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Features and admins
- By Ral315, 30 October 2006
Administrators
Five users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Aksi great (nom), MCB (nom), Jusjih (nom), Olessi (nom), and Alex9891 (nom).
Featured content
Ten articles were promoted to featured status last week: Natalie Clifford Barney (nom), 1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?) (nom), Barnard's Star (nom), Pixies (band) (nom), Amchitka (nom), Battle of Ceresole (nom), 1933 Atlantic hurricane season (nom), Edward III of England (nom), Gliding (nom), and John W. Johnston (nom)
Seven articles were de-featured last week: Definition of planet, Holy Prepuce, Psychosis, Louis Armstrong, Louis XIV of France, Attila the Hun, and A Hard Day's Night (song).
One portal reached featured status last week: Portal:Texas.
Four lists were featured last week: Timeline of peptic ulcer disease and Helicobacter pylori, List of HIV-positive people, List of Sweden international footballers, and List of Liverpool F.C. players.
The following featured articles were displayed last week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: Hungarian Revolution of 1956, Rugby World Cup, 0.999..., The Relapse, Compact Cassette, Bricker Amendment, and Hydrogen.
The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page as picture of the day: Isometric projection, Wakizashi, Horseshoe Bend, Arizona, Symmetry group, Hebe, Sun and Earth, and Water.
Fourteen pictures were featured last week:
 (Photo by) Gordon Parks |
Also this week: Board reorganization — Wikipedia valuation — Plagiarism — Librarian video — Japanese Wikipedia — News and notes — Features and admins — Arbitration
