User:Dweller/Featured Articles that haven't been on Main Page

Following the appearance of an "old" FA on Main Page in October 2012 that contained several significant flaws, Dweller initiated an effort to review all articles that: The reason is to see if they are, at a quick glance, of a standard appropriate for a Featured article appearing on Main Page, would require a light brush-up or need so much work that their appearance would inappropriate, as not reflective of our best work.
 * passed Wikipedia:Featured article candidacy in 2008 or earlier
 * are still Featured
 * have not yet appeared on Main Page
 * have not had a Featured article review or subsequent FAC since 2008

The reason for choosing 2008 as a cut-off was that the FA standards rose significantly in and after 2009.

At the request of the TFA Coordinators, the scope has been expanded to articles that passed FA more recently.

There are no Featured articles pre-dating 2005 that have yet to appear on Main page.

2005
Suggested date: The incident that kicked this off took place on 17 December 1986, so 30th anniversary this December --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 09:56, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Dietrich v The Queen FAR: 2009 Review: n/a Not considered due to relatively recent FAR. Now reviewed. Looks fine. --Dweller (talk) 15:54, 18 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I don't know the standards for Australian legal articles, but for an article on an American Supreme Court case of central importance, you'd expect to see relevant constitutional cases from both before and after, and I'm not seeing that here. I think it needs expanding. - Dank (push to talk) 23:23, 27 October 2016 (UTC)
 * , you're the most prolific contributer to this article, even if the inactive wrote most of what went to FAC and another editor nominated it. What do you think of the issue raised by Dank? I'd love to get this on Main page. 12 years when we're apparently very short of FAs is ridiculous. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 12:39, 16 August 2017 (UTC)
 * I'll have a look into it - I have a friend who has a lot of expertise in this area, so I'll grab his opinion early next week and see what we need to do. - Bilby (talk) 08:35, 1 September 2017 (UTC)
 * , how's it going? --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 15:08, 25 July 2018 (UTC)
 * ? --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 10:17, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Thansk for the reminder. He had a look. but didn't offer much. I'd actually really like to do this - I want to take a break from off-wiki stresses and do something here. I'll endevour to go over everything in the next week. - Bilby (talk) 10:19, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern Railway FAR: 2008 Review: Large sections devoid of inline references. Inappropriate for Main Page currently.

2006
Many of these articles have short Leads, frequently two short parags.
 * 1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?) FAR n/a - Review: "Plagiarised" used several times but looks like editorial comment... Incidents of destruction referred to in Lead not mentioned in article. Probably needs a close look before going on Main Page.
 * I had a quick look at this, and if it were my call, I wouldn't run it. Readers could easily get confused by the manipulative style of the band into thinking that we're trying to be manipulative at TFA (starting with the name of the album). - Dank (push to talk) 15:44, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
 * All You Need Is Love (The JAMs song) FAR n/a - Review: Large tracts of unsourced material. Inappropriate for Main Page currently. Let's see if we can fix this. notification Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 23:00, 31 January 2018
 * Battle of the Tenaru FAR n/a - Review: Serious issues. Unsourced casualty numbers in Lead, conflict with casualty numbers in Lead and infobox, conflict in combatant numbers between Lead and infobox, contradiction between Lead and body as to what the Japanese commander knew of US strength. Final citation used to apparently source detailed comparison of real events and depiction of the battle, but none of the detail is actually present in the source. Inappropriate for Main Page currently.
 * Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo FAR n/a - Review: "frenzied mob" needs a source, as does "one of the finest natural harbors in the South Pacific". Some text issues, eg "utilizing improvised explosive charges to kill the Japanese defenders taking cover in the many caves and fighting positions spread throughout the hill and ravine.[27] Employing the improvised explosives, the individual Japanese fighting positions were destroyed." Otherwise, probably fine with a going-over
 * Don Dunstan FAR n/a - Review: Huge paragraphs in an oversized Lead. Pretty well referenced. Minor niggle: MATS "plan" or "plans"? Taking a random part of the article for a close look, I examined his retirement, straddling two sections of the article. Some odd use of photo caption to include important sourced material that should be in the main text and is not. What was he "seriously ill" with when he resigned? What was "stage-managed" about the press conference (aren't press conferences by definition stage-managed? They're hardly spontaneous.) Article doesn't properly address his retirement from anything other than premiership - retirement from politics is alluded to only. These issues makes me suppose there are others I'm missing on this whistlestop lookthrough. Probably inappropriate for Main Page currently.
 * Effects of Hurricane Isabel in North Carolina FAR n/a - Review: Title inconsistent with opening words. Article opens with what sounds like a big claim, but is puzzlingly small (worst in four years) so on reflection must be a comment about it not being so bad... but it's worded like it's dreadful. Just not sure what it's supposed to mean. Worse, the claim doesn't appear to be in the main text, so is unreferenced. "light wind shear"=? "average track forecast error" =? "flood potential statement"=? Huge, lightly referenced paragraphs. The before and after photos are perplexing: the top one seems to show flooding on the right of the picture, but the bottom one seems to show sand (dumped by a storm?) along the seafront properties. Or is it that the storm blew that sand away? Inappropriate for Main Page currently.
 * Empires: Dawn of the Modern World FAR n/a - Review: Lead includes a one sentence paragraph - and it's one that's neither cited there, nor in the body text. "complete 3D perspective" - what's an incomplete one? multiplayer component spoken of in present tense, despite lead saying it closed 3 years ago and the body then saying it closed five years ago. Better style to list the civilisations in the body, not the lead. Surely the lead can be longer without artificially puffing it up? Absence of citations suggests significant amounts of OR in the Campaigns section - and that alone would be enough to make this inappropriate for Main Page currently.
 * This had a 2015 FAR. Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  17:50, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ Final Fantasy X-2 FAR n/a - Review: Early sections mostly unreferenced. Inappropriate.
 * 2020 passed FAR Sandy Georgia (Talk)  06:43, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Fuck the Millennium FAR n/a - Review: Includes tracts of unreferenced material. Inappropriate.
 * Hurricane Irene (2005) FAR 2008 - Review:
 * Hurricane Nora (1997) FAR n/a - Review: Some expansion in the impact needed.
 * Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater FAR n/a - Review: Prequel/sequel comment in lead is unintelligible and does not appear in the body copy. Otherwise seems fine.
 * Pixies FAR 2011 Not appropriate currently, per Today's featured article/requests/Pixies (2016 April Fool nomination) --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 11:02, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Why is this here? I am unable to find a FAC or a FAR.  Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  18:57, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
 * It should be Pixies (band) Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  13:16, 10 May 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ Tropical Storm Henri (2003) FAR n/a (key dates September 3-8) - Review: Looks ok, all text cited bar one covering sentence. web links appropriately archived. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 05:12, 21 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Witchfinder General (film) FAR n/a - Review: Looks OK Sources need improving. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:00, 14 April 2017 (UTC)

2007

 * Adore (The Smashing Pumpkins album) FAR n/a - Review:
 * ✅ Animaniacs FAR n/a - Review: Some small segments of unsourced material, but really nothing too egregious. Seems OK. --Dweller (talk) 17:05, 30 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Armament of the Iowa-class battleship FAR n/a - Review: Littered with cn tags --Dweller (talk) 10:08, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Bernard Quatermass FAR n/a - Review: Mostly in very good shape. And an important topic in SciFi history, though I guess other articles in the FT have already featured. One small unreferenced section. The original edior is still around and may be able to fix and suggest a good date for Main Page. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 10:39, 1 August 2017 (UTC)
 * I don't think there's any particular date or anniversary that would suit this being a main page topic, but I'll try and have a look at that unreferenced section you mentioned. Angmering (talk) 20:43, 23 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Brownhills FAR n/a - Review: Lead might not fully summarise article, some short paragraphs. Checklinks shows quite a few broken links
 * But I'm a Cheerleader FAR n/a - Review:
 * By the Way FAR n/a - Review:
 * Cape Feare FAR October 2009 - Originally not considered due to relatively recent FAR, now the FAR is itself 8 years ago. Review:
 * Carnivàle FAR n/a - Review: Lots of uncited material; prose could use polishing. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:01, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Unreferenced material's been fixed, but the prose is still rough in places. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:46, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Cortana (Halo) FAR n/a - Review:
 * Development of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion FAR n/a - Review:
 * Dominik Hašek FAR n/a - Review: BLP that does not meet modern sourcing requirements. Maralia (talk) 16:09, 4 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I've occasionally been adding refs to this page over the last couple of years, along with some other cleanup work. The article now has 40+ more refs than it did at the time of the above review. I won't guarantee that it's perfect, but its condition has been greatly improved. Giants2008  ( Talk ) 17:50, 31 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Dream Days at the Hotel Existence FAR n/a - Review:
 * Effects of Hurricane Isabel in Delaware FAR n/a - Review:
 * ✅ Eris (dwarf planet) FAR n/a - Review: Not suitable. Unreferenced text. --Dweller (talk) 13:35, 19 May 2015 (UTC)
 * . Now cited. Sandy Georgia (Talk)  00:43, 30 January 2020 (UTC)


 * Eyes of the Insane FAR n/a - Review:
 * Final Fantasy IX FAR n/a - Review:
 * Final Fantasy Tactics FAR n/a - Review: Too many uncited sentences to use at the moment. Mike Christie (talk - contribs -  library) 09:17, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
 * I see no problem with running an article like this TFA. Most of the uncited is storyline/plot, and the rest can be dealt with on TFA day.  Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  20:08, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Herne Bay, Kent FAR n/a - Review: Lead might not fully summarise article, some short paragraphs. Some uncited claims - likely to have been added since FA status. Checklinks shows quite a few broken links
 * ✅ Ian Chappell FAR n/a - Review: Looks pretty good. --Dweller (talk) 09:25, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Suggested date: Birthday is 26 September --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 12:07, 7 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Internationalist (album) FAR n/a - Review:
 * Jihad (song) FAR n/a - Review: Irrespective of quality, I propose that until such time as the world is rather different that it would be insensitive to have this article on Main Page. Schedulers, that's up to you, but I won't be part of it. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 11:27, 25 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories FAR n/a - Review:
 * Madlax FAR n/a - Review:
 * Making Waves (TV series) FAR n/a - Review:
 * Marcus Trescothick FAR n/a - Review: A weird mix of bad recentism and lacking very recent. He's no longer Somerset captain, for example. The material subsequent to his international retirement is messy and over-detailed. Probably doesn't need that much work, but needs some. --Dweller (talk) 11:34, 18 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks to who's going to work this up when he has time. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 10:37, 31 August 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ Margate F.C. FAR n/a - Review: A little bit of recentism in the History section, but I think it's in pretty good nick. Hypocritically, I've asked User:ChrisTheDude to update the league positions chart, as it's very out of date. --Dweller (talk) 10:39, 18 February 2016 (UTC) Thanks to the chart has been amended. It's their 120th anniversary in 2016 - would be nice to get them on Main Page this year. --Dweller (talk) 09:21, 19 February 2016 (UTC) OK, under review now. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 14:59, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Also see WP:TFANO.
 * Last comment at Today%27s_featured_article/requests/Margate_F.C. was by on 11 May 2016: "Coordinator's note: I've kept this open because serious efforts have been made to tackle many of issues, but I see that little has been done about the uncited statements which still stand out at the ends of numerous paragraphs. I'll keep the nom open just a few more days in the hope that this point can be addressed." I dealt with that some time ago. I think it's OK and good to go. No suggested date. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 10:59, 31 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Master Chief (Halo) FAR n/a - Review:
 * ✅ Political history of medieval Karnataka FAR n/a - Review: Looks good to me. Suggested date... modern Karnataka was created on 1 November 1956, so maybe 1 November. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 10:34, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Rob-B-Hood FAR n/a - Review:
 * Sasha (DJ) FAR n/a - Review: What's there looks decent, but it seems to run out of puff in 2008? Has he done much that's notable since then? --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 11:37, 25 July 2016 (UTC)
 * This artist continues to put out new albums and there does appear to be more recent information that should be incorporated into the article. Wickethewok (talk) 13:46, 25 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Helpful, thanks and sorry for tremendously slow response. Feel free to chip in more here, it genuinely is appreciated, even if I took ages to reply. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 15:04, 17 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Shaw and Crompton FAR n/a - Review: I've looked it through and fixed a few things. Alt tags on images needed and I see an old note here that there may be "lots of broken links". Someone who cares and has a little skill could patch it pretty swiftly. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 10:47, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
 * South of Heaven FAR n/a - Review:
 * Still Reigning FAR n/a - Review:
 * Supernature (Goldfrapp album) FAR n/a - Review:
 * The Cat and the Canary (1927 film) FAR n/a - Review:
 * The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages FAR n/a - Review: Prose could probably use tightening, and an update of the 2013 port would be preferable before this goes on the MP. A good date would be 14 May 2016 (15 year anniversary of NA release... wow, I'm getting old). — Crisco 1492 (talk) 16:22, 13 April 2015 (UTC)
 * The Orb FAR n/a - Review:
 * The World Is Not Enough (song) FAR n/a - Review:
 * Western Chalukya Empire FAR n/a - Review:
 * What You Waiting For? FAR n/a - Review:
 * You Only Move Twice FAR n/a - Review:

2008

 * 1080° Snowboarding FAR n/a - Review:
 * 1983 Atlantic hurricane season FAR n/a - Review:
 * 1994 Black Hawk shootdown incident FAR n/a - Review: Prose choppy, with many single-sentence paragraphs etc. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:56, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
 * 2002 Atlantic hurricane season FAR n/a - Review:
 * 2003 Atlantic hurricane season FAR n/a - Review:
 * 2005 ACC Championship Game FAR n/a - Review:
 * 2007 ACC Championship Game FAR n/a - Review:
 * ✅ 2008 Orange Bowl FAR n/a - Review: Lots of deadlinks; work underway via URFA. Maralia (talk) 14:24, 4 June 2015 (UTC)
 * All of the dead links have been archived or replaced, with a couple small bits of content that couldn't be reliably sourced removed. Giants2008  ( Talk ) 16:27, 24 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Much better. Jan 3 is obvious date Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:53, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
 * 4X FAR n/a - Review:
 * Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings FAR n/a - Review:
 * Amazing Stories FAR n/a - Review:
 * Balch Creek FAR n/a - Review:
 * Battle of Concepción FAR n/a - Review:
 * Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse FAR n/a - Review:
 * Battle of Verrières Ridge FAR n/a - Review:
 * Black Moshannon State Park FAR n/a - Review:
 * Characters of Carnivàle FAR n/a - Review:
 * Conan (2007 video game) FAR n/a - Review:
 * Defense of the Ancients FAR n/a - Review:
 * Diorama (Silverchair album) FAR n/a - Review:
 * Dover Athletic F.C. FAR n/a - Review:
 * Eric Brewer FAR n/a - Review:
 * Suggested date: 40th birthday, 17 April 2019
 * Greater Manchester FAR n/a - Review:
 * Greatest Hits (Lost) FAR n/a - Review:
 * Half-Life 2: Lost Coast FAR n/a - Review:
 * Halo 3 Original Soundtrack FAR n/a - Review:
 * Halo: Contact Harvest FAR n/a - Review:
 * Hugh Trumble FAR n/a - Review:
 * Ian O'Brien FAR n/a - Review:
 * Ico FAR n/a - Review:
 * J. R. Richard FAR n/a - Review:
 * Johnson Creek (Willamette River) FAR n/a - Review:
 * Koli Point action FAR n/a - Review:
 * Made in the Dark FAR n/a - Review:
 * Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games FAR n/a - Review:
 * Martin Keamy FAR n/a - Review:
 * Matanikau Offensive FAR n/a - Review:
 * Meet Kevin Johnson FAR n/a - Review:
 * Meteorological history of Hurricane Gordon (1994) FAR n/a - Review:
 * Meteorological history of Hurricane Jeanne FAR n/a - Review:
 * Metroid Prime 3: Corruption FAR n/a - Review:
 * Monkey Gone to Heaven FAR n/a - Review:
 * Montana-class battleship FAR n/a - Review:
 * Mulholland Drive (film) FAR n/a - Review:
 * My Happiness (Powderfinger song) FAR n/a - Review:
 * Myst V: End of Ages FAR n/a - Review: looks in alright shape. only one tag. September 20 was release date Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:49, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt FAR n/a - Review:
 * Nine Inch Nails live performances FAR n/a - Review:
 * No Depression (album) FAR n/a - Review:
 * Operation Camargue FAR n/a - Review:
 * Operation Ke FAR n/a - Review:
 * Over the Rainbow (Connie Talbot album) FAR n/a - Review:
 * Per the FAC nom, on his talk page. - Dank (push to talk) 22:53, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Partners in Crime (Doctor Who) FAR n/a - Review:
 * Paul Stastny FAR n/a - Review:
 * Sandra Morgan FAR n/a - Review:
 * Sinestro Corps War FAR n/a - Review:
 * Sonestown Covered Bridge FAR n/a - Review:
 * SS Mauna Loa FAR n/a - Review:
 * ✅ Stocksbridge Park Steels F.C. FAR n/a - Review: Looks fine. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 10:10, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
 * The Greencards FAR n/a - Review: needs updating before being suitable. I have alerted main editor. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:14, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
 * The Halo Graphic Novel FAR n/a - Review:
 * The Mummy (1999 film) FAR n/a - Review:
 * The Other Woman (Lost) FAR n/a - Review:
 * Tropical Storm Gabrielle (2007) FAR n/a - Review:
 * Tropical Storm Hanna (2002) FAR n/a - Review:
 * Tropical Storm Vamei FAR n/a - Review:
 * Under the Bridge FAR n/a - Review:
 * USS Illinois (BB-65) FAR n/a - Review:
 * USS Princess Matoika (ID-2290) FAR n/a - Review:
 * ✅ Valley Parade FAR n/a - Review: Looks fine. 11 May 1985 was the date of the terrible fire, which is commemorated each year. I think we should go for an anniversary of that. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 15:18, 29 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Western Chalukya literature in Kannada FAR n/a - Review:
 * Wipeout 3 FAR n/a - Review:

FAR'd
 * Halo 3 FAR 2011 key dates Spetember 25-27 Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:02, 22 November 2016 (UTC)

2009

 * See logs at WP:FA2009

2010

 * See logs at WP:FA2010

2011

 * See logs at WP:FA2011

2008

 * See logs at WP:FA2008