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Features and admins

By Sr13, 13 August, 2007

Administrators

Five users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week:

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Bots

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

No articles were promoted to featured status last week.

Four articles were de-featured last week: Radar (nom), William the Silent (nom), Timpani (nom and Ted Radcliffe (nom).

Seven lists were promoted to featured status last week: List of counties in Hawaii (nom), List of counties in Vermont (nom), List of works by Joseph Priestley (nom), List of Alpha Phi Alpha brothers (nom), Hart Memorial Trophy (nom), List of tallest buildings in Providence (nom) and List of wild mammal species in Florida (nom).

One list was de-featured last week: Cultural depictions of Joan of Arc (nom).

One portal was promoted to featured status last week: Portal:Energy (nom)

No topics or sounds were promoted to featured status last week.


The following featured articles were displayed last week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: Ben Gurion International Airport, Third Servile War, Oceanic whitetip shark, Homer's Phobia, Hurricane Kenna, Zhou Tong, and Kate Bush.

The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page as picture of the day: World's largest compass rose, Las Vegas Strip, Mammatus cloud, Golda Meir, A man exemplifying anti-Iranian sentiment, Salt mounds, and Prairie dog.

Eight pictures were promoted to featured status last week and are shown below.