Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2016-04-01/Featured content

This Signpost "Featured content" report covers material promoted from 20 to 26 March. Text may be adapted from the respective articles and lists; see their page histories for attribution.

Featured lists
featured lists were promoted this week.
 * The men's time trial event at the UCI Road World Championships (nominated by NapHit) is the men's world championship for the road bicycle racing discipline of time trial. Introduced in 1994 by the Union Cycliste Internationale, the world's governing body of cycling, the event consists of a time trial covering a distance of approximately 45 kilometres over flat or rolling terrain. Riders start separated by two-minute intervals; the one that completes the course in the shortest time is the winner, and is entitled to wear the rainbow jersey in time trial events for the forthcoming season. Fabian Cancellara has won the most competitions, with four victories between 2006 and 2010. German cyclists are the most successful, with six victories; Swiss cyclists are second with five, and Australians are third with three.
 * The Ranji Trophy is the premier first-class cricket championship played in India. Conducted by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, it was founded in 1934 as "The Cricket Championship of India". As of February 2016, a triple century (nominated by Bharatiya29) has been scored on 35 occasions by 30 different batsmen in the competition. The highest number of triple centuries were scored by Ravindra Jadeja, who has reached the milestone three times while playing for Saurashtra.

Featured portals
featured portal was promoted this week.
 * Halo (nominated by SSTflyer) is a military science fiction first-person shooter video game franchise created by Bungie and now managed and developed by 343 Industries. The series centers on an interstellar war between humanity and a theocratic alliance of aliens known as the Covenant. The Covenant, led by their religious leaders called the Prophets, worship an ancient civilization known as the Forerunners, who perished in combat with the parasitic Flood. The central focus of the franchise builds off the experiences of Master Chief John-117, one of a group of supersoldiers codenamed Spartans, and his artificial intelligence companion, Cortana.

Featured pictures
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