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Features and admins

Features and admins

Administrators

Five users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Jéské Couriano (nom), Kizor (nom), Hiberniantears (nom), Hut 8.5 (nom), and Tikiwont (nom).

Bots

Five bots or bot tasks were approved to begin operating this week: EagleAstroidBot (task request), PxBot (task request), Giggabot (task request), Rschen7754bot (task request), and DeliveryBot (task request).

No articles were promoted to featured status last week.

Eight lists were promoted to featured status last week: List of Florida hurricanes (nom), List of Claymore episodes (nom), The Simpsons (season 6) (nom), The Simpsons (season 8) (nom), Red Hot Chili Peppers discography (nom), List of U2 awards (nom), Uncle Tupelo discography (nom), and List of WCW World Heavyweight Champions‎ (nom).

One portal was promoted to featured status last week: Portal:Heavy metal (nom).

No topics or sounds were featured last week.

One article was de-featured last week: History of post-Soviet Russia (nom).

Two pictures were de-featured last week: Image:Buddhabrot-deep.jpg (nom), and Image:St Helens from Monitor Ridge feather.jpg (nom)

No lists, portals, topics, or sounds were de-featured last week.

The following featured articles were displayed last week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: John Mayer, Truthiness, Barnard's Star, Larrys Creek, England national rugby union team, George I of Greece, and Enzyme kinetics.

The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page as picture of the day: The Rhodes Colossus, German forces sweep into Czechoslovakia, Hadrosauroidea superfamily, Milky Way, Child Soldier, Azulejo, and Kiwifruit.

Nine pictures were promoted to featured status last week and are shown below.




Also this week:
  • Fundraiser, budget
  • Living people
  • WikiWorld
  • News and notes
  • WikiProject report
  • Features and admins
  • Technology report
  • Arbitration report

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