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Benjamin F. McAdoo

Benjamin F. McAdoo (1920 – 1981) was an American architect mainly active in the Seattle area. Born in Pasadena, California, he was inspired to study architecture by a mechanical drawing class and the work of Paul R. Williams. After working as a draftsman for local architectural firms and the Corps of Engineers, he pursued his Bachelor of Architecture at the University of Washington. The first licensed Black architect in the state of Washington, his work featured a modernist aesthetic influenced by the Northwest Regional style. After designing a number of low-income houses and apartments throughout the 1950s, he was hired by the Agency for International Development to design modular houses in Jamaica. He returned to Seattle after a period of work in Washington, D.C., and pursued civic commissions. Outside of work, he participated in the NAACP, hosted a weekly radio show on racial issues for several years, and unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the Washington House of Representatives. (Full article...)

• Most recent similar article(s): I cannot find a recent article on an architect at TFA, though correct me if I'm off base here.
• Main editors: Generalissima
• Promoted: 16 November 2024
• Reasons for nomination: I think it would be nice to have an article on African-American history in February to mark Black History Month in the United States & Canada.

Coordinator note: The character limits for TFA blurbs are between 925 and 1,025 including spaces. The draft blurb above is 1,027 characters and needs a coupe trimming if the nomination is to be valid. Thanks. Gog the Mild (talk) 16:32, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

• • Took out one superfluous word, should be good now. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 17:12, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
• Support as nominator. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 07:31, 24 November 2024 (UTC)
• Support per nom. QuicoleJR (talk) 19:04, 24 November 2024 (UTC)
• Support: Recent FA on an African-American architect? I'm all in. ~ Pbritti (talk) 00:21, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
• Support Hog Farm _Talk 02:46, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

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February 2

James Joyce

James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of the 20th century. He is best known for his short story collection Dubliners, and for his novels A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Ulysses and Finnegans Wake. Together with Virginia Woolf and Dorothy Richardson, he is credited with the development of the stream of consciousness technique in which the same weight is given to both the internal world of the mind and the external world of events and circumstances as factors shaping the actions and views of fictional characters. His fictional universe is firmly rooted in Dublin and reflects his family life and the events and friends and enemies from his school and college days. In this, he became both one of the most cosmopolitan and local of all the prominent English language modernists. (Full article...)

• Most recent similar article(s): Stanley Green (historical biography)
• Main editors: Wtfiv
• Promoted: September 13, 2004; saved at FAR in 2006 and in 2021
• Reasons for nomination: Re-run (hasn't appeared on the main page in over 20 years). Also 143 years since birth

Coordinator note: The character limits for TFA blurbs are between 925 and 1,025 including spaces. The draft blurb above is 1,027 characters and needs a couple trimming if the nomination is to be valid. Thanks. Gog the Mild (talk) 16:34, 17 December 2024 (UTC) @Gog the Mild: fixed. 750h+ 17:06, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

• Support as nominator. 750h+ 08:24, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
• Support, esp due to the recent(ish) FAR save Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 08:28, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

February 3

Claire Redfield

Claire Redfield is a fictional character in Resident Evil (Biohazard in Japan), a survival horror video game series created by the Japanese company Capcom. She was first introduced as one of two player characters in Resident Evil 2 (1998) alongside Leon S. Kennedy. The character was initially conceived as a blonde motorcyclist named "Elza Walker" for the prototype of the game, but her name and role were changed for the final build to connect its story to that of the original. During the events of Resident Evil 2, Claire arrives in the Midwestern United States town of Raccoon City, which has been overrun by zombies, to find her missing brother Chris. Claire is the protagonist of several Resident Evil games, novels, and films, and has appeared in other franchises, including Monster Hunter and Teppen. In the live-action Resident Evil films, Claire has been portrayed by Ali Larter and Kaya Scodelario. (Full article...)

• Main editors: Boneless Pizza!
• Promoted: November 30, 2024
• Reasons for nomination: Recently promoted article + Anniversary of' Resident Evil: Code Veronica (Which highlights Claire Redfield as main protagonist).

Coordinator note: The character limits for TFA blurbs are between 925 and 1,025 including spaces. The draft blurb above is 1,234 characters and needs trimming if the nomination is to be valid. Thanks. Gog the Mild (talk) 16:36, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

@Gog the Mild Done. Thanks! 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 17:06, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

• Support as nominator 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 21:09, 19 October 2024 (UTC)
• I am not going to formally oppose because I have an interest in this date for Valhalla train crash, currently still at FAC (it's the 10th anniversary), but that should not keep me from noting that we have an FA on another Resident Evil character, Ada Wong, already scheduled for January 21, 12 days prior to this. It even uses the same graphic. Daniel Case (talk) 20:13, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

  I don't mind actually. I am willing to drop my TFA nomination over Daniel Case's Valhalla train crash Gog the Mild. 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 21:56, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

Whoops! I missed the 21 Jan nom. Yeah, sorry B P but the two of them within two weeks is not going to happen. Give it another 3 or 4 months and chance your arm again. Which potentially leaves the date open for the train crash. Which I already have on my list to look at wearing a different hat. Don't go away folks, I'll be back. Gog the Mild (talk) 22:16, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

February 4

Prostate cancer

Prostate cancer is the uncontrolled growth of cells in the prostate. It is often detected through blood tests for prostate-specific antigen, followed by a biopsy. Most prostate tumors cause no health problems, and are managed with surveillance. Dangerous tumors can be surgically removed or destroyed with radiation therapy. Those whose cancer spreads receive hormone therapy, targeted therapy, and eventually chemotherapy. Most tumors are confined to the prostate, and 99% of men survive 10 years post-diagnosis. Those whose tumors have metastasized to distant body sites have a poorer prognosis; 30–40% are still alive five years after diagnosis. Each year 1.2 million men are diagnosed with prostate cancer and 350,000 die of the disease, making it the second-leading cause of cancer in men. Prostate tumors were first described in the mid-19th century. Hormone therapies were developed in the mid-20th century, resulting in Nobel Prizes for their developers Charles Huggins and Andrzej Schally. (Full article...)

• Most recent similar article(s): Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome will be TFA Nov 25
• Main editors: Ajpolino
• Promoted: April 22, 2024
• Reasons for nomination: Feb 4 is World Cancer Day. TFA re-run from 2006.
• Support as nominator. Z1720 (talk) 22:03, 22 November 2024 (UTC)
• Support per nom. QuicoleJR (talk) 13:48, 25 November 2024 (UTC)

February 5

Marcus Ward Lyon Jr.

Marcus Ward Lyon Jr. (February 5, 1875 – May 19, 1942) was an American mammalogist, bacteriologist, and pathologist. He was born into a military family and collected local wildlife around his father's army posts. He studied at George Washington University while working part-time at the United States National Museum, receiving a Ph.D. in 1913. Lyon published many papers on mammalogy, formally describing six species, three genera, and one family. In 1919, he moved to South Bend, Indiana, to join a newly opened clinic. He began to publish medical studies but continued his work in mammalogy, with a particular focus on the local fauna of Indiana. He published more than 160 papers during his career. Lyon became a major in the Medical Reserve Corps during World War I and was appointed president of the American Society of Mammalogists from 1931 to 1932. He was a member of Sigma Xi, the Society of American Bacteriologists, the Indiana Academy of Science, and the Biological Society of Washington. (Full article...)

• Most recent similar article(s): Mary Anning was TFA May 21
• Main editors: Maky
• Promoted: March 2, 2013
• Reasons for nomination: 150th birthday. Re-run from 2015. TFA blurb from it's last run, with some modifications and reduction of character count.
  • Coordinator comment: Given the large number of FA bios yet to receive their outing on the main page, is there a pressing reason for this worthy but unexceptional article to be re-run? Gog the Mild (talk) 23:10, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

• While there are lots of FA bios yet to appear on the main page, no biology bios are listed at WP:FANMP. I also believe the 150th birthday is an exceptional milestone. Z1720 (talk) 00:45, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

• Support as nominator. Z1720 (talk) 02:12, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

February 6

John Silva Meehan

John Silva Meehan was an American publisher, printer, and newspaper editor. Born in New York City on February 6, 1790, he served in the US Navy during the War of 1812. He then moved to Philadelphia, publishing a Baptist religious journal. When the firm moved to Washington, D.C. in 1822, Meehan edited and published a Baptist weekly newspaper. In late 1825 he purchased the City of Washington Gazette, renaming it the United States' Telegraph and taking a partisan stance. He was appointed as librarian of Congress in 1828. A large fire in December 1851 destroyed much of the Library of Congress's collection; Meehan oversaw its reconstruction. The election of Abraham Lincoln prompted Meehan's removal in 1861, and he died suddenly in 1863. Historians were critical of Meehan's tenure, noting that he deferred to the Joint Committee on the Library for policy, did not change the library's catalog system, and failed to make progress in transforming the institution into a true national library. (Full article...)

• Most recent similar article(s): John Rolph will be TFA Sep 11, 2024
• Main editors: Generalissima
• Promoted: September 15, 2024
• Reasons for nomination: 235th birthday
• Support as nominator. Z1720 (talk) 23:13, 22 November 2024 (UTC)
• Support per nom. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 19:40, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

February 9

Japanese battleship Tosa

Tosa was a planned battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Designed by Yuzuru Hiraga, Tosa was to be the first of two Tosa class ships. Displacing 39,900-long-ton (40,540 t) and armed with ten 410 mm (16.1 in) guns, these warships would have brought Japan closer to its goal of an "Eight-four" fleet (eight battleships and four battlecruisers). All work on Tosa was halted after the Washington Naval Conference and the signing of the Washington Naval Treaty. As the vessel had to be destroyed in accordance with the terms of the treaty, it was subjected to various tests to gauge the effectiveness of Japanese weaponry before being scuttled exactly one hundred years ago (9 February 1925). (Full article...)

• Most recent similar article(s): SMS Niobe
• Main editors: The ed17
• Promoted: May 11, 2010
• Reasons for nomination: Centenary of when it was sunk.
• Support as nominator. Ed  03:53, 20 December 2024 (UTC)

February 10

Siege of Baghdad

The siege of Baghdad took place in early 1258 when a large army under Hulegu, a prince of the Mongol Empire, attacked Baghdad, the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate. Hulegu had been sent by his brother, the Mongol khan Möngke, to conquer Persia. He expected Baghdad's ruler, Caliph al-Musta'sim, to reinforce his army, but this did not happen. Provoked by al-Musta'sim's arrogance, Hulegu decided to overthrow him. The Mongol army of over 138,000 men routed a sortie by flooding their camp, and besieged the city, which was left with around 30,000 troops. After Mongol siege engines breached Baghdad's walls, al-Musta'sim surrendered on 10 February, and was later executed. The Mongol army pillaged the city for a week; the number of deaths is unknown, but Hulegu estimated a total of 200,000. The siege, often seen as the end of the Islamic Golden Age, was in reality not era-defining: Baghdad later prospered under Hulegu's Ilkhanate. (Full article...)

• Most recent similar article(s): Most recent Mongol Empire-related article will be Jochi on 29 December.
• Main editors: User:AirshipJungleman29
• Promoted: September 17, 2024
• Reasons for nomination: Anniversary of the fall of the city. A level-5 vital article with 54 interwikis.
• Support as nominator. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 18:54, 23 November 2024 (UTC)
• Support: Recent FA on a vital-5 is a great pick when you have a good reason for the date's selection. ~ Pbritti (talk) 00:24, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

February 12

Ragnar Garrett

Ragnar Garrett (12 February 1900 – 4 November 1977) was Chief of the General Staff in the Australian Army from 1958 to 1960. He completed staff training in England just as the Second World War broke out, joined the Second Australian Imperial Force, and commanded the 2/31st Battalion in England before seeing action with Australian brigades in Greece and Crete in 1941. Promoted to colonel the following year, he held senior positions with I Corps in New Guinea and II Corps on Bougainville in 1944–1945. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his staff work. After the war, he served two terms as commandant of the Staff College, Queenscliff, in 1946–1947 and 1949–1951. Between these appointments he was posted to Japan with the British Commonwealth Occupation Force. He took charge of Western Command in August 1951, became Deputy Chief of the General Staff in January 1953, and took over Southern Command as a lieutenant general in October 1954. He was knighted in 1959. (Full article...)

• Most recent similar article(s): Wilfred Arthur will be TFA Dec 7
• Main editors: Ian Rose
• Promoted: December 16, 2018
• Reasons for nomination: 125th birthday
• Support as nominator. Z1720 (talk) 02:15, 23 November 2024 (UTC)

February 19

Huaynaputina

Huaynaputina is a volcano in a volcanic plateau in southern Peru. Lying in the Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes, it was formed by the subduction of the oceanic Nazca plate under the continental South American plate. Huaynaputina is a large volcanic crater, lacking an identifiable mountain profile, with an outer stratovolcano and three younger volcanic vents within an amphitheatre-shaped structure that is either a former caldera or a remnant of glacial erosion. The volcano has erupted dacitic magma. In the Holocene, Huaynaputina has erupted several times, including on 19 February 1600 – the largest eruption ever recorded in South America. Witnessed by people in the city of Arequipa, it killed at least 1,000 people in the region, wiped out vegetation, buried the surrounding area with 2 metres (7 ft) of volcanic rock and damaged infrastructure and economic resources. The eruption caused a volcanic winter and may have played a role in the onset of the Little Ice Age. Floods, famines, and social upheavals resulted, including a probable link with the Russian Time of Troubles. (Full article...)

• Most recent similar article(s): Mount Edziza volcanic complex, scheduled for January 13, 2025
• Main editors: Jo-Jo Eumerus
• Promoted: June 10, 2021
• Reasons for nomination: February 19 is the 425th anniversary of the 1600 eruption. 32 other-language versions of Misplaced Pages have an article on Huaynaputina.
• Support as nominator. jlwoodwa (talk) 06:07, 25 November 2024 (UTC)
• No particular opinion on this one. I'd like to keep it free for 19 February 2100 too ... but I don't think reserving something that far ahead is common practice, is it? Folks note that Talk:Huaynaputina has a few sources that need a second opinion before they can be used (or not) in the article. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 09:11, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

  @Jo-Jo Eumerus: As of 2024, TFA has the option of an article appearing twice on the Main Page. Since this would be its first time as TFA, it can appear a second time. Also, IMO since Misplaced Pages will be very different in 76 years, I think reserving an article this far ahead is not feasible. I have not looked at the sources. Z1720 (talk) 18:43, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

February 20

French colonization of Texas

The French colonization of Texas started when Robert Cavelier de La Salle established a colony in Texas. It faced difficulties such as Native American raids, epidemics, and harsh conditions. La Salle led unsuccessful expeditions to find the Mississippi River, and explored the Rio Grande and East Texas. The fort could not receive resources after their last ship was wrecked and most remaining members were killed during a Karankawa raid in 1688. The colony established France's claim to the region; after the Louisiana Purchase, the colony was the basis of the United States's unsuccessful claim to this region. The Spanish monarchy funded expeditions to eliminate the settlement; when discovered, the Spanish buried the cannons and burned its buildings. Years later, Spanish authorities built a presidio at the same location; the presidio was later abandoned, and the site's location was unknown. In 1995, researchers located La Belle in Matagorda Bay, and the fort was rediscovered and excavated in 1996. (Full article...)

• Most recent similar article(s): Perhaps Donner Party on June 3
• Main editors: Karanacs
• Promoted: March 15, 2008
• Reasons for nomination: Feb 20 is the 340th anniversary of La Salle's landing and the beginning of the colonization. This is a TFA re-run from 2009

Coordinator comment: I am unsure why this unassuming article's unimportant anniversary (340?) should allow it a second TFA. Is there some pressing reason why it should displace one of the many FAs which have not yet had their first TFA? Gog the Mild (talk) 16:07, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

• I try only to nominate articles where the event is an interger of 5 and 10, so that the article can appear on a more special date (especially for re-runs.). While there are lots of articles yet to appear at TFA, the community has determined that TFA re-runs need to happen since FAC is producing less than 365 articles a year. I prefer that TFA re-runs happen on associated special dates, instead of randomly assigning articles or re-runs throughout the month with no date association I also try to avoid more than 2 article re-runs in a week per the instructions. Z1720 (talk) 19:15, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

• Support as nominator. Z1720 (talk) 01:57, 1 December 2024 (UTC)
• Support: It's an older FA that last ran on the 325th anniversary. I added a recent journal article to the further reading but a quick skim makes suggests that the article is still more than up to the FA standard. ~ Pbritti (talk) 00:37, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

February 22

Eddie Gerard

Eddie Gerard (February 22, 1890 – August 7, 1937) was a Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager. Born in Ottawa, Ontario, he played professionally for 10 seasons for the Ottawa Senators, as a left winger for three years before switching to defence. He was the first player to win the Stanley Cup four years in a row, from 1920 to 1923, three times with the Senators and once as an injury replacement player with the Toronto St. Patricks. After his playing career he served as a coach and manager, working with the Montreal Maroons from 1925 until 1929, and winning the Stanley Cup in 1926. He coached the New York Americans for two seasons before returning to the Maroons for two more seasons, then ended his career coaching the St. Louis Eagles in 1934. Regarded as one of the best defenders of his era, Gerard was one of the original nine players inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1945. He is also an inductee of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. (Full article...)

• Most recent similar article(s): Dominik Hašek is scheduled for Jan 29
• Main editors: Kaiser matias
• Promoted: August 12, 2019
• Reasons for nomination: 135th birthday. Blurb written by Dank
• Support as nominator. Z1720 (talk) 01:34, 25 November 2024 (UTC)

February 23

Donald Forrester Brown

Donald Forrester Brown (23 February 1890 – 1 October 1916) was a New Zealand recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for valour in the face of the enemy that could be awarded at that time to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces. Born in Dunedin, Brown was a farmer when the First World War began. In late 1915, he volunteered for service abroad with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) and was posted to the 2nd Battalion, the Otago Infantry Regiment. Fighting on the Western Front, he performed the actions that led to the award of the Victoria Cross in September 1916 during the Battle of Flers–Courcelette, part of the Somme offensive. As he was killed several days later during the Battle of Le Transloy, the award was made posthumously. His Victoria Cross was the second to be awarded to a soldier serving with the NZEF during the war and was the first earned in an action on the Western Front. (Full article...)

• Most recent similar article(s): Wilfred Arthur will be TFA Dec 7
• Main editors: Zawed
• Promoted: March 14, 2020
• Reasons for nomination: 135th birthday
• Support as nominator. Z1720 (talk) 02:04, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

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