Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-03-09/Features and admins
Approved this week
Administrators
Three editors were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Mufka (nom), Admiral Norton (nom) and Valley2city (nom).
Bots
Twelve bots or bot tasks were approved to begin operating this week: Erik9bot (task request), AnomieBOT (task request), DustyBot (task request), SoxBot (task request), Polbot (task request), DumZiBoT (task request), Addbot (task request), AfDStatBot (task request), BHGbot (task request), SPCUClerkbot (task request), AnomieBOT (task request) and Erik9bot (task request).
Featured pages
Eleven articles were promoted to featured status this week: Bride of Frankenstein (nom), Kylfings (nom), Heinrich Bär (nom), SMS Moltke (1910) (nom), Tom Derrick (nom), History of the National Hockey League (1967–1992) (nom), Kirsten Dunst (nom), Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall (nom), Donald Bradman with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948 (nom), William Henry Harrison (nom) and Kinzua Bridge (nom).
Seventeen lists were promoted to featured status this week: List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2002 (U.S.) (nom), List of Numb3rs episodes (nom), Yeah Yeah Yeahs discography (nom), List of awards and nominations received by Scissor Sisters (nom), System of a Down discography (nom), List of Pittsburgh Penguins head coaches (nom), List of United States Naval Academy alumni (Astronauts) (nom), List of Cincinnati Reds managers (nom), List of Los Angeles Kings head coaches (nom), Arnold Schwarzenegger filmography (nom), List of winners of the Chicago Marathon (nom), List of Philadelphia Phillies no-hitters (nom), List of Olympic medalists in speed skating (nom), List of United States Naval Academy alumni (Chiefs of Naval Operations) (nom), List of Vancouver Canucks captains (nom), Rufus Wainwright discography (nom) and Ashlee Simpson discography (nom).
One topic was promoted to featured status this week: Gaylactic Spectrum Awards (nom).
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: Vithoba, Hurricane Linda, Giants: Citizen Kabuto, Saxbe fix, Luc Bourdon, Harriet Tubman and Greece Runestones.
Former featured pages
One article was delisted this week: Plug-in hybrid (nom).
No lists or topics were delisted this week.
Featured media
The following featured pictures were displayed on the Main Page this week as picture of the day: Palais Garnier, Rhône Glacier, Panorama of Mikumi National Park, Duck and Cover, Woodblock print in the Ukiyo-e style, Solar eclipse of August 1, 2008 and Swamp milkweed.
No media files were featured this week.
No featured pictures were demoted this week.
Twenty-one pictures were promoted to featured status this week and are shown below.
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