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'''[[CenturyLink Field]]''' is a [[multi-purpose stadium]] in [[Seattle]], [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]], United States. The stadium was designed for both [[American football]] and [[Association football|soccer]]. It serves as the home field for the [[Seattle Seahawks]] of the [[National Football League]] (NFL) and [[Seattle Sounders FC]] of [[Major League Soccer]] (MLS). Sounders FC have hosted and won two [[Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup|U.S. Open Cup]] championship matches at CenturyLink in [[2010 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final|2010]] and [[2011 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final|2011]], setting an attendance record for the tournament final each time. The venue also hosts concerts, trade shows, and consumer shows along with sporting events. Located within a mile (1.6 km) of Seattle's central business district, it is accessible by multiple freeways and forms of mass transit. It was built between 2000 and 2002 after voters approved funding for the construction in a statewide election. This vote created the [[Washington State Public Stadium Authority]] to oversee public ownership of the venue. CenturyLink Field is a modern facility with views of the skyline of [[Downtown Seattle]] and can seat 67,000 people. ([[CenturyLink Field|'''more…''']])</div></div> |
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Four points I think, maybe five. Two points because it's been over two years since the article was promoted. Two points because there are 20 versions of the article in various languages. There's a weak chance it could get one last point for date relevance because I'm nominating it to appear on the same day that one of it's tenants (Sounders FC) competes for a [[2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup final|fourth straight title]] in the U.S. Open Cup final (though not at CenturyLink this time). Related U.S. Open Cup records are mentioned in the blurb. I've contacted the main contributor (who now has a retired banner on their user page) to discuss the nomination, but have not received a response. Having worked with him before he retired, I believe he would have approved of this nomination. --[[User:Skotywa|SkotyWA]]<sup>''[[User_talk:Skotywa|T]]''</sup><sub style="margin-left:-1.0ex;">''[[Special:Contributions/Skotywa|C]]''</sub> 01:59, 20 July 2012 (UTC) |
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*<s>'''Comment''': Ref #3 is a bare URL; it's the only thing keeping me from supporting the nomination.</s>--[[User:Chimino|Chimino]] ([[User talk:Chimino|talk]]) 02:10, 22 July 2012 (UTC) |
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:*Nice catch. I've fixed the ref. --[[User:Skotywa|SkotyWA]]<sup>''[[User_talk:Skotywa|T]]''</sup><sub style="margin-left:-1.0ex;">''[[Special:Contributions/Skotywa|C]]''</sub> 21:50, 22 July 2012 (UTC) |
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::Thanks; '''support''' for a well-structured, well-sourced venue article.--[[User:Chimino|Chimino]] ([[User talk:Chimino|talk]]) 00:03, 23 July 2012 (UTC)00:01, 23 July 2012 (UTC) |
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*'''Support''' - Not a Seahawks nor Sounders fan, but this is quite a detailed and well-sourced page. '''<span style="text-shadow:#808080 0.2em 0.2em 0.2em">[[User:ZappaOMati|<font color="#0000FF">Zappa</font>]][[Special:Contributions/ZappaOMati|<font color="#00FF00">O</font>]][[User talk:ZappaOMati|<font color="#FF0000">Mati</font>]]</span>''' 15:54, 1 August 2012 (UTC) |
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Revision as of 18:58, 3 August 2012
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.
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Date | Article | Reason | Primary author(s) | Added by (if different) |
August 10 | Operation Boomerang | Why | Nick-D | Harizotoh9 |
August 11 | Yugoslav torpedo boat T2 | Why | Peacemaker67 | |
August 12 | Worlds (Porter Robinson album) | Why | Skyshifter, TechnoSquirrel69 | Skyshifter |
August 16 | Abu Nidal | Why | Harizotoh9 | |
August 19 | Battle of Winwick | Why | Gog the Mild | |
August 25 | 24th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Karstjäger (rerun, first TFA was August 15, 2016) | Why | Peacemaker67 | |
August 26 | Hundred Years' War, 1345–1347 | Why | Gog the Mild | |
August 30 | Segundo Romance | Why | Erick | Harizotoh9 |
August 31 | Rachelle Ann Go | Why | Pseud 14 | |
September | Avenue Range Station massacre | Why (rerun, first TFA was September 3, 2018) | Peacemaker67 | |
September 6 | Liz Truss | Why | Tim O'Doherty | Sheila1988 ... but see below, July 26, 2025 |
September 13 | Amarte Es un Placer (album) | Why | Harizotoh9 | |
September 16 | 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian) (rerun, first TFA was April 23, 2014) | Why | Peacemaker67 | |
September 21 | Artur Phleps | Why (rerun, first TFA was November 29, 2013) | Peacemaker67 | |
October | Dobroslav Jevđević | Why (re-run, first TFA was March 9, 2013) | Peacemaker67 | |
October 1 | The Founding Ceremony of the Nation | Why | Wehwalt | |
October 4 | Olmec colossal heads | Why | Simon Burchell | Dank |
October 11 | Funerary art | Why | Johnbod | Dank |
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 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 3 | PlayStation (console) | Why | Jaguar | Dank |
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 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 29 | Dominik Hašek | Why | Harizotoh9 | |
March 18 | Edward the Martyr | Why | Amitchell125 | Sheila1988 |
March 26 | Pierre Boulez | Why | Dmass | Sheila1988 |
April 12 | Dolly de Leon | Why | Pseud 14 | |
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 | |
June 1 | Total Recall (1990 film) | 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 31 | Battle of Warsaw (1705) | Why | Imonoz | Harizotoh9 |
August 23 | Yugoslav torpedo boat T3 | Why | Peacemaker67 | |
August 30 | Late Registration | Why | Harizotoh9 | |
August 31 | Japanese battleship Yamato | Why | Harizotoh9 | |
September 5 | Peter Sellers | Why | Harizotoh9 | |
September 6 | Hurricane Ophelia (2005) | Why | Cyclonebiskit | Harizotoh9 |
September 9 | Animaniacs | 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 |
November 1 | Matanikau Offensive | Why | Harizotoh9 | |
November 20 | Nuremberg trials | Why | buidhe | harizotoh9 |
Date | Article | Points | Notes | Supports† | Opposes† |
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Nonspecific 1 | Olympic Games | 7 | 2 age, Date 1, 1000 vital 4, widely covered 2, -2? proximity | 8 | 2 |
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August 8 | CenturyLink Field | 4 | 2 age; 2 widely covered | 3 | 0 |
August 11 | South Side, Chicago | 2 | 2 age | 3 | 0 |
August 14 | DNA nanotechnology | 4 | 1 for first TFA; 1 for underrepresented topic; 2 no similar TFA in six months | 4 | 0 |
August 15 | Manhunter | 2 | 1 for first TFA (primary authorr); 1 for date relevance | 3 | 0 |
August 30 | Simon B. Buckner | 2 | 2 for age; 2 for date relevance; -2 for similar article within 1 month | 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 1
File:2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony (8).jpg
Strangely, I can't see this has been nominated; apologies if it has. Main games start today. Per Ettrig on the talk page (modified): It was promoted in 2009 (2 for age), 2 for widely covered, Date related (1), A 1000 vital article (4). Minus 2 for proximity (plse check; does baseball count?). So, a total of 7 points. Can we get some decent photos of the stadium on Commons,now that it is finished please! Johnbod (talk) 01:28, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
- Oppose. I'm sorry, but given the long-term notice about the games in ITN and the continual tide of olympic DYKs spread out over the coming days and weeks, I don't think we need another main page section taken up by the games. Any other time I'd be supportive of this but it's just overkill and needless saturation at this point. GRAPPLE X 01:52, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
- Oppose Since we can only use this once, I think it should be for an opening ceremony. I personally would prefer to use it for the larger summer olympics. Waiting 4 or at least 2 years beats just cramming on a random Olympic day.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 02:55, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
- Support: We should still be able to hit the final day. --Nouniquenames (talk) 21:28, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
- Support. Yes, missing the opening ceremony day is a missed opportunity, but the day of the closing ceremony would also make sense. Formerip (talk) 01:43, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
- Support. Waiting two or four years is a bit harsh, as there's a nontrivial chance that it could be delisted within such a long time frame if standards change or if subsequent edits bring it out of alignment with the criteria. I would prefer the earliest date possible rather than the closing ceremony, because by then the Olympics will be done and it will be out of everyone's mind. Antony–22 (talk⁄contribs) 01:56, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
- Support, though I'd much prefer to see this hit the main page in coincidence with an opening ceremony. I was going to add a request for it to run on 27 July several weeks ago, but I was quite busy and there were a few things about the request process that I couldn't figure out. Ideally, I think we should run this at the next available opportunity, preferably before the Games conclude. Evanh2008 (talk|contribs) 02:23, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
- Support - Putting this on the Main Page on the day of the closing ceremony makes a lot of sense. ZappaOMati 15:55, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
- Support Waiting years likely won't do the article good - we should allow this to go on the main page before this is over and interest is still very high. It would speak to the relevance of WP, too, I think, to have a featured article ready. Hekerui (talk) 20:31, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
- Support: I'm persuaded by the above arguments.--Chimino (talk) 01:15, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
- Support, per Hekerui, could not say it better, day of the closing ceremony preferred once we missed the opening, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:27, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
- ps: the blurb: "The Games are held biennially, with Summer and Winter Olympic Games alternating, so that each of these is held every four years." - I can't imagine a reader who doesn't know that. Could rather be said (later) that the four-years interval is an ancient tradition? Perhaps add a number of participating nations or athletes? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:32, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
Nonspecific date 2
Date requests (5 max)
August 11
Two points for age. It was scheduled for May 5 and I requested that Raul654 (talk · contribs) postpone it to August 11 (the date of the Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic). He unscheduled it for that purpose.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 04:08, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
- Support: probably one of the most important urban zones in the United States.--Chimino (talk) 06:23, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
- Support white sox rule. just sayin' Casliber (talk · contribs) 14:17, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
August 14
Four or five points:
- One point for being my first TFA.
- One point as an underrepresented FA category. (This is a non-biological use of DNA for applications in chemistry and materials science, so it is listed as a chemistry article rather than a biology one.)
- Two points because no similar article as been TFA in the last six months. In that time frame there have been no nanotechnology TFAs (and in fact, this is the first nanotechnology FA ever), and no TFAs on biomolecular structure. The only chemistry TFA has been Psilocybin on February 29, which is dissimilar because it is an article about a single organic drug.
- One point (maybe) for a significant date. This may or may not count, but this date is the first day of the DNA Computing conference, which I will be attending, and I've arranged for my faculty advisor to briefly mention the article in his plenary talk.
Antony–22 (talk⁄contribs) 19:44, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
- Support, though I think at 4 points. You (or someone) needs to complete the line in the summary section above. Johnbod (talk) 15:38, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
- Support - important stuff which should be mainpaged Casliber (talk · contribs) 14:18, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
- Support good science articles mean the world for this project. Hekerui (talk) 20:37, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
- Support for a good science article, a good message, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:34, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
August 15
Manhunter is a 1986 film based on Thomas Harris's novel Red Dragon. Written and directed by Michael Mann, it stars William Petersen as offender profiler Will Graham, Tom Noonan as serial killer Francis Dollarhyde—"The Tooth Fairy"—and features Brian Cox as Hannibal Lecktor. Manhunter focuses on the forensic work carried out by the FBI to track down the killer and shows the long-term effects that cases like this have on Graham, highlighting the similarities between him and his quarry. The film features heavily stylized use of color to convey this sense of duality, and the nature of the characters' similarity has been explored in academic readings of the film. Opening to mixed reviews, Manhunter fared poorly at the box office at the time of its release, making only $8.6 million in the United States. However, it has been reappraised in more recent reviews and now enjoys a more favorable reception, as both the acting and the stylized visuals have been appreciated better in later years. Its resurgent popularity has seen it labelled as a cult film. (more...)
- 1 point for being the first TFA for the primary author (me); 1 for date relevance (release date is August 15, 1986); for a total of 2 points I believe. GRAPPLE X 20:47, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
- Support - would like to see an appropriate picture added though. Maybe this one? --SkotyWATC 03:07, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
- Support - Well-sourced article. SwisterTwister talk 05:46, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
- Comment - There is a redundant mention of Tom Noonan in the blurb's second sentence.--SkotyWATC 06:56, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
- Comment shouldn't Hannibal Lecter's appearance be mentioned at least briefly in the summary? Antony–22 (talk⁄contribs) 01:59, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
August 30
2 points Promoted in September 2009 (2 points), quinvigintennial date relevance (175-year anniversary of inauguration as governor; 2 points), similar to July 31 TFA Stephen Trigg (-2 points). Acdixon (talk · contribs) 18:10, 30 July 2012 (UTC)