Wikipedia talk:Featured and good topic candidates

Several nominations ready for close?

Hello, I noticed there was previous discussion of the length of time it takes to close nominations, and wanted to point out that there are several nominations with clear consensus for promotion and have been sitting for quite a while. If no one has objections and they aren't promoted soon, as an uninvolved third party I am going to be bold and promote any unanimously supported nominations that have been open for longer than the ten day voting period. These would include:

1. Wikipedia:Featured and good topic candidates/Asteroid belt/archive1
2. Wikipedia:Featured and good topic candidates/2004–05 Arsenal F.C. season/archive2
3. Wikipedia:Featured and good topic candidates/Green Bay Packers presidents/archive1

There are more that should probably also be closed, but these are the most clear-cut. I believe some more discussion may be needed to streamline the process for unanimous promotion; for example, including a caveat in the instructions that allows any editor to close one X amount of unanimous support has been reached. Fritzmann (message me) 17:31, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

Hi there, these are already on my list for today, and I'll take care of them. Please note that one of these, any many others are not first time nominations (they're renomination of previous demotions). The bot cannot promote these ones and they have to be done manually, which is a very time consuming process. Aza24 (talk) 17:36, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

It's also worth noting that the bot was essentially broken for ~2 weeks, and the issue has just these past two days been resolved. Aza24 (talk) 17:43, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

Aza24, thanks for the super quick reply! That makes a lot of sense, and I appreciate you volunteering your time to steward this process. Fritzmann (message me) 17:50, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

Please note that one of these, any many others are not first time nominations (they're renomination of previous demotions). The bot cannot promote these ones and they have to be done manually, which is a very time consuming process. Idea: If you blank the (Wikipedia:Topic name) and (Wikipedia talk:Topic name) pages, then run the bot, it'll probably work. Then you can manually fix the (Wikipedia talk:Topic page), which will need to have its FGTC history template and wikiprojects fixed manually. Then you can check the contribs/diffs carefully for any other problems or mess-ups. If there's any, note them and fix then. Then, armed with the data from this test run, we can chat about how to code the bot to do these non-first time nominations. Wanna try that? –Novem Linguae (talk) 05:13, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Oh sorry, you did already tell me this recently—completely forgot. Although I wasn't sure if you were proposing it as a practical solution or merely a technical possibility. I'll try shortly with Astroid belt. Aza24 (talk) 05:18, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Have tried just now. If it works I'll do so with Emirates Cup and Dwarf planets as well. Aza24 (talk) 05:25, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Looks like it worked; I'll adjust the article history tomorrow and get some others going soon as well. Aza24 (talk) 06:28, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Let's wait on the other 2 so I have some test cases for the new code I'm about to write. Can you check your test run you did just now carefully (diffs) and make sure article history and wikiprojects on that one page is the only difference in the process? Let me know and I'll work on coding it up. –Novem Linguae (talk) 06:45, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

I found a bug unrelated to it being a former featured topic. Filed #92 Bot confuses {GAList} with {GA}. Looking forward to seeing how you do the manual diff of Wikipedia talk:Featured topics/Asteroid belt. –Novem Linguae (talk) 07:06, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

I have been on an on-and-off wikibreak for a while but will get to processing many of these soon if the other coords have not.--NØ 18:25, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! Feel free to knock out any delists if you have a moment; they're a bit of a chord since no bot, but most of them around under 10 articles per topic. Aza24 (talk) 05:26, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Potential topic question

Eventually, I'm hoping to make a GT/FT for The Dark Pictures Anthology. The series is planned to have at least eight games, with four released so far, along with a spinoff VR game, The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR.

My question is would the VR game have to be included, or could I get away with just the games in the main anthology?

The Dark Pictures Anthology

6 articles

Man of Medan

Little Hope

House of Ashes

The Devil in Me

Switchback VR

I suspect that the VR spinoff would be required in the topic to pass it as a candidate. Idiosincrático (talk) 02:52, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

The VR game would make a good addition to the topic since the proposed parent article discusses it as part of the series, and there do not seem to be multiple spinoff games to be a separate topic.--NØ 04:04, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

2 Potential 2 topic question

So I was planning out possible topics for WP:DRWHO and had a question regarding this possible topic.

Actors who played the Doctor

15 articles

William Hartnell

Patrick Troughton

Jon Pertwee

Tom Baker

Peter Davison

Colin Baker

Sylvester McCoy

Paul McGann

Christopher Eccleston

David Tennant

Matt Smith

Peter Capaldi^(subtopic)

Jodie Whittaker

Ncuti Gatwa

. So these actors have portrayed the numbered incarnations however their are other version who could be included, Jo Martin appears as the Fugitive Doctor, John Hurt appears as the War Doctor, and Michael Jayston appears as The Valeyard. Should these articles be included? Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 04:34, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

Potential topic question: Inclusion of band members BLPs to topic scope

Hi! I am in the process of overhauling articles/lists about SB19, with the intent of putting those for candidate at WP:FT. Now, each band member has their own Wikipedia articles (Josh Cullen (musician), Pablo (Filipino musician), Stell (singer), Felip (musician), Justin (Filipino singer)), and I am not quite sure if those should be included in the topic's scope, especially since I have not seen a band FTs that include each band member's biography. I want to ask for comments on whether the articles of each band member should be in the topic scope or not; this is so I can see the consensus before nominating the topic for candidacy, and I can act accordingly to meet the topic for the criteria. Thanks! – Relayed (t • c) 17:18, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

SB19

6 articles

Discography

Songs recorded

Awards and nominations

Videography

Live performances