Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-01-29/Features and admins

Administrators
Seven users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: BozMo (nom), Mysid (nom), Yannismarou (nom), CJLL Wright (nom), Ryulong (nom), Kuru (nom), and Wizardman (nom).

Featured content
No articles were promoted to featured status last week.

Seven articles were de-featured last week: LSD, Central processing unit, History of Central Asia, English poetry, Regular polytope, WGA screenwriting credit system, and Battle of Leyte Gulf.

Three lists were promoted to featured status last week: Yukon general elections, Prince Edward Island general elections (post-Confederation), and United States Navy ratings.

The following featured articles were displayed last week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: Battle of Cannae, United States Bill of Rights, Hasekura Tsunenaga, History of saffron, Alain Prost, Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, and Hurricane Juan.

The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page as picture of the day: Vitrification, Blue Jay, Amsterdam, Downtown Long Beach, California, Radcliffe Camera, Contre-jour, and Barred Owl.

Eight pictures were promoted to featured status last week: