Revision as of 03:12, 22 February 2015 view sourceHafspajen (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users, Pending changes reviewers, Rollbackers86,543 edits sorry Ed, but there are only two featured articles, we need text - or I have to remove Horace Greeley's picture. It's not too long, trust me← Previous edit | Revision as of 04:54, 22 February 2015 view source The ed17 (talk | contribs)Autopatrolled, Administrators73,723 edits Undid revision 648274251 by Hafspajen (talk) - a little whitespace won't hurt! FC is a compromise between images and text. Both can me used in moderation. :-)Next edit → | ||
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* ''']''' <small>''(] by ])''</small> Part of the nominator's long series of articles on Kentucky governors, Johnson edited several newspapers before running for lieutenant governor in the 1930s. In 1939, the governor resigned so that Johnson would appoint him to a Senate seat; Johnson won the subsequent election and governed Kentucky during the opening years of the Second World War. His later political career included a short stint as the first Undersecretary of Labor and an unsuccessful run for the US Senate in 1960. He died ten years later. | * ''']''' <small>''(] by ])''</small> Part of the nominator's long series of articles on Kentucky governors, Johnson edited several newspapers before running for lieutenant governor in the 1930s. In 1939, the governor resigned so that Johnson would appoint him to a Senate seat; Johnson won the subsequent election and governed Kentucky during the opening years of the Second World War. His later political career included a short stint as the first Undersecretary of Labor and an unsuccessful run for the US Senate in 1960. He died ten years later. | ||
* ''']''' <small>''(] by ])''</small> One of Misplaced Pages's vital articles, Greeley was the editor of the ''New York Tribune'', which under his leadership became the highest circulating newspaper in the United States. In the decade before the American Civil War, the ''Tribune'' became a major force in politics and had a non-trivial role in helping Abraham Lincoln get elected |
* ''']''' <small>''(] by ])''</small> One of Misplaced Pages's vital articles, Greeley was the editor of the ''New York Tribune'', which under his leadership became the highest circulating newspaper in the United States. In the decade before the American Civil War, the ''Tribune'' became a major force in politics and had a non-trivial role in helping Abraham Lincoln get elected. Greeley himself helped found the Republican Party and eventually ran for president in 1872, where he lost badly to the former army general Ulysses S. Grant. Greeley died three weeks later, at which time ''Harper's Weekly'' wrote "Since the assassination of Mr. Lincoln, the death of no American has been so sincerely deplored as that of Horace Greeley; and its tragical circumstances have given a peculiarly affectionate pathos to all that has been said of him." | ||
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(Journalists, Academy Awards and the insane long featured picture list - starting and ending with Rosa Bonheur. (Well that's one truth)
Contribute — Share this By Hafspajen, Xanthomelanoussprog, The ed17Featured articles
2 featured articles were promoted this week.
- Keen Johnson (nominated by Acdixon) Part of the nominator's long series of articles on Kentucky governors, Johnson edited several newspapers before running for lieutenant governor in the 1930s. In 1939, the governor resigned so that Johnson would appoint him to a Senate seat; Johnson won the subsequent election and governed Kentucky during the opening years of the Second World War. His later political career included a short stint as the first Undersecretary of Labor and an unsuccessful run for the US Senate in 1960. He died ten years later.
- Horace Greeley (nominated by Wehwalt) One of Misplaced Pages's vital articles, Greeley was the editor of the New York Tribune, which under his leadership became the highest circulating newspaper in the United States. In the decade before the American Civil War, the Tribune became a major force in politics and had a non-trivial role in helping Abraham Lincoln get elected. Greeley himself helped found the Republican Party and eventually ran for president in 1872, where he lost badly to the former army general Ulysses S. Grant. Greeley died three weeks later, at which time Harper's Weekly wrote "Since the assassination of Mr. Lincoln, the death of no American has been so sincerely deplored as that of Horace Greeley; and its tragical circumstances have given a peculiarly affectionate pathos to all that has been said of him."
Featured lists
4 featured lists were promoted this week.
- World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology (] by ]) Description
- Abhishek Bachchan filmography (] by ]) Description
- Kajol filmography (] by ]) Description
- 77th Academy Awards (] by ]) Description
Featured pictures
- Pope Julius II - I never had any pearl earrings, depressing. Maybe Dior has some that would suit my dress?
- Thomas Gainsborough : - I need not any pearls, I got talent
- Portrait of a Young Woman (also with pearl earrings) by Vermeer
38 ( -?-count again) featured pictures were promoted this week.
- The Virgin and Child with St. Anne (created by Leonardo da Vinci, nominated by Crisco 1492) The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne is an oil painting by Leonardo da Vinci depicting St Anne, her daughter the Virgin Mary and the infant Jesus. This theme had long preoccupied Leonardo. The Christ child is shown steching his arms out towards the sacrificial lamb that is symbolizing the comming Passion in his life, while the Virgin tries to restrain him. The painting was commissioned as the high altarpiece for the Church of Santissima Annunziata in Florence. Unfortunatelly, the painting was rather controversially restored in 2011, leading to two directors at the Louvre resigning.
- Castle by the River (created by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, nominated by Hafspajen ) A very moody, charming image, painted by Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781 – 1841). The painting is full of lovely details - the target, the deer... Bit of a walk to get up to the castle, but I bet it'd be worth it. Schinkel was a German architect, city planner and painter, know for his prolific production of buildings in a neo-classicist style. He was though also known for his painting that he painted in a Romantic style. The Napoleonic wars interfered with his work as architect, so he took up landscape painting while he was not able to work in his occupation, displaying a talent for the romantic delineation of natural scenery.
- Sanctuary of St Cyprian's Church, Nave of St Cyprian's Church, Ceiling of St Cyprian's Church, Rood screen of St Cyprian's Church (created by ], restored by ], ] by ])
- First Cabinet of Barack Obama (created and ] by ]) This photo is depicting the First Cabinet of Barack Obama. Back row: Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Lisa P. Jackson, Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke (no longer in office), Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan, Director of the Office of Management and Budget Peter R. Orszag (no longer in office), Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers Christina Romer (no longer in office), Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. Second row: Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel (no longer in office), Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk, United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice, Secretary of Veteran Affairs Eric Shinseki. Third row, sitting: Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (no longer in office), Secretary of Treasury Timothy F. Geithner, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (no longer in office), Attorney General of the United States Eric Holder.
- The Horse Fair (created by ], restored by ], ] by Crisco 1492) The Horse Fair is an oil on canvas painting by Rosa Bonheur, begun in 1852. It was first exhibited in 1853 at the Paris Salon and reworked until completed in 1855. It has been in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York since 1887, when it was donated by Cornelius Vanderbilt II.
- Vaxholm Castle (created by Arild Vågen, nominated by Adam Cuerden ) This photo is an aerial shot of Vaxholm Fortress, a historic fortification on an small island in the Stockholm archipelago near Stockholm, originally constructed by Gustav Vasa in 1544 to defend Stockholm against shipborne attacks comming from the east. Today it houses the Swedish National Museum of Coastal Defence. The fortress is strategically situated the main sea route to Stockholm to defend the city from naval attacks, and was attacked by the Danes in 1612 and the Russian navy in 1719. Since the mid 19th century, the fort become rusty, unfashionable and outdated, that it was said the great Prussian Field Marshal Von Moltke was only ever seen to laugh twice. Once when they told him his mother-in-law was dead and again when he saw Vaxholm Fort...
- House of the Blackheads (created and ] by ]) Description...
- Hospital at Scutari (created by ], restored by ], ] by ])
- In a Pine Wood (created by ], ] by ]) Description...
- Misplaced Pages blackout (created and ] by ]) Description...
- The Umbrellas (created by Pierre-Auguste Renoir , nominated by Crisco 1492) The Umbrellas, a painting completed by Pierre-Auguste Renoir between 1881 and 1886. The charming young milliner's assistant is modeled by Suzanne Valadon, Renoir's lover and frequent model. Suzanne Valadon was also a painter herself, who became the first woman painter admitted to the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts in 1894. She was also the mother of painter Maurice Utrillo.
- Lady Standing at a Virginal (created by ], ] by ]) Lady Standing at a Virginal is a painting created by the Dutch Golden Age artist Johannes Vermeer around 1670–1672. the paintingis a so called genre painting, depicting a Dutch house interior with an elegatly dressed woman in yellow skirt and blue to with pearls around her neck playing a richly decorated virginal in a home an enviroment with a tiled floor, paintings on the wall and some of the locally manufactured Delftware blue and white tiles of a type that appear in other Vermeer works. The paintings depicted on the wall are a landscape on the left and to the right a painting showing Cupid holding a card, probably painted by Caesar van Everdingen, Allart's brother. The painting is now in the National Gallery, London.
- Marriage à-la-mode: 1. The Marriage Settlement; Marriage à-la-mode: 2. The Tête à Tête; Marriage à-la-mode: 3. The Inspection ; Marriage à-la-mode: 4. The Toilette ; Marriage à-la-mode: 5. The Bagnio ; Marriage à-la-mode: 6. The Lady's Death (created and ] by ]) Marriage à-la-mode is a series of pictures painted by William Hogarth between 1743 and 1745 depicting a tragedy caused by the disastrous results of an ill-considered marriage for money in the upper class 18th century society in England. This is a moralistic warning against arranged marriage. The series with sarcastic content are depicting the signs of a marriage that was wrong from the beginning. The series starts with the early signs of a marriage that has already begun to break down, continuing to the young husband treating his syphilis he contacted in adultery, while the lawyer Silvertongue has an affair with his wife to the bitter end of this marriage, ending with both death, leaving a child orphan. Hogarth satirize the aspiring trading classes, the titled and profligate aristocracy, the young, the vain, arranged marriages, quackery, foppery, poor parenting, bad taste, licentiousness, child prostitution, the abuse of rank and a host of other 18th century traits, behaviours and vices that he hated.
- Ring-billed gull (created by Chris Woodrich , nominated by Crisco 1492) A portrait of a ring-billed gull, a species of sea gull found in much of North America. The eyes are yellow with red rims, and the short beak has a black ring around it.
- Toledo, Spain (created by ], ] by ]) Description...
- Crab on its Back (created by Vincent van Gogh and nominated by Crisco 1492) Crab on its Back is an 1888 oil painting by Vincent van Gogh. It is a still life of a crab lying on its back with a green background. The painting is in the permanent collection of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam in the Netherlands.]] This is not what you think of when you hear "van Gogh", and yet here it is. Honestly, it's a very original idea for a still life even if it may have been derived from a Hokusai print...
- Equestrian Portrait of Charles I (created by ], restored by ], ] by ])
- Portrait of a Young Woman (created by ], ] by Crisco 1492) Description...
- Italian Landscape with Umbrella Pines (created and ] by ]) Description...
- Folio from a Quran (created by ], restored by ], ] by ])
- John Philip Sousa (created by ], ] by ]) Description...
- Tomb of Bibi Jawindi (created and ] by ]) Description...
- Ploughing in the Nivernais (created by ], restored by ], ] by ]) WE LEAVE THIS FOR XANTY; SINCE WAS INVOLVED WRITING ARTICLE ARTICLE AND KNOWS - ALSO HIS NOM
- Emmanuel College (created by ], ] by ]) Description...
- Lindau Lighthouse (created and ] by ]) Description...
- SpaceShipOne takeoff (created by ], restored by ], ] by ]) LEAVE TO PILOT, OWN NOM
- Thomas Gainsborough (created by ], ] by ]) Description...
- Portrait of Pope Julius II (created by ], ] by ]) Description...
- William Faulkner (created and ] by ]) Description...
- Flowers in a Terracotta Vase (created and ] by ]) – Flowers in a Terracotta Vase, is a still life painting by a couple of Dutch painters, featuring a great variety of enchanting spring flowers, lilacs, poppies and honeysuckle among others. The painting was started by Albertus Jonas Brandt and finished by Eelke Jelles Eelkema. The painting is owned by the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
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These comments are automatically transcluded from this article's talk page. To follow comments, add the page to your watchlist. If your comment has not appeared here, you can try purging the cache.- WTF is going on in the bit about St Cyprian's Church in the Featured Pictures section?--ukexpat (talk) 21:19, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
- Humor. # - ( because 38 entries FP are too many. It said for quite while: Hafspajen (talk) 22:17, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
- Yeah. I saw that joke during the copyedit, and ran with it. I think there's another similar joke in here somewhere where a sentence got left unfinished. Adam Cuerden 11:09, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
- Humor. # - ( because 38 entries FP are too many. It said for quite while: Hafspajen (talk) 22:17, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
- How do you select the featured articles to be shown here? You claim that two articles have been promoted this week, but there is at least a third one, Shepseskare, which became featured the 28th of February. I was kind of expecting to see it in the new Signpost.... Iry-Hor (talk) 21:51, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
- The note at the top of the page indicates this edition includes promotions during the period 15 to 21 February. SagaciousPhil - Chat 22:03, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
- Correct. The Signpost currently shows articles and other content featured two weeks prior. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:41, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
- My apologies! Iry-Hor (talk) 08:12, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
- It's one of those things where we haven't come up with a better phrasing yet. Maybe "last week"? That's mildly more accurate. Adam Cuerden 11:12, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
- Well it is not so important, but it is true that until now I thought the articles displayed were those promoted in the week prior to the Signpost and not two weeks prior. Something like "became featured between the 21st of February and the 28th of February" would be more accurate. I feel like the "last week" thing would still have me believe the articles date to the week immediately preceding the Signpost. Iry-Hor (talk) 14:07, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
- We do say that, but only under the first image. Adam Cuerden 14:45, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
- I feel bad now. I have been reading the Signpost regularly for some time but I had never read this one sentence beneath the first image.... Iry-Hor (talk) 15:33, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
- Noone does. Thinking I might try bolding it. Adam Cuerden 20:39, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
- Well it seems that Sagaciousphil did, but then it is not surprising given his username. Iry-Hor (talk) 21:32, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
- Wow, nice writeup about my anthology FL! Props to whichever editor knew so much about the fantasy field to put in all those details. --PresN 22:15, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
- (User:Gamaliel, as it turns out) --PresN 22:18, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
- I'm a bit of a fanboy. Gamaliel (talk) 22:24, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
- I'm a bit of a fanboy. Gamaliel (talk) 22:24, 5 March 2015 (UTC)