Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Shah Rukh Khan

Shah Rukh Khan

 * 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/November 2, 2015 by Brianboulton (talk) 22:10, 16 October 2015 (UTC)



Shah Rukh Khan (born 1965), is an Indian film actor, producer and television personality. Referred to in the media as the "King of Bollywood", he has appeared in more than 80 Bollywood films. Described by the Los Angeles Times as perhaps "the world's biggest movie star", Khan has a significant following in Asia and the Indian diaspora worldwide. He is one of the richest actors in the world, regularly features in listings of the most influential people in Indian culture, and in 2008 Newsweek named him one of their fifty most powerful people in the world. Khan started his career with appearances in several television series in the late 1980s. Early in his film career, Khan was recognised for portraying villainous roles in the films Darr (1993), Baazigar (1993) and Anjaam (1994). He then rose to prominence after starring in a series of romantic films, including Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), Dil To Pagal Hai (1997) and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998). He later earned critical acclaim for his portrayal of more serious roles such as an alcoholic in Devdas (2002) and a man with Asperger syndrome in My Name Is Khan (2010). His work in Bollywood has earned him numerous accolades, including 14 Filmfare Awards. As of 2015, Khan is co-chairman of Red Chillies Entertainment, and is the co-owner of the Indian Premier League cricket team Kolkata Knight Riders.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Kareena Kapoor, 21 September 2015
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 * Promoted: 12 May 2015
 * Reasons for nomination: 50th birthday
 * Support as nominator. BollyJeff  &#124;  talk  15:21, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Support, with apologies to Wehwalt who I know wanted this date for Warren G. Harding. His 50th birthday is definitely the best date to run this, as there will presumably be quite a bit of media interest in the Indian press and the expat Indian media, and it would be a good opportunity to showcase the fact that Wikipedia can cover topics in depth which are outside its history-and-hurricanes comfort zone. &#8209; iridescent 16:09, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Oppose - I have previously stated that I think we are all "film"ed out this year, and I still believe this is true, particularly for articles related to Indian cinema (we've gone through a good four or five in the past six months, and we don't promote Indian film articles that fast). Furthermore, Harding would be running on his 150th birthday - not exactly an insignificant anniversary. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:51, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I know pulling articles from the queue is Frowned Upon And Involves Lots Of Work, but in this case I'd suggest pulling Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (which features Shah Rukh Khan) from the October 20 slot, and run the bio on his 50th birthday. That way, the number of Indian cinema articles isn't affected, but the article is running on a date in which Khan is likely to be receiving particular interest. (I would imagine google.co.in will probably give him a Google Doodle on the day, in which case this would have a good shot at breaking the most-viewed TFA record.) DDLJ has the same primary author as this one, so swapping the articles won't mean depriving an editor of their day on the main page. &#8209; iridescent 07:43, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
 * When we mentioned, while closing another Indian film article, that we were getting all filmed out, DDLJ could have been pulled. I didn't make it a secret that we'd been running a disproportionate number of Indian cinema articles. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 10:37, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I'll go along with what Chris decides, but if we do pull Dilwale we would be able to run Luo Yixiu (the original Mrs Mao) on 20 October (birthday anniversary), which I would quite like to do.  Brianboulton (talk) 13:57, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Saw that. It would be a fine article to run. If you prefer running SRK rather than DDLJ, that should be fine. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:24, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
 * DDLJ pulled. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:40, 4 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Support this for Nov 2, subject to the replacement of Dilwale on 20 October. They should not both be TFA so close together. And Wehwalt (below) has generously left this date open. And we can get an excellent Chinese biography in! Brianboulton (talk) 19:09, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Neutral I'm OK with it either way. Harding has other anniversaries in a few years if it doesn't run now.--Wehwalt (talk) 03:37, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment As the primary author of both, I am fine with whichever one you think is best to run. BollyJeff  &#124;  talk  20:23, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Support: 50th birthday of such epic actor need to be special. -- Human 3015   TALK   18:21, 7 October 2015 (UTC)