Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-06-29/Features and admins
Approved this week
Administrators
Five editors were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Patar knight (nom), Cool3 (nom), Wtmitchell (nom), Plastikspork (nom) and Jarry1250 (nom).
Bots
This section is now included in the Technology Report, and contains an expanded description of the bots that have been approved. This week's article.
Featured pages
Ten articles were promoted to featured status this week: Hippocampus (nom), Military history of Australia during World War II (nom), 2008 Monaco Grand Prix (nom), Cheadle Hulme (nom), House (TV series) (nom), Gregorian mission (nom), Wind (nom), Symphonic poems (Liszt) (nom), Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (nom) and H.M.S. Pinafore (nom).
Nineteen lists were promoted to featured status this week: List of CZW World Heavyweight Champions (nom), List of places of worship in Brighton and Hove (nom), Orange Prize for Fiction (nom), BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award (nom), List of Gold Glove Award winners at second base (nom), List of 2008 Summer Olympics medal winners (nom), List of Jewish Medal of Honor recipients (nom), List of current members of the Maryland Senate (nom), List of Gold Glove Award winners at first base (nom), List of Grade I listed buildings in Mendip (nom), List of Olympic medalists in badminton (nom), List of Ambassadors of Russia to Austria (nom), List of tombs of antipopes (nom), List of Chicago Blackhawks head coaches (nom), List of Luton Town F.C. managers (nom), List of Luton Town F.C. seasons (nom), 2007 IIHF World Championship rosters (nom), List of CZW World Tag Team Champions (nom) and List of Gold Glove Award winners at third base (nom).
Two topics were promoted to featured status this week: State highways in Marquette County, Michigan (nom) and World Series of Poker Europe (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: Major depressive disorder, Ancient Egypt, White dwarf, Ten Commandments in Roman Catholicism, Hippopotamus, Stonewall riots and Joking Apart.
Former featured pages
Eight articles were delisted this week. Able Archer 83 (nom), Open cluster (nom), Gremlins (nom), Samuel Beckett (nom), National Anthem of Russia (nom), USA PATRIOT Act, Title III, Subtitle A (nom), Section summary of the USA PATRIOT Act, Title II (nom) and Kung Fu Hustle (nom).
No lists were delisted this week.
One topic was delisted this week: Gwen Stefani albums (nom).
Featured media
The following featured pictures were displayed on the Main Page this week as picture of the day: Waldseemüller map, Embden Goose, V-2 rocket, "Au Clair de la Lune", Forest scorpion and Rhea.
No featured sounds were promoted this week.
Four featured pictures were demoted this week: Two butterflies (nom), Chinese mantis (nom), Huntsman spider (nom) and Dry Tortugas Lighthouse (nom).
Three pictures were promoted to featured status this week and are shown below.
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