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Contents 1 Featured topic nominations 1.1 Halo media 1.2 Physical geography of Somerset (supplementary nomination) 1.3 Myst 1.4 Numbered highways in Amenia (CDP), New York 1.5 Beauchamp–Sharp Tragedy 1.6 Seasons of Bleach 1.7 Metroid Prime 1.8 1997 Pacific hurricane season (supplementary nomination) 2 Good topic nominations 2.1 The Simpsons (season 6) 2.2 German Type U 66 submarine 3 Featured topic removal candidates 4 Good topic removal candidates

[edit] Featured topic nominations

Please add new nominations to the top.

[edit] Halo media

Topic discussion 19 articles Halo media
Halo: The Fall of Reach Halo: The Flood Halo: First Strike Halo: Ghosts of Onyx Halo: Contact Harvest I Love Bees Halo Original Soundtrack Halo 2 Original Soundtrack Halo 3 Original Soundtrack Halo Graphic Novel Halo: Uprising Halo: Combat Evolved Halo 2 Halo 3 Halo 3 marketing Halo 3: ODST Halo Wars Halo: Chronicles

Ok, this should all be in order. Content from The Cole Protocol added as addendum to the List of Halo media (and the plot details to be added to the series topic). This would replace Wikipedia:Featured_topics/Halo_trilogy, but I figured since it's a new name and larger scope it would be best to simply delist and redirect if this passes. --Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^(talk) 19:53, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

• Comment - I think it should be nominated for removal properly. As for me, I'll hold off on supporting til you're done with The Cole Protocol - rst20xx (talk) 20:55, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
• Comment - I don't think Halo 3 marketing really belongs in this topic, and I think it would be better for Halo (series) to be the lead article and List of Halo media to be a non-lead article in the topic. Rreagan007 (talk) 20:59, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Physical geography of Somerset (supplementary nomination)

This topic is already featured. It is being re-nominated to add additional items. See Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Physical geography of Somerset for the archived discussion of the topic's successful nomination. The additional items are:

1. River Parrett

Main page	Articles
Geology of Somerset	River Parrett

River Parrett has just achieved GA status. It is the largest river in Somerset at 37 miles (59.5 km). It drains an area of over 652.5 sq mi (1,690.0 km²), comprising around 50% of the land area of Somerset.— Rod ^talk 19:05, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

• Comment - How long are the other rivers in Somerset? This may be the longest, but you need to convince me that this river is substantially the most notable - rst20xx (talk) 23:10, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

• Expansion - I had hoped that saying it drains over 50% of the land area of the county would be enough but to add a little more:

The main tributaries include the Rivers Tone (length (approx) 21 miles (34 km)), Isle (8 miles (13 km)) and River Yeo (South Somerset) (15 miles (24 km)). The Cary (8 miles (13 km)) drains into the Parrett via the King's Sedgemoor Drain (artificial) (10.5 miles (17 km)).

The other significant rivers in Somerset which are not tributaries include: Axe (15 miles (24 km)), Barle (7 miles (11 km)), Brue (30 miles (48 km)), Chew (17 miles (27 km)), Frome (20 miles (32 km)), Holford (4.5 miles (7 km)), Huntspill (artificial) (5 miles (8 km)), Sheppey (7 miles (11 km)) and Congresbury Yeo (15 miles (24 km)). I have not included rivers, streams & brooks less than (4 miles (6 km)) in length.

The rivers Exe (50 miles (80 km)) and Avon (75 miles (121 km)) form parts of the borders of the county but do not flow in it for much of their course.

The Parrett is tidal for 27 miles (43 km) and exhibits a tidal bore.

The River Parrett was established as the border between Wessex and Dumnonia in 658 AD

The name means 'The barge river' from the Latin paradie 'barse'.

Historically, the main port on the river was at Bridgwater; the river being bridged at this point, with the first bridge being constructed in 1200 AD.

Most commercial shipping travels upriver as far as Dunball wharf, which handles bulk cargoes. Marine sand and gravel accounted for 55,754 tonnes of the total tonnage of 90,213 using the Port facilities in 2006, with salt products accounting for 21,170 tonnes in the same year, while the roll-on roll-off berth at Combwich is used occasionally for the transfer of heavy goods for the two Hinkley Point nuclear power stations.

The river is technically a highland carrier, as it is embanked and the water level is often higher than that of the land through which it flows. Water from the surrounding countryside does not therefore drain into the river naturally, and drainage schemes have relied on pumping to remove the water and reduce flooding. The pumping station at Westonzoyland was built in 1830, the first mechanical pumping station on the Somerset Levels.

During January through to May, the Parrett provides a source of eels (Anguilla anguilla) and young elvers.

I hope this provides enough explanatiojn of why it is the biggest & most significant river but if you want more let me know.— Rod ^talk 09:59, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

• Support - OK thanks, I only wanted the river lengths! :P rst20xx (talk) 11:57, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
• Support. Rreagan007 (talk) 17:57, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Myst

Topic discussion 10 articles Myst series
Myst Riven Myst III: Exile Myst IV: Revelation Myst V: End of Ages Uru: Ages Beyond Myst Myst Online: Uru Live Characters of Myst The Myst Reader

This all started when I randomly started improving Myst back in May, and then embarked on a grand campaign to shiny up all that is on the wiki. Uru: Ages Beyond Myst is at FAC currently, but is still GA and not needed to pass FTC. All the Myst articles should have been merged into the ten above. --Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^(talk) 16:29, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

• Support - good luck with the FAC - rst20xx (talk) 17:39, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
• Support - topic is comprehensive on the Myst franchise, all requirements are fulfilled - Hekerui (talk) 22:46, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
• Support – no problems that I can see. Excellent work. -- Sabre (talk) 00:42, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
• Support igordebraga ≠ 01:17, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
• Support. Rreagan007 (talk) 17:58, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
• Support -- _{Escape Artist Swyer} ^Talk _{Contributions} 01:18, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
• Oppose - The articles Mysterium and Mystralia are missing in the topic. Megata Sanshiro (talk) 13:31, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

• Fan conventions are a world apart from the actual published material (questions regarding the notability of those articles aside.) --Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^(talk) 19:03, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Numbered highways in Amenia (CDP), New York

Topic discussion 5 articles Numbered highways in Amenia, New York
New York State Route 22 New York State Route 343 U.S. Route 44 in New York County Route 81 (Dutchess Co., NY)

I know its kind of strange, but I like it - it took a little while to do this one, but it turned out really well. I am open to all comments.Mitch32^{(Go Syracuse)} 15:09, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

• Support –Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 16:36, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
• Weak oppose - I think the scope of this topic probably constitutes cherrypicking by scope reduction (from a topic for the whole of Dutchess County). I know the main article is an FL but I have no idea how that managed to happen, there's nothing listy about it, it's simply a summary style article of four other articles, and (unsurprisingly!) very short at that - rst20xx (talk) 17:37, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

  It isn't cherry picking. And, as far as I am concerned, this was more to split a topic on Amenia (CDP), New York, which could have too much of a broad scope, not dutchess county itself. (Meaning this isn't following the others).Mitch32^{(Go Syracuse)} 22:16, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

  I guess then I'm at a loss as to why a hamlet of 1100ish people deserves an article on the roads going through it! Seems like it's not notable to merit an article separately from one on the roads in the whole county - rst20xx (talk) 23:08, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

  Wikipedia isn't really about what deserves an article. The list is well-sourced, thus establishing notability. –Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 23:14, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

• Question - I am going to ask again, how is a +300 miles highway a SUBtopic in the topic of "roads going through a hamlet of ~1000 people"? Nergaal (talk) 17:43, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

  This cannot be solved, you know that well enough.Mitch32^{(Go Syracuse)} 22:16, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

• Weak Support - The scope of this topic does seem strange, but since the main list on which the topic is based managed to become featured, I have a hard time opposing this topic. Rreagan007 (talk) 21:35, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Beauchamp–Sharp Tragedy

Topic discussion 3 articles Beauchamp–Sharp Tragedy
Solomon P. Sharp Jereboam O. Beauchamp

Self-nomination for featured topic. These articles detail Sharp's life, his murder by Beauchamp, Beauchamp's possible motives, and his execution for the crime. This event has served as inspiration for several fictional works, including a play by Edgar Allan Poe and a book by Robert Penn Warren. Acdixon ^{(talk • contribs • count)} 00:41, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

I'm going to say Support to this. It's a thin topic, but even so it appears to satisfy the criteria. Also, I'm not sure if it has enough relation to the topic or not, but I think Old Court-New Court controversy could also be added to the topic. Rreagan007 (talk) 21:25, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the support. I was unsure if the connection to the Old Court-New Court controversy was sufficient to include it in this topic. It'll be easy enough to do if consensus dictates. It's also a GA, and the topic would still meet the 33% FA threshold if it were added. Acdixon ^{(talk • contribs • count)} 02:16, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Seasons of Bleach

Topic discussion 11 articles Bleach, Seasons of
Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 Season 7 Season 8 Season 9 Season 10

Long time in the making. All of the seasons of the Bleach anime series have been brought to FL, and the current season, which is still airing, has been peer reviewed (see here. The primary contributor to the season 1 list, Erachima, is not active at the moment, and I am the sole nominator. Cheers, — sephiroth bcr ^(converse) 21:36, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

• Support - nice work on this! TheLeftorium 21:50, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
• Support -- awesome work.-- _{Escape Artist Swyer} ^Talk _{Contributions} 23:26, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
• Comment – Season 10 should have a "completed peer review" -> I think the PR needs closing as currently it is still open. Rambo's Revenge (talk) 23:50, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

• Archived the peer review. — sephiroth bcr ^(converse) 05:57, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

• Comment - You should also try to find a free image for the topic box. Rreagan007 (talk) 00:43, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

• Working on getting a free image made by David Fuchs, who is good with graphics stuff. I'll place it here when it's done. — sephiroth bcr ^(converse) 05:57, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

• Support. Since it's a TV series, no related free image would be possible. Good work. ^Tezkag₇₂ 05:00, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
• Support Saw many of these articles through FLC. Good work. Dabomb87 (talk) 05:14, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
• Support Zginder 2009-02-01T20:16Z (UTC)
• Support Excellent effort here getting all those to FL and I know it hasn't been an easy task! Long time in the making, and certainly meets the FT criteria now. -- Collectonian (talk · contribs) 08:00, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Metroid Prime

Topic discussion 5 articles Metroid Prime
Metroid Prime Pinball Metroid Prime Hunters Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Metroid Prime 3: Corruption

I'm nominating it because it fits the requirements. Isn't that what all noms are? Metroid Prime Hunters is going through FAC, but whether or not it passes won't matter. Additionally, Image:Lightning Bolt on Circle.svg.--haha169 (talk) 05:41, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

• Support per the Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow topic. Zginder 2009-01-28T05:52Z (UTC)
• haha, what a joke Nergaal (talk) 06:03, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
• Oppose - per the no main article reasoning raised last time. I'm pretty sure Gary King is working on the whole Metroid series for a topic (not just the Prime series), so I think we should let him get on with that - rst20xx (talk) 12:18, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
• Oppose Not an appropriate main article for the Prime series. And yes, I'm still working on the entire series topic. Gary King (talk) 16:10, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
  • I'm wondering here. Metroid Prime in itself is a trilogy, is it not? "Metroid Prime is the first of the three part Prime storyline". But if that really isn't enough as a main series topic, then all right. I see the arguments covering over "Metroid Prime" not being a main article.--haha169 (talk) 16:31, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
    • Wikipedia:Featured topics/The Legend of Zelda titles uses The Legend of Zelda (series) as their main article. Perhaps you should do something along that line. NuclearWarfare _(Talk) 17:27, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
      • If we did that, then we'd be obliged to use the entire Metroid series articles for this topic, which is comprised of one series article, ten game articles, one media list, and one character article, of which only three are FA, and three more are GA. This would automatically disqualify the topic from FTC status. Arrowned (talk) 18:55, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
        • ...but this is exactly the topic Gary is working on! (except, well, minus the media list/character article - it'd be a "titles" topic) rst20xx (talk) 19:09, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
          • No, I'm working on the entire series, including all the characters and media. It would suck if I was working on the topic, happened to finish the game articles first, and someone submitted those articles as a topic before I finished the entire series. Gary King (talk) 19:15, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
            • Good luck on the media list, then. FLC is getting more difficult to pass then before. Anyway, if that did happen, then just submit a supplementary nomination, like the one below.--haha169 (talk) 23:13, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
              • I think Gary knows what he is getting into. ;) Dabomb87 (talk) 01:17, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
                • Oh, I'm pretty sure he does. I've seen him handle three (or four?) FACs once at the same time. Just giving a warning...the character list is in bad shape... --haha169 (talk) 07:41, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
                  • Which character list are you referring to? Metroid (series) is the closest thing that comes close, and that's already a GA. Gary King (talk) 15:56, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
                    • Sorry, I meant the media list. --haha169 (talk) 00:54, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
• Oppose. First game in the series can't really be a main article. Maybe if there was a "Metroid Prime series" article, but for now I think it would be better to wait and let Gary King finish the bigger Metroid topic. ^Tezkag₇₂ 05:02, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
• Oppose per Gary. Best to have a true unifying article. --Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^(talk) 16:31, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] 1997 Pacific hurricane season (supplementary nomination)

This topic is already featured. It is being re-nominated to add additional items. See Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/1997 Pacific hurricane season for the archived discussion of the topic's successful nomination. The additional items are:

1. Timeline of the 1997 Pacific hurricane season

Main page	Articles
1997 Pacific hurricane season	Hurricane Guillermo (1997) - Hurricane Linda (1997) - Hurricane Nora (1997) - Hurricane Pauline - Hurricane Rick (1997) - Typhoon Paka - Timeline of the 1997 Pacific hurricane season

–Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 01:06, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

• Support - rst20xx (talk) 02:01, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
• Support - Zginder 2009-01-25T02:10Z (UTC)
• Support - TRUCO 02:19, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
• Support --haha169 (talk) 05:19, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Good topic nominations

Please add new nominations to the top.

[edit] The Simpsons (season 6)

Topic discussion 23 articles The Simpsons (season 6)

"Bart of Darkness" "Lisa's Rival" "Another Simpsons Clip Show" "Itchy & Scratchy Land" "Sideshow Bob Roberts" "Treehouse of Horror V" "Bart's Girlfriend" "Lisa on Ice" "Homer Badman" "Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy" "Fear of Flying" "Homer the Great" "And Maggie Makes Three" "Bart's Comet" "Homie the Clown" "Bart vs. Australia" "Homer vs. Patty and Selma" "A Star Is Burns" "Lisa's Wedding" "Two Dozen and One Greyhounds" "The PTA Disbands" "'Round Springfield" "The Springfield Connection" "Lemon of Troy" "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)"

Co-nominators: From Season 6 Topic Drive: Scorpion, TheLeftorium, Gran2, Cirt, Gary King and Nergaal.

Just like the rest. Every one is a GA (except the main one, which is a FL). -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 18:38, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

• Support. Outstanding job. Rreagan007 (talk) 19:25, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
• Support Nice work. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 20:22, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
• Support Zginder 2009-02-03T22:25Z (UTC)
• Support - keep them coming! rst20xx (talk) 01:42, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
• Support awesome work -- EA Swyer ^Talk _{Contributions} 00:45, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] German Type U 66 submarine

Topic discussion 6 articles German Type U 66 submarines
SM U-66 SM U-67 SM U-68 SM U-69 SM U-70

Main contribuitor: Bellhalla

Nomination for Good Topic. All six articles (main plus five individual submarines) are GA — Bellhalla (talk) 22:21, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

• Support - the name might need a plural though. Nergaal (talk) 00:43, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
• Support - Zginder 2009-01-28T00:59Z (UTC)
• Support - Rreagan007 (talk) 03:17, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
• Support - agree on pluralizing the name, but other than that it meets WP:WIAGT.--TRUCO 04:14, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
• Support - and so the progress towards a good topic of good submarine topics continues - rst20xx (talk) 12:27, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
• Support -MBK₀₀₄ 07:21, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
• Support - lol'ing at Tst's comment, though it's totally true. I'm telling you Bellhalla, you should move to U.S. battleships... ;) —Ed 17 ^{(Talk / Contribs)} 17:34, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Featured topic removal candidates

None at this time.

[edit] Good topic removal candidates

None at this time.