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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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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 1 to January 31.

Date Article Points Notes
May 30 Everton F.C. 3 Day they play in the FA cup final.
June 8 Niobium 7 200 years since it was disregarded as an element.
June 11 (or 10 or 12) Cherry Springs State Park 4 11 is Anniversary as Dark Sky Park, 3 pts for 10 or 12
June 11 William D. Boyce 2 80th Anniversary of his death.

Requests

May 30

Everton F.C., date they will play in this years FA cup final. BUC (talk) 14:02, 10 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What's the rationale for the other 2 points? Also, do you have a blurb written (like the blurbs for other articles requested above)?rʨanaɢ talk/contribs 22:26, 10 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment as of right now, 4 supports, 6 opposes, 48 hours have passed since it is on the page. It can be replaced by any eligible FA regardless of points unless it pulls back up to .500.--Wehwalt (talk) 14:02, 12 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

June 8

Niobium (Greek mythology: Niobe, daughter of Tantalus), or columbium, is the chemical element with the symbol Nb and the atomic number 41. A rare, soft, grey, ductile transition metal, niobium is found in the minerals pyrochlore, the main commercial source for niobium, and columbite.

Niobium has physical and chemical properties similar to those of the element tantalum, and the two are therefore difficult to distinguish. The English chemist Charles Hatchett reported a new element similar to tantalum in 1801, and named it columbium. In 1809, the English chemist William Hyde Wollaston wrongly concluded that tantalum and columbium were identical. The German chemist Heinrich Rose determined in 1846 that tantalum ores contain a second element, which he named niobium. In 1864 and 1865, a series of scientific findings clarified that niobium and columbium were the same element (as distinguished from tantalum), and for a century both names were used interchangeably. The name of the element was officially adopted as niobium in 1949.

It was not until the early 20th century that niobium was first used commercially. Brazil is the leading producer of niobium and ferroniobium, an alloy of niobium and iron. Niobium is used mostly in alloys, the largest part in special steel such as that used in gas pipelines. Although alloys contain only a maximum of 0.1%, that small percentage of Niobium improves the strength of the steel. The temperature stability of niobium-containing superalloys is important for its use in jet engines and rocket engines. Niobium is used in various superconducting materials. These superconducting alloys, also containing titanium and tin, are widely used in the superconducting magnets of MRI scanners. Other applications of niobium include its use in welding, nuclear industries, electronics, optics, numismatics and jewellery. In the last two applications, niobium's low toxicity and ability to be coloured by anodisation are particular advantages.
200 years since a publication made it getting disregarded as a distinct element for more than 50 years, which eventually lead to the present name being niobium instead of columbium. 6pts + 1pt for underrepresentated at FA. Nergaal (talk) 22:38, 14 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Not sure about the points...the link above says the article was published on 1 January 1809, not 8 June, and if that is the case then the points for this particular day would be 1, not 7. rʨanaɢ talk/contribs 22:52, 14 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Open the pdf that has the original paper. Of whatever is listed on the url, only the year is correct. Nergaal (talk) 00:12, 15 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

June 11

William Dickson "W. D." Boyce was an American newspaper man, entrepreneur, magazine publisher, and explorer. He was the founder of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) and the short-lived Lone Scouts of America (LSA). Born in Plum Township, Pennsylvania and an astute businessman, Boyce successfully established several newspapers. He moved to Chicago to pursue his entrepreneurial ambitions. There he established the Mutual Newspaper Publishing Company and the weekly Saturday Blade. With his novel employment of newsboys to boost newspaper sales, Boyce's namesake publishing company maintained a circulation of 500,000 copies per week by 1894. By the early years of the 20th century, Boyce had become a multi-millionaire and had taken a step back from his businesses to pursue his interests in civic affairs, devoting more time to traveling and participating in expeditions. In 1909, he embarked on a two-month trip to Europe and a large photographic expedition to Africa with photographer George R. Lawrence and cartoonist John T. McCutcheon. Boyce learned about Scouting while passing through London, England during his first expedition to Africa in 1909. From its start, Boyce focused the Scouting program on teaching self-reliance, citizenship, resourcefulness, patriotism, obedience, cheerfulness, courage, and courtesy in order "to make men". After clashing over the Scouting program with Chief Scout Executive James E. West, he split from the BSA and founded the LSA in January 1915, which catered to rural boys who had limited opportunities to form a troop or a patrol. In June 1924, a merger was completed between the BSA and the struggling LSA. Boyce received many awards and memorials for his efforts in the U.S. Scouting movement, including the Silver Buffalo Award.

80th anniversary of his death. blurb forthcoming.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 19:03, 13 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Two points for his death anniversary.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 03:29, 14 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Points look good.--Wehwalt (talk) 21:08, 13 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support - interesting article and see no problems. —Ed 17 (Talk / Contribs) 06:25, 14 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per Ed, but one potential problem (for others). As editor of "The White Boys Magazine", some may find Boyce controversial or even dispicable. My feeling is that even if he is controversial, we should have controversial TFAs, and besides, ultimately we have to forgive our ancestors for all their faults. Smallbones (talk) 06:41, 14 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support everyone has faults and the race issues are there because they're well sourced and make the article accuurate and neutral. Boyce is a key leader from the early days of the largest youth movement in world history, despite his faults, and was also a very influential business man and explorer. — Rlevse • Talk • 09:52, 14 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, though the blurb is a bit long. –Juliancolton | Talk 15:24, 14 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I'd advise shortening the blurb by getting rid that list of scouting attributes, for one thing. As for the controversial publication, so be it. We've had Albert Speer main page, a Nazi. I think we'll survive a guy who exibited some of the attitudes of his times.--Wehwalt (talk) 15:31, 14 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

June 11, or 10 or 12

Cherry Springs State Park is a 106-acre (43 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Potter County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The park was created from land within the Susquehannock State Forest, and is on Pennsylvania Route 44 in West Branch Township. Cherry Springs, named for a large stand of Black Cherry trees in the park, is atop the dissected Allegheny Plateau at an elevation of 2,300 feet (701 m). It is popular with astronomers and stargazers for having some of the "darkest night skies on the east coast" of the United States, and was chosen by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) and its Bureau of Parks as one of "Twenty Must-See Pennsylvania State Parks". On June 11, 2007, the International Dark-Sky Association named it the second "International Dark Sky Park"; under optimum conditions the Milky Way casts a discernible shadow. Cherry Springs has received national press coverage and hosts two star parties a year, which attract hundreds of astronomers. There are regular stargazing and educational programs for the public at the park, and the Woodsmen's Show attracts thousands each summer. Cherry Springs also offers rustic camping, picnic facilities (including a pavilion built by the Civilian Conservation Corps listed on the National Register of Historic Places), and trails for mountain biking, hiking, and snowmobiling. The surrounding state forest and park are home to a variety of flora and fauna.

I think this gets four points: one point for the two year anniversary of being named an International Dark Sky Park, two points for no similar article being on the main page in over six months (Kaziranga National Park on August 28, 2008), and one point for my never having had an article on the Main Page. There are six Pennsylvania state park FAs and none have never been TFA. The only state park that has been TFA is Redwood National and State Parks on May 17, 2008 (no article on just a state park has been TFA). Finally, since the most noteworthy aspect of the park is the clarity and darkness of its night skies, the lead image is the view of the Milky Way as photographed from within the park. Dincher (talk) 19:42, 14 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note - this article was promoted on May 12. Karanacs (talk) 19:57, 14 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - in the interest of full disclosure I am a co-nominator of this at FAC. I also note that while this was promoted very recently, Dincher is the first or second author by number of edits on all 6 PA state park FAs and conominator at FAC of 5 of the 6 - none of these has been TFA. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ruhrfisch (talk • contribs) 20:15, May 14, 2009 (UTC)
  • Comment Points seem defensible, though I'd draw the community's attention to Idlewild and Soak Zone, TFA May 1, and White Deer Hole Creek, TFA April 13. In other words, I'm not 100 percent certain on the points, and draw people's attention to articles that may affect point calculation.--Wehwalt (talk) 21:21, 14 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • While all three are in Pennsylvania, Cherry Springs is in the Pennsylvania, National Register of Historic Places, and Protected Area Wikiprojects and listed in the Geography and places section of FA, White Deer Hole is in the Pennsylvania and Rivers Wikiprojects and the Geography and places section of FA, and Idlewild is in the Pittsburgh and Amusement Parks Wikiprojects and the Business, economics and finance section of FA. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 23:56, 14 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

May 28

Schapelle Leigh Corby (born 10 July 1977) is an Australian woman convicted and imprisoned in Indonesia for drug smuggling.

Corby is serving a 20-year sentence (for which she has received approximately five months in remissions) for the importation of 4.2 kg (9.3 lb) of cannabis into Bali, Indonesia. She was convicted and sentenced in Bali on 27 May 2005 by the Denpasar (Indonesia) District Court and currently serves her sentence in Kerobokan Prison, Bali. On appeal, her conviction and sentence were confirmed with finality by the Indonesian Supreme Court. No further legal manoeuvres on her part are possible; she may petition for clemency from Indonesia's president, but would have to admit guilt to do so. [citation needed]

Corby has maintained from the time of her arrest that the drugs were planted in her boogie board bag and that she did not know about them. [1] Her trial and conviction were a major focus of attention for the Australian media. Her due release date, with remissions, is currently 12 April 2024. [2]

In June 2008, the Nine Network in Australia broadcast a two-part documentary called Schapelle Corby: The Hidden Truth. An edited version of the documentary was renamed Ganja Queen and aired on HBO in North and South America, before being released on DVD. [3]
  1. ^ Little cheer for Bali drug suspect, /The Sydney Morning Herald, 27 December 2004
  2. ^ "Corby's sentence cut by three months". The Sun-Herald. 2008-08-17. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
  3. ^ "Ganja Queen". IDMb. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
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