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The ''']''' was a land battle of the ] of World War II between ] and ] (mainly ]) ground forces. The battle took place September 12&ndash;14, 1942 on ] in the ], and was the second of three separate major Japanese ground offensives during the ]. In the battle, U.S. Marines, under the overall command of U.S. ] ], repulsed an attack by the Japanese ], under the command of Japanese Major General ]. The Marines were defending the Lunga perimeter that guarded ] on Guadalcanal, which was captured from the Japanese by the Allies in landings on Guadalcanal on August 7, 1942. Kawaguchi's unit was sent to Guadalcanal in response to the Allied landings with the mission of recapturing the airfield and driving the Allied forces from the island. The main Japanese assault occurred around Lunga ridge south of Henderson Field that was manned by troops from several U.S. Marine Corps units, primarily troops from the ] and ] ]s under U.S. Marine Corps ] ]. Although the Marine defenses were almost overrun, Kawaguchi's attack was ultimately defeated with heavy losses for the Japanese attackers. (''']...''')
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* Not sure on the points (2-3?), but this battle was one of the key land battles of the first year of the ] of World War II. ] (]) 23:55, 2 August 2009 (UTC)


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*'''Support''' The point total, I believe, is '''3''': 1 point for date and 2 because the article was promoted more than 2 years ago. ] (]) 00:12, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
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::'''Comment''' points look good unless we get another battle in here in the intervening time. Happens.--] (]) 04:15, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
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*'''Support'''. Fascinating story. Date connection is good. -] (]) 17:55, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
*'''Support''' ''']'''] 11:11, 26 August 2009 (UTC)


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The ''']''' is an ] and a fundamental constituent of ]. Quarks combine to form ]s called ]s, the best-known of which are ]s (pictured) and ]s, the components of ]. Due to a phenomenon known as '']'', quarks are never found in isolation; they can only be found within hadrons. For this reason, much of what is known about quarks has been drawn from observations of the hadrons themselves. There are six different types of quarks, known as '']s'': ], ], ], ], ], and ]. Up and down quarks are generally stable and the most common in the universe, whereas charm, strange, top, and bottom quarks can only be produced in ] collisions (such as those involving ]s and in ]s). Quarks are the only elementary particles in the ] of ] to experience all four ]s (], ], ], and ]). For every quark flavor there is a corresponding type of ], known as ''antiquark'', that differs from the quark only in that some of its properties have ]. The ] was independently proposed by physicists ] and ] in 1964. When quarks were introduced, there was little evidence for their physical existence. Today, all six flavors of quark have since been observed in accelerator experiments; the top quark, first observed at ] in 1995, was the last to be discovered. (]) </div>


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'''7 Points''':
*1 : Date, ]'s 80th birthday ] ]
*2 : Vital article. It is not listed amongst them however, but ]s are at the ''very least'' as important as neutrinos, which are listed, and probably much more so since neutrinos have pretty much no effect in everyday life while quarks are the building blocks of atoms. The vital article list should probably be updated accordingly, but I don't know the procedure.
*1: I never had a TFA and I'm a major contributor
*1: Subject is ''severely'' under-represented in FA, nearly all of the Phys & Astro are astronomy-related.
*2: Nothing in particle physics has ever been a TFA (well there was ] back in July 2008, but saying this is particle physics is a strech)
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:That's ''two'' points for the birthday, since it's a decennial anniversary. --<span style="color: #4B61D1; font-family: monospace; border: thin solid">]A.&nbsp;di&nbsp;M.</span> 21:01, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
::I think that's stretching it since it's not the x10th anniversary of quarks as a concept, but rather one of their inventor's. I'd perhaps tone it down to a 0.5 since the connection is not direct. ]&nbsp;{<sup>]</sup><sub style="margin-left:-4.0ex;">]</sub>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;]} 22:34, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
*'''Invalid''' - I don't think this is applicable to be requested yet because of the instructions here: ]: "Currently accepting requests from August 19 to September 18 (only up to September 8 if the entry would have five or more points)." -''']'''<sub>]</sub> 23:36, 15 August 2009 (UTC)


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:Ah, I didn't know there were different deadlines for different points. That's weird. What should I do? Withdraw and repost in 7 days?]&nbsp;{<sup>]</sup><sub style="margin-left:-4.0ex;">]</sub>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;]} 23:38, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
::I think that would be the best course of action. This would allow others to submit nominations, too. ] (]) 01:27, 16 August 2009 (UTC)


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:::I don't get how this prevents anyone from submitting anything. It's not like space is limited. But I'll removed it for now. ]&nbsp;{<sup>]</sup><sub style="margin-left:-4.0ex;">]</sub>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;]} 02:52, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
(unindent) Restoring nomination as it was on August 16. ]&nbsp;{<sup>]</sup><sub style="margin-left:-4.0ex;">]</sub>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;]} 05:45, 25 August 2009 (UTC)


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'''Four points''' It may be qualified to be a vital article. It is not a vital article, though, and that's how we determine it. Additionally, there are more than fifty articles in its category at ]. Suggest you apply for it to become a vital article, if you want more points.--] (]) 09:10, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
:The ] page mysteriously lumps astronomy and physics. A more accurate indicator is that ] has a total of 37 FA's for 14,000+ articles, putting it at about 1 in 500 which is twice as much as the WP overall average. Based on that you can't really say it is underrepresented. (] (]) 10:34, 25 August 2009 (UTC))
::Yes, because we tag some meteorology and some astronomy articles. Keep those out and you dwindle to roughly 10. Atom, Atomic line filter, Equipartition theorem, General relativity, Introduction to general relativity, George Koval, Photon, Quark, Louis Slotin, and Edward Teller, although you ''could'' add Big Bang, Gamma-ray burst and Redshift for a total of 13. ]&nbsp;{<sup>]</sup><sub style="margin-left:-4.0ex;">]</sub>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;]} 14:59, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
*'''Support''' Top-importance article at WP physics, that recently attained FA. Gell-Mann's anniversary is very good occasion for this TFA. (] (]) 10:34, 25 August 2009 (UTC))
*'''Support''' Four points or seven points, this is an important article that deserves to be featured on the main page. Four-pointers usually don't get replaced anyway. ] (]) 12:38, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
*'''Comment''' Possibly this will be the only time in TFA/R history that we have two articles involving guys named Murray. Is ] next?--] (]) 20:38, 25 August 2009 (UTC)


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I'm only seeing three points here; can someone please review and explain? I see two on anniversary, and one on nominator. The other arguments are invalid if I'm reading them correctly. ] (]) 22:39, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
::I get four. One date connection (we determined that you can only get multiple points on that if it is the anniversary of the subject of the article), one no prior TFA Headbomb, two nothing similar six months.--] (]) 22:42, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
::: Thanks ! ] (]) 23:01, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
*'''Support''' - Four points. ''']'''] 11:11, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
*'''Support''' The hard sciences need exposure on the main page.--] <small>(]/]/]/]/]) </small> 15:23, 26 August 2009 (UTC)


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''']''' was marked by great intelligence and an eagerness for learning. Born in ], ], on 18&nbsp;September 1709, the sickly infant who grew up to become "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history", soon began to exhibit the ]s that would colour how others viewed him in his later years. His early life was dominated by his family's financial strain and his abortive efforts to establish himself as a school teacher. Johnson spent a year studying at ], but was unable to continue his education there because of his lack of financial support. He tried to find employment as a teacher, but found it impossible to secure a long-term position. In 1735 he married ], a widow 20&nbsp;years his senior. The responsibilities of marriage made Johnson determined to succeed as an educator, and encouraged him to establish his own school. The venture was unsuccessful however, and so he decided to leave his wife behind in Lichfield and move to London, where he spent the rest of his life, and where his literary career began. Working initially as a minor ] ], he started to write essays for '']'', and authored the '']''—his first successful literary biography—the powerful poem '']'', an 18th-century version of '']'', and the unsuccessful tragic drama '']'', not produced until 1749.(].) </div>
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300th anniversary of birth, <s>6 points according to someone</s> ''' four points'''. ] (]) 04:11, 25 August 2009 (UTC)


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'''Four points''' It was me who said that, and I said subject to Raul's scheduling. It loses two to ], August 26. An author is an author, me fears. I'll try to write up a blurb for this later.--] (]) 09:16, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
:I would say that he is more of a biographer and literary critic than an "author" in the sense that Natalie Clifford Barney is one. Plus, she is a feminist American female while Johnson is a traditional British male from 200 years before. Also, this article is about a childhood and development than a full on biography. The emphasis on education should go to help make it different. I'm just saying. ;/ ] (]) 03:04, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
::By the way, if I would have nominated the page would that have given it another point? :) ] (]) 03:09, 26 August 2009 (UTC)


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*'''Support''' regardless of points; the anniversary is too good to pass up. <font color="navy">''']</font>''' ''(<font color="green">]</font>)'' 03:10, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
*'''Support''' - Awesome, a tricentennial! ''']'''] 11:12, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
*'''Support''' - ] 12:50, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
*'''Comment''' shouldn't this blurb contain a link to the main bio?--] <small>(]/]/]/]/]) </small> 15:26, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
*'''Oppose''' As much as I like this article, the main bio was just on the main page about six months ago. I think this makes me the first oppose since we added the counts to the chart.--] <small>(]/]/]/]/]) </small> 15:26, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
*:The main bio appeared in January (which would make it 9 months) and it was not requested to be put there (Raul just selected it on his own). Plus, most of the early life and childhood was removed from the main article with an emphasis on the much, much older Johnson. This one focuses on the event that will be celebrated (his 300th). There will be world wide celebrations on the date, and if Misplaced Pages is the only group not putting up something big on it, then, well, that will be a loss to our reputation. ] (]) 19:21, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
*::This is August, so January is seven months ago. I still kind of opppose. How many people have had two different articles about them appear at ].--] <small>(]/]/]/]/]) </small> 23:34, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
*:::How many extremely important people within the English language have a 300th birthday party that will be celebrated by hundreds of universities on the day? Johnson is the third most written about English author following Shakespeare and Milton (Joyce is in there too, and 2-4 go back and forth). There are hundreds of articles and books written on him or aspects of his life per year. ] (]) 00:36, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
*::::Yes he is important. My question is how many people have been on the main page twice. Of all the people who have appeared on the main page, is he that important relatively? I think Obama has been on twice, but I am not sure about anyone else.--] <small>(]/]/]/]/]) </small> 02:21, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
*::::: What a strange discussion (Ottava, pls don't bite ? :) IF you'd like examples, just browse ]. Consider, for example, ], ] and ]. Three TFAs about saffron, but we can't have two about a literary giant? The argument, taken to a logical conclusion, isn't in favor of editors working towards featured topics; that is a very strange argument to make. ] (]) 02:28, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
*::::::You raise a good point about co-topical subjects that I have put up for more general discussion on the talk page.--] <small>(]/]/]/]/]) </small> 13:56, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
*'''Oppose'''. How many people speaking the English language do you think knows or cares about Johnson? (I do not personally think it is very many.) &mdash;] (]) 01:24, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
**As odd as this argument sounds to the intelligentsia, many do not know this man. I took ] in high school and studied liberal arts at ] and got scolded badly for trying to move ] to ] because I had never heard of the guy. I can not oppose a TFA because I have never heard of someone, however. If I did, I would be opposing a lot of nominations. I do stand by my reason for my oppose however.--] <small>(]/]/]/]/]) </small> 02:18, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
*'''Support'''. 300th year anniversary of birth is a significant anniversary. Plus, this article is about his early life so his birthdate is relevant to the article. ] (]) 01:52, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
*'''Support''', but a rewrite of the lead/blurb would help. To say that his early life began with his birth is a little odd. :) And there's repetition. Within the first three sentences: '''early''' life began with his birth; sickly infant who '''early''' on; '''early''' years dominated by etc. A copy edit for flow would be nice. <font color="green">]</font> <small><sup><font color="red">]</font><font color="pink">]</font></sup></small> 01:59, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
::My fault, I fear. The nominator didn't write a blurb so I took a shot at it, and it's my thought that the blurb should alway start with the name of the article, or at least do so following some initial words like "The". Feel free to take your own shots at it.--] (]) 02:06, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
::: And I'm sorry for dropping that ball ... I got roped into this nomination ... (and I do '''Support''' it btw, what strange opposes) ... but I'm pretty sure the blurb is too long? I agree it needs some tweaking ... I've never written blurbs before. ] (]) 02:10, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
*'''Support''' ] (]) 03:13, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
*'''Support''' per why not? But seriously, 300th anniversary that will be picked up by most major universities and colleges. We would need stuff like this to become more respected in the academic community. ] (]) 12:54, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
:Good point, Ottava. Along those same lines, I hope we see ] as the FA of the day sometime soon, or ] or...(you get my drift). ] (]) 15:08, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
::I personally delisted Wilde during GA sweeps. Emerson is still B-Class. I have heard of him. He is one of my five or so favorite writers.--] <small>(]/]/]/]/]) </small> 15:23, 27 August 2009 (UTC)


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*3 points (14th anniversary and it was promoted in November 2006)--] <small>(]/]/]/]/]) </small> 13:56, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
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***As of right now, doesn't gain or lose any points. Last religious leader was ], July 10. Points look good.--] (]) 14:03, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
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*'''Support''' - fascinating article, but I'm speechless - just about anything I could say about the subject would offend somebody. ] (]) 21:56, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

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* Four points: 3rd anniversary, my first nom, no similar article in six months. I have commented out another entry of 3 points per my understanding of the above instructions; my apologies if I have misunderstood the procedure. As a note, to the best of my knowledge, this is the first ever featured ''civil aviation accident'' on Misplaced Pages. The 9/11 events are generally classified as "hijacking", not as "accident", e.g. . ] (]) 15:37, 27 August 2009 (UTC)


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''']''' (1909–1974) was an American ], government official, ], and close associate and friend of ] ] during much of the 37th President's political career. Nixon retained Chotiner as a ] to ] in 1946. In an era when the perceived threat of ] was a major domestic issue, Chotiner advised the future president to link his ] opponent, Representative ], to a political organization which was believed to be communist-dominated. Nixon was elected, and hired the attorney to run his 1950 Senate campaign against Representative ]. In ], Chotiner used a similar strategy as in the race against Voorhis, stressing Douglas' liberal voting record (printed on ] to hint at communist sympathy). Congressman Nixon easily defeated Douglas, and Chotiner next managed Nixon's 1952 vice presidential campaign and counseled Nixon through allegations of ] and revelations that there was a privately-run fund to pay Nixon's political expenses—revelations that the candidate decisively overcame with his televised ].(].) </div>
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Six points centennial, I'll be conservative and say it loses two to Norman Birkett (fellow attorney, September 6 TFA). Four points.--] (]) 12:05, 24 August 2009 (UTC)


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*'''Support''' We seem to have a lot of centennials these days. ] (]) 12:38, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
*'''Support'''. We haven't seen a lot of articles about the behind-the-scenes political players, so this will be interesting. ] (]) 20:49, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
*'''Support''' - is this guy the zipper behind Tricky Dick? ] (]) 21:59, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
*'''Support'''—A skunk of the first stripe. Great article! ] (]) 21:04, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
*'''Image problem''': The source given for the image is http://www.nixonlibrary.gov/virtuallibrary/documents/donated/040270_chotiner.pdf - which has completely different (and far more believable) colours. I'd suggest the less-cropped image in the article be changed as well. This should be trivial to fix. ] <sup>'''''Over ]''' FCs served''</sup> 21:31, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
::I did it by photographing the printout. I don't know how to convert a .pdf into a .jpg, if anyone would like to do it and replace the large image (link in the article), please do it, then I will replace the photo in the blurb.--] (]) 22:26, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
:::I took a digital copy of the screen pdf (a screenshot) and replaced your photograph of the printout. Hope you don't mind! ] (]) 19:51, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
::::Oh, excellent, thank you, looks much better. I think you have to buy the upgraded version of Abode's software to have the capability. I've frankly been laughing about this blurb image for months, if it works right, we will have readers streaming into the article anxious to find out what Nixon and his guys were going to do to Johnny Cash!--] (]) 20:02, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
:::::Well, I didn't buy anything further than a computer and an internet service. I used a clunky old graphics editor that I got free and my computer's ]. ^_^ ] (]) 20:18, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
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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, Dank, 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 Misplaced Pages: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 when previewed is between 925 and 1025 characters including spaces, " (Full article...)" and the featured topic link if applicable. More characters may be used when no free-use image can be found. 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===
{{Misplaced Pages: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

Currently accepting requests from March 1 to March 31.

Date Article Notes Supports Opposes
Nonspecific 1 All-American Bitch 0 2
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Nonspecific 3 Leroy Chollet 100th birthday March 5. NAIA National Championship is March 20 to March 25. 1
Nonspecific 4 History of infant schools in Great Britain 1
Nonspecific 5
March 2 Hughie Ferguson 130th birthday 1
March 5 Rupert Downes 80th anniversary of death 1
March 6 Les Holden 130th birthday 1
March 8 Anna Filosofova IWD 1
March 10 Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number 10th anniversary of release 1
March 12 2020 Seattle Sounders FC season 5th anniversary of suspension 1
March 25 Flotilla (video game) 15th anniversary of release 1
March 30 Your Girl 20th anniversary of release 1

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

Nonspecific date nominations

Nonspecific date 1

All-American Bitch

Rodrigo performing "All-American Bitch"Rodrigo performing "All-American Bitch"

"All-American Bitch" is a song by American singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo from her second studio album, Guts. Lyrically, it is satire and explores Rodrigo's concerns about society's double standards and contradictory expectations for women. Rodrigo co-wrote the song with its producer, Dan Nigro, and believed it captured feelings she had repressed since the age of 15. It begins as a folk song and transitions into pop-punk during the chorus, incorporating influences of punk, rock, grunge, and pop rock. "All-American Bitch" was viewed as a successful opening track that appealed to Generation Z by music critics, who praised Rodrigo's vocals and the production. The song reached number 13 in the US and the top 10 in Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand. Rodrigo performed it on Saturday Night Live, where she stabbed a red-colored cake at a tea party and splattered it on her face; the performance received positive reviews. She also included the song on the set list of the 2024–2025 Guts World Tour. (Full article...)

Coordinator comment I confess to feeling a bit dubious about this one because of the name. If I am to run it, I'd like to see a strong consensus. Wehwalt (talk) 17:40, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
While this is a fine article for some other day, I am not comfortable with the song article for that particular day. I remember that SusunW had a suggestion closer related to women's rights and international relevance. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:12, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
How about this song for 20 February, the singer's birthday, NØ, Gog the Mild? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:15, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
MF has just pulled it from a February slot, but - right now - I could reinstate it on the 20th. Gog the Mild (talk) 11:36, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
I will let you three take a call. I mean, it doesn't necessarily need to go on on a special occasion since the last Rodrigo TFA was a long long time ago. WP:TFAP for March looks largely empty, so I am fine with it getting the day prior to Women's Day.--NØ 11:49, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
I think a similar objection would attend running it on March 7 or 9, given time zones. I can offer another March date if February 20 is no good.--Wehwalt (talk) 14:39, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
Based on my understanding, Gerda Arendt just prefers the article SusunW had suggested for IWD. It is not because of an issue with the song title being inappropriate for the occasion. This is a feminist song, so that would not make sense imo.--NØ 14:51, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
It may be "a feminist song", but there are plenty of women who feel uncomfortable with the label "bitch", given how often it is used as an insult. - SchroCat (talk) 08:38, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
The line in the song is "I'm a perfect all-American bitch" and it is clearly reclaimed and used in a positive context by Rodrigo, who is a woman herself. It would be an insult to the intelligence of our readers for us to assume they are going to be offended by it. Anyways, I will take Wehwalt up on the offer of a random March date and withdraw this. Please close it. Thanks.--NØ 09:48, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
I'll leave it open on a non-specific date so I know where to find it. Further comments are welcome, and what is the article that SusunW thinks would be good for March 8? I'm starting to put together the March schedule.--Wehwalt (talk) 14:56, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
No-one is insulting anyone's intelligence. It's a contentious term, end of story. Same way that other terms that have been reclaimed by a group or community are still offensive to many while being acceptable to others. It doesn't matter if this is claimed to be "a feminist song" or not: some people will be offended that we've decided to mark International Women's Day by using an article whose title includes the word "bitch", however supposedly positive the message behind it.No problem running it on another day in the month, as long as it's a few days away from the 8th. - SchroCat (talk) 15:10, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
I am not sure what putting it in direct quotes again and again is supposed to accomplish, but this is most certainly a feminist song. I only emphasize this so no one misunderstands my initial intentions in nominating it for IWD. Another date in March sounds good to me, though, Schro.--NØ 16:08, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
I put it in quotes because I was quoting your words. - SchroCat (talk) 16:12, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
What article is that?--Wehwalt (talk) 20:26, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
Coordinator comment Right now I'm planning on running this on March 3 (subject to change) and Sally Ride on March 8.--Wehwalt (talk) 21:02, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

Nonspecific date 2

Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey (born 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. She rose to fame in 1990 with her self-titled debut album and has released fifteen studio albums, most recently Caution (2018). Known for her five-octave vocal range and signature use of the whistle register, she has been dubbed the "Songbird Supreme" by the Guinness World Records. Carey is one of the best-selling music artists, with over 220 million units sold worldwide, and holds the record for the most number-one singles on the US Billboard Hot 100 by a solo artist. In addition, her singles have spent a record 97 weeks on the chart, and Carey is the only artist to have their first five singles reach number one on the chart. The recipient of various accolades, she has been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress. Rolling Stone ranked her as the fifth greatest singer of all time in 2023. (Full article...)

  • March 15, 2025 - 20th anniversary of the release of her 2005 single "We Belong Together"
  • June 12, 2025 - 35th anniversary of her musical debut with her 1990 album Mariah Carey
  • September 26, 2025 - 30th anniversary of the release of her 1995 album Daydream
  • November 1, 2025 - Coinciding Carey's release of her "It's Time!" video, signaling the start of Christmas season
  • December 4, 2025 - 5th anniversary of the recording of "Oh Santa!", which also features Jennifer Hudson and Ariana Grande
Note: April 12, 2025 (20th anniversary of The Emancipation of Mimi) was not included to avoid conflict with a potentially scheduled article (Dolly de Leon) for TFA, as seen on WP:TFAP. Kindly vote below this line on when you want this page to appear. Thank you. ScarletViolet tc 12:20, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
  • Support putting this on the main page feels safer after its FAR. I personally have another idea for a day: March 27, 2025 because that will be her 56th birthday. If this day isn't feasible, then my second choice would be the 15th for the anniversary of "We Belong Together". SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 13:01, 3 January 2025 (UTC)


Nonspecific date 3

Leroy Chollet

Leroy Chollet

Leroy Chollet (March 5, 1925 – June 10, 1998) was an American professional basketball player. Chollet enrolled at Loyola University New Orleans and led the Loyola Wolf Pack to their first championship, but Louisiana schools were segregated. Chollet had an African American great-grandparent, and when this was revealed, he was pressured into leaving Loyola. He moved to New York and played three seasons for Canisius College. Chollet played for several professional teams, including the Syracuse Nationals. During the inaugural season of the National Basketball Association (NBA), Syracuse made it to the 1950 NBA Finals. An ankle injury limited Chollet's second year in the NBA. He married Barbara Knaus, and, after retiring from professional basketball in 1952, he moved to her hometown, Lakewood, Ohio. They had three children: Lawrence, Melanie, and David. In Lakewood, Chollet worked on the construction of St. Edward High School and became a teacher and varsity head coach. (Full article...)

  • Most recent similar article(s):
  • Main editors: Rjjiii
  • Promoted: 29 October 2024
  • Reasons for nomination: This is my first TFA, so let me know if I'm skipping anything. I see a lot of biographies are posted on a relevant date. Leroy Chollet was born March 5, married in June, and won the NAIA National Championship which this year will be from March 20 to March 25. I don't have a strong preference on date if those don't work or if a TFA is needed sooner.
  • Support as nominator. Rjj (talk) 01:58, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
March 5, 2025 would be the Centenary of his birth. That could work as a date. Harizotoh9 (talk) 19:02, 30 December 2024 (UTC)

Nonspecific date 4

History of infant schools in Great Britain

Which is your Right Hand?, illustration of an unidentified infant class, drawn by Paul Renouard  and published in The Graphic (1898)Which is your Right Hand?, illustration of an unidentified infant class, drawn by Paul Renouard  and published in The Graphic (1898)

The history of infant schools in Great Britain began in 1816, when the first infant school was founded in New Lanark, Scotland. It was followed by other philanthropic infant schools across Great Britain. A theory of infant teaching developed which included moral education, physical exercise and an authoritative but friendly teacher. Infant schools served to maximise the education children could receive before they left school to start work and were valued by parents as a form of childcare. State-funded schools in England and Wales were advised in 1840 to include infant departments within their grounds. Infant education came under pressure to achieve quick academic progress in children and shifted towards rote learning. Beginning in 1905, infant lessons in England and Wales shifted towards more child-centred methods of teaching, where education was meant to reflect the preferences of children. The child-centred approach reached its peak following a report in 1967. In 1988, a more centralised curriculum was introduced. The term "infant department" for the early years at school was used widely in Scotland in the 1960s but is no longer generally used there. (Full article...)

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Specific date nominations

March 2

Hughie Ferguson

Hughie Ferguson

Hughie Ferguson (2 March 1895 – 8 January 1930) was a professional footballer. He was one of Scotland's most sought-after young players before signing for Motherwell F.C. to begin his professional career. He played as a centre forward and finished as the top goalscorer in the Scottish Football League on three occasions. His 284 league goals remains a club record and, by 1925, he was the highest-scoring player in the history of the Scottish League. In 1925, Ferguson moved to Cardiff City F.C.; he was the club's top goalscorer for four consecutive seasons. He scored the winning goal in the 1927 FA Cup final and scored in the 1927 FA Charity Shield. Ferguson returned to Scotland with Dundee F.C. in 1929, but struggled to reproduce his goalscoring form. Six months after his arrival, he lost his place in the team and committed suicide. He is one of only seven men in the history of the English and Scottish Football Leagues to have scored 350 league goals. (Full article...)

March 5

Rupert Downes

Rupert Downes

Rupert Downes (10 February 1885 – 5 March 1945) was an Australian soldier, surgeon and historian. He joined the Army as a trumpeter while still at school. He attended the University of Melbourne, graduating with a Doctor of Medicine degree in 1911, and was commissioned as a captain in the Australian Army Medical Corps. During the First World War he served with the First Australian Imperial Force in the Gallipoli and the Sinai and Palestine campaigns. After the war, he wrote the section on Sinai and Palestine for the Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918. He was a surgeon at the Royal Children's Hospital and president of the St John Ambulance Brigade. In 1934, he became Director General of Medical Services, the Australian Army's most senior medical officer. He accepted a commission to edit the medical volumes of the Official History of Australia in the War of 1939–1945 but he was killed in a plane crash before he could begin. (Full article...)

March 6

Les Holden

Les Holden

Les Holden (6 March 1895 – 18 September 1932) was a fighter ace of World War I. He joined the Australian Light Horse in May 1915, serving in Egypt and France. In December 1916 he volunteered for the Australian Flying Corps and qualified as a pilot. As a member of No. 2 Squadron he gained the sobriquets "Lucky Les" and "the homing pigeon" after a series of incidents where he limped back to base in bullet-riddled aircraft. He was awarded the Military Cross, achieved five aerial victories, and finished the war as an instructor with No. 6 (Training) Squadron in England, earning the Air Force Cross. After leaving the Australian Flying Corps in 1919, he became a manager at Holden's Motor Body Builders. He joined the part-time Citizen Air Force before establishing an air service as a commercial pilot. In 1929, he located Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm in the north-west Australian desert after the pair were reported missing. He was killed in a passenger plane crash in Australia. (Full article...)

March 8

Anna Filosofova

1876 portrait of Filosofova1876 portrait of Filosofova

Anna Filosofova (1837–1912) was a Russian feminist of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Born into a noble family, she married Vladimir Filosofov at a young age; they had six children. Initially concerned with the plight of serfs, Filosofova became a feminist in the late 1850s, educated in the salon of Maria Trubnikova. Alongside Trubnikova and Nadezhda Stasova, Filosofova was an early leader of the Russian women's movement; the three friends were called the "triumvirate". They founded and led several organizations designed to promote women's cultural and economic independence, such as a publishing house and a women's shelter. The trio pressured government officials to permit higher education for women, resulting in the eventual creation of the Bestuzhev Courses. From 1879 to 1881, Filosofova was exiled, suspected of revolutionary sympathies. In later life, she participated in the Russian Revolution of 1905 and chaired the first Russian women's congress in 1908, becoming a revered feminist figure. (Full article...)

March 10

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number

The game's designer and programmer Jonatan Söderström at the Game Developers Conference in 2010The game's designer and programmer Jonatan Söderström at the Game Developers Conference in 2010

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is a 2015 top-down shooter game developed by Dennaton Games and published by Devolver Digital. A sequel to Hotline Miami, it focuses on the prelude and aftermath of that game's protagonist's actions against the Russian mafia in Miami. The player takes on the role of several characters throughout the game, witnessing the game's events from their perspectives. In each level of the game, the player is tasked with defeating every enemy through any means possible. The game was released on 10 March 2015 for Linux, OS X, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and Windows. The game received positive reviews, with critics praising the soundtrack, though had divisive thoughts on its gameplay, level design and narrative. The game featured a scene depicting sexual assault, which triggered a mostly negative response from media outlets and led to the game being refused classification in Australia. (Full article...)

March 12

2020 Seattle Sounders FC season

The 2020 season for Seattle Sounders FC was their twelfth in Major League Soccer (MLS), the top flight of professional club soccer in the United States. It was the 37th season played by a professional team bearing the Sounders name. Seattle were the reigning MLS Cup champions and were expected to play 34 matches during the regular season, which began on March 1. The regular season was suspended on March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which had already caused reduced attendance at an earlier match. MLS play returned with a special tournament in July hosted at a bubble site; teams then hosted matches behind closed doors. The Sounders only played 22 regular season matches after several were canceled; the 2020 U.S. Open Cup was also canceled. Seattle qualified for the playoffs as the second-placed team in the Western Conference and won a second consecutive conference championship. They lost 3–0 in the MLS Cup against Columbus Crew SC. (Full article...)

March 25

Flotilla (video game)

Brendon Chung, the developer of FlotillaBrendon Chung, the developer of Flotilla

Flotilla is a 2010 turn-based strategy space combat video game developed by Brendon Chung (pictured) and his studio, Blendo Games. The game was released in March 2010 on Steam for Microsoft Windows and on Xbox Live Indie Games for the Xbox 360. Flotilla was designed with Microsoft's XNA tools, and its development was influenced by animals as well as board games such as Axis & Allies and Arkham Horror. The game takes the player on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy. Chung began developing Flotilla after the closure of Pandemic Studios, where he had worked as a designer. The new game used assets imported from Chung's early space combat prototype Space Piñata. Flotilla incorporates pieces of classical music in its score such as Frédéric Chopin's "Raindrop" prelude. It received mixed reviews from video game media outlets, scoring 72 out of 100 on review aggregate website Metacritic, and was included in Mike Rose's book 250 Indie Games You Must Play. (Full article...)

  • Support as original editor. I thought this article had already made it to the homepage heh. Thank you!
→ Call me Razr Nation 19:36, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

March 30

Your Girl

Mariah CareyMariah Carey

"Your Girl" is a song recorded by American singer Mariah Carey (pictured) for her tenth studio album, The Emancipation of Mimi. She wrote the track with Marc Shemer, who also produced it with her under the name Scram Jones. The lyrics of "Your Girl" are about confidently approaching a potential lover. To convey this sentiment, Carey employs belting in her vocal performance. The track was influenced by disco, gospel, jazz, pop, and soul, while sampling vocals and an acoustic guitar from the 2003 Adeaze song "A Life with You". Some reviewers considered "Your Girl" one of the best tracks on The Emancipation of Mimi; others criticized the vocals. Regretful that it was not issued as a single from the album, Carey later released two remixes featuring rappers Cam'ron, Juelz Santana, and N.O.R.E. as part of a 2021 digital extended play. She has performed the song live during the 2006 The Adventures of Mimi concert tour and the 2024 Celebration of Mimi concert residency in Las Vegas. (Full article...)

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