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This week's TFPs

"Kensington Pride" mango

Illustration of a production of Act V, scene vii, from William Shakespeare's The Life and Death of King John

Belém Tower

Currier and Ives lithograph depicting fishermen trolling

Lilium longiflorum

Panoramic view of Bluewater

Macroxiphus species katydid nymph

TFOWR (nom) was promoted to administrator.

The following seven featured articles were displayed on the Main Page as Today's featured article:

• Portrait of a Lady, a small oil-on-oak panel executed around 1460 by the Netherlandish painter Rogier van der Weyden
• Halkett boat, either of two types of lightweight inflatable boat designed by Lieutenant Peter Halkett during the 1840s
• Ashford v Thornton, an 1818 English legal case in the Court of King's Bench that upheld the right of the defendant, on a private appeal from an acquittal for murder, to trial by battle
• Loihi Seamount, an active undersea volcano located around 35 km (22 mi) off the southeast coast of the island of Hawaiʻi
• Mycena haematopus, a species of fungus in the Mycenaceae family, of the order Agaricales
• Sargon of Akkad, an Akkadian emperor famous for his conquest of the Sumerian city-states in the 24th and 23rd centuries BC
• Sydney Newman, a Canadian film and television producer, who played a pioneering role in British television drama from the late 1950s to the late 1960s.

Eight articles were promoted to featured status: Madonna (entertainer) (nom), Transandinomys talamancae (nom), Indiana class battleship (nom), River Parrett (nom), Harris Theater (Chicago, Illinois) (nom), Rock Martin (nom), William Ellis Newton (nom) and Ninja Gaiden (Nintendo Entertainment System) (nom).

Eight lists were promoted to featured status: List of Lincoln City F.C. seasons (nom), List of National Treasures of Japan (archaeological materials) (nom), List of international cricket centuries at the Kensington Oval (nom), List of Major League Baseball batting champions (nom), List of Washington & Jefferson College buildings (nom), List of Record Mirror number-one singles (nom), List of accolades received by The Hurt Locker (nom) and List of Plymouth Argyle F.C. seasons (nom).

One portal was delisted this week: Portal:Mars (nom).

Eight pictures were promoted to featured status:

	Ernest Hemingway		Fresco in the Saint Paulin Church		Heath fritillary
	Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image of cloud cover on Earth		Military recruitment poster for the United States Navy		Würzburg Residence
	Alpine Fault		Highway 401, the busiest highway in North America, was closed during the 2008 Toronto Propane Explosion

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== The design, the redux. ==

I have made a few slight changes to the design based on feedback. Hopefully it should have fixed the rendering issues. If not, or there are any other suggestions and ideas, I am all ears. ÷seresin 19:38, 15 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The blurbs for the featured articles are a great addition; I usually skipped this page before as dull. 86.45.144.158 (talk) 22:31, 15 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. The preview of POTDs are nice, too. HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 01:38, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I had rendering issues last time. And this time I do not. Thanks. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) 02:22, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]