Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests
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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 Dank, Jimfbleak, Ealdgyth and Wehwalt, 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:
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 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.
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Summary chart[edit]
Currently accepting requests from December 9 to January 8.
| Date | Article | Notes | Supports† | Opposes† |
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| December 21 | Edmonds station (Washington) | some 15th anniversary | 2 | 0 |
| December 22 | Alan Bush | birthday | 2 | 0 |
| December 23 | Sonic Adventure | 20th anniversary | 2 | 0 |
| December 24 | Carolwood Pacific Railroad | Anniversary of first test run | 2 | 0 |
| January 1 | Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht, BWV 134a | tricentenary of premiere | 1 | 0 |
† Tally may not be up to date. The nominator is included in the number of supporters.
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December 21[edit]
Edmonds station (Washington)[edit]
Edmonds station is a train station serving the city of Edmonds, Washington, in the United States. The station is served by Amtrak's Cascades and Empire Builder routes, as well as Sound Transit's Sounder North Line, which runs between Everett and Seattle. It is located west of Downtown Edmonds adjacent to the city's ferry terminal and a Community Transit bus station. Edmonds station has a passenger waiting area, a single platform, and a model railroad exhibit. The station building was opened by the Great Northern Railway in 1957, replacing an older depot, and served freight and passenger traffic. It was transferred to Burlington Northern (later BNSF Railway) in 1970, but passenger service ceased when Amtrak took over Burlington Northern's passenger routes in May 1971. Amtrak began operating passenger service from Edmonds station in July 1972. Sound Transit began operating Sounder trains to Edmonds station on December 21, 2003, and later rebuilt the station and transit center in 2011 following the cancellations of plans to build a combined ferry–rail hub southwest of the city. (Full article...)
- Most recent similar article(s): SECR N class (November 24; railroads); North Cascades National Park (October 2; Washington state)
- Main editors: SounderBruce
- Promoted: July 26, 2018
- Reasons for nomination: 15th anniversary of commuter rail service
- Support as nominator. SounderBruce 21:34, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
- Support. First TFA for a railway station since Wood Siding railway station on 19 May 2017. Jackdude101 talk cont 03:39, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
December 22[edit]
Alan Bush[edit]
Alan Bush (1900–1995) was a British composer, pianist, teacher and political activist. A controversial figure, his work reflected his lifelong, uncompromising communist convictions; as a result he frequently struggled for recognition from the British musical establishment. From a prosperous middle-class background, Bush enjoyed considerable success as a student at the Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in the early 1920s. Many of his early works took the form of settings for pageants and workers' songs and choruses. In his maturer years he wrote symphonies, operas and other large-scale works, which found readier audiences in Eastern Europe than at home. In his prewar works, Bush's music retained an essential Englishness, but was also influenced by the avant-garde European idioms of the period. Later he sought to simplify this style, in line with his Marxist-inspired belief that music should be accessible to the mass of the people. Bush taught composition at the RAM for more than 50 years and was the founder and president of the Workers' Music Association. Since his death his musical legacy has been nurtured by the Alan Bush Music Trust, established in 1997. (Full article...)
- Most recent similar article(s): Camille Saint-Saëns on 9 October 2018
- Main editors: Brianboulton
- Promoted: 10 August 2017
- Reasons for nomination: anniversary of subject's birth (1900)
- Support as nominator. Brianboulton (talk) 11:12, 7 November 2018 (UTC)
- Support, good date and article --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:58, 7 November 2018 (UTC)
December 23[edit]
Sonic Adventure[edit]
Sonic Adventure is a 1998 platform game for Sega's Dreamcast, and the first main Sonic the Hedgehog game to feature 3D gameplay. The story follows Sonic the Hedgehog, Miles "Tails" Prower, Knuckles the Echidna, Amy Rose, Big the Cat, and E-102 Gamma in their quests to stop Doctor Robotnik from unleashing Chaos, an ancient evil. Sonic Team began work on Sonic Adventure in 1997. A 60-member development team created the game in ten months, drawing inspiration from locations in Peru and Guatemala. The game received critical acclaim for its visuals and gameplay, and, with 2.5 million copies sold by August 2006, became the Dreamcast's bestseller. It is recognized as an important release in both the Sonic series and the platform genre. Sonic Adventure was later ported to other consoles and received a sequel, Sonic Adventure 2, in 2001. (Full article...)
- Most recent similar article(s): Knuckles' Chaotix, Maniac Mansion
- Main editors: TheJoebro64
- Promoted: April 21, 2018
- Reasons for nomination: This is the 20th anniversary of technically one of the most influential games of all time. I got it promoted earlier this year in hopes of running it on the main page in time for the anniversary.
- Support as nominator. JOEBRO64 18:19, 24 October 2018 (UTC)
- Support. Exactly one year since the previous Sonic-themed video game article, Knuckles' Chaotix, was the TFA. Jackdude101 talk cont 03:31, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
December 24[edit]
Carolwood Pacific Railroad[edit]
The Carolwood Pacific Railroad (CPRR) was a 7 1⁄4-inch (184 mm) gauge ridable miniature railroad run by Walt Disney in the backyard of his home in the Holmby Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It featured the Lilly Belle, a 1:8-scale live steam locomotive named after Disney's wife, Lillian Disney, and built by the Walt Disney Studios' machine shop. The locomotive made its first test run on December 24, 1949. It pulled a set of freight cars, as well as a caboose that was almost entirely built by Disney himself. The railroad, which became operational in 1950, was 2,615 feet (797 m) long and encircled his house. The backyard railroad attracted visitors to Disney's home; he invited them to ride and occasionally drive his miniature train. In 1953, after an accident occurred in which a guest was injured, the CPRR was closed to the public. The Carolwood Pacific Railroad inspired Disney to include railroad attractions in the design for the Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, California. Railroad attractions in Disney theme parks around the world are now commonplace. (Full article...)
- Most recent similar article(s): Walt Disney World Railroad (25 March 2018)
- Main editors: Jackdude101
- Promoted: 3 April 2018
- Reasons for nomination: 24 December is the anniversary of the first test run of the CPRR's locomotive during a Christmas party at Walt Disney Studios
- Support as nominator. Jackdude101 talk cont 03:08, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
- Support --Janke
January 1[edit]
Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht, BWV 134a[edit]
Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht (Time, which day and year doth make), BWV 134a, is a cantata for New Year's Day by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed the serenata while he was in the service of the court of Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (hall in the palace pictured) for a performance on 1 January 1719. The libretto by Christian Friedrich Hunold takes the form of a dialogue between two allegorical figures, Time and Divine Providence, representing the past and future, respectively. Bach set the words in eight movements consisting of alternating recitatives and arias and a choral finale. Most movements are duets of solo voices, an alto as Divine Providence and a tenor as Time. The singers are supported by a Baroque instrumental ensemble of two oboes, two violins, viola and continuo. The character of the music is close to Baroque opera. Later, in Leipzig, Bach used the secular cantata as the basis for a church cantata for the Third Day of Easter 1724, by simply changinging the text and omitting two movements. The secular cantata has been used for congratulatory events, such as the 80th birthday of Bach scholar Alfred Dürr. (Full article...)
- Most recent similar article(s): last Bach cantata in February 2018
- Main editors: Gerda Arendt
- Promoted: November 2018
- Reasons for nomination: 300th anniversary of premiere
- Support as nominator. Gerda Arendt (talk) 00:09, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
January 3[edit]
Cyclone Ada[edit]
Cyclone Ada was a short-lived but intense tropical cyclone, severely impacting the Whitsunday Region of Queensland, Australia. It formed on January 3, 1970, over the Coral Sea, and was named Ada 11 days later as it moved southwest. By the time it reached the Whitsunday Islands, it had become a Category 3 severe tropical cyclone, allowing it to gain the title of the most damaging storm in the history of the mainland town of Proserpine at the time. It damaged multiple resorts on the islands, and caused 14 deaths. (Full article...)
- Most recent similar article(s): Hurricane Irene, November 21 2018
- Main editors:
- Promoted: June 24, 2017
- Reasons for nomination: Anniversary of formation, also a featured article in portuguese,
- Support as nominator. DannyS712 (talk) 00:37, 19 November 2018 (UTC)