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By OhanaUnited

Administrators

Three users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process over the last two weeks: Cirt (nom), Aitias (nom), and Dougweller (nom).

Bots

Ten bots or bot tasks were approved to begin operating over the last two weeks: AnomieBOT (task request), HerculeBot (task request), Rick Bot (task request), SelectionBot (task request), Sambot (task request), Plasticbot (task request), AnomieBOT (task request), AnomieBOT (task request), Kaspobot (task request), and Lightbot (task request).

Featured pages

Eighteen articles were promoted to featured status over the last two weeks: Alexandra of Denmark (nom), Fauna of Scotland (nom), Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway (nom), Guadalcanal Campaign (nom), Margaret Fuller (nom), Bill Brown (cricketer) (nom), Old Trafford (nom), Hillsgrove Covered Bridge (nom), The Great American Bash (2005) (nom), 2005 Sugar Bowl (nom), Harry Murray (nom), Go Man Go (nom), Group (mathematics) (nom), Yttrium (nom), 2002 Atlantic hurricane season (nom), William Hanna (nom), Myst IV: Revelation (nom), and Battle of Goliad (nom).

Twenty six lists were promoted to featured status over the last two weeks: All-NBA Team (nom), List of Wolfmother awards (nom), List of Liverpool F.C. statistics and records (nom), Nashville Sounds seasons (nom), List of Olympic records in athletics (nom), Moons of Jupiter (nom), List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Albums of 2001 (nom), List of Björk awards (nom), Aston Villa F.C. statistics and records (nom), List of solar eclipses in the 21st century (nom), List of Billy Talent awards (nom), Sunderland A.F.C. seasons (nom), List of Rage Against the Machine awards (nom), List of Governors of Alaska (nom), Timeline of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season (nom), Joel Turner discography (nom), List of Denver Nuggets head coaches (nom), List of New York Rangers head coaches (nom), Mastodon discography (nom), The O.C. (season 2) (nom), List of UEFA Super Cup winners (nom), Los Angeles Lakers seasons (nom), List of Timbaland awards (nom), Paul Kelly discography (nom), List of state highways in Marquette County, Michigan (nom), and List of awards and nominations received by Ludacris (nom).

One topic was promoted to featured status over the last two weeks: Guadalcanal Campaign (nom). Five topics were promoted to good status over the last two weeks: Main asteroid belt (nom), Gliese 876 (nom), Upsilon Andromedae (nom), 47 Ursae Majoris (nom), and Final Fantasy XII (nom).

No portals were promoted to featured status over the last two weeks.

The following featured articles were displayed over the last two weeks on the Main Page as Today's featured article: Yellowstone fires of 1988, Chinua Achebe, Warwick Castle, United Airlines Flight 93, Jackie Chan, Congregation Baith Israel Anshei Emes, Francis Harvey, John Bull, Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang, David Lovering, Toronto Magnetic and Meteorological Observatory, Anekantavada, Jena Six, and Alzheimer's disease.

Former featured pages

Five articles were delisted over the last two weeks: Ido (nom), Spoo (nom), Pilot (House) (nom), Blues (nom), and History of Test cricket from 1884 to 1889 (nom).

Two lists were delisted over the last two weeks: List of Governors of Delaware (nom) and List of municipalities of Portugal (nom).

No topics were delisted over the last two weeks.

Featured media

The following featured pictures were displayed over the last two weeks on the Main Page as picture of the day: Green Violetear, Ambrose Burnside, Gibraltar, Collapse of the World Trade Center, Husband Hill, Playboating, Vindula arsinoe, Parallax, Flagellum, New England Tree Frog, Hurricane Isabel, Kentish Plover, George Armstrong Custer, and Traditional clothing of the Māori.

Twelve sounds were featured over the last two weeks: I'm Just Wild About Harry (nom), The Right of the People to Rule (nom), Save A Little Dram For Me (nom), Por una cabeza (nom), Suikinkutsu (nom), Singing sand (nom), How can they tell that I'm Irish? (nom), and "Los Cuatro Generales" and "Viva La Quince Brigada" (nom).

Set of Charles Gounod's Petite Symphonie pour neuf instruments à vent (Little Symphony for Nine Woodwinds):
Movement I: Adagio, allegro, Movement II: Andante cantabile, Movement III: Scherzo (Allegro moderato), and Movement IV: Finale (Allegretto) (nom)

Set of Three gospel songs from 1943:
Oh Jonah!, My Lord Is Writin', and We are Americans, Praise the Lord (nom)

No featured pictures were demoted this week.

Sixteen pictures were promoted to featured status over the last two weeks and are shown below.



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    Why AnomieBOT appears 3 times? Vinhtantran (talk) 07:58, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Because 3 different bot task requests ran by the same bot were approved in the same week. OhanaUnitedTalk page 12:31, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]


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