Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin
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 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/February 2, 2014 by BencherliteTalk 20:42, 19 January 2014‎ (UTC)



Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977) was a British comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the silent era. Chaplin became a worldwide icon through his screen persona "the Tramp" and is considered one of the most important figures of the film industry. His first screen appearance came in February 1914, after which he produced the popular features The Kid (1921), The Gold Rush (1925), and The Circus (1928). Chaplin refused to move to sound films in the 1930s, instead producing City Lights (1931) and Modern Times (1936) without dialogue. He became increasingly political and his next film, The Great Dictator (1940), satirised Adolf Hitler. The 1940s was a decade marked with controversy for Chaplin, and his popularity declined rapidly. Accused of communist sympathies, he was forced to leave the United States. The Tramp was abandoned in his later films, which include Monsieur Verdoux (1947), Limelight (1952), and A King in New York (1957). Chaplin wrote, directed, produced, edited, starred in, and composed the music for most of his films. His work is characterised by slapstick combined with pathos, and continues to be held in high regard. Image choice 2 

Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977) was a British comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the silent era. Chaplin became a worldwide icon through his screen persona "the Tramp" and is considered one of the most important figures of the film industry. His first screen appearance came in February 1914, after which he produced the popular features The Kid (1921), The Gold Rush (1925), and The Circus (1928). Chaplin refused to move to sound films in the 1930s, instead producing City Lights (1931) and Modern Times (1936) without dialogue. He became increasingly political and his next film, The Great Dictator (1940), satirised Adolf Hitler. The 1940s was a decade marked with controversy for Chaplin, and his popularity declined rapidly. Accused of communist sympathies, he was forced to leave the United States. The Tramp was abandoned in his later films, which include Monsieur Verdoux (1947), Limelight (1952), and A King in New York (1957). Chaplin wrote, directed, produced, edited, starred in, and composed the music for most of his films. His work is characterised by slapstick combined with pathos, and continues to be held in high regard.

10 points, for being a vital article and because this date marks 100 years since Chaplin's film debut (which I have specifically dated in the blurb). The article is fresh out of FAC; since the proposed TFA date is getting close I've pulled the blurb together rather quickly - it may need some tweaking (please let me know if so), but I just wanted to get this nomination going. "Image choice 1" is the lead image in the article, and I do support Chaplin being out of costume for that, but for TFA maybe it's best to use the Tramp image? I can imagine it will draw more people into the article. Please state your preference below. I notice that there are a lot of film related articles listed here right now, but those with a reasonable anniversary should all be TFA regardless, I say! -- Loeba (talk) 21:16, 13 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Support wholeheartedly - and with either image. My slight preference would be for the tramp, as being more recognisable and would be more eye-catching, but no qualms on the other one either. - SchroCat (talk) 21:25, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Support - prefer image #2 since it's more recognisable and beloved. --ColonelHenry (talk) 00:05, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Support - Definitely the Tramp image, no question; more recognisable and pertinent to the main reason why he is here in the first place.  Cassianto Talk   09:39, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Support, for either image choice. Cheers, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 11:18, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Support- Image #2 because he looks much great like that. 166.170.32.151 (talk) 11:05, 16 January 2014 (UTC)