Wikipedia:Featured articles promoted in 2004

This page is the list of featured articles that were promoted in 2004, listed by the month in which they were promoted. This list includes the date the article was featured on the main page (see Wikipedia:Today's featured article) and the nominating user(s). Articles removed from featured status (see Wikipedia:Former_featured_articles) are indicated in strikethrough font. This page is used as input for Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by featured article nominations.

Promoted in December 2004

See logs at Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Featured_log/December 2004

Article	Main page date	Nominator
Chemical weapons in World War I	May 29, 2005	62.252.64.12
Baháʼí Faith	January 22, 2005	Dominic
Btrieve		Ta bu shi da yu
Equal Protection Clause	April 15, 2006	Hydriotaphia
First Crusade	January 18, 2005	Adam Bishop
Battle of Hampton Roads	January 26, 2005	Gamingboy
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	January 11, 2005	Piotrus
Lesch–Nyhan syndrome		Larsie
Gold standard	January 21, 2005	Piotrus
Skunks as pets	January 9, 2005	Nathanlarson32767
Christmas		Sfahey
Hip hop music	January 25, 2005	TUF-KAT
Government of Maryland	April 9, 2005	Jacob1207
Battle of Inchon	February 8, 2005	BrokenSegue
John Bull (locomotive)	September 15, 2008	Slambo
Xenu	February 19, 2005	David Gerard
Tony Blair	July 28, 2005	ALoan
I Want to Hold Your Hand	February 14, 2006	Johnleemk
Planetary nebula	December 31, 2004	Worldtraveller
Niagara Falls	December 27, 2004	Sfahey
House of Commons of the United Kingdom	September 25, 2006	Emsworth
Medal of Honor	April 2, 2005	Ydorb
Reginald Maudling		Dbiv
Bernard Williams	January 19, 2005	SlimVirgin
History of the Yosemite area	March 24, 2005	mav
Laal language	January 30, 2005	Mustafaa
Doctor Who	December 16, 2004	Khaosworks
Duran Duran	December 23, 2004	Johnleemk & CatherineMunro
Homo floresiensis	December 24, 2004	Ambi
Modernist poetry in English		Filiocht
Supply and demand	December 15, 2004	Avsa

Promoted in November 2004

See logs at Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Featured_log/November 2004

Article	Main page date	Nominator
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction	March 23, 2007	Johnleemk
Alchemy	January 1, 2005	Sj
Presuppositional apologetics		Jwrosenzweig
King James Version	February 4, 2005	Johnleemk
Erich von Manstein		GeneralPatton
Firefox	November 28, 2004	Andrevan
Flag of the Republic of China	December 11, 2004	Neutrality
Turquoise	December 29, 2004	OldakQuill
Max Weber	December 30, 2004	Piotrus
House of Lords	December 28, 2004	Emsworth
Palladian architecture	August 13, 2022	Bishonen
William Nelson Page		Vaoverland
Economy of the Republic of Ireland	February 11, 2005	CGorman
Lottie Dod	January 12, 2005	Jeronimo
Restoration comedy	January 6, 2005	Bishonen
Saturn V	December 10, 2004	Evil Monkey
Augusta, Lady Gregory	July 30, 2009	Filiocht
Venus	March 28, 2005	Doradus
National parks of England and Wales	March 2, 2005	ALoan
Economy of Africa	November 13, 2004	Sj
John Dee	March 19, 2005	Filiocht
Beverage-can stove	December 17, 2004	Sj
Battle of the Somme	December 26, 2004	Johnleemk
Robert Walpole	January 27, 2005	Emsworth
Growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy	December 5, 2004	Sj
Marginated tortoise	December 4, 2004	Eudyptes
John Vanbrugh	February 25, 2005	ALoan & Giano & Bishonen
A Hard Day's Night (song)		Johnleemk
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom	July 16, 2006	Emsworth
Blackadder	April 8, 2005	Violetriga
Battle of Leyte Gulf	November 17, 2004	Raul654
Eifel Aqueduct	January 20, 2005	Mpolo
Sarajevo	November 11, 2004	Asim Led
Jonathan Wild	February 9, 2005	Geogre
H.D.	March 4, 2005	Filiocht
Celtic Tiger	November 29, 2004	CGorman
Super Mario 64	September 29, 2022	Neutrality

Promoted in October 2004

See logs at Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Featured_log/October 2004

Article	Main page date	Nominator
Goomba		Neutrality
Baseball	July 4, 2017	Locarno
Shrine of Remembrance	November 9, 2004	Ambi
Battle of Jutland	August 12, 2005	Gdr
Lake Burley Griffin	January 14, 2005	Ta bu shi da yu
Athanasius Kircher	November 26, 2004	Henry Flower
Ziad Jarrah	January 5, 2005	Quadell
Attalus I	March 18, 2024	Sj
The Adventures of Tintin	January 5, 2007	Anárion
Dred Scott v. Sandford	November 6, 2004	TUF-KAT
Shroud of Turin	December 25, 2004	Mpolo
Toilets in Japan	November 10, 2004	Yelyos
Queen Victoria	September 24, 2023	Emsworth
John Millington Synge	September 2, 2007	Filiocht
Coconut crab	February 10, 2005	Chris 73
Regular polytope	November 18, 2004	Mike40033
Geography of Ireland	March 17, 2025	Filiocht
Air Force One	November 2, 2004	Neutrality
Margin of error	October 19, 2004	Fadethree
Breastfeeding	October 22, 2004	Violetriga
Cristero War		Mpolo
William IV of the United Kingdom	April 22, 2009	Emsworth
Magdeburg Cathedral	December 18, 2004	Deus Ex
William the Silent	November 23, 2004	Jeronimo
ROT13	November 21, 2004	Fredrik
George Moore (novelist)	July 15, 2005	Filiocht
Brian Wilson Presents Smile		TUF-KAT
A Tale of a Tub	November 14, 2004	Filiocht
Parliament of Canada	November 8, 2004	Emsworth
George IV of the United Kingdom	April 2, 2006	Emsworth
Cyclone Tracy	October 18, 2004	Ta bu shi da yu
Strategic management		Mydogategodshat
W. B. Yeats	November 3, 2004	Filiocht
William III of England	November 14, 2009	Emsworth

Promoted in September 2004

See logs at Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Featured_log/September 2004

Article	Main page date	Nominator
Louis XIV of France	October 30, 2004	Emsworth
Cricket	September 19, 2004	PedanticallySpeaking
1900 Galveston hurricane	April 17, 2005	Cyrius
Coronation Street	October 7, 2004	Gamaliel
Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)		Colinrorr
Seabiscuit	June 27, 2005	GWO
Roche limit	October 17, 2004	Doradus
Golden age of arcade video games	October 6, 2004	Frecklefoot
Ridge Route	September 30, 2004	Lucky 6.9
History of Buddhism	November 24, 2004	Per Honor et Gloria
Casablanca (film)	October 24, 2004	Henry Flower
Mary II of England	November 26, 2005	Emsworth
Samuel Beckett	April 13, 2006	Filiocht
Infinite monkey theorem	October 31, 2004	Deepak
Attila	October 20, 2004	Mirv
Anne, Queen of Great Britain	June 21, 2005	Emsworth
Fanny Blankers-Koen	April 11, 2006	Jeronimo
Henry Moore	August 1, 2005	Solipsist
Rondane National Park	October 14, 2004	Sverdrup
The Long and Winding Road	January 16, 2005	Johnleemk
George II of Great Britain	October 25, 2012	Emsworth
Charles II of England	March 12, 2005	Emsworth
Helicobacter pylori	March 26, 2005	Chadloder
Abbey Theatre	December 14, 2004	Filiocht
James II of England	May 22, 2006	Emsworth
A Day in the Life		Johnleemk
Johnny Cash	January 2, 2005	Karlward
Suzanne Lenglen	July 9, 2022	Jeronimo
James VI and I	September 19, 2005	Emsworth
India	October 2, 2019	Nichalp
Zion National Park	March 2, 2006	mav
Paragraph 175	December 9, 2004	Amys & Jmabel
George Fox	March 30, 2005	Quadell
George I of Great Britain	June 11, 2008	Emsworth
Exploding whale	November 7, 2004	Ta bu shi da yu
Karl Dönitz	October 25, 2004	Neutrality
Charles I of England	January 30, 2006	Emsworth
James Joyce	February 2, 2025	Filiocht
Geology of the Zion and Kolob canyons area	December 6, 2004	mav
Parliament of the United Kingdom	June 16, 2006	Emsworth
Mark Latham	February 3, 2005	Mr impossible
Mor lam	February 17, 2005	Henry Flower
CPU cache	January 7, 2005	Fennec
Greco-Buddhism	October 28, 2004	Erauch
Noam Chomsky	December 13, 2004	Jal
Lord Chancellor	November 5, 2004	Emsworth
Du Fu	September 25, 2004	Henry Flower

Promoted in August 2004

See logs at Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Featured_log/August 2004

Article	Main page date	Nominator
Orca	January 4, 2005	Pcb21
Privilege of peerage	June 26, 2010	Revth
AC power plugs and sockets	September 10, 2004	Chameleon
Monopoly (game)	August 14, 2004	Solipsist
Enigma machine	October 13, 2004	Johnleemk
Order of the Thistle	February 18, 2009	Emsworth
Constitution of the United States	January 15, 2005	Meelar
1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens	September 13, 2004	mav
Order of the Bath	April 29, 2005	Emsworth
Quatermass and the Pit	June 19, 2016	Angmering
Art competitions at the Summer Olympics	August 26, 2004	Jeronimo
Data Encryption Standard	August 21, 2004	Matt Crypto
PaX	September 4, 2004	Bluefoxicy
Holy Prepuce	September 14, 2004	Muriel G
Common scold	September 1, 2004	Smerdis of Tlön
History of Greenland	October 3, 2004	Jao
Barack Obama	August 18, 2004	Meelar
Governor-General of India	August 17, 2004	Emsworth
Privy Council of the United Kingdom	January 14, 2012	Emsworth
2004 Democratic National Convention		Gregb
Bloodletting		Sean Curtin
Yesterday (song)	September 27, 2004	Johnleemk
Kakapo	April 8, 2006	Eudyptes
Henry VIII of England	January 3, 2005	Emsworth
Chuck Palahniuk	January 8, 2005	LGagnon
Speed of light	August 16, 2022	ALoan
Cold fusion	August 24, 2004	Theresa knott
Nineteen Eighty-Four (British TV programme)	September 11, 2004	Angmering
Felix the Cat	November 16, 2004	Lucky 6.9
Something (Beatles song)	October 2, 2008	Johnleemk
Hey Jude	July 24, 2005	Johnleemk
Richard Feynman	May 11, 2018	81.168.80.170
Mercedes-Benz 450SEL 6.9	November 30, 2004	Lucky 6.9
Elizabeth I of England	September 7, 2004	Emsworth
Warsaw Uprising	September 6, 2004	Mozzerati & ChrisO
Mary I of England	February 14, 2005	Emsworth
Mongrel	September 26, 2004	259
Battle of the Bulge	December 1, 2004	Raul654
Edward VI of England	January 28, 2010	Emsworth
Color Graphics Adapter		Ropers
England expects that every man will do his duty	October 21, 2005	Neutrality
DNA repair	September 15, 2004	Prometheus1
Isan	February 5, 2005	Henry Flower
George III of the United Kingdom	October 16, 2004	Emsworth
Bishōjo game	December 8, 2004	Shibboleth

Promoted in July 2004

See logs at Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Featured_log/July 2004

Article	Main page date	Nominator
Russian language	August 28, 2004	A. Shetsen
Treaty of Devol	June 23, 2005	Adam Bishop
Black hole	July 17, 2026	Taxman
Order of the Garter	August 5, 2004	Emsworth
Vulgar Latin	October 12, 2004	Smerdis of Tlön
Aryan Invasion Theory		Burschik
Glass	September 17, 2004	Eequor
Coronation of the British monarch	September 21, 2004	Emsworth
Papal conclave	August 20, 2004	Emsworth
Operation Downfall	August 16, 2004	Raul654
Gender role	January 17, 2005	Exploding Boy
Igor Stravinsky	September 28, 2024	Marlowe
Tynwald Day	September 13, 2005	Emsworth
Louis Armstrong		Phil Sandifer
Father Damien	August 4, 2004	RickK
History of the British peerage		Emsworth
Hereditary peer		Emsworth
Royal assent	July 18, 2005	Emsworth
Siege	July 26, 2004	Raul654
Mount St. Helens	February 9, 2006	Blankfaze & mav
1993 Russian constitutional crisis	July 23, 2004	172
Tank	August 30, 2004	81.168.80.170
Olympic Games	February 20, 2022	Jeronimo
Calvin and Hobbes	August 7, 2004	Alanyst
Charles Graner		Neutrality
Plate tectonics	August 12, 2004	Avala
Fractal	August 19, 2004	Shibboleth
Middle-earth	August 10, 2004	Ausir
Coca-Cola	August 27, 2004	Johnleemk
Lawrence v. Texas	September 16, 2004	Neutrality
Great Mosque of Djenné	August 9, 2004	JCarriker
City status in the United Kingdom	July 12, 2004	Morwen
Prince-elector	December 22, 2004	Emsworth
Ferdinand Magellan	August 31, 2004	Muuriel G
Laika	November 3, 2022	Zerbey
Historic counties of England	August 29, 2004	Morwen

Promoted in June 2004

See logs at Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Featured_log/June 2004

Article	Main page date	Nominator
Separation of powers under the United States Constitution	July 9, 2004	Emsworth
GNU/Linux naming controversy	July 2, 2004	David Gerard
Twelfth Amendment	November 27, 2004	Emsworth
Humpback whale	October 15, 2004	Pcb21
Margaret Thatcher	May 18, 2005	Cryptfiend64
Article One of the United States Constitution	April 30, 2005	Emsworth
Billboard	June 24, 2004	Meelar
Invasion of Normandy	October 1, 2004	Sverdrup
History of computing hardware	June 23, 2004	Simon A.
First Amendment to the United States Constitution	October 10, 2004	Emsworth
Academy	June 19, 2004	Tom-
Fermi paradox	January 13, 2005	Simon A.
Emacs	October 4, 2004	FePe
Transit of Venus	June 5, 2012	anthony
Zeppelin	June 15, 2004	jengod
Bryce Canyon National Park	February 13, 2005	mav
Ian McKellen	July 6, 2004	TreyHarris

Promoted in May 2004

See logs at Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Featured_log/May 2004

Article	Main page date	Nominator
Portuguese language	October 27, 2004	PedroPVZ
Linus Pauling	November 15, 2004	Gentgeen
The Beatles	July 7, 2017	Johnleemk
Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson	August 2, 2004	Johnleemk
Tetraodontidae	August 6, 2004	jengod
Marshall, Texas	August 3, 2005	Hephaestos
East India Company	May 25, 2004	Chancemill
Dmitri Shostakovich	June 5, 2004	Henry Flower
Eureka Rebellion	July 3, 2004	jengod
Olympic flame	July 4, 2004	Jeronimo
Volkswagen Type 2	June 6, 2004	Lucky 6.9
Geology of the Bryce Canyon area	June 16, 2004	mav
Speech synthesis	June 3, 2004	Nohat
Belgium	June 4, 2004	JoJan
Vowel	May 29, 2004	Nohat
Paracetamol	June 14, 2004	Ksheka
War elephant	August 8, 2004	Muuriel G
London Underground	June 21, 2004	Stewartadcock
Kashrut	July 16, 2004	Arj
Jim Thorpe	August 13, 2004	Jeronimo
President of Ireland	January 10, 2005	Ludraman
Submarine	May 27, 2004	Aarchiba
Crash test dummy	May 21, 2004	Denni
Weather lore	July 10, 2004	Denni
European Union	May 9, 2004	217.211.239.31
Triangle	May 14, 2004	Plutor
Sid McMath	February 24, 2005	Meelar
Metal umlaut	June 26, 2004	Cow
Mordechai Vanunu	March 15, 2005	Wally

Promoted in April 2004

See logs at Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Featured_log/April 2004

Article	Main page date	Nominator
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz	May 1, 2004	Kingturtle
Anatoly Karpov	September 12, 2004	Etaonish
Auto rickshaw	July 21, 2004	Kaysov
Trench warfare	April 19, 2004	Meelar
Buckinghamshire	May 19, 2004	Francs2000
Single malt Scotch	May 26, 2004	Pcb21
Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius	January 23, 2005	Pcb21
Soap bubble	April 12, 2004	Muriel
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989	September 18, 2004	Ambivalenthysteria
Murder of James Bulger	April 21, 2004	Pcb21
Leopold and Loeb		Kingturtle
2004 Taiwanese presidential election	April 26, 2004	Kaihsu
Labour economics	April 15, 2004	Jrincayc
Origins of the American Civil War	April 11, 2004	65.58.234.58
Ford Mustang	April 18, 2004	Lucky 6.9
Wigwag (railroad)	July 5, 2004	Lucky 6.9
Assassination	April 25, 2004	Wally
Floppy disk	May 13, 2004	Litefantastic
Asperger syndrome	April 17, 2004	Perl
Chinatown	May 30, 2004	Jengod
Congo Free State	April 20, 2004	172
Ancient Greek art	April 22, 2004	Ambivalenthysteria
Hinduism	April 24, 2004	LordSuryaofShropshire
Kitsch		Smerdis of Tlön
Ludwig Wittgenstein	May 28, 2004	Adam Conover
Mail	April 27, 2004	RadicalBender
Prostitution	May 3, 2004	Jengod
Doom (1993 video game)	December 10, 2023	Sarge Baldy

Promoted in March 2004

See logs at Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Featured_log/March 2004

Article	Main page date	Nominator
China	March 7, 2004	Jiang
Bioinformatics	March 28, 2004	Gaurav
Carl Sagan	June 2, 2004	Eloquence
Voynich manuscript	June 20, 2004	Smerdis of Tlön
Java (programming language)	December 17, 2005	Sasha Slutsker
Enclave and exclave	May 23, 2004	Jwrosenzweig
Buddhism	April 6, 2004	Ludraman
Space elevator	April 30, 2004	Fredrik
Paul Morphy	April 14, 2004	ChessPlayer
Lego	March 11, 2004	Eloquence

Promoted in February 2004

See logs at Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Featured_log/February 2004

Article	Main page date	Nominator
Abraham Lincoln	February 16, 2026	Sarge Baldy
Hutton Inquiry	March 19, 2004	Kingturtle
Rudyard Kipling	July 22, 2004	Bmills
United States Electoral College	September 20, 2004	Minesweeper
Parliament House, Dublin	February 23, 2004
English poetry	November 25, 2004	Seglea
C (programming language)		169.207.85.97
All your base are belong to us	March 4, 2004	Kagredon
Origins of the American Civil War	April 11, 2004
Peerage	May 2, 2004	Emsworth
Parthenon	March 12, 2004	Emsworth
Donegal fiddle tradition		Danny
Jet engine	March 30, 2004	Moink
Frankfurt School	April 8, 2004	172
Simon & Garfunkel	June 1, 2004
Golden Gate Park		Gengeen

Promoted in January 2004

See logs at Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Featured_log/January 2004

Article	Main page date	Nominator
Medieval literature	March 26, 2004	Jwrosenzweig
Vacuous truth		Smerdis of Tlön
Mandarin Chinese	March 27, 2004	Jiang
Mitochondrial Eve	July 28, 2004	Sam Spade
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.		Dpbsmith
Indus Valley Civilisation	November 22, 2004	Piotrus
Foundation series	June 10, 2004	Raul654
American poetry	February 6, 2005	Filiocht
2003 Japanese general election		Taku
Ralph Yarborough		Fear-X-
1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak		12.46.6.33
Geyser	March 18, 2004	mav
Representative peer	June 14, 2013	Proteus