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Features and admins
- By Ral315, 18 December 2006
Administrators
Seven users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: J.smith (nom), Davidruben (nom), Ceyockey (nom), Kchase02 (nom), Tonywalton (nom), Royalguard11 (nom), and Cbrown1023 (nom).
Featured content
Eight articles were promoted to featured status last week: Brabham, Kitsune, Rus' Khaganate, 1995 Pacific hurricane season, Kinetoscope, Hero of Belarus, Bodyline, and Caspian expeditions of the Rus.
Six articles were de-featured last week: Bath, World War I, Lawrence v. Texas, Kitsch, Autism, and James II of England.
One portal reached featured status last week: Portal:Science.
Four lists were featured last week: List of Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada, List of Nova Scotia general elections, List of Manitoba general elections, and List of British Columbia general elections.
The following featured articles were displayed last week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: Green and Golden Bell Frog, Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles and Fundamental Duties of India, History of the board game Monopoly, Mormon handcart pioneers, Enzyme inhibitor, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and Sound film.
The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page as picture of the day: Bird flight, Bang Pa In, Cameoflage, Denver, Colorado, Petrified wood, Vibrissa, and DNA clamp.
Four pictures were featured last week:
Also this week: From the editor — Arbitration series — Fundraiser opens — WikiWorld — News and notes — Features and admins — Technology — Arbitration
