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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.

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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How to post a new nomination:

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===
{{Misplaced Pages:Today's featured article/requests/ARTICLE TITLE}}

Nominations are ordered by requested date below the summary chart. More than one article can be nominated for the same date.

It would also then be helpful to add the nomination to the summary chart, following the examples there. Please include the name of the article that you are nominating in your edit summary.

If you are not one of the article's primary editors, please then notify the primary editors of the TFA nomination; if primary editors are no longer active, please add a message to the article talk page.

Scheduling:

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).


Summary chart

Currently accepting requests from February 20 to March 22.

Date Article Points Notes Supports Opposes
Nonspecific 1
Nonspecific 2
Nonspecific 3
Nonspecific 4
October 10 Kellie Loder 3 3rd anniversary of Juno-nominated album 1 0
October 14 Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars 2 0
October 14 Brockway Mountain Drive 0 80th anniversary of roadway opening, lost points to recent article not scheduled for an anniversary 1 0
October 25 Georges Bizet 5 175th birthday, widely covered, 1 year FA 5 0
October 28 George Herriman 6 100th anniversary of best-known creation 1 0
October 30 Rudd Concession 2 125th anniversary 1 0
October 31 Grace Sherwood 2 Halloween-ish 1 0
November 1 Lie Kim Hok 1 160th birthday 2 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 nominations

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Specific date nominations

October 10

Kellie Loder

Kellie Loder

Kellie Loder (born 1988) is an independent singer-songwriter from Newfoundland who plays drums, guitar and piano. Having written her first song at age 16 about a cousin who died in a traffic accident, Loder was studying nursing at the Grenfell Campus of Memorial University of Newfoundland when she released her first album, The Way, in August 2009. Later that year, she won a talent-search contest hosted by YC Newfoundland, a Christian youth conference. As part of the award, Loder was given time with music industry and production professionals who helped her with Imperfections & Directions, her second album, which was released at the 2010 YC Newfoundland. Loder's nursing studies hampered her ability to showcase Imperfections & Directions by touring. Loder was nominated as Female Artist of the Year at the 2010 MusicNL awards, and then as Gospel Artist of the Year in 2011. Imperfections & Directions was nominated as Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year at the 2012 Juno Awards. Loder has asserted that she chose to begin her career in Contemporary Christian music because it gives purpose to her music. (Full article...)

October 10, 2013 is the third anniversary of the release of Loder's Juno-nominated album, Imperfections & Directions. I believe this blurb therefore has 1 TFA point. Neelix (talk) 18:23, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

October 14

Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars

Charles Cecil, Broken Sword creator

Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars is a 1996 point-and-click adventure game developed by Revolution Software. The player assumes the role of George Stobbart, an American tourist in Paris, as he unravels a conspiracy. The game takes place in both real and fictional locations in Europe and the Middle East. In 1992, Charles Cecil, writer and director of the game, began researching the Knights Templar for the game after he, Noirin Carmody and Sean Brennan conceived it. It was built with Revolution's Virtual Theatre engine, which was also used for the company's previous two games. Eoghan Cahill and Neil Breen drew the backgrounds in pencil and digitally colored them in Photoshop. The game is serious in tone, but also features humor and graphics in the style of classic animated films. The million-selling title was critically acclaimed and won many awards.Critics lauded Broken Sword's story, puzzles, voice acting, writing, gameplay, and music. The game received numerous award nominations and wins. It is known as one of the best examples of adventure gaming and many developers have cited it as an influence. After its initial release on Windows, Mac OS, and PlayStation, it was ported to the Game Boy Advance, Palm OS, and Windows Mobile. The game spawned a number of sequels collectively known as the Broken Sword series. From 2009 to 2012, a director's cut version was released on Wii, Nintendo DS, Windows, Mac OS X, iOS, and Android. (Full article...)

I nominated this article for TFA back in April; while commenters were positive about the article, they felt that there had been too many VG TFAs at the time, and suggested that I should rather nominate the article later / at the time of its anniversary. So here I come again; but why with two dates you ask? Well, September 30 is the anniversary of its original release. However, the TFA slot for that date seems to be taken, and I'm not very familiar with the TFA system and don't know if it can be moved. But, because the Sept. 30 release was actually for the US PC version, titled Circle of Blood, it would make October 14, the initial European release (for PC), a reasonable option. I would feel heartbroken and tricked/fooled if the article couldn't get neither date; and the fact that this article gets minus points doesn't help either. :/ --Khanassassin ☪ 16:32, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

Brockway Mountain Drive

Brockway Mountain Drive is a 8.883-mile (14.296 km) scenic highway just west of Copper Harbor in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. Drivers can access the road from state highway M-26 on either end near Eagle Harbor to the west or Copper Harbor to the east in the Keweenaw Peninsula. The drive runs along the ridge of Brockway Mountain on the Keweenaw Fault and climbs to 1,320 feet (402 m) above sea level, 720 feet (220 m) above the surface of Lake Superior. Several viewpoints along the route allow for panoramas of Copper Harbor, Lake Superior, and undeveloped woodland. On a clear day, Isle Royale is visible approximately 50 miles (80 km) in distance from the top of the mountain. Brockway Mountain was named for David D. Brockway, one of the pioneer residents of the area. The road was constructed by the county road commission with funding through Depression-era work programs in 1933. It was briefly used as a connection for the parallel state highway after it opened. Since it opened, Brockway Mountain Drive has been recognized nationally and locally in several media outlets for its picturesque qualities, usually in profiles of Keweenaw County, the Upper Peninsula or other scenic drives. (Full article...)

This was to be held over for its 80th anniversary this year, however Bencherlite scheduled Kwinana Freeway to run a few days ago. That negates the 2 points it should have received for the anniversary. Please note that this was the consensus of opinion when the nominate was removed a year ago, and it's been listed at Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Highways/TFA, a page Bencherlite is aware of. Also, we'd need to figure out how to crop or otherwise handle File:Brockway Mountain Drive Panorama.jpg for use as the TFA image; it's the best photo for the roadway to use, but it's a panorama. Imzadi 1979 → 06:03, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

October 20

Sega v. Accolade

Sega Genesis

Sega Enterprises Ltd. v. Accolade, Inc., 977 F.2d 1510 (9th Cir. 1992), was a case in which the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit applied American intellectual property law to the reverse engineering of computer software. Stemming from the publishing of several Sega Genesis games by video game publisher Accolade, which had disassembled the Genesis in order to publish games without being licensed by Sega, the case involved several overlapping issues, including the scope of copyright, permissible uses for trademarks, and the scope of the fair use doctrine for computer code. The case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, which ruled in favor of Sega and issued an injunction against Accolade preventing them from publishing any more games for the Genesis and requiring them to recall all of their Genesis games they currently had for sale. Accolade appealed the decision to the Ninth Circuit on the grounds that their reverse engineering of the Genesis was protected under fair use. The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court's order and ruled that Accolade's use of reverse engineering to publish Genesis titles was protected under fair use, and that its alleged violation of Sega trademarks was the fault of Sega. The case is frequently cited in matters involving reverse engineering and fair use under copyright law. (Full article...)

  • October 20th of 2013 will be the 21st anniversary of the decision of this landmark U.S. Court of Appeals case that set precedents on the legalities of reverse engineering and copyrights. It's likely this would fall as both a law article and a video game article, and I'm not sure when the last article involving a copyright court case was (if ever, really; I've seen the amount of FAs that fall under Law, and it's a little low on the count). I am also a major contributor to this article and have never had one featured as Today's Featured Article before (mostly because this is my first FA). This should mean at least two points, and perhaps more if there has not been a related article recently. Red Phoenix remember the past... 04:48, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

October 25

Georges Bizet

Georges Bizet (1838–75) was a French composer, mainly of opera, whose final work, Carmen, became one of the most popular and frequently performed in the opera repertory. As a young composer during the 1860s he struggled for recognition; he began many theatrical projects, but found that the main Parisian opera theatres preferred the established classics to the works of newcomers. Neither of his two operas that reached the stage—Les pêcheurs de perles and La jolie fille de Perth—achieved initial success. The production of Carmen was delayed through fears that its themes of betrayal and murder would offend audiences; after its premiere in 1875, Bizet was convinced that the work was a failure. He died of a heart attack three months later, at the age of 36, unaware that the opera would prove an enduring success. After his death Bizet's work was largely forgotten, apart from Carmen. Manuscripts were given away or lost, and published versions were often the result of revision by other hands. As his operas began to be performed more frequently in the 20th century, commentators increasingly acclaimed Bizet as a composer of brilliance and originality, whose premature death was a significant loss to French musical theatre. (Full article...)

150th anniversary (4), widely covered (2), likely vital article, will be 2 years old when shown (2), - I am sure that Brian will polish the blurb, as before, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:05, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

It is indeed a "vital article", which trumps "widely covered", but it will be just short of its second anniversary as FA (promoted 28th Oct 2011) so 9 points. Bencherlite 12:12, 18 September 2013 (UTC) 7 points because it was a vital article until a couple of weeks ago, apparently without discussion... Bencherlite 14:35, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
  • Support: If it's a 9-pointer, the nom is premature, but as there is some shortage of TFA candidates I suggest we leave it here. I will work on the blurb to reduce it to the appropriate length. Brianboulton (talk) 13:28, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
Thank you. I brought it here because it was a topic of previous discussions, and it looked so empty. Perhaps the rules could be streamlined, to not a different "first nomination time" for different points (which I still get wrong)? I suggest simply a month after the last scheduled. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:42, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
See the talk page and the header above, which now simply says "Currently accepting requests from October 2 to November 1" - no more does it say "(only up to if it has five or more points)". I have already changed the rule to which you are both referring. Bencherlite 14:16, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for adjusting! (I believe almost everything Brian says and didn't look again.) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:12, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
  • Comment What is this the 150th anniversary of? It's his 175th birthday, but that would only earn it two points. And on which vital article list is it? It's not at Misplaced Pages:Vital articles/Expanded/People (it was recently removed, in fact). -- tariqabjotu 14:36, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
    • Yep, Gerda's got the birthday wrong (and I didn't notice). Perhaps she was thinking of the 150th anniversary of Pearl Fishers, which was scheduled today. You're right about the vital article issue, and in fact I had already corrected myself on this, a minute before you pointed it out! (I have a list of vital FAs yet to appear on the main page, but hadn't checked it in the time since Bizet was removed). 5 points (2 points 175th, 2 points widely covered, 1 for a 1-year FA). Bencherlite 14:45, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
Sorry about my math, yes, the opera was on mind too much, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:09, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
Can we perhaps crop it? He will still look to the "wrong side", though, - I think there is more "life" in the other one, and (like Wagner) this is the one people see all the time, nothing new, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:52, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
See File:Georges Bizet (flipped).jpg for a version looking to the right. He's got no blemishes or anything that would lead to accusations of misleading (as per WP:IMAGELOCATION, so we should be OK here). Feel free to use, ignore or edit further, if appropriate. - SchroCat (talk) 12:46, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

I have shortened the blurb and adopted the flipped image - thanks, SchroCat. I'm inclined to leave it at that. Brianboulton (talk) 15:23, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

October 28

George Herriman

George Herriman, 1922 self-portrait George Herriman (1880–1944) was an American cartoonist best known for the comic strip Krazy Kat (1913–44). Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to mulatto Creole parents, he grew up in Los Angeles, where in 1897 he began a career as a newspaper cartoonist. He drew a variety of strips until he introduced his most famous character, Krazy Kat, in The Dingbat Family in 1910. A Krazy Kat strip began in 1913, noted for its poetic, dialect-heavy dialogue; its fantastic, shifting backgrounds; and its bold, experimental page layouts. In the strip's main motif, Ignatz Mouse would pelt Krazy with bricks, which the naïve, androgynous Kat would interpret as symbols of love. As the strip progressed, a love triangle developed between Krazy, Ignatz and Offisa Pupp. Herriman was drawn to the landscapes of Monument Valley and the Enchanted Mesa, and his artwork made much use of Navajo and Mexican themes and motifs against shifting desert backgrounds. More influential than popular, Krazy Kat had an appreciative audience among people in the arts. Gilbert Seldes' article "The Krazy Kat Who Walks by Himself" was the earliest example of a critic from the high arts giving serious attention to a comic strip. Newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst was a proponent of Herriman and gave him a lifetime contract with King Features Syndicate, guaranteeing Herriman a comfortable living and an outlet for his work despite its lack of popularity. The Comics Journal placed the strip first on its list of the greatest comics of the 20th century. Herriman's work has been a primary influence on cartoonists such as Will Eisner, Charles Schulz, Robert Crumb, Art Spiegelman, Bill Watterson, and Chris Ware. (Full article...)

100th anniversary of his best-known creation (6?), possibly minus a couple points for having too many Georges in one week. Curly Turkey (gobble) 21:39, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

October 30

Rudd Concession

Charles Rudd The Rudd Concession, a written concession for exclusive mining rights in Matabeleland, Mashonaland and other adjoining territories in southern Africa, was granted by King Lobengula of Matabeleland to Charles Rudd (pictured), James Rochfort Maguire and Francis Thompson, three agents acting on behalf of the politician and businessman Cecil Rhodes, on 30 October 1888. The concession conferred on the grantees the sole rights to mine throughout Lobengula's country, as well as the power to defend this exclusivity by force, in return for weapons and a regular monetary stipend. Despite Lobengula's retrospective attempts to disavow it on the grounds of alleged deceit by the concessionaires regarding the settled terms, it proved the foundation for the royal charter granted by the United Kingdom to Rhodes' British South Africa Company in October 1889, and thereafter for the Pioneer Column's occupation of Mashonaland in 1890, which marked the beginning of white settlement, administration and development in the country. The Company officially named the territory Rhodesia, after Rhodes, in 1895, and governed it until 1923. (Full article...)
  • 125th anniversary of signing gives us 2 points so far as I see. (Unfortunately that magnificent beard does not count for anything in terms of points.) Important African history article, and one of the most important of all for Zimbabwe. —Cliftonian (talk) 22:45, 23 September 2013 (UTC)
  • Support: I believe that beards should count for points (see Bizet, above, for an equally magnificent example). In fact, the two look rather spookily alike – did Bizet really die in 1875...? The plot thickens. Brianboulton (talk) 15:39, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
  • Support, but the nominator seems to have forgotten that time lords get an extra ten points. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:42, 24 September 2013 (UTC)


October 31

Grace Sherwood

Pungo, Virginia

Grace Sherwood (c. 1660 – c. 1740), called the Witch of Pungo, is the last person known to have been convicted of witchcraft in Virginia. A farmer, healer, and midwife, she was charged with witchcraft several times. In 1706, she was accused of bewitching Elizabeth Hill, causing her to miscarry. The court ordered that Sherwood's guilt or innocence be determined by ducking her in water. If she sank, she was innocent; if she did not, she was guilty. Sherwood floated to the surface and may subsequently have spent up to eight years in jail before being released. Freed from prison by 1714, she recovered her property from Princess Anne County, after which she lived on her farm in Pungo until her death in 1740 at the age of about 80. On July 10, 2006, the 300th anniversary of Sherwood's conviction, Governor Tim Kaine restored her good name, recognizing that her case was a miscarriage of justice. A statue depicting her was erected in Virginia Beach, close to the site of the colonial courthouse where she was tried. (Full article...)

  • 2 pts for no alleged witch article in 6 months (that I could find), plus excellent date tie-in for Halloween. While anyone here three years ago knows it was on the MP briefly, it was not for long and this is a unique case. There is precedent for articles being on the MP more than once--and full runs, such as Transit of Venus (TFA 2X, OTD 8X). Please judge it on the current version PumpkinSky talk 01:12, 27 September 2013 (UTC)
  • Support as conom at the second FAC and because I believe running this would be a good thing, a sign of healing and perhaps we can put a lot of stuff behind us by running this. Bencherlite has yet to make clear his policy on exceptions to the only once being run at TFA.--Wehwalt (talk) 01:20, 27 September 2013 (UTC)
  • Perhaps Bencherlite would have had a chance to do so if, as per the instructions, I'd been asked before this request was added and !voting started. I'm not impressed. Bencherlite 05:36, 27 September 2013 (UTC)
  • Category:Featured articles that have not appeared on the main page has 1,334 articles. What are the exceptional circumstances / reasons that mean that this article should appear twice when others have yet to appear once? Why is "this is a unique case"? Multiple appearances at OTD are irrelevant for these purposes, aren't they? Transit of Venus appeared twice (and I supported it) because the date relevance for its 2012 reuse was exceptional: after 5th June 2012, the next ToV is not until 2117! Bencherlite 05:36, 27 September 2013 (UTC)
  • Support. The article was clearly not ready for TFA then. It is now. Besides it has not been on the main page for a full 24 hours yet, so arguably would not have been a today's featured article. Double sharp (talk) 05:55, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

November 1

Lie Kim Hok

Lie Kim Hok Lie Kim Hok (1853–1912) was a peranakan Chinese teacher, writer, and social worker active in the Dutch East Indies. Born in Buitenzorg, Lie studied in missionary schools. In the 1870s he began working as the editor of two periodicals published by his teacher, leaving the position in 1880. Lie's first books, including the critically acclaimed poem Sair Tjerita Siti Akbari and grammar book Malajoe Batawi, were published in 1884; Lie published a further 23 books before his death, including Tjhit Liap Seng (1886), considered the first Chinese Malay novel. Lie also acquired printing rights for the newspaper Pembrita Betawi, helped establish the Chinese organisation Tiong Hoa Hwe Koan, and wrote numerous articles in newspapers. Styled the "father of Chinese Malay literature", Lie is also considered influential to the colony's journalism and linguistics. However, he has also drawn criticism for adapting other writers' works without giving credit, a tendency first discovered after his death of typhus. As a result of the language politics in the Indies and independent Indonesia, his work has become marginalised. (Full article...) Categories: