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A pointer to my non-pointy question about the removal of the image. - Dank (push to talk) 22:17, 6 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

To your point about including images in the blurb review, that may be a good plan. POTD shows how it will look in the template; maybe that is a good way to do it, show how the TFA look with the image next to it? Kees08 (Talk) 00:17, 7 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

No objection ... I'll do whatever people want. - Dank (push to talk) 00:19, 7 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Permalink to the discussion at WP:ERRORS. - Dank (push to talk) 11:35, 7 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

As of July 1, blurb reviews are including images. One of the coords will select an image, but people are of course free to pick other images. All of the July TFA images strike me as completely uncontroversial, except possibly for these three:

• Wikipedia:Today's featured article/July 22, 2019, William Harper: I think the map, or a map, would be appreciated by a lot of readers, but I'm not attached to it.
• Wikipedia:Today's featured article/July 26, 2019, Ralph Neville: The image is the high altar in Chichester Cathedral. He was the Bishop of Chichester, and is interred behind the altar.
• Wikipedia:Today's featured article/July 31, 2019, Henry W. Sawyer: Image is the US Supreme Court. Everything that made him notable was connected to that building. The TFAR included the image.
• Any thoughts on these? - Dank (push to talk) 21:16, 9 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I've no idea if it still exists or was revoked somewhere along the way, but we certainly used to have a written "no maps as the image" policy. I have no idea why (other than that they're generally hard to make out at 150px width). ‑ Iridescent 21:24, 9 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

We didn't have maps for many years, but we've used maps to indicate fossil finds for several years now (and for some military history, I think). - Dank (push to talk) 21:36, 9 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

India completes 15 years as an FA on September 16. I don't know if this in of itself (i.e. notability for the FA, not for the country) constitutes a rationale for the front page, and I haven't rummaged all records for previous appearances—the talk page says it did once in December 2004—but either way, please post your thoughts. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 15:43, 23 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Is it up to today's standards?--Wehwalt (talk) 16:11, 23 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I'd say it needs a few weeks' work, mainly in the later sections. Today's standards as in which country FA (for comparison)? Fowler&fowler«Talk» 16:30, 23 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Alternatively, it could be improved first, and this question taken up again, if it is not too late, a month from now. Please do give me some other country FAs for comparison. Fowler&fowler«Talk»

@Fowler&fowler: they're listed here, e.g., Canada. Hope that helps, ——SerialNumber54129 17:03, 23 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I know that, but Canada has the same problems with list-iness and pompous prose that we're trying to root out in India. See Canada#Literature, for example. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 17:16, 23 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I meant: are there some topics that are now considered essential in a country FA that weren't earlier. Are "science and technology," or "urban life" now considered essential? There hasn't been much much appetite for these on India, in part because of the country's much larger rural sector, and its other more pressing topics? On the other hand, people keep asking about environment and human rights sections in India ... Fowler&fowler«Talk» 17:45, 23 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

On second thoughts, as I seem to be asking questions to which there aren't likely to be firm answers, why don't I come back in a months time? Thanks. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 18:05, 23 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I'm probably going to schedule around August 18 to 20 for September. I would ask about whether it was up to date for any article that was passed in 2004, which is quite early in FA history. If it's in good shape, I'd like to run it though we might have to discuss what date.--Wehwalt (talk) 18:31, 23 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

OK. It did go through an FAR in 2011. Will come back around August 18 and will scour the other FAs with a gimlet eye. Thanks. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 18:35, 23 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It would be better to report back, say, not later than August 15. Just report back here. Probably the regulars will look at the India article and comment. It's that feedback that I'm looking for.--Wehwalt (talk) 07:17, 24 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

OK Fowler&fowler«Talk» 16:11, 24 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Wehwalt: It is two days before August 15. But I have a different idea which I will explain later below. First, what has been done since I last posted here? This is the state of the India page now. I have revised Biodiversity, and rewritten the lead. The lead is much longer, but about the same size as Germany. The lead does not mention details that appear in the infobox (such as membership of this organization and that). ... It has been mostly me tinkering with the article. I will be revising Geography next, then Demography, followed by the Culture and Society stuff. I'm not too knowledgeable about politics, government, economy, and industries. But India is a highly-trafficked page, so it gets routinely updated.

Now my new idea: October 2 is Gandhi's 150th birthday. The Mahatma Gandhi page is not an FA. How about running India on that day, if the date is available, and if the regulars are on board. Presumably you will be scheduling October a little later, which will give some more time. Also, for Gandhi's birthday, I might be able to get others to help out with the sprucing up. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 21:05, 13 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Should review image selection as of now there’s an image of some coal coal miner dude and girls playing hopscotch and an image of food that has no description as to what the dishes are. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:8D80:540:7D65:867:8D92:3F9:487F (talk) 21:53, 13 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I've fixed the spices. As for the girls playing hopscotch, they are fair representatives of a section titled "Sports and recreation." They belong to rural India, where 70% of India's population resides. The citation in the caption says, "Hopscotch is traditionally played by girls in rural India." About the miner, please read the caption. You'll have to tell me more precisely why the picture is inappropriate. I should add the pictures were selected after a long drawn selection process on Talk:India in 2012 and 2013, lasting many months. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 23:22, 13 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I have no objection personally but I do not schedule October, that is @Jimfbleak:. I would suggest simply nominating it at TFA/R once I have scheduled at least part of September (likely middle of next week) and the date is available.--Wehwalt (talk) 02:48, 14 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wehwalt, thanks. I agree, nominate at TFAR once it's in the date range, and if it looks up to scratch I'll run it on 2 October as long as there's no date clash Jimfbleak - talk to me? 05:36, 14 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ealdgyth will be scheduling August, starting tomorrow. To make sure people get enough lead time to vet images, I'll post the first 3 now: File:Mark Arm.jpg from Touch Me I'm Sick, File:Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō Front.jpg from Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō, and File:David Duchovny 2011 Shankbone.JPG from The Truth (The X-Files). @Gen. Quon, Sturmvogel 66, and Indopug: do these work for you? - Dank (push to talk) 00:53, 27 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Good to go.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 01:47, 27 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds great!—indopug (talk) 06:19, 27 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds good to me. I think the pic for "The Truth" is set.--Gen. Quon (Talk) 20:41, 27 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Anyone have thoughts on these?

• WP:Today's featured article/August 4, 2019: I have no problem with the image, since it helps to convey the idea of newsworthiness, but the specific event isn't mentioned in the blurb.
• WP:Today's featured article/August 9, 2019: We're showing the man who was the driving force behind the coin legislation, which is probably fine.
• WP:Today's featured article/August 14, 2019: Probably okay.
• WP:Today's featured article/August 28, 2019: Don't know about this one ... it's a picture of a similar plane, not the plane mentioned. - Dank (push to talk) 01:10, 3 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • I changed it to File:Dc-9jat364.jpg per David Levy. - Dank (push to talk) 22:33, 8 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The subject is acceptable blurb length. Discussion is welcome. - Dank (push to talk) 04:24, 10 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion may move to Talk:Main Page. - Dank (push to talk) 04:56, 10 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]