Wikinews:Featured article candidates

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This is where the Wikinews community selects new featured articles.

Featured articles should, at a minimum:

  • Have pictures (they should make a good visual impression)
  • Be well-written
  • Cover the news event comprehensively

In addition, we should try to choose articles with these features:

Add suggestions for new articles below. If you are the author, or an author, please include a note that it is your own work. Please justify why you think an article should be featured.

  • Nominations are discussed for a minimum of seven days. Please discuss each nomination and try to come to a consensus before listing an article on Wikinews:Featured articles. Please add {{FAC}} to listed articles' talk pages, and add {{FA}} to successful candidates. See the archive directory for past nominations.
  • There is no upper limit to how long a nomination can be open. Newly-featured articles are often featured on social media, so it is advisable not to close more than two or three in quick succession. Likewise, multiple articles in a single nomination are discouraged.

Candidates[edit]

Consider voting on previous nominations when you add an article to this list!

Please list new candidates at the top.

[OPEN] Deadly tornadoes rip through southern US, killing over 300[edit]

Yes, it is older than usual for an FA nomination, but: its a good article, covers the topic quite nicely and has a photo and a video.--Bddpaux (talk) 15:50, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

Comments[edit]

Some of the writing is awkward (e.g "This outbreak of tornadoes is considered the deadliness since 1974" and "... the damage and human injury and death...". Looks good otherwise. Thatoneweirdwikier (talk) 11:37, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

Well, I figure "deadliness" is a clearly typo of "deadliest", no meaning change so can be fixed in the archives, and I did so. --Pi zero (talk) 13:56, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

Votes[edit]

  • Support as nominator Bddpaux (talk) 15:48, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
  • Support following addressed comments Thatoneweirdwikier (talk) 21:04, 25 December 2019 (UTC)
  • Support I'm sure this article would be on the Main Page --PutriAmalia1991 (talk) 00:53, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
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Promoted. --Pi zero (talk) 03:47, 17 July 2019 (UTC)

Male Magellanic penguins pine for pairings: Wikinews interviews biologist Natasha Gownaris[edit]

I was the reviewer on this article. Measures up nicely to our FA criteria. --Pi zero (talk) 15:36, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

Comments[edit]

Votes[edit]

  • Support as nominator. --Pi zero (talk) 15:36, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
  • Support as interviewer. Extremely happy with how this all ultimately turned out. It was also fun to collaborate. @Darkfrog24: Credit goes to you for the introductory writeup. BRS (Talk) (Contribs) 15:48, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
  • Support as drafter. It's environmentally relevant but also has cute pictures of animals. I also found it fun to collaborate. Darkfrog24 (talk) 22:11, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
  • Support Excellent. --SVTCobra 03:05, 17 July 2019 (UTC)
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Promoted. --Pi zero (talk) 23:56, 17 July 2019 (UTC)

Wikinews investigates disappearance of Indonesian cargo ship Namse Bangdzod[edit]

Self-nominating another of my reports. A detailed breakdown and analysis of a mystery that got deeper the further I looked, with two experts on-hand to help explain the meanings of technical aspects, and examination of data from various primary sources. It's original, it's the best coverage I can find in English; seems to me like it makes the cut. BRS (Talk) (Contribs) 21:49, 29 January 2019 (UTC)

Comments[edit]

Votes[edit]

  • Naturally BRS (Talk) (Contribs) 21:49, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
  • Support as review. Solid work. --Pi zero (talk) 22:30, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
  • Support Good OR. --SVTCobra 03:06, 17 July 2019 (UTC)
  • Support good article, interesting to read --DannyS712 (talk) 23:53, 17 July 2019 (UTC)
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Promoted. --Pi zero (talk) 03:44, 17 July 2019 (UTC)

US Senator Rand Paul blocks synthetic marijuana legislation[edit]

This is a nice, detailed look at a complex issue in a manner in that, years later, a foreigner can still read and readily understand what was going on and why. With regard to the 'bonus' criteria, I note both clever OR and a result that was better than what much (all?) of the mainstream generated. BRS (Talk) (Contribs) 00:55, 8 January 2019 (UTC)

Comments[edit]

Votes[edit]

  • Support as nominator, as always. BRS (Talk) (Contribs) 00:55, 8 January 2019 (UTC)
  • Support Yup. Neatly done. --Pi zero (talk) 21:52, 12 January 2019 (UTC)
  • Support A combination of significant effort and good journalism.
    •–• 14:40, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
  • Support Surprised it took this long. --SVTCobra 03:07, 17 July 2019 (UTC)
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Promoted. --Pi zero (talk) 03:38, 17 July 2019 (UTC)

Wikinews attends 2018 Bangalore ComicCon[edit]

Three interviews, a photoessay that could (imo) be featured in its own right, and an original event report. This is top tier. BRS (Talk) (Contribs) 17:17, 28 December 2018 (UTC)

Comments[edit]

Votes[edit]

  • Support as nominator, naturally. BRS (Talk) (Contribs) 17:17, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
  • Support as reviewer. The photoessay is quite good. The interviews are very cool imho, the event OR solid, and the whole package is, as you say, top tier. --Pi zero (talk) 19:02, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
  • Support Good, and useful, interviews. Well illustrated. Good OR. Certainly a big support! Qwerty number1 (talk) 21:40, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
  • Support Original photos, multiple interviews. Good work! --SVTCobra 03:09, 17 July 2019 (UTC)
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Promoted. --Pi zero (talk) 04:01, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

Ingrid Newkirk, co-founder of PETA, on animal rights and the film about her life[edit]

By now most of Shankbone's interviews are deservedly featured. This one, however, is well up there with the others and has as-yet slipped the net. BRS (Talk) (Contribs) 20:45, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

Comments[edit]

Votes[edit]

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  • It being two years, I'm going ahead and closing this one. BRS (Talk) (Contribs) 16:58, 31 December 2018 (UTC)

Attention drawn to high suicide rates in Scotland, Russia, Australia[edit]

Self-nomming some old synthesis. Not sure why I didn't at the time; possibly because we've had some truly exceptional stuff in recent years that sails above even other FAs. As was said some years ago, though, FA is not a zero-sum game. After examining the archives of noms for similar length FAs (and even some shorter) I found them passing with ease, so I thought I'd add one that matches up to them. I'm also reminded of Three cities submit bids for 2020 Summer Olympics, which at FAC attracted a comment to the effect Wikinews could provide balanced international perspective where most orgs will run with a natural focus on the issue from their local perspective. BRS (Talk) (Contribs) 02:21, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

Comments[edit]

Votes[edit]

  • Support as nominator and original author. BRS (Talk) (Contribs) 02:21, 24 December 2016 (UTC)
  • Support as publishing reviewer. Agreeing here with the nominator's assessment. A solid article offering a wider perspective on the issue than nationally based news media are wont to provide. --Pi zero (talk) 12:23, 24 December 2016 (UTC)
  • Support An excellent article —mikemoral (talk) 08:09, 28 May 2017 (UTC)
  • Support Long enough, sourced and informative, in my opinion. Qwerty number1 (talk) 17:58, 20 December 2018 (UTC)
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Close as successful. —mikemoral (talk) 09:07, 15 June 2017 (UTC)

Spain starts 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships with first and fifth place finishes[edit]

I bumped into an old FAC from this back when it was fresh while examining the archives ahead of deciding if I should nominate a different article. It was closed without prejudice as the piece wasn't archived but somehow missed being renominated. I do have a soft spot for featuring fine photoessays, and I agree with the original nominator that this meets the grade. BRS (Talk) (Contribs) 02:12, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

Comments[edit]

Votes[edit]

  • Support as nominator BRS (Talk) (Contribs) 02:12, 24 December 2016 (UTC)
  • Support I'm on board with both nominators on this. --Pi zero (talk) 15:01, 24 December 2016 (UTC)
  • Support I'm going to say yes (primarily for the photos), but no one pulled any muscles getting creative on their photo captions (however, thar' be the pot-calling-the-kettle!) --Bddpaux (talk) 14:24, 1 May 2017 (UTC)
  • Support Good article and a nice picture. DARIO SEVERI (talk) 07:25, 23 May 2017 (UTC)
  • Support Excellent photography in this article —mikemoral (talk) 08:02, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
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  • Low voting totals remain an evergreen issue, but consensus is pretty clear. Promoted BRS (Talk) (Contribs) 14:31, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

Judge jails 'monstrous' London serial killer Stephen Port[edit]

The whole point in writing this one was to basically square off to the mainstream media and try to produce the definitive article on the case. Believe it or not there's even more detail could have stood to go in there, but I still think I wrote up the most comprehensive article out there. BRS (Talk) (Contribs) 16:00, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

Comments[edit]

Votes[edit]

  • Support as nominator BRS (Talk) (Contribs) 16:00, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
  • Support as reviewer. Solid piece. (I recall criticism raised off-wiki about the order of treatment. It could be fascinating to explore comparisons between alternative arrangements, but I don't see it as a problem with the chosen order.) --Pi zero (talk) 17:19, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
  • Support
    Agastya Chandrakant ⚽️ 🏆 🎾 🎬 🎤 📰 06:25, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
  • Support Deserves this, if only for the MASSIVE amount of sourcing!! --Bddpaux (talk) 23:23, 6 January 2017 (UTC)
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