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<sup>†</sup> 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.


==Requests==
==Requests==

Revision as of 13:29, 2 May 2010

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.

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Featured article candidates (FAC)

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Today's featured article (TFA):

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 November 2 to December 2.

Date Article Points Notes Supports† Opposes†
May 4 Bird 2 vital article, bird day in US, promoted over 1 yr ago, overrepresented topic Next to be replaced 11 0
May 9 Jason Voorhees 5 30th anniversary, two year FA 3 0
May 10 Neville Chamberlain 3 70th anniversary of fall of government, basic subject matter 11 0
May 11 Glacier National Park 8 Centennial of founding; promoted over 2 years ago 8 0
May 12 Manitoba 5 140th birthday, nominator's first TFA, lack of main page representation, basic subject matter 6 0

† 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.

Requests

May 4

Closeup blue-purple bird with orange breast.

Birds are winged, bipedal, endothermic (warm-blooded), egg-laying, vertebrate animals. There are around 10,000 living species, making them the most numerous tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from the 5 cm (2 in) Bee Hummingbird to the 3 m (10 ft) Ostrich. The fossil record indicates that birds evolved from theropod dinosaurs during the Jurassic period, around 150–200 Ma (million years ago). Some birds, especially corvids and parrots, are among the most intelligent animal species; a number of bird species have been observed manufacturing and using tools, and many social species exhibit cultural transmission of knowledge across generations. Birds are social; they communicate using visual signals and through calls and songs, and participate in social behaviours including cooperative breeding and hunting, flocking, and mobbing of predators. About 120–130 species have become extinct as a result of human activity since the 17th century, and hundreds more before then. Currently about 1,200 species of birds are threatened with extinction by human activities, though efforts are underway to protect them. (more...)

Okay then, now is better for this one, given as May 4 is Bird Day in the US of A. vital article (2 points), plus > 1 yr old (1 pt), minus 2 points for glut of bio articles, + relevant date (1 pt) = 2 points. Casliber (talk · contribs) 12:04, 12 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

May 9

Kane Hodder
Kane Hodder

Jason Voorhees is a fictional character from the Friday the 13th series of slasher films. He first appeared in Friday the 13th (1980), as the son of cook-turned-murderer Mrs. Voorhees, and was portrayed by Ari Lehman. Created by Victor Miller, with contributions by Ron Kurz, Sean S. Cunningham, and Tom Savini, Jason has primarily been an antagonist in the films, whether by stalking and killing the characters, or acting as a psychological threat to the lead character. Since Lehman's portrayal, the character has been represented by numerous actors and stuntmen, sometimes by more than one at a time. Kane Hodder (pictured) is the most well known of the stuntmen to portray Jason Voorhees, having played the character in four consecutive films. The character's physical appearance has gone through many transformations, with various special makeup effects artists making their mark on the character's design. Filmmakers have given Jason superhuman strength, regenerative powers, and near invulnerability. He has been seen as a sympathetic character, albeit one whose motivation for killing has been cited as driven by the immoral actions of his victims. Jason Voorhees is a highly referenced character in popular culture and his signature hockey mask is a widely recognized image. (more...)

Point value at least 4: Date is the 30 year anniversary for Friday the 13th, and subsequently the 30 year anniversary for the introduction of one of Hollywood's most famous horror characters. The article was promoted over 2 years ago (back in 2007), and it's been pretty well kept in that time. The article also has not been on the main page since around that time it was first promoted (at least, the talk page was not updated with any "Featured Article of the Day" tag to indicate such.  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 04:28, 27 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Arguably four points. However, the date "May 9" appears nowhere in the article, though it certainly is the release date of the film. Suggest doing something about that.--Wehwalt (talk) 06:12, 27 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
"Jason made his first cinematic appearance in the original Friday the 13th on May 9, 1980. Here, Jason is not the film's killer, but is seen as a memory of his mother, Mrs. Voorhees (Betsy Palmer), and a hallucination of the film's protagonist Alice." -- Better?  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 06:23, 27 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
That is fine.--Wehwalt (talk) 06:25, 27 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

May 10

Neville Chamberlain (1869–1940) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1937 to 1940. Chamberlain is best known for appeasement foreign policy, in particular for his signing of the Munich Agreement in 1938, conceding the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia to Nazi Germany, and, when Germany continued its aggression, for declaring war on it on 3 September 1939. His premiership was dominated by the question of policy towards the increasingly aggressive Germany, and his actions at Munich were widely popular among Britons. Chamberlain resigned the premiership on 10 May 1940, after the failed Allied incursion into Norway as he believed a government supported by all parties was essential, and the Labour and Liberal parties would not join a government headed by him. He was succeeded by Winston Churchill but remained very well regarded in Parliament, especially among Conservatives. Chamberlain's reputation remains controversial among historians, with the initial high regard for him being entirely eroded by books such as Guilty Men, published in his lifetime, which blamed Chamberlain and his associates for the Munich accord and for allegedly failing to prepare the country for war. (more….)

May 11

Glacier National Park (U.S.) was designated a national park on May 11, 1910 and is located in the U.S. state of Montana, bordering the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia. The park encompasses over 1,000,000 acres (4,047 km2) and includes parts of two mountain ranges (sub-ranges of the Rocky Mountains), over 130 named lakes, more than 1,000 different species of plants and hundreds of species of animals. This vast pristine ecosystem is the centerpiece of what has been referred to as the "Crown of the Continent Ecosystem", a region of protected land encompassing 16,000 square miles (41,440 km2). The mountains of Glacier National Park began forming 170 million years ago when ancient rocks were forced eastward up and over much younger rock strata. Known as the Lewis Overthrust, these sedimentary rocks are considered to have some of the finest fossilized examples of extremely early life found anywhere on Earth. Of the estimated 150 glaciers which existed in the park in the mid 1800s, only 25 active glaciers remained by 2010. Glacier National Park borders Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada—the two parks are known as the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, and were designated as the world's first International Peace Park in 1932. Both parks were designated by the United Nations as Biosphere Reserves in 1976, and in 1995 as World Heritage sites. (more...)

Not sure how many points this qualifies for, but it has been more than 2 years since it was designated an FA, the park will be 100 years old on May 11, 2010...etc. Never been on the main page either. The above is a series of sentences from the introduction.--MONGO 21:08, 13 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment preliminarily, eight points. Possibly nine. Glacier is prominent enough it could be basic subject matter.--Wehwalt (talk) 22:55, 13 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Not that it matters with eight points, but I wouldn't consider Glacier prominent enough to be considered basic subject matter – Yellowstone, Yosemite and the Grand Canyon, yes (and possibly Banff on the Canadian side), but as National Parks go I don't think Glacier is all that well-known. – iridescent 23:01, 13 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
OK, fine. What about main page representation? No recent articles about parks per se, but several on notable areas of land.--Wehwalt (talk) 23:07, 13 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
If it were down to me, I'd say no, otherwise it sets a precedent with quite a lot of potential "the article last week was an Atlantic hurricane, this is a Pacific hurricane" consequences. With an automatic 8 points come what may, it's not like there's any risk of it being bumped barring the miracle of Sulayman ibn al-Hakam (1000th anniversary of abdication) reaching FA status within a week. – iridescent 23:40, 13 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed ... eight or nine points. Not basic subject matter, but may or may not get representation point depending on whether editors consider Carrington Moss, Mendip Hills and Columbia Slough similar to this article. Dabomb87 (talk) 00:13, 14 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Just commenting here...I have gone through the article and noted areas that need further referencing...this WILL be done in less than one week...others are welcome to assist...also wanted to mention that Glacier NP was the 10th NP created and its visitation is lower than many other parks due to the distances to it from most major urban areas.--MONGO 23:24, 13 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. Large chunks of unsourced and some dated text. We can't present an article as our best work that has citation needed tags all over it. Ucucha 13:24, 17 April 2010 (UTC) Better now. Try to get rid of that quote box in the lead, though; it is distracting and unnecessary. Ucucha 20:57, 24 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support: 100 year anniversaries are important and this park has played a major role in the National Park movement over the years. Additionally, the Glacier Aniversary is getting significant attention in travel related media.--Mike Cline (talk) 16:24, 21 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

May 12

A field of canola near Winnipeg, Manitoba

Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province founded in 1870 which entered Canadian Confederation after the Red River Rebellion. The province is largely flat and agriculturally fertile, and has over 10,000 lakes. Its political and cultural capital, Winnipeg, is home to four of the province's five universities, all four of its major professional sports teams, and most of its cultural events. The city is also a transportation and military hub, hosting a busy international airport and the regional headquarters of NORAD. The province was first explored by fur traders in the 17th century. Its largest ethnic group is English, but it has a significant Franco-Manitobain minority and a growing aboriginal population. Its name, meaning "strait of the spirit" or "lake of the prairies", is derived from the languages of its early aboriginal inhabitants.

(more...)

5 points: 2 points for date relevance (Manitoba's official 140th birthday), 1 point for basic subject matter, 1 point for my first TFA, 1 point for lack of main page representation (based on Canadian geography or country/state articles). Enjoy! Nikkimaria (talk) 21:09, 17 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Points look good.--Wehwalt (talk) 23:21, 17 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Perhaps a typical Manitoba scene would be a better blurb image than the flag? Grain fields, snowy roads, Joe the Canadian and buds tilting back a Molson? Also, do you think garter snakes are really, really needed in the burb?--Wehwalt (talk) 15:18, 19 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not a huge selection of good representative images at Commons, but there are two of the Golden Boy, two of canola fields, and an old picture of a field of oats at harvest. Suggestions? As for the snakes, they've been removed. Further edits to the blurb are welcome. Cheers, Nikkimaria (talk) 18:09, 19 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Suggest any of the three agricultural ones. I was unfamiliar with the Golden Boy, and I've been to Winnipeg several times.--Wehwalt (talk) 18:22, 19 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, new pic installed. Nikkimaria (talk) 18:36, 19 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The linking in the opening line of the blurb seems a bit odd, I'd suggest redoing it as "Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province founded..." or something along those lines. I'm also a fan of the field and sky picture. Random89 06:41, 28 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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