Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-05-25/Features and admins
{{Wikipedia:Signpost/Template:Signpost-article-start|Approved this week|By Garden|25 May 2009}}
=Administrators=
One editor was granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: FlyingToaster (nom).
=Bots=
Eight bots or bot tasks were approved to begin operating this
week:
Citation bot (Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Citation bot{{#if:4),
Chris G Bot (Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Chris G Bot{{#if:6),
DYKHousekeepingBot (Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DYKHousekeepingBot{{#if:),
LivingBot (Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/LivingBot{{#if:9),
ListasBot (Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/ListasBot{{#if:6),
D'ohBot (Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/D'ohBot{{#if:),
Locobot (Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Locobot{{#if:2) and
LivingBot (Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/LivingBot{{#if:12).
=Featured pages=
Seventeen articles were promoted to featured status this week: {{foa|1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash|2}}, {{foa|Gilbert Foliot|1}}, {{foa|La Cousine Bette|1}}, {{foa|Caversham, New Zealand|1}}, {{foa|Battle of Barnet|1}}, {{foa|Euclidean algorithm|1}}, {{foa|Shadow the Hedgehog (video game)|2}}, {{foa|Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo|1}}, {{foa|Economy of the Han Dynasty|1}}, {{foa|Gropecunt Lane|1}}, {{foa|Planescape: Torment|1}}, {{foa|Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss|1}}, {{foa|Elwood Haynes|1}}, {{foa|Jerry Voorhis|1}}, {{foa|Posting system|1}}, {{foa|Carrington Moss|1}} and {{foa|Richmond Bridge, London|1}}.
Eleven lists were promoted to featured status this week: {{fol|Worcester Ruby Legs all-time roster|1}}, {{fol|List of New York Mets seasons|1}}, {{fol|List of New Jersey County Colleges|1}}, {{fol|List of United States Military Academy alumni (Superintendents)|1}}, {{fol|Jessica Mauboy discography|1}}, {{fol|29th Golden Raspberry Awards|1}}, {{fol|List of Tokyo Mew Mew characters|1}}, {{fol|List of birds of Maryland|1}}, {{fol|List of German submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|1}}, {{fol|List of Grade I listed buildings in Taunton Deane|1}} and {{fol|St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame|1}}.
One topic was promoted to featured status this week: {{fot|Silver Slugger Award|}}.
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: Malcolm X, Operation Uranus, LSWR N15 class, Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Over the Edge, Edward VIII abdication crisis and United States Military Academy.
=Former featured pages=
=Featured media=
The following featured pictures were displayed on the Main Page this week as picture of the day: Cedar Key, Florida, 1884, Gordon Dam, Windsor Castle Upper Ward Quadrangle, Oregon Convention Center, Mount Cleveland, Migrant family of the Great Depression and Siege of Yorktown, Virginia, 1862.
No featured sounds were promoted this week.
Two featured pictures were demoted this week: Bee in mid air and Lomatium parryi
Thirteen pictures were promoted to featured status this week and are shown below.
File:Louis_Huard_-_The_Punishment_of_Loki.jpg|The Punishment of Loki
File:Cortinarius archeri.jpg|Cortinarius archeri
File:Female Model-Thomas Eakins.png|A Negress by Thomas Eakins
File:Dalziel_Brothers_-_Sir_Walter_Scott_-_The_Talisman_-_Sir_Kenneth_before_the_King.jpg|The Dalziel Brothers' engraving of Sir Walter Scott's The Talisman
File:Lake Seal Mt Field NP edit.jpg|Wellington Range
File:Lomatium parryi.jpg|Lomatium parryi
File:Dry Tortugas Lighthouse 2005.jpg|Dry Tortugas Light
File:Cathédrale de Nantes - nef.jpg|Nantes Cathedral
File:Rajpoots 2.png|Rajputs
File:Sphinx partially excavated2.jpg|Great Sphinx of Giza
File:Rigidoporus laetus.jpg|Rigidoporus laetus
File:Austroicetes frater.jpg|Austroicetes frater
File:Pelopidas sp.jpg|Pelopidas sp.