Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-01-28/Features and admins

Administrators
Eleven users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Esanchez7587 (nom), Alexf (nom), MBK004 (nom), DDima (nom), Jauerback (nom), Gonzo fan2007 (nom), Malinaccier (nom), Zeibura (nom), Smalljim (nom), Rodhullandemu (nom), and EncMstr (nom).

Bots
Two bots or bot tasks were approved to begin operating this week: Botpankonin (task request), and Alexbot (task request).

Featured pages
A record forty-two articles were promoted to featured status last week:, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and.

A record sixteen lists were promoted to featured status last week:, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and.

One topic was featured last week:.

No portals or sounds were featured last week.

The following featured articles were displayed last week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: Geology of the Lassen volcanic area, Stede Bonnet, Crazy Taxi (series), Treatment of multiple sclerosis, Daniel Boone, Hamlet, and Battle of Ramillies.

Former featured pages
Six articles were delisted recently:


 * — Nominated by Spawn Man on November 19, 2007. The article, promoted in March 2005, was demoted, without objections, per a lack of neutrality and inline citations.
 * — Nominated by Demian12358 on November 30, 2007. The article, promoted in March 2006, was demoted, with no objections, for lack of engaging prose, lack of comprehensiveness, sparse inline citations, table of contents issues, and lack of focus.
 * — Nominated by Mangostar on December 7, 2007. The article, promoted in October 2005, was demoted, without objections, per concerns about non-neutral point of view and sparse citations.
 * — Nominated by Donar Reiskoffer on December 7, 2007. The article, promoted in April 2005, was demoted, with no objections, due to concerns over some claims that lacked citations.
 * — Nominated by OSX (an unusual irony) on November 30, 2007. The article, promoted in February 2005, was demoted, with no objections, due mainly to concerns about referencing and formatting.
 * — Nominated by Nilfanion on November 17, 2007. The article, promoted in August 2004, was demoted, in a relatively large discussion (eight users participating), with comprehensiveness concerns.

Six lists were demoted: 2002 NFL Draft, 2003 NFL Draft, 2004 NFL Draft, 2005 NFL Draft, 2006 NFL Draft, and List of Oh My Goddess episodes.

Featured media
The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page as picture of the day: Siege of Strasbourg, Wildfire, London, Javier Solana, Humpback Whales, Motocross, and Gold dust day gecko.

Fourteen pictures and one video were promoted to featured status last week and are shown below.