To serve as a way to celebrate and formally recognize the contributions of the Sonic Wiki Zone's most dedicated users, the featured user system places the spotlight on a veteran user each month. Featured users are among the users who have made the most revisions to the Sonic Wiki Zone ever since their arrival. As voted on a poll by the viewers, a new featured user is chosen at the end of each month. The new featured user is featured on the main page with an accompanying interview consisting of a ten-question inquiry for the allotted timeframe.
Criteria
Users are chosen for the featured user poll based solely on the number of contributions they have made to the Sonic Wiki Zone. To see which editors have made the most revisions to the site, see Special:Top/community and Sonic News Network:Editcount.
The featured user poll is to include only the "top" eight editors. The current featured user and the preceding three users are to be excluded from the poll to ensure that a diverse group of users are given a chance to be featured user. Users who have neglected to make significant contributions in over a month's time as well as users who have formally announced their absence are also to be excluded from the poll.
Interviewers
The following users are responsible for updating the featured user poll each month. If either of the following users have failed to update the poll, please send each of them a friendly reminder on their respective talk pages.
Current Featured User
- Since: 20:13, March 1, 2014 (UTC)
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This month's featured user is Mystic Orb who has been on the wiki since November 6, 2012. When asked how he felt about being Featured User, he said: "I feel honoured to be Featured User for the first time and I thank all those people who have voted for me to give me the opportunity express myself."
# 1. Q) What are you looking forward to most out of Sonic Boom?
- A) One of the things I look forward to about Sonic Boom is the new setting, plot, characters etc. Pretty much everything that appears in both the TV series and the game really, especially since there has not been a Sonic cartoon for a while since Sonic X.
# 2. Q) What are some of your interests outside of gaming and the internet?
- A) My other interests include listening to music and hopefully, more reading. Mainly, I'm just the person who stays on the computer or always has a controller in his hands, but I'm still determined to keep up with my schoolwork.
# 3. Q) What is your favorite Sonic continuity? (Games, Archie, StC, ect.)
- A) The games continuity is my favourite Sonic continuity since I have known much of it for a very long time, enjoyed playing most of the Sonic games and interested with the storylines of each game. Coming a close second would be Sonic X since I enjoy watching the show (and maybe I'll entertain myself with reading the comics.
# 4. Q) What is your favorite member of the Deadly Six?
- A) Zavok. I love his cool voice acting (perfect job, Travis Willingham), tough personality, full of memorable quotes and his theme music when you battle him at Sky Road Zone 4 and Lava Mountain Zone 3 is a piece that really suits the type of character he is.
# 5. Q) What Sonic character would you like to appear more often in the games?
- A) This is a pretty tough one. Ever since the recent games mainly only had the blue blur himself as the playable character, I think I'm going to stick with... (insert drum roll music), Silver the Hedgehog. I didn't mind his different style of gameplay in Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) and coupled with his storyline, Silver has potentially a very prominent role in the Sonic the Hedgehog series and it would feel like a waste of effort not to include Silver of having a major role in any future Sonic games.
- Coming to think about Silver and his psychokinesis abilities, I'd think it'd be very awesome if a Sonic game released starred Silver and you (the player) gets to experience a third-person action-adventure gameplay mainly showing off the mechanics of Silver's psychokinesis.
# 6. Q) What was the funniest moment on the wiki that you can recall?
- A) I'm not the kind of person that can make jokes or anything, since I'm see myself as a serious kind of user who only focuses on editing and sadly, I can't think of any funny moments on top of my head but don't think for a moment that "I'm no fun".
# 7. Q) What is your favorite song?
- A) Too many to decide. Most of the songs/music in the Sonic series are all great in their own ways.
# 8. Q) What is the strangest thing you've seen in the Sonic fanbase?
- A) Aside from random Sonic fan-fictions, Eggman's got eyes! O_O
# 9. Q) Are there any editing projects you are currently working on?
- A) I have a load of editing projects that I'm working on. These include (currently), creating every Gear Part article, work on Game Templates and for my long-term projects; they include creating transcripts for each Sonic X episode and expand out all of the Sonic X episodes (one of the reasons why I enjoy Sonic X). These are just some of the activities that will want me to keep me on Sonic News Network for very a long time and even then, I still have some major projects up on my sleeve that I'm not going to reveal until time comes.
# 10. Q) And finally, what do you hope to see in the future of this wiki?
- A) In my perspective, I want to see more users editing across mainspace because there is always a lot to do as a growing encyclopedia. More importantly, and for the benefit of the users here, I want to see Sonic News Network as an enjoyable wiki community where users can always feel respected, open-minded, not afraid to stand up to anything, help others when they are in need, deal with problems in the most efficient way possible and the best of all, have fun!
Interviewed by SpyroSonic2000 (talk) (contributions)
Question
Each month, the designated featured user interviewer is to ask a question for the community to answer. Monthly questions are asked at Board:Question of the Month.
- Current question:
What is your favorite Sonic the Hedgehog video game?
Keep up the good work, and please continue to contribute to the Sonic News Network!
Past Featured Users
- User:Sonicadventure - 19:47, 12 March 2009 (UTC) - 20:51, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
- User:Mystic Monkey - 20:52, 1 May 2009 (UTC) - 18:27, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
- User:SLJCOAAATR 1 - 18:27, 2 June 2009 (UTC) - 18:15, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
- User:Fairfieldfencer - 23:35, 5 July 2009 (UTC) - August 2009
- User:Sonicrox14 - 2:16, 24 September 2009 (UTC) - 16:04, November 11, 2009 (UTC)
- User:Kagimizu - 16:04, November 11, 2009 (UTC) - 5:27, December 3, 2009 (UTC)
- User:Sunny the Hedgehog - 5:27, December 3, 2009, (UTC) - 9:55, January 5, 2010 (UTC)
- User:Sonictoast - 9:55, January 5, 2010 (UTC) - 17:25, March 16, 2010 (UTC)
- User:Sunny the Hedgehog - 17:25:, March 16, 2010 (UTC) - 01:01, May 12, 2010 (UTC)
- User:Sonictoast - 01:01, May 12, 2010 (UTC) - 05:25, June 8, 2010 (UTC)
- User:Sonicrox14 - 05:25, June 8, 2010 (UTC) - 22: 46, July 20, 2010 (UTC)
- User:Sonictoast - 22: 46, July 20, 2010 (UTC) - 03:13, September 2, 2010 (UTC)
- User:Supermorff - 03:13, September 2, 2010 (UTC) - 17:39, October 27, 2010 (UTC)
- User:Sonicrox14 - 17:39, October 27, 2010 (UTC) - 19:40, December 2, 2010 (UTC)
- User:Sonic & Scrab Master - 19:56, December 2, 2010 (UTC) - 20:28, February 24, 2011 (UTC)
- User:Kagimizu - 20:28, February 24, 2011 (UTC) - 22:28, March 31, 2011 (UTC)
- User:Sonictoast - 22:28, March 31, 2011 (UTC) - 21:34, May 1, 2011 (UTC)
- User:Murphyshane - 21:34, May 1, 2011 (UTC) - 23:38, June 2, 2011 (UTC)
- User:Supermorff - 23:38, June 2, 2011 (UTC) - 19:32, July 7, 2011 (UTC)
- User:58SlugDrones! - 19:32, July 7, 2011 (UTC) - 4:42, August 29, 2011 (UTC)
- User:Sonicrox14 - 4:42, August 29, 2011 (UTC) - 02:50, October 17, 2011 (UTC)
- User:Sonic & Scrab Master - 2:50, October 17, 2011 (UTC) - 2:50, November 5, 2011 (UTC)
- User:Bullet Francisco - 2:50, November 5, 2011 (UTC) - 2:29, December 14, 2011 (UTC)
- User:Sonictoast - 2:29, December 14, 2011 (UTC) - 4:40, January 30, 2012 (UTC)
- User:Kagimizu - 4:40, January 30, 2012 (UTC) - 6:17, May 10, 2012 (UTC)
- User:Sonic & Scrab Master - 6:17 May 10, 2012 (UTC) - 2:50, June 15, 2012 (UTC)
- User:Genesjs - 2:50, June 15, 2012 (UTC) - 23:37, July 1, 2012 (UTC)
- User:Bullet Francisco - 23:37, July 1, 2012 (UTC) 22:51, August 1, 2012 (UTC)
- User:Myself 123 - 22:51, August 1, 2012 (UTC) - 00:54, September 4, 2012 (UTC)
- User:Supermorff - 00:54, September 4, 2012 (UTC) - 06:31 October 10, 2012 (UTC)
- User:DarkFuture - 06:31 October 10, 2012 (UTC) - 0:55 November 15, 2012 (UTC)
- User:Murphyshane - 0:55 November 15, 2012 (UTC) - 9:22 February 19, 2013 (UTC)
- User:Bullet Francisco - 9:22 February 19, 2013 (UTC) - 6:32 March 11, 2013 (UTC)
- User:Genesjs - 6:32 March 11, 2013 (UTC) - 6:15 May 5, 2013 (UTC)
- User:DarkFuture - 6:15 May 5, 2013 (UTC) - 9:24 July 6, 2013 (UTC)
- User:Sacorguy79 - 9:24 July 6, 2013 (UTC) - 3:15 August 4, 2013 (UTC)
- User:Ultrasonic9000 - 3:17 August 4, 2013 (UTC) - 00:34, September 1, 2013 (UTC)
- User:Shadowunleashed13 - 00:34, September 1, 2013 (UTC) - 07:00, October 1, 2013 (UTC)
- User:Bullet Francisco - 07:00, October 1, 2013 (UTC) - 03:48, November 1, 2013 (UTC)
- User:MetalMickey272 - 03:48, November 1, 2013 (UTC) - 4:24, December 1, 2013 (UTC)
- User:Slug-Drones - 4:24, December 1, 2013 (UTC) - 16:55, January 1, 2014 (UTC)
- User:BlueSpeeder - 16:55, January 1, 2014 (UTC) - 4:41, February 2, 2014 (UTC)
- User:Shadowunleashed13 - 4:41, February 2, 2014 (UTC) - 20:13, March 1, 2014 (UTC)
- User:Mystic Orb - 20:13, March 1, 2014 (UTC) - TBD