Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2011-07-11/Featured content



This week's "Featured content" covers Sunday 3 – Saturday 9 July

Featured articles
Eight articles were promoted to featured status:
 * , a rather obscure early Anglo-Saxon archbishop of Canterbury, and the first native holder of the office. (Nominated by )
 * , a radioactive metallic element first produced in 1950 at the University of California, Berkeley.
 * , a viral tropical disease that is not as well-known as malaria (the WHO considers it a "neglected tropical disease"), but which affects 50–100 million people per year, and has been linked to thousands of deaths (often in young children). (Jfdwolff, Jmh649)
 * , held in Oslo, Norway, that attracted 694 athletes representing 30 countries, who participated in six sports and 22 events.
 * (1899–1989), a graduate of the Royal Military College, Duntroon, who became a leading figure in the Royal Australian Air Force.
 * , the Nazi collaborationist leader of Norway, who seized power in 1940 in a Nazi-backed coup that garnered him international infamy. His government participated in Germany's Final Solution. He was executed by firing squad at Akershus Fortress, Oslo, on 24 October 1945. During World War II, quisling became a synonym for traitor.
 * , a US Army aviator and a US Army Air Forces general who had a significant influence on the development of air-power doctrine and posthumously received the Medal of Honor in World War II.
 * Into Temptation (film) (nom), a 2009 film about a prostitute and a Catholic priest.

Featured topic

 * Thatgamecompany (nom), with seven articles, is an American independent video game developer. The studio is currently a second-party developer for Sony Computer Entertainment, and is under contract to create three downloadable games for the PlayStation 3's PlayStation Network service. The company focuses on creating video games that provoke emotional responses from players. When designing a game, Thatgamecompany employees start by mapping out what they want the player to feel rather than by establishing game mechanics. Readers will find links to many technical and field-specific terms in the seven articles that make up the topic. (nominator ) (pictures at right)

Featured lists
Four lists were promoted:
 * (Nominated by .)

Featured pictures
Two images were promoted. Medium-sized images can be viewed by clicking on "nom":
 * Five and one-hundred dollar Confederate notes (nom; related article), part of the fascinating subject of Confederate war finance). The image shows the front sides of Confederate States of America banknotes, printed December 1862 (the back sides were unprinted). (Creator: unknown (Confederate government), scanned by User:Michael Holley).
 * Hurricane Rick (nom; related article), near peak intensity, with a clear view of the eye (created by NASA; MODIS]).

