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Features and admins

Approved this week

Administrators

Three editors were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Fences and windows (nom), 2over0 (nom) and Ronhjones (nom).

Ten articles were promoted to featured status this week: Weight Gain 4000 (nom), Amador Valley High School (nom), Rolls-Royce R (nom), The Final Cut (album) (nom), SMS Lützow (nom), William Longchamp (nom), Convention of 1832 (nom), Lactarius indigo (nom), L'incoronazione di Poppea (nom) and Sholes and Glidden typewriter (nom).

Six lists were promoted to featured status this week: Sportsperson of the Year (Czechoslovakia) (nom), Charlie Chaplin filmography (nom), List of Oklahoma Sooners head basketball coaches (nom), List of Minnesota Vikings starting quarterbacks (nom), List of Olympic medalists in equestrian (nom) and List of Family Guy cast members (nom).

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: On the Origin of Species, Nikita Zotov, Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, Ngo Dinh Diem presidential visit to Australia, Henry Wells, Hepatorenal syndrome and Caversham, New Zealand.

One article was delisted this week: Hong Kong action cinema (nom).

No lists were delisted this week.

No topics were delisted this week.

The following featured pictures were displayed on the Main Page as picture of the day this week: "The Neck"—an isthmus connecting the two halves of Bruny Island, Polar bears, 1757 engraving of the Colosseum, Muslim preparing for Salah, Leopard shark, 1890 photocrom of Amsterdam Centraal railway station and Act 2, Scene 3 of Le Cid.

No featured sounds were promoted this week.

One featured picture was demoted this week: Japanese Cherry Trees (nom).

Seven pictures were promoted to featured status this week and are shown below.