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.
If you have an exceptional request that deviates from these instructions (for example, an article making a second appearance as TFA, or a "double-header"), please discuss the matter with the TFA coordinators beforehand. It can be helpful to add the article to the pending requests template, if the desired date for the article is beyond the 30-day period. This does not guarantee selection, but does help others see what nominations may be forthcoming. Requesters should still nominate the article here during the 30-day time-frame.
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Currently accepting requests from July 1 to July 31.
The TFAR requests page is currently accepting nominations from July 1 to July 31. Articles for dates beyond then can be listed here, but please note that doing so does not count as a nomination and does not guarantee selection.
Before listing here, please check for dead links using checklinks or otherwise, and make sure all statements have good references. This is particularly important for older FAs and reruns.
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Date | Article | Reason | Primary author(s) | Added by (if different) |
early July | Alpine ibex | Why | LittleJerry | Dank |
July 1 | Flag of Canada | Why | Gary | Dank |
July 3 | Maple syrup | Why | Nikkimaria | Dank |
July 4 | Statue of Liberty | Why | Wehwalt | Dank and Wehwalt |
July 18 | John Glenn | Why | Hawkeye7, Kees08 | Dank |
July 19 | John D. Whitney | Why | Ergo Sum | |
July 21 | Ernest Hemingway | Why | Victoriaearle | Dank |
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 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 | |
June 1 | Total Recall (1990 film) | Why | Harizotoh9 | |
June 8 | Barbara Bush | Why | Harizotoh9 | |
June 26 | Donkey Kong Land | Why | Harizotoh9 | |
June 29 | Hundred Years' War, 1345–1347 | Why | Harizotoh9 | |
July 7 | Gustav Mahler | Why | Brianboulton | Dank |
July 7 | Empire of the Sultans | Why | Harizotoh9 | |
July 8 | Edward the Martyr | Why | Dudley Miles | Harizotoh9 |
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 |
December 25 | Ho Ho Ho (album) | Why | harizotoh9 |
Date | Article | Points | Notes | Supports† | Opposes† |
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Nonspecific 1 | Kingdom of Mysore | 1 | 0 | ||
Nonspecific 2 | Introduction to viruses | 1 | 0 | ||
Nonspecific 3 | |||||
Nonspecific 4 | Derry City F.C. | 5 | Promoted over 2 years ago +2, widely covered + 2, no football (soccer) artilce in over 3 months + 1 | 2 | 0 |
Nonspecific 5 | Porbeagle | 2 | 0 | ||
October 20 | Andjar Asmara | Day of death | 1 | 0 | |
October 22 | Nixon in China (opera) | 3 | Two for the 25th anniversary of the premiere and one for April 2011 promotion date | 5 | 0 |
October 25 | George II of Great Britain | 4 | Promoted 1 year ago, date relevant to article topic, widely covered | 1 | 0 |
October 29 | Give Peace a Chance (Grey's Anatomy) | 3 | Date relevance, nomination by significant contributor, and no related article featured within 3 months. | 8 | 1 |
November 1 | Stephen Crane | Birthday | 5 | 2 | |
November 6 | William Jennings Bryan presidential campaign, 1896 | Day significant | 2 | 0 | |
November 8 | Thomas Percy (Gunpowder Plot) | day of death | 1 | 0 | |
November 17 | Metroid Prime | 5 | Tenth anniversary, 2008 FA, nomination by significant contributor | 3 | 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 nominations
Nonspecific date 1
Kingdom of Mysore
Narasaraja Wodeyar II
- Support Indian history, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:55, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
Nonspecific date 2
Introduction to viruses
- Support biology, not mushroom, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:28, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
Nonspecific date 3
Nonspecific date 4
Derry City F.C.
Derry City Football Club is a professional football club based in Derry, Northern Ireland. It plays in the League of Ireland Premier Division. It had spent the majority of its time in the League of Ireland in the Premier Division, the top tier of league football in the Republic of Ireland, however it was expelled in November 2009 when it was discovered there were secondary, unofficial contracts with players. It was reinstated, however, a few weeks later but demoted to the First Division, the second tier. The club are the League of Ireland's only participant from Northern Ireland. The club's home ground is the Brandywell Stadium and the players wear red and white striped shirts from which its nickname, the Candystripes, derives. Others refer to the club as the Red and White Army or abbreviate the name to Derry or City. The club, founded in 1928, initially played in the Irish League, the domestic league in Northern Ireland, and won a title in 1964-65. In 1971, security concerns related to unrest in Northern Ireland meant matches could not be played at the Brandywell. (more...)
Deserves to be on the main page. I asked main contributor but hasn't answered yet and I think he's inactive, other people don't ask. Points: +2 (promoted over 2 years ago), +2(widely covered), +1(no football(soccer) article in over 3 months), total is 5.--Lucky102 (talk) 19:57, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
- Support. As galling as that accent is, my neighbours to the west would be a great addition to the main page. However, be prepared for a few questions about our city and county naming compromise; not all of which will be particularly polite. There's probably a good selection of free pictures you could use if you want to go with one; File:Derry 0161.jpg and File:126 Brandywell Stadium.JPG look good and Derry has a lot of good images of the city. GRAPPLE X 21:01, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
- Oppose: 3 dead links, 3 sections tagged as unsourced in whole or in part, member of Category:Articles containing potentially dated statements from July 2007. Beyond that: some of the citations need tidying up (e.g. "pp" but no page numbers); some people might prefer notes and references to be split for ease of reading; some people might think that two "however"s in two sentences in the lead (and in the blurb) is a sign that this 5-year-old FA needs a heavy polish before main page exposure, particularly where the FAC nominator left a few years ago. BencherliteTalk 18:24, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
Nonspecific date 5
Porbeagle
- Support PumpkinSky talk 23:02, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
- Support, no mushroom, no battleship, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:22, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
Specific date nominations
October 22
Nixon in China (opera)
- Anniversary of an important work of contemporary music, seems relevant even if a similar thing was featured the day before, blurb needs concentration, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:46, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
- Nominator needs to calculate points for us.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 18:30, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
- Support; important piece, major anniversary. I calculate at 3 points: two for the 25th anniversary of the premiere and one for the long-ago promotion date. I have trimmed the blurb. -- Dianna (talk) 18:55, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
- Support and interesting and well done article. Br'er Rabbit (talk) 19:17, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
- Support - agree its interesting and well done, and also fun to read. Plus the 25th anniversary! MathewTownsend (talk) 18:55, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
- Support excellent choice. BencherliteTalk 07:07, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
October 25
George II of Great Britain
George II (1683–1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) and Archtreasurer and Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death. His grandmother, Sophia of Hanover, became second in line to the British throne after about fifty Catholics higher in line were excluded by the Act of Settlement, which restricted the succession to Protestants. After the deaths of Sophia and Queen Anne, his father, George I, inherited the throne. As king from 1727, George II exercised little control over British domestic policy, which was largely controlled by parliament. He had a difficult relationship with his eldest son, Frederick, who supported the parliamentary opposition. George became the last British monarch to lead an army in battle when he participated in the Battle of Dettingen in 1743. In 1745, supporters of the Catholic claimant to the throne, James Francis Edward Stuart, led by James's son Charles Edward Stuart, attempted and failed to depose George. Frederick died unexpectedly in 1751, and George's grandson, George III, became king on George II's death in 1760. Historians initially tended to view George II with disdain, but more recently, some scholars have re-assessed his legacy and conclude that he held and exercised influence in foreign policy and military appointments.
(more...)Deserves to be on the main page. I asked a significant contributor and he said it was alright to put it here.--Lucky102 (talk) 11:56, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
- Comment—blurb needs work. It focuses almost entirely on how he became king without any content on what he did as king. It doesn't paint a well-rounded picture of the man's life. Imzadi 1979 → 13:14, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
- Comment – I have re-written the blurb. — Dianna (talk) 15:02, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
Oppose at the moment. 20 November is the 20th anniversary of Windsor Castle burning down, and since that page is an FA it ought to run on that date. It wouldn't be appropriate to have two articles on the British royal family five days apart, and the Windsor one is much more relevant. Mogism (talk) 15:36, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
October 29
Give Peace a Chance (Grey's Anatomy)
Three points: One point for date relevance (three year anniversary of premiere), one point for being a significant contributor/never having an article as TFA, and one point for no television/film article featured within 3 months of the requested date. Recently promoted FA. TRLIJC19 (talk • contribs) 19:08, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
- Support very interesting topic. TBrandley 23:03, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
- Oppose very boring topic. Br'er Rabbit (talk) 05:38, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
- Half the topics on here are more boring. I've never had one of my article's on the main page, and this article has 3 points. TRLIJC19 (talk • contribs) 10:20, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
- Wake up; it's a television show. It probably is less boring than School Rumble, but everything else on this page has them both beat by 1.6km ;) Interesting is, of course, subjective, but you would benefit from taking an interest in more interesting topics. nb: teh points are deprecated; artefacts of a prior paradigm. Br'er Rabbit (talk) 11:29, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
- Half the topics on here are more boring. I've never had one of my article's on the main page, and this article has 3 points. TRLIJC19 (talk • contribs) 10:20, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
- Support. In theory any encyclopedic topic can be a featured article, and any featured article can be TFA. There's no blanket ban on TV shows. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 11:40, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
- Unfortunately not; missed E&C 1, E&C 2, I take it? Anyhoo, doesn't make them “encyclopedic”. Br'er Rabbit (talk) 12:58, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
- As you very well know, "encyclopedic" on Wikipedia is much more inclusive than in Britannica. I doubt Britannica would have an article on Chrisye, for example. Last I checked, they don't even have one on Jaws. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:02, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
- DYK… taht teh unworded {{Unencyclopedic}}? Br'er Rabbit (talk) 13:26, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
- Are you saying we need such a template? Encyclopedic, to me, means that it presents a notable subject in a neutral tone and gives a general idea (covering the major points) of a topic, accessible to most readers. I'd much rather see this on the main page than deconstruction in its current state. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:30, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
- click teh redlink; we had it, for years. But teh “Evil Inclusionists”™ deleted it. First tehy re-wrote, it, and re-wrote it, and renamed it, and re-wrote it, and after five TfDs and years of teh BATTLE tehy made it an unword. But I {{rescue}}d it: User:Jack Merridew/Unencyclopaedic. Br'er Rabbit (talk) 13:58, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
- Ah, okay. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:09, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
- I guarantee the majority of Wikipedia readers would rather read about an episode of a hit medical drama, than about some priest from 1452. I have no interest in working on other topics, and bringing television articles up to featured status is what I like to do on Wikipedia. TRLIJC19 (talk • contribs) 19:38, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
- Let's just insult the featured article writers of topics we don't like, because, you know, Wikipedia has enough article writers anyway. Or not. Let's stop trolling, Jack. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 19:41, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
- try setting a better example. Br'er Rabbit (talk) 20:20, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
- Oh yes, because I troll all the time. You make me giggle. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 20:22, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
- bzzt; you did it, again. Br'er Rabbit (talk) 20:35, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
- Oh yes, because I troll all the time. You make me giggle. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 20:22, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
- try setting a better example. Br'er Rabbit (talk) 20:20, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
- Let's just insult the featured article writers of topics we don't like, because, you know, Wikipedia has enough article writers anyway. Or not. Let's stop trolling, Jack. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 19:41, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
- I guarantee the majority of Wikipedia readers would rather read about an episode of a hit medical drama, than about some priest from 1452. I have no interest in working on other topics, and bringing television articles up to featured status is what I like to do on Wikipedia. TRLIJC19 (talk • contribs) 19:38, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
- Ah, okay. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:09, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
- click teh redlink; we had it, for years. But teh “Evil Inclusionists”™ deleted it. First tehy re-wrote, it, and re-wrote it, and renamed it, and re-wrote it, and after five TfDs and years of teh BATTLE tehy made it an unword. But I {{rescue}}d it: User:Jack Merridew/Unencyclopaedic. Br'er Rabbit (talk) 13:58, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
- Are you saying we need such a template? Encyclopedic, to me, means that it presents a notable subject in a neutral tone and gives a general idea (covering the major points) of a topic, accessible to most readers. I'd much rather see this on the main page than deconstruction in its current state. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:30, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
- DYK… taht teh unworded {{Unencyclopedic}}? Br'er Rabbit (talk) 13:26, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
- As you very well know, "encyclopedic" on Wikipedia is much more inclusive than in Britannica. I doubt Britannica would have an article on Chrisye, for example. Last I checked, they don't even have one on Jaws. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:02, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
- Unfortunately not; missed E&C 1, E&C 2, I take it? Anyhoo, doesn't make them “encyclopedic”. Br'er Rabbit (talk) 12:58, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
- Support recent FA, new TFA contributor, we need a balance of material on the main page including TV programmes. BencherliteTalk 23:23, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
- Support: If 13.74 million people cared to see the show, there definitely are people caring to read. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {T/C} 17:25, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
- Support; to encourage a wider range of material on the main page and attract traffic to our website. Suggestion: The article is stable and is a good candidate for list-defined references. -- Dianna (talk) 18:59, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
- Support - These articles can't be ignored since large numbers of them are FAs. Agree with Crisco and Dianna. MathewTownsend (talk) 23:58, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
- Support per Bencherlite & others. We need to keep trickling these tv articles out. But when did we last have one? Johnbod (talk) 16:11, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
- Last episode was at least "Last Temptation of Krust" in May. The last TV-related topic was a character, Poppy Meadow, in August. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 16:19, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
November 1
Stephen Crane
- Writer on birthday, interesting bio, too bad that some will have to be trimmed ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:03, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
- Support important author. --Rschen7754 18:03, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
- Oppose because too similar to the recent TFA Pilgrim at Tinker Creek - both are about American lit; he's a naturalist as is Dillard, and both written by the same editor. I would be more than happy to support this at a later date and I think more thought should be put into these suggestions because it's not nice to have to oppose. Truthkeeper (talk) 18:23, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
- Nominator needs to calculate points for us to reflect any recent similar TFAs.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 18:29, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
- Needs OCLC numbers for every book written before the 1970s before I'll support.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 03:05, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
- Support Per Rschen7754. I think the connection to PaTC is reaching, to be honest. I looked through the past few months and I don't see any recent similar TFAs. Mark Arsten (talk) 22:27, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
- Support This is a very important writer,
neglected on wikipedia,way above the level of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek IMO. And writing about an important era (the Civil War) in American history. So should be on the main page on his birthday. MathewTownsend (talk) 23:53, 5 October 2012 (UTC)- To be fair, there are four Crane-related FAs, two of which I believe have been featured on the mainpage. María (yllosubmarine) 13:56, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
- Sorry, you're right. Doesn't change my "Support" though. According to Ernest Hemingway: "The good writers are Henry James, Stephen Crane, and Mark Twain. That's not the order they're good in. There is no order for good writers." MathewTownsend (talk) 14:35, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
- You'll get no argument from me as to Crane's notability; I'm a huge fan, hence the four FAs. I'm neither opposing nor supporting this nomination, I just thought your comment strange considering. María (yllosubmarine) 15:04, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
- Yes, I was unaware. I've not been following FA/FAC for very long. MathewTownsend (talk) 15:15, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
- You'll get no argument from me as to Crane's notability; I'm a huge fan, hence the four FAs. I'm neither opposing nor supporting this nomination, I just thought your comment strange considering. María (yllosubmarine) 15:04, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
- Sorry, you're right. Doesn't change my "Support" though. According to Ernest Hemingway: "The good writers are Henry James, Stephen Crane, and Mark Twain. That's not the order they're good in. There is no order for good writers." MathewTownsend (talk) 14:35, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
- To be fair, there are four Crane-related FAs, two of which I believe have been featured on the mainpage. María (yllosubmarine) 13:56, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
- Oppose because too similar to the recent TFA Pilgrim at Tinker Creek on September 17, per Truthkeeper. Fine in the New Year. Johnbod (talk) 16:13, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
- Support as Tinker Creek is a book while this is a biography. Similar, but not too similar, IMHO. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 16:24, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
- Agree with Crisco. Crane was not "a naturalist as is Dillard". The word "naturalist" is being misapplied. For Crane the word refers to his introduction of realism, not that he concentrated on writing about nature. "Naturalism was a literary movement taking place from the 1880s to 1940s that used detailed realism to suggest that social conditions, heredity, and environment had inescapable force in shaping human character." Is this the same as Dillard? Their writing is not similar, nor their topics, nor their level of fame and influence on literature. He was primarily a writer of fiction and did not write as Pilgrim at Tinker Creek is described: "Told from a first-person point of view, the book details an unnamed narrator's explorations near her home, and various contemplations on nature and life". MathewTownsend (talk) 16:40, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
- I'm sorry MathewTownsend but I have to disagree. I have on my computer desktop a Cambridge Companion book titled American Realism and Naturalism with a chapter devoted to Crane. In American lit., naturalism (which doesn't necessarily have to do with nature, but sometimes does) began pre-Civil war with Henry David Thoreau and the Transcendendalists (though they were the forerunners), took off fully with Crane, Twain, Dreiser, Sinclair and others after the Civil war, continued with Hemingway (see "Big Two-Hearted River") and Faulkner mid-century and certainly is seen in Dillard. All this is beside the point though; I made a very pointy oppose, for which I feel awful to the point that I will send Maria email to apologize yet again, because I feel this page is being misused. How many articles do we have about American literature? How many editors do we have writing about American literature? These are considerations to keep in mind. Furthermore, since when does the primary editor have the obligation to write the blurb and to provide OLCL numbers (as requested above), particularly when editors are simultaneously being accused of ownership issues. Something's very rotten in Denmark is the point I'm trying to make; and quite frankly this is an issue that's gone once to RfAR. In my view another trip there might not be a bad idea. This page should be used for editors to request main page appearance for articles to which they've contributed, not to be used as a place to post willy-nilly without thinking about long-term ramifications. I didn't support Tinker Creek and had that not run, I'd be happy to see Crane go now. I believe Crane should go and am upset to see the mess that's been made here. Truthkeeper (talk) 18:49, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
- You decry concerns of ownership and then immediately express the view that proposals for main page appearance should only be made by significant contributors to articles. Obvious issue, right? Any wonder that there are calls for this culture to end? Br'er Rabbit (talk) 19:29, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
- No, Jack. I've never used this page and Gerda put a message on my page inviting me to join the conversation. You're letting your personal animus get in the way of seeing the obvious problems: Austen nominated now when a major anniversary looms in four months (maybe the author knows about that?); British royalty nominated now when another major anniversary looms (where's the spot for that request?). A major American author nominated a few weeks after another book by an American author, when today yet another book is being run. We simply don't have that many lit. pages and they need to be spread out. I don't care if you change this place or not, but some kind of order or thought needs to be put into the nominations - order and thought that seems currently to be lacking. You can decry the ownership issue all you like (and quite frankly it was really nice reading your most recent salvo against me on Ezra Pound after returning from sitting at a parent's deathbed), but if you have issues with it, try bringing forward solutions better than those that have been brought forward. Truthkeeper (talk) 19:47, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
- Sorry to hear about your private concerns. - To these facts: Austen was nominated now, but can very well appear on the anniversary if that is what gets consensus, 2013 that is. If so, I don't see why a male author and a book by a female US author should not appear within the same quarter, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:16, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
- (edit conflict)On the contrary, I think Gerda has done a great job nominating articles (which very few people are willing to do) and deserves to be thanked--not criticised. Raul and Dabomb need our help, and we should be encouraging people who try to make their lives easier. I encourage anyone unhappy with the job a volunteer here is doing to step up and try to do it better. Mark Arsten (talk) 20:24, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
- As to whether this is too close to have articles generally related to American literature together--that's a matter of personal opinion, maybe it is and maybe it isn't. We just have to wait for more people to show up here and form a consensus. Mark Arsten (talk) 20:24, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
- My name's not Jack. Note that I've not supported this TFA suggestion. This is a forum for discussing potential TFA and... they're being discussed. And don't be attacking Gerda. She's sincere, mellow, and we've a paucity of good female participants on this project. Br'er Rabbit (talk) 20:47, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
- (blushing, again) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:58, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
- No, Jack. I've never used this page and Gerda put a message on my page inviting me to join the conversation. You're letting your personal animus get in the way of seeing the obvious problems: Austen nominated now when a major anniversary looms in four months (maybe the author knows about that?); British royalty nominated now when another major anniversary looms (where's the spot for that request?). A major American author nominated a few weeks after another book by an American author, when today yet another book is being run. We simply don't have that many lit. pages and they need to be spread out. I don't care if you change this place or not, but some kind of order or thought needs to be put into the nominations - order and thought that seems currently to be lacking. You can decry the ownership issue all you like (and quite frankly it was really nice reading your most recent salvo against me on Ezra Pound after returning from sitting at a parent's deathbed), but if you have issues with it, try bringing forward solutions better than those that have been brought forward. Truthkeeper (talk) 19:47, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
- You decry concerns of ownership and then immediately express the view that proposals for main page appearance should only be made by significant contributors to articles. Obvious issue, right? Any wonder that there are calls for this culture to end? Br'er Rabbit (talk) 19:29, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
- I'm sorry MathewTownsend but I have to disagree. I have on my computer desktop a Cambridge Companion book titled American Realism and Naturalism with a chapter devoted to Crane. In American lit., naturalism (which doesn't necessarily have to do with nature, but sometimes does) began pre-Civil war with Henry David Thoreau and the Transcendendalists (though they were the forerunners), took off fully with Crane, Twain, Dreiser, Sinclair and others after the Civil war, continued with Hemingway (see "Big Two-Hearted River") and Faulkner mid-century and certainly is seen in Dillard. All this is beside the point though; I made a very pointy oppose, for which I feel awful to the point that I will send Maria email to apologize yet again, because I feel this page is being misused. How many articles do we have about American literature? How many editors do we have writing about American literature? These are considerations to keep in mind. Furthermore, since when does the primary editor have the obligation to write the blurb and to provide OLCL numbers (as requested above), particularly when editors are simultaneously being accused of ownership issues. Something's very rotten in Denmark is the point I'm trying to make; and quite frankly this is an issue that's gone once to RfAR. In my view another trip there might not be a bad idea. This page should be used for editors to request main page appearance for articles to which they've contributed, not to be used as a place to post willy-nilly without thinking about long-term ramifications. I didn't support Tinker Creek and had that not run, I'd be happy to see Crane go now. I believe Crane should go and am upset to see the mess that's been made here. Truthkeeper (talk) 18:49, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
- Agree with Crisco. Crane was not "a naturalist as is Dillard". The word "naturalist" is being misapplied. For Crane the word refers to his introduction of realism, not that he concentrated on writing about nature. "Naturalism was a literary movement taking place from the 1880s to 1940s that used detailed realism to suggest that social conditions, heredity, and environment had inescapable force in shaping human character." Is this the same as Dillard? Their writing is not similar, nor their topics, nor their level of fame and influence on literature. He was primarily a writer of fiction and did not write as Pilgrim at Tinker Creek is described: "Told from a first-person point of view, the book details an unnamed narrator's explorations near her home, and various contemplations on nature and life". MathewTownsend (talk) 16:40, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
Regarding Crisco's comment above about one article being a biography and the other about a book: (see footnote 5 above) "Similar is defined differently than the categories at WP:FA: two dissimilar articles may be grouped under the same category. For example, two film articles would be considered similar but an article about a newspaper and one about a film may be both grouped under Media but would not be considered similar. Conversely, similar articles may be in different categories at WP:FA: for example, Atom and Noble gas." MathewTownsend (talk) 23:33, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
- Indeed. In this case I find it dissimilar enough to not be an issue. If this were a novel and then a short story came along, there might be pause, but novel and author are different enough I think — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:01, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
November 6
William Jennings Bryan presidential campaign, 1896
In 1896, William Jennings Bryan ran for U.S. president. The former Democratic congressman from Nebraska, who gained his party's presidential nomination in July of that year after electrifying the Democratic National Convention with his Cross of Gold speech, was defeated in the general election by the Republican candidate, former Ohio governor William McKinley.
Born in 1860, Bryan grew up in rural Illinois and in 1887 moved to Nebraska, where he practiced law and entered politics. He won election to the House of Representatives in 1890, and was re-elected in 1892, before mounting an unsuccessful US Senate run. Despite the loss, he set his sights on higher office, believing he could be elected president in 1896 even though he remained a relatively minor figure in the Democratic Party. In anticipation of a presidential campaign, he spent much of 1895 and early 1896 making speeches across the United States; his oratory, for which he was noted, increased his popularity in his party. Bryan often spoke on the issue of the currency. He undertook an extensive tour by rail to bring his campaign to the people, speaking some 600 times, to an estimated 5,000,000 listeners. His campaign focused on silver, an issue which failed to appeal to the urban voter, and he was defeated. (more...)- as pending request, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:18, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
- Comment shouldn't we wait for this to be closed to see if we repeat 2008 and put Obama and Romney as TFAs? igordebraga ≠ 19:46, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
- We can always change it later, there's no harm in nominating it now. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 19:48, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
- Support. A fine article for the date. Binksternet (talk) 20:19, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
November 8
Thomas Percy (Gunpowder Plot)
- as pending request, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:08, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
- Oppose for 8 Nov, support for 5th. Bonfire Night is always on the 5th, if this runs three days late it will just confuse readers. 54.240.197.1 (talk) 15:58, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
- Confuse? There was no bonfire, and the person died 8 Nov, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:24, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
- The point is that 5 November, aka "Bonfire Night" in the UK, is the day that the "Gunpowder plot" is commemorated, being the date in 1605 on which the conspiracy to blow up king and parliament was discovered. Percy is only really noteworthy because of his involvement with the plot; his death date three days later has no actual significance. For that reason I agree with the IP above. Brianboulton (talk) 17:56, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
- Confuse? There was no bonfire, and the person died 8 Nov, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:24, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
- Oppose for 8 Nov, support for 5th, as per Brianboulton's explanation. Prioryman (talk) 21:16, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
- Oppose for 8 Nov, support for 5th. Johnbod (talk) 13:18, 13 October 2012 (UTC)
November 17
Metroid Prime
Five points: Date marks the tenth anniversary of the game's release. Featured since 2008, and I'm the main contributor. Last VG article on the main page was in September 20, which can lead to a two month break if no such TFA appears in October. igordebraga ≠ 03:37, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
- Support even though I never finished the game. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:48, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
- As a side note, archiving some of these links may be a good idea. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:49, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
- Support It's a great change of pace from all the articles about roads and dead people. Bruce Campbell (talk) 03:24, 8 October 2012 (UTC)