ErrantX (nom) is a graduate in electronic engineering and is completing an MSc in software engineering. He works in computer security and computer forensics. Among his contributions will be a presence at ANI, RFPP and AIV.
At the time of publication there are three live RfAs: The Bushranger and Glane23, both due to finish on Tuesday 22 February, and Snottywong, due to finish on Monday 28 February.
Featured portals
Two portals were promoted:
Portal:Law of England and Wales (nom) was promoted, with 29 articles (including 8 FAs and 3 FLs), and selected biographies, cases, legislation, pictures, and quotations. (picture at right)
Portal:Somerset (nom) was promoted, with 36 articles (all FA or GA), and selected biographies, pictures, and settlements. (picture at right)
Featured articles
Six articles were promoted to featured status:
Rinaldo (opera) (nom), a historically important opera and one of Handel's early masterpieces. Its tercentenary comes up in less than a week, on 24 February. (Brianboulton)
2008 Hungarian Grand Prix (nom), a Formula One motor race held in 2008, in which most of the excitement surrounded a duel between Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa. (Midgrid)
Rutherford B. Hayes (nom) (1822–93), the 19th US President who served one term from 1877 to 1881, overseeing the end of Reconstruction and America's entry into the Second Industrial Revolution. Hayes was a reformer whose work was influential in civil service reform. He unsuccessfully tried to reconcile the divisions that had led to the Civil War. (Coemgenus; picture at right)
Minas Geraes-class battleship (nom), a pair of Brazilian dreadnoughts, in service from 1910, that caused traditional powers around the world to hail Brazil's new-found military potential (said to have "astonished the naval world"). Both ships were rapidly outmoded, but survived through the Second World War before being scrapped. (The ed17)
John J. Crittenden (nom), a US career politician in the 19th century who served as Congressman, Senator, US Attorney General, Governor, and state legislator. Nominator Acdixon says that "had his 'Crittenden Compromise' been approved, the American Civil War might have been averted."
Five featured sounds were promoted, in twelve parts:
Cello Suite No. 1 in G BWV1007, JS Bach (1685–1750), performed by the Canadian cellist, John Michel. The play button to the right is to the first movement; the other five movements are linked to below it.
Gnossiene Numbers 1–3, by Erik Satie (1866–1925), the French composer; The play button to the right is for the first Gnossiene, the other two are linked to below the button.
Featured pictures
Five images in six parts were promoted. Medium-sized images can be viewed by clicking on "nom":
Andromeda Galaxy (nom; related article), the closest spiral galaxy to Earth, distant from us by about 25 times the diameter of our own galaxy, and containing about 10 times as many stars (1,000 billion). The creator, Adam Evans, says the image includes "120 mins of hydrogen-alpha data (shot from the city) to enhance the nebula regions in Andromeda. While I was at it, I also tweaked the overall colour balance." picture at top
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