Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-06-08/Features and admins
Approved this week
Administrators
Two editors were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Billinghurst (nom) and Mifter (nom).
Bots
This section will now be written in the Technology Report, and will contain an expanded description of the bots that have been approved. This week's article.
Featured pages
Fourteen articles were promoted to featured status this week: Battle of Vimy Ridge (nom), Battle of Ticonderoga (1759) (nom), Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway (nom), Checkers speech (nom), Polish culture during World War II (nom), Macaroni Penguin (nom), Landing at Nadzab (nom), U.S. Route 41 in Michigan (nom), Robert Hues (nom), USS West Bridge (ID-2888) (nom), Ngo Dinh Diem presidential visit to Australia (nom), Water fluoridation (nom), William Barley (nom) and Battersea Bridge (nom).
Twelve lists were promoted to featured status this week: List of winners of the London Marathon (nom), The Ting Tings discography (nom), List of Key games (nom), List of extant papal tombs (nom), List of tallest buildings in San Diego (nom), 2007 World Series of Poker results (nom), List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2007 (Canada) (nom), List of counties in Alabama (nom), Hank Aaron Award (nom), List of Grand Rapids Griffins players (nom), Manager of the Year Award (nom) and Rolaids Relief Man Award (nom).
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: Rudolf Wolters, History of biology, Checkers speech, Rhinemaidens, Astrophysics Data System, West Bengal and Cholangiocarcinoma.
Former featured pages
Five articles were delisted this week: Comet (nom), Hrafnkels saga (nom), Mor lam (nom), Siege (nom) and BC Rail (nom).
One list was delisted this week: List of surviving veterans of World War I (nom).
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: Woody Guthrie, Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory, Speckled Wood, Armorial of the Holy Roman Empire, Normandy Landings, Crochet and City of London.
No featured sounds were promoted this week.
No featured pictures were demoted this week.
Four pictures were promoted to featured status this week and are shown below.
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