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Dracula's 30th anniversary

@TFA coordinators ... Dracula was promoted earlier today. 2027 will mark the novel's 130th anniversary. My understanding of TFA is that articles can only run once per 5 years. Would there be any appetite to have Dracula appear at TFA this year and then again for the 130th anniversary? I'm keen to get it on there for the anniversary so wanted to solicit views. — ImaginesTigers (talk∙contribs) 20:11, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Short answer is no. Not twice in two years. - SchroCat (talk) 20:13, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Quote box might have another 2 years in it, then! — ImaginesTigers (talk∙contribs)

Perhaps try to get Bram Stoker to FA status? Black Kite (talk) 20:18, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Biographies aren't very engaging to me sadly :( — ImaginesTigers (talk∙contribs)

Agree with SchroCat. You can have it run now or you can have it run later but not twice in two years.--Wehwalt (talk) 20:44, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As I said, the 130th anniversary is more significant so my preference is to wait. I am not sure how this works but I assume this thread will be enough? I don't need to remove it from a queue run by a bot or whatnot? Thank you — ImaginesTigers (talk∙contribs) 21:01, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@ImaginesTigers You can drop it at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/pending, which should hold you a spot for whichever future date you'd like. Panini! • 🥪 21:06, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Panini – that's very helpful. — ImaginesTigers (talk∙contribs) 21:12, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

June schedule

A tentative schedule for June can be found here. Nominations remain welcome, and we will juggle as usual. I will begin scheduling probably about April 30. Wehwalt (talk) 15:17, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Withholding TFAs

Hey, everyone! If one of my FAs gets nominated as a TFA, may I request that it not be one just yet, or at the very least reschedule it for another time instead? Unlimitedlead (talk) 21:05, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

yes - if you have a date in mind for the following 12 months, you mention it on WP:TFARP, and if it later perhaps make a note on the article talk. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:42, 27 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If you have a date for whenever, not just the next twelve months: we have several requests for years in advance. 2034 is the final requested year at present. - SchroCat (talk) 06:50, 27 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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+== Dracula's 30th anniversary ==
-==Requests==
+{{@TFA}}... ''[[Dracula]]'' was promoted earlier today. 2027 will mark the novel's 130th anniversary. My understanding of TFA is that articles can only run once per 5 years. Would there be any appetite to have ''Dracula'' appear at TFA this year and then again for the 130th anniversary? I'm keen to get it on there for the anniversary so wanted to solicit views. — '''''[[User:ImaginesTigers|ImaginesTigers]]''''' ([[User talk:ImaginesTigers|talk]]∙[[Special:Contributions/ImaginesTigers|contribs]]) 20:11, 5 March 2025 (UTC)
-'''Please place new requests at the TOP of the list.  The order should be newest requests (top) to oldest requests (bottom).  New additions should be at the top, so they're easier to spot.'''
+:Short answer is no. Not twice in two years. - [[User:SchroCat|SchroCat]] ([[User talk:SchroCat|talk]]) 20:13, 5 March 2025 (UTC)
+:: Quote box might have another 2 years in it, then! — '''''[[User:ImaginesTigers|ImaginesTigers]]''''' ([[User talk:ImaginesTigers|talk]]∙[[Special:Contributions/ImaginesTigers|contribs]])
+:Perhaps try to get [[Bram Stoker]] to FA status? [[User_talk:Black Kite|Black Kite (talk)]] 20:18, 5 March 2025 (UTC)
+:: Biographies aren't very engaging to me sadly :( — '''''[[User:ImaginesTigers|ImaginesTigers]]''''' ([[User talk:ImaginesTigers|talk]]∙[[Special:Contributions/ImaginesTigers|contribs]])
+:Agree with SchroCat. You can have it run now or you can have it run later but not twice in two years.--[[User:Wehwalt|Wehwalt]] ([[User talk:Wehwalt|talk]]) 20:44, 5 March 2025 (UTC)
+:: As I said, the 130th anniversary is more significant so my preference is to wait. I am not sure how this works but I assume this thread will be enough? I don't need to remove it from a queue run by a bot or whatnot? Thank you — '''''[[User:ImaginesTigers|ImaginesTigers]]''''' ([[User talk:ImaginesTigers|talk]]∙[[Special:Contributions/ImaginesTigers|contribs]]) 21:01, 5 March 2025 (UTC)
+:::@[[User:ImaginesTigers|ImaginesTigers]] You can drop it at [[Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/pending]], which should hold you a spot for whichever future date you'd like. [[User:Panini!|<span style="color:#F40">Panini!</span>]] <span style="color:#F40">•</span> [[User talk:Panini!|🥪]] 21:06, 5 March 2025 (UTC)
+:::: Thanks Panini – that's very helpful. — '''''[[User:ImaginesTigers|ImaginesTigers]]''''' ([[User talk:ImaginesTigers|talk]]∙[[Special:Contributions/ImaginesTigers|contribs]]) 21:12, 5 March 2025 (UTC)
+== June schedule ==
-===Dumbarton Oaks Conference===
-August 21st will be a great date for it because it is when it occured.
-The Dumbarton Oaks Conference (or Washington Conversations on International Peace and Security Organization), held beginning in August 1944 in a Washington, DC mansion (Dumbarton Oaks), was where the United Nations was formulated and negotiated. Discussions on the make-up of the UN included which states would be invited as members. The conference was attended by representatives of the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the Republic of China. Discussions included the formation of the Security Council and the right of veto that would be given to its permanent members.
+A tentative schedule for June can be found [[Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/June 2025|here]]. Nominations remain welcome, and we will juggle as usual. I will begin scheduling probably about April 30. [[User:Wehwalt|Wehwalt]] ([[User talk:Wehwalt|talk]]) 15:17, 26 April 2025 (UTC)
-The conference was followed up by a San Francisco Conference, where the Security Council veto powers were established.
+== Withholding TFAs ==
-===[[Isaac Brock]]===
-October 6 would be a nice date, the aniiversary of his birth.  However, I'm not particular about the date; just seeing the article on the main page would be a real treat!--[[User:Scimitar|Scimitar]] [[User talk:Scimitar|<sup>parley</sup>]] 19:39, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
+Hey, everyone! If one of my FAs gets nominated as a TFA, may I request that it not be one just yet, or at the very least reschedule it for another time instead? [[User:Unlimitedlead|Unlimitedlead]] ([[User talk:Unlimitedlead|talk]]) 21:05, 26 April 2025 (UTC)
-===[[Rebecca Clarke]]===
-For 27 August, if possible, the anniversary of her birth. Otherwise I don't care whether it goes up soon or not. (Yes, I'll beef up the lead a bit.) [[User:Mindspillage|Mindspillage]] [[User talk:Mindspillage|(spill yours?)]] 17:23, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
+: yes - if you have a date in mind for the following 12 months, you mention it on [[WP:TFARP]], and if it later perhaps make a note on the article talk. --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 06:42, 27 April 2025 (UTC)
+::If you have a date for '''whenever''', not just the next twelve months: we have several requests for years in advance. 2034 is the final requested year at present. - [[User:SchroCat|SchroCat]] ([[User talk:SchroCat|talk]]) 06:50, 27 April 2025 (UTC)
-===[[Commodore 64]]===
-One of the most notable, and most recognized, computers in the world; no design has yet to touch its sales.  It's kind of surprising it <i>hasn't</i> been on the front page yet...  [[User:Almafeta|Almafeta]] 21:49, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
-===[[Space opera in Scientology doctrine]]===
-:This will make the second SCN-related article on the front page.  It's an admirable example of how quickly a small group of editors working together can assemble an article and get it up to Wikipedia's highest standards, especially given such unusual source material to work from; I think it deserves a highlight as much for that as for its startling content. -- Anonymous, 12:11 PM MST 3 Aug 2005
-===[[USS Missouri (BB-63)]]===
-'''Self-nom''' -- I would like to see this featured on September 2nd, scince ''Missouri'' hosted the surrender of the Japanese to the Allies on that date. [[User:TomStar81|TomStar81]] 22:50, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
-[[Image:Missouri post refit.JPG|left|200px|USS ''Missouri'']]
-'''USS Missouri (BB-63)''' is a [[United States Navy]] [[battleship]], notable as both the last battleship to be built by the [[United States]], and as the site of the [[Japanese Instrument of Surrender|Japanese surrender]] at the end of [[World War II]]. ''Missouri'' was one of the [[Iowa class battleship|''Iowa''-class]] "fast battleship" designs planned in [[1938]] by the Preliminary Design Branch at the Bureau of Construction and Reapir. After commissioning ''Missouri'' was dispatched to the [[Pacific Theatre]] to safegaurd U.S. [[aircraft carrier]]s and to conduct shore bombardments against Japanese positions. After the [[World War II|Second World War]] she remained on active duty in the Atlantic fleet until the battleship was transfered to the Pacific fleet for use in the [[Korean War]]. ''Missouri'' was placed in the [[Pacific Reserve Fleet]] in [[1955]], and would remain there until she was reactivated in [[1984]] under the [[600-ship Navy]] plan put forth under the [[Reagan Administration]]. In [[1991]], ''Missouri'' and her sister ship [[USS Wisconsin (BB-64)|''Wisconsin'']] became the last battleships to ever participate in a foriegn war by launching the first [[BGM-109 Tomahawk|Tomahawk missiles]] of the [[Gulf War]]. Shortly after the Gulf War ''Missouri'' was decommsioned for the last time, and struck from the [[Naval Vessel Register]]. After her decomissoning she was placed on donation hold and ultimatly awarded to [[Hawaii]] in [[1998]], where she opened as a [[museum ship]] in [[1999]].
-===[[X Window System]]===
-Self-nom. X11 release 1 was [[September 15]], [[1987]], so [[September 15]] would be a nice day. Here's an attempt at a very shortened version of the lead section. - [[User:David Gerard|David Gerard]]
-<div style="float:left;margin-right:0.9em">
-[[Image:X logo.png|100px]]
-</div>
-In [[computing]], the '''[[X Window System]]''' is the standard basis for [[graphical user interface]]s on [[Unix]], [[Unix-like]] [[operating system]]s and [[OpenVMS]], and is available on most other modern operating systems. X does not mandate the [[user interface]] &mdash; this is handled by individual programs. As such, the visual styling of X-based environments varies greatly; although, ''e.g.'', the [[KDE]] and [[GNOME]] [[desktop environment]]s present familiar user interfaces, programs may present radically different interfaces.
-X is based on a [[client-server]] model. An X [[server]] communicates with various [[client (computing)|client]] programs. The server accepts requests for graphical output (windows) and sends back user input (keyboard, mouse, touchscreen).  X's usage of the terms "client" and "server" is the reverse of what people often expect, in that the "server" is the user's local display rather than a remote machine.
-X features [[computer network|network]] transparency: the machine where application programs run need not be the user's local machine. In most cases, an application will work the same wherever it is displaying to.
-===[[African American literature]]===
-This is a self-nom. [[African American literature]] became a FA at the beginning of July and has been very stable for a while now.--[[User:Alabamaboy|Alabamaboy]] 18:42, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
-[[Image:color purple.jpg|thumb|right|100px|''[[The Color Purple]]'' by [[Alice Walker]]]]'''African American literature''' is [[literature]] written by, about, and sometimes specifically for [[African American]]s. The genre began during the 18th and 19th centuries with autobiographical [[slave narratives]] and works by writers such as poet [[Phillis Wheatley]] and orator [[Frederick Douglass]], reached an early high point during the [[Harlem Renaissance]], and continues today with authors such as [[Toni Morrison]] and [[Maya Angelou]] being ranked among the top writers in the United States. Among the themes and issues explored in African American literature are the role of African Americans within the larger American society, African American culture, [[racism]], [[slavery]], and equality.
-*'''Support'''. Great work Alabamaboy! - [[User:Darwinek|Darwinek]] 12:46, 3 August 2005 (UTC)
-*'''Support'''. We are short on good articles on African American topics. This is one of the best. Also, it is one of the successes of [[WP:CSB]]: it went from zero to featured in less than 3 months. -- [[User:Jmabel|Jmabel]] | [[User talk:Jmabel|Talk]] 17:27, August 3, 2005 (UTC)
-===[[Caulfield Grammar School]]===
-Self-nom. This became a FA in the first week of July, and I understand if Wikipedia doesn't want to be seen promoting any one high school, no matter its article's status. But the article is very good, there's a good blurb below, and I don't care when it appears on the front page. Thanks for considering the nomination, and I'm open to comments about the summary paragraph below. [[User:Harro5|Harro5]] 07:57, July 20, 2005 (UTC)
-<div style="float:left;margin-right:0.9em">
-[[Image:Caulfield logo.gif|200px]]
-</div>
-'''[[Caulfield Grammar School]]''' is a [[Coeducation|coeducational]] [[independent school]] in [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]]. The school is a member of the [[Associated Public Schools of Victoria]] (APS), and is of [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] [[religious denomination|denomination]]. It was founded in [[1881]] as a boys' school, and began admitting girls exactly one hundred years later. Caulfield has three day [[campus]]es in Victoria, Caulfield (Years 7&ndash;12), Wheelers Hill (Kindergarten&ndash;Year 12), and Malvern (Kindergarten&ndash;Year 6). It has an outdoor education campus at Yarra Junction, and a student centre in [[Nanjing]], [[China]] — the first international campus for any Australian high school. Caulfield Grammar School now has over 2,500 students throughout its three day campuses. The school has a biannual [[cricket]] and [[tennis]] tour to the [[United Kingdom]], and regular theatre and music world tours.
-===[[Anschluss]]===
-Self-nom. This article has just achieved feature article status, and its intro seems to meet requirements. [[User:Buffyg|Buffyg]] 12:23, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
-*'''Oppose'''. This article is a current featured article removal candidate. --[[User:Zantastik|Zantastik]] <font color=darkgreen size=1>[[User talk:Zantastik|talk]]</font> 22:43, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
-** And it has not been removed. See [[Wikipedia:Featured_article_removal_candidates/Anschluss]]. -- [[User:Marcika|Marcika]] 11:14, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
-***As it remains a featured article, I '''Support''' it becoming one of the "Today's Featured Articles." --[[User:JohnDBuell|JohnDBuell]] | [[User talk:JohnDBuell|Talk]] 23:00, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
-'''Please place new requests at the TOP of the list.  The order should be newest requests (top) to oldest requests (bottom).  New additions should be at the top, so they're easier to spot.'''
-----
-==Old FAs==
-Hey Raul, I have taken the liberty of making a list of the FAs that were not on the Main Page as of [[August 18]], 2004 and have still not been there, and are still listed. I sincerely hope you are giving priority to these.
-*[[Quatermass and the Pit]]
-*[[Louis Armstrong]]
-*[[Miles Davis]]
-*[[Roy Orbison]]
-*[[Igor Stravinsky]]
-*[[2004 Democratic National Convention]]
-*[[Charles Graner]]
-*[[Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.]]
-*[[Privy Council]]
-*[[Tynwald Day]]
-*[[Ralph Yarborough]]
-*<s>[[Schizophrenia]]</s> Introduction unsuitable; controversial section under discussion in talk page
-*[[Hereditary peer]]
-*<s>[[Order of the Bath]]</s> Used ([[29 April]] [[2005]]?)
-*[[Order of the Thistle]]
-*[[Olympic Games]]
-*[[ASCII]]
-*[[C programming language]]
-*<s>[[Computer security]]</s> [[Wikipedia:Featured article removal candidates/Computer security|FARCed]]
-*[[Java programming language]]
-*[[Markup language]]
-*[[Phonograph cylinder]]
-*[[Quantum computer]]
-*<s>[[Spam (electronic)]]</s> Used on July 4. - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] July 6, 2005 10:14 (UTC)
-*[[Telephone exchange]]
-*<s>[[Battle of Aljubarrota]]</s> Used ([[14 May]] [[2005]]?)
-*[[First Battle of the Stronghold]]
-*<s>[[Carl Friedrich Gauss]]</s> Used ([[4 August]] [[2005]]?)
--- [[Image:Canada flag_large.png|20px]] [[User:Earl Andrew|Earl Andrew]] - [[User talk:Earl Andrew|talk]] 05:00, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
-:I know people like to have recent FAs on the front page, but can we recognise some more of these old ones too, please? -- [[User:ALoan|ALoan]] [[User_talk:ALoan|(Talk)]] 18:44, 9 August 2005 (UTC)