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, Gog the Mild and Z1720 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 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 before the five-year period has expired, 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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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 is between 925 and 1025 characters including spaces, " (Full article...)" and the featured topic link if applicable. If no image is used, the character length limits are between 1000 and 1100. Fair use images are not allowed.
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.
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).
Europejara is a genus of tapejarid pterosaur that lived during the Barremian age of the Early Cretaceous epoch in what is now Spain. The only known specimen was found at the Las Hoyas site of Cuenca, a location noted for its exceptional Konservat-Lagerstätte preservation. In 2012, the new genus and speciesEuropejara olcadesorum was named based on it. The holotype specimen consists of an incomplete, crushed skull; the bones of the postorbital region are displaced while the mandible is almost complete. The first tapejarid known from Europe, Europejara was also the oldest known member of that group and the oldest known toothless pterosaur at the time of its naming. A relatively small pterosaur. Researchers have found Europejara to be related to Brazilian tapejarids and, given its age, have used this relationship as evidence for the group's origin on the northern palaeocontinent of Laurasia. Due to the shape of their jaw and skull, they are believed to have been fruit and/or seed eaters. (Fullarticle...)
The Sovetsky Soyuz-class battleships were a class of battleships begun by the Soviet Union but never brought into service. They were designed in response to the German Bismarck-class battleships being and would have rivaled the Imperial Japanese Yamato class and America's planned Montana class in size, although with significantly weaker firepower. Only four hulls of the fifteen originally planned had been laid down by 1940, when the decision was made to cut the program to only three ships to divert resources to an army rearmament program. Construction of the first four ships was plagued with difficulties as the Soviet shipbuilding and related industries were not prepared to build such large ships. One battleship, Sovetskaya Belorussiya, was cancelled after serious construction flaws were found. Construction of the other three ships was suspended shortly after Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941. All three of the surviving hulls were scrapped in the late 1940s. (Fullarticle...)
Premises are true or false statements that act as the starting points of arguments by presenting reasons to substantiate or refute assertions. For example, the premises "all men are mortal" and "Socrates is a man" guarantee the conclusion "Socrates is mortal". Explicit premises are overtly stated, whereas implicit premises are tacitly assumed without appearing in the text. Independent premises give distinct reasons, whereas dependent premises only work in combination. The role of premises in arguments is typically either to preserve truth or to transfer justification to a conclusion. To succeed, premises must be true or justified and must be relevant to the conclusion. In deductively valid arguments, true premises guarantee a true conclusion. In non-deductive arguments, the premises aim to make the conclusion more reasonable or increase its probability. Defective arguments, called fallacies, can often arise from faulty premises. Premises are central to many fields, including logic, argumentation theory, mathematics, philosophy, science, and law. (Fullarticle...)
Comment: If we wanted an image, we could use the one below. However, it may not be particularly helpful because readers are unlikely to understand how it relates to the topic unless they read the caption. Phlsph7 (talk) 09:54, 2 September 2026 (UTC)reply
Argument diagram of the premises P1 and P2 supporting the conclusion C
The SoHo Weekly News was a weekly alternative newspaper published in New York City from 1973 to 1982, competing with The Village Voice. The paper struggled financially, was sold in 1979, and ceased publication three years later. It was known for its coverage of Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood as the area was becoming gentrified, and for its highlighting of emerging music acts (especially punk bands) in local venues. Although the official editorial stance was anti-gentrification, one retrospective argued that its coverage of local culture and business contributed to the upward trend in property values. Many of the staff went on to have distinguished careers after the paper shut down: Bill Cunningham spent decades at The New York Times as a photojournalist, Allan Tannenbaum became known for his coverage of rock musicians, and Bruce Weber got his start photographing male fashion models with an influential photo story showing an underwear-clad male model in erotic poses. (Fullarticle...)
Reasons for nomination: It would be nice to run this on October 11, which is the day the SWN was first published. I see Oct 11 is already taken; running it another day is fine.
Crocodylia is an order of large, predatory, semi-aquaticreptiles. They appeared in the Late Cretaceous, and include true crocodiles, alligators, caimans, and gharials. Extant crocodilians have flat heads with long snouts and tails that are compressed on the sides, with their eyes, ears, and nostrils at the top of the head. Their skin is thick and covered in scales and they have conical teeth and a powerful bite. They swim well and can move quite rapidly on land. They are found mainly in lowlands in the tropics, but alligators are also found in the United States and China. They are largely carnivorous and some specialise on fish while others have generalised diets. They are typically solitary and territorial. Some species of crocodilians, particularly the Nile crocodile, are known to have attacked humans. Crocodilian populations are threatened by habitat destruction and being hunted by humans, but farming the reptiles has reduced the unlawful trade in wild skins. (Fullarticle...)
Reasons for nomination: TFA re-run. I feel a few biology articles should be re-run to let the category recharge with new FAs. 12 years is a pretty long gap. Level 4 Vital article. Harizotoh9 (talk) 13:16, 5 September 2026 (UTC)reply
Regulus is an 1828 painting by the English artist J. M. W. Turner. He significantly overpainted it in 1829 to repair damage, and in 1837 to increase the sun's brightness. The painting depicts the mythological tale of the Roman general Marcus Atilius Regulus, who was captured by the Carthaginian Empire and tortured to death after refusing to be part of a prisoner exchange. Whether the painting depicts Regulus's torture by being blinded with the sun, his departure from Rome or Carthage, or some other setting has been debated by scholars. Regulus's location in the painting is also uncertain. Regulus was controversial in its time, receiving both praise and critique from Turner's contemporaries. In 1863 it was stabbed by a man during viewing hours, who expressed contempt towards the painting's artistic technique and Turner himself. Several derivative works have been created from the painting, including two engravings and two depictions of its 1837 repainting. (Fullarticle...)
Support. Theoretically we can save this for 2029, though that's three years (almost 10% of the longevity of this station's existence) away; the 40th anniversary wouldn't be that much more significant than the 37th. –Epicgenius (talk) 13:51, 2 September 2026 (UTC)reply
Nikolai Kulikovsky (5 November 1881 – 11 August 1958) was the second husband of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, the sister of Tsar Nicholas II and daughter of Tsar Alexander III. He was born into a military landowning family from the south of the Russian Empire, and followed the family tradition by entering the army. In 1903, he was noticed by Grand Duchess Olga during a military review, and they became close friends. Olga wanted to divorce her first husband, Duke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg, and marry Kulikovsky, but neither her husband nor her brother, the Tsar, would allow it. Eventually the two would marry and have two sons. Her brother was deposed in the Russian Revolution of 1917, and Kulikovsky was dismissed from the army by the revolutionary government. The Kulikovskys were then forced into exile in Denmark, where they lived until after World War II. In 1948, they emigrated to Canada. He died in 1958 aged 76 and was buried at York Cemetery, Toronto. (Fullarticle...)
Bill Madden (14 February 1924 – 6 November 1951), was an Australian Army soldier who was posthumouslyawarded the George Cross, the highest award for extraordinary acts of gallantry away from the field of battle that could be awarded to a member of the Australian armed forces at the time. The citation for his award highlighted his "undaunted" resistance and "outstanding heroism" while a prisoner of war during the Korean War, which was "an inspiration to all his fellow prisoners". Madden served in the New Guinea and Bougainville campaigns in the latter stages of World War II. He reenlisted in the Korean War in 1950 and joined the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment in November of that year as a private. Madden participated with his unit in the constant offensives and counter-offensives–between the United Nations forces on one side and the North Korean and Chinese forces on the other–during early 1951 before being concussed and captured during the April Battle of Kapyong. (Fullarticle...)
Coordinator comment: @SounderBruce: At 1,075 characters, this blurb is slightly above the 1,025 character limit. Is there anything that you want to cut or tighten up the language? Z1720 (talk) 00:21, 30 August 2026 (UTC)reply
Reasons for nomination: This is my second FA in the Rockstar Games series after Rockstar San Diego, which was on the Main Page all the way back in November 2021. For Rockstar North, I would like to propose 19 November as the Main Page date to coincide with the release of Grand Theft Auto VI and highlight the history of the game's principal development studio.
Oppose - It looks like Wikipedia, as an organization, is celebrating the release of a video game. We should not even give people the appearance we are endorsing any product or political position. Harizotoh9 (talk) 07:58, 29 August 2026 (UTC)reply
While I understand your position, I beleive that the studio will be a major topic of interest on the release day, so a TFA would give the article the best opportunity to be read by as many people as possible. Since TFAs regularly celebrate release anniversaries, I thought such a nominiation would not be too dissimilar. The focus of the nomination is solely on the developer and its almost-40-year history rather than the game for this reason as well. If you believe this is an unresolvable conflict, I could consider moving up the nomination to 28 November 2027, the 30th anniversary of the Grand Theft Auto series. IceWelder[✉]09:32, 29 August 2026 (UTC)reply
Yes, that would be a better date. If something is notable enough to be ITN, then it goes through that process. we should try to avoid even the appearance of bias, or appearing to celebrate the release of a commercial product. Harizotoh9 (talk) 19:31, 1 September 2026 (UTC)reply
Thanks, I will keep that in mind. I would obviously still much prefer the currently proposed date for the reasons mentioned, so I'll see what the remainder of the nomination brings. IceWelder[✉]07:16, 6 September 2026 (UTC)reply
Support Per nom. While outright featuring the GTA VI article on that date could be seen as promotion, the article about the studio itself is too tangential. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 04:22, 6 September 2026 (UTC)reply
Tôn Thất Đính (November 20, 1926 – November 21, 2013) was an officer who served in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). He is best known as one of the key figures in the November 1963 coup that led to the arrest and assassination of Ngô Đình Diệm, the first president of the Republic of Vietnam. After the coup, Đính became one of the 12 members of the Military Revolutionary Council, but this lasted only three months before a coup by General Nguyễn Khánh. Đính and his colleagues were put under house arrest by Khánh. Following Khánh's exile, Đính was appointed to command the I Corps in 1966 and ordered to put down the Buddhist Uprising, but Prime Minister Nguyễn Cao Kỳ disapproved of his conciliatory policies. Kỳ launched a successful surprise attack against Đính, who fled, but was later captured and briefly imprisoned by Kỳ. After his release, Đính was elected to the Senate in 1967. He served in the upper house until the fall of Saigon in April 1975, when he fled Vietnam. (Fullarticle...)
"Talking to Yourself" is a song by Canadian singer Carly Rae Jepsen from her sixth studio album, The Loneliest Time (2022). A dance-pop and synth-pop song with 1980s influences and a guitar solo, "Talking to Yourself" features Jepsen recalling a relationship with an ex-lover and wondering if he still has feelings for her. Jepsen wrote it with songwriter Simon Wilcox and its producers, Benjamin Berger and Ryan Rabin from the production team Captain Cuts. School Boy and Interscope Records released it as the album's third single on September 16, 2022, alongside a music video. Music critics were generally positive about "Talking to Yourself", praising the catchy production and comparing its lyrical themes to Jepsen's other music. Consequence picked it as "Song of the Week". The track reached number eight on the Billboard Japan Hot Overseas Songs chart. Jepsen included the song on the set list of her 2022–2023 concert tour, the So Nice Tour, and performed it at the Glastonbury Festival 2023. (Fullarticle...)
Cash Asmussen (pictured in 2010), Mairzy Doates's jockey in the 1981 Japan Cup
Mairzy Doates
(April 1, 1976 – May 25, 1998) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and multiple graded stakes winner, most remembered for her victory at the inaugural Japan Cup in 1981. Owned by art dealer Arno D. Schefler and trained by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Horatio Luro, she competed successfully across the United States from 1978 to 1981, including winning the Yerba Buena Handicap twice. In her final race, she traveled to Tokyo for the first Japan Cup, an international invitational established by the Japan Racing Association to assess Japanese horses against international competition. Mairzy Doates won in course-record time, shocking Japan's racing industry and highlighting the disparity between Japanese and international horse-racing standards. Her victory is widely credited as a catalyst for the JRA's long-term efforts to improve Japanese breeding and racing, and made her the world's highest-earning mare of 1981. She retired to become a broodmare in Midway, Kentucky. (Fullarticle...)
Reasons for nomination: It's been six years since the last horse article was ran on the front page, and 22 Nov this year is the 45th anniversary of Mairzy Doates' biggest win.
(NB: Ambivalent on Asmussen's image's inclusion; An alternative could be a public-domain shot of Tokyo racecourse, or perhaps simply remove the image entirely? Mairzy Doates falls under that fun category where all her (very rare) images are fairly old and unlikely to be in high demand, but still fall under copyright so there's no photos of her that can be used. As it is, Asmussen's recent shot here is the only relevant public domain image I could find for the article, so happy to remove if reviewers think a 2010 picture is too recent compared to 1981).
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