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This page is the list of featured articles that were nominated in 2006, listed by the month in which they were nominated. This list includes the date the article was featured on the main page (see Wikipedia:Today's featured article) and the nominating user(s). Articles removed from featured status (see Wikipedia:Former_featured_articles) are indicated in strikethrough font. This page is used as input for Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by featured article nominations.
When updating this page please consult both Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log and Wikipedia:Today's featured article.
[edit] Nominated in November 2006
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[edit] Nominated in October 2006
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[edit] Nominated in September 2006
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[edit] Nominated in August 2006
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[edit] Nominated in July 2006
- See logs at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/July 2006
| Article |
Main page date |
Nominator |
| Caroline Island |
August 13, 2006 |
Seth Ilys |
| Selena |
|
Jaranda |
| Rudolf Vrba |
|
Jayjg & SlimVirgin |
| Countdown (game show) |
|
Soo |
| Gregorian chant |
August 24, 2006 |
Peirigill |
| Final Fantasy VI |
|
Deckiller |
| AK-47 |
|
CynicalMe |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer |
|
Medvedenko |
| Final Fantasy VIII |
|
Deckiller |
| Llywelyn the Great |
|
Rhion |
| Battle of Rennell Island |
|
Cla68 |
| John Brooke-Little |
|
Forlornandshorn |
| Battle of Bicocca |
|
Kirill Lokshin |
| Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace |
|
The Filmaker |
| Emu |
|
Peta |
| Hurricane Esther (1961) |
|
Coredesat |
| P. K. van der Byl |
|
David |
| IG Farben Building |
August 22, 2006 |
Mcginnly |
| Tyrannosaurus |
|
Spawn Man |
| Boy Scouts of America membership controversies |
|
Alecmconroy |
| Sequence alignment |
August 28, 2006 |
Opabinia regalis |
| Hasekura Tsunenaga |
|
PHG |
| Baden-Powell House |
|
Wim van Dorst |
| Libya |
August 8, 2006 |
Jaw101ie |
| Duke University |
|
QuizQuick |
| Aleksandr Vasilevsky |
|
Grafikm |
| Night of the Living Dead |
|
Dmoon1 |
| Hurricane Irene (1999) |
|
Hurricanehink |
| Talbot Tagora |
August 30, 2006 |
Bravada |
| Ubuntu (Linux distribution) |
August 5, 2006 |
Samsara |
| Enta Da Stage |
|
PDTantisocial |
| Alison Krauss |
|
Raul654 |
| Excel Saga |
|
Monocrat |
| Joel Brand |
|
SlimVirgin |
| Richard III (1955 film) |
|
Thefourdotelipsis |
| Sheikh Mujibur Rahman |
|
Rama's Arrow |
| Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands |
|
Cla68 |
| T-34 |
|
Michael Z |
| Mauna Loa |
|
Worldtraveller |
| Able Archer 83 |
|
TomStar81 |
| Rugby World Cup |
|
Cvene64 |
| Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches |
|
Jkelly |
| Manila Metro Rail Transit System |
|
Akira123323 |
| Jabba the Hutt |
|
Dmoon1 |
| Damon Hill |
August 3, 2006 |
Skully Collins |
| Muhammad Iqbal |
|
Rama's Arrow |
| Sesame Street |
August 21, 2006 |
Zanimum |
| Cornell University |
|
Mercuryboard |
| Knights of Columbus |
August 1, 2006 |
Briancua |
| Poetry |
|
Sam |
| Sikhism |
August 17, 2006 |
Sukh |
| Cryptography |
July 22, 2006 |
Mangojuice |
| Tropical Storm Allison |
|
Hurricanehink |
[edit] Nominated in June 2006
- See logs at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/June 2006
| Article |
Main page date |
Nominator |
| Velociraptor |
July 12, 2006 |
Spawn Man |
| Naval Battle of Guadalcanal |
|
Cla68 |
| Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones |
|
The Filmaker |
| Fermi paradox |
|
Marskell |
| Battle of the Eastern Solomons |
|
Cla68 |
| Pope Pius XII |
July 3, 2006 |
Savidan |
| Belton House |
|
Giano |
| Actuary |
|
Avi |
| Cochineal |
|
Shimgray |
| Azerbaijani people |
August 6, 2006 |
Tombseye |
| Italian War of 1521 |
|
Kirill Lokshin |
| Albertosaurus |
|
Sheep81 |
| Redwood National and State Parks |
|
MONGO |
| Gremlins 2: The New Batch |
|
CanadianCaesar |
| Elfin-woods Warbler |
|
SP-KP |
| Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America) |
|
Gadget850 |
| Cape Town |
July 18, 2006 |
Páll |
| O-Bahn Busway |
August 14, 2006 |
michael |
| Hurricane Katrina |
|
Titoxd |
| Plano Senior High School |
|
Scm83x |
| The Lord of the Rings |
|
SorryGuy |
| Venus |
|
BillC & Worldtraveller |
| Chromatophore |
July 30, 2006 |
Rockpocket |
| Hurricane John (1994) |
|
Cuivienen |
| Cane Toad |
August 15, 2006 |
LiquidGhoul |
| Cystic fibrosis |
July 6, 2006 |
InvictaHOG |
| Torchic |
|
Highway |
| Dog Day Afternoon |
|
Staxringold |
| Binary star |
June 24, 2006 |
Nick Mks |
| Watchmen |
August 23, 2006 |
DCAnderson |
| Battle of Midway |
|
Jparshall |
| Iranian peoples |
|
Tombseye |
| Football (soccer) |
|
Raichu |
| Stuyvesant High School |
|
Zxcvbnm |
| Deconstructivism |
June 28, 2006 |
DVD R W |
| Definition of planet |
|
Serendipodous |
| Gremlins |
|
CanadianCaesar |
| Operation Auca |
|
Spangineer |
| Hurricane Nora (1997) |
|
Miss Madeline |
| Stephen Colbert at the 2006 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner |
|
Raul654 |
| Enceladus (moon) |
July 20, 2006 |
Tuvas |
| F-4 Phantom II |
|
Emt147 |
| Pashtun people |
|
Tombseye |
[edit] Nominated in May 2006
- See logs at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/May 2006
| Article |
Main page date |
Nominator |
| Absinthe |
June 20, 2006 |
Ari |
| Chew Valley |
August 31, 2006 |
Rod |
| Hurricane Claudette (2003) |
|
Hurricanehink |
| Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel |
|
Rama's Arrow |
| Battle of Smolensk (1943) |
July 29, 2006 |
Grafikm |
| Indian Institutes of Technology |
August 26, 2006 |
Ambuj.Saxena |
| Georg Forster |
|
Mmounties |
| Detroit, Michigan |
|
Jtmichcock |
| Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp |
July 9, 2006 |
Halibutt |
| Psittacosaurus |
|
Firsfron |
| Canada |
June 23, 2006 |
Jeff3000 |
| Halloween III: Season of the Witch |
|
Myles Long |
| Half-Life 2 |
|
Linuxbeak |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt |
|
Gangsta-Easter-Bunny |
| Glacier National Park (US) |
|
MONGO |
| V for Vendetta (film) |
|
Mailer diablo |
| Crab Nebula |
June 14, 2006 |
Worldtraveller |
| The KLF |
|
Zzzzz |
| Shotgun house |
August 9, 2006 |
W.marsh |
| Hurricane Irene (2005) |
|
Titoxd |
| Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith |
July 15, 2006 |
The Filmaker |
| Michael Woodruff |
|
Cool3 |
| History of Burnside |
|
michael |
| Global warming |
June 21, 2006 |
Natalinasmpf |
| Operation Ten-Go |
|
Cla68 |
| Chola dynasty |
|
Parthi (Venu62) |
| Right whale |
June 29, 2006 |
Pcb21 |
| Transhumanism |
June 2, 2006 |
Tobyk777 |
| Nauru |
July 8, 2006 |
Latitude0116 & Peta |
| Manila Light Rail Transit System |
June 30, 2006 |
Akira123323 |
| Liberal Democrats leadership election, 2006 |
|
Whouk |
| 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake |
June 12, 2006 |
Pepsidrinka |
| Sunday Times Golden Globe Race |
July 1, 2006 |
Johan the Ghost |
| Ike Altgens |
|
RadioKirk |
| Alpha Phi Alpha |
July 25, 2006 |
Ccson |
| Hurricane Mitch |
August 16, 2006 |
Hurricanehink |
| Final Fantasy X |
July 19, 2006 |
Ryu Kaze |
| Halloween II (film) |
|
Dmoon1 |
| Defense of Sihang Warehouse |
|
Miborovsky |
| 2005 Atlantic hurricane season |
June 1, 2006 |
Titoxd |
| Mercury (planet) |
August 25, 2006 |
Worldtraveller |
| Illmatic |
August 18, 2006 |
Chubdub |
| Theatre Royal, Drury Lane |
|
Bunchofgrapes |
| Nellie Kim |
|
Cmapm |
| Cædmon |
July 7, 2006 |
Daniel.odonnell |
[edit] Nominated in April 2006
- See logs at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/April 2006
| Article |
Main page date |
Nominator |
| Genesis (band) |
|
AreJay |
| USA PATRIOT Act, Title III, Subtitle A |
|
Ta bu shi da yu |
| Søren Kierkegaard |
June 11, 2006 |
Poor Yorick |
| Kolkata |
June 26, 2006 |
Dwaipayanc |
| Halloween (film) |
|
Zzzzz |
| Muhammad Ali Jinnah |
June 7, 2006 |
Rama's Arrow |
| Mosque |
July 27, 2006 |
Joturner |
| Tenebrae (film) |
May 27, 2006 |
Zzzzz |
| Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms |
August 2, 2006 |
CanadianCaesar |
| Solar eclipse |
May 5, 2006 |
Nick Mks |
| The Office (US TV series) |
|
Williamnilly |
| Lastovo |
July 24, 2006 |
Luka Jačov |
| Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima |
|
Raul654 |
| FIFA World Cup |
June 8, 2006 |
IanManka |
| Perfect Dark |
May 12, 2006 |
Soo |
| Demand Note |
May 26, 2006 |
Kurt |
| Bangladesh |
July 14, 2006 |
ppm |
| Sanssouci |
May 14, 2006 |
Samuel Blanning |
| Rabindranath Tagore |
May 7, 2006 |
Saravask |
| Ina Garten |
|
Air.dance |
| Music of the United States |
August 4, 2006 |
Tuf-Kat |
| Corinthian War |
|
Robth |
| Mariah Carey |
|
Extraordinary Machine |
| Rush (band) |
|
BorgHunter |
| National Anthem of Russia |
July 21, 2006 |
Zscout370 |
| Mount Rushmore |
|
AndyZ |
| Nostradamus |
May 31, 2006 |
Jim62sch |
| Hong Kong action cinema |
April 26, 2006 |
Zzzzz |
| The Catlins |
May 18, 2006 |
Grutness |
| Gerald Ford |
May 6, 2006 |
Jtmichcock |
| Australia at the Winter Olympics |
|
Andjam |
| AIDS |
June 15, 2006 |
Bob |
| Ran (film) |
|
Palm Dogg |
| Geology of the Capitol Reef area |
May 15, 2006 |
mav |
| Diane Keaton |
April 30, 2006 |
Fallout boy |
| Simon Byrne |
|
ALoan |
| Hopkins School |
May 30, 2006 |
Staxringold |
| Battle of Austerlitz |
|
UberCryxic |
| Retreat of glaciers since 1850 |
April 18, 2006 |
MONGO |
| Hurricane Gloria |
|
Titoxd |
| Manchester City F.C. |
August 11, 2006 |
Oldelpaso |
[edit] Nominated in March 2006
- See logs at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/March 2006
| Article |
Main page date |
Nominator |
| Keratoconus |
June 5, 2006 |
BillC |
| William Tecumseh Sherman |
|
Eb.hoop |
| Military history of France |
May 11, 2006 |
UberCryxic |
| Mexicanos, al grito de guerra |
|
Zscout370 |
| Pakistan |
May 29, 2006 |
Pepsidrinka |
| Philosophy of mind |
May 17, 2006 |
Lacatosias |
| S. A. Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897 |
April 24, 2006 |
Bishonen |
| Battle of Cannae |
|
chub |
| History of Puerto Rico |
|
Joelito |
| Hurricane Iniki |
|
Hurricanehink |
| History of Michigan State University |
|
Jtmichcock |
| Mini |
April 29, 2006 |
SteveBaker |
| United States Bill of Rights |
|
Kaisershatner |
| J. R. R. Tolkien |
|
Judgesurreal777 |
| Albatross |
May 4, 2006 |
Sabine's Sunbird |
| Turkish literature |
April 23, 2006 |
Saposcat |
| Bruce Johnson |
|
PedanticallySpeaking |
| Roman Vishniac |
August 19, 2006 |
Danielk212 & Rmrfstar |
| Sassanid Empire |
|
Amir85 |
| Che Guevara |
June 18, 2006 |
LordViD |
| The Illuminatus! Trilogy |
August 27, 2006 |
Zzzzz |
| Bulbasaur |
July 28, 2006 |
Celestianpower |
| X Window core protocol |
|
Liberatore |
| Chetwynd, British Columbia |
|
Maclean25 |
| Joan of Arc |
April 16, 2006 |
Durova |
| Starship Troopers |
May 1, 2006 |
Palm dogg |
| George Washington Dixon |
|
BrianSmithson |
| Eric A. Havelock |
|
Chick Bowen |
| Manuel I Comnenus |
May 16, 2006 |
Bigdaddy1204 |
| Bath School disaster |
March 22, 2006 |
Jtmichcock |
| Lothal |
April 6, 2006 |
Rama's Arrow |
| Red vs. Blue |
June 10, 2006 |
Dr. B |
| Noah's Ark |
March 28, 2006 |
PiCo |
| Frog |
March 27, 2006 |
Samsara & liquidGhoul & Joyous |
| Hurricane Floyd |
June 17, 2006 |
Cuivienen |
| Thomas Pynchon |
April 7, 2006 |
Anville |
| Antarctica |
April 9, 2006 |
Gflores |
| Salsa music |
|
Tuf-Kat |
| Second Malaysia Plan |
March 16, 2006 |
Johnleemk |
| Isambard Kingdom Brunel |
March 23, 2006 |
PopUpPirate |
| New Radicals |
|
Fritz Saalfeld |
| Chew Valley Lake |
May 3, 2006 |
Rodw |
| Donkey Kong (arcade game) |
|
BrianSmithson |
| Western Front (World War I) |
June 19, 2006 |
RJHall |
[edit] Nominated in February 2006
- See logs at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/February 2006
| Article |
Main page date |
Nominator |
| 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane |
|
Jdorje |
| 1996 U.S. campaign finance scandal |
April 27, 2006 |
Jayzel68 |
| Bangalore |
May 2, 2006 |
AreJay |
| Katie Holmes |
April 5, 2006 |
PedanticallySpeaking |
| Sun |
March 20, 2006 |
Worldtraveller |
| Kargil War |
August 10, 2006 |
Idleguy |
| 3D Monster Maze |
|
BACbKA |
| Arthur Ernest Percival |
|
Nickhk |
| Invasion |
|
Kafziel |
| The Protocols of the Elders of Zion |
March 19, 2006 |
Goodoldpolonius2 |
| Uma Thurman |
June 25, 2006 |
Fallout boy |
| Pink Floyd |
May 1, 2006 |
dharmabum |
| Thrasybulus |
July 31, 2006 |
Robth |
| Battle of Badr |
March 7, 2006 |
Palm dogg |
| F-35 Joint Strike Fighter |
July 17, 2006 |
PopUpPirate |
| Phil Collins |
June 13, 2006 |
Ataricodfish |
| Sydney Newman |
|
Angmering |
| Cape Horn |
March 21, 2006 |
Johan the Ghost |
| Belarusian Republican Youth Union |
|
Zscout370 |
| Wayne Gretzky |
July 13, 2006 |
RasputinAXP |
| Memory Alpha |
|
Jibbajabba |
| Canadian federal election, 1993 |
April 12, 2006 |
Andrew Levine |
| Scotland in the High Middle Ages |
March 11, 2006 |
Calgacus |
| History of Portugal (1777-1834) |
February 26, 2006 |
Gameiro |
| Detailed breakdown of the USA PATRIOT Act, Title II |
|
Ta bu shi da yu |
| The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker |
|
Pagrashtak |
| Music of Minnesota |
|
Tuf-Kat |
| Henry James |
May 19, 2006 |
Casey Abell |
| Shoshone National Forest |
|
MONGO |
| Trade and usage of saffron |
|
Saravask |
| History of Miami, Florida |
May 23, 2006 |
Jaranda |
| New England Patriots |
April 3, 2006 |
Deckiller |
| Katyń massacre |
|
Piotrus |
| Olivier Messiaen |
|
Pabix |
| Edward Teller |
February 28, 2006 |
Fastfission |
[edit] Nominated in January 2006
- See logs at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/January 2006
| Article |
Main page date |
Nominator |
| Lindsay Lohan |
July 2, 2006 |
RadioKirk |
| USS Wisconsin (BB-64) |
June 9, 2006 |
TomStar81 |
| Bob McEwen |
June 3, 2006 |
PedanticallySpeaking |
| Raney nickel |
February 21, 2006 |
Rune.welsh |
| Cheers |
April 19, 2006 |
Staxringold |
| Flag of Australia |
May 10, 2006 |
nixie |
| Political integration of India |
February 18, 2006 |
Rama's Arrow |
| HTTP cookie |
May 8, 2006 |
Paolo Liberatore |
| History of New Jersey |
July 4, 2006 |
AndyZ |
| Michigan State Capitol |
July 10, 2006 |
Pentawing |
| Military career of Hugo Chávez |
|
Saravask |
| Sino-German cooperation (1911-1941) |
February 7, 2006 |
BlueShirts |
| Krazy Kat |
June 6, 2006 |
Andrew Levine |
| Médecins Sans Frontières |
February 25, 2006 |
CDN99 |
| Adriaen van der Donck |
February 2, 2006 |
Laura Scudder |
| Music of Athens, Georgia |
|
Tuf-Kat |
| Electrical engineering |
March 26, 2006 |
Cedars |
| Shielded metal arc welding |
February 16, 2006 |
Spangineer |
| Indo-Greek Kingdom |
|
PHG |
| Kerala |
March 9, 2006 |
Saravask |
| OpenBSD |
April 10, 2006 |
Janizary |
| Epaminondas |
February 15, 2006 |
Robth |
| Amateur Radio Direction Finding |
March 12, 2006 |
Kharker |
| €2 commemorative coins |
January 27, 2006 |
Nightstallion |
| Vivien Leigh |
|
Rossrs |
| Yagan |
February 17, 2006 |
Snottygobble |
| This Charming Man |
March 5, 2006 |
Live Forever |
| Flag of Mexico |
February 24, 2006 |
Zach |
| Marian Rejewski |
March 10, 2006 |
Matt Crypto |
| History of merit badges (Boy Scouts of America) |
February 22, 2006 |
Rlevse |
| Central processing unit |
March 4, 2006 |
Wackymacs |
| Celine Dion |
|
Orane |
| Panama Canal |
February 23, 2006 |
Johantheghost |
| Michigan State University |
May 21, 2006 |
Lovelac7 |
| The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask |
|
Cuivienen |
| Karen Dotrice |
|
RadioKirk |
| Nightwish |
|
SoothingR |
| History of saffron |
|
Saravask |
| Dixie (song) |
January 31, 2006 |
BrianSmithson |
| Paul Kane |
March 1, 2006 |
Lupo |
| Cynna Neele |
August 20, 2006 |
Ambi |
| Tooth development |
January 20, 2006 |
Jersyko |
| Schabir Shaik Trial |
August 7, 2006 |
Páll |
