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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 October 1 to October 31.

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The TFAR requests page is currently accepting nominations from October 1 to October 31. Articles for dates beyond then can be listed here, but please note that doing so does not count as a nomination and does not guarantee selection.
Before listing here, please check for dead links using checklinks or otherwise, and make sure all statements have good references. This is particularly important for older FAs and reruns.

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Date Article Reason Primary author(s) Added by (if different)
October Dobroslav Jevđević Why (re-run, first TFA was March 9, 2013) Peacemaker67
October 4 Olmec colossal heads Why Simon Burchell Dank
October 11 Funerary art Why Johnbod Dank
October 12 Brighton hotel bombing Why SchroCat
October 14 Brandenburg-class battleship Why Parsecboy Parsecboy and Dank
October 15 Battle of Glasgow, Missouri Why HF
October 17 23rd Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Kama (2nd Croatian) (re-run, first TFA was June 19, 2014) Why Peacemaker67
October 19 "Bad Romance" Why FrB.TG
October 21 Takin' It Back Why MaranoFan
October 22 The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes Why Your Power, ZooBlazer
October 25 Fusō-class battleship Why Sturmvogel_66 and Dank Peacemaker67
October 25 Katy Perry Why SNUGGUMS 750h+
October 29 1921 Centre vs. Harvard football game Why PCN02WPS
October 30 Cucurbita Why Sminthopsis84 and Chiswick Chap Dank
October 31 The Smashing Pumpkins Why WesleyDodds Dank
November Yugoslav destroyer Ljubljana Why Peacemaker67
November 3 1964 Illinois House of Representatives election Why Elli
November 6 Russian battleship Poltava (1894) Why harizotoh9
November 8 Mario Party DS 17th anniversary of game's release in Japan The Green Star Collector
November 11 Mells War Memorial Why HJ Mitchell Ham II
November 17 SMS Friedrich Carl Why Parsecboy Peacemaker67
November 18 Donkey Kong Country Why TheJoebro64, Jaguar TheJoebro64
November 21 MLS Cup 1999 Why SounderBruce
November 22 Donkey Kong 64 Why czar
November 27 Interstate 182 Why SounderBruce
November 28 Battle of Cane Hill Why Hog Farm
December 2 Windswept Adan Why Joeyquism
December 3 PlayStation (console) Why Jaguar Dank
December 8 You Belong with Me Why Ippantekina Sheila1988
December 10 Shovel Knight Showdown Why The Night Watch Gerda Arendt
December 13 Taylor Swift Why (rerun, first TFA was August 23, 2019) Ronherry FrB.TG, Ticklekeys, SNUGGUMS
December 19 SMS Niobe Why Peacemaker67
December 20 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Why TheJoebro64 Sheila1988
December 25 A Very Trainor Christmas Why MaranoFan Sheila1988
2025:
January 1 York Park Why Harizotoh9
January 4 Liza Soberano Why Pseud 14
January 6 Maria Trubnikova Why Ganesha811 Dank
January 8 Elvis Presley Why PL290, DocKino, Rikstar Dank
January 9 Title (album) Why MaranoFan
January 22 Caitlin Clark Why Sportzeditz Dank
January 27 The Holocaust in Bohemia and Moravia Why Harizotoh9
January 28 Lewis W. Green Why PCN02WPS
January 29 Dominik Hašek Why Harizotoh9
March 18 Edward the Martyr Why Amitchell125 Sheila1988
March 26 Pierre Boulez Why Dmass Sheila1988
April 1 Pig-faced women Why Harizotoh9
April 12 Dolly de Leon Why Pseud 14
April 15 Lady Blue (TV series) Why Aoba47 Harizotoh9
April 18 Battle of Poison Spring Why HF
April 25 1925 FA Cup Final Why Kosack Dank
May 21st Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Skanderbeg (1st Albanian) (re-run, first TFA was May 14, 2015) Why Peacemaker67
May 5 Me Too (Meghan Trainor song) Why MaranoFan
May 6 Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories Why Harizotoh9
May 10 Ben&Ben Why Pseud 14
June The Combat: Woman Pleading for the Vanquished Why iridescent Harizotoh9
June 3 David Evans (RAAF officer) Why Harizotoh9
June 8 Barbara Bush Why Harizotoh9
July 1 Maple syrup Why Nikkimaria Dank
July 7 Gustav Mahler Why Brianboulton Dank
July 14 William Hanna Why Rlevse Dank
July 26 Liz Truss Why Tim O'Doherty Tim O'Doherty and Dank
July 29 Tiger Why LittleJerry
July 31 Battle of Warsaw (1705) Why Imonoz Harizotoh9
August 4 Death of Ms Dhu Why Freikorp AirshipJungleman29
August 23 Yugoslav torpedo boat T3 Why Peacemaker67
August 30 Late Registration Why Harizotoh9
September 2 1905–06 New Brompton F.C. season Why Harizotoh9
September 6 Hurricane Ophelia (2005) Why Harizotoh9
September 9 Animaniacs Why Harizotoh9
September 20 Myst V: End of Ages Why Harizotoh9
September 30 or October 1 Hoover Dam Why NortyNort, Wehwalt Dank
October 1 Yugoslav torpedo boat T4 Why Peacemaker67
October 3 Spaghetti House siege Why SchroCat Dank
October 10 Tragic Kingdom Why EA Swyer Harizotoh9
October 16 Angela Lansbury Why Midnightblueowl MisawaSakura
October 18 Royal Artillery Memorial Why HJ Mitchell Ham II
October 27 Half-Life 2: Lost Coast Why
November 1 Matanikau Offensive Why Harizotoh9
November 20 Nuremberg trials Why buidhe harizotoh9
November 21 Canoe River train crash Why Wehwalt
December 25 Marcus Trescothick Why Harizotoh9
2026:
June 8 Types Riot Why Z1720
September 25 Ico Why Harizotoh9
2027:
August 25 Genghis Khan Why AirshipJungleman29


Date Article Points Notes Supports† Opposes†
Nonspecific McDonnell XF-85 Goblin 4 Promoted in October 2011 0 0
Nonspecific Saturn 6 Vital article, old FA 3 0
December 14 Amundsen's South Pole expedition 6 Centenary of South Pole conquest 4 0
December 20 McCormick Tribune Plaza & Ice Rink 3 10th anniversary of grand opening, promoted March 2010 2 0
December 21 A Rugrats Chanukah 2 FA status for over one year; first day of Chanukah. Next to be replaced 8 0
December 24 Harold Pinter 3 3rd anniversary of death, recently promoted 1 0
December 28 Peace dollar 3 90th anniversary first striking; underrepresented 2 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

Saturn

Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest planet in the Solar System, after Jupiter. Saturn is named after the Roman god Saturn, equated to the Greek Cronus (the Titan father of Zeus), the Babylonian Ninurta and the Hindu Shani. Saturn's astronomical symbol (♄) represents the Roman god's sickle. Saturn, along with Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune, is a gas giant. Together, these four planets are sometimes referred to as the Jovian planets, meaning "Jupiter-like". Saturn has an average radius about 9 times larger than the Earth's. Saturn has a ring system that is divided into nine continuous and three discontinuous main rings (arcs), consisting mostly of ice particles with a smaller amount of rocky debris and dust. Sixty-two known moons orbit the planet; fifty-three are officially named. This does not include the hundreds of "moonlets" within the rings. Titan, Saturn's largest and the Solar System's second largest moon (after Jupiter's Ganymede), is larger than the planet Mercury and is the only moon in the Solar System to possess a significant atmosphere. (more...)
Support - bloody hell, I would have thought all the planets had been on the main page. Casliber (talk · contribs) 10:50, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Several "new" requirements here. Where is the full process described? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ettrig (talk • contribs) 15:05, December 2, 2011 (UTC)
Common sense isn't a "requirement" here, nor is answering a common sense question, but the good folks who follow this page (and decide what to put on the mainpage) do need to know if an article is mainpage ready when the regular contributors are long gone. SandyGeorgien (Talk) 15:12, 2 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
It doesn't look in terrible shape. There are some unsourced statements that could probably be cleared up in a couple of hours using online resources if someone is motivated enough. I would suggest not running it until it is done.--Wehwalt (talk) 01:03, 2 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I suggest pinging in RJHall, who is the most recent most active editor; even though it's the holidays, he may be able to have a look. SandyGeorgien (Talk) 15:12, 2 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]


McDonnell XF-85 Goblin

The McDonnell XF-85 Goblin was an American prototype fighter aircraft conceived during World War II by McDonnell Aircraft. It was intended to be carried in and deployed from the bomb bay of the giant Convair B-36 bomber as a parasite fighter. The XF-85's intended role was to defend bombers from hostile interceptors, a need demonstrated during World War II. Two prototypes were constructed before the program was terminated. The XF-85 was a response to a United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) requirement for a fighter to be carried within the Northrop XB-35 and B-36, then under development. It was a diminutive jet aircraft featuring a distinctive egg-shaped fuselage and a forked-tail stabilizer design. The prototypes were built and underwent testing and evaluation in 1948. Flight tests showed promise in the design, but the aircraft's performance was inferior to the jet fighters it would have been facing in combat, and there were difficulties in docking. The XF-85 was swiftly canceled, and the prototypes were thereafter relegated to museum exhibits. (more...).

I'll have to look at it when I am more awake, but surely 1 + 2 = 3?--Wehwalt (talk) 12:32, 2 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Date requests (5 max)

December 14

The first expedition to reach the geographic South Pole was led by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. His party arrived at the pole on 14 December 1911, five weeks ahead of a British team led by Robert Falcon Scott. Amundsen and his companions returned safely to their base, and later learned that Scott and his four companions had died on their return journey. Amundsen's initial plans had been to explore the Arctic, but he decided to go south on hearing that both Frederick Cook and Robert E. Peary were claiming to have reached the North Pole. However, he kept this revised objective secret until after his departure. The expedition arrived in Antarctica in January 1911 and after months of preparation the five-man polar party set out in October 1911. The route from their base at the Bay of Whales took them across the Great Ice Barrier and up the Axel Heiberg Glacier. The party's mastery of the use of skis and their expertise with sledge dogs ensured rapid and relatively trouble-free travel. Although the expedition's success was widely applauded, the story of Scott's heroic failure and tragic death overshadowed its achievements. For his decision to keep his true plans secret until the last moment, Amundsen was criticised for what some considered deception on his part. (more...)
We'll call it Six points.--Wehwalt (talk) 13:39, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

December 20

McCormick Tribune Plaza & Ice Rink
McCormick Tribune Plaza & Ice Rink is a multi-purpose venue within Millennium Park in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois, USA. On December 20, 2001, it became the first attraction in Millennium Park to open. The $3.2 million plaza was funded by a donation from the McCormick Tribune Foundation. It has served as an ice skating rink, a dining facility and briefly as an open-air exhibition space. The plaza operates as McCormick Tribune Ice Rink, a free public outdoor ice skating rink that is generally open four months a year, from mid-November until mid-March, when it hosts over 100,000 skaters annually. It is known as one of Chicago's better outdoor people-watching locations during the winter months. It is operated by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs rather than the Chicago Park District, which operates most major public ice skating rinks in Chicago. For the rest of the year, it serves as "Plaza at Park Grill" or "Park Grill Plaza", Chicago's largest outdoor dining facility. The 150-seat park grill hosts various culinary events as well as music during its months of outdoor operation, and it is affiliated with the 300-seat indoor Park Grill restaurant located beneath AT&T Plaza and Cloud Gate. The outdoor restaurant offers scenic views of the park. (more...)

3 points or 5 points – 10th anniversary of grand opening and promoted in March 2010. I would really like to argue for more points since I don't believe either a restaurant or a sports venue has been on the main page, recently. I have trouble classifying an open air ice rink as a building or architectural work, but have been told it counts like any other architecture on the talk page. I still think it should get additional points however because this is not really a building.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 22:30, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Extraneous bolding and alternative name removed, as per long-standing instructions. Crown Fountain within Millennium Park was TFA on 17 October, so that is I think a 1 point penalty whatever the starting score. BencherliteTalk 22:43, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Why is an October 17 TFA a penalty for a December 20 TFA nom? What rule are you referring to?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 23:03, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I believe Bencherlite misunderstands the guideline. Above it states the applicable deductions. "Deduct points if a similar article was recently featured on the main page: Within two weeks of requested date: −3 points. Within one month of requested date: −2 points." There is no 1 point deduction that he speaks of. Y2Kcrazyjoker4 (talk • contributions) 13:57, 15 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oops, editing without brain swiched on. BencherliteTalk 16:53, 15 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

December 21

"A Rugrats Chanukah" is a special episode of Nickelodeon's animated television series Rugrats. The first episode of the show's fourth season, it tells the story of the Jewish holiday Chanukah through the eyes of the Rugrats, who imagine themselves as the main characters. The idea of a Rugrats Chanukah special was pitched by Nickelodeon executives in 1992, but the concept was revised and became the 1995 special, "A Rugrats Passover". After production of the Passover episode wrapped, the crew returned to the Chanukah idea. Nickelodeon broadcast "A Rugrats Chanukah" on December 4, 1996; the episode received a Nielsen rating of 7.9 and positive reviews from television critics. Along with other Rugrats episodes featuring Grandpa Boris and his wife, the special attracted controversy when the Anti-Defamation League compared the character designs to anti-Semitic drawings from a 1930s Nazi newspaper. (more...)

2 points – The article got to FA status over one year ago and its nomination date is for the first day of Chanukah. Note: Jewish holidays start the evening prior, so technically Chanukah begins at sundown on December 8, but the 9th is the first full day of the holiday. –Dream out loud (talk) 04:35, 8 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support - great article and very interesting. Shame there's no image, could you contact the copyright holder and have an image released under the appropriate license? I was able to do this for the human centipede and persuaded the makers to release an image for the TFA. Why not give it a go? Coolug (talk) 11:22, 8 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The only free image is the episode's titlecard, which seems a little "random" and wouldn't look quite right on the Main Page. Alternatively, an image from Commons:Category:Hanukkah could be used, although I don't know how other editors would feel about that. As far as trying to get a freely licensed image, I would have no idea of whom to contact. –Dream out loud (talk) 18:49, 8 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I think it should be possible to obtain a free image. I have given my two cents on your talk page. Coolug (talk) 20:09, 8 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
If not, perhaps a dreidl? Or a menorah with a kiddie theme?--Wehwalt (talk) 00:42, 15 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with you tariqabjotu. Dec 21, would be better.
  - HonorTheKing (talk) 20:51, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
My mistake, I was looking at the 2012 date. I've moved it to the correct date. –Dream out loud (talk) 02:18, 29 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

December 24

Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter, (1930 – 2008) was a Nobel Prize–winning English playwright and screenwriter, with a career that spanned more than 50 years. His plays include The Birthday Party, The Homecoming, and Betrayal and his screenplays include The Servant, The French Lieutenant's Woman and Sleuth. Pinter directed or acted in radio, stage, television, and film productions of his own and others' works. He was born and raised in Hackney, east London, was trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and the Central School of Speech and Drama, and worked in repertory theatre before achieving success as a writer. In his later years, he was known for his political activism and opposition to the war in Afghanistan, and the invasion of Iraq. Pinter's last stage performance was as Krapp in Becketts's play Krapp's Last Tape, for the Royal Court Theatre, in 2006.(more...)
  • Five points claimed, one for anniversary of death, two for widely covered, one for contributor history, one point for main page representation. This is my first time nominating for main page, if there is something else I need to do or something that I have omitted, please let me know. Jezhotwells (talk) 11:40, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Three points Widely covered, contributor history. Death anniversaries are generally not pointsworthy (allthough certainly the article can run on that date) and there was a writer, Nathaniel Parker Willis on November 23, which is close enough for similarity purposes.--Wehwalt (talk) 13:42, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
OK, missed the Willis one. Three points, then. Jezhotwells (talk) 15:05, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

December 28

The Peace dollar is a United States dollar coin minted from 1921 to 1928, and again in 1934 and 1935. Designed by Anthony de Francisci, the coin resulted from a competition seeking designs emblematic of peace, and its reverse depicts an eagle at rest clutching an olive branch, with the legend "PEACE". It was the last United States silver dollar to be struck for circulation. With the passage of the Pittman Act in 1918, the United States Mint was required to strike millions of silver dollars, and began doing so in 1921 using the Morgan dollar design. Numismatists began urging the Mint to issue a coin evoking peace; although they failed to get Congress to pass a bill requiring the redesign, they were able to persuade government officials to take action. The Peace dollar was approved in December 1921, completing the redesign of United States coinage which had begun in 1907. The public believed the announced design, which included a broken sword, was illustrative of defeat, and the Mint hastily acted to remove the sword from the design. The Peace dollar was first struck on December 28, 1921; just over a million were coined bearing a 1921 date. When the Pittman Act requirements were met in 1928, the Mint ceased to strike the dollars. (more…)
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