Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-07-14/Features and admins

Administrators
Five users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Cailil (nom), StephenBuxton (nom), Matthewedwards (nom), Happyme22 (nom), and Ben MacDui (nom).

Bots
Eight bots or bot tasks were approved to begin operating this week: RockfangBot (task request), MifterBot (task request), AtyndallBot (task request), WPArkansas Bot (task request), Xenobot (task request), WikiDreamer Bot (task request), Yobot (task request), and Milk's Favorite Bot (task request).

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

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

No topics were 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: Edward VIII, Atom, R.E.M., To Kill a Mockingbird, Genetics, Palpatine, and The Garden of Earthly Delights.

Former featured pages
One article was delisted last week:.

One list was 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: Karlskirche, David Farragut, Hemicordulia tau, Computed tomography (CT), New Synagogue, Chandos portrait, and Banff National Park.

Two sounds were featured last week: Apollo 13 message to Houston (nom) and Etherea (nom).

No featured pictures were demoted last week.

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