Wikipedia talk:Featured topics/Archive 6

Featured list/topic/sound on the main page this week
As part of the celebration for our 10th anniversary, on Jan 15 I'm going to be putting a featured list, sound, and topic on the main page in place of the featured article for that day. See Talk:Main_Page Raul654 (talk) 22:38, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

Citation templates now support more identifiers
Recent changes were made to citations templates (such as citation, cite journal, cite web...). In addition to what was previously supported (bibcode, doi, jstor, isbn, ...), templates now support arXiv, ASIN, JFM, LCCN, MR, OL, OSTI, RFC, SSRN and Zbl. Before, you needed to place id (or worse http://arxiv.org/abs/0123.4567), now you can simply use 0123.4567, likewise for id and http://www.jstor.org/stable/0123456789 &rarr; 0123456789.

The full list of supported identifiers is given here (with dummy values):



Obviously not all citations needs all parameters, but this streamlines the most popular ones and gives both better metadata and better appearances when printed. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 02:48, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

So if File:Cscr-featuredtopic.svg is supposed to signify all articles are featured...
...why is it showing up in every topic box? Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 01:43, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Adding the book report broke the Template:Featured topic box, somehow. I think I've repaired it, but revert me if I haven't. Courcelles 01:59, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
 * It looks like you have, but what am I doing wrong here? Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 23:05, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
 * You moved the topic, but forgot to recreate the categories such as Category:Wikipedia featured topics Rivadavia class battleships to match the new name at Category:Wikipedia featured topics Rivadavia-class battleships. I've created them now, but the function that makes the "constellation" work won't work if either the featured or good category for the topic is redlinked, which it was after your move. Courcelles 23:35, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh, gotcha. This is why I'm not a template guy. :-) Many thanks. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 00:53, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Template is broken again
The topic discussion links to the FTC page, not to the talk page of the topic. Nergaal (talk) 01:36, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Fixed, Headbomb had changed it when he added the book talk link. -- Pres N  18:10, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

Featured topic candidates/1971 Atlantic hurricane season/archive1
Hey, I noticed that this was closed, but all of the pages under it still say that the FTC is still active. I wouldn't mind changing all of them, but I figured there was an easy way (bot?), and some little step probably wasn't done. I hope this is easy enough to resolve :) --♫ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 01:15, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Fixed that. Going to double check to make sure there are no more like that. Wizardman  Operation Big Bear 02:30, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks. The off-season hurricanes one was also like that, but I manually did all of those ones. --♫ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 02:50, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Ok, thanks. I'm going to double-check everything promoted in the last couple months to make sure everything's handled, since the off-season hurricane one i know was not added to the count for starters. Wizardman  Operation Big Bear 16:37, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

RFC on identifiers
There is an RFC on the addition of identifier links to citations by bots. Please comment. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 16:06, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

What about sign similar to template:Good article or template:featured article, placed in article?
It may be copy paste of pl:template:Grupa Artykułów (I introduced this on plwiki) - example of use in plwiki Bulwersator (talk) 08:18, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

Great Redesign of U.S. Coins, 1907-1921
Between 1907 and 1921, all denominations of US coins were redesigned, which is generally tied to President Theodore Roosevelt staring the process by pushing for new designs. The nine articles on the coins themselves are all featured, Lincoln cent, Buffalo nickel, Mercury dime, Standing Liberty quarter, Walking Liberty half dollar, Peace dollar, Indian Head gold pieces, Indian Head eagle, Saint-Gaudens double eagle. Where do I find out what I should do before submitting for FT?--Wehwalt (talk) 19:12, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Featured topic criteria is your resource. Your problem is criteria 2- what's the lead article? You'd need an article on Great Redesign of U.S. Coins; without one or something similar, you don't have a topic. If you get that sorted out, the actual process for nomination is to use the form located at the top of Featured topic candidates. -- Pres N  20:44, 24 January 2012 (UTC)


 * The rules say "or list". Can a list of some sort illustrating the coins, release dates, etc do as well?--Wehwalt (talk) 21:07, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, a list could be the lead article. But if this is really a well-defined topic, I'd think that an article on the redesign as a whole would not only be notable, but also more interesting for the reader. Ucucha (talk) 21:25, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
 * (edit conflict, posting anyway although Ucacha puts it better than me...) Yes, if you can get it to FL status. My instinct, though, is that a summary-style article about the new coinage would be better (and probably quite easy to get through GA at least), as it's a natural grouping and there's bound to be some material you can use as an overview.  If you had List of US coins redesigned between 1907 and 1921, that could run into trouble with FL criteria (see 3(b)) because someone would say that it ought to be a list of US designs more generally. BencherliteTalk 21:29, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I agree with both of you. I've only done one list, and that wasn't much.  I'll stick to what I know.  I think an article on the design changes on a macro level would be very interesting, actually, rather than the minutiae of the Mint Director changing some detail of the design.  I find that coin articles, even good ones, often miss the "real world" going on around them.  I'll start reviewing sources although I am taking a break from writing to refresh batteries.--Wehwalt (talk) 14:33, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Two Chinese dynasties in two different sections
Song Dynasty is in the section "History", but Han Dynasty is in the "Culture and society". While it would leave Culture and society empty, I believe that we should move Han Dynasty to the History section, as it makes no sense for the two Chinese dynasties with FT status to be in two separate sections. Does anyone have any objections?  S ven M anguard  Wha?  06:08, 20 December 2011 (UTC)


 * I've just noticed that and came here to ask about it... It really doesn't make any sense. Waltham, The Duke of 09:32, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Topics
I'm a little confused: there are Featured Topics and there are Good Topics, but how come there aren't any plain ol' regular Topics? Topics that could be the equivalents to the many Wikipedia books that we have? Or am I just missing something? Thanks very much. A Thousand Doors (talk &#124; contribs) 23:16, 17 August 2013 (UTC)

Upcoming topics
I would propose a central forum such as "Upcoming topics" that are, maybe, 50% GAs/FAs. I know if I saw a topic that was half-finished I would be somewhat interested in finishing it, but all we see are the already-finished ones (or the very infrequent listing on WP:FTQ). —Designate (talk) 00:30, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

Nomination question
I'm considering putting together a nomination of "Seattle Sounders FC cup victories" with the following featured articles included in the topic: However, I'm not sure what would be appropriate to list in the title of the topic (or the "main article"). I could create a list of cup victories, but that would only be 3 items long and therefore would have no chance at achieving featured list. Alternatively, I could use the Seattle Sounders FC article itself or possibly List of Seattle Sounders FC seasons (except that again is too short to be a featured list). I'd appreciate any guidance from the regular editors here on the best way to proceed. --SkotyWATC 18:40, 3 November 2013 (UTC)
 * 2009 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final
 * 2010 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final
 * 2011 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final

Semi-protected edit request on 26 February 2014
182.66.59.230 (talk) 07:18, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

If you want to suggest a change, please request this in the form "Please replace XXX with YYY" or "Please add ZZZ between PPP and QQQ". Please also cite reliable sources to back up your request, without which no information should be added to any article. - Arjayay (talk) 10:24, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: as you have not requested a change.

WP:TFT
I've started a discussion about possibly linking FTs when they are available for TFAs. See WT:TFA. Nergaal (talk) 08:02, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

Featured topics on the Main Page
This may be of interest. BencherliteTalk 22:07, 23 September 2014 (UTC)
 * I've moved the page and added a bit of text to format it similar to TFA/Stats and TFL. Many thanks for your nice work. Nergaal (talk) 11:20, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

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FT criteria
I was wondering what other people think about this. Since the topic itself is just a template, does anyone think it is a good idea that a template page contain a 1-paragraph blurb also? This text would be hidden from transclusions by the noinclude option, but if somebody stumbles upon the template page of the topic, they get an idea what the topic is about. The signpost does a relatively good job at introducing a topic so here is how the last promoted FT would look like:

Looking Glass Studios was an American video game developer founded in 1990 as Blue Sky Productions by Paul Neurath in Salem, New Hampshire. The company's first game was Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss in 1992, which received widespread critical acclaim and sold nearly 500,000 units. Looking Glass proceeded to develop titles in multiple genres, including role-playing, sports, flight simulation, and stealth video games. These titles were primarily published by Origin Systems, Electronic Arts and Eidos Interactive, with three titles self-published by Looking Glass Studios

The format could be improved visually. Nergaal (talk) 07:33, 28 September 2014 (UTC)
 * I like it. Since Featured Topics are now on appearing on the main page, it might be best if they have something to get insight on what the topic the articles apart is about. GamerPro64  14:23, 28 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Unless there will be a significant oppose vote, I will go ahead and update the criteria in the next few days. I will use Featured topics/Guadalcanal Campaign as a mode. Nergaal (talk) 12:04, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

Warning
Hello all. I am just warning you guys that Battle of Marathon is at a Good Article Reassessment here. Battle of Marathon is part of the Battles of the Greco-Persian Wars good topic which will have to be demoted if Battle of Marathon is demoted. --  NickGibson3900 Talk 05:38, 30 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the heads up. I will be watchlisting the reassessment to see what the results of the review will be. GamerPro64  15:15, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

Dec 2014 milestones
There are currently 135 FTs, 267 GTs, and some 86 or 87 former topics. By the end of 2014, there were over 400 featured or good topics. For comparison here is a table with EoY counts.

A really slow year for GTs, partially because wp:CUP stopped incentivizing topics since 2012, and because there has been a notable tendency to merge GTs into much, much larger topics. On the other hand, the +13 FTs this year is the largest yearly gain since 2009, and it also includes a few losses to mergers. Nergaal (talk) 23:04, 16 December 2014 (UTC)
 * How does it compare to the number of topics that got demoted? GamerPro64  02:42, 17 December 2014 (UTC)
 * 5ish per year. Nergaal (talk) 18:52, 17 December 2014 (UTC)