Countdown:Featured articles

A featured article is of one The Countdown Wiki's finest articles. These are selected by the editors of The Countdown Wiki on this very page. A featured article could be a player, a game or a piece of terminology. The article should be of a certain length and preferably contain images and external links to make the article more readable.

List of featured articles

• Category:Featured articles and Countdown:Featured article archives give a full list of these.

Proposed featured articles

• If we need more articles for the main page, let's think of a bunch of them. I'd go for Julian Fell, Ben Wilson, Martin Gardner (vanity!), Conor Travers, Harvey Freeman etc. Mglovesfun 21:26, 8 April 2008 (BST)

Yeah, maybe we should have a Project of the Week and try to bring some of those articles up to full strength for future FAs. We'd have to pick the more recent players I suspect, because for a lot of the older one we don't have any more than the scores. Soo 22:31, 8 April 2008 (BST)

Yes I could start that project right now, we need to decide how often to change the featured article. One thing I noticed is that the <ref></ref> doesn't seem to work on here, or doesn't that matter? As for players with games, there's me, Ben and Conor that all have round details. I will think more about which players have round details as well, and of course series and CofCs are another good source of FA's. Mglovesfun 13:35, 9 April 2008 (BST)

• Graham Nash - there's now a photo and the articles a lot longer with more detail. Mglovesfun 17:25, 29 April 2008 (BST)

• Mark Tournoff is another possible one, although we nearly have enough for a year already. My next project will be to get the Paul Gallen article up to the same standard. Mglovesfun 15:35, 3 May 2008 (BST)

• Perhaps Stewart Holden? We need a June article, after all. Countdown Kid 11:32, 13 June 2009 (BST)

• I've done a lot of work to Series 60, which might well make it feature worthy. Also, I'm not particularly notable but I've savoured my vanity and given my contestant page a bit of a going over! As an aside, has anyone spotted my suggestion of a featured article symbol on Countdown talk:Featured articles? -- Crispy 13:26, 27 June 2009 (BST)

• It's only just over a week until the start of November, so its time to decide which article should next appear on the front page. I've crossed out those mentioned above which have already been featured, which leaves Martin Gardner, Harvey Freeman, Graham Nash, Mark Tournoff, Paul Gallen, Series 60 and, erm, Chris Philpot. Joking aside, which of these - if any - does the community back for featured status? It would also be nice to think ahead and see if we can have a vaguely Christmas themed FA next month. Thanks in advance, Chris 'Crispy' Philpot 19:36, 23 October 2009 (BST)

I vote for Mark Tournoff, because he is still very much involved in Countdown, and has just attended CoLei2, so it seems a good time to feature him. Vande 19:58, 23 October 2009 (BST)

I've given the copy on Mark Tournoff's page a bit of TLC, so this is feature ready for November. Any ideas for a Christmas special? -- Chris 'Crispy' Philpot 22:08, 24 October 2009 (BST)

• It's nearly time for our festive featured article - who or what should be on the front page in December? -- Chris 'Crispy' Philpot 19:19, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

Christmas Philpot! -- Vande 19:23, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

Am I sufficiently notable? How about Christmas Wills? -- Chris 'Crispy' Philpot 18:56, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

How to make a new proposal

Follow this edit link, or the one at the top of the page, and add your own suggestion. The name of the article should be placd between two square brackets to make a blue link (example: [[Jon O'Neill]]).

Future featured articles

When an article is featured, it is given a short write-up on the front page. This is not editable by ordinary users (the risk of vandalism to the front page is too high.) But we will post a draft here well in advance, so please feel free to edit that and who knows -- your words may appear on the front page!

Previous featured articles

See also : Countdown:Featured article archives

November 2009

Mark Tournoff on the old striped set.

Mark Tournoff (born 1962) was the champion of Series 52, and runner-up in Championship of Champions XII. He won eight heat games to become an octochamp, with high scores of 117 and 111 and an average of just over 101 points, placing him in the 800 club. Upon his return for the series finals Tournoff trounced John Gray 138 – 73, setting the second-highest ever score in the process. Victory in a close fought semi final against Jack Welsby saw Tournoff earn a grand final appearance against #1 seed Paul Gallen. The game looked certain to go to Gallen, who led for 14 rounds. However, misspelling miriad ☓ in the final letters game let his adversary in for a crucial conundrum, which Tournoff solved after 27 seconds to come from behind and win the series.

The twelfth Championship of Champions saw Tournoff make a relaxed start, easing past Steve Graston, but his quarter final against Matthew Shore was arguably the closest game in the history of the programme. Neither player ever led by more than ten points, and Tournoff solved the crucial conundrum SILLYQUOO to win the epic 124 – 117. This game set two records: the highest ever losing score of 117, and the highest aggregate score of 241. Tournoff won his semi final against Paul Howe to create a rematch against Paul Gallen who gained his revenge, winning the tournament on another crucial conundrum and narrowly missing out on a perfect game.

Tournoff remains an active member of the Countdown community. He has written a book about his experiences on the programme, titled Crucial - A Champion's Tale, and he has taken part in several unofficial tournaments. (more...)

See also

• Countdown:Articles for improvement
• Countdown:Broken pages