Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-01-02/Features and admins
Features and admins
Administrators
Five users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: E (nom), Nick Dowling (nom), AliveFreeHappy (nom), Jon513 (nom), and Mitchazenia (nom).
Bots
Three bots or bot tasks were approved to begin operating this week: Darkicebot (task request), MastersBot (task request), and Eubot (task request).
Featured pages
Eleven articles were promoted to featured status last week: Francis Harvey (nom), Belarus (nom), Emma Goldman (nom), Baltimore City College (nom), Virginia Tech massacre (nom), Sonatas and Interludes (nom), Red-winged Fairy-wren (nom), St Kilda, Scotland (nom), Boeing 747 (nom), Chat Moss (nom), and Joy Division (nom).
Fifteen lists were promoted to featured status last week: List of Tsukihime, Lunar Legend episodes (nom), 50 Cent discography (nom), List of North Carolina hurricanes (1980-present) (nom), David Gahan discography (nom), List of Gunslinger Girl episodes (nom), List of Yotsuba&! chapters (nom), Lists of Michigan Wolverines football rushing leaders (nom), Lists of Michigan Wolverines football passing leaders (nom), List of Massachusetts birds (nom), List of Liverpool F.C. managers (nom), List of poker hands (nom), Calgary Flames seasons (nom), Royal Rumble (nom), List of United States business school rankings (nom), and List of Trinity Blood episodes (nom)
Three portals were promoted last week: Portal:The Simpsons (nom), Portal:Music of Australia (nom), and Portal:New South Wales (nom). Two topics were promoted last week: Carnivàle (nom), and Seasons of YuYu Hakusho (nom). No sounds were promoted last week.
The following featured articles were displayed last week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: Flight feather, Ladakh, Religious debates over Harry Potter, William Bruce (architect), Love. Angel. Music. Baby., Ganesha, and 2006 Chick-fil-A Bowl.
Former featured pages
Two articles and one list were delisted last week:
- Ludwig Wittgenstein (nom) — Promoted in April 2004, the article was delisted due to insufficient references and a substandard lead section. Although some work was put into improving the article, after two months it was still not of featured standard and was delisted.
- Carl G. Fisher (nom) — Promoted in March 2005, the review noted issues with referencing. Without any efforts to fix issues found with the article, it was delisted.
- Lists of mathematics topics (nom) — the review noted a lack of references; with no improvement of the list, it was removed.
Featured media
The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page as picture of the day: Santa Claus; Yellow-bellied Marmot; Piccadilly Circus; Lioness; Roesel's bush-cricket; Elizabeth II; 28 August 2007 lunar eclipse and Flammarion woodcut.
Eighteen pictures were promoted to featured status last week and are shown below.
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