Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Yarralumla, Australian Capital Territory

Yarralumla, Australian Capital Territory

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The result was: not scheduled by Wehwalt (talk) 19:22, 4 August 2023 (UTC)



Yarralumla is a suburb of Canberra, the capital city of Australia. Located approximately 3.5 km south-west of the city, Yarralumla extends along the south-west bank of Lake Burley Griffin from Scrivener Dam to Commonwealth Avenue. In 1828, Henry Donnison, a Sydney merchant, was granted a lease on the western side of West Ridge. In 1832 he named his property Yarralumla adopted from the name for an area surrounding the Goodradigbee River. It is thought the area, spelt 'Yarrowlumla', was named by local Aboriginal people and translates to "echo mountain". In 1881, Frederick Campbell bought the estate and constructed a house in 1891 that now serves as Government House (pictured), the official residence of the Governor-General of Australia. The modern suburb of Yarralumla was gazetted by the government in 1928 and was home to approximately 3,120 people and many diplomatic missions. Notable locations include Lennox Gardens, the Albert Hall and the Hotel Canberra.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Weymouth, Dorset on April 30 is the last municipal territory to be featured.
 * Main editors: FAC nominator:, FASA awardee:
 * Promoted: FAC: November 11, 2005; FAR: February 13, 2021
 * Reasons for nomination: Sep 20 is the 95th anniversary of when the suburb was gazetted. TFA re-run from 2007.
 * Support as nominator. Z1720 (talk) 16:02, 9 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose. This seems pretty obscure to get two bites at the cherry. Surely we can do better? Gog the Mild (talk) 18:30, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, our "Geography and places" category at WP:FANMP is empty, so that category will need to rerun if it is to appear at TFA. I am unsure if other geo reruns are eligible and in a condition to run; since this article went through FAR in 2021, I think this article is ready. I don't consider how vital or important an article is when nominating unless there is another article request for the same date (and if someone wants to run their article on a date, I will usually avoid the date.) If you are looking for other geography articles for TFA (or any type of FA), feel free to post on my talk page and I'll prepare a list. Z1720 (talk) 19:32, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I was unaware that there was a requirement, or even an expectation, that a geography article run each month. There are many fine FAs which have been promoted this year and which could use this slot. Gog the Mild (talk) 19:42, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm not implying that a geography article runs every month. Rather, this is one way for TFA to achieve a diversity of articles. There's also some really great work happening at FAR, which this article showcases. There are 30 slots for September, and since less than 30 articles become FAs per month, I am sure we can find slots for all the recently promoted FAs in due time. Z1720 (talk) 20:37, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Australia Day is coming up on 26 January. If we ran this on Australia Day, we probably wouldn't mention the holiday in the blurb ... but even so, every Australian would get the connection, and my guess is they'd be happy we remembered them on their national day. Just a suggestion. - Dank (push to talk) 22:19, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
 * , little late, but -- Australia Day is astoundingly controversial, a constant overwhelming culture-war all January (based on debates about whether the date is appropriate). I would not recommend, purely from a Wikipedian-perspective rather than a commentary-on-TFA perspective, running Australian articles on Jan 26 for now. Vaticidalprophet 09:18, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
 * , good to know! Okay, Jan 26 is out. - Dank (push to talk) 12:04, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Another possibility is November 11, the anniversary of the culmination of the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis, which took place in Yarralumla. (the crisis article I'd like to see run in 2025).--Wehwalt (talk) 22:51, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Both would be fine with me. We can rework the blurb depending on when it is running. Z1720 (talk) 23:11, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Actually I like Wehwalt's suggestion better than mine. - Dank (push to talk) 17:42, 15 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Nov 11 might be hard because that's Remembrance Day and Veterans Day; there's already a requested article for that day in 2023 and 2024 at WP:TFARP. Z1720 (talk) 20:49, 15 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I suggest you withdraw this for now and resubmit either for November or January, at your discretion.--Wehwalt (talk) 01:44, 15 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Yeah we can withdraw this. Should I do it myself or let a co-ord do it? Z1720 (talk) 03:24, 15 July 2023 (UTC)