Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-01-08/Features and admins
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Features and admins
Administrators
One user was granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Nilfanion (nom).
Featured content
No articles were promoted to featured status last week. The last occurrence of this, as reported by the Signpost, was November 20, 2006; interestingly, the following week a record thirty-four articles were promoted.
Five articles were de-featured last week: Eureka Stockade, Spyware, London Underground, First Amendment to the United States Constitution, and Saxophone.
Six lists were promoted to featured status last week: Volcanoes in Indonesia, Ontario general elections, Quebec general elections, Timeline of Canadian elections, Formula One fatal accidents, and Ice hockey teams in Alberta
Two portals were promoted to featured status last week: Disasters and United States Navy.
The following featured articles were displayed last week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: Yarralumla, John Brooke-Little, The Adventures of Tintin, Ahmose I, Genesis, and Operation Auca.
The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page as picture of the day: Clock Tower, Atlantic salmon egg hatching, Magellanic penguin, Tulip Stairs and lantern of the Queen's House, Roman Baths, and Villarceau circles.
Two pictures were promoted to featured status last week:
Also this week: 2006 in review — Press plagiarism — Content manipulation — PR firm — WikiWorld — News and notes — Features and admins — Technology — Arbitration
