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The "Green Terror" is neither green nor sufficiently terrifying. Worst Hallowe'en ever.

A green terror which has failed our spooky season hopes. An otherwise excellent featured picture by H. Zell. Oh, and they come in colours other than green, like this one.

This Signpost "Featured content" report covers material promoted from 20 September through 20 October. For nominations and nominators, see the featured contents' talk pages.

16 featured articles were promoted this period. Text samples are from the articles, but may be edited for length, as featured article leads tend to be on the longer side.

Painting of Nablous, Jordan by Edward Thomas Daniell
Limusaurus inextricabilis, the only species in Limusaurus, has only been found "mired in mud pits created by the footprints of giant sauropod dinosaurs."
Apollo 14: Alan Shepard on the Moon's surface, next to a United States flag
Eastern façade of the building that originally housed the Biblioteca Marciana
  • Hunky Dory, nominated by zmbro. A quite strong FA from a first time contributor.
A Rasta street vendor in South Africa's Eastern Cape
Bernard A. Maguire
The Magnavox Odyssey console and controller

15 featured lists were promoted this period.

Stapelia hirsuta, the "hairy" starfish flower
An 1837 portrait of Thomas Cole by fellow Hudson River School painter Asher Brown Durand.
Four viverrid species (top left to bottom right): Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), common genet (Genetta genetta), masked palm civet (Paguma larvata), and binturong (Arctictis binturong).

29 featured pictures were promoted this period.


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@HJ Mitchell: It's always been fun. Used to edit this years and years ago. Guess I'm back now. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.7% of all FPs 04:41, 8 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

















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