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. – Check TFAR nominations for dead links – Alt text | Featured article candidates (FAC) Today's featured article (TFA):
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Currently accepting requests from September 1 to October 1.
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Nonspecific 2 | Qalaherriaq | 1 | ||
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September 2 | Falcon's Fury | 10th anniversary of official opening | 1 | 0 |
September 10 | Ken "Snakehips" Johnson | 110th anniversary of birth | 2 | 0 |
September 12 | Tropical Storm Hanna (2002) | 22nd anniversary of formation | 1 | 0 |
September 13 | September 1964 South Vietnamese coup attempt | 60th Annivesary | 1 | 0 |
September 15 | al-Musta'li | 950th birthday | 1 | 0 |
September 25 | SMS Helgoland (1909) | 115th anniversary of launch | 1 | 0 |
October 1 | The Founding Ceremony of the Nation | 75th anniversary of event depicted | 1 | 0 |
† Tally may not be up to date. The nominator is included in the number of supporters.
Nonspecific date nominations
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Addie Viola Smith
Addie Viola Smith (November 14, 1893 – December 13, 1975) was an American attorney who served as the United States trade commissioner to Shanghai from 1928 to 1949, the first female Foreign Service officer in the United States Foreign Service to work under the United States Department of Commerce, and the first woman to serve as trade commissioner. Smith was born and raised in Stockton, California. In 1917, she moved to Washington, D.C. While working for the United States Department of Labor, she attended the Washington College of Law part-time, earning her bachelor of laws in 1920. In October that year she joined the Foreign Service and was assigned to Beijing as a clerk in the trade commissioner's office. Smith was promoted to assistant trade commissioner in Shanghai in 1922, and appointed trade commissioner there in 1928. She later held roles in the U.S. government, international organizations, and the United Nations. Throughout her life, Smith was also a member of several feminist organizations. Smith met her life partner, Eleanor Mary Hinder, in Shanghai in 1926. Both were memorialized by their friends with two stone seats at the E.G. Waterhouse National Camellia Gardens in Caringbah. (Full article...)
- Most recent similar article(s): I don't recall any similar person recently.
- Main editors: voorts
- Promoted: 9 June
- Reasons for nomination: rather new FA
- Support as nominator. Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:35, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
- Support as FAC nominator. Just to note that Cora Agnes Benneson, an article on one of the first women to practice law in New England, will run on 17 July, if the coordinators feel the need to space this one out a bit. voorts (talk/contributions) 21:18, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
- Likewise, Nov 14th is right around the corner and would fit just fine there. I personally like the idea of biography pages running on anniveraries of birth so the article could fit then. But it's not a requirement. Harizotoh9 (talk) 10:42, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
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Qalaherriaq
Qalaherriaq (baptized Erasmus Augustine Kallihirua) was an Inughuit hunter from Cape York in northwestern Greenland. Born around 1834, he was taken aboard the British barque HMS Assistance in 1850 as an interpreter during the search for Franklin's lost expedition. He guided the ship to Wolstenholme Fjord to investigate rumors of a massacre of Franklin's crew, but found the corpses of local Inughuit and crew from an unrelated British vessel. Poor sea conditions prevented the Assistance from returning to his family, and he was instead taken to England and placed in the custody of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. He was enrolled in St Augustine's College at Canterbury and studied English and Christianity. In 1855, he tasked by the Bishop of Newfoundland to join him on a mission to the Labrador Inuit. His health problems, which he had developed during his interpreter service, worsened after his arrival in Newfoundland, and he died at St. John's in 1856, at around 22 years old. (Full article...)
- Most recent similar article(s): I cannot find anything recent that really resembles this article. To my knowledge, we've never had an FA on anything Greenland-related before, and the only Inuit FA that comes to mind is Inuit clothing, which was TFA back in 2021.
- Main editors: Generalissima (talk) (it/she)
- Promoted: July 9, 2024
- Reasons for nomination: This is a lesser known but particularly interesting story. Greenlandic history is certainly not something that comes up a lot, but this particular bit intersects with a lot of different bits of 19th century history and I think will be engaging to readers. I'm also very proud of how it's turned out!
- Support as nominator. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 18:58, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
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Specific date nominations
September 2
Falcon's Fury
Falcon's Fury is a freestanding Sky Jump drop tower attraction at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay amusement park in Tampa, Florida. Manufactured by Intaride, a subsidiary of Intamin, the ride is North America's tallest freestanding drop tower, at a maximum height of 335 feet (102 m). It is also the first drop tower to use 90-degree tilting seats, facing riders straight down through five seconds of free fall. They reach a speed of 60 miles per hour (100 km/h) before rotating back into a vertical position and decelerating at about 3.5 Gs. The ride's name is meant to suggest a falcon's ability to dive steeply at high speed to capture prey. Due to the height of the attraction, approval from the Federal Aviation Administration was required. Construction was delayed until 2013, and the opening date was also delayed by mechanical and technical issues. Falcon's Fury opened to park employees in August before a soft opening on August 16, 2014, and an official opening on September 2, 2014. (Full article...)
- Most recent similar article(s): Iron Gwazi On September 25, 2023
- Main editors: Dom497
- Promoted: April 24, 2015
- Reasons for nomination: 10th anniversary of official opening. TFA re-run from 2016.
- Support as nominator. Z1720 (talk) 22:51, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
September 10
Ken "Snakehips" Johnson
Ken "Snakehips" Johnson was a swing band leader and leading figure in black British music of the 1930s and 1940s. Born in British Guiana, he was educated in Britain and travelled to New York to immerse himself in the Harlem jazz scene. He returned to Britain and established the Aristocrats (or Emperors) of Jazz, a mainly black swing band, with Leslie Thompson. In 1937 Johnson took control of the band through a legal loophole, causing the departure of Thompson and several musicians. Johnson filled the vacancies with Caribbean musicians, the band's popularity grew, and it changed its name to the West Indian Dance Orchestra. In 1938 the band broadcast on BBC Radio, recorded their first discs and appeared in an early television broadcast. Johnson was considered a pioneer for black musical leaders in the UK. Employed as the house band at the Café de Paris, a German bombing raid in 1941 hit the facility, killing Johnson. (Full article...)
- Most recent similar article(s): Jacques Offenbach on July 15 might be similar, as they are musical biographies of people who organised musical acts.
- Main editors: SchroCat
- Promoted: March 23, 2023
- Reasons for nomination: 110th birthday
- Support as nominator. Z1720 (talk) 17:21, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
- Support If you need an image, the Cafe de Paris would work as it's relevant to his life story. Harizotoh9 (talk) 00:01, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
September 12
Tropical Storm Hanna (2002)
Tropical Storm Hanna was the ninth tropical cyclone and eighth named storm of the 2002 Atlantic hurricane season. Hanna formed through the complex interaction of a surface trough, a tropical wave, and an upper-level low pressure system. Initially designated a tropical depression, it attained tropical storm status and a peak intensity of 1,001 mbar (29.6 inHg), with winds of 60 miles per hour (100 km/h). Hanna crossed southeastern Louisiana, and made a second landfall along the Alabama–Mississippi border. On Dauphin Island, Alabama, the storm caused coastal flooding which closed roads and forced the evacuation of residents. Florida received high wind gusts, heavy rainfall, and strong surf that resulted in the deaths of three swimmers. 20,000 homes in the state lost electricity. In Georgia, significant flooding occurred. Crop damage was extensive, and about 335 structures were damaged by the flooding. The storm caused a total of about $20 million USD in damage. (Full article...)
- Most recent similar article(s):
- Main editors: User:David Fuchs
- Promoted: 2008
- Reasons for nomination: 22nd anniversary, very old article that hasn't been featured
- Support as nominator. Harizotoh9 (talk) 22:58, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
September 13
September 1964 South Vietnamese coup attempt 2
An attempted coup took place on September 13, 1964, in South Vietnam against the ruling military junta, led by Nguyễn Khánh (pictured). In the proceeding month, Khánh tried to improve his leadership by declaring a state of emergency, provoking protests and riots. He made concessions to the protesters and removed military officials linked to former President Ngo Dinh Diem, including Lâm Văn Phát and Dương Văn Đức. They responded with a coup, broadcasting their promise to revive Diem's policies. Khánh evaded capture and rallied allies while the U.S. continued their support for his rule. Khánh forced Phát and Đức to capitulate the next morning and various coup leaders appeared at a media conference where they denied that a coup had taken place. To maintain power, Khánh tried to court support from Buddhist activists, who supported negotiations to end the Vietnam War. As the Americans were strongly opposed to such policies, relations with Khánh became strained. (Full article...)
- Most recent similar article(s): Xá Lợi Pagoda raids on Aug 21, 2023
- Main editors: YellowMonkey
- Promoted: November 24, 2010
- Reasons for nomination: 60th anniversary of event. This would be a TFA rerun.
- Support as nominator. Z1720 (talk) 21:44, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
- Coordinator comment It's 14 years old and the principal editor has been gone almost as long. What shape is it in? Wehwalt (talk) 22:15, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
September 15
al-Musta'li
al-Mustaʿlī biʾllāh was the ninth Fatimid caliph and the nineteenth imam of Musta'li Ismailism. He became caliph through the machinations of his brother-in-law al-Afdal Shahanshah. In response, his oldest brother, Nizar, revolted in Alexandria; his defeat and execution split the Isma'ili movement. al-Musta'li remained subordinate to al-Afdal, who was the de facto ruler of the Fatimid Caliphate. The Caliphate's territory in Egypt experienced a period of good government and prosperity, but the Fatimids suffered setbacks in Syria, where they faced the advance of the Seljuk Turks. Al-Afdal recovered the port city of Tyre and recaptured Jerusalem in the turmoil caused by the arrival of the First Crusade. Despite Fatimid attempts to make common cause with the Crusaders against the Seljuks, the latter advanced south and captured Jerusalem in July 1099 and defeated the Fatimid army at the Battle of Ascalon. Al-Musta'li died in 1101 and was succeeded by his son al-Amir. (Full article...)
- Most recent similar article(s): Theodore II Laskaris, a ruler from around the same time, was featured January 20 2024
- Main editors: Cplakidas
- Promoted: April 23, 2023
- Reasons for nomination: 950th birthday.
- Support as nominator. Z1720 (talk) 22:03, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
September 25
SMS Helgoland (1909)
SMS Helgoland (pictured) was a dreadnought battleship of the German Imperial Navy. Her design improved from the Nassau class, including an increase in the bore diameter of the main guns. Her keel was laid down at the Howaldtswerke shipyards in Kiel, launched on 25 September 1909, and commissioned on 23 August 1911. During World War I the ship participated in several sweeps into the North Sea as the covering force for the battlecruisers of the I Scouting Group. She saw limited duty in the Baltic Sea against the Russian Navy, including serving as part of a support force during the Battle of the Gulf of Riga in August 1915. Helgoland was present at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May – 1 June 1916, though she was located in the center of the German line of battle and not as heavily engaged as the ships in the lead. She was ceded to Great Britain after the war and broken up for scrap in the early 1920s. Her coat of arms is preserved in the Bundeswehr Military History Museum in Dresden. (Full article...)
- Most recent similar article(s): Yugoslav torpedo boat T2 will be TFA on August 11
- Main editors: Parsecboy
- Promoted: June 4, 2010
- Reasons for nomination: 115th anniversary of launch
- Support as nominator. Z1720 (talk) 22:34, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
October 1
The Founding Ceremony of the Nation
The 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 achievements through artworks. Dong was commissioned, and completed the oil painting in three months in a folk art style, drawing on historical Chinese art. The success of the painting was assured when Mao viewed it and liked it, and it was reproduced in large numbers for display in homes. Dong was ordered to remove Gao Gang from the painting in 1954 and Liu Shaoqi in 1967, after government purges. In 1972 a reproduction was painted 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)