Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/The Man Trap

The Man Trap

 * 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 8, 2016 by Brianboulton (talk) 19:09, 24 August 2016 (UTC)



"The Man Trap" is the first episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek to be broadcast, but the sixth to be filmed. It aired on NBC on September 8, 1966. The story was assigned to George Clayton Johnson after series creator Gene Roddenberry disliked the writer's work on another plot proposal. Johnson's first draft was entitled "Damsel With a Dulcimer", incorporating elements from his Twilight Zone episode "The Four of Us Are Dying". Roddenberry, producer Robert H. Justman and story editor John D. F. Black all tweaked elements of the episode, including the title. The episode was chosen as the first of the series to be broadcast by the studio due to the horror-based plot. "The Man Trap" placed first in the timeslot with a Nielsen rating of 25.2 percent for the first half-hour and 24.2 for the remainder. After broadcast, reviewers criticized the levels of violence but praised the acting. More recent appraisals have been mixed; praise has been given to the plot and diverse cast but Hollywood.com listed it as among the worst episodes of the series. The creature has been dubbed the "salt vampire" by fans; it was created by Wah Chang and William Ware Theiss.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Last television related article was June 19, last television episode was April 7.
 * Main editors: Miyagawa
 * Promoted: 16 July 2016
 * Reasons for nomination: The article would be ideal for September 8. This year marks the 50th anniversary of Star Trek, which began broadcasting with this episode, so September 8 is both the anniversary for the franchise, as well as the 50th anniversary of the broadcast of this particular episode.
 * Support as nominator. Miyagawa (talk) 19:59, 20 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Support - definitely. Crisco 1492 mobile (talk) 10:30, 31 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Support, a very strong and interesting article. Aoba47 (talk) 05:25, 13 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Support solid article, and a good specific date connection. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk ) 17:48, 16 August 2016 (UTC)