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Features and admins

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Administrators

Three editors were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Rjanag (nom), Dinoguy1000 (nom) and Laser brain (nom).

Bots

Seven bots or bot tasks were approved to begin operating this week: SoxBot (task request), Sambot (task request), Legobot III (task request), Sambot (task request), Polbot (task request), M-Bot (task request) and ListasBot (task request).

Featured pages

Nine articles were promoted to featured status this week: Franklin Knight Lane (nom), Fort Ticonderoga (nom), Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (nom), Bruce Castle (nom), Arthur Henry Cobby (nom), Nancy Drew (nom), Nancy Cartwright (nom), SS Pennsylvanian (nom) and United States Academic Decathlon (nom).

Twelve lists were promoted to featured status this week: Kronos Quartet discography (nom), List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire (nom), List of Olympic women's ice hockey players for Canada (nom), List of number-one albums of 2008 (Japan) (nom), List of United States Military Academy alumni (Medal of Honor) (nom), List of Grade I listed buildings in West Somerset (nom), List of Silver Slugger Award winners at designated hitter (nom), List of Silver Slugger Award winners at pitcher (nom), 2009 WWE Draft (nom), 2008 World Series of Poker Europe results (nom), List of alumni of Jesus College, Oxford: Clergy (nom) and List of Detroit Red Wings players (nom).

One topic was promoted to featured status this week: Seasons of Veronica Mars (nom).

No portals were promoted to featured status this week.

The following featured articles were displayed on the Main Page this week as Today's featured article: Exosome complex, Haumea, Ursula Franklin, Restoration of the Everglades, Pontiac's Rebellion, The Million Dollar Homepage and Eli Lilly.

Former featured pages

No articles were delisted this week.

Six lists were delisted this week: List of United Nations peacekeeping missions (nom), List of awards and nominations received by Adele (nom), List of awards and nominations received by Natasha Bedingfield (nom), List of awards and nominations received by Blink-182 (nom), List of awards and nominations received by Good Charlotte (nom) and List of Australian national cricket captains (nom).

No topics were delisted this week.

Featured media

The following featured pictures were displayed on the Main Page this week as picture of the day: Greater Crested Tern, Wire brush, German Instrument of Surrender, Painted Lady, Propaganda of the Spanish–American War, Excavations in the Atapuerca Mountains and Sumo wrestler.

No media files were featured this week.

Four featured pictures were demoted this week: File:Denver Lightning.jpg (nom), File:Keplers supernova.jpg (nom), File:Pieris brassicae caterpillar.jpg (nom) and File:Meadow Argus02.jpg (nom).

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


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