Features and admins

Features and admins

Administrators

Eleven users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Adambro (nom) Bibliomaniac15 (nom). Selket (nom), Matt Britt (nom), Prolog (nom), Croat Canuck (nom), TwinsMetsFan (nom), Stephen (nom), The Rambling Man (nom), AGK (nom), and Sr13 (nom)

Bots

Four bots were approved to begin operating this week: Gerakibot (task request), JabbaTheBot (task request), TonyBot (task request), and VshBot (task request).

Seven bots were approved to begin another task starting this week: Snowbot (task request), MartinBotIII (task request), Jogersbot (task request), NW557Bot (task request), SelketBot (task request), Gnome (Bot) (task request) (task nom 2), and BetacommandBot (task request).

Twenty-three articles were promoted to featured status last week: Eye (cyclone) (nom), Conatus (nom), Samuel Adams (nom), Mom and Dad (nom), École Polytechnique massacre (nom), Cameroon (nom), Russian-Circassian War (nom), York City F.C. (nom), Lage Raho Munna Bhai (nom), Equipartition theorem (nom), Uncle Tom's Cabin (nom), Quatermass II (nom), Original Stories from Real Life (nom), Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (nom), Manos: The Hands of Fate (nom), Kate Bush (nom), Homer's Enemy (nom), 1998 Pacific hurricane season (nom), Turkish language (nom), The Bus Uncle (nom), Fighting in ice hockey (nom), Bart King (nom), and Pontiac's Rebellion (nom).

Five articles were de-featured last week: Dred Scott v. Sandford (nom), Nuclear weapon (nom), Moorgate (nom), Aquarium (nom), and Cannabis rescheduling in the United States (nom).

Eight lists were promoted to featured status last week: List of premature obituaries (nom), List of Florida hurricanes (1950-1974) (nom), List of counties in Texas (nom), Italian football champions (nom), List of Cuban birds (nom), Grade I listed buildings in Bristol (nom), List of Kashimashi episodes (nom), and List of birds of Belize (nom).

No sounds, topics, or portals were promoted to featured status this week.

The following featured articles were displayed last week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, Scottish Parliament Building, William Monahan, Gilwell Park, History of Tamil Nadu, Elliott Smith, and Rhodes blood libel.

The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page as picture of the day: Willet, Project Excelsior, Short-beaked Echidna, Metallic Ringtail, Wright Flyer, Lakes on Titan, and Queen meat ant.

Two pictures were de-featured last week: Image:Converted.png (nom), and Image:Frogspawn closeup.jpg (nom).

Five pictures were promoted to featured status last week:


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