Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-01-17/Features and admins

Administrators
Two editors were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: CRGreathouse (nom) and Climie.ca (nom).

Bots
Eight bots or bot tasks were approved to begin operating this week: LivingBot (task request), Yobot (task request), Locobot (task request), DSisyphBot (task request), CAT:TEMP deletion bot (task request), AnomieBOT (task request), AnomieBOT (task request) and Almabot (task request).

CAT:TEMP deletion bot is a bot with an administrator flag, which deletes userpages in the temporary userpages category.

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

Seven lists were promoted to featured status this week:, , , , , and. One topic was promoted to featured status this week:.

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 Dien Bien Phu, 4chan, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Robert F. Kennedy assassination, Neptune and Jack the Ripper conspiracy theories.

Former featured pages
One article was delisted this week:.

No topics or lists were delisted this week.

Featured media
The following featured pictures were displayed on the Main Page this week as picture of the day: Jean-Paul Marat, Panorama of a Sun Dance, Long-billed Corella, Eastern lubber grasshoppers, Nymphenburg palace and Oxeye daisy.

Two media files were featured this week:

Two featured pictures were demoted this week: Pin tumbler and Pin tumbler unlocked.

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