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Revision as of 19:34, 8 April 2013
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.
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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Featured article candidates (FAC) Today's featured article (TFA):
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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† |
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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.
Nonspecific date nominations
Nonspecific date 1
Nonspecific date 2
Nonspecific date 3
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Specific date nominations
April 27
====Charles Rato bob the builder
(RAAF officer)====
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? BencherliteTalk 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)
- 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)
- Military history of Australia during World War II for Anzac Day, perhaps? BencherliteTalk 22:50, 7 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)
- 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
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)
- I think the "white horse" picture is the more memorable of the two proposed images. Bob talk 12:38, 1 April 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)
- 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? BencherliteTalk 21:57, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
May 3
Mother India
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
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)