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 Jimfbleak and Wehwalt, 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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Summary chart
Currently accepting requests from August 1 to August 31.
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August 3 | Siege of Calais (1346–1347) | 675th anniversary of the surrender of the town | 1 | |
August 15 | J. Havens Richards | 134th anniversary of his becoming president of Georgetown University | 1 | |
August 15 | Ontario Highway 403 | 25th anniversary of completion | 1 | |
August 16 | El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie | The day after the Better Call Saul series finale. | 3 | |
August 21 | Battle of the Tenaru | 80th anniversary of the event | 1 |
† Tally may not be up to date. The nominator is included in the number of supporters.
Nonspecific date nominations
Nonspecific date 1
Speed of light
The speed of light in a vacuum is exactly equal to 299,792,458 metres per second (approximately 186,282 miles per second). This exact speed is a definition, not a measurement, as the metre is defined in terms of the speed of light and not vice versa. According to standard modern physical theory, all electromagnetic radiation, including visible light, propagates (or moves) at a constant speed in vacuo, known as the speed of light, which is a physical constant denoted as c. Ole Rømer first demonstrated in 1676 that light travels at a finite speed (non-instantaneously) by studying the apparent motion of Jupiter's moon Io. In 1865, James Clerk Maxwell proposed that light was an electromagnetic wave, and therefore travelled at the speed c appearing in his theory of electromagnetism. According to the theory of special relativity, all observers will measure the speed of light as being the same, regardless of the reference frame of the observer or the velocity of the object emitting the light. (Full article...)
- Most recent similar article(s): J. Robert Oppenheimer, an article attached to WP:PHYSICS, will be featured July 16. I think the last physics concept featured was Island of stability in 2020.
- Main editors: TimothyRias, XOR'easter
- Promoted: August 14, 2004, & December 20, 2010. "Kept" at FAR on March 19, 2022.
- Reasons for nomination: Level 3 vital article, under-representation of physics articles as TFA, and to celebrate a recent save at FAR. This would be a TFA re-run, but its last run was 2004. The blurb is a copy-and-paste of its 2004 run, with text about its history added; I would appreciate it if more knowledgeable editors edited the blurb to make it better. The image from the 2004 TFA is no longer in the article, so I swapped it with Romer's determination; if another image would be better, please feel free to swap it.
- Support as nominator. Z1720 (talk) 02:17, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
- Support. Gog the Mild (talk) 19:47, 19 June 2022 (UTC)
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Specific date nominations
August 3
Siege of Calais (1346–1347)
The Siege of Calais (4 September 1346 – 3 August 1347) marked the conclusion of the Crécy campaign, part of the Edwardian phase of the Hundred Years' War. On 26 August 1346, an English army under King Edward III of England (effigy pictured) inflicted a heavy defeat on a large French army led by King Philip VI at the Battle of Crécy. A week later they invested the well-fortified port of Calais, which had a strong garrison under the command of Jean de Vienne. Edward made several unsuccessful attempts to breach the walls or to take the town by assault. During the winter and spring the French were able to run in supplies and reinforcements by sea, but in late April the English established a fortification which enabled them to command the entrance to the harbour and cut off the further flow of supplies. On 3 August Calais capitulated. It provided the English with an important strategic lodgement, and was not recaptured by the French until 1558. (This article is part of a featured topic: Crécy campaign.)
- Most recent similar article(s): The last siege was the siege of Lilybaeum on February 2021. The last Medieval conflict was the Burnt Candlemas campaign in Scotland which ran on 2 February 2022.
- Main editors: Gog the Mild
- Promoted: 25 July 2019
- Reasons for nomination: 675th anniversary of the surrender of the town
- Support as nominator. Gog the Mild (talk) 21:04, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
August 15
J. Havens Richards
J. Havens Richards (1851–1923) was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit. Born to a prominent Ohio family, he was secretly baptized as an infant by his father, an Episcopal priest who converted to Catholicism. Richards studied at Boston College and Woodstock College. In 1888, he became the president of Georgetown University and for the next decade, he instituted major reforms and expansions to transform the school into a modern, comprehensive university. He enlarged the graduate programs, medical school, and law school, established the university hospital, improved the astronomical observatory, and oversaw the completion of Healy Hall and construction of Dahlgren Chapel. Richards also fought anti-Catholicism in the Ivy League, particularly at Harvard Law School, and managed tensions with the newly founded Catholic University of America, located in the same city. In his later years, he held senior positions at Jesuit institutions throughout the northeastern United States. (Full article...)
- Most recent similar article(s): Patrick Francis Healy
- Main editors: Ergo Sum
- Promoted: August 29, 2021
- Reasons for nomination: Date he became president of Georgetown University
- Support as nominator. Ergo Sum 17:14, 12 June 2022 (UTC)
Ontario Highway 403
King's Highway 403 (pronounced "four-oh-three") is a 400-series highway in the Canadian province of Ontario that travels between Woodstock and Mississauga, branching off from and reuniting with Highway 401 at both ends and travelling south of it through Hamilton and Mississauga. It is concurrent with the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) for 22 km (14 mi) from Burlington to Oakville. Although the Highway 403 designation was first applied in 1963 to a short stub of freeway branching off the QEW, the entire route was not completed until August 15, 1997, when it was opened between Brantford and Ancaster. After passing through Brantford, Highway 403 descends the Niagara Escarpment in Hamilton, then wraps around Hamilton Harbour to the QEW. From there, co-signed with the QEW, it travels through Burlington and Oakville before splitting north at the Mississauga–Oakville boundary. It crosses through Mississauga, serving its city centre, before turning north to Highway 401. Highway 410 thereafter continues north to Brampton. (Full article...)
- Most recent similar article(s): Interstate 196 (May 8, 2022)
- Main editors: Floydian
- Promoted: October 31, 2014
- Reasons for nomination: 25th anniversary of completion. Been waiting for this date for about 7 years
- Support as nominator. Floydian τ ¢ 01:47, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
August 16
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (or simply El Camino) is a 2019 American neo-Western crime thriller film that serves as a sequel and epilogue to the television series Breaking Bad. It continues the story of Jesse Pinkman, who partnered with former teacher Walter White throughout the series to become kingpins of an Albuquerque crystal meth empire. Series creator Vince Gilligan wrote, directed, and produced the film; Aaron Paul reprised his role as Jesse Pinkman. Gilligan started considering the story of El Camino while writing Breaking Bad's series finale. He approached Paul with the idea several years later but told few others. After the script was complete, principal photography discreetly began in New Mexico. Netflix released a trailer and unveiled the film's premiere date in August 2019, surprising fans and critics alike due to the secrecy surrounding the project. (Full article...)
- Most recent similar article(s): The Empire Strikes Back was similarly featured on May 4, a special day related to the film and the Star Wars franchise
- Main editors: Flowerkiller1692
- Promoted: July 27, 2021
- Reasons for nomination: Better Call Saul, a spin-off of Breaking Bad, will be airing its series finale the day before on August 15. With the events of the franchise likely on most people's minds, it would be appropriate to nominate this just to showcase the efforts that were put into one of its other entries.
- Support as nominator. Flowerkiller1692 (talk) 16:56, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
- Support. Perfect timing after Better Call Saul's finale! Chompy Ace 05:38, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
- Support. Good timing, indeed. Ergo Sum 15:34, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
August 21
Battle of the Tenaru
The Battle of the Tenaru was a land battle between the Imperial Japanese Army and Allied forces on August 21, 1942, in Guadalcanal during World War II. The U.S. Marines were defending the Lunga perimeter, which guarded Henderson Field, which had been captured by the Allies on August 7. The Japanese unit, commanded by Kiyonao Ichiki (pictured) was sent with the mission of recapturing the airfield and driving the Allied forces off the island. Underestimating the strength of Allied forces, Ichiki's unit conducted a nighttime frontal assault on Marine positions at Alligator Creek on the east side of the Lunga perimeter and were defeated with heavy losses. The Marines counterattacked the surviving troops after daybreak, and only 128 of the original 917 men in the unit survived. After Tenaru, the Japanese realized that Allied forces on Guadalcanal were much greater in number than originally estimated and sent larger forces for their subsequent attempts to retake Henderson Field. (Full article...)
- Most recent similar article(s): Siege of Calais (1346–1347) is requested for Aug 3, and would be another military conflict. Battle of Heraklion, a WWII battle in the Mediterranean, was featured May 20.
- Main editors: Cla68
- Promoted: November 2, 2006. "Satisfactory" at URFA/2020 on April 8, 2021.
- Reasons for nomination: 80th anniversary of battle.
- Support as nominator. Z1720 (talk) 01:55, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
- Support. Gog the Mild (talk) 19:49, 19 June 2022 (UTC)