Features and admins
Administrators
Seven users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Melburnian ( nom), carlossuarez46 ( nom), ST47 ( nom), DerHexer ( nom), Philippe ( nom), Stephan Schulz ( nom) and MoRsE ( nom)
Bots
Two bots bot tasks were approved to begin operating or begin performing a new task this week: EchoBot ( task request) and Android Mouse Bot ( task request).
Featured content
Nine articles were promoted to featured status last week: Beagle ( nom), Bernard Quatermass ( nom), House with Chimaeras ( nom), Siege of Malakand ( nom), Zhou Tong (archer) ( nom), Ronald Niel Stuart ( nom), Chad ( nom), Structural history of the Roman military ( nom) and Soviet invasion of Poland (1939) ( nom).
One article was de-featured last week: Spring Heeled Jack ( nom)
Five lists were promoted to featured status last week: List of polio survivors ( nom), List of counties in Rhode Island ( nom), Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture ( nom), Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score ( nom) and Wilco discography ( nom).
No portals, topics or sounds were promoted to featured status last week.
The following featured articles were displayed last week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: Pierre Rossier, Cameroon, Fighting in ice hockey, Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump, Domenico Selvo, and Cyclol.
The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page as picture of the day: Earth's atmosphere, An example of homeomorphism, Horse anatomy, Plastic utensils with photoelasticity, Sather Tower, King Kelly, and A diagram of osmotic pressure on blood cells.
Nine pictures were promoted to featured status last week and are shown below.
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