Wikivoyage:Destination of the month candidates Voyage Tips and guide

Here we determine which articles are featured on the Main Page as Destination of the month (DotM), Off the Beaten Path (OtBP) and Featured travel topics (FTT).

You can nominate any article you would like to see featured. Any destination, region, itinerary or event that passes the "What is an article?" test is eligible for nomination.

However, before nominating, please check that the article follows these basic guidelines:

• The nominated article should have an article status of guide or star. This includes having at least one good picture, and listings/headers/etc. that match our manual of style.
• The nominated article must not have been featured since Wikivoyage became a WMF project in 2013.
  • See Previous Destinations of the month, Previously Off the beaten path, and Previous Featured travel topics to check.
• If the article has been nominated previously but failed, any objections should be addressed before nominating it again.
  • Check the slush pile.
  • If you think a once-slushed destination is now ready to go, list it as new, but with a pointer to the slush pile entry.
  • The article should preferably be nominated 3 to 12 months before the intended feature date; ready to feature as is, or with edits that can be done well before featuring.

Well-known and/or popular destinations should be nominated as Destination of the Month, while more obscure destinations should be nominated for Off the Beaten Path. Featured Travel Topic includes travel topics, phrasebooks, itineraries, and other articles not part of the geographic hierarchy, as well as airports (as they are not usually destinations in their own right). Where applicable, you should propose a good time to visit the destination as a month to be featured.

The basic format of a nomination is as follows:

{{FeatureNom
| place=Destination
| blurb='''[[Destination]]''' is a place of contrasts, and as such it...
| status=Guide
| time=March-June
| nominatedBy=~~~~
| comment=Great article and it's just luvvly-jubbly in the springtime.
| DotMImage=[[File:Destinationimage.jpg|center|300px]]
}}

Add a nomination to the end of the appropriate section.

You can comment on any nomination based on timeliness and adherence to the criteria above, just add a bullet point (*) and your signed opinion.

===[[Destination]]===
Great article and it's just luvvly-jubbly in the springtime. TravelNut 25:25, 31 Feb 2525 (UTC)
* Looks nice, but shouldn't the Do section contain more than just quilting contests? ~~~~

Please note that the following are not considered valid reasons to oppose a nomination:

• "I don't like it." All objections have to be based on the guidelines above: poor formatting, missing information, etc. Personal opinions, dislikes, etc. do not count.
• "Wrong time of year." Articles are supported or opposed based on their content. Timing can be worked out later.
• "Wrong type of place." Articles are supported or opposed based on their content. Whether it's DotM or OtBP can be worked out later.

If an article gets three comments in favor and no (unresolved) comments against, it's eligible to be placed in an appropriate time-slot in the Upcoming queue. If the objections are relatively minor and are being worked on, add them to the Upcoming queue tentatively (add a question mark "?" after the article). Feel free to move the queue around or swap articles if it makes sense. If a nomination clearly does not make the grade and if the objections are not easily fixable, they go into the Slush pile (current slush pile).

Once a nomination has been scheduled, an appropriate banner image and text blurb must be selected. Go to Wikivoyage:Destination of the month candidates/Banners to start that discussion.

Discussions for previously selected destinations are kept in the Archive.

The following queue should contain about the next few months' worth of upcoming destinations. Note that new DotMs are rotated in on the 1st of each month, OtBPs on the 11th and travel topics on the 21st.

Try to avoid two overlapping or back-to-back features from the same country, as well as long streaks of features from the same continent. It is customary to wait 24 months between articles from the same city, or within commuting distance.

The schedule is not cast in stone. However, any change made to the schedule should have a compelling reason behind it, and should be effected as far in advance as possible of the article's scheduled term on the Main Page. In particular, unless absolutely necessary, we discourage nominee articles from being slushed or rescheduled after banners have been made for them, which usually happens 2–3 months before being featured.

Whenever an article becomes a current feature, it should be removed from the list, the discussion archived, and (when changing out Featured Travel Topics) a new month added to the end of the queue.

Decisions regarding which images to use as the banners are made at Wikivoyage:Destination of the month candidates/Banners.

The section below provides an opportunity to see what the upcoming featured articles will look like on the Main Page using the banners that are currently most popular on the above page.

Destination of the Month

Perpignan

Catalonia and France meet in the former capital of the Kingdom of Mallorca which features architecture from many eras and a rich cuisine.

Off the Beaten Path

Erice

Floating above the clouds on Sicily’s western coast, Erice has been a place of pilgrimage for millennia — from an ancient Temple of Venus to the medieval churches that remain open today.

Featured Travel Topic

Seminole Wars

A result of American settlement in the contested forests and prairies of colonial Florida, the devastating Seminole Wars fought between U.S. forces and Seminoles in Florida left behind wartime artifacts, forts, and plantation ruins from the 19th century.

On the date of the scheduled change, the DotM, OtBP, or FTT should be changed as close to midnight UTC as possible. This can only be done by administrators. When the featured page is changed, please follow the following procedures to do so and archive content to the appropriate pages. At each stage, please double-check that you are correctly moving content. Several steps involves copy pasting of the file names of the Main Page banners – former, current, and next – so it can be useful to open those in tabs first.

1. Update the featured articles on the main page by replacing the current 'banner' template section with those of the appropriate banner for the new DotM/OtBP/FTT found in the Next change section above.
2. Update the Photo credits page with the banner's original image, title and attribution.
3. Add the former featured article to the appropriate archive page: Previous Destinations of the month, Previously Off the beaten path, or Previous Featured travel topics.
4. For the former featured article, add the appropriate parameter to the pagebanner template (directly after the image filename) to label the page as having been featured previously.
   • For former DotMs, add: |dotm=yes
   • For former OtBPs, add: |otbp=yes
   • For former FTTs, add: |ftt=yes
5. Remove Template:Featurenomination from newly featured article.
6. Archive the newly featured article's nomination. Simply cut-and-paste the nomination section of the newly featured article from this page to Wikivoyage:Destination of the month candidates/Archive.
7. Update the Next change section above by adding the banner from the discussion page. View the table in the Schedule section above to determine what next month's change will be, then update the image and blurb in the "Next change" section with that found in the upcoming featured article's nomination.
8. In the schedule, use <s> and </s> to strikethrough the newly featured article. Remove the row from the table if the newly featured article is the FTT.
9. Archive the newly featured article's banner by cutting-and-pasting all banner suggestions and the associated discussion into Wikivoyage:Destination of the month candidates/Banners/Archive.

Place: Cochabamba Blurb: The fourth-largest city in Bolivia, Cochabamba is known as the "Garden City" for its mild climate year-round, cathedral squares, and shops and restaurants. (should not exceed ~145 characters) Article status: Guide (must be guide or above). Time to feature: any (however Dec-Feb/Mar are apparently quite wet) Nominated by: --Comment by Selfie City (talk) (contributions) 22:25, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply] Comment: I've done significant work on this article today to get it up to guide status. I think there are some good restaurants and hotels missing from this list that I might get to, but the article is already in good shape following the addition of coordinates and the removal of closed businesses. Although a check shows we have featured cities in Bolivia before (as recently as last February), South America seems to be underrepresented overall, so this nomination should help with geographic diversity.

Nomination

• Support as nominator. --Comment by Selfie City (talk) (contributions) 22:25, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support per nom – great work on the updates! --SHB (t | c | m) 00:32, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Thanks! I've done some more work on the article since. It's great to see the quality of our coverage of Bolivia, with two of the capitals (La Paz and Sucre) already having been featured and Santa Cruz de la Sierra not far from guide status. Many of the smaller towns are also within striking distance of guide status. --Comment by Selfie City (talk) (contributions) 01:59, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  ikr – it's such an amazing achievement for a country that doesn't get in the spotlight much. --SHB (t | c | m) 02:25, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Support - solid article with recent updates by SelfieCity. Mrkstvns (talk) 14:51, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Very close, it's a nice article but the Understand section could be a little bit longer with a couple of paragraphs about the city's history and climate for example. This would also help keeping that map within the Understand section. --Ypsilon (talk) 12:17, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Agree with @Ypsilon: the Understand section was lacking. I've taken a stab at adding subsections for History and Climate. I think the Understand section is now considerably improved. Would welcome other users to check it out and see what you think. Please correct any errors or grammatical problems. -- Mrkstvns (talk) 14:42, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Place: Perpignan Blurb: Catalonia and France meet in the former capital of the Kingdom of Mallorca which features architecture from many eras and a rich cuisine. (should not exceed ~145 characters) Article status: Guide (must be guide or above). Time to feature: Spring or autumn probably Nominated by: Ypsilon (talk) 14:35, 13 September 2025 (UTC)[reply] Comment: It's time to start thinking about next spring's articles, how about heading to far southern France? Perpignan is one of the Star articles that I translated from other languages back in 2023, then Graham made more improvements one year later. Nevertheless, many listings need coordinates and as always there may be some places listed that have closed down, so that's something we need to deal with a month or two before we feature the article.

Nomination

• Close per comment --Ypsilon (talk) 14:35, 13 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Almost per your comment. //shb (t | c | m) 13:21, 2 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. The page is well-developed and up to date. It's an interesting city, nowadays overlooked as travellers rush past on the autoroute or TGV to Barcelona. Grahamsands (talk) 20:20, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Almost - it's a good article, but still a lot of places in See, Buy, and Eat that don't have coordinates. Mrkstvns (talk) 21:57, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Place: Hollywood Blurb: The centre of American movie industry is among California's most famous destinations. (should not exceed ~145 characters) Article status: Guide (must be guide or above). Time to feature: Good weather and events year round. Possibly at winter, when few North American cities are featured. Nominated by: Yvwv (talk) 23:39, 14 October 2025 (UTC)[reply] Comment: We have had surprisingly few features from California, all from the Bay Area and its surroundings. The article has had some updates during the year, but might need to be checked through.

Nomination

• Close. Many listings need some updates (some haven't been updated in almost a decade!), but in terms of content, I don't think anything major is missing to my knowledge. //shb (t | c | m) 00:24, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support, but the listings should be checked a little before we run it (towards the end of 2026?). It's not that we haven't featured many Californian articles over the years, we've actually featured quite a number of them but none of them from the greater LA area. --Ypsilon (talk) 18:31, 21 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Place: Cologne Blurb: Founded by the Romans, Germany's fourth largest city is known for its enormous cathedral and the Karneval in February. (should not exceed ~145 characters) Article status: Guide (must be guide or above). Time to feature: February for Karneval. While northern summer is more comfortable, it is usually full of European destinations. Nominated by: Yvwv (talk) 16:03, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply] Comment: We have not had many German features lately, and this article is recently updated.

Nomination

• Not yet. This page is guide-going-on-medium-grade-usable, much content is way out of date, and coordinates are no substitute for describing something. So it needs a lot of work. Nevertheless it's an excellent city that must surely one day feature as dotm. Grahamsands (talk) 20:29, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Close, but not yet per Grahamsands. --Comment by Selfie City (talk) (contributions) 21:14, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Close per above. //shb (t | c | m) 08:52, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Not yet - Many sections of the article have a lot of content but there are an insane number of 1. "listings" that are made up of just coordinates and a name (especially in See) and 2. listings that have all the other info but lack coordinates. --Ypsilon (talk) 18:45, 21 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Place: Vienna/Inner Stadt Blurb: Vienna's world heritage-listed Innere Stadt, dates back to the Roman era and contains a plethora of architecturally and historically significant sites. (should not exceed ~145 characters) Article status: Guide (must be guide or above). Time to feature: Any time of the year, but I prefer December for the Christmas markets (they were amazing) but it could also be featured anytime during northern spring, summer or autumn (Jan/Feb might be too cold). Nominated by: shb (t | c | m) 08:47, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply] Comment: Might be slightly biased since Vienna's inner core has proved to be my favourite in Europe, but also we haven't featured any Vienna district or article since featuring Vienna back in 2015 (or any DotMs from Austria). The article is already in good shape, but it does need some updates (especially some which had prices 15 years old), which can be done closer to featuring.

Nomination

• Almost – needs some updates, which I am progressively doing. //shb (t | c | m) 08:47, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - a lot of listings and they all have descriptions and other content. As with most articles, we need to check if the places in the listings are still there a little before they go on the main page. --Ypsilon (talk) 18:55, 21 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - love the nicely informative listings in this articleǃ Don't so much love the highly unusable dynamic map, jam-packed with colorful pins creating so much clutter one can't see where anything is or how the city is laid out. I have no good suggestion for fixing the problem, but the map as it exists isn't much use to a typical traveler. Mrkstvns (talk) 22:15, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Place: St. John's Blurb: Colourful houses and military history await you in Canada's oldest and easternmost city. (should not exceed ~145 characters) Article status: Guide (must be guide or above). Time to feature: Jun-Sep Nominated by: Ypsilon (talk) 16:08, 23 January 2026 (UTC)[reply] Comment: Here's one more candidate for a summer slot (August maybe?). I just promoted the article's status to guide, because was already at the very least a strong usable. There are some listings without description but as we need to check if the places the listings are still in business anyways it's easy to add a line or two at that. The pictures also need to be spread out and the Understand section is on the short side.

Nomination

• Almost per comment. Ypsilon (talk) 16:08, 23 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Almost pending updates. //shb (t | c | m) 11:52, 25 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Place: Galway Blurb: Castles and other grand buildings in grey rock, pubs, small patches of greenery and Gaelic games - much of what Ireland is famous for awaits you in the country's fourth city, facing the Atlantic (should not exceed ~145 characters) Article status: Guide (must be guide or above). Time to feature: May-Sep Nominated by: Ypsilon (talk) 19:26, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply] Comment: Galway could work as both DotM and OtBP, but as we need a DotM article for June 2026, I'll put the nomination in this section. The article has been updated extensively over the last 12 months by several users so I think it should almost be good to go as it is. The only minor thing are a couple of listings without coordinates but that should be fixed in a matter of minutes.

Nomination

• Support --Ypsilon (talk) 19:26, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Place: Port Vila Blurb: Often described as the most beautiful capital in the South Pacific, "Vila" is the gateway to Vanuatu and offers the best eating, shopping and resorts in the archipelago. (should not exceed ~145 characters) Article status: Guide (must be guide or above). Time to feature: April-December Nominated by: Asamboi (talk) 11:51, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply] Comment: We haven't had a South Pacific OtBP since Nauru in 2016. Vila is admittedly "beaten path" as far as Vanuatu goes, but the entire country gets less than 100k (non-cruise) visitors a year so I think it's fair to slot this under OtBP. The town has largely recovered from last year's earthquake, and is good to feature any time of the year outside the monsoon/cyclone peak in Jan-Mar.

Nomination

• Close – the article does need some formatting fixes (namely per WV:TDF) and some of the listings may need an update closer to feature; however, other than those, it looks great. //shb (t | c | m) 07:00, 23 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The content should be pretty much up to date, and thanks to Ground Zero the formatting issues should be addressed now. Asamboi (talk) 00:46, 17 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Support - Well, since Nauru we've actually had Apia and Savaii from Samoa, Koror from Palau (though north of the Equator) and maybe Chatham Islands would also count, but still small-island Oceania doesn't got featured that often. The article looks tidy and there's probably not much more in the town that could be listed. --Ypsilon (talk) 19:21, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• I am the Chinese version editor of this guide. It was previously also rated Off the Beaten Path on Chinese Wikivoyage（the banner image shown is not ideal). Everyone are welcome to add some details from the Chinese version (if needed). In addition, I had also planned to add some content to the Port Vila article on English Wikivoyage (based on the writing style here) and other VUT articles. I’m not sure whether I have voting rights, but I would like to express my support. I like this city. ~ Sheminghui.WU (talk) 11:55, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  However, yes, the article looks a little bit tidy, if it were on the Chinese Wikivoyage, it might not pass the review. ~ Sheminghui.WU (talk) 11:59, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Place: Erice Blurb: Erice is one of the world’s oldest towns still inhabited today, a misty medieval hilltop gem of stone streets, castles, and calm. (should not exceed ~145 characters) Article status: Guide (must be guide or above). Time to feature: April–October Nominated by: Kned Wiki (talk) 08:10, 23 July 2025 (UTC)[reply] Comment: Tiny in size but rich in character, Erice combines beauty, history, and atmosphere in a way that far exceeds expectations. It’s especially lovely in spring.

Nomination

• Support. Amazing article. I've left a few stylistic comments on the Talk page, and it would be good to define exactly what this covers, but neither is a show-stopper. Also, the lead should mention where it's located! Asamboi (talk) 00:12, 24 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Almost – formatting fixes needed (which I will do), but no major issues otherwise. //shb (t | c | m) 00:15, 24 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. Nicely complete with up-to-date listings in key sections. This will be a nice feature. Mrkstvns (talk) 13:56, 24 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - At a quick glance the article looks good, and it is certainly up to date thanks to your extensive edits. One small thing, though: usually I complain about a lack of images in articles, but here we could maybe remove a couple of them as a complete wall of images is a bit unusual for how our articles look. --Ypsilon (talk) 19:26, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Hi Ypsilon. I've converted the infographics into links rather than displaying them as images. I've also deleted one or two images. Hopefully it looks less image dense now. Kned Wiki (talk) 08:12, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  I think the graphics are super valuable (and all too rare on Wikivoyage), so I've taken the liberty of restoring them with some markup to show them as a block instead of floating thumbnails. Asamboi (talk) 01:50, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Thanks; I like the infographics too. I have created a new post on the page for the 'Annunciation or Carmine Church'. I personally like this amount of information as it gives context and more information about what a visitor is looking at - but the post is long. There's no Wikipedia pages for most of the buildings in Erice and so this is really the only source of information someone might get. What's your view? Kned Wiki (talk) 11:31, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Place: Stratford (Victoria) Blurb: Stratford is a rural town in Victoria, Australia, known for its Shakespeare festival. (should not exceed ~145 characters) Article status: Star (must be guide or above). Time to feature: Southern Autumn for the festival Nominated by: Yvwv (talk) 13:01, 2 October 2025 (UTC)[reply] Comment: One of few star city articles yet to be featured. Victoria hasn't had too many features.

Nomination

• Almost – it's a star article so nothing in terms of content I see missing, but it needs updates. I just updated the V/line fares which were 3 years out of date (and very different to what it is now). //shb (t | c | m) 13:18, 2 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support pending updates before it's featured. I was actually thinking about nominating this article for some month in early 2026. --Ypsilon (talk) 18:14, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - per nomination. Mrkstvns (talk) 15:23, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Place: Barentsburg Blurb: Practically an open-air museum of the Soviet Union in Svalbard, Barentsburg's main attraction is the village itself (should not exceed ~145 characters) Article status: Guide (must be guide or above). Time to feature: May-Aug for less freezing temperatures and more daylight (though winter visits seem to be possible also) Nominated by: Ypsilon (talk) 19:37, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply] Comment: Here's one for next northern summer. Interesting article which possibly needs some updates. According to the article history I've apparently cleaned up and updated the article back in 2021.

Nomination

• Needs some work per comment. Ypsilon (talk) 19:37, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Needs some work - listings should have more info (addresses) and a short, dull lede isn't very enticing. Mrkstvns (talk) 15:47, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

  I've rewritten the lead and given the pictures a bit of a scrub. FWIW, having actually visited Barentsburg, it's a very small place, addresses are hardly needed. Asamboi (talk) 11:41, 25 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Place: Yellowknife Blurb: The capital of the Northwest Territories is one of Arctic Canada's few cities, and a gateway to the territory. (should not exceed ~145 characters) Article status: Guide (must be guide or above). Time to feature: Northern summer for midnight sun. Winter for a more challenging visit. Nominated by: Yvwv (talk) 10:51, 11 October 2025 (UTC)[reply] Comment: Canada and the Arctic haven't had too many features lately, and the NWT has never been featured. The article has been improved during 2025.

Nomination

• Close - Another one I was thinking about nominating for next summer. As Yellowknife is to my understanding the most "prominent" city in northern Canada, it might work better as a DotM, though, but as with Saint-Louis it's such a place that could work as both DotM and OtBP. Sometimes closer to when it's featured we should check that everything listed is still in business, links are working and so on. Also, there are some issues to resolve like the bare bullet points in See and Buy and the empty Cope section. --Ypsilon (talk) 11:03, 12 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: We have yet to settle on a boundary between DoTM and OtBP, and some earlier features seem to be in the wrong category today, with Turku and Trondheim featured as OtBP. As we are running out of top-tier destinations such as Paris or New York City, the DoTM category could possibly become more inclusive. Also, travel is changing, with some cities going from unknown to overrun by tourists within a few years, while famous destinations such as Saint Petersburg and Jerusalem are avoided today. Still, Yellowknife isn't really a world-famous destination, or adapted for mainstream tourism; the Arctic has few of those (Rovaniemi being a rare example). /Yvwv (talk) 11:19, 12 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

To me, Saint-Louis is the DotM, and Yellowknife should be the OtBP. Saint-Louis is a World Heritage site and, presumably, a significant tourist attraction even though Senegal isn't itself known for tourism. It's also a much larger city. Yellowknife, on the other hand, is a remote town with an extreme climate which is not known for tourism at all. --Comment by Selfie City (talk) (contributions) 12:26, 12 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I think we should consider doing away with both the DotM/OtBP/FTT distinction entirely, as well as the time to feature. It would make the featuring process a lot easier. Ypsilon (talk) 13:13, 12 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, wow. How would we schedule nominations, in that case? --Comment by Selfie City (talk) (contributions) 13:26, 12 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Basically I'm thinking about some kind of a first-come, first-serve basis. There would still be three features a month, or we could have more or less features. I've been planning to write an extensive post about such a reform on the talk page for about half a year already. --Ypsilon (talk) 13:43, 12 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please do! I'd be interested in the idea. I think we should still have some kind of divide between destinations and other types of articles, but the distinction between what counts as DOTM vs. OTBP is too subjective. --Comment by Selfie City (talk) (contributions) 14:16, 12 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment I'm going up there (again) for work next month. If there's anything missing and require "boots on the ground" verification, please let me know and ping me (because I will likely forget)! OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 21:21, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Update: I just finished my work trip. I added, verified and updated most contents on that page. The article should be considered as ready. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 20:33, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Are you planning to add anything to "Cope"? If not I suggest we move that heading. I support the article's nomination. --Comment by Selfie City (talk) (contributions) 20:55, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Nothing to add for "Cope". I have deleted that heading. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 06:54, 18 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Sounds good. --Comment by Selfie City (talk) (contributions) 14:00, 18 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Support - Sounds like a cool place. Appreciate the verifications/updates bu Ohanaunited. Mrkstvns (talk) 15:53, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Place: Gorongosa National Park Blurb: The 4,000 km2 Gorongosa National Park at the southern end of the Great Rift Valley was the subject of a 2010 National Geographic film, Africa's Lost Eden. (should not exceed ~145 characters) Article status: Guide (must be guide or above). Time to feature: March-September Nominated by: --Comment by Selfie City (talk) (contributions) 19:36, 14 October 2025 (UTC)[reply] Comment: When did we last have a feature in Mozambique? Ever? It would be great to feature a safari park in the country.

Nomination

• Support per nomination. --Comment by Selfie City (talk) (contributions) 19:36, 14 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Almost support. Great to see a nomination for a never-featured country on an under-featured continent. The article could use additional practical information, such as a climate graph, and more illustrations of animals such as birds. /Yvwv (talk) 21:21, 14 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  I've added a couple photos of local bird life. I don't know if there's a weather station in Gorongosa, but I can check. --Comment by Selfie City (talk) (contributions) 22:41, 14 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The article is good to go. /Yvwv (talk) 19:42, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Support This is almost perfect for a park article – and glad to see what might be our very first Mozambique feature! //shb (t | c | m) 22:07, 14 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - Looks good, thanks to your recent edits, SelfieCity. Mozambique indeed is a "new country" on the Main Page. --Ypsilon (talk) 14:32, 18 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - Very nice. Mrkstvns (talk) 14:09, 22 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Place: Gjakova Blurb: Famous for its restored Grand Bazaar, Gjakova is a cultural centre of Kosovo. (should not exceed ~145 characters) Article status: Guide (must be guide or above). Time to feature: May-Jun, Sep-Oct (during mid-summer it would be a bit too hot I assume) Nominated by: Ypsilon (talk) 16:08, 23 January 2026 (UTC)[reply] Comment: Could this be our first feature from Kosovo? The article looks quite OK, the main issues are the missing Drink and Buy sections plus a few listings, and then we need to decide how to proceed with the tours in Do. Apparently I've already brought up these issues on Talk:Gjakova back in 2018. A shoutout to Arianit and other locals who have written and improved the article over the years.

Nomination

• Almost per comment. Ypsilon (talk) 16:08, 23 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support thanks for the nomination. Will be happy to update and improve it in the next few weeks per the comment. Arianit (talk) 07:56, 24 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support per above. //shb (t | c | m) 05:07, 2 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Place: Ansan Blurb: With one of Korea's largest immigrant communities, this Seoul suburb has a different vibe from your typical Korean destination. (should not exceed ~145 characters) Article status: Guide (must be guide or above). Time to feature: Apr-Jun, Sep-Oct Nominated by: Ypsilon (talk) 16:08, 23 January 2026 (UTC)[reply] Comment: Ansan keeps popping up in Recent changes whenever Piotrus' Korean students get to learn editing Wikivoyage. Unsurprisingly the article is really extensive so it's about time to present it on the Main Page. Photos need to be spread out, and the article may need some copyediting too, but otherwise I think it's good to go.

Nomination

• Support. Ypsilon (talk) 16:08, 23 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Almost there. There's certainly a lot of content, but it needs a good round of copy editing for grammar, plus there's a lot of info that really belongs on the top level Seoul page, not here (Share bikes, taxi fares, etc). There are also a bunch of POIs that aren't really noteworthy: Starbucks, furniture stores, 13 (!) individual subway stations etc. Asamboi (talk) 11:29, 25 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Almost per Asamboi. //shb (t | c | m) 05:07, 2 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Place: Carpets Blurb: A popular souvenir and a reason for some museum visits. (should not exceed ~145 characters) Article status: Guide (must be guide or above). Time to feature: Any Nominated by: Pashley (talk) 17:01, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply] Comment: Mainly but not only for travellers in Asia.

Nomination

• Support - looks quite extensive. --Ypsilon (talk) 18:12, 25 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support per Ypsilon. Some of the red links should be removed or articles created at their targets. --Comment by Selfie City (talk) (contributions) 14:51, 7 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support; except the recently featured gemstones, we have hardly featured any shopping-themed articles. These two will set a standard. /Yvwv (talk) 12:00, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Place: Along the Rambla of Montevideo Blurb: This 22-kilometre network of streets passes through many of Montevideo's main sights along its coastline. (should not exceed ~145 characters) Article status: Guide (must be guide or above). Time to feature: Southern summer/autumn Nominated by: //shb (t | c | m) 02:31, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply] Comment: Recently came across this article written by Ypsilon and I must say I'm rather pleased with how detailed it is. Since most of it was only written a few months ago, few updates are needed (if any) and I can't see anything critical missing.

Nomination

• Support per my nomination statement. //shb (t | c | m) 02:31, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support an interesting topic with good local color. Mrkstvns (talk) 12:56, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support, excellent article with minimal to no edits needed before featuring. --Comment by Selfie City (talk) (contributions) 17:03, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support as the editor :) --Ypsilon (talk) 18:56, 21 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Place: Seminole Wars Blurb: A result of American settlement in the contested forests and prairies of colonial Florida, the devastating Seminole Wars fought between U.S. forces and Seminoles in Florida left behind wartime artifacts, forts, and plantation ruins from the 19th century. (should not exceed ~145 characters) Article status: Guide (must be guide or above). Time to feature: November–April Nominated by: --Comment by Selfie City (talk) (contributions) 16:06, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[reply] Comment: A little-known American conflict even within the scope of the Indian Removal Wars, I think it ought to receive more attention in the form of a cohesive article. Several of the involved forts have been rebuilt as historic parks, so there's far more to see now than there was ten years ago.

Nomination

• Support as nominator. --Comment by Selfie City (talk) (contributions) 16:10, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - As someone who learned many new things about U.S. history when reading through the article. --Ypsilon (talk) 19:40, 3 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Very detailed and informative. //shb (t | c | m) 12:04, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Place: Planning your flight Blurb: Flight planning is usually the beginning of a long journey. There are many things to consider to make flying affordable and comfortable. (should not exceed ~145 characters) Article status: Guide (must be guide or above). Time to feature: Any, though we have some tradition to showcase preparatory travel topics in the early year Nominated by: Yvwv (talk) 13:31, 2 October 2025 (UTC)[reply] Comment: Slushed in 2022, but has improved since then.

Nomination

• Support - Looks OK, the article is a bit meh especially as we already featured the main flying article. On the other hand that was 10+ years ago, and this is one of the our few guide articles not bound to a specific location that we haven't featured yet. --Ypsilon (talk) 19:02, 21 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Place: Wars of the Roses Blurb: The civil wars that heralded the English Renaissance are still remembered and re-enacted. (should not exceed ~145 characters) Article status: Guide (must be guide or above). Time to feature: Northern summer; possibly July 2026 for the Tewkesbury festival Nominated by: Yvwv (talk) 21:56, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply] Comment: An ambitious military history article.

Nomination

• Support as main author. Grahamsands (talk) 21:03, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If Tewkesbury festival is to be the hook, then that city page merits overhaul. Looks like 4 hours work, which I've slated for February. Of the other city battle sites, Wakefield and Tadcaster (for Towton) are already up to the mark. The others feel like nice-to-do but not must-do in this context. GS

Tewkesbury is now sorted. Of the other sites, Leicester (for Bosworth Field) looks like a quick win, as a well-developed page that just needs updating. I'll get to that in few weeks. Grahamsands (talk) 13:11, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

• Support. Excellent article! --Comment by Selfie City (talk) (contributions) 21:12, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support looks good. --Ypsilon (talk) 19:09, 21 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - All I ever knew about these kings was what the Bard told me... Nice articleǃ Mrkstvns (talk) 14:16, 22 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: The 2026 Tewkesbury Festival is on 11-12 July 2026, which makes the 21 June-20 July slot appropriate. We also have London/Mayfair-Marylebone for June, and we should have some time between two articles from the same country. Both articles are appropriate for northern summer, so maybe one should wait for 2027? /Yvwv (talk) 15:51, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Given that Mayfair-Marylebone is only at usable status (also see my comments in its nomination above), and this article full of fresh information it's pretty obvious what to do. --Ypsilon (talk) 16:35, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I could have sworn that Mayfair-Marylebone was at Guide level. I guess that I mixed it up with some other London district at nomination, while there was a shortage of DoTM candidates. Having a destination in Ireland overlapping one in England does not violate policy, though Western Europe tends to get over-featured during northern summer. /Yvwv (talk) 14:41, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

It happens :) however you may be interested in a WMF tool called Petscan, useful for searching for unfeatured Guide articles among other things . --Ypsilon (talk) 16:27, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Place: Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/Pinnacle Blurb: An inshore rocky reef in the Gordon's Bay area of the east side of False Bay near Cape Town. (should not exceed ~145 characters) Article status: Star (must be guide or above). Time to feature: Southern summer; December 2026 to February 2027 Nominated by: Yvwv (talk) 00:04, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply] Comment: Every 2 or 3 years, we get back to this great series of South African dive guides. Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/MV Aster featured in January 2025. Other guide- or star-level articles in the same series can also be considered.

Nomination

• Support as usual with the Star dive articles. However as of now there is a discussion going on about some of the author's works on Wikipedia including plagiarism. --Ypsilon (talk) 19:20, 21 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Place: Filipino cuisine Blurb: With over 7,500 islands, Filipino cuisine is a mish-mash of hundreds of local, regional, and ethnic cuisines that defies easy generalizations. (should not exceed ~145 characters) Article status: Guide (must be guide or above). Time to feature: October-March Nominated by: --Comment by Selfie City (talk) (contributions) 17:15, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply] Comment: When was the last time we featured something or somewhere from the Philippines? This article seems excellent and highly detailed, but it would be good to hear from a local or visitor before featuring.

Nomination

• Support as nominator. --Comment by Selfie City (talk) (contributions) 17:15, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Pashley (talk) 21:34, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support, but we might need to hold this article off for some time if we're also going to feature Tagalog phrasebook. //shb (t | c | m) 23:36, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Needs work. There's a lot of content and some of it is good, but sections like Filipino cuisine#Filipino diet need a thorough copyedit. There are also quite a few bits that just list Tagalog/slang names of dishes with no explanation: Offal is main ingredient of dishes like bopis, dinuguan, La Paz batchoy and sisig and street food like adidas, Betamax or dugo, and isaw. Asamboi (talk) 06:29, 20 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  This page also really needs a more appetizing-looking banner. Asamboi (talk) 10:13, 4 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

• Needs work - Looks quite OK, but Asamboi found some issues which need to be dealt with before we feature the article. --Ypsilon (talk) 19:23, 21 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Place: Ruta de los Conventos del Popocatépetl Blurb: The landscapes and towns around the volcano Popocatépetl can be explored as a cycling challenge. (should not exceed ~145 characters) Article status: Guide (must be guide or above). Time to feature: Spring or fall probably (the article recommends late October for Dia de los Muertos) Nominated by: Ypsilon (talk) 16:08, 23 January 2026 (UTC)[reply] Comment: We've featured Mexican DotMs and OtBPs but this would be the first FTT. Overall the article looks good, but something has to be done about the eight redlinked places. If there's something to write about them they should get articles or if they are tiny and non-descript they can be delinked.

Nomination

• Very very close per comment. Ypsilon (talk) 16:08, 23 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Close per Ypsilon. //shb (t | c | m) 06:06, 23 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Those red links bothered me too so I did a bit of research and found that all eight were places that had enough going on to warrant their own articles. Given that this itinerary is for a bike route, I thought that having more choices for places to eat and sleep would be particularly useful. I've created fully developed articles for all of them, all at a usable level. Add to them if you think they need more. Mrkstvns (talk) 01:03, 2 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - One of the most well-developed itineraries on the site, IMHO. Mrkstvns (talk) 01:03, 2 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Place: Rail travel in the Czech Republic Blurb: With a dense network and relatively affordable tickets, taking the train is a good way to explore Czechia. (should not exceed ~145 characters) Article status: Guide (must be guide or above). Time to feature: Any, but probably best during the warmer half of the year Nominated by: Ypsilon (talk) 19:00, 17 February 2026 (UTC)[reply] Comment: August's slots will soon open in the schedule and the FTT candidates not already in the schedule are suitable for Oct-Dec. Rail travel in CZ is a very strong usable so I just upgraded it to guide. It describes all the important aspects of train travel there, I think, though it could be useful to google some of things in the article e.g. to see if all those international services still run and check if all links are working.

Nomination

• Support pending mentioned checkup. --Ypsilon (talk) 19:00, 17 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support I haven't been to Czechia yet, but I am somewhat familiar with the CZ rail network from some observations in both Austria and Slovakia. Most of it seems to check out with what I know, and the international services do look up to date (though I didn't check this in detail). //shb (t | c | m) 05:45, 21 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Place: Rail travel in Montenegro Blurb: Montenegro's rail network is neither fast nor extensive, but it has some of the most scenic landscapes you can experience in Europe for a very affordable price. (should not exceed ~145 characters) Article status: Guide (must be guide or above). Time to feature: Summer months only (for the daytime Belgrade–Bar train) Nominated by: shb (t | c | m) 05:06, 2 March 2026 (UTC)[reply] Comment: I found this good article from dewikivoyage some time ago and decided to translate it last week; I must say I'm quite pleased with how it turned out. Prices will need to be updated closer to featuring. Should probably be scheduled sometime in 2027 summer (one year after we feature rail travel in CZ). We've also never had any feature from Montenegro before, so this will be a first.

Nomination

• Support pending updates closer to featuring. //shb (t | c | m) 05:06, 2 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]