Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2010-12-06/Features and admins

New administrator
The Signpost welcomes Panyd (nom) from the UK as our newest admin. She has editorial experience in a number of areas, including OTRS, BLP sourcing, deletion work, random page patrol, and content editing.

Featured articles
Three articles were promoted to featured status. These will be added to next week's promotions for the Choice of the week.
 * , the fourth in 's numismatics series. He says, "The Lincoln cent may not be worth the zinc it's struck on today, but upon release, thousands of people lined up across the country to get it.... there's an interesting story behind it."
 * , One of the more bizarre surviving remnants of old English folk tradition. Nominator says, "Each year at Easter, the elderly and widows of the small town of Biddenden (and a large crowd of tourists) gather for a free handout of bread, cheese, tea and biscuits imprinted with a picture of conjoined twins, in a ceremony which has gone on for at least 300 and possibly as many as 900 years."
 * , an interesting hybrid tradition. Nominator ( says, "Derived mainly from heraldic traditions in France and the United Kingdom, Canadian heraldry incorporates distinctly Canadian symbols, especially native flora and fauna, references to the First Nations and other aboriginal peoples of Canada."

Featured lists
In the past two weeks, ten lists were promoted:
 * (nominated by )
 * ( and )
 * ( and )
 * List of songs in Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock (nom)
 * List of songs in Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock (nom)

Featured pictures
Five images were promoted. These will be added to next week's promotions for the Choice of the week. Medium-sized images can be viewed by clicking on "nom":
 * Violet black-legged robber fly (nom), or Dioctria atricapilla (created by ).
 * Superb Fairywren (nom), or Malurus cyaneus The nomination survived complaints about the bird's anus ("a little too front and center").
 * Pink Robin (nom), or Petroica rodinogaster. said "I've spent many hours trying to get a Pink Robin photo. They are shy birds and don't usually make any noise, so are difficult to spot.... This is to be expected for a temperate rainforest bird." The photo was taken in technically challenging conditions (1/10 sec wide open at iso 1600) (picture at right).
 * Beautiful Demoiselle (nom), or Calopteryx virgo (picture at right).
 * Mallard (nom; link to article), showing marked differences between male and female (picture below).



Information about new admins at the top is drawn from their user pages and RfA texts, and occasionally from what they tell us directly.