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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, 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 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 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.

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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 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.
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.

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).

Summary chart

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Currently accepting requests from November 1 to December 1.

Date Article Notes Supports† Opposes†
Nonspecific 1 Europejara 1
Nonspecific 2 Sovetsky Soyuz-class battleship 1
Nonspecific 3 Indiana-class battleship 1
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November 4 Eunos MRT station 37th year anniversary of the station being in operation
November 5 Nikolai Kulikovsky Birthday 1
November 6 Bill Madden (soldier) 75th death anniversary 1
November 11 U.S. Route 101 100th anniversary of creation 2
November 19 Rockstar North Release of Grand Theft Auto VI 2 1
November 20 Tôn Thất Đính Birthday 1
November 22 Mairzy Doates 45th anniversary of her Japan Cup victory 1
November 29 1927 World Snooker Championship 100th anniversary of start 1

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

Nonspecific date nominations

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Europejara

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Slab and counterslab of the holotype skull
Slab and counterslab of the holotype skull

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 species Europejara 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. (Full article...)

For an image, a reconstruction would help readers grasp what this animal looked like instead. Harizotoh9 (talk) 05:26, 26 August 2026 (UTC)reply

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Sovetsky Soyuz-class battleship

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German reconnaissance picture of Sovetsky Soyuz
German reconnaissance picture of Sovetsky Soyuz

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. (Full article...)

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Indiana-class battleship

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USS Indiana – the lead ship of the class
USS Indiana – the lead ship of the class

The Indiana class was a class of three pre-dreadnought battleships built by the United States Navy. The ships were named Indiana, Massachusetts, and Oregon and all three served in the Spanish–American War. After the war, Oregon returned to the Pacific and participated in the Philippine–American War and Boxer Rebellion. During World War I the Indiana and Massachusetts served as training ships, while Oregon was a transport escort for the Siberian Intervention. In 1919, all three ships were decommissioned. Indiana was sunk in shallow water and sold for scrap. Massachusetts was scuttled off the coast of Pensacola in 1920 and used as an artillery target. The wreck was never scrapped and is now a Florida Underwater Archaeological Preserve. Oregon was initially preserved as a museum, but was sold for scrap during World War II. The scrapping was later halted and the stripped hulk was used as an ammunition barge during the battle of Guam. The hulk was finally sold for scrap in 1956. (Full article...)

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Specific date nominations

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November 4

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Eunos MRT station

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The exterior of Eunos station
The exterior of Eunos station

Eunos MRT station is a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the East–West Line in Geylang, Singapore. Operated by SMRT Trains, the station is connected to the Eunos Bus Interchange and provides access to nearby landmarks such as the Masjid Darul Aman and Mangala Vihara Buddhist Temple. Eunos appeared in plans for the initial MRT system in May 1982, and construction of the station began in January 1986 under a joint venture between Oh Teck Thye and Okumura Corporation [jp]. The former was placed under receivership in December 1986, terminating the joint venture, with Okumura continuing the project alone. Eunos, along with 9 other stations from Marina Bay to Tanah Merah, opened on 4 November 1989. Platform screen doors were installed at Eunos in 2011. Compared to adjacent EWL elevated stations, which have domed roofs, Eunos has a traditional Malay roof. The station also has two murals as part of SMRT's heritage-themed Comic Connect public art display. (Full article...)

November 5

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Nikolai Kulikovsky

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Nikolai Kulikovsky with his wife Olga
Nikolai Kulikovsky with his wife Olga

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. (Full article...)

November 6

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Bill Madden (soldier)

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Painting of Bill Madden
Painting of Bill Madden

Bill Madden (14 February 1924 – 6 November 1951), was an Australian Army soldier who was posthumously awarded 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. (Full article...)

November 11

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U.S. Route 101

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Historic US 101 in California
Historic US 101 in California

U.S. Route 101 is a major north–south highway on the West Coast of the United States that runs along the Pacific Ocean through California, Oregon, and Washington. It was established on November 11, 1926, as part of the United States Numbered Highway System and spans 1,500 miles (2,400 km). Several sections were later rebuilt to eliminate curves and address traffic congestion. The highway's southern terminus is at a major interchange in Los Angeles. US 101 follows the historic El Camino Real from Los Angeles to San Francisco, where it reaches the Golden Gate Bridge. The highway then runs through coastal towns and around the west, north, and east sides of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington to its northern terminus near Olympia. The highway does not serve the largest cities in Oregon and Washington; that role is instead filled by Interstate 5 (I-5). Several portions of US 101 are designated as scenic byways, and it serves three national parks: Pinnacles, Redwood, and Olympic. (Full article...)

November 19

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Rockstar North

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Rockstar North

Rockstar North is a British video game developer known for the Lemmings and Grand Theft Auto series, including Grand Theft Auto V (2013), the second-best-selling game of all time. Founded by David Jones in 1988, it had its first major success with the original Lemmings game (1991), which sold 20 million copies across more than 20 platforms. After parting with Psygnosis and struggling with several unfulfilled projects from other publishers, Jones sold the financially stricken studio to Gremlin Interactive in 1997. The commercially successful release of Grand Theft Auto (1997) made Take-Two Interactive buy the game's intellectual property and form Rockstar Games in 1998, acquiring DMA Design in 1999. Grand Theft Auto III (2001), the first Grand Theft Auto game wholly in 3D, was considered genre-defining and sold 6 million copies in one year. After DMA Design became Rockstar North in 2002, it developed Manhunt (2003) and further Grand Theft Auto entries, most recently Grand Theft Auto VI (2026). (Full article...)

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

November 20

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Tôn Thất Đính

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Tôn Thất Đính

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. (Full article...)

November 22

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Mairzy Doates

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Cash Asmussen (pictured in 2010), Mairzy Doates's jockey in the 1981 Japan Cup
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. (Full article...)

(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).

November 29

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1927 World Snooker Championship

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Tom Carpenter, pictured in 1923, made it to the semi-finals
Tom Carpenter, pictured in 1923, made it to the semi-finals

The 1927 World Snooker Championship was a snooker tournament held at several venues from 29 November 1926 to 12 May 1927. At the time, it was titled the Professional Championship of Snooker, but it is now recognised as the inaugural edition of the World Snooker Championship. The impetus for the championship came from professional English billiards player Joe Davis and billiard hall manager Bill Camkin, who had both observed the growing popularity of snooker and proposed the event to the Billiards Association and Control Council. Ten players entered the competition, including most of the leading English billiards players. The two matches in the preliminary round were held at Thurston's Hall in London, and the semi-finals and final took place at Camkin's Hall in Birmingham. The players involved determined the venues for the quarter-finals, resulting in matches in London, Birmingham, Nottingham and Liverpool. (Full article...)

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