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Au-delà de les Alpes, le chien lit de Sainte Bernard. Sous les pavés, les trimes d'argent! Mes enfants, suivez-moi!

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Featured articles

Six featured articles were promoted this week.

• Paul Kruger (] by ]) Paul Kruger was a prominent Boer leader, and President of the South African Republic from 1883 to 1900. Kruger was born in 1825 to a long-established Boer family in the Cape Colony. His family took part in the Great Trek of 1836, moving northwards away from areas controlled by the British into Zulu lands. Bloody conflict with the Zulus prompted the family to move to the Transvaal. In accordance with Boer custom, at age 16 Kruger became an enfranchised burgher and farmer. Around 1850 Kruger developed a "warm relationship' with Andries Pretorius, who was fighting British expansion into the Orange River area. The fractious nature of Boer politics began to evolve into a unified national consciousness after the occupation of the Transvaal by the British in 1877. The First Boer War of 1880 ended in a peace treaty which gave independence to the South African Republic, with Kruger as elected President. Discovery of gold in 1886 led to a massive influx of "uitlanders', mostly British; the income of the republic was derived mainly from taxing these immigrants, but they were given only limited civic representation. The lack of a franchise for British immigrants was one of the factors leading to the Second Boer War. After the defeat of Boer forces in the war Kruger was dispatched to Lourenço Marques to prevent his capture. He died in 1904 in the Netherlands.
• The Sirens and Ulysses (nominated by Iridescent) The Sirens and Ulysses is a painting by English artist William Etty "completed and exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1837". It depicts the Sirens as nude women, squatting next to piled male corpses in various stages of dissolution. They beckon to a passing brass boat, on which a massive Ulysses struggles against his bonds; the Sirens will lure him to his death if he were not leashed. Etty based the corpses on studies made by him in a mortuary; the lividity and bruising in the face of the right-hand stiff is rather curious. The artist used glue-size to bind the pigments- by Etty's own account he used too much and the paint hardened into an inflexible layer which cracked and flaked off. The problem was made worse by it being almost the size of two snooker tables; the painting flexed when moved. The Sirens and Ulysses failed to sell at the RA- it was then purchased sight unseen by a Manchester cotton merchant who quickly offloaded it on his brother, who then gave it to the Royal Manchester Institution. Considered by Etty to be his masterpiece he pressured the Institute to loan it for an exhibition in 1849, against their objections over possible damage. It was exhibited again in 1857 but afterwards its poor condition meant that it was kept in store. After over a century of unsuccessful attempts to repair the painting, it was restored by Manchester Art Gallery from 2003 to 2010 and is now again on public display.
• Three-cent silver (] by ]) Buddy can you spare a trime? This US three cent coin was issued for circulation between 1851 and 1872; from 1848 so much gold flooded the Eastern US economy that its price relative to silver dropped to the point where it was profitable to export silver coins as bullion, get paid in gold and then send the gold to the Mint to be made into gold coins, which were then used to buy more silver coins.
• Hermeneutic style (] by ]) The hermeneutic style is Latin written using recherché and plutinobibulous words. It was used by writers of the late Roman and early medieval periods- the second-century scrivener Apuleius is the first known to have used the style in his asininious metamorphics.
• Ulysses S. Grant (] by ]) Hiram Ulysses Grant was the Commanding General of the Union Army during the American Civil War. He went on to be elected the 18th President in 1868 and served two terms. Hiram became "US Grant" when he was nominated by Congressman Hamer for West Point- Hamer wrote "Ulysses S. Grant" by mistake.
• Edward II of England (nominated by Hchc2009 ) Edward II was King of England from 1307 to 1327. Born in 1284 he was the fourth son of Edward I; three had died before he was born and the fourth died when Edward was about three months old. Piers Gaveston became a member of Edward's household in 1300.
• Of Human Feelings (] by ]) A 1979 album by jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman, Of Human Feelings wasn't released until 1982, after a deal with a Japanese record company fell through. The album's jazz-funk numbers were recorded in one take, with no mixing or overdubbing, and represent a development of Coleman's harmolodics, in which all the musicians play "individual melodies in any key, and still sound coherent as a group". It received considerable critical praise, and is still regarded as a canonical jazz album.

Featured lists

Four featured lists were promoted this week.

• Timeline of the 2013 Pacific hurricane season (nominated by TropicalAnalystwx13) 15 May 2013: Dear Diary, today the 2013 Eastern Pacific hurricane season officially started. We're expecting twenty storms, starting with Alvin and ending with Sonia. Raymond's going to be a real blowhard, but Erick's intending to degenerate into a remnant low-pressure area. People are really looking forward to 30 November, when it all officially stops.
• List of awards and nominations received by Ariana Grande (nominated by FrankBoy) Ariana Grande is an American singer and actress. She started her acting career with the Fort Lauderdale Children's Theater in the lead role in the musical Annie, and then went on to perform with several symphony orchestras. Grande then co-founded a singing group Kids Who Care, which performed charity concerts in South Florida. By the age of 13 Grande had decided to pursue a musical career, although she didn't turn her back on theatrical work. Grande got a role in the musical 13 on Broadway, and also sang jazz at the Birdland club. She told her Los Angeles-based managers that she wanted to record an R&B album when she turned 14- it wasn't till August 2013 when she was 20 that her first album was released. The awards listed are from 2013 onwards, after Yours Truly sold 138,000 copies in the first week of release.
• List of Dharma Productions films (nominated by Krimuk90) A list of the thirty Bollywood films produced by Dharma Productions from 1980 up to today. The list includes two films yet to be released, and their plots aren't included; you might have some fun trying to guess what they'll be from reading the broad range of themes covered by the company over the last 35 years.
• List of accolades received by Star Trek (film) (nominated by Miyagawa) Star Trek is the 2009 American science fiction action film. It is the eleventh film of the Star Trek film franchise. While to most Trekkies this data has already been committed to memory, for the rest of us we have a list of every award and nomination from this episode of the movie series. From the Academy Awards to Writers Guild of America Awards this show has been nominated for just about every award the entertainment industry has to offer. "Beam me up, Scotty and make it quick the locals are overwhelming me with awards!'"

• Charlotte Perkins Gilman before restoration
• After restoration (and cropping out that grey border), it became a featured picture.

Featured pictures

Fourteen featured pictures were promoted this week.

• Terrance Hayes (created by John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, nominated by Crisco 1492) Poet Terrance Hayes was a Professor of Creative Writing at Carnegie Mellon University until 2013, at which time he joined the faculty at the English Department at the University of Pittsburgh. In 2014 he was made a MacArthur Foundation Fellow.
• Charlotte Perkins Gilman (created by C.F. Lummis, restored and nominated by Adam Cuerden) Charlotte Perkins Gilman was an American author and feminist, best known for her short story "The Yellow Wallpaper" of 1890, about a woman who's shut up for three months in a room by her doctor husband. The theme of the story is the lack of autonomy possessed by women, which is detrimental to their wellbeing. The story was inspired by Gilman's own experiences with postpartum psychosis and the rest cure prescribed by her doctor. She wrote "the real purpose of the story was to reach Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, and convince him of the error of his ways."
• Portrait of a Man (created by Hans Baldung, nominated by SchroCat) Portrait of a Man (1514) by Hans Baldung; this is an unknown sitter, but a wealthy man, possible a Swabian of noble origins. Baldung was contemporary with Albrecht Dürer, and was possibly trained by him.
• Abbey of Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa (created by User:Cancre, nominated by Yakikaki) The abbey of Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa is a Benedictine abbey located in the territory of the commune of Codalet, in the Pyrénées-Orientales département, in southwestern France.
• King Lear, Act I, Scene I (created by Edwin Austin Abbey, nominated by Crisco 1492) The banishment of Cordelia, the youngest of King Lear's three daughters in the play of the same name. She is banished for refusing to profess her love to him in return for one third of the land in his kingdom. Shakespearean Tragedy is the classification of drama written by William Shakespeare which has a noble protagonist, who is flawed in some way, placed in a stressful heightened situation and ends with a fatal conclusion. The primary characters in a Shakespearean tragedy are of high status, either by class like King Lear and Hamlet or by military rank like Othello and Macbeth. The main character(s) in a Shakespearean tragedy further the central conflict of the play to the point that their lives, families, and/or socio-political structures are destroyed.
• Houses at Auvers (created by Vincent van Gogh, nominated by Hafspajen) Houses at Auvers is an oil painting by Vincent van Gogh, painted in June 1890. Although considered iconic in the modern period, during his lifetime van Gogh only sold a single painting, yet he never ceased to paint. His work resulted in powerful and emotional canvases that contain more than the depicted subject.
• Rüdesheim am Rhein (created by User:DXR, nominated by DXR) Panoramic photograph of Rüdesheim am Rhein, looking towards east. Rüdesheim am Rhein is a winemaking town in the Rhine Gorge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The area was settled first by the Celts, then after the turn of the Christian Era by Ubii and later by Mattiaci. In the first century, the Romans pushed forth to the Taunus. In Bingen they built a castrum, and on the other side, near what is now Rüdesheim, lay a bridgehead on the way to the Limes. The Romans were followed by the Alamanni, and along with the Migration Period (Völkerwanderung) came the Franks. Archaeological finds of glass from this time suggest that there was already winegrowing in Rüdesheim even then. The town's origin as a Frankish Haufendorf (roughly, "clump village") can still be seen on today's town maps. Rüdesheim had its first documentary mention in 1074. Its livelihood came mainly from winegrowing and shipping, particularly timber rafting. On 1 January 1818, Rüdesheim received town rights. In 1977, within the framework of municipal reform, Assmannshausen, Aulhausen and Presberg also became new Ortsteile of Rüdesheim. Well its about time.
• Wood samples (created by User:Anonimski, nominated by The Herald) A high quality image of 16 wood samples. Pinus sylvestris: (Pine) Picea abies: (Spruce) Larix decidua: (Larch) Juniperus communis (Juniper) Populus tremula: (Aspen) Carpinus betulus: (Hornbeam) Betula pubescens: (Birch) Alnus glutinosa: (Alder) Fagus sylvatica: (Beech) Quercus robur: (Oak) Ulmus glabra : (Elm) Prunus avium: (Cherry) Pyrus communis: (Pear) Acer platanoides: (Maple) Tilia cordata: (Linden) Fraxinus excelsior: & (Ash) - Wood has been used for thousands of years for both fuel and as a construction material. Would you hand me some glue, too. Thank you...
• Napoleon at the Great St. Bernard (created by Jacques-Louis David, nominated by Crisco 1492) One of the most famous paintings of all time, the Belvedere version of Napoleon Crossing the Alps. It shows a strongly idealized view of the real crossing that Napoleon and his army made across the Alps through the Great St. Bernard Pass in May 1800. In reality the painting was first and foremost propaganda, and Bonaparte asked David to portray him "calm, mounted on a fiery steed" the crossing had actually been made in fine weather and Bonaparte had been led across by a guide a few days after the troops, mounted on a mule. That would also make a great featured picture "Napoleon Crossing the Alps on a Mule" if any of the painters among us cares to give it a go please by all means get out your paint set and have at it, you could one day, in a few centuries be as famous as Jacques-Louis David, or well perhaps not.
• Sinking of Japanese destroyer Yamakaze (created by United States Navy, nominated by TomStar81) The Imperial Japanese Destroyer Yamakaze ( photographed as it sinks, through periscope of USS Nautilus, On 25 June by the USS Nautilus (SS-168) by (Cdr Brockman)), it was the eighth of ten Shiratsuyu-class destroyers, and the second to be built for the Imperial Japanese Navy under the Circle Two Program (Maru Ni Keikaku). On 25 June 1942, while steaming independently from Ōminato towards the Inland Sea, Yamakaze was torpedoed and sunk with all hands by USS Nautilus (SS-168) approximately 60 nautical miles (110 km) southeast of Yokosuka. Yamakaze (山風, ”Mountain Wind”) was the eighth of ten Shiratsuyu-class destroyers, and the second to be built for the Imperial Japanese Navy under the Circle Two Program (Maru Ni Keikaku ) The Shiratsuyu class destroyers were modified versions of the Hatsuharu-class, and were designed to accompany the Japanese main striking force and to conduct both day and night torpedo attacks against the United States Navy as it advanced across the Pacific Ocean, none of the ships have survived.
• Tribuna of the Uffizi (created by Johann Zoffany, nominated by Armbrust) This painting shows the north-east corner of an octagonal room in the Uffizi gallery- the room is known as the Tribuna. Built in the late 1580s, the room houses important antiquities and paintings from the Medici collection. Zoffany received a commission from Queen Charlotte to make a painting of the room. Zoffany managed to have extra artwork brought in from the Pitti gallery, some of which is artfully arranged on easels and on the floor. A selection of British gentlemen are depicted having a gander at the top-shelf stuff, the shrewd Zoffany having realised that the Queen might not recognise any of the artworks, but she'd know them geezers anywhere. Even if the Queen didn't recognize them, today's viewers might recognize important works like Raphael's Madonna della seggiola and Titian's Venus of Urbino.
• Saffron threads (created by User:Hubertl, nominated by Crisco 1492) Saffron is a spice derived from the flower of Crocus sativus, commonly known as the saffron crocus. Saffron's taste and iodoform- or hay-like fragrance result from the chemicals picrocrocin and safranal. It also contains a carotenoid pigment, crocin, which imparts a rich golden-yellow hue to dishes and textiles. Its recorded history is attested in a 7th-century BC Assyrian botanical treatise compiled under Ashurbanipal, and it has been traded and used for over four millennia. In February 2013, a retail bottle containing 0.06 ounces could be purchased for $16.26 or the equivalent of $4,336 per pound, making it one of the most costly substances for spice on the market.
• Messier 81 (created by Ken Crawford, nominated by The Herald) Messier 81 or "M81" also known as Bode's Galaxy is around 12 million light years away. It has an irregular satellite galaxy known as Homberg IX. Only one supernova has been detected in Messier 81, at the time, it was the second brightest supernova observed in the 20th century. It was observed with Champagne and caviar for those who were able to enjoy it. The stellar explosion that briefly outshines an entire galaxy, radiating as much energy as the Sun or any ordinary star is expected to emit over its entire life span, before fading from view over several weeks. Bode's Galaxy is only 12 million light years away, a celestial "hop skip and a jump", so be sure to have some munchies packed away for the trip.
• Self-portrait of Salvator Rosa (created by Salvator Rosa, nominated by Crisco 1492) "Keep silent unless what you are going to say is more important than silence". Salvator Rosa was an Italian Baroque painter, poet, and printmaker, who was active in Naples, Rome, and Florence. As a painter, he is best known as "unorthodox and extravagant". While his plays were successful, this activity also gained him powerful enemies among patrons and artists, including Bernini himself, in Rome. By late 1639, he had to relocate to Florence, where he stayed for eight years. His criticisms of Roman art culture won him several enemies. An allegation arose that his published satires were not his own, but stolen. Rosa indignantly denied the charges, but one the satires deal so extensively and with such ready manipulation of classical names, allusions and anecdotes it makes for a interesting conversation. During a Roman carnival play he wrote and acted in a masque, in which his character bustled about Rome distributing satirical prescriptions for diseases of the body and more particularly, of the mind.

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Merci to all my colleagues who really did it..-The Herald _{my strength} 16:26, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

I love the comparison between the pre-restoration image and the final FP. It makes you really appreciate the work and effort that the editor went to. Miyagawa (talk) 17:05, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

Hmm

Sorry, but the title is really bad. French is my native tongue, and I cannot make any sense out of the title.

• Au-delà de les Alpes, le chien lit de Sainte Bernard : In French, the painting title is « Bonaparte franchissant le Grand-Saint-Bernard » (Napoleon gets through the Great St Bernard Pass)
• Sous les pavés, les trimes d'argent! : Uther nonsense. It would translate in English to "Under the cobbles, the of money !"
• Mes enfants, suivez-moi! : OK

Cantons-de-l'Est (talk) 23:44, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

Based on slogans from 1968. "La chienlit, c'est lui!" and "Sous les pavés, la plage!". "Le chien lit" is the Guardian newspaper's mistranslation (they thought it meant "dog bed"), and Napoleon passed through the St Bernard Pass, hence the dog-bed of the St Bernard. "Trime" is the nickname of the US silver three-cent piece. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 06:58, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

Dates

What's the intended definition of "promoted this week"? These were promoted on 29 March and 31 March. I think doing a diff on WP:FA for the date range you want to cover might be the best way to get the list; anything added was promoted in that time period. An article becomes an FA by being added to that page, so that's the most authoritative way to get a listing. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 11:10, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

• Mike, not sure I understand the question here. If you click on "promoted" next to the name you will see the nomination page. We are from what I understand about to launch a bot that will automate the process, but it is a good point and perhaps we might consider listing the dates these were promoted in the summary.. --talk→ WPPilot  12:32, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

  Well, it's not a big deal, but the date of the Signpost edition is 12 April, so I would have expected the list of "this week"'s featured articles to include articles promoted from 3-9 April, or 4-10 April, or something like that. There were several articles promoted on 6 April, so the week of coverage for this issue of the Signpost is apparently something like 30 March to 5 April, which is a full week behind the issue date. That's all I was commenting on. As I say, it's not a big issue. I don't know what method you're using to extract the list of article, but I think the history of WP:FA is probably best -- the coords include links to the promoted articles in the edit summaries, so it's easy to spot them. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 13:50, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

@Mike Christie: Noone ever notices the note at the top saying "This Signpost "Featured content" report covers material promoted from 29 March through 4 April." - I've done what I can to make it more prominent, but... Adam Cuerden 14:17, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

Oops. My bad! Thanks for pointing that out. Mystery solved. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 14:19, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

@Mike Christie: I've been gradually making it more and more prominent, because this comes up a lot. I've added some bolding. I'm sure it won't be enough (I think people's eyes automatically skip over things placed where it is), but... Adam Cuerden 14:32, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

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