Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-04-20/Features and admins
Administrators
Six editors were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Foxy Loxy (nom), Orlady (nom), Spinningspark (nom), Closedmouth (nom), Drilnoth (nom) and BOZ (nom).
Bots
Ten bots or bot tasks were approved to begin operating this week: Xenobot (task request), Sambot (task request), Erik9bot (task request), Sambot (task request), Yobot (task request), ReigneBOT (task request), ListasBot (task request), MandelBot (task request), Sambot (task request) and AlekseyBot (task request).
Featured pages
Twelve articles were promoted to featured status this week: GRB 970508 (nom), Design 1047 battlecruiser (nom), Nassau class battleship (nom), Capture of Fort Ticonderoga (nom), 1964 Brinks Hotel bombing (nom), Street newspaper (nom), Magic Johnson (nom), Tunnel Railway (nom), Zanzibar Revolution (nom), Forest Park (Portland) (nom), Rufous-crowned Sparrow (nom) and SR Leader Class (nom).
Eight lists were promoted to featured status this week: List of Oslo T-bane stations (nom), List of alumni of Jesus College, Oxford: Mathematics, medicine and science (nom), List of Silver Slugger Award winners at shortstop (nom), List of United States Air Force Academy alumni (nom), List of Olympic men's ice hockey players for Canada (nom), List of United States Military Academy alumni (non-graduates) (nom), Bruce Dickinson discography (nom) and List of TNA World Tag Team Champions (nom).
One topic was promoted to featured status this week: Lists of United States Naval Academy alumni (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: Agrippina, Emma Watson, Niobium, Retiarius, Joseph Priestley House, Gerard K. O'Neill, Chiffchaff and Alleyway.
Former featured pages
Five articles were delisted this week: Ladakh (nom), Restoration comedy (nom), Malwa (Madhya Pradesh) (nom), Muhammad Iqbal (nom), British African-Caribbean community (nom) and Pink Floyd (nom).
Seven lists were delisted this week: List of longest suspension bridge spans (nom), List of awards and nominations received by Akon (nom), List of universities in Nova Scotia (nom), List of universities in Ontario (nom), List of universities in Atlantic Canada (nom), List of universities in British Columbia (nom) and List of universities in Quebec (nom).
No topics were delisted this week.
Featured media
The following featured pictures were displayed on the Main Page this week as picture of the day: Abraham Lincoln assassination, Josh Blue, Elizabeth I of England, Recovery of Apollo 13, Silvereye, Firebreathing, Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge and Boat orchid.
No media files were featured this week.
Three featured pictures were demoted this week: Yellow-rattle (nom), Hebe x franciscana (nom) and Blue Morning Glory (nom).
Twenty-one pictures were promoted to featured status this week and are shown below.
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