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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.

Featured content:

Featured article candidates (FAC):

Featured article review (FAR):

Today's featured article (TFA):

Featured article tools:

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 August 28 to September 27.

Date Article Notes Supports† Opposes†
Nonspecific 1 European rabbit 2
Nonspecific 2 Dualism 3
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August 27 Assassination of Lord Mountbatten 47th anniversary of assassination 1

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

Nonspecific date nominations

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Dualism

Dualism divides a domain or phenomenon into two separate principles or kinds.
Dualism divides a domain or phenomenon into two separate principles or kinds.

Dualism is a family of views that posit a fundamental division into two separate principles or kinds. It typically emphasizes a sharp distinction between independent or antagonistic sides, but also includes theories in which the two sides are correlated or complementary. Dualism contrasts with monism, which rejects any fundamental division, and spans many domains. Mind–body dualism holds that mind and body are fundamentally different. Ethical dualism regards good and evil as antagonistic forces that govern human conduct and the cosmic order. Platonic dualism divides reality into timeless Forms and mutable matter. Epistemological dualism posits an essential gap between the object of perception and the real object. Critics argue that dualism ignores continuities, creates pseudoproblems, or introduces evaluative biases. Dualism has its roots in antiquity as a key theme of various religious traditions, such as Zoroastrianism, Jainism, the yinyang school, Samkhya, Gnosticism, and Manichaeism. (Full article...)

  • Most recent similar article(s): Mind (April 16, 2025), Cognition (scheduled for July 2026)
  • Main editors: Phlsph7
  • Promoted: May 22, 2026
  • Reasons for nomination: The article was recently promoted to FA status.
  • Support as nominator. Phlsph7 (talk) 09:11, 23 May 2026 (UTC)
  • Coordinator comment: @Phlsph7: Since cognition is probably scheduled for July, I'll leave this here for future months (like August). If there's a change I'll note it below. Thanks for writing blurbs for us. Z1720 (talk) 22:04, 23 May 2026 (UTC)
    They are not too similar, but I agree that it makes sense to have them in different months. Phlsph7 (talk) 08:20, 24 May 2026 (UTC)
  • Support A very interesting article, would add some nice variety to the Main Page. I'm not sure how Phlsph7 keeps making all of these broad-topic FAs, but I'm very impressed. In solidarity, QuicoleJR (talk) 02:20, 7 June 2026 (UTC)
  • Heartliy Support; nice variety per QuicoleJR. Ceoil (talk) 21:40, 11 June 2026 (UTC)

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Specific date nominations

August 27

Assassination of Lord Mountbatten

Lord Mountbatten
Lord Mountbatten

On August 27, 1979, Lord Mountbatten (pictured) was assassinated off the coast of Mullaghmore, Ireland. Thomas McMahon planted a bomb on Mountbatten's boat, the Shadow V, during Mountbatten's annual summer trip to Classiebawn Castle. He was an Irish republican and volunteered for Provisional Irish Republican Army. The IRA had planned the attack for several months. A bomb team built a device that contained fifty pounds of gelignite. The bomb was detonated and killed Mountbatten less than two hours later, along with his grandson Nicholas and Nicholas's grandmother Doreen. Paul Maxwell, a crew member was killed along with three other passengers. The attacks were condemned by various leaders throughout the world. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher introduced an approach where the government took a more active role in security in Northern Ireland. (Full article...)

  • Most recent similar article(s): There was no recent article featured with an assassination.
  • Main editors: SchroCat
  • Promoted: October 20, 2025
  • Reasons for nomination: Anniversary of assassination.
  • Support as nominator. Interstellarity (talk) 01:35, 19 June 2026 (UTC)
  • Coordinator note: @Interstellarity: Please complete this nomination by adding SchroCat as the main editor, identifying the most recent similar article, and preparing a draft blurb that summarises the main contents of the article's lead (not just the first two paragraphs of the article). Example draft blurbs can be found on the other requests on this page or at this month's queue. Z1720 (talk) 01:50, 20 June 2026 (UTC)
  • @Interstellarity: Thanks for completing this. The blurb for TFAs is between 925 and 1025 characters (including the "(Full article)") so there's a little more that can be added. Right now the blurb is at 726 characters (I use this site to calculate the character count). Z1720 (talk) 14:06, 21 June 2026 (UTC)