Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/John Adams
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John Adams
- This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page unless you are renominating the article at TFAR. For renominations, please add
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The result was: not scheduled by Z1720 (talk) 01:06, 28 May 2026 (UTC)
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John Adams (1735–1826), was a Founding Father of the United States, a leader of the American Revolution, and the second U.S. president. A Province of Massachusetts Bay delegate to the Second Continental Congress, and the leading advocate for American independence from Britain, after seconding the Lee Resolution Adams served on the Committee of Five, with Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, which drafted the United States Declaration of Independence. A dedicated diarist, Adams corresponded with his wife and advisor Abigail during this time, recording important historical information on the era. In 1783 Adams, Franklin, John Jay and others negotiated the Treaty of Paris, which formally ended the American Revolutionary War. Adams was also the primary author of the 1780 Massachusetts Constitution, which influenced the 1789 United States Constitution, and he became the new nation's first vice president (1789–1797) and second president (1797–1801). After his presidency Adams returned to Peacefield, his Massachusetts home and farm. (Full article...)
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- Promoted: November 30, 2018, second time on main page
- Editors: Display name 99, nominated by Randy Kryn
- Reasons: Per UTC timing, a July 5 rerun appears on the evening of the 250th Anniversary celebrations and fireworks in the United States. Adams's importance to the Declaration of Independence was essential to its creation and passage, and its emphasis on freedoms have reverberated internationally. The amount of focus on this celebration offers an appropriate time to rerun this page.
- Support as nominator. Randy Kryn (talk) 12:08, 16 May 2026 (UTC)
- Coordinator comment: I asked Randy Kryn to open this nomination after a discussion. Liberty Bell is proposed to run July 4, so I would like editor opinions on if this should run back-to-back on July 5. Z1720 (talk) 03:00, 19 May 2026 (UTC)
- Thanks Z1720. On UTC time in the states it would be re-featured on the evening of the holiday celebration, July 4, the 250th anniversary. The Adams blurb includes links to many of the events and individuals crucial to American independence. Randy Kryn (talk) 09:53, 19 May 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose – Since we already have one American-centric topic for July 4th so two in a row is too much, and this is not "USA-Pedia". The last year or two has seen a lot of major american figures or presidents run as well. Harizotoh9 (talk) 00:40, 20 May 2026 (UTC)
- "USA-Pedia" because of two pages appearing on the nation's 250th anniversary? That's a long way from USA-Pedia, and instead acknowledges John Adams, who not only made an impact in the U.S. but shaped governments and freedoms which reverberate on a daily basis across the globe. Whereever you live you should be giving John Adams a heads up, not lumping him into what you perceive as solely American figures and not a citizen of the world (don't forget Adams' three years in Britain and six years in the Netherlands in addition to his work in France). Randy Kryn (talk) 00:47, 20 May 2026 (UTC)
- Harizotoh9, also please note that fellow editors and I worked this out at the talk page, with editors agreeing to move an already scheduled page to later in the month to make room for John Adams obtaining the spot for the evening of July 4th. Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 01:27, 20 May 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose - I understand that 4 July is also Adams'
birthdaydate of death, in addition to US Independence Day. But it is unseemly for a single national holiday to occupy the English WP front page for 48 straight hours. I'm from US, and I'd rather that we bend over backwards to avoid even the appearance of US-centricism. Noleander (talk) 22:17, 23 May 2026 (UTC)
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- Noleander, the 250th birthday of the most influential founding event on Earth, a document which eventually brought to life most of what we consider civilization today, was world shaking and literally reverberates to this day. Believing it is U.S. centric either misses or ignores the full picture. Adams, one of the greatest governmental creators and diplomats of any era, expanded the growth of what it means to be a citizen of a free nation unknown to that point. To honor these international accomplishments on the 250th anniversary of the United States is not, by any means, U.S. centric. This celebration honors 25 decades of expanding societal thought, exploration, and invention. Arguably, Wikipedia sprung from the Syng inkstand. Randy Kryn (talk) 23:00, 23 May 2026 (UTC)
- Did you just write "... a document which eventually brought to life most of what we consider civilization today ..."? Democracy dates back to the Greeks; Republics back to the Romans; Enlightenment preceded 1776. There are 8+ billion people on earth, and the vast majority do not think the US government is anything special. Noleander (talk) 23:09, 23 May 2026 (UTC)
- The promise and reach of democracy, republics, and enlightenment began expanding nearer to perfection on July 2-4, 1776, than at any other time since the Greeks and the Romans dreamed of what could be. Randy Kryn (talk) 23:17, 23 May 2026 (UTC)
- "The promise and reach of democracy ... nearer to perfection on July 2-4, 1776". Really? Slavery of African Americans? Genocide of Native Americans? Overthrow of elected governments in Latin America? Congress owned by lobbyists? Colonialism in Cuba, Philippines? And it continues today, with the revival of Jim Crow thanks to the US's outstanding gerrymandering. The only thing US is exceptional at is brainwashing its citizens into thinking it is exceptional. If you want an special governmental invention for the WP front page, Athens democracy, Roman Sentate, Magna Carta, or Iceland's Althing would be better. Noleander (talk) 23:47, 23 May 2026 (UTC)
- The promise and reach of democracy, republics, and enlightenment began expanding nearer to perfection on July 2-4, 1776, than at any other time since the Greeks and the Romans dreamed of what could be. Randy Kryn (talk) 23:17, 23 May 2026 (UTC)
- Noleander, the 250th birthday of the most influential founding event on Earth, a document which eventually brought to life most of what we consider civilization today, was world shaking and literally reverberates to this day. Believing it is U.S. centric either misses or ignores the full picture. Adams, one of the greatest governmental creators and diplomats of any era, expanded the growth of what it means to be a citizen of a free nation unknown to that point. To honor these international accomplishments on the 250th anniversary of the United States is not, by any means, U.S. centric. This celebration honors 25 decades of expanding societal thought, exploration, and invention. Arguably, Wikipedia sprung from the Syng inkstand. Randy Kryn (talk) 23:00, 23 May 2026 (UTC)
- Coordinator comment: I'm putting a hard-stop on this part of the discussion. This TFAR is to gather thoughts on a date-specific request: I welcome additional thoughts from other editors below focused on that question. Z1720 (talk) 23:53, 23 May 2026 (UTC)
- Z1720, you were the editor who here and at the monthly que page brought up the concern that this may be a U.S topic and asked for comments about running two U.S. pages back-to-back. Saying that the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Declaration of Independence is U.S. centric makes as much sense as saying that the 1954-1968 Civil Rights Movement was U.S. centric. Both expanded the borders of humanity well beyond the borders of a mere nation. Randy Kryn (talk) 00:07, 24 May 2026 (UTC)
- Coordinator comment: I'm putting a hard-stop on this part of the discussion. This TFAR is to gather thoughts on a date-specific request: I welcome additional thoughts from other editors below focused on that question. Z1720 (talk) 23:53, 23 May 2026 (UTC)
October 30th would be the ideal date to run this again. Harizotoh9 (talk) 08:38, 24 May 2026 (UTC)
- The evening of July 4, 2026, is the ideal time to run this again, which besides being the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Declaration of Independence is also the 200th anniversary of the deaths of both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. As mentioned above, this nomination has been agreed to by the editors whose article was originally slated for July 5th, and by other involved editors such as Johnbod. Randy Kryn (talk) 12:47, 25 May 2026 (UTC)
- Coordinator closing note: I see split opinion for running Adams in the above conversation: there was consensus with the affected editors to make the switches in the draft scheduling page, but this request page has a split viewpoint of two support (Randy, Johnbod) and two opposed (Harizotoh9, Noleander) to the proposition. If editors (potentially at ERRORS) asked if there was consensus to run this for July 5th for the United States Semiquincentennial, I would not be able to link to this discussion. Unfortunately, I have to get July scheduled, Liberty Bell is scheduled for July 4th, UTC: if a consensus develops to run Adams on July 5th in a different, widespread discussion, or another solution gains consensus, I can make the necessary switches. But for right now, I don't think there is consensus to run this: Adams can be rescheduled for a TFA re-run for another date. Z1720 (talk) 01:04, 28 May 2026 (UTC)