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A '''tropical cyclone''' is a [[storm|storm system]] characterized by a large [[low pressure system|low pressure]] center and numerous [[thunderstorms]] that produce strong winds and [[flood]]ing [[rain]]. The term "tropical" refers to both the geographic origin of these systems, which form almost exclusively in [[tropics|tropical]] regions of the globe, and their formation in [[Air mass#Classification|Maritime Tropical air masses]]. The term "cyclone" refers to such storms' [[cyclone|cyclonic]] nature, with [[Clockwise and counterclockwise|counterclockwise]] rotation in the [[Northern Hemisphere]] and clockwise rotation in the [[Southern Hemisphere]]. While tropical cyclones can produce extremely powerful winds and torrential [[rain]], they are also able to produce high waves and damaging [[storm surge]] as well as spawning [[tornadoes]]. They develop over large bodies of warm water, and lose their strength if they move over land. This is the reason coastal regions can receive significant damage from a tropical cyclone, while inland regions are relatively safe from receiving strong winds. Heavy rains, however, can produce significant flooding inland, and storm surges can produce extensive coastal [[flood]]ing up to {{convert|40|km|mi}} from the coastline. Although their effects on human populations can be devastating, tropical cyclones can also relieve [[drought]] conditions. They also carry heat and energy away from the tropics and transport it toward [[temperate]] [[latitudes]], which makes them an important part of the global [[atmospheric circulation]] mechanism. As a result, tropical cyclones help to maintain equilibrium in the Earth's [[troposphere]], and to maintain a relatively stable and warm temperature worldwide. It is not possible to artificially induce the dissipation of these systems with current technology.'''[[Tropical cyclone|more]]'''</div> |
A '''tropical cyclone''' is a [[storm|storm system]] characterized by a large [[low pressure system|low pressure]] center and numerous [[thunderstorms]] that produce strong winds and [[flood]]ing [[rain]]. The term "tropical" refers to both the geographic origin of these systems, which form almost exclusively in [[tropics|tropical]] regions of the globe, and their formation in [[Air mass#Classification|Maritime Tropical air masses]]. The term "cyclone" refers to such storms' [[cyclone|cyclonic]] nature, with [[Clockwise and counterclockwise|counterclockwise]] rotation in the [[Northern Hemisphere]] and clockwise rotation in the [[Southern Hemisphere]]. While tropical cyclones can produce extremely powerful winds and torrential [[rain]], they are also able to produce high waves and damaging [[storm surge]] as well as spawning [[tornadoes]]. They develop over large bodies of warm water, and lose their strength if they move over land. This is the reason coastal regions can receive significant damage from a tropical cyclone, while inland regions are relatively safe from receiving strong winds. Heavy rains, however, can produce significant flooding inland, and storm surges can produce extensive coastal [[flood]]ing up to {{convert|40|km|mi}} from the coastline. Although their effects on human populations can be devastating, tropical cyclones can also relieve [[drought]] conditions. They also carry heat and energy away from the tropics and transport it toward [[temperate]] [[latitudes]], which makes them an important part of the global [[atmospheric circulation]] mechanism. As a result, tropical cyclones help to maintain equilibrium in the Earth's [[troposphere]], and to maintain a relatively stable and warm temperature worldwide. It is not possible to artificially induce the dissipation of these systems with current technology.'''[[Tropical cyclone|more]]'''</div></div> |
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I would like to nominate Tropical cyclone for TFA on June 1 as surprisingly it has not had its TFA yet. Aside from that after disscussion on the talkpage last month i think we came to a general agreement that it was worth 5 points as it is a vital article, the date is relevent to the article as the hurricane season offically begins on June 1. This is my first nomination of a Article to which i have been a contributer, as well as this article having been an FA for over a year and thats it. Their were also concerns last month that if we put this up on June 1 it could be US Biased but IMO theirs no escaping that as whatever date you choose you would have an aspect of the USA affected. [[User:Jason Rees|Jason Rees]] ([[User talk:Jason Rees|talk]]) 20:21, 19 May 2009 (UTC) |
I would like to nominate Tropical cyclone for TFA on June 1 as surprisingly it has not had its TFA yet. Aside from that after disscussion on the talkpage last month i think we came to a general agreement that it was worth 5 points as it is a vital article, the date is relevent to the article as the hurricane season offically begins on June 1. This is my first nomination of a Article to which i have been a contributer, as well as this article having been an FA for over a year and thats it. Their were also concerns last month that if we put this up on June 1 it could be US Biased but IMO theirs no escaping that as whatever date you choose you would have an aspect of the USA affected. [[User:Jason Rees|Jason Rees]] ([[User talk:Jason Rees|talk]]) 20:21, 19 May 2009 (UTC) |
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* '''Support''' This article needs to be exposed to a great deal of wider attention. [[User:Ling.Nut|Ling.Nut]] ([[User talk:Ling.Nut|talk]]) 05:31, 20 May 2009 (UTC) |
* '''Support''' This article needs to be exposed to a great deal of wider attention. [[User:Ling.Nut|Ling.Nut]] ([[User talk:Ling.Nut|talk]]) 05:31, 20 May 2009 (UTC) |
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*'''Comment''' Four points only. No new contributor point. Jason, generally we have limited the contributor point to the top three or four editors in number of edits in the article. By this [http://vs.aka-online.de/cgi-bin/wppagehiststat.pl tool], you have 40 edits to the article, which places you in 12th place. Now, for sure quantity does not equal quality, but this is of course an arbitrary process. Please note that we have never bumped a four point article, and it should be safe, and I applaud your work on the article and in bringing it to our attention. Incidentally, it was listed as 4 points on the template.--[[User:Wehwalt|Wehwalt]] ([[User talk:Wehwalt|talk]]) 05:41, 20 May 2009 (UTC) |
*'''Comment''' Four points only. No new contributor point. Jason, generally we have limited the contributor point to the top three or four editors in number of edits in the article. By this [http://vs.aka-online.de/cgi-bin/wppagehiststat.pl tool], you have 40 edits to the article, which places you in 12th place. Now, for sure quantity does not equal quality, but this is of course an arbitrary process. Please note that we have never bumped a four point article, and it should be safe, and I applaud your work on the article and in bringing it to our attention. Incidentally, it was listed as 4 points on the template.--[[User:Wehwalt|Wehwalt]] ([[User talk:Wehwalt|talk]]) 05:41, 20 May 2009 (UTC) |
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Summary chart
Currently accepting requests from July 1 to July 31.
Date | Article | Points | Notes |
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June 1 | Tropical cyclone | 4 | Start of Hurricane season |
June 3 | History of biology | 3 | |
June 11 (or 10 or 12) | Cherry Springs State Park | 4 | 11 is Anniversary as Dark Sky Park, 3 pts for 10 or 12 |
June 11 (or 16) | William D. Boyce | 2 | 80th Anniversary of his death (151st b-day) next to be replaced |
June 21 | Iridium | 3 | 205 years since its discovery |
Requests
June 1
I would like to nominate Tropical cyclone for TFA on June 1 as surprisingly it has not had its TFA yet. Aside from that after disscussion on the talkpage last month i think we came to a general agreement that it was worth 5 points as it is a vital article, the date is relevent to the article as the hurricane season offically begins on June 1. This is my first nomination of a Article to which i have been a contributer, as well as this article having been an FA for over a year and thats it. Their were also concerns last month that if we put this up on June 1 it could be US Biased but IMO theirs no escaping that as whatever date you choose you would have an aspect of the USA affected. Jason Rees (talk) 20:21, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
- Support. Basic subjects are good. This topic should be brought forward even though we've been featuring various named meteorological disturbances at the rate of about one per month. Binksternet (talk) 21:22, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
- Support This article needs to be exposed to a great deal of wider attention. Ling.Nut (talk) 05:31, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
- Comment Four points only. No new contributor point. Jason, generally we have limited the contributor point to the top three or four editors in number of edits in the article. By this tool, you have 40 edits to the article, which places you in 12th place. Now, for sure quantity does not equal quality, but this is of course an arbitrary process. Please note that we have never bumped a four point article, and it should be safe, and I applaud your work on the article and in bringing it to our attention. Incidentally, it was listed as 4 points on the template.--Wehwalt (talk) 05:41, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
June 3
3 points. 2 for having been promoted to FA more than two years ago, and 1 for basic subject matter.
Other editors, especially User:Ragesoss, contributed more to this article than I did, but it remains one of my favorites as I believe it is one of the best history of science articles on Wikipedia. It has never been on the main page because it has no logical date tie-in. However, 2009 has been called the year of Darwin (by UNESCO among others) because of the 200th anniversary of his birth and the 150th anniversary of On the Origin of Species and some of us have been trying to get appropriate articles that tie-in to that featured on the main page. We had Alfred Russel Wallace in Jan., and History of evolutionary thought on Darwin's birthday in Feb., but I thought it would be nice to get history of biology run this summer early enough that it wouldn't interfere with the effort to have Origin featured on Nov. 24th. Rusty Cashman (talk) 05:52, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
Comment Points seem OK.--Wehwalt (talk) 06:23, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
- Support - it's nice to see the basic subject matter point used properly. I don't think the "Cabinet" picture comes through very well here. Maybe the "Darwin's tree" image might work better. Smallbones (talk) 09:30, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
- Ok. Rusty Cashman (talk) 18:30, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
- Support.--ragesoss (talk) 18:58, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
- Support Ruhrfisch ><>°° 20:54, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
- Support Awadewit (talk) 14:43, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
- Support per Smallbones. –Juliancolton | Talk 13:19, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
- Support per Smallbones. Parsecboy (talk) 13:40, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
- Support; good article, appropriate. Binksternet (talk) 14:19, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
June 11, or 10 or 12
I think this gets four points: one point for the two year anniversary of being named an International Dark Sky Park, two points for no similar article being on the main page in over six months (Kaziranga National Park on August 28, 2008), and one point for my never having had an article on the Main Page. There are six Pennsylvania state park FAs and none have never been TFA. The only state park that has been TFA is Redwood National and State Parks on May 17, 2008 (no article on just a state park has been TFA). Finally, since the most noteworthy aspect of the park is the clarity and darkness of its night skies, the lead image is the view of the Milky Way as photographed from within the park. Dincher (talk) 19:42, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
- Support - in the interest of full disclosure I am a co-nominator of this at FAC. I also note that while this was promoted very recently, Dincher is the first or second author by number of edits on all 6 PA state park FAs and conominator at FAC of 5 of the 6 - none of these has been TFA. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ruhrfisch (talk • contribs) 20:15, May 14, 2009 (UTC)
- Comment Points seem defensible, though I'd draw the community's attention to Idlewild and Soak Zone, TFA May 1, and White Deer Hole Creek, TFA April 13. In other words, I'm not 100 percent certain on the points, and draw people's attention to articles that may affect point calculation.--Wehwalt (talk) 21:21, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
- While all three are in Pennsylvania, Cherry Springs is in the Pennsylvania, National Register of Historic Places, and Protected Area Wikiprojects and listed in the Geography and places section of FA, White Deer Hole is in the Pennsylvania and Rivers Wikiprojects and the Geography and places section of FA, and Idlewild is in the Pittsburgh and Amusement Parks Wikiprojects and the Business, economics and finance section of FA. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 23:56, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
- Support, Works for me. –Juliancolton | Talk 02:49, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
- Support - it might be a small topic, but it's an outstanding article. Awesome. Smallbones (talk) 12:01, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
- Support - Actually I would say that the topic is somewhat local, but the scope of the article is not really small touching as it does on astronomy, fishing, hunting, reforrestation, Native American history etc. A textbook example of what it means to say a FA article should be comprhensive. Nice job. Rusty Cashman (talk) 00:16, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
- Support per Rusty Cashman. Awadewit (talk) 14:48, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
June 11 or 16
80th anniversary of his death. blurb forthcoming.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 19:03, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
- Two points for his death anniversary.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 03:29, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
- There is competing candidate for the 11th. Boyce's 151st birthday is June 16th. He is a one-pointer on that day.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 07:25, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
Comment Points look good.--Wehwalt (talk) 21:08, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
- Support - interesting article and see no problems. —Ed 17 (Talk / Contribs) 06:25, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
- Support per Ed, but one potential problem (for others). As editor of "The White Boys Magazine", some may find Boyce controversial or even dispicable. My feeling is that even if he is controversial, we should have controversial TFAs, and besides, ultimately we have to forgive our ancestors for all their faults. Smallbones (talk) 06:41, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
- Support everyone has faults and the race issues are there because they're well sourced and make the article accuurate and neutral. Boyce is a key leader from the early days of the largest youth movement in world history, despite his faults, and was also a very influential business man and explorer. — Rlevse • Talk • 09:52, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
- Support, though the blurb is a bit long. –Juliancolton | Talk 15:24, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
- Comment I'd advise shortening the blurb by getting rid that list of scouting attributes, for one thing. As for the controversial publication, so be it. We've had Albert Speer main page, a Nazi. I think we'll survive a guy who exibited some of the attitudes of his times.--Wehwalt (talk) 15:31, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
- Support per Rlevse Ahodges7 talk 18:45, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
- Support Ruhrfisch ><>°° 20:55, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
- Support Awadewit (talk) 14:45, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
- Support It is a strong article and the controversy over his racial views is handled with a very NPOV tone. Besides if we had a rule about not featuring articles on historical figures because they had expressed views on race and gender that were unacceptable by modern standards, where would it stop — William Shakespeare? Thomas Jefferson? The list would be almost endless. Rusty Cashman (talk) 21:23, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
- Support No problems here. --Siva1979Talk to me 14:30, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
June 21
Iridium is the chemical element with atomic number 77, and is represented by the symbol Ir. A very hard, brittle, silvery-white transition metal of the platinum family, iridium is the second densest element and is the most corrosion-resistant metal, even at temperatures as high as 2000 °C. Although only certain molten salts and halogens are corrosive to solid iridium, finely divided iridium dust is much more reactive and can even be flammable. The most important iridium compounds in terms of use are the salts and acids it forms with chlorine, though iridium also forms a number of organometallic compounds used in catalysis and in research. 191Ir and 193Ir are the only two naturally occurring isotopes of iridium as well as the only stable isotopes; the latter is the more abundant of the two.
Iridium was discovered in 1803 by Smithson Tennant among insoluble impurities in natural platinum from South America. It is one of the rarest elements in the Earth's crust, with annual production and consumption of only three tonnes. However, iridium does find a number of specialized industrial and scientific applications. Iridium is employed when high corrosion resistance and high temperatures are needed, as in spark plugs, crucibles for recrystallization of semiconductors at high temperatures, electrodes for the production of chlorine in the chloralkali process, and radioisotope thermoelectric generators used in unmanned spacecraft. Iridium compounds also find applications as catalysts for the production of acetic acid.
Iridium has been linked with the extinction of the dinosaurs and many other species 65 million years ago. The unusually high abundance of iridium in the clays of the K–T geologic boundary was a crucial clue that led to the theory that the extinction was caused by the impact of a massive extraterrestrial object with Earth—the so-called Alvarez hypothesis. Iridium is found in meteorites with an abundance much higher than its average abundance in the Earth's crust. It is thought that due to the high density and siderophilic ("iron-loving") character of iridium, most of the iridium on Earth is found in the inner core of the planet.
- 3 pts: date (205 years since the report on its discovery) + underrepresented + basic subject. Nergaal (talk) 22:25, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
Comment- why replace a request for twelve days from now with one for more than a month from now? —Ed (Talk • Contribs) 06:12, 18 May 2009 (UTC)- Oppose per Juliancolton (talk · contribs)'s comment @ 15:00 one 19 May. —Ed (Talk • Contribs) 19:29, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
- Comment - We just had Niobium on the main page less than a month ago. –Juliancolton | Talk 13:23, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
- Comment this is further than 30 days away; as Ed points out, this shouldn't have replaced the request for May 30 quite yet. Parsecboy (talk) 13:37, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
- Comment Take the nomination down for a week and let us decide about the May 30 nomination, which is kind of urgent as the cutoff date for that is no doubt rapidly approaching. This article is a very strong three pointer and I have no doubt at all that it will draw support (including mine) quickly once it is renominated, but the May 30 decision is more urgent. Rusty Cashman (talk) 20:36, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
- Oppose per above concerns. –Juliancolton | Talk 15:00, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
- ??? Which of the concerns? That a chemistry article was run more than a month before this date? Or that it replaced an article which had -2 points? Nergaal (talk) 18:05, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
- Sometimes folks get a bit picky on this page - they want to use the slot for other nominations, and think you are clogging up the process. You're within your rights to ignore this, but it won't help get you any support. I'll suggest that you withdraw this now, resubmit it in a week or TWO - everybody will be happy and support the nom (no guarantees of course except from me!). Hope this helps. Smallbones (talk) 19:21, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
- ??? Which of the concerns? That a chemistry article was run more than a month before this date? Or that it replaced an article which had -2 points? Nergaal (talk) 18:05, 19 May 2009 (UTC)