The best of the week

There were no new admins last week. At the time of publication there is one live RfA: Catfish Jim and the soapdish, due to finish Wednesday.

No new articles were promoted to featured status.

Nine lists were promoted:

• List of Los Angeles Clippers seasons (nom). (Nominated by Crzycheetah.)
• Philadelphia Phillies all-time roster (G) (nom). (Nominated by Killervogel5.)
• List of Ashes series (nom). (Nominated by Harrias.)
• List of international cricket centuries at Brabourne Stadium (nom). (Nominated by AroundTheGlobe.)
• Huskies of Honor (nom). (Nominated by Grondemar.)
• List of armored cruisers of Germany (nom). (Nominated by Parsecboy.)
• List of highest paid Major League Baseball players (nom). (Nominated by Staxringold.)
• List of National Treasures of Japan (writings: others) (nom). (Nominated by Bamse.)
• Mandy Moore discography (nom). (Nominated by Novice7.)

One featured list was delisted:

• List of Super Rugby champions (nom: [referencing, scope, style])

Eight images were promoted. Medium-sized images can be viewed by clicking on "nom":

• Eleanor of Toledo (nom; related article), the mannerist portrait of Eleanor of Toledo, who wears a heavily brocaded dress slashed with black arabesques, with her son Giovanni by Bronzino, 1545. (Painted by Bronzino; photographed by the Yorck Project.) picture at right
• Vanadium (nom; related article), vanadium crystal bars, showing different crystal textures and a greenish oxidised surface. (Created by User:Alchemist-hp.)
• Rusty chain (nom; related article), heavy rust on the links of a chain near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco; the surface had been continuously exposed to moisture and salt-laden spray, causing surface breakdown, cracking, and flaking of the metal. (Created by User:WikipedianMarlith.) picture at right
• Curve theatre, Leicester (nom; related article), a theatre in Leicester, England, designed by Rafael Viñoly and opened in 2008. (Created by User:NotFromUtrecht.) picture at top
• Bar-Backed Partridge male (nom; related article), found in South East Asia. (Created by User:JJ Harrison.)
• Bar-backed Partridge female (nom; related article), a companion to the previous image. (Created by User:JJ Harrison.)
• Flock of sanderlings (nom; related article), a small wader. It is highly gregarious in winter, sometimes forming large flocks on coastal mudflats or sandy beaches. (Created by User:Mbz1.) picture at bottom
• Wood Sandpiper (nom; related article), showing its characteristic short fine bill, brown back and longer yellowish legs. (Created by User:JJ Harrison.)

• New Zealand Bellbird (nom; related article). Several New Zealand Bellbirds (Anthornis melanura), singing and calling around a bird feeder on Tiritiri Matangi Island. The bellbird's song contributed strongly to New Zealand's loud dawn chorus, now essentially absent from most of the mainland, and best heard on protected islands and other wildlife sanctuaries.
• Seventeen Come Sunday (nom; related article), Percy Grainger's choral arrangement of the folk song "Seventeen Come Sunday", performed by the United States Navy Band Sea Chanters ensemble.
• Keep the Home Fires Burning (nom; related article), a World War I patriotic song by Ivor Novello and Lena Guilbert Ford, performed by Frederick Wheeler for Edison Records in late 1915.
• Marcha Real (nom; related article), the national anthem of Spain, performed by the United States Navy Band.
• Address Before a Joint Session of Congress (February 24, 2009) Barack Obama (video) (nom; related article), in which he discussed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 among other economic-related issues during the late-2000s financial crisis.
• Manhattan Beach (nom; related article); this file and the following two are marches by American composer John Philip Sousa (1854–1932), performed by the United States Marine Corps Band.
• King Cotton (nom; related article).
• The Gallant Seventh (nom; related article).
• Radetzky March (nom; related article), Johann Strauss's magnum opus, performed by the US Marine Corps Band.
• The Circus Bee (nom; related article), a circus march by Henry Fillmore, performed by the US Marine Corps Band.
• RollingThunder (nom; related article), a circus march by Henry Fillmore, performed by the US Air Force Band.
• First Inaugural (January 20, 1993) Bill Clinton (nom; related article): video.
• The foggy dew (nom; related article), a traditional Irish song using a penny whistle and percussion.
• Remarks on the Signing of NAFTA (December 8, 1993) Bill Clinton (nom; related article). NAFTA was the historic North American Free-Trade Agreement between Canada, the US, and Mexico.