Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-09-03/Features and admins

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=Administrators=

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

=Bots=

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

Chris G Bot 2 (Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Chris G Bot 2{{#if:),

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

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

=Featured content=

Seventeen articles were promoted to featured status last week: {{foa|Oxidative phosphorylation}}, {{foa|1981 Irish hunger strike}}, {{foa|Victoria Cross for New Zealand}}, {{foa|Hispanic Americans in World War II}}, {{foa|Development of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion}}, {{foa|Dungeons & Dragons}}, {{foa|Harry S. Truman}}, {{foa|Tim Duncan}}, {{foa|Gregory of Nazianzus}}, {{foa|Renewable energy in Scotland}}, {{foa|Bupropion}}, {{foa|Aikido}}, {{foa|1880 Republican National Convention}}, {{foa|Ramón Emeterio Betances}}, {{foa|Augustus}}, {{foa|Pilot (Smallville)}} and {{foa|Ine of Wessex}}.

Two articles were de-featured last week: Franks (nom) and Space elevator (nom).

Fifteen lists were promoted to featured status last week: {{fol|Vezina Trophy}}, {{fol|Conn Smythe Trophy}}, {{fol|List of Aston Villa F.C. managers}}, {{fol|Manchester United F.C. seasons}}, {{fol|Natasha Bedingfield discography}}, {{fol|Frank J. Selke Trophy}}, {{fol|Eurovision Song Contest winners}}, {{fol|Lady Byng Memorial Trophy}}, {{fol|List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people/W-Z}}, {{fol|List of Bleach Soul Society: The Sneak Entry arc episodes}}, {{fol|List of counties in Nevada}}, {{fol|Lester B. Pearson Award}}, {{fol|Surviving veterans of World War I}}, {{fol|List of medical schools in the United Kingdom}} and {{fol|List of tallest buildings in Philadelphia}}.

One list was de-featured last week: List of The Batman episodes (nom)

No portals were promoted to featured status last week.

One topic was promoted to featured status last week: {{fot|Lists of current World Wrestling Entertainment champions}}.

The following featured articles were displayed last week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: Moon, Archaeopteryx, Houston, Ulm Campaign, Lage Raho Munna Bhai, John Millington Synge, and Hamlet chicken processing plant fire.

The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page as picture of the day: Battle of Chancellorsville, Bryce Canyon, Guide on using a sextant, Sparrenburg Castle, Iapetus, Glossy Ibis, and Huaso.

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

Image:Injector3.gif|Diagram of fuel injector

Image:1882 Kingston Fire.png|Ruins of the 1882 Kingston fire

Image:Mulberry Street NYC c1900 LOC 3g04637u edit.jpg|Mulberry Street, c. 1900

Image:Nagasakibomb.jpg|Atomic bombing in Nagasaki

Image:Motor Cycle EB.jpg|Motorcycling on a Honda CB550

Image:Portland Night panorama.jpg|Panorama of Portland, Oregon