Forum:CT Archive/Showcasing Good articles: Part II

Hey everyone,

I hope I can be forgiven for starting this new CT before the closure of the first one. Three separate CTs will be required to get this show up and running, and since the first CT seems to be a snowball, I figured it would be OK to attempt to expedite the process. If not, sorry. :/

I was hoping that this second CT would be the final one, but in order to vote on these options --- that is, themed weeks, image alignment, the idea of a float --- we'll first need consensus on the two votes here. Menkooroo 05:11, March 14, 2012 (UTC)

Vote #1
Where on the main page do we put our showcased daily Good article? Two options were proposed in the Senate Hall thread. Feel free to add more options.

Option 1: Put it under the FA queue, include the picture and intro. Pretty simple; put the GA under the FA.

Option 2: Replace the Random FA & GA box in the upper right corner, also include full picture and intro. This option was presented as part of our larger quest to revamp the Main Page.

Option 1: Put it under the FA queue, include full picture and intro

 * 1) I definitely think the Random FA & GA box needs to be updated, but I think that the bottom of the Main Page is the best place for the daily Good article. There's currently a lot of blank space there that we need to fill, and the GA below the FA makes the most sense. We can vote later on things like changing the colour of the box and the alignment of the image. Menkooroo 05:11, March 14, 2012 (UTC)

Vote #2
So, we want to give Good articles their own queue. We have over 1400 existing Good articles, and over the past year, we've been passing an average of 35.3 new ones every month. Based on discussion in the Senate Hall thread, I have four options here on how we should organize the queue. If you have other ideas, feel free to add them.

Option 1: Showcase every existing GA first. Start at the beginning of Good article nominations/History and add the 1400 existing Good articles to the queue in chronological order.

Option 2: Showcase newly-passed GAs only. With an average of over thirty GAs passing every month, keep the queue filled up with only new ones. Note that this option doesn't preclude the possibility of putting the old ones on the Main Page in some form; we could have something like a single line saying "Today's three other GAs" with links to them. Anyway, if Option 2 passes, we can figure that out in CT #3.

Option 3: Showcase new GAs from Monday to Friday, and old GAs on the weekend. This was something we cooked up in the Senate Hall thread because some thought it would be unfortunate to not give old GAs a chance to shine. This option accepts that giving all 1400 existing GAs the full intro-picture treatment is a pipe dream, but it's content with at least giving it to some of them, and with setting a foundation for all of them to eventually be showcased on the main page.

This option also allows for the Agricorps to raise or lower the amount of new GAs being showcased per week without the need for a CT. If we hit a slump where less than 20 new GAs are passing every month, the Agricorps could do 4 new GAs and 3 old ones every week for a month in order to prevent a shrinking queue. If we hit a high and pass something like 40 - 50 new GAs every month, the Agricorps could do six or seven new GAs a week for a while so that the queue doesn't become monstrously long.

Option 4: Rotate weeks --- new GAs one week, old GAs the next. Bob suggested this idea at the end. It would see ~182 each new and old GAs showcased every year.

Option 3: Showcase new GAs from Monday to Friday, and old GAs on the weekend

 * 1) Five new GAs a week, two old ones. Option 1 would give us a four-plus-year-long queue before any new GAs could be showcased, and Option 2 would give an unfortunate shaft to all of the existing GAs. But Option 3! We use the old GAs as reserves. As queue-propper-uppers. We showcase them on the weekend, and with 1400 of them in waiting, we never, ever have to worry about the possibility of a shrinking queue. Since the Agricorps can raise or lower the amount of old GAs being showcased per week at will, we can also prevent a ridiculously long queue from forming. A few of the really old GAs need some cleanup at the beginning of their bios, and I invite everyone to help me do that, but a lot of them have held up well. Option 3 keeps the queue focused on newly-passed GAs but doesn't give the shaft to old ones, either. It's the best of both worlds. It prevents the possibility of a shrinking queue and sets a foundation for every existing GA to one day be showcased on the Main Page. Menkooroo 05:11, March 14, 2012 (UTC)