Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-07-07/Features and admins
Features and admins
Administrators
Five users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Frank (nom), Lomn (nom), thedemonhog (nom), Tanner-Christopher (nom), TomStar81 (nom).
Bots
Eight bots or bot tasks were approved to begin operating this week: Maelgwnbot (task request), SoxBot X (task request), DinoBot2 (task request), Swimmingbot-awb (task request), ShepBot (task request), J Milburn Bot (task request), WPArkansas Bot (task request), and Xenobot (task request).
Featured pages
Fifteen articles were promoted to featured status last week: William Speirs Bruce (nom), Archaea (nom), Michael Gomez (nom), Ant (nom), Chrysiridia rhipheus (nom), Baltimore Steam Packet Company (nom), Operation Varsity (nom), Lives of the Most Eminent Literary and Scientific Men (nom), Restoration of the Everglades (nom), Noble gas (nom), Grass Fight (nom), History of timekeeping devices (nom), Elaine Paige (nom), Ficus aurea (nom), and Rings of Uranus (nom).
Twenty five lists were promoted to featured status last week: Boston Red Sox captains (nom), List of Crimean War Victoria Cross recipients (nom), List of U.S. Open (golf) champions (nom), List of San Antonio Spurs head coaches (nom), List of Detroit Red Wings head coaches (nom), List of Buffalo Bills head coaches (nom), List of first overall NHL draft choices (nom), List of submissions for the 79th Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (nom), NBA first overall draft pick (nom), List of heads of government of the Central African Republic and Central African Empire (nom), List of Indianapolis Colts head coaches (nom), List of Los Angeles Lakers head coaches (nom), List of Boston Celtics head coaches (nom), List of Twin Peaks episodes (nom), List of Chinese inventions (nom), The Office (U.S. TV series) season 2 (nom), List of Nine Inch Nails live-band members (nom), Woody Allen filmography (nom), List of elements by stability of isotopes (nom), Meshuggah discography (nom), List of tallest buildings in Columbus (nom), List of IIHF World Under-20 Championship medalists (nom), List of tallest buildings in Baltimore (nom), Euro gold and silver commemorative coins (Belgium) (nom), and Sepultura discography (nom).
One topic was promoted to featured status last week: 1998 Pacific hurricane season (nom).
Two portals were promoted to featured status last week: Portal:Chicago (nom) and Portal:World War II (nom).
The following featured articles were displayed last week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: Conatus, André Kertész, Winfield Scott Hancock, Macintosh Classic, Typhoon Paka, Russian-Circassian War, and New York State Route 32.
Former featured pages
Three articles were delisted last week: History of computing hardware (nom), Hong Kong (nom), and Brian Close (nom).
No lists were delisted last week.
No topics were delisted last week.
Featured media
The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page as picture of the day: Theodore Roosevelt, Hemicordulia tau, Stonemasonry, Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, American Robin, Blender software, and Los Angeles Police Department helicopter.
Two sounds were featured last week: Memphis Blues (nom) and When Johnny Comes Marching Home (nom).
No featured pictures were demoted last week.
Eleven pictures were promoted to featured status last week and are shown below.
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