Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Tintin in Tibet

Tintin in Tibet

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of the TFAR nomination of 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 TFAR nom underneath.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/October 16, 2014 by BencherliteTalk 05:33, 7 October 2014 (UTC)



Tintin in Tibet (original French: Tintin au Tibet) is the twentieth volume of The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The cartoonist considered it his favourite Tintin adventure and an emotional effort, as he created it while suffering from traumatic nightmares and a personal conflict while deciding to leave his wife of three decades for a younger woman. The comic, serialised from 1958–1959 in Tintin magazine, tells of the young reporter Tintin in search of his friend Chang Chong-Chen, whom the authorities claim has died in a plane crash in the Himalayas. Convinced that Chang has survived, Tintin leads his companions across the Himalayas to the plateau of Tibet, along the way encountering the mysterious Yeti. Themes in Hergé's story include extrasensory perception, the mysticism of Tibetan Buddhism, and friendship. Tintin in Tibet was translated into 32 languages, is highly regarded by critics, and has been praised by the Dalai Lama, who awarded it the Light of Truth Award. The story was a commercial success and was published in book form in 1960; the series itself became a defining part of the Franco-Belgian comics tradition.
 * Most recent similar article(s): An article from the "Literature and theatre – Cartoon" category was on the front page as recently as 26 September, 2014 (a Japanese comic) and a different one before that on 9 April, 2014 (an American comic), but as for the third great category, European comics, the most recent was another Tintin article on 4 August, 2013.
 * Main editors: Prhartcom, Midnightblueowl
 * Promoted: 2014
 * Reasons for nomination: Tintin in Tibet has been called "perhaps the most moving book in the history of the comic strip." (Peeters, 2012). This would be my first FA to appear at TFA.
 * Support as nominator. Prhartcom (talk) 03:58, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Hey, hey, we're Nonspecific buddies! I support this TFAR; I remember seeing it at FAC recently so I trust there aren't any issues of quality degrading, and it looks nice and ready to me, especially since we don't have a whole lot of comics TFAs. Might I suggest November 25, the date of conclusion? Tezero (talk) 04:15, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Support. I don't think that many comic books have made it to TFA, so it's always nice to see them. --Harizotoh9 (talk) 04:41, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Support... if I am eligible to vote on this one that is. Midnightblueowl (talk) 15:33, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Support, helps with WP:WORLDVIEW. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 04:36, 4 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Agreed; hadn't thought of that. It's not every day you see an FA tied to a country other than the US, the UK, Japan, or oddly Indonesia, especially not Belgium. Tezero (talk) 14:12, 4 October 2014 (UTC)