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Featured articles

Committee members

The Featured articles are posted on the Main Page each week. Articles may be submitted to the list of featured articles by listing them on this page. Please add them to the end of the list. Articles will normally be featured in the order listed, but the order may be changed by the committee in some cases.

Articles listed here will be considered for featuring by the committee. However, any editor may offer their own comments and are welcome to help improved listed articles.

Past articles

2007/08

Ronald Reagan (13th to 20th December 2007)
Jesus Christ (20th December 2007 to 3rd January 2008)
Republican Party (3rd January to 19th January)
C.S. Lewis (19th January to 26th January)
Genesis (26th January to 2nd February)
I Have a Dream (2nd February to 9th February)
Scopes Trial (9th February to 16th February)
Stephen Dubner (16th February to 23th February)
B-1B Lancer (23th February to 1st March)
Earth (1st March to 8th March)
Bible (8th March to 15th March)
Theater (15th March to 22nd March)
Mind/body (22nd March to 30th/31st March)
Ice (novel) (30th/31st March to 5th/6th April)
Saint Nicholas (5th/6th April to 12th/13th April)
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln (12th/13th April to 21st April)
Music (21st April to 26th April)
Young Earth Creationism (26th April to 3rd May)
Wikipedia (21st May to 28th May)
Abortion (28th May to 3rd June)
United States of America (3rd June to 13th June)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (13th June to 17th June)

Harry Truman (17th June to 25th June)
Agree. Joaquín Martínez

Starlight problem (25th June to 2nd July)

American Revolutionary War (3rd July to 10th July)

(Declaration of Independence proposed simultaneously)

Disagree on the Declaration, as the article is rather brief if you exclude the text of the Declaration and the list of signatories. Agree, however, on the War one, although it is currently very short of internal links. Disagree on both; Declaration for previous reason, War for the amount of copying. Philip J. Rayment
Disagree on both, Declaration per Philip, Revolution because of copying and lack of information. Geoff Plourde^Complain! 16:50, 29 June 2008 (EDT)
I prefer the American Revolutionary War article. --DeanS^talk 10:05, 3 July 2008 (EDT)

Passover (11th July to 18th July 2008)
Agree. Philip J. Rayment Agree. Learn together Agree. Joaquín Martínez Agree. Geoff Plourde^Complain! 00:20, 1 July 2008 (EDT)

Spanish Inquisition (19th July to 26th July 2008)
Agree. Philip J. Rayment Agree. Geoff Plourde^Complain! 21:51, 3 July 2008 (EDT) Agree Taj 21:21, 14 July 2008 (EDT) Agree. Foxtrot 22:01, 14 July 2008 (EDT)

John McCain (27th July to 2nd August 2008)

Barack Obama (2nd August to 9th August 2008)
Agree. TonyT 12:40, 16 June 2008 (EDT) Agree. Geoff Plourde^Complain! 21:54, 3 July 2008 (EDT) Agree, but the intro has to be trimmed to the most important info. Foxtrot 22:01, 14 July 2008 (EDT) Agree. Geoff Plourde^Complain! 21:54, 3 July 2008 (EDT)

Roberta McCain (9th August to 16th August 2008)
Disagree. Too short. TonyT 12:40, 16 June 2008 (EDT)

Current article

Korean Airlines Flight 007 (16th August to 31st August 2008 (for 2 weeks as requested.))
Agree. TonyT 12:40, 16 June 2008 (EDT) Agree. Taj 22:36, 7 August 2008 (EDT)

Future articles

English Painting (31st August to 7th September 2008)
Agree. TonyT 12:40, 16 June 2008 (EDT) Agree. Taj 22:36, 7 August 2008 (EDT)

The following articles should be checked for any improvements that can be made before they are posted to the Main Page.

Proposed for featuring

The following articles will probably be moved to the list above in the order listed if nobody has any objection or alternative suggestion.

New suggestions can be added at the end of this list.

Deconstruction
Disagree. Unimportant topic of interest mostly to liberals. TonyT 12:40, 16 June 2008 (EDT) Disagree. Important topic, but not described correctly. Article contains at least one contradiction ("reader response" both wrong and right). --Ed Poor ^Talk 16:40, 2 July 2008 (EDT)

Johns Hopkins University
Disagree. Too short. TonyT 12:40, 16 June 2008 (EDT) Disagree. Underdeveloped. Foxtrot 22:01, 14 July 2008 (EDT)

Kamakura

Holy Days

(too many red links)

Disagree. Too short. Too many red links. TonyT 12:40, 16 June 2008 (EDT)

Colorado Springs
Disagree. Too short. Too many red links. TonyT 12:40, 16 June 2008 (EDT) Disagree. Too short; a good start but needs more info; too many red links. Taj 21:21, 14 July 2008 (EDT)

Amused To Death
Disagree. Unimportant topic and drug influenced album. This isn't Wikipedia. TonyT 12:40, 16 June 2008 (EDT)

Architecture
AGree. TonyT 12:40, 16 June 2008 (EDT) Disagree. Lead section is too short. Individual sections need to be better developed. Geoff Plourde^Complain! 21:44, 3 July 2008 (EDT)

Shogi
Disagree. Many better American topics than this. TonyT 12:40, 16 June 2008 (EDT) Agree. It's something different (think of it as chess on steroids), but I'm biased --JessicaT_{Ohayo gozaimasu!} 16:23, 1 July 2008 (EDT) Agree. Found this very interesting and informative. I think others would too. Taj 14:46, 22 July 2008 (EDT)

Sausage
Disagree. Too short. Too many red links. TonyT 12:40, 16 June 2008 (EDT) Disagree. No references despite questionable statements and too many red links. I don't think the length is a problem. Philip J. Rayment

Great Flood

Kosher

Mexico
Agree. Foxtrot 22:01, 14 July 2008 (EDT) Agree. Taj 22:36, 7 August 2008 (EDT)

Liberty Bell
Agree. Taj 22:36, 7 August 2008 (EDT)

Vitamin C
Agree. Taj 22:36, 7 August 2008 (EDT)

Battle of Gettysburg

Operation Iraqi Freedom

George Washington

Mitt Romney
As his VP spot remains an ongoing media topic among major news networks, I feel that Conservapedia can gain big readership by bringing him into discussion. CTrooper 20:40, 16 August 2008 (EDT) Agree --User:Joaquín Martínez, talk 13:07, 17 August 2008 (EDT)

@@ Line 49: / Line 49: @@
 *[[United States of America]] (3rd June to 13th June)
 *[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] (13th June to 17th June)
-*[[Harry Truman]] (17th June to 25th June)
+{{fa|Harry Truman|dates=17th June to 25th June|
-*[[Starlight problem]] (25th June to 2nd July)
+: Agree. [[User:Joaquín Martínez|Joaquín Martínez]]
-*[[American Revolutionary War]] (3th July to 10th July)
+}}
-*[[Passover]] (11th July to 18th July 2008)
+{{fa|Starlight problem|dates=25th June to 2nd July|}}
-*[[Spanish Inquisition]] (19th July to 26th July 2008)
+{{fa|American Revolutionary War|dates=3rd July to 10th July|
-*[[John McCain]] (27th July to 2nd August 2008)
+([[Declaration of Independence]] proposed simultaneously)
-*[[Barack Obama]] (2nd August to 9th August 2008)
+:* <s>Disagree on the Declaration, as the article is rather brief if you exclude the text of the Declaration and the list of signatories. Agree, however, on the War one, although it is currently very short of internal links.</s> Disagree on both; Declaration for previous reason, War for the amount of copying. [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]]
-*[[Roberta McCain]] (9th August to 16th August 2008)
+:* Disagree on both, Declaration per Philip, Revolution because of copying and lack of information. [[User:Geo.plrd|Geoff Plourde]]<sup>[[User_talk:Geo.plrd|Complain!]]</sup> 16:50, 29 June 2008 (EDT)
+:* I prefer the ''American Revolutionary War'' article. --[[User:DeanS|DeanS<sup>talk</sup>]] 10:05, 3 July 2008 (EDT)
+}}
+{{fa|Passover|dates=11th July to 18th July 2008|
+:* Agree. [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]]
+:* Agree. [[User:Learn together|Learn together]]
+:* Agree. [[User:Joaquín Martínez|Joaquín Martínez]]
+:* Agree. [[User:Geo.plrd|Geoff Plourde]]<sup>[[User_talk:Geo.plrd|Complain!]]</sup> 00:20, 1 July 2008 (EDT)
+}}
+{{fa|Spanish Inquisition|dates=19th July to 26th July 2008|
+:* Agree. [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]]
+:* Agree. [[User:Geo.plrd|Geoff Plourde]]<sup>[[User_talk:Geo.plrd|Complain!]]</sup> 21:51, 3 July 2008 (EDT)
+:* Agree [[User:Taj|Taj]] 21:21, 14 July 2008 (EDT)
+:* Agree. [[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 22:01, 14 July 2008 (EDT)
+}}
+{{fa|John McCain|dates=27th July to 2nd August 2008|
+}}
+{{fa|Barack Obama|dates=2nd August to 9th August 2008|
+:*Agree. [[User:TonyT|TonyT]] 12:40, 16 June 2008 (EDT)
+:*Agree. [[User:Geo.plrd|Geoff Plourde]]<sup>[[User_talk:Geo.plrd|Complain!]]</sup> 21:54, 3 July 2008 (EDT)
+:*Agree, but the intro has to be trimmed to the most important info. [[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 22:01, 14 July 2008 (EDT)
+:*Agree. [[User:Geo.plrd|Geoff Plourde]]<sup>[[User_talk:Geo.plrd|Complain!]]</sup> 21:54, 3 July 2008 (EDT)
+}}
+{{fa|Roberta McCain|dates=9th August to 16th August 2008|
+:*Disagree. Too short. [[User:TonyT|TonyT]] 12:40, 16 June 2008 (EDT)
+}}
 == Current article ==
-*[[Korean Airlines Flight 007]] (16th August to 31th August 2008) for 2 weeks as requested.
+{{fa|Korean Airlines Flight 007|dates=16th August to 31st August 2008 (for 2 weeks as requested.)|
+:*Agree. [[User:TonyT|TonyT]] 12:40, 16 June 2008 (EDT)
+:*Agree. [[User:Taj|Taj]] 22:36, 7 August 2008 (EDT)
+}}
 == Future articles ==
-*[[English Painting]]
+{{fa|English Painting|dates=31st August to 7th September 2008|
-**Agree. [[User:TonyT|TonyT]] 12:40, 16 June 2008 (EDT)
+:*Agree. [[User:TonyT|TonyT]] 12:40, 16 June 2008 (EDT)
-**Agree. [[User:Taj|Taj]] 22:36, 7 August 2008 (EDT)
+:*Agree. [[User:Taj|Taj]] 22:36, 7 August 2008 (EDT)
+}}
 The following articles should be checked for any improvements that can be made before they are posted to the Main Page.
@@ Line 75: / Line 103: @@
 New suggestions can be added at the ''end'' of this list.
-*[[Deconstruction]]
+{{fa|Deconstruction|
-**Disagree. Unimportant topic of interest mostly to liberals. [[User:TonyT|TonyT]] 12:40, 16 June 2008 (EDT)
+:*Disagree. Unimportant topic of interest mostly to liberals. [[User:TonyT|TonyT]] 12:40, 16 June 2008 (EDT)
-**Disagree. Important topic, but not described correctly. Article contains at least one contradiction ("reader response" both wrong and right). --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 16:40, 2 July 2008 (EDT)
+:*Disagree. Important topic, but not described correctly. Article contains at least one contradiction ("reader response" both wrong and right). --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 16:40, 2 July 2008 (EDT)
-*[[Johns Hopkins University]]
+}}
-**Disagree. Too short. [[User:TonyT|TonyT]] 12:40, 16 June 2008 (EDT)
+{{fa|Johns Hopkins University|
-**Disagree. Underdeveloped. [[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 22:01, 14 July 2008 (EDT)
+:*Disagree. Too short. [[User:TonyT|TonyT]] 12:40, 16 June 2008 (EDT)
-*[[Kamakura]] Has been improved by JessicaT in August 2008.
+:*Disagree. Underdeveloped. [[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 22:01, 14 July 2008 (EDT)
-** Disagree. Is a good article but needs to be longer --<span style="margin-top: -3px;">&nbsp;[[Image:50 star flag.png|12px]]</span><span style="position:relative; overflow:hidden; width:88px; height:15px; z-index:2;"> [[User:Deborah|Deborah]] [[Special:Contributions/Deborah|<font color="gray">(contributions)</font>]] [[User_talk:Deborah|<font color="darkslategray">(talk)</font>]]</span> 16:34, 2 July 2008 (EDT)
+}}
-*[[Holy Days]] (too many red links)
+{{fa|Kamakura|
-**Disagree. Too short. Too many red links. [[User:TonyT|TonyT]] 12:40, 16 June 2008 (EDT)
+:* Disagree. Is a good article but needs to be longer --<span style="margin-top: -3px;">&nbsp;[[Image:50 star flag.png|12px]]</span><span style="position:relative; overflow:hidden; width:88px; height:15px; z-index:2;"> [[User:Deborah|Deborah]] [[Special:Contributions/Deborah|<font color="gray">(contributions)</font>]] [[User_talk:Deborah|<font color="darkslategray">(talk)</font>]]</span> 16:34, 2 July 2008 (EDT)
-*[[Colorado Springs]]
+Has been improved by JessicaT in August 2008.
-**Disagree. Too short. Too many red links. [[User:TonyT|TonyT]] 12:40, 16 June 2008 (EDT)
+}}
-**Disagree. Too short; a good start but needs more info; too many red links. [[User:Taj|Taj]] 21:21, 14 July 2008 (EDT)
+{{fa|Holy Days|
-*[[Amused To Death]]
+(too many red links)
-**Disagree. Unimportant topic and drug influenced album. This isn't Wikipedia. [[User:TonyT|TonyT]] 12:40, 16 June 2008 (EDT)
+:*Disagree. Too short. Too many red links. [[User:TonyT|TonyT]] 12:40, 16 June 2008 (EDT)
-*[[Architecture]]
+}}
-**AGree. [[User:TonyT|TonyT]] 12:40, 16 June 2008 (EDT)
+{{fa|Colorado Springs|
-**Disagree. Lead section is too short. Individual sections need to be better developed. [[User:Geo.plrd|Geoff Plourde]]<sup>[[User_talk:Geo.plrd|Complain!]]</sup> 21:44, 3 July 2008 (EDT)
+:*Disagree. Too short. Too many red links. [[User:TonyT|TonyT]] 12:40, 16 June 2008 (EDT)
-*[[Shogi]]
+:*Disagree. Too short; a good start but needs more info; too many red links. [[User:Taj|Taj]] 21:21, 14 July 2008 (EDT)
-**Disagree. Many better American topics than this. [[User:TonyT|TonyT]] 12:40, 16 June 2008 (EDT)
+}}
-**Agree. It's something different (think of it as chess on steroids), but I'm biased --[[User:JessicaT|JessicaT]]<sub>[[User talk:JessicaT|''Ohayo gozaimasu!'']]</sub> 16:23, 1 July 2008 (EDT)
+{{fa|Amused To Death|
-**Agree. Found this very interesting and informative. I think others would too. [[User:Taj|Taj]] 14:46, 22 July 2008 (EDT)
+:*Disagree. Unimportant topic and drug influenced album. This isn't Wikipedia. [[User:TonyT|TonyT]] 12:40, 16 June 2008 (EDT)
-*[[Sausage]]
+}}
-**Disagree. Too short. Too many red links. [[User:TonyT|TonyT]] 12:40, 16 June 2008 (EDT)
+{{fa|Architecture|
-** Disagree.  No references despite questionable statements and too many red links.  I don't think the length is a problem.  [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]]
+:*AGree. [[User:TonyT|TonyT]] 12:40, 16 June 2008 (EDT)
-*[[Great Flood]]
+:*Disagree. Lead section is too short. Individual sections need to be better developed. [[User:Geo.plrd|Geoff Plourde]]<sup>[[User_talk:Geo.plrd|Complain!]]</sup> 21:44, 3 July 2008 (EDT)
-*[[Kosher]]
+}}
-**Agree. --<span style="margin-top: -3px;">&nbsp;[[Image:50 star flag.png|12px]]</span><span style="position:relative; overflow:hidden; width:88px; height:15px; z-index:2;"> [[User:Deborah|Deborah]] [[Special:Contributions/Deborah|<font color="gray">(contributions)</font>]] [[User_talk:Deborah|<font color="darkslategray">(talk)</font>]]</span> 16:57, 1 July 2008 (EDT)
+{{fa|Shogi|
-**I did a major expansion of this article http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Kosher&diff=489072&oldid=457560 --<span style="margin-top: -3px;">&nbsp;[[Image:50 star flag.png|12px]]</span><span style="position:relative; overflow:hidden; width:88px; height:15px; z-index:2;"> [[User:Deborah|Deborah]] [[Special:Contributions/Deborah|<font color="gray">(contributions)</font>]] [[User_talk:Deborah|<font color="darkslategray">(talk)</font>]]</span> 14:24, 10 July 2008 (EDT)
+:*Disagree. Many better American topics than this. [[User:TonyT|TonyT]] 12:40, 16 June 2008 (EDT)
-**Agree. I found this interesting and learned from it. [[User:Taj|Taj]] 21:30, 14 July 2008 (EDT)
+:*Agree. It's something different (think of it as chess on steroids), but I'm biased --[[User:JessicaT|JessicaT]]<sub>[[User talk:JessicaT|''Ohayo gozaimasu!'']]</sub> 16:23, 1 July 2008 (EDT)
-**Agree. Well-researched article. [[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 22:01, 14 July 2008 (EDT)
+:*Agree. Found this very interesting and informative. I think others would too. [[User:Taj|Taj]] 14:46, 22 July 2008 (EDT)
-*[[Mexico]]
+}}
-**Agree. [[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 22:01, 14 July 2008 (EDT)
+{{fa|Sausage|
-**Agree. [[User:Taj|Taj]] 22:36, 7 August 2008 (EDT)
+:*Disagree. Too short. Too many red links. [[User:TonyT|TonyT]] 12:40, 16 June 2008 (EDT)
-*[[Liberty Bell]]
+:* Disagree.  No references despite questionable statements and too many red links.  I don't think the length is a problem.  [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]]
-**Agree. [[User:Taj|Taj]] 22:36, 7 August 2008 (EDT)
+}}
-*[[Vitamin C]]
+{{fa|Great Flood|}}
-**Agree. [[User:Taj|Taj]] 22:36, 7 August 2008 (EDT)
+{{fa|Kosher|
-*[[Battle of Gettysburg]]
+:*Agree. --<span style="margin-top: -3px;">&nbsp;[[Image:50 star flag.png|12px]]</span><span style="position:relative; overflow:hidden; width:88px; height:15px; z-index:2;"> [[User:Deborah|Deborah]] [[Special:Contributions/Deborah|<font color="gray">(contributions)</font>]] [[User_talk:Deborah|<font color="darkslategray">(talk)</font>]]</span> 16:57, 1 July 2008 (EDT)
-*[[Operation Iraqi Freedom]]
+:*I did a major expansion of this article http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Kosher&diff=489072&oldid=457560 --<span style="margin-top: -3px;">&nbsp;[[Image:50 star flag.png|12px]]</span><span style="position:relative; overflow:hidden; width:88px; height:15px; z-index:2;"> [[User:Deborah|Deborah]] [[Special:Contributions/Deborah|<font color="gray">(contributions)</font>]] [[User_talk:Deborah|<font color="darkslategray">(talk)</font>]]</span> 14:24, 10 July 2008 (EDT)
-*[[George Washington]]
+:*Agree. I found this interesting and learned from it. [[User:Taj|Taj]] 21:30, 14 July 2008 (EDT)
-*[[Mitt Romney]] 20:40, 16 August 2008 (EDT) - As his VP spot remains an ongoing media topic among major news networks, I feel that Conservapedia can gain big readership by bringing him into discussion.
+:*Agree. Well-researched article. [[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 22:01, 14 July 2008 (EDT)
-** Agree --[[User:Joaquín Martínez]], [[User talk:Joaquín Martínez|talk]] 13:07, 17 August 2008 (EDT)
+}}
+{{fa|Mexico|
+:*Agree. [[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 22:01, 14 July 2008 (EDT)
+:*Agree. [[User:Taj|Taj]] 22:36, 7 August 2008 (EDT)
+}}
+{{fa|Liberty Bell|
+:*Agree. [[User:Taj|Taj]] 22:36, 7 August 2008 (EDT)
+}}
+{{fa|Vitamin C|
+:*Agree. [[User:Taj|Taj]] 22:36, 7 August 2008 (EDT)
+}}
+{{fa|Battle of Gettysburg|}}
+{{fa|Operation Iraqi Freedom|}}
+{{fa|George Washington|}}
+{{fa|Mitt Romney|
+:* As his VP spot remains an ongoing media topic among major news networks, I feel that Conservapedia can gain big readership by bringing him into discussion. [[user:CTrooper|CTrooper]] 20:40, 16 August 2008 (EDT)
+:* Agree --[[User:Joaquín Martínez]], [[User talk:Joaquín Martínez|talk]] 13:07, 17 August 2008 (EDT)
+}}