Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/August 18, 2005

I hereby nominate the excellent Economy of Africa for display on the main page, and for the following reasons:

--Zantastik talk  22:18, 3 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) The topic is important, and this is probably one of the best encyclopedia articles on it.
 * 2) Good graphics
 * 3) It meets all established criteria for display as today's featured article
 * 4) It shows Wikipedia in a good light -- a serious article on a serious topic (I'm all for celeb articles, but still)