Pikipedia:Featured article
Featured articles are articles that are notorious for their quality and importance. They should be complete in content, well written, follow the policies and interesting enough to be put on the front page. They should also have a very minimal amount of tasks that need to be done, and should not be about spoiler-heavy subjects.
In order to keep the front page fresh, but to not overload the editors, the featured article is changed every two months. To decide what article to feature next, all editors are encouraged to nominate and vote on articles. When the time comes to change to a new article, one trusted editor gets tasked with checking the nominations, discussing with the community tie-breakers and other details, and update the front page. Detailed instructions for that editor can be found on the talk page.
Current featured article
Hint
Hints are a game mechanic in Pikmin 3 Deluxe that give advice on what to do in the game. Their purpose is to assist players who are not sure what to do to advance in the game's story. Hints consist of some text, some images, and in most cases, arrows on the ground pointing towards the next destination.
Previous featured articles
For a while, the featured article to display on the main page as picked at random from a list, every time the user loaded the page. It was eventually changed to the non-rotation system, where a simple log of features has also been kept:
| Article | Start date | End date |
|---|---|---|
| Perplexing Pool | March 30th, 2008 | April 18th, 2008 |
| 7-day run (Pikmin 2) | April 18th, 2008 | May 13th, 2008 |
| Super Smash Bros. Brawl | May 13th, 2008 | June 10th, 2008 |
| Scale | June 10th, 2008 | August 29th, 2008 |
| The Ship | August 29th, 2008 | October 3rd, 2008 |
| Figwort | October 3rd, 2008 | December 3rd, 2008 |
| Bulbmin | December 3rd, 2008 | January 26th, 2009 |
| Caustic Dweevil | January 26th, 2009 | May 6th, 2009 |
| Beady Long Legs | May 6th, 2009 | June 18th, 2009 |
| Wistful Wild | June 18th, 2009 | August 18th, 2009 |
| Planet of the Pikmin | August 18th, 2009 | March 24th, 2010 |
| Waterwraith | March 24th, 2010 | September 23rd, 2010 |
| 2-Player Battle | September 23rd, 2010 | February 23rd, 2011 |
| Purple Pikmin | February 23rd, 2011 | April 12th, 2011 |
| Smoky Progg | April 12th, 2011 | August 19th, 2011 |
| Mamuta | August 19th, 2011 | March 16th, 2012 |
| Brute Knuckles | March 16th, 2012 | May 23rd, 2012 |
| Burrowing Snagret | May 23rd, 2012 | March 18th, 2013 |
| Gate | March 18th, 2013 | June 21st, 2013 |
| Onion | June 21st, 2013 | December 25th, 2014 |
| Carrying | December 25th, 2014 | March 1st, 2015 |
| Prototype Detector | March 1st, 2015 | June 1st, 2015 |
| Arctic Cannon Larva | June 1st, 2015 | August 1st, 2015 |
| Music in Pikmin 2 | August 1st, 2015 | October 1st, 2015 |
| Fruit | October 1st, 2015 | December 1st, 2015 |
| Spray | December 1st, 2015 | February 1st, 2016 |
| 10 day run | February 1st, 2016 | April 2nd, 2016 |
| 100 Pikmin limit | April 2nd, 2016 | June 1st, 2016 |
| Koppaite text | June 1st, 2016 | ongoing |