Admins

Twelve users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Physicq210 ( nom), Coredesat ( nom), Durova ( nom), Atlant ( nom), Ginkgo100 ( nom), Melchoir ( nom), TKD ( nom), Trödel ( nom), Plange ( nom), Khoikhoi ( nom), Deepujoseph ( nom) and Betacommand ( nom).

Of the users granted admin status last week, six were granted with unanimous or near-unanimous support. TKD was unanimously supported by 38 users. Coredesat, Durova, Melchoir, Trödel and Plange each had near-unanimous support, each with one "neutral" comment. The support counts for each of these users are as follows: Coredesat (75), Durova (80), Melchoir (73), Trödel (54) and Plange (61).

Also, Khoikhoi joined the ranks of WP:100, the 51st RfA to do so. Khoikhoi ranks 13th on the list with 136 supports.

Featured content

Four articles were promoted to featured status last week: John W. Johnston ( nom), Gliding ( nom), Edward III of England ( nom) and 1933 Atlantic hurricane season ( nom).

Four articles were de-featured last week: Miles Davis, History of the Netherlands, Ackermann function and Turquoise. The Miles Davis article marks the 250th article to be de-featured.

No portals reached featured status last week.

Two lists were featured last week: List of inhabited islands of Croatia and FIFA World Cup hat-tricks.

The following featured articles were displayed last week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: Chola dynasty, Georg Forster, Al-Kateb v Godwin, Nirvana, History of the Philippines, Vivien Leigh and Procellariidae.

The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page as picture of the day: Special theory of relativity, Cart, Swan Goose, Havasu Falls, Pangong Tso, Apa Tani and Dorothea Lange.

Six pictures were featured last week:

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  Phenotype
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  Victoria crater

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  Pennant coralfish
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  Common Raccoon
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  Western Gull