Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-07-07/Features and admins

Administrators
Five users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Frank (nom), Lomn (nom), thedemonhog (nom), Tanner-Christopher (nom), TomStar81 (nom).

Bots
Eight bots or bot tasks were approved to begin operating this week: Maelgwnbot (task request), SoxBot X (task request), DinoBot2 (task request), Swimmingbot-awb (task request), ShepBot (task request), J Milburn Bot (task request), WPArkansas Bot (task request), and Xenobot (task request).

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

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

One 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: Conatus, André Kertész, Winfield Scott Hancock, Macintosh Classic, Typhoon Paka, Russian-Circassian War, and New York State Route 32.

Former featured pages
Three articles were delisted last week:, , and.

No lists were delisted last week.

No topics were delisted last week.

Featured media
The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page as picture of the day: Theodore Roosevelt, Hemicordulia tau, Stonemasonry, Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, American Robin, Blender software, and Los Angeles Police Department helicopter.

Two sounds were featured last week: Memphis Blues (nom) and When Johnny Comes Marching Home (nom).

No featured pictures were demoted last week.

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