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Features and admins

By Ian Manka, 25 September 2006

Features and admins

Three users were granted admin status this week: Sarah Ewart (nom), Thatcher131 (nom) and Mr. Lefty (nom).

Of the three administrators which were promoted this week, two (Sarah Ewart and Thatcher131) joined the ranks of WP:100, the 46th and 47th RfA to do so. Sarah Ewart ties for 5th on the list, with 160 support votes, while Thatcher131 joined the list with 120 support votes, tied for 20th on the list.

Featured content

Five articles were featured last week: Enzyme inhibitor (nom), Aspasia (nom), New Orleans Mint (nom), Halo: Combat Evolved (nom) and Operation Wrath of God (nom).

Three articles were de-featured last week: Eigenvalue, eigenvector and eigenspace, Tea and Vulgar Latin.

No portals reached featured status last week.

One list was featured last week: List of Vieques birds.

The following featured articles were displayed last week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: Pericles, Rush, Cornell University, Dog Day Afternoon, AK-47, Globular cluster and Jaguar.

The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page as picture of the day: Calvary Cemetery, E. coli, Mite, Space Shuttle Atlantis, Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Mexican Wolf and Staphylococcus aureus.

Ten pictures were featured last week:


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