Features and admins

Features and admins

Administrators

Two users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: WODUP (nom) and Arkyan (nom).

Bots

Three bots or bot tasks were approved to begin operating this week: Chris G Bot 2 (task request), ArbComBot (task request) and SkiersBot (task request).

Seventeen articles were promoted to featured status last week: Oxidative phosphorylation (nom), 1981 Irish hunger strike (nom), Victoria Cross for New Zealand (nom), Hispanic Americans in World War II (nom), Development of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (nom), Dungeons & Dragons (nom), Harry S. Truman (nom), Tim Duncan (nom), Gregory of Nazianzus (nom), Renewable energy in Scotland (nom), Bupropion (nom), Aikido (nom), 1880 Republican National Convention (nom), Ramón Emeterio Betances (nom), Augustus (nom), Pilot (Smallville) (nom) and Ine of Wessex (nom).

Two articles were de-featured last week: Franks (nom) and Space elevator (nom).

Fifteen lists were promoted to featured status last week: Vezina Trophy (nom), Conn Smythe Trophy (nom), List of Aston Villa F.C. managers (nom), Manchester United F.C. seasons (nom), Natasha Bedingfield discography (nom), Frank J. Selke Trophy (nom), Eurovision Song Contest winners (nom), Lady Byng Memorial Trophy (nom), List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people/W-Z (nom), List of Bleach Soul Society: The Sneak Entry arc episodes (nom), List of counties in Nevada (nom), Lester B. Pearson Award (nom), Surviving veterans of World War I (nom), List of medical schools in the United Kingdom (nom) and List of tallest buildings in Philadelphia (nom).

One list was de-featured last week: List of The Batman episodes (nom)

No portals were promoted to featured status last week.

One topic was promoted to featured status last week: Lists of current World Wrestling Entertainment champions (nom).

The following featured articles were displayed last week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: Moon, Archaeopteryx, Houston, Ulm Campaign, Lage Raho Munna Bhai, John Millington Synge, and Hamlet chicken processing plant fire.

The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page as picture of the day: Battle of Chancellorsville, Bryce Canyon, Guide on using a sextant, Sparrenburg Castle, Iapetus, Glossy Ibis, and Huaso.

Eight pictures were promoted to featured status last week and are shown below.


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