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Dreams and Nightmares

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Dreams and Nightmares is the debut studio album by American rapper Meek Mill, released on October 30, 2012. The album was crafted by Mill to reach newfound cohesiveness and represents two parts; his dreams through performance and nightmares from the come-up in his neighbourhood. Critical response was mostly positive to Mill's venture into the mainstream, which was echoed by it reaching number two on the US Billboard 200. The album was initially promoted by Mill with the Dreamchasers Tour, and a decade later, he performed a 10th anniversary concert.

I worked these articles up from almost nothing in early 2023, starting with single "Believe It". Half a year later, all of the articles have achieved GA status! It is quite a strange timeline that the two last ones were the album and its title track. The article for the track was actually created by me, being a somewhat important moment for hip hop that helps drive this GT itself. --K. Peake 19:31, 10 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The 2004–05 season was Liverpool Football Club's 113th season in existence and their 43rd consecutive season in the top-flight of English football. Liverpool finished in fifth place, 37 points behind eventual winners Chelsea with a record of 17 wins, 7 draws and 14 defeats. Liverpool fared better in cup competitions. Although they were eliminated by Burnley in the third round of the FA Cup, they reached the final of the League Cup, which they lost 3–2 to Chelsea. Despite their lack of success domestically, Liverpool were successful in the UEFA Champions League. They won the competition for the fifth time, defeating Italian team AC Milan in the final.

Contributor(s): NapHit

Complete topic that covers Liverpool's 2004–05 season when they were disappointing in the league but won the club's fifth European Cup in one of the most memorable European campaigns in its history! --NapHit (talk) 19:36, 19 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sacnoth is a video game developer founded in 1997 by former Square staff including composer Hiroki Kikuta. The company is best known for the Shadow Hearts series, which spun off from the 1999 video game Koudelka. They are also known for their work on two Neo Geo Pocket Color titles Dive Alert and Faselei!. Initially independent, they were acquired by Aruze in 2002, going through two name changes being being folded into Aruze in 2009.

Contributor(s): ProtoDrake, PresN

All of the articles have been passed for GA, and all articles are related to the developer. They are a developer which was recognised in a limited capacity, and their Shadow Hearts series has become a cult classic. As Sacnoth ceased to exist in 2009 and its staff have moved on to other things, no further titles are likely to appear and the topic will likely remain stable going forward. PresN brought the article for its founder Kikuta up to GA in 2010, while I ended up working on both the developer article and those of their developed games. --ProtoDrake (talk) 20:40, 13 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not 100% on the scope here - you're excluding the founder (Hiroki Kikuta), so presumably it's "games by Sacnoth", but also exclude the Shadow Hearts series page + subtopic link to Wikipedia:Featured topics/Shadow Hearts. Wikipedia:Featured topics/Action Button Entertainment includes its founder, while Wikipedia:Featured topics/Games by Quantic Dream and Wikipedia:Featured topics/Looking Glass Studios video games make the topic explicitly just the games, so there's precedents to choose from. --PresN 18:54, 13 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I've adjusted it. Sorry about the confused messages, not feeling myself. I've adjusted it to cover Sacnoth the company, including its founder and games/series. Hopefully that fixes the scope problem. --ProtoDrake (talk) 20:30, 13 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support (Note: I got Kikuta to GA back in 2010, but have not touched any other article in the topic before or since) --PresN 20:34, 13 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@PresN: I've corrected that. --ProtoDrake (talk) 20:40, 13 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, I didn't even think about that, I was just putting a disclaimer on my support. Thanks! --PresN 21:09, 13 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support. This is a neat one! I don't really see BLP video game GAs too often as well. Great work! Panini! 🥪 18:43, 14 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support - I express my utmost support in declaring Sacnoth a good topic! Roberth Martinez (talk) 20:17, 20 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Roman–Seleucid war

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The Roman–Seleucid war was a Hellenistic period military conflict between two coalitions, one led by the Roman Republic and the other led by the Seleucid king Antiochus III. It gradually escalated from a cold war style conflict over which empire will exert its influence in Greece and Asia Minor, to an open confrontation. The fighting took place both on land and at sea, with the Roman led coalition emerging victorious and turning Asia Minor into a buffer zone.

All of the articles have been achieved GA status, and all articles are major battles of the conflict. I rewrote the articles on the individual battles (apart from Battle of Corycus which was written from scratch) and brought them to GA, while the main article was mainly written by Ifly6 (talk · contribs).--Catlemur (talk) 18:44, 27 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The sixth series of British science fiction television programme Doctor Who was originally broadcast on BBC1 during 2010-2011. The season began on 25 December 2010 with "A Christmas Carol" and ended with "The Wedding of River Song" on 1 October 2011. It continued to star Matt Smith as the eleventh incarnation of the Doctor, an alien who travels through time and space in his TARDIS, which appears to be a British police box on the outside. Karen Gillan continued her role as the Doctor's companion Amy Pond, this series features the additon of Amy's boyfriend Rory Williams played by Arthur Darvill


Contributor(s): Glimmer721, Matthew R Dunn

WandaVision

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WandaVision is an American television miniseries created by Jac Schaeffer for the streaming service Disney+ and based on Marvel Comics featuring the characters Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch and Vision. It is the first television series in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) produced by Marvel Studios, with Schaeffer serving as head writer and Matt Shakman directing all nine episodes. Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany reprise their respective roles as Wanda Maximoff and Vision from the MCU films, with Debra Jo Rupp, Fred Melamed, Kathryn Hahn, Teyonah Parris, Randall Park, Kat Dennings, and Evan Peters also part of the cast. The series pays homage to past sitcoms, with Maximoff and Vision living in a reality that takes them through different decades of television tropes. A song from its seventh episode, "Agatha All Along", written by series' theme song composers Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, went viral after appearing in the episode. WandaVision received numerous accolades, including 23 Primetime Emmy Award nominations, winning three.

Contributor(s): Favre1fan93, Adamstom.97, ZooBlazer, Trailblazer101, InfiniteNexus, Facu-el Millo, Richiekim, among others

I am nominating WandaVision to be a good topic. All articles directly related to the series meet the criteria, with its main page, all episodes pages, and the song "Agatha All Along" having been made Good Articles, and the accolades list was recently promoted to Featured List. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 18:02, 4 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Yes, after starting previously with the MCU films and learning how untenable that was becoming to keep up with and far ranging it became, definitely have learned how to focus the scopes better for any future GT noms. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 17:06, 8 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]