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This Signpost "Featured content" report covers material promoted from 11 October to 18 October.
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Featured articles
Eight featured articles were promoted this week.
- Arnold Bax (nominated by Tim riley) was an English composer, poet, and author. His prolific output includes songs, choral music, chamber pieces, and solo piano works, but he is best known for his orchestral music. In addition to a series of symphonic poems he wrote seven symphonies and was for a time widely regarded as the leading British symphonist.
- Assassination of Spencer Perceval (nominated by Brianboulton) occurred at about 5:15 pm on Monday 11 May 1812. Spencer Perceval, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, was shot and killed in the lobby of the House of Commons in London. His assailant was John Bellingham, a Liverpool merchant with a grievance against the government. Bellingham was detained and, four days after the murder, was tried, convicted and sentenced to death. He was hanged at Newgate Prison on 18 May 1812.
- Frank Jenner (nominated by Neelix) was an Australian evangelist. His signature approach to evangelism was to ask people on George Street, Sydney, "If you died within 24 hours, where would you be in eternity? Heaven or hell?"
- Hebron Church (Intermont, West Virginia) (nominated by West Virginian) is a mid-19th century Lutheran church in Intermont, Hampshire County, in the U.S. state of West Virginia.
- "Ice" (The X-Files) (nominated by Grapple X) is the eighth episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series The X-Files, which premiered on the Fox network on November 5, 1993. It was directed by David Nutter and written by Glen Morgan and James Wong. The debut broadcast of "Ice" was watched by 10 million viewers in 6.2 million households and received positive reviews from critics, who praised its tense atmosphere.
- Schmerber v. California (nominated by Notecardforfree) was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States wherein the Court clarified the application of the Fourth Amendment's protection against warrantless searches and the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination for searches that intrude into the human body.
- Yugoslav submarine Nebojša (nominated by Peacemaker67) was the second of the Hrabri-class diesel-electric submarines built by the Vickers-Armstrong Naval Yard on the River Tyne in the United Kingdom, for the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia) and was launched in 1927. Her design was based on that of the British L-class submarine of World War I, and she was built using parts originally assembled for a Royal Navy L-class submarine that was never built. She was armed with six bow-mounted 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes, two 102 mm (4 in) guns and one machine gun, and could dive to 60 metres (200 ft).
- Æthelwulf (nominated by Dudley Miles) was King of Wessex from 839 to 858. He is regarded as one of the most successful West Saxon kings, who laid the foundations for the success of his son, Alfred the Great.
Featured lists
Six featured lists were promoted this week.
- List of Gloucestershire County Cricket Club grounds (nominated by AssociateAffiliate and ChrisTheDude) Gloucestershire County Cricket Club, representing the historic county of Gloucestershire, is one of the 18 member clubs of the English County Championship. Gloucestershire have played home matches at eighteen different grounds.
- List of international cricket centuries by Ian Bell (nominated by Ytfc23 and The Rambling Man) Ian Bell is a cricketer who represents the England cricket team. He has scored centuries (100 or more runs in a single innings) in Test and One Day International (ODI) matches on 22 and 4 occasions respectively. As of August 2015, he has played 115 Tests and 161 ODIs for England, scoring 7,569 and 5,416 runs respectively.
- List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium (nominated by Ssven2) M. A. Chidambaram Stadium (MAC), also known as the Chepauk Stadium or simply Chepauk due its location in the city's locality of Chepauk, is a sports ground in Chennai, India that has hosted international cricket matches along with provincial games. As of September 2015, 30 bowlers have taken 47 Test match five-wicket hauls and two bowlers have taken five-wicket hauls during ODIs at this ground.
- List of international goals scored by Thierry Henry (nominated by The Rambling Man) Thierry Henry is a retired French international footballer. During his international career he played 123 games for France in which he scored 51 goals. As of October 2015 he is France's top scorer and second in the list of appearances for his country.
- List of local nature reserves in Somerset (nominated by Rodw) There are 40 local nature reserves in Somerset recognised by Natural England. The smallest is Wellington Basins, which covers 0.53 hectares (1.3 acres) of small ponds and surrounding grassland and woodland. The largest, covering 129.56 hectares (320.1 acres), is Weston Woods on Worlebury Hill, which includes Worlebury Camp Iron Age hill fort.
- List of songs recorded by Lady Gaga (nominated by FrB.TG, Calvin999, GagaNutella, IndianBio, and SNUGGUMS) American singer and songwriter Lady Gaga has recorded material for four studio albums and three extended plays (EP), and has been featured on songs on other artists' respective albums.
Featured portals
One featured portal was promoted this week.
- Latin music (nominated by Magiciandude) "Latin music" (Musica latina in Spanish and Portuguese) is a catch-all term used by the music industry to described any music in Spanish mainly from Latin America and Spain regardless of genre.
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