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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: 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 July 16 to August 15.

The chart will be updated regularly by editors who follow this page:

Date Article Points Comments
July 17 T-26 – 1 or – 2 Points disputed
Diversity questioned
July 18 The Quatermass Experiment 3
July 20 Minneapolis 6 Diversity questioned
July 26 The Simpsons Movie – 2 Next to be replaced
August 1 Emily Dickinson 1

Requests

July 17

The T-26 was a light tank used by the Soviet Union from the 1930s until World War II. It was based on the British Vickers 6-Ton tank and widely considered one of the most successful designs of the 1930s. The T-26 made-up the majority of the Red Army's armour force until late 1941, and saw a long history in the armed forces of various different nations around the world. For almost a decade the T-26 proved to be one of the best tanks in production, with a total of around 12,000 units produced. Success and failure in the Spanish Civil War, where it served as the most widely used tank, ultimately played a major role in influencing the Soviet doctrine of tank warfare in the late 1930s. The T-26 participated in German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 as one of the most numerous tanks in service, contributing to the defense of the Soviet Union. Although the T-26's reputation was marred by its abysmal performance during World War II, it was nevertheless the most important tank of the Spanish Civil War and played major roles during the Winter War and the Battle of Khalkhin Gol in 1939. Between its introduction in 1932 and its retirement in 1941, the T-26 saw a great deal of modernization efforts. (more…)

I'm nominating the T-26 on the 17 of July, which marks the anniversary of the beginning of the Spanish Civil War - the T-26 was the tank most supplied to either side of the war, and if there is one tank that symbolizes the war it's the T-26. I believe it receives 2 points - 1 for being promoted a year ago and 1 for being a relevant date. This is the second article on a tank to attempt to be on the main page - the T-34 has been on the main page. I'd like to try! JonCatalán (talk) 12:21, 28 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support per date relevancy. Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 13:02, 28 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support and I do not think that we have had a warfare article on the main page for a while. –thedemonhog talk • edits 02:44, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Comment: Russian-Circassian War is scheduled to be Today's featured article on July 6, 2008. Halgin (talk) 01:10, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      • Question is, do we consider that too close to this topic or do we let the points stand since there hasn't been a weaponry article up for awhile? It's up to us. Wrad (talk) 01:21, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
        • Debateable; as this becomes next up, debate may heat up (I still say date connection is weak, and I would object if this article went before Dickinson, when no poet has been up for a very very long time ... in that case, I would be an oppose on this request). SandyGeorgia (Talk) 01:24, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
          • I'm personally willing to consider weaponry its own category here. We have always had a variety of military-oriented articles on the main page: biographies, wars, weaponry... I think a precedent has been set by Raul that approves of being a bit more specific when it comes to military articles. Precedent can be changed, of course, but these are my feelings. Wrad (talk) 03:11, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
            • But we should also factor Awadewit's comment that there are currently two warfare articles in the queue; is Raul likely to accept a third? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 03:14, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
              • One is a biography and one is about a war, right? They're within a few days of each other. I think it's safe to say Raul doesn't really mind that much. I don't mind either, but that's just me. That's the feeling I get here, too. People care enough to mention it, but still offer support, even if that support is a little shaky. They don't mind too much about it, like I've seen people do about video game articles or film articles. Wrad (talk) 03:18, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
        • I don't think you should loss points for this. I just want point out there is a warfare article in the queue. Halgin (talk) 02:03, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Per thedemonhog, I'm completely in favour of this article. I do wonder whether the date relevancy is really sufficient to merit a point, although on reading the article it seems it may be. Adacore (talk) 09:11, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment You may be correct, as it may be something only felt or known by Spaniards (well, historians). The T-26, certainly for us, was the tank of the war, but if it doesn't merit a point then I can't do much about it! JonCatalán (talk) 13:11, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Support This is an interesting date connection - thanks! However, there are two other warfare articles already scheduled for July (a bio of a general and an article about a war), so my support is weak. Awadewit (talk) 17:12, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment, I don't oppose the request, but I suggest that the date connection is invalid, and this request has only one point (hence, can be replaced by any request with higher points). SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:15, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • I'm not disputing the loss of the point, but for future reference what makes it invalid? Is it based on too loose of a string? JonCatalán (talk) 00:13, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      • Well, you haven't completely lost the point, it's just in dispute. I think the connection is fine, but others don't. Basically, then, your article is better off than other one-pointers, but not as good as a solid two-pointer, if that makes sense. So far this nomination is doing pretty well. Wrad (talk) 00:23, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Even if this is a two-pointer (in my opinion, not really), it's not really, because, as an above editor pointed out, Winfield Scott Hancock is today's featured article, and the Russian-Circassian War will be featured on the 6th. Since both are in the same category as this article, and both will be within two weeks of the suggested date, that's minus 3 points. So, looks like -1 points total (perhaps even -2 points). I've updated the table to show that. Noble Story (talk • contributions) 04:39, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

July 18

The Quatermass Experiment is a British science-fiction serial, broadcast by BBC Television in the summer of 1953, and re-staged by BBC Four in 2005. Set in the near future against the background of a British space programme, it tells the story of the first manned flight into space, overseen by Professor Bernard Quatermass of the British Experimental Rocket Group. When the spaceship that carried the first successful crew returns to Earth, two of the three astronauts are missing, and the third is behaving strangely. It becomes clear that an alien presence entered the ship during its flight, and Quatermass and his associates must prevent the alien from destroying the world. Originally comprising six half-hour episodes was first transmitted weekly on Saturday night from July 18 1953 to August 22 1953. It was the first science-fiction production to be written especially for an adult television audience. The Quatermass Experiment inspired much of the television science fiction that followed it, particularly in the United Kingdom, where it influenced successful series such as Doctor Who and Sapphire and Steel. It also influenced Hollywood blockbusters such as 2001: A Space Odyssey and Alien. (more...)

Points: Age: +2 Promoted May 13, 2005 more than two years ago Date: +1 relevant to article first aired July 18 (Halgin (talk) 23:38, 1 July 2008 (UTC))[reply]

July 20

Minneapolis (Template:PronEng) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and is the county seat of Hennepin County. The city lies on both banks of the Mississippi River, just north of the river's confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Saint Paul, the state's capital. Known as the Twin Cities, these two cities form the core of Minneapolis-Saint Paul, the sixteenth largest metropolitan area in the United States, with about 3.2 million residents. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's population at 369,051 people in 2006. Minneapolis and Minnesota celebrate their sesquicentennials in 2008. The city's celebration coincides with the 150th anniversary of its first town council meeting thought to have been held July 20, 1858. The city is abundantly rich in water with twenty lakes and wetlands, the Mississippi riverfront, creeks and waterfalls, many connected by parkways in the Chain of Lakes and the Grand Rounds Scenic Byway. Minneapolis was once the world's flour milling capital and a hub for timber, and today is the primary business center between Chicago, Illinois, and Seattle, Washington. (more…)

Greetings. Minneapolis is celebrating its 150th anniversary (sesquicentennial) that day. I count 6 points (0 each for age, vital and core, 4 for semicentennial and 1 each for date and notability). Thank you. —SusanLesch (talk) 19:53, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support per excellent date connection. –thedemonhog talk • edits 20:35, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Per Thedemonhog. Good date connection, and the article's in good shape. Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 20:38, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support reasoning for choosing this date is excellent. Dincher (talk) 01:24, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Excellent reasoning/date choice. Excellent one for this date. — BQZip01 — talk 03:20, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support It's been a while since we've had an article like this. Buc (talk) 07:33, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Very nice article and an appropriate date. Coemgenus 10:51, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Per nom and other comments.--Wehwalt (talk) 22:33, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I don't think it gets 4 points for semicentennial plus another point 1 for date. It should only get the 4 points for semicentennial. Also should get 1 point since it was promoted June 28, 2007 over a year, from when it will be on the main page, July 20. So the 6 points is right amount.
Thank you, Halgin. Your correction is appreciated. So one amount of points comes from each of age, timing, importance and diversity--my mistake was to consider each line item separately. I count five until this weekend when it reaches a year since promotion, then six points. —SusanLesch (talk) 20:36, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Halgin, just to follow up, yes now that 28 June past, yes, six points here. —SusanLesch (talk) 03:50, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - The article is written very well, and the date connection is excellent. Hello32020 (talk) 01:58, 28 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, SandyGeorgia. Sorry, I don't quite follow. May I ask what you are asking by, "Any more important dates?"? The obvious answer would be yes, in 50 years. But I'm not sure if that is the question you have. Re: two articles, yes, they are both FAs. One article about a state's history, one about a city. If we are counting FAs with the string "Minne" in them, there's even another one, Minnesota which appeared on the main page last year. —SusanLesch (talk) 03:50, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I wouldn't say it's the same reason, these are distinct from each other. History of Minnesota was on the 150th anniversary of statehood, while Minneapolis would be on the 150th anniversary of it becoming a city. Same year, yes... but different events. WxGopher (talk) 21:35, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
My question is whether we should run two Minnesota anniversaries within two months, in terms of mainpage diversity. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:17, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I don't have a problem with it, mainly because I wonder how many people even know Minneapolis is in Minnesota :) . But maybe others have different ideas. Wrad (talk) 19:03, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi again, Sandy. I'd like to see you offer some positive energy in favor of Minneapolis. It's a city (not a U.S. state). I looked this up. In April you pointed out the state was on the main page last year, and here point out the state's history was on the main page this year. Could you possibly look at Minneapolis, the city? (I nominated Minneapolis so long ago, way before April, it was before the TFA current system and my nomination was blanked.) Thanks for clarifying. I don't see how there is any better date until the bicentennial in 2058. Loosely, "Minne" is the Dakota or Lakota Sioux language word for "water" that the two words just happen to share. Maybe that is the source of confusion here. —SusanLesch (talk) 19:30, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Ouch. I'm quite certain Sandy, and everyone else, is aware of the difference between Minneapolis and Minnesota. Here's the problem: not every featured article that makes it on the main page has a date connection, and not every date connection is a semicentennial. Of course, a better date wouldn't occur until 2058, but who said it needs to be on a semicentennial or a centennial? Or even an anniversary at all? I think the appearance of both the state of Minnesota and then a major city in Minnesota a couple months apart from each other, basically for the same reason (150th anniversary) is a valid concern. And it doesn't help that Minnesota and Minneapolis are similarly named, either. I'm not sure I'd vote against its appearance for that, but I don't think you're being fair to Sandy. The idea, or appearance, of a flurry of sesquicentennial nominations for Minnesota-related places is just not desirable (anyone going to bring St. Paul up to featured status?). No need to pretend as if there is no relationship between the city and the state, and no need to suggest we are expected to support your nomination. -- tariqabjotu 20:01, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, Tariqabjotu (who I've never met before on Wikipedia). I don't find your wording, "ouch" or "pretend" to be helpful, sorry. You've marked the end of this discussion for me. —SusanLesch (talk) 20:09, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per the excitement of having existed for 150 years. :) Awadewit (talk) 17:03, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pile-on support No better date, really. Fvasconcellos (t·c) 17:44, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Even if it does follow another TFA on a similar subject (Minnesota), 150 years is significant enough to make this a definite yes from me. Adacore (talk) 08:23, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

July 26

This article is next in line to be removed. If you have a request with a higher point value, please replace this request with yours.

Director David Silverman
Director David Silverman
The Simpsons Movie is a 2007 American animated comedy film based on the animated television series The Simpsons. The film was directed by David Silverman, and stars the regular television cast of Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Tress MacNeille and Pamela Hayden. It features Albert Brooks as Russ Cargill, the evil head of the Environmental Protection Agency who intends to destroy Springfield after Homer pollutes the lake. As the townspeople exile him and eventually his family abandon him, Homer works to redeem his folly by stopping Cargill's scheme. Previous attempts to create a film version of The Simpsons had failed due to the lack of a script of appropriate length and production crew members. Eventually, producers James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Al Jean, Mike Scully, and Richard Sakai began development of the film in 2001. A writing team consisting of Scully, Jean, Brooks, Groening, George Meyer, David Mirkin, Mike Reiss, John Swartzwelder, Jon Vitti, Ian Maxtone-Graham and Matt Selman was assembled. They conceived numerous plot ideas, with Groening's being the one developed into a film. The script was re-written over a hundred times, and this creativity continued after animation had begun in 2006. This meant hours of finished material was cut, which included cameo roles from Isla Fisher, Minnie Driver, Erin Brockovich, Edward Norton and Kelsey Grammer. Tom Hanks and Green Day appeared in the final cut as themselves. Tie-in promotions were made with several companies, including Burger King and 7-Eleven, which transformed selected stores into Kwik-E-Marts. The film premiered in Springfield, Vermont, which had won the right to hold it through a competition organized by Fox. The film was a box office success, grossing over US$526 million. It received a significant majority of positive reviews, with some critics saying it was better than the latter seasons of the show. (more…)

Date it was released. Buc (talk) 19:01, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

  • As of now, looks like one point for relevant date. Last film-related article scheduled is Palpatine for July 13, an article about a film/comic character. Wrad (talk) 19:59, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • So -3 points for a film article within two weeks, equals total of -2 SandyGeorgia (Talk) 23:24, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      • Yep, looks like -2 points. Wrad (talk) 23:52, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Sorry to keep taking you down Buc, but I think that it is best to wait for September 28 when season 20 premieres. –thedemonhog talk • edits 20:06, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

August 1 (or sooner)

Emily Dickinson was an American poet. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life. After being schooled at the Amherst Academy for seven years in her youth, she spent a short time at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary before retiring to her family's house, the Homestead. Thought of as an eccentric by the locals, Dickinson was a prolific private poet, choosing to publish fewer than a dozen of her nearly eighteen hundred poems. The work that was published during her lifetime was usually altered significantly by the publishers to fit the conventional poetic rules of the time. Dickinson's poems are unique for the era in which she wrote; they contain short lines, typically lack titles, and often utilize slant rhyme as well as unconventional capitalization and punctuation. It was not until after her death in 1886 that the breadth of Dickinson's work became apparent. Her first collection of poetry was published in 1890 by personal acquaintances Thomas Wentworth Higginson and Mabel Loomis Todd, both of whom heavily edited the content. A complete and mostly unaltered collection of her poetry became available for the first time in 1955 when The Poems of Emily Dickinson was published by scholar Thomas H. Johnson. Despite unfavorable reviews and skepticism of her literary prowess during the late 19th and early 20th century, critics now consider Dickinson to be a major American poet. (more…)

E.D. receives one point for being a notable topic; most American twelve year olds are forced to read "Because I could not stop for death" or "I heard a fly buzz when I died" in school and recent edits prove that when school is out, blessed children still remember her fondly. No date relevancy, obviously, and August 1 was a random pick, but the last poet to appear on the mainpage was William Shakespeare on October 10, 2007. We're due for some poetry.

Oh, and in case this is bombarded with comments amounting to "slots should be reserved for requests with relevant dates!", there were two open slots for nearly twenty-four hours. If there's a five or six pointer in the wings, though, don't be afraid to replace this suggestion. María (habla conmigo) 15:20, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support I think a topic such as Emily Dickinson deserves to be on the main page. JonCatalán (talk) 15:47, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Awesome piece of vandalism there. I'm probably really wrong for laughing until I cried at some urchin's edit that changed Harper Lee's name to "Señor Ballsack". --Moni3 (talk) 15:51, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

  • LOL. Perhaps "Señor Ballsack" will be in the running for the "Nobel Piece Prize" one day. María (habla conmigo) 15:58, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support E.D. hasn't been on the main page yet? I'm shocked! Shocked, I say! :) Such an important American literary figure deserves her time in the spotlight. Awadewit (talk) 17:00, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support Uber important, and a prime example of how the date connection is completely irrelevant when the article is good and important enough as this one.Caissa's DeathAngel (talk) 19:32, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support - per above, a fine article for an important person. Gran2 22:10, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - Since there is no date relevancy to August 1, why not use a date closer to when the last today's featured article is currently scheduled? The next available date is July 16. Halgin (talk) 23:51, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That seemed like too short notice to obtain consensus. In the end it doesn't really matter, I just wanted to take advantage of the freak occurrence of actually having a spot open for an extended period of time. María (habla conmigo) 02:28, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I added an indication, then, that the date could change (that gives Raul more flexibility, and also allows for juggling of requests on this page); please remove if you disagree. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 02:32, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Nope, that's fine, Sandy. I contemplated adding something similar, but again I didn't want to be burned at the stake for not having a definitive date picked, omg heresy! :) María (habla conmigo) 02:34, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support Great article, on an interesting and notable (and non pop-culture) topic. Adacore (talk) 02:47, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Pardon me for ignoring the criteria for a moment and voting from the heart: lovely, lovely Emily, please grace our mainpage for a day. Marskell (talk) 20:21, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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