Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-10-05/Features and admins

Administrators
One editor was granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Abecedare (nom).

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

No lists were promoted to featured status this week.

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 as Today's featured article this week: Vauxhall Bridge, Texas A&M University, Byzantine navy, The Slave Community, Chinese classifier, Murray Chotiner and Virus.

Former featured pages
One article was 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 as picture of the day this week: Ischnura heterosticta, Werdau townhall, Sprekelia formosissima, American Empire as depicted on Puck, Map of Germany, Ross Bridge and A Currier and Ives print of Brooklyn in 1879.

Five featured sounds were promoted this week:

Ludwig van Beethoven's Violin Sonata No. 8 (Opus 30-3) - Performed by Paul Rosenthal (violin) and Edward Auer (piano):

Three featured pictures were demoted this week: Plunging bronco, Bar Diamond Bar range (nom), Rolling Thunder Cloud (nom) and Red sunset (nom).

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