Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-10-15/Features and admins

Eight users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Aarktica (nom), AA (nom), The Placebo Effect (nom), RedirectCleanupBot (nom) (see related story), Jehochman (nom), Alasdair (nom), Blood Red Sandman (nom) and Dfrg.msc (nom).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

RedirectCleanupBot (Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/RedirectCleanupBot{{#if:) (see related story),

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

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

Seventeen articles were promoted to featured status last week: {{foa|André Kertész}}, {{foa|Restoration of the Sistine Chapel frescoes}}, {{foa|Banksia spinulosa}}, {{foa|BAE Systems}}, {{foa|Bratislava}}, {{foa|Plunketts Creek (Loyalsock Creek)}}, {{foa|Arrest and assassination of Ngô Đình Diệm}}, {{foa|Thomas C. Hindman}}, {{foa|The Age of Reason}}, {{foa|Beyond Fantasy Fiction}}, {{foa|The Raven}}, {{foa|Nine Inch Nails}}, {{foa|Callisto (moon)}}, {{foa|Nutrition Assistance for Puerto Rico}}, {{foa|SR West Country and Battle of Britain Classes}}, {{foa|Age of Mythology}}, and {{foa|Master Chief (Halo)}}.

Ten lists were promoted to featured status last week: {{fol|Clarence S. Campbell Bowl}}, {{fol|109th United States Congress}}, {{fol|National Hockey League awards}}, {{fol|List of Naruto episodes (Seasons 3-4)}}, {{fol|O'Brien Trophy}}, {{fol|James Blunt discography}}, {{fol|Uncle Tupelo discography}}, {{fol|List of Florida hurricanes (1900-1949)}}, {{foa|List of Degrassi: The Next Generation episodes}}, and {{fol|Birmingham City F.C. seasons}}.

One topic was promoted to featured status last week: {{fot|Wilco discography}}.

No portals or sounds were featured last week.

Four articles were de-featured last week: {{ffr|Architecture of Windows NT}}, {{ffr|Typewriter}}, {{ffr|Schabir Shaik trial}}, and {{ffr|Charles Ives}}.

Two pictures were de-featured last week: {{ffp|:Image:Vitruvian.jpg|Image:Vitruvian.jpg}}, and {{ffp|:Image:Cyclone Catarina from the ISS on March 26 2004.JPG|Cyclone Catarina from the ISS}}

No lists, portals, topics, or sounds were de-featured last week.

The following featured articles were displayed last week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: Night of the Long Knives, William Shakespeare, The Smashing Pumpkins, Intelligent design, Knights Templar, Battleship, and Donkey Kong (video game).

The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page as picture of the day: Thespsis, Dust Bowl, Sami, Military Camouflage, Soyuz TMA-9, Compass Rose, and Portland, Oregon.

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

Image:Neuschwanstein Castle LOC print rotated.jpg|Neuschwanstein Castle Photochrom (nom)

Image:Bombers of WW1.ogv|Aviation in World War I (nom)

Image:Attack on carrier USS Franklin 19 March 1945.jpg|Attack on USS Franklin (CV-13) (nom)

Image:Busterkeaton.jpg|Buster Keaton (nom)

Image:Edwin Smith Papyrus v2.jpg| Edwin Smith papyrus (nom)

Image:Notophthalmus viridescens edit.jpg|Eastern newt (nom)

Image:Long tongue tachinid fly edit.jpg|Fly (nom)

Image:David Suchet.jpg|David Suchet (nom)

Image:Citricacidcycle ball2.png|Citric acid cycle (nom)

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