Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-04-16/Features and admins

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=Administrators=

Eight users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Mikeblas (nom), Angusmclellan (nom), J Milburn (nom), Dgies (nom), Fuhghettaboutit (nom), Hemlock Martinis (nom), Coelacan (nom) and Staecker (nom).

=Featured content=

Fifteen articles were promoted to featured status last week: {{foa|Knights Templar}}, {{foa|Domenico Selvo}}, {{foa|Puerto Ricans in World War II}}, {{foa|Thescelosaurus}}, {{foa|Bam Thwok}}, {{foa|Leo Ornstein}}, {{foa|Japan}}, {{foa|The Orb}}, {{foa|History of Sheffield}}, {{foa|Moon}}, {{foa|Devil May Cry}}, {{foa|Ebionites}}, {{foa|Liberal Movement}}, {{foa|Some Thoughts Concerning Education}}, and {{foa|Encyclopædia Britannica}} (see related story).

Nine articles were de-featured last week: {{ffr|Chemical synapse}}, {{ffr|Presuppositional apologetics}}, {{ffr|John Major}}, {{ffr|Torchic}}, {{ffr|Éire}}, {{ffr|Commodore 64}}, {{ffr|Caulfield Grammar School}}, {{ffr|Architecture of Btrieve}} and {{ffr|Beverage-can stove}}.

Three lists were promoted to featured status last week: {{fol|Minnesota Vikings seasons}}, {{fol|Timeline of chemistry}} and {{fol|List of United States cities by population}}.

Two topics were promoted to featured status last week: {{fot|Final Fantasy VIII}} and {{fot|Hurricane Isabel}}.

No sounds or portals were promoted to featured status last week.

The following featured articles were displayed last week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: Dime (United States coin), Anton Chekhov, Scooby-Doo, Fairy tale, Hamersley, Western Australia, 1 %E2%88%92 2 %2B 3 %E2%88%92 4 %2B %C2%B7 %C2%B7 %C2%B7 and George VI of the United Kingdom.

The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page as picture of the day: STS-116, Predation, Lesser brown blowfly, Eastern Gray Squirrel, RMS Titanic, Planum Boreum and The Virgin and Child with St Anne and St John the Baptist.

Ten pictures were promoted to featured status last week:

Image:Maurycy Gottlieb - Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur.jpg|Yom Kippur (nom)

Image:Weeki Wachee spring 10079u.jpg|Toni Frissell (nom)

Image:Using sextant swing.gif|Marine sextant (nom)

Image:4-14 Marines in Fallujah.jpg|M198 howitzer (nom)

Image:Eden Project geodesic domes panorama.jpg|Eden Project (nom)

Image:Sepiola_atlantica.jpg|Atlantic Bobtail (nom)

Image:Eastern banjo frog white bg.jpg|Eastern Banjo Frog (nom)