Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-03-31/Features and admins
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Features and admins
- By OhanaUnited, 31 March 2008
Administrators
Three users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Jonny-mt (nom), Stwalkerster (nom), and Cobaltbluetony (nom).
Bots
Six bots or bot tasks were approved to begin operating this week: SoxBot (task request), EjsBot (task request), Werdnabot (task request), RoboMaxCyberSem (task request), AkhtaBot (task request), and LatitudeBot (task request).
Featured pages
Twenty three articles were promoted to featured status last week: Tropical Storm Vamei (nom), Clem Hill (nom), Giants: Citizen Kabuto (nom), Genetics (nom), USS Bridgeport (AD-10) (nom), University of California, Riverside (nom), Choe Bu (nom), Timor Leste Defence Force (nom), Grim Fandango (nom), Flag of Germany (nom), Ernie Toshack (nom), Silverchair (nom), SS Christopher Columbus (nom), Double Seven Day scuffle (nom), Ancient Egypt (nom), Ima Hogg (nom), Spyro: Year of the Dragon (nom), Komodo dragon (nom), Cannon (nom), Anarky (nom), Irreplaceable (nom), Jacques Plante (nom), Diocletian (nom).
Seventeen lists were promoted to featured status last week: List of WCW Hardcore Champions (nom), Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office (nom), List of Scripps National Spelling Bee champions (nom), List of Birmingham City F.C. managers (nom), List of UEFA Super Cup winning managers (nom), Green Wing (series 1) (nom), List of tallest buildings in New Orleans (nom), List of UEFA club tournament winning managers (nom), Liverpool F.C. seasons (nom), List of awards and nominations for Lost (nom), 2007 Cricket World Cup warm-up matches (nom), Tenacious D discography (nom), List of 30 Rock episodes (nom), Regions of Peru (nom), List of Victoria Cross recipients of the Royal Navy (nom), List of Super Bowl champions (nom), and List of Green Bay Packers head coaches (nom). The 65 featured lists in March is a record, far outstripping the 46 lists featured in January 2008.
No topic was promoted to featured status last week.
No portal was promoted to featured status last week.
The following featured articles were displayed last week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: Sea otter, Technology of the Song Dynasty, Flag of Armenia, 1933 Atlantic hurricane season, E. Urner Goodman, Free Association of German Trade Unions and December to Dismember (2006).
Former featured pages
Two articles were delisted recently: Voynich manuscript (nom) and Reginald Maudling (nom).
Featured media
The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page as picture of the day: Tugboat, Emperor Tamarin, Chris Young, The School of Athens, Louvre, Olympic Stadium (Montreal) and Cessna 182.
No sounds were featured last week.
Six pictures were promoted to featured status last week and are shown below.
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| Also this week: Wikimania 2009 — Sister project interview — WikiWorld — News and notes — Dispatches — WikiProject report — Features and admins — Technology report — Arbitration report |
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