Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-10-26/Features and admins
{{Wikipedia:Signpost/Template:Signpost-article-start|Approved this week|By seresin|26 October 2009}}
= Administrators =
Two editors were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Tinucherian (nom) and Materialscientist (nom).
= Featured pages =
Eight articles were promoted to featured status this week: {{foa|Remain in Light|1}}, {{foa|Interactions (The Spectacular Spider-Man)|1}}, {{foa|What'd I Say|1}}, {{foa|Z. Marcas|1}}, {{foa|Lindsay Hassett with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948|1}}, {{foa|Amagi class battlecruiser|1}}, {{foa|We Are the World|1}} and {{foa|Gray's Inn|1}}.
Fourteen lists were promoted to featured status this week: {{fol|List of University of Central Florida alumni|1}}, {{fol|Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame|1}}, {{fol|50 Greatest Players in NBA History|1}}, {{fol|Commissioner's Historic Achievement Award|1}}, {{fol|Pink discography|2}}, {{fol|List of places of worship in Adur|1}}, {{fol|List of 1924 Winter Olympics medal winners|1}}, {{fol|List of Oklahoma Sooners football seasons|1}}, {{fol|List of counties in Missouri|1}}, {{fol|List of church restorations, amendments and furniture by John Douglas|1}}, {{fol|List of Major League Baseball players with 100 triples|1}}, {{fol|Premier League Player of the Month|1}}, {{fol|Territorial pick|1}} and {{fol|List of recessions in the United States|2}}.
Two topics were promoted to featured status this week: No Doubt albums (nom) and Bloc Party albums (nom).
Three portals were promoted to featured status this week: {{fop|Baseball}}, {{fop|United States Air Force}} and {{fop|Horses}}.
The following featured articles were displayed on the Main Page as Today's featured article this week: James Bowie, Synthetic diamond, Mary Toft, Bert Trautmann, Scattered disc, Jackie Robinson, Helgoland class battleship and AC/DC.
= Former featured pages =
Four articles were delisted this week: {{ffr|Manos: The Hands of Fate|1}}, {{ffr|Oroonoko|1}}, {{ffr|Virginia Tech massacre|1}} and {{ffr|Warsaw Uprising (1794)|1}}.
No lists were delisted this week.
Two topics were delisted this week:
Devil May Cry titles (nom) and Video game consoles (seventh generation) (nom).
= Featured media =
The following featured pictures were displayed on the Main Page as picture of the day this week:
Orange, Dante's Inferno, Superb Fairywren, 14th century Portolan chart, Strickland Falls Islamic calligraphy, Kyūdō and Houseflies.
Two featured sounds were promoted this week:
{{*sound|John Philip Sousa - Comrades of the Legion.ogg|1920 – "Comrades of the Legion"|(nom)}}
{{*sound|El Noi de la Mare (guitar).ogg|El Noi de la Mare|(nom)}}
Three featured pictures were demoted this week:
Sunset with funnel clouds (nom) and
Fourteen pictures were promoted to featured status this week and are shown below.
File:Delaware Bay Vinckeboons 14.jpg|1639 nautical chart of Zwaanedael
File:Mignon Nevada Ophelia2.jpg|Mignon Nevada
File:Bowling Balls Beach 2 edit.jpg|Concretions on Bowling Ball Beach, California
File:Peruvian Andes2.jpg|Sketch from the United States Exploring Expedition
File:Raven Manet B2.jpg|An impressionist sketch of "The Raven", along with the next three images
File:Raven Manet C2.jpg|
File:Raven Manet D2.jpg|
File:Raven Manet E2.jpg|
File:Helen KellerA.jpg|Helen Keller
File:Turdus merula Nesting.jpg|Common Blackbird
File:GroteWerfMarkenNederland.jpg|Marken, Netherlands
File:Carpenter ant Tanzania crop.jpg|Carpenter ant
File:Thomas Rowlandson - Vaux-Hall - Dr. Johnson, Oliver Goldsmith, Mary Robinson, et al.jpg|Sketch of Vauxhall Gardens
File:Kennesaw bombardment2.jpg|Sketch of Battle of Kennesaw Mountain