Administrators

Eight users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Flyguy649 ( nom), Caribbean H.Q. ( nom), Jayvdb ( nom), monotonehell ( nom), The Random Editor ( nom), Jogers ( nom), markles ( nom) and Pedro ( nom).

Bots

Eleven bots or bot tasks were approved to begin operating this week: ClueBot II ( task request), ClueBot ( task request), Kl4m-AWB ( task request), ClueBot III ( task request), Jogersbot ( task request), StigBot ( task request), ProteinBoxBot ( task request), BetacommandBot ( task request), AlptaBot ( task request), PsychAWB ( task request) and Kotbot ( task request).

Featured content

Nineteen articles were promoted to featured status last week: Ban Ki-moon ( nom), Parapsychology ( nom), Red-tailed Black Cockatoo ( nom), Yes Minister ( nom), Exosome complex ( nom), Scotland national football team ( nom), Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine ( nom), Battle of Ramillies ( nom), Titan (moon) ( nom), Maria: or, The Wrongs of Woman ( nom), Egbert of Wessex ( nom), Monte Ne ( nom), Banksia telmatiaea ( nom), California Condor ( nom), Battle for Henderson Field ( nom), History of Stoke City F.C. ( nom), Manzanar ( nom), Casino Royale (2006 film) ( nom) and Wilco ( nom)

Two articles were de-featured last week: Galileo Galilei ( nom) and Swastika ( nom).

Nine lists were promoted to featured status last week: List of Crowded House awards ( nom), The Make-Up discography ( nom), Aston Villa F.C. seasons ( nom), Signatories of the Act of Independence of Lithuania ( nom), List of mammals of Canada ( nom), Neutral Milk Hotel discography ( nom), The Simpsons (season 2) ( nom), List of Governors of Arkansas ( nom) and King Clancy Memorial Trophy ( nom).

No lists were de-featured last week.

No portals were promoted to featured status last week.

One topic was promoted to featured status last week: Chrono (supplemental) ( nom).

The following featured articles were displayed last week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: Fightin' Texas Aggie Band, Thou, Amanita phalloides, Dungeons & Dragons, Georg Cantor, France national rugby union team, and Soviet invasion of Poland (1939).

The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page as picture of the day: Soyuz TMA-7, Saint Peter's Square, Mantodea, Ensay, Victoria, Australia, Milky Way, Green Turtle, and United States Constitution.

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

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  St. Louis Panorama
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  John Edwards
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  Queen Elizabeth II
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  Ivan the Terrible
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  Medieval Ship Flag
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  Montreal City Hall
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  EIAJ connector
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  Shipwreck of the SS America
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  Cirsium arvense
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  Full Moon