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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 the talk 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 and voted on by the committee members. Editors may offer their own comments (on the talk page) and are welcome to help improve the listed articles!

Past articles

Featured articles. Past articles. 2007/08

Sculpture
Agree. --User:Joaquín Martínez, talk 07:00, 9 November 2008 (EST) Agree. --DeanS^talk 11:00, 28 November 2008 (EST) Agree. Nice one! --₮K^/Talk! 13:34, 5 December 2008 (EST) Agree. --KotomiT^{ohayougozaimasu} 05:38, 6 December 2008 (EST)

Edgar Allan Poe

because of his 200 years anniversary.

Hirohito
Agree.Duncan^Talk 07:31, 15 November 2008 (EST) Agree. --DeanS^talk 11:00, 28 November 2008 (EST) Agree. --TK 06:02, 3 December 2008 (EST) Agree. --User:Joaquín Martínez, talk 08:49, 17 December 2008 (EST)

Tokyo Rose
Agree. --DeanS^talk 08:26, 2 December 2008 (EST) Agree. JY23 19:59, 2 December 2008 (EST) Agree. --TK 06:02, 3 December 2008 (EST)

United Methodist Church
Agree. --DeanS^talk 07:30, 5 December 2008 (EST) Agree. --₮K^/Talk! 13:34, 5 December 2008 (EST) Agree. I'm impressed, this is a good article! JY23 19:00, 5 December 2008 (EST) Agree. --KotomiT^{ohayougozaimasu} 05:38, 6 December 2008 (EST)

The Divine Comedy

Agree (I'm proposing it). Nicely illustrated and informative, and links to lots of other interesting pages about morality, literature, religion and mythology.--CPalmer 07:48, 5 December 2008 (EST)
Agree. --DeanS^talk 09:32, 5 December 2008 (EST)
Agree. --₮K^/Talk! 13:34, 5 December 2008 (EST)
Agree. A lot of work's been put into this baby, I can tell. A job well done, guys! JY23 19:00, 5 December 2008 (EST)
Strongly agree. --KotomiT^{ohayougozaimasu} 05:38, 6 December 2008 (EST)

Global warming
Agree. --₮K^/Talk! 01:34, 17 December 2008 (EST) Agree. --User:Joaquín Martínez, talk 08:49, 17 December 2008 (EST) Agree. --DeanS^talk 07:45, 13 February 2009 (EST)

Attack on Pearl Harbor

Agree Geoff Plourde^Complain! 13:01, 7 December 2008 (EST)
Agree. Perhaps move this out of order, given this is anniversary day? --₮K^/Talk! 13:08, 7 December 2008 (EST)
Agree. --KotomiT^{ohayougozaimasu} 13:46, 7 December 2008 (EST)
Agree. I concur with TK even though this article is public domain material from the U.S. government. --DeanS^talk 16:09, 7 December 2008 (EST)
Neutral. JY23 20:26, 7 December 2008 (EST)

Benjamin Franklin
Agree. --DeanS^talk 07:45, 13 February 2009 (EST) Agree. --Joaquín Martínez 13:30, 8 March 2009 (EDT) Agree. --Foxtrot 18:26, 12 March 2009 (EDT)

Financial Crisis of 2008
Agree. Great analysis of the whole mess. --KotomiT^{ohayougozaimasu} 05:38, 6 December 2008 (EST) Agree, improved lots since December. --₮K_/Admin^/Talk 08:10, 17 March 2009 (EDT) Agree. --DeanS^talk 09:18, 17 March 2009 (EDT)

Isaac Newton
Agree. Sizable article with detail about religious beliefs and scientific contributions. -Foxtrot 18:27, 1 March 2009 (EST) Agree. --DeanS^talk 07:18, 21 March 2009 (EDT)

Current article

Eugene Delacroix
Agree, I made it. --Joaquín Martínez 09:22, 3 March 2009 (EST) Agree. --₮K_/Admin^/Talk 08:10, 17 March 2009 (EDT) Agree. --DeanS^talk 09:18, 17 March 2009 (EDT) Agree tentatively, although would it be possible to expand more on the artist's life? --KotomiT^nandeyanen? 07:24, 18 March 2009 (EDT)

Future articles

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.

Prime number
Agree. Probably the most exemplary article on how to pitch math at multiple levels of understanding. -Foxtrot 18:32, 12 March 2009 (EDT) Agree. --KotomiT^nandeyanen? 07:24, 18 March 2009 (EDT) Agree. --DeanS^talk 10:46, 30 March 2009 (EDT) Agree. --₮K_/Admin^/Talk 14:07, 2 April 2009 (EDT)

Pat Tillman
Agree. It would not be the lengthiest article but good nonetheless--jpatt 01:47, 17 March 2009 (EDT) Agree. I like the idea of highlighting the "unsung" heroes. --KotomiT^nandeyanen? 06:30, 17 March 2009 (EDT) Agree. --₮K_/Admin^/Talk 08:10, 17 March 2009 (EDT) Agree. --DeanS^talk 09:18, 17 March 2009 (EDT)

Niccolò Machiavelli
Agree. --DeanS^talk 06:34, 21 March 2009 (EDT) Agree. --KotomiT^nandeyanen? 06:56, 21 March 2009 (EDT) Agree. --₮K_/Admin^/Talk 14:07, 2 April 2009 (EDT)

Alger Hiss
Agree. Resubmitting. Editor has put a tremendous amount of effort into this and has fixed the red-links, which led to its previous exclusion. --KotomiT^nandeyanen? 04:40, 30 March 2009 (EDT) Agree. --DeanS^talk 10:46, 30 March 2009 (EDT) Agree. --₮K_/Admin^/Talk 14:07, 2 April 2009 (EDT)

Arsenal F.C.
Agree. --KotomiT^nandeyanen? 03:19, 7 April 2009 (EDT) Disagree. Too many redlinks. At least start stubs for the roster members. --DeanS^talk 09:55, 7 April 2009 (EDT) Disagree. Before moving on to European Football, I think we should feature American Baseball, Football or Basketball. --₮K_/Admin^/Talk 06:28, 8 April 2009 (EDT)

Christian Cross
Agree. --₮K_/Admin^/Talk 14:07, 2 April 2009 (EDT) Agree. --DeanS^talk 09:55, 7 April 2009 (EDT) Agree. Now that it has one of my favorite crosses. --Foxtrot 06:43, 8 April 2009 (EDT)

St. Matthew Passion
Agree. --Joaquín Martínez 08:11, 5 April 2009 (EDT) Agree. --DeanS^talk 09:55, 7 April 2009 (EDT) Agree. --₮K_/Admin^/Talk 06:28, 8 April 2009 (EDT)

Essay:The Coming Fifth Great Awakening in America

Disagree. (It is a very good article, well written and reasoned. My primary concern, looking at it within the context of the featured article is that it is more of an "opinion piece" and I felt that on those grounds it did not really suit my criteria for a "featured article". Where I do think it could be used, would be under the mainpage's "Highlighted article", which would mean that not only could it be featured for longer, but would be more in line with the aims of that section.)--KotomiT^nandeyanen? 03:19, 7 April 2009 (EDT)
Agree. --DeanS^talk 09:55, 7 April 2009 (EDT)
Agree. This is a superlative and positive-message essay. --₮K_/Admin^/Talk 06:28, 8 April 2009 (EDT)
Neutral. Like Jessica, I have mixed feelings. I think it's an interesting and well-argued premise and so I think it should be featured. However, I also feel featured articles should be mainspace and not essay space. Perhaps we could have a featured essay? Since there are fewer essays than articles, such a section would not have to be changed as frequently. -Foxtrot 06:47, 8 April 2009 (EDT)

Past Nominations

The following articles were proposed and determined not to be suitable for featuring. If the article has been improved to the point where it is of sufficient quality to be featured, move it back to Proposed for Featuring. Click the show link after each entry to see why it was rejected.

Riemann integral

Agree. A math article with detailed explanation and examples. -Foxtrot 18:27, 1 March 2009 (EST)
Disagree. It is certainly detailed, but seems to explain things at a fairly advanced level (but that is a non-math person speaking). Also, items that seem necessary for the proof (Square pyramidal numbers, etc) are redlinks. --KotomiT^nandeyanen? 07:24, 18 March 2009 (EDT)
Disagree. --DeanS^talk 10:46, 30 March 2009 (EDT)
Disagree. --₮K_/Admin^/Talk 14:07, 2 April 2009 (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) Disagree. Too short. Philip J. Rayment 10:29, 7 September 2008 (EDT) Disagree. --User:Joaquín Martínez, talk 10:09, 12 September 2008 (EDT)

Johns Hopkins University
Disagree. Too short. TonyT 12:40, 16 June 2008 (EDT) Disagree. Underdeveloped. Foxtrot 22:01, 14 July 2008 (EDT) Disagree Unfortunately this article is far too short to feature at this time. Geoff Plourde^Complain! 19:35, 1 September 2008 (EDT) Disagree. Too short. Philip J. Rayment 10:29, 7 September 2008 (EDT)

Amused To Death

Disagree. Unimportant topic and drug influenced album. This isn't Wikipedia. TonyT 12:40, 16 June 2008 (EDT)
Disagree. --User:Joaquín Martínez, talk 10:10, 12 September 2008 (EDT)
Disagree. Poorly written, unimportant topic. Serious rewrite needed before featuring. #1denverfan 19:32, 24 September 2008 (EDT)
Disagree. --DeanS^talk 19:49, 24 September 2008 (EDT)
Disagree, per what #1denverfan said. Philip J. Rayment 06:13, 25 September 2008 (EDT)

Battle of Gettysburg

Disagree; I do not feel that this article fully covers the battle, particularly the 20th Maine. Geoff Plourde^Complain! 00:06, 14 September 2008 (EDT)
Agree. -Foxtrot 00:08, 28 September 2008 (EDT)
Agree. --DeanS^talk 00:16, 28 September 2008 (EDT)
Disagree; I do not think that public domain material from the U.S. government should be featured material (such as country articles, ship articles, etc) unless the article has been extensively re-worked by any of the editors to make it better. Mexico (see above) may fall into that category. Karajou 01:06, 28 September 2008 (EDT)
Disagree, for the same reason as Karajou, and in fact we rejected this article once before for the same reason, so I'm moving it to the "Past nominations" section now. Now that we have that "Past nominations" sections, hopefully this won't happen again with this article.

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
Disagree. Nothing against sausages, but hardly a front page Big Theme. Bugler 07:00, 25 September 2008 (EDT)
Disagree. Too short. Too many red links. --DeanS^talk 20:09, 1 October 2008 (EDT)
Disagree. User:Joaquín Martínez

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) Fixed red links and improved. --User:Joaquín Martínez, talk 00:16, 3 October 2008 (EDT)
Disagree. I'm not qualified to judge it's accuracy, but it is too obscure and not written at a suitable level. Philip J. Rayment 10:24, 7 September 2008 (EDT)
Disagree. Not long enough, too many red links, not nearly enough images that explain the text, I just didn't understand what was going on in that article. JY23 21:31, 28 September 2008 (EDT)
Disagree. --DeanS^talk 14:01, 19 October 2008 (EDT)

Holy Days

Disagree. Too short. Too many red links. TonyT 12:40, 16 June 2008 (EDT)
Disagree. Too short. Philip J. Rayment 10:29, 7 September 2008 (EDT)
Agree, will be improved. --User:Joaquín Martínez, talk 09:21, 8 September 2008 (EDT)
Disagree, too short, far too many red links JY23 18:31, 17 September 2008 (EDT)
Neutral. Would like to see what it looks like after more information added; it could be a good article. Learn together 16:02, 8 October 2008 (EDT)
Disagree for now. --DeanS^talk 14:01, 19 October 2008 (EDT)
Disagree Geoff Plourde^Complain! 21:44, 21 October 2008 (EDT)

Liberty Bell
Agree. Taj 22:36, 7 August 2008 (EDT) Disagree. Essential topic, but far too short. Anything about the history of the Bell that someone can put? JY23 21:37, 28 September 2008 (EDT) Disagree. --DeanS^talk 01:22, 22 October 2008 (EDT)

Vitamin C

Agree. Taj 22:36, 7 August 2008 (EDT)
~~Agree. Didn't realize I had to voice agreement when I added it to the list. -Foxtrot 00:08, 28 September 2008 (EDT)~~ Disagree. Now that the copywritten text has been removed this article is hardly as comprehensive. -Foxtrot 21:06, 24 October 2008 (EDT)
Disagree Geoff Plourde^Complain! 21:44, 21 October 2008 (EDT)
Disagree-hardly a good theme and way too short. Far too many red links. Duncan^talk 10:42, 23 October 2008 (EDT)

Operation Iraqi Freedom
Agree. -Foxtrot 00:08, 28 September 2008 (EDT) Agree. Good length, citations, and images. DuncanB 21:28, 2 October 2008 (EDT) Agree. --DeanS^talk 01:22, 22 October 2008 (EDT) Agree. --TK 05:56, 3 December 2008 (EST) Disagree

Alger Hiss
Agree. Found very informative, anti-Communist topic, but far too many red links. #1denverfan 19:31, 24 September 2008 (EDT) Disagree. --DeanS^talk 11:00, 28 November 2008 (EST) Disagree. A bit more work, will do it. --TK 05:56, 3 December 2008 (EST)

Physics
Agree. Haven't had a science article in a while and this one seems fairly well-developed. -Foxtrot 00:00, 22 October 2008 (EDT) Disagree. --DeanS^talk 01:22, 22 October 2008 (EDT) Disagree-- red links. Duncan^Talk 07:31, 15 November 2008 (EST) Disagree. Too many red links for a featured article. --₮K^/Talk! 13:34, 5 December 2008 (EST)

Bible history
Neutral. Fix the redlinks and it would be a good article, but the section lengths need some work. JY23 17:28, 16 November 2008 (EST) Disagree. --DeanS^talk 11:00, 28 November 2008 (EST)

Robert Heinlein
Disagree. One section, no photos, unimportant topic. JY23 17:21, 7 November 2008 (EST) Disagree. Way too short; I agree with JY23.Duncan^Talk 07:31, 15 November 2008 (EST) Disagree. --DeanS^talk 11:00, 28 November 2008 (EST) Disagree. --₮K^/Talk! 13:34, 5 December 2008 (EST)

KAL 007 Survivors and the Forced Labor Concentration Camps of the Russian Federation

Disagree. Reads like an essay, possibly should be moved to essay section. JY23 18:54, 12 November 2008 (EST)
Disagree. --DeanS^talk 11:00, 28 November 2008 (EST)
Disagree. I think this was on Main Page before. --₮K^/Talk! 13:34, 5 December 2008 (EST)
Agree, of course. This was not on main page. This was - Korean Airlines Flight 007. I think the remark above about this reading like an essay may be right. I just don't know the exact line between "essay" and "article". Can there be a "featured essay" as a "featured article"

A-7 Corsair II
Disagree. Reads too much like a schematic. -Foxtrot 18:26, 12 March 2009 (EDT) Disagree. Not a bad article per se, but not convinced it is worthy of front page. Maybe with an expansion of the history of the plane? --KotomiT^nandeyanen? 06:30, 17 March 2009 (EDT) Disagree. --DeanS^talk 07:18, 21 March 2009 (EDT)

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 :*Agree. --[[User:Joaquín Martínez]], [[User talk:Joaquín Martínez|talk]] 07:00, 9 November 2008 (EST)
 :*Agree. --[[User:DeanS|DeanS<sup>talk</sup>]] 11:00, 28 November 2008 (EST)
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 :*Agree.[[User:DuncanB|Duncan]]<sup>[[User talk:DuncanB|Talk]]</sup> 07:31, 15 November 2008 (EST)
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-{{fa|Tokyo Rose|hide=yes
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 :* Agree. --[[User:DeanS|DeanS<sup>talk</sup>]] 08:26, 2 December 2008 (EST)
 :* Agree. [[User:JY23|JY23]] 19:59, 2 December 2008 (EST)
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 :* Agree. --[[User:DeanS|DeanS<sup>talk</sup>]] 07:30, 5 December 2008 (EST)
 :*Agree. --[[User:TK|₮K]]<sup>[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk!]]</sup> 13:34, 5 December 2008 (EST)
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-{{fa|The Divine Comedy|hide=yes
+{{fa|The Divine Comedy|hide=yes|
 :* Agree (I'm proposing it). Nicely illustrated and informative, and links to lots of other interesting pages about morality, literature, religion and mythology.--[[User:CPalmer|CPalmer]] 07:48, 5 December 2008 (EST)
 :* Agree. --[[User:DeanS|DeanS<sup>talk</sup>]] 09:32, 5 December 2008 (EST)
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-{{fa|Global warming|hide=yes
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 :*Agree. --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]<sup>[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk!]]</sup> 01:34, 17 December 2008 (EST)
 :*Agree. --[[User:Joaquín Martínez]], [[User talk:Joaquín Martínez|talk]] 08:49, 17 December 2008 (EST)
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-{{fa|Attack on Pearl Harbor|hide=yes
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 :*Agree [[User:Geo.plrd|Geoff Plourde]]<sup>[[User_talk:Geo.plrd|Complain!]]</sup> 13:01, 7 December 2008 (EST)
 :*Agree. Perhaps move this out of order, given this is anniversary day? --[[User:TK|₮K]]<sup>[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk!]]</sup> 13:08, 7 December 2008 (EST)
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 :*Agree. --[[User:DeanS|DeanS<sup>talk</sup>]] 07:45, 13 February 2009 (EST)
 :*Agree. --[[User:Joaquín Martínez|Joaquín Martínez]] 13:30, 8 March 2009 (EDT)
 :*Agree. --[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 18:26, 12 March 2009 (EDT)
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-{{fa|Financial Crisis of 2008|hide=yes
+{{fa|Financial Crisis of 2008|hide=yes|
 :*Agree. Great analysis of the whole mess. --[[User:JessicaT|KotomiT]]<sup>[[User talk:JessicaT|''ohayougozaimasu'']]</sup> 05:38, 6 December 2008 (EST)
 :*Agree, improved lots since December. --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]<sub><small><small>/Admin</small></small></sub><sup>[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]]</sup> 08:10, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
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 :*Agree. Sizable article with detail about religious beliefs and scientific contributions. -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 18:27, 1 March 2009 (EST)
 :*Agree. --[[User:DeanS|DeanS<sup>talk</sup>]] 07:18, 21 March 2009 (EDT)