Wikipedia:Featured and good topic candidates
Featured and good topics in Wikipedia A featured topic (FT) is a collection of inter-related articles in which at least half are featured articles or featured lists. The remaining articles must be at least good quality. A good topic (GT) is a collection of inter-related articles that are of a good quality (though are not necessarily featured articles) with a less stringent quality threshold than a featured topic. This page is for the nomination of potential featured and good topics. See the featured and good topic criteria for criteria on both types of topic. Before nominating a topic, nominators may wish to receive feedback by listing it at the Featured and good topics talk page. Nominators must be sufficiently familiar with the subject matter and sources to deal with objections during the FTC/GTC process. If you nominate something you have worked on, note it as a self-nomination. Nominators who are not significant contributors to the articles of the topic should consult regular editors of the articles prior to nomination. Nominators are expected to respond positively to constructive criticism and to make an effort to address objections promptly. The featured and good topics coordinators Aza24, MaranoFan and Kyle Peake determine the timing of the process for each nomination. For a nomination to be promoted to FT or GT status, consensus must be reached for a group to be promoted to featured or good topic status. If enough time passes without objections being resolved, nominations will be removed from the candidates topic and archived. To contact the FGTC coordinators, please leave a message on the FGTC talk page, or use the {{@FGTC}} notification template elsewhere. You may want to check previous archived nominations first: |
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For a topic to be promoted to featured or good topic status, consensus must be reached that it meets the criteria. The FGTC coordinators are usually the ones to assess this consensus and close FGTC discussions. If there is a consensus to promote, the promote instructions are located here. If enough time passes without objections being resolved (at least one week), nominations will be removed from the candidates list and archived. Nominations will stay here for ten days if there is unanimous consent, or longer if warranted by debate. |
Featured topic nominations
[edit]Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. Known for her autobiographical songwriting and artistic reinventions, Swift is an influential figure in popular culture and the subject of widespread public interest.
- Contributor(s): FrB.TG, Ipodnano05, Ippantekina
Full featured topic --750h+ 16:34, 14 August 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose IMO the topic would need to include the following articles too: Cultural impact of Taylor Swift, Public image of Taylor Swift, Political impact of Taylor Swift and Taylor Swift Productions. Armbrust The Homunculus 19:03, 14 August 2024 (UTC)
- "Public image of Taylor Swift" is definitely a must. "Cultural impact" and "Political impact" can be grouped under a subtopic for "Public image", and "Taylor Swift Productions" is not a major component of this topic. Ippantekina (talk) 02:48, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose as a major contributor to the topic. Aside from the aforementioned missing articles, the timing of this nomination is rather unfortunate. The lead article's quality is currently being disputed and an FAR might be underway. Also, I would’ve wished that I was at least consulted before OP nominated it on a whim as per the instructions. "Nominators who are not significant contributors to the articles of the topic should consult regular editors of the articles prior to nomination." FrB.TG (talk) 19:45, 14 August 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose - It does need the first three that Armbrust suggested to meet 1d, which is not to say the work already done isn't impressive. If the production company was included too, then she'd be the man.--NØ 14:11, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose – per above, still incomplete. Idiosincrático (talk) 03:03, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
1989 (album) (4th supplementary nomination)
[edit]This topic is already featured. It is being re-nominated to add additional items. See Wikipedia talk:Featured topics/1989 (album) for discussions of the topic's previous nominations. The additional items are:
i created the article for i wish you would, and promoted it to ga status. fortunately, it still has the required amount of featured articles for this ft to remain as a featured topic. yay brachy08 (chat here lol) 02:03, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
- Comment: I am curious which recent event made "I Wish You Would" suddenly notable, and why the same notability would not extend to songs like "How You Get the Girl" (whose Taylor's version charted two spots lower in Canada and nine in the US) and "I Know Places" (three spots lower in Canada and five in the US). It would be preferable not to delay those, if they are notable already, just because there aren't enough FAs for the topic to remain featured.--NØ 09:55, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
Hold for All You Had to Do Was Stay, which was GA-nominated just five days after the nomination. I would personally like to see the other two tracks on the standard edition join the topic together in the next addition. This really does not need to go through four different addition processes.--NØ 14:28, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
Wait – per above. Idiosincrático (talk) 12:19, 27 July 2024 (UTC)- Now that both All You Had to Do Was Stay and I Wish You Would can be added, the topic can remain featured. @Brachy0008: is there any movement on the creation of "I Know Places" and/or "How You Get the Girl"? Is there a reason why these articles don't exist, are the songs not notable enough, or have the articles simply not been made? Idiosincrático (talk) 01:32, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
- we haven't dug up sources for i know places and how you get the girl yet. furthermore, if they are made, there would be a bit more issues keeping this a featured topic. the plan is to get bad blood to FA, then create articles for both i know places and how you get the girl, so yes, those articles are being held back a bit. brachy08 (chat here lol) 02:50, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
- update: i created the draft for i know places. brachy08 (chat here lol) 23:47, 31 July 2024 (UTC)
- Whether or not "How You Get the Girl" or "I Know Places" should have their standalone articles depends on notability. So far I think "I Know Places" may have its standalone article, not sure about "How You Get the Girl". Ippantekina (talk) 04:13, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
- update: i created the draft for i know places. brachy08 (chat here lol) 23:47, 31 July 2024 (UTC)
- we haven't dug up sources for i know places and how you get the girl yet. furthermore, if they are made, there would be a bit more issues keeping this a featured topic. the plan is to get bad blood to FA, then create articles for both i know places and how you get the girl, so yes, those articles are being held back a bit. brachy08 (chat here lol) 02:50, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
- Now that both All You Had to Do Was Stay and I Wish You Would can be added, the topic can remain featured. @Brachy0008: is there any movement on the creation of "I Know Places" and/or "How You Get the Girl"? Is there a reason why these articles don't exist, are the songs not notable enough, or have the articles simply not been made? Idiosincrático (talk) 01:32, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support – although I don't really like the thought of holding the creation of new articles for the sake of a topic's status, I see that there is little motivation in creating these articles at the moment. As a result I support the nomination per the current collection of Wiki's articles, as I guess you can't oppose based on articles people can't or are unwilling to make (again it could be that these songs aren't notable enough to even have articles). I think in future, if there are more articles to make for a potential topic, a GTC discussion should probably be delayed until the new articles are created. Idiosincrático (talk) 14:06, 31 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support - albeit we have to agree not every track is worth an article, specially those that need some extensive research to just get enough material to write about. Not that this subtracts from your dedication. igordebraga ≠ 02:28, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
The history of the National Hockey League begins with the end of its predecessor league, the National Hockey Association (NHA), in 1917. After unsuccessfully attempting to resolve disputes with Eddie Livingstone, owner of the Toronto Blueshirts, executives of the three other NHA franchises suspended the NHA, and formed the National Hockey League (NHL), replacing the Livingstone team with a temporary team in Toronto, the Arenas. The NHL's first quarter-century saw the league compete against two rival major leagues—the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and Western Canada Hockey League—for players and the Stanley Cup. The NHL first expanded into the United States in 1924 with the founding of the Boston Bruins, and by 1926 consisted of ten teams in Ontario, Quebec, the Great Lakes region, and the Northeastern United States. At the same time, the NHL emerged as the only major league and the sole competitor for the Stanley Cup; in 1947, the NHL completed a deal with the Stanley Cup trustees to gain full control of the Cup. The NHL's footprint spread across Canada as Foster Hewitt's radio broadcasts were heard coast-to-coast starting in 1933.
- Contributor(s): CosXZ, Scorpion0422, Resolute, Maxim
Meets all of the criteria. --Cos (X + Z) 17:02, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
- Comment: Perhaps the split discussion at Talk:History of the National Hockey League (1992–present)#Move to 1992–2017? that's been going on since February should be resolved first. There exists a draft at Draft:History of the National Hockey League (since 2017) which was worked on as recently as two days ago. Hey man im josh (talk) 19:02, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
- It looks like there was support for a split and the draft is in good shape. Instead of being bold and moving the draft to main space myself, I've reached out to the draft creator here to see if they intend to move it to main space. They haven't edited in a few days, so we may need to be patient. Hey man im josh (talk) 11:25, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
- I'm one of the other editors on that draft, I've been meaning to port over content from Arizona Coyotes and Utah NHL team to fill out the currently-empty last section but haven't gotten around to it. Once that's done, the draft should be good to publish. The Kip (contribs) 17:43, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
- Fully expanded the aforementioned section, improved coverage of Tampa Bay's B2B and added a section on Boston's record-breaking season as well. Let me know if anything else is needed. The Kip (contribs) 06:37, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
- Just following up - @Hey man im josh, would I be good to move the draft to mainspace and perform the associated removals/page moves/template edits associated with doing so? Only issue is that 2017-present will then need to go through the GA process, which will hold up this FT nom. The Kip (contribs) 17:21, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
- @The Kip: I don't see any reason why not. There did seem to be a general consensus in favor of the split and it's well written, so I say shoot. Hey man im josh (talk) 17:23, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
- @Hey man im josh I've moved to mainspace and nominated it for GA in order to keep the ball rolling on this nom. I believe I've taken care of all the associated moves, edits, removals, etc - please let me know if I've missed anything. The Kip (contribs) 19:33, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
- @The Kip: I don't see any reason why not. There did seem to be a general consensus in favor of the split and it's well written, so I say shoot. Hey man im josh (talk) 17:23, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
- It looks like there was support for a split and the draft is in good shape. Instead of being bold and moving the draft to main space myself, I've reached out to the draft creator here to see if they intend to move it to main space. They haven't edited in a few days, so we may need to be patient. Hey man im josh (talk) 11:25, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
- Hold – pending discussion and draft article status. Idiosincrático (talk) 03:15, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
- Comment: Just pointing this out—in order to cover all the articles relating to the History of the NHL, we would need to add History of the National Hockey League on television, History of the National Hockey League on United States television, and History of organizational changes in the NHL to the topic. XR228 (talk) 19:44, 12 August 2024 (UTC)
Good topic nominations
[edit]The Microphones were an American indie folk, indie rock, and experimental band, founded and fronted by Phil Elverum. The band released 4 studio albums between 1999 and 2003. Elverum later returned to the project with its final album, Microphones in 2020.
- Contributor(s): PerfectSoundWhatever (x5), DMT Biscuit
All Microphones studio albums now have been brought to featured/good status, making this eligible for good topic status. A long-term project of mine. --— PerfectSoundWhatever (t; c) 17:04, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
- Comment: I take it that if all studio albums are GA or better, then Blood is erroneously listed as such? mftp dan oops 03:13, 23 August 2024 (UTC)
- It's a limited edition compilation album: "An oddity in itself, Blood is a super-limited collection". [1] — PerfectSoundWhatever (t; c) 12:28, 23 August 2024 (UTC)
- Very well, I have boldly changed the parameter on the page in question. mftp dan oops 21:40, 23 August 2024 (UTC)
- It's a limited edition compilation album: "An oddity in itself, Blood is a super-limited collection". [1] — PerfectSoundWhatever (t; c) 12:28, 23 August 2024 (UTC)
- Comment: Unsure if the Miscellaneous albums should also be part of this nomination? MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 15:10, 23 August 2024 (UTC)
- Can you be more specific about what you mean by "miscallaneous"? I might be able to answer your question. mftp dan oops 21:40, 23 August 2024 (UTC)
- @MarioSoulTruthFan: Just like how Donda 2 (demo), Late Orchestration (live), and Can't Tell Me Nothing (mixtape) aren't included in Kanye's topic, this topic only includes studio albums.
- Here's a breakdown of all the Microphones albums:
- Don't Wake Me Up (album), It Was Hot, We Stayed in the Water, The Glow Pt. 2, Mount Eerie (album), and Microphones in 2020 are studio albums. They are distinguished due to their relatively wide release and reissues; their heightened attention from critics and audiences; and their more developed instrumentation and concepts.
- Many of the other albums are not notable (including one I redirected).
- There are two versions of Tests (album), one being a demo cassette, the other is a compilation album.
- Blood (The Microphones album) and Little Bird Flies into a Big Black Cloud are limited-copy albums. The former is something between a B-sides collection and a demos album, and the latter is a highly stripped back record, essentially a side project for dedicated fans.
- Song Islands is a compilation album.
- Feel free to read more with sources at The Microphones discography. — PerfectSoundWhatever (t; c) 21:10, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
Topic removal candidates
[edit]The Intercontinental Cup (IC) winning manager list did not exist at the time of promotion in 2008. Similar to the winning clubs topic, the IC was a UEFA-organised club competition and is included in the lead's list. Unless someone promotes the list, this topic does not satisfy the criteria for a complete topic (criteria 1. d). Idiosincrático (talk) 14:05, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
Comment I plan on doing some work on the IC winning managers this weekend, and will nominate it at FLC once the IC finals list has a bit more support. NapHit (talk) 21:41, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
- Hi @NapHit, just wanted to check in and see how this is going? Aza24 (talk) 21:21, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
- I've fixed the accessibility issues on the tables and I'm going to tidy up the lead over the weekend and then nominate it at FLC now that my current list has three supports. NapHit (talk) 21:30, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
Update The Intercontinental Cup list is now at FLC. NapHit (talk) 21:04, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
- Hold per above. Idiosincrático (talk) 19:25, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
- Hold per NapHit Cos (X + Z) 19:11, 6 August 2024 (UTC)