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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 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.

  • 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 Wikipedia: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===
{{Wikipedia: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.

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Summary chart[edit]

Currently accepting requests from July 18 to August 17.

Date Article Notes Supports† Opposes†
Nonspecific 1 Political history of medieval Karnataka 1
Nonspecific 2
Nonspecific 3
Nonspecific 4
Nonspecific 5
Nonspecific 6
Nonspecific 7
July 19 John D. Whitney 174th birthday 1
July 25 Phoolan Devi Marks date of death 2
July 27 Aston Martin DB9 Eight years since its discontinuation 1
July 29 Yugoslav monitor Sava 110th anniversary of her firing the first shots of World War I, re-run from 2017 1


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

Nonspecific date nominations[edit]

Nonspecific date 1[edit]

Previous nomination

Political history of medieval Karnataka[edit]

This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page unless you are renominating the article at TFAR. For renominations, please add {{collapse top|Previous nomination}} to the top of the discussion and {{collapse bottom}} at the bottom, then complete a new nomination underneath. To do this, see the instructions at {{TFAR nom/doc}}.

The result was: not scheduled by Gog the Mild (talk) 21:55, 25 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relief of a[ Seated Vishnu at the Badami cave temples

The political history of medieval Karnataka spans the 4th–16th centuries CE in the Karnataka region of India. In the 4th century, the Kadamba Dynasty of Banavasi were the earliest of the native rulers to conduct administration in the Kannada language. In south Karnataka, the Western Gangas of Talakad were contemporaries of the Kadambas. These were followed by the Badami Chalukya Empire, the Rashtrakuta Empire, the Western Chalukya Empire, the Hoysala Empire and the Vijayanagara Empire, all patronising the Hindu religion while showing tolerance to the new cultures arriving from the west. The Muslim invasion of the Deccan resulted in the breaking away of the feudatory sultanates in the 14th century. The rule of the Bahamani Sultanate of Bidar and the Bijapur Sultanate caused a mingling of Hindu traditions with Islamic culture in the region. The fall of the Vijayanagara Empire in 1565 brought about a slow disintegration of Kannada-speaking regions into minor kingdoms that struggled to maintain autonomy. (Full article...)

  • Support, although the blurb needs to shed 8 - or more - characters. Gog the Mild (talk) 19:54, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong oppose, @Sheila1988 and Gog the Mild: What does the medieval precolonial history of a region in India have to do with the Republic of India's independence from Great Britain in 1947? Nothing whatsoever in my humble view. Please find another date. I want to propose Darjeeling instead, which is in the last stages of the FAR. It was first featured in 2006, had a TFA appearance in 2009, was successfully FAR'd in 2010, and it is the last stages of its second FAR, for which it has been entirely re-written. It has relevance to both the colonial history of India, being the paradigmatic example of a hill station, the summer mountain resort town of mature colonial rule in India, also the summer capital of the Bengal Presidency, and the still unfulfilled aspirations of the region's people for separate statehood. It is no contest by any tenet of Wikipedia. The Karnata article has had no FAR since it was promoted in 2007. There is significant overlap with my FA Political history of Mysore and Coorg (1565–1760) (successfully FAR'd last year, but already made a TFA, and I'm not asking for a repeat for that). You can take a look at Darjeeling and see the difference. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 19:05, 11 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    • PS I have just realized that it was written by a (since retired WPian) who had a history (in my humble view) of boostering that region in dozens of articles. I don't think this medieval history article is at all reliable. Sorry. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 19:18, 11 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    Darjeeling[edit]

    This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

    The result was: scheduled for Wikipedia:Today's featured article/August 15, 2022 by Gog the Mild (talk) 21:56, 25 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    Mist enshrouded on most days, the world's third highest mountain, Kangchenjunga is unforgettable behind Darjeeling when the mist lifts.
    Mist enshrouded on most days, the world's third highest mountain, Kangchenjunga is unforgettable behind Darjeeling when the mist lifts.

    Darjeeling is a town in the Eastern Himalayas in India on the slopes below which Darjeeling tea is grown as far as the eye can see. Up those same slopes, ascending some 7,000 feet every day, the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway gives tourists the experience of late industrial-age steam travel. Both exist because in the early 19th century during East India Company rule in India, Darjeeling was self-consciously founded as a summer retreat for the British. Not just the cottages, the tea and the train, but residential schools for the children of domiciled British soon came to dot Darjeeling's hills. In order to make this possible, thousands of labourers were brought in from the surrounding kingdoms. Their descendants, who constitute the vast majority of Darjeeling's residents, have given the town a cosmopolitan ethnicity. In their many neighbourhoods which fringe the town at lesser heights and lower incomes, the Nepali language has found a home outside Nepal and the Tibetan language outside Tibet. Their goal for economic well-being and political identity is the unmade tryst with destiny that India self-consciously pondered on its first independence day this day 75 years ago. (Full article...)

    • Most recent similar article(s): I will have to rummage
    • Main editors: user:Dwaipayanc
    • Promoted: August 17, 2006
    • Reasons for nomination: Both Dwaipayanc and I have been working for eternity on this article's soon-to-be-completed second FAR. A TFA will emphasize, that FARs the refurbishing of vital content dreamed up by others, is as much a goal of WP as is the creation of new content, which in any case the refurbishment very much constitutes.
    • Support as nominator. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 02:52, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    • Comment the blurb definitely needs improvement, as it reads like a tourism brochure (i.e. "grown as far as the eye can see", and essentially the entire last sentence). - Floydian τ ¢ 04:29, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    • Support the article because it's more suitable than the one on Karnataka, oppose the blurb because it's terrible.~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 15:52, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    • Comment: this would be a TFA re-run. I suggest using its 2009 TFA blurb as a starting point, rather than this one. Article is still undergoing an FAR. Z1720 (talk) 00:13, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    • Support over Karnataka as a better more general selection, on the condition that the blurb gets some work for tone, and it clears FAR in time. Hog Farm Talk 01:45, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks all for the comments. Touristy it certainly sounds now. I'm making adjustments for tone on User:Fowler&fowler/Darjeeling TFA2 subpage and have a version 2. Please tell me how it sounds, either here or there, or have a go at it there. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 23:40, 22 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Fowler&fowler, could you clarify which blurb is the one currently proposed? Thanks. Gog the Mild (talk) 18:11, 23 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Hi Gog, It is the Proposed blurb for August 15, 2022 on the top. I'm not really up on what tone is appropriate for a TFA. I think though that this is what the large number of scholarly sources of the last 13 years support. If you think it appears too critical or downbeat, please have a go at it. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 21:22, 23 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Ta. I have tweaked it a little. Gog the Mild (talk) 22:12, 23 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    Political history of medieval Karnataka[edit]

    Kadamba Empire, 500 CE
    Kadamba Empire, 500 CE

    The political history of medieval Karnataka spans the 4th–16th centuries CE in the Karnataka region of India. In the 4th century, the Kadamba Dynasty of Banavasi were the earliest of the native rulers to conduct administration in the Kannada language. In south Karnataka, the Western Gangas of Talakad were contemporaries of the Kadambas. These were followed by the Badami Chalukya Empire, the Rashtrakuta Empire, the Western Chalukya Empire, the Hoysala Empire and the Vijayanagara Empire, all patronising the Hindu religion while showing tolerance to the new cultures arriving from the west. The Muslim invasion of the Deccan resulted in the breaking away of the feudatory sultanates in the 14th century. The rule of the Bahamani Sultanate of Bidar and the Bijapur Sultanate caused a mingling of Hindu traditions with Islamic culture in the region. The fall of the Vijayanagara Empire in 1565 brought about a slow disintegration of Kannada-speaking regions into minor kingdoms that struggled to maintain autonomy. (Full article...)

    • Most recent similar article(s): Western Chalukya Empire (2 May 2024)
    • Main editors: Dineshkannambadi
    • Promoted: June 4, 2007
    • Reasons for nomination: Forgotten about article from 2007. Dispute above is mostly about running it on the anniversary of Indian independence, which wasn't a good fit for a date.
    • Support as nominator. Harizotoh9 (talk) 21:03, 17 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • We already have two articles in the same category lined up for July, so this will probably get pushed into August, but feel free to discuss it. I see there was some opposition to the previous TFAR nomination but I haven't looked at that closely. - Dank (push to talk) 22:00, 17 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    No rush, it could even be run in September. Harizotoh9 (talk) 02:21, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Harizotoh9: I'm going to check with Gog, who will schedule August, to see what he recommends. - Dank (push to talk) 02:32, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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    Specific date nominations[edit]

    July 19[edit]

    John D. Whitney[edit]

    Portrait of John D. Whitney
    Portrait of John D. Whitney

    John D. Whitney (1850–1917) was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who was the president of Georgetown University from 1898 to 1901. Born in Massachusetts, he joined the United States Navy at the age of sixteen, where he acquired a book that had fallen overboard, which began his conversion to Catholicism. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1872 and spent the next twenty-five years studying and teaching mathematics at Jesuit institutions in Canada, England, Ireland, and around the United States. He became the vice president of Spring Hill College in Alabama before becoming the president of Georgetown University. He oversaw the completion of Gaston Hall, construction of the entrances to Healy Hall, and the establishment of Georgetown University Hospital and what would become the School of Dentistry. Afterwards, Whitney became the treasurer of Boston College and then engaged in pastoral work in Philadelphia, Brooklyn, and Baltimore, where he became the prefect of St. Ignatius Church. (Full article...)

    July 25[edit]

    Phoolan Devi[edit]

    [[File:|140px|no photo available ]]
    no photo available

    Phoolan Devi (1963–2001), popularly known as the Bandit Queen, was an Indian dacoit (bandit) who later became a politician. She was a woman of the Mallah subcaste who grew up in poverty in the state of Uttar Pradesh, where her parents lost a land dispute. After being married off at the age of eleven and being sexually abused by various people, she joined a gang of dacoits which robbed higher-caste villages and held up trains and vehicles. When she became its leader, she punished her rapists and evaded capture by the authorities, making her a heroine for the Other Backward Classes. She was charged in absentia for the 1981 Behmai massacre, in which twenty Thakur men were executed, allegedly on her command. After this event, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh resigned, and calls to apprehend her were amplified. She surrendered two years later and spent eleven years in Gwalior prison awaiting trial, then was released in 1994 after her charges were set aside. She was subsequently elected as a member of parliament for the Samajwadi Party in 1996. She lost her seat in 1998 and regained it the following year; she was the incumbent in 2001, when she was assassinated outside her home in New Delhi. Her worldwide fame had grown after the release of the controversial 1994 film Bandit Queen, which she did not approve of. There are varying accounts of her life because she told differing versions to suit her changing circumstances. (Full article...)

    @Mujinga: this has 1,440 characters, wayyyyy above the recommended limit, which is between 925 and 1025 characters. Reduce this. 750h+ 08:01, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    the word count is higher because there's no picture Mujinga (talk) 10:03, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    ok, based on that then i'll support. 750h+ 06:46, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    For image, ideally we'd like the person, but it appears copyrighted. But how about the image of Seema Biswas portraying her in the film Bandit Queen instead? It's an actress portraying that person so it's better than nothing. Harizotoh9 (talk) 04:59, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Yes the image on the article is fair use only. I considered the Biswas pic but personally I'd rather have no pic. Mujinga (talk) 11:50, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • Support. Gog the Mild (talk) 16:28, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Mujinga: Two problems: lack of an image (any image that will keep the Main Page people happy would work for me, it doesn't have to be an image of her), and we don't usually do death anniversaries at TFA. This is a hard call for me, but if there's no image, that makes it an easy call. - Dank (push to talk) 22:38, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      Hi Dank thanks for the message - I didn't know death anniversaries weren't a thing and to be honest I'm not really into marking dates anyway so I'd be fine with another date (I went for July 25 because people at TFA seem in my experience to prefer a date with resonance, if there's any actual guidance on this I'd love to read it). Or we could go to August 10 her brith date if that's better? On the image, I'd like to push back a bit since this was not an issue with for example Olive Morris at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/June 16, 2022, I don't think it even came up. It's a reflection of systemic bias that we do not have many free to use photographs of women from the majority world, particularly working class / underclass one, so I'm not interested to include a photo just for the sake of a photo and it was hard enough trying to illustrate the article at all. Having said all that, I could ask around (again) at some relevant wikiprojects. Mujinga (talk) 10:16, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Try also asking at Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange/Resource Requests Gog the Mild (talk) 13:00, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • Just read this ... I agree about systemic bias being a problem. Gog will be scheduling August and has agreed to take a look at this one for next month. I can tick off several boxes at the same time here (summer film, balance, etc.) by running Nil Battey Sannata ... I was involved a bit when that made it through FAC back in 2017. I hope you like that article as much as I did. - Dank (push to talk) 12:28, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      Fine by me, thanks both! Mujinga (talk) 20:03, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    July 27[edit]

    Aston Martin DB9[edit]

    The 2014 DB9
    The 2014 DB9

    The Aston Martin DB9 is a two-door grand touring car produced by the British automaker Aston Martin from 2004 until it was discontinued on 27 July 2016. Commencing production in January 2004 for the coupe version and February 2005 for the convertible version, the latter termed the "Volante", the DB9 was designed by Ian Callum and Henrik Fisker. The DB9 succeeds the DB7, which Aston Martin produced from 1994 to 2004. The car's chassis is composed of aluminium and composite materials melded together by various different techniques. Aston Martin, in 2008 and 2010, implemented minor alterations to the DB9's exterior and engine. But in 2013, the most significant update was made, with the car's most prominent adjustments lying in its front fascia. The DB9 was adapted for Aston Martin Racing in the form of the "DBR9" and the "DBRS9", both introduced in 2005. To commemorate to discontinuation of the DB9, Aston Martin released the "DB9 GT" in 2015. (Full article...)

    @Pseud 14: this is too kind. thank you so much for the support! 750h+ 00:58, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Gog the Mild: appreciate this!!! thank you so much for the support. 750h+ 01:36, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]


    July 29[edit]

    Yugoslav monitor Sava[edit]

    SMS Bodrog on the Danube river in 1914
    SMS Bodrog on the Danube river in 1914

    The Yugoslav monitor Sava was a river monitor built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy as SMS Bodrog. She and two other monitors fired the first shots of World War I in the early hours of 29 July 1914, when they shelled Serbian defences near Belgrade. During the war, she fought the Serbian and Romanian armies, and was captured in its closing stages. She was transferred to the newly created Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia), and renamed Sava. During the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941, she fought off several air attacks, but was scuttled on 11 April. Sava was later raised by the Axis puppet state, the Independent State of Croatia, and continued to serve under that name until 1944 when she was again scuttled. Following World War II, Sava was raised again, and was refurbished to serve in the Yugoslav Navy from 1952 to 1962. After that she became a gravel barge, but was later restored and opened as a floating museum in November 2021. (Full article...)



    August 12[edit]

    Worlds (Porter Robinson album)[edit]

    Robinson performing on the Worlds Live Tour in 2014
    Robinson performing on the Worlds Live Tour in 2014

    Worlds is the debut studio album by American electronic music producer Porter Robinson, released on August 12, 2014, by Astralwerks. Initially known for his heavier bass-centric production, Robinson became increasingly dissatisfied with the electronic dance music (EDM) genre, believing it limited his artistic expression. Following the release of his 2012 single "Language", Robinson decided to prioritize aesthetic and emotional qualities in his work, taking inspiration from media that evoked nostalgia for his childhood and integrating elements taken from anime, films, and sounds from 1990s video games. Worlds was well-received by most critics, who praised it as innovative and forecasted a promising career for Robinson, though others felt the record lacked coherence or was unexciting. The album has been retrospectively noted for its impact on the EDM scene. (Full article...)

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