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{{Wikipedia:Signpost/Template:Signpost-article-start|{{{1|Five years of work leads to 63-article featured topic}}}|By [[User:Cdtew|Cdtew]] and [[User:The ed17|The ed17]]| 6 November 2013}}

[[File:HMS Hood (<span class="ltr">51</span>) - March 17, 1924.jpg|thumb|center|750px|{{HMS|Hood|51|6}}, one of the most famous warships of the Second World War, was a battlecruiser and therefore part of what is now the largest featured topic on Wikipedia: "[[#Featured topics|Battlecruisers of the world]]". This photo of ''Hood'' is a featured picture.]]
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===Featured articles===
[[File:Choiseul Crested Pigeon.jpg|300px|right|thumb|The Choiseul Crested Pigeon, from a 1904 illustration, now the subject of a featured article.]]
[[File:Volubilis Tingis Gate.jpg|300px|right|thumb|The Tingis Gate in Volubilis, a Roman settlement that is now the subject of a featured article.]]
Eleven featured articles were promoted this week.
*[[Operation Tungsten]] ([[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Operation Tungsten/archive1|nom]]) by {{u|Nick-D}}. This Second World War air raid targeted the German battleship ''Tirpitz'', a sister ship of the infamous ''Bismarck'', due to the Allies' fear that the warship would put to sea and sink or disrupt vital supply convoys to the Soviet Union.
*[[European Storm Petrel]] ([[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/European Storm Petrel/archive1|nom]]) by {{u|Jimfbleak}}. Nominated with a frightful poem by Jimfbleak, this bird breeds on islands off the coast of Europe that do have predatory land mammals, like rats or cats. Strangely, the article notes that the bird's "presence in rough weather at sea has led to various mariners' superstitions, and, by analogy, to its use as a symbol by revolutionary and anarchist groups."
*[[Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano|Japanese aircraft carrier ''Shinano'']] ([[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano/archive1|nom]]) by {{u|Sturmvogel 66}}. This Second World War ship was converted into an aircraft carrier from Japan's massive ''Yamato'' class design. The ship, which remained the largest warship ever built until the US launched its first supercarrier in 1954, was sunk by submarine-launched torpedoes on its first voyage, a consequence of poor design and untrained seamen.
*[[Constance Stokes]] ([[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Constance Stokes/archive1|nom]]) by {{u|Hamiltonstone}}. This Australian painter was active for a large portion of her 84–85 year life, receiving high praise from critics at the time but getting little recognition from present-day critics until a 2009 book.
*''[[Menominee Tribe v. United States]]'' ([[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Menominee Tribe v. United States/archive1|nom]]) by {{u|GregJackP}}. This American Supreme Court case resulted from Congress' then-policy of terminating Native Americans' special relationship with the US government. However, the bill abolishing the Menominee Tribe's rights did not mention their hunting and fishing rights, which led the Court to rule that the tribe kept those for itself—despite the federal government not recognizing it as a separate entity.
*[[Volubilis]] ([[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Volubilis/archive1|nom]]) by {{u|Prioryman}}. This Roman town began as a Carthaginian settlement before being taken over by Mauritania. It fell to the Roman Empire in the first century CE and was significantly expanded before the empire's decline led to its loss in 285 CE. Although it was inhabited for several more centuries, the town remained remarkably intact, leading to its status today as "an exceptionally well preserved example of a large Roman colonial town on the fringes of the Empire".
*[[Jefferson Davis]] ([[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Jefferson Davis/archive2|nom]]) by {{u|Omnedon}}. The first and final president of the Confederate States of America—the rebel nation-state created during the American Civil War—was elected by a constitutional convention to the position in 1861. He served in this capacity until the war's end, whereupon he was imprisoned for two years. In modern times, his reputation has been restored in part by his 1881 memoir. 
*[[2011 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final]] ([[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/2011 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final/archive1|nom]]) by {{u|Skotywa}}. This 2011 association football match was the closing game in the named tournament, which is odd in that it is open to both professional and amateur teams in the United States. This year's game featured two teams from the professional Major League Soccer; the winner, Seattle, became the first team since 1968 to win three straight Lamar Hunt tournaments.
*[[Albert Ball]] ([[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Albert Ball/archive1|nom]]) by {{u|Georgejdorner}} and {{u|Ian Rose}}. This British First World War fighter pilot racked up 44 aerial kills, making him the UK's leading ace at the time of his death in 1917. When the famous Red Baron heard of Ball's death, he is said to have remarked that he was "by far the best English flying man".
*[[Twenty-cent piece (United States coin)]] ([[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Twenty-cent piece (United States coin)/archive1|nom]]) by {{u|Wehwalt}}. An oddball coin, the US twenty-cent piece was struck for only three years, two of those being exclusively for collectors. Its downfall, as explained by the nominator, laid in its similarities to the twenty-five cent quarter: "the twenty-cent piece was one of those mistakes that Congress and the Mint just didn't learn from. Not only did they make it too similar in size to the quarter, they used the same design for one side!"
*[[Choiseul Pigeon]] ([[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Choiseul Pigeon/archive1|nom]]) by {{u|FunkMonk}}. This pigeon most likely lived on just a sole island in the Solomon Islands, and its last known sighting (unconfirmed) was in the 1940s. Like many island species, it was killed off with the introduction of feral cats to the environment.
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===Featured lists===
Three featured lists were promoted this week.
*[[List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Bob Willis]] ([[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Bob Willis/archive1|nom]]) by {{u|Lugnuts}} and [[user:Sahara4u|Zia Khan]]. This list covers the English fast bowler Bob Willis' five-wicket hauls, which are held in high regard by cricket historians and fans. Willis managed to do this sixteen times in his thirteen-year career.
*[[Yugoslav order of battle for the invasion of Yugoslavia]] ([[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Yugoslav order of battle for the invasion of Yugoslavia/archive1|nom]]) by {{u|Peacemaker67}}. This list of Yugoslavia's operational military formations at the beginning of Nazi Germany's invasion of that country in 1941 includes some 33 divisions and 10 independent brigades, even though only seven divisions and six smaller formations were available due to the country's "tentative and incomplete mobilization."
*[[List of battleships of Italy]] ([[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of battleships of Italy/archive1|nom]]) by {{u|Parsecboy}}. Italy constructed several classes of battleships during the end of the 19th and first half of the 20th centuries, first as a counter to the Austro-Hungarian Navy, and later to oppose the French Navy.
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===Featured pictures===
[[File:Omni Shoreham Hotel from the south on a sunny summer morning.jpg|700px|thumb|center|This shot of the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. is now a featured picture]]
Four featured pictures were promoted this week.
*[[:File:Common Redshank Tringa totanus.jpg|Common Redshank]] ([[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Common Redshank|nom]], [[Common Redshank|related article]]) created by [[User:Andreas Trepte|Andreas Trepte]] and nominated by [[User:Nikhil|Nikhil]]. This extremely common bird is a resident of European coastlines, the Mediterranean in winter and as far north as the United Kingdom. It is also present as far east as South Asia.
*[[:File:Omni Shoreham Hotel from the south on a sunny summer morning.jpg|Omni Shoreham Hotel]] ([[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Omni Shoreham Hotel|nom]], [[Omni Shoreham Hotel|related article]]) created by [[:commons:User:Jürgen Matern|Jürgen Matern]] and nominated by [[User:Tomer T|Tomer T]]. This Washington, D.C. four-star hotel was built in 1930. Its illustrious history includes more than a half-century of presidential inaugural balls, numerous entertainers, and a haunted room.
*[[:File:Nazaré February 2013-12.jpg|Praia da Nazaré]] ([[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Praia da Nazaré|nom]], [[Nazaré, Portugal|related article]]) created and nominated by [[User:Alvesgaspar|Alvesgaspar]]. This image was taken on a winter morning just a few short weeks before a man surfed the world's highest waves at the lighthouse on the left side of the image.
*[[:File:George Catlin - Buffalo Bulls Back Fat - Smithsonian.jpg|Stu-mick-o-súcks (Buffalo Bull's Back Fat)]] ([[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Stu-mick-o-súcks (Buffalo Bull's Back Fat) a Blood Chief|nom]], [[Buffalo Bull's Back Fat|related article]]) created by [[George Catlin]] and nominated by [[User:MatGTAM|MatGTAM]]. This Native American war chief was depicted in this painting in 1832. According to the nomination, this "historically and culturally important painting...shows traditional Blackfoot clothing/apparel such as the beaded buckskin shirt, hair roach, eagle feather, face paint, and beaded pipe. "
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===Featured topics===
[[File:Haruna 1934.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Japanese battlecruiser ''Haruna'', part of the featured topic on battlecruisers of the world.]]
Three featured topics were promoted this week.
*[[Wikipedia:Featured topics/Battlecruisers of the world|Battlecruisers of the world]] ([[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Battlecruisers of the World/archive1|nom]]) written by many editors and nominated by {{u|Sturmvogel 66}}. What is now Wikipedia's largest featured topic (clocking in at 63 total articles) is the product of five years of work by members of [[WP:OMT|Operation ''Majestic Titan'']]. It covers all of the world's battlecruisers that served in a navy or reached a reasonable stage of planning before being canceled. The United Kingdom built by far the most examples of this type of ship, with Imperial Germany's fleet during the First World War coming in a distant second. Another point of note includes Russia's multiple attempts to build battlecruisers, though none ever came into service. No ships of this type are extant in the world today. This topic is part of a larger effort to raise all of the articles related to battleships and battlecruisers to featured status (see previous ''Signpost'' [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2010-12-20/WikiProject_report|coverage]]).
*[[Wikipedia:Featured topics/Lexington-class battlecruiser & aircraft carrier|''Lexington''-class battlecruiser & aircraft carrier]] ([[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Lexington-class battlecruiser & aircraft carrier/archive1|nom]]) nominated by {{u|Sturmvogel 66}}. This topic covers the United States' ''Lexington''-class aircraft carriers. The class was originally conceived as a group of six battlecruisers—fast, heavily armed, and weakly armored capital ships—but the end of the First World War and a naval-limiting treaty led to four being scrapped while under construction and two being converted into aircraft carriers, both of which served in the Second World War.
*[[Wikipedia:Featured topics/Category 5 Pacific hurricanes|Category 5 Pacific hurricanes]] ([[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Category 5 Pacific hurricanes|Good topic nom]]) nominated by {{u|Miss Madeline}}.  This new featured topic covering a number of Category 5 hurricanes in the Pacific Ocean went back to featured status when an article listed in the topic, [[Hurricane Patsy (1959)]] was merged with [[1959 Pacific hurricane season]], thus increasing the proportion of featured articles.  This topic was first promoted to a Good Topic in 2008.
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|title=Battlecruisers of the world
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|image=SMS von der Tann LOC 16927u.jpg
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:{{icon|FL}} [[List of battlecruisers]]
:{{icon|FL}} [[List of sunken battlecruisers]]
:{{icon|FL}} [[List of battlecruisers of Germany|Battlecruisers of Germany]]
::{{icon|FA}} {{SMS|Von der Tann}}
::{{icon|FA}} [[Moltke-class battlecruiser|''Moltke'' class]]
:::{{icon|FA}} {{SMS|Moltke|}}
:::{{icon|FA}} {{SMS|Goeben}}
::{{icon|FA}} {{SMS|Seydlitz}}
::{{icon|FA}} [[Derfflinger-class battlecruiser|''Derfflinger'' class]]
:::{{icon|FA}} {{SMS|Derfflinger}}
:::{{icon|FA}} {{SMS|Lützow}}
:::{{icon|FA}} {{SMS|Hindenburg}}
::{{icon|GA}} [[Mackensen-class battlecruiser|''Mackensen'' class]]
::{{icon|GA}} [[Ersatz Yorck-class battlecruiser|''Ersatz Yorck'' class]]
::{{icon|GA}} [[O-class battlecruiser]]s
:{{icon|FA}} [[List of battlecruisers of Russia|Battlecruisers of Russia]]
::{{icon|GA}} [[Borodino-class battlecruiser|''Borodino'' class]]
::{{icon|GA}} [[Kronshtadt-class battlecruiser|''Kronshtadt'' class]]
::{{icon|GA}} [[Stalingrad-class battlecruiser|''Stalingrad'' class]]
|column2=
:{{icon|FL}} [[List of battlecruisers of the Royal Navy|Battlecruisers of the Royal Navy]]
::{{icon|GA}} [[Invincible-class battlecruiser|''Invincible'' class]]
:::{{icon|GA}} {{HMS|Invincible|1907|6}}
:::{{icon|GA}} {{HMS|Inflexible|1907|6}}
:::{{icon|GA}} {{HMS|Indomitable|1907|6}}
::{{icon|GA}} [[Indefatigable-class battlecruiser|''Indefatigable'' class]]
:::{{icon|FA}} {{HMS|Indefatigable|1909|6}}
:::{{icon|FA}} {{HMAS|Australia|1911|6}}
:::{{icon|FA}} {{HMS|New Zealand|1911|6}}
::{{icon|GA}} [[Lion-class battlecruiser|''Lion'' class]]
:::{{icon|FA}} {{HMS|Lion|1910|6}}
:::{{icon|FA}} {{HMS|Princess Royal|1911|6}}
::{{icon|FA}} {{HMS|Queen Mary||6}}
::{{icon|FA}} {{HMS|Tiger|1913|6}}
::{{icon|GA}} [[Renown-class battlecruiser|''Renown'' class]]
:::{{icon|GA}} {{HMS|Renown|1916|6}}
:::{{icon|GA}} {{HMS|Repulse|1916|6}}
::{{icon|FA}} [[Courageous-class battlecruiser|''Courageous'' class]]
:::{{icon|FA}} {{HMS|Courageous|50|6}}
:::{{icon|GA}} {{HMS|Glorious||6}}
:::{{icon|FA}} {{HMS|Furious|47|6}}
::{{icon|GA}} {{Sclass2|Admiral|battlecruiser|4}}
:::{{icon|FA}} {{HMS|Hood|51|6}}
::{{icon|GA}} [[G3 battlecruiser]]s
|column3=
:{{icon|GA}} [[French battlecruiser proposals]]
:{{icon|FL}} [[List of battlecruisers of Japan|Battlecruisers of Japan]]
::{{icon|GA}} {{Sclass|Kongō|battlecruiser|4}}
:::{{icon|GA}} {{ship|Japanese battleship|Kongō||2}}
:::{{icon|GA}} {{ship|Japanese battleship|Hiei||2}}
:::{{icon|FA}} {{ship|Japanese battleship|Haruna||2}}
:::{{icon|GA}} {{ship|Japanese battleship|Kirishima||2}}
::{{icon|FA}} {{Sclass|Amagi|battlecruiser|4}}
:::{{icon|FA}} {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Akagi||2}}
::{{icon|GA}} [[Design B-65 cruiser]]
:{{icon|FA}} [[Design 1047 battlecruiser|Dutch Design 1047 battlecruiser]]
:{{icon|FA}} [[List of battlecruisers of the United States|Battlecruisers of the United States]]
::{{icon|GA}} {{Sclass|Lexington|battlecruiser|4}}
:::{{icon|FA}} {{USS|Lexington|CV-2|6}}
:::{{icon|FA}} {{USS|Saratoga|CV-3|6}}
::{{icon|FA}} {{Sclass|Alaska|cruiser|4}}
:::{{icon|GA}} {{USS|Alaska|CB-1|6}}
:::{{icon|GA}} {{USS|Guam|CB-2|6}}
:::{{icon|GA}} {{USS|Hawaii|CB-3|6}}
}}
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