Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests

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 (Brianboulton, Crisco 1492 and Dank) (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 rules for nominations are relatively simple: The article must be a featured article. The article must not have appeared as TFA before (see the list of possibilities here) The request must be either for a specific date within the next 30 days that have not yet been scheduled (10 spaces), or a non-specific date (4 spaces). If a section is full, you can wait for a vacancy, or ask the coordinators for advice. 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 in the first instance. It can be helpful to add the article to the pending requests template up to 1 year before the requested date. This does not guarantee selection, but does help others see what nominations may be forthcoming. Requestors should still nominate the article here during the 30-day timeframe.  – Check TFAR nominations for dead links  – Alt text

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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 (replacing ARTICLE TITLE, and 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. Please do your best to 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 and as the first wikilink in the blurb; total length of blurb when previewed (including spaces) as close as possible to 1,200 characters maximum. Add a suitable free-use image if available; fair use images are not allowed. If you don't feel happy writing a blurb, follow the rest of the instructions, then ask for assistance at WT:TFAR and someone will help. III. 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 November 10 to December 10.

Date	Article	Notes	Supports†	Opposes†
Nonspecific 1	Trout Creek Mountains		2	0
Nonspecific 2
Nonspecific 3
Nonspecific 4
November 11	Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence	50th anniversary	2	0
November 30	Scotland national football team	143rd anniversary of Scotland hosting the first international football match	1	1

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

Nonspecific date nominations

Nonspecific date 1

Trout Creek Mountains

The Trout Creek Mountains are a Great Basin range in Oregon and Nevada in the United States. Oriented generally north–south, the mountains consist mostly of fault blocks of basalt, while the southern end has granitic outcrops. Overall, the faulted terrain is dominated by rolling hills cut by canyons. Most of the range is federal land, and there is little human development—cattle grazing and ranching are the main human uses—but former mines produced very large amounts of mercury. The public land is open to recreation but is rarely visited. It is dominated by big sagebrush and desert grasses. Sage grouse and mountain chickadee are two native bird species, and pronghorn and jackrabbit are common mammals. Despite a dry climate, rare Lahontan cutthroat trout live in a few streams after declining for much of the 20th century. In the 1980s, the effects of grazing on riparian zones and fish led to land-use conflict. The Trout Creek Mountain Working Group was formed in 1988 to resolve disagreements among ranchers, environmentalists, government agencies, and other parties. Stakeholders agreed on changes to land-use practices, and since the early 1990s, riparian zones have begun to recover. (Full article...)

• Most recent similar article(s): Since May 1, there have been four TFAs about geography. The only TFA about Oregon that I see on the list is Balch Creek (September 9). The three other recent TFAs about geography are two about the U.K. and one about Pennsylvania.
• Main editors: Orygun, Jsayre64, Finetooth
• Promoted: 15 October 2015
• Reasons for nomination: I don't see any recent TFAs about mountains or about Nevada on the list. Articles like this one are not often represented as TFA.
• Support as nominator. Jsayre64 (talk) 00:21, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
• Support as peer reviewer and member of WikiProject Oregon. Finetooth (talk) 01:09, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
• Comment: Another American geographic article (St. Johns River) has been scheduled for 8 November. I'm happy for this one to run, but it's likely to be in the latter part of the month. Brianboulton (talk) 09:04, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

Nonspecific date 2

Boys Don't Cry (film)

Boys Don't Cry is a 1999 American independent romantic drama film directed by Kimberly Peirce and co-written by Peirce and Andy Bienen. The film is a dramatization of the real-life story of Brandon Teena, an American trans man played in the film by Hilary Swank, who is beaten, raped and murdered by his male acquaintances after they discover he is transgender. The film also stars Chloë Sevigny, Peter Sarsgaard, Brendan Sexton III, and Alicia Goranson. Peirce was interested in the events surrounding Brandon's murder, leading to nearly a five year-long writing and casting process. Swank was an unknown actor at the time of casting, while principal photography occurred in Greenville, Texas, over the course of 30 days. A variety of academics and reviewers commented on the themes of the film, such as the nature of romantic relationships and the causes of violence against LGBT people. After premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival in October 1999, Boys Don't Cry grossed roughly $12 million in North America. The film was very well-received by critics, with Swank winning the Academy Award for Best Actress. (Full article...)

• Most recent similar article(s): The most recent film article was Pather Panchali in late August. The most recent article on a piece of media was "Lisa the Vegetarian" on October 15, 2015.
• Main editors: User:Johanna (me)
• Promoted: October 22, 2015
• Reasons for nomination: There are nearly 30 other Wikipedias that have an article on this film. This is my first ever FA, and therefore would be my first TFA. Thanks to any reviewers in advance.
• Support as nominator. Johanna (formerly BenLinus1214)^{talk to me!}_{see my work} 02:14, 23 October 2015 (UTC)

Specific date nominations

November 11

Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence

Rhodesia (today Zimbabwe), highlighted on a map of Africa

Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) was adopted by the mostly white minority government of Prime Minister Ian Smith on 11 November 1965. It announced that the British colony of Rhodesia, self-governed since 1923, now regarded itself as a sovereign state. The culmination of a protracted dispute between the British and Rhodesian governments, it was the first unilateral break away by a British colony since the United States Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was largely motivated by the perception among white Rhodesians that they were due independence following four decades' self-government and that Britain was betraying them by insisting on majority rule as a condition; the white minority of about 5% was loath to transfer power to black nationalists because of racial tensions, anti-communism and reservations about the country's future stability. Britain, the Commonwealth and the United Nations deemed Rhodesia's UDI illegal, and economic sanctions, the first in the UN's history, were imposed on the breakaway colony. Rhodesia continued as an unrecognised state until the Lancaster House Agreement of 1979, and became Zimbabwe in 1980. (Full article...)

• Most recent similar article(s): Most recent political article would be Gateway Protection Programme on 1 October. Most recent Zimbabwe/Rhodesia article would be Caesar Hull on 7 September.
• Main editors: Cliftonian
• Promoted: 11 August 2013
• Reasons for nomination: 50th anniversary of UDI on 11 November 1965.
• Support as nominator. —  Cliftonian (talk)  14:21, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
• Support, my recollection of last year's discussion being that Wehwalt (with his typical grace and generosity) was prepared to yield this date to this article even though it would also be a good date match for 1975 Australian constitutional crisis. Plus it's not always easy to find an appropriate military article for 11th November, and the big anniversary for that will be the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day in 2018. Bencherlite^Talk 21:18, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

• If I recall correctly the compromise agreed upon was that the 1975 Australian crisis would run on 10 November, as the time difference would mean it would still be on for quite a while on 11 November in Australia. (Zimbabwe is two hours ahead of the UK.) —  Cliftonian (talk)  16:37, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

• CommentSupport - the opening sentence is trying to say too much and should be cut in two. What; when. Why, by whom. Whole hearldly otherwise. Ceoil (talk) 11:05, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

• I've had a go at splitting up the opening sentence. An improvement, d'you think? —  Cliftonian (talk)  16:10, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

I do, thanks. Ceoil (talk) 18:05, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

First link in a TFA blurb has to be to the TFA, otherwise the bots that help maintain TFA (by automatically adding edit notices on TFA day) get confused, so I've rejigged the opening link. Bencherlite^Talk 21:50, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

November 30

Scotland national football team

The Scotland national football team represent Scotland in international association football. The team are members of FIFA and UEFA, and compete for the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championship. Scotland have a rivalry with England, against whom they contested the world's first international football match on 30 November 1872. They have qualified eight times for the World Cup and twice for the European Championship, but have never advanced beyond the first stage of either tournament. Scotland's fans are known collectively as the Tartan Army, and the team play most of their home matches at Hampden Park (pictured) in Glasgow. Kenny Dalglish holds the record for most appearances for Scotland, with 102, while Dalglish and Denis Law each scored a record 30 goals for the team. (Full article...)

• Most recent similar article(s): Sport: Roy Kilner (17 October 2015); Football: Carrow Road (31 August 2015)
• Main editors: Jmorrison230582
• Promoted: 11 September 2007
• Reasons for nomination: Anniversary of the first international football match. 30 November is also St Andrew's Day in Scotland. Article exists in 50 foreign languages.
• Support as nominator. '''tAD''' (talk) 14:30, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

• Comment: This article was promoted eight years ago. It has obviously been updated, but the prose needs extensive attention if it is to meet today's FA standards. There is poor syntax (e.g. "During these early years, defeats for Scotland were something of a rarity, losing just two of their first 43 international matches"), contractions ("wasn't"), non-encyclopaedic expressions, e.g. describing the defeat by Uruguay as "horrific". There are several misuses of italics. There are also uncited statements at the ends of some paragraphs, and none of the ten footnotes is cited to a source. There's a few weeks in hand, so it is perfectly possible that the article can be made ready in time, but it will require some dedicated attention from interested editors. I wouldn't be prepared to schedule it for TFA as it stands. Brianboulton (talk) 23:40, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
• Oppose for now based on Brian's analysis, which a 3 minute scan confirms. Ceoil (talk) 18:59, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

@Brianboulton: I have opened a PR for the article. Jmorrison230582 (talk) 12:58, 19 October 2015 (UTC)