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Catching up

Thelenota ananas by Diego Delso, one of our newest featured pictures.

This Signpost "Featured content" report covers material promoted in August.

So, I missed an issue, but I've caught up, and I'm doing somewhat better. Actually managed to describe all the articles; Lists are just... a list, but, well, I'm doing what I can. And as can be seen from last issue, if I don't do this, no-one else does.

—Adam Cuerden

Featured articles

Thirty-four featured articles were promoted this period.

Nuremberg trials, nominated by buidhe: Most of the stuff in this featured content report is goofy stuff appropriate for a rhyming gimmick. This article, however, concerns the trials of Nazi war criminals after World War II, in which the full extent of their deeds was exposed.
Australiformis, nominated by Mattximus: You might call these parasitic worms unscrupulous,; But they'll only infect you if you're marsupulous.
Titanis, nominated by Augustios Paleo (a.k.a. AFH): These birds of terror would be feared,; But thousands of years ago they disappeared; (Probably just waiting for us to get complacent. The Antarctic ice is thawing; the cryogenic tanks will soon open.)
Five pounds (British gold coin), nominated by Wehwalt: One of the largest gold coins to enter circulation,; The "quintuple sovereign" is a strange situation.; Still, I'll gladly pay you five pounds for one. Any takers?
Boukephala and Nikaia, nominated by AirshipJungleman29: In Pakistan these cities wait,; Founded by Alexander the Great.; One's named after a nearby victory, of course;; ...The other one, though, is named after his horse.
Daytona USA, nominated by Red Phoenix: To play this racing game, for quarters we'll beg ya,; It's still big in arcades, and was made by Sega.

Florence Petty, c. 1916

Florence Petty, nominated by SchroCat: She taught the working class to cook cheaply, so they could eat,; Suet puddings were her special treat.
Frank McGee (ice hockey), nominated by Kaiser matias: "One-Eyed" Frank McGee; Played hockey though one eye couldn't see.; His team won the Stanley cup four years in a row,; So, y'know, great job! Way to go!
Revolutionary Girl Utena, nominated by Morgan695: The follow-up to Sailor Moon, it's essential:; Complex and weird and experimental!
Five Nights at Freddy's (video game), nominated by The Night Watch

JUMP SCARE; (Is that unfair?); (Probably is, but I don't care.)
Rodrigues night heron, nominated by FunkMonk: A Mascarene bird, all we have are its stats:; It just didn't survive the introduction of cats.
1927 World Snooker Championship, nominated by BennyOnTheLoose: Joe Davis won first; And also the next fourteen:; If you love snooker,; This article's keen!
Daisy Bacon, nominated by Mike Christie: Editor of Love Story Magazine, and the stories she'd tell:; It might have been a 'pulp', but it sure sold well.
Annie Dove Denmark, nominated by PCN02WPS: Head of Anderson College, her worth is quite plain,; But in ways that a couplet just cannot explain.
"Mother" (Meghan Trainor song), nominated by MaranoFan (a.k.a. NØ): Click here for this article's poetry, by a guest poet.
Kyla (Filipino singer), nominated by Pseud 14: Melanie Hernandez Calumpad; Is not the sort of singer; That you would describe as 'bad'.

Lou Henry Hoover, nominated by Thebiguglyalien: Herbert Hoover, her husband, and her had a passion,; And translated De re metallica from the Latin.; First woman to graduate from geology at Stanford, it's rather shady; That if people heard about her at all, it's just as First Lady.
Air Board (Australia), nominated by Ian Rose: This is the first attempt at a guide to this, so Ian asked their opinion, sensibly,; And the Air Board got back, and said he covered it, quote, "quite comprehensively".
Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty, nominated by LunaEatsTuna: For academic discussion of founding of your own state,; Hobbs and Williams step up to the plate.
Howard Florey, nominated by Hawkeye7: Alexander Fleming gets the raves for penicillin's great discovery,; It was a group effort, though, and Florey too helped all those patients to recovery.
WSNS-TV, nominated by Sammi Brie: This Chicago television channel with a nineteen seventy creation; Grew huge, got challenged, and then became a Spanish-language station
Affine symmetric group, nominated by JayBeeEll (JBL): Number lines and the triangular tiling of the plane; Define the symmetry group that bears this here name.; Symmetry in pure mathematics has... a somewhat complex meaning,; So, from a poem like this, not much help you'll be gleaning.
Venus in fiction, nominated by TompaDompa and Piotrus: The impenetrable clouds blocked all view of what might be below,; So if a writer got it wrong, well, no-one (then) could know.
Ministerial by-election, nominated by John M Wolfson: Until 1926, an M.P. given a job as minister; Had to undergo a situation sinister.; After they got their ministerial selection,; They were kicked out and had to survive a new by-election.; So if your party took power within Westminster's halls; You'd best hope your new leaders won by-election, or everything stalls.
The Birds (Alexander McQueen collection), nominated by Premeditated Chaos (PMC): A collection that was built to shock; Based on the movie by Alfred Hitchcock

Elizabeth Maitland, Duchess of Lauderdale, nominated by Isaksenk: As the English Civil War embroiled; This Scottish Duchess helped the Royals
"Never Forget You" (Mariah Carey song), nominated by Heartfox: No music video, no performances live,; Yet on the Billboard Hot 100 it still did arrive.
Radoje Pajović, nominated by Peacemaker67: Montenegran history from World War II; Would be a lot less well covered were it not for this dude.; (Eh, that's a half-rhyme, but I'm actually doing poems this issue, and it's a double-length one, so screw it, good enough.)
Ludwig Ross, nominated by UndercoverClassicist: A person who you ought to seek; If you like archaeology, and like it Greek.
John Oliver, nominated by MyCatIsAChonk: A comedian who tells the news; Teaching the why of his liberal views.
2022 Tour Championship, nominated by Lee Vilenski: Very few things rhyme with snooker,; But of Vilenski's work, I'm not a rebuker.
Asimov's Science Fiction, nominated by Mike Christie: Science fiction magazines are in decline; This one was really important, though, in its time.
"Gento" (song), nominated by Abacusada: Di ka basta-basta makakita ng gento.
Jessie Murray, nominated by SchroCat: To discuss her psychoanalysis others would avoid; For her failure to follow the false doctrines of Freud....

Featured pictures

Twenty-seven featured pictures were promoted this period, including the ones at the top and bottom of this article.

Thecacera pennigera by Roberto Strafella
Rhinanthus angustifolius by Ivar Leidus
Silver coin of Nader Shah by the American Numismatic Society
French battleship Justice by Detroit Publishing Co., restored by Adam Cuerden
Common ringed plover by Charles J. Sharp
Cheetahs grooming each other by Arturo de Frias Marques
Whitehead's trogon, front view, by John Harrison
Whitehead's trogon, back view, by John Harrison
Cognac glass by Archaeodontosaurus (Didier Descouens)
Pipe snifter by Archaeodontosaurus (Didier Descouens)
Angela Davis by Bernard Gotfryd, restored by Adam Cuerden
Tribute in Light by King of Hearts
Checkerboard wrasse by Ivar Leidus
Stained glass windows of Chartres Cathedral by PtrQs
Wu Yong by Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Doubles luge by Stepro
Pumori by Vyacheslav Argenberg
Monteleone chariot by the Metropolitan Museum
Main Shiva Temple of the Wangath Temple complex by Basavaraj K. Korkar
Édouard de Reszke by Nadar, restored by Crawdad Blues
Red panda by Mathias Appel
George Grossmith (photographer unknown); restored by Adam Cuerden
Euphaedra themis by Charles J. Sharp
Lestes dryas, side view, by Ivar Leidus
Lestes dryas, dorsal view, by Ivar Leidus

Featured topics

Two featured topics were promoted this period:
Nominated by Pseud 14:

Angel Aquino

Featured lists

Nineteen featured lists were promoted this period.

William S. Hart filmography, nominated by Jimknutt
List of storks, nominated by AryKun
List of Best Selling Soul Singles number ones of 1972, nominated by ChrisTheDude
Kyla discography, nominated by Pseud 14
Pit Stop Challenge, nominated by EnthusiastWorld37
List of World Heritage Sites in Yemen, nominated by Tone
List of World Heritage Sites in Panama, nominated by Tone
List of Colorado ballot measures, nominated by ThadeusOfNazereth
List of lorisoids, nominated by PresN
List of Hot Soul Singles number ones of 1973, nominated by ChrisTheDude
List of awards and nominations received by Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, nominated by MyCatIsAChonk
Julia Michaels discography, nominated by MaranoFan
World Video Game Hall of Fame, nominated by PresN
Municipalities of Sinaloa, nominated by Mattximus
List of National Football League annual passing touchdowns leaders, nominated by Hey man im josh and ULPS
Eiji Tsuburaya filmography, nominated by Eiga-Kevin2
Daya discography, nominated by MaranoFan
95th Academy Awards, nominated by RunningTiger123 and Birdienest81
List of Mckenna Grace performances, nominated by Pamzeis

The 1927 film Wings by William A. Wellman, another one of August's featured pictures.

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@Adam Cuerden: It looks like Wings has the wrong wiki-link, though... This should be the right one.

On a side note, I thought "Gento" referred to the "Spanish Gale" for one second! : D Oltrepier (talk) 08:47, 16 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Should mention that Venus in fiction was co-nominated by Piotrus. TompaDompa (talk) 20:36, 16 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Oltrepier and TompaDompa: Should be fixed, sorry Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.5% of all FPs.} 09:12, 17 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Adam Cuerden, for your excellent coverage. Good to see that no less than nine of the FAs were about women or their works.--Ipigott (talk) 06:12, 18 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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