Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-12-21/Features and admins
Approved this week
Administrators
One editor was granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Ucucha (nom).
Featured pages
Eleven articles were promoted to featured status this week: Boletus edulis (nom), Ketogenic diet (nom), Ode on a Grecian Urn (nom), York Park (nom), Pseudoryzomys (nom), Hurricane Bret (1999) (nom), Donnchadh, Earl of Carrick (nom), Xa Loi Pagoda raids (nom), Cleveland Bay (nom), Dick Turpin (nom) and Cockatoo (nom).
Seven lists were promoted to featured status this week: Gwen Stefani discography (nom), List of Nelson F.C. seasons (nom), List of Oslo Metro lines (nom), Skunk Anansie discography (nom), List of Chicago Cubs Opening Day starting pitchers (nom), Madonna singles discography (nom) and List of international cricket centuries by Sanath Jayasuriya (nom).
No topics were promoted to featured status this week.
No portals were promoted to featured status this week.
The following featured articles were displayed on the Main Page as Today's featured article this week: Magnetosphere of Jupiter, Lessons for Children, Homer Simpson, Martin Bucer, Mary of Teck, Pennsylvania State Capitol and Battle of Tory Island.
Former featured pages
Three articles were delisted this week: Padmé Amidala (nom), Three Laws of Robotics (nom) and Dime (United States coin) (nom).
One list was delisted this week: List of Canadian provinces and territories by area (nom).
No topics were delisted this week.
One portal was delisted this week: Portal:Indonesia (nom)
Featured media
The following featured pictures were displayed on the Main Page as picture of the day this week: Grand Prismatic Spring, Act V, Scene III of Coriolanus, Bust of Ludwig van Beethoven, Lexington class battlecruiser, Calliandra emarginata, Tessellated pavement and Scandinavian Peninsula in winter.
No featured sounds were promoted this week.
Two featured pictures were demoted this week: Daisy in Water (nom) and Boeing 720 Controlled Impact Demonstration (nom).
Seven pictures were promoted to featured status this week.
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North America from space -
1914 Vanity Fair cover -
After the War a Medal and Maybe a Job, anti-World War I cartoon by John French Sloan -
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People on Nias Island in Indonesia move a megalith to a construction site -
World War I poster for a fundraising event in support of Welsh troops by Frank Brangwyn -
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