Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-03-17/Features and admins

Administrators
Seven users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Seraphim Whipp (nom), J Greb (nom), Poeloq (nom), Discospinster (nom), Toddst1 (nom), Tivedshambo (nom), and Scott5114 (nom).

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

Featured pages
Fifteen articles were promoted to featured status last week:, , , , , , , , , , , , , , and.

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

No topic was promoted to featured status last week.

Two portals were promoted to featured status last week: and.

The following featured articles were displayed last week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: Slavery in ancient Greece, John Knox, Melodifestivalen, Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event, Oxygen, Trapped in the Closet (South Park) and Storm botnet.

Former featured pages
Three articles were delisted recently: ,, and.

Featured media
The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page as picture of the day: Diffusion tensor imaging, Parthenon, Tufa towers in Mono Lake, Mira, Edward VI of England, Leucospermum and Ireland viewed from space.

No sounds were featured last week.

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