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Lists suggested here must already be Featured lists that have not previously appeared on the Main Page. Lists do not have to be suggested to appear on the Main Page. Requests must be for dates within the next 30 days that have not yet been scheduled.
There may be no more than five total requests on this page at any time for a specific date, and one request for a nonspecific date. If there are already five lists requested and if the article that you would like to request has a point value higher than the request with the lowest point value, you may replace it according to the instructions below.
Requests are not the only factor in scheduling Today's featured list; the final decision rests with the featured list directors (The Rambling Man and Dabomb87). Please confine requests to this page, and remember that community endorsement on this page does not mean the list will appear on the requested date. See also User:Raul654/Featured article thoughts.
It is helpful to put the request, with the estimated point score (see below), up for discussion on the talk page pending template up to 90 days before the requested date; requestors should return to move the request to this page during the 30-day timeframe if the article has enough points to replace another article.
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Featured content:
Featured list tools:
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Calculating points:
Points are the sum of choices for each of the following six criteria:
- Age (since promotion to featured list)
- Promoted between one and two years ago: 1 point
- Promoted two or more years ago: 2 points
Timing (relevance to main page date request, select one of the following options)[1]
- Date relevant to list topic: 1 point
- Decennial or quinvigintennial anniversary (10-year or 25-year multiples): 2 points
- Semicentennial anniversary (50-year multiples): 4 points
- Centennial anniversary (100-year multiples): 6 points
- Importance (select one of the following three)
- Widely covered:[2] 2 points
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- Contributor history
- Diversity
- Subject underrepresented at WP:FL:[4] 1 point
- Main page representation
- A similar list has not been featured on the main page:[5]
- Within three months of requested date: 1 point
- Within six months of requested date: 2 points
- Deduct points if a similar article was recently featured on the main page:
- Within one month of requested date: −2 points
- Within six weeks of requested date: −1 points
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Notes
- ^ One point is awarded if there is an obvious and significant connection between the list and the date, for example .... Multiple points are only awarded for the anniversary of an event receiving significant coverage in the list. Note that just because a list might be appropriate for a date, for example Chinese language on Chinese New Year's, that does not mean a point should be awarded.
- ^ Topics are considered widely covered if they have 20 or more equivalent lists in other-language Wikipedias
- ^ Regardless of how a previous TFL was chosen, the bonus point is only for those who have never had any FL on which they have significantly worked appearing as Today's Featured List.
- ^ The category where the article is listed at WP:FL has fewer than 50 featured lists. The categories which currently qualify are: ........
- ^ Similar is defined differently than the categories at WP:FL: two dissimilar lists may be grouped under the same category. For example,.... Conversely, similar lists may be in different categories at WP:FL: for example, ....
Adding requests:
The list must not have been previously featured as Today's Featured List. History shows that articles with five or more points are almost never replaced. Accordingly, you must wait until there are 20 days or fewer before nominating such a list, to avoid tying up a slot for a long period of time, and to allow other articles their chance.
Please nominate only one list at a time. Nominations are ordered by requested date below the summary chart. The archive of previously featured lists is here. If there are already five requests, and the list you propose to add has more points than one of the lists already requested, you may remove a request and add yours (explaining in your post the claimed point total) according to the following:
- If a requested list has at least five declarations and over 50% oppose votes (counting the nominator's declaration as a support) at least 48 hours after the request is initiated, it may be removed regardless of its point value.
- If item 1 doesn't apply, then if there are two requests for the same date, the request within that date with the lowest number of points may be removed, regardless of how many points lists outside that date may have.
- Otherwise, replace the request that has the least points. If there is a tie, choose the one with the highest percentage of opposes. In case of a tie in oppose percentage, replace the one with the fewest support votes. If support is equal, remove the list with the latest date. If the tied lists are for the same date, remove any one of them, at your option.
Suggested formatting:
The request should have a blurb that uses the same formatting as the ones used on the main page; see today's example. Specifically: format it as one paragraph only; omit reference tags, alternative names, and extraneous bolding; trim birth/death dates to year only; link to the list title in bold; and limit total length (including spaces and markup) to roughly 1000 characters or fewer. The blurb should be preceded by a lead image when available; fair use images are not allowed. Use the following markup style for the image:
<div style="float:left;margin:0.5em 0.9em 0.4em 0;">[[File:Jrobinson.jpg|100px|Jackie Robinson]]</div>
Nonspecific date list:
The Featured Article Director has instituted a trial program for a sixth proposed TFA. The sixth article is not proposed for a specific date, but instead may be used by the Director on a date which he determines. The proposed TFA may be replaced by an article which has a higher number of points, according to the following rules:
- Points will be calculated per the usual (above) system, without including the points for "Timing".
- The article's targeted dates are the first seven days without scheduled articles after its nomination. Points based on similarity and main page representation are calculated as if the article's target is the first unscheduled day. If the article is not selected as a TFA by the seventh unscheduled day, it will be deemed rejected and may be replaced by any eligible article, regardless of points. It may also be removed for having a majority (by at least five) of oppose votes 48 hours after nomination.
- Community members may support or oppose, as they do for other nominations.
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