Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-09-22/Features and admins

Administrators
Three users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process over the last two weeks: Cirt (nom), Aitias (nom), and Dougweller (nom).

Bots
Ten bots or bot tasks were approved to begin operating over the last two weeks: AnomieBOT (task request), HerculeBot (task request), Rick Bot (task request), SelectionBot (task request), Sambot (task request), Plasticbot (task request), AnomieBOT (task request), AnomieBOT (task request), Kaspobot (task request), and Lightbot (task request).

Featured pages
Eighteen articles were promoted to featured status over the last two weeks:, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and.

Twenty six lists were promoted to featured status over the last two weeks:, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and.

One topic was promoted to featured status over the last two weeks:. Five topics were promoted to good status over the last two weeks:, , , , and.

No portals were promoted to featured status over the last two weeks.

The following featured articles were displayed over the last two weeks on the Main Page as Today's featured article: Yellowstone fires of 1988, Chinua Achebe, Warwick Castle, United Airlines Flight 93, Jackie Chan, Congregation Baith Israel Anshei Emes, Francis Harvey, John Bull, Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang, David Lovering, Toronto Magnetic and Meteorological Observatory, Anekantavada, Jena Six, and Alzheimer's disease.

Former featured pages
Five articles were delisted over the last two weeks:, , , , and.

Two lists were delisted over the last two weeks: and.

No topics were delisted over the last two weeks.

Featured media
The following featured pictures were displayed over the last two weeks on the Main Page as picture of the day: Green Violetear, Ambrose Burnside, Gibraltar, Collapse of the World Trade Center, Husband Hill, Playboating, Vindula arsinoe, Parallax, Flagellum, New England Tree Frog, Hurricane Isabel, Kentish Plover, George Armstrong Custer, and Traditional clothing of the Māori.

Twelve sounds were featured over the last two weeks: I'm Just Wild About Harry (nom), The Right of the People to Rule (nom), Save A Little Dram For Me (nom), Por una cabeza (nom), Suikinkutsu (nom), Singing sand (nom), How can they tell that I'm Irish? (nom), and "Los Cuatro Generales" and "Viva La Quince Brigada" (nom).

Set of Charles Gounod's Petite Symphonie pour neuf instruments à vent (Little Symphony for Nine Woodwinds): Movement I: Adagio, allegro, Movement II: Andante cantabile, Movement III: Scherzo (Allegro moderato), and Movement IV: Finale (Allegretto) (nom)

Set of Three gospel songs from 1943: Oh Jonah!, My Lord Is Writin', and We are Americans, Praise the Lord (nom)

No featured pictures were demoted this week.

Sixteen pictures were promoted to featured status over the last two weeks and are shown below.