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Approved this week

Administrators

Four editors were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Jamesofur (nom), Eustress (nom), Barek (nom) and Ceranthor (nom).

Featured pages

Thirteen articles were promoted to featured status this week: Ashford v Thornton (nom), Harry Chauvel (nom), Adrian Boult (nom), Telopea speciosissima (nom), Eremoryzomys (nom), On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away (nom), Blackbeard (nom), Coprinellus micaceus (nom), Portrait of a Lady (van der Weyden) (nom), Cleomenean War (nom), Brougham Castle (nom), Lester Brain (nom) and Eurasian Crag Martin (nom).

Nine lists were promoted to featured status this week: List of San Diego Padres first-round draft picks (nom), List of Baylor Bears head football coaches (nom), List of Olympic medalists in luge (nom), Vladimir Horowitz discography (nom), List of Pop Idol contestant music releases (nom), List of 2010 Winter Olympics medal winners (nom), List of members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee (nom), Timeline of the 2007–08 South Pacific cyclone season (nom) and Order of battle at the Battle of Camperdown (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 as Today's featured article this week: Morotai Mutiny, Antonin Scalia, Earth, England national football team manager, Space Invaders, Wulfhere of Mercia, United States Academic Decathlon and The Disasters of War.

Former featured pages

One article was delisted this week: Megadeth (nom).

No lists were delisted this week.

No topics were delisted this week.

No portals were delisted this week.

Featured media

The following featured pictures were displayed on the Main Page as picture of the day this week: Caterpillar of a Graphium butterfly, Flower of a Pig's Ear, "Pale Blue Dot", Andrew Gregg Curtin, Engraving of a scene from Tom Cobb, 1838 lithograph of the Great Hypostyle Hall and the four sides of the Frieze of Parnassus.

No featured sounds were promoted this week.

One featured picture was demoted this week: Aloe aristata (nom).

Six pictures were promoted to featured status this week.

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  The Three Sisters in Australia
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  Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
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  Duttaphrynus melanostictus
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  European Hedgehog
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  Black Kite
• 
  Beachy Head

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26 April 2010

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