Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/Archive 3

message: It's not just human mothers. There are some animals (i.e., mammals) which also breastfeed. Dogs and cats spring to mind. Did you know that dogs often have several pairs of nipples and can nurse a whole litter of pups at once? --Uncle Ed (El Dunce) 13:21, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Breastfeeding

message: Will we be seeing at least a few items in the next month relevant to the holidays? —Mike 02:07, Nov 30, 2004 (UTC)
:Doubtful, as we don't have many holiday-related featured articles. Ambi 02:16, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Holiday theme 

message: Doctor Who is a British science fiction television series, produced by the BBC and concerning the adventures of a mysterious time travelling adventurer known only as "The Doctor". It is also the title of a 1996 television movie featuring the same character.
The programme was and remains a significant part of British popular culture, widely recognised for its creative storytelling, use of innovative music which was produced by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, and budget special effects. The show has become a cult television favourite on par with Star Trek, and has influenced generations of British genre television writers, many of whom grew up watching the series. In a list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes of the 20th century drawn up by the British Film Institute in 2000, voted for by industry professionals, Doctor Who was placed third.
A new series of Doctor Who television episodes is being produced by the BBC. It is scheduled to broadcast on BBC One in Spring 2005.
-khaosworks 03:51, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Request

message: I suggest to change the links under the TFC from "Archive - By mail - More featured articles" to "Archive - More featured articles - Subscribe". The order seems slightly more logical to me and the link description for subscription would be more clear. I don't see that any template is used at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/December 12, 2004 for these bottom links, so I can't make these changes myself. Please, comment on these suggestions and if there are no objections, let someone who knows how and has the permissions (as opposed to mere Wikipedians like myself) make the change. Paranoid 11:55, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: See if it works for the 2005 archive by editing template:TFAfooter. --mav 04:24, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, it worked. So I changed it for the 2005. Paranoid 23:17, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bottom links 

message: Please see the Talk page for that entry. ( regarding the final sentence of the lead paragraph of First Crusade) Ancheta Wis 10:42, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jan 18 entry - feedback 

message: The history of Russia is essentially that of its many nationalities, each with a separate history and complex origins, but bound together by the thousand-year-old tradition of Russian statehood. From the late fifteenth century until the early twentieth century, Russia was constituted as an imperial monarchy ruling a tightly centralized, contiguous expanse of territories and peoples. By World War I, the Russian tsars, unlike the British and the Americans, controlled an empire that moved across land, not water, and that was more political than commercial. The strains of the war led to the collapse of the empire, and eventually gave way to the creation of the Soviet Union. Despite its façade of federalism, the Soviet Union remained essentially an empire, held together by the Communist Party rather than tsar. Most Russians gave little thought to any distinction between the two before the late 1980s and early 1990s. However, as Communist Party rule was collapsing, the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic secured legislation giving Russian laws priority over Soviet laws and declared its independence in late 1991.
172 19:17, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Request

message: The current featured article blurb on the Great Lakes Storm of 1913 uses the monetary designation "USD$", which is redundant redundant and not part of the original article. Either USD or US$ is acceptable use in various circles. Could you please choose one of the correct designations? (I'd suggest US$, because I think it's better recognized in text not specifically devoted to currency conversion or trading.) Thanks. — Jeff Q (talk) 03:27, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Either USD or US$, but not USD$ 

message: 100px|Yosemite Valley from Tunnel View
The known history of the Yosemite area started with Miwok and Paiute peoples who inhabited the central Sierra Nevada region of California that now includes Yosemite National Park. At the time the first non-indigenous people entered the area, a band of Miwok called the Ahwahnechee lived in Yosemite Valley. Conflict ensured in the mid 19th century and the Mariposa Battalion pursued the Ahwahnechee into the Valley.  The Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoia were ceded to California as a state park in 1864. Naturalist John Muir and others soon became alarmed about over-exploitation of the area and helped push through the creation of Yosemite National Park, in 1890. It would not be until 1906 that the Valley and Grove would be added. Park jurisdiction was at first under the United States Army's Fourth Cavalry Regiment then in 1916 it was transfered to the National Park Service.  The failed fight to save Hetch Hetchy Valley from becoming a reservoir and hydroelectric power plant in the early 20th century sparked a great deal of controversy that polarized the nation. Since then about 94% of the park has been set aside in a highly protected wilderness area.
:) --mav 03:22, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request 

message: I probaly should say up front that I've put a lot of work into this article myself...
The Krag-Jørgensen is a repeating bolt action rifle designed by the Norwegians Ole Herman Johannes Krag and Erik Jørgensen in the late 19th century. It was adopted as a standard arm by Denmark, the USA and Norway.
The most distinctive feature of the Krag-Jørgensen action was its magazine. While other rifles of its era used a box magazine, the magazine of the Krag-Jørgensen was integral with the receiver (the part of the rifle that houses the operating parts), featuring an opening on the right hand side with a hinged cover. The cartridges were inserted through the side opening, and were pushed up, around, and into the action by a spring follower.
This presented both advantages and disadvantages compared with the standard top-loading "box" magazine; among other things, using a "stripper clip" to reload was impossible. At the same time, unlike a top-loading magazine, the Krag-Jørgensen's magazine could be topped up without opening the rifle's bolt. The relative complexity of manufacturing this magazine is possibly one reason why few countries adopted the Krag-Jørgensen.
Today, the Krag-Jørgensen is a popular collector's rifle, and is loved by shooters for its smooth action.
If possible, the 21st of April would be an excelent day to run this, as it's the date it was adopted as a standard arm in Norway =).
WegianWarrior 13:17, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Any chance of seeing this on the front page?