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Revision as of 00:11, 7 February 2011

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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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 September 1 to October 1.

Date Article Points Notes Supports† Opposes†
Nonspecific Climate of Minnesota 2 Promoted over two years ago 1 1
Feb 24 To the People of Texas & All Americans in the World 3 175th anniversary, one year FA 2 0
Feb 24 HMS Indefatigable (1909) 7 Centennial of commissioning, first TFA 3 0
Mar 1 Posting system 2 Promoted over a year ago, anniversary 4 0
Mar 3 Voyage: Inspired by Jules Verne 2 Two year FA. 1 0
Mar 3 Round Church, Preslav 2 No church articles, 6 months 4 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.

Nonspecific date (1 only)

On March 29, 1881, snowdrifts in western Minnesota were larger than locomotives..

The climate of Minnesota is typical of a continental climate with cold winters and hot summers. Minnesota's location in the Upper Midwest allows it to experience some of the widest variety of weather in the United States. Winter in Minnesota is characterized by cold temperatures as low as −60 °F (−51 °C). Snow is the main form of winter precipitation, but freezing rain, ice, sleet, and occasionally rain are all possible during the winter months. Common storm systems include Alberta clippers or Panhandle hooks; some of which evolve into blizzards. Annual snowfall extremes have ranged from over 170 inches (432 cm) in the rugged Superior Highlands of the North Shore to as little as 10 inches (25 cm) in southern Minnesota. Spring is a time of major transition; snowstorms are common early, but by late-spring as temperatures begin to moderate the state experiences tornadoes, averaging 24 per year. In summer, humid conditions help kick off thunderstorm activity 30–40 days per year. Summer high temperatures as hot as 114 °F (46 °C) are possible. Autumn weather in Minnesota is largely the reverse of spring weather; the jet stream—which tends to weaken in summer—begins to re-strengthen, leading to a quicker changing of weather patterns and an increased variability of temperatures. By late October and November these storm systems become strong enough to form major winter storms. (more...)

Two points as this article was promoted in 2007. Note that I didn't take into account similarity bonuses or penalties; there was a hurricane article in late January, but I don't know if it should be considered similar. This winter in New England reminds me of the climate of Minnesota, so I thought it would be a good idea to put this on the Main Page. –Grondemar 00:20, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Points look good I agree, climatology is a narrow enough field that the hurricanes have to figure into the mix.--Wehwalt (talk) 15:10, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose, but only because I was hoping this article would go up on the anniversary of Minnesota's statehood, May 11. Thoughts? I think the article looks great and have nothing against it...I was just hoping it could wait a little longer. BobAmnertiopsis∴ChatMe! 07:39, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Date requests (5 max)

February 24

To the People of Texas & All Americans in the World is an open letter written on February 24, 1836 by William B. Travis, commander of the Texian forces at the Battle of the Alamo, to settlers in Mexican Texas. On February 23, the Alamo Mission in San Antonio, Texas, had been besieged by Mexican forces led by General Antonio López de Santa Anna. Fearing that his small group of men could not withstand an assault, Travis wrote this letter seeking reinforcements and supplies from supporters, closing the document with the vow "Victory or Death!". Following the end of the Texas Revolution, the original letter was delivered to Travis's family in Alabama, and in 1893, one of his descendants sold it to the State of Texas for $85 ($2,070 today). For many decades it was displayed at the Texas State Library; the original letter is now protected and a copy is on display under a portrait of Travis. According to Michael Green, former reference archivist for the Texas State Library Archives Division, the letter is "the most famous document in Texas history". (more...)

Three points. Two for 24 February being the 175th anniversary of the date the letter was written, one for being promoted over a year ago (April 11, 2009). The last literary TFA was Lad, A Dog on 22 January, so it's just over a month on the "similar" criteria. If there's another article vying for the 24th of February, or if it's preferred, this could be moved up a day for the 175th anniversary of the start of the Battle of the Alamo instead. GeeJo (t)⁄(c) • 20:20, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Might be one point, thinking about it. Depends on whether you classify this under the "literary" banner or the "military history" banner. If the latter, the appearance of Black Friday (1945) earlier this month might deduct two points on the "similar" front. Eh, I'll leave it to the regulars on this page to decide which it's closer to. GeeJo (t)⁄(c) • 20:34, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
No, I think you are good on points. Those dollar figures in the middle of the blurb look kinda funny though.--Wehwalt (talk) 20:39, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support—Tough call having to decide between two worthy history articles falling on the same date. I'll have to give a slight edge to this letter article because it is somewhat more expansive and may be of interest to more readers. But I'd be just as content if the HMS Indefatigable article were to be chosen instead.—RJH (talk) 19:51, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: Just to say that a week ago I posted a potential upcoming date request for 24 February, in relation to a tercentenary article that has is still in preparation. I hope Raul will not select for this date until my article has a chance of being considered. Brianboulton (talk) 00:46, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

February 24 (2)

HMS Indefatigable
HMS Indefatigable was a battlecruiser of the Royal Navy and the lead ship of her class. Her keel was laid down in 1909 and she was commissioned on 24 February 1911. When the First World War began, the ship was serving with the 2nd Battlecruiser Squadron (BCS) in the Mediterranean, where she unsuccessfully pursued the battlecruiser Goeben and the light cruiser Breslau of the German Imperial Navy as they fled towards the Ottoman Empire. The ship bombarded Ottoman fortifications defending the Dardanelles on 3 November 1914, then, following a refit in Malta, returned to the United Kingdom. Indefatigable was sunk on 31 May 1916 during the Battle of Jutland, the largest naval battle of the war. Part of Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty's Battlecruiser Fleet, she was hit several times in the first minutes of the "Run to the South", the opening phase of the battlecruiser action. Shells from the German battlecruiser Von der Tann caused an explosion ripping a hole in her hull, and a second explosion hurled large pieces of the ship 200 feet (61 m) in the air. Only two of the crew of 1,017 survived. (more...)

7 points, 6 for the centennial of her commissioning and 1 because this is my first submission to TFA. The last warship TFA was 22 December. Feel free to edit the proposed blurb; I've trimmed it down, but I may have cut something worth keeping.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 23:13, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Points look good--Wehwalt (talk) 20:16, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

February 25

Voyage: Inspired by Jules Verne is a point-and-click adventure game with pre-rendered graphics, developed by Kheops Studio and published by The Adventure Company for the PC in 2005. The game's story focuses on a French adventurer's journey to the moon in the 19th century, and the ancient lunar civilization he finds there. Voyage is loosely based on the novels From the Earth to the Moon and Around the Moon by science-fiction author Jules Verne, and the novel The First Men in the Moon by science-fiction author H.G. Wells. Reactions to the game were generally mixed. In particular, some reviewers praised it for immersing the player in the look and feel of the 19th century; others have criticized it for featuring out-of-date graphics and dull textures. (more...)


This article became a FA on 28 June 2007. Total = 2 points. --Paaerduag (talk) 04:16, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I don't have any trouble with the two points. I don't much care for the third point, it was released in the UK on March 3, 2006, some months after the original release. I question the significance of the UK release for purposes of points.--Wehwalt (talk) 15:15, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Fair enough, I've changed it.--Paaerduag (talk) 05:02, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Just sayin' that if this changes to an unoccupied date it will cease to be the next to be replaced, which will then be the lower of the two February 24 articles.--Wehwalt (talk) 21:18, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the heads up. Date changed.--Paaerduag (talk) 00:09, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]


March 1

Hideo Nomo as a player for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 2005
Hideo Nomo as a player for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 2005
The posting system is a baseball player transfer system which operates between Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and the United States' Major League Baseball (MLB). Despite the drafting of the United States – Japanese Player Contract Agreement in 1967 designed to regulate NPB players moving to MLB, problems arose in the late 1990s. Some NPB teams lost star players without compensation, an issue highlighted when NPB stars Hideo Nomo (pictured) and Alfonso Soriano left to play in MLB after using loopholes to void their existing contracts. A further problem was that NPB players had very little negotiating power if their teams decided to deal them to MLB, as when pitcher Hideki Irabu was traded to an MLB team for which he had no desire to play. In 1998, the Agreement was rewritten to address both problems and was dubbed the "posting system". Under this system, when an NPB player is "posted", MLB holds a four-day-long silent auction during which MLB teams can submit sealed bids in an attempt to win the exclusive rights to negotiate with the player for a period of 30 days. If the MLB team with the winning bid and the NPB player agree on contract terms before the 30-day period has expired, the NPB team receives the bid amount as a transfer fee, and the player is free to play in MLB. (more...)

March 1st marks the end of the posting system's 11th posting period and the article was promoted over 1 year ago---Total: 2 pts. I really like this article. I think it's a good mix of sports and culture and is a relatively unknown part of baseball. --TorsodogTalk 06:16, 27 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment points look good. I should note that the advocates of this article have been asking for it to run since 2009. Perhaps now is its time?--Wehwalt (talk) 18:26, 31 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]


March 3 (2)

The ruins of the Round Church in Preslav
The ruins of the Round Church in Preslav
The Round Church is a large partially preserved early medieval Eastern Orthodox church. It lies in Preslav, the former capital of the First Bulgarian Empire, today a town in northeastern Bulgaria. Unearthed and first examined in 1927–1928, the church dates to the early 10th century, the time of Tsar Simeon I's rule. Considered to be one of the most impressive examples of medieval Bulgarian architecture, the Round Church takes its name from the distinctive shape of one of its three sections, the cella (naos), which is a rotunda that serves as a place of liturgy. The church's design also includes a wide atrium and a rectangular entrance area, or narthex, marked by two circular turrets. The church has been likened to examples of religious architecture from the late Roman Empire, the Caucasus, and even the Carolingian Pre-Romanesque of Charlemagne because of its characteristic plan, which is significantly different from contemporaneous Bulgarian or Byzantine buildings. The church's alternative name, the Golden Church, stems from its possible and popular identification with a "new golden church" in Preslav referenced in a medieval literary source. The Round Church's rich interior decoration, which makes ample use of mosaics, ceramics and marble details, distinguishes it from other churches in Preslav. (more...)

The last church TFA was St. Michael's Cathedral, Qingdao in July 2010, over 6 months ago (2 points). 3 March is Bulgaria's most important national holiday, Liberation Day. The church is not related to the holiday, but it's the only Bulgaria-related FA we can potentially feature, not sure if this is enough for another point. — Toдor Boжinov — 22:32, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It isn't. Two points.--Wehwalt (talk) 22:40, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support Let's hear it for Bulgaria. O.K. I admit, I am anti-video games (until someone creates me my own). I am voting to break the tie.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 06:08, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support as an excellent recent FA on an appropriate date. BencherliteTalk 06:26, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Nice article, and preferable to the video game, as per Tony. Bob talk 09:42, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support Preferable to the video game, as above. Courcelles 21:11, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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