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Featured and good topics in Wikipedia

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A featured topic is a collection of inter-related articles that are of a good quality (though are not necessarily featured articles).

A good topic is a collection of inter-related articles that are of a good quality (though are not necessarily featured articles) with a less stringent quality threshold than a featured topic.

This page is for the nomination of potential featured and good topics. See the good and featured topic criteria for criteria on both types of topic. If you would like to ask any questions about your topic and the featured topic process before submitting it, visit Wikipedia talk:Featured topic candidates.

Before nominating a topic, nominators may wish to receive feedback by listing it at Featured topic questions. Nominators must be sufficiently familiar with the subject matter and sources to deal with objections during the FTC/GTC process. If you nominate something you have worked on, note it as a self-nomination. Nominators who are not significant contributors to the articles of the topic should consult regular editors of the articles prior to nomination. Nominators are expected to respond positively to constructive criticism and to make an effort to address objections promptly.

The featured topic director, GamerPro64, or his delegate Juhachi, determine the timing of the process for each nomination. For a nomination to be promoted to FT or GT status, consensus must be reached for a group to be promoted to featured or good topic status. If enough time passes without objections being resolved, nominations will be removed from the candidates topic and archived.

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Nomination procedure[edit]

To create a new nomination use the form below (e.g., Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Saffron/archive1) and click the "Create new nomination" button.

Once the nomination page is created, remember to transclude it in the appropriate section below, to leave nomination templates on the talk pages of the articles nominated for the topic, and to create appropriate books (see Book:Jupiter for a good example). For detailed instructions on how to nominate topics or add articles to existing topics, see Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Nomination procedure.


Supporting and objecting[edit]

Please review all the articles of the nominated topic with the featured topic criteria in mind before deciding to support or oppose a nomination. Following the creation of the book, Cyberbot I will create a book report (see example) containing details about cleanup issues (only those that have been flagged with cleanup templates, so it may not pick up everything), and various tools to inspect external links or resolve disambiguation pages. It can be a good idea to check the report and inspect links to see if certain articles need some cleanup (doing this before the nomination is even better).

  • To edit nominations in order to comment on them, you must click the "edit" link to the right of the article nomination on which you wish to comment (not the overall page's "edit this page" link).
  • If you approve of a nomination, write '''Support''' followed by your reasons.
  • If you oppose a nomination, write '''Oppose''' or '''Object''' followed by the reason for your objection. Each objection must provide a specific rationale that can be addressed. If nothing can be done in principle to fix the source of the objection, the objection may be ignored.
    • To withdraw an objection, strike it out (with <s>...</s>) rather than removing it.

For a topic to be promoted to featured topic status, consensus must be reached that it meets the criteria. If enough time passes without objections being resolved (at least one week), nominations will be removed from the candidates list and archived. Nominations will stay here for ten days if there is unanimous consent, or longer if warranted by debate.


Featured topic nominations[edit]

Good topic nominations[edit]

Gascon campaign of 1345[edit]

Between August and November 1345 Henry, Earl of Derby, conducted the whirlwind Gascon campaign of 1345. Commanding an Anglo-Gascon force he carried out "the first successful land campaign of... the Hundred Years' War" against the French. He defeated larger French armies in open battle at Bergerac and at Auberoche, taking numerous noble and knightly prisoners. In the border region between English-occupied Gascony and French-ruled territory morale and prestige swung England's way following this campaign, providing an influx of taxes and recruits for the English armies. The French lost numerous towns and fortifications and their remaining, large, field army fell apart and was disbanded.

Three articles
Good article Gascon campaign of 1345
Portrait of Henry, Duke of Lancaster - William Bruges's Garter Book (c.1440-1450), f.8 - BL Stowe MS 594 (cropped).jpg
Good article Battle of Bergerac
Good article Battle of Auberoche
Contributor(s): Gog the Mild

This is my first nomination of a Good Topic, so I doubtless have some things wrong; I hope that these will be considered sympathetically. The proposed GT covers a specific geographic area and time span and includes an article on the campaign and separate articles on each of the two main military clashes during it. There are no other articles within this period and area and no other separately notable events. I have worked up the articles covering the two battles from start class over the last three months and wrote the campaign article myself in October. Two of the articles are currently undergoing ACR at MilHist. --Gog the Mild (talk) 18:05, 18 November 2018 (UTC)


1st Army Group (Kingdom of Yugoslavia) (1st supplementary nomination)[edit]

This topic is already featured. It is being re-nominated to add additional items. See Wikipedia talk:Featured topics/1st Army Group (Kingdom of Yugoslavia) for discussions of the topic's previous nominations. The additional items are:

  1. 27th Infantry Division Savska
  2. 32nd Infantry Division Triglavski
  3. 38th Infantry Division Dravska
  4. 40th Infantry Division Slavonska
  5. 42nd Infantry Division Murska
  6. Milorad Petrović
10 articles
Good article 1st Army Group, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Invasion of Yugoslavia lines of attack Why We Fight no. 5.jpg
Featured article 4th Army
Good article 27th Infantry Division Savska
Good article 40th Infantry Division Slavonska
Good article 42nd Infantry Division Murska
Featured article 7th Army
Good article 32nd Infantry Division Triglavski
Good article 38th Infantry Division Dravska
Good article 1st Cavalry Division
Good article Milorad Petrović

When I originally successfully nominated this topic, I considered that the subordinate divisions of each army may not have enough coverage to be independently notable. The inclusion of the commander was in fact suggested when this was considered as a good topic two-and-a-half years ago, but I discounted it because there really was no similar GT to compare to. I've subsequently re-considered this position and created the division articles and one for Milorad Petrović, who commanded the army group during its brief existence. All five subordinate division articles have now been promoted to GA, and Petrović was just promoted to GA. I believe that this topic will be comprehensive once these articles have been added, and don't foresee any further expansion, as the only subordinate formations that don't have articles were ad hoc brigade-sized ones with only a brief existence that don't have sufficient coverage in sources to be notable. Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 04:54, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

Off-season Atlantic hurricanes (4th supplementary nomination)[edit]

This topic is already featured. It is being re-nominated to add additional items. See Wikipedia talk:Featured topics/Off-season Atlantic hurricanes for discussions of the topic's previous nominations. The additional items are:

  1. Tropical Storm Alberto (2018)
25 articles
Featured list List of off-season Atlantic hurricanes
Alex 2016-01-14 1435Z.jpg
Good article 1925 Florida tropical storm
Good article Hurricane Able (1951)
Good article 1952 Groundhog Day tropical storm
Good article Tropical Storm Alice (1953)
Good article Hurricane Alice (December 1954)
Good article Tropical Storm Arlene (1959)
Good article Hurricane Alma (1970)
Good article Subtropical Storm Alpha (1972)
Good article Tropical Storm Arlene (1981)
Good article Hurricane Lili (1984)
Good article Tropical Depression One (1988)
Good article Tropical Depression One (1993)
Good article Hurricane Olga (2001)
Good article Tropical Storm Ana (2003)
Good article Tropical Storm Odette (2003)
Good article Hurricane Epsilon
Good article Tropical Storm Zeta
Featured article Subtropical Storm Andrea (2007)
Good article Tropical Storm Olga (2007)
Good article Tropical Storm Arthur (2008)
Good article Tropical Depression One (2009)
Good article Tropical Storm Beryl (2012)
Good article Tropical Storm Ana (2015)
Good article Hurricane Alex (2016)
Good article Tropical Storm Bonnie (2016)
Good article Tropical Storm Alberto (2018)

I'm nominating an addition to this good topic, now that the recent Tropical Storm Alberto (2018) has become a GA. i believe the rest of the topic is still up to the standards of meeting the good article criteria. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 19:44, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

Ironclad warships of the Ottoman Empire[edit]

22 articles
Featured list List of ironclad warships of the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman ironclad Mesudiye2.jpg
Good article Osmaniye-class ironclad
Good article Osmaniye
Good article Aziziye
Good article Orhaniye
Good article Mahmudiye
Good article Asar-i Tevfik
Good article Asar-i Şevket-class ironclad
Good article Asar-i Şevket
Good article Necm-i Şevket
Good article Lüft-ü Celil-class ironclad
Good article Lüft-ü Celil
Good article Hifz-ur Rahman
Good article Avnillah-class ironclad
Good article Avnillah
Good article Muin-i Zafer
Good article Feth-i Bülend-class ironclad
Good article Feth-i Bülend
Good article Mukaddeme-i Hayir
Good article Iclaliye
Good article Mesudiye
Good article Hamidiye

This is another good topic on obscure old warships. These were built by the chronically cash-strapped Ottoman Empire in the 1860s and 1880s, they spent almost no time at sea for the duration of their existences (apart from playing a minor role in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878, where one of them was blown up by Russian artillery), and thoroughly decrepit by the early 1900s, the Ottomans used the possibility of large weapons orders from Germany and Italy to get several of the ships rebuilt into vessels that resembled warships (in one case, literally "resembling" - Mesudiye was fitted with dummy wooden guns instead of the intended 9-inch guns). Thanks to all who take the time to review the topic. Parsecboy (talk) 20:20, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

This seems comprehensive, and includes all the relevant classes and individual ships. For presentation purposes, it might be better to move the whole Asar-i Şevket class to column two, and move the whole Avnillah class to column three. Seems weird to split classes across columns. Otherwise, looking good. Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 07:23, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

Ironclad warships of Austria-Hungary[edit]

22 articles
Featured list Ironclad warships of Austria-Hungary
SMS Tegetthoff.png
Good article Drache class
Good article SMS Drache
Good article SMS Salamander
Good article Kaiser Max class
Good article SMS Kaiser Max
Good article SMS Prinz Eugen
Good article SMS Juan de Austria
Good article Erzherzog Ferdinand Max class
Good article SMS Erzherzog Ferdinand Max
Good article SMS Habsburg
Good article SMS Lissa
Good article SMS Custoza
Good article SMS Erzherzog Albrecht
Good article SMS Kaiser
Good article Kaiser Max class
Good article SMS Kaiser Max
Good article SMS Prinz Eugen
Good article SMS Don Juan d'Austria
Good article SMS Tegetthoff
Good article SMS Kronprinzessin Erzherzogin Stephanie
Good article SMS Kronprinz Erzherzog Rudolf

The above good topic comprises the ironclads built by the Austrian and then Austro-Hungarian navies from the 1860s to the 1880s. Though it was decidedly second rate compared to other major European navies, the Austro-Hungarians assembled a powerful fleet of ironclads during the period and used it to defeat the numerically superior Italian fleet at the Battle of Lissa in 1866. This project was a joint effort; Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs) wrote the first few articles in the series (on the Drache class), I wrote the rest, and White Shadows (talk · contribs) came back from an extended wikibreak to help finish the main list, and we may take some of these articles to FA eventually - we'll see if we can turn it into an FT eventually. Thanks to those who take the time to review the topic. Parsecboy (talk) 19:57, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

This seems comprehensive, and includes all the relevant classes and individual ships. A couple of queries on the topic box though. Shouldn't SMS Juan de Austria be SMS Don Juan d'Austria? And I suggest putting 1862 and 1875 after the Kaiser Max classes for clarity. When I first looked at it I thought it was a duplication until I remembered the supposed recycling. Also, the link for the second SMS Don Juan d'Austria goes to the list page rather than the 1875 ship page. Otherwise, looking good. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 03:27, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

Washington State Route 24[edit]

Washington State Route 24 is a state highway in the south-central region of Washington in the United States. It connects Yakima to Othello and has three child routes that continue on to the Yakima River Valley, the Tri-Cities region, and Vantage.

4 articles
Good article Washington State Route 24
WA-24.svg
Good article Washington State Route 240
Good article Washington State Route 241
Good article Washington State Route 243
Contributor(s): SounderBruce

All of the "child" highways associated with State Route 24 have been brought up to Good article status. All four articles were written recently with a consistent format. The four highways make up a fairly large portion of the highway system between Yakima, Vantage, and the Tri-Cities in south-central Washington state. This GT is based on an existing one, Washington State Route 22, and several other highway GTs. --SounderBruce 17:43, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

  • Support meets the criteria. --Rschen7754 18:12, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
  • Support A consistent format is not required, but good that you went above the requirement! Kees08 (Talk) 03:36, 29 October 2018 (UTC)
  • Support - Criteria met. Nova Crystallis (Talk) 20:36, 29 October 2018 (UTC)
  • Support - nice work. Parsecboy (talk) 19:58, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

Doctor Who (season 1)[edit]

9 articles
Good article Doctor Who (season 1)
Doctor Who logo 1963-1967.png
Good article An Unearthly Child
Good article The Daleks
Good article The Edge of Destruction
Good article Marco Polo
Good article The Keys of Marinus
Good article The Aztecs
Good article The Sensorites
Good article The Reign of Terror
Contributor(s): Rhain

This proposed topic covers the entire first season of the popular science fiction programme Doctor Who, including the season article itself. I started working on these in February, when I began collecting Doctor Who: The Complete History; at the time, all articles were C-class (excluding one B-class article). I finished working on the final serial article in June, and took a short break before finalising the season article last month. We now have nine GAs, and I believe the topic effectively meets the criteria. Very special thanks to the editors who reviewed the GA nominations—@Aoba47, Auldhouse, Argento Surfer, Figureskatingfan, and Adamstom.97—and of course to all the editors who worked on the articles before me. --– Rhain 23:57, 19 October 2018 (UTC)


Cleopatra[edit]

4 articles
Featured article Cleopatra
Kleopatra-VII.-Altes-Museum-Berlin1.jpg

Good article Early life

Good article Reign

Good article Death

@Aoba47, Paparazzzi, and Hawkeye7: thanks for all the support, you guys! I'm wondering if this nomination will take much longer, though? The support for it is unanimous thus far. Is there a holdup for some reason that I'm not seeing here? Pericles of AthensTalk 05:11, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
You have to wait for the coordinator, GamerPro64 or his delegate, Juhachi to decide to promote. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 05:56, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

Topic removal candidates[edit]

Ni no Kuni[edit]

5 articles
Good article Ni no Kuni
Ni no Kuni mornstar.png
Good article Ni no Kuni: Dominion of the Dark Djinn
Good article Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
Good article Mobile games
Good article Music

I am nominating this topic due to it failing to meet criterion 3.b with Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom not becoming a Good Article several months after the game's release. Armbrust The Homunculus 19:43, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

  • I wasn't aware every other single piece of related content had to also become a GA within a certain timeframe? Why can't this standalone? I object to this RC if that is your only issue. ~ Dissident93 (talk) 21:44, 16 November 2018 (UTC)
    No, it can't "standalone". Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom is part of the Ni no Kuni video game series, and without it this topic is incomplete. WP:FT? 1.c explicitly says "A topic must not cherry pick only the best articles to become featured together." Armbrust The Homunculus 21:20, 17 November 2018 (UTC)