On Thu, 10 Feb 2005, Neil Harris wrote:
Why not make Christmas the featured article each Christmas day, Diwali on Diwali, whichever Eid on that Eid day, and so on. They are all major cultural events that touch the lives of many millions of our readers. (Many millions of our readers? I think I can say that -- scary, isn't it?). Covering these festivals will bring in many more readers from various cultures and religions, helping reduce the systemic bias towards the current dominant editor demographic on en:
Are all these articles featured-article quality? How about something along the lines of the 'Selected Anniversaries' -- many holidays are, after all, anniversaries. Or maybe have a box a little bit above it, 'Selected Holidays'...