Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2006-12-04/Features and admins

Administrators
Seven users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Daveydweeb (nom), Gogo Dodo (nom), Sandstein (nom), HighInBC (nom), Renesis13 (nom), Nae'blis (nom), and Viridae (nom).

Featured content
Fifteen articles were promoted to featured status last week: History of Solidarity, Empires: Dawn of the Modern World, Ian Thorpe, 2005 United States Grand Prix, Jocelin, Thylacine, Weymouth, Cyclol, Joseph W. Tkach, Scottish Parliament, Indian Standard Time, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Bacteria, Minnesota, and Tropical Storm Bonnie (2004).

The month of November set a record for most featured articles promoted, with 65. Previously, the record was held by July 2006 (53 articles), and before that, September 2004 (48 articles).

Eight articles were de-featured last week: Mark Antony, Mixed-breed dog, Celtic Tiger, Pashtun people, Bodyline, Supply and demand, Propaganda, and Super Mario 64.

No portals reached featured status last week.

Three lists were featured last week: List of major opera composers, List of Saskatchewan general elections, and 2003 NFL Draft.

The following featured articles were displayed last week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: Stegosaurus, Great Fire of London, Jaws (film), History of erotic depictions, Extratropical cyclone, Battle of Austerlitz, and Demosthenes. History of erotic depictions fell short of a FA record with 421 edits while on the Main Page; the record is The Lord of the Rings, with 453 edits while on the Main Page in October.

The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page as picture of the day: Infrared photograph, Zuni, Rogue River, Orion Nebula, Child Labor, Northern Gannets, and Zipper.

Ten pictures were featured last week: