Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-07-06/Features and admins
Approved this week
Administrators
Two editors were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Mlaffs (nom) and decltype (nom).
Bots
2 bots or bot tasks were approved for operation this week. These were:
- JCbot 2: To deliver newsletters for Wikipedia:WikiProject Outline of knowledge
- EarwigBot III: To update statistics related to articles for creation.
Featured pages
Five articles were promoted to featured status this week: Hurricane Kiko (1989) (nom), Oklahoma City bombing (nom), John Wark (nom), Chelsea Bridge (nom) and John the bookmaker controversy (nom).
Twelve lists were promoted to featured status this week: List of African American Medal of Honor recipients (nom), Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps (nom), Poker Hall of Fame (nom), List of New York Yankees managers (nom), List of tallest buildings in Oklahoma City (nom), List of Luton Town F.C. statistics and records (nom), List of highways in Essex County, New York (nom), List of Maryland Terrapins football honorees (nom), List of convicted computer criminals (nom), List of national parks of Sweden (nom), List of Olympic medalists in snowboarding (nom) and List of Gold Glove Award winners at shortstop (nom).
Two topics were promoted to featured status this week: Canadian campaign of 1775 (nom) and Music of the Final Fantasy series (nom).
No portals were promoted to featured status this week.
The following featured articles were displayed on the Main Page this week as Today's featured article: Operation Epsom, The Hardy Boys, Bruce Castle, Anne of Denmark, Hispanic Americans in World War II, Portal and Fauna of Scotland.
Former featured pages
Four articles were delisted this week. Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (nom), Link (The Legend of Zelda) (nom), Doctor Who (nom) and Kammerlader (nom).
Eight lists were delisted this week: List of universities in Canada (nom), List of cultural references in The Cantos (nom), List of awards and nominations received by Soundgarden (nom), List of awards and nominations received by The Strokes (nom), List of awards and nominations received by Wolfmother (nom), List of Metallica band members (nom), Lists of Michigan Wolverines football rushing leaders (nom) and Lists of Michigan Wolverines football receiving leaders (nom).
No topics were delisted this week.
Featured media
The following featured pictures were displayed on the Main Page this week as picture of the day: Constantinople, Manhattan, Canadian victory bond poster, Othello, Bridgewater Bridge and Causeway, Trumbell's Declaration of Independence, Dar es Salaam and Firebox.
No featured sounds were promoted this week.
No featured pictures were demoted this week.
Three pictures were promoted to featured status this week and are shown below.
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