Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-04-16/Features and admins

Administrators
Eight users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Mikeblas (nom), Angusmclellan (nom), J Milburn (nom), Dgies (nom), Fuhghettaboutit (nom), Hemlock Martinis (nom), Coelacan (nom) and Staecker (nom).

Featured content
Fifteen articles were promoted to featured status last week:, , , , , , ,  , , , , , , , and  (see related story).

Nine articles were de-featured last week:, , , , , , ,  and.

Three lists were promoted to featured status last week:,  and.

Two topics were promoted to featured status last week:  and.

No sounds or portals were promoted to featured status last week.

The following featured articles were displayed last week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: Dime (United States coin), Anton Chekhov, Scooby-Doo, Fairy tale, Hamersley, Western Australia, 1 %E2%88%92 2 %2B 3 %E2%88%92 4 %2B %C2%B7 %C2%B7 %C2%B7 and George VI of the United Kingdom.

The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page as picture of the day: STS-116, Predation, Lesser brown blowfly, Eastern Gray Squirrel, RMS Titanic, Planum Boreum and The Virgin and Child with St Anne and St John the Baptist.

Ten pictures were promoted to featured status last week: