Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-07-23/Features and admins

Administrators
Seven users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Melburnian (nom), carlossuarez46 (nom), ST47 (nom), DerHexer (nom), Philippe (nom), Stephan Schulz (nom) and MoRsE (nom)

Bots
Two bots bot tasks were approved to begin operating or begin performing a new task this week: EchoBot (task request) and Android Mouse Bot (task request).

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

One article was de-featured last week: Spring Heeled Jack (nom)

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

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

The following featured articles were displayed last week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: Pierre Rossier, Cameroon, Fighting in ice hockey, Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump, Domenico Selvo, and Cyclol.

The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page as picture of the day: Earth's atmosphere, An example of homeomorphism, Horse anatomy, Plastic utensils with photoelasticity, Sather Tower, King Kelly, and A diagram of osmotic pressure on blood cells.

Nine pictures were promoted to featured status last week and are shown below.