Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/October 2024
Only TFA schedulers should make changes to the table immediately below. But please feel free to note any concerns, queries or thoughts below it. Thanks.
| Date | Article | Topic | FAC nominator | Promoted | FTopic? | Rerun? | Request? | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Founding Ceremony of the Nation | Art | User:如沐西风; User:Wehwalt | 2017 | TFA/R | |||
| 2 | Tichborne case | Hist | user:Brianboulton | 2012 | June 1, 2013 | |||
| 3 | Secretum (British Museum) | Hist | user:SchroCat | 2024 | ||||
| 4 | Olmec colossal heads | Art | user:Simon Burchell | 2012 | August 23, 2012 | TFA/RP | 200th anniv. of adoption of the 1824 Constitution of Mexico Level 5 vital | |
| 5 | The Birds (Alexander McQueen collection) | Fashion | user:Premeditated Chaos | 2023 | ||||
| 6 | Markham's storm petrel | Birds | user:FunkMonk; user:Jens Lallensack; user:Therapyisgood | 2024 | ||||
| 7 | Thunderbirds (TV series) | TV series | user:SuperMarioMan | 2015 | September 30, 2015 | |||
| 8 | Tony Hawk's Underground | Video game | user:Tezero | 2014 | January 15, 2015 | |||
| 9 | River Parrett | Geography | user:Pyrotec; user:Rodw | 2010 | July 7, 2011 | |||
| 10 | To Kill a Mockingbird | Book | user:Moni3 | 2008 | July 11, 2008 | |||
| 11 | Tomorrow Speculative Fiction | Magazine | user:Mike Christie | 2024 | ||||
| 12 | Brighton hotel bombing | Hist | user:SchroCat | At FAC | Still at FAC | |||
| 13 | The Riddle of the Sphinx (Inside No. 9) | TV | user:Josh Milburn | 2018 | ||||
| 14 | Shooting of Stephen Waldorf | Hist | user:HJ Mitchell | 2023 | ||||
| 15 | Battle of Glasgow, Missouri | Milhist | user:Hog Farm | 2022 | TFA/RP | 160th anniversary of the battle | ||
| 16 | New York Dolls (album) | Music (album) | user:Dan56 | 2014 | ||||
| 17 | Changi Airport MRT station | Architecture | user:ZKang123 | 2024 | ||||
| 18 | Galileo project | Engineering | user:Hawkeye7 | 2024 | 35th anniversary of it being delivered into Earth orbit level-5 vital article | |||
| 19 | Bad Romance | Music (single) | user:FrB.TG | 2022 | TFA/RP | 15th anniversary | ||
| 20 | Heavy metals | Mineralogy | user:Sandbh | 2016 | November 13, 2016 | |||
| 21 | Takin' It Back | Music (album) | user:MaranoFan | 2023 | Takin' It Back & Meghan Trainor albums |
TFA/RP | 2nd anniversary of release | |
| 22 | The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes | Video game | user:PSA; user:ZooBlazer | 2024 | 3rd anniversary of release/editor's first FA/TFA nom | |||
| 23 | Iron Man | Comics | user:Thebiguglyalien | 2024 | ||||
| 23 | Wells Cathedral | Architecture | user:Rodw; user:Amandajm | 2014 | June 7, 2014 | 785th anniversary of its consecration Alternate for that date; Iron Man to move to 22 or 24 if Wells can get up to scratch in time | ||
| 24 | Umbriel (moon) | Astronomy | user:Ruslik0 | 2010 | April 3, 2011 | TFA/RP | 173 years since discovery | |
| 25 | Fusō-class battleship | Milhist | user:Dank; user:Sturmvogel 66 | 2013 | Battleships of Japan | TFA/RP | 80th anniversary of the sinking of both ships of the class in the Battle of Surigao Strait | |
| 26 | Katy Perry | Music (bio) | user:SNUGGUMS; user:Samjohnzon | 2014 | October 25, 2014 | TFA/RP | 40th birthday level-5 vital | |
| 27 | Hadji Ali | Culture | user:Fuhghettaboutit | 2011 | October 24, 2012 | |||
| 28 | Cucurbita | Plants | user:HalfGig; user:Sminthopsis84; user:Chiswick Chap | 2015 | October 31, 2015 | TFA/RP | gourd and pumpkin genus level-5 vital article | |
| 29 | 1921 Centre vs. Harvard football game | Sports | user:PCN02WPS | 2024 | TFA/RP | 103rd anniversary of the game | ||
| 30 | Tomb of Philippe Pot | Art | user:Ceoil | 2023 | ||||
| 31 | The Raven | Poem | user:Midnightdreary | 2007 | December 6, 2007 | A (v loose) nod to Halloween level-5 vital |
Discussion
[edit]Hey, I'm a bit curious, but why put up Changi Airport MRT station for 17 October 2024? The date felt a little random in my opinion.--ZKang123 (talk) 01:40, 10 August 2024 (UTC)
- Not everything has to go on a ‘special’ date, given many dates have multiple events events happening on them. - SchroCat (talk) 06:22, 10 August 2024 (UTC)
There was an attempt ...
[edit]For October 12:
"an attempted assassination attempt" is the highlighted text. What, exactly, is this supposed to mean? How can you attempt to attempt something? Either you attempt something, or you accomplish it. There's no in-between, no qualifying an attempt (outside of sarcasm or humor) further as an attempt.
If this were slated for April 1, I suppose I could understand, although given the article subject that would be a very poor choice for that day. Otherwise the only reason to run it is to have people laugh at us.
I note that the article itself does not use that language, simply and clearly referring to it as "an assassination attempt". Either that or "attempted assassination" works. But by no means do we use both. Daniel Case (talk) 02:24, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
Bird Week
[edit]I really enjoyed the recent "Bird Week" (October 5-October 10). So I just want to say thank you to the schedulers for that. SCOTUS Operandi (talk) 00:22, 11 October 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you! I was glad someone noticed and appreciated it. Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 03:50, 11 October 2024 (UTC)
Admin please
[edit]Today's (24 Oct) TFA was moved from Umbriel (moon) to Umbriel. Its blurb was adjusted. Can an admin pls change the recently featured line on the now-protected 25 October blurb to fix the redirect? JennyOz (talk) 07:17, 24 October 2024 (UTC)