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Features and admins

By E, 4 June 2007

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Forty-eight articles were promoted to featured status last week: Taiwanese aborigines (nom), Princess Alice of Battenberg (nom), Iridion 3D (nom), System Shock (nom), Jihad (song) (nom), Jurassic Park (film) (nom), Mendip Hills (nom), Tulsa, Oklahoma (nom), Ben Gurion International Airport (nom), Guinea pig (nom) , Toronto Raptors (nom), Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (nom), Manos: The Hands of Fate (nom), Kate Bush (nom), Homer's Enemy (nom), 1998 Pacific hurricane season (nom), Turkish language (nom), The Bus Uncle (nom), Fighting in ice hockey (nom), Bart King (nom), Pontiac's Rebellion (nom), Eye (cyclone) (nom), Conatus (nom), Samuel Adams (nom), Mom and Dad (nom), École Polytechnique massacre (nom), Cameroon (nom), Russian-Circassian War (nom), York City F.C. (nom), Lage Raho Munna Bhai (nom), Equipartition theorem (nom), Uncle Tom's Cabin (nom), Quatermass II (nom), Original Stories from Real Life (nom), "She Shoulda Said 'No'!" (nom), Kung Fu Hustle (nom), Search engine optimization (nom), Daylight saving time (nom), Shen Kuo (nom), Indonesia (nom), Tech Tower (nom), Miranda Otto (nom), Sarah Trimmer (nom), Rich Girl (Gwen Stefani song) (nom), John Martin Scripps (nom), Madlax (nom), Anne of Denmark (nom) and Bradley Joseph (nom).

Four articles were de-featured last week: Dayuan (nom), Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 (nom), Xiangqi (nom) and Montréal-Mirabel International Airport (nom).

Four lists were promoted to featured status last week: List of World Heavyweight Champions (WWE) (nom), List of family relations in the National Hockey League (nom), Tampa Bay Buccaneers seasons (nom) and List of Bleach Agent of the Shinigami arc episodes (nom).

Two topics were promoted to featured status last week: Solar System (nom) and Final Fantasy VIII (nom).

No portals were promoted to featured status last week.

Two sounds were promoted to featured status last week: Battle for Wesnoth^ⓘ and Victimae Paschali^ⓘ.

The following featured articles were displayed last week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: Caspian expeditions of the Rus, Sydney Roosters, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Basiliscus, Harriet Arbuthnot, Taiwanese aborigines and Excel Saga.

The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page as picture of the day: P-38 Lightning, Papilio ulysses, Comet McNaught, Edgar Allan Poe, Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Cairns Birdwing and Oscar (fish).

Fourteen pictures were promoted to featured status last week:

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  Saint Peter's Square
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  Tvashtar Paterae
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  Soyuz TMA-9
• USS Shaw (DD-373)
  USS Shaw (DD-373)
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  Ensay, Victoria
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  Mantodea
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  3rd Battalion 3rd Marines
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  Bougainville campaign
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  Death Valley
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  Green sea turtle
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  Lantana
• Washington National Cathedral
  Washington National Cathedral
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  Philippine-American War
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  Fulmer Falls

Administrators

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Bots

Six bots or bot tasks were approved to begin operating this week: Template:Boa, Template:Boa, Template:Boa, Template:Boa, Template:Boa and Template:Boa.

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