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This page is the list of featured articles that were promoted in 2012, listed by the month in which they were promoted. This list includes the date the article was featured on the main page (see Wikipedia:Today's featured article) and the nominating user(s). Articles removed from featured status (see Wikipedia:Former_featured_articles) are indicated in strikethrough font. This page is used as input for Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by featured article nominations.

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See logs at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/December 2012
Article Main page date Nominator
Afroyim v. Rusk February 20, 2014 Richwales
Auriscalpium vulgare June 19, 2017 Sasata
SMS Kaiserin Parsecboy
Oregon Trail Memorial half dollar November 19, 2014 Wehwalt
Look Mickey February 21, 2013 TonyTheTiger
Drowned God October 31, 2016 Torchiest
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II in Australian service February 13, 2016 Nick-D
Little Moreton Hall January 12, 2013 George Ponderevo & MarchOrDie
Blockhaus d'Éperlecques March 25, 2013 Prioryman
Shunzhi Emperor March 15, 2013 Madalibi
Stephen Colbert at the 2006 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner November 21, 2006 Hawkeye7
Amphibian April 25, 2015 Cwmhiraeth & Axl
Banksia aquilonia May 15, 2013 Casliber
Joseph Grimaldi December 18, 2013 Cassianto
Pale crag martin October 31, 2022 Jimfbleak
Strepsirrhini December 20, 2016 Maky
Operation Barras October 25, 2016 HJ Mitchell
13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian) April 23, 2014 Peacemaker67
Harold Larwood November 14, 2014 Brianboulton
Banksia grossa June 23, 2023 Casliber
Terang Boelan December 31, 2012 Crisco 1492
Mauritius blue pigeon January 2, 2013 FunkMonk
Arthur Gilligan December 23, 2019 Sarastro1
Vidya Balan December 14, 2012 Krimuk2.0
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See logs at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/November 2012
Article Main page date Nominator
Debora Green October 24, 2015 Fluffernutter
Rhodesian mission in Lisbon January 17, 2013 Cliftonian
Australian contribution to the Battle of Normandy July 20, 2014 Nick-D
Siege of Constantinople (717–718) January 21, 2015 Cplakidas
John Adair January 9, 2014 Acdixon
African river martin February 25, 2016 Jimfbleak
Leo Minor July 21, 2014 Casliber
Muhammad Ali Jinnah December 25, 2017 TopGun & Inlandmamba & Wehwalt
Harry S. Truman September 19, 2007 Wehwalt & PumpkinSky
Sinistar: Unleashed July 6, 2015 Hahc21
Dudley Clarke January 16, 2013 ErrantX
Terms of Endearment (The X-Files) February 27, 2014 Bruce Campbell
Anne Hutchinson March 22, 2013 Sarnold17
Frank's Cock December 1, 2013 Crisco 1492
HMS Argus (I49) February 3, 2023 Sturmvogel 66
Stanley Savige June 26, 2015 Hawkeye7
Crucifixion and Last Judgement diptych March 29, 2013 Truthkeeper88 & Ceoil & Kafka Liz
White-eyed river martin July 31, 2021 Jimfbleak
Typhoon Rusa January 22, 2013 Hurricanehink & Jason Rees
Imagine (John Lennon song) December 8, 2012 GabeMc
Frank Pick July 1, 2013 DavidCane
Periodic table January 8, 2018 StringTheory11
Dream of the Rarebit Fiend March 5, 2016 Curly Turkey
The Way I See It December 18, 2018 Teflon Peter Christ
Sudirman January 24, 2014 Crisco 1492
National Football League Players Association December 3, 2012 The Writer 2.0
Triangulum Australe Casliber
Daisy Jugadai Napaltjarri April 17, 2016 Hamiltonstone
Themes in Maya Angelou's autobiographies December 24, 2016 Figureskatingfan
Giant eland December 13, 2013 Sainsf
Isabella quarter June 13, 2013 Wehwalt
Russula emetica November 28, 2012 Sasata
May Revolution May 25, 2013 Cambalachero
Eusèbe Jaojoby July 29, 2015 Lemurbaby
Abuwtiyuw November 8, 2012 Tomcat7 & Dr. Blofeld & Eric Corbett
Mitt Romney March 12, 2014 Wasted Time R
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See logs at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/October 2012
Article Main page date Nominator
Pierre Monteux July 1, 2014 Tim riley & Cg2p0B0u8m & Brianboulton
Episode 14 (Twin Peaks) November 10, 2020 Grapple X & Idiotchalk & TBrandley
Hoodwinked! November 16, 2012 Jpcase
Missing My Baby March 31, 2015 AJona1992
Francis Marrash August 25, 2014 Bryan P. C. C.
Frog March 27, 2006 Cwmhiraeth & Thompsma
Interstate 696 December 15, 2019 Imzadi1979
Interstate 80 in Iowa July 21, 2018 Fredddie
Folding@home November 1, 2012 Jesse V.
Blakeney Point May 1, 2016 Jimfbleak
Barber coinage July 29, 2013 Wehwalt
Halo: Reach David Fuchs
God of War: Chains of Olympus April 19, 2013 JDC808
Stan Coveleski July 13, 2019 Wizardman
Peter Warlock October 30, 2014 Brianboulton
Percy Chapman September 3, 2017 Sarastro1
Istanbul February 23, 2019 Tariqabjotu
Betelgeuse November 26, 2012 Casliber & Sadalsuud
Gender Bender (The X-Files) May 14, 2013 Grapple X
Franz Kafka July 3, 2019 PumpkinSky & Gerda Arendt
Lycoperdon perlatum January 25, 2018 Sasata
New Worlds (magazine) November 25, 2017 Mike Christie & Nikkimaria
Cyclone Rewa January 7, 2014 Jason Rees
We Can Do It! February 15, 2013 Binksternet
Hiram Wesley Evans June 24, 2013 Mark Arsten & Crisco 1492
USS Lexington (CV-2) October 3, 2013 Sturmvogel 66
Boulonnais horse February 9, 2014 Dana boomer
OK Computer June 16, 2017 Brandt Luke Zorn
The Truth (The X-Files) August 3, 2019 Gen. Quon
Holkham National Nature Reserve January 14, 2015 Jimfbleak
Manuel Marques de Sousa, Count of Porto Alegre May 13, 2017 Astynax & Lecen
H-58 (Michigan county highway) October 15, 2016 Imzadi1979
Mereka Bilang, Saya Monyet! January 3, 2016 Crisco 1492
Frank Berryman April 11, 2014 Hawkeye7
Archaeoindris January 23, 2022 Maky
La Coupole March 25, 2013 Prioryman
Pink Floyd May 9, 2006 GabeMc
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See logs at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/September 2012
Article Main page date Nominator
Rhythm Killers November 24, 2015 Teflon Peter Christ
Joseph Desha December 9, 2013 Acdixon
Hobey Baker January 15, 2014 Kaiser matias
Common toad December 15, 2012 Cwmhiraeth
Somerset County Cricket Club in 2009 July 17, 2014 Harrias
Corona Australis Casliber & Keilana
M-553 (Michigan highway) Imzadi1979
Dodo July 6, 2013 FunkMonk
Phallus indusiatus May 10, 2013 Sasata
Eraserhead March 19, 2016 Grapple X
Ian Fleming October 23, 2012 SchroCat & Cassianto
Andjar Asmara October 20, 2012 Crisco 1492
Sadie Harris November 13, 2014 TRLIJC19 & Sofffie7
HMS Furious (47) Sturmvogel 66
System Shock 2 August 11, 2016 Hahc21
Microsoft Security Essentials November 23, 2012 Codename Lisa
The Hunger Games (novel) September 14, 2013 Evanh2008
Augustinian theodicy June 16, 2015 ItsZippy
Madagascar October 11, 2012 Lemurbaby
Olga Constantinovna of Russia February 24, 2014 DrKay
The Rite of Spring April 6, 2021 Brianboulton
North Norfolk Coast Site of Special Scientific Interest September 10, 2016 Jimfbleak
Nightswimming (Awake) March 31, 2018 Davejohnsan & Nikkimaria & TBrandley
Deep Throat (episode) Grapple X
Seated Liberty dollar April 21, 2015 RHM22 & Wehwalt
Oerip Soemohardjo October 27, 2015 Crisco 1492
Ex parte Crow Dog October 8, 2013 GregJackP
Ruth Norman October 12, 2012 Mark Arsten
The Post-Modern Prometheus November 30, 2015 Gen. Quon
Melford Stevenson October 17, 2016 John & Eric Corbett
Inocybe saliceticola April 18, 2013 J Milburn
Auriga (constellation) August 17, 2013 Keilana
Grey Cup November 25, 2012 Resolute
SMS Kaiser (1911) March 22, 2017 Parsecboy
Stephen Hawking Fayedizard
The Concert in Central Park September 19, 2012 Tomcat7
Cley Marshes July 30, 2015 MeegsC & Jimfbleak
Giant anteater March 6, 2013 LittleJerry
Bronwyn Oliver January 26, 2013 Hamiltonstone
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See logs at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/August 2012
Article Main page date Nominator
Iraq War in Anbar Province March 20, 2013 Palm dogg
Learie Constantine July 15, 2016 Brianboulton & Sarastro1
Metropolitan Railway January 10, 2013 Edgepedia
Pavle Đurišić February 13, 2023 Peacemaker67 & PRODUCER
Otto Graham February 3, 2013 Batard0
Rodrigues solitaire October 28, 2019 FunkMonk
Give Peace a Chance (Grey's Anatomy) October 29, 2012 TRLIJC19 & Nikkimaria
Albertus Soegijapranata July 22, 2013 Crisco 1492
Louis Riel (comics) October 27, 2012 Curly Turkey
Osiris myth September 24, 2012 A. Parrot
Rex Ryan December 13, 2012 The Writer 2.0
SMS König Albert Parsecboy
Say Hello to My Little Friend TBrandley
Louie B. Nunn December 28, 2020 Acdixon
Sons of Soul June 22, 2016 Teflon Peter Christ
Peter Sellers SchroCat & Cassianto
Trait du Nord February 8, 2015 Dana boomer & Tsaag Valren
Dorset December 20, 2007 Ykraps
? (film) April 1, 2013 Crisco 1492
Joseph B. Foraker September 22, 2019 Wehwalt
Pedro I of Brazil September 7, 2012 Astynax & Lecen & DrKay
1860 Boden Professor of Sanskrit election December 6, 2021 Bencherlite
HMS Bellerophon (1786) March 5, 2015 Benea
California State Route 57 May 11, 2015 Rschen7754
Muckaty Station December 30, 2012 Hamiltonstone
Olmec colossal heads October 4, 2024 Simon Burchell
Typhoon Chataan February 25, 2013 Hurricanehink
Reginald Heber April 21, 2013 Brianboulton
McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet in Australian service November 2, 2019 Nick-D
Pelican November 8, 2014 Casliber & Maias & MeegsC & Jimfbleak
U.S. Route 41 Business (Marquette, Michigan) October 10, 2015 Imzadi1979
Liverpool F.C. in European football February 12, 2013 NapHit
Kappa Kappa Psi November 27, 2012 Sycamore
United States Senate election in Ohio, 1898 June 26, 2013 Wehwalt
Problem of religious language September 12, 2014 ItsZippy
Marshall Applewhite August 15, 2014 Mark Arsten
Triangle (The X-Files) November 22, 2018 Gen. Quon
Clarence 13X February 22, 2015 Mark Arsten
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See logs at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/July 2012
Article Main page date Nominator
History of Mars observation January 8, 2013 RJHall
Maya Angelou April 4, 2013 Figureskatingfan
Poppy Meadow August 1, 2012 M.Mario & Frickative & Eric Corbett
HMS Hermes (95) Sturmvogel 66
Lettuce September 28, 2021 Dana boomer
Derek Jeter September 28, 2014 Muboshgu
Episode 2 (Twin Peaks) August 18, 2014 Grapple X
HMS Agincourt (1913) January 22, 2016 The ed17 & Sturmvogel 66
David Evans (RAAF officer) Ian Rose
Marasmius rotula June 10, 2024 Sasata
Cosima Wagner December 24, 2012 Brianboulton
German battleship Bismarck February 14, 2014 Parsecboy
Nickel (United States coin) March 4, 2013 Wehwalt
Melville Island (Nova Scotia) August 3, 2012 Nikkimaria
John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan December 18, 2016 Parrot of Doom
Pride & Prejudice (2005 film) October 2, 2013 Ruby2010
DNA nanotechnology October 9, 2017 Antony-22
Ed, Edd n Eddy July 23, 2012 Khanassassin
Paul McCartney June 8, 2016 GabeMc
Bivalvia November 3, 2014 Cwmhiraeth
Thomas J. Hudner, Jr. Ed!
James Rowland (RAAF officer) November 1, 2016 Ian Rose
Douglas MacArthur January 26, 2014 Hawkeye7
A Journey May 6, 2013 Paul MacDermott
Cave Story February 17, 2014 Axem Titanium
William the Conqueror September 9, 2022 Ealdgyth & Agricolae
Tammar wallaby December 3, 2014 LittleJerry
Aries (constellation) July 30, 2012 Keilana
Boeing 757 May 18, 2015 SynergyStar
Banksia ilicifolia November 7, 2012 Casliber & Hesperian
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See logs at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/June 2012
Article Main page date Nominator
Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders August 20, 2012 Noleander
Arthur Mold May 27, 2019 Sarastro1
Grand Teton National Park February 26, 2013 MONGO
Icelandic Phallological Museum March 16, 2013 Prioryman
Doc Adams November 1, 2014 Giants2008
Byzantine civil war of 1341–47 October 26, 2014 Cplakidas
Battle of Milne Bay August 26, 2012 AustralianRupert & Hawkeye7
Avery Brundage September 6, 2022 Wehwalt
Horseshoe Curve (Pennsylvania) November 13, 2012 Niagara
Charles Scott (governor) October 22, 2018 Acdixon
New Forest pony January 13, 2013 ThatPeskyCommoner
William S. Sadler September 12, 2012 Mark Arsten & MathewTownsend & Livitup
Squeeze (The X-Files) September 24, 2013 Grapple X
William Burges December 2, 2013 KJP1
William T. Anderson October 26, 2020 Mark Arsten
Reg Saunders May 9, 2015 AustralianRupert & Ian Rose
Typhoon Gay (1989) November 1, 2020 Cyclonebiskit
Yogo sapphire June 30, 2012 PumpkinSky & Montanabw
Here We Go Again (Ray Charles song) May 20, 2017 TonyTheTiger & Novice7 & Adabow
Myriostoma November 13, 2017 Sasata
Francis Walsingham June 24, 2012 DrKay
Pi July 22, 2012 Noleander
Lynching of Jesse Washington September 25, 2012 Mark Arsten
Courageous-class aircraft carrier February 5, 2017 Sturmvogel 66
Andromeda (constellation) July 12, 2012 Keilana
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (album) November 15, 2022 Pyrrhus16
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See logs at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/May 2012
Article Main page date Nominator
Ruma Maida October 28, 2014 Crisco 1492
Shangani Patrol March 18, 2014 Cliftonian
Western jackdaw April 22, 2013 Casliber & Cwmhiraeth
Colin Hannah December 22, 2014 Ian Rose
A Child of Our Time November 9, 2013 Brianboulton
Percheron March 4, 2016 Dana boomer
Hugh de Neville March 14, 2017 Ealdgyth
Alec Douglas-Home July 2, 2013 Tim riley
Edmund Sharpe November 12, 2012 Peter I. Vardy
Romances (Luis Miguel album) February 14, 2015 Magiciandude
Henry Wrigley March 7, 2018 Ian Rose
Steve Lukather Laser brain
Ranavalona III January 24, 2013 Lemurbaby
Hurricane Lenny May 24, 2015 Hurricanehink
William Jennings Bryan presidential campaign, 1896 November 11, 2012 Wehwalt
Herne Hill railway station August 25, 2012 Tommy20000
Cracker Barrel January 11, 2013 Silver seren & WWB Too
Santa María de Óvila July 13, 2012 Binksternet
Banksia oblongifolia January 12, 2019 Casliber
Ralph Neville July 26, 2019 Ealdgyth
Mary, Queen of Scots September 9, 2012 DrKay
1740 Batavia massacre September 4, 2012 Crisco 1492
Singapore strategy November 2, 2012 Hawkeye7
Lactarius torminosus May 4, 2020 Sasata
Gabriel Fauré November 4, 2012 Tim riley
SMS Ostfriesland Parsecboy
Tichborne case October 2, 2024 Brianboulton
John Sherman Cooper August 23, 2014 Acdixon
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See logs at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/April 2012
Article Main page date Nominator
Giraffe June 21, 2024 LittleJerry
Battle of Radzymin (1920) December 11, 2012 Halibutt
American Cream Draft October 23, 2013 Dana boomer
Steamtown, U.S.A. January 16, 2014 Ishtar456
Hedley Verity July 31, 2013 Sarastro1
United States Assay Commission February 13, 2013 Wehwalt
Ficus obliqua October 11, 2013 Casliber
John Francis Jackson February 23, 2013 Ian Rose
Bal des Ardents July 14, 2012 Truthkeeper88
Atlantis: The Lost Empire June 15, 2013 DrNegative
Ahalya May 22, 2012 Redtigerxyz
Dan Leno June 21, 2012 Cassianto & Ssilvers
HMS Vanguard (23) Sturmvogel 66
Chrisye September 16, 2012 Crisco 1492
Assassination of William McKinley September 6, 2014 Wehwalt
Air raids on Japan July 2, 2015 Nick-D
Psilocybe aztecorum December 26, 2012 Sasata
Rwanda July 1, 2012 Amakuru
Rainilaiarivony April 29, 2012 Lemurbaby
Bastion (video game) January 30, 2013 PresN
Elias Abraham Rosenberg November 14, 2015 Mark Arsten & Livitup
Wage reform in the Soviet Union, 1956–62 April 23, 2012 Coolug
Murder of Joanna Yeates September 18, 2014 Paul MacDermott & BabbaQ
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See logs at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/March 2012
Article Main page date Nominator
Carmen March 3, 2021 Brianboulton
Blakeney Chapel January 13, 2022 Jimfbleak
John de Gray September 29, 2018 Ealdgyth
William McKinley September 14, 2018 Coemgenus & Wehwalt
George Went Hensley October 27, 2013 Mark Arsten & Astynax
Thomas Blamey January 24, 2015 Hawkeye7
Roy Dowling May 28, 2014 Ian Rose
Xerochrysum bracteatum December 11, 2014 Casliber
James G. Blaine March 4, 2024 Coemgenus
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek September 17, 2012 Yllosubmarine
Jesse L. Brown December 4, 2012 Ed!
Toothcomb September 27, 2012 Maky
Georg Solti July 25, 2012 Tim riley
Capcom Five July 23, 2015 Axem Titanium
Jaws (film) November 29, 2006 Igordebraga & DocKino
Thurman Tucker April 14, 2013 Wizardman
United States Bicentennial coinage July 4, 2015 Wehwalt
Common tern July 3, 2022 Jimfbleak
St Cuthbert Gospel April 30, 2017 Johnbod
Spanish conquest of Guatemala September 21, 2012 Simon Burchell
James Garrard June 7, 2013 Acdixon
HMS Queen Mary Sturmvogel 66
Noisy miner May 2, 2016 Casliber & Mdk572
Golding Bird May 2, 2012 Spinningspark
Exsudoporus frostii December 9, 2016 Sasata
Voluntary Human Extinction Movement March 24, 2012 Mark Arsten & Mitch Ames
Ferugliotherium March 15, 2018 Ucucha
Washington quarter June 18, 2012 Wehwalt
Pain fitzJohn December 28, 2016 Ealdgyth
Alexis Bachelot February 22, 2013 Mark Arsten & Livitup
Ontario Highway 401 November 10, 2014 Floydian
Battle of Arawe December 15, 2013 Nick-D
Faryl March 9, 2014 J Milburn
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Moscow) March 30, 2012 Tomcat7
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See logs at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/February 2012
Article Main page date Nominator
Rachel Chiesley, Lady Grange May 12, 2013 Ben MacDui
Len Hutton June 23, 2016 Sarastro1
Prosperity theology January 4, 2013 ItsZippy & Mark Arsten
Sinking of the RMS Titanic April 15, 2018 Prioryman
James Tod December 19, 2012 Sitush
Birth control movement in the United States March 12, 2012 Noleander
United States v. Wong Kim Ark October 19, 2012 Richwales
Elizabeth II September 19, 2022 Rockhead126 & DrKay
1907 Tiflis bank robbery June 26, 2012 Remember
John Balmer July 3, 2016 Ian Rose
George Andrew Davis, Jr. February 10, 2023 Ed!
Tricholoma pardinum July 12, 2020 Casliber & Sasata
The Royal Opera September 12, 2015 Tim riley
Tropical Storm Cindy (1993) December 12, 2013 Hylian Auree
President Truman's relief of General Douglas MacArthur Hawkeye7
Mark Satin January 9, 2015 Babel41
Katharine Hepburn May 12, 2012 Lobo512
Franco-Mongol alliance April 26, 2013 Elonka
Turning Point (2008 wrestling) November 9, 2018 Wrestlinglover
Jonathan Agnew April 4, 2016 Dweller & The Rambling Man
Cross of Gold speech July 9, 2012 Wehwalt
Manhunter (film) August 15, 2012 Grapple X
George W. Romney July 8, 2021 Wasted Time R
Lost operas by Claudio Monteverdi September 14, 2017 Brianboulton
John Barbirolli December 2, 2014 Tim riley
Hadji Ali October 27, 2024 Fuhghettaboutit
Baldwin of Forde February 18, 2012 Ealdgyth
Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi December 7, 2013 Sturmvogel 66 & Cla68
South American dreadnought race November 30, 2022 The ed17
Nyon Conference February 22, 2012 Grandiose
Russell T Davies April 27, 2013 Sceptre
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See logs at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/January 2012
Article Main page date Nominator
Super Meat Boy October 2, 2016 PresN
Halo (Beyoncé song) December 28, 2018 Jivesh boodhun & Tbhotch
Martha Layne Collins March 8, 2012 Acdixon
Ray Farquharson September 15, 2012 Nikkimaria
Hector Waller March 1, 2022 Ian Rose
Charles Villiers Stanford October 30, 2012 Tim riley
The Monster (novella) January 12, 2017 Yllosubmarine
W. E. B. Du Bois August 28, 2017 Noleander
HMS Temeraire (1798) September 11, 2020 Benea
Adiantum viridimontanum October 13, 2022 Choess
Psilocybin February 29, 2012 Sasata
New York State Route 319 December 23, 2012 Mitchazenia & TwinsMetsFan
American white ibis August 7, 2014 Casliber
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. May 7, 2012 Astrocog
Faryl Smith May 14, 2019 J Milburn
Stanley Holloway August 18, 2012 Cassianto
1st Provisional Marine Brigade March 15, 2014 Ed!
Garret Hobart July 4, 2012 Wehwalt
White-necked rockfowl June 25, 2014 Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias August 25, 2013 Astynax & Lecen
Plateosaurus March 22, 2016 HMallison
Mathew Charles Lamb January 11, 2012 Cliftonian
Typhoon Gay (1992) November 13, 2015 Hurricanehink
Nicky Barr December 10, 2015 Ian Rose
Titchwell Marsh January 29, 2017 Jimfbleak
German battleship Tirpitz April 1, 2020 Parsecboy
HMS New Zealand (1911) November 19, 2012 Sturmvogel 66
Boeing 767 June 2, 2013 SynergyStar
Blonde on Blonde May 16, 2016 Mick gold & I.M.S. & Allreet & Moisejp