Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-03-02/Features and admins
Approved this week
Administrators
Two editors were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Mfield (nom) and Msgj (nom).
Bots
Ten bots or bot tasks were approved to begin operating this week: Thehelpfulbot (task request), MPUploadBot (task request), SoxBot V (task request), Thehelpfulbot (task request), Sambot (task request), BorgardeBot (task request), Addbot (task request), LucienBOT (task request), SoxBot VI (task request) and AnomieBOT (task request).
Featured pages
Ten articles were promoted to featured status this week: The Million Dollar Homepage (nom), Sebastian Shaw (actor) (nom), Sam & Max: Freelance Police (nom), Edmund Herring (nom), Hurricane Daniel (2006) (nom), Jupiter Trojan (nom), Deinosuchus (nom), Sunderland A.F.C. (nom), Ælfheah of Canterbury (nom) and Saxbe fix (nom).
Twenty lists were promoted to featured status this week: Gaylactic Spectrum Awards (nom), Willowtip Records discography (nom), Bauhaus discography (nom), List of Australian George Cross recipients (nom), List of African American United States Cabinet Secretaries (nom), List of awards and nominations received by Adele (nom), Copley Medal (nom), List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2007 (U.S.) (nom), List of current NHL captains and alternate captains (nom), NHL Foundation Player Award (nom), List of Metroid media (nom), BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year (nom), Sigur Rós discography (nom), Gabor Medal (nom), List of Philadelphia Phillies first-round draft picks (nom), List of New York Yankees team records (nom), Rihanna discography (nom), List of Adventures of Mini-Goddess episodes (nom), List of Bleach chapters (nom) and List of Olympic medalists in ice hockey (nom).
Three topics were promoted to featured status this week: Washington Park, Chicago (nom), U-27 class submarines (nom) and Mauritius campaign of 1809–1811 (nom).
No portals were promoted to featured status this week.
The following featured articles were displayed on the Main Page this week as Today's featured article: Meshuggah, Yes Minister, Hours of service, Caspar David Friedrich, Scene7, Edgar Speyer and King Vulture.
Former featured pages
Two articles were delisted this week: Warsaw Uprising (nom) and Paracetamol (nom).
No lists were delisted this week.
One topic was delisted this week: Halo trilogy (nom).
Featured media
The following featured pictures were displayed on the Main Page this week as picture of the day: Alexander's Church, Tawny frogmouth, Glow water lily, Stitched panorama of Los Angeles, Painted Tiger Moth, Florida box turtle and Ursa Major.
Ten media files were featured this week:
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| Rigoletto - Bella figlia dell'amore | (nom) |
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| Carmen - Toréador | (nom) |
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| Gerald Ford Vietnam clemency remarks | (nom) |
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| Tear Down This Wall | (nom) |
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| 2002 State of the Union Address | (nom) |
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| Il trovatore: "Stride la vampa" | (nom) |
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| Battle Hymn of the Republic | (nom) |
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| Handel's Fitzwilliam Sonata 1 | (nom) |
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| Handel's Fitzwilliam Sonata 2 | (nom) |
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| Handel's Fitzwilliam Sonata 3 | (nom) |
One featured picture was demoted this week: Dust Storm in Texas (nom).
Seventeen pictures were promoted to featured status this week and are shown below.
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