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The '''Four Award''' recognizes the persistence of Misplaced Pages editors who have taken care of an article from its ] through ] status. The articles listed here have passed through all four stages of editorial development (creation, ], ], ]), with the same author largely responsible for each stage. There are currently ], written by '''283''' authors. Thus, about one in every {{formatnum:{{Rnd|{{#expr:{{NUMBEROFARTICLES:R}}/{{Four Award number}}}}}}}} articles and one in every {{formatnum:{{round|{{#expr:{{FA number}}/{{Four Award number}}}}|0}}}} featured articles is listed here.


The project serves as encouragement for people who have a strong interest in and/or a deep understanding of redlinked topics to advance them to a very high level of quality. The way the display of recognized articles is formatted in a sortable table, it also encourages experienced editors to take the time to research and develop those articles that they have created in the past but have neglected. Read the ] below for achieving the Four Award. If you believe you hold the requisites, you may apply for this award via the ]. If you have any questions, please review the ] and then post on the award's ].
The '''Four Award''' recognizes the persistence of Misplaced Pages editors who have taken care of an article from its ] through ] status. The articles listed here have passed through all four stages of editorial development with one author largely responsible for each stage. There are currently '''<onlyinclude>{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Misplaced Pages four award articles}}</onlyinclude>''' Four Award certified articles, written by '''166''' different authors. Thus, approximately one in every {{formatnum:{{round|{{#expr:{{NUMBEROFARTICLES:R}}/{{Four Award number}}}}}}}} articles and one in every {{formatnum:{{round|{{#expr:{{FA number}}/{{Four Award number}}}}|2}}}} featured articles is listed here.


There are three Four Award ] – {{tl|Four Award Userbox 1}}, {{tl|Four Award Userbox 2}}, and {{tl|Four Award Userbox 3}} – and another userspace template: {{tl|Four Award userpage}}.
Read the ] below for achieving the Four Award. If you believe you hold the requisites, you may apply for this award via the ].


==Requirements== ==Requirements==
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|-style="background:#C0C0C0" |-style="background:#C0C0C0"
| You must start/create a ''']'''. | You must start a ''']'''. You may begin from a redlink or convert a redirect, if the redirect was not previously an article in its own right.
| ] | ]
|-style="background:#CCCCFF" |-style="background:#CCCCFF"
| You must have that same article that you started/created be displayed at the ''']''' section of the ]. (You are not required to be someone who is credited for the DYK status, but you must be one of the people significantly responsible for the article meeting the DYK criteria.) | You must have that same article that you started/created be displayed at the ''']''' section of the ]. (You are not required to be someone who is credited for the DYK status, but you must be one of the people significantly responsible for the article meeting the DYK criteria.) The DYK nomination does not need to be made before the article becomes a ].
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==How to nominate an article==
==Nominations==
If you believe you meet all the requirements listed above, you may request the award following the instructions below. It would also be helpful if you reviewed one nomination and moved it to the log for each nomination that you have made. If you believe an article meets all the requirements listed above, you may request the award following the instructions below. The article will be reviewed according to the ] and the nomination will either be accepted or rejected. If any editor disagrees with the determination of a reviewer, please discuss the nomination on the ].


===New nomination instructions=== ===New nomination instructions===
*Copy the code below and paste it to the '''bottom''' of the ]. The {{Code|user}} and {{Code|comments}} parameters will not be necessary for most nominations.
*Before nominating an article that was created by cutting and pasting from userspace or a sandbox, it would be helpful if you would request a ] at the ] so that we can determine at what stage the article became encyclopedic in order to evaluate stage 1.
*Copy the following code and paste it to the '''bottom''' of the list at the ] below. The <code>user</code> and <code>comments</code> parameters will not be necessary for most nominations.


<pre><nowiki>{{subst:Four Award Nomination <pre><nowiki>{{subst:Four Award Nomination
|article=ARTICLE NAME | article = ARTICLE NAME (no link brackets "]")
|dyknom=LINK OR DIFF OF DYK NOMINATION | dyknom = DYK NOMINATION PAGE (Template:Did you know nominations/ARTICLE NAME)
|dyk=LINK TO RECENT ADDITIONS | dyk = LINK TO RECENT ADDITIONS (Misplaced Pages:Recent additions/YEAR/MONTH#DAY)
|user=USERNAME (remove if you are nominating yourself) | user = USERNAME(S) (remove if you are nominating yourself)
|comments=OTHER COMMENTS (optional; see below) | comments = OTHER COMMENTS (optional; see below)
}}</nowiki></pre> }}</nowiki></pre>


*'''Note:''' If your involvement in any of the article development processes (creation, ], ], ]) is unclear, please provide additional information (including diffs, if necessary) elaborating on your involvement and/or how you and the article meet the ] criteria.
If the GA nomination did not involve any discourse in which you responded to a reviewer's comments, you may want to show a diff in which you nominated the GAN or a diff in which you made editorial changes in response to the review while the article was a GA candidate.


===Co-nominations===
If you did not make a DYK nomination show a diff in which you received a DYK credit on your talk page or a diff in which you participated in the DYK discourse before it went to the main page.
A Four Award can be awarded to multiple editors who collaborated throughout the creation and development of an article. Co-nominations are eligible if multiple editors can show significant collaboration through each step of the Four criteria: article creation, DYK, GAN, and FAC. With regards to the article creation step, collaboration can be shown by all editors providing significant contributions to the initial development of the article. The easiest way to do this is by creating a draft (either in the draft namespace or a user page) and then moving it to the mainspace after it has been initially developed. In regards to all the criteria, if it isn't clear that all editors contributed through all of the article development steps, please provide additional information (including diffs, if necessary) elaborating the constributions from each editor.


==Current nominations==
===Delist nomination instructions===
{{Hatnote|If this section is empty, no nominations are pending review.}}
*If you have found a listed article that does not meet the standards that are currently enforced please open a subsection in the nominations area with the name of the article followed by the word delist as the subsection name. Then in the subsection note which of the credited stages is being challenged.
<!-- PLACE NOMINATIONS BELOW THIS LINE, NEW NOMINATIONS GO BELOW OLDER ONES -->
**E.g., ] - credit seems to have been given for DYK and GAC nominations (), but involvement in both stages was minimal in terms of number of edits, content added and content improved.
===={{user|Hog Farm}}====

Article: '''] (], )'''
===Current nominations===
:] '''New article''':

:] '''DYK''': ] and ]
===Reviewing===
:] '''GA''': ]
Anybody may help in reviewing the nominations. If you would like to actively participate, you may add this page to your watchlist and follow the reviewing instructions below. Although you can nominate yourself to the list above, you should not be the final arbiter for nominations of your own editorial work or your own nominations.
:] '''FA''': ]

::I was not the user who made the DYK nomination, but I was responsible for all of the work that led to it being published for DYK. ] <sub> '']''</sub> 01:45, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
Articles that may be eligible for FOUR (based on their appearances in DYK, GA, and FA) are listed automatically in ]. If you believe an eligible article is not listed in that category check to see if 1.) the bot has updated the article to officially make it a FA and 2.) the article's talk page has been update so that its ] demonstrates that the article has endured each relevant stage.
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====Instructions====
#Did the editor make the very first encyclopedic content edit for the article? (Redirects do not count as encyclopedic content.)
#Was the editor involved in the DYK nomination achievement? Just being involved in the nomination is not sufficient
#Did the editor help the article through the GA promotion process? Check the GAN discussion, the article history between the nomination date and the pass date, and the for older articles.
#Did the editor help the article during its FA promotion process? Look at the FAC discussions, peer reviews and the article history. The credit is a determination of the editorial activity that raised the quality from the GA level to the FA level.

*Note that these four stages are very strict. An example of an article that is ineligible is ] for which the GA nomination stage is not creditable to the "main editor" according to the and the .
*If you review and the award is applicable,
*# remove the nomination from this page
*# notify the user at their talk page with the following template under a new section titled "Four Award": <nowiki>{{subst:Four Award Message|ARTICLE}}</nowiki>
*# add the user and article to the ]
*# update the author count at the top of this page if the user has not received a Four Award before. (Article count is updated automatically via the ].)
*# add {{para|four|yes}} as a parameter in the {{tl|ArticleHistory}} on the talk page of the new FOUR article so that it is included in ].
*# if this is a nominator's first FOUR credit, update the unique editor count in the first paragraph.
*# if this is a nominator's tenth or greater FOUR credit, update the leaderboard below.
*If you review and the award is '''not''' applicable,
*#remove the nomination from this page
*#notify the user via their talk page that the nomination failed; don't forget to explain why and to encourage them to try again later when they feel they've done it right.
*# add {{para|four|no}} as a parameter in the {{tl|ArticleHistory}} on the talk page of article so that it is no longer included in ].

====Reviewers====
Add your name here if you wish to actively check this page for nominations and review them.
*{{user|Pbroks13}}
*{{user|TonyTheTiger}}
*{{user|Cyclonebiskit}}
*{{user|Krakatoa}}
*{{user|GamerPro64}}
*{{User|Mm40}}
*{{User|Hunter Kahn}}
*{{User|Little Mountain 5}}
*{{User|Katarighe}}

==Collaborations==
To date there have been no collaborative FOUR-awarded articles. The FAQs on the talk page have discussed this possibility for some time, but it seems that there is some confusion on what counts for stage one. Stage one has historically been defined as the transition from a redlink to an encyclopedic article. This transition usually either occurs in the first edit or the first edit after a redirect is created. However, it is possible to have a multiple-editor creation stage by this definition. Suppose a half dozen people decide they want to collaborate on a FOUR-awarded article. The following series of edits would still fall within the creation stage.
#<nowiki>{{underconstruction}}</nowiki>
#<nowiki>==Background==</nowiki>
#<nowiki>==External links==</nowiki>
#<nowiki>==Notes==</nowiki>
#<nowiki>]</nowiki>
#<nowiki>Foo is a OCCUPATION X who is notable for AMAZING FACT Y.</nowiki>

Edit six in this example is the first one to include encyclopedic content. The other five editors contributed to the creation stage. Collaboration on the other three stages is presumed to be more obvious. When an article is transferred from user space, if its creation stage is in question, a history merge should be executed for clarification. All edits after the first one that results in an encyclopedic article count toward later FOUR stages (DYK, GA and FA). In the event that an article is redirected and recreated, all editors involved before the final creation that goes on to becoming a FA are eligible for creation.

==Records==
Recipients of the Four Award are listed here along with their respective articles.
{{Misplaced Pages:Four Award/Records}}

==Userboxes==
*You may add the following userbox code to your userspace if you have won a Four Award.
:*{{tlc|Four Award Userbox 2|ARTICLE}}
::Which produces:
{{Four Award Userbox 2|ARTICLE}}
{{clear}}
:*{{tlc|Four Award Userbox 3|ARTICLE}}
::Which produces:
{{Four Award Userbox 3|ARTICLE}}
{{clear}}<br/>
----
*You may add the following userbox code to your userspace if you have won several Four Awards.
:*{{tlc|Four Award Userbox 1|NUMBER}}
::Which produces:
{{Four Award Userbox 1|NUMBER}}
{{clear}}<br/>
----
*Other Four Award-related messages and images are the following:
:{{panorama|image=File:Four Award Ribbon.png|height=100|caption=<center>File:Four Award Ribbon.png</center>}}
:{{panorama|image=File:Four Award Ribbon x10.png|height=100|caption=<center>File:Four Award Ribbon x10.png</center>}}
:{{panorama|image=File:Four Award Ribbon x25.png|height=100|caption=<center>File:Four Award Ribbon x25.png</center>}}
:{{panorama|image=File:Four Award Ribbon x50.png|height=100|caption=<center>File:Four Award Ribbon x50.png</center>}}

==Talk page notification==
Use the following code to generate the talk page message below.
*{{tlsx|Four Award Message|ARTICLE NAME}}--<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>
{| style="border: 1px solid gray; background-color: #fdffe7;"
|rowspan="2" valign="middle" | ]
|rowspan="2" |
|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em;" | '''Four Award'''
|-
|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | Congratulations! You have been awarded the ] for your work from beginning to end on ''']'''. ~~<noinclude></noinclude>~~
|}

==Leaderboard==
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="100%"
|+Table
! User !! Recent count !! Four Award x 10 Ribbon!! Four Award x 25 Ribbon!! Four Award x 50 Ribbon
|-
! ]
| 32 || {{N}} (retired) || {{N}} (retired) ||
|-
! ]
| 31 || {{Y}}{{dts|2011|9|17}} || {{Y}}{{dts|2012|3|11}} ||
|-
! ]
| 20|| {{Y}}{{dts|2011|9|17}} || ||
|-
! ]
| 16 || {{Y}}{{dts|2012|1|11}} || ||
|-
! ]
| 15 || {{Y}}{{dts|2011|9|17}} || ||
|-
! ]
| 14 || {{Y}}{{dts|2011|9|17}} || ||
|-
! ]
| 13 || {{Y}}{{dts|2012|4|25}} || ||
|-
! ]
| 11 || {{Y}}{{dts|2012|6|18}} || ||
|-
! ]
| 10 || {{Y}}{{dts|2013|7|6}} || ||
|-
|}

==History==
#February 24, 2009: Original version of ] created by {{user|TomasBat}}
#February 24, 2009: Project page created by {{u|TomasBat}} with
#March 14, 2009: Final version of ] created by {{user|Smallman12q}}
#March 21, 2009: ] created by {{u|TomasBat}} with
#March 21, 2009: First {{tl|Four Award Message}} by {{u|TomasBat}} to {{user|Casliber}} for '']'' with
#April 12, 2009: ] shortcut redirect is created by {{user|TonyTheTiger}} with
#April 14, 2009: {{u|TonyTheTiger}} becomes the first multiple recipient of the award when ], ], and ] are recognized with
#April 17–19, 2009: ] among {{u|TomasBat}}, {{u|TonyTheTiger}}, {{user|J Milburn}}, and {{user|Iridescent}} results in {{u|J Milburn}} and {{u|TonyTheTiger}} reformatting the record log to an alphabetical sortable table with dates included.
#Mid-2009: Over the course of a few months {{u|TonyTheTiger}} reviews all to find the oldest Four Award articles.
#October 7, 2009: Founder {{u|TomasBat}} retires from Misplaced Pages with
#November 8, 2009: {{u|TonyTheTiger}} initiates a proposal to move project from {{u|TomasBat}}'s userspace to wikispace with
#November 9, 2009: Proposal discussion closed with unanimous consent among the first 16 respondents in just over 24 hours with . At the time of the formalization of the project, including 6 by {{u|TonyTheTiger}}, 5 by {{user|Ian Rose}}, 4 by {{user|Cyclonebiskit}} and 3 Wikipedians with 3 each. No featured article had been demoted through the ] process.
#February 22, 2010: The project awarded its 100th recognition when {{u|TonyTheTiger}} promoted ] by {{user|Hamiltonstone}}.
#March 24, 2010: The project had its first featured article demoted following the ] of {{user|Marine 69-71}}'s ].
#May 9, 2010: When achieving his 10th award, {{user|Sasata}} became the editor with the most awards, becoming the second solo leader since users have had multiple awards. (He had tied at 8 for a few days and {{u|Ian Rose}} had tied for the lead at 4, 5, 6 and 7.)
#September 13, 2010: Four Award started counting its totals with by {{user|Little Mountain 5}}.
#October 21, 2010: The ] and ] were created by {{user|EdChem}}.
#April 15, 2011: Four Award started comparing its proportional articles and featured articles with by {{u|Little Mountain 5}}.
#June 2011: Various discussions led to the conclusion that early Four Awards for mere nominations at DYK, GAC and FAC were no longer to be recognized. Significant involvement at all stages is required.
#June 19, 2011: {{user|Rjanag}} {{tl|ArticleHistory}} to accommodate a FOUR parameter that populates ] that he created, allowing the Four Award count to become semi-automated.
#June 19–22, 2011: {{u|TonyTheTiger}} tagged the first 186 Four Award article talk pages with the parameter to fill in the new category.
#June 25, 2011: ] created by {{u|Rjanag}} to accommodate all possible remaining Four Award candidates based on having been past DYKs, past GAs and current FAs.
#July 25, 2011: {{u|TonyTheTiger}} promoted the 200th Four Award article, ] by {{user|YellowMonkey}}.
#August 21, 2011: {{u|TonyTheTiger}} promoted ] by {{user|Nousernamesleft}}, making him the 100th current awardee.
#August 24, 2011: {{u|TonyTheTiger}} promoted ] by {{user|YellowMonkey}}, giving him his 20th award and surpassing {{user|Sasata}} for the individual lead.
#August 24, 2011: {{u|TonyTheTiger}} promoted ] by {{user|Nishkid64}}, becoming the 250th current FOUR article.
#September 9, 2011: {{u|TonyTheTiger}} promoted ] by {{user|YellowMonkey}}, becoming the 300th current FOUR article.
#September 17, 2011: ] was cleared out for the first time, with a total of 320 FOUR articles by 130 different editors and approximately one in every 11,689 articles and one in every 10.6 featured articles.
#March 2, 2012: The project's percentage of ] went above ten percent, making it possible to change the ratio calculation to two decimal places.
#March 11, 2012: The project's first ] was awarded to {{u|Sasata}} for '']'' by {{u|TonyTheTiger}}.
#August 8, 2012: {{user|ItsZippy}} became the 150th unique editor with a current Four Award when {{u|TonyTheTiger}} promoted ] as the 377th honored article.
#August 27, 2012: Following the August 23, 2012 removal of ] by {{user|Will Beback}} from the Four Award log, {{user|TRLIJC19}} became the 150th unique editor with a current ] when {{u|Little Mountain 5}} promoted ] as the 382nd honored article.
#December 31, 2012: Following the demotion of ], {{u|TonyTheTiger}} became the first editor with multiple delisted nominations.
#January 6, 2013: Following {{u|TonyTheTiger}}'s promotion of '']'', {{u|Casliber}} was recognized as the editor responsible for the project's 400th article.
#June 12, 2013: Following {{u|TonyTheTiger}}'s promotion of ] by {{user|Nick-D}} and ] by {{user|Wehwalt}}, FOURs #426 & #427, there was 1 FOUR article for every 9966 on Misplaced Pages, marking the first time there was more than one for every ten thousand articles.--] <small>(]/]/]/]/]) </small> 22:30, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

==See also==
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The Four Award recognizes the persistence of Misplaced Pages editors who have taken care of an article from its humble beginnings through featured article status. The articles listed here have passed through all four stages of editorial development (creation, DYK, GA, FA), with the same author largely responsible for each stage. There are currently 825 Four Award–certified articles, written by 283 authors. Thus, about one in every 8,414 articles and one in every 8 featured articles is listed here.

The project serves as encouragement for people who have a strong interest in and/or a deep understanding of redlinked topics to advance them to a very high level of quality. The way the display of recognized articles is formatted in a sortable table, it also encourages experienced editors to take the time to research and develop those articles that they have created in the past but have neglected. Read the criteria below for achieving the Four Award. If you believe you hold the requisites, you may apply for this award via the nominations section. If you have any questions, please review the frequently asked questions and then post on the award's talk page.

There are three Four Award userboxes – {{Four Award Userbox 1}}, {{Four Award Userbox 2}}, and {{Four Award Userbox 3}} – and another userspace template: {{Four Award userpage}}.

Requirements

You must start a new article. You may begin from a redlink or convert a redirect, if the redirect was not previously an article in its own right.
You must have that same article that you started/created be displayed at the Did You Know... section of the Main Page. (You are not required to be someone who is credited for the DYK status, but you must be one of the people significantly responsible for the article meeting the DYK criteria.) The DYK nomination does not need to be made before the article becomes a Good Article.
You must significantly help in improving that same article that you started/created and was displayed at the Did You Know... section of the Main Page to Good Article status. (You are not required to be the person who nominated the article for GA status, but you must be one of the people significantly responsible for the article meeting the GA criteria.)
You must significantly help in improving that same article that you started/created, was displayed at the Did You Know... section of the Main Page and that you significantly helped achieve Good Article status, to Featured Article status, which it still retains.

How to nominate an article

If you believe an article meets all the requirements listed above, you may request the award following the instructions below. The article will be reviewed according to the reviewing instructions and the nomination will either be accepted or rejected. If any editor disagrees with the determination of a reviewer, please discuss the nomination on the FOUR talk page.

New nomination instructions

  • Copy the code below and paste it to the bottom of the current nominations section. The user and comments parameters will not be necessary for most nominations.
{{subst:Four Award Nomination
  | article  = ARTICLE NAME (no link brackets "]")
  | dyknom   = DYK NOMINATION PAGE (Template:Did you know nominations/ARTICLE NAME)
  | dyk      = LINK TO RECENT ADDITIONS (Misplaced Pages:Recent additions/YEAR/MONTH#DAY)
  | user     = USERNAME(S) (remove if you are nominating yourself)
  | comments = OTHER COMMENTS (optional; see below)
}}
  • Note: If your involvement in any of the article development processes (creation, WP:DYK, WP:GAN, WP:FAC) is unclear, please provide additional information (including diffs, if necessary) elaborating on your involvement and/or how you and the article meet the WP:FOUR criteria.

Co-nominations

A Four Award can be awarded to multiple editors who collaborated throughout the creation and development of an article. Co-nominations are eligible if multiple editors can show significant collaboration through each step of the Four criteria: article creation, DYK, GAN, and FAC. With regards to the article creation step, collaboration can be shown by all editors providing significant contributions to the initial development of the article. The easiest way to do this is by creating a draft (either in the draft namespace or a user page) and then moving it to the mainspace after it has been initially developed. In regards to all the criteria, if it isn't clear that all editors contributed through all of the article development steps, please provide additional information (including diffs, if necessary) elaborating the constributions from each editor.

Current nominations

If this section is empty, no nominations are pending review.

Hog Farm (talk · contribs)

Article: Steele's Greenville expedition (talk, history)

New article: diff for creation
DYK: Misplaced Pages:Recent additions/2023/February#6 February 2023) and nomination
GA: Talk:Steele's Greenville expedition/GA1
FA: Misplaced Pages:Featured article candidates/Steele's Greenville expedition/archive1
I was not the user who made the DYK nomination, but I was responsible for all of the work that led to it being published for DYK. Hog Farm Talk 01:45, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
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