Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Regine Velasquez

Regine Velasquez

 * 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/April 22, 2022 by Jimfbleak - talk to me?  14:20, 7 March 2022 (UTC)



Regine Velasquez (born April 22, 1970) is a Filipino singer and actress. Her career began after winning the television talent show Ang Bagong Kampeon in 1984 and the Asia Pacific Singing Contest in 1989. Velasquez released her debut album Regine (1987), under the guidance of Viva Records executive Vic del Rosario and producer Ronnie Henares. After signing an international record deal with Polygram Records, she achieved commercial success in Asian territories with her albums Listen Without Prejudice (1994), My Love Emotion (1995), and Retro (1997). Outside of music, Velasquez established herself as a leading actress in the romantic comedies Kailangan Ko'y Ikaw (2000), Till I Met You (2006), and Paano Kita Iibigin (2007), while she took on starring roles in the the primetime television series Forever in My Heart (2004), Diva (2010), I Heart You, Pare! (2011), and Poor Señorita (2016). She earned a Star Award for Best Actress for playing an intellectually disabled woman in the anthology series Maalaala Mo Kaya (2002) and won a Golden Screen Award for playing a document forger in the comedy Of All the Things (2013).
 * Most recent similar article(s): No Filipino singer has appeared on TFA (from what I’ve checked), although the Pixies's Filipino-American lead guitarist, Joey Santiago, appeared in the main page in 2012.
 * Main editors: Pseud 14
 * Promoted: February 21, 2022
 * Reasons for nomination: Her 52nd birthday. Submitting a second nominee for April 22, I hope it's fine. This would be my first nomination at TFA, and if selected, this would be the first (local) Filipino performer to appear in the TFA space.
 * Support as nominator. Pseud 14 (talk) 02:11, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Support, I don't think we should be re-running a singer when we have ... a singer ... to run on the same date. Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  04:47, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Nothing wrong with having this alive singer this year, - I didn't know her, and the plan for her birthday. In former times, it took a "round" birthday to be preferred, such as Ferrier's 110. I have no problem waiting for 111 next year. I waited already, postponing her last year thinking 109 was a strange number to celebrate. I'm used to it, BWV 1 was also postponed a year, because someone had a better reason for the same date. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:03, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Support. A recently-promoted FA on a non-Western topic (good for diversifying the Main Page) with a tie to the date. &#123;{u&#124; Sdkb  }&#125;  talk 18:16, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Support A better alternative to above singer. Also promotes and sets out standards on articles of biographies of living persons. ZKang123 (talk) 02:51, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

Regine Velasquez

 * 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 unless you are renominating the article at TFAR. For renominations, please add   to the top of the discussion and   at the bottom, then complete a new nomination underneath. To do this, see the instructions at TFAR nom/doc.

The result was: not scheduled  by - Dank (push to talk) 02:21, 2 February 2024 (UTC)



Regine Velasquez-Alcasid is a Filipino singer, songwriter, and actress. She began her career in 1986 with her self-titled album under the guidance of Ogie Alcasid. She then released her next albums, Listen Without Prejudice (1994), My Love Emotion (1995), and Retro (1997), all of which had singles top the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the US. She is also an established actress, and her films are shown in international film festivals. She has achieved many Guinness World Records throughout her career for her success in music, film, and television. Referred to as the "Songbird Supreme", she is known for her vocal range, belting technique, melismatic singing style, and whistle register.
 * Most recent similar article(s):
 * Last singer bio on TFA: Kyla (January 5, 2024)
 * Last Filipino bio on TFA: Also Kyla.
 * Last music article on TFA: "Never Forget You" by Mariah Carey. (January 21, 2024)
 * Last April Fools' joke on TFA: Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus (2023)
 * Velasquez's concert Freedom will be featured on February 28, the day before the rare date occurring once every four years.
 * Main editors: Pseud 14
 * Promoted: February 21, 2022
 * Reasons for nomination: Proposed April Fools' joke for 2024. After unsuccessfully nominating Mariah Carey for TFA, here I go with TFA again. It's actually a false bio of Regine Velasquez and her career. Regine is not the "Songbird Supreme", it's Mariah who is the "Songbird Supreme". Regine is just "Asia's Songbird".
 * Support as nominator.  RM X Y  (talk • contribs) 00:29, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Oppose There will be lots of editors that will be upset if we put false information on the Main Page. Also, I did not "get the joke" until I read the explanation, which is a sign that the joke is not going to work for the Main Page. Z1720 (talk) 00:47, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Coordinator comment Normally, the rules require an article to wait five years after the first appearance to appear a second and final time. This article ran April 22, 2022. There was an exception made for Groundhog Day (film) in 2021. Discussion can be found here (and in the following section) and also here.--Wehwalt (talk) 01:05, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Oppose. It hasn't been five years since this last appeared on the Main Page, a criteria when nominating at TFAR. Apologies but I may have to be blunt, and I completely agree with Z1720, I don't find it amusing at the slightest. I find it a ridicule on the article the I worked on, and also a waste of time for the coords that have to read through this unforgivably cringeworthy attempt. requesting to kindly withdraw this hastily nominated request.  please review and be acquainted with the TFAR process before nominating. You have done a similar nomination, prematurely, for Mariah Carey's article at last month's TFA, and when prompted to address the issues to fix the article, you abandoned it and provided no action at all. I am beginning to think that you aren't here to contribute and that your nominations are quite ill-conceived. Pseud 14 (talk) 01:07, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Comment: Is it okay if this should be withdrawn effective immediately?  RM X Y  (talk • contribs) 01:42, 2 February 2024 (UTC)