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'''Christopher George Latore Wallace''' (1972–1997), best known as ''']''', was an American ]/] artist. He was also known as '''Biggie Smalls''' (after a character in the 1975 film '']'') and '''Frank White''' (after the main character of the 1990 film '']''). Wallace was raised in the ] borough of ]. When Wallace released his debut album '']'' in 1994, he became a central figure in the ] and increased New York's visibility at a time when ] artists were more common in the mainstream. While recording his second album, Wallace was heavily involved in the ] dominating the scene at the time. On March 9, 1997, Wallace was killed by an unknown assailant in a ] in ]. His double-disc set '']'', released 16 days later, hit #1 on the U.S. album charts and was certified ] in 2000 (one of the few hip hop albums to receive this certification). Wallace was noted for his "loose, easy flow", dark semi-autobiographical lyrics and ] abilities. Since his death, a further two albums have been released. In 2012, '']'' ranked him No. 3 on their list of the ''Top 50 Lyricists of All Time''. He has certified sales of 17 million units in the United States. (])</div></div>

4 points: +2 featured since 2007, +2 widely covered. I'm still uncertain what constitutes a "similar article", but I don't remember ever seeing a hip-hop article on the main page. I'm also unsure of the protocol for bolding aliases in the blurb. Thanks--] (]) 07:57, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
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''''']''''' was the world's first ] ship to be designed and built as an ], and the first aircraft carrier of the ] (IJN). Commissioned in 1922, the ship was used for testing aircraft and equipment, and to evaluate operational methods and tactics. She provided valuable lessons and experience for the IJN in early carrier air operations. ''Hōshō'' and her aircraft participated in the ] in 1932 and in the opening stages of the ] in 1937. During those two conflicts, her aircraft supported ] ground operations and engaged in combat with aircraft of the ]. The small size of the ship and her assigned airgroups (usually around 15 aircraft) limited the effectiveness of her contributions. As a result, the carrier was placed in reserve after her return to Japan from China and she became a training carrier in 1939. During ], ''Hōshō'' participated in the ] in June 1942 in a secondary role. After the battle, the carrier resumed her training role for the duration of the conflict and survived the war with only minor damage. She was used as a repatriation transport after the war and was ] in 1946. (])</div></div>


===February 3===
Two points for the 90th anniversary of her commissioning and 19 interwiki links. It's been over a month since the last warship TFA so no deductions there.--] (]) 21:07, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
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*'''Support''', good date, also educational, encyclopedic, and historic value. &mdash; ''']''' (]) 00:41, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
*'''Support'''. - Good month: Pearl Harbor, good day: 90th anniversary. ] <sup>(]|])</sup> 04:37, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
*'''Support''', good for anniversary, moved another pending battleship to later, --] (]) 19:11, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
*'''Support''' solid article, good to have something on an Eastern power.&nbsp;—&nbsp;] (]) 07:37, 5 December 2012 (UTC)


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====Vidya Balan====
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''']''' (born 1978) is an Indian film actress, who appears in ], ] and ] language films. At age sixteen, Balan landed her first acting role in the ] '']'' (1995). After making several unsuccessful attempts to start a career in film, she acted in television commercials and music videos. In 2003, Balan made her feature film debut with the independent Bengali drama '']'' and in 2005, she garnered praise for her first Hindi film, '']''. Her subsequent portrayal of glamorous characters in the films '']'' (2007) and '']'' (2008) met with negative comments from film critics. She later portrayed five consecutive roles to wide critical acclaim in '']'' (2009), '']'' (2010), '']'' (2011), '']'' (2011), and '']'' (2012). These roles have fetched her the tag of a "female hero" and established her as a leading contemporary actress of Hindi cinema. Balan has received one ], four ] and four ]. She initially drew criticism for her weight and dress sense, but was later credited in the media for retaining her individuality and breaking stereotypes of a Hindi film heroine. (])</div></div>


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Nominated by {{user|Smarojit}} in . 1 point for date relevance (birthday), 1 point for nominator's first TFA (nominator only has one FA credit), 1 point for no actor/actress biographies since ]. '''3 points''' ]] 09:42, 5 December 2012 (UTC)


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*'''Support''' (not read) Long interval since last actor, & since the last Bollywood one, who knows... ] (]) 17:19, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
*'''Support''' Nice to encourage cultural diversity on Main Page. --] (]) 00:42, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
*'''Support'''. - Diversity ... long interval ... etcetera. ] <sup>(]|])</sup> 07:54, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
*'''Support''': An impressive article of an iconic figure in Indian cinema, who is gaining attention from the global media. <font face="Batik Regular">] <b>·</b> ]</font> 09:52, 8 December 2012 (UTC)


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====Kenneth Walker====
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''']''' (1898–1943) was a ] aviator and a ] general who had a significant influence on the development of airpower doctrine. Walker graduated from the ] in 1929, then served as an instructor there. He supported the creation of a separate air organization, not subordinate to other military branches and was a forceful advocate of the efficacy of ], publishing articles on the subject, and becoming part of a clique known as the "]" which argued for the primacy of bombardment over other forms of military aviation. He advanced the notion that ], and participated in the Air Corps Tactical School's development of the doctrine of ], which called for precision attacks against carefully selected critical industrial targets. In 1942, during ], Walker was promoted to ] and transferred to the ]. He frequently flew combat missions over ], for which he received the ]. On 5 January 1943, he was shot down and killed while leading a daylight bombing raid over ], for which he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. (])</div></div>
'''3 points''': Two points for date relevance, being the 70th anniversary of the battle in which he won his medal of honour, and one point for being promoted in July 2011. ] (]) 21:06, 29 November 2012 (UTC)


===February 6===
*'''Support'''. A fine article, suitable for Main Page representation on the suggested date unless there is an American military biography featured previously with too little separation in time. ] (]) 21:21, 29 November 2012 (UTC)
*'''Support''', agree with analysis by {{user|Hawkeye7}}, above, as well as date relevance. &mdash; ''']''' (]) 01:37, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
*'''Support''', convincing --] (]) 14:07, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
*'''Comment''', there's a US aviator who also won the Medal of Honor scheduled for December 4. Don't know how that influences "points" but looks like a run on "US aviators who won the Medal of Honor". ] (]) 21:31, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
:* See the TFAR page instructions at the top of this page-- the date requested is more than a month from the last one. Still, considering the similarity and how few of same we (might?) have, I agree it's unfortunate that they can't be spaced out more; there must be other significant dates. ] (]) 21:36, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
* '''Support'''. Per Cirt and Binksternet. ] <sup>(]|])</sup> 04:42, 3 December 2012 (UTC)


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''']''' (born 1942) is a British ], ], and author. His significant scientific works to date have been a collaboration with ] on ] in the framework of ], and the theoretical prediction that ]s should emit radiation, often called ]. He was the ] at the University of Cambridge between 1979 and 2009. Subsequently, he became research director at the university's Centre for Theoretical Cosmology. Hawking has a ] related to ], a condition that has progressed over the years. He is almost entirely paralysed and communicates through a ]. He is an ] of the ], a lifetime member of the ], and a recipient of the ], the highest civilian award in the United States. Hawking has achieved success with works of ] in which he discusses his own theories and cosmology in general; his '']'' stayed on the British '']'' best-sellers list for a record-breaking 237&nbsp;weeks. (])</div></div>


===February 12===
* Widely covered physicist on his 70th birthday, 6 points or more --] (]) 10:10, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
**71st birthday, not 70th (1); vital article (4); no scientists in 6 months (2); total '''<s>7 points</s>''' '''''8 points''' (see below)''.]] 10:26, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
:::Thank you for the corrections, I should stay away from math ;) --] (]) 11:34, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
*'''Support''' Looks good! A quick skim of the article shows no major changes since the version featured back in September. ] (]) 11:00, 7 December 2012 (UTC)


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*'''Oppose''' The article has ''citation needed'' tags, has information in the introduction not mentioned below, and could use some copyediting. ] (]) 13:14, 7 December 2012 (UTC)


===February 19===
*'''Support''': The cn tags are all in one sentence, placed on separate clauses by a user with a contribs history that shows an obvious POV to push- an put there only a week after the article was promoted; apparently the lead editors haven't gone back and cleaned them up. This is an extremely minor nitpick. The TFA is appropriate, and any minor copyediting can and undoubtably will be completed prior to the main page appearance ]<sup>]</sup> 21:03, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
::Good faith should indicate that an established user, who says that an assertion is not in the cited source, is familiar with that source. Good faith should also make us reluctant to accuse established users of pushing a POV. Articles appearing on the main page should be free of such concerns. Has anyone active on the article, or this nomination, contacted the user who added the tags? ] (]) 21:22, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
*Hi everybody, I was the editor who took the article though GA and it's various FA stages (which I couldn't have done without the help and support of a large number of other editors) - and it is really extremely gratifying to find out that it is being considered for front-page status. Thank you so much for the nomination. For some general information, the editor who added the citation tags is an admin, and so it should probably be taken seriously. I'd really appriate it if a senior editor would have a go at straightening those sections out. I can certainly put some time into any other concerns raised - Kablammo - can you give me some examples of sections were copyediting would be particularly useful? SandyGeorgia has raised some issues on the talk page and I'm going to potter down and respond to them now. :) ] (]) 21:58, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
::I would be happy to, Fayedizard. I cannot today, but will post them to article talk page, or (if you wish) copyedit myself. Nudge me if you don't hear from me soon. Regards, ] (]) 22:05, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
:::That's great - looking forward to working with you. By the way - I'm( I believe) the significant contributor to the article, and I've never had a front-page before - does that mean we get another point? (I'll be honest, I'm a bit out of my deapth with the process...) ] (]) 22:40, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
:::: Normally, the easy answer would be yes, but there was just a change to the instructions about the nominator point that is still Greek To Me, so I asked for clarification on talk. With 7 points, you won't likely need any more :) ] (]) 22:42, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
::::: The easy answer is still yes. You can claim the point, but no-one can claim it on your behalf - that's not changed. '''8 points'''. ]] 13:05, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
*'''Support''': Saw Hawking at the Paralympic Games in London. Wonderful idea to put him on the front page. Well done Fayedizard and everyone who brought the article to this point. ] (]) 03:50, 8 December 2012 (UTC)


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''']''' (1913–1994) was the ], serving from 1969 to 1974. After completing his undergraduate work at ], he graduated from ] in 1937, and returned to California to practice law. He served in the ] during ]. Nixon was elected to the ] in ] and to the ] in ]. He served for eight years as vice president, from 1953 to 1961, and waged an unsuccessful presidential campaign in ], narrowly losing to ]. In 1968, ] for the presidency and was ]. Nixon initially escalated the ], but ended U.S. involvement in 1973. Nixon's ] to the People's Republic of China in 1972 opened diplomatic relations between the two nations. Though he presided over ], he scaled back manned space exploration. He was ] in 1972. Early in his second term, a continuing series of revelations about the ] cost Nixon much of his political support, and on August 9, 1974, he resigned as president. In retirement, Nixon's work as an ], authoring several books and undertaking many foreign trips, helped to rehabilitate his public image. (])</div></div>
*'''11 points''' Centennial of birth (6) level 4 vital article (4) 1 year FA (1).--] (]) 07:03, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
* '''Support'''. - Obviously. ] <sup>(]|])</sup> 07:51, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
* '''Support''' 100th birthday! <span class="nowrap"><font color="purple">Canuck</font><small><sup><font color="purple">89</font> ]</small></sup> <small>08:34, December 6, 2012 (UTC)</small></span>
* '''Support'''. - Obviously. --] (]) 09:33, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
* '''Support''' important topic. --''']]]''' 09:55, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
*'''Comment''' blurb is about 1,570 characters, or 25% over the standard target length of 1,200 - Wehwalt, would you mind trimming it when you get a chance? Thanks, ]] 10:00, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
::I've cut it some.--] (]) 16:14, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
*'''Support''': No question. Points probably irrelevant here, but does the 20-day rule for noms with 5+ points not apply? ] (]) 11:00, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
**Yes, but the rule is 20 ''unscheduled'' days, not 20 days. At the time of writing, the next unscheduled day is 22nd December, and the 20th unscheduled day is 11th January, so this high-scoring (record score?) nom is legit. ]] 11:07, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
*'''Support'''; very much looking forward to seeing such a prominent article featured. ] (]) 11:34, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
*'''Support''': Centennial is a one-time opportunity not to be missed, topic timely and interesting. Plenty of time to fix any minor glitches, none of which are significant to the issue of this excellent article being TFA for the date stated. ]<sup>]</sup> 20:37, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
{{hat|Suggestion made, suggestion answered. Hatting to ensure that nobody accidentally says something that someone else might regret. ]] 02:51, 7 December 2012 (UTC)}}
Please audit the prose; a search reveals 16 instances of the word "however" in (See and for discussions of the overuse of however.) Although this issue was brought to Wehwalt's attention in ] after DCGeist copyedited an article and among other improvements, reduced the uses of "however" from 12 to 3, the overuse of "however" persists. Several of Wehwalt's recent FAs have improved on this score, but the older ones should be audited; it shouldn't require more than a few moments to review each FA. ] (]) 16:29, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
: Additionally, captions need to be audited for final punctuation throughout. The oversized images throughout will likely get objections when it runs on the mainpage (I see no reason for them to be oversized-- this isn't an article about art, for example, where there is a need to examine images closely since the article is about them). A bigger concern (back on prose) and an indication that a prose review is called for: see the image in ] and the caption: "Nixon chats with a future voter at the Washington Senators' 1969 Opening Day, with Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn (to the right of Nixon), Senators owner Bob Short and Nixon aide Jack Brennan (in uniform)." The caption misidentifies several people (and the reference to a child as a "future voter" is unnecessarily cutesy and unencyclopedic). <p> Another sample, the opening blurb: "In retirement, Nixon's work authoring several books and undertaking many foreign trips helped to rehabilitate his public image as an elder statesman." Why "many"; what does that add? Why not just "rehabilitated his image"? His image problem that needed rehab wasn't about being an "elder statesman". Also, "Although Nixon initially escalated America's involvement in the ], he subsequently ended U.S. involvement in 1973." "Subsequently" is another overused word-- the 1973 seems to cover it. ] (]) 18:49, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
:: The article below (]) also has 16 instances of "however" in . It's a new FA (August 2012) Should all articles be checked for these issues? ] (]) 21:20, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
::: All articles (here and at FAC) should be checked for lots of things, so I'm not sure I understand the question. Other than to say, "of course"; lots of stuff is sliding through. ] (]) 21:54, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
::::Just as a note I've looked over ] and reduced the ''however''s to five. I will read over my changes tomorrow to see if I've changed the meaning. Looking at the links above it seems the problem is misuse and overuse - I don't think it's now mis-used or overused in that article. However,{{sic}} I don't think a simple word count is helpful. ] (]) 22:21, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
:::::I will of course check the article before it runs, and will give Sandy's suggestions the respect they deserve. (and yes, I'm aware that Sandy's trying to provoke conflict here, so the mild snarkiness in the last comment is the most she's going to get out of me)--] (]) 02:03, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
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The ''']''' opened the world's first underground line on 10&nbsp;January 1863, connecting the mainline railway termini at Paddington, Euston and King's Cross to London's financial heart in ] using gas-lit wooden carriages hauled by steam locomotives. The railway was soon extended and completed the ] in 1884, but the most important route became the line to {{stnlnk|Verney Junction}} in Buckinghamshire, more than 50&nbsp;miles (80&nbsp;kilometres) from London. Electric traction was introduced in 1905 and by 1907 ] operated most of the services. The Railway developed land for housing and after World War I promoted housing estates near the railway with the "]" brand. On 1&nbsp;July 1933, the Metropolitan Railway was amalgamated with the railways of the ] and the capital's tramway and bus operators to form the ]. (])</div></div>


===February 22===
On 10 January it will be the 150th anniversary of the opening of London Underground's first line by the Metropolitan Railway between Paddington and Farringdon. There are four points for the anniversary, and one point as I am a significant contributor and I have not previously had a TFA. I'm not claiming any 'similar article' points as we had ] on 13 November&nbsp;— although that's placed in the ''Geography and places'' section on ] and the previous article to appear from the ''Transport'' section was ] on 25 August&nbsp;— therefore '''5 points'''. ] (]) 12:59, 5 December 2012 (UTC)


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*'''Support''' Wonderful choice, given the anniversary, historical aspects, iconic stature of subject, and face it, Trains to Underground was a significant step. ]<small><sup>]</sup></small> 13:24, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
*'''Support''', excellent date selection, educational, encyclopedic, high value for the site. &mdash; ''']''' (]) 17:14, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
*'''Support''' Global significance & per above ] (]) 17:18, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
* '''Support'''. An excellent choice. ] <sup>(]|])</sup> 08:00, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
* '''Support''' ....for all the trainspotters out there....] (] '''·''' ]) 19:36, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
*'''Support''', per Cirt, - moved another train article to later, --] (]) 08:00, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
*'''Support''', timely, major centennial, major technology innovation, highly significant. ]<sup>]</sup> 20:50, 7 December 2012 (UTC)


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The ''']''' was the revelation to the press of a dressing-room incident during the third ] ] of the "]" series. During the course of play on 14 January 1933, the Australian Test captain ] was struck over the heart by a ] by ]. On his return to the dressing room, Woodfull was visited by the England manager ] who enquired after Woodfull's health, but to Warner's embarrassment, the latter said he did not want to speak to him owing to England's Bodyline tactics. The matter became public knowledge when someone present leaked the exchange to the press.; such leaks were practically unknown at the time. Many people at the time assumed that ], a full-time journalist, was responsible. Fingleton later wrote that ], Australia's star batsman, disclosed the story. Bradman always denied this, and continued to blame Fingleton. Woodfull's earlier public silence on the tactics had been interpreted as approval; the leak was significant in persuading the Australian public that Bodyline was unacceptable. (])</div></div>


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Two points for 80th anniversary of the incident, one point for promotion over a year ago (February 2011). However, last sports article scheduled is for 22 December, so loses two points (the last cricket article was October 13). So that makes '''1 point''' I think. ] (]) 23:27, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
*'''Support''': Good anniversary, and the Dec 22 article is much different from this one.--] (]) 01:00, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

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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.

  • The article must be a featured article. Editors who are not significant contributors to the article should consult regular editors of the article before nominating it for TFAR.
  • The article must not have appeared as TFA before (see the list of possibilities here), except that:
    • The TFA coordinators may choose to fill up to two slots each week with FAs that have previously been on the main page, so long as the prior appearance was at least five years ago. The coordinators will invite discussion on general selection criteria for re-runnable TFAs, and aim to make individual selections within those criteria.
    • The request must be either for a specific date within the next 30 days that has not yet been scheduled, or a non-specific date. The template {{@TFA}} can be used in a message to "ping" the coordinators through the notification system.

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I. Create the nomination subpage.

In the box below, enter the full name of the article you are nominating (without using any brackets around the article's name) and click the button to create your nomination page.


II. Write the nomination.

On that nomination page, fill out as many of the relevant parts of the pre-loaded {{TFAR nom}} template as you can, then save the page.

Your nomination should mention:

  • when the last similar article was, since this helps towards diversity on the main page (browsing Misplaced Pages:Today's featured article/recent TFAs will help you find out);
  • when the article was promoted to FA status (since older articles may need extra checks);
  • and (for date-specific nominations) the article's relevance for the requested date.
III. Write the blurb. Some Featured Articles promoted between 2016 and 2020 have pre-prepared blurbs, found on the talk page of the FAC nomination (that's the page linked from "it has been identified" at the top of the article's talk page). If there is one, copy and paste that to the nomination, save it, and then edit as needed. For other FAs, you're welcome to create your own TFA text as a summary of the lead section, or you can ask for assistance at WT:TFAR. We use one paragraph only, with no reference tags or alternative names; the only thing bolded is the first link to the article title. The length when previewed is between 925 and 1025 characters including spaces, " (Full article...)" and the featured topic link if applicable. More characters may be used when no free-use image can be found. Fair use images are not allowed.
IV. Post at TFAR.

After you have created the nomination page, add it here under a level-3 heading for the preferred date (or under a free non-specific date header). To do this, add (replacing "ARTICLE TITLE" with the name of your nominated article):
===February 29===
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In the absence of exceptional circumstances, TFAs are scheduled in date order, not according to how long nominations have been open or how many supportive comments they have. So, for example, January 31 will not be scheduled until January 30 has been scheduled (by TFAR nomination or otherwise).


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Currently accepting requests from February 1 to March 3.

Date Article Notes Supports Opposes
Nonspecific 1 Benjamin F. McAdoo African-American for Black History Month 4
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February 3 Claire Redfield Aniversary of Resident Evil – Code: Veronica 1
February 4 Prostate cancer TFA re-run from 2006. World Cancer Day 2
February 5 Marcus Ward Lyon Jr. TFA re-run from 2015. 150th birthday 1
February 6 John Silva Meehan 235th birthday 2
February 9 Japanese battleship Tosa Centenary of sinking 1
February 10 Siege of Baghdad 767th anniversary 2
February 12 Ragnar Garrett 125th birthday 1
February 19 Huaynaputina 425th anniversary of eruption 1
February 20 French colonization of Texas 340th anniversary. TFA rerun 2
February 22 Eddie Gerard 135th birthday 1
February 23 Donald Forrester Brown 135th birthday 1

Tally may not be up to date. The nominator is included in the number of supporters.

Nonspecific date nominations

Nonspecific date 1

Benjamin F. McAdoo

McAdoo, 1946McAdoo, 1946

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)

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Specific date nominations

February 2

James Joyce

Joyce, c. 1918Joyce, c. 1918

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)

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...)

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)
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

Diagram of prostate tumor pressing on urethraDiagram of prostate tumor pressing on urethra

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...)

February 5

Marcus Ward Lyon Jr.

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)

February 6

John Silva Meehan

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...)

February 9

Japanese battleship Tosa

Tosa at Nagasaki on 31 July 1922Tosa at Nagasaki on 31 July 1922

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...)

February 10

Siege of Baghdad

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...)

February 12

Ragnar Garrett

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...)

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...)

February 20

French colonization of Texas

La Salle's Expedition to Louisiana in 1684La Salle's Expedition to Louisiana in 1684

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)

February 22

Eddie Gerard

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...)

February 23

Donald Forrester Brown

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...)

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