Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-02-08/Features and admins

Administrators
Three editors were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Somno (nom), RegentsPark (nom) and Rootology (nom).

Bots
Five bots or bot tasks were approved to begin operating this week: MelonBot (task request), Thehelpfulbot (task request), Erik9bot (task request), JerryBot (task request) and Bot0612 (task request).

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

Fourteen 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: Year Zero, Bone Wars, Makemake, Tim Duncan, Action of 13 January 1797, Isaac Shelby, "Hell Is Other Robots" and House of Gediminas.

Former featured pages
No articles were delisted this week.

No lists were delisted this week.

No topics were delisted this week.

Featured media
The following featured pictures were displayed on the Main Page this week as picture of the day: 1913 Panorama of Dallas, Texas, Paper wasp, 1897 Arctic balloon expedition, Hélène Dutrieu, Girl With Pearl Earrings, Crescent Honeyeater, Punch magazine and Stiched panorama of Vancouver.

Three media files were featured this week:

No featured pictures were demoted this week.

Thirty-six pictures were promoted to featured status this week and are shown below.