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This page is the list of featured articles that were promoted in 2015, 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 2015
Article Main page date Nominator
Wendell Willkie October 10, 2016 Wehwalt
Todd Manning August 25, 2016 Flyer22 Reborn & Figureskatingfan
Telopea truncata February 10, 2016 Casliber
Bristol March 7, 2016 Rodw
Murder of Dwayne Jones July 21, 2017 Midnightblueowl
Marilyn Monroe June 1, 2016 TrueHeartSusie3
Oppenheimer security hearing December 17, 2023 Hawkeye7
Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca April 10, 2020 Sasata & Casliber
Andrew Sledd December 22, 2016 Dirtlawyer1
William Sterling Parsons August 6, 2023 Hawkeye7
Bessie Braddock March 8, 2017 Brianboulton
George Mason December 11, 2016 Wehwalt
Gregor MacGregor April 1, 2016 Cliftonian
Capon Lake Whipple Truss Bridge May 5, 2016 West Virginian
Sheshi March 1, 2018 Iry-Hor
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines November 16, 2016 Darkwarriorblake
Britomart Redeems Faire Amoret July 9, 2018 Iridescent
Battle of Kalavrye February 19, 2016 Cplakidas
Shōkaku-class aircraft carrier May 4, 2016 Sturmvogel 66
SMS Kaiser Barbarossa April 21, 2017 Parsecboy
2015 Vuelta a España August 22, 2017 Relentlessly
2006 Subway 500 September 15, 2020 Z105space
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See logs at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/November 2015
Article Main page date Nominator
Hurricane Fay (2014) June 10, 2021 Juliancolton
Stefan Lochner May 31, 2018 Ceoil
Suillus bovinus September 19, 2019 Sasata & Casliber
From The Doctor to my son Thomas November 7, 2016 Cirt
Norse-American medal October 27, 2016 Wehwalt
Smilodon January 3, 2017 FunkMonk & LittleJerry
History of York City F.C. (1908–1980) February 26, 2017 Mattythewhite
2006 UAW-Ford 500 October 8, 2016 Bentvfan54321
Smooth toadfish October 28, 2023 Casliber
Baryonyx September 18, 2016 FunkMonk
Operation Copperhead May 25, 2016 ErrantX
Tank Girl (film) March 31, 2016 Damien Linnane
Final Fantasy Type-0 March 17, 2016 ProtoDrake
Ralph Vaughan Williams August 26, 2018 Tim riley
Runaway Scrape April 21, 2016 Maile66
Hurricane Emily (1993) July 22, 2021 Hurricanehink
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See logs at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/October 2015
Article Main page date Nominator
Assassination of Spencer Perceval May 11, 2016 Brianboulton
Æthelwulf October 6, 2016 Dudley Miles
Ice (The X-Files) June 14, 2019 Grapple X
Schmerber v. California June 20, 2016 Notecardforfree
Yugoslav submarine Nebojša Peacemaker67
Hebron Church (Intermont, West Virginia) December 25, 2016 West Virginian
Arnold Bax March 18, 2020 Tim riley
Frank Jenner Neelix
Tyrone Garland November 17, 2015 TempleM
Mantis April 19, 2016 Chiswick Chap & LittleJerry & Cwmhiraeth
Boys Don't Cry (1999 film) November 15, 2015 Johanna
Life's Shop Window November 19, 2018 Squeamish Ossifrage
Perijá tapaculo January 2, 2021 Thine Antique Pen
Maniac Mansion May 6, 2018 JimmyBlackwing & GamerPro64
Horse-fly June 24, 2016 Cwmhiraeth
Boletus aereus September 2, 2018 Sasata & Casliber
In Our Time (short story collection) January 24, 2017 Victoriaearle
Vampire: The Masquerade – Redemption June 7, 2016 Darkwarriorblake
Ununseptium December 15, 2015 R8R Gtrs
Oviri (Gauguin) January 30, 2018 Ceoil & Modernist & C1cada
St Denys' Church, Sleaford December 1, 2015 Noswall59
SMS Prinz Adalbert (1901) January 12, 2024 Parsecboy
Trout Creek Mountains November 21, 2015 Jsayre64
Apatosaurus May 16, 2017 IJReid & LittleJerry
Boroughitis September 27, 2022 Wehwalt
R U Professional February 3, 2016 Cirt
The Turn of the Screw (2009 film) December 30, 2019 J Milburn
Pyxis February 24, 2018 Casliber
Satoru Iwata July 11, 2016 Cyclonebiskit
Bootham Crescent August 31, 2018 Mattythewhite
United States presidential election, 1880 November 3, 2015 Coemgenus
The Wrestlers (Etty) December 20, 2015 Iridescent
Rod Steiger September 18, 2023 Dr. Blofeld & Ssven2
Russian battleship Oslyabya Sturmvogel 66 & Buggie111
Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater Restaurant October 21, 2015 Neelix
Perovskia atriplicifolia November 7, 2015 Rationalobserver & Squeamish Ossifrage
Romney Literary Society January 30, 2016 West Virginian
Yugoslav monitor Vardar July 9, 2019 Peacemaker67
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See logs at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/September 2015
Article Main page date Nominator
Mortimer Wheeler December 23, 2017 Midnightblueowl
Suillus luteus January 23, 2020 Sasata & Casliber
Banded sugar ant November 28, 2015 Burklemore1
Opisthocoelicaudia September 18, 2020 Jens Lallensack
Clinton Engineer Works January 6, 2017 Hawkeye7
Russian battleship Potemkin October 9, 2016 Sturmvogel 66
United States v. Washington October 12, 2021 GregJackP
Diamonds Are Forever (novel) March 26, 2019 SchroCat
Jeannette Expedition July 8, 2016 Brianboulton
The Triumph of Cleopatra September 22, 2021 Iridescent
Coinage Act of 1873 June 10, 2016 Wehwalt
Typhoon Omar December 4, 2017 Hurricanehink
Pitfour estate Eric Corbett & Sagaciousphil
Too Much Too Soon (album) Teflon Peter Christ
Moonraker (novel) April 5, 2016 SchroCat
Kalidas (film) August 16, 2019 Kailash29792
Gateway Protection Programme October 1, 2021 Cordless Larry
Mayfly November 2, 2016 Cwmhiraeth
Emu September 4, 2006 Cwmhiraeth
Menkauhor Kaiu April 27, 2016 Iry-Hor
Battle of Agua Dulce March 2, 2016 Karanacs
Thunderbirds (TV series) October 7, 2024 SuperMarioMan
Sisters at Heart December 25, 2015 Neelix
Norma (constellation) June 14, 2018 Casliber
Hastings Line October 13, 2015 Mjroots
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge October 20, 2018 BollyJeff
Joehana October 6, 2017 Chris Woodrich
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See logs at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/August 2015
Article Main page date Nominator
United States v. Kagama August 21, 2016 GregJackP
The Boat Races 2015 April 11, 2021 The Rambling Man
Battle of Malvern Hill July 1, 2020 Ceradon & Lingzhi
Kill 'Em All July 25, 2017 Retrohead & Greg Fasolino
Paterson Clarence Hughes September 7, 2015 Ian Rose
Kurt Vonnegut April 11, 2024 Ceradon & Wehwalt
Samuel J. Randall June 10, 2020 Coemgenus
The Combat: Woman Pleading for the Vanquished Iridescent
Sieges of Taunton September 23, 2016 Harrias
Warren G. Harding March 4, 2021 Wehwalt
Imperator torosus January 27, 2019 Sasata & Casliber
Carrow Road August 31, 2015 Dweller & The Rambling Man
Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid January 21, 2017 Cplakidas
Dave Gallaher October 30, 2017 Shudde
Fremantle Prison October 30, 2015 Evad37
Last Gasp (Inside No. 9) February 26, 2024 J Milburn
American Pharoah May 7, 2016 Montanabw & Vesuvius Dogg & Tigerboy1966 & Froggerlaura
Serpens September 25, 2015 StringTheory11
Ursa Minor January 10, 2022 Casliber
Mascarene grey parakeet January 30, 2019 FunkMonk
Annunciation (Memling) February 13, 2024 Victoriaearle & Ceoil
Chetro Ketl September 22, 2015 Rationalobserver
History of Liverpool F.C. (1892–1959) January 15, 2016 NapHit
Halifax Explosion December 6, 2017 Resolute & Nikkimaria
No. 450 Squadron RAAF Ian Rose & AustralianRupert
Stanley Price Weir April 23, 2024 Peacemaker67
Jeremy Thorpe September 16, 2024 Brianboulton
Master of Puppets March 3, 2016 Retrohead
Mary Margaret O'Reilly October 14, 2015 Wehwalt
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See logs at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/July 2015
Article Main page date Nominator
Ankylosaurus January 15, 2018 FunkMonk & LittleJerry
Nuckelavee March 23, 2016 Eric Corbett & Sagaciousphil
JC's Girls September 2, 2015 Neelix
Hitler Diaries June 25, 2016 SchroCat
Giant mouse lemur April 19, 2020 Maky
Hu Zhengyan October 7, 2015 Yunshui
Youth on the Prow, and Pleasure at the Helm February 9, 2016 Iridescent
Eta Carinae March 12, 2017 Lithopsian & Casliber
Hugh Beadle February 6, 2016 Cliftonian
Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy April 21, 2023 ProtoDrake
Maya civilization January 27, 2016 Simon Burchell
The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold November 23, 2016 Brianboulton
Frigatebird May 22, 2016 Aa77zz & Casliber
Hurricane Gonzalo October 12, 2020 Juliancolton
Columbian mammoth January 29, 2016 FunkMonk
SMS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse June 1, 2020 Parsecboy
Witches' Sabbath (The Great He-Goat) January 18, 2019 Ceoil
Capon Chapel October 2, 2015 West Virginian
Tom Simpson September 5, 2015 BaldBoris
Vision In White April 16, 2020 Karanacs
The Destroying Angel and Daemons of Evil Interrupting the Orgies of the Vicious and Intemperate April 23, 2018 Iridescent
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See logs at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/June 2015
Article Main page date Nominator
P. G. Wodehouse October 15, 2018 SchroCat & Tim riley
Preparing for a Fancy Dress Ball August 1, 2015 Iridescent
Denbies Sagaciousphil & Eric Corbett
The Playboy May 23, 2023 Curly Turkey
2012 Budweiser Shootout February 18, 2016 Z105space
Elliott Fitch Shepard July 25, 2015
Mutiny on the Bounty April 28, 2016 Brianboulton & Cliftonian
Waddesdon Bequest March 3, 2023 Johnbod
Operation Goodwood (naval) August 22, 2019 Nick-D
Burning of Parliament October 16, 2015 SchroCat
R. V. C. Bodley June 2, 2017 Damien Linnane
Scientific Detective Monthly May 3, 2019 Mike Christie
1877 Wimbledon Championship July 12, 2015 Wolbo
Xx (The xx album) August 14, 2017 Teflon Peter Christ
John Wilton (general) Ian Rose
HMS Collingwood (1908) November 8, 2016 Sturmvogel 66
Carl Nielsen June 9, 2015 Ipigott & Smerus & Mirokado & Dr. Blofeld
Battle of San Patricio February 27, 2019 Karanacs
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See logs at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/May 2015
Article Main page date Nominator
Panama–Pacific commemorative coins June 15, 2015 Wehwalt
Microscopium October 31, 2018 Casliber
Irataba August 3, 2015 Rationalobserver & Maunus & Dr. Blofeld
Earth-grazing meteoroid of 13 October 1990 October 13, 2016 Jan.Kamenicek
Falstaff (opera) January 1, 2016 Tim riley
A Quiet Night In May 27, 2016 J Milburn
Shah Rukh Khan November 2, 2015 Bollyjeff & Dr. Blofeld
Persuasion (1995 film) April 16, 2021 Ruby2010
Ancestry of the Godwins November 22, 2015 Dudley Miles
Cincinnati Musical Center half dollar March 31, 2017 Wehwalt
Corona Borealis August 16, 2015 Casliber
Tales of Wonder (magazine) August 25, 2018 Mike Christie
1880 Greenback National Convention June 9, 2023 Coemgenus
2003 Sri Lanka cyclone June 14, 2016 Hurricanehink
SMS Königsberg (1905) July 11, 2015 Parsecboy
British contribution to the Manhattan Project May 12, 2016 Hawkeye7
Space Seed February 16, 2018 David Fuchs & Miyagawa
HMS Nairana (1917) June 21, 2015 Sturmvogel 66 & Ian Rose
Jacobus Anthonie Meessen December 5, 2019 Crisco 1492
Battle of Labuan June 10, 2015 Nick-D
Florence Nagle Sagaciousphil & Eric Corbett & Richerman & Giano & Dr. Blofeld
Southern Cross (wordless novel) February 18, 2017 Curly Turkey
Richie Farmer August 25, 2019 Acdixon
Camas pocket gopher April 3, 2017 Gaff
Children of Mana November 26, 2015 PresN
Jarrow March March 31, 2024 Brianboulton
Bill Denny (Australian politician) December 6, 2022 Peacemaker67
Russulaceae June 25, 2018 Tylototriton
James A. Garfield February 21, 2022 Coemgenus & Wehwalt
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See logs at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/April 2015
Article Main page date Nominator
O heilges Geist- und Wasserbad, BWV 165 May 31, 2015 Gerda Arendt
Stephen I of Hungary August 15, 2018 Borsoka
Maurice Ravel March 7, 2019 Tim riley
City of Angels (Thirty Seconds to Mars song) May 21, 2015 Earthh
Astatine September 16, 2023 R8R Gtrs
Hurricane Marie (2014) March 16, 2018 Cyclonebiskit
St. Elmo (1914 film) October 28, 2016 Squeamish Ossifrage
Castell Coch August 13, 2015 Dr. Blofeld & Hchc2009 & KJP1
Enthiran June 14, 2021 Ssven2 & Kailash29792
Bazy Tankersley November 15, 2017 Montanabw
Romance (Luis Miguel album) November 19, 2015 Magiciandude
Unas July 5, 2015 Iry-Hor
Telopea oreades July 20, 2015 Casliber & Melburnian
Falcon's Fury September 2, 2024 Dom497
Air Mata Iboe December 9, 2017 Crisco 1492
Texas Revolution May 25, 2015 Maile66 & Karanacs
Portrait of Monsieur Bertin June 11, 2016 Modernist & Ceoil & Kafka Liz & Ewulp
Mark Oliphant October 8, 2018 Hawkeye7
Live and Let Die (novel) April 5, 2019 SchroCat
McKinley Birthplace Memorial gold dollar October 16, 2019 Wehwalt
Susan B. Anthony dollar November 16, 2017 RHM22
Mind Meld June 1, 2015 Neelix
The Negro Motorist Green Book January 18, 2016 Prioryman
Radiocarbon dating July 6, 2023 Mike Christie
Love It to Death February 14, 2020 Curly Turkey
The Tower House June 12, 2022 Dr. Blofeld & KJP1 & Gareth E Kegg
HMS Illustrious (87) Sturmvogel 66
Blackrock (film) May 13, 2015 Damien Linnane
2014 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final September 6, 2017 Cptnono
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See logs at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/March 2015
Article Main page date Nominator
Of Human Feelings April 25, 2021 Teflon Peter Christ
Three-cent silver October 25, 2015 Wehwalt
Hermeneutic style August 19, 2015 Dudley Miles
Ulysses S. Grant April 9, 2015 Coemgenus
Edward II of England May 17, 2019 Hchc2009
Paul Kruger October 10, 2017 Cliftonian
The Sirens and Ulysses August 2, 2021 Iridescent
1804 dollar January 25, 2016 RHM22
Deinocheirus July 9, 2016 FunkMonk & IJReid
M-theory June 22, 2015 Polytope24
German–Yugoslav Partisan negotiations March 11, 2017 Peacemaker67
United States Sesquicentennial coinage July 4, 2016 Wehwalt
SMS Dresden (1907) October 5, 2020 Parsecboy
Sardines (Inside No. 9) September 8, 2022 J Milburn
Forrest Highway September 20, 2015 Evad37
Taiko April 14, 2015 I JethroBT
Mary Celeste December 4, 2015 Brianboulton
Camille Saint-Saëns October 9, 2018 Tim riley
Great Stink June 23, 2015 SchroCat
Forest raven February 9, 2023 Casliber
Uncle David March 25, 2016 Midnightblueowl
Benjamin Tillman December 11, 2018 Wehwalt
Cosmic Stories and Stirring Science Stories April 15, 2016 Mike Christie
Gary Cooper May 8, 2015 Bede735
Les Holden Ian Rose
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See logs at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/February 2015
Article Main page date Nominator
Exhumation of Richard III of England March 26, 2015 Prioryman
Shepseskare January 28, 2016 Iry-Hor
Bramshill House November 16, 2019 Dr. Blofeld
God of War III July 15, 2017 JDC808
American Arts Commemorative Series medallions December 3, 2017 RHM22
Cucurbita October 28, 2024 HalfGig & Sminthopsis84 & Chiswick Chap
Keen Johnson January 12, 2016 Acdixon
Horace Greeley July 28, 2016 Wehwalt
Casino Royale (novel) April 13, 2015 SchroCat
Laurence Olivier December 12, 2018 SchroCat & Tim riley
Rodrigues starling April 3, 2020 FunkMonk
Money in the Bank (2011) June 14, 2015 Starship.paint
Girl Pat (1935 trawler) March 1, 2016 Brianboulton
Fork-marked lemur October 11, 2017 Maky
Trinity (nuclear test) July 16, 2015 Hawkeye7
Sega Saturn May 11, 2020 TheTimesAreAChanging
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within July 13, 2015 Damien Linnane
Brachychiton rupestris January 14, 2016 Melburnian & Casliber
Interstate 8 March 26, 2017 Rschen7754
Josh Hutcherson March 28, 2015 Gloss
The Thrill Book June 25, 2020 Mike Christie
William of Wrotham January 7, 2018 Ealdgyth
I Never Liked You April 7, 2015 Curly Turkey
Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata (van Eyck) October 4, 2019 Ceoil & Victoriaearle
James B. Weaver March 10, 2023 Coemgenus
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See logs at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/January 2015
Article Main page date Nominator
Freedom Planet March 17, 2018 Tezero
Operation Mascot July 17, 2016 Nick-D
Lawrence Wetherby January 2, 2018 Acdixon
Banksia lemanniana July 19, 2019 Casliber
Fuji-class battleship Sturmvogel 66
No. 77 Squadron RAAF June 3, 2016 Ian Rose
California Diamond Jubilee half dollar September 9, 2017 Wehwalt
Mackensen-class battlecruiser November 5, 2015 Parsecboy
1987 Giro d'Italia May 21, 2016 Disc Wheel
Amphetamine April 3, 2015 Seppi333 & Boghog
Maurice Richard August 4, 2016 Resolute
Pancreatic cancer June 16, 2016 Wiki CRUK John
St Helen's Church, Ashby-de-la-Zouch November 8, 2017 Jimfbleak
Philip Seymour Hoffman February 2, 2015 Dr. Blofeld & Loeba
Hoopoe starling October 26, 2021 FunkMonk
Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe, BWV 22 February 7, 2023 Gerda Arendt
Good Girl Gone Bad May 31, 2019 Tomica
William F. Raynolds March 17, 2020 MONGO
Battle of Schliengen Auntieruth55
Jack Parsons (rocket engineer) October 30, 2016 JJARichardson & Midnightblueowl
Olympic marmot February 10, 2017 Innotata
Marvel Science Stories February 13, 2017 Mike Christie
The Boat Race 2003 April 6, 2023 The Rambling Man
June 1941 uprising in eastern Herzegovina June 23, 2017 Peacemaker67