Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests

Here the community can nominate articles to be selected as "Today's featured article" (TFA) on the main page. The TFA section aims to highlight the range of articles that have "featured article" status, from Art and architecture through to Warfare, and wherever possible it tries to avoid similar topics appearing too close together without good reason. Requests are not the only factor in scheduling the TFA (see Choosing Today's Featured Article); the final decision rests with the TFA coordinators: Wehwalt, Dank and Gog the Mild, who also select TFAs for dates where no suggestions are put forward. Please confine requests to this page, and remember that community endorsement on this page does not necessarily mean the article will appear on the requested date. The article must be a featured article. Editors who are not significant contributors to the article should consult regular editors of the article before nominating it for TFAR. The article must not have appeared as TFA before (see the list of possibilities here), except that: The TFA coordinators may choose to fill up to two slots each week with FAs that have previously been on the main page, so long as the prior appearance was at least five years ago. The coordinators will invite discussion on general selection criteria for re-runnable TFAs, and aim to make individual selections within those criteria. The request must be either for a specific date within the next 30 days that has not yet been scheduled, or a non-specific date. The template {{@TFA}} can be used in a message to "ping" the coordinators through the notification system. If you have an exceptional request that deviates from these instructions (for example, an article making a second appearance as TFA, or a "double-header"), please discuss the matter with the TFA coordinators beforehand. It can be helpful to add the article to the pending requests template, if the desired date for the article is beyond the 30-day period. This does not guarantee selection, but does help others see what nominations may be forthcoming. Requesters should still nominate the article here during the 30-day time-frame.  – Check TFAR nominations for dead links  – Alt text

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How to post a new nomination: I. Create the nomination subpage. In the box below, enter the full name of the article you are nominating (without using any brackets around the article's name) and click the button to create your nomination page. II. Write the nomination. On that nomination page, fill out as many of the relevant parts of the pre-loaded {{TFAR nom}} template as you can, then save the page. Your nomination should mention: when the last similar article was, since this helps towards diversity on the main page (browsing Wikipedia:Today's featured article/recent TFAs will help you find out); when the article was promoted to FA status (since older articles may need extra checks); and (for date-specific nominations) the article's relevance for the requested date. III. Write the blurb. Some Featured Articles promoted between 2016 and 2020 have pre-prepared blurbs, found on the talk page of the FAC nomination (that's the page linked from "it has been identified" at the top of the article's talk page). If there is one, copy and paste that to the nomination, save it, and then edit as needed. For other FAs, you're welcome to create your own TFA text as a summary of the lead section, or you can ask for assistance at WT:TFAR. We use one paragraph only, with no reference tags or alternative names; the only thing bolded is the first link to the article title. The length when previewed is between 925 and 1025 characters including spaces, " (Full article...)" and the featured topic link if applicable. More characters may be used when no free-use image can be found. Fair use images are not allowed. IV. Post at TFAR. After you have created the nomination page, add it here under a level-3 heading for the preferred date (or under a free non-specific date header). To do this, add (replacing "ARTICLE TITLE" with the name of your nominated article): ===February 29=== {{Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/ARTICLE TITLE}} Nominations are ordered by requested date below the summary chart. More than one article can be nominated for the same date. It would also then be helpful to add the nomination to the summary chart, following the examples there. Please include the name of the article that you are nominating in your edit summary. If you are not one of the article's primary editors, please then notify the primary editors of the TFA nomination; if primary editors are no longer active, please add a message to the article talk page. Scheduling: In the absence of exceptional circumstances, TFAs are scheduled in date order, not according to how long nominations have been open or how many supportive comments they have. So, for example, January 31 will not be scheduled until January 30 has been scheduled (by TFAR nomination or otherwise).

Summary chart

Currently accepting requests from July 1 to July 31.

Date	Article	Points	Notes	Supports†	Opposes†
Sep 27	Moors murders	3	Promoted a year ago, subject underrepresented, a similar article hasn't appeared in three months	2	2
Sep 30	Hoover Dam	10	75th anniversary of dedication, nominator's first TFA	8	0
Oct 1	Ayumi Hamasaki	3	Promoted 21 months ago, a similar article hasn't appeared in three months	5	0
Oct 2	Battle of Gonzales	2	175th anniversary of battle, which is significant for launching Texas Revolution	4	0
Oct 5	2009 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final	disputed	first nomination, date of 2010 contest	1
Nonspecific

^† Tally may not be up to date; please do not use these tallies for removing a nomination according to criteria 1 or 3 above unless you have verified the numbers.

Date requests (5 max)

September 27

The Moors murders were carried out by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley between July 1963 and October 1965, in and around what is now Greater Manchester, England. The victims were five children aged between 10 and 17—Pauline Reade, John Kilbride, Keith Bennett, Lesley Ann Downey and Edward Evans—at least four of whom were sexually assaulted. The murders are so named because two of the victims were discovered in graves dug on Saddleworth Moor; a third grave was discovered on the moor in 1987, over 20 years after Brady and Hindley's trial in 1966. The body of a fourth victim, Keith Bennett, is also suspected to be buried there, but as of 2010, it remains undiscovered. The investigation was reopened in 1985, after Brady was reported in the press as having confessed to the murders of Pauline Reade and Keith Bennett. Brady and Hindley were taken separately to Saddleworth Moor to assist the police in their search for the graves, both by then having confessed to the additional murders. Hindley later made several appeals against her life sentence, claiming she was a reformed woman and no longer a danger to society, but she was never released. She later died in 2002 at the age of 60. Brady was declared criminally insane in 1985, since when he has been confined in the high-security Ashworth Hospital. He has made it clear that he never wants to be released, and has repeatedly asked that he be allowed to die. (more...)

Three points, as it was promoted a year ago (1 pt), the subject this article is in is underrepresented (law; 1 pt), and a similar article hasn't appeared in three months (1 pt). Secret Saturdays (talk to me)^{what's new?} 23:31, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

• Provisional oppose unless at least one of the authors of the article is happy for it to run. Both the authors have expressed concerns in the past at the disruption caused by having one of their articles TFA'd, and this is a topic that's likely to attract a lot of vandalism and POV-pushing. Yes, nobody owns articles, but there's no sense annoying people and potentially driving them away from Wikipedia, when there are hundreds of FAs written by people who want them to be TFA. – iridescent 10:43, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

• This is an emotive article which concerns people still alive. For the sake of those families I would only support this nomination if it was guaranteed protection on the day. I don't want to see idiot vandals inserting offensive nonsense into a version of the article that might be read by a relative of a murdered child. Parrot of Doom 10:51, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
  • I assure you that once this article is listed at the month's queue, I will go to the WP:RPP for September 27. Secret Saturdays (talk to me)^{what's new?} 04:25, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
    • Articles aren't protected pre-emptively. However, if this is scheduled, I will keep an eye on it when it's on the Main Page (and protect, if necessary). Dabomb87 (talk) 04:38, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
• I agree with Parrot of Doom. Malleus Fatuorum 11:09, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
• I agree as well, and hope we don't repeat a TFA debacle involving a murder victim. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 11:19, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

• As we've never done so, I doubt we will do it twice.--Wehwalt (talk) 18:44, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

• Comment. No opinion as yet, but the blurb is very short, at 986 characters, which makes Main Page balancing difficult. Another 200 characters would be ideal. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:22, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

• Oppose If the primary contributors don't want this to run, and the subject is still very sensitive, I don't think we should TFA this right now. Dabomb87 (talk) 21:37, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

• I'm happy for it to run but only subject to the above caveat. Parrot of Doom 21:45, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
• As the body of one of the children is still being searched for by his family it may arguably help if this is put on the main page, but not as the usual vandal magnet. There are real people with very strong feelings involved here. Malleus Fatuorum 14:14, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

• Oppose Per above. Gage (talk) 04:06, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
• Support, because it's an excellent article, but provisionally dependent on the main writers agreeing and on pre-emptive protection so there's no messing around with it. SlimVirgin ^{talk|contribs} 14:18, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

September 30

File:Hooverdamfrontwater.jpg

The Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the US states of Arizona and Nevada. It was constructed between 1931 and 1936, and was dedicated on September 30, 1935 by President Franklin Roosevelt. Its construction was the result of a massive effort involving thousands of workers, and cost over a hundred lives. The winning bid to build the dam was submitted by a consortium called Six Companies, Inc., which began construction on the dam in early 1931. Such a large concrete structure had never been built before, and some of the techniques were unproven. The torrid summer weather and the lack of facilities near the site also presented difficulties. Nevertheless, Six Companies turned over the dam to the Federal government on March 1, 1936, more than two years early. Hoover Dam impounds Lake Mead, and is located near Boulder City, Nevada, a municipality originally created for workers on the construction project, about 30 mi (48 km) south of Las Vegas, Nevada. Although mainly intended to control floods and provide irrigation water, the dam's generators provide power for public and private utilities in Nevada, Arizona and California.(more….)

Hey everybody, Wehwalt and myself wanted to welcome the world to the Hoover Dam story on the 75th anniversary of its dedication with the FA we worked on. 8 pts. This is my first TFA (1 pt), is in a underrepresented category (1 pt), is a vital article (2 pts), is being offered on the 75th anniversary of dedication (2 pts) and there have been no dams in the past six months (2 pts.)--NortyNort (Holla) 15:14, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

• Comment Points look good. The blurb is long, though (1470 chars); please cut it down to around 1200. Dabomb87 (talk) 15:22, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Done, cutting out the last sentence brings my count to 1,206 w/ spaces.--NortyNort (Holla) 15:26, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

• Support - can't really argue with eight points, nice date connection, interesting article. Bob talk 15:53, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
• Support. Can't believe no one has said it yet: Dam, this is a fine article. :) -- Cirt (talk) 17:38, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

  "rim shot" and support per prevous comments. Secret Saturdays (talk to me)^{what's new?} 17:52, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

• Support Good work. Gage (talk) 19:02, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
• Support. This is a very well-done article and will be a good addition to the main page. Karanacs (talk) 13:33, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
• Support. It would be nice to see a big engineering project on the main page. Malleus Fatuorum 14:44, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
• Comment now 10 points claimed per new points rules (someone please confirm as I have an interest in the article).--Wehwalt (talk) 09:31, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
  • Confirmed. Dabomb87 (talk) 04:15, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
• Support. I'm biased as I worked on this a bit, but I worked on it because I thought, and think, it is an excellent anniversary candidate and an iconic subject. — Mirokado (talk) 01:23, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

I should add that both Mirokado and NortyNort underplay their own roles in this article. I just did some rewriting and added some references, and had a lot of fun looking through the huge online image library maintained by BuRec.--Wehwalt (talk) 11:23, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Previous editors did a good job with it as well. My apologies if I left Mirokado out in the nomination blurb. While moving to Japan, I didn't see a lot of the contributions in the late stages of the FAC. That image library continues to help me out a lot.--NortyNort (Holla) 12:15, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Yes, this is one where there were a lot of unsung heroes. Kinda like the dam, in its way.--Wehwalt (talk) 12:30, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

• Support. Interesting article, good date. SlimVirgin ^{talk|contribs} 14:19, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

October 1

Ayumi Hamasaki (born 1978) is a Japanese singer-songwriter and former actress. Also called Ayu by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" due to her popularity and widespread influence in Japan. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to pursue a career in entertainment. In 1998, under the tutelage of Avex CEO Max Matsuura, she released a string of modestly selling singles that concluded with her 1999 debut album A Song for ××. The album debuted atop the Oricon charts and stayed there for four weeks, establishing her popularity in Japan. Because of her constantly changing image and tight control over her artistry, Hamasaki's popularity extends across Asia; music and fashion trends she has started have spread to countries such as China, Singapore, and Taiwan. She has appeared in or lent her songs to many advertisements and television commercials. Though she originally supported the exploitation of her popularity for commercial purposes, she later reconsidered and eventually opposed her status as an Avex "product". (more...)

2 points. It was promoted over 21 months ago, the date is relevant to the article (it's the singer's birthday), and no singer has been featured on the main page in the last three months (the most recent was Michael Jackson). Also as a possible fourth point, I'm not a significant contributor, but I am making this request somewhat on behalf of the only significant contributor Ink Runner, who has not had an article featured on the main page before. mx3 話 17:36, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

See the current discussion on talk on the nominator point.--Wehwalt (talk) 19:56, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

• Support for this date or as the non-specific October article. It is good to have greater visibility for our Asian topics. Karanacs (talk) 20:23, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

• Oppose. Would it be possible to find a different date for this article? I was hoping to nominate Battle of Gonzales, as Oct 2 is the 175th anniversary of that battle, and of the beginning of the Texas Revolution. Because only gets 2 points, for the date connection it won't surpass this one. Karanacs (talk) 13:33, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

Meh, I kind of did wait nearly a year to nominate it for today. It's still a significant date though, so it still gets a point for that. mx3 話 19:36, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

• Weak oppose. When Raul talks about tenuous date connections (see the current talkpage), I imagine "32nd birthday" is the kind of thing he has in mind, and given that there's another candidate with a non-tenuous connection, I'd rather see that. To me, this is better suited to the non-specific date slot. – iridescent 19:43, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

Or shift it to October 1, after all, Japan's the other side of the international date line.--Wehwalt (talk) 19:48, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

With all this opposition, I might just do that. But how should I do it, should I change the header, or make a new request? mx3 話 19:59, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

Just change the header. I think people will strike the opposes, and if they don't, leave a note on their talk pages asking them to reconsider.--Wehwalt (talk) 20:03, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

• Oppose. I'd rather see the 175th anniversary of the Texas Revolution on the main page than some pop singer's 32nd birthday present. Malleus Fatuorum 19:49, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
• Support Nice to have a j-pop topic. Ayu is one of only a few Asian pop stars I recognize. Regards, SunCreator ^(talk) 22:58, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
• Support, for the kind gesture of the nominator and the fact that it's a female biography about a non-Western topic. Bob talk 07:29, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Comment gains 3rd point per new points rules.--Wehwalt (talk) 09:32, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

What new points rule would that be? mx3 話 02:08, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

See discussion on talk. Raul made certain changes to the point rules, and did not specify an effective date, so they go into effect immediately.--Wehwalt (talk) 02:13, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

• Support- it would be interesting to see an article about a Japanese musician on the main page. Secret Saturdays (talk to me)^{what's new?} 23:18, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

October 2

The Battle of Gonzales was the first military engagement of the Texas Revolution. It was fought near Gonzales, Texas, on October 2, 1835, between rebellious Texian settlers and a detachment of Mexican army troops. In 1835, several Mexican states revolted. As the unrest spread, Colonel Domingo de Ugartechea, the commander of all Mexican troops in Texas, asked the settlers of Gonzales to return a cannon that the army had previously given them. When the initial request was refused, Ugartechea sent 100 dragoons to retrieve the cannon. For two days colonists used a variety of excuses to keep the soldiers at bay, allowing up to 140 Texians reinforcements to gather. In the early hours of October 2, Mexican soldiers opened fire as Texians approached their camp. After several hours of desultory firing, Mexican soldiers withdrew. Although the skirmish had little military significance, it marked a clear break between the colonists and the Mexican government. The battle, considered to have been the start of the Texas Revolution, has been referred to as the "Lexington of Texas". The cannon’s fate is disputed. (more ...)

This year marks the 175th anniversary of the Battle of Gonzales, and thus the 175th anniversary of the beginning of the Texas Revolution, one of the more well-known Mexican civil wars, which had a huge impact in shaping the balance of power in North America. The battle itself was minor. For full disclosure, I'm hoping to have another article ready to nominate as TFA in April, for the 175th anniversary of the ending of the revolution, but it's a toss-up as to whether I'll get that finished or not. This nomination gets 2 pts for the date connection. Karanacs (talk) 20:53, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

• Support. I support the acount of any battle in which one side takes a time out to eat watermelon and the other is under orders not to fight. Malleus Fatuorum 21:20, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
  • I really really really wanted to put that in the blurb, but I wondered how appropriate it would be. Karanacs (talk) 14:24, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

• Support. --Jeffwang16 (Talk) (Contributions) (Email me!) 01:17, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

• Support. Looks good. SlimVirgin ^{talk|contribs} 22:26, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

October 16

Oakwood Cemetery is a nonsectarian rural cemetery in Troy, New York. Opened in 1850, it was the fourth rural cemetery in New York, operated by the first rural cemetery association created in the state. Oakwood is located in the Lansingburgh neighborhood on 352 acres (142 ha) of hilly land. It is known for both its dense foliage and rolling lawns, and has historically been used as a public park by local residents; many memorials include benches intended for visitors to rest. Oakwood is home to the Richardsonian Romanesque Earl Crematorium, the English Gothic Warren Chapel (pictured), 24 mausolea, and 60,000 graves. The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. Oakwood is the burial place of educator Emma Willard, financier Russell Sage, and Samuel Wilson, the progentor of the United States' national symbol, Uncle Sam. (more….)

This is my first (and only) FA and my first TFA nom. October 16 will be the 160th anniversary of the cemetery's consecration. That said, I think I have 4 points: 2 for decennial anniversary, 1 for my first TFA, and 1 for not being similar to another TFA within three months. I don't fully understand the similar article requirement so my interpretation may be incorrect. Funerary art (June 20) is reasonably similar, and that was within 6 months. upstateNYer 23:26, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

You have to replace an article, the maximum is five. Whether the US Open cup has 1 or 2 points, it loses the tiebreaker to Battle of Gonzalez, so the cup is next to be replaced.--Wehwalt (talk) 23:33, 18 September 2010 (UTC)