Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2023-10-23/Featured content

This Signpost "Featured content" report covers material promoted in the second half of September

I've said this before: If I don't write these, no-one else does. So I've... really rushed this week's article, and it probably shows. If anyone cares to help for next issue... please? —Adam Cuerden

Featured articles
Eighteen featured articles were promoted this period.
 * William Anderson (RAAF officer), nominated by Ian Rose:
 * A founding member of the R-A-A-F
 * He was well-liked; may have lacked depth.


 * Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption, nominated by MyCatIsAChonk:
 * John Oliver made this church to satirise the way
 * Anyone, without scrutiny, can have a tax-exempt payday.


 * Ormond Beatty, nominated by PCN02WPS:
 * Centre College, in Kentucky,
 * To get Beatty as pres. was surely very lucky.


 * Sun in fiction, nominated by TompaDompa:
 * It used to be inhabited; nowadays, it's not
 * But if there is an inhabitant, I'll bet you they're hot!


 * 1981–82 Gillingham F.C. season, nominated by ChrisTheDude:
 * The team's winning matches mark the 23 enigma,
 * But losing first place has to hold such a stigma.—Guest-written by Vaticidalprophet


 * Lever House, nominated by Epicgenius:
 * All New Yorkers might have such hope
 * As to design a building for a seller of soap.


 * Polar bear, nominated by LittleJerry:
 * Pictured: The subject of the article in a snowstorm:
 * Solid white.svg


 * Interstate 40 in Tennessee, nominated by Bneu2013:
 * The Great Smoky Mountains and music combine
 * In this highway across a state sublime.


 * Blood on the Floor (Turnage), nominated by Schminnte:
 * Someone should really clean that up. But the music's good, at least.


 * KCPQ, nominated by Sammi Brie:
 * Young man, yeah I'm talking to you,
 * I say, young man, you know what you should do
 * You should go man, down to Washington state
 * Where there's a! Chan! Nel! we relate:
 * It's fun to watch TV on K-C-P-Q
 * It's fun to watch TV on K-C-P-Q
 * Educational TV, and commercial stuff too,
 * There's a whole lot of stuff to view!


 * 2022 Hong Kong Masters, nominated by Lee Vilenski:
 * An event that entered the history book-er,
 * When it became the most attended event in snooker.


 * Edward Oxford, nominated by SchroCat:
 * His assassination of Queen Victoria was a failure,
 * But he had a respectable life after being banished to Australia.
 * This poem only works if you pronounce "failure" in an Australian accent.


 * Ohmdenosaurus, nominated by Jens Lallensack:
 * The sources are in German, so it makes us all tinglish
 * To announce the first comprehensive account in English.


 * John D. Whitney, nominated by Ergo Sum:
 * A Jesuit of great renown,
 * President of U. Georgetown.


 * "Dark Archives", nominated by Vaticidalprophet:
 * It's about this book binding material, but it's not bound in
 * And that's a good thing: Where do you source human skin?
 * Anyone want to make a donation for The Signpost copy?


 * Terry Griffiths, nominated by BennyOnTheLoose:
 * The thing that Griffiths really crave is
 * To at last out-snooker old Steve Davis.


 * Clown (Mariah Carey song), nominated by Heartfox:
 * Mariah Carey takes up the crown
 * With a diss track 'gainst Eminem (the "Clown").


 * Assassination of John F. Kennedy, nominated by Walloon:
 * ...Not making fun of this one.

Featured pictures
Seventeen featured pictures were promoted this period, including the ones at the top and bottom of this article.

Featured topics
One featured topic was promoted this period, nominated by Pseud 14.

Featured lists
Twelve featured lists were promoted this period.




 * List of awards and honours received by Angela Merkel, nominated by Actualcpscm and Hey man im josh
 * Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (season 1) and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (season 2), nominated by MyCatIsAChonk
 * List of Hot Soul Singles number ones of 1975, nominated by ChrisTheDude:
 * List of Houston Texans seasons, nominated by ULPS
 * List of National Football League annual rushing touchdowns leaders, nominated by Hey man im josh
 * List of World Heritage Sites in Costa Rica and List of World Heritage Sites in Canada, nominated by Tone
 * United States presidential elections in Connecticut, nominated by 金色黎明
 * Nebula Award for Best Game Writing, nominated by PresN
 * List of tapaculos, nominated by AryKun
 * Snooker world rankings 1980/1981, nominated by BennyOnTheLoose