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Today's post is about:

TechNet Wiki: Featured Article Teams

Overview

We have one team for each version of the Wiki. Each team exists to update the featured articles on the home page of that language-based version of TechNet Wiki. Because this takes a unique and passionate personality, the team will change regularly. The appointed Team Captain (one per language) will work with the Community Council member assigned to this Area. They will make sure there are at least 4 members of their team (4-10, per language), and a current Captain is designated each month. 

To Join a Team

Just leave a comment on this blog post or on the article.  

Team Responsibilities

The team will sync for the specific periods (for example, the English team will pick two articles each week). The team captain will submit the articles to the Wiki Community Council to feature them. So the real responsibility is communication as a team and recommendations/voting for what should be featured each time. (For example, Russian is four new articles each month.) As we get more contributions for each language, the cadence will increase accordingly. 

English Featured Article Team

Current period length: One-week periods. Two new articles each week.

Location: English Wiki: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/

Tracking the Featured Articles: See TechNet Wiki Featured Article Nominees. See How to Nominate a TechNet Wiki Article to Be Featured on the Home Page of TechNet Wiki.
 
Team Captain: Ed Price
 
Current Team (4-10 members):

1. Ed Price (MSFT): 2011-Present

2. Yagmoth555

3. Naomi N

4. Dplotnikov

 Former Team Members:

1. Eric Battalio (MSFT): 2011-2012
2. Russ Herman (MSFT): 2011-2012
3. Bill Loefler (MSFT): 2011-2012
4. Yuri Diogenes (MSFT): 2011-2012

Portuguese Featured Article Team

Current period length: Two-week periods. Two new articles every two weeks.

Location: Portuguese Wiki: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/pt-br/

Tracking the Featured Articles: See TechNet Wiki: Artigos em Destaque - Equipe Brasil.

Team Captain: Luciano Lima

Current Team (4-10 members):

1. Luciano Lima
2. Fernando Lugão Veltem
3. Luiz Henrique Lima Campos
4. Jorge Barata

 Former Team Members:

1. N/A

Russian Featured Article Team

Current period length: One-month periods. Four new articles every month. 

Location: Russian Wiki: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/ru-ru/

Tracking the Featured Articles: See Как выбрать статью для главной ст��аницы.
 
Team Captain: Denis Dyagilev

Current Team (4-10 members):

1. Denis Dyagilev

2. Solenoid

3. Naomi N

4. Dplotnikov

5. Dmitriy Razbornov

 Former Team Members:

1. N/A

Chinese Featured Article Team

Current period length: One-month periods. Two new articles every month. 

Location: Chinese Wiki: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/zh-cn

Tracking the Featured Articles: See TechNet Wiki Featured Article Nominees - Chinese. 
 
Team Captain: TBD

Current Team (4-10 members):

1. Yagmoth555 - Filling in temporarily

 Former Team Members:

1. N/A

Progress Made

• English: We've been systematically featured the TechNet Guru winners, so that's been straightforward: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/
• Portuguese: Updated: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/pt-br/
• Russian: Updated: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/ru-ru/
• Chinese: Updated: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/zh-cn/default.aspx

Thanks to all the team members for the first round of updates! Next, we'll make another round and keep it going!

   - Ninja Ed