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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 SchroCat, 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, 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 February 1 to March 3.

Date Article Notes Supports† Opposes†
Nonspecific 1 Galaxy 1
Nonspecific 2 Fort Southerland 1
Nonspecific 3 Ælfwynn, wife of Æthelstan Half-King 1
Nonspecific 4 Siege of Utica 1
Nonspecific 5 Saxaul sparrow 1
Nonspecific 6 Mount Edziza 1
Nonspecific 7 Black American Sign Language Black History Month. TFA re-run. 2
Nonspecific 8 Master Juba Black History Month. TFA re-run. 1
Nonspecific 9 Shigi Qutuqu 1
Nonspecific 10
February 3 Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz 305th birthday 3
February 4 Rosa Parks 113th birthday 2
February 6 Tara Lipinski Start of Winter Olympics 2
February 9 Mud March (suffragists) Anniversary 1
February 10 St Scholastica Day riot Anniversary 1
February 11 Adolfo Farsari 85th birthday, unique, prev TFA Jan 25, 2009 1
February 14 James Cook 247th anniv of death 1
February 19 Mindful (song) 10th anniv 3
February 20 Zhang Jingsheng 138th birthday 1
February 24 Kent Haruf 83rd birthday 1
February 28 Hume MRT station First anniversary of opening 1

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

Nonspecific date nominations

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Nonspecific date 1

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Galaxy

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NGC 4414, a typical spiral galaxy
NGC 4414, a typical spiral galaxy

A galaxy is a system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust, and dark matter bound together by gravity. Galaxies range in size from dwarfs with less than a thousand stars to the largest galaxies known – supergiants with one hundred trillion stars, each orbiting its galaxy's centre of mass. Most of the mass in a typical galaxy is in the form of dark matter, with only a few per cent being visible matter. Supermassive black holes are a common feature at the centres of galaxies. Galaxies are categorised according to their morphology as elliptical, spiral, or irregular. It is estimated that there are between 200 billion to 2 trillion galaxies in the observable universe. The space between galaxies is filled with the intergalactic medium with an average density of less than one atom per cubic metre. Most galaxies are gravitationally organised into groups, clusters and superclusters. At the largest scale, these associations are arranged into sheets and filaments surrounded by voids. (Full article...)

Nonspecific date 2

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Fort Southerland

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Fort Sutherland Park

Fort Southerland, also known as Redoubt E and possibly Fort Diamond, is a redoubt built during the American Civil War to protect Camden, Arkansas. Confederate forces built it along with four other redoubts in early 1864 after a Union victory in the Little Rock campaign the previous year. Fort Southerland is about the size of a city block and is roughly oval. It could hold three cannons. When Union forces captured Camden in April 1864 during the Camden Expedition, they improved the defenses of the five redoubts, which were not sufficient for proper defense of the city. After the Confederates retook Camden later that month, they continued to improve the city's defenses. The fort lies within Fort Southerland Park, a municipal park dedicated in 1974. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994, and is part of the Camden Expedition Sites National Historic Landmark. Along with Fort Lookout (Redoubt A), it is one of only two of the redoubts around Camden still in existence. (Full article...)

Nonspecific date 3

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Ælfwynn, wife of Æthelstan Half-King

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Edgar From Winchester Charter

Ælfwynn (died 8 July 983) was a member of a wealthy Anglo-Saxon family in Huntingdonshire. In about 932 she married Æthelstan, the powerful ealdorman of East Anglia, who was called the Half-King because monarchs were said to depend on his advice. Ælfwynn is chiefly known for having been foster-mother to the future King Edgar (ruled 959-975), following his mother's death in 944, when he was an infant. Æthelstan was a leading supporter of the monastic reform movement; Edgar's upbringing in reforming circles profoundly influenced him, and he became a strong ally of the movement as king. Ælfwynn had four sons, and the youngest, Æthelwine, became the chief secular magnate and a leading monastic reformer like his father. In 966 he was a co-founder of Ramsey Abbey. Ælfwynn donated her estates to the foundation in the same year, including one given to her by Edgar, and was probably buried there. She may have played a crucial role in Ramsey's establishment. (Full article...)

Good. Thanks. MisawaSakura (talk) 13:11, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Lkewise. Gog the Mild (talk) 20:16, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nonspecific date 4

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Siege of Utica

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Bust of Sulla
Bust of Scipio

The siege of Utica took place from 204 to 201 BC when a Roman army under Publius Cornelius Scipio (bust pictured) attempted to seize the port city to use as a secure base from which to defeat the Carthaginian Empire in its North African homeland. This was part of the Second Punic War, fought between Carthage and Rome for 17 years from 218 BC. In 205 BC Scipio, the Roman's most successful general, was assigned to Sicily with the intention of invading North Africa. Scipio's army landed there in 204 BC, pillaged a large area and laid siege to Utica. Scipio expected the city to surrender readily, but despite being attacked fiercely from land and sea it held out. Meanwhile the Romans won the battle of Utica outside the city followed by victory in three further major pitched battles. After the last of these the Carthaginians sued for peace and accepted the harsh terms imposed by the Romans in 201 BC. (This article is part of a featured topic: Roman invasion of Africa (204–201 BC).)

Added context for the bust. Harizotoh9 (talk) 10:11, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nonspecific date 5

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Saxaul sparrow

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Saxaul Sparrow
An illustration of a pair by Henry Eeles Dresser

The saxaul sparrow is a passerine bird of the sparrow family Passeridae, found in parts of Central Asia. At 14–16 centimetres (5.5–6.3 in) and 25–32 grams (0.88–1.13 oz), it is among the larger sparrows. Both sexes have plumage ranging from dull grey to sandy brown, and pale brown legs. Females have less boldly coloured plumage and bills, lacking the pattern of black stripes on the male's head. The head markings of both sexes make the saxaul sparrow distinctive, and unlikely to be confused with any other bird. Vocalisations include a comparatively soft and musical chirping call, a song, and a flight call. This distribution falls into six probably disjunct areas across Central Asia, from central Turkmenistan to northern Gansu in China. A bird of deserts, the saxaul sparrow favours areas with shrubs such as the saxaul, near rivers and oases. Though it has lost parts of its range to habitat destruction caused by agriculture, it is not seriously threatened by human activities. (Full article...)

  • @MisawaSakura: No, it means that TFA can rely less on biology articles and more on any of the other 23 topics, or 64 sub-topics, that have articles at FANMP in order to maintain diversity at TFA in the years to come. If not, it will have to rely upon new FAs being promoted and re-run biology articles in order to maintain diversity. Z1720 (talk) 23:12, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
No, we won't agreee, so then let's rely less on the plethora of military articles and pop culture we see all the time. Take out the 3-4 main areas I mentioned in the talk post I linked to, and there's not a lot to choose from, especially when so many people only want their articles to only run on birthdays and anniversaries. MisawaSakura (talk) 23:15, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
See the exchange this week between SchroCat and Crystal Drawers here: Wikipedia_talk:Today's_featured_article#January_2026_schedule so that article is "on hold" for another three years just to meet a 25th anniversary date. There are countless examples of this; all reducing the availability of FAs for TFA. MisawaSakura (talk) 23:23, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Swapped image for an illustration that shows sexual dimorphism of the species. Harizotoh9 (talk) 15:10, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nonspecific date 6

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Mount Edziza

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Mount Ediza

Mount Edziza is a volcanic mountain in Cassiar Land District of northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is located on the Big Raven Plateau of the Tahltan Highland which extends along the western side of the Stikine Plateau. Mount Edziza has an elevation of 2,786 metres (9,140 feet), making it the highest point of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex and one of the highest volcanoes in Canada. However, it had an elevation of at least 3,396 m (11,142 ft) before its formerly cone-shaped summit was likely destroyed by a violent eruption in the geologic past; its current flat summit contains an ice-filled, 2-kilometre-in diameter (1.2-mile) crater. The mountain contains several lava domes, cinder cones and lava fields on its flanks, as well as an ice cap containing several outlet glaciers which extend to lower elevations. All sides of Mount Edziza are drained by tributaries of Mess Creek and Kakiddi Creek which are situated within the Stikine River watershed. (Full article...)

Nonspecific date 7

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Master Juba

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Master Juba

Master Juba was an African-American dancer. He was one of the first black performers in the United States to play onstage for white audiences and the only one of the era to tour with a white minstrel group. He began his career in Manhattan's Five Points neighborhood and moved to minstrel shows in the mid-1840s. His act featured a sequence where he imitated famous dancers, then closed by performing in his style. In 1848, he became a sensation in Britain for his dance style, but writers treated him as an exhibit on display. Juba's popularity faded and he died in 1852 or 1853, likely from overwork and malnutrition. He was largely forgotten by historians until a 1947 article by Marian Hannah Winter popularised his story. Juba's dancing style was percussive, varied in tempo and expressive. It likely incorporated European folk steps and African-derived steps used by plantation slaves. Juba was highly influential in the development of tap, jazz, and step dancing styles. (Full article...)

  • Commenting on its move to the "non-specific" category: I would prefer that this TFA nom either be accepted for February or rejected to be considered for a February in another year. I once made a non-specific nomination for anytime in a month (not this nomination) and instead the co-ords scheduled it for the subsequent month, which was counter to the purpose of the nomination. Z1720 (talk) 00:06, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nonspecific date 8

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Black American Sign Language

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Fingerspelling of BASL
Fingerspelling of BASL

Black American Sign Language (BASL) is a dialect of American Sign Language (ASL) used most commonly by deaf Black Americans in the United States. The divergence from ASL was influenced by the segregation of schools in the American South based on race, creating a language community among Black deaf signers at black schools. As of the mid 2010s, BASL is used by signers in the South despite public schools having been desegregated since 1954. BASL differs from other varieties of ASL in its phonology, syntax, and vocabulary. BASL tends to have a larger signing space, and some signs are produced further away from the body than in other dialects. Signers of BASL also tend to prefer two-handed variants of signs, and some signs differ from other dialects because they borrow from African-American English. Younger signers are more likely to have a positive perception of the dialect, as they are less likely to be influenced by perceptions that segregated schools imprinted upon the dialects. (Full article...)

@Z1720: - I ran RefCheck tool and it shows two minor issues: (1) inconsistent "location" field in sorucese (half use it; half do not. Should be all or none); and (2) This source is not utitlized, so should be in "Further Reading" (or deleted): Lucas, Ceil; Bayley, Robert; Valli, Clayton (2001), Sociolinguistic Variation in ... Noleander (talk) 23:37, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Noleander: I think I resolved both concerns above. Z1720 (talk) 23:42, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - Very relevant to Black History Month. Noleander (talk) 23:37, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Commenting on its move to the "non-specific" category: I would prefer that this TFA nom either be accepted for February or rejected to be considered for a February in another year. I once made a non-specific nomination for anytime in a month (not this nomination) and instead, the co-ords scheduled it for the subsequent month, which was counter to the purpose of the nomination. Z1720 (talk) 00:07, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nonspecific date 9

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Shigi Qutuqu

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Shigi Qutuqu c. 1178–1260) was a high-ranking official during the early decades of the Mongol Empire. The adopted son of the empire's founder Temüjin (later entitled Genghis Khan) and his wife Börte, Shigi Qutuqu played an important role in the codification of Mongol law, serving with distinction as an administrator in North China. The foundling was brought up in Temüjin's household and was one of the first Mongols to become literate. The Secret History exaggerates his role in the years after the empire's foundation, but Shigi Qutuqu was nevertheless appointed to several high-ranking legal positions, in which he served during the Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty. He was the commander during the only Mongol defeat of the western campaign against Khwarazmia, being overcome by Jalal al-Din at the 1221 Battle of Parwan. Shigi Qutuqu continued his career as an official during the reign of his adopted brother Ögedei Khan, Genghis's successor. (Full article...)

Nonspecific date 10

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Specific date nominations

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February 3

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Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz

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FriedrichWilhelmvonSeydlitz

Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz (3 February 1721 – 8 November 1773 was a Prussian officer, lieutenant general, and among the greatest of the Prussian cavalry generals. He commanded one of the first Hussar squadrons of Frederick the Great's army and is credited with the development of the Prussian cavalry to its efficient level of performance in the Seven Years' War. His cavalryman father retired and then died while Seydlitz was still young. Subsequently, he was mentored by Margrave Frederick William of Brandenburg-Schwedt. Seydlitz's superb horsemanship and his recklessness combined to make him a stand-out subaltern, and he emerged as a redoubtable Rittmeister (cavalry captain) in the War of Austrian Succession (1740–1748) during the First and Second Silesian wars. Seydlitz became legendary throughout the Prussian Army both for his leadership and for his reckless courage. During the Seven Years' War, he gained renown for his ability to quickly assess the entire battlefield. (Full article...)

@MisawaSakura: The consensus to request articles on anniversaries seems to go back several years, with editors making specific date requests in 2006 and an extensive conversation about date requests in 2007, where consensus was against removing date requests. I couldn't find a discussion afterwards that established a consensus against prioritising specific date nominations. If you or other editors think this consensus is different, I recommend opening a discussion on WT:TFA.
I agree that some categories at WP:FANMP are over-represented and need to run more often, but specific date nominations did not cause this backlog. Rather, the backlog is because lots of articles on specific topics have been promoted to FA status, and the co-ords have been scheduling these topics every few months when specific date requests are not made. I make specific date nominations to give suggestions on how to run some of these large topic ares more often. By nominating articles on specific anniversaries, it helps answer the question "Why was this article chosen for this day?" especially when a topic is featured a lot. I tend to nominate for anniversaries on the 5- or 10- digit anniversary (5th, 10th, 15th, 20th, etc.) but if co-ords are interested I can suggest articles for other anniversaries.
Allan Walters is requested for Nov 2 and there are several other military history articles requested for other November dates. To avoid editor comments that TFA is favouring military history, I recommend that this not be scheduled for November if the other requested articles are scheduled, and reconsider this for December or another later month. Z1720 (talk) 18:02, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This is why the TFA coordinators get "paid extra". I'm sticking to my view and agree with SchroCat--there's an overemphasis on dates. Whatever the coordinators come up with on this is fine with me. MisawaSakura (talk) 18:06, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

February 4

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Rosa Parks

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Parks in 1955
Parks in 1955

Rosa Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an American civil rights activist best known for her refusal to move from her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in defiance of Jim Crow racial segregation laws. When Parks was arrested in 1955, local leaders were searching for a person who would be a good legal test case against segregation. She was deemed a suitable candidate, and the Women's Political Council (WPC) organized a one-day bus boycott on the day of her trial. After Parks was found guilty of violating state law, the boycott was extended indefinitely, lasting for 381 days and finally concluding after segregation on buses was deemed unconstitutional in the court case Browder v. Gayle. Parks received many awards and honors, both throughout her life and posthumously. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, a Congressional Gold Medal, and was also the first Black American to be memorialized in the National Statuary Hall. (Full article...)

February 6

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Tara Lipinski

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Lipinski at the Sochi Olympics

Tara Lipinski is an American former competitive figure skater, actress, sports commentator, and documentary film producer. A former competitor in women's singles, she is the 1998 Olympic champion, the 1997 World champion, a two-time Champions Series Final champion (1997–1998) and the 1997 U.S. national champion. Until 2019, she was the youngest single skater to win a U.S. Nationals and the youngest to become an Olympic and World champion. She was the first woman to complete a triple loop-triple loop combination, her signature jump element, in competition. Starting in 1997, Lipinski had a rivalry with fellow skater Michelle Kwan, which was played up by the American press, and culminated when Lipinski won the gold medal at the 1998 Olympics in Nagano. She retired from competitive figure skating in 1998. Lipinski, along with sports commentator Terry Gannon and fellow figure skater and good friend Johnny Weir, became NBC's primary figure skating commentators in 2014. (Full article...)

February 9

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Mud March (suffragists)

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Poster advertising the march
Poster advertising the march

The Mud March, or United Procession of Women, was a peaceful demonstration in London on 9 February 1907 organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS), in which more than three thousand women marched from Hyde Park Corner to the Strand in support of women's suffrage. Women from all classes participated in the largest public demonstration supporting women's suffrage seen up to that date. It acquired the name "Mud March" from the day's weather; incessant heavy rain left the marchers drenched and mud-spattered. The NUWSS and other groups organised the march to coincide with the opening of Parliament. The event attracted much public interest and broadly sympathetic press coverage, but when the bill was presented the following month, it was "talked out" without a vote. The march had a considerable impact on public awareness and on the movement's future tactics. Large peaceful public demonstrations, never previously attempted, became standard features of the suffrage campaign. (Full article...)

February 10

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St Scholastica Day riot

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St Scholastica Day riot

The St Scholastica Day riot took place in Oxford, England, on 10 February 1355. The disturbance began when two students from the University of Oxford complained about the quality of wine served to them in a tavern; the argument quickly escalated to a fight and the resulting mêlée turned into a riot. The violence continued over three days, with armed gangs entering the town from the countryside to assist the townspeople. University halls and students' accommodation were raided and the inhabitants murdered. Around 20 townsfolk were killed, as were up to 63 members of the university. King Edward III sent judges to the town determine culpability. He came down on the side of the university, who were given additional powers to the disadvantage of the town's authorities. In 1955—the riot's 600th anniversary—in an act of conciliation the city's mayor was given an honorary degree, while the university's vice-chancellor was made an honorary freeman of the city. (Full article...)

February 11

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Adolfo Farsari

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Three yuujo on veranda by Adolfo Farsari

Adolfo Farsari (1841–1898) was an Italian photographer based in Yokohama, Japan. Following a brief military career, including service in the American Civil War, he became a successful entrepreneur and commercial photographer. His photographic work was highly regarded, particularly his hand-coloured portraits and landscapes, which he sold mostly to foreign residents and visitors to the country. Farsari's images were widely distributed, presented or mentioned in books and periodicals, and sometimes recreated by artists in other media; they shaped foreign perceptions of the people and places of Japan and to some degree affected how Japanese saw themselves and their country. His studio – the last notable foreign-owned studio in Japan – was one of the country's largest and most prolific commercial photographic firms. Largely due to Farsari's exacting technical standards and his entrepreneurial abilities it had a significant influence on the development of photography in Japan. (Full article...)

  • Most recent similar article(s): nothing found
  • Main editors: Hoary
  • Promoted: Jan 31, 2007
  • Reasons for nomination: 185th birthday, unique topic, prev TFA Jan 25, 2009
  • Support as nominator. MisawaSakura (talk) 22:41, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Coordinator comment: I am reluctant to allocate one of the limited TFA slots to an FA which has already had its day here, unless there is a pressing reason such as a very important anniversary, overwhelming demand from the community, it is on an important topic, it represents something we struggle to find first-time TFAs for. None of these seem to apply to this. It may run, but frankly it is currently at the back of the queue. Gog the Mild (talk) 19:44, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

February 14

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James Cook

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James Cook

Captain James Cook was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer, and cartographer who led three voyages of exploration to the Pacific and Southern Oceans between 1768 and 1779. During these voyages he sailed tens of thousands of miles across largely uncharted areas, mapping coastlines, islands, and features across the globe. He completed the first known circumnavigation of the main islands of New Zealand, and led the first recorded visit by Europeans to the east coast of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands. Renowned for exceptional seamanship and courage in times of danger, he was also a pioneer in the prevention of scurvy. In his three Pacific voyages, Cook encountered numerous indigenous peoples, many with little or no previous contact with Europeans, leading to violent encounters in which indigenous peoples and Cook's crew members were killed. In Hawaii in 1779, Cook was killed when a dispute with Native Hawaiians turned violent. (Full article...)

I'm pretty up in years, and wouldn't mind seeing it on the front page before ...  :-) But I'll defer to the consensus of the community. Noleander (talk) 00:04, 6 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I too don't think it has to wait that long. The article was recently promoted, so it makes sense to feature it at the next suitable opportunity rather than wait some years more. Gawaon (talk) 02:55, 6 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

February 19

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Mindful (song)

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K. Michelle in 2019
K. Michelle in 2019

"Mindful" is a hip-hop and R&B song by American singer K. Michelle from her third studio album More Issues Than Vogue (2016). T-Pain wrote and produced the song. Footage of Michelle recording the song was used in an episode of her reality television series K. Michelle: My Life. Atlantic Records released as the album's third single on February 19, 2016. Throughout the track, Michelle raps the lyrics and warns critics to be "mindful" of her. Some reviewers noted that its uptempo production differed from Michelle's previous singles, and she stated that it was one of the first times she recorded a more light-hearted song. Critics praised Michelle's rapping on "Mindful" and called it a highlight of her singles. The song's music video, released on March 10, 2016, portrays Michelle arguing with women in a trailer park. In their coverage of the video, reviewers described it as colorful. Michelle further promoted "Mindful" through live performances. (Full article...)

February 20

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Zhang Jingsheng

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Zhang Jingsheng, c. 1920
Zhang Jingsheng, c. 1920

Zhang Jingsheng (20 February 1888 – 18 June 1970) was a Chinese philosopher and sexologist. Born to merchants in Guangzhou, he became a militant supporter of the Tongmenghui revolutionaries. After he was expelled from school, he entered Peking University and became an advocate for European ideas of social Darwinism, scientific racism, and eugenics. He changed his personal name to Jingsheng, "competition for survival”. After the 1911 Revolution, he went to France to study philosophy, receiving his doctorate in 1919. He soon became a professor at Peking, publishing two books advocating for a utopian society arranged around aesthetics. In 1926, he published the sexology text ‘’Sex Histories’'. He was ridiculed by the Chinese media and academia for this book, and tabloids gave him the mocking nickname Dr. Sex (性博士; Xìng Bóshì). After an unsuccessful bookstore venture in Shanghai, he returned home and worked in obscurity. He was persecuted by the Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution and died while in confinement. (Full article...)

February 24

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Kent Haruf

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Alan Kent Haruf was an American writer born and raised in Colorado. He wrote six novels and several short stories set on the High Plains. After completing his undergraduate degree in English at Nebraska Wesleyan, Haruf enrolled in the Peace Corps and performed work in lieu of military service before receiving a master's degree from the University of Iowa. He initially struggled to establish a career as a writer. Haruf spent years teaching English at a high school and at universities. His writing was first published in 1984 when he was 41. Commercial success eluded him until the publication of Plainsong in 1999, which became a bestseller. Throughout Haruf's career, critics praised his spare and elegant prose, authentic portrayals of rural life, and attention to the beauty found in ordinary things, although he was occasionally criticized for redundancy. A Colorado magazine, 5280, wrote that Haruf is "widely considered Colorado's finest novelist", and the Dublin Review of Books called his work "both uniquely American and profoundly universal". (Full article...)

February 28

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Hume MRT station

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Station exit building
Station exit building

Hume MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Downtown Line (DTL) in Singapore. Featuring a colour scheme of green, yellow, and white, the station has two exits and serves landmarks such as Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, the Rail Corridor and the Former Ford Factory, the latter of which is depicted in the Art-in-Transit artwork Continuity. The station was initially built with structural provisions only due to lack of projected ridership, with works completed in 2014. Following petitions by nearby residents to improve connectivity around the area, the government announced the start of construction of the remaining facilities in March 2019. Fitting-out works began in February 2021, and the station opened on 28 February 2025, ahead of the original deadline of the second quarter of the same year. It was the first underground infill station on the Singapore MRT network. (Full article...)

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