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Puppets, fungi, and waterfalls


This Signpost "Featured content" report covers material promoted from 3 to 9 May.

Three featured articles were promoted this week.

Very important fungi
  • Jarrow March (nominated by Brianboulton) Nominator Brianboulton says, "There was nothing revolutionary about the 1936 Jarrow march; it was the polite, constitutional action of a town brought to destitution by 1930s economic policies. They came to London, presented their case, were fobbed off with tea and sympathy, and quietly went home. Yet the march became one of the defining images of the decade, and greatly influenced post-war policies towards full employment—at least until the 1980s. But that's another tale."
  • Bill Denny (Australian politician) (nominated by Peacemaker67) Denny, hailing from South Australia, was a politician and soldier in World War I. Elected for a short time in the early 1900s, Denny was defeated in 1905 but returned to politics in 1906. He remained in his seat during the war, when he enlisted in the army and served at Gallipoli and in Belgium. Wounded in the latter, he finished the war as a captain. He was subsequently the attorney general in several governments but was thrown out, along with the rest of the cabinet, of the Labor Party for supporting the Premiers' Plan. He died in 1946.
  • Russulaceae (nominated by Tylototriton) This fungus family of "considerable ecological importance," according to Tylotriton,"because they are one of the major groups of ectomycorrhizal fungi worldwide, and thus are significant for plant nutrition and mineral cycling. The reason they are well-known in the mushroom community is not this, however, but their diversity, the often bright colours, and easy identification." Many members of the family form symbiotic relationships with trees and plants, exchanging minerals essential for the tree's nutrition with sugars made through photosynthesis.

7 featured lists were promoted this week.

Elmo and puppeteer Kevin Clash
  • List of accolades received by Queen (film) (nominated by Krimuk90) Queen is a 2014 comedy-drama made in India. It grossed approximately $15 million on a $2 million budget—a remarkable profit margin—and went on to receive more Filmfare Awards than any other movie, more Screen Award nominations than anyone else, and won the best film/director/actress gauntlet at the Stardust Awards. More accolades are still pending.
  • List of Sesame Street Muppets (nominated by Christine) This list of the world-famous Muppets went through a contentious nomination because it is incomplete; as nominator Christine says, "if no [reliable sources] were found for any aspect of any character, it wasn't included. [Original research] was also excluded. The result is that not every Muppet character that's appeared on Sesame Street is listed here." Details like appearances were left out if there was no sourcing. A major problem encountered by Christine was that required records and images are tightly held under copyright by the Sesame Workshop.
  • Gene Roddenberry filmography (nominated by Miyagawa) People around the globe have seen and love Roddenberry's most famous work, Star Trek. His vision of a clean, outward-looking future paired with a do-no-evil approach has influenced countless numbers of those who followed. Today, Star Trek is frequently set off against Star Wars, whose vision of a dirty and used universe has had similar effects on science fiction. Roddenberry's films are almost exclusively from the Star Trek universe, but his television work is more varied; he wrote episodes for several different television series in the 1950s and 60s, and was the creator and/or producer in several space-set shows later in his life and even after his death.
  • List of awards and nominations received by Lorde (nominated by ) Lorde is a New Zealand singer and songwriter of the hit "Royals" is perhaps best known for her contributions to music for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1. This was the list's third attempt at the FLC process, and the third time proved to be a charm. On 18 May, the Lorde topic became a featured topic as well.
  • Gerard Butler filmography (nominated by Lady Lotus) Gerard Butler is a film and television actor whose career has included roles ranging from Beowulf to Erik in the Phantom of the Opera. Lady Lotus shepherded this article through the FLC process with relative ease and lack of opposition after she put in some significant work, especially on referencing.
  • PCA Player of the Year (nominated by Harrias) Awarded to the best player in English county cricket as voted by his peers, the PCA Player of the Year was first awarded in 1970. The recipient receives the Reg Hayter Cup.
  • Academy Award for Best Actress (nominated by Birdienest81) Among the most prestigious of awards at the annual Oscars ceremony, the Academy Award for the Best Actress has been given to 73 different actresses, most recently to Julianne Moore for her role in Still Alice.

Seven featured pictures were promoted this week.

Skinking about
Curug Cipendok. Take a deep dive, you might find another golden pendok
Keble College Dining Hall by David Iliff