Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests

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 Z1720 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 before the five-year period has expired, 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

Currently accepting requests from October 1 to October 31.

Date	Article	Notes	Supports†	Opposes†
Nonspecific 1	Kaiser-class battleship		1
Nonspecific 2
Nonspecific 3
Nonspecific 4
Nonspecific 5
Nonspecific 6
Nonspecific 7
October 1	Independence Day (Nigeria)	66th anniversary of independence	4
October 27	1986 New York Mets season	40th anniversary	1

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

Nonspecific date nominations

Nonspecific date 1

Kaiser-class battleship

SMS Kaiser

The Kaiser class was a German ship class that were built in Germany prior to World War I and served in the Kaiserliche Marine. They were the third class of German dreadnoughts, and the first to feature turbine engines and superfiring turrets. The five ships were Kaiser, Friedrich der Grosse, Kaiserin, Prinzregent Luitpold, and König Albert. All five ships saw action in the North Sea during war; they served together as VI Division of III Battle Squadron. Four were present during the Battle of Jutland. The ships also took part in Operation Albion in the Baltic Sea; during the operation they were reorganized as IV Battle Squadron, under the command of Vice Admiral Wilhelm Souchon. At the end of the war, all five ships were interned at the British naval base in Scapa Flow. On 21 June 1919, they were scuttled to prevent their seizure by the Royal Navy. The ships were subsequently raised and broken up for scrap between 1929 and 1937. (Full article...)

• Most recent similar article(s): monthly military ship article.
• Main editors: Parsecboy
• Promoted: 2009
• Reasons for nomination: Another positively ancient military ship article that hasn't run.
• Support as nominator. Harizotoh9 (talk) 11:45, 30 July 2026 (UTC)

Specific date nominations

October 1

Independence Day (Nigeria)

Flag of Nigeria

Independence Day is an annual public holiday in Nigeria observed on 1 October to commemorate the country's independence from the United Kingdom in which the formal transfer of sovereignty that took place in Lagos at midnight on 1 October 1960, when the Union Jack was lowered and replaced with Nigeria's green–white–green flag. Princess Alexandra of Kent, representing Elizabeth II, presented the constitutional instruments of independence, and the new federal government formally assumed authority. Since then, Independence Day has been a key date in Nigeria's civic calendar. The President delivers a national broadcast, state governments organise parades and cultural programmes. The anniversary has occasionally been marked by national incidents, such as the suspension of festivities following the 1992 Nigerian Air Force C-130 crash and the October 2010 Abuja bombings. The holiday is legally recognised under the Public Holidays Act 1979, which designates 1 October as Nigeria's national day. (Full article...)

• Most recent similar article(s): Flag of Hong Kong, December 4, 2025.
• Main editors: Vanderwaalforces
• Promoted: 2025
• Reasons for nomination: Date of national holiday, Nigeria under-represented. Could wait until the 70th for a big anniversary, but Nigeria and West Africa is under-represented over all and there are no other suggestions for this date.
• Support as nominator. Harizotoh9 (talk) 03:25, 11 July 2026 (UTC)
• Support, would be a very nice article to use for variety. RandomEditsForWhenIRemember (talk) 18:46, 11 July 2026 (UTC)
• Support Oh my god! @Harizotoh9: you don't know what you've just done for me, lol, I was really bothered about writing a blurb for this as I was going to nominated for TFA as well, thank you so much! I strongly suggest that it waits till October 1 though, since that is our 66th anniversary. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 14:36, 31 July 2026 (UTC)
• Support, I don't think we've had an Africa-related TFA (much less a Nigeria TFA) in a while, though I admit my memory is a little fuzzy in that regard. In solidarity, Gommeh ^{(talk 🎮 sign)} 16:22, 31 July 2026 (UTC)

October 27

1986 New York Mets season

Mookie Wilson's two-run at-bat in the tenth inning won Game 6 of the 1986 World Series for the Mets.

The 1986 New York Mets season began on April 8, 1986. It concluded on October 27 with a Mets victory in Game 7 of the 1986 World Series, for their second and most recent World Series title. The Mets had narrowly missed winning the NL East in 1985, but in 1986 were not seriously challenged, winning the division by 21½ games. They defeated the Houston Astros in six games in the NLCS, with the Mets erasing a three run ninth-inning deficit and winning Game 6 in sixteen innings. They played the Boston Red Sox in the World Series, and in Game 6 of that series, trailing three games to two, rallied from two runs down with two outs and none on base in the tenth inning. They won that game on an error by Bill Buckner, winning Game 7 two days later. The 1986 Mets have been described as one of the best teams in MLB history, but their failure to sustain their success has marred the team's legacy. Many team members drank heavily and the 1986 Mets became known for their lifestyle off the field. (Full article...)

• Most recent similar article(s): no recent baseball season articles
• Main editors: Wehwalt
• Promoted: 2026
• Reasons for nomination: 40th anniversary of victory in Game 7 of the 1986 World Series. I should know. I was there.
• Support as nominator. Wehwalt (talk) 17:40, 28 July 2026 (UTC)

I would suggest the opening sentence start with the start date then the end date. I feel the article should include the start date in the lede and in the article itself (it never actually says it). Harizotoh9 (talk) 07:54, 29 July 2026 (UTC)

That's done now.--Wehwalt (talk) 12:53, 29 July 2026 (UTC)