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Our current main page design was swiped from the public domain Marspedia, and was designed by Dr Ian O'Neil, who's presently one of the main people behind the Seeker News YouTube channel.
The '''Featured Articles''' component of LPedia highlights an article on the home page. Which article is featured changes from time to time.


One of this design's features is a featured article.
==Purposes==
Among the purposes of featuring an article on the home page are:
* to present a more dynamic appearance to returning visitors
* to highlight some topic that many users might find interesting but that they wouldn't otherwise easily find
* to provide examples of types of topics on which contributors might want to work
* to illustrate formats, styles, and techniques that authors/editors might want to emulate in other articles of the same type
* to inspire contributors to create and improve pages that might be worth featuring in the future


Historically, these articles haven't changed as frequently as they should.  The purpose of this page is to get better organized about this.
==History==
Wikipedia has long featured an article on its home page.  Our home page design was originally derived from the public domain Marspedia, designed by Dr Ian O'Neil, one of the main people behind the Seeker News YouTube channel; that wiki included a featured article.


==Proposed Articles to Feature==
Although we have had featured articles for most of the time that LPedia has existed, they haven't been changed often enough to properly serve the purposes outlined above, or as often as the featured articles on some other wikis. We have been working recently to address this issue.
Please add articles that are suitable to feature in this section.  The article should be in reasonably good shape and include a graphic.  If one does not exist, it must be reasonably easy to find and add one so that it can be made the featured article. If relevant, please ensure that the article is reasonably up to date (current officers and staff, is this person still alive if the article says they are, et c.)


*[[LP News]]
* [[LPedia:Featured Articles History|list of articles that have been featured in the past]]
*[[Libertarian Party of Michigan]]
 
*[[Libertarian Party of Texas]]
==Future Plans==
*[[1984 National Platform]] Needs cover of booklet
The Historical Preservation Committee is in the process of developing a plan for switching Featured Articles more frequentiy.  The following page documents the current status of this plan:
*[[Statement of Principles]]
* [[LPedia:Featured Articles Plan]]
*[[Free New York]] Needs a cover image, preferably an early one, or a logo, also preferably an early one
 
*[[Memoir Mickey, Me and the LP by D. Frank Robinson]] Needs an illustration, period photo of Frank, or similar.  Maybe also a less convoluted name.
We welcome suggestions for articles to feature.  You may add them to the list on the following page:
*[[Dallas Accord]] period photo of hotel? random photo from the convention including relevant people? Bug Marshall Beerwinkle for a usable photo?
* [[LPedia:Featured Articles Suggestions]]
*[[Libertarian Party of Illinois]]
*[[Libertarian_Party_of_Georgia]] Needs logo or other graphic
*[[Colorado CLiPboard]] could use better image than a scan of the blob logo variant -- ideally an early cover
*[[Oklahoma Libertarian Party]]
*[[Libertarian Party of Santa Clara County]]
*[[Libertarian Party of New Mexico]]
*[[Libertarian Party of Ohio]]  


==Lists==
{{Policies}}
* [[LPedia:Featured Articles History|list of articles that have been featured in the past]]


[[Category:LPedia Projects]]
[[Category: Featured Article]]
[[Category: Policies]]

Latest revision as of 00:01, 20 September 2023

The Featured Articles component of LPedia highlights an article on the home page. Which article is featured changes from time to time.

Purposes

Among the purposes of featuring an article on the home page are:

  • to present a more dynamic appearance to returning visitors
  • to highlight some topic that many users might find interesting but that they wouldn't otherwise easily find
  • to provide examples of types of topics on which contributors might want to work
  • to illustrate formats, styles, and techniques that authors/editors might want to emulate in other articles of the same type
  • to inspire contributors to create and improve pages that might be worth featuring in the future

History

Wikipedia has long featured an article on its home page. Our home page design was originally derived from the public domain Marspedia, designed by Dr Ian O'Neil, one of the main people behind the Seeker News YouTube channel; that wiki included a featured article.

Although we have had featured articles for most of the time that LPedia has existed, they haven't been changed often enough to properly serve the purposes outlined above, or as often as the featured articles on some other wikis. We have been working recently to address this issue.

Future Plans

The Historical Preservation Committee is in the process of developing a plan for switching Featured Articles more frequentiy. The following page documents the current status of this plan:

We welcome suggestions for articles to feature. You may add them to the list on the following page:


LPedia:Policies
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