Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2006-04-10/Features and admins

Administrators
Seventeen users were granted admin status last week: Prodego (nom), TigerShark (nom), Hoary (nom), Circeus (nom), Proto (nom), Kungfuadam (nom), Mdd4696 (nom), Kusma (nom), Mark83 (nom), Heah (nom), Can't sleep, clown will eat me (nom), PS2pcGAMER (nom), Pschemp (nom), ProhibitOnions (nom), Royboycrashfan (nom), Fang Aili (nom), and Tawker (nom). Can't sleep, clown will eat me's nomination received a record 246 support votes, breaking BD2412's record of 183 support votes.

Featured content
Nine articles were promoted to featured status last week: AIDS, Australia at the Winter Olympics, Gerald Ford, The Catlins, Hong Kong action cinema, Nostradamus, Mount Rushmore, National Anthem of Russia, and Rush (band).

The following featured articles were displayed last week on the main page as Today's featured article: New England Patriots, History of Limerick, Katie Holmes, Lothal, Thomas Pynchon, Kakapo, and Antarctica.

Two articles were de-featured last week: Frankfurt School and Medieval literature.

Five lists reached featured list status last week: Tallest structures in Paris, Swimming World Swimmers of the Year, List of municipalities of Portugal, List of Arsenal F.C. players, and List of Formula One drivers.

One list was de-featured last week: List of United States House committees.

The latest portal to reach featured status is Portal:India.

Seven pictures reached featured picture status last week: