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Features and admins
Changes in displaying featured pictures discussed
The
Featured pictures thumbs
. Meanwhile, there were 6 new admins, 11 new featured articles, 5 new featured lists, and 7 new featured pictures this week.
Featured pictures visible
As
featured pictures visible, the page that shows all current featured pictures
in one place, to reduce loading time and simplify the featured picture promotion process. Currently, nearly all images are displayed with a long dimension of 300 pixels, and with over 250 featured pictures, the page takes a significant amount of time to load on slower internet connections.
To alleviate the problem,
featured pictures thumbs
largely obsolete, and put forth the possibility of splitting "Featured pictures visible" into several pages according to categories. Solipsist also noted that eliminating the featured pictures thumbnail page would reduce the complexity of promoting featured pictures, but suggested that a variety of presentations can be useful for users trying to find a specific picture.
Featured pictures may also be getting additional exposure in the near future, depending on whether the Picture of the day gets added to the Main Page (see related story).
Admins
Six wikipedians received administrator status after their requests for adminship received wide support: Craigy144 (nom), Vsmith (nom), Woohookitty (nom), Starblind (nom), Feco (nom), and Talrias (nom).
Featured content
Eleven more
Washington gubernatorial election, 2004, and Rail transport in India (the second installment of Nichalp
's railway series).
Five
List of Test cricket grounds by date. Meanwhile, on Featured picture candidates
, seven images were promoted.
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Winegrapes -
Sunset with funnel clouds -
Pincushion Hakea
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Sweet Chesnut -
Praying mantis -
Grapes
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Sunrise over Stonehenge
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