UESPWiki:Featured Articles

Featured articles are articles the site's editors deem to be of the highest quality and should be held up as an example for other articles. Articles are nominated for this status below. The site's editors then review the nominees for content, style, completeness, and overall quality and place their vote. High quality images can be nominated for featured status at Featured Images.

Previous nominations are archived here.

Featured Article Process

Nomination

Any registered member can nominate any article at any time. Nominated articles should be of high quality and meet the site's style guidelines. They will frequently be recently completed articles or articles that have just undergone a substantial rewrite, but older articles are also suitable candidates.

To nominate an article, list it on the bottom of this page with a three-tier heading, (===Example===), and briefly explain why you think the article should be given featured status.

Voting

After an article has been nominated, any registered member can vote to support or oppose each nomination. Each member can only vote once for a given article, but a member may change his/her vote by striking out the original vote and replacing it with the revised vote.

To vote on an article, state whether you support or oppose the article for featured article status. A vote should be in bold, and all votes must be signed. For example:
* '''Support''': <Comment> --~~~~ or
* '''Oppose''': <Comment> --~~~~

Commenting with your vote is optional, but if you oppose a nomination, please state how the article must be improved to get your support for featured status.

If you are not yet ready to vote but would still like to add your thoughts, you may use:

* '''Comment''': <Comment> --~~~~ or
* '''Question''': <Question> --~~~~

And fill in your concerns or questions.

Decisions

UESP Administrators will periodically make decisions on article nominations. Decisions will only be made if:

• The article has been nominated for more than seven days.
• Five or more votes have been placed.
• A clear consensus has been reached (either supported or opposed for featured status).

Nominations not meeting these criteria will be left open until a decision can be reached.

Articles whose nominations pass will receive featured article status on the front page for at least two weeks and receive a small bronze star () on the top right corner. If an article achieves featured status before the present featured article's two weeks expire, it must wait its turn.

Current Featured Article

• Lore:Clockwork City

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Previous Featured Articles

Article	Dates Featured
Lore:Tiber Septim	16 August, 2021 - 16 November, 2021
Lore:Breton	28 April, 2021 - 16 August, 2021
Lore:Hircine	28 March, 2021 - 28 April, 2021
Lore:Molag Bal	28 February, 2021 - 28 March, 2021
Online:Nchuthnkarst	26 January, 2021 - 28 February, 2021
Shivering:Milchar	21 December, 2020 - 26 January, 2021
Oblivion:Jakben Imbel's House	14 November, 2020 - 21 December, 2020
Online:Moon Hunter Keep	11 October, 2020 - 14 November, 2020
Online:Tree-Minder Na-Kesh	4 September, 2020 - 11 October, 2020
Lore:Argonian	23 July, 2020 - 4 September, 2020
Lore:Imperial Legion	12 March, 2020 - 23 July, 2020
Lore:Grummite	21 December, 2019 - 12 March, 2020
Lore:Wulfharth	21 November, 2019 - 21 December, 2019
Online:Vakka-Bok Xanmeer	19 October, 2019 - 21 November, 2019
Legends:Solo Arena	19 September, 2019 - 09 October, 2019
Lore:Riften	16 July, 2019 - 19 September, 2019
Lore:Summerset Isle	16 November, 2018 - 16 July, 2019
Redguard:Observatory	12 October, 2018 - 16 November, 2018
Online:Earl Leythen	12 September, 2018 - 12 October, 2018
Lore:Sword-singers	9 July, 2018 - 12 September, 2018
Lore:Yokuda	1 April, 2018 - 9 July, 2018
Legends:Cloudy Dregs Inn	17 November, 2017 - 1 April, 2018
Morrowind:Balmora	10 September, 2017 - 17 November, 2017
Skyrim:Alduin's Bane	13 April, 2017 - 10 September, 2017
Skyrim:Mzinchaleft	28 February, 2017 - 13 April, 2017
Skyrim:Music	3 December, 2016 - 28 February, 2017
Skyrim:Construction	24 September, 2016 - 3 December, 2016
Skyrim:Ancano	3 September, 2016 - 24 September, 2016
Lore:Almalexia	28 July, 2016 - 3 September, 2016
Oblivion:Amusei	18 June, 2016 - 28 July, 2016
Lore:Sancre Tor	16 May, 2016 - 18 June, 2016
Lore:Snow Elf	15 April, 2016 - 16 May, 2016
Skyrim:Mountain Climbing	4 January, 2016 - 15 April, 2016
Lore:Necromancy	22 November, 2015 - 4 January, 2016
Dragonborn:Dragonborn (quest)	15 October, 2015 - 22 November, 2015
Online:Pets	8 August, 2015 - 15 October, 2015
Skyrim:Erandur	1 July, 2015 - 8 August, 2015
Skyrim:Sheogorath	29 May, 2015 - 1 July, 2015
Daggerfall:Vampirism	27 April, 2015 - 29 May, 2015 (revoked October 2016)
Skyrim:Balgruuf the Greater	25 March, 2015 - 27 April, 2015
Lore:Skyrim	23 February, 2015 - 25 March, 2015
Lore:Sheogorath	20 January, 2015 - 23 February, 2015
Lore:Imperial Legion	15 December, 2014 - 20 January, 2015
Skyrim:Frostflow Abyss	27 September, 2014 - 15 December, 2014
Skyrim:Arniel Gane	27 August, 2014 - 27 September, 2014
Lore:Tiber Wars	27 July, 2014 - 27 August, 2014
Skyrim:Thonar Silver-Blood	24 June, 2014 - 27 July, 2014
Lore:Potema	28 May, 2014 - 24 June, 2014
Skyrim:Isran	24 April, 2014 - 28 May, 2014
Skyrim:Lost to the Ages	22 March, 2014 - 24 April, 2014
Lore:Nerevar	22 February, 2014 - 22 March, 2014
Skyrim:Chillrend	22 January, 2014 - 22 February, 2014
Dragonborn:Neloth	22 December, 2013 - 22 January, 2014
Lore:Scourge	20 November, 2013 - 22 December, 2013
Skyrim:Thieves Guild (faction)	20 October, 2013 - 20 November, 2013
Oblivion:Glarthir	19 September, 2013 - 20 October, 2013
Dragonborn:Lost Legacy	19 August, 2013 - 19 September, 2013
Skyrim:Ulfric Stormcloak	18 July, 2013 - 19 August, 2013
Skyrim:Darkness Returns	18 June, 2013 - 18 July, 2013
Dragonborn:The Final Descent	18 April, 2013 - 18 June, 2013
Skyrim:Irkngthand	16 March, 2013 - 18 April, 2013
Shivering:Jyggalag	11 February, 2013 - 16 March, 2013
Skyrim:Easter Eggs	9 January, 2013 - 11 February, 2013
Skyrim:Dragon	29 November, 2012 - 9 January, 2013
Skyrim:Delphine	29 October, 2012 - 29 November, 2012
Skyrim:Thalmor	28 September, 2012 - 29 October, 2012
Skyrim:Legate Rikke	27 August, 2012 - 28 September, 2012
Skyrim:Cicero	24 July, 2012 - 27 August, 2012
Skyrim:Forsworn	3 May, 2012 - 24 July, 2012
Skyrim:Forbidden Legend	30 April 2012 - 3 May 2012
Lore:Khajiit	30 March, 2012 - 30 April, 2012
Skyrim:The Black Star	21 February, 2012 - 30 March, 2012
Skyrim:The Only Cure	10 December, 2011 - 21 February, 2012
Lore:Vivec (god)	20 November, 2011 - 10 December, 2011
Oblivion:The Path of Dawn	16 October, 2011 - 20 November, 2011
Shivering:Syl	30 July, 2011 - 16 October, 2011
Daggerfall:Journey to Aetherius	30 June, 2011 - 30 July, 2011
Morrowind:Vivec	30 May, 2011 - 30 June, 2011
Books:The Infernal City	28 April, 2011 - 30 May, 2011
Shivering:Golden Saint	January 2011 - April 2011
Shadowkey:Glacier Crawl	November 2010 - January 2011
Morrowind:Seyda Neen	October 2010 - November 2010
Lore:Septim Dynasty	July 2010 - October 2010
Oblivion:Janus Hassildor	May 2010 - July 2010
Oblivion:Arcane University	February 2010 - May 2010
Lore:Black Marsh	December 2009 - February 2010
Oblivion:Rosethorn Hall	October 2009 - December 2009
Oblivion:Adanrel	May 2009 - October 2009
Oblivion:Creatures	January 2009 - May 2009
General:Playing DOS Installments under DOSBox	November 2008 - January 2009
Morrowind:Armor Artifacts	September 2008 - November 2008
Oblivion:Houses	July 2008 - September 2008
Oblivion:Artifacts	June 2008 - July 2008
Oblivion:Traps	May 2008 - June 2008
Oblivion:Classes	October 2007 - May 2008
Lore:Daedric Alphabet	November 2006 - October 2007
Lore:Khajiit	August 2006 - November 2006 (revoked August 2011)

Nominations and Votes

Online:Volendrung

Volendrung only spawns 4-5 times per day, and thus learning its behavior for documentation purposes is put on a strict time table. There's also the fact that the artifact has about 30 minutes that it will be up, and you are competing with other players over obtaining the artifact. Even if you pick up Volendrung, it will eventually kill you and someone is likely to take it away before you are able to grab it. The things I documented in the page are primarily from my own personal testing in PVP scenarios, and I also consulted with patch notes to fill in any gaps that we know of. I believe the top section can be spruced a bit, but this is the best we are going to get the page. We probably have the most informative page on the artifact on the internet. The only thing I can think of that we are missing is the sound effects for the hammer spawning, being revealed, and despawning, which would require someone to be on and recording when those three events happen, which makes it unlikely to obtain.

• Support: As nominator. - Zebendal (talk) 09:11, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

• Comment: One thing that I am unsure of changing is the sentence

"first of many artifacts stolen by Sheogorath. He unleashed the artifacts upon Cyrodiil for the purpose of putting an end to his boredom surrounding the lack of chaos in the Three Banners War, and for the fun of keeping his Daedric siblings on their guard."

Reason why I worded it like that is because the Devs stated that they planned to add multiple artifacts, and Sheogorath worded it like he plans to do so as well. Should I reword that bit?- Zebendal (talk) 09:28, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

• Support: Very well rounded ESO article, good use of imagery Imperialbattlespire (talk) 12:36, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
• Comment:I have added subsections to the page, and we now have 2/3 of the audio for volendrung, specifically spawning and despawning. All we need is the Volendrung reveal audio. -Zebendal (talk) 01:49, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

Lore:Blades

Nominating mostly my own page here, I think the dramatic difference between what the page used to look like before the massive overhaul is pretty evident if you look at https://en.uesp.net/w/index.php?title=Lore:Blades&diff=2181994&oldid=2180708 what the page used to look like compared to now.

• Support: As nominator. Imperialbattlespire (talk) 10:37, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
• Support: Excellent page, covers every nook and cranny that exists on the Blades. Obviously I have to support this.Zebendal (talk) 10:43, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
• Support: This page has everything I, or another reader could want to know on this subject, great use of imagery, just a solid page. Support.Dcking20 (talk) 05:29, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
• Comment: Solid page, well seasoned with images. I only have two problems that prevent me from supporting. Firstly, I think the Dragonguard stuff should be moved to its own article. Secondly, I don't like the use of certain images that aren't necessarily in-universe depictions. The Oblivion icon from the UI and the Blades logo may not conform with the Tamrielic perspective laid out in the lore guidelines. -Dcsg (talk) 23:27, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
  • Reply: I had similar concerns about the Blades icon until I recalled the Emblem decoration from that game, the description of which makes the in-universe connection clear. This isn't the first time we've seen game icons appear in-universe (e.g., Moon-and-Star, Oht, the Ouroboros), so I don't have any issues with the use of this one in lorespace. —⁠Legoless (talk) 14:52, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
• Comment: I agree with Dcsg on the matter of Dragonguard information being moved to its own page. The Dragonguard part can be mentioned, and a navigation link should be provided after such a mention. Other than that, the page is great. -MolagBallet (talk) 13:46, 28 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Comment: Amending my comment to add: the section on Sai Sahan's Dragonguard is gratuitously long, to the point where it warrants the Dragonguard stuff going on a different page. I felt like I should clarify that. The Blades and the Dragonguard are intertwined, one comes from the other, etc. But a lot of the "just Dragonguard" stuff doesn't have anything to do with the Blades themselves, secret service of the Emperor. I think the information can be removed and replaced with a summary on how the Dragonguard came to be the Blades. -MolagBallet (talk) 13:51, 28 June 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose:I tried to split them up but I should have done a talk page, but like the others said these are two different factions and need to be treated as such so I oppose the nomination based on those grounds. All the Dragonguard stuff should be on the Dragonguard lore page, and the Blades page must, focus mainly on the actual Blades faction, which means its should give a brief description of what came before maybe a small paragraph with the Dragonguard but the Dragonguard must not be the main focus like it is. If its seperated, and we get two separate lore pages, then I'll happily change my vote. I am however impressed by the work you put into it so not downing it at all just, it needs to be two lore pages.TheVampKnight (talk) 07:50, 4 August 2021 (UTC)

Lore:Sea of Ghosts

A very expensive article covering every aspect of Tamriel's northern waters. There is a lot of information to cover on this topic, and the article is neatly divided into history, society, and geographic sections. It also makes excellent use of imagery from the games and provinces this body of water has appeared in.

• Support: As nominator. —⁠Legoless (talk) 10:18, 30 July 2021 (UTC)
• Support:This has my support, looks good. TheVampKnight (talk) 22:09, 31 July 2021 (UTC)
• Support Croaker (talk) 06:52, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
• Support: A very thorough article. The islands section is very useful at summarizing the places mentioned from across each game. The Rim of the Sky (talk) 22:14, 18 June 2022 (UTC)

Lore:Ghost

I normally don't consider the lore pages I create myself as nomination worthy per say, but this project wasn't done by me alone, but another great editor WriterS who really made this page possible, and this allowed the page to be made in such a great manner. Only reason why I'm upping it for a nomination status, as it goes into great details on Ghosts and how they function and what they are, and the unique lore they provide. Plus I always like to hear good feedback on what can be improved with it. So its a win for me either way.

• Support: As nominator.TheVampKnight (talk) 09:34, 4 August 2021 (UTC)

Skyrim:Fishing (activity)

Very comprehensive page with almost any detail you might want to find about the topic. It would also give some attention to our Creation Club project. --Ilaro (talk) 16:08, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

• Support: As nominator. --Ilaro (talk) 16:08, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
• Support: Probably the most detailed fishing overview on the internet. --Zebendal (talk) 23:18, 18 March 2022 (UTC)
• Support: It is very well done page that covers the topic extensively.Tyrvarion (talk) 01:41, 19 March 2022 (UTC)