Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Female genital mutilation

Female genital mutilation

 * 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 6, 2015 by — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:00, 17 January 2015 (UTC)



Female genital mutilation (FGM) is the ritual removal of some or all of the external female genitalia. Typically conducted by a traditional circumciser using a razor blade or knife (with or without anaesthesia), FGM is concentrated in 27 African countries, Yemen and Iraqi Kurdistan, and is also found elsewhere in Asia, the Middle East and among diaspora communities around the world. The procedures take place from within days of birth to puberty, and include removal of the clitoral glans, removal of the inner labia and, in the most severe form, removal of the inner and outer labia and closure of the vulva. In this last procedure, a small hole is left for the passage of urine and menstrual blood, and the vagina is opened for intercourse and childbirth. Health effects can include infections, cysts, childbirth complications and fatal bleeding. Over 130 million women and girls have undergone FGM in the 29 countries in which it is concentrated. Rooted in gender inequality, ideas about female purity and attempts to control women's sexuality, the practice is usually initiated and carried out by women, who fear that failing to have their daughters and granddaughters cut will expose the girls to social exclusion.
 * Most recent similar article(s): None
 * Main editors: SlimVirgin
 * Promoted: 2014
 * Reasons for nomination: February 6 is the United Nations International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation. Several UN bodies hold events around the world on this day to highlight the issue.
 * Support as nominator. SlimVirgin (talk) 05:23, 19 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Support as long-term lurker. This is an excellent article on a difficult but important topic. The UN awareness day will generate significant interest making the date a good choice for the main page. Johnuniq (talk) 07:11, 19 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Support as another long-term lurker. Huge kudos to SlimVirgin for getting the article ready for International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation. Victoria (tk) 16:19, 19 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Support per all above. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 02:04, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Support. Well-done article by one of our best editors; appropriate choice of date. Daniel Case (talk) 03:28, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Support It would be a timely appearance on the front page. Miyagawa (talk) 20:03, 25 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Support Very timely. Well done!  Ruby  2010/  2013  18:27, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Support - SchroCat (talk) 23:12, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Support - but the wording "within days of birth to puberty" is faulty. Suggest "occurring at various times from birth until puberty". --Khajidha (talk) 02:25, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
 * It's not ungrammatical, it's just not the most common way to say it ... that would be something more like "at ages ranging from a few days old to puberty". I'm not going to push this one. - Dank (push to talk) 15:49, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
 * It is ungrammatical. The "within" is being used both to modify "days of birth" and to signify that this is a range. Or, alternatively, no indication is given that this is a range at all. Either way, the sentence is flawed.--Khajidha (talk) 17:01, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Support. I don't know if this is my place or not, but I moved the "with or without anaesthesia" phrase and made it a parenthetic remark; I did not like how it interrupted the beginning of the sentence. SlimVirgin, well done. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 02:29, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Support – very difficult topic, but definitely important. — Jkudlick t c s 06:16, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment. Summary of the lead section is great; I made minor changes. Feel free to revert my last edit ... personally, I thought this sentence from the lead was powerful, and since we've been consistently going a little over 1200 characters at TFA this month, there's room to include it if you want it: "Health effects can include recurrent infections, chronic pain, cysts, infertility, complications during childbirth and fatal bleeding." My last edit also makes a few minor cuts (including in that sentence) to make room for it. Completely optional, feel free to revert. Great article. - Dank (push to talk) 22:20, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Was just about to leave a note on your talk page, SV, but I see you've already thanked me for the edit, so I guess it's okay. Feel free to twiddle or revert as always. - Dank (push to talk) 22:34, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks, your edit is an improvement on mine ... I still think that "diaspora" is a little technical for the second sentence, considering the less sophisticated Main Page readership, and I'd prefer to either rewrite or drop the comma after "women" (but I've given up arguing about punctuation). - Dank (push to talk) 23:16, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
 * (Continued on talk page). - Dank (push to talk) 23:25, 12 January 2015 (UTC)