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Featured articles

Eight featured articles were promoted this week.

Battle of Agua Dulce (nominated by Karanacs) The Battle of Agua Dulce was a skirmish between Mexican troops and Texians in 1836. The Texians were ambushed.
Emu (nominated by Cwmhiraeth) The emu is a large flightless Australian bird. It can be over six feet tall, almost as tall as an ostrich. They have very strong legs which they use to avoid attacks by dingoes.
Gateway Protection Programme (nominated by Cordless Larry) The Gateway Protection Programme is a British government scheme to resettle a number of refugees in the UK.
Kalidas (film) (nominated by Kailash29792) Kalidas is the first Indian film to have a soundtrack. It was made in 1931.
Mayfly (nominated by Cwmhiraeth) There are 3,000 species of mayflies. They are aquatic insects.
Menkauhor Kaiu (nominated by Iry-Hor) Menkauhor Kaiu was an Ancient Egyptian pharaoh, who reigned for eight years.
Moonraker (novel) (nominated by SchroCat) Moonraker is the third James Bond novel.
Thunderbirds (TV series) (nominated by SuperMarioMan) Thunderbirds was a children's TV series about International Rescue.

Featured lists

Hardington Moor, a Somerset nature reserve

Six featured lists were promoted this week.

List of TNA King of the Mountain Champions (nominated by Wrestlinglover)
List of accolades received by Boys Don't Cry (film) (nominated by BenLinus1214)
List of accolades received by The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film) (nominated by Cowlibob and Sock)
List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at McLean Park (nominated by The Rambling Man)
List of national nature reserves in Somerset (nominated by Rodw)
Shahid Kapoor filmography (nominated by Krimuk90)

Featured pictures

Twenty-two featured pictures were promoted this week.

Special operations parachuting (created by U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Julianne Showalter; nominated by Pine)
Crested myna (created by Laitche; nominated by Pine)
20 Finnish Markkaa (1862) (created by Aleksander Fadejev; nominated by Godot13)
Lord Byron (created by Richard Westall; nominated by Crisco 1492)
German New Guinea, 20 Gold Mark (1895) (created by German colonial empire; nominated by Godot13)
Hungarian Parliament Building (2015) (created by Godot13; nominated by Godot13)
Hungarian Parliament Building (2015) (created by Godot13; nominated by Godot13)
Futamigaura by Hiroshige (created by Hiroshige; nominated by Belle)
Mammillaria spinosissima (created by Rationalobserver; nominated by Rationalobserver)
Maria Isabel of Portugal (created by Bernardo López Piquer; nominated by Crisco 1492)
Les contes d'Hoffmann (Giulietta act) (created by Pierre-Auguste Lamy (?); nominated by Adam Cuerden)
Les contes d'Hoffmann (Olympia act) (created by Pierre-Auguste Lamy (?); nominated by Adam Cuerden)
Les contes d'Hoffmann (prologue) (created by Pierre-Auguste Lamy (?); nominated by Adam Cuerden)
Steven Chu (created by ???; nominated by Crisco 1492)
Pullman porter in advertisement (created by Strobridge & Co. Lith.; nominated by Crisco 1492)
Äußere Kanalstraße (KVB) (created by Martin Falbisoner; nominated by Crisco 1492)
Sveti Stefan (06).jpg (created by Halavar; nominated by Alborzagros)
Siege of Osaka (created by anonymous; nominated by Brandmeister)
Lovers Beneath An Umbrella in the Snow (created by Suzuki Harunobu; nominated by Brandmeister and Belle)
How a Mosquito Operates (created by Winsor McCay; nominated by Crisco 1492)

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I was expecting some mention of the Emu War for this one. Sounder Bruce 21:14, 19 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I did spend half-an-hour reading through Emu and Emu oil, wrote a short paragraph (without mentioning the war) only to have another contributor come along and delete half the paragraph without explanation. Since they didn't write up any of the other FAs I got annoyed- that's why there's very short and banal entries for each article. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 03:04, 20 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

…and I didn't write the headline. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 03:17, 20 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

If (like me) you'd grown up in the UK in the 70's and 80's, you'd have expected a reference to This guy Chuntuk (talk) 13:45, 21 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'd somehow managed to forget that. Ah well, back to the psychotherapist… Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 16:22, 21 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I was going to mention Rod Hull myself. He wasn't just in the UK. The Hudson Brothers had him on their Saturday morning show.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 20:59, 23 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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