Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-12-17/Features and admins

Administrators
Fifteen users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Walton One (nom), Wassupwestcoast (nom), Jerry (nom), Ruhrfisch (nom), Elonka (nom), Kurt Shaped Box (nom), Od Mishehu (nom), Michael Greiner (nom), Slakr (nom), Keith D (nom), Kralizec! (nom), ArnoldReinhold (nom), A. B. (nom), xDanielx (nom), and Snowolf (nom).

Bots
Four bots or bot tasks were approved to begin operating this week: EBot_III (task request), Redrocketbot (task request), RoboMaxCyberSem (task request), and HarrivBOT (task request).

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

Ten lists were promoted to featured status last week:, , , , , , , , , and. List of Green Bay Packers first-round draft picks became the 500th featured list.

One topic was promoted last week:. No sounds or portals were promoted last week.

Two articles were de-featured last week: and.

The following featured articles were displayed last week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: Ehime Maru and USS Greeneville collision, Yasser Arafat, Lethbridge, A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant, South Australian general election, 2006, Lee Smith (baseball player) and The Simpsons.

The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page as picture of the day: St. Louis, Missouri, Mummified seahorse, Giza Necropolis, Axis leaders of World War II, Red-veined darter, Battle of Okinawa, and Fuel injector.

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