Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-07-28/Features and admins

Administrators
Five users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Okiefromokla (nom), Stevenfruitsmaak (nom), J.delanoy (nom), Good Olfactory (nom), and L'Aquatique (nom). One user was granted bureaucrat status via the Requests for Burueaucratship process this week: Rlevse.

Bots
Eleven bots or bot tasks were approved to begin operating this week: AdminStatsBot (task request), TinucherianBot (task request), AmeliorationBot (task request), Xenobot (task request), Xenobot (task request), WASDbot (task request), Ptbotgourou (task request), TestEditBot (task request), Polbot (task request), SlakrBot (task request), and RockfangBot (task request).

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

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

No topics were promoted to featured status this week.

No portals were promoted to featured status this week.

The following featured articles were displayed this week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: The Power of Nightmares, SS Christopher Columbus, Exmoor, William Gibson, History of Solidarity, T206 Honus Wagner, and Glorious First of June.

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

No lists were delisted this week.

No topics were delisted this week.

Featured media
The following featured pictures were displayed this week on the Main Page as picture of the day: Spinning wheel, J'accuse (letter), Yeoman (F), Welcome Swallow, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Gulf War, and Vanessa atalanta.

No sounds were featured this week.

One featured picture was demoted this week:

Six pictures were promoted to featured status this week and are shown below.