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Today's featured article for April 27, 2025

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask is a 2000 action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It makes use of enhanced 3D graphics and features several gameplay changes, but reuses elements and character models from Ocarina of Time (1998). It follows Link, who arrives in a parallel world, Termina, and becomes embroiled in a quest to prevent the moon from crashing in three days' time. The game introduces gameplay concepts revolving around a perpetually repeating three-day cycle and the use of various masks that transform Link into different forms, and requires the Expansion Pak add-on for the Nintendo 64, which provides additional memory for more refined graphics. Majora's Mask was acclaimed by critics, and generated a cult following. It was rereleased for the GameCube in 2003, and for the online services of the Wii, Wii U, and Nintendo Switch. An enhanced remake for the Nintendo 3DS was released in 2015. (Full article...)

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Picture of the day for April 27, 2025

Selection on the ramp at Auschwitz II–Birkenau from the Auschwitz Album, a photographic record of the Holocaust during World War II. It and the Sonderkommando photographs are among the small number of visual documents that show the operations of Auschwitz II–Birkenau, the German extermination camp in occupied Poland.

Originally titled "Resettlement of the Jews from Hungary" (Umsiedlung der Juden aus Ungarn), it shows a period when the Nazis accelerated their deportation of Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz. The images were taken by photographers from the camp's Erkennungsdienst ("identification service"). Among other things, the Erkennungsdienst was responsible for fingerprinting and taking photo IDs of prisoners who had not been selected for extermination. The identity of the photographers is uncertain, but it is thought to have been Bernhard Walter or Ernst Hoffmann, two SS men who were director and deputy director of the Erkennungsdienst. The camp's director, Rudolf Höss, also may have taken several of the photographs himself.

Photograph credit: Bernhard Walter; restored by Yann Forget

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2012 notes

Deleted: Cornell University (appears on October 7)
Moved to Ineligible: South African general election, 1994 (maintenance)
Omitted: Battle of Ridgefield; SS Sultana; Betty Boothroyd (ineligible—maintenance); 1993 Zambia national football team air disaster; Airbus A380
Included: Battle of Bicocca (first appearance); Für Elise (first appearance); Chris Watson (2nd appearance, last in 2010); President pro tempore of the United States Senate (first appearance); Expo 67 (6th appearance, last in 2010)

—howcheng {chat} 07:39, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Omitted: Für Elise; Chris Watson; President pro tempore of the United States Senate
Included: John Milton (5th appearance, last in 2007; rescued from Ineligible); Battle of Ridgefield (first appearance); SS Sultana (7th appearance, last in 2011); 1993 Zambia national football team air disaster (2nd appearance, last in 2011; rescued from Ineligible)
Repeats: Battle of Bicocca (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Expo 67 (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:14, 26 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Omitted: Battle of Bicocca; John Milton; Battle of Ridgefield; Für Elise; Expo 67 (ineligible—maintenance); 1993 Zambia national football team air disaster
Included: Shahrbaraz (first appearance); Lapu-Lapu/Battle of Mactan (Lapu-Lapu: first appearance; Battle: 6th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Milton Margai (first appearance); Airbus A380 (2nd appearance, last in 2011)
Repeats: SS Sultana (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total)

—howcheng {chat} 05:35, 26 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Omitted: Shahrbaraz; Lapu-Lapu/Battle of Mactan (Lapu-Lapu ineligible—maintenance); Milton Margai
Included: Aelia Eudoxia (2nd appearance, last in 2013; previously appeared on October 6; Für Elise (3rd appearance, last in 2013); President pro tempore of the United States Senate (2nd appearance, last in 2012)
Repeats: Sultana (steamboat) (3rd consecutive appearance, 9 total; 150th anniversary); Airbus A380 (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:10, 26 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

New articles (unused): State Duma (Russian Empire)
Omitted: Aelia Eudoxia; Sultana (steamboat); President pro tempore of the United States Senate; Airbus A380
Included: Battle of Mactan (7th appearance, last in 2014); John Milton (6th appearance, last in 2013); Liberation Front of the Slovene Nation (first appearance; 75th anniversary); 1993 Zambia national football team air disaster (3rd appearance, last in 2013)
Repeats: Für Elise (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:43, 25 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

I hope howcheng (our most prolific administrator around here) doesn't mind, but I've added 2011 Super Outbreak to the list for this year. — Coffee // have a ☕️ // beans // 10:44, 13 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Everyone is free to edit this pages. Thanks for the addition. —howcheng {chat} 16:05, 13 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: State Duma (Russian Empire) (maintenance); Milton Margai (maintenance)
New articles (ineligible): 2011 Super Outbreak (maintenance)
Omitted: Freedom Day (South Africa) (ineligible—maintenance); Lapu-Lapu (blurb previously featured Battle of Mactan, which is now ineligible); John Milton (ineligible—maintenance); Für Elise; Liberation Front of the Slovene Nation; 1993 Zambia national football team plane crash
Included: Shahrbaraz (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Battle of Bicocca (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Sultana (steamboat) (10th appearance, last in 2015); Chris Watson (3rd appearance, last in 2012); Airbus A380 (4th appearance, last in 2015)

—howcheng {chat} 07:51, 27 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): 2011 Super Outbreak
New articles (ineligible): Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn (POTD for 2018)
New articles (unused): 2012 Dnipropetrovsk explosions
Omitted: Shahrbaraz; Battle of Bicocca; Sultana (steamboat); Chris Watson; Airbus A380; Mary Wollstonecraft; Sergei Prokofiev; Olivier Messiaen
Included: Aelia Eudoxia (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Lapu-Lapu (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Battle of Ridgefield (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Expo 67 (8th appearance, last in 2013; rescued from Ineligible); 1993 Zambia national football team plane crash (4th appearance, last in 2016); Ralph Waldo Emerson (first appearance); Draža Mihailović (first appearance); Sheila Scott (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 16:44, 27 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

Moved to Ineligible: President pro tempore of the United States Senate (date not in article)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn; Milton Margai
Omitted: Aelia Eudoxia; Lapu-Lapu; Battle of Ridgefield; Expo 67; 1993 Zambia national football team plane crash; Ralph Waldo Emerson; Draža Mihailović; Sheila Scott
Included: Shahrbaraz (4th appearance, last in 2017; also appeared on June 9, his death anniversary); Battle of Bicocca (4th appearance, last in 2017); Für Elise (5th appearance, last in 2016); Sultana (steamboat) (11th appearance, last in 2017); Lorenzo Gamboa (first appearance; 70th anniversary); 2012 Dnipropetrovsk explosions (first appearance); Mumtaz Mahal (first appearance); Pope Leo XI (first appearance); Coretta Scott King (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 16:30, 29 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

Moved to Ineligible: 1993 Zambia national football team plane crash (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Rogers Hornsby; Russell T Davies; Cory Booker
Omitted: Shahrbaraz; Battle of Bicocca; Für Elise; Sultana (steamboat); Lorenzo Gamboa; 2012 Dnipropetrovsk explosions; Mumtaz Mahal (moved to June 17); Pope Leo XI; Coretta Scott King
Included: Lapu-Lapu (3rd appearance, last in 2018); Battle of Carbisdale (first appearance); Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn (first appearance; 75th anniversary); Airbus A380 (5th appearance, last in 2017); Mary Wollstonecraft (4th appearance, last in 2017); Ulysses S. Grant (first appearance); Olivier Messiaen (3rd appearance, last in 2017)

—howcheng {chat} 17:50, 28 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

Deleted: Liberation Front of the Slovene Nation (moved to April 26)
Moved to Ineligible: 2011 Super Outbreak (maintenance)
New articles (ineligible): 1985 World Snooker Championship final (TFA for 2021)
Omitted: Battle of Carbisdale; Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn; Airbus A380; Mary Wollstonecraft; Ulysses S. Grant; Olivier Messiaen
Included: Aelia Eudoxia (4th appearance, last in 2018); Battle of Ridgefield (4th appearance, last in 2018); Chris Watson (4th appearance, last in 2017); Margaret Macpherson Grant (first appearance); Rogers Hornsby (first appearance; 125th birthday); Vinod Khanna (first appearance)
Repeats: Lapulapu (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total; 500th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 06:51, 30 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

Omitted: Aelia Eudoxia; Lapulapu; Chris Watson; Margaret Macpherson Grant; Rogers Hornsby; Vinod Khanna
Included: Battle of Bicocca (5th appearance, last in 2019); Milton Margai (2nd appearance, last in 2014); 1985 World Snooker Championship final (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); 2012 Dnipropetrovsk explosions (2nd appearance, last in 2019; 10th anniversary); Ulysses S. Grant (2nd appearance, last in 2020; 200th birthday); Sheila Scott (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 100th birthday); Olivier Messiaen (4th appearance, last in 2020; 30th anniversary)
Repeats: Battle of Ridgefield (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:52, 28 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

2023 notes

See Talk:Battle of Ridgefield#Copyvio or backwards copy ?? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 20:20, 2 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]