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Key to blurbs for Featured Articles

 * Listed below are almost all of the TFA blurbs that were prepared but have not yet run on the Main Page, for articles promoted as Featured Articles from 2016 to the end of 2020. The links are listed chronologically, in the order they were promoted. Most blurb text came directly from the lead sections of the relevant articles.


 * Key:
 * Various usernames: written by the indicated editor. (J is Johnboddie and Gog is Gog the Mild. If there's no username, then I generally did at least the first draft.)
 * FT: The article is or was part of a Featured Topic.

2016 FACs

 * WT:Featured article candidates/Peresvet-class battleship/archive1, Gog
 * WT:Featured article candidates/William Etty/archive1, J
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Hex Enduction Hour/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Persona (series)/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/U.S. Route 16 in Michigan/archive1, FT


 * WT:Featured article candidates/Slug (song)/archive3
 * WT:Featured article candidates/HMS Emerald (1795)/archive1, Gog
 * WT:Featured article candidates/The Boat Races 2016/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/The Ecstatic/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/History of Liverpool F.C. (1985–present)/archive1, FT
 * WT:Featured article candidates/HMS Alceste (1806)/archive1, Gog
 * WT:Featured article candidates/SMS Mecklenburg/archive1, FT, Gog
 * WT:Featured article candidates/After the Deluge (painting)/archive1, J
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Dick Cresswell/archive1, Gog
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Operation Infinite Reach/archive1, Gog

1st quarter 2017

 * WT:Featured article candidates/Musidora: The Bather 'At the Doubtful Breeze Alarmed'/archive1, J
 * WT:Featured article candidates/SMS Schwaben/archive1, Gog, FT
 * WT:Featured article candidates/2003 Cricket World Cup Final/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Red wattlebird/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Ben Crosby/archive3
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Alan Shepard/archive1, Gog

2nd quarter 2017

 * WT:Featured article candidates/St Vincent-class battleship/archive1, Gog
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Homeworld/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Grey-necked wood rail/archive1, renamed to Grey-cowled wood rail
 * WT:Featured article candidates/No. 1 Aircraft Depot RAAF/archive1, Gog
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Louis Leblanc/archive2
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Nil Battey Sannata/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Inaccessible Island rail/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Battle of Kunersdorf/archive1, Gog
 * WT:Featured article candidates/SMS Weissenburg/archive1, FT, Gog

3rd quarter 2017

 * WT:Featured article candidates/Jacob Gens/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Shine (Gwen Stefani song)/archive3
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Donald Hardman/archive1, Gog
 * WT:Featured article candidates/SMS Deutschland (1904)/archive1, FT, Gog
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Battle of Leuthen/archive1, Gog
 * WT:Featured article candidates/The Getaway (1972 film)/archive1, J
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Black-throated loon/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Red-billed quelea/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/RAAF area commands/archive1, FT, Gog
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Smiley Smile/archive1, J
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Commander Keen in Invasion of the Vorticons/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Paradises Lost/archive1, J
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Pied butcherbird/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Battle of Rossbach/archive1, Gog

4th quarter 2017

 * WT:Featured article candidates/SMS Brandenburg/archive1, FT, Gog
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Lesley J. McNair/archive1, Gog
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Battle of Groix/archive1, Gog
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Mells War Memorial/archive1, Gog
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Black-necked grebe/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Craig Kieswetter/archive2
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz/archive1, Gog
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Patrick Henry/archive1, Wehwalt
 * WT:Featured article candidates/HMS Neptune (1909)/archive1, Gog
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Segundo Romance/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Greek battleship Salamis/archive1, Gog
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Ho Ho Ho/archive1, renamed to Ho Ho Ho (album), J

1st quarter 2018

 * WT:Featured article candidates/Civil Service Rifles War Memorial/archive1, Carcharoth
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Russian battleship Petropavlovsk (1894)/archive1, Sturmvogel_66, FT
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Siege of Constantinople (674–678)/archive1, J
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Tommy Phillips/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Andrew Jackson/archive1, Wehwalt
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Royal Gloucestershire Hussars/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/SMS Pommern/archive1, FT
 * WT:Featured article candidates/HMS Vanguard (1909)/archive1, Sturmvogel_66
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Henry Petre/archive1, Gog
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Battle of Warsaw (1705)/archive1

2nd quarter 2018

 * WT:Featured article candidates/Rhine Campaign of 1796/archive1, J
 * WT:Featured article candidates/The Boat Race 2018/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/The Riddle of the Sphinx (Inside No. 9)/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/André Messager/archive1, Tim Riley
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Design A-150 battleship/archive1, FT
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Royal Naval Division War Memorial/archive1, Carcharoth
 * WT:Featured article candidates/SMS Braunschweig/archive1, FT
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Lady Blue (TV series)/archive1, J
 * WT:Featured article candidates/The Bill (Inside No. 9)/archive1, J
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Nicholas Hoult/archive1, J

3rd quarter 2018

 * WT:Featured article candidates/Northern gannet/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Peter Drummond (RAF officer)/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Second Australian Imperial Force in the United Kingdom/archive1, J
 * WT:Featured article candidates/SMS Hessen/archive1, FT
 * WT:Featured article candidates/SMS Elsass/archive1, FT
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Eastern Area Command (RAAF)/archive1, FT
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Red-capped parrot/archive1

4th quarter 2018

 * WT:Featured article candidates/SMS Wettin/archive1, FT
 * WT:Featured article candidates/John Glenn/archive2, J
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Petropavlovsk-class battleship/archive1, FT
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Territorial Force/archive1, J
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Western Australian emergency of March 1944/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Hector Berlioz/archive1, J
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Ragnar Garrett/archive1

1st quarter 2019

 * WT:Featured article candidates/William de Ros, 6th Baron de Ros/archive1, J
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Spaghetti House siege/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Japanese battleship Ise/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/SMS Preussen (1903)/archive1, FT
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Swift Justice/archive2
 * WT:Featured article candidates/French battleship Bretagne/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Japanese aircraft carrier Hiyō/archive1

2nd quarter 2019

 * WT:Featured article candidates/SMS Lothringen/archive1, FT
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Western Area Command (RAAF)/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Lion-class battleship/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/1257 Samalas eruption/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/L 20e α-class battleship/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Vance Drummond/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Death of Blair Peach/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/French battleship Jauréguiberry/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/French battleship Jean Bart (1911)/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/North-Western Area Command (RAAF)/archive1, FT
 * WT:Featured article candidates/SMS Hannover/archive1, FT

3rd quarter 2019

 * WT:Featured article candidates/Russian battleship Dvenadsat Apostolov/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Masked booby/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/French battleship France/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/HMS Ramillies (07)/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/2018 World Snooker Championship/archive2, J
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Mercury Seven/archive1
 * WT: Featured article candidates/Braunschweig-class battleship/archive1, FT
 * WT:Featured article candidates/18th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)/archive3
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Eddie Gerard/archive2
 * WT:Featured article candidates/HMS Bulwark (1899)/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Normandie-class battleship/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Wittelsbach-class battleship/archive1, FT
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Rock parrot/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/HMS Roebuck (1774)/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Amarte Es un Placer (album)/archive3

4th quarter 2019

 * WT:Featured article candidates/Lyon-class battleship/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Kaiser Friedrich III-class battleship/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Soviet destroyer Nezamozhnik/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Yugoslav submarine Hrabri/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/French battleship Brennus/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Brandenburg-class battleship/archive1, FT
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Whisky Galore! (1949 film)/archive1

1st quarter 2020

 * WT:Featured article candidates/Ersatz Yorck-class battlecruiser/archive1, Gog, FT
 * WT:Featured article candidates/French battleship Gaulois/archive1, Gog
 * WT:Featured article candidates/2019 Champion of Champions/archive1, J
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Drake Would Love Me/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Donald Forrester Brown/archive2, Gog
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Battle of Marshall's Elm/archive1, Gog
 * WT:Featured article candidates/SMS Roon/archive1, Gog

2nd quarter 2020

 * WT:Featured article candidates/Ghostbusters II/archive2, J
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Loveday, 1458/archive1, J
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Marcian/archive2, Gog
 * WT:Featured article candidates/SMS Niobe/archive1, Gog
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Bombing of Obersalzberg/archive1, Gog
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Manchester United F.C. 9–0 Ipswich Town F.C./archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/MAX Red Line/archive1, J
 * WT:Featured article candidates/1980–81 Ipswich Town F.C. season/archive1, J
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Harriet Leveson-Gower, Countess Granville/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/French battleship Bouvet/archive1, Gog
 * WT:Featured article candidates/2017 World Snooker Championship/archive1, J
 * WT:Featured article candidates/2001 UEFA Cup Final/archive1
 * WT:Featured article candidates/The Boat Race 2020/archive1, The Rambling Man
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Bayern Munich 1–2 Norwich City (1993)/archive1, The Rambling Man

3rd quarter 2020

 * WT:Featured article candidates/Bob Mann (American football)/archive1, J
 * WT:Featured article candidates/1986 World Snooker Championship/archive1, J
 * WT:Featured article candidates/2020 Tour Championship/archive1, J
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Hey Y'all/archive1, Aoba47
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Spanish battleship Alfonso XIII/archive1, Gog
 * WT:Featured article candidates/History of the Jews in Dęblin and Irena during World War II/archive1, Gog
 * WT:Featured article candidates/Operation Boomerang/archive1, Gog

4th quarter 2020

 * French battleship Suffren, Gog
 * SMS Preussischer Adler, Gog
 * Muhammad IV of Granada, Gog
 * 1984 World Snooker Championship, TFAP for April 2024
 * Favorite Son (Star Trek: Voyager), Aoba47
 * Peter Raw, Gog
 * Royal Artillery Memorial, Gog
 * 1925 FA Cup Final, TFAP for April 2025
 * HMS Pearl (1762), Gog
 * Slayback's Missouri Cavalry Regiment, Gog
 * Yugoslav destroyer Ljubljana, Gog
 * 55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division, Gog
 * New Romantics (song), to consider for February 2026