Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-12-01/Features and admins

Administrators
Five editors were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: SilkTork (nom), Thehelpfulone (nom), Jclemens (nom), Ruslik0 (nom), and Seddon (nom).

Bots
Ten bots or bot tasks were approved to begin operating this week: CwraschkeDataBot (task request), XZeroBot (task request), ArthurBot (task request), GnawnBot (task request), Homobot (task request), Obersachsebot (task request), AnomieBOT (task request), AnomieBOT (task request), DYKadminBot (task request) and DYKBot (task request).

DYKadminBot is an administrative bot, operated by Ameliorate!, that automatically updates Did you know every six hours from a queue of approved hooks chosen by administrators.

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

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

No topics or portals were promoted to featured status this week.

The following featured articles were displayed on the Main Page this week as Today's featured article: David I of Scotland, 1956 FA Cup Final, Harvey Milk, Pulmonary contusion, Angus Lewis Macdonald, Anglo-Zanzibar War, and Rosetta@home.

Former featured pages
No articles or topics were delisted this week.

Two formerly featured lists were delisted this week:  and CZW World Heavyweight Championship (nom).

Featured media
The following featured pictures were displayed on the Main Page this week as picture of the day: Eastern Imperial Eagle, Trinity nuclear test, Bogong High Plains, Nelumbo nucifera, Anthophora, Louis Brandeis, and F-4 Phantom II.

No sounds were featured this week.

No featured pictures were demoted this week.

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