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I've copyedited the lead. No idea what counts as characters, but it's certainly shorter than it was. --[[User:Dweller|Dweller]] ([[User talk:Dweller|talk]]) 22:07, 11 December 2010 (UTC) |
I've copyedited the lead. No idea what counts as characters, but it's certainly shorter than it was. --[[User:Dweller|Dweller]] ([[User talk:Dweller|talk]]) 22:07, 11 December 2010 (UTC) |
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: It was still much too long; I've shortened it to comply with the page instructions. [[User:SandyGeorgia|Sandy<font color="green">Georgia</font>]] ([[User talk:SandyGeorgia|Talk]]) 15:03, 15 December 2010 (UTC) |
: It was still much too long; I've shortened it to comply with the page instructions. [[User:SandyGeorgia|Sandy<font color="green">Georgia</font>]] ([[User talk:SandyGeorgia|Talk]]) 15:03, 15 December 2010 (UTC) |
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::Thank you. You did a great job. --[[User:Dweller|Dweller]] ([[User talk:Dweller|talk]]) 16:59, 15 December 2010 (UTC) |
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*'''Support''' (with disclosure that, way back when, I helped in some small way to get the article featured), a fine choice. [[User:The Rambling Man|The Rambling Man]] ([[User talk:The Rambling Man|talk]]) 20:32, 13 December 2010 (UTC) |
*'''Support''' (with disclosure that, way back when, I helped in some small way to get the article featured), a fine choice. [[User:The Rambling Man|The Rambling Man]] ([[User talk:The Rambling Man|talk]]) 20:32, 13 December 2010 (UTC) |
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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.
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Currently accepting requests from July 1 to July 31.
Date | Article | Points | Notes | Supports† | Opposes† |
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Nonspecific | Silent Alarm | -1 | Nominator first TFA, 1 year FA, minus three for recent album article. | 1 | 0 |
Dec 20 | Bill O'Reilly (cricketer) | 3 | Birthdate, promoted 2+ years ago | 2 | 0 |
Dec 22 | SMS Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand | 1 | First TFA, User:White Shadows. Next to be replaced | 4 | 0 |
Dec 31 | Georges Vézina | 8 | 100th anniversary of first pro game; promoted 2 years ago | 3 | 0 |
Jan 1 | History of the Australian Capital Territory | 8 | 100th anniversary of creation, promoted five years ago. | 4 | 0 |
Jan 2 | Bob Marshall (wilderness activist) | 4 | 110th anniversary of birth, FA for longer than two years | 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.
Nonspecific date (1 only)
Silent Alarm
Silent Alarm is the debut studio album by British indie rock band Bloc Party. Recorded in Copenhagen and London in mid-2004 with producer Paul Epworth, it was first released on 2 February 2005 in Japan, with Wichita Recordings as the primary label. The record peaked at number three on the United Kingdom Albums Chart. In the United States, it entered the Billboard 200 at number 114 and the Billboard Top Independent Albums at number seven. The double A-side "So Here We Are/Positive Tension", "Banquet", and "Pioneers" were released as singles. Silent Alarm went on to achieve worldwide sales of over one million copies. Bloc Party aimed to create an album that appealed to followers of different musical genres. Building on the arrangements in their demo songs recorded in 2004, the band members moulded tracks largely through live takes during the Silent Alarm studio sessions. The compositional focus was on rhythm and the drum and bass parts, while lyricist Kele Okereke's writing examined the feelings and hopes of young adults, including views on global politics. Following the album's completion, Bloc Party embarked on promotional tours before its release. Silent Alarm garnered widespread critical acclaim and received accolades throughout the music industry since its release. (more...)
This is my first attempt to make a nomination on this page, so please excuse any errors. I believe it's just the two points, one for promoted a year ago, and another for the nominator's first TFA. Thanks for any input (and if you could kindly point out mistakes I would be highly grateful). f o x 10:00, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
- Minus one point. Rock Steady (album) ran on December 5, so a three point deduction, as this is deemed nominated for December 18, the first open date per Da Rulez.--Wehwalt (talk) 15:21, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
Date requests (5 max)
December 20
Bill O'Reilly (1905–1992) was an Australian cricketer, rated as one of the greatest bowlers in the history of the game. Following his retirement from playing, he became a well-respected cricket writer and broadcaster. O'Reilly was a spin bowler, who delivered the ball from a two-fingered grip at close to medium pace with great accuracy, and could produce leg breaks, googlies, and top spinners, with no discernible change in his action. When O'Reilly died, Sir Donald Bradman said "he was the greatest bowler he had ever faced or watched". O'Reilly's citation as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year for 1935 said of his batting: "He had no pretensions to grace of style or any particular merit, but he could hit tremendously hard and was always a menace to tired bowlers." O'Reilly was also known for his competitiveness: he bowled with the aggression of a paceman. In a biographical essay on O'Reilly, his contemporary, the England cricketer Ian Peebles, wrote "any scoring-stroke was greeted by a testy demand for the immediate return of the ball rather than a congratulatory word. Full well did he deserve his sobriquet of 'Tiger'." (more...)
I'm no longer sure of the scoring system here, but this was promoted more than two years ago. The date would have been his 105th birthday. It also coincides with the last day of the third Test match of the 2010/11 Ashes series, a contest in which O'Reilly excelled and his memory lives on. --Dweller (talk) 12:22, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
- The TFA lede must be no longer than 1200 characters, please re-write it. wackywace 16:52, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
- Three points Two year FA, date connection. No similarity points gained or lost, as last athlete article was November 17 Ozzie Smith.--Wehwalt (talk) 21:03, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
I've copyedited the lead. No idea what counts as characters, but it's certainly shorter than it was. --Dweller (talk) 22:07, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
- It was still much too long; I've shortened it to comply with the page instructions. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:03, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
- Support (with disclosure that, way back when, I helped in some small way to get the article featured), a fine choice. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:32, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
December 22
SMS Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand ("His Majesty's ship Archduke Franz Ferdinand") was an Austro-Hungarian Radetzky class pre-dreadnought battleship commissioned into the Austro-Hungarian Navy on 5 June 1910. Although SMS Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand was laid down and commissioned after the launching of the HMS Dreadnought in 1906, her design was begun before and had the characteristics of a Pre-Dreadnought battleship rather than later Post-Dreadnought battleships. She was named after Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The first ship of her class to be built, she preceded Radetzky by more than six months. Her armament included four 30.5 cm (12 in) guns in two twin turrets, and eight 24 cm (9.4 in) guns in four twin turrets. She participated in an international naval protest of the Balkan Wars in 1913, during which she helped enforce a blockade of Montenegro. She also was one of the first ships to deploy seaplanes for military use. During World War I, she saw limited service in the 2nd Division of the 1st Battle Squadron, including mobilization to assist the escape of the German ships SMS Goeben and SMS Breslau and the bombardment of Ancona in 1915. (more...)
Rather reluctantly, persuaded by White Shadows, I'm gonna submit SMS Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand to TFA. If my calculations are correct, this gets me 3 points, two for being in "wide coverage" (unless that means written in twenty or more different languages), and 1 point for being my first TFA, along with White Shadows'. The date is purposfully one day after one month after SS Dakotan was featured, in order to insure no points are lost. If that isn't counted as similar, I'll move it forword a bit. Buggie111 (talk) 21:17, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
- Just to clarify, I am part of this nomination :)--White Shadows Your guess is as good as mine 23:44, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
- I'm getting one point; nothing for widely covered, as there are only four interwiki links to other language coverage, and one for noms first TFA. Courcelles 06:02, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
- Oh. I thought it was 20 interwiki links to austrain battleships. Buggie111 (talk) 13:55, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
- Well looks like we don't really have the points. No harm in still trying though right? What's the worst that can happen?--White Shadows Your guess is as good as mine 15:29, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
- Oh. I thought it was 20 interwiki links to austrain battleships. Buggie111 (talk) 13:55, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
Support As I am recused, nothing stops me from supporting, yay! Well worth having on the main page. And just in time for Kwanzaa!--Wehwalt (talk) 18:03, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
- As if that has anything to do with it... Buggie111 (talk) 18:06, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
- Mildly tongue in cheek comment about some of the votes we get around here.--Wehwalt (talk) 18:11, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
- Buggie, be very thankful if you're not familiar what happened someone nominated an article "because it was appropriate for a holiday", which Wehwalt is referring to. As with sausages, cheese and Twinkies, there are some things where everyone is much happier not knowing exactly what went into it. – iridescent 18:17, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
- Twinkies (gulp) ... I don't feel so good.--Wehwalt (talk) 18:25, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
- Sorry Wehwalt. I don't know the ways of TFA/R. My reply was also intended with a different tone than the one that you interpereted. Buggie111 (talk) 21:32, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
- We are very laid back here.--Wehwalt (talk) 09:31, 30 November 2010 (UTC)
- <awkward silence> Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 06:19, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
- We are very laid back here.--Wehwalt (talk) 09:31, 30 November 2010 (UTC)
- Sorry Wehwalt. I don't know the ways of TFA/R. My reply was also intended with a different tone than the one that you interpereted. Buggie111 (talk) 21:32, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
- Twinkies (gulp) ... I don't feel so good.--Wehwalt (talk) 18:25, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
- Buggie, be very thankful if you're not familiar what happened someone nominated an article "because it was appropriate for a holiday", which Wehwalt is referring to. As with sausages, cheese and Twinkies, there are some things where everyone is much happier not knowing exactly what went into it. – iridescent 18:17, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
- Mildly tongue in cheek comment about some of the votes we get around here.--Wehwalt (talk) 18:11, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
- Support with caveat that I am a "battleship guy," or whatever we're called nowadays. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 06:19, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
Support myself(just kidding) Are there any issues with the info proposed by Buggie? What, if any photo will be used?--White Shadows Those Christmas lights 11:49, 2 December 2010 (UTC)- As you have not proposed an image, either Raul will grab one from the article or none will be used. My guess is, none.--Wehwalt (talk) 12:07, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
- I'd concur with 'none'. The image in the article is of a different ship of similar design (I presume there's no public-domain photo of this particular ship available). In the article one can explain "this doesn't actually illustrate the subject but here's why we used it", but that's not possible on the main page; I'd be very surprised if Raul put a photo on the main page that didn't illustrate the article subject. – iridescent 12:37, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
- Support for December 22 or after. Personally I don't see why a battleship shouldn't follow an aviator, they certainly seem different enough to me even if they're both connected to the military. BTW, I'm not one of MilHist's "battleship guys" (my loss I'm sure)...! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 22:43, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
- Comment: If there is a concern that military-related items on consecutive days is not good, then let's save December 22nd for another FA (such as Quatermass and the Pit, a show first broadcast on Dec.22nd, 1958, and the FA was promoted in 2004 but never featured on MainPage). Why not use SMS Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand as TFA on December 18th? The ship's namesake, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, was born on December 18th, 1863. Just a thought... --PFHLai (talk) 14:43, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
- Never thought of that. and yeah, I saw Quartermass and felt kind of ashamed of myself. I'll move this. Would Dakotan count as related? Buggie111 (talk) 17:07, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
- Probably, but I imagine we could bend the rules here given the circumstances. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 21:13, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
- Never thought of that. and yeah, I saw Quartermass and felt kind of ashamed of myself. I'll move this. Would Dakotan count as related? Buggie111 (talk) 17:07, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
December 31
Eight points, possibly more or less depending on when the last sports article is up there. Points for it being promoted exactly 2 years from the day (Dec. 31, 2008), and it being the 100th anniversary of Vezina's professional hockey debut. And while it doesn't matter, the last ice hockey article on the main page was back in February.Kaiser matias (talk) 02:01, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
- Support—excellent article on an appropriate date. –Grondemar 13:26, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
- Support - Well written and huge relevance. ceranthor 02:19, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
January 1
The history of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) as an administrative division of Australia began after the Federation of Australia in 1901, when it was created in law as the site for Australia's capital city Canberra. The region has a long prior history of human habitation before the Territory's creation, however, with evidence of Indigenous Australian settlement dating back at least 21,000 years. Following the colonisation of Australia by the British, the 19th century saw the initial European exploration and settlement of the area and their encounters with the local indigenous peoples, beginning in 1820 and shortly followed by settlements in 1824. In 1908, the region was selected as the site of the nation's future capital city. The territory officially came under government control as the Federal Capital Territory on 1 January 1911. The planning and construction of Canberra followed, with the Parliament of Australia finally moving there in 1927. (more...)
Eight points—six for the 100th anniversary of the founding of the territory, two for age (initially promoted in 2005). I did not check for similarity points, since I wasn't sure what would be considered "similar" to this article. –Grondemar 22:19, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
- Strong support Excellent article, 100th anniversary. wackywace 19:53, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
- Points look good, last geography aritcle was Chetwynd, British Columbia on November 15.--Wehwalt (talk) 02:18, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
- Suppport Reads well, great timing. Aeonx (talk) 01:12, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
- Support. Could the date of founding be moved to follow the name of the article, as the date of birth does in a biog? It'd help the casual reader notice the link between the date and the day on which they're viewing it... (This could apply both to the excerpt here, and the article itself). --Dweller (talk) 21:02, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
January 2
Robert Marshall (1901–1939) was an American forester, writer and wilderness activist. He developed a love for the outdoors during his childhood and became one of the first Adirondack Forty-Sixers. He also traveled to the Alaskan wilderness and authored numerous publications, including the 1933 bestselling book Arctic Village. A scientist with a Doctor of Philosophy in plant physiology, Marshall became independently wealthy after the death of his father. He held two significant public posts during his life: chief of forestry in the Bureau of Indian Affairs, from 1933 to 1937, and head of recreation management in the Forest Service, from 1937 to 1939. Defining wilderness as a social as well as an environmental ideal, Marshall was the first to suggest a formal, national organization dedicated to the preservation of primeval land. In 1935 he became one of the principal founders of The Wilderness Society. Marshall died of heart failure at the age of 38. Today, Marshall is considered largely responsible for the wilderness preservation movement. Several landmarks and areas, including The Bob Marshall Wilderness in Montana and Mount Marshall in the Adirondacks, were named in his honor. (more...)
I realize this is a month away, but seeing as how this page is being rather under-utilized at the moment, I thought I might as well give it a go. I count four points, both for date-connection (110th anniversary of Marshall's birth, 2 points) and the fact that it was promoted more than two years ago (two points). María (habla conmigo) 15:31, 2 December 2010 (UTC)