Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests
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 and Gog the Mild, 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.
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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Summary chart
editCurrently accepting requests from October 1 to October 31.
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October 1 | The Founding Ceremony of the Nation | 75th anniversary of event depicted | 3 | 0 |
October 9 | The Birds (Alexander McQueen collection) | 30th anniversary of collection at runway | 1 | 1 |
October 23 | Wells Cathedral | 785th anniversary of consecration. TFA re-run | 1 | 0 |
October 29 | 1921 Centre vs. Harvard football game | 103rd anniversary of the game | 2 | 0 |
† Tally may not be up to date. The nominator is included in the number of supporters.
Nonspecific date nominations
editNonspecific date 1
editBAE Systems
editBAE Systems is a British multinational aerospace, defence and information security company, based in London, England. It is the largest defence contractor in Europe and the seventh-largest in the world. Its largest operations are in the United Kingdom and in the United States, where it is one of the six largest suppliers to the US Department of Defense. Other major markets include Saudi Arabia, Australia, Canada, Japan, India and Turkey. The company was formed in 1999 by the merger of Marconi Electronic Systems with the defence arm of the General Electric Company and British Aerospace. BAE has made a number of acquisitions, most notably of United Defense and Armor Holdings and has sold its shares in Airbus. It is involved in several major defence projects, including the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, the Eurofighter Typhoon, and the Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers. (Full article...)
- Most recent similar article(s):
- Main editors: Fnlayson
- Promoted: 14 October 2007
- Reasons for nomination: Last featured 29 April 2008. Accuracy may be compromised as a result of having to be pared down.
- Support as nominator. Great Mercian (talk) 12:27, 28 July 2024 (UTC)
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editSpecific date nominations
editOctober 1
editThe Founding Ceremony of the Nation
editThe Founding Ceremony of the Nation is a 1953 oil painting by Chinese artist Dong Xiwen. It depicts Mao Zedong and other Communist officials inaugurating the People's Republic of China at Tiananmen Square on October 1, 1949. A prominent example of socialist realism, it is one of the most celebrated works of official Chinese art. After the Communists took control of China, they sought to memorialize their success with art. Dong was selected, and completed the painting in three months in a folk art style, drawing on historical Chinese art. The painting's success was assured when Mao viewed it and liked it, and it was widely reproduced for home display. Dong was ordered to remove Gao Gang from the painting in 1954 and Liu Shaoqi in 1967, after government purges. In 1972 a copy was made by other artists to accommodate another deletion. After the purged officials were rehabilitated, the replica was modified in 1979 to include them. Both canvases are in the National Museum of China in Beijing. (Full article...)
- Most recent similar article(s): Empire of the Sultans was last art, on July 23
- Main editors: Wehwalt
- Promoted: 2017
- Reasons for nomination: 75th anniversary of the event depicted in the painting. Also the 75th anniversary of the People's Republic of China. Rerun of October 1, 2017
- Support as nominator. Wehwalt (talk) 00:55, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
- For the image, you can crop the original file to zoom in on the actual painting. Harizotoh9 (talk) 03:07, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
- The painting is within copyright. Showing it this way, with tourists taking photos of it and a small portion obscured, is at least defensibly not a derivative work.--Wehwalt (talk) 12:47, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
- Another possibility is at right, the other canvas. It's harder to tell what it is though.--Wehwalt (talk) 12:52, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oh wow, I would have just assumed that a public work in the 50's commissioned by the CCP would be public domain by now. Harizotoh9 (talk) 19:15, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
- No, it's a URAA matter. Dong has now been dead 50 years and the copyright has expired in China, but that was not true on the URAA restoration date of 1 January 1996 for China. Therefore, the copyright in the US will not expire until 95 years after publication, which was probably sometime in the mid-1950s, depending on when they first printed it in a publication or reproduced it for sale.--Wehwalt (talk) 19:50, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oh wow, I would have just assumed that a public work in the 50's commissioned by the CCP would be public domain by now. Harizotoh9 (talk) 19:15, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
- Another possibility is at right, the other canvas. It's harder to tell what it is though.--Wehwalt (talk) 12:52, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support 750h+ 03:48, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support joeyquism (talk) 23:53, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
October 9
editThe Birds (Alexander McQueen collection)
editThe Birds is the fifth collection by Alexander McQueen for his fashion house. It was inspired by ornithology and the Alfred Hitchcock film The Birds, for which it was named. The collection centred around sharply tailored garments and emphasised female sexuality. The runway show was staged on 9 October 1994 and the venue was a warehouse in the London district of King's Cross. The Birds was styled with imagery of violence and death; some models were covered in tyre tracks and others wore white contact lenses. Reception was generally positive, although the styling drew accusations of misogyny. The show's success allowed McQueen to secure the financial backing to stage his next show, Highland Rape. Garments from The Birds appeared in both stagings of the retrospective exhibition Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty. Seán McGirr heavily referenced The Birds for Autumn/Winter 2024, his debut collection as creative director for the Alexander McQueen brand. (Full article...)
- Most recent similar article(s): The Girl Who Lived in the Tree is scheduled for Sep 18
- Main editors: Premeditated Chaos
- Promoted: August 25, 2023
- Reasons for nomination: 30th anniversary of the collection's runway show. There has been discussion at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests#Alexander McQueen that there are too many McQueen articles running on the Main Page.
- Support as nominator. Z1720 (talk) 17:00, 28 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose as per my discussion on the above link. Great Mercian (talk) 09:18, 29 July 2024 (UTC)
October 23
editWells Cathedral 1
editWells Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Wells, Somerset, England, dedicated to Andrew the Apostle. It is the seat of the Bishop of Bath and Wells, whose cathedra it holds as mother church of the Diocese of Bath and Wells. Built as a Roman Catholic cathedral from around 1175 to replace an earlier church on the site since 705, it became an Anglican cathedral when Henry VIII split from Rome. Its Gothic architecture is mostly inspired from Early English style of the late 12th to early 13th centuries. The stonework of its pointed arcades and fluted piers bears pronounced mouldings and carved capitals in a foliate, "stiff-leaf" style. The east end retains much ancient stained glass. Unlike many cathedrals of monastic foundation, Wells has many surviving secular buildings linked to its chapter of secular canons, including the Bishop's Palace and the 15th-century residential Vicars' Close. It is a Grade I listed building. (Full article...)
- Most recent similar article(s): Cross Temple, Fangshan will be TFA on August 29
- Main editors: Rodw and Amandajm
- Promoted: February 23, 2014
- Reasons for nomination: 785th anniversary of consecration. This will be a TFA re-run from 2014
- Support as nominator. Z1720 (talk) 17:45, 28 July 2024 (UTC)
October 29
edit1921 Centre vs. Harvard football game
editThe 1921 Centre vs. Harvard football game was a regular-season collegiate American football game played on October 29, 1921, at Harvard Stadium in Boston, Massachusetts. The contest featured the undefeated Centre Praying Colonels, representing Centre College, and the undefeated Harvard Crimson, representing Harvard University. Centre entered the game as heavy underdogs, as Harvard had received 3-to-1 odds to win prior to kickoff. The only score of the game came less than two minutes into the third quarter when Centre quarterback Bo McMillin rushed for a touchdown. The conversion failed but the Colonels' defense held for the remainder of the game, and Centre won the game 6–0. The game is widely viewed as one of the largest upsets in college football history. It is often referred to by the shorthand "C6H0"; this originated shortly after the game when a Centre professor remarked that Harvard had been poisoned by this "impossible" chemical formula. (Full article...)
- Most recent similar article(s): Bob Mann (April 8) was the last AmFootball TFA, that I can tell
- Main editors: PCN02WPS
- Promoted: April 20, 2024
- Reasons for nomination: 103rd anniversary of the game
- Support as nominator. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 02:16, 29 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support 750h+ 08:57, 29 July 2024 (UTC)