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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by SpyridisioAnnis (talk | contribs) at 04:56, 27 November 2022 (→‎Specific date nominations). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

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 July 1 to July 31.

Date Article Notes Supports† Opposes†
Nonspecific 1
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January 1 History of timekeeping devices First day of the calendar year 3
January 8 Alfred Russel Wallace 200th birthday 4
January 31 Leah LaBelle Five years since her death 2

† Tally may not be up to date. The nominator is included in the number of supporters.

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Specific date nominations

December 23

Manchester United FC

This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page unless you are renominating the article at TFAR. For renominations, please add {{collapse top|Previous nomination}} to the top of the discussion and {{collapse bottom}} at the bottom, then complete a new nomination underneath. To do this, see the instructions at {{TFAR nom/doc}}.

The result was: not scheduled by Wehwalt (talk) 15:02, 29 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Manchester United's promotions and relegations
Manchester United's promotions and relegations

Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United (often stylised as Man Utd), or simply United, is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top division in the English football league system. Nicknamed the Red Devils, it was founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, but changed its name to Manchester United in 1902. The club moved from Newton Heath to its current stadium, Old Trafford, in 1910.

Manchester United have won a record 20 League titles, 12 FA Cups, five League Cups, and a record 21 FA Community Shields. They have won the European Cup/UEFA Champions League three times, and the UEFA Europa League, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, the UEFA Super Cup, the Intercontinental Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup once each. In 1968, under the management of Matt Busby, 10 years after eight of the club's players were killed in the Munich air disaster, they became the first English club to win the European Cup. (Full article...)

  • Most recent similar article(s): History of Burnley FC
  • Main editors: PeeJay, Tomoli
  • Promoted: July 27, 2010
  • Reasons for nomination: 120th anniversary of the name "Manchester United" (Should have had a nomination on April if that was specified, but since the nomination didn't get nominated in April, it should be the featured article for 23 December 2022)
  • Support as nominator. SpyridisioAnnis Discussion 03:46, 27 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. As far as I'm concerned reruns should only be either when there's been such significant developments that the page is de facto a different topic to that which ran before, or when the date significance is so significant that the topic in question is likely to have substantially elevated public interest; neither is the case here. I'd also be very wary of showcasing this particular article at present; the club is currently the subject both of some fairly foul-tempered negoriations regarding its ownership, and serious internal ructions within the team and management structure, and as such the BLP considerations are way more elevated than would usually be the case. ‑ Iridescent 07:16, 27 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose: To the best of my understanding, the queue for December has already completed and the focus is on January now. Aoba47 (talk) 17:30, 27 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Coordinator comment We've torn up the schedule for good cause before, but I'm not sure there's good cause here. It's not a major anniversary or one that would be apparent to the reader. We're also running a football article for the final game of the World Cup on December 18. A club with the history of MU can surely find a better date for the last time this article may run per the rules. I'm also minded of the opposes above. I'll wait to close this to hear what SpyridisioAnnis might have to say.--Wehwalt (talk) 17:53, 27 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the clarification. Aoba47 (talk) 22:40, 27 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Wehwalt, SpyridisioAnnis has been indeffed for disruptive editing. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 11:30, 29 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

January 1

History of timekeeping devices

This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Wikipedia:Today's featured article/January 1, 2023 by Jimfbleak - talk to me? 11:26, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The history of timekeeping devices dates back to ancient civilizations observing astronomical bodies. Sundials and water clocks originated in ancient Egypt while incense clocks were used in China. Mechanical clocks were developed in medieval Europe after the invention of the bell-striking alarm; Henry de Vick built a mechanical clock in c.1360 that was the basis for improvements in timekeeping for the next 300 years. The mainspring, invented in the 15th century, allowed small clocks to be built. Leonardo da Vinci produced the earliest drawings of a pendulum while the pendulum clock, designed by Christiaan Huygens in 1656, was more accurate than other mechanical timekeepers. The electric clock, invented in 1840, controlled the most accurate pendulum clocks until the 1940s, when quartz timers became the basis for precise measurement of time and frequency. Atomic clocks are the most accurate timekeeping devices in practical use today and are used to calibrate timekeeping instruments. (Full article...)

  • Most recent similar article(s): Time in Finland was TFA July 7, 2022
  • Main editors: FAC nominated by Keilana, bibliomaniac15, Anonymous Dissident, Grimhelm, Qst, Andonic, J-stan, Zginder, and Phoenix-wiki. Amitchell125 did lots of work at FAR to save this article.
  • Promoted: July 9, 2008. FAR August 28, 2021
  • Reasons for nomination: Jan. 1 is the first day of the year in the Gregorian calendar, a method of timekeeping used in most of the world. This would be a TFA rerun, of which it last ran in 2008. I took the lede and summarised/cut prose to be under 1025 words, though improvements on the blurb is welcome.
  • Support as nominator. Z1720 (talk) 02:04, 6 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    • Thanks to both you and Amitchell for working on and upkeeping the article! :) · Andonic contact 02:54, 6 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support: It is an interesting topic that is very appropriate for the proposed date. I am glad to see it was kept as a FA in the FAR. I am normally opposed to rerunning a TFA but it has been a significant amount of time since it last ran on the front page. Aoba47 (talk) 04:11, 8 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Nice one. Gog the Mild (talk) 14:02, 8 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - seems appropriate. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 14:39, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

January 8

Alfred Russel Wallace

This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Wikipedia:Today's featured article/January 8, 2023 by Jimfbleak - talk to me? 12:22, 10 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Alfred Russel Wallace, pictured in 1895
Alfred Russel Wallace, pictured in 1895

Alfred Russel Wallace was a British naturalist, explorer, and biologist. He is known for independently conceiving the theory of evolution through natural selection. Wallace did extensive fieldwork, identified the faunal divide called the Wallace Line, and was considered the 19th century's leading expert on the geographical distribution of animal species, leading some to call him the "father of biogeography" or of zoogeography. An account of his adventures in Southeast Asia, called The Malay Archipelago, was published in 1869. He worked on warning coloration in animals and reinforcement, a way that natural selection could contribute to speciation by encouraging barriers against hybridisation. He was also a social activist, critical of the social and economic system of 19th-century Britain. He was one of the first prominent scientists to raise concerns over the environmental impact of human activity. (Full article...)

  • Most recent similar article(s): Kathryn D. Sullivan a scientist, is running Nov. 23.
  • Main editors: FAC Nominator: Rusty Cashman. FASA: Chiswick Chap.
  • Promoted: May 25, 2007. FAR "Kept" October 8, 2022.
  • Reasons for nomination: Subject's 200th birthday. This would be a TFA re-run from 2009. I created the blurb from the lede, although I ask that others more knowledgeable to please review and make necessary edits.
  • Support as nominator. Z1720 (talk) 18:06, 7 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Happy to Support as contributor during FAR. Chiswick Chap (talk) 18:40, 7 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. A "must run"". Well picked up. Gog the Mild (talk) 14:55, 8 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Aoba47 (talk) 18:44, 8 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

January 15

Shooting of James Ashley

This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Wikipedia:Today's featured article/January 15, 2023 by Jimfbleak - talk to me? 14:48, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

James Ashley was killed in a police raid in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, on 15 January 1998. An inquiry found that using armed officers breached guidelines, that the raid team was inadequately trained, and officers in charge misrepresented intelligence to gain raid authorisation. A second inquiry accused chief officers of colluding to obstruct the first. The officer who shot Ashley was charged with murder but acquitted on the grounds of self-defence. The officers who led the operation were charged with misconduct in public office and were also acquitted. Ashley's family sued the police for negligence and battery; the case was heard by the House of Lords who ruled that the threshold for pleading self-defence in a civil case was higher than in a criminal one and that the litigants should decide which causes of action to pursue. Ashley's death was considered in a report that recommended stronger control of armed operations and equipping officers with non-lethal alternatives. (Full article...)

January 31

Leah LaBelle

This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Wikipedia:Today's featured article/January 31, 2023 by Jimfbleak - talk to me? 16:09, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Leah LaBelle

Leah LaBelle (September 8, 1986 – January 31, 2018) was an American singer. Born in Toronto, Ontario, and raised in Seattle, Washington, she began pursuing music as a career in her teens, which included performing in the Total Experience Gospel Choir. LaBelle rose to prominence in 2004 as a contestant on the third season of American Idol, placing twelfth in the season finals. Attending the Berklee College of Music for a year, she dropped out to move to Los Angeles. Starting in 2007, LaBelle recorded covers of R&B and soul music for her YouTube channel. These videos led to work as a backing vocalist starting in 2008 and a record deal in 2011 with Epic in partnership with I Am Other and So So Def Recordings. LaBelle released a sampler, three singles, and a posthumous extended play (EP), and received the Soul Train Centric Award at the 2012 Soul Train Music Awards. In 2018, LaBelle and her boyfriend Rasual Butler died in a car crash in Los Angeles. (Full article...)

  • Most recent similar article(s): The closest biography would be John Hay on December 31, 2022, but the closest biography on a singer was Lorde back on May 3, 2022.
  • Main editors: Aoba47
  • Promoted: September 18, 2021
  • Reasons for nomination: The 5-year anniversary of her death. I have not written one of these in a very long time so please feel free to revise the blurb as this is definitely not my strong suit.
  • Support as nominator. Aoba47 (talk) 01:10, 10 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - An appropriate date to run this one as TFA.--NØ 06:56, 20 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support --Pseud 14 (talk) 15:48, 30 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 14:41, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Vida0007 (talk) 21:29, 11 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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