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(This text was authored by Armbrust and was published under a CC/BY license at the Signpost, Wikipedia's in-flight magazine here)

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Fauna

Dinosaurs

  • Nemegtomaia (article candidates/Nemegtomaia/archive1|nominated Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Nemegtomaia/archive1|nominated by User:FunkMonk|FunkMonk) is a genus of oviraptorid dinosaur from what is now Mongolia that lived in the Late Cretaceous Period, about 70Template:Nbspmillion years ago. The first specimen was found in 1996, and became the basis of the new genus and species N. barsboldi in 2004. The original genus name was Nemegtia, but this was changed to Nemegtomaia in 2005, as the former name was preoccupied. The first part of the generic name refers to the Nemegt Basin, where the animal was found, and the second part means "good mother", in reference to the fact that oviraptorids are known to have brooded their eggs. The specific name honours the palaeontologist Rinchen Barsbold. Two more specimens were found in 2007, one of which was found on top of a nest with eggs, but the dinosaur had received its genus name before it was found associated with eggs.

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War

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Video games

Law

  • The Oran fatwa (article candidates/Oran fatwa/archive1|nominated Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Oran fatwa/archive1|nominated by User:HaEr48|HaEr48) was a responsum fatwa, or an Islamic legal opinion, issued in 1504 to address the crisis that occurred when Muslims in the Crown of Castile were forced to convert to Christianity in 1500–1502. The fatwa sets out detailed relaxations of the sharia requirements, allowing the Muslims to conform outwardly to Christianity and perform acts that are ordinarily forbidden in Islamic law, when necessary to survive. It includes relaxed instructions to fulfill the ritual prayers, the ritual charity and the ritual ablution, and recommendations when obliged to violate Islamic law, such as worshipping as Christians, performing blasphemy, and consuming pork and wine. #fatwa

Literature

  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1887 play) (article candidates/Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1887 play)/archive1|nominated Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1887 play)/archive1|nominated by User:RL0919|RL0919) is a four-act play written by Thomas Russell Sullivan in collaboration with the actor Richard Mansfield. It is an adaptation of Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, an 1886 novella by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. The story focuses on the respected London doctor Henry Jekyll and his involvement with Edward Hyde, a loathsome criminal. After Hyde murders the father of Jekyll's fiancée, Jekyll's friends discover that he and Jekyll are the same person; Jekyll has developed a potion that allows him to transform himself into Hyde and back again. When he runs out of the potion, he is trapped as Hyde and commits suicide before he can be arrested. In writing the stage adaptation, Sullivan made several changes to the story; these included creating a fiancée for Jekyll and a stronger moral contrast between Jekyll and Hyde. The changes have been adopted by many subsequent adaptations, including several film versions of the story which were derived from the play. #play
  • Fantasy Book (article candidates/Fantasy Book/archive1|nominated Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Fantasy Book/archive1|nominated by Christie|Mike Christie User:Mike Christie|Mike Christie) was a semi-professional American science fiction magazine that published eight issues between 1947 and 1951. The editor was William Crawford, and the publisher was Crawford's Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. Crawford had problems distributing the magazine, and his budget limited the quality of the paper he could afford and the artwork he was able to buy, but he attracted submissions from some well-known writers, including Isaac Asimov, Frederik Pohl, and A.E. van Vogt. The best-known story to appear in the magazine was Cordwainer Smith's first sale, "Scanners Live in Vain", which was later included in the first Science Fiction Hall of Fame anthology, and is now regarded as one of Smith's finest works.
  • Archie vs. Predator (article candidates/Archie vs. Predator/archive1|nominated Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Archie vs. Predator/archive1|nominated by Surfer|Argento Surfer User:Argento Surfer|Argento Surfer) is a comic book and intercompany crossover, written by Alex de Campi and drawn by Fernando Ruiz. It was originally published as a four-issue limited series in the United States by Dark Horse Comics and Archie Comics in 2015. The single issues were released between April and July, and a hardcover collection went on sale in November 2015. In Archie vs. Predator, a trophy-hunting alien arrives on Earth and begins stalking high school student Archie Andrews and his classmates. After a number of teenagers have been killed, the survivors realize they are being hunted and decide to fight back. Once the predator succeeds in killing Archie, it reveals it was motivated by a crush on one of Archie's girlfriends, Betty Cooper. The book received positive reviews from critics, who enjoyed the strange matchup and dark humor. The miniseries was the bestselling book for both publishers during its release and won a Ghastly Award for Best Limited Series.
  • Other Worlds, Universe Science Fiction, and Science Stories (article candidates/Other Worlds, Universe Science Fiction, and Science Stories/archive1|nominated Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Other Worlds, Universe Science Fiction, and Science Stories/archive1|nominated by Christie|Mike Christie User:Mike Christie|Mike Christie) were three related US magazines edited by Raymond A. Palmer. Other Worlds was launched in 1949 by Palmer's Clark Publications and lasted for four years in its first run, with well-received stories such as "Enchanted Village" by A.E. van Vogt and "Way in the Middle of the Air" by Ray Bradbury. Palmer entered a partnership with a Chicago businessman in 1953, to create Bell Publications, and printed Universe Science Fiction from June 1953. Palmer used the new company to abandon Other Worlds and launch Science Stories, in order to escape from Clark Publications' financial difficulties. Science Stories was visually attractive but contained no memorable fiction. Universe Science Fiction, on the other hand, was drab in appearance, but included some well-received stories, such as Theodore Sturgeon's "The World Well Lost". Palmer's Chicago partner lost interest, so he took over both Science Stories and Universe Science Fiction under a new company. In 1955 he culled both magazines and brought back Other Worlds, numbering the issues to make the new magazine appear a continuation of both the original Other Worlds and also of Universe Science Fiction.


Fictional Characters

  • Eve Russell (article candidates/Eve Russell/archive1|nominated Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Eve Russell/archive1|nominated by User:Aoba47|Aoba47) is a fictional character on the American soap opera Passions, which aired on NBC from 1999 to 2007 and on DirecTV in 2007–08. Created by the soap's head writer, James E. Reilly, Eve was played by Tracey Ross for the series' entire run. Eve, part of PassionsTemplate:' Russell family, is introduced as the perfect wife of T. C. Russell and mother of Whitney and Simone. Eve's desperation to conceal all evidence of her past relationship—and child—with Julian Crane leads to the breakup of her marriage and family, especially when her adoptive sister Liz Sanbourne arrives and ruins Eve's life for abandoning her first family.

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