Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-12-14/Features and admins

Three editors were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Killervogel5 (nom), MrKIA11 (nom) and SpacemanSpiff (nom).

Six articles were promoted to featured status this week: {{foa|Rise of Neville Chamberlain|1}}, {{foa|1930 FIFA World Cup|1}}, {{foa|Premiership of John Brownlee|1}}, {{foa|Edwin P. Morrow|1}}, {{foa|Battle of Morotai|1}} and {{foa|Mellitus|1}}.

Five lists were promoted to featured status this week: {{fol|List of tallest buildings in Oakland, California|1}}, {{fol|2007 Pan American Games medal table|1}}, {{fol|List of World War I aces credited with more than 20 victories|1}}, {{fol|List of unreleased Michael Jackson material|1}} and {{fol|List of WCW World Television Champions|1}}.

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: The Lucy poems, Amagi class battlecruiser, Spyro: Year of the Dragon, Bramall Hall, Planescape: Torment, Michael Brown Okinawa assault incident and Eric Bana.

No articles were delisted this week.

One list was delisted this week: {{ffl|List of Victoria Cross recipients by nationality|archive1}}.

No topics were delisted this week.

The following featured pictures were displayed on the Main Page as picture of the day this week:

Albino wallaby, Battle of Jerusalem, Zhong Kui, Red Delicious apples, S. bercaea, Red Wattlebird and Mount Redoubt.

One featured sound was promoted this week:

{{*sound|Reveille on bugle.ogg|United States Army Band Reveille|(nom)}}

Four featured pictures were demoted this week:

Palace of Westminster at night (nom),

Large bonfire (nom),

Oceans diagram (nom) and

Map of Han Dynasty (nom).

Fifteen pictures were promoted to featured status this week.

File:Vombatus ursinus -Maria Island National Park.jpg|Common Wombat

File:Macropus rufogriseus rufogriseus Juvenile 2.jpg|Red-necked Wallaby

File:Lincoln conspirators execution2.jpg|Execution of conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln

File:Lunar_libration_with_phase_Oct_2007.gif|Phases of the moon

File:Canon EOS 400D.jpg|Canon EOS 400D

File:Ghirlandaio-Giovanna Tornabuoni.jpg|Portrait of Giovanna Tornabuoni by Domenico Ghirlandaio

File:Vineyards of Napa Valley panorama.jpg|Napa Valley

File:Painted Cliffs.jpg|Maria Island

File:Dunrobin Castle -Sutherland -Scotland-26May2008 (2).jpg|Dunrobin Castle

File:Russian Empire-Full coat of arms.3.jpg|Coat of Arms of the Russian Empire

File:Martian Dust Devil Trails.jpg|Dust Devil trails on Mars

File:Thames Panorama, London - June 2009.jpg|River Thames

File:Cereopsis novaehollandiae 2.jpg|Cape Barren Goose

File:Desiccation-cracks_hg.jpg|Desiccation cracks in mud

File:Yiddish WWI poster2.jpg|World War I poster in Yiddish

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