Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-07-09/Features and admins

{{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Signpost-article-header-v2 |{{{1|Features and admins}}}|By Sr13}}

=Administrators=

Ten users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Mike Peel (nom), Citicat (nom), JodyB (nom), GDonato (nom), Daniel Case (nom), Grant65 (nom), Acalamari (nom), Mattbr (nom), Andrew c (nom) and FisherQueen (nom).

=Bots=

Nine bots or bot tasks were approved to begin operating this week:

Seedbot (Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Seedbot{{#if: 2),

JL-Bot (Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/JL-Bot{{#if:),

WOPR (Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/WOPR{{#if: (03)),

SpellCheckerBot (Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/SpellCheckerBot{{#if:),

Stwalkerbot (Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Stwalkerbot{{#if:),

Polbot (Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Polbot{{#if: 5),

Polbot (Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Polbot{{#if: 6),

SpebiBot (Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/SpebiBot{{#if:) and

OsamaKBOT (Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/OsamaKBOT{{#if: (2)).

=Featured content=

Thirteen articles were promoted to featured status last week: {{foa|France national rugby union team}}, {{foa|Californication (album)}}, {{foa|Supernature (Goldfrapp album)}}, {{foa|Mary Martha Sherwood}}, {{foa|Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express}}, {{foa|Ocean sunfish}}, {{foa|Erie, Pennsylvania}}, {{foa|Hannah Primrose, Countess of Rosebery}}, {{foa|Bobcat}}, {{foa|Joshua A. Norton}} (Having previously been featured and then revoked), {{foa|Ceawlin of Wessex}}, {{foa|Kuiper belt}}, {{foa|Victoria Cross}}.

No articles were de-featured last week.

Seven lists were promoted to featured status last week: {{fol|Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Drama}}, {{fol|List of Lost episodes}}, {{fol|CZW World Heavyweight Championship}}, {{fol|Sophie Ellis-Bextor discography}}, {{fol|List of drafted Frölunda HC players}}, {{fol|List of counties in Maryland}}, and {{fol|List of African XI ODI cricketers}}.

One list was de-featured last week: List of states with nuclear weapons (nom).

No portal were promoted to featured status last week.

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

The following featured articles were displayed last week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: West Wycombe Park, Samuel Adams, Battle of Savo Island, 2012 Summer Olympics bids, Himno Nacional Mexicano, Ion Heliade Rădulescu, and Ebionite.

The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page as picture of the day: Magnificent Hummingbird, U.S. states by date of statehood, Tawny Owl, Pecans, Brise soleil, Second Severn Crossing, and Vernal Fall.

Eight pictures were promoted to featured status last week and are shown below.

Image:DeadchinesesoldierEdit.jpg|A Chinese soldier, killed by Marines of the 1st Marine Division in Korea

Image:Hadrosaur-tree-v4.jpg|Hadrosaur tree

Image:The First Telegraph.jpg|The Americas' first telegram, transmitted via a repeater: "What hath God wrought"

Image:Azulejos Parque Eduardo VII-2.jpg|Panel of glazed tiles from Jorge Colaço representing an episode of the battle of Aljubarrota

Image:BirdBeaksA.svg|Bird beak adaptations

Image:Lyndon B. Johnson taking the oath of office, November 1963.jpg|Lyndon B. Johnson taking the oath of office on Air Force One