Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2011-06-27/Featured content





This week's "Featured content" covers Sunday 19 – Saturday 25 June

Featured pictures
Two images were promoted. Medium-sized images can be viewed by clicking on "nom":
 * Ebony Thomas (nom; related article), also known as Ebony Bones, is a British singer-songwriter, record producer and actress born in 1972. (created by "Alterna2" user on Flickr).
 * Ksenia Semenova (nom; related article), Russian gymnast who was the 2007 World Champion on the uneven bars, 2008 European Champion on the uneven bars and the balance beam, and 2009 European All-Around Champion. The nominated image was the subject of considerable debate about the use of colour, and was treated with a warming filter and levels adjustment (created by User:Mediacrat, modified by User:Jjron).

Featured articles
Four articles were promoted to featured status:
 * , which is "positively extrovert compared to most of its relatives, which typically skulk in dense swamps", according to nominator.
 * , which depicts how warped the artistic sense of Americans can be, who mistook the female goddess of Liberty for the male god Mercury. (, from the US)
 * , which remains controversial today due to disagreements over the definition of "species". Having independently evolved on Madagascar, lemurs have diversified to fill many niches normally filled by other types of mammals. (, whose life, he says, "is centered around these amazing prosimian primates".)
 * Verpa bohemica (nom), a mushroom species formerly thought to be edible (and still eaten by some), but now considered dangerous to eat.

Featured topic
One topic was promoted:
 * Islands of Scotland (nom), with eight featured articles and lists, and eight good articles. There are more than 800 islands of Scotland, and Wikipedia's topic covers such aspects as the history, geology, and wildlife of all the important archipelagos. (nominator ; picture at top)

Featured list
One list was promoted:
 * , with 121 high-rises, 46 of which stand taller than 180 feet (55 m). (Nominated by .)

