Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2011-02-21/Features and admins

Features and admins

The best of the week

New administrators

The Signpost welcomes two editors as our newest admins.

Rami R (nom) has advanced programming skills, takes a particular interest in Israeli topics, and intends to help with administrative backlogs as needed, such as at administrator intervention against vandalism, requests for page protection, and usernames for administrator attention.
ErrantX (nom) is a graduate in electronic engineering and is completing an MSc in software engineering. He works in computer security and computer forensics. Among his contributions will be a presence at ANI, RFPP and AIV.

At the time of publication there are three live RfAs: The Bushranger and Glane23, both due to finish on Tuesday 22 February, and Snottywong, due to finish on Monday 28 February.

Featured portals

From the new featured portal Law of England and Wales: justice must be seen to be done? An illustration from the 1470s of the execution of Hugh Despenser the Younger

Two portals were promoted:

Portal:Law of England and Wales (nom) was promoted, with 29 articles (including 8 FAs and 3 FLs), and selected biographies, cases, legislation, pictures, and quotations. (picture at right)
Portal:Somerset (nom) was promoted, with 36 articles (all FA or GA), and selected biographies, pictures, and settlements. (picture at right)

Featured articles

Six articles were promoted to featured status:

Rinaldo (opera) (nom), a historically important opera and one of Handel's early masterpieces. Its tercentenary comes up in less than a week, on 24 February. (Brianboulton)
2008 Hungarian Grand Prix (nom), a Formula One motor race held in 2008, in which most of the excitement surrounded a duel between Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa. (Midgrid)
History of the New York Jets (nom), an American football team with one championship and much futility; its history goes back to 1959. (Wehwalt, The Writer 2.0)
Rutherford B. Hayes (nom) (1822–93), the 19th US President who served one term from 1877 to 1881, overseeing the end of Reconstruction and America's entry into the Second Industrial Revolution. Hayes was a reformer whose work was influential in civil service reform. He unsuccessfully tried to reconcile the divisions that had led to the Civil War. (Coemgenus; picture at right)
Minas Geraes-class battleship (nom), a pair of Brazilian dreadnoughts, in service from 1910, that caused traditional powers around the world to hail Brazil's new-found military potential (said to have "astonished the naval world"). Both ships were rapidly outmoded, but survived through the Second World War before being scrapped. (The ed17)
John J. Crittenden (nom), a US career politician in the 19th century who served as Congressman, Senator, US Attorney General, Governor, and state legislator. Nominator Acdixon says that "had his 'Crittenden Compromise' been approved, the American Civil War might have been averted."

Featured lists

Seven lists were promoted:

List of Pittsburgh Pirates first-round draft picks (nom) (Nominated by Staxringold.)
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album (nom) (Nominated by Candyo32.)
List of WWE Divas Champions (nom) (Nominated by Scorpion0422.)
List of heads of state of the Soviet Union (nom) (Nominated by Trust Is All You Need.)
List of songs in DJ Hero 2 (nom) (Nominated by Masem.)
List of Tampa Bay Lightning seasons (nom) (Nominated by Nomader.)
List of current sovereign monarchs (nom) (Nominated by Night w.)

Four featured lists have been delisted in February thus far:

Lightning Bolt discography (nom: [lead, referencing, formatting])
List of current world boxing champions (nom: [lead, referencing])
List of states with limited recognition (nom: [lead, referencing, comprehensiveness])
List of YuYu Hakusho episodes (season 2) (nom: [referencing, comprehensiveness])

Featured sounds

JS Bach's Cello Suite No. 1 in G BWV1007, Prelude