Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-10-08/Features and admins

Administrators
Five users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: hmwith (nom), JHunterJ (nom), Mtmelendez (nom), Nat (nom), and Samulili (nom).

Bots
Nine bots or bot tasks were approved to begin operating this week: SmackBot (task request), Detroiterbot (task request), ChandlerMapBot (task request), COBot (task request), SnakeBot (task request), CohesionBot (task request), CapitalBot (task request), SundarBot (task request), and OrBot (task request).

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

Seven lists were promoted to featured status last week:, , , , , , and. One portal was promoted to featured status last week:.

No topics or sounds were featured last week.

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

No pictures, lists, portals, topics, or sounds were de-featured last week.

The following featured articles were displayed last week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra railway line, 1981 Irish hunger strike, Kingdom Hearts, Orion, New York City, Pluto, and Guinea pig.

The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page as picture of the day: Alluvial Fan, Crater on Mars, Locust, Bougainville campaign, Maslenitsa, Great White Shark, and Einsatzgruppen.

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