Unofficial Handbook of the Virtue Universe:Featured Article
From Unofficial Handbook of the Virtue Universe
Featured articles are pages on VirtueVerse chosen for a variety of reasons and are meant to be inspirational to other users for the creation of their own pages. These articles can be chosen for their prose, style, or other unique features.
Types of Featured Articles
Nomination Process
Articles are nominated for feature by using the new Google Form to suggest pages for feature on the VirtueVerse homepage. This form is located on the VirtueVerse home page and on this page below.
Once an article has been nominated, it will be added to a list of potential front page features. It is important to note however, articles that have previously been featured cannot be featured again but will remain part of the list of featured content.
What Qualifies an Article as a Feature?
As a rule Featured Articles should follow the guidelines here as closely as possible.
- 1. Is the article well written?
- Is it free from excessive grammar, spelling or typographical errors?
- Caveat: If the item is written in character and grammatical errors and typos are used in a thematic manner to represent that character an article should not be judged poorly for this alone.
- 2. Is it an original concept free of copyright infringement or plagiarism?
- Caveat: Humor, satire, and derivative works (as defined by Fair Use) should not be considered copyright infringement, unoriginal or plagiarism.
- 3. Is this article in line with all VirtueVerse Policies & Guidelines?
- 4. This article has not been Featured previously on VirtueVerse?
- 5. Is this article complete or stable? Meaning if the article is constantly being changed or modified it may be best to let the author complete it before nominating it.
If the article you wish to nominate meets the criteria above it is qualified for nomination!
How to Nominate an Article
Please fill out the form below:
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Features FAQ
Why aren't the features rotated more often?
- How often feature content is rotated depends on two factors:
- The number of acceptable nominations who meet the criteria above submitted.
- How many sysops are available to help review nominated pages.
- VirtueVerse is a volunteer driven project and relies on sysops to donate their time to patrol the site and help out with reviewing pages nominated for feature. We also rely on the users to nominate good, complete, content for us to review. When either of those items are in short order the bulk of the work falls on a very small selection of people to seek out content to nominate and then review it to ensure its ready for feature.
- As a user you can help out! Nominate a variety of content (not just character pages) using the form above, or perhaps think about donating your time to helping the project out!
Why are Feature articles selected randomly rather then put up as a poll for the users?
- There are two reasons why we no longer put the feature nominations up to a poll by users:
- The polling process makes it take twice as long as we not only have to first review the nominated pages, but we then also have to put up a poll and wait for it to finish. By making the selection of approved pages random the process is more streamline.
- The polling process made the entire process a popularity contest, the Features aren't meant to boost someone's popularity they are meant to exhibit great pages on the site, we want everyone to have a chance to be featured if they made a great page, regardless of how many people they know.
Why would you feature something with obviously questionable content or what I personally feel is bad content?
- Opinions differ on what is good content, thats why we have a handful of sysops that help with the review process. This way even if one sysop dislikes a page another may have a different viewpoint/opinion on the page. Much like art, each VirtueVerse page is very much in the eye of the beholder.
Why don't you provide a list of pages currently approved for Feature?
- We are actually currently looking at adding this to the site. Keep an eye on this page for updates.
Why don't you provide feedback on why a page was not-approved for Feature?
- VirtueVerse relies on volunteer sysops to review the pages, for that reason we're not always able to provide a user with a complete page review. However, we are currently looking at modifying this process to provide anonymous feedback on the talk pages of content that has been nominated but not approved so that the owner can address those issues if they wish to make the page Feature ready.
Past Features
The following is an archive of all past featured content.
2011 Features
January & February
 Hero:
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March & April
 Hero:
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May & June
 Hero:
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June & July
 First PlayerMiles grew up under relatively unremarkable circumstances. No great traumas marred his childhood or adolescence. He was always a bright child, but the full scope of his intelligence didn’t become apparent until he was in high school. A true technophile in every sense of the word, Miles loved technology. All forms of it. As he grew, his technological aptitude progressed rapidly, even without increasing his study in such areas.more |  Jill WilliamsonJill Williamson is an exercise in strange for her player. The result was poor Jill, who has now been scarred for life as a result of her creator's bizarre whims. Jill's evolution has been a somewhat strange one, begun with a happy family life back in Kansas and ending with being a hero who is half kangaroo. Emotionally and physiologically, this has forced her to grow up in ways she never expected to.more |  Villain Group:
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Prior to 2011
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Characters: • Doctor Crom • Ascendant • High Jinks • Ixiie • Unchained Melodie • The Hornet • Captain Coldsnap • Dead Eye Jake • Stripling | |
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Stories:Visiting the Boys • Season of Hope • Faces of the City • I, Crom • Halfway Crooks | |
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Groups: The Sadistic Seven • Nocturne Duet | |
