Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-05-21/Features and admins

Administrators
20 users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Seattle Skier (nom), AQu01rius (nom), After Midnight (nom), Ikiroid (nom), Dweller (nom), Khukri (nom), LessHeard vanU (nom), BrendelSignature (nom), C.Fred (nom), Anas Salloum (nom), Masamage (nom), MaxSem (nom), Carioca (nom), Audacity (nom), Alvestrand (nom), Lucasbfr (nom), Arctic.gnome (nom), Nihiltres (nom), Yonatan (nom) and Akradecki (nom). Cecropia also became the latest bureaucrat.

Bots
4 bots were approved to begin operating this week: HBC NameWatcherBot (task request), EdBot (task request), Android Mouse Bot 3 (task request) and AccReqBot (task request). Approval for EdBot (task request) was later revoked due to 20 bad edits.

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

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

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

No sounds, topics 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: Japan, Gilberto Silva, 35 mm film, Ohio Wesleyan University, Parliament Acts, Uncle Tom's Cabin and Mayan languages.

The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page as picture of the day: Melangyna viridiceps, Blessed milk thistle, Alcatraz Island, Cyrtophora, Aerogel, Five-inch 54-caliber MK45 gun and Grasshopper.

4 pictures were promoted to featured status last week: