Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2006-01-23/Features and admins

Administrators
Administration status was given to eight users this week: Fropuff (nom), Ambush Commander (nom), Yamla (nom), Interiot (nom), NoSeptember (nom), EurekaLott (nom), Haukurth (nom), and Wouterstomp (nom).

Featured content
A near-record sixteen articles were promoted to featured status this week: Karen Dotrice, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, Michigan State University, Panama Canal, Céline Dion, Central processing unit, History of merit badges (Boy Scouts of America), Marian Rejewski, Flag of Mexico, This Charming Man, Yagan, Vivien Leigh, €2 commemorative coins, Amateur Radio Direction Finding, Epaminondas, and OpenBSD.

The following featured articles were displayed last week on the main page as Today's featured article: Butter, Article 153 of the Constitution of Malaysia, Hero of Ukraine, Tooth development, Economy of the Iroquois, History of Test cricket (1884 to 1889), and Planetary habitability.

Featured articles that recently lost their status include Noam Chomsky, Jet engine, Ralph Yarborough, and Mark Latham.

Three lists reached featured list status this week: List of notable brain tumor patients, Flag flying days in Mexico, and List of countries.

Fifteen pictures reached featured picture status this week:

Two featured pictures lost their status: Image:William Cranch.jpg and Image:Yarra_river_near_city_medium.jpg.