Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson

The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson

 * 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 11, 2019 by Wehwalt (talk) 04:59, 21 August 2019 (UTC)



"The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson" is the first episode of The Simpsons ' ninth season. The 179th episode of the series overall, it was originally broadcast on the Fox network in the United States on September 21, 1997. Written by Ian Maxtone-Graham, the episode features the Simpson family traveling to recover the family car, which Barney Gumble had abandoned in Manhattan with numerous parking tickets and a parking boot. Executive producers Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein suggested that the car be found at the World Trade Center (pictured in 2001), as they wanted a location that would be widely known. The animators painstakingly replicated city landmarks. The episode received generally positive reviews, and has since been on accolade lists of The Simpsons episodes. It was taken off syndication in many areas following the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, but had come back into syndication by 2006.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Last Simpsons article that was TFA was Nancy Cartwright in 2017.
 * Main editors: (banned),, and
 * Promoted: 2008
 * Reasons for nomination: September 11 attacks and a featured article that is over 10 years old and never was TFA.
 * Support as nominator. FunksBrother (talk) 19:31, 4 August 2019 (UTC)
 * All three FAC nominators are long gone. Who are the main editors of the article these days, FunksBrother? - Dank (push to talk) 20:01, 4 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Various. It's hard to pinpoint the main editor of the article over the last 10 years. Looking at Page Statistics, and  have contributed the most since reaching FA in 2008. FunksBrother (talk) 14:11, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Okay ... the blurb will need some work, but let's wait and see if there are changes to the lead. - Dank (push to talk) 14:29, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
 * I agree that some characters would need to be removed from the blurb, but as you said, let's wait and see. FunksBrother (talk) 14:44, 5 August 2019 (UTC)