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id="h-Featured_pages-signpost-article-title"></span>Featured pages<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Featured_pages-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <p>Nine articles were promoted to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_articles" title="Wikipedia:Featured articles">featured status</a> this week: <a href="/wiki/Charles_Carroll_the_Settler" title="Charles Carroll the Settler">Charles Carroll the Settler</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Charles_Carroll_the_Settler/archive1" title="Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Charles Carroll the Settler/archive1">nom</a>), <a href="/wiki/Herrerasaurus" title="Herrerasaurus">Herrerasaurus</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Herrerasaurus/archive1" title="Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Herrerasaurus/archive1">nom</a>), <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Cole_(RAAF_officer)" title="Adrian Cole (RAAF officer)">Adrian Cole (RAAF officer)</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Adrian_Cole_(RAAF_officer)/archive1" title="Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Adrian Cole (RAAF officer)/archive1">nom</a>), <a href="/wiki/Fight_Club_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fight Club (film)">Fight Club (film)</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Fight_Club_(film)/archive3" title="Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Fight Club (film)/archive3">nom</a>), <a href="/wiki/Charles_Stewart_(Canadian_politician)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Charles Stewart (Canadian politician)">Charles Stewart (Canadian politician)</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Charles_Stewart_(Canadian_politician)/archive1" title="Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Charles Stewart (Canadian politician)/archive1">nom</a>), <a href="/wiki/Hepatorenal_syndrome" title="Hepatorenal syndrome">Hepatorenal syndrome</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Hepatorenal_syndrome/archive1" title="Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Hepatorenal syndrome/archive1">nom</a>), <a href="/wiki/The_Lucy_poems" title="The Lucy poems">The Lucy poems</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/The_Lucy_poems/archive2" title="Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/The Lucy poems/archive2">nom</a>), <a href="/wiki/Mary_Toft" title="Mary Toft">Mary Toft</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Mary_Toft/archive1" title="Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Mary Toft/archive1">nom</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Gol_Transportes_A%C3%A9reos_Flight_1907" title="Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907">Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Gol_Transportes_A%C3%A9reos_Flight_1907/archive2" title="Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907/archive2">nom</a>). </p><p>Thirteen <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_lists" title="Wikipedia:Featured lists">lists</a> were promoted to featured status this week: <a href="/wiki/MCW_Heavyweight_Championship" title="MCW Heavyweight Championship">MCW Heavyweight Championship</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_list_candidates/MCW_Heavyweight_Championship/archive1" title="Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/MCW Heavyweight Championship/archive1">nom</a>), <a href="/wiki/BAFTA_Academy_Fellowship_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award">BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_list_candidates/BAFTA_Academy_Fellowship_Award/archive1" title="Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award/archive1">nom</a>), <a href="/wiki/List_of_international_cricket_centuries_by_Sourav_Ganguly" title="List of international cricket centuries by Sourav Ganguly">List of international cricket centuries by Sourav Ganguly</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_list_candidates/List_of_international_cricket_centuries_by_Sourav_Ganguly/archive1" title="Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of international cricket centuries by Sourav Ganguly/archive1">nom</a>), <a href="/wiki/List_of_Grade_I_listed_buildings_in_South_Somerset" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Grade I listed buildings in South Somerset">List of Grade I listed buildings in South Somerset</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_list_candidates/List_of_Grade_I_listed_buildings_in_South_Somerset/archive1" title="Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Grade I listed buildings in South Somerset/archive1">nom</a>), <a href="/wiki/NWA_Wrestling_Legends_Hall_of_Heroes" title="NWA Wrestling Legends Hall of Heroes">NWA Wrestling Legends Hall of Heroes</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_list_candidates/NWA_Wrestling_Legends_Hall_of_Heroes/archive1" title="Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/NWA Wrestling Legends Hall of Heroes/archive1">nom</a>), <a href="/wiki/List_of_Premier_League_hat-tricks" title="List of Premier League hat-tricks">List of Premier League hat-tricks</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_list_candidates/List_of_Premier_League_hat-tricks/archive1" title="Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Premier League hat-tricks/archive1">nom</a>), <a href="/wiki/List_of_First_World_War_Victoria_Cross_recipients" title="List of First World War Victoria Cross recipients">List of First World War Victoria Cross recipients</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_list_candidates/List_of_First_World_War_Victoria_Cross_recipients/archive1" title="Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of First World War Victoria Cross recipients/archive1">nom</a>), <a href="/wiki/List_of_England_national_football_team_hat-tricks" title="List of England national football team hat-tricks">List of England national football team hat-tricks</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_list_candidates/List_of_England_national_football_team_hat-tricks/archive1" title="Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of England national football team hat-tricks/archive1">nom</a>), <a href="/wiki/List_of_Gold_Glove_Award_winners_at_catcher" title="List of Gold Glove Award winners at catcher">List of Gold Glove Award winners at catcher</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_list_candidates/List_of_Gold_Glove_Award_winners_at_catcher/archive1" title="Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Gold Glove Award winners at catcher/archive1">nom</a>), <a href="/wiki/List_of_City_University_of_New_York_institutions" title="List of City University of New York institutions">List of City University of New York institutions</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_list_candidates/List_of_City_University_of_New_York_institutions/archive1" title="Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of City University of New York institutions/archive1">nom</a>), <a href="/wiki/List_of_CMLL_World_Tag_Team_Champions" title="List of CMLL World Tag Team Champions">List of CMLL World Tag Team Champions</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_list_candidates/List_of_CMLL_World_Tag_Team_Champions/archive1" title="Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of CMLL World Tag Team Champions/archive1">nom</a>), <a href="/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Las_Vegas" title="List of tallest buildings in Las Vegas">List of tallest buildings in Las Vegas</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_list_candidates/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Las_Vegas/archive1" title="Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of tallest buildings in Las Vegas/archive1">nom</a>) and <a href="/wiki/WCW_United_States_Tag_Team_Championship" title="WCW United States Tag Team Championship">WCW United States Tag Team Championship</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_list_candidates/WCW_United_States_Tag_Team_Championship/archive1" title="Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/WCW United States Tag Team Championship/archive1">nom</a>). </p><p>No <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topic" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Featured topic">topics</a> were promoted to featured status this week. </p><p>No <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_portal" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Featured portal">portals</a> were promoted to featured status this week. </p><p>The following featured articles were displayed on the Main Page this week as <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Today%27s_featured_article" title="Wikipedia:Today's featured article">Today's featured article</a>: <a href="/wiki/243_Ida" title="243 Ida">243 Ida</a>, <a href="/wiki/Augusta,_Lady_Gregory" class="mw-redirect" title="Augusta, Lady Gregory">Augusta, Lady Gregory</a>, <a href="/wiki/Forest_Park_(Portland,_Oregon)" title="Forest Park (Portland, Oregon)">Forest Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Don_Tallon" title="Don Tallon">Don Tallon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh_War" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Nagorno-Karabakh War">Nagorno-Karabakh War</a> and <a href="/wiki/Michael_Gomez" title="Michael Gomez">Michael Gomez</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_featured_pages" data-mw-thread-id="h-Former_featured_pages-signpost-article-title"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Former_featured_pages-signpost-article-title"></span>Former featured pages<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Former_featured_pages-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <p>No <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Former_featured_articles" title="Wikipedia:Former featured articles">articles</a> were delisted this week. </p><p>One <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_list_removal_candidates" title="Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates">list</a> was delisted this week: <a href="/wiki/List_of_number-one_Billboard_Top_Latin_Albums_of_1999" class="mw-redirect" title="List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Albums of 1999">List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Albums of 1999</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_list_removal_candidates/List_of_number-one_Billboard_Top_Latin_Albums_of_1999/archive1" title="Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Albums of 1999/archive1">nom</a>). </p><p>No <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topic_removal_candidates" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Featured topic removal candidates">topics</a> were delisted this week. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Featured_media" data-mw-thread-id="h-Featured_media-signpost-article-title"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Featured_media-signpost-article-title"></span>Featured media<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Featured_media-signpost-article-title"></span></h3></div> <p>The following featured pictures were displayed on the Main Page this week as <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day">picture of the day</a>: <a href="/wiki/File:Sea_otter_nursing02.jpg" title="File:Sea otter nursing02.jpg">Sea otter</a>, <a href="/wiki/File:Black_Mulberry_Female_Flowers.jpg" title="File:Black Mulberry Female Flowers.jpg">Black mulberry</a>, <a href="/wiki/File:Fission_bomb_assembly_methods.svg" title="File:Fission bomb assembly methods.svg">Atomic bomb</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/File:The_Nightwatch_by_Rembrandt.jpg" title="File:The Nightwatch by Rembrandt.jpg">The Nightwatch</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/File:Nelligen,_NSW_Early_Morning_Mist,_Panorama,_25.9.2008.jpg" title="File:Nelligen, NSW Early Morning Mist, Panorama, 25.9.2008.jpg">Clyde River</a>, <a href="/wiki/File:Hubble2005-01-barred-spiral-galaxy-NGC1300.jpg" title="File:Hubble2005-01-barred-spiral-galaxy-NGC1300.jpg">NGC 1300</a> and <i><a href="/wiki/File:Metriorrhynchus_rhipidius02.jpg" title="File:Metriorrhynchus rhipidius02.jpg">Metriorrhynchus rhipidius</a></i>. </p><p>No <a href="/wiki/Portal:Featured_sounds" class="mw-redirect" title="Portal:Featured sounds">featured sounds</a> were promoted this week. </p><p>No featured <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/delist" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist">pictures</a> were demoted this week. </p><p>Ten pictures were promoted to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">featured</a> status this week and are shown below. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional" style="max-width: 772px;"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ItalianMarketPhiladelphia.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Italian Market"><img alt="Italian Market" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/ItalianMarketPhiladelphia.jpg/150px-ItalianMarketPhiladelphia.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="38" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/ItalianMarketPhiladelphia.jpg/225px-ItalianMarketPhiladelphia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/ItalianMarketPhiladelphia.jpg/300px-ItalianMarketPhiladelphia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8000" data-file-height="2049"/></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Italian_Market" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian Market">Italian Market</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pacific_Black_Duck_jun08.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Pacific Black Duck"><img alt="Pacific Black Duck" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Pacific_Black_Duck_jun08.jpg/150px-Pacific_Black_Duck_jun08.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Pacific_Black_Duck_jun08.jpg/225px-Pacific_Black_Duck_jun08.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Pacific_Black_Duck_jun08.jpg/300px-Pacific_Black_Duck_jun08.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1067"/></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Black_Duck" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Black Duck">Pacific Black Duck</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Capitol_1814c.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="United States Capitol"><img alt="United States Capitol" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/US_Capitol_1814c.jpg/150px-US_Capitol_1814c.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/US_Capitol_1814c.jpg/225px-US_Capitol_1814c.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/US_Capitol_1814c.jpg/300px-US_Capitol_1814c.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4729" data-file-height="2774"/></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Capitol" title="United States Capitol">United States Capitol</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Abutilon_%C3%97hybridum_Patrick_Synge.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Abutilon × hybridum"><img alt="Abutilon × hybridum" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Abutilon_%C3%97hybridum_Patrick_Synge.jpg/80px-Abutilon_%C3%97hybridum_Patrick_Synge.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Abutilon_%C3%97hybridum_Patrick_Synge.jpg/120px-Abutilon_%C3%97hybridum_Patrick_Synge.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Abutilon_%C3%97hybridum_Patrick_Synge.jpg/160px-Abutilon_%C3%97hybridum_Patrick_Synge.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1296" data-file-height="1944"/></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i><a href="/wiki/Abutilon_%C3%97_hybridum" title="Abutilon × hybridum">Abutilon × hybridum</a></i></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Carpobrotus_rossii.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Carpobrotus rossii"><img alt="Carpobrotus rossii" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Carpobrotus_rossii.jpg/150px-Carpobrotus_rossii.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Carpobrotus_rossii.jpg/225px-Carpobrotus_rossii.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Carpobrotus_rossii.jpg/300px-Carpobrotus_rossii.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1944" data-file-height="1296"/></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i><a href="/wiki/Carpobrotus_rossii" title="Carpobrotus rossii">Carpobrotus rossii</a></i></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:French_marigold_Tagetes_patula.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Tagetes patula"><img alt="Tagetes patula" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/French_marigold_Tagetes_patula.jpg/150px-French_marigold_Tagetes_patula.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/French_marigold_Tagetes_patula.jpg/225px-French_marigold_Tagetes_patula.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/French_marigold_Tagetes_patula.jpg/300px-French_marigold_Tagetes_patula.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1067"/></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i><a href="/wiki/Tagetes_patula" title="Tagetes patula">Tagetes patula</a></i></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aldabra_Giant_Tortoise_Geochelone_gigantea_edit1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Aldabra Giant Tortoise"><img alt="Aldabra Giant Tortoise" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Aldabra_Giant_Tortoise_Geochelone_gigantea_edit1.jpg/150px-Aldabra_Giant_Tortoise_Geochelone_gigantea_edit1.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Aldabra_Giant_Tortoise_Geochelone_gigantea_edit1.jpg/225px-Aldabra_Giant_Tortoise_Geochelone_gigantea_edit1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Aldabra_Giant_Tortoise_Geochelone_gigantea_edit1.jpg/300px-Aldabra_Giant_Tortoise_Geochelone_gigantea_edit1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1066"/></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Aldabra_Giant_Tortoise" class="mw-redirect" title="Aldabra Giant Tortoise">Aldabra Giant Tortoise</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Battus_philenor_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Pipevine swallowtail"><img alt="Pipevine swallowtail" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Battus_philenor_02.jpg/90px-Battus_philenor_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Battus_philenor_02.jpg/135px-Battus_philenor_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Battus_philenor_02.jpg/180px-Battus_philenor_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1600"/></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Pipevine_swallowtail" class="mw-redirect" title="Pipevine swallowtail">Pipevine swallowtail</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:African_boy_transporting_fodder_by_bicycle_edit.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Fodder"><img alt="Fodder" 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