Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2006-10-02/Features and admins

Features and admins
Four users were granted admin status this week: Ligulem (nom), Pengo (nom), W.marsh (nom) and Nishkid64 (nom).

W.marsh joined the ranks of WP:100 this week (the 48th RfA to do so), with 111 users in unanimous support. His RfA is the 8th to have more than 100 supports and a unanimous vote.

Featured content
Eighteen articles were promoted to featured status last week:, , , , (the 8th article to be re-promoted after being de-featured), , , , , , , , Witchfinder General (film) (nom), , "All You Need Is Love" (The JAMs song) (nom), ,  and.

Forty-eight articles were promoted to featured status during the month of September, tied for third-most articles promoted in a month, behind July 2006 and August 2006.

Eight articles were de-featured last week: Heavy metal umlaut, Prince-elector, "She Loves You", James Bulger, Soap bubble, Papal Tiara, Ford Mustang and Poetry of the United States. During the month of September, twenty-six articles were de-featured, while two articles were re-promoted to featured status.

No portals reached featured status last week.

One list was featured last week: Locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal. Five lists were promoted during the month of September, the third-least promoted in a month, behind September 2005 and February 2006.

The following featured articles were displayed last week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: British House of Commons, Tahirih Justice Center, St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery, Nepal, Hurricane Katrina, Aleksandr Vasilevsky and The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask.

The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page as picture of the day: Common Crossbills (Loxia curvirostra), Rime frost, Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum), Poi, Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Palace of Versailles and Dance fly (Empis livida).

Seven pictures were featured last week: