Features and admins

Features and admins

Administrators

Three users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Choess (nom), Ice Cold Beer (nom), and Moni3 (nom).

Bots

One bot or bot task was approved to begin operating this week: Nixbot (task request).

Fifteen articles were promoted to featured status this week: Conan (2007 video game) (nom), SummerSlam (2003) (nom), Pat Nixon (nom), Janet Jackson (nom), Panzer I (nom), Tropical Storm Barry (2001) (nom), Made in the Dark (nom), History of Bradford City A.F.C. (nom), Congregation Baith Israel Anshei Emes (nom), White-breasted Nuthatch (nom), Alzheimer's disease (nom), Pride and Prejudice (1995 TV serial) (nom), William de St-Calais (nom), Anti-tobacco movement in Nazi Germany (nom), and Amateur radio in India (nom).

Ten lists were promoted to featured status last week: Timeline of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season (nom), List of submissions to the 74th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film (nom), List of UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winners (nom), List of Brotherhood episodes (nom), National Basketball Association awards (nom), Opeth discography (nom), List of Sunderland A.F.C. players (nom), List of former Football League clubs (nom), List of USAF Test Pilot School alumni (nom), and Timeline of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season (nom).

Two topics were promoted to featured status this week: Seasons of 30 Rock (nom) and Dwarf planets (nom).

No portals were promoted to featured status this week.

The following featured articles were displayed this week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: Borobudur, Madman Muntz, Poliomyelitis, Rongorongo, and Planet.

Three articles were delisted this week: Eifel Aqueduct (nom), Helen Gandy (nom), and The Cantos (nom).

Three lists were delisted this week: Indian national cricket captains (nom), IWGP Tag Team Championship (nom), and List of districts of India (nom).

No topics were delisted this week.

The following featured pictures were displayed this week on the Main Page as picture of the day: Caligo eurilochus, Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler, Red-eyed Tree Frog, Beater (weaving), Northern Elephant Seals, Greater Yellowlegs, and Polish cavalry.

No sounds were featured this week.

No featured pictures were demoted this week.

Twenty pictures were promoted to featured status this week and are shown below.




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