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This page is the list of featured articles that were promoted in 2011, 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.

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See logs at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/December 2011
Article Main page date Nominator
Mark Hanna February 15, 2014 Wehwalt
Crescent honeyeater January 30, 2017 Casliber & Mdk572
Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) February 14, 2013 Jivesh boodhun
U.S. Route 2 in Michigan Imzadi1979
Rehab (Rihanna song) February 20, 2016 1111tomica
Diffuse panbronchiolitis January 15, 2012 Rcej
Kenneth R. Shadrick May 21, 2014 Ed!
One Tree Hill (song) August 9, 2013 Melicans
The Livestock Conservancy January 23, 2012 Dana boomer
Robert de Chesney December 19, 2015 Ealdgyth
Les pêcheurs de perles September 30, 2013 Brianboulton
Oswald Watt December 21, 2013 Ian Rose
Piano music of Gabriel Fauré February 13, 2012 Tim riley
M-185 (Michigan highway) July 12, 2014 Imzadi1979 & Mitchazenia
Warkworth Castle January 25, 2012 Nev1
RAF Uxbridge April 1, 2018 Harrison49
Hurricane Gert (1993) October 5, 2015 Hylian Auree & 12george1
68th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment July 22, 2015 Coemgenus
1689 Boston revolt December 26, 2011 DCI2026
USS Arizona (BB-39) December 7, 2011 Sturmvogel 66 & The ed17
Persoonia levis February 24, 2013 Casliber
The Entombment (Bouts) January 7, 2012 Ceoil & Truthkeeper88
Battle of Kaiapit April 25, 2016 Hawkeye7
Walking Liberty half dollar January 9, 2019 Wehwalt
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See logs at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/November 2011
Article Main page date Nominator
HMS Courageous (50) February 5, 2016 Sturmvogel 66
Indian Head gold pieces February 12, 2018 Wehwalt
Ruby Laffoon August 18, 2015
Jovan Vladimir July 29, 2012 VVVladimir
Persoonia lanceolata March 7, 2014 Casliber
Amundsen's South Pole expedition December 14, 2011 Brianboulton & Apterygial
Epsilon Eridani February 14, 2017 RJHall
Australian Cattle Dog January 26, 2012 Mdk572
Geoffrey (archbishop of York) December 12, 2014 Ealdgyth & Eric Corbett
St Nicholas, Blakeney February 21, 2012 Jimfbleak
Knowle West December 27, 2011 Jezhotwells
HMS Eagle (1918) February 20, 2013 Sturmvogel 66
Chaplain–Medic massacre July 16, 2014 Ed!
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See logs at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/October 2011
Article Main page date Nominator
Georges Bizet October 25, 2013 Brianboulton
Battle of Vukovar November 18, 2011 Joy & Prioryman
Willamette River September 1, 2013 Jsayre64
Mothers of the Disappeared March 9, 2017 Melicans
Standing Liberty quarter May 1, 2018 Wehwalt
Russian battleship Sevastopol (1895) March 3, 2014 Buggie111
Hudson Valley Rail Trail January 15, 2013 Gyrobo
Rogers Hornsby April 27, 2012 Oriolesfan8 & Wizardman
Conan the Barbarian (1982 film) March 16, 2012 Jappalang
Ernie Fletcher Acdixon
Peter Jeffrey (RAAF officer) July 6, 2018 Ian Rose
Stephen, King of England August 5, 2019 Hchc2009
Rochester Castle June 27, 2012 Nev1
Bharattherium April 15, 2014 Ucucha
Calvatia sculpta July 26, 2017 Sasata
If Day May 1, 2013 Nikkimaria
HMS Princess Royal (1911) March 22, 2021 Sturmvogel 66
Xeromphalina setulipes August 14, 2014 J Milburn
McDonnell XF-85 Goblin December 6, 2011 Sp33dyphil
Seacology June 26, 2016 Visionholder
The Human Centipede (First Sequence) October 31, 2011 Coolug
Turban Head eagle February 19, 2013 Wehwalt
George II of Great Britain October 25, 2012 DrKay
Manchester Ship Canal July 19, 2012 Eric Corbett & Parrot of Doom
1991 Perfect Storm November 1, 2011 Juliancolton & Hurricanehink
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See logs at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/September 2011
Article Main page date Nominator
Happy Chandler June 15, 2018 Acdixon
Fairfax Harrison March 13, 2024 Ealdgyth
Astraeus hygrometricus October 24, 2017 Sasata
Dermotherium February 16, 2021 Ucucha
George Hirst September 7, 2019 Sarastro1
Pepper (Inspector of Taxes) v Hart December 12, 2012 Ironholds
Chester A. Arthur February 15, 2016 Coemgenus
Heidi Game November 17, 2013 The Writer 2.0 & Wehwalt
Aldwych tube station April 17, 2015 DavidCane
United States Senate Democratic primary election in Pennsylvania, 2010 May 19, 2019 Hunter Kahn
Frank Bladin August 26, 2023 Ian Rose
Afonso, Prince Imperial of Brazil February 23, 2015 Lecen & Astynax
Murasaki Shikibu November 3, 2023 Truthkeeper88
Flight Unlimited June 7, 2015 JimmyBlackwing
HMS Hood (51) November 17, 2021 Sturmvogel 66
Sesame Street August 21, 2006 Figureskatingfan
Phellinus ellipsoideus June 12, 2013 J Milburn
Northrop YF-23 September 30, 2011 Sp33dyphil
SMS Grosser Kurfürst (1913) May 5, 2019 Parsecboy
Caroline of Ansbach June 15, 2012 Ruby2010 & DrKay
1991 Atlantic hurricane season July 2, 2019 Hurricanehink
USS Constellation vs La Vengeance February 1, 2014 XavierGreen
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See logs at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/August 2011
Article Main page date Nominator
Drymoreomys January 31, 2013 Ucucha
Brunette Coleman August 2, 2012 Brianboulton
Liverpool F.C. March 15, 2012 NapHit
Calgary Stampede July 6, 2012 Resolute
Alister Murdoch December 9, 2020 Ian Rose
Murder of Julia Martha Thomas March 2, 2012 Prioryman
Paxillus involutus February 14, 2018 Casliber & Sasata
Corn crake July 9, 2015 Jimfbleak
Brazilian battleship São Paulo December 27, 2017 The ed17
John Treloar (museum administrator) November 11, 2013 Nick-D
Thurisind January 24, 2012 Aldux
Thomas the Slav November 30, 2011 Cplakidas
Ferugliotheriidae January 26, 2017 Ucucha
Final Fantasy XIII December 17, 2016 Sjones23 & PresN
Richard Nixon January 9, 2013 Wehwalt & Happyme22
Maple syrup December 9, 2011 Nikkimaria
Iranian Embassy siege April 30, 2014 HJ Mitchell
Far Eastern Party December 12, 2015 Apterygial
Manhattan Project July 16, 2013 Hawkeye7
Rova of Antananarivo November 6, 2011 Lemurbaby
Gerard (archbishop of York) April 8, 2020 Ealdgyth
Tropical Storm Carrie (1972) September 4, 2022 Juliancolton
Super Science Stories December 18, 2019 Mike Christie
Gobrecht dollar August 27, 2012 RHM22
Harmon Killebrew June 29, 2020 Wizardman
Messiah (Handel) April 13, 2022 Tim riley & Gerda Arendt & Brianboulton
Franklin half dollar April 30, 2016 Wehwalt
Operation Kita February 10, 2014 Nick-D
Small-toothed sportive lemur June 24, 2018 Visionholder
Richard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt December 23, 2016 HJ Mitchell
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier December 29, 2011 David Fuchs
Robin Friday June 29, 2015 Cliftonian
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See logs at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/July 2011
Article Main page date Nominator
James B. McCreary July 8, 2019 Acdixon
Kennet and Avon Canal March 12, 2013 Rodw
Homicide: Life on the Street (season 2) January 6, 2021 Hunter Kahn
Valston Hancock September 29, 2020 Ian Rose
Joppenbergh Mountain May 19, 2013 Gyrobo
Tropical Storm Nicole (2010) May 4, 2019 Hylian Auree
Canoe River train crash November 21, 2011 Wehwalt
Theobald of Bec December 2, 2012 Eric Corbett & Ealdgyth
Voalavo August 24, 2016 Ucucha
Over There (Fringe) January 18, 2013 Ruby2010
Hurricane Eloise March 27, 2012 Juliancolton
Malagasy cuisine August 11, 2011 Lemurbaby
Harold Pinter December 24, 2011 Jezhotwells
Gumbo September 16, 2017 Karanacs
Indian Camp October 13, 2011 Truthkeeper88
White-bellied sea eagle February 18, 2013 Casliber
Anfield March 9, 2016 NapHit
Cirrus cloud May 21, 2022 Reaper Eternal
SMS Friedrich der Grosse (1911) October 15, 2012 Parsecboy
Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri March 5, 2014 JimmyBlackwing
Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies November 12, 2015 Parrot of Doom
Astonishing Stories November 13, 2011 Mike Christie
Resident Evil 2 June 8, 2012 Prime Blue
No. 79 Squadron RAAF April 25, 2022 Nick-D
London Necropolis Company Iridescent
Javan slow loris May 3, 2015 Visionholder & Ucucha & Sasata
Indian Head eagle August 31, 2014 Wehwalt
Suillus pungens January 5, 2015 Sasata
Deusdedit of Canterbury March 21, 2013 Ealdgyth
Californium July 21, 2011 mav
Dengue fever August 5, 2011 Jfdwolff & Jmh649
Into Temptation (film) April 26, 2024 Hunter Kahn
1952 Winter Olympics February 6, 2014 H1nkles
John McCauley February 27, 2012 Ian Rose
Vidkun Quisling June 17, 2012 Jarry1250
Kenneth Walker (general) January 5, 2013 Hawkeye7
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See logs at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/June 2011
Article Main page date Nominator
Kathleen Ferrier April 22, 2024 Brianboulton
English National Opera February 1, 2013 Tim riley
Kenesaw Mountain Landis August 3, 2011 Wehwalt
Hurricane Charley (1986) March 16, 2016 Hurricanehink
Banksia canei June 4, 2022 Casliber
False potto January 3, 2014 Ucucha
Bryan Gunn December 22, 2013 Dweller & The Rambling Man
African crake November 18, 2015 Jimfbleak
Verpa bohemica February 9, 2013 Sasata
Mercury dime October 17, 2012 Wehwalt
Taxonomy of lemurs August 31, 2019 Visionholder & Ucucha
Anna of East Anglia December 9, 2012 Amitchell125
Scott Zolak Wizardman
John Y. Brown (politician, born 1835) June 28, 2014 Acdixon
Mary Anning May 21, 2024 Rusty Cashman
Rhabdomyolysis September 20, 2011 Jfdwolff
James E. Boyd (scientist) July 18, 2011 Disavian
Banksia paludosa February 17, 2015 Casliber
Voalavo gymnocaudus March 6, 2021 Ucucha
Hurricane Gordon (2006) September 10, 2020 Hurricanehink & Juliancolton
Covent Garden June 30, 2016 SilkTork
Guy Fawkes Night November 5, 2017 Parrot of Doom
Liber Eliensis August 22, 2014 Ealdgyth
The Sun Also Rises July 2, 2011 Truthkeeper88
Holy Thorn Reliquary June 23, 2011 Johnbod
Thatgamecompany June 5, 2014 PresN
Brockway Mountain Drive October 14, 2013 Imzadi1979
Draped Bust dollar May 26, 2012 RHM22
Air-tractor sledge August 17, 2011 Apterygial
Homicide: Life on the Street (season 1) June 25, 2012 Hunter Kahn
Logarithm June 5, 2011 Jakob.scholbach
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See logs at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/May 2011
Article Main page date Nominator
William Brill (RAAF officer) May 17, 2016 Ian Rose
Sack of Amorium August 20, 2013 Cplakidas
Halifax Gibbet July 10, 2012 Eric Corbett
Appaloosa October 5, 2012 Dana boomer & Ealdgyth & Montanabw
Water rail November 10, 2013 Jimfbleak
RAF Northolt November 24, 2012 Harrison49
USS Chesapeake (1799) December 2, 2019 Brad101
Richard Barre February 4, 2012 Ealdgyth
The Autobiography of Malcolm X February 21, 2014 GabeMc & Malik Shabazz & Protonk
The Magdalen Reading August 22, 2011 Ceoil & Truthkeeper88 & Johnbod
The Red Badge of Courage February 12, 2012 Yllosubmarine
Slow loris December 10, 2014 Visionholder & Sasata & Rlendog & Ucucha
Percy Grainger July 8, 2018 Brianboulton
Myotis escalerai July 27, 2015 Ucucha
Nebula Science Fiction January 27, 2012 Mike Christie
Jefferson nickel November 15, 2013 Wehwalt
Banksia marginata December 1, 2019 Casliber
2012 phenomenon December 20, 2012 Serendipodous & Cosmic Latte & PL & Shii & HRIN
Calabozos October 23, 2011 Ceranthor
Abdul Karim (the Munshi) October 20, 2011 Wehwalt & DrKay
Olivia Shakespear June 29, 2012 Truthkeeper88
SS Edmund Fitzgerald November 10, 2011 North8000
Science Fantasy (magazine) October 25, 2019 Mike Christie
George Headley May 30, 2015 Sarastro1
Hurricane Ginger May 22, 2014 Hurricanehink
Pigeon photography April 1, 2012 Hans Adler
Charles Holden May 30, 2011 DavidCane
U.S. Route 131 Imzadi1979
Hygeberht July 5, 2012 Ealdgyth
Green children of Woolpit February 2, 2013 Drmies & Ealdgyth & Eric Corbett
Trade dollar (United States coin) July 11, 2023 RHM22
Macrotarsomys petteri June 13, 2017 Ucucha
Peace dollar December 28, 2011 Wehwalt
Ernst Lindemann May 27, 2011 MisterBee1966
SMS Bayern February 18, 2015 Parsecboy
USS New Ironsides August 21, 2012 Sturmvogel 66
Zoo TV Tour February 29, 2020 Y2kcrazyjoker4
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See logs at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/April 2011
Article Main page date Nominator
Nixon in China October 22, 2012 Wehwalt & Brianboulton
Thomas Beecham August 25, 2011 Tim riley
Unknown (magazine) May 6, 2020 Mike Christie
Villa Park April 17, 2017 Woody
Mike Jackson (British Army officer) March 20, 2014 HJ Mitchell
Cyclone Waka June 9, 2012 Cyclonebiskit
Egyptian temple September 19, 2017 A. Parrot
Fiji parrotfinch September 2, 2013 Jimfbleak
CSI effect May 17, 2011 Cryptic C62
True at First Light December 16, 2011 Truthkeeper88
Agaricus deserticola September 24, 2016 Sasata
John A. Macdonald January 11, 2015 Wehwalt
Flowing Hair dollar May 4, 2011 RHM22
Cloud (video game) June 12, 2018 PresN
White stork September 23, 2012 Casliber
Broad Ripple Park Carousel September 13, 2015 Ealdgyth
Sherman Minton September 16, 2011 Charles Edward
Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil December 1, 2012 Astynax
Akodon spegazzinii May 26, 2017 Ucucha
Queen Victoria September 24, 2023 DrKay
Fantastic Adventures December 10, 2016 Mike Christie
Shakespeare authorship question April 23, 2017 Tom Reedy & Paul Barlow & Nishidani & Xover
Galápagos tortoise April 14, 2012 Minglex & TCO & DrKay & Mike Searson & NYMFan69-86
La Stazione February 8, 2013 Gyrobo
1911 Atlantic hurricane season August 28, 2011 Juliancolton
Maya (M.I.A. album) July 7, 2020 ChrisTheDude
Rosendale Trestle April 6, 2016 Gyrobo
Tom Driberg February 15, 2012 Brianboulton
Conservation of slow lorises November 21, 2012 Visionholder
U.S. Route 113 May 24, 2017 Viridiscalculus
SMS Markgraf June 4, 2013 Parsecboy
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See logs at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/March 2011
Article Main page date Nominator
Gymnopilus maritimus January 22, 2014 J Milburn
HMS Speedy (1782) June 29, 2013 Kirk & Benea & Dank
John, King of England October 19, 2021 Hchc2009
2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl December 31, 2021 Grondemar
Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars January 23, 2014 Ryūkotsusei
Somerset Levels July 14, 2018 Rodw
ARA Rivadavia August 27, 2014 The ed17 & Dank
Numerical weather prediction August 10, 2011 Titoxd
2009 World Series October 28, 2018 Staxringold
Kennedy half dollar March 24, 2014 RHM22 & Wehwalt
Sacagawea dollar September 3, 2011 RHM22
Planet Stories September 20, 2017 Mike Christie
History of Sesame Street November 10, 2012 Figureskatingfan
Flow (video game) PresN
J. Robert Oppenheimer April 22, 2005 Hawkeye7
Eastbourne manslaughter January 17, 2018 Nikkimaria
1906 French Grand Prix May 20, 2011 Apterygial & AlexJ
Suillus salmonicolor February 2, 2017 Sasata
December 1969 nor'easter January 23, 2016 Juliancolton
Hanged, drawn and quartered July 7, 2013 Parrot of Doom
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening June 6, 2013 David Fuchs
Me and Juliet April 15, 2017 Wehwalt
Marojejy National Park October 12, 2011 Visionholder
USS Constellation vs L'Insurgente February 9, 2017 XavierGreen
Malmö FF February 24, 2012 Reckless182
Eduard Streltsov July 21, 2012 Cliftonian
Luke P. Blackburn November 18, 2012 Acdixon
Myotis alcathoe March 5, 2017 Ucucha
L. Ron Hubbard March 13, 2011 MartinPoulter
Herbie Hewett March 23, 2023 Harrias
2010 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final October 4, 2011 Skotywa
Parkinson's disease April 11, 2011 Garrondo
U2 3D January 19, 2013 Dream out loud
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See logs at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/February 2011
Article Main page date Nominator
Pipe Dream (musical) July 9, 2013 Wehwalt
Clathrus ruber May 1, 2017 Sasata
Mantra-Rock Dance July 16, 2011 Cinosaur
Morgan dollar March 11, 2016 RHM22
Leslie Groves August 17, 2014 Hawkeye7
Empire of Brazil April 27, 2011 Lecen & Astynax & Hchc2009 & Arthur Holland
Johnstown Inclined Plane June 1, 2011 Niagara
Grand Coulee Dam March 15, 2011 NortyNort
Warren County, Indiana March 1, 2012 Omnedon
Rinaldo (opera) February 25, 2011 Brianboulton
2008 Hungarian Grand Prix August 3, 2013 Midgrid
History of the New York Jets September 12, 2011 Wehwalt & The Writer 2.0
Rutherford B. Hayes March 4, 2012 Coemgenus
Minas Geraes-class battleship September 10, 2015 The ed17
John J. Crittenden September 10, 2019 Acdixon
Battle of Towton March 29, 2011 Jappalang
Adelaide leak January 14, 2013 Sarastro1
Frederick Delius June 10, 2014 Brianboulton & Tim riley
U.S. Route 30 in Iowa December 5, 2021 Fredddie
Allegro (musical) October 10, 2012 Wehwalt
Thomcord April 17, 2011 Visionholder
Adenanthos cuneatus July 26, 2013 Casliber & Hesperian
Monticolomys October 4, 2018 Ucucha
Startling Stories April 25, 2014 Mike Christie
Stark Raving Dad September 19, 2011 Scorpion0422
Rhodocene November 3, 2021 EdChem
1950 Atlantic hurricane season December 16, 2012 Hurricanehink
Entoloma sinuatum August 10, 2015 Casliber
Tales of Monkey Island July 7, 2024 S@bre
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See logs at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/January 2011
Article Main page date Nominator
Nikolai Kulikovsky DrKay
Ian Dougald McLachlan July 23, 2016 Ian Rose
M-6 (Michigan highway) November 20, 2011 Imzadi1979
Psilocybe semilanceata June 3, 2015 Sasata
Walden–Wallkill Rail Trail November 15, 2024 Gyrobo
Action of 1 January 1800 January 1, 2013 XavierGreen
C. R. M. F. Cruttwell June 26, 2018 Brianboulton
Carousel (musical) April 13, 2018 Wehwalt & JeanColumbia
William Warelwast November 9, 2012 Ealdgyth & Eric Corbett
Painted turtle July 20, 2011 NYMFan69-86 & TCO
C. D. Howe May 20, 2012 Bzuk & Wehwalt
1955 MacArthur Airport United Airlines crash April 4, 2015 Wackywace
Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies May 23, 2012 Lecen & Astynax
Section 116 of the Constitution of Australia August 9, 2011 Mkativerata
Pennatomys July 15, 2022 Ucucha
Bombing of Singapore (1944–1945) December 13, 2014 Nick-D
Adenanthos obovatus December 5, 2011 Casliber & Hesperian
SMS Rheinland Parsecboy
Battle of Sio December 5, 2015 Hawkeye7
Almirante Latorre-class battleship November 27, 2015 The ed17
Ariel (moon) June 28, 2011 Ruslik0 & Serendipodous
Interstate 80 Business (West Wendover, Nevada–Wendover, Utah) February 11, 2013 Admrboltz
Fantastic (magazine) February 15, 2018 Mike Christie
Windsor Castle November 20, 2012 Hchc2009
Maya stelae February 17, 2011 Simon Burchell
Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō December 27, 2012 Cla68 & Sturmvogel 66
Royal Maundy March 28, 2024 Wehwalt
Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway May 22, 2021 Iridescent
Hill 303 massacre August 17, 2022 Ed!
Thistle, Utah April 17, 2013 Moabdave
Monadnock Building October 1, 2012 Nasty Housecat
Suillus spraguei Sasata
Round Church, Preslav March 3, 2011 TodorBozhinov
Sigi Schmid May 12, 2014 Cptnono
Governor of Kentucky November 8, 2011 Acdixon
2009 New York's 20th congressional district special election May 30, 2013 Gyrobo
Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis June 21, 2011 Jfdwolff
Salanoia durrelli June 12, 2021 Ucucha
Henry Wood October 21, 2011 Tim riley
Peveril Castle August 7, 2012 Nev1
Bernard Bosanquet (cricketer) October 13, 2012 Sarastro1
South Park (season 13) August 22, 2013 Hunter Kahn & Nergaal