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: 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 December 1 to December 31.

Date	Article	Points	Notes	Supports†	Opposes†
Nonspecific 1
Nonspecific 2
Nonspecific 3
Nonspecific 4
April 27	Charles Eaton (RAAF officer)	2	2+ years FA (also date relevance but not vital)	2	0
April 28	1923 FA Cup Final	3	90th anniversary, 2+ years FA	1	0
May 3	Mother India	8	Widely covered, 100 years of Indian cinema	7	0
May 12	Rachel Chiesley, Lady Grange	2	day of death, 1 yr FA	1	0

^† Tally may not be up to date; please do not use these tallies for removing a nomination according to criteria 1 or 3 above unless you have verified the numbers. The nominator is included in the number of supporters.

Specific date nominations

April 27

====Charles Rato bob the builder

(RAAF officer)====

Charles Eaton (1895–1979) was a senior officer and pilot in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), and later a diplomat. Born in London, he joined the British Army in World War I and saw action on the Western Front before transferring to the Royal Flying Corps in 1917. Shot down in 1918, he was twice captured by German forces, and twice escaped. Eaton left the military in 1920 and worked in India until moving to Australia in 1923. Two years later he joined the RAAF, serving initially as an instructor. Between 1929 and 1931, he was chosen to lead three expeditions to search for lost aircraft in central Australia, which earned him national attention and the Air Force Cross. In 1939, Eaton became commanding officer of No. 12 Squadron at the newly established RAAF Station Darwin, Northern Territory. Promoted group captain, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1942. He took command of No. 79 Wing at Batchelor, Northern Territory, in 1943, and was mentioned in despatches during operations in the South West Pacific. Retiring from the RAAF in December 1945, Eaton took up diplomatic posts in the Dutch East Indies, heading a United Nations commission as Consul-General during the Indonesian National Revolution. He returned to Australia in 1950, and became a farmer in later life. Popularly known as "Moth" Eaton, he is commemorated by several memorials in the Northern Territory. (Full article...)

2 points (2+ years FA). Partly in response to Bencherlite's appeal for noms a little while ago, but also a personal favourite of mine. The date isn't a big deal, but it is the anniversary that Eaton located (ironically, for a pilot, on foot) the bodies of two lost airmen in the Australian desert in 1929, the first of three similar missions that gained him national prominence -- so add an extra point if that counts. It's his search-and-rescue work and post-war career as a diplomat, as much as his achievements as a military pilot, that I think makes him an interesting subject. Plus one reviewer was kind enough to remark on the good choice of photos in the article. If this date doesn't appeal, happy to see it running some other time. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 06:24, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

How about 25 April? I bumped you last year for the Anzac Day article. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:40, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Well on 25 April 1929 he was in the middle of his overland trek to the crash site of those lost airmen, so the date's still relevant to him as well as to Australian service people in general; I have no problem with moving it forward if no-one has anything more appropriate for Anzac Day, and that should definitely qualify for another point... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 06:32, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Military history of Australia during World War II for Anzac Day, perhaps? Bencherlite^Talk 22:50, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

Sure, maybe -- I'll ping Nick-D as its main editor to see if he has an opinion. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 08:36, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

I'd support that - the article has been a FA for almost four years, remains in good shape and is a good match for the date. There would be nothing wrong with using the Eaton article for the TFA on Anzac Day though. Nick-D (talk) 08:50, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

• Support, date slightly immaterial, but this is a rather unusual and interesting individual in a great article. - SchroCat (talk) 07:35, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

April 28

1923 FA Cup Final

The 1923 FA Cup Final was a football match between Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United on 28 April 1923 at the original Wembley Stadium in London. The showpiece match of English football's primary cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup (better known as the FA Cup), it was the first football match to be played at Wembley Stadium. The final was preceded by chaotic scenes as vast crowds surged into the stadium, far exceeding its official capacity of approximately 125,000. A crowd estimated at up to 300,000 gained entrance and the terraces overflowed, with the result that spectators found their way into the area around the pitch and even onto the playing area itself. Mounted policemen, including one on a light-coloured horse (pictured) which became the defining image of the day, had to be brought in to clear the crowds from the pitch to allow the match to take place. Although West Ham started strongly, Bolton proved the dominant team for most of the match and won 2–0. The pre-match events prompted discussion in the House of Commons and led to the introduction of a number of safety measures for future finals. The match is often referred to as the "White Horse Final" and is commemorated by the White Horse Bridge at the new Wembley Stadium. (Full article...)

3 points: 90th anniversary; 2+ years as FA. Also, I think it's been a little while since we've had a sports TFA.--Chimino (talk) 20:36, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

IMO, File:1923CupFinalaction.jpg is a better pic to use. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 05:57, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

Do you know the identities of the players in the pic? If so, we'd have to find a way to work one of them into the lead.--Chimino (talk) 05:07, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

I think the "white horse" picture is the more memorable of the two proposed images. Bob talk 12:38, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Of course it is. As the article says, it is what the match is famous for. Johnbod (talk) 14:28, 6 April 2013 (UTC)

• Support so long as it has indeed "been a little while since we've had a sports TFA". Johnbod (talk) 14:28, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
  • Liverpool F.C. in European football 12th Feb is the last football article; at the moment, the latest sports TFA scheduled is Thurman Tucker (US baseball, 14th April). I'm fine with the gap as it currently stands - to keep up with the numbers of sports FAs awaiting their TFA date we ought to be running 10 or 11 per quarter, in fact, and we only had 5 in the first quarter of 2013. But what about 11th May, the date of the 2013 final, for extra appropriateness? Bencherlite^Talk 21:57, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

May 3

Mother India

Mother India is a 1957 Hindi epic melodrama film, directed by Mehboob Khan and starring Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar, and Raaj Kumar. A remake of Khan's 1940 film Aurat, it is the story of a poverty-stricken village woman named Radha (Nargis) who struggles to raise her sons and survive against an evil money-lender amidst many troubles. Despite her hardship, she sets a goddess-like moral example of an ideal Hindu Indian woman. In the end, she kills her criminal son for the greater good. Mother India metaphorically represents India as a nation in the aftermath of independence, and alludes to a strong sense of nationalism and nation-building. While some authors treat Radha as the symbol of women empowerment, others see her cast in female stereotypes. The film was the most expensive Hindi cinema (Bollywood) production and earned the highest revenue for any Hindi film at that time. Adjusted for inflation, Mother India still ranks among the all-time Indian blockbusters. Mother India became a definitive cultural classic and is regarded one of the best Indian films. It was India's first submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1958, where it made the shortlist. The film won the Filmfare Best Film Award for 1957, and Nargis and Khan won the Best Actress and Best Director awards respectively. (Full article...)

8 Points: Widely covered (2), 100 years of Indian cinema (6). WikiProject India as well as various other institutions are celebrating 100 years of Bollywood on this day: [1], Indian government, Bollywood. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 05:53, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

• Support: For subject matter, and quality of the article. Is the blurb a lottle long? Ceoil (talk) 15:14, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

Does it seem better now? Cut a little. Redtigerxyz ^Talk 15:28, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

Yes. Its a subtle differece, but over long blurbs can be slightly dense and off putting. Or maybe I'm just shallow :) Ceoil (talk) 16:01, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

• Support: coincides 100 years of Indian cinema celebration. Ssriram mt (talk) 00:16, 31 March 2013 (UTC)
• Support (the pic would be better on the right, right?) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:46, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
• Support, I thought this was a rather interesting article at PR and FAC, and it still is: interesting article about a very interesting film. - SchroCat (talk) 07:37, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
• Support I prefer this image of Nargis, though.—indopug (talk) 00:09, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

The image of Nargis uploaded by me was part of the article, however was removed when it was realized that it is not free use under URAA. Redtigerxyz ^Talk 16:20, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

• Support A century of Indian Cinema...nice article to celebrate TheStrikeΣagle 09:23, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
• Support, with pic to right. Johnbod (talk) 14:29, 6 April 2013 (UTC)

• Comment Some of the post-FAC changes have been detrimental. The image of Khan which was added here is likely not free, and I've nominated it for deletion. That quote at the top of the legacy section is thugly. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:45, 6 April 2013 (UTC)

Removed image. Both image and quote were present before FAC was complete. 13 March version. Redtigerxyz ^Talk 09:17, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

• That's odd, I don't recall seeing those when I did my image review. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:29, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

May 12

Rachel Chiesley, Lady Grange

Lady Grange (1679–1745) was the wife of James Erskine, Lord Grange, a Scottish lawyer with Jacobite sympathies. After 25 years of marriage and nine children, the Granges separated acrimoniously. When Lady Grange produced letters that she claimed were evidence of his treasonable plottings against the Hanoverian government in London, her husband had her kidnapped in 1732. She was incarcerated in various remote locations on the western seaboard of Scotland, including the Monach Isles, Skye and the distant islands of St Kilda. Lady Grange's father was convicted of murder and she is known to have had a violent temper; initially her absence seems to have caused little comment. News of her plight eventually reached her home town of Edinburgh however, and an unsuccessful rescue attempt was undertaken by her lawyer, Thomas Hope of Rankeillor. She died in captivity, after being in effect imprisoned for 13 years. Her life has been remembered in poetry, prose and a play. (Full article...)

postponed from before, FA more than a year: 1 pt, day of death: 1 pt (day of birth not known), woman in history --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:43, 6 April 2013 (UTC)