Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-08-24/Features and admins

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

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

Four 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: Emperor Penguin, Harry Murray, Gangtok, Zinc, Noël Coward, Candide and Edward Wright.

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

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: Bird-and-flower painting, Grampians National Park, Phobos, Stereogram, Protesters in Dar es Salaam, Redeye cicada and Keble college.

No featured sounds were promoted this week.

No featured pictures were demoted this week.

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