Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-03-23/Features and admins

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

Bots
Three bots or bot tasks were approved to begin operating this week: FrescoBot (task request), Legobot II (task request) and Yobot (task request).

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

Six 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: Parallel computing, Gyromitra esculenta, Manchester, First-move advantage in chess, Bezhin Meadow and Proserpine.

Former featured pages
Two articles were delisted this week: and.

Two lists were delisted this week: and.

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: Sultan al-Atrash, Incandescent light bulb, Dragonfly moulting, Nagoya Castle, H.M.S. Pinafore and East Frisia.

No media files were featured this week.

No featured pictures were demoted this week.

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