Administrators

Eight users were granted admin status last week: Srikeit ( nom), Kylu ( nom), Edgar181 ( nom), LiquidGhoul ( nom), Arthur Rubin ( nom), Misza13 ( nom), Grendelkhan ( nom) and Sean Black ( nom). Sean Black had previously been an administrator, but resigned in June due to stress.

Featured content

Fifteen articles were featured last week: Ubuntu (Linux distribution) ( nom), Talbot Tagora ( nom), Hurricane Irene (1999) ( nom), Night of the Living Dead ( nom), Aleksandr Vasilevsky ( nom), Duke University ( nom), Libya ( nom), Baden-Powell House ( nom), Hasekura Tsunenaga ( nom), Sequence alignment ( nom), Boy Scouts of America membership controversies ( nom), Tyrannosaurus ( nom), IG Farben Building ( nom), P. K. van der Byl ( nom) and Hurricane Esther (1961) ( nom).

Five articles that were de-featured last week: Coca-Cola, Vanilla Ninja, Linus Pauling, Volkswagen Type 2 and United States Electoral College.

Two lists reached featured list status last week: Super 12 Champions and FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.

The following featured articles were displayed last week on the main page as Today's featured article: F-35 Lightning II, Cape Town, Final Fantasy X, Enceladus (moon), National Anthem of Russia, Cryptography and " Read my lips: no new taxes".

These were the pictures of the day last week: Nepenthes rafflesiana, Extra-vehicular activity, Dietes grandiflora, Another Place, Dinner Plain, Grand Teton National Park and Leadenhall Market.

Two pictures reached featured picture status last week:

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  Mite
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  Escherichia coli