Banksia coccinea(
nominated by
Casliber) Casliber's twenty-third featured article on a species in the Banksia genus of Australian flowering plants, noted for their flower spikes and vaguely pinecone-like woody fruiting bodies. Banksia coccinea is one of the larger species, able to grow to the size of a small tree (with a maximum size of 8m (26 ft)), whereas most can only grow to shrub height.
Electra Heart(
nominated by
WikiRedactor) is the second studio album by Welsh singer
Marina Diamandis, professionally known as
Marina and the Diamonds. The record debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart with first-week sales of 21,358 copies and music critics were divided in their opinions of Electra Heart.
Judah P. Benjamin(
nominated by
Wehwalt) was a lawyer and politician who was a
United States Senator from
Louisiana. He was the first man professing the Jewish faith to be elected to the United States Senate, and the first Jew to hold a cabinet position in North America.
The Real Housewives of Atlanta (season 6)(
nominated by
WikiRedactor)The Real Housewives of Atlanta is a
reality show based around the lives of, well, a number of housewives in
Atlanta, Georgia. It has been moderately well-received by critics, with the sixth season being the most acclaimed so far. This is one of those borderline cases between article and list article, with a fair bit of documentation of, for example, critical reception, production and crew, and television ratings. But the heart of the article is a list of episodes, so, fair enough, I suppose.
Shelter promotional poster(created by Might and Delight; uploaded (and presumably, release negotiated by)
Hahnchen;
nominated by
Crisco 1492)Shelter is a video game where players take on the rôle of a mother badger trying to protect her cubs while moving them to a new home.
Queen Victoria visits the HMS Resolute(created by
William Simpson,
nominated and restored by
Adam Cuerden) Created by noted wartime artist
William Simpson, this artwork depicts a visit by
Queen Victoria to the Arctic exploration ship
HMS Resolute, which had been lost in the ice three years previously, but was found abandoned by Americans. The American government voted to purchase and refurbish the ship and return it to Britain, as a token of goodwill. It was officially given to Queen Victoria shortly after this visit.
Ayasofya Mosque (Hagia Sophia)(created by
Gaspare Fossati and
Louis Haghe, [[ |nominated]] and restored by
Adam Cuerden) The interior of the
Ayasofya Mosque from 1852, before the restoration that attempted to compromise between the mosque and the
Hagia Sophia church that had been converted into the mosque.
Gaspare Fossati was one of two brothers charged with renovating the mosque, who were the main source of information for many of the mosaics hidden under a plaster coating when the ancient church was converted for use by Islam. Some have been uncovered again since.
Comparison of the Aral Sea between 1989 and 2008(created by
NASA and
Zafiroblue05,
nominated by
Nergaal) The
Aral Sea was once one of the four largest lakes in the world, but Soviet irrigation projects diverted the rivers that fed it in the 1960s, causing it to slowly dry up. Rusting ships rest on desert that was once a lake, water nowhere near. The fate of the Aral Sea is considered one of the worst ecological disasters in modern history.
Geisha(created and
nominated by
Japanexperterna.se/
JPNEX) Having recently delisted two problematic images of geisha, being able to turn around and provide an excellent depiction of one is quite a good thing. Showing all aspects of the geisha dress, and in an appropriate setting, this image is an excellent source of information.
A Day and The Fairy Tale of Kings(created by
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis and nominated (
1,
2) by
Hafspajen)Fin-de-siècle Eastern European artists, whatever their merit, are not, generally speaking, particularly well-known in "western" countries, with the Cold War era not having helped the distribution of cultural capital from these regions.
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis was a Lithuanian artist, writer, and composer who was one of the pioneers of the
abstract art movement, and had a major influence on Lithuanian culture, but isn't so well known outside of his country as in it.
Polish złoty from 1794(prepared and
nominated by
Godot13 from the collections of the
National Numismatic Collection of the
Smithsonian Institution) In 1794, under the authority of
Tadeusz Kościuszko, the Polish government released the first issue of banknotes for
złotych, the currency of Poland. This is one denomination of this first series of banknotes. The cut-off scrollwork at the top is a security measure - the tops were cut off at various angles and kept for comparison when the notes were redeemed.
Battleships of Germany(automatic promotion from good topic; originally
nominated in August 2011 by
Parsecboy) You know, it gets hard, weeks on end, to keep praising
Parsecboy for his incredible work on ship articles. Nonetheless, this is an amazing achievement: There are sixty-two articles in this topic, covering every single German battleship, and the classes they're divided into. Over half of the sixty-two articles are featured (the rest being
good articles)—and this isn't even the only topic that Parsecboy is working on. Alongside
Sturmvogel 66, he's probably Wikipedia's most prolific naval expert.
The Ayasofya Mosque in 1852, before it was partially converted back into the
Hagia Sofia.
Banksia coccinea(
nominated by
Casliber) Casliber's twenty-third featured article on a species in the Banksia genus of Australian flowering plants, noted for their flower spikes and vaguely pinecone-like woody fruiting bodies. Banksia coccinea is one of the larger species, able to grow to the size of a small tree (with a maximum size of 8m (26 ft)), whereas most can only grow to shrub height.
Electra Heart(
nominated by
WikiRedactor) is the second studio album by Welsh singer
Marina Diamandis, professionally known as
Marina and the Diamonds. The record debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart with first-week sales of 21,358 copies and music critics were divided in their opinions of Electra Heart.
Judah P. Benjamin(
nominated by
Wehwalt) was a lawyer and politician who was a
United States Senator from
Louisiana. He was the first man professing the Jewish faith to be elected to the United States Senate, and the first Jew to hold a cabinet position in North America.
The Real Housewives of Atlanta (season 6)(
nominated by
WikiRedactor)The Real Housewives of Atlanta is a
reality show based around the lives of, well, a number of housewives in
Atlanta, Georgia. It has been moderately well-received by critics, with the sixth season being the most acclaimed so far. This is one of those borderline cases between article and list article, with a fair bit of documentation of, for example, critical reception, production and crew, and television ratings. But the heart of the article is a list of episodes, so, fair enough, I suppose.
Shelter promotional poster(created by Might and Delight; uploaded (and presumably, release negotiated by)
Hahnchen;
nominated by
Crisco 1492)Shelter is a video game where players take on the rôle of a mother badger trying to protect her cubs while moving them to a new home.
Queen Victoria visits the HMS Resolute(created by
William Simpson,
nominated and restored by
Adam Cuerden) Created by noted wartime artist
William Simpson, this artwork depicts a visit by
Queen Victoria to the Arctic exploration ship
HMS Resolute, which had been lost in the ice three years previously, but was found abandoned by Americans. The American government voted to purchase and refurbish the ship and return it to Britain, as a token of goodwill. It was officially given to Queen Victoria shortly after this visit.
Ayasofya Mosque (Hagia Sophia)(created by
Gaspare Fossati and
Louis Haghe, [[ |nominated]] and restored by
Adam Cuerden) The interior of the
Ayasofya Mosque from 1852, before the restoration that attempted to compromise between the mosque and the
Hagia Sophia church that had been converted into the mosque.
Gaspare Fossati was one of two brothers charged with renovating the mosque, who were the main source of information for many of the mosaics hidden under a plaster coating when the ancient church was converted for use by Islam. Some have been uncovered again since.
Comparison of the Aral Sea between 1989 and 2008(created by
NASA and
Zafiroblue05,
nominated by
Nergaal) The
Aral Sea was once one of the four largest lakes in the world, but Soviet irrigation projects diverted the rivers that fed it in the 1960s, causing it to slowly dry up. Rusting ships rest on desert that was once a lake, water nowhere near. The fate of the Aral Sea is considered one of the worst ecological disasters in modern history.
Geisha(created and
nominated by
Japanexperterna.se/
JPNEX) Having recently delisted two problematic images of geisha, being able to turn around and provide an excellent depiction of one is quite a good thing. Showing all aspects of the geisha dress, and in an appropriate setting, this image is an excellent source of information.
A Day and The Fairy Tale of Kings(created by
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis and nominated (
1,
2) by
Hafspajen)Fin-de-siècle Eastern European artists, whatever their merit, are not, generally speaking, particularly well-known in "western" countries, with the Cold War era not having helped the distribution of cultural capital from these regions.
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis was a Lithuanian artist, writer, and composer who was one of the pioneers of the
abstract art movement, and had a major influence on Lithuanian culture, but isn't so well known outside of his country as in it.
Polish złoty from 1794(prepared and
nominated by
Godot13 from the collections of the
National Numismatic Collection of the
Smithsonian Institution) In 1794, under the authority of
Tadeusz Kościuszko, the Polish government released the first issue of banknotes for
złotych, the currency of Poland. This is one denomination of this first series of banknotes. The cut-off scrollwork at the top is a security measure - the tops were cut off at various angles and kept for comparison when the notes were redeemed.
Battleships of Germany(automatic promotion from good topic; originally
nominated in August 2011 by
Parsecboy) You know, it gets hard, weeks on end, to keep praising
Parsecboy for his incredible work on ship articles. Nonetheless, this is an amazing achievement: There are sixty-two articles in this topic, covering every single German battleship, and the classes they're divided into. Over half of the sixty-two articles are featured (the rest being
good articles)—and this isn't even the only topic that Parsecboy is working on. Alongside
Sturmvogel 66, he's probably Wikipedia's most prolific naval expert.
The Ayasofya Mosque in 1852, before it was partially converted back into the
Hagia Sofia.
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