Wikipedia:Featured and good topic removal candidates

Removing Good and Featured Topics in Wikipedia

If you feel a topic on Wikipedia:Featured topics or a topic on Wikipedia:Good topics should no longer be there, then this is the place to nominate it for demotion. Only topics that do not adhere to the good or featured topic criteria should be listed. Objections raised must be actionable.

Do not nominate topics that have recently been promoted (such complaints should have been brought up during the candidacy period on Wikipedia:Featured and good topic candidates), or topics that have recently survived a removal attempt—such nominations are likely to be removed summarily.

Once a topic has been nominated on this page for ten days, the discussion will be assessed for consensus by one of the FGTC coordinators, who will close the discussion. If there is consensus to remove, it will be removed from the list of featured topic, and added to the list of former featured topics. All discussions will be logged at Wikipedia:Featured topic removal candidates/archive. The removal instructions are located here.

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Nomination procedure

Place {{FTRCmain|ExampleTopicName|X}} or {{GTRCmain|ExampleTopicName|X}} (as appropriate) on the talk page of the main article of the topic, where X is the desired archive number.
From there, click on the "add a comment" link.
Add ===ExampleTopicName=== and the topic's box copied from Wikipedia:Featured topics/ExampleTopicName.
Below it, write your reason for nominating the topic. Note which of the featured topic criteria that the topic fails to meet.
Place {{Wikipedia:Featured topic removal candidates/ExampleTopicName/archiveX}} (again, where X is the desired archive number) at the top of the list of nominees on this page by first copying the above, clicking "edit" on the top of the page, and then pasting, making sure to add the name of the nominated article.

Supporting and objecting

Please read all the articles of the nominated topic fully before deciding to support or oppose a nomination.

To edit nominations in order to comment on them, you must click the "edit" link to the right of the article nomination on which you wish to comment (not the overall page's "edit this page" link).
If you approve of a nomination to remove, write '''Delist''' followed by your reasons.
If you oppose of a nomination to remove, write '''Keep''' followed by the reason for your objection. Each objection must provide a justification why the topic does not violate the listed criteria.
If you want to delay the nomination while another nomination takes place, such as adding new items to the topic or nominating member articles for Good Article status, write '''HOLD''' with a link to the relevant nomination and this nomination will not be closed until after the other one.
To withdraw a support or objection, strike it out (with <s>...</s>) rather than removing it.

Consensus must be reached for a topic to be removed from featured status. If enough time passes without objections being resolved, nominations will be removed from the candidates list and archived. As a general guide, new topics will remain on here for at least 10 days to allow for comment, and must have at least 4 remove votes (although consensus and lack of major objections are also important) for removal.

Topics nominated for removal

Victorious 2.0: More Music from the Hit TV Show

4 articles

"Take a Hint"

"Make It in America"

"I Think You're Swell"

Unfortunately, I notified this three months ago. Don't You (Forget About Me) is missing as it is part of the songs recorded for the album. "Don't You (Forget About Me)" is currently a C-class article, but no one is working on it. (CC) Tbhotch^™ 03:21, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep:You should have notified me about this, but you didn't. If you read the supports, people say it was not necessary to make the covers GA. There are so many covers from those songs that the Victorious one isn't even notable. Shoot for the Stars (talk) 18:41, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I did it here: Wikipedia talk:Featured topics/Victorious 2.0: More Music from the Hit TV Show, the right place to discuss the topic. If the supporters showed an empathic support, it is up to them, but we have had several albums that have not been promoted to GT or being demoted from GT due to them lack of all blue-link related articles. In fact, in the nomination, only one person mentioned it: "Support While the cover song could be added, better just recognize what's done already", deliberately going against the purpose of good topics. Victorious shouldn't be an exception for the rules set. (CC) Tbhotch^™ 21:13, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I just thought it made sense only putting the songs made for the show. Besides, the one other blue link on the track list that you highlighted doesn't even mention Victorious in the article. igordebraga ≠ 19:01, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Victorious: Music from the Hit TV Show

11 articles

"Make It Shine"

"Freak the Freak Out"

"Best Friend's Brother"

"Beggin' on Your Knees"

"All I Want Is Everything"

"You're the Reason"

"Give It Up"

"Song 2 You"

"Finally Falling"

"Leave It All to Shine"

Unfortunately, I notified this three months ago. I Want You Back is missing as it is part of the songs recorded for the album. "I Want You Back" is currently a start-class article (C-ish in my opinion), but no one is working on it. (CC) Tbhotch^™ 03:13, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: I would have appreciated it if you had notified me about this, but you didn't. If you read the supports, people say it was not necessary to make the covers GA. There are so many covers from those songs that the Victorious one isn't even notable. Shoot for the Stars (talk) 18:39, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I notified it at the topic's page, the venue where such discussions take place. Reviewing the nomination, no one mentioned the cover, indicating it was completely overshadowed, not discussed. You are also confusing WP:NOTABILITY with WP:NOTEWORTHYness, since I_Want_You_Back#Victorious_version does exist and shows how notable/noteworthy the cover was. Just to cite an example of many delisted/not promoted album good topics, refer to Wikipedia:Featured and good topic removal candidates/Celebration (Madonna album)/archive1. Celebration (Madonna album) has 4 specific topics relating to it: the album, two new songs and a video album. But the album is comprised of 32 other songs that were not created for the album. If you'd like an example of a topic including a cover version, Wikipedia:Good topics/Sale el Sol shows it with Islands. (CC) Tbhotch^™ 21:35, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

30 Rock season 3

30 Rock season 3

23 articles

"Do-Over"

"Believe in the Stars"

"The One with the Cast of Night Court"

"Gavin Volure"

"Reunion"

"Christmas Special"

"Señor Macho Solo"

"Flu Shot"

"Retreat to Move Forward"

"Generalissimo"

"St. Valentine's Day"

"Larry King"

"The Bubble"

"Cutbacks"

"The Ones"

"Mamma Mia"

"Kidney Now!"

With the demotion of 30 Rock season 3, this no longer meets the good topic criteria. No recent efforts to improve the article or nominate it for a status promotion. Retention period expired September 1, 2025. Z1720 (talk) 20:55, 22 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Remove Idiosincrático (talk) 04:07, 23 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wait, pending GA nom. Idiosincrático (talk) 05:02, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Remove per nom. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 09:09, 1 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Pause? I've actually given the article a once-over and will nominate it for GA, if some time could be allowed for that process to go forward. (I will officially nominate in a day or two after the main article edior, whom I pinged, has had a chance to answer whether they'd prefer to nominate it themselves.) ~ L 🌸 (talk) 03:41, 14 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@LEvalyn, thank you! We are happy to hold this for a bit, and I see the GA review is underway. Feel free to report back here on its result. Aza24 (talk) 02:17, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The GA review has just concluded as a "pass" so I believe there's no longer any need to delist this topic. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 18:16, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, pinging Z1720 as nominator as well. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 18:17, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep @LEvalyn: Thanks for the ping. I see that season 3 is now a GA so this now meets the 3b criteria. Z1720 (talk) 18:19, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep if it was re-promoted, no need to demote. igordebraga ≠ 01:08, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Repromoted and none of the other articles are noticed for GAR, afaik. Z1720 (talk) 01:15, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest

San Marino debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2008 and has since then participated 14 times, only missing the 2009 and 2010 contests. During this time period, they have placed last and qualified for the grand final three times.

San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest

16 articles

With the conclusion of the 2025 edition, San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 should be added to the topic, and needs to be updated to GA status. Currently there is no active ongoing effort to improve the article and the retention period expired August 17, 2025. Z1720 (talk) 20:47, 22 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Remove Idiosincrático (talk) 04:07, 23 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I know Grk1011, who has been the driving force behind getting these articles to GA status, is very keen to improve the outstanding article, and it's not always easy to get the time to contribute to Wikipedia. While the retention period has expired, I don't believe it's accurate to say that there is no effort to improve the article, since Grk1011 has added to the article within the last month (see article history), and given there is a considerable GA backlog anyway I think it's only fair to give him a bit of leeway to get this article over the line in the next couple of weeks. Sims2aholic8 (talk) 22:09, 23 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks Sims2aholic8: I've certainly put forth an ongoing effort to get it ready for GA, but I also understand that perhaps different editors have different meanings for "ongoing". I only have time to do substantive edits every few weeks. Grk1011 (talk) 13:14, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  Coordinator comment: @Grk1011, we're certainly not against holding nominations so folks have time to improve articles. Could you commit to a GA nomination sometime in October? Aza24 (talk) 22:33, 29 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Grk1011 I have been monitoring this one, do you have any commitment or not please do it cannot be assessed whether this topic could be kept? --K. Peake 17:03, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I can work to get it nominated this month! Thanks for the patience. Grk1011 (talk) 23:04, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]