Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-08-25/Features and admins

Administrators
Three users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Choess (nom), Ice Cold Beer (nom), and Moni3 (nom).

Bots
One bot or bot task was approved to begin operating this week: Nixbot (task request).

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

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

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

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: Borobudur, Madman Muntz, Poliomyelitis, Rongorongo, and Planet.

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

Three lists were delisted this week:, , and.

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: Caligo eurilochus, Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler, Red-eyed Tree Frog, Beater (weaving), Northern Elephant Seals, Greater Yellowlegs, and Polish cavalry.

No sounds were featured this week.

No featured pictures were demoted this week.

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