Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-03-16/Features and admins

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

Bots
Five bots or bot tasks were approved to begin operating this week: SoxBot II (task request), BücherBot (task request), Sambot (task request), FPBot (task request) and ListasBot (task request).

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

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

No topics were 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: Western Chalukya architecture, Mozart family grand tour, Lazare Ponticelli, Megatokyo, Chelsea F.C, The Log from the Sea of Cortez, The Chaser APEC pranks and 1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt.

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

One list was 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: Crab spider, Along the River During the Qingming Festival, Tractor drawn aerial, The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp, American Tree Sparrow, Wrecked German ammunition train, First hot air balloon to carry humans and Greater Dublin Rail Network.

No media files were featured this week.

One featured picture was demoted this week: Joan of Arc statue, Notre Dame (nom).

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