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Features and admins

Features and admins

Administrators

Eight users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Metros232 (nom), Tango (nom), Mike Selinker (nom), ReyBrujo (nom), Martinp23 (nom), Tariqabjotu (nom), Rama's Arrow (nom), and Opabinia regalis (nom).

Featured content

No articles were promoted to featured status last week.

Five articles were de-featured last week: Lakitu, Black hole, Common Unix Printing System, Albert Einstein, and Chuck Palahniuk.

Three portals reached featured status last week: Portal:Germany, Portal:Houston, and Portal:Photography.

Three lists were featured last week: List of notable Eagle Scouts, List of The Sopranos episodes, and Former municipalities of Norway.

The following featured articles were displayed last week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: Salvador Dalí, Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America), J. R. R. Tolkien, Katyn massacre, San Francisco, California, W. S. Gilbert, and Star.

The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page as picture of the day: Wasp, Habanero chile, Matterhorn, Mohammed Alim Khan, Florence Owens Thompson, Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel, and Cheetah.

Four pictures were featured last week: