Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-04-30/Features and admins

Administrators
Six users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: TerriersFan (nom), Ragesoss (nom), AndonicO (nom), Mallanox (nom), Sam Blacketer (nom), and Krimpet (nom).

Bots
Five bots were approved to begin operating this week: BotMultichill (task request), BotanyBot (task request), ToePeu.bot (task request), SmackBot (task request),and GeorgeMoneyBot-status (task request).

Featured content
Eighteen articles were promoted to featured status last week:, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and.

One article was de-featured last week:.

Six lists were promoted to featured status last week:, , , , , , and. List of The Batman episodes was the 250th featured list (see related story).

No sounds, topics, or portals were promoted to featured status this week.

The following featured articles were displayed last week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: Hurricane Edith, Maserati MC12, Michael Woodruff, Some Thoughts Concerning Education, Adam Gilchrist, Arctic Tern, and Military brat (U.S. subculture).

The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page as picture of the day: Crystal Mountains, Black-bellied Whistling Duck, English Walnut, First Photograph of a Person, Great Red Spot, Whaling in the Faroe Islands, and Dust Storm.

Six pictures were promoted to featured status last week: