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Features and admins

By Extranet, 5 March 2007

Administrators

Thirteen users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Fram (nom), Trebor Rowntree (nom), Rlevse (nom), BigHaz (nom), Andrwsc (nom), Georgewilliamherbert (nom), Deryck Chan (nom), Adam Cuerden (nom), Bubba hotep (nom), Harryboyles (nom), Jesse Viviano (nom), Veinor (nom) and AuburnPilot (nom).

Featured content

Sixteen articles were promoted to featured status last week: Rhodes blood libel (nom), Edwin Taylor Pollock (nom), Uranium (nom), Abbas Kiarostami (nom), Hamersley, Western Australia (nom), Iguanodon (nom), Wesley Clark (nom), Paul Collingwood (nom), T-26 (nom), Crusaders (rugby) (nom), Hoysala architecture (nom), Wood Badge (nom), Calvin Coolidge (nom), Fairy tale (nom), Montreal screwjob (nom) and Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (nom).

Seven articles were de-featured last week: The Temptations, Ridge Route, Margin of error, Cat, Weight training, Military history of the Soviet Union and Battle of Alesia.

Three lists were promoted to featured status last week: List of California birds, List of molecules in interstellar space and List of Dad's Army episodes.

One sound was promoted to featured status last week: "The Four Seasons" - Wichita State University Chamber Players .

One topic was promoted to featured status last week: 2003 Atlantic hurricane season.

Three portals were promoted to featured status this month: Portal:Religion, Portal:Electronics and Portal:World War I.

The following featured articles were displayed last week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: Banksia integrifolia, Aspasia, Immune system, Chicago Bears, Galaxy, Turkey and Law.

The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page as picture of the day: Movable Type, Snow Crystal, Chicago Skyline, Frédéric Chopin, Spruce Grouse, Abraham Lincoln and Windsor Castle.

Two pictures were promoted to featured status last week:


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