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How to Select a Rising Star Article on wikiHow

Rising Stars are newly written articles that are of exceptionally high quality. While reviewing new articles for quality, New Article Boosters can select an article as a Rising Star. This article will show you how to select/mark an article as a Rising Star.

Steps

  1. 1
    Open up the New Article Boost app. Open the Community Dashboard and click "Start >" next to "New Article Boost".
  2. 2
    Choose an article to review. Click on a title.
  3. 3
    Decide whether the article is worthy of being a Rising Star. Since RS articles are featured on the main page for a considerable amount of time, it's important that the article is high-quality and helpful. Check over the article and make any edits that could improve it. Take the time to read How to Visually Recognize a Rising Star Article on wikiHow.
  4. 4
    Mark the article as an RS if it meets the standards, or will with your editing. Click the yellow star next to Promote from the floating menu on the right. The following will occur automatically:
    • The article will be marked as a Rising Star in the software and a green star will be placed next to the article name on their user page (unless they've chosen to hide the article list).
    • A message will be sent to the original author telling them that their article has been selected as a Rising Star and congratulating them.
      • You can still write a personal message to the original author, complimenting them on their article. This adds a personal touch.
    • The article will be added to the Rising Star feed and will most likely appear on the main page, usually towards the bottom.
    • A template that explains the article is a RS will be placed on the articles' discussion page alongside the article's author and the booster that chose it as a Rising Star.

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    Tips

    • If an article has already been processed in NAB, you can still select it as a Rising Star by manually triggering the NAB app. Read How to Award a Rising Star to a wikiHow Article That Was Previously Patrolled in NAB to learn about the process.
    • Selecting articles as Rising Stars is a good way to reward new contributors for participating, but make sure that the article is high quality and follows all the wikiHow policies and guidelines.
    • If you see an article that seems worthy of a Rising Star, don't doubt your decision in selecting it as one!

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