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Features and admins

By Ian Manka, Singularity and The Placebo Effect, 17 September, 2007

Administrators

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

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Bots

Eleven 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, Template:Boa, Template:Boa, Template:Boa and Template:Boa.

Featured content

Nineteen articles were promoted to featured status last week: Ban Ki-moon (nom), Parapsychology (nom), Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (nom), Yes Minister (nom), Exosome complex (nom), Scotland national football team (nom), Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (nom), Battle of Ramillies (nom), Titan (moon) (nom), Maria: or, The Wrongs of Woman (nom), Egbert of Wessex (nom), Monte Ne (nom), Banksia telmatiaea (nom), California Condor (nom), Battle for Henderson Field (nom), History of Stoke City F.C. (nom), Manzanar (nom), Casino Royale (2006 film) (nom) and Wilco (nom)

Two articles were de-featured last week: Galileo Galilei (nom) and Swastika (nom).

Nine lists were promoted to featured status last week: List of Crowded House awards (nom), The Make-Up discography (nom), Aston Villa F.C. seasons (nom), Signatories of the Act of Independence of Lithuania (nom), List of mammals of Canada (nom), Neutral Milk Hotel discography (nom), The Simpsons (season 2) (nom), List of Governors of Arkansas (nom) and King Clancy Memorial Trophy (nom).

No lists were de-featured last week.

No portals were promoted to featured status last week.

One topic was promoted to featured status last week: Chrono/addition1 (nom).

The following featured articles were displayed last week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: Australia at the Winter Olympics, Olm, Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916, The Bus Uncle, Renewable energy in Scotland, Hey Ya!, and Fun Home.

The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page as picture of the day: Externsteine, Colosseum, Lion and cub eating Cape Buffalo, Flower chafers mating, Crashing landing of Hellcat into USS Enterprise, Chief police officer in Hamburg, and Animated simulation of a phenakistoscope disc.

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


Also this week: From the editor — Jimbo interview — WikiWorld — News and notes — In the news — Features and admins — Technology — Arbitration

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