Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2006-07-17/Features and admins
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Features and admins
Administrators
Six users were granted admin status last week: JLaTondre (nom), Samsara (nom), Aldux (nom), Christopher Sundita (nom), Grandmasterka (nom) and Wknight94 (nom).
Featured content
Eleven articles were featured last week: Rugby World Cup (nom), Able Archer 83 (nom), Mauna Loa (nom), T-34 (nom), Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands (nom), Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (nom), Richard III (1955 film) (nom), Joel Brand (nom), Excel Saga (nom), Alison Krauss (nom) and Enta Da Stage (nom).
Four articles that were de-featured last week: Peerage, King James Version of the Bible, Jim Henson and Humphrey Bogart.
The latest portals to reach featured status are Portal:Biography and Portal:Latin America.
The following featured articles were displayed last week on the main page as Today's featured article: Michigan State Capitol, Microsoft, Velociraptor, Wayne Gretzky, Bangladesh, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
These were the pictures of the day last week: Pirate caricature, Hummingbirds, New York City, Chickens, Joan of Arc, Alchemy and Huli.
No pictures reached featured picture status last week.
Also this week: Archive deals — Deletion requests — M.A.N.I.A. — News and notes — Press coverage — Features and admins — T.R.O.L.L.
