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Features and admins

Features and admins

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Administrators

Two users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: WilliamH (nom) and Nev1 (nom).

Bots

Ten bots or bot tasks were approved to begin operating this week: AdminStatsBot (task request), ArkyBot (task request), Polbot (task request), Danielfolsom2 (task request), MelonBot (task request), MelonBot (task request), タチコマ robot (task request), DinoBot2 (task request), Erwin85Bot (task request), and Plasticbot (task request).

Featured pages

Four articles were promoted to featured status this week: Robert Sterling Yard (nom), Robert F. Kennedy assassination (nom), Greater Crested Tern (nom), and Proxima Centauri (nom).

Five lists were promoted to featured status last week: List of UEFA Cup winners (nom), List of Ontario birds (nom), 2008 WWE Draft (nom), List of Nine Inch Nails awards (nom), and NBA All-Defensive Team (nom).

Two topics were promoted to featured status this week: State touring routes in Warren County, New York (nom) and Smallville (season 1) (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: Ann Arbor, Michigan, William Wilberforce, History of timekeeping devices, Yao Ming, PowerBook 100, Matthew Brettingham, and Parapsychology.

Former featured pages

No articles were delisted this week.

No lists were delisted this week.

No topics were delisted this week.

Featured media

The following featured pictures were displayed this week on the Main Page as picture of the day: Felbrigge Psalter, Khonds, Vietnam Veterans Memorial blueprint, The Spinning Dancer, Paris, Pasture Day Moth, and Flowers of the Asteraceae family.

Two sounds were featured this week: The Lost Chord (nom) and Israel in Egypt (nom)

No featured pictures were demoted this week.

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



Also this week:
  • Growth study
  • Board Nominating Committee
  • Greenspun project
  • WikiWorld
  • News and notes
  • Dispatches
  • Features and admins
  • Technology report
  • Arbitration report
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