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Bots

Three bots or bot tasks were approved to begin operating this week: Chris G Bot 2 (task request), ArbComBot (task request) and SkiersBot (task request).

Featured content

Seventeen articles were promoted to featured status last week: Oxidative phosphorylation (nom), 1981 Irish hunger strike (nom), Victoria Cross for New Zealand (nom), Hispanic Americans in World War II (nom), Development of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (nom), Dungeons & Dragons (nom), Harry S. Truman (nom), Tim Duncan (nom), Gregory of Nazianzus (nom), Renewable energy in Scotland (nom), Bupropion (nom), Aikido (nom), 1880 Republican National Convention (nom), Ramón Emeterio Betances (nom), Augustus (nom), Pilot (Smallville) (nom) and Ine of Wessex (nom).

Two articles were de-featured last week: Franks (nom) and Space elevator (nom).

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One list was de-featured last week: List of The Batman episodes (nom)

No portals were promoted to featured status last week.

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The following featured articles were displayed last week on the Main Page as

The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page as picture of the day: Battle of Chancellorsville, Bryce Canyon, Guide on using a sextant, Sparrenburg Castle, Iapetus, Glossy Ibis, and Huaso.

Eight pictures were promoted to featured status last week and are shown below.

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  Diagram of fuel injector
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  Ruins of the 1882 Kingston fire
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  Mulberry Street, c. 1900
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  Atomic bombing in Nagasaki
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  Motorcycling on a Honda CB550
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  Panorama of Portland, Oregon
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  Wanted poster of John Wilkes Booth
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  Scene from

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