Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-06-22/Features and admins
Approved this week
Administrators
Two editors were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Ched Davis (nom) and Mazca (nom).
Bots
This section is now included in the Technology Report, and contains an expanded description of the bots that have been approved. This week's article.
Featured pages
Eighteen articles were promoted to featured status this week: Moltke class battlecruiser (nom), Ten Commandments in Roman Catholicism (nom), Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay (nom), Ice hockey at the Olympic Games (nom), Jarome Iginla (nom), Yamato class battleship (nom), Magnetosphere of Jupiter (nom), Albert Bridge, London (nom), BP Pedestrian Bridge (nom), Abu Nidal (nom), Brazilian battleship Minas Geraes (nom), Fantasy Black Channel (nom), Otto Becher (nom), Bill Ponsford (nom), Early life of Keith Miller (nom), On the Origin of Species (nom), Battle of the Coral Sea (nom) and John Douglas (architect) (nom).
Seven lists were promoted to featured status this week: List of members of the International Ice Hockey Federation (nom), The Simpsons (season 14) (nom), List of Mexican National Trios Champions (nom), Rawlings Gold Glove Award (nom), List of Philippine–American War Medal of Honor recipients (nom), Commandant of the Marine Corps (nom) and List of United States Military Academy alumni (engineers) (nom).
One topic was promoted to featured status this week: Towns in Trafford (nom).
One portal was promoted to featured status this week: Portal:Connecticut (nom).
The following featured articles were displayed on the Main Page this week as Today's featured article: Richmond Bridge, Euclidean algorithm, Akutan Zero, In Utero, Iridium, Emily Dickinson.
Former featured pages
No articles were delisted this week.
Two lists were delisted this week: List of mergers and acquisitions by Expedia (nom) and List of mergers and acquisitions by Dell (nom).
One topic was delisted this week: Numbered highways in Amenia (CDP), New York (nom).
Featured media
The following featured pictures were displayed on the Main Page this week as picture of the day: Seven Rila Lakes, Gerald Ford, Map by Pedro Reinel, Arborist, Common Grass Blue, Lunar Lander Challenge and Leucospermum.
No featured sounds were promoted this week.
One featured picture was demoted this week: Cathédrale de Nantes (nom).
Twelve pictures were promoted to featured status this week and are shown below.
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