Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/instructions

Articles suggested here must already be featured articles that have not previously appeared on the Main Page. Articles do not have to be suggested to appear on the Main Page. Requests must be for dates within the next 30 days that have not yet been scheduled. There may be no more than ten requests on this page for specific dates, and four requests for nonspecific dates. If there are already twelve articles requested and if the article that you would like to request has a point value higher than the request with the lowest point value, you may replace it according to the instructions below. Today's featured articles (TFAs) are chosen by the featured article director, Raul654, or his delegates (Dabomb87, Gimmetoo and Bencherlite). Requests are not the only factor in scheduling the TFA (see Choosing Today's Featured Article); the final decision rests with Raul654. Please confine requests to this page, and remember that community endorsement on this page does not mean the article will appear on the requested date. See also User:Raul654/Featured article thoughts. It is helpful to put the request, with the estimated point score (see below), up for discussion on the talk page pending template up to 6 months before the requested date; requestors should return to move the request to this page during the 30-day timeframe if the article has enough points to replace another article. 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 ask Raul654 on his talk page rather than making the request here.  – Table of Contents – Check TFAR nominations for dead links – Alt text

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Calculating points: Points are the sum of choices for each of the following six criteria: Age (since promotion to featured article) Promoted between one and two years ago: 1 point Promoted two or more years ago: 2 points Timing (relevance to main page date request, select one of the following options) Date relevant to article topic: 1 point Decennial or quinvigintennial anniversary (10-year or 25-year multiples): 2 points Semicentennial anniversary (50-year multiples): 4 points Centennial anniversary (100-year multiples): 6 points Importance (select one of the following three) Widely covered: 2 points "Vital" article: 4 points Core topic: 6 points Contributor history The requestor is a significant contributor to the article, and has not previously had an article appear as Today's featured article: 1 point Diversity Subject underrepresented at WP:FA: 1 point Main page representation A similar article has not been featured on the main page: Within three months of requested date: 1 point Within six months of requested date: 2 points Deduct points if a similar article was recently featured on the main page: Within two weeks of requested date: −3 points Within one month of requested date: −2 points Notes Adding requests: The article must not have been previously featured as Today's Featured Article. History shows that articles with five or more points are almost never replaced. Accordingly, you must wait until there are 20 days or fewer before nominating such an article, to avoid tying up a slot for a long period of time, and to allow other articles their chance. If you are not one of the article's primary editors, it is considerate to notify the primary editors on their user talk pages of the TFA nomination, or if primary editors are no longer active, to add a message to the article talk page. Nominations are ordered by requested date below the summary chart. The archive of previously featured articles is here. If there are already ten date-specific requests or four nonspecific requests, and the article you propose to add has more points than one of the articles already requested, you may remove a request and add yours (explaining in your post the claimed point total) according to the following: If a requested article has at least five declarations and over 50% oppose votes (counting the nominator's declaration as a support) at least 48 hours after the request is initiated, it may be removed regardless of its point value. If item 1 doesn't apply, then if there are two requests for the same date, the request within that date with the lowest number of points may be removed, regardless of how many points articles outside that date may have. Otherwise, replace the request that has the least points. If there is a tie, choose the one with the highest percentage of opposes. In case of a tie in oppose percentage, replace the one with the fewest support votes. If support is equal, remove the article with the latest date. If the tied articles are for the same date, remove any one of them, at your option. Formatting: Write a blurb using the same formatting as the ones used on the main page; see . Specifically: one paragraph only; no reference tags, alternative names, or extraneous bolding; trim birth/death dates to year only; link to the article title in bold; total length (including spaces and markup) as close as possible to 1,200 characters. Add an suitable free-use image if available; fair use images are not allowed. Use the following markup style for the image: <div style="float: left; margin: 0.5em 0.9em 0.4em 0;">[[File:Jrobinson.jpg|100px|border|Jackie Robinson]]</div> Nonspecific date article: Up to four articles may be nominated by the community for use on an unspecified date, rather than being requested for a specific date. TFAs proposed for unspecified dates may be replaced by articles which have higher numbers of points, according to the following rules: Points will be calculated per the usual (above) system, without including the points for "Timing". The article's targeted dates are the first seven days without scheduled articles after its nomination. Points based on similarity and main page representation are calculated as if the article's target is the first unscheduled day. If the article is not selected as a TFA by the seventh unscheduled day, it will be deemed rejected and may be replaced by any eligible article, regardless of points. It may also be removed for having a majority (by at least five) of oppose votes 48 hours after nomination. Community members may support or oppose, as they do for other nominations.