Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Assassination of John F. Kennedy

Assassination of John F. Kennedy edit

This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Wikipedia:Today's featured article/November 22, 2023 by Gog the Mild (talk) 22:14, 28 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Kennedy's motocade

On November 22, 1963, U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas. Texas Governor John Connally was also wounded. Assassin Lee Harvey Oswald was quickly apprehended but was murdered two days later by Jack Ruby. After a 10-month investigation, the Warren Commission concluded that Oswald had acted alone and that there was no evidence of a conspiracy. Subsequent investigations like the Rockefeller Commission and Church Committee affirmed these findings. In its 1979 report, the House Select Committee on Assassinations concluded that Kennedy was likely “assassinated as a result of a conspiracy”. The assassination remains controversial and has spawned many conspiracy theories; polls have found that a majority of Americans believe there was a conspiracy. (Full article...)

Most recent similar article(s): Badge Man (March 24, 2023)
Main editors: Walloon, HAL333
Promoted: September 18, 2023
Reasons for nomination: November 22 marks the 60th anniversary of President Kennedy's assassination, the most debated and analyzed murder in modern history.
Support as nominator. ~ HAL333 18:26, 18 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Dank, sorry for the ping, but would you be interested in jumping ship from Frozen to JFK? If not, no worries. ~ HAL333 18:30, 18 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- I generally don't support at TFAR; I only supported the other one because I had done some copyediting. Per your request, I've removed my support from the other one ... November is Gog's month, he'll make the call. - Dank (push to talk) 18:44, 18 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  - I appreciate it nonetheless Dank. When my life isn't quite so hectic, I'll try to get back to reviewing FLCs in force. ~ HAL333 21:10, 18 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    - If you've got the time to spare, that would be great. - Dank (push to talk) 21:40, 18 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Support this article over Frozen II: 60th anniversary is a larger milestone than 4th. Z1720 (talk) 21:17, 18 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support: Same reason as Z1720 pointed out. 60th anniversary is a bigger milestone (a round anniversary, no less) than a fourth anniversary. I'd suggest that Frozen II be posted as TFA for November 22, 2024, since it will be the movie's fifth anniversary (a round anniversary milestone), and it will be posted on a Friday, the same day of the week when Frozen II was first released in theaters.

--Birdienest81talk 07:04, 21 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Support for similar reasons as above; 60th anniversary is a more important milestone than 4th. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 16:17, 21 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support This is a better anniversary. We should save Frozen 2 for its fifth anniversary next year. QuicoleJR (talk) 16:31, 22 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Supporting over Frozen II – I would say Frozen II should be probably on November 7, or the same date of next year. — VAUGHAN J. (TALK) 09:15, 25 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Comment For the convenience of the scheduling coordinator, I've prepared an alternate blurb here.--Wehwalt (talk) 18:50, 25 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Coordinator comment: I have gone with this article for the 22nd. As the proposed blurb above is too short to meet the TFA requirements - a minimum of 925 characters including spaces - I have gone with the one prepared by a fellow coordinator; thanks Wehwalt. It is here and suggestions for any proposed changes can be made on this page. Gog the Mild (talk) 22:13, 28 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Support per my comment. It's not so much the length of the anniversary so much as its global significance. (Birdienest81's suggestion is also excellent.) Serial 16:43, 28 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]