Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Northern England

Northern England

 * 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/September 4, 2017 by Jimfbleak - talk to me?  06:21, 20 August 2017 (UTC)



Northern England is a cultural area spanning from the Anglo-Scottish border to the Midlands. Northern England contains much of England's national parkland as well as many of its largest cities. Before the Norman Conquest, the region was divided between Anglo-Saxons, Celts and Danes, and for centuries after saw fighting between England and Scotland. Many of the innovations of the Industrial Revolution began in Northern England, and its cities were the crucibles of many of the political changes that accompanied this social upheaval, from trade unionism to Manchester Capitalism. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the economy of the North was dominated by heavy industry such as weaving, shipbuilding, steelmaking and mining. The deindustrialisation that followed in the second half of the 20th century hit Northern England hard, with some towns becoming deprived and others transitioning to service economies. Centuries of migration, invasion and labour have shaped Northern culture: the region retains distinctive dialects, music and cuisine, and a definite North–South divide remains both in the economy and the culture of England.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Titchwell Marsh (most recent UK geography article AFAICT, January 29, 2017)
 * Main editors: Smurrayinchester
 * Promoted: 3 July 2017
 * Reasons for nomination: September 4 might be a good day, as it's (one date of) St Cuthbert's Day, patron saint of Northern England.
 * Support as nominator. Smurrayinchester 08:16, 19 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Support Interesting article. Great for diversity.Edwininlondon (talk) 10:51, 19 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Support as it would add diversity to the main page. Aoba47 (talk) 14:37, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Just out of curiosity, how is an article about the most statistically overrepresented region in the whole of Wikipedia when it comes to FAs (there are over 40 FAs on Manchester alone) "adding diversity to the main page"? &#8209; Iridescent 12:02, 23 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi Iridescent, I just based it on the list on TFAs_in_2016 and only counted 8 Geography, definitely not the most popular category. I guess there are many other categories that feature even less, so my choice of words was a bit unfortunate.Edwininlondon (talk) 21:26, 23 July 2017 (UTC)
 * I made the comment as it has been a while since the last time that this type of topic has been in the "Today's featured article" slot. This is specifically about the TFA slot so the amount of featured articles on this topic is not relevant. I do not see any issue with my choice of wording as it does bring diversity to the main page, which is directly what I said above. Aoba47 (talk) 16:14, 24 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Support: sure, why not? It looks interesting enough. Praemonitus 22:42, 28 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Support: broad article and geographic. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:54, 7 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Support - Geographically important. Adityavagarwal (talk) 06:07, 7 August 2017 (UTC)