Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-08-25/Features and admins
Features and admins
Administrators
Three users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Choess (nom), Ice Cold Beer (nom), and Moni3 (nom).
Bots
One bot or bot task was approved to begin operating this week: Nixbot (task request).
Featured pages
Fifteen articles were promoted to
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The following featured articles were displayed this week on the Main Page as
Former featured pages
Three articles were delisted this week: Eifel Aqueduct (nom), Helen Gandy (nom), and The Cantos (nom).
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Featured media
The following featured pictures were displayed this week on the Main Page as picture of the day: Caligo eurilochus, Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler, Red-eyed Tree Frog, Beater (weaving), Northern Elephant Seals, Greater Yellowlegs, and Polish cavalry.
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Twenty pictures were promoted to featured status this week and are shown below.
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Seals of the U.S. statesin 1876
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Common Grass Blue (Zizina labradus)
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Swamp Milkweed(Asclepias incarnata)
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Duck and Covervideo
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Sand Wasp(Bembix oculata)
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Blind Men and an Elephant
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Los Angeles Fire Department ladder truck
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German ammunition train wrecked by shell fire in World War I
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Convair B-36 undercarriage
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Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
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F/A-18 Hornet aerial refuelingvideo
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