Features and admins
Features and admins
Four users were granted admin status this week: Ligulem ( nom), Pengo ( nom), W.marsh ( nom) and Nishkid64 ( nom).
W.marsh joined the ranks of WP:100 this week (the 48th RfA to do so), with 111 users in unanimous support. His RfA is the 8th to have more than 100 supports and a unanimous vote.
Featured content
Eighteen articles were promoted to featured status last week: Old Dan Tucker ( nom), Ziaur Rahman ( nom), Daniel Boone ( nom), Hydrogen ( nom), Max Weber ( nom) (the 8th article to be re-promoted after being de-featured), Ladakh ( nom), Kengir uprising ( nom), United States Marine Corps ( nom), Slate industry in Wales ( nom), Theramenes ( nom), Photon ( nom), City of Manchester Stadium ( nom), Witchfinder General (film) ( nom), Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles and Fundamental Duties of India ( nom), "All You Need Is Love" (The JAMs song) ( nom), Mormon handcart pioneers ( nom), Fourth International ( nom) and Third Servile War ( nom).
Forty-eight articles were promoted to featured status during the month of September, tied for third-most articles promoted in a month, behind July 2006 and August 2006.
Eight articles were de-featured last week: Heavy metal umlaut, Prince-elector, " She Loves You", James Bulger, Soap bubble, Papal Tiara, Ford Mustang and Poetry of the United States. During the month of September, twenty-six articles were de-featured, while two articles were re-promoted to featured status.
No portals reached featured status last week.
One list was featured last week: Locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal. Five lists were promoted during the month of September, the third-least promoted in a month, behind September 2005 and February 2006.
The following featured articles were displayed last week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: British House of Commons, Tahirih Justice Center, St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery, Nepal, Hurricane Katrina, Aleksandr Vasilevsky and The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask.
The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page as picture of the day: Common Crossbills (Loxia curvirostra), Rime frost, Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum), Poi, Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Palace of Versailles and Dance fly (Empis livida).
Seven pictures were featured last week:
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