Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-08-18/Features and admins

Administrators
Three users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Paul Erik (nom), SheffieldSteel (nom), and JGHowes (nom).

Bots
Six bots or bot tasks were approved to begin operating this week: Erwin85Bot (task request), DinoBot2 (task request), NVS(bot) (task request), Lightbot (task request), Alexbot (task request), and MelonBot (task request).

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

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

One topic was 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: Campaign history of the Roman military, Hurricane Gloria, Princess Alice of Battenberg, Pygmy Hippopotamus, Ryan White, Noble gas, and Flea (musician).

Former featured pages
Six 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: Onchocerca volvulus, Forked tongue, Temple of Saturn, Navajo rugs, Brolga, Dougong, and Video of political integration of India.

Three sounds were featured this week: Le régiment de Sambre et Meuse (nom), Ich bin ein Berliner (nom), and Robin song (nom)

No featured pictures were demoted this week.

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