encouraged to respond to constructive criticism and to address objections promptly. While the number of votes in support or opposition are the main thing taken into account, the arguments on each side will also be considered. A nomination with several blank "support" votes and only a few "oppose" votes may still be rejected if those "oppose" votes make very good arguments against it. Neither will a simply majority be considered; broad consensus needs to be reached, which will be decided at the discretion of the administrator who closes the vote.

Following the seven day period, an administrator will determine consensus of the community and it will either be approved or rejected. If an article is approved, the community deems that it satisfies the criteria, and it will officially be listed as a Good Article. If an article is rejected, the article does not satisfy the criteria and an explanation of why will usually be provided by the reviewing users. Rejected articles should only be nominated again after one month following the previous nomination, and only if improvements have been made to improve the article since.

In the last week of each month, all Good Articles approved that month or the previous month will be voted on by the community. The approved Good Article with the highest number of votes (with admin consensus providing a deciding vote in the case of a tie) will be Featured on the Main Page for at least the first fourteen days of the new month (the Featured Article for the remainder of the month will be a previously approved Good Article decided by consensus of the admins, to ensure articles are not only ever Featured once).


Nominations for March 2024

Kingdom of Ranzania

Nominator: Razvan Juncu (talk) 11:50, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Comment by nominator: I believe this article is worthy of the Good Article status. Razvan Juncu (talk) 11:50, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

  • @Razvan Juncu: This was fun to read! For starters, remember to wikilink relevant information (linking to Wikipedia where necessary can be done [[w:like this|like this]]). See Wikipedia's manual of style for a good guide of when to wikilink entries (their policy also applies to MicroWiki). I will review the other sections later, but for right now (I worked from bottom to top for some reason)—§ Colonies can be a subsection of § Administrative divisions. Also, in the infobox for the divisions the 'Part of' parameter is unnecessary since the reader already knows that they are all part of Ranzania. Can § Relations be expanded at all (i.e. dates when Ranzania joined intermicronational organisations, means of conducting diplomacy, treaties, foreign policy, details about its relations/history with some of the micronations listed, etc)? Right now, it is very empty. § Geography is well-written and expansive but I would merge some of the shorter paragraphs into each other, i.e. the first four paragraphs of the subsection § Fauna of Ranzania would probably look better as one. Both § Ranzanian Holidays and § Traditions and Customs can be merged into each other as they cover very similar topics; this will also help make the current § Ranzanian Holidays look a lot less empty. The section can probably be called § Public holidays and traditions. The URLs in § See also should be moved to the very bottom of the article under a new section entitled External Links (also, the numbers are unnecessary—use bullet points). Template:ZedSig (talk contribs) at 05:49, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

Roscami Federation

Nominator: DesertHeat (talk) 19:04, 31 January 2023 (UTC)
  • COMMENT: I mean, this has been here a while. If anyone cares to give their opinions on this, I’d like to hear it. - DesertHeat (talk) 21:42, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
  • @DesertHeat: Giving it a quick-read through, I have some initial, minor grammatical and formatting suggestions; the article inconsistently uses both curly quotations (“ ”) and straight ones (" "); use one for consistency, ideally the straight quotation marks. Dates like "1st of March" should just be "1 March" per the Manual of Style. I see you also use only the dates a lot after the month is mentioned, like in § Political polarisation. However, the month name should always be included (unlike what we do for years). For instance, the first sentence of the § Political polarisation section should instead read "In the midst of political polarisation, the Electoral Commission began planning the 4th chamber election, with campaigning beginning in early part of November. On 13 November, the 3rd Chamber of Representatives dissolved itself by a motion presented by the Majority Caucus, in preparation of the 4th chamber election. [paragraphs break] On 22 November ..." etc. For date ranges like "3rd - 4th of December", use instead the en dash (–): "3–4 December". Lastly, the § History section is super long, taking up most of the article. It can definitely be its own separate article while the history section for this page should be abridged. This might take some time, but ping me when you are done so I can give you some other feedback regarding content, images, etc. I reckon it can attain GA status with some work! Template:ZedSig (talk contribs) at 14:03, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

Nanonation

Nominator: Template:ZedSig (talk contribs) at 19:34, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
  • COMMENT I like the article and I am ready to support once a few minor things are fixed and a suggestion is at least considered if not implemented. Minor things first, there are a few formatting things. The references are a bit strange to read for me though that might be a me problem, I am a sucker for the citation template but even if there is some other way just to improve readability for them I would want to see that, if not and it is just a consequence of the material cited being a bit strange then that is something I can live with. There is a broken file link and the dates in the table are a bit hard to read since it seems like each one just as a consequence of not knowing dates or being in the same month causes that even if it is done appropriately, similar to the citations I am not sure perfectly how to fix such but something to think of if there is a way. The quotes in the Etymology section also hinder readability, potentially using the quote template or such may help just because it would break it out but again, just something to consider. The one suggestion I would have stems from our actually very recent conversation on the MW discord, that being that list potentially becoming unsustainable or unfinishable going forward. I think replacing it with case studies of specific nanonations that demonstrate an important part of the nature of them would be something I would rather see. Other than all that nitpicking, very interesting article that I would be willing to support soon. 𝄞 StrubberContributions 01:57, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
    @Strubber: I have done everything except for the citations. How does it look now? Template:ZedSig (talk contribs) at 14:06, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Indigenous nation

Nominator: Template:ZedSig (talk contribs) at 18:59, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
  • SUPPORT: This article is clear, concise, and displays its information in an easily readable format. I understood everything in this article, and it helped formed an opinion on indigenous nations. I would be surprised if this was not approved for Good Article status. - DesertHeat (talk) at 12:24, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Featured article voting

Voting on which article will be featured on the Main Page. Voting will begin halfway through the month. Treaty of Mutual Recognition was chosen as FA by default for March cycle.

Closed nominations from February

Discussions

GUM Diss Track

Nominator: Template:ZedSig (talk contribs) at 20:18, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

Comment by nominator: Funny Template:ZedSig (talk contribs) at 20:18, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

OPPOSE For the moment, I think this is a decently written page however my main concern is that I would want to see more focus on its reception and responses from the community. While the article talks about it being the anthem of the CA until backlash, I would like to see potentially more background to why it was made, details on how it was responded to, etc. etc. I think those things would make this more justifiable, to me, to be a GA on MicroWiki. 𝄞 StrubberContributions 20:14, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
Thanks for the review! I am busy with uni right now but I'll be free to deal with this within a few weeks. Thank you :] Template:ZedSig (talk contribs) at 22:35, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
REJECTED 𝄞 StrubberContributions 22:18, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

Sovereign State of Ridgeland

Nominator: RidgelandGov (talk) 13:37, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

Comment by nominator: Me and another user from Ridgeland have been working on this article together. I hope it's good enough. It's a very long article, though. RidgelandGov (talk) 13:37, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

OPPOSE There are some current glaring issues with this page, a broken table, "Main articles:" that are just linking to red links, numerous other red links throughout the text and especially the infobox. A outlying claim of Joe Biden being "inspired" by Ridgeland seems to be a misrepresentation of the most likely defaul email received and makes me concerned about other issues being mispresented. References, while not necessary for GAs currently, should still be done correctly if used and the current plain links to tiktok and Twitter should be replaced with proper references as seen on Wikipedia or other MW pages (I.e. my own example of the references on Royal Order of the Sovereigns, also see the documentation of w:Template:Citation on wikipedia with can be used on MW). Also hard to navigate at points, many subsections should be cut down on or merged together for readability. These problems need to be fixed before I will support GA status. 𝄞 StrubberContributions 20:24, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
REJECTED 𝄞 StrubberContributions 22:18, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

Republic of Athabasca

Nominator: Xulf (talk) 19:30, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose – I know this micronation is new, but the article is still very short and lacking several sections that other micronation GAs have—§ Culture, § Economy (if applicable), § Demographics etc. Outside of this, the bold text in § Politics is not necessary; the external URLs to the constitution should be removed; and § References should go above § External links. Personally I would wait until the micronation is a bit more developed before nominating this article again.. I imagine details may frequently change for the first few months. Otherwise, make sure to expand upon these hypothetical but necessary sections! Template:ZedSig (talk contribs) at 02:41, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
REJECTED 𝄞 StrubberContributions 22:18, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

Treaty of mutual recognition

Nominator: 𝄞 StrubberContributions 03:15, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

Comment by nominator: General article on the subject. 𝄞 StrubberContributions 03:15, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

  • SUPPORT: The article I didn't know I want but the article I needed. User:Editor Moe 2 8:40, 2/3/2024.
  • Comment @Strubber: Fantastic article! I have just one comment: for the bullet points in "These additional elements or clauses may include:", could you covert this into a paragraph or two elaborating upon each of these, i.e. their definitions, purpose(s), means of achieving these clauses etc.? Other than that, I think this article is great. Template:ZedSig (talk contribs) at 20:04, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
    • Implemented a new paragraph to replace the bullet list and to add a little more detail behind the clauses. Let me know what you think! 𝄞 StrubberContributions 01:39, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
      • Changing to support per the changes implemented. Really looks good! Template:ZedSig (talk contribs) at 19:53, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
APPROVED 𝄞 StrubberContributions 22:18, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

Kingdom of Ranzania

Nominator: Razvan Juncu (talk) 11:50, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Comment by nominator: I believe this article is worthy of the Good Article status. Razvan Juncu (talk) 11:50, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

  • @Razvan Juncu: This was fun to read! For starters, remember to wikilink relevant information (linking to Wikipedia where necessary can be done [[w:like this|like this]]). See Wikipedia's manual of style for a good guide of when to wikilink entries (their policy also applies to MicroWiki). I will review the other sections later, but for right now (I worked from bottom to top for some reason)—§ Colonies can be a subsection of § Administrative divisions. Also, in the infobox for the divisions the 'Part of' parameter is unnecessary since the reader already knows that they are all part of Ranzania. Can § Relations be expanded at all (i.e. dates when Ranzania joined intermicronational organisations, means of conducting diplomacy, treaties, foreign policy, details about its relations/history with some of the micronations listed, etc)? Right now, it is very empty. § Geography is well-written and expansive but I would merge some of the shorter paragraphs into each other, i.e. the first four paragraphs of the subsection § Fauna of Ranzania would probably look better as one. Both § Ranzanian Holidays and § Traditions and Customs can be merged into each other as they cover very similar topics; this will also help make the current § Ranzanian Holidays look a lot less empty. The section can probably be called § Public holidays and traditions. The URLs in § See also should be moved to the very bottom of the article under a new section entitled External Links (also, the numbers are unnecessary—use bullet points). Template:ZedSig (talk contribs) at 05:49, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
RETAINED 𝄞 StrubberContributions 22:18, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

Roscami Federation

Nominator: DesertHeat (talk) 19:04, 31 January 2023 (UTC)
RETAINED 𝄞 StrubberContributions 22:18, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

Nanonation

Nominator: Template:ZedSig (talk contribs) at 19:34, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
  • COMMENT I like the article and I am ready to support once a few minor things are fixed and a suggestion is at least considered if not implemented. Minor things first, there are a few formatting things. The references are a bit strange to read for me though that might be a me problem, I am a sucker for the citation template but even if there is some other way just to improve readability for them I would want to see that, if not and it is just a consequence of the material cited being a bit strange then that is something I can live with. There is a broken file link and the dates in the table are a bit hard to read since it seems like each one just as a consequence of not knowing dates or being in the same month causes that even if it is done appropriately, similar to the citations I am not sure perfectly how to fix such but something to think of if there is a way. The quotes in the Etymology section also hinder readability, potentially using the quote template or such may help just because it would break it out but again, just something to consider. The one suggestion I would have stems from our actually very recent conversation on the MW discord, that being that list potentially becoming unsustainable or unfinishable going forward. I think replacing it with case studies of specific nanonations that demonstrate an important part of the nature of them would be something I would rather see. Other than all that nitpicking, very interesting article that I would be willing to support soon. 𝄞 StrubberContributions 01:57, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
RETAINED 𝄞 StrubberContributions 22:18, 24 February 2024 (UTC)