Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2011-09-26/Featured content

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Featured articles

Five articles were promoted to featured status:

* Aldwych tube station (nom), possibly the London Underground's most famous closed station. Opened in 1907 as a left-over from an altered plan and poorly integrated into the network, the station always suffered from poor patronage and was used during World War II as a secure place to protect the Elgin Marbles from the Blitz. It was closed in 1994 when the lifts wore out, but has had a second career as a filming location. (Nominated by DavidCane) Picture at right

* Heidi Game (nom), an American football game played on November 17, 1968, that led to a change in the way professional football is televised on network television. (The Writer 2.0 and Wehwalt) Picture at right

* United States Senate Democratic primary election in Pennsylvania, 2010 (nom), which took place on May 18, 2010, when Congressman Joe Sestak defeated incumbent Arlen Specter; this led to the end of Specter's five-term senatorial career. Nominator Hunter Kahn pointed out that "there are very few FAs about elections, let alone one about a primary election."

* Frank Bladin (nom) (1898–1978), a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force, "a quiet achiever who didn't quite make it to the top job, deserving as he may have been", says nominator Ian Rose.

* Afonso, Prince Imperial of Brazil (nom) (1845–47), possibly the youngest-ever subject of a featured biographical article. (Lecen and Astynax)

Featured pictures

Seven images were promoted. Please click on "nom" to view medium-sized images:

* Dadaab mass grave 2011 (nom; related article), a young girl stands amid the graves of 70 children at Dadaab refugee camp, during the 2011 East Africa drought (created by Andy Hall of Oxfam). picture at top

* Enzifer (nom; related article), of the Norwegian black metal band Urgehal. The visual characteristics of the genre are corpse paint, fake or real blood, leather clothing featuring spikes, and anti-Christian imagery, including inverted crosses and pentagrams (created by Commons user Vassil). picture at right

* Spotted Pardalote male (nom; related article), one of the smallest of all Australian birds (only 8–10 centimetres [3.1–3.9 in] long), and one of the most colourful; it is sometimes known as the Diamondbird (created by JJ Harrison).

* Spotted Pardalote female (nom), the girlfriend. JJ Harrison says, "These two were busy padding out their nest (a hole in an embankment) next to a relatively busy footpath".

* Australian Brush-turkey (nom; related article), a spectacular large bird with black feathers and a red head. Its total length is about 60–75 centimetres (24–30 in), with a wingspan of about 85 centimetres (33 in). It is found in eastern Australia: despite its name, the bird is not closely related to American turkeys (created by JJ Harrison).

* Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Moscow (nom; related article), from across River Moscow from the southeast (created by User:Alvesgaspar in July).

* Marrus orthocanna (nom; related article), a kind of deep-sea siphonophore, red and transparent, and first described in 1942 (created by Kevin Raskoff).