KHWiki:Votes for featured media/2015

Featured Media is a place to show the artwork, images, and sounds that make this wiki an interesting and engaging experience for visitors. It will also encourage wiki members to improve the quality of existing works. The rules and guidelines are a work-in-progress; if you have suggestions, please leave them on the Talk Page.

Nomination Guidelines
So, what makes a bit of media eligible for nomination? Here are the guidelines:


 * The media should represent and support the article or articles it appears in. A full-body shot focusing on one character is better than a blurry screen capture where the character is in the image, but not the focus, for example. Orphan media not linked to an article or non-Kingdom Hearts materials that appears on User pages is not eligible.
 * The media should be appropriately high-quality. Images should be of good resolution with minimal or no artifacting, but not absurdly large. Sound clips should be clear and easy to hear, but not excessively long.
 * The media, like all things on the wiki, should be from official or officially-verified sources. No fan art, no matter how awesome.
 * The media nominated must be hosted in this wiki. Items hosted elsewhere, such as YouTube clips, are ineligible.
 * The media must meet guidelines for fair-use. A thirty-second sample of "Simple and Clean" is fine; the entire song uploaded to the wiki is not.

Nomination Process
You have something that meets the above rules, so now what? Well, on the first day of the month, post a link to your nominated media and sign your nomination with ~ ! Remember, though, only one nomination per user per month! Pretty easy, right?

There is one more rule to keep this from becoming one big popularity contest. After the winning media is announced, any media in that category becomes ineligible for nominations for the next two months. For example, the image of an Angel Star was the selected media for October, 2008. That means that for the next two voting cycles in November and December, images from the Heartless Category were ineligible for nomination and would be dismissed if suggested. Likewise, the picture of Ansem, Seeker of Darkness would have also been ineligible, even though he appears in the Character category as well. Images with more than one category will only have one of them "blocked" to make sure there is a fair selection of categories available. There will always be two categories which images cannot be nominated from; they are listed at the top of the nomination block.

The category or categories are also considered "locked-in" from the beginning of the month, so don't bother changing them to get around the rules. Trying to edit media categories to suit your whims will only attract the wrath of staff and admins, and certainly get your nomination privileges revoked.

Voting
Editors have one vote; they must put their vote and signature, ( ~ ) underneath the nominee of their choice. Those who nominated media can have their nomination counted as their vote and do not need to post again; if they want to change, they simply need to sign under another nominee and their vote will be moved.

In the event of ties, we will hold tiebreakers beginning on the 20th of the month.

On the last day of the month, votes will be tallied, and the winner will become the next Featured Media!

September 2010
Ineligible Categories: Items, Characters
 * Gummi Ship Workshop - Okay, let's stop beating around the bush: there is no better sidestory element than Gummi Ships. Who doesn't love to blow up collosal machines, towers, and demonic swarms of Heartless and Nobodies in your tiny little Highwind, with your two teeny-weeny Teeny Ships nearby? Er, anyway, the image is an original Kingdom Hearts piece of artwork, but drawn in the Disney style of artwork. I like the merge, do you? -- 02:44, August 1, 2010 (UTC)


 * The Cover of the BBS Ultimania By the time this is put on the page, BbS will be less than a week away. We are all anticipating it, and now is the time for the BbS craze to begin.  Besides that, I think we should at least do some sort of written content (as I haven't seen any) for the featured media, as well as the fact that this is a great picture.  That is all.


 * Land of Departure Art As The Inixestent said, BBS mania will be in full force by the time the next featured media is set in place. Both of these opposing images are formidable, but the wiki's going through changes right now, and what better place to start those changes than the Land of Departure? Not to mention there's an unsightly IGN logo in the bottom left-hand corner of the gummi ship workshop image...

August 2010
Ineligible Categories: Worlds, Items
 * World of Chaos - Guardian - It's a bird! It's a plane! It's--well, it's undeniably one of the best renders that we have, if not the best. This is a beautiful boss image that will surely turn a few heads, and lead them to learn more about the mysterious and incredible World of Chaos, the original final boss of the Kingdom Hearts series! -- 06:18, July 1, 2010 (UTC)


 * 1) It's a mega heartless ship and it's fun to fight it gets my vote.--ZACH 18:54, July 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) Beautiful image. Glorious  CHAOS!  04:17, July 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * 3) It's going to eat me!!!! Oh wait... it's just a picture. *phew*
 * 4) YES!!! Go SoT for the amazing pictures!  Plus, this thing pwns...
 * 5) looks dark and demented, but somehow intriguing...it's got my vote. &quot;Sum non video, pro timeo est scutum... Et cum, Ego deleo lux, desidero patriam, semper pugno&quot; ~ Blixna_Waka(A.K.A. &quot;Mr. Ancient Latin&quot;) 00:10, July 12, 2010 (UTC)
 * 6) Awesome look. I want one.  Blackhearted.Knight 17:39, July 16, 2010 (UTC)
 * The Cover to Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days - The game that fully explained Kingdom Hearts II should be remembered the most by everyone on this wiki. It's considered by some to be the greatest game of the series and I'd like to make sure everyone captures all the history and madness from just this one game. Every day (in August)! -- If I had a hairbrush,  that would be amazing!   Pregnancy?  06:34, July 1, 2010 (UTC)


 * Disney Castle Exterior - Okay, my first nomination for Featured Media: I think this is a wonderful image of one of the key places in the Kingdom Hearts universe; Disney Castle. The tall spires stretching towards a beautiful, blue sky reminds us all about reaching out and realising our dreams! -- 11:16, July 1, 2010 (UTC) Ineligible: "Worlds" category is closed for the month of August 2010.
 * 1) On second thought...... That struck a chord in that wretched heart of mine. 11:46, July 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) Wonderful image. - Lev  L  12:00, July 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 3) Pretty...:D 12:03, July 1, 2010 (UTC)


 * Lion Form - Thanks for telling me that the "Worlds" category means "Locations"... Anyway, I think that this image is one of the best to illustrate the bond between Square Enix and Disney. Also, this Summer, I've become addicted to The Lion King, as many of you can tell. ^_^ -- 18:50, July 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) Crono likey! -- 17:21, July 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) I love this form--Xabryn 18:57, July 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 3) Sora looks cute in this form!
 * 4) LION FORM COMPELS YOU! But not as much as Ninja+Butterfly+Guns+Lazers and Chameleon dragon... -- Xion 4  ever  23:52, July 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 5) I should have known. 03:14, July 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * 6) I like it, way to go, Dan! KHCoM-Namine.gif Hikari  KH  KHCoM-Namine.gif. 19:17, July 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * 7) RAARR.
 * 8) Lion Sora won this time. :3 --http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab305/WarriorsFirestar/FotoFlexer_Photo.jpg史克威尔 罗克斯 http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab305/WarriorsFirestar/FotoFlexer_Photo-1.jpg 01:17, July 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * 9) Only reason I'm not going with DTN's nomination is because if one looks closely, you see it's just a crappy T-render. I think the Wiki is better than that. - Eternal  Nothingness  XIII  09:04, July 13, 2010 (UTC)
 * 10) I like the Lion form, and the image, too. - Lev  L  17:49, July 16, 2010 (UTC)
 * 11) As KKD said, Rawr. ^_- -- 15:27, July 27, 2010 (UTC)
 * Fresh Breeze - I like it. Nuff said. -- If I had a hairbrush,  that would be amazing!   Pregnancy?  19:12, July 2, 2010 (UTC) Ineligible: Only one nomination per user per month.

Selected Image: Lion Form JESUS CHRIST IT'S LION FORM GET IN THE GUMMI SHIP -- 02:44, August 1, 2010 (UTC)



July 2010
Ineligible Categories: Weapons, Worlds
 * Tranquil Shard, Tranquil Stone, Tranquil Gem, and Tranquil Crystal - Since these images are particularly small, I am nominating the complete set of them. Never have we featured any item images, so this would be a great "first" to show our diverse collection of great images. Also, we can show some of our less "worldly" readers and viewers some Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix-exclusive material. Our synthesis articles are also looking great with the format and work that has been put on them, so this is a great way to feature them as well. Lastly, the items gradually increase in "warmth" color-wise, much like the heat in North America. Vote for this, yas? -- 07:56, June 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) YAS. Way to make a difference. :D 13:10, June 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) Oooo. Very nice. ^^-- Xion  4  ever  23:10, June 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 3) Different. I like different. And fire...  =D  21:46, June 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * 4) A very good idea to use 4 images at once.--ZACH 21:53, June 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * Eh, what the heck. We could always try something new. Right DTN? #Sound good to me KHCoM-Namine.gif Hikari  KH  KHCoM-Namine.gif. 22:17, June 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) definitely got my vote. I should be fully back soon, everyone.
 * 2) That's new... So diferent, yet so normal. I feel the PARADOX.
 * 3) Way to think outside the box DTN. -- 18:19, June 8, 2010 (UTC)
 * 4) Crono likey :D サイクス、  月の悪魔のダンス  18:37, June 8, 2010 (UTC)
 * 5) Got my vote. 12:06, June 20, 2010 (UTC)
 * The Cover of the BBS Ultimania -Even if you think that the BBS Craze shouldn't start yet, I think we should at least do some sort of written content (as I haven't seen any). Besides, this is a great picture.  If you don't think we should do a BBS type- thing, then we could always do some sort of other Ultimania.  That is all.
 * 1) The first Ultimania to use CG in the cover design, it surely has my vote23:43, June 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) This picture looks awesome. It has my vote. FinalMix+ 07:56, June 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * 3) I really love this cover. It's just awesome. maggosh 21:47, June 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * Saix Beserk- I'm not sure of the rules regarding nominations, but I nominate this as the featured media because it shows just how crazy the members of the organization really were....Is that enough for a nom?
 * Lindworm - This is the only weapon of Organization XIII that I am drawn to, even Saïx's banana. It also seems to me very colourful and reminisent (the top) to Yuffie's shikurien. --Ansem Chain of Memories.gif I'll  Crush  You!  21:42, June 2, 2010 (UTC) Ineligible: "Weapons" category is closed for the month of July 2010.

Selected Image: Tranquil Materials A set of whimsical yet beautiful synthesis materials 01:17, July 6, 2010 (UTC)



June 2010
Ineligible Categories: Artwork, Weapons ''You guys are aware that nominations are not limited to the first day of the month, right? ^_^ 17:46, May 1, 2010 (UTC)''
 * Yes, we are, but we just had to put in the nominations on the first day, n'est-ce pas ? And by the way, I thought I'd give it a shot before my first-year LLB finals tomorrow. I reckon that if I'd done it any later, it'd be a total waste. 06:35, May 2, 2010 (UTC)

''Troisnyxetienne's nomination is artwork, isn't it? Thus, it should be ineligible?'' - Eternal  Nothingness  XIII  11:22, May 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * It actually counts as a World Image, since the Awakening is a level in the game. 21:38, May 2, 2010 (UTC)

''Yes, but it's ARTWORK of a World image. But hey, I'm pulling for TNE. Keep it, then ^_^'' - Eternal  Nothingness  XIII  21:53, May 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * That especially applies, of course, if you can actually hear Destati playing in your head. Since it's exam day today I can clearly hear Destati, tendi la mano.... early in the morning when the sun rises. Already. The urgency is there.

Wait, isn't it already June by UTC standards ?


 * Awakening (KH1) This is the first time I'm ever suggesting Featured Media, but at any time between next month and August, we probably wouldn't be revising the fundamentals of Kingdom Hearts. So now, feast your eyes on the Awakening... while it's here ! ^_^ 09:10, May 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) I really do love this image, it gets my vote =) 10:58, May 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) Dang. I forgot to find an image to nominate. I'll just have to vote for this one.
 * 3) Why not?
 * 4) Awesome image. To continue the actual article was a featured article a few months ago...-- Xion 4  ever  20:25, May 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 5) Stain glass and falling sleeping people > Dragons. I fear this may be ineligible, but here's my vote ^_^ - Eternal  Nothingness  XIII  11:22, May 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * 6) This image is JFHAVOC TESTED! JFHAVOC APPROVED! ;D -- 04:30, May 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * 7) I vote for the Awakening as well, but I think the combined Awakening of Ventus and Vanitas would look nice. FinalMix+ 11:00, May 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * 8) I don't like the Awakening, but I do like this image. - Lev  L  10:55, May 13, 2010 (UTC)
 * 9) Oh I love this picture! It has my vote.--No.i 15:58, May 13, 2010 (UTC)
 * 10) It's a great picture. Silver  Crono  01:23, June 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * Storm Rider Alright, here is my opinion: we have not featured an image of enemy in several months, and not a boss in nearly a year. However, the main reason I am nominating this is because that June 19th, 2010 will be the 12th anniversary of the Mulan Disney film. Let's celebrate with a Mulan image, Kingdom Hearts style! -- 10:50, May 1, 2010 (UTC)


 * 1) I second the Storm Rider- that thing was fun to fight... oh, yeah, and the Mulan thing too...


 * 1) I third it. Mulan was great. Organization 13 18:13, May 31, 2010 (UTC)

Selected Image: Dive into the Heart The Awakening returns to the main page! 07:56, June 1, 2010 (UTC)



May 2010
Ineligible Categories: World, Artwork
 * Sitar - Demyx's sitar is a symbol of music, and I think the following musical lyrics express the entire month of may for a large part of the community: "School's... OUT! FOR! SUMMER!" Also, we have not had featured media of a weapon in over a year. -- 03:57, April 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) I agree with DTN, and I also think it's a little too early for the BBS craze. (Even though it's been going on since about a month after Days came out). -- 07:22, April 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) Yes... I agree. That's a great picture and all, but we need something besides character captures. That's what we have this month, and that's all anyone votes for. -- 01:25, April 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * 3) Concidering that we haven't had a weapon for featured media in over a year, I think we should have this. Also, we will probably have heaps of BBS media for a while after it is released and it may get boring. Danjam 07:53, April 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * 4) Considering I won last month's featured media, I'm gonna stay out of the race this time. A weapon has been long called for as featured media, and if I get all of my exemptions in school, May is, as DTN put it: "School's.. OUT! FOR! SUMMER!" for me. Anyway, it's got my vote.
 * 5) Easy there, Alice Cooper. :p -- Xion  4  ever  15:06, April 8, 2010 (UTC)
 * 6) Dance Media Dance! (I know, that pun sucked. But Demix is great, and so is the Sitar) 01:29, April 13, 2010 (UTC)
 * 7) I like my sitar, I like my sitar, I play the sitar, sitar, wherever I--*shot* Oh, sorry. Just got a little carried away there. -- Saphy Need something? 15:36, April 13, 2010 (UTC)
 * 8) I like that Sitar. - Lev  L  17:33, April 13, 2010 (UTC)
 * 9) =D  19:56, April 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * 10) Because I'm a musician in my own right. :) 06:38, April 19, 2010 (UTC)
 * Mimic Master - This Unversed makes me remember of Zexion and Book Master a nobody and a heartless that i really like and with BBS theme i thought that this would be perfect for May
 * 1) Because, frankly, voting for a April Fool's joke nomination doesn't sit well with me.

Selected Image: Arpeggio, the Sitar Dance, water, dance! 07:39, May 1, 2010 (UTC)



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