Dispatches: Featured article writers—the 2008 leaders
Featured articles (FA) recognize Wikipedia's best work on the main page and serve as a model for Wikipedia's articles. Only one in every 1,130 Wikipedia articles has attained featured article status; 10 people nominated a fifth of the 719 FAs that were promoted in 2008.
| Editor | FAs promoted in 2008 |
|---|---|
| YellowMonkey | 22 |
| David Fuchs | 20 |
| Brianboulton | 17 |
| Hurricanehink | 15 |
| Awadewit, Jimfbleak and Juliancolton | 13 |
| Catalan, Nergaal and Serendipodous | 12 |
SandyGeorgia, delegate to Featured article director Raul654 at Featured article candidates (FAC), interviewed three FA writers for The Signpost. These three editors—the primary contributors to a combined 73 Featured articles overall (59 in 2008)—discussed their experiences with the Featured article process:
- YellowMonkey, writing on diverse topics such as Vietnamese history, Australian swimmers and cricketers.
- David Fuchs, primarily focusing on video games.
- Brianboulton, specializing in Antarctic exploration.
Hurricanehink, who nominated 43 featured articles on hurricanes in his 3 1/2 years of active editing, including 15 in 2008, retired on January 8, 2009. He was interviewed as a Featured list writer in the January 3, 2009 Dispatch.