Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-05-19/Features and admins

Administrators
Five users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: PeterSymonds (nom), WBOSITG (nom), Risker (nom), Gatoclass (nom), and Jbmurray (nom).

Bots
Eleven bots or bot tasks were approved to begin operating this week: Rtz-bot (task request), BJBot (task request), BotMultichill (task request), SoxBot (task request), Rick Bot (task request), SpBot (task request), Kisbesbot (task request), ViskonBot (task request), Numbo3-bot (task request), ShepBot (task request), and SoxBot II (task request).

Featured pages
Eleven 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:.

One portal was promoted to featured status last week:.

The following featured articles were displayed last week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: Battlefield Earth (film), Nahuatl, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Royal Blue (B&O train), Elagabalus, Redwood National and State Parks, and Coeliac disease.

Former featured pages
Two articles were delisted last week: and.

No lists were delisted last week.

Featured media
The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page as picture of the day: Roundhouse, Stereographic projection, Rotterdam Blitz, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Robby Naish, Agar plate and Red-capped Plover.

No sounds were featured last week.

No featured pictures were demoted last week.

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