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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, Gog the Mild and SchroCat, 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.

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Featured article tools:

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 January 3 to February 2.

Date Article Points Notes
Jan 8 Alfred Russel Wallace 5 185th birthday
Jan 9 Nimrod Expedition 8 Centenary
Jan 15 Alpha Kappa Alpha 5 101st anniversary of founding
Jan 19 Edgar Allan Poe 8 200th birthday
Jan 20 Washington, D.C. 3 Inauguration Day; next to be replaced

Requests

January 8

Photograph of A.R. Wallace taken in Singapore in 1862.

Alfred Russel Wallace OM, FRS (8 January 1823 – 7 November 1913) was a British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist, and biologist. He is best known for independently proposing a theory of natural selection which prompted Charles Darwin to publish on his own theory. Wallace did extensive fieldwork, first in the Amazon River basin and then in the Malay Archipelago, where he identified the Wallace Line that divides Indonesia into two distinct parts, one with animals more closely related to those of Australia and the other with animals more closely related to those found in Asia. He was considered the 19th century's leading expert on the geographical distribution of animal species and is sometimes called the "father of biogeography". Wallace made a number of other contributions to the development of evolutionary theory besides being co-discover of natural selection. These included the concept of warning colouration in animals, and the Wallace effect, a hypothesis on how natural selection could contribute to speciation by encouraging the development of barriers against hybridization. He was strongly attracted to unconventional ideas. His advocacy of Spiritualism and his belief in a non-material origin for the higher mental faculties of humans strained his relationship with other early proponents of evolution. In addition to his scientific work, he was a social activist who was critical of what he considered to be an unjust social and economic system in 19th-century Britain. His interest in biogeography resulted in his being one of the first prominent scientists to raise concerns over the environmental impact of human activity. (more….)

Anniversary 5 pts, 1 pt anniversary, 1 pt one year since promotion, 2 pts more than a year since article on Darwin was run, 1 pt new editor. Another editor requested on the article talk page that this article be nominated for this date, and I think that this is a particulary appropriate article to be running in Jan. with the 200th aniversary of Darwin's birth coming up in Feb. and UNESCO declaring 2009 to be the year of Darwin in honor of that anniversary and the 150th aniversary of Origin of Species. The never ending creationism/evolution debate also makes this article topical. Rusty Cashman (talk) 05:37, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

  • OpposeNeutral With five points, this article does not need to be on the request page this early, it can certainly take a spot whenever it wants. It unnecessarily ties up a spot and is an inefficient use of this page. Yes, it is within the rules, but so is my oppositionwithholding of support based on this point. Otherwise I have no problem with the article, it running, or the point calculation.--Wehwalt (talk) 07:54, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. We've had relatively few articles on scientists on the main page,-gadfium 07:57, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Date is significant to the article, and the article appears to be well written. ThePointblank (talk) 07:58, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. The subject of the article has recently received some well-deserved attention in a National Geographic article, and this would be a good way to start the 150th anniversary of a seminal year in natural science. As mentioned above, this nomination is clearly made within the rules. Kablammo (talk) 10:20, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per date relevancy. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 14:23, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong Support per Kablammo (nice name, btw) and Julian. However - the blurb might be a little long...and if its on here early, schedule it early! Pretending that this was nommed a little later, it would have six supports already! I'm, ah, decently sure that it's gonna make it.</sarcasm> :D —Ed 17 (Talk / Contribs) 16:18, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

January 9

The southern party after its return from 88°23'S

The British Antarctic Expedition 1907–09, otherwise known as the Nimrod Expedition, was the first of three expeditions to the Antarctic led by Ernest Shackleton. It was financed without governmental or institutional support and relied on private loans and individual contributions. Its ship, Nimrod, was a 40-year-old small wooden sealer of 300 tons displacement,and the expedition's members generally lacked relevant experience. Nimrod departed from British waters on 7 August, fewer than six months after Shackleton’s first public announcement of his plans. Initially, the expedition's public profile was much lower than that of Scott’s Discovery Expedition six years earlier. However, nationwide interest was aroused by the news of its achievements. The South Pole was not attained, but the expedition’s southern march reached a farthest south latitude at 88°23′S, and it could thus claim that it had got within a hundred miles of the Pole. This was by far the longest southern polar journey to that date and a record convergence on either Pole. During the expedition a separate group led by Welsh-born Australian geology professor Edgeworth David reached the estimated location of the South Magnetic Pole, and the first ascent was made of Mount Erebus, the lofty Ross Island active volcano. The scientific team, which included the future Australian Antarctic Expedition leader Douglas Mawson, carried out extensive geological, zoological and meteorological work. Shackleton’s transport arrangements, based on Manchurian ponies, motor traction, and sledge dogs, were innovations which, despite limited success, were later copied by Scott for his ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition. (more…)

January 9 is the centenary of Sir Ernest Shackleton's achievement of a Farthest South point just 97 nautical miles from the South Pole - the greatest polar convergence in history, pioneering the route which Scott took three years later. 6 points for that and 2 more for no Antarctic expedition articles for at least 6 months. Brianboulton (talk) 00:58, 10 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Would the category just be Antartic expeditions or general exploration?--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 02:38, 22 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
In my view, general human exploration. I looked through the last six months, didn't see any exploration articles whatsoever, so the points seem good.--Wehwalt (talk) 12:49, 22 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

January 15

Alpha Kappa Alpha is the first Greek-lettered sorority established and incorporated by African-American college women. Led by Ethel Hedgeman Lyle, Alpha Kappa Alpha was founded on January 15, 1908, in Miner Hall on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C. by nine college students. After a schism occurred between undergraduate and graduate sorority members, the group expanded to twenty when the organization was incorporated on January 29, 1913. The sorority's document and pictorial archives are located at Moorland-Spingarn Research Center. Consisting of women of African, Caucasian, Asian, and Hispanic descent, the sorority serves all mankind through a nucleus of more than 200,000 women in over 975 chapters. An interested member can join through undergraduate chapters at a college or university, or through graduate chapters after acquiring a college degree. Chapters consisting of Alpha Kappa Alpha women can be found nationally and internationally. Alpha Kappa Alpha works with communities through service initiatives and progressive programs relating to education, family, health, and business that have a direct impact on the world community. The sorority is a member of the National Pan-Hellenic Council, and the current International President is Barbara A. McKinzie. Alpha Kappa Alpha celebrated a centennial anniversary on January 15, 2008. (more…)

Alpha Kappa Alpha's 101th anniversary is on January 15, 2009 (1 pt. - date relevance to topic). This is my first and only FA, and I was a major contributor (1 pt. - contributor). The last FA for WikiProject Fraternities and Sororities was on July 25, 2006, when Alpha Phi Alpha was featured (2 pts. - no similar article in project for over six months). This is an underrepresented article in WikiProject Fraternities and Sororities (1 pt. - underrepresented in project). In summary, five points should be awarded for this article. miranda 22:18, 14 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Can we possibly add six points for the year after Centennial Anniversary to the total to make this 11 points? miranda 22:21, 14 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
No, sorry, it isn't in the rules. It would "only" be ten anyway, you can't have date relevance and centennial, it is one or the other. However, five points should be good enough to make it through.--Wehwalt (talk) 22:23, 14 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just to clarify, the "diversity" (underrepresented) point is due to FA category, not wikiproject. This is categorized under Education, which has fewer than 50 articles, so the nomination still gets the point, however. Karanacs (talk) 20:01, 16 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

January 19

Edgar Allan Poe a year before his death

Edgar Allan Poe was an American poet, short-story writer, editor and literary critic, and is considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective-fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career. Poe's parents died when he was young. Poe was taken in by John and Frances Allan, of Richmond, Virginia, but they never formally adopted him. After spending a short period at the University of Virginia and briefly attempting a military career, Poe and the Allans parted ways. Poe's publishing career began humbly, with an anonymous collection of poems. Poe switched his focus to prose and spent the next several years working for literary journals and periodicals, becoming known for his own style of literary criticism. His work forced him to move between several cities. In Baltimore in 1835, he married Virginia Clemm, his 13-year-old cousin. In January 1845, Poe published his poem "The Raven" to instant success. His wife died of tuberculosis two years later. He began planning to produce his own journal, The Penn (later renamed The Stylus), though he died before it could be produced. On October 7, 1849, at age 40, Poe died in Baltimore; the cause of his death is unknown. Poe and his works influenced literature in the United States and around the world, as well as in specialized fields, such as cosmology and cryptography. Poe and his work appear throughout popular culture in literature, music, films, and television. A number of his homes are dedicated museums today. (more….)

A ton of points (200th birthday -6 pts, Vital article 2pts, other points possible) Feel free to tally em up it might be a record:-)--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 22:04, 17 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

January 20

Top left: Georgetown University; top right: U.S. Capitol; middle: Washington Monument; bottom left: African American Civil War Memorial; bottom right: National Shrine
Top left: Georgetown University; top right: U.S. Capitol; middle: Washington Monument; bottom left: African American Civil War Memorial; bottom right: National Shrine
Washington, D.C. (formally, the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C.) is the capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790. The City of Washington was originally a separate municipality within the Territory of Columbia until an Act of Congress in 1871 effectively merged the City and the Territory into a single entity called the District of Columbia. It is for this reason that the city, while legally named the District of Columbia, is known as Washington, D.C. The city is located on the north bank of the Potomac River and is bordered by the states of Virginia to the southwest and Maryland to the other sides. The District has a resident population of 588,292; however, due to commuters from the surrounding suburbs, its population rises to over one million during the workweek. The Washington Metropolitan Area, of which the District is a part, has a population of 5.3 million, the eighth-largest metropolitan area in the country. (more….)

Nominated on behalf of epicAdam, his first TFA for one point. Date connection is Inauguration Day, when the eyes of the world will be on Washington DC, and one point for basic subject matter, yes 12 year olds do reports on the US capital. And for myself, I do support--Wehwalt (talk) 22:29, 14 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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