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'''2 points''' Promoted in September 2009 (2 points), quinvigintennial date relevance (175-year anniversary of inauguration as governor; 2 points), similar to July 31 TFA ] (-2 points). ] <sup><span class="plainlinks">(] '''·''' ])</span></sup> 18:10, 30 July 2012 (UTC) '''2 points''' Promoted in September 2009 (2 points), quinvigintennial date relevance (175-year anniversary of inauguration as governor; 2 points), similar to July 31 TFA ] (-2 points). ] <sup><span class="plainlinks">(] '''·''' ])</span></sup> 18:10, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

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The '''2008 Hungarian Grand Prix''' was a ] motor race held on August 3, 2008, at the ] in ], near ], ]. It was the 11th race of the ]. Contested over 70&nbsp;laps, the race was won by ] for the ] team, from a second position start. ] finished second in a ] car, with ] third in a ]. It was Kovalainen's first Formula One victory, which made him the sport's 100th driver to win a World Championship race, and it was Glock's first podium finish. The majority of the race consisted of a duel between ] and ], who drove for McLaren and Ferrari, respectively. Hamilton started from ] but was beaten at the first corner by Massa, who passed him around the outside. The two championship rivals began a battle for the lead that was resolved when Hamilton sustained a ] just over halfway through the race, giving Massa a lead of more than 20&nbsp;seconds over Kovalainen. The Ferrari's engine, however, failed with three laps remaining, allowing the McLaren driver to win. Räikkönen set the race's ] in the other Ferrari, but was hampered by a poor qualifying performance and was stuck behind ] (]) and Glock in turn for almost all of the race. As a consequence of the race, Hamilton extended his lead in the ] to five&nbsp;points over Räikkönen, with Massa a further three behind. ], who finished eighth after finding his ] car uncompetitive at the Hungaroring, slipped to 13&nbsp;points behind Hamilton, ahead of teammate ] and Kovalainen. In the ], McLaren passed BMW Sauber for second&nbsp;position, 11&nbsp;points behind Ferrari. (])</div></div>

This is my first nomination, so please let me know if I have made any errors. Points are as follows:
*Promoted more than one year ago (1)
*Date relevant to article topic (fourth anniversary - 1)
*Widely covered (2)
*I am a significant contributor and this is my first TFA (1)
*A similar article (i.e., one covered by ]) has not appeared as a TFA in over three months (] on May 2, 2011 - 2)
Total points: 7
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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, Gog the Mild and SchroCat, 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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Date Article Points Notes Supports Opposes
Nonspecific 1 Olympic Games 7 2 age, Date 1, 1000 vital 4, widely covered 2, -2? proximity 1 2
Nonspecific 2 Poppy Meadow 3 1 for first TFA (primary authorr); 2 no similar TFA in six months 0 0
August 8 CenturyLink Field 4 2 age; 2 widely covered 2 0
August 14 DNA nanotechnology 4 1 for first TFA; 1 for underrepresented topic; 2 no similar TFA in six months 2 0
August 15 Manhunter 2 1 for first TFA (primary authorr); 1 for date relevance 3 0
August 30 Simon B. Buckner 2 2 for age; 2 for date relevance; -2 for similar article within 1 month 1 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

File:2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony (8).jpg


The Olympic Games are considered to be the world's foremost sports competition and more than 200 nations participate. The Games are held biennially, with Summer and Winter Olympic Games alternating, so that each of these is held every four years. Originally, the ancient Olympic Games were held in Olympia, Greece, from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD. Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894, which is still the governing body of the games. The 20th and 21st centuries have seen several changes to the games, such as the creation of the Winter Games for ice and winter sports, the Paralympic Games for athletes with a physical disability, and the Youth Olympic Games. The Olympics have shifted away from the pure amateurism envisioned by Coubertin to allow participation of professional athletes. The growing importance of the mass media has created issues around corporate sponsorship and commercialization of the Games. World Wars led to the cancellation of the 1916, 1940, and 1944 Games. Large boycotts during the Cold War limited participation in the 1980 and 1984 Games. (more…)


Strangely, I can't see this has been nominated; apologies if it has. Main games start today. Per Ettrig on the talk page (modified): It was promoted in 2009 (2 for age), 2 for widely covered, Date related (1), A 1000 vital article (4). Minus 2 for proximity (plse check; does baseball count?). So, a total of 7 points. Can we get some decent photos of the stadium on Commons,now that it is finished please! Johnbod (talk) 01:28, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

  • Oppose. I'm sorry, but given the long-term notice about the games in ITN and the continual tide of olympic DYKs spread out over the coming days and weeks, I don't think we need another main page section taken up by the games. Any other time I'd be supportive of this but it's just overkill and needless saturation at this point. GRAPPLE X 01:52, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
  • Comment: I do think we missed the boat by not having it on the 27th. Perhaps in two years?--Chimino (talk) 03:27, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
  • Oppose Since we can only use this once, I think it should be for an opening ceremony. I personally would prefer to use it for the larger summer olympics. Waiting 4 or at least 2 years beats just cramming on a random Olympic day.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 02:55, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Nonspecific date 2

Poppy Meadow is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Rachel Bright. She was introduced by executive producer Bryan Kirkwood on 11 January 2011 as the best friend of established character Jodie Gold (Kylie Babbington) in scenes filling in for those cut from a controversial baby-swap storyline. Poppy returned to the series in June 2011 as a supporting character and comedy element, in a move that was generally welcomed by the tabloid press; her storylines focused on her friendship with Jodie and their intertwined love lives. Both Jodie and Poppy left the series on 14 November 2011, but the possibility was left open for Poppy to return in the future. In June 2012 Bright reprised her role as Poppy, quickly moving into Walford and resuming her employment at the local beauty salon.

Poppy was introduced into the series in what critics described as "bizarre and utterly irrelevant" and "pointless" scenes, which substituted for cut scenes of the dead baby's parents at the graveside. Guardian critic Stuart Heritage considered Poppy to be "perhaps the greatest television bit-part character of the modern age" and several Daily Mirror writers gave Poppy positive reviews upon both of her returns. (more...)

This is my first nomination, so apologies if I get it wrong, or am unfamiliar with anything.

  • 1 point for being the significant contributor to the article.
  • 2 points, as a similar article (EastEnders) has not featured on the main page since 2006.

I was a bit wary on whether or not to inlcude the article under "Widely covered", but the aritcle is not translated in any other languages, mainly due to the fact that EastEnders only airs in a couple. But, the article does use every source possible! — M.Mario (T/C) 17:21, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Date requests (5 max)

August 8

CenturyLink Field is a multi-purpose stadium in Seattle, Washington, United States. The stadium was designed for both American football and soccer. It serves as the home field for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL) and Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer (MLS). The venue also hosts concerts, trade shows, and consumer shows along with sporting events. Located within a mile (1.6 km) of Seattle's central business district, it is accessible by multiple freeways and forms of mass transit. It was built between 2000 and 2002 after voters approved funding for the construction in a statewide election. This vote created the Washington State Public Stadium Authority to oversee public ownership of the venue. CenturyLink Field is a modern facility with views of the skyline of Downtown Seattle and can seat 67,000 people. Sounders FC have hosted and won two U.S. Open Cup championship matches at CenturyLink in 2010 and 2011, setting an attendance record for the tournament final each time. (more…)

Four points I think, maybe five. Two points because it's been over two years since the article was promoted. Two points because there are 20 versions of the article in various languages. There's a weak chance it could get one last point for date relevance because I'm nominating it to appear on the same day that one of it's tenants (Sounders FC) competes for a fourth straight title in the U.S. Open Cup final (though not at CenturyLink this time). Related U.S. Open Cup records are mentioned in the blurb. I've contacted the main contributor (who now has a retired banner on their user page) to discuss the nomination, but have not received a response. Having worked with him before he retired, I believe he would have approved of this nomination. --SkotyWAC 01:59, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks; support for a well-structured, well-sourced venue article.--Chimino (talk) 00:03, 23 July 2012 (UTC)00:01, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

August 14

DNA nanotechnology is the design and manufacture of artificial nucleic acid structures for technological uses. In this field, nucleic acids such as DNA are used as non-biological engineering materials for nanotechnology rather than as the carriers of genetic information in living cells. Researchers in the field have created static structures such as crystal lattices, nanotubes, polyhedra, and arbitrarily-shaped DNA origami; as well as functional structures including molecular machines and DNA computers. The conceptual foundation for DNA nanotechnology was first laid out in the early 1980s, and the field began to attract widespread interest in the mid 2000s. The field is beginning to be used as a tool to solve basic science problems in structural biology and biophysics, such as protein structure determination, and potential real-world applications in nanomedicine and molecular scale electronics are under development. (more…)

Four or five points:

  • One point for being my first TFA.
  • One point as an underrepresented FA category. (This is a non-biological use of DNA for applications in chemistry and materials science, so it is listed as a chemistry article rather than a biology one.)
  • Two points because no similar article as been TFA in the last six months. In that time frame there have been no nanotechnology TFAs (and in fact, this is the first nanotechnology FA ever), and no TFAs on biomolecular structure. The only chemistry TFA has been Psilocybin on February 29, which is dissimilar because it is an article about a single organic drug.
  • One point (maybe) for a significant date. This may or may not count, but this date is the first day of the DNA Computing conference, which I will be attending, and I've arranged for my faculty advisor to briefly mention the article in his plenary talk.

Antony–22 (⁄contribs) 19:44, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

August 15

Manhunter is a 1986 film based on Thomas Harris's novel Red Dragon. Written and directed by Michael Mann, it stars William Petersen as offender profiler Will Graham and Tom Noonan as serial killer Francis Dollarhyde—"The Tooth Fairy". Manhunter focuses on the forensic work carried out by the FBI to track down the killer and shows the long-term effects that cases like this have on Graham, highlighting the similarities between him and his quarry. The film features heavily stylized use of color to convey this sense of duality, and the nature of the characters' similarity has been explored in academic readings of the film. Opening to mixed reviews, Manhunter fared poorly at the box office at the time of its release, making only $8.6 million in the United States. However, it has been reappraised in more recent reviews and now enjoys a more favorable reception, as both the acting and the stylized visuals have been appreciated better in later years. Its resurgent popularity has seen it labelled as a cult film. (more...)

1 point for being the first TFA for the primary author (me); 1 for date relevance (release date is August 15, 1986); for a total of 2 points I believe. GRAPPLE X 20:47, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

August 30

Simon B. Buckner in his Confederate officer's uniform Simon B. Buckner (1823 – 1914) was a soldier in the Mexican–American War and a Confederate lieutenant general in the American Civil War. He graduated from West Point and taught there for five years, with an interlude during the Mexican–American War. He left the army in 1855 to manage real estate he inherited in Chicago. In 1857, he returned to his native state (Kentucky) and was appointed adjutant general by Governor Beriah Magoffin. He attempted to enforce Kentucky's neutrality policy during the early days of the Civil War, but enlisted in the Confederate Army in September 1861. He was the first Confederate general to surrender an army, doing so in at the Battle of Fort Donelson] in 1862. He also participated in Braxton Bragg's failed attempt to invade Kentucky. On August 30, 1887, he was inaugurated governor of Kentucky. As governor, he worked to suppress the Hatfield-McCoy feud and the Rowan County War and ordered an audit that prompted the absconsion of state treasurer James W. Tate with $250,000 from the state treasury. He unsuccessfully sought a seat in the U.S. Senate in 1895 and the U.S. Vice-Presidency in 1896. (more...)

2 points Promoted in September 2009 (2 points), quinvigintennial date relevance (175-year anniversary of inauguration as governor; 2 points), similar to July 31 TFA Stephen Trigg (-2 points). Acdixon 18:10, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

August 3

The 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on August 3, 2008, at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród, near Budapest, Hungary. It was the 11th race of the 2008 Formula One season. Contested over 70 laps, the race was won by Heikki Kovalainen for the McLaren team, from a second position start. Timo Glock finished second in a Toyota car, with Kimi Räikkönen third in a Ferrari. It was Kovalainen's first Formula One victory, which made him the sport's 100th driver to win a World Championship race, and it was Glock's first podium finish. The majority of the race consisted of a duel between Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa, who drove for McLaren and Ferrari, respectively. Hamilton started from pole position but was beaten at the first corner by Massa, who passed him around the outside. The two championship rivals began a battle for the lead that was resolved when Hamilton sustained a punctured tyre just over halfway through the race, giving Massa a lead of more than 20 seconds over Kovalainen. The Ferrari's engine, however, failed with three laps remaining, allowing the McLaren driver to win. Räikkönen set the race's fastest lap in the other Ferrari, but was hampered by a poor qualifying performance and was stuck behind Fernando Alonso (Renault) and Glock in turn for almost all of the race. As a consequence of the race, Hamilton extended his lead in the World Drivers' Championship to five points over Räikkönen, with Massa a further three behind. Robert Kubica, who finished eighth after finding his BMW Sauber car uncompetitive at the Hungaroring, slipped to 13 points behind Hamilton, ahead of teammate Nick Heidfeld and Kovalainen. In the World Constructors' Championship, McLaren passed BMW Sauber for second position, 11 points behind Ferrari. (more…)

This is my first nomination, so please let me know if I have made any errors. Points are as follows:

  • Promoted more than one year ago (1)
  • Date relevant to article topic (fourth anniversary - 1)
  • Widely covered (2)
  • I am a significant contributor and this is my first TFA (1)
  • A similar article (i.e., one covered by WP:F1) has not appeared as a TFA in over three months (Brabham on May 2, 2011 - 2)

Total points: 7 --Midgrid(talk) 19:37, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

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