Administrators

Twenty users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Lid ( nom), Nightscream ( nom), Spellcast ( nom), David D. ( nom), EncycloPetey ( nom), Herbythyme ( nom), Rifleman 82 ( nom), SebastianHelm ( nom), Ioeth ( nom), Gimmetrow ( nom), TeaDrinker ( nom), Geometry guy ( nom), Emperor ( nom), Bencherlite ( nom), Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry ( nom), Canadian Paul ( nom), Coren ( nom), Oxymoron83 ( nom), Acroterion ( nom), and Random832 ( nom).

Bots

Four bots or bot tasks were approved to begin operating this week: PxBot ( task request), SoxBot ( task request) ( task request 2), RoboMaxCyberSem ( task request), and BHGbot ( task request).

Featured content

Twenty-eight articles were promoted to featured status last week: Prince's Palace of Monaco ( nom), Acrocanthosaurus ( nom), American Black Vulture ( nom), Javan Rhinoceros ( nom), Poliomyelitis ( nom), Treatment of multiple sclerosis ( nom), Variegated Fairy-wren ( nom), Joseph Priestley ( nom), Society of the Song Dynasty ( nom), Chew Stoke ( nom), Oldham ( nom), Thich Quang Duc ( nom), Animaniacs ( nom), Rob-B-Hood ( nom), Body Count (album) ( nom), Dream Days at the Hotel Existence ( nom), Joey Santiago ( nom), Thespis (opera) ( nom), The World Is Not Enough (song) ( nom), Yasser Arafat ( nom), Golden plates ( nom), Ian Chappell ( nom), Stanley Cup ( nom), Wales national rugby union team ( nom), BioShock ( nom), Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow ( nom), Battle of Red Cliffs ( nom), and USS Kentucky (BB-66) ( nom).

Fourteen lists were promoted to featured status last week: List of Naruto manga volumes ( nom), List of Carnivàle episodes ( nom), Feeder discography ( nom), List of Bristol Rovers F.C. managers ( nom), Gillingham F.C. seasons ( nom), NWA World Women's Championship ( nom), Milestone home runs by Barry Bonds ( nom), List of Australian Victoria Cross recipients ( nom), Minutemen discography ( nom), IWGP World Heavyweight Championship ( nom), List of palms of the Caribbean ( nom), List of municipalities in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania ( nom), List of films that received the Golden Film ( nom), and List of Silverchair awards ( nom).

One Featured topic was promoted last week: Seasons of Lost ( nom).

No portals or sounds were featured last week.

No articles were de-featured last week.

One picture was delisted this week: Image:PaintedBunting23.jpg ( nom).

No lists, portals, topics, or sounds were de-featured last week.

The following featured articles were displayed last week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: Michael Jordan, Restoration of the Sistine Chapel frescoes, Halo: Combat Evolved, Oklahoma, Honoré de Balzac, Lung cancer, and Sophie Blanchard.

The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page as picture of the day: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Terraforming of Mars, Pink Pimelea, Sitting Bull, Holoplatys, United States Homefront, and Neurons.

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

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  Toledo ( nom)
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  Magpie-goose ( nom)
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  Fissure vent ( nom)
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  First Chechen War ( nom)
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  The School of Athens ( nom)
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  Emperor Tamarin ( nom)
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  Tugboat ( nom)