Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-04-27/Features and admins

Administrators
Three editors were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: TheDJ (nom), Vianello (nom) and Law (nom).

Bots
Eleven bots or bot tasks were approved to begin operating this week: Citation bot (task request), DeadLinkBOT (task request), Sambot (task request), Whip, dip, and slide (task request), DustyBot (task request), BenzolBot (task request), MerlLinkBot (task request), ListasBot (task request), MSBOT (task request), ListasBot (task request) and SoxBot (task request).

Featured pages
Six articles were promoted to featured status this week:, , Federal Bridge Gross Weight Formula (nom), , and.

Eleven 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: William IV, SkyTrain, Learned Hand, Hurricane Ismael, Operation Passage to Freedom, A Vindication of the Rights of Women and Kit.

Former featured pages
Seven 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: Pot-bellied pigs, Cobbe portrait, Chachani, Australian synchotron, Sand wasp and Women making tortillas.

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.