Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-01-10/Features and admins

Administrators
No editors were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week.

Bots
Eleven bots or bot tasks were approved to begin operating this week: AnomieBOT (task request), Analphabot (task request), Bot0612 (task request), MBisanzBot (task request), SoxBot (task request), Pattonbot (task request), WikiStatsBOT (task request), BlackpoolFCBot (task request), DeadLinkBOT (task request), Lucasbfrbot and AnomieBOT (task request).

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

Twenty-seven lists were promoted to featured status this 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 on the Main Page this week as Today's featured article: Battle of Red Cliffs, Hanford Site, Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Go Man Go, Alfred Russel Wallace, Nimrod Expedition, Woody Guthrie, Marble Madness and King Arthur.

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

No topics were delisted this week.

Two lists were delisted this week: and.

Featured media
The following featured pictures were displayed on the Main Page this week as picture of the day: Ocean currents, Willie Wagtail, Oviposition, Guttation, Chamaeleo jacksonii, Titan, Lobby card and Operation Strangle.

Eleven media files were featured this week:

No featured pictures were demoted this week.

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