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'''There may be no more than ten requests on this page for specific dates, and four requests for nonspecific dates.''' If a section is full, the lowest-scoring nomination in it can be replaced by one with a higher point value (as calculated according to the instructions below), or you can wait for a vacancy, or ask on the talk page for advice. | '''There may be no more than ten requests on this page for specific dates, and four requests for nonspecific dates.''' If a section is full, the lowest-scoring nomination in it can be replaced by one with a higher point value (as calculated according to the instructions below), or you can wait for a vacancy, or ask on the talk page for advice. | ||
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] (TFAs) are chosen by the TFA coordinator, ]. Requests are not the only factor in scheduling the TFA (see ]); the final decision rests with Bencherlite. Please confine requests to this page, and remember that community endorsement on this page does not mean the article will appear on the requested date. | <div style="width: 94.5%; padding: 0.5em 1em; border: 1px solid #A6B1BF; background: #D6F3FF; vertical-align: top; font-size: 125%;">] (TFAs) are chosen by the TFA coordinator, ]. Requests are not the only factor in scheduling the TFA (see ]); <big>the final decision rests with Bencherlite.</div> | ||
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Please confine requests to this page, and remember that '''community endorsement on this page does not mean the article will appear''' on the requested date. | |||
It can be helpful to put the request, with the estimated point score (see below), on the ] up to 1 year before the requested date. This does not guarantee selection, but does help others see what nominations may be forthcoming. Requestors should still nominate the article on this page during the 30-day timeframe. | It can be helpful to put the request, with the estimated point score (see below), on the ] up to 1 year before the requested date. This does not guarantee selection, but does help others see what nominations may be forthcoming. Requestors should still nominate the article on this page during the 30-day timeframe. | ||
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 ] in the first instance. | '''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 ] in the first instance.''' | ||
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Articles suggested here must already be featured articles that have not previously appeared on the Main Page. Articles do not have to be suggested to appear on the Main Page. Requests must be for dates within the next 30 days that have not yet been scheduled. There may be no more than ten requests on this page for specific dates, and four requests for nonspecific dates. If a section is full, the lowest-scoring nomination in it can be replaced by one with a higher point value (as calculated according to the instructions below), or you can wait for a vacancy, or ask on the talk page for advice. Today's featured articles (TFAs) are chosen by the TFA coordinator, Bencherlite. Requests are not the only factor in scheduling the TFA (see Choosing Today's Featured Article); the final decision rests with Bencherlite. Please confine requests to this page, and remember that community endorsement on this page does not mean the article will appear on the requested date. It can be helpful to put the request, with the estimated point score (see below), on the talk page pending template up to 1 year before the requested date. This does not guarantee selection, but does help others see what nominations may be forthcoming. Requestors should still nominate the article on this page during the 30-day timeframe. 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 Bencherlite on his talk page in the first instance. Purge the cache to refresh this page – Check TFAR nominations for dead links – Alt text |
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Featured article candidates (FAC) Today's featured article (TFA):
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Calculating points: The point score for a nomination is found by adding the scores for each of the following six criteria:
Notes
Adding requests: The article must not have been previously featured as Today's Featured Article. If you are not one of the article's primary editors, please notify the primary editors of the TFA nomination, or if primary editors are no longer active, add a message to the article talk page. Nominations are ordered by requested date below the summary chart. More than one article can be nominated for the same date. The archive of previously featured articles is here. If there are already ten date-specific requests or four nonspecific requests, and the article you propose to add has more points than one of the articles already requested, you may remove a request and add yours (explaining in your post the claimed point total) according to the following:
Formatting: Write a blurb using the same formatting as the ones used on the main page; see today's example. Specifically: one paragraph only; no reference tags, alternative names, or extraneous bolding; trim birth/death dates to year only; link to the article title in bold and as the first wikilink in the blurb; total length of blurb when previewed (including spaces) as close as possible to 1,200 characters maximum. Add a suitable free-use image if available; fair use images are not allowed. Use the following syntax for the image:
Nonspecific date article: Up to four articles may be nominated for use on an unspecified date, rather than being requested for a specific date. TFAs proposed for unspecified dates may be replaced by articles which have higher numbers of points, according to the following rules:
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