Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-10-19/Features and admins
Approved this week
Administrators
Three editors were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Tcncv (nom), MLauba (nom) and The Earwig (nom).
Featured pages
Seven articles were promoted to featured status this week: Political history of Mysore and Coorg (1565–1760) (nom), 1982 British Army Gazelle friendly fire incident (nom), Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident (nom), Urse d'Abetot (nom), Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (nom), Nikita Zotov (nom) and Icelandic horse (nom).
No lists were promoted to featured status this week.
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: Super Smash Bros. Brawl, War of the Fifth Coalition, Fight Club, The Swimming Hole, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Ruff.
Former featured pages
Two articles were delisted this week: Introduction to evolution (nom) and "Weird Al" Yankovic (nom).
Two lists were delisted this week: James Blunt discography (nom) and List of Dream Theater band members (nom).
Four topics were delisted this week: Seasons of Bleach (nom), Seasons of Lost (nom), Seasons of The Office (nom) and Kingdom Hearts (nom).
Featured media
The following featured pictures were displayed on the Main Page as picture of the day this week: the White House, Watsons Bay, New South Wales, 1890 Dam Square, Oscar Wilde, Stag beetle and Peruvian Lily.
One featured sound was promoted this week:
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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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Synagogue open for 24 hours on D-Day for prayer. -
Korean sedan -
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WWI poster by Adolphe Willette -
Hamatsa shaman -
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Wakehurst Place Mansion at Wakehurst Place Garden -
Menemerus sp. -
Poster parodying I Didn't Raise My Boy To Be A Soldier -
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Frontispiece to Childe Harold's Pilgrimage -
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The burning of Columbia -
Panorama of 1867 Beirut -
Effects of Hurricane Charley
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