Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-05-12/Features and admins

Administrators
One user was granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Kakofonous (nom).

Bots
Eleven bots or bot tasks were approved to begin operating this week: SamatBot (task request), Giggabot (task request), SteveCrossinBot (task request), SteveCrossinBot (task request), SoxBot (task request), BetacommandBot (task request), ClueBot II (task request), WODUPbot (task request), SoxBot V (task request), BLPWatchBot (task request), and Addbot (task request).

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

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

One topic was promoted to featured status last week:.

No portals were promoted to featured status last week.

The following featured articles were displayed last week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: El Señor Presidente, Battle of Blenheim, West Indian cricket team in England in 1988, Israel, Glynn Lunney, Flag of Germany, and History of Minnesota.

Former featured pages
Six articles were delisted last week:, , , , ,.

One list was delisted last week:.

Featured media
The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page as picture of the day: Acapulco, Saltbox, Autotomy, John F. Kennedy Library, Northern Mockingbird, VR warehouses and Mandibles.

No sounds were featured last week.

No featured pictures were demoted last week.

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