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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)

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)

Current article

English Painting (31st August to 7th September 2008)
Agree. TonyT 12:40, 16 June 2008 (EDT) Agree. Taj 22:36, 7 August 2008 (EDT) Agree. --DeanS^talk 13:06, 21 August 2008 (EDT)

Future articles

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) Agree. --User:Joaquín Martínez, talk 09:14, 26 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.

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)

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 :*Disagree. Too short. [[User:TonyT|TonyT]] 12:40, 16 June 2008 (EDT)
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-== Current article ==
 {{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)
 }}
+== Current article ==
-== Future articles ==
 {{fa|English Painting|dates=31st August to 7th September 2008|
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 :*Agree. --[[User:DeanS|DeanS<sup>talk</sup>]] 13:06, 21 August 2008 (EDT)
 }}
+== Future articles ==
+{{fa|Deconstruction|
+:*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)
+: Agree. --[[User:Joaquín Martínez]], [[User talk:Joaquín Martínez|talk]] 09:14, 26 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 104: / Line 108: @@
 New suggestions can be added at the ''end'' of this list.
-{{fa|Deconstruction|
-:*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)
-: Agree. --[[User:Joaquín Martínez]], [[User talk:Joaquín Martínez|talk]] 09:14, 26 August 2008 (EDT)
-}}
 {{fa|Johns Hopkins University|
 :*Disagree. Too short. [[User:TonyT|TonyT]] 12:40, 16 June 2008 (EDT)