Administrators

Two users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Gazimoff ( nom), and Peripitus ( nom).

Bots

Six bots or bot tasks were approved to begin operating this week:

DinoBot2 ( task request)

Diligent Terrier Bot ( task request)

OKBot ( task request)

DumZiBoT ( task request)

TaBOT-zerem ( task request)

SVGBot ( task request).

Featured pages

Sixteen articles were promoted to featured status this week:

• Meteorological history of Hurricane Gordon (1994) ( nom)
• 2007 Atlantic hurricane season ( nom)
• Warwick Castle ( nom)
• Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) ( nom)
• Domitian ( nom)
• Balch Creek ( nom)
• Learned Hand ( nom)
• Alleyway ( nom)
• Willie Wagtail ( nom)
• Anekantavada ( nom)
• Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale ( nom)
• General aviation in the United Kingdom ( nom)
• Scottish National Antarctic Expedition ( nom)
• HMS Ark Royal (91) ( nom)
• Midtown Madness ( nom)
• La Peau de chagrin ( nom).

Twenty-two lists were promoted to featured status last week:

• List of Slipknot band members ( nom)
• Nile discography ( nom)
• Queens of the Stone Age discography ( nom)
• List of Nickelback awards ( nom)
• West Bromwich Albion F.C. seasons ( nom)
• List of Brigham Young University alumni ( nom)
• List of No Doubt awards ( nom)
• J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award ( nom)
• List of Chicago Bulls head coaches ( nom)
• Isobel Campbell discography ( nom)
• List of Naruto characters ( nom)
• The O.C. (season 1) ( nom)
• Amateur radio frequency bands in India ( nom)
• List of Phoenix Suns head coaches ( nom)
• List of actors nominated for Academy Awards for foreign language performances ( nom)
• List of Korean War Medal of Honor recipients ( nom)
• List of Principals and Fellows of Jesus College, Oxford ( nom)
• List of Toronto Maple Leafs head coaches ( nom)
• List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League winners ( nom)
• List of Dream Theater band members ( nom)
• NBA Executive of the Year Award ( nom)
• 30 Rock (season 2) ( nom)

Four topics were promoted to featured status this week:

• Devil May Cry titles ( nom)
• Super Smash Bros. series ( nom)
• Lost (season 4) ( nom)
• Noble gases ( nom).

Two portals were promoted to featured status this week: Portal:California ( nom) and Portal:Mars ( nom).

The following featured articles were displayed this week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: Joseph Francis Shea, Nuthatch, The Wiggles, Roy Welensky, BioShock, Anna May Wong, and Holden.

Former featured pages

Two articles were delisted this week: Paragraph 175 ( nom) and Jerusalem ( nom).

One lists was delisted this week: List of X-Men episodes ( nom).

No topics were delisted this week.

Featured media

The following featured pictures (and film) were displayed this week on the Main Page as picture of the day: Malcolm X, Patchwork quilt, Yellow coneflowers, a film of tanks in World War I, JetBlue Airways Flight 292, and Bufflehead.

One sound was featured this week: Eisenhower farewell address ( nom).

No featured pictures were demoted this week.

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

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  Iowa and Nebraska lands
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  Vancouver
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  Coca-Cola advertisement
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  Southern Hawker moulting
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  The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp ( Rembrandt)
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  Battle of Harpers Ferry