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Features and admins

Twenty new admins created

Administrators

Administration status was given to an amazing twenty users this week: Fastfission (nom), Friday (nom), RN (nom), RJFJR (nom), Karmafist (nom), Sebastiankessel (nom), LordAmeth (nom), Evilphoenix (nom), Rd232 (nom), Denelson83 (nom), Justinc (nom), Wikibofh (nom), Brighterorange (nom), Jossifresco (nom), Celestianpower (nom), Qaz (nom), Nickshanks (nom), Robchurch (nom), Cyberjunkie (nom), and Wayward (nom).

Featured content

The featured article ratio (number of featured articles to the total number of articles) is currently about 1 in 1000.

Eleven articles were promoted to featured status: History of Limerick, MDAC, Theodore Roosevelt, Herbig-Haro object, Fauna of Australia, Acorn Computers, Military history of Canada, Metrication, Eigenvalue, eigenvector and eigenspace, Multiple sclerosis, and Texas Ranger Division

The list Battles of the Mexican-American War reached featured list status this week.

One featured picture candidate was promoted this week. One image was delisted after it was discovered that the picture was under an inadequate license.

European hornet

Also this week: Wikipedia growth — ArbCom election — ArbCom update — Wright Amendment — News and notes — Press coverage — Features and admins — T.R.O.L.L.

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17 October 2005 (all comments)

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==Featured pix?== According to Wikipedia:Goings-on, more that one picture gained Featured status this week... also see the lists at Wikipedia:Goings-on/October 2, 2005 and Wikipedia:Goings-on/October 9, 2005. Radagast 02:59, 18 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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