This week's "Features and admins" covers Sunday 17 – Saturday 23 April
New administrator
The Signpost welcomes RHM22 (nom) as our
newest admin.
He specialises in numismatics and has collaborated to bring three articles and one list to featured status. RHM, from the US, will focus among other things on merging mistitled pages and helping to work through administrative backlogs.
Featured sounds
President Kennedy greets US Peace Corps volunteers in August 1961, just five months after he announced the establishment of the volunteer program (see the new featured sound). The Corps promotes cultural understanding between Americans and others.Louis-Nicolas Clérambault, 1676–1749, a significant baroque French composer and keyboardist. One of his movements for organ is among the new featured sounds.A new featured picture by User:Alchemist-hp: zirconium, a metallic element, here in the form of crystalline bars and a pure cube for comparisonA new featured picture: an electric locomotive of the class Škoda ChS8, produced by the Czech engineering firm Škoda that survived the transition from communism to capitalismNew featured topic: New York State Route 28, which extends in the shape of a "C" for some 280 miles (450 km)Eleven sound files were promoted:
Amar Rabbi Elazar (nom; related article), performed by Cantor Meyer Kanewsky and choir in 1919 for Edison Records. The text begins, roughly, "Said Rabbi Elazar, quoting Rabbi Chaninah, Scholars increase the levels of peace in the world." In Judaism, this passage is commonly used in the Sunday morning service.
Hail to the Chief (nom; related article): four "ruffles and flourishes" followed by the long version of Hail to the Chief, composed 1812 by the English songwriter James Sanderson. It is commonly played as a fanfare for the US President, as in this performance by the US Army Band.
Zirconium (nom; related article) in the form of highly structured crystal bars, with a pure 1 cm3 cube of the same element for comparison. (Created by User:Alchemist-hp.) picture at right
Bird blinking (nom; related article), the nictitating membrane of a Masked Lapwing, as it closes; the photograph also shows the bird's spectacular yellow skin. After comments by a reviewer, the image was sharpened, sun reflection removed, and chromatic aberration corrected. (Created by User:99of9.) picture at bottom
Mt Buffalo Plateau and The Horn (nom; related article), at 1,723 m (5,653 ft), the highest point in the area. In the full-resolution version, the safety railing for walkers can be seen at the top. In winter, the area is usually covered in snow. (Created by User:99of9.) picture at top
Featured topic
One topic was promoted: New York State Route 28 (nom), with two featured articles and two good articles. This state highway extends for some 280 miles (450 km) in the shape of a "C" (nominator Mitch32). picture at right
New featured picture: a Masked Lapwing blinks, showing the function of its "third eye", a translucent membrane that protects and moistens while maintaining vision
Information about new admins at the top is drawn from their user pages and RfA texts, and occasionally from what they tell us directly.
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