Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates

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FAC mentoring: first-time nominators

A voluntary mentoring scheme, designed to help first-time FAC nominators through the process and to improve their chances of a successful outcome, is now in action. Click here for further details. Experienced FAC editors, with five or more "stars" behind them, are invited to consider adding their names to the list of possible mentors, also found in the link. Brianboulton (talk) 10:17, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

FAC source reviews

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Make "Introductory Summary" a requirement for Featured topics

Hi all. Comments most welcome at Wikipedia talk:Featured and good topic candidates#Make "Introductory Summary" a requirement for Featured topics. Best - Aza24 (talk) 02:45, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

Whitespace forced by TOC

Perhaps this isn't the ideal place, but anyone know of a template or anything that can remove all the whitespace currently forced by the table of contents on Huaynaputina? Perhaps by removing some of the subsections? Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 09:19, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

To remove subsections {{TOC limit|2}} will work, and from a test does remove the whitespace for me. CMD (talk) 10:20, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

Thanks. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 11:00, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

Removal of sourced content from a featured article

Despite it being promoted to FAC by consensus last year, people have been trying to remove sourced content from my article History of the Jews in Dęblin and Irena during World War II. I'd appreciate it if there were more eyes on the issue. (t · c) buidhe 02:46, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

I think the phrasing ”my article” kind of highlights the problem here Buidhe, which is WP:OWN. There’s nothing in FAR which either gives you veto rights over any subsequent changes to the article, nor say that the article must stay forever unaltered after FAR. Indeed, either one would be contrary to the spirit and nature of Wikipedia which is a collaborative project with content subject to change. Volunteer Marek 03:38, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

I would also repeat my previous request that in cases where you raise issues concerning disputes involving other editors, you do them the common courtesy of pinging them. Your failure to do so in numerous cases is an issue in itself. Volunteer Marek 03:40, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

See WP:FAOWN.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 11:43, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Hey all...it's Core Contest time again (finally)

Wikipedia:The Core Contest will be running again from June 1, in case anyone wants to flex their writing muscles :) Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 03:45, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

User:Shoot for the Stars

Shoot for the Stars (formerly The Ultimate Boss, formerly DarklyShadows) has now made 18 FA nominations within the past 13 months, all of which have been archived. Here is a list of their nominations by date created and result:

1. May 4, 2020: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Let's Fall in Love for the Night/archive1 – archived by coordinator after two opposes. User "retired" a few days later.
2. July 4, 2020: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Everything I Wanted/archive1 – requested withdrawal. Self-requsted indefinite block three days later.
3. July 27, 2020: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Ilomilo (song)/archive1 – requested withdrawal. Told by coordinator "we can't keep throwing noms at FAC in the hope one will 'take'".
4. August 6, 2020: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/I Love You (Billie Eilish song)/archive1 – requested withdrawal.
5. August 13, 2020: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Let's Fall in Love for the Night/archive2 — archived by coordinator after one oppose.
6. August 22, 2020: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Everything I Wanted/archive2 — requested withdrawal.
7. September 9, 2020: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Let's Fall in Love for the Night/archive3 — archived by coordinator because "This is not in the vicinity of FA quality and substantive work has not been performed to address previous concerns."
8. September 22, 2020: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Cups (song)/archive1 — requested withdrawal after two opposes.
9. October 20, 2020: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Cups (song)/archive2 — archived by coordinator after a PR was opened instead.
10. November 19, 2020: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Cups (song)/archive3 — requested withdrawal.
11. December 24, 2020: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Cups (song)/archive4 — archived by coordinator after user self-requested an indefinite block.
12. January 4, 2020: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Don't Smile at Me/archive1 — archived by coordinator because user did not care for the two-week wait period following an archived nomination.
13. January 22, 2020: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Mood Swings (Pop Smoke song)/archive1 — requested withdrawal.
14. February 19, 2021: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/For the Night/archive1 — requested withdrawal, but not after calling one of the reviewers a "fucking asshole". (They apologized a few days later).
15. March 8, 2021: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Cups (song)/archive5 — archived by coordinator due to lack of consensus to promote.
16. April 16, 2021: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/For the Night/archive2 — archived by coordinator after four opposes.
17. May 9, 2021: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon/archive1 — requested withdrawal due to lack of comments.
18. June 4, 2021: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon/archive2 — requested withdrawal after one oppose. User has apparently retired again.

Shoot for the Stars has been given many chances and help from many editors, but at this point I would respectfully ask that they not be allowed to make another nomination for a while as it is unfair to reviewers and disruptive to the process. Heartfox (talk) 00:31, 10 June 2021 (UTC)