Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-11-08/Features and admins

Administrators
Five users have been granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process since the last issue: Protonk (nom), Magioladitis (nom), Ynhockey (nom), Berig (nom), and Addshore (nom).

Bots
Seven bots or bot tasks have been approved to begin operating since the last issue: Luuvabot (task request), DustyBot (task request), John Bot II (task request), AnomieBOT (task request), AudeBot (task request), ARSBot (task request), and Legobot (task request).

Featured pages
Twenty-seven articles have been promoted to featured status since the last issue:, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and.

Fifty-five lists have been promoted to featured status since the last issue:, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and.

One topic has been promoted to featured status since the last issue:

No portals have been promoted to featured status since the last issue.

The following featured articles were displayed on the Main Page over the last three weeks as Today's featured article: Pat Nixon, Subarachnoid hemorrhage, USS New Jersey (BB-62), History of Stoke City F.C., IK Pegasi, James Robert Baker, Odwalla, History of Baltimore City College, Natalee Holloway, 1995 Pacific Grand Prix, Panic of 1907, Giant Otter, Creatures of Impulse, Meteorological history of Hurricane Wilma, National emblem of Belarus, NeXT, Tang Dynasty, Mary Shelley, Treehouse of Horror (series), Metallica, and Attack on Sydney Harbour.

Former featured pages
Seven articles have been delisted since the last issue:, , , , , , and.

Seven lists have been delisted since the last issue:, , , , , , and.

No topics have been delisted since the last issue.

Featured media
The following featured pictures were displayed over the last three weeks on the Main Page as picture of the day: Mandarinfish, 2008 Australian Grand Prix, Sukhoi Su-27, Crypsis, Mechanical advantage, Lichens, Royal Spoonbill, Elizabeth I of England, Parabolic antenna, Ecdysis, Maris Pacifici, Iceberg, Rose chafer, Chichen Itza, United States Colored Troops, Caterpillar (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland), Land sailing, Eta Carinae, Wormian bones, Four-spotted Chaser, and Antelope Island State Park.

Seven sounds have been featured since the last issue:

One featured pictures has been demoted since the last issue: Dandelion clock.

Twenty-nine pictures have been promoted to featured status since the last issue and are shown below.