Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-05-18/Features and admins
{{Wikipedia:Signpost/Template:Signpost-article-start|Approved this week|By Garden|18 May 2009}}
=Administrators=
Six editors were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Rambo's Revenge (nom), Rosiestep (nom), Wadester16 (nom), JamieS93 (nom), Runningonbrains (nom) and Kotra (nom).
=Bots=
Seven bots or bot tasks were approved to begin operating this
week:
SoxBot (Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/SoxBot{{#if:16),
EarwigBot II (Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/EarwigBot II{{#if:),
Yet Another Redirect Cleanup Bot (Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Yet Another Redirect Cleanup Bot{{#if:),
LivingBot (Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/LivingBot{{#if:10),
EarwigBot I (Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/EarwigBot I{{#if:),
DrilBot (Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DrilBot{{#if:) and
=Featured pages=
Eight articles were promoted to featured status this week: {{foa|243 Ida|1}}, {{foa|SMS Seydlitz|1}}, {{foa|Olympic Games|1}}, {{foa|Baseball|2}}, {{foa|Fountain of Time|1}}, {{foa|Martin Bucer|1}}, {{foa|Clements Markham|1}} and {{foa|Cherry Springs State Park|1}}.
No lists were promoted to featured status this week.
No topics were promoted to featured status this week.
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: Victoria Cross for New Zealand, Triptych, May–June 1973, Street newspaper, Ramblin' Wreck, New Super Mario Bros., Isle of Portland and Styracosaurus.
=Former featured pages=
=Featured media=
The following featured pictures were displayed on the Main Page this week as picture of the day: Racial Segregation, 1 Million Colours, Marsh Marigold, Map of Yellowstone National Park, 1871, Wasp colony, Piping Plover and Wu Tingfang.
No media files were featured this week.
No featured pictures were demoted this week.
Fifteen pictures were promoted to featured status this week and are shown below.
File:La nascita di Venere (Botticelli).jpg|The Birth of Venus
File:Ramallah spinner2.jpg|Wool spinning
File:Apis mellifera flying.jpg|European honey bee
File:Trithemis annulata.jpg|Trithemis annulata
File:Eusthenia sp.jpg|Eusthenia sp.
File:Macrotona australis laying eggs.jpg|Macrotona australis laying eggs
File:Thure de Thulstrup - H. Rider Haggard - Maiwa's_Revenge_- Fire, you scoundrels.jpg|Allan Quatermain
File:Louis Huard - Giant Skrymir and Thor.jpg|The Giant Skrymir and Thor
File:Bon-Ton Burlesquers2.jpg|Burlesque
File:Sikh pilgrim at the Golden Temple (Harmandir Sahib) in Amritsar, India.jpg|Sikh pilgrim at Harmandir Sahib
File:Church of St. Andrew, Alfriston, England - May 2009.jpg|Church of St. Andrew, Alfriston
File:Let alone2.jpg|Double entendre
File:NYC Public Library Research Room Jan 2006.jpg|New York Public Library
File:Ceriagrion glabrum male panorama.jpg|Ceriagrion glabrum male
File:Ceriagrion_glabrum_female.jpg|Ceriagrion glabrum female