Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-07-13/Features and admins
{{Wikipedia:Signpost/Template:Signpost-article-start|Approved this week|By seresin|13 July 2009}}
=Administrators=
Four editors were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Mikaey (nom), Pastor Theo (nom), Fastily (nom) and Davemeistermoab (nom).
=Featured pages=
Thirteen articles were promoted to featured status this week: {{foa|SECR N class|1}}, {{foa|Luton Town F.C.|1}}, {{foa|Halo Wars|1}}, {{foa|Australian Magpie|1}}, {{foa|Ostend Manifesto|1}}, {{foa|Maiden Castle, Dorset|1}}, {{foa|Matthew Boulton|1}}, {{foa|Bedřich Smetana|1}}, {{foa|Albert Kesselring|1}}, {{foa|Tropical Storm Hermine (1998)|1}}, {{foa|The Time Traveler's Wife|1}}, {{foa|Mariano Rivera|2}} and {{foa|2009 Orange Bowl|1}}.
Sixteen lists were promoted to featured status this week: {{fol|Dream Theater discography|2}}, {{fol|List of CMLL World Light Heavyweight Champions|1}}, {{fol|List of Turner Prize winners and nominees|2}}, {{fol|List of United States Military Academy alumni (academics)|1}}, {{fol|List of Toronto Blue Jays seasons|1}}, {{fol|Mercury Prize|1}}, {{fol|19th Golden Melody Awards|1}}, {{fol|List of pre-1920 jazz standards|1}}, {{fol|List of 2006 Winter Olympics medal winners|1}}, {{fol|List of Space Invaders video games|1}}, {{fol|List of members of the Basketball Hall of Fame (coaches)|1}}, {{fol|List of Donkey Kong games|1}}, {{fol|List of pre-Stonewall LGBT actions in the United States|1}}, {{fol|List of cutaneous conditions|1}}, {{fol|Pritzker Prize|1}} and {{fol|List of cardinal-nephews|2}}.
One topic was promoted to featured status this week: {{fot|The Simpsons (season 7)|}}.
Two portals were promoted to featured status this week: {{fop|Opera}} and {{fop|Finger Lakes}}.
The following featured articles were displayed on the Main Page this week as Today's featured article: Thriller, Kevin Pietersen, Gropecunt Lane, John Calvin, John Brownlee sex scandal, 2006 Westchester County tornado, Talyllyn Railway and Beauchamp–Sharp Tragedy.
=Former featured pages=
Eight articles were delisted this week:
History of Portugal (1777–1834) (nom),
Common scold (nom),
Panama Canal (nom) and
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (nom).
No lists were delisted this week.
One topic was delisted this week: USA PATRIOT Act, Title III (nom).
=Featured media=
The following featured pictures were displayed on the Main Page this week as picture of the day: Rhinotia hemistictus, San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm, Boat orchid, Implosion of chimney, Jupiter, Australian Pelicans and Reference ranges for blood tests.
No featured sounds were promoted this week.
One featured picture was demoted this week: Oxeye daisy (nom).
Twenty-five pictures were promoted to featured status this week and are shown below.
File:Cirrus sky panorama.jpg|Cirrus clouds
File:Rainbow lorikeet.jpg|Rainbow Lorikeet
File:Geastrum saccatum.jpg|Geastrum saccatum
File:Joined moths.JPG|Laothoe populi
File:Cinabar on Dolomite.jpg|Cinnabar
File:Water skiing on the yarra02.jpg|Waterskiing
File:Royal Spoonbill mouth open.jpg|Royal Spoonbill
File:House Sparrow mar08.jpg|House Sparrow
File:California island Vinckeboons5.jpg|Island of California
File:Pied Oystercatcher on beach.jpg|Pied Oystercatcher
File:Argiope sp.jpg|Argiope sp
File:Helvellyn Striding Edge 360 Panorama, Lake District - June 09.jpg|Helvellyn
File:Rub' al Khali (Arabian Empty Quarter) sand dunes imaged by Terra (EOS AM-1).jpg|Rub' al Khali
File:Moshi panorama edit1.jpg|Moshi
File:Wasp mimicking hoverfly.jpg|Ceriana sp.
File:Lewis Carroll - Henry Holiday - Hunting of the Snark - Plate 1.jpg|Illustrations for The Hunting of the Snark. This and the next nine images were promoted together as a Featured Picture Set.
File:Lewis Carroll - Henry Holiday - Hunting of the Snark - Plate 2.jpg|
File:Lewis Carroll - Henry Holiday - Hunting of the Snark - Plate 3.jpg|
File:Lewis Carroll - Henry Holiday - Hunting of the Snark - Plate 4.jpg|
File:Lewis Carroll - Henry Holiday - Hunting of the Snark - Plate 5.jpg|
File:Lewis Carroll - Henry Holiday - Hunting of the Snark - Plate 6.jpg|
File:Lewis Carroll - Henry Holiday - Hunting of the Snark - Plate 7.jpg|
File:Lewis Carroll - Henry Holiday - Hunting of the Snark - Plate 8.jpg|
File:Lewis Carroll - Henry Holiday - Hunting of the Snark - Plate 9.jpg|
File:Lewis Carroll - Henry Holiday - Hunting of the Snark - Plate 10.jpg|