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Features and admins
Administrators
Eight users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: J-stan (nom), Canley (nom), Kbthompson (nom), Appraiser (nom), Archtransit (nom), Jayron32 (nom), Rudget (nom), and Jeepday (nom).
Bots
Three bots or bot tasks were approved to begin operating this week: JMuniBot (task request), RFRBot (task request), and MonoBot (task request).
Featured pages
No articles were promoted to featured status last week.
Eleven lists were promoted to featured status last week: List of Myself ; Yourself episodes (nom), Dischord Records discography (nom), Indianapolis Colts seasons (nom), List of tallest buildings in Tulsa (nom), List of Blue Drop: Tenshitachi no Gikyoku episodes (nom), List of Gillingham F.C. managers (nom), List of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States by time in office (nom), List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Greater London (nom), List of storms in the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season (nom), List of players with five or more goals in an NHL game (nom), and List of San Jose Sharks players (nom).
Two portals were featured last week: Portal:Tennis (nom) and Portal:Film (nom).
One topic was featured last week: Powderfinger albums (nom).
No sounds were featured last week.
The following featured articles were displayed last week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: Chicxulub Crater, Swedish emigration to the United States, Oregon State Capitol, Boshin War, Trembling Before G-d, 2007 UEFA Champions League Final and British anti-invasion preparations of World War II.
Former featured pages
One topic was delisted last week:
- Michigan State University (nom) - Nominated on December 17, 2007 by Arctic.Gnome Was promoted on February 16, 2007. Concerns included some articles being only B-Class, and a not comprehensive selection of articles. Topic was delisted January 12.
Featured media
The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page as picture of the day: EIAJ connector, White-crowned Sparrow, SS American Star, Cirsium arvense, Full Moon, Eristalis tenax, and neutrophil granulocyte
Nine pictures were promoted to featured status last week and are shown below.
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