Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2005-10-17/Features and admins

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Twenty new admins created

By Ral315, 17 October 2005

Administrators

Administration status was given to an amazing twenty users this week: Fastfission (nom), Friday (nom), RN (nom), RJFJR (nom), Karmafist (nom), Sebastiankessel (nom), LordAmeth (nom), Evilphoenix (nom), Rd232 (nom), Denelson83 (nom), Justinc (nom), Wikibofh (nom), Brighterorange (nom), Jossifresco (nom), Celestianpower (nom), Qaz (nom), Nickshanks (nom), Robchurch (nom), Cyberjunkie (nom), and Wayward (nom).

Featured content

The featured article ratio (number of featured articles to the total number of articles) is currently about 1 in 1000.

Eleven articles were promoted to featured status: History of Limerick, MDAC, Theodore Roosevelt, Herbig-Haro object, Fauna of Australia, Acorn Computers, Military history of Canada, Metrication, Eigenvalue, eigenvector and eigenspace, Multiple sclerosis, and Texas Ranger Division

The list Battles of the Mexican-American War reached featured list status this week.

One featured picture candidate was promoted this week. One image was delisted after it was discovered that the picture was under an inadequate license.


Also this week: Wikipedia growthArbCom electionArbCom updateWright AmendmentNews and notesPress coverageFeatures and adminsT.R.O.L.L.