Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-05-11/Features and admins

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{{Wikipedia:Signpost/Template:Signpost-article-start|Approved this week|By seresin|11 May 2009}}

=Administrators=

Three editors were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Rjanag (nom), Dinoguy1000 (nom) and Laser brain (nom).

=Bots=

Seven bots or bot tasks were approved to begin operating this

week:

SoxBot (Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/SoxBot{{#if:15),

Sambot (Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Sambot{{#if:12),

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

Sambot (Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Sambot{{#if:13),

Polbot (Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Polbot{{#if:12),

M-Bot (Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/M-Bot{{#if:) and

ListasBot (Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/ListasBot{{#if:5).

=Featured pages=

Nine articles were promoted to featured status this week: {{foa|Franklin Knight Lane|2}}, {{foa|Fort Ticonderoga}}, {{foa|Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver}}, {{foa|Bruce Castle}}, {{foa|Arthur Henry Cobby}}, {{foa|Nancy Drew}}, {{foa|Nancy Cartwright}}, {{foa|SS Pennsylvanian}} and {{foa|United States Academic Decathlon}}.

Twelve lists were promoted to featured status this week: {{fol|Kronos Quartet discography}}, {{fol|List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire}}, {{fol|List of Olympic women's ice hockey players for Canada}}, {{fol|List of number-one albums of 2008 (Japan)}}, {{fol|List of United States Military Academy alumni (Medal of Honor)}}, {{fol|List of Grade I listed buildings in West Somerset}}, {{fol|List of Silver Slugger Award winners at designated hitter}}, {{fol|List of Silver Slugger Award winners at pitcher}}, {{fol|2009 WWE Draft}}, {{fol|2008 World Series of Poker Europe results}}, List of alumni of Jesus College, Oxford: Clergy (nom) and {{fol|List of Detroit Red Wings players}}.

One topic was promoted to featured status this week: {{fot|Seasons of Veronica Mars}}.

No portals were promoted to featured status this week.

The following featured articles were displayed on the Main Page this week as Today's featured article: Exosome complex, Haumea, Ursula Franklin, Restoration of the Everglades, Pontiac's Rebellion, The Million Dollar Homepage and Eli Lilly.

=Former featured pages=

No articles were delisted this week.

Six lists were delisted this week: {{ffl|List of United Nations peacekeeping missions}}, {{ffl|List of awards and nominations received by Adele}}, {{ffl|List of awards and nominations received by Natasha Bedingfield}}, {{ffl|List of awards and nominations received by Blink-182}}, {{ffl|List of awards and nominations received by Good Charlotte}} and {{ffl|List of Australian national cricket captains}}.

No topics were delisted this week.