Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-10-19/Features and admins
{{Wikipedia:Signpost/Template:Signpost-article-start|Approved this week|By seresin|18 October 2009}}
= Administrators =
Three editors were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Tcncv (nom), MLauba (nom) and The Earwig (nom).
= Featured pages =
Seven articles were promoted to featured status this week: {{foa|Political history of Mysore and Coorg (1565–1760)|1}}, {{foa|1982 British Army Gazelle friendly fire incident|1}}, {{foa|Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident|1}}, {{foa|Urse d'Abetot|1}}, {{foa|Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy|1}}, {{foa|Nikita Zotov|2}} and {{foa|Icelandic horse|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 as Today's featured article this week: Super Smash Bros. Brawl, War of the Fifth Coalition, Fight Club, The Swimming Hole, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Ruff.
= Former featured pages =
Two articles were delisted this week: {{ffr|Introduction to evolution|1}} and {{ffr|"Weird Al" Yankovic|1}}.
Two lists were delisted this week: {{ffl|James Blunt discography}} and {{ffl|List of Dream Theater band members}}.
Four topics were delisted this week:
Seasons of Bleach (nom), Seasons of Lost (nom), Seasons of The Office (nom) and Kingdom Hearts (nom).
= Featured media =
The following featured pictures were displayed on the Main Page as picture of the day this week:
the White House, Watsons Bay, New South Wales, 1890 Dam Square, Oscar Wilde, Stag beetle and Peruvian Lily.
One featured sound was promoted this week:
{{*sound|AnchorsAweigh.ogg|Anchors Aweigh|(nom)}}
No featured pictures were demoted this week.
Twenty-one pictures were promoted to featured status this week and are shown below.
File:Pholiota malicola.jpg|Pholiota malicola
File:Tremella mesenterica.jpg|Tremella mesenterica
File:Marasmius elegans.jpg|Marasmius elegans
File:Synagogue D-Day3.jpg|Synagogue open for 24 hours on D-Day for prayer.
File:Gama2 crop.jpg|Korean sedan
File:Indian Palm Squirrel Bangalore 2009.jpg|Indian Palm Squirrel
File:Alone at last2.jpg|WWI poster by Adolphe Willette
File:Hamatsa shaman2.jpg|Hamatsa shaman
File:Australia satellite plane.jpg|Australia
File:Admiralty Extension from Horse Guards Parade - Sept 2006.jpg|Admiralty Extension
File:Wakehurst Place Mansion 1, West Sussex - Aug 2009.jpg|Wakehurst Place Mansion at Wakehurst Place Garden
File:Jumping spider with prey.jpg|Menemerus sp.
File:I did not raise my girl to be a voter3.jpg|Poster parodying I Didn't Raise My Boy To Be A Soldier
File:HoryujiYumedono0363edit4.jpg|Yumedono (Hall of Dreams)
File:Morning-glory-C6295b.jpg|Morning glory
File:San francisco in fog with rays.jpg|San Francisco fog
File:Lord Byron - Childe_Harold's Pilgimage_-_Dugdale_edition.jpg|Frontispiece to Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
File:Amanita caesarea 54730.jpg|Amanita caesarea
File:The burning of Columbia, South Carolina, February 17, 1865.jpg|The burning of Columbia
File:بيروت القرن ١٩ أسود أبيض.jpg|Panorama of 1867 Beirut
File:Effects of Hurricane Charley from FEMA Photo Library 7.jpg|Effects of Hurricane Charley
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