Articles suggested here must already be featured articles that have not previously appeared on the Main Page. Articles do not have to be suggested to appear on the Main Page. Requests must be for dates within the next 30 days that have not yet been scheduled. There may be no more than five requests on this page at any time for a specific date, and two requests for nonspecific dates. If there are already five articles requested and if the article that you would like to request has a point value higher than the request with the lowest point value, you may replace it according to the instructions below. Today's featured articles are chosen by the featured article director, Raul654, or his delegate, Dabomb87. Requests are not the only factor in scheduling today's featured article (see Choosing Today's Featured Article); the final decision rests with Raul654. Please confine requests to this page, and remember that community endorsement on this page does not mean the article will appear on the requested date. See also User:Raul654/Featured article thoughts. It is helpful to put the request, with the estimated point score (see below), up for discussion on the talk page pending template up to 90 days before the requested date; requestors should return to move the request to this page during the 30-day timeframe if the article has enough points to replace another article. – |
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Calculating points: Points are the sum of choices for each of the following six criteria:
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Adding requests: The article must not have been previously featured as Today's Featured Article. History shows that articles with five or more points are almost never replaced. Accordingly, you must wait until there are 20 days or fewer before nominating such an article, to avoid tying up a slot for a long period of time, and to allow other articles their chance. Please nominate only one article at a time. Nominations are ordered by requested date below the summary chart. The archive of previously featured articles is here. If there are already five requests, and the article you propose to add has more points than one of the articles already requested, you may remove a request and add yours (explaining in your post the claimed point total) according to the following:
Suggested formatting: The request should have a blurb that uses the same formatting as the ones used on the main page; see . Specifically: format it as one paragraph only; omit reference tags, alternative names, and extraneous bolding; trim birth/death dates to year only; link to the article title in bold; and limit total length (including spaces and markup) to roughly 1200 characters or fewer. The blurb should be preceded by a lead image when available; fair use images are not allowed. Use the following markup style for the image:
Nonspecific date article: Two articles may be nominated by the community for use by the Director on dates which he determines, rather than being nominated for specific dates. The proposed TFAs may be replaced by articles which have higher numbers of points, according to the following rules:
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Currently accepting requests from May 5 to June 4 (only up to May 25 if the entry would have five or more points). The chart will be updated regularly by editors who follow this page:
Potential upcoming requests
May 5, 2012 – Aug 3, 2012
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Date | Article | Points |
May 8 | Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow | 3 |
May 10 | 1997 Qayen earthquake | 6 or 5 |
May 17 | The Well of Loneliness | 3 |
May 21 | Mary Anning | 1 |
May 31 | Louis Slotin | 3 |
June 1 | History of the National Hockey League (1967–1992) | 4 |
June 2, 3, 4, or 5 | Elizabeth II | 4 |
June 2 | Adore (The Smashing Pumpkins album) | 3 |
June 4 | Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga | 5 |
June 6 | Sandra Morgan | 4 |
June 6 | 1982 British Army Gazelle friendly fire incident | 4 |
June 26 | 1907 Tiflis bank robbery | 3 |
June 11 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | 6 |
July 1 | Ontario Highway 401 | 3 |
July 6 | Calgary Stampede | 8 |
July 7 | Killer7 | 2 |
July 9 | Cross of Gold speech | 4 |
July 18 | Vidkun Quisling | 4 |
July 21 | Eduard Streltsov | 3 |
July 27 | Robin Friday | 2 |
July 29 | Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's road race | 3 |
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Nonspecific 1 | FC Barcelona | 3 | Promoted in 2010; widely covered | 3 | 1 |
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May 6 | Martin Brodeur | 1 | 40th birthday; promoted in 2007 | 3 | 4 |
May 12 | Katharine Hepburn | 7 | Date relevance (birthday), vital article, first TFA, no actors for 3+ months | 10 | 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
Futbol Club Barcelona (home stadium pictured) is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss, English and Catalan footballers led by Joan Gamper, the club has become a symbol of Catalan culture and Catalanism, hence the motto "Més que un club" (More than a club). The official Barça anthem is the "Cant del Barça" written by Jaume Picas and Josep Maria Espinàs. Unlike many other football clubs, the supporters own and operate Barcelona. It is the world's second richest football club in terms of revenue, with an annual turnover of €398 million. The club holds a long-standing rivalry with Real Madrid, and matches between the two teams are referred to as "El Clásico". They are the current Spanish and European football champions, and have won 21 La Liga, 25 Copa del Rey, 10 Supercopa de España, 3 Copa Eva Duarte and 2 Copa de la Liga trophies, as well as being the record holder for the latter four competitions. In international club football Barcelona have won four UEFA Champions League, a record four UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, four UEFA Super Cup, a record three Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and a record two FIFA Club World Cup trophies. (more...)
Is this the right place on the page to nominate this? It doesn't look like it has ever been today's featured article before. For the above point system, it gets three points; it was promoted in 2010 (1 point) and it is widely covered (2 points).
- Support – The article looks to be in good condition. Considered by some to be the best club in the world right now, if not the best ever. *COUGH*Chelsea*COUGH* Regards, RJH (talk) 19:07, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
- Oppose - As stated above, Chelsea FC should be featured if any football club should, especially given their improbable Champions League run! User:acellis34
- Chelsea F.C. has already featured on the main page. I can't see how that would affect this in any way. GRAPPLE X 21:16, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
- Support -
Twin page, twin page twin page, twin page twin page twin page twin page twin page, twin page twin page twin page (sung in favourite football hooligan chant) Casliber (talk · contribs) 21:11, 2 May 2012 (UTC)damn...oh well, Barcelona it is then. Casliber (talk · contribs) 21:40, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
Nonspecific date 2
Date requests (5 max)
May 6
Martin Brodeur (born 1972) is a Canadian ice hockey goaltender who has played his entire 19-year National Hockey League (NHL) career with the New Jersey Devils. He has won three Stanley Cup championships and has been in the playoffs every year but two. Brodeur has won two Olympic gold medals with Team Canada in the 2002 and 2010 Winter Olympic Games, as well as several other medals with Team Canada in other international competitions. Brodeur is the NHL's all-time leader in regular season wins, losses, shutouts, and games played, and holds numerous other league and franchise records. Brodeur won at least 35 games in every season between 1996–97 and 2007–08, and is the only goalie in NHL history with eight 40-win seasons. He is a four-time Vezina Trophy winner, a five-time Jennings Trophy winner, a ten-time NHL All-Star, a Calder Memorial Trophy winner, and one of only two NHL goaltenders to have scored goals in both the regular season and the playoffs. Brodeur uses a hybrid style of goaltending by standing up more than butterfly style goalies. Brodeur's prowess in puck handling directly led the NHL to change its rules regarding when goalies were allowed to handle the puck outside of the goal crease. (more...)
This article gets at least 1 point; 40th birthday (2 points) ; promoted in 2007 (2 points). If athlete biographies are considered similar (regardless of sport), then it loses 3 of those points to the baseball player Rogers Hornsby, whose article ran on March 27th. The last ice hockey player featured was Trevor Linden on February 11. Pyrrhus16 14:49, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
- Comment - I always support hockey articles going up, naturally. There is a bonus here as Brodeur and the Devils will be playing the fourth game of their playoff series against Philadelphia on May 6. Resolute 15:04, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
- Oppose A sports biography was on April 27th. Too soon. --Harizotoh9 (talk) 15:12, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
- Comment/ weak oppose Does seem too soon; note also potential June 1 History of the National Hockey League (1967–1992) with anniversary & 4 points. Johnbod (talk) 15:44, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
- Oppose - article seems to have been neglected, and has declined in quality. In my opinion, it has a tenuous hold on FA. Y2Kcrazyjoker4 (talk • contributions) 17:23, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
- And that is the only reason I didn't throw out an explicit support. I know it is an older FA, and hadn't looked at it to verify it was still up to snuff. Resolute 18:56, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
- If the quality of the article is at issue, it should be sent to FA Review. --Harizotoh9 (talk) 19:21, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
- And that is the only reason I didn't throw out an explicit support. I know it is an older FA, and hadn't looked at it to verify it was still up to snuff. Resolute 18:56, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
- Support Makes for a good front page per the nominator. Would be the perfect time to do it based on the playoff series he is currently a part of. -DJSasso (talk) 18:38, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
- Support per preceding. I don't mind clumps of similar articles sometimes....Casliber (talk · contribs) 19:51, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
- Oppose- I'm not sure what the points count for, but one doesn't seem like enough. Bzweebl (talk) 04:07, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
May 12
Katharine Hepburn (1907–2003) was an American actress of film, stage, and television. Known for her headstrong independence and spirited personality, Hepburn's career as a Hollywood leading lady spanned more than 60 years. She won a record four Academy Awards, and in 1999 was named by the American Film Institute as Hollywood's top female legend. Hepburn began acting in college, and spent four years in the theatre before entering films in 1932. She became an instant star, but after a series of unsuccessful films was named "box office poison". The Philadelphia Story revived her career, and she subsequently formed a popular alliance with Spencer Tracy that lasted 25 years. In middle age Hepburn found a niche playing spinsters, such as in The African Queen, and became a Shakespearean stage actress. She continued to work into old age, making her final screen appearance in 1994 at the age of 87. Hepburn is remembered as an important cultural figure, as she came to epitomize the "modern woman" in 20th-century America and helped change perceptions of women. (more...)
- Total 7 points: The date marks 105 years since Hepburn's birth (1), the article is listed as a Level 4 vital article (4), this would be my first TFA (1), and the last actor article was James Nesbitt back in January (1). --Lobo (talk) 13:52, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
- Support – a great actress and a unique, vigorous personality. Well worth a front page posting. Regards, RJH (talk) 18:17, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
- Support - of course. Lemurbaby (talk) 10:31, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
- Support, definitely. Prioryman (talk) 07:30, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
- Support SpinningSpark 14:10, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
- Support, enthralling and significant subject. Congrats to Lobo for the hard work and gracious efforts at FAC. hamiltonstone (talk) 12:15, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
- Support - Excellent choice, informative and sourced. It would also be appropriate for her 105th birthday. SwisterTwister talk 05:44, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
- Support of course. Johnbod (talk) 15:47, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
- Support Casliber (talk · contribs) 19:51, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
- Support- Obvious choice. Bzweebl (talk) 04:07, 3 May 2012 (UTC)