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Memory Alpha articles are never truly finished. Even featured articles, examples of Memory Alpha's best work, will over time have to undergo revisions to keep them up to date. Therefore, it's important to review the featured articles from time to time to ensure that these revisions have not only happened, but have maintained the quality expected of a featured article.

If you would like to help by starting a review, a good place to start is featured articles more than five years old, which are listed here. Please make sure you are familiar with the review policy before proceeding, though. For past reviews, please see the archive.

Reviews can be started by beginning a new discussion on this page. If you think that a featured articles' status should be upheld, add it to the "Uphold" section. If you think that the article should be removed from the feature article list, it should be added to the "Remove" section. Either way, be sure to state the reason(s) why you think the article should be reviewed. Reviews should display, and have a link to, the blurb used on the portals, by adding {{Blurb|ARTICLE}} before the discussion.

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Uphold

Nog

Nog in 2375

Nog was a Ferengi, the son of Rom and Prinadora, and the nephew of Quark. He was the first Ferengi to enter Starfleet, and served aboard Deep Space 9 and the USS Defiant during many of the most important battles of the Dominion War.

As a young Ferengi, Nog was required to memorize the Rules of Acquisition and study the philosophy of the Great Material Continuum. In time, he was expected to become a merchant and to acquire wealth like a good traditional Ferengi male. At some point during the latter years of the Cardassian Occupation of Bajor, Rom and Nog took up residence on Terok Nor and began work as waiters in Quark's bar. In 2369, Nog was still living on Terok Nor when the Cardassians withdrew.

Nog quickly met Jake Sisko, Commander Sisko's son, as there were only a few children on the newly renamed Deep Space 9 after the Bajoran Provisional Government asked Starfleet to take over administration of the station. As a result, Jake and Nog spent a lot of time together and soon became close friends. They had many adventures and misadventures together and often engaged in mischief; occasionally getting in trouble for playing pranks on the station. Much of their time was spent on the Promenade, where they watched the passengers disembark.

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The current version seems to be better than the featured one back in 2005. - Archduk3 22:07, March 12, 2014 (UTC)

• Support, Agreed, especially organization of article has improved considerably--Sennim (talk) 11:09, March 13, 2014 (UTC)
• Support. Seems to be a comprehensive article, though I would suggest the blurb be re-worded as the second paragraph reads like a repeat of the first. --| TrekFan ^{Open a channel} 19:28, March 13, 2014 (UTC)

That should solve the wording problem. - Archduk3 21:14, March 13, 2014 (UTC)

Excellent! That's much better. --| TrekFan ^{Open a channel} 23:22, March 13, 2014 (UTC)

Evolution (episode)

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The Enterprise drifts towards the stellar matter

"Evolution" was the first episode in the third season of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

The USS Enterprise-D orbits a red giant and some stellar matter. Suddenly, something rocks the Enterprise. Picard quickly orders Wesley Crusher to stabilize, but the ship isn't responding. In engineering, La Forge reports that there is nothing wrong with the inertial dampeners. Back on the bridge, Worf says they are heading straight into the path of the stellar matter. The captain orders shields up but Worf cannot; "the shields will not respond," he shouts, as the ship drifts towards the stellar matter with only thirty seconds until impact.

Picard orders a manual override on the shields while Riker tells La Forge to reset the inertial dampeners. The shields begin to rise but the inertial dampeners are still unresponsive. The chief engineer activates the impulse engines in full reverse, which seems to stabilize the ship, but the momentum is still carrying the Enterprise into the stellar matter. Data reports that all systems are reporting normal. Picard asks the computer what the cause of the control malfunction was but the computer has no record of any such error. Confused, he checks Data's console, but everything appears normal.

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This article hasn't changed a whole lot since it was featured back in 2008 and I think it still holds up as a comprehensive episode article. --| TrekFan ^{Open a channel} 20:52, March 13, 2014 (UTC)

• Support. It certainly looks good to me. Quite comprehensive and the details about the deleted scenes, with pictures, make a fascinating addition to the article. One question: Are there any significant differences in the Blu-ray release of the episode that might be of note? ProfessorTofty (talk) 00:23, March 14, 2014 (UTC)

I don't have the blu ray copy but I've taken a look at Ex Astris Scientia and, aside from the generally higher quality footage as a result of the remastering, I don't think there is anything significant to add. --| TrekFan ^{Open a channel} 00:59, March 14, 2014 (UTC)