Administrators

Six users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Alex.muller ( nom), Ckatz ( nom), Seicer ( nom), 52 Pickup ( nom), Blueboy96 ( nom), and Tiptoety ( nom).

Bots

Eight bots or bot tasks were approved to begin operating this week: HBC AIV helperbot5 ( task request), AWeenieBot ( task request), VeblenBot ( task request), Eubot ( task request), 718 Bot ( task request), MelonBot ( task request), AndreasJSbot ( task request), and MonoBot ( task request)

Featured pages

Seventeen articles were promoted to featured status last week: William Hillcourt ( nom), Mana (series) ( nom), Triton (moon) ( nom), Hurricane John (2006) ( nom), Metroid Prime ( nom), Alanya ( nom), Portal (video game) ( nom), Ganymede (moon) ( nom), Tropical cyclone ( nom), Amanita ocreata ( nom), ANAK Society ( nom), Carlson's patrol ( nom), Smallville (season 1) ( nom), Just like Heaven (song) ( nom), Sea otter ( nom), The Beginning of the End (Lost) ( nom), and Princess Helena of the United Kingdom ( nom).

Six lists were promoted to featured status last week: List of York City F.C. statistics and records ( nom), Alice in Chains discography ( nom), List of Birmingham City F.C. statistics and records ( nom), List of municipalities in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania ( nom), Slipknot discography ( nom) and List of North Carolina hurricanes (1950-1979) ( nom).

Two topics were promoted to featured status last week: Atlantic campaign of May 1794 ( nom) and Ipswich Town F.C. ( nom).

One portal was promoted to featured status last week: Portal:Minnesota ( nom).

The following featured articles were displayed last week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: Kinetoscope, Europa, Axis naval activity in Australian waters, M62 motorway, Hamilton, Joseph Priestley and Josquin des Prez.

Former featured pages

Two articles were delisted recently: History of erotic depictions ( nom) and Blackface ( nom).

Featured media

The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page as picture of the day: Quadriga, Vinland map, US Brig Niagara, Iapetus moon and Emperor Penguin. One featured picture was demoted: Cerro de la Silla

No sounds were featured last week.

Eleven pictures and one video were promoted to featured status last week and are shown below.

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  Battle of the Bzura
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  Elephant seals fighting
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  Green Violet-ear
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  Hurricane Isabel
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  Pigment
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  Civil Rights Act of 1964
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  Leonardo da Vinci's drawing
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  Kentish Plover
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  Bedouin woman
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  Rigger
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  Tablet press