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Slow week for Featured content

This week's "Featured content" covers Sunday 30 October - Saturday 5 November.

Featured articles

The newly promoted File:ThermiteReaction.jpg (nom), showing a Thermite reaction in action.

No articles were promoted or demoted in an uncharacteristically quiet week at the review desks.

Featured lists

One featured list was promoted this week.

British Film Institute Fellowship (nom), nominated by The Rambling Man; awarded by the British Film Institute, the Fellowship is a title given to individuals in "recognition of their outstanding contribution to film or television culture" and is considered the highest accolade presented by the Institute.

Featured pictures

Two Featured pictures were promoted this week. Please click on "nom" to view medium-sized images:

File:ThermiteReaction.jpg (nom), by Nikthestoned, which illustrates "an aluminothermic reaction with Iron(III) oxide, also known as a thermite reaction." Thermite is a type of pyrotechnic composition of varying metals that burns at a high temperatures over a small area, making it ideal for, among other things, welding.

File:Turkucastle edit.jpg (nom), by Ottojula; "dating from the 13th century, [Turku Castle] is the largest surviving medieval building in Finland, and one of the largest surviving medieval castles in Scandinavia."