Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-02-19/Features and admins
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Features and admins
- By Ral315, 19 February 2007
Administrators
Eleven users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Cuchullain (nom), Hu12 (nom), Riana dzasta (nom), VegaDark (nom), Persian Poet Gal (nom), Heimstern (nom), ShadowHalo (nom), Zzuuzz (nom), Delldot (nom), Llama man (nom), and Heligoland (nom).
Featured content
Eleven articles were promoted to featured status last week: Delhi (nom), Roman-Spartan War (nom), Jenna Jameson (nom), Military brat (U.S. subculture) (nom), Thomas Playford IV (nom), Law (nom), Bill Russell (nom), John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (nom), Solar System (nom), Maserati MC12 (nom), and 2000 Sri Lanka Cyclone (nom).
Six articles were de-featured last week: Flag of South Africa, Baseball, Marilyn Manson (band), Oakland Cemetery, British East India Company, and Igor Stravinsky.
Three lists were promoted to featured status last week: List of Florida hurricanes (pre-1900), United States Navy enlisted rate insignia, and List of X-Men episodes.
One sound was promoted to featured status last week: Was frag ich nach der Welt .
One topic was promoted to featured status last week: Michigan State University.
Five portals were promoted to featured status this month: Portal:Physics, Portal:Military of Australia, Portal:Ukraine, Portal:Hinduism, and Portal:Utah. Portal:Hinduism became the 50th featured portal; Portal:Utah, the most recently promoted portal, was featured portal #51.
The following featured articles were displayed last week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: DNA, California Gold Rush, Charles Atangana, Flag of Lithuania, Polar coordinate system, Sly & the Family Stone, and The Four Stages of Cruelty.
The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page as picture of the day: Curculionidae, Lantana, Göttingen, Acarina, Zabriskie Point, Erg Chebbi, and Achilles.
Five pictures were promoted to featured status last week:
Also this week: From the editor — Arbitrator resigns — Is Wikipedia Failing? — Google traffic — WikiWorld — News and notes — Press coverage — Features and admins — Technology — Arbitration
