Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-08-09/Features and admins

Administrators
Two users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Gazimoff (nom), and Peripitus (nom).

Bots
Six bots or bot tasks were approved to begin operating this week: DinoBot2 (task request) Diligent Terrier Bot (task request) OKBot (task request) DumZiBoT (task request) TaBOT-zerem (task request) SVGBot (task request).

Featured pages
Sixteen articles were promoted to featured status this week:

Twenty-two lists were promoted to featured status last week:

Four topics were promoted to featured status this week:

Two portals were promoted to featured status this week:  and.

The following featured articles were displayed this week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: Joseph Francis Shea, Nuthatch, The Wiggles, Roy Welensky, BioShock, Anna May Wong, and Holden.

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

One lists was delisted this week:.

No topics were delisted this week.

Featured media
The following featured pictures (and film) were displayed this week on the Main Page as picture of the day: Malcolm X, Patchwork quilt, Yellow coneflowers, a film of tanks in World War I, JetBlue Airways Flight 292, and Bufflehead.

One sound was featured this week: Eisenhower farewell address (nom).

No featured pictures were demoted this week.

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