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*'''Support'''. Well-written article with no outstanding issues as far as I can see. The date is appropriate, as well. [[User:Evanh2008|Evanh2008]] <sup>([[User talk:Evanh2008|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Evanh2008|contribs]])</sup> 10:09, 16 November 2012 (UTC) |
*'''Support'''. Well-written article with no outstanding issues as far as I can see. The date is appropriate, as well. [[User:Evanh2008|Evanh2008]] <sup>([[User talk:Evanh2008|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Evanh2008|contribs]])</sup> 10:09, 16 November 2012 (UTC) |
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*'''Support''' --[[User:Lukobe|Lukobe]] ([[User talk:Lukobe|talk]]) 02:54, 17 November 2012 (UTC) |
*'''Support''' --[[User:Lukobe|Lukobe]] ([[User talk:Lukobe|talk]]) 02:54, 17 November 2012 (UTC) |
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"'''Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo'''" is the ninth episode of the [[South Park (season 1)|first season]] of the animated television series ''[[South Park]]''. It originally aired on [[Comedy Central]] in the United States on December 17, 1997. In the episode, the [[Judaism|Jewish]] character [[Kyle Broflovski|Kyle]] feels excluded from the rest of town during [[Christmas]], and is comforted by [[List of other South Park residents#Mr. Hankey|Mr. Hankey]], a talking and singing Christmas poo. Mr. Hankey does not come alive in front of anyone else, so everyone begins to think Kyle is losing his mind. Meanwhile, the townspeople remove all religious aspects of Christmas from South Park in order to remain politically correct and inoffensive. The episode was written and directed by series co-founders [[Trey Parker]] and [[Matt Stone]]. Heavily influenced by the ''[[Peanuts]]'' Christmas special ''[[A Charlie Brown Christmas]]'', "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" was the first ''South Park'' Christmas special, the first musical episode and the only episode in season one where Kenny doesn't die. It served as a satire of political correctness and religious sensitivity. The episode has been described as one of the classic ''South Park'' episodes. In addition to Mr. Hankey himself, it introduced the popular ''South Park'' songs "A Lonely Jew on Christmas" and "Kyle's Mom is a Big Fat Bitch". ([[Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo|'''Full article ...''']])</div></div> |
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Heart-warming Christmas fare, with music and dancing. '''1 point''' for date relevance. It would be nice to use the image of Mr Hankey. |
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Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil
- from pending requests, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 00:19, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
Discussion about another possible choice (no longer relevant) and about the points system in general (now at WT:TFAR again). BencherliteTalk 10:44, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
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Points: 1 year old FA (1), relevant date for article (birthday, 1), not widely covered or vital, not in an underrepresented groups of FA subjects as defined above, not the first TFA for the author, last comparable article was Pedro I of Brazil on Sept 7 so no penalties or bonuses. Total 2 points. BencherliteTalk 10:44, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
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Jesse L. Brown
- from pending requests, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:58, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
Points please, per the consensus at WT:TFAR that nominations should continue to use them, and because with 10 articles nominated for specific dates the page is full and people need to know which one is next to be replaced. Please also notify the principal author(s) of your nomination. BencherliteTalk 11:30, 13 November 2012 (UTC)- Oppose because no points are given. We are not here to do your work. Regards.--Tomcat (7) 12:01, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
- Thomas Baker (aviator) (another aviator killed in action, albeit from Australia and in the First World War) is Wikipedia:Today's featured article/November 14, 2012, which would give this a 2-point penalty anyway, I think. BencherliteTalk 10:01, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
- On the points, I would like a word from Dabomb, the only one whom they would help, to my understanding. - Ten slots are full only because scheduling is behind. - I informed the main author now. - When did we see the last black face on the Main page? - Today's pilot was scheduled although this one was on the pending list. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:29, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
- Putting something on the pending list does not prevent a similar article being chosen in advance - it would make the scheduler's job far too onerous. In terms of non-European faces at TFA, and assuming your question wasn't rhetorical, the forthcoming TFA David Suzuki: The Autobiography has a photograph of Suzuki (of Japanese heritage), the TFA on November 3 had a picture of the Indian king Kanthirava Narasaraja I, the October 19 TFA had a photograph of a Chinese-American litigant, the next day's TFA was of Andjar Asmara from Indonesia, a few days later came Hadji Ali of possible Egyptian background, etc - so the TFA slot is not quite an all-white preserve. BencherliteTalk 19:42, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
- I asked black and meant black. As you observed we saw Asian faces on both 19 and 20 October. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 01:09, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
- On the points, I would like a word from Dabomb, the only one whom they would help, to my understanding. - Ten slots are full only because scheduling is behind. - I informed the main author now. - When did we see the last black face on the Main page? - Today's pilot was scheduled although this one was on the pending list. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:29, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
- Points As original editor, I believe this has -1 because, though December 4 is the date of death, the FA was promoted less than a year ago, and there has recently been another aviator on TFA, penalizing this one. —Ed!(talk) 12:49, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
December 5
Alexis Bachelot
- from pending requests, again. I will provide point calculation once I get a convincing reason what purpose they serve. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:14, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
- Perhaps you should try rebutting the factors made in the discussion about them on the talk page, rather than ignoring the consensus view that the points system should be followed (unless and until, of course, there's agreement about replacing it with something different - but nobody's suggested anything yet, apart from my rejected suggestion of abandoing points entirely, which even I came to see would be a bad idea). Leaving points aside, you're once again ignoring all the factors that inform discussion of nominations - how old is the FA? Is there a date relevance? Is it a widely covered artice? When did we last have something similar? Is it from an underpresented section of FAs? Why should we have to check all these for ourselves when you're the nominator? In addition, this blurb is about 1,750 characters instead of the 1,200 standard - do you need to be given a convincing reason for that standard as well? BencherliteTalk 19:32, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
- The blurb (shortened a bit) is subject to change until "he" appears. He could go to any date, but his day of death seems a better posirion. No other article is proposed for the same date, if a better one comes up, this will go, sure. The article was promoted on 4 March 2012 and should meet quality standards. The person led the first mission to Hawaii, seems unique enough to me. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:36, 15 November 2012 (UTC)
December 8
Imagine
I am posting on behalf of Gabe, who is unsure how to do it. Four points: a widely covered topic; Gabe has not yet had any works on the main page; date significance. This recently-promoted article is ready for prime time. -- Dianna (talk) 19:42, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
- 3 points - no points for date significance just because it would be the anniversary of Lennon's assassination, per long-standing interpretation of the rule on this page. Date appropriateness (i.e. it would be nice to have a Lennon song on that day) is not the same thing as an "obvious and significant connection between the article and the date". It will lose two points to Illinois if that runs as requested. BencherliteTalk 20:09, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
- Support Very recently promoted, good day to run it. BencherliteTalk 20:09, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
- Support, agree with Bencherlite (talk · contribs), it's certainly a great date to post it on for this particular subject matter and day. — Cirt (talk) 00:24, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
- Support "to imagine a world at peace, without the divisiveness and barriers of religious denominations and nationalities, and to consider that people should be living a life less attached to material possessions", well presented, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:55, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
- Comment The article does not say it is anti-religious, nihilistic, atheistic, and may more of the negative things. Also why there is no criticism section? Also he is against religion generally, not against particular denominations... Regards.--Tomcat (7) 11:22, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
- Oppose because of the aforementioned issues. The article only praises the song and hides the correct information. Please compare the lyrics with this article, and you will know what I mean. Regards.--Tomcat (7) 11:37, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
- Why do you consider "anti-religious, nihilistic, atheistic," and so on negative? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:27, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
- Specially as Lennon singing that no heaven, religion, possessions, or countries would be a positive thing to the world. Anyway, Support. igordebraga ≠ 00:39, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
- Oppose because of the aforementioned issues. The article only praises the song and hides the correct information. Please compare the lyrics with this article, and you will know what I mean. Regards.--Tomcat (7) 11:37, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
- I've just cut out a lot of lit-crit verbiage, without, I think, removing any useful content. Good to have it for the anniversary. As Lou Reed (approximately) said, "Imagine no possessions, ?!#&?!" Support---Rothorpe (talk) 00:45, 16 November 2012 (UTC). Support withdrawn pending reinstatement of my edits. The literary criticism section is an embarrassment. Rothorpe (talk) 01:19, 16 November 2012 (UTC)---OK, can support again now. Rothorpe (talk) 23:28, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
- Support. Well-written article with no outstanding issues as far as I can see. The date is appropriate, as well. Evanh2008 (talk|contribs) 10:09, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
- Support --Lukobe (talk) 02:54, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
December 25
Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo
Heart-warming Christmas fare, with music and dancing. 1 point for date relevance. It would be nice to use the image of Mr Hankey.