Wiki143:Wikipedia Signpost/2005-09-26/Features and admins

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Six users became administrators this week. Meanwhile, four articles and eleven pictures gained featured status, and three articles also lost their featured status.

Admins

Six users were granted administrator status - Oleg Alexandrov (nom), Brookie (nom), IceKarma (nom), Doc glasgow (nom), Ixfd64 (nom) and R. fiend (nom). There also was debate on the possible reform of the requesting process, mostly involving the use of edit counts.

Featured content

Four articles were promoted to featured article status: Flag of Belarus, Katamari Damacy, Read my lips: no new taxes and Spoo. Three articles, Io (moon), Chinatown and Bioinformatics, had their featured status removed.

There were no featured lists promoted this week.

These are the eleven pictures promoted to featured status:

• Lauterbrunnen valley
  Lauterbrunnen valley
• Eyjafjallajökull
  Eyjafjallajökull
• Interstate 80, Eastshore Freeway
  Interstate 80, Eastshore Freeway
• Cathedral of Segovia
  Cathedral of Segovia
• Dandelion clock
  Dandelion clock
• Taj Mahal
  Taj Mahal
• Area 51 map
  Area 51 map
• Floating Dandelion seeds
  Floating Dandelion seeds
• Chinese Mantis
  Chinese Mantis
• Bee pollinating a rose
  Bee pollinating a rose
• Golden Gate Bridge at night
  Golden Gate Bridge at night

Also this week: Editor's note — Wikimedia hire — ArbCom election — Esquire article — Wikipedia apps — News and notes — Press coverage — Features and admins — T.R.O.L.L.

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