The way it works now for selecting Today's featured articles is to choose
featured articles representing a variety of topics, with extra weight given
to core topics. Meanwhile, we try not to overrepresent some topics (e.g.
hurricanes, video games, roads) where we have numerous featured articles.
Do you want hurricanes, video games, or roads on the main page nearly all
the time?
With the way it works now, if I write a bunch of featured articles on the
same topic, then I do so, well aware that they won't all go on the main
page. Or if I write a FA about a hurricane, I do so knowing it probably
won't be on the main page. Also, some are rather short and perhaps not
suitable as TFA. (e.g.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_State_Route_373)
The current situation with one featured article a day may encourage people
to write featured articles on underrepresented topics, and core topics, if
their articles appearing on the main page is a motivating factor for them.
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