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== Nonspecific date nominations == ==Nonspecific date nominations==

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===December 27===
====Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō====
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''''']''''' was the world's first ] ship to be designed and built as an ], and the first aircraft carrier of the ] (IJN). Commissioned in 1922, the ship was used for testing aircraft and equipment, and to evaluate operational methods and tactics. She provided valuable lessons and experience for the IJN in early carrier air operations. ''Hōshō'' and her aircraft participated in the ] in 1932 and in the opening stages of the ] in 1937. During those two conflicts, her aircraft supported ] ground operations and engaged in combat with aircraft of the ]. The small size of the ship and her assigned airgroups (usually around 15 aircraft) limited the effectiveness of her contributions. As a result, the carrier was placed in reserve after her return to Japan from China and she became a training carrier in 1939. During ], ''Hōshō'' participated in the ] in June 1942 in a secondary role. After the battle, the carrier resumed her training role for the duration of the conflict and survived the war with only minor damage. She was used as a repatriation transport after the war and was ] in 1946. (])</div></div>


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Two points for the 90th anniversary of her commissioning and 19 interwiki links. It's been over a month since the last warship TFA so no deductions there.--] (]) 21:07, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
*'''Support''', good date, also educational, encyclopedic, and historic value. &mdash; ''']''' (]) 00:41, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
*'''Support'''. - Good month: Pearl Harbor, good day: 90th anniversary. ] <sup>(]|])</sup> 04:37, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
*'''Support''', good for anniversary, moved another pending battleship to later, --] (]) 19:11, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
*'''Support''' solid article, good to have something on an Eastern power.&nbsp;—&nbsp;] (]) 07:37, 5 December 2012 (UTC)


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===January 1===
====Vidya Balan====
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''']''' (born 1978) is an Indian film actress, who appears in ], ] and ] language films. At age sixteen, Balan landed her first acting role in the ] '']'' (1995). After making several unsuccessful attempts to start a career in film, she acted in television commercials and music videos. In 2003, Balan made her feature film debut with the independent Bengali drama '']'' and in 2005, she garnered praise for her first Hindi film, '']''. Her subsequent portrayal of glamorous characters in the films '']'' (2007) and '']'' (2008) met with negative comments from film critics. She later portrayed five consecutive roles to wide critical acclaim in '']'' (2009), '']'' (2010), '']'' (2011), '']'' (2011), and '']'' (2012). These roles have fetched her the tag of a "female hero" and established her as a leading contemporary actress of Hindi cinema. Balan has received one ], four ] and four ]. She initially drew criticism for her weight and dress sense, but was later credited in the media for retaining her individuality and breaking stereotypes of a Hindi film heroine. (])</div></div>


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Nominated by {{user|Smarojit}} in . 1 point for date relevance (birthday), 1 point for nominator's first TFA (nominator only has one FA credit), 1 point for no actor/actress biographies since ]. '''3 points''' ]] 09:42, 5 December 2012 (UTC)


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*'''Support''' (not read) Long interval since last actor, & since the last Bollywood one, who knows... ] (]) 17:19, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
*'''Support''' Nice to encourage cultural diversity on Main Page. --] (]) 00:42, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
*'''Support'''. - Diversity ... long interval ... etcetera. ] <sup>(]|])</sup> 07:54, 6 December 2012 (UTC)


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====Kenneth Walker====
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''']''' (1898–1943) was a ] aviator and a ] general who had a significant influence on the development of airpower doctrine. Walker graduated from the ] in 1929, then served as an instructor there. He supported the creation of a separate air organization, not subordinate to other military branches and was a forceful advocate of the efficacy of ], publishing articles on the subject, and becoming part of a clique known as the "]" which argued for the primacy of bombardment over other forms of military aviation. He advanced the notion that ], and participated in the Air Corps Tactical School's development of the doctrine of ], which called for precision attacks against carefully selected critical industrial targets. In 1942, during ], Walker was promoted to ] and transferred to the ]. He frequently flew combat missions over ], for which he received the ]. On 5 January 1943, he was shot down and killed while leading a daylight bombing raid over ], for which he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. (])</div></div>
'''3 points''': Two points for date relevance, being the 70th anniversary of the battle in which he won his medal of honour, and one point for being promoted in July 2011. ] (]) 21:06, 29 November 2012 (UTC)


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*'''Support'''. A fine article, suitable for Main Page representation on the suggested date unless there is an American military biography featured previously with too little separation in time. ] (]) 21:21, 29 November 2012 (UTC)
*'''Support''', agree with analysis by {{user|Hawkeye7}}, above, as well as date relevance. &mdash; ''']''' (]) 01:37, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
*'''Support''', convincing --] (]) 14:07, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
*'''Comment''', there's a US aviator who also won the Medal of Honor scheduled for December 4. Don't know how that influences "points" but looks like a run on "US aviators who won the Medal of Honor". ] (]) 21:31, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
:* See the TFAR page instructions at the top of this page-- the date requested is more than a month from the last one. Still, considering the similarity and how few of same we (might?) have, I agree it's unfortunate that they can't be spaced out more; there must be other significant dates. ] (]) 21:36, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
* '''Support'''. Per Cirt and Binksternet. ] <sup>(]|])</sup> 04:42, 3 December 2012 (UTC)


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===April 1===
''']''' (born 1942) is a British ], ], and author. His significant scientific works to date have been a collaboration with ] on ] in the framework of ], and the theoretical prediction that ]s should emit radiation, often called ]. He was the ] at the University of Cambridge between 1979 and 2009. Subsequently, he became research director at the university's Centre for Theoretical Cosmology. Hawking has a ] related to ], a condition that has progressed over the years. He is now almost entirely paralysed and communicates through a ]. He is an ] of the ], a lifetime member of the ], and a recipient of the ], the highest civilian award in the United States. Hawking has achieved success with works of ] in which he discusses his own theories and cosmology in general; his '']'' stayed on the British '']'' best-sellers list for a record-breaking 237&nbsp;weeks. (])</div></div>


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* Widely covered physicist on his 70th birthday, 6 points or more --] (]) 10:10, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
**71st birthday, not 70th (1); vital article (4); no scientists in 6 months (2); total '''7 points'''.
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:::Thank you for the corrections, I should stay away from math ;) --] (]) 11:34, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
*'''Support''' Looks good! A quick skim of the article shows no major changes since the version featured back in September. ] (]) 11:00, 7 December 2012 (UTC)


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*'''Oppose''' The article has ''citation needed'' tags, has information in the introduction not mentioned below, and could use some copyediting. ] (]) 13:14, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
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''']''' (1913–1994) was the ], serving from 1969 to 1974. After completing his undergraduate work at ], he graduated from ] in 1937, and returned to California to practice law. He served in the ] during ]. Nixon was elected to the ] in ] and to the ] in ]. He served for eight years as vice president, from 1953 to 1961, and waged an unsuccessful presidential campaign in ], narrowly losing to ]. In 1968, ] for the presidency and was ]. Nixon initially escalated the ], but ended U.S. involvement in 1973. Nixon's ] to the People's Republic of China in 1972 opened diplomatic relations between the two nations. Though he presided over ], he scaled back manned space exploration. He was ] in 1972. Early in his second term, a continuing series of revelations about the ] cost Nixon much of his political support, and on August 9, 1974, he resigned as president. In retirement, Nixon's work as an ], authoring several books and undertaking many foreign trips, helped to rehabilitate his public image. (])</div></div>
*'''11 points''' Centennial of birth (6) level 4 vital article (4) 1 year FA (1).--] (]) 07:03, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
* '''Support'''. - Obviously. ] <sup>(]|])</sup> 07:51, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
* '''Support''' 100th birthday! <span class="nowrap"><font color="purple">Canuck</font><small><sup><font color="purple">89</font> ]</small></sup> <small>08:34, December 6, 2012 (UTC)</small></span>
* '''Support'''. - Obviously. --] (]) 09:33, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
* '''Support''' important topic. --''']]]''' 09:55, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
*'''Comment''' blurb is about 1,570 characters, or 25% over the standard target length of 1,200 - Wehwalt, would you mind trimming it when you get a chance? Thanks, ]] 10:00, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
::I've cut it some.--] (]) 16:14, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
*'''Support''': No question. Points probably irrelevant here, but does the 20-day rule for noms with 5+ points not apply? ] (]) 11:00, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
**Yes, but the rule is 20 ''unscheduled'' days, not 20 days. At the time of writing, the next unscheduled day is 22nd December, and the 20th unscheduled day is 11th January, so this high-scoring (record score?) nom is legit. ]] 11:07, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
*'''Support'''; very much looking forward to seeing such a prominent article featured. ] (]) 11:34, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
*'''Support''': Centennial is a one-time opportunity not to be missed, topic timely and interesting. Plenty of time to fix any minor glitches, none of which are significant to the issue of this excellent article being TFA for the date stated. ]<sup>]</sup> 20:37, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
{{hat|Suggestion made, suggestion answered. Hatting to ensure that nobody accidentally says something that someone else might regret. ]] 02:51, 7 December 2012 (UTC)}}
Please audit the prose; a search reveals 16 instances of the word "however" in (See and for discussions of the overuse of however.) Although this issue was brought to Wehwalt's attention in ] after DCGeist copyedited an article and among other improvements, reduced the uses of "however" from 12 to 3, the overuse of "however" persists. Several of Wehwalt's recent FAs have improved on this score, but the older ones should be audited; it shouldn't require more than a few moments to review each FA. ] (]) 16:29, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
: Additionally, captions need to be audited for final punctuation throughout. The oversized images throughout will likely get objections when it runs on the mainpage (I see no reason for them to be oversized-- this isn't an article about art, for example, where there is a need to examine images closely since the article is about them). A bigger concern (back on prose) and an indication that a prose review is called for: see the image in ] and the caption: "Nixon chats with a future voter at the Washington Senators' 1969 Opening Day, with Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn (to the right of Nixon), Senators owner Bob Short and Nixon aide Jack Brennan (in uniform)." The caption misidentifies several people (and the reference to a child as a "future voter" is unnecessarily cutesy and unencyclopedic). <p> Another sample, the opening blurb: "In retirement, Nixon's work authoring several books and undertaking many foreign trips helped to rehabilitate his public image as an elder statesman." Why "many"; what does that add? Why not just "rehabilitated his image"? His image problem that needed rehab wasn't about being an "elder statesman". Also, "Although Nixon initially escalated America's involvement in the ], he subsequently ended U.S. involvement in 1973." "Subsequently" is another overused word-- the 1973 seems to cover it. ] (]) 18:49, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
:: The article below (]) also has 16 instances of "however" in . It's a new FA (August 2012) Should all articles be checked for these issues? ] (]) 21:20, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
::: All articles (here and at FAC) should be checked for lots of things, so I'm not sure I understand the question. Other than to say, "of course"; lots of stuff is sliding through. ] (]) 21:54, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
::::Just as a note I've looked over ] and reduced the ''however''s to five. I will read over my changes tomorrow to see if I've changed the meaning. Looking at the links above it seems the problem is misuse and overuse - I don't think it's now mis-used or overused in that article. However,{{sic}} I don't think a simple word count is helpful. ] (]) 22:21, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
:::::I will of course check the article before it runs, and will give Sandy's suggestions the respect they deserve. (and yes, I'm aware that Sandy's trying to provoke conflict here, so the mild snarkiness in the last comment is the most she's going to get out of me)--] (]) 02:03, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
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The ''']''' opened the world's first underground line on 10&nbsp;January 1863, connecting the mainline railway termini at Paddington, Euston and King's Cross to London's financial heart in ] using gas-lit wooden carriages hauled by steam locomotives. The railway was soon extended and completed the ] in 1884, but the most important route became the line to {{stnlnk|Verney Junction}} in Buckinghamshire, more than 50&nbsp;miles (80&nbsp;kilometres) from London. Electric traction was introduced in 1905 and by 1907 ] operated most of the services. The Railway developed land for housing and after World War I promoted housing estates near the railway with the "]" brand. On 1&nbsp;July 1933, the Metropolitan Railway was amalgamated with the railways of the ] and the capital's tramway and bus operators to form the ]. (])</div></div>


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On 10 January it will be the 150th anniversary of the opening of London Underground's first line by the Metropolitan Railway between Paddington and Farringdon. There are four points for the anniversary, and one point as I am a significant contributor and I have not previously had a TFA. I'm not claiming any 'similar article' points as we had ] on 13 November&nbsp;— although that's placed in the ''Geography and places'' section on ] and the previous article to appear from the ''Transport'' section was ] on 25 August&nbsp;— therefore '''5 points'''. ] (]) 12:59, 5 December 2012 (UTC)


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*'''Support''' Wonderful choice, given the anniversary, historical aspects, iconic stature of subject, and face it, Trains to Underground was a significant step. ]<small><sup>]</sup></small> 13:24, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
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*'''Support''', excellent date selection, educational, encyclopedic, high value for the site. &mdash; ''']''' (]) 17:14, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
*'''Support''' Global significance & per above ] (]) 17:18, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
* '''Support'''. An excellent choice. ] <sup>(]|])</sup> 08:00, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
* '''Support''' ....for all the trainspotters out there....] (] '''·''' ]) 19:36, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
*'''Support''', per Cirt, - moved another train article to later, --] (]) 08:00, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

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Bart Simpson

Nancy Cartwright, Bart's voice actressNancy Cartwright, Bart's voice actress

Bart Simpson is a character from the American animated television series The Simpsons part of the Simpson family. Described as one of the 100 most important people of the 20th century by Time, Matt Groening created and designed Bart in James L. Brooks's office. Bart, alongside the rest of the family, debuted in the short "Good Night" on The Tracey Ullman Show on April 19, 1987. After two years on the show, the family received their own series, which premiered on Fox on December 17, 1989. Born April Fools' Day according to Groening, Bart is ten years old; he is the eldest child and only son of Homer and Marge Simpson; he has two sisters, Lisa and Maggie. Voiced by Nancy Cartwright (pictured), Bart is known for his mischievousness, rebelliousness, and disrespect for authority, as well as his prank calls to Moe, chalkboard gags in the opening sequence, and catchphrases. Bart is considered an iconic fictional television character of the 1990s and has been called an American cultural icon. (Full article...)

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Dolly de Leon

Dolly de Leon

Dolly de Leon (born 1969) is a Filipino actress. De Leon began her career on stage, and made her film debut in Shake, Rattle & Roll III (1991). She was later cast in minor and uncredited roles in films and took on guest parts in television shows. Her breakthrough came in the crime drama Verdict (2019), for which she won a FAMAS Award for Best Supporting Actress. De Leon achieved international recognition and acclaim for her role in Triangle of Sadness (2022), winning the Guldbagge Award and Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Performance, in addition to nominations for a Golden Globe Award and for a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the first Filipino to be nominated for the latter two. She is the co-founder of Ladies Who Launch, a social services group which supports disadvantaged communities. British Vogue named her one of the 31 most famous stars in the world in 2023. (Full article...)

April 13

The Boat Race 2020

The Boat Race 2020 was a side-by-side rowing race scheduled to take place on 29 March 2020. Held annually, The Boat Race is contested between crews from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge along a 4.2-mile (6.8 km) tidal stretch of the River Thames in south-west London. This would have been the 75th women's race and the 166th men's race. Cambridge led the longstanding rivalry 84–80 and 44–30 in the men's and women's races, respectively. The races were cancelled on 16 March 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. Other than as a result of war, it was the first time the men's race had been cancelled since it has taken place annually from 1845. It was also the first cancellation of the women's race since its 1964 revival. It would have been the first time in the history of the event that both senior races had been umpired by women. The members of each crew were announced on the date that the race would have been conducted. (Full article...)

April 14

Muhammad IV of Granada

Muhammad IV of Granada

Muhammad IV (14 April 1315 – 25 August 1333) was the ruler of the Emirate of Granada on the Iberian Peninsula from 1325 to 1333. He was the sixth sultan of the Nasrid dynasty, succeeding to the throne at age 10 when his father, Ismail I, was assassinated. The initial years of his reign were marked by civil war between his ministers, drawing in Castile, Granada's neighbour to the north. The civil war ended in 1328 when Muhammad took a more active role in government. Castile and the kingdom of Aragon invaded Granada in 1330. In 1332, Muhammad sailed to the Marinid court at Fez to request help and the new Marinid Sultan Abu al-Hasan Ali sent 5,000 troops, who besieged the Castilians at Gibraltar. The town surrendered in June 1333 but was in turn besieged. After confused fighting a truce was agreed on 24 August 1333 that restored the 1331 treaty. One day later, Muhammad was assassinated, aged 18. He was succeeded by his brother Yusuf I. (Full article...)

April 15

Lady Blue (TV series)

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Lady Blue is an American detective and action-adventure television series that originally aired on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). The show's pilot aired as a television film on April 15, 1985 before being picked up for a full series between September 15, 1985, to January 25, 1986. The show revolves around Chicago detective Katy Mahoney (Jamie Rose) and her violent methods of handling cases. The supporting cast includes Danny Aiello, Ron Dean, Diane Dorsey, Bruce A. Young, Nan Woods, and Ricardo Gutierrez. Lady Blue was criticized by several watchdog organizations as the most violent show on television with Television critics calling Mahoney "Dirty Harriet" (after Clint Eastwood's character Dirty Harry). ABC cancelled it in early 1986, partially due to the complaints about excessive violence. Critical reception to the series was primarily negative during its run and the series has not been released on DVD, Blu-ray, or an online streaming service. (Full article...)

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