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Features and admins

Features and admins

Administrators

Ten users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Mike Peel (nom), Citicat (nom), JodyB (nom), GDonato (nom), Daniel Case (nom), Grant65 (nom), Acalamari (nom), Mattbr (nom), Andrew c (nom) and FisherQueen (nom).

Bots

Nine bots or bot tasks were approved to begin operating this week: Seedbot (task request), JL-Bot (task request), WOPR (task request), SpellCheckerBot (task request), Stwalkerbot (task request), Polbot (task request), Polbot (task request), SpebiBot (task request) and OsamaKBOT (task request).

Thirteen articles were promoted to featured status last week: France national rugby union team (nom), Californication (album) (nom), Supernature (Goldfrapp album) (nom), Mary Martha Sherwood (nom), Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express (nom), Ocean sunfish (nom), Erie, Pennsylvania (nom), Hannah Primrose, Countess of Rosebery (nom), Bobcat (nom), Joshua A. Norton (nom) (Having previously been featured and then revoked), Ceawlin of Wessex (nom), Kuiper belt (nom), Victoria Cross (nom).

No articles were de-featured last week.

Seven lists were promoted to featured status last week: Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Drama (nom), List of Lost episodes (nom), CZW World Heavyweight Championship (nom), Sophie Ellis-Bextor discography (nom), List of drafted Frölunda HC players (nom), List of counties in Maryland (nom), and List of African XI ODI cricketers (nom).

One list was de-featured last week: List of states with nuclear weapons (nom).

No portal were promoted to featured status last week.

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: West Wycombe Park, Samuel Adams, Battle of Savo Island, 2012 Summer Olympics bids, Himno Nacional Mexicano, Ion Heliade Rădulescu, and Ebionite.

The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page as picture of the day: Magnificent Hummingbird, U.S. states by date of statehood, Tawny Owl, Pecans, Brise soleil, Second Severn Crossing, and Vernal Fall.

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